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In Whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.-COL. ii. 3.

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All things are for your sakes.-2 COR. iv. 15.

FATHER, beneath Thy sheltering wing

In sweet security we rest,
And fear no evil earth can bring;

In life, in death, supremely blest.

2 For life is good, whose tidal flow
The motions of Thy will obeys;
And death is good, that makes us know
The Life divine that all things sways.

3 And good it is to bear the cross,

And so Thy perfect peace to win;
And nought is ill, nor brings us loss,
Nor works us harm, save only sin.

4 Redeemed from this, we ask no more,
But trust the love that saves to guide;
The grace that yields so rich a store
Will grant us all we need beside.

W. H. Burlean

Rest.

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F. C. MAKER.

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And after the fire a stili small voice.-1 KINGS XIX. 12.

EAR Lord and Father of mankind,

mf 1 DEAR

Forgive our foolish ways;

Reclothe us in our rightful mind;
In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.

2 In simple trust like theirs who heard,
Beside the Syrian sea,

The gracious calling of the Lord,
Let us, like them, without a word
Rise up and follow Thee.

p 3 0 Sabbath rest by Galilee !

O calm of hills above,

Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee
The silence of eternity,

Interpreted by love!

p 4 With that deep hush subduing all
Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of Thy call,
As noiseless let Thy blessing fall,
As fell Thy manna down.

5 Drop Thy still dews of quietness,

Till all our strivings cease;

Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess

The beauty of Thy peace.

6 Breathe through the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and Thy balm ;

Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;

Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still small voice of calm !

J. G. Whittier.