Brood not darkly o'er a wrong,
Which will disappear ere long;
Rather sing this cheery song,
Let it pass!

2 Echo not an angry word,
Let it pass!

Think how often you have erred,
Let it pass!

Since our joys must pass away,
Like the dewdrops on the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrow stay?
Let it pass!

3 If for good you suffer ill,
Let it pass!

O, be kind and gentle still,
Let it pass!

Time at last makes all things straight;
Let us not resent but wait,

And our triumph shall be great:
Let it pass!

Lead me in the way everlasting.
PSALM CXXXix. 24.

FATH

ATHER, lead me day by day
Ever in Thine own sweet way;
Teach me to be pure and true,
Show me what I ought to do.

2 When in danger, make me brave;
Make me know that Thou canst save;
Keep me safe by Thy dear side;
Let me in Thy love abide.

3 When I'm tempted to do wrong,
Make me steadfast, wise, and strong;
And when all alone I stand

Shield me with Thy mighty hand.

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4 When my heart is full of glee,
Help me to remember Thee,
Happy most of all to know
That my Father loves me so.

5 When my work seems hard and dry,
May I press on cheerily;

Help me patiently to bear

Pain and hardship, toil and care.
6 May I see the good and bright
When they pass before my sight;
May I hear the heavenly voice
When the pure and wise rejoice.
7 May I do the good I know,
Be Thy loving child below,
Then at last go home to Thee,
Evermore Thy child to be.

393 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also
to love one another.-1 JOHN iv. 11.

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DEAR Saviour, to Thy little lambs

lamb-like temper give,

And daily, hourly grace bestow,

In joy and peace to live.

It was Thine own command that we
Should one another love,

And ever give Thee thanks, as do
Thine holy ones above.

2 Our hearts, by nature full of sin,
Do Thou, O Lord, renew;

And take each evil thought away,

And all self-will subdue:

Thine own meek, lowly mind impart,
The spirit like a dove;

And daily may we learn of Thee,
To love as Thou dost love.

D.C.M.

3 As Thou forgivest all our sins,
So teach us to forgive;

As freely we receive from Thee,
So may we freely give.

O teach us to forbear like Thee,
Not answering again,

Remembering how our Saviour bore
The scoffs of wicked men.

4 When we are for our faults reproved
May we the fault confess,
And humbly seek Thy grace, that we
May not again transgress:
Make us affectionate and kind,
Gentle and meek and good,
Mindful how dearly we were bought
With Thy most precious blood.

SERVICE.

394 Go ye into all the world, and preach 65.6 5.6 5.6 5. the Gospel.-MARK xvi. 15.

1 LIFT the Gospel banner,

Wave it far and wide,

Through the crowded city,
Over ocean's tide:
Sound the proclamation,
Peace to all mankind,

Jesus and salvation

All the world may find.

2 Let us raise the fallen,
Lend the oppressed a hand,
Teach the Christly lesson
All may understand;

Go, where hardening vices
Have their strongest hold,
Like a sweet dove, gentle,
Like a lion, bold.

3 Lift the Gospel standard,
Spread the Gospel light,
Let the blessed radiance
Flame o'er heathen night;
Love is God's own sunshine,
Such as angels prove:
Conquer men by kindness,
God Himself is love.

4 Let us rise to action,

Work with one design,
Work with Christ, and triumph
In the work divine;
Victory's palm awaits us,

Let us then work on

Till we hear the welcome,

'Faithful ones, well done!'

395 Go ye also into the vineyard.—MATTHEW XX. 4. L.M.

1 YO labour on; spend, and be spent, Thy joy to do the Father's will;

It is the way the Master went,

Should not the servant tread it still?

2 Go labour on; 't is not for nought;
Thy earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
The Master praises; what are men?

3 Go labour on while it is day,

The world's dark night is hastening on ;
Speed, speed thy work, cast sloth away;
It is not thus that souls are won.

4 Men die in darkness at your side

Without a hope to cheer the tomb;
Take up the torch, and wave it wide,

The torch that lights time's thickest gloom. 5 Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray; Be wise the erring soul to win; Go forth into the world's highway, Compel the wanderer to come in. 6 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice;

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For toil comes rest, for exile home;
Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice,
The midnight peal, Behold, I come.

And unto one he gave five talents,

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to another two, and to another one.-MATT. xxv. 15.

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GOD entrusts to all

Talents few or many;

None so young or small
That they have not any.
Though the great and wise
Have a greater number,
Yet my one I prize,

And it must not slumber.

2 Little drops of rain

Bring the springing flowers;

And I may attain

Much by little powers.

Every little mite,

Every little measure

Helps to spread the light,

Helps to swell the treasure.

3 God will surely ask,

Ere I enter heaven,

Have I done the task
Which to me was given.