4 A guide unseen, along the strand,
The Egyptian Princess led;
The babe held out each little hand,
And tears resistless shed.

5 Soft pity touch'd her royal heart;
She drew him from the wave:-
Christians, perform a nobler part,
The soul from ruin save.

6 Exposed to sin, and Satan's art,
We hasten to the grave ;-

O Christians! act the Christian part,
Our souls from ruin save!

11.

"I am that I am."-Exod. iii. 14.

"TELL them I AM," Jehovah said
To Moses, while earth shook with dread;
And smitten to the heart,

At once above, beneath, around,
All nature, without voice or sound,
Replied," O Lord! THOU ART.

12.

Light shining in darkness.-Exod. x. 23. I WHILE Egypt lies enwrapt in night, And horror reigns in every mind, Where Israel dwells, there wondrous light Diffuses peace and joy refined.

2 So grace shall round the righteous shine In tents of poverty and wo;

While all the powers of wrath combine,
To lay their proud oppressors low.

3 Though all the world in darkness lies,
Where'er his ransom'd sons may rest,
The Sun of Righteousness shall rise,
In all his richest glories dress'd.

4 Through every scene of suffering here,
His light and comfort still prevail;
Nor can our faith admit a fear,
Should all the springs of nature fail.

13.

Balaam beholding Israel.-Numb. xxii. 9. 1 COME, let us stand upon the rock Where Balaam stood, and wondering look Upon the scene below; The tents of Jacob goodly seem, The people happy we esteem, Whom God has favoured so.

2 The sons of Israel stand alone,
Jehovah claims them for his own,

His cause and theirs the same:
He saved them from the tyrant's hand,
Allots to them a pleasant land,

And calls them by his name.

3 Their toils have almost reach'd a close,
They soon are destined to repose
Within the promised land;
Its rising hills e'en now are seen,
Enrich'd with everlasting green,

Where Israel soon shall stand.

4 Fair emblem of a better rest,
Of which believers are possess,d,
Beyond material space!

E'en now we see the heavenly shore,
Where sin and sorrow are no more,
And long to reach the place.

5 Sweet hope! it makes the coward brave; It makes a freeman of the slave,

And bids the sluggard rise:

It lifts a worm of earth on high,
Provides him wings, and makes him fly
To mansions in the skies.

14.

The Death of Moses.-Deut. xxxi. 49. 1 SWEET was the journey to the sky

The holy prophet tried;

"Climb up the mount," said God, “and die,”

The prophet climb'd, and died.

2 Softly his fainting head he lay
Upon his Maker's breast,
His Maker sooth'd his soul away,
And laid his flesh to rest.

3 In God's own arms he left the breath
That God's own Spirit gave;

His was the noblest road to death,
And his the sweetest grave.

15.

The Family Vow.-Josh. xxviii. 15.
1 I AND my house will serve the Lord :
But first obedient to his word
I must myself appear:

By actions, words, and temper show
That I my heavenly Master know,
And serve with heart sincere.

2 I must the fair example set:

From those that on my pleasure wait
The stumbling-block remove;

Their duty by my life explain,
And still in all my works maintain
The dignity of love.

3 Easy to be entreated, mild,
Quickly appeased and reconciled,
A follower of my God:

A saint indeed I long to be,
And lead my faithful family

In the celestial road.

4 Lord, if thou didst the wish infuse, A vessel fitted for thy use..

Into thy hands receive;

Work in me both to will and do,
And show them how believers true
And real Christians live.

16.

Self-Examination.-Ruth ii. 19.

AT evening to myself I say,

My soul, where hast thou glean'd to-day,
Thy labours how bestow'd?

What hast thou rightly said, or done?
What grace attained, or knowledge won,
In following after God?

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17.

Poor Children's Appeal to Christians.-1 Sam. iii. 2, &c.

1 IN Israel's fane, by silent night,
The lamp of God was burning bright;
And there by viewless angels kept,
Samuel, the child, securely slept.

2 A voice unknown the stillness broke,
"Samuel!" it call'd, and thrice it spoke ;
He rose, he ask'd, whence came the word?
From Eli? no:-it was the Lord.

3 Thus early call'd to serve his God,
In paths of righteousness he trod;
Prophetic visions fired his breast,
And all the chosen tribes were bless'd.

4 Speak, Lord! and from our earliest days,
Incline our hearts to love thy ways;
Thy wakening voice hath reach'd our ear,
Speak, Lord, to us; thy servants hear.

5 And ye, who know the Saviour's love,
And richly all his mercies prove;
Your timely, friendly aid afford,
That we may early serve the Lord.

18.

Birth, death, immortality.—Job i. 21. 1 NAKED into the world I came, Naked I out of it shall go,

And soon this perishable frame With mother earth shall rest below: 2 But O! my soul, if born again, With glory clothed upon shall rise, A place among the saints obtain, And find its Father in the skies. 19.

The vain hopes of the wicked.-Job viii. 11-22.
1 THE rush may rise where waters flow,
And flags beside the stream;

But soon their verdure fades and dies
Before the scorching beam.

2 So is the sinner's hope cut off;
Or, if it transient rise

'Tis like the spider's airy web,
From every breath that flies.

3 Fix'd on his house, he leans; his house,
And all its props decay;

He holds it fast; but while he holds,
The tottering frame gives way.

4 Fair in his garden to the sun

His boughs with verdure smile;
And, deeply fix'd, his spreading roots
Unshaken stand a while.

5 But forth the sentence flies from heaven,
That sweeps him from his place;
Which then denies him for its lord,
Nor owns it knew his face.

6 Lo! this the joy of wicked men,

Who heaven's high laws despise;
They quickly fall; and in their room,
As quickly others rise,