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The song of triumph.

L. M.

OON may the last glad song arise,
Through all the millions of the skies-
That song of triumph which records
That all the earth is now the Lord's.

2 Let thrones, and powers, and kingdoms, be Obedient, mighty God, to thee;

And over land, and stream, and main,
Now wave the sceptre of thy reign.
3 0 let that glorious anthem swell;
Let host to host the triumph tell,
Till not one rebel heart remains,
But over all the Saviour reigns.

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Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

JOIN ye the anthems of triumph, that rise From the throng of the blest, from the hosts of the skies:

Alleluia, they sing, in rapturous strains; Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigns. 2 He gave to the light its beneficent wings; He controlleth the counsels of senates and kings: From his throne in the clouds the lightnings are hurl'd,

And he ruleth the factions that rage through the world.

3 Rejoice, ye that love him; his power cannot

fail;

His omnipotent goodness shall surely prevail;
The triumph of evil will shortly be past,
And omnipotent mercy shall conquer at last.
4 Though Satan now maketh the nations his prey,
The dominion of darkness shall soon pass away:
Exulting, we join heaven's rapturous strains,-
Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigns.

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SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.

C. M.

Blessedness of instructing the young.

DELIGHTFUL work! young souls to win,

And turn the rising race

From the deceitful paths of sin,

To seek redeeming grace.

2 Children our kind protection claim ;
And God will well approve
When infants learn to lisp his name,
And their Redeemer love.

3 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way
To guide untutor❜d youth,

And show the mind which went astray
The Way, the Life, the Truth.

4 Almighty God, thine influence shed,
To aid this blest design:

The honours of thy Name be spread,
And all the glory thine.

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A blessing invoked on teachers.
IGHTY One, before whose face
Wisdom had her glorious seat,
When the orbs that people space
Sprang to birth beneath thy feet;
2 Source of truth, whose rays alone
Light the mighty world of mind;
God of love, who from thy throne
Kindly watchest all mankind;
3 Shed on those, who in thy Name
Teach the way of truth and right,
Shed that love's undying flame,—

Shed that wisdom's guiding light.

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For a blessing on the children.
WISDOM! whose unfading power
Beside the' Eternal stood,

To frame, in nature's earliest hour,
The land, the sky, the flood;

2 Yet didst thou not disdain awhile
An infant form to wear,-
To bless thy mother with a smile,
And lisp thy falter'd prayer.
3 But in thy Father's own abode,
With Israel's elders round,
Conversing high with Israel's God,
Thy chiefest joy was found.

4 So may our youth adore thy Name!
And, Saviour! deign to bless

With fost'ring grace the timid flame
Of early holiness.

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How sweet the lily grows!

C. M.

How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
Of Sharon's dewy rose!

2 Lo! such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod-
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.

3 By cool Siloam's shady rill

The lily must decay;

The rose that blooms beneath the hill

Must shortly fade away.

4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour

Of man's maturer age

Will shake the soul with sorrow's power,

And stormy passion's rage.

5 0 Thou who givest life and breath,
We seek thy grace alone,

In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still thine own.

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Sanctified knowledge.

COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

To whom we for our children cry, The good desired, and wanted most, Out of thy richest grace supply; The sacred discipline be given,

To train and bring them up for heaven. 2 Error and ignorance remove;

Their blindness, both of heart and mind: Give them the wisdom from above,Spotless, and peaceable, and kind : In knowledge pure their minds renew, And store with thoughts divinely true. 3 Learning's redundant part and vain Be here cut off and cast aside: But let them, Lord, the substance gain; In every solid truth abide; Swiftly acquire, and ne'er forego The knowledge fit for man to know. 4 Unite the pair so long disjoin'd, Knowledge and vital piety: Learning and holiness combined,

And truth and love, let all men see In those whom up to thee we give, Thine, wholly thine, to die and live. 1012

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Anniversary; the children's jubilee.
OSANNA, be the children's song,-

HD Christ, the children's King;

His praise, to whom our souls belong,
Let all the children sing.

2 From little ones to Jesus brought,

Hosanna now be heard;

Let little infants now be taught
To lisp that lovely word.

3 Hosanna, sound from hill to hill,
And spread from plain to plain,
While louder, sweeter, clearer still,
Woods echo to the strain.

4 Hosanna, on the wings of light,
O'er earth and ocean fly,

Till morn to eve, and noon to night,
And heaven to earth, reply.

5 Hosanna, then, our song shall be;
Hosanna to our King:

This is the children's jubilee;
Let all the children sing.

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Children recalling the example of Jesus.

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THEN Jesus left his Father's throne,

W He chose an humble birth;

And, all unhonour'd and unknown,
He came to dwell on earth.

2 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.

3 Sweet were his words, and kind his look, When mothers round him press'd;

Their infants in his arms he took,

And on his bosom blest.

4 Safe from the world's alluring charms,
Beneath his watchful eye,

Thus, in the circle of his arms,
May we forever lie.

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