FAIR waved the golden corn
In Canaan's pleasant land,
When full of joy, some shining morn,
Went forth the reaper-band.

To God, so good and great,
Their cheerful thanks they pour,

Then carry to His temple-gate

The choicest of their store.

For thus the holy word,

Spoken by Moses, ran—

"The first ripe ears are for the Lord,

"The rest He gives to man."

TO BE SUNG BY CHILDREN.

Like Israel, Lord, we give

Our earliest fruits to Thee,
And pray that, long as we shall live,
We may Thy children be.

Thine is our youthful prime,
And life and all its powers;
Be with us in our morning-time,
And bless our evening hours.

In wisdom let us grow,

As years and strength are given,
That we may serve Thy Church below,
And join Thy saints in heaven.

36. For a National or Sunday School.

(Tunes Class 6.)

WHEN Jesus left His Father's throne,
He chose an humble birth;
Like us, nnhonoured and unknown,
He came to dwell on earth.

Like Him, may we be found below
In wisdom's paths of peace;
Like Him, in grace and knowledge grow,
As years and strength increase.

Jesus passed by the rich and great

For men of low degree;

He sanctified our parents' state,

For poor like them was He.

Sweet were His words, and kind His look,
When Mothers round Him pressed;

Their infants in His arms He took,
And on His bosom blessed.

TO BE SUNG BY CHILDREN.

Safe from the world's alluring harms,

Beneath His watchful eye, Thus in the circle of His arms, May we for ever lie.

Also Hymns 65 and 90.

HYMNS

FOR GENERAL USE.

37.

MORNING.

(Barthélemon's Morning Hymn ;
or Tunes Class 1.)

AWAKE my soul! and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice.

All praise to Thee, Who safe hast kept,
And hast refreshed me while I slept!

Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake,
I may of endless life partake.

Lord, I my vows to Thee renew,

Disperse my sins as morning dew;

Guard my first springs of thought and will,

And with Thyself my spirit fill.

Direct, control, suggest, this day,
All I design to do, or say;

That all my powers, with all their might,

In Thy sole glory may unite.

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

38.

MID-DAY.

(Tunes Class 3.)

AND now the sun's all-piercing ray
Shines brightly in the full mid-day;
His golden beams on every side
Are glittering in their hour of pride.
O Thou, Who o'er a guilty world
Thy beams of mercy hast unfurled,
Teach our cold hearts Thy grace to know,
Our love with noon-tide warmth to glow.
In this dark world while yet we stay,
And through the bliss of endless day,
Thy servants with Thy presence bless,
Jesu, Thou" Sun of Righteousness." Amen.

39.

EVENING.

(Tallis' Magdalen.)

GLORY to Thee, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light;
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath Thine own Almighty wings!