1005 The song of triumph. L. M. OON may the last glad song arise, 2 Let thrones, and powers, and kingdoms, be Obedient, mighty God, to thee; And over land, and stream, and main, 1006 0 16th P. M. 11 12, 11 12. 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; 1007 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 ; 3 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way And show the mind which went astray 4 Almighty God, thine influence shed, The honours of thy Name be spread, 1008 MTG 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. A blessing invoked on teachers. Shed that wisdom's guiding light. 1009 C. M. For a blessing on the children. To frame, in nature's earliest hour, 2 Yet didst thou not disdain awhile 4 So may our youth adore thy Name! With fost'ring grace the timid flame How sweet the lily grows! C. M. How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, 2 Lo! such the child whose early feet 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, In childhood, manhood, age, and death, 1011 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 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 C. M. Anniversary; the children's jubilee. HD Christ, the children's King; His praise, to whom our souls belong, 2 From little ones to Jesus brought, Hosanna now be heard; Let little infants now be taught 3 Hosanna, sound from hill to hill, 4 Hosanna, on the wings of light, Till morn to eve, and noon to night, 5 Hosanna, then, our song shall be; This is the children's jubilee; 1013 Children recalling the example of Jesus. C. M. THEN Jesus left his Father's throne, W He chose an humble birth; And, all unhonour'd and unknown, 2 Like him, may we be found below 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, Thus, in the circle of his arms, |