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3 0 meek and peaceful Jesus! then
To thee, to thee my soul shall turn;
I will look up from earth and men;
To copy thee, my soul shall learn.

4 Remembering thee, thou gentle one,
How mildly thou didst bear all wrong,
The sin of anger I shall shun,

Nor find my temper stubborn long.

5 A holy spell thy name shall be,
The memory of thy peaceful life,
And I will straightway think of thee,
Whene'er my soul would rise in strife.

127.

Greenville.

The Golden Rule. 8's & 7's M.
J. Taylor.

1 LOVE and kindness we may measure
By this simple rule alone,-
Do we mind our neighbor's pleasure
Just as if it were our own?

2 Let us try to care for others,

Nor suppose ourselves the best;
We should all be friends and brothers;
"T was the Saviour's last request.

3 His example we should borrow,
Who descended from above,
And endured such pain and sorrow,
Out of tenderness and love.

4 When the poor are unbefriended,
When we will not pity lend,
Christ accounts himself offended,
Who is every creature's friend.

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.

5 Let us not be so ungrateful,
Thus his goodness to reward:
Selfishness indeed is hateful

In the followers of the Lord.

128, 129.

6 When a selfish thought would seize us,
And our resolution break,

Let us then remember Jesus,
And resist it for his sake.

128.

Kindness to Animals.

Dedham.

C. M.

Gisborn.

1 TURN, turn thy hasty foot aside,
Nor crush that helpless worm:
The frame thy wayward looks deride
Required a God to form.

2 The common Lord of all that move,
From whom thy being flowed,
A portion of his boundless love
On that poor worm bestowed.

3 The sun, the moon, the stars he made,
To all his creatures free;

And spreads o'er earth the grassy blade
For worms as well as thee.

4 Let them enjoy their little day,
Their lowly bliss receive:
O do not lightly take away
The life thou canst not give.

129.

I must not sin.

Rockingham.

1 I MUST not sin as many do,
Lest I lie down in sorrow too;

L. M.

A

130,

For God is angry every day,
With wicked ones who go astray.

2 From sinful words I must refrain;
I must not take God's name in vain;
I must not work, I must not play
Upon God's holy Sabbath-day.

3 And if my parents speak the word,
I must obey them in the Lord;
Nor steal, nor lie, nor waste my days
In idle tales and foolish plays.

The Narrow Path.

Stephens.

1 THERE is a path that leads to God;
All others go astray;

Narrow, but pleasant is the road,
And Christians love the way.

C. M.

2 It leads straight through this world of sin,
And dangers must be past;

But those who boldly walk therein
Will come to heaven at last.

3 While the broad road where thousands go
Lies near, and opens fair;

And many turn aside, I know,

To walk with sinners there.

4 But, lest my feeble steps should slide,
Or wander from thy way,

Lord, condescend to be my guide,
And I shall never stray.

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1 BEFORE I close my eyes to-night,
Let me myself these questions ask,-
Have I endeavored to do right,

Nor thought my duty was a task?

2 Have I been gentle, lowly, meek,

And the small voice of conscience heard?
When passion tempted me to speak,
Have I repressed the angry word?

3 Have I with cheerful zeal obeyed
What my kind parents bid me do;
And not by word or action said

The thing that was not strictly true?

4 In hard temptation's troubled hour,
'Then have I stopped to think and pray,
That God would give my soul the power
To chase the sinful thought away?

5 Oh Thou, who seest all my heart,
Wilt thou forgive and love me still;
Wilt thou to me new strength impart,
And make me love to do thy will.

132.

Effingham.

What is Sin?

L. M.

W. B. O. Peabody.

1 I SIN, whenever I pursue
What God commands me not to do;

I sin too, if I ever shun

What he hath told me must be done.

2 Thus have I often sinned, and still
Offend against his holy will

133.

I know my duty, but my heart
Will from its sacred rules depart.

3 Oh! let me then confess my sin,
And all the faults I hide within;
And let my erring heart deplore
Its follies, and do wrong no more.

4 If I sincerely now repent,

And trust in him whom heaven hath sent,
He will remove the threatening rod,
And bear me to the arms of God.

Allurements of Sin.

Wilmot.

1 MANY voices seem to say,

"Hither, children,-here's the way;
Haste along, and nothing fear,
Every pleasant thing is here!"

2 Yes, but whither would ye lead?
Is it happiness indeed?

Or a little shining show,
Leading down to death and wo?

3 We were made for better things;
High as heaven our nature springs;
Like the lark that upward flies,
We were made to seek the skies.

4 We were made to love and fear
The great God who placed us here;
Made to study and fulfil

All his good and holy will.

5 We were made to work awhile,
Cheerful at our work to smile;

7's M.

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