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3 I cannot feel Thee touch my hand,
With pressure light and mild,
To check me, as my mother did
When I was but a child:

4 But I have felt Thee in my thought,
Fighting with sin for me;

And when my heart loves God, I know
The sweetness is from Thee.

5 And when, dear Saviour, I kneel down,
Morning and night, to prayer,
Something there is within my heart
Which tells me Thou art there.

6 Yes; when I pray Thou prayest too,
The prayer is all for me;

But when I sleep Thou sleepest not,
But watchest patiently.

His ears are open unto their prayers.
1 PETER iii. 12.

GOD almighty heareth ever

When His little children pray:

He is faint and weary never,

And He turneth none away.

2 More than we deserve He sends us,
More than we can ask bestows;
Every moment He befriends us,
And supports us in our woes.
3 Let us then, in Him confiding,
Tell Him all we think and feel,
Never one dark secret hiding,
Seeking nothing to conceal.

4 Through His Son, our precious Saviour,
God will pardon all our sin,
Will forgive our past behaviour,
Open heaven and take us in.

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358 The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall 10 10.11 11.10 11. not want.-PSALM Xxiii. 1.

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THOU

HOUGH troubles assail And dangers affright,
Though friends should all fail, And foes
all unite,

Yet one thing secures us Whatever betide,
The Scripture assures us The Lord will provide.
So happy am I ; yes, happy am I,

The Lord is my Shepherd, and He will provide.
2 The birds without barn Or storehouse are fed;
From them let us learn To trust for our bread;
His saints what is fitting Shall ne'er be denied,
So long as 't is written, The Lord will provide.
So happy am I, etc.

3 His call we obey Like Abram of old,

Not knowing our way, But faith makes us bold; For though we are strangers We have a sure Guide,

And trust in all dangers The Lord will provide. So happy am I, etc.

4 No strength of our own Or goodness we claim; Yet since we have known The Saviour's great

name,

In this our strong tower For safety we hide, Almighty His power-The Lord will provide. So happy am I, etc.

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CONDUCT.

Thou God seest me.-GENESIS xvi. 13.

GOD is in heaven! Can He hear

A little prayer

like mine?

Yes, that He can; I need not fear:
He'll listen unto mine.

C.M.

2 God is in heaven! Can He see
When I am doing wrong?
Yes, that He can; He looks at me
All day and all night long.

3 God is in heaven! Would He know
If I should tell a lie?
Yes; though I said it very low,
He'd hear it in the sky.

4 God is in heaven! Does He care,
Or is He good to me?
Yes; all I have to eat or wear,
"Tis God that gives it me.

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5 God is in heaven! May I pray
To go there when I die?

Yes; love Him, seek Him, and one day
He'll call me to the sky.

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And be ye kind one to another. 6 4.6 4.6 6 6 4.6 4.
EPHESIANS iv. 32.

KIND

IND words can never die,
Cherished and blest,

God knows how deep they lie,

Stored in the breast:

Like childhood's simple rhymes,
Said o'er a thousand times,
Ay, in all years and climes
Distant and near.

Kind words can never die,

No, never die.

2 Sweet thoughts can never die,
Though, like the flowers,
Their brightest hues may fly
In wintry hours.

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But when the gentle dew
Gives them their charms anew,
With many an added hue
They bloom again.

Sweet thoughts can never die,

3 Our souls can never die,

No, never die.

Though in the tomb
We may all have to lie,
Wrapped in its gloom.
What though the flesh decay,
Souls pass in peace away,
Live through eternal day
With Christ above.

Our souls can never die,

No, never die.

The servant of the Lord must. . .D.C.M. WITH CHORUS. be gentle unto all men.-2 TIM. ii. 24.

1 THE sun may raise the grass to life,

THEMA

The dew the drooping flower;

And eyes grow bright, and watch the light
Of autumn's opening hour;

But words that breathe of tenderness

And smiles we know are true,

Are warmer than the summer-time

And brighter than the dew.

Gentle words! Loving smiles!

How beautiful are gentle words and loving smiles.

2 It is not much the world can give,

With all its subtle art;

And gold and gems are not the things

To satisfy the heart;

But O! if those who cluster round

The altar and the hearth

Have gentle words and loving smiles,

How beautiful is earth! Gentle words, etc.

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LORD, who shall abide .? He that
speaketh the truth in his heart.—Psalm xv. 1, 2.
APPY the well-instructed youth,
Who, in his earliest infancy,

Loves from his heart to speak the truth,
And, like his God, abhors a lie.

2 He that hath practised no deceit
With false, equivocating tongue;
Nor ever durst o'erreach or cheat,

Or slanderously his neighbour wrong:

3 He in the house of God shall dwell, He on His holy hill shall rest, The comforts of religion feel,

And then be numbered with the blest:

4 But who or guile or falsehood use,

Or take God's name in vain, or swear,
Or ever lie, themselves to excuse,

L.M.

They shall their dreadful sentence bear.
5 The Lord, the true and faithful Lord,
Himself hath said that every liar
Shall surely meet his just reward
Assigned him in eternal fire.

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This is My commandment, etc.
JOHN XV. 12.

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THIS is My commandment, That ye love one Tanother,

That ye love one another, As I have loved you. 1 Blessed words of Jesus we have heard to-day Saviour, by Thy Spirit, help us to obey:

May Thy love unite us to the living Vine!
May our hearts, enlightened, glow with love
divine!

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