2

While the rallying drums passed by,
With the Stars and Stripes above them,
Appealing to ear and eye,-

2. And stirring the depths of feeling
In every thoughtful heart,

When one cannot speak for its throbbing,
And the witness tear-drops start,-

3. I saw, 'mid a group of children

Who had silently left their play,
One little lad whose bearing
I have oft recalled to-day.

4. He stood near his little playmates,
In careless ease and grace,
And radiant health and beauty
Met in his boyish face.

5. With an earnest, impulsive gesture, When the dear old flag came nigh, Was his little cap uplifted,

As though a king passed by.

8

6. 'Twas a simple act, yet its meaning
Was fraught with reverence true;
And from my heart I blessed him,
And prayed God bless him too.

7. No need to ask of the future

What his manhood's prime' shall be, Whose childhood bears his country's flag Such reverent loyalty.10

8. God bless the boy, and the mother Whom he honored thus to-day,

And grant that soon our nation's flag
In peace resume its sway."

1 DRAWN. Pulled towards one, at-
tracted.

RALLYING. Calling together.

3 APPEALING. Making an entreaty.
4 BEARING. Deportment, manner.
5 RADIANT. Beaming, blooming.
GESTURE. Motion of the body or
limbs expressing feeling.

FRAUGHT. Filled, laden.

8 REVERENCE. Regard mingled with awe, homage.

PRIME. Height of strength and vigor, best part.

10 LOYALTY. Faithful adherence to allegiance, fidelity.

11 SWAY. Authority, rule.

XXXIII. PRAISE OF GOD: A HYMN IN PROSE.

1. COME, and I will show you what is beautiful. It is a rose fully blown. See how she sits upon her mossy stem, like the queen of all the flowers: her leaves glow like fire; the air is filled with her sweet odor: she is the delight of every eye.

2. She is beautiful, but there is a fairer than she. He that made the rose is more beautiful than the rose; He is all lovely; He is the delight of every heart.

3. I will show you what is strong. The lion is strong. When he raiseth up himself from his lair,' when he shaketh his mane, when the voice of his roaring is heard, the cattle of the field fly, and the wild beasts of the desert hide themselves, for he is very terrible.*

4. The lion is strong, but He that made the lion is stronger than he: His anger is terrible; He could make us die in a moment, and no one could save us out of His hand.

5. I will show you what is glorious. The sun is glorious. When he shineth in the clear sky, when he sitteth on the bright throne in the heavens, and looketh abroad over all the earth, he is the most excellent and glorious creature the eye can behold.

6. The sun is glorious, but He that made the sun is more glorious than he. The eye beholdeth Him not, for His brightness is more dazzling than we could bear. He seeth in all dark places; by night as well as by day; and the light of His countenance' is over all His works.

7. Who is this great name, and what is He called, that my lips may praise Him?

8. This great name is God. He made all things, but He is Himself more excellent than all which He hath made they are beautiful, but He is beauty; they are strong, but He is strength; they are perfect, but He is perfection.

1 LAIR.

5

Couch of a wild beast.

8 DESERT. A tract of land in which no one lives, a wilderness, a waste. TERRIBLE. Causing great fear.

4 COUNTENANCE. Appearance of the face, visage, look.

5 PERFECTION. State of being perfect, highest goodness.

1. THE glorious sun is set in the west; the night

dews fall; and the air, which was sultry, becomes cool.

2. The flowers fold up their leaves; they fold themselves up, and hang their heads on the slender stalk.

3. The chickens are gathered under the wings of the hen, and are at rest.

4. The little birds have ceased' their warbling; they are asleep on the boughs, each one with his head behind his wing.

5. There is no murmur of bees around the hive, or among the honeyed woodbines'; they have done their work, and lie close in their waxen cells.

6. The sheep rest upon their soft fleeces, and their loud bleating is no more heard among the hills.

7. There is no sound of a number of voices, or of children at play, or the trampling of busy feet, and of people hurrying to and fro.

8. The smith's hammer is not heard upon the anvil, nor is the harsh saw of the carpenter heard.

9. All men are stretched' on their quiet beds; and the child sleeps upon the breast of its mother.

10. Darkness is spread over the skies, and darkness is upon the ground; every eye is shut, and every hand is still.

11. Who taketh care of all people when they are sunk in sleep; when they cannot defend themselves, nor see if danger approacheth?

12. There is an eye that never sleepeth; there is an cye that seeth in the dark night as well as in the bright sunshine.

13. When there is no light of the sun, nor of the moon, when there is no lamp in the house, nor any little star twinkling through the thick clouds,- that eye seeth every where, in all places, and watcheth continually over all the families of the earth.