5 True wisdom, early sought and gained," age will give thee rest; In O then improve the morn of life, L. M. 612. L. E. LANDON. Feed my Lambs! 1 WHILE yet the youthful spirit bears 2 Then is the time for faith and love 3 The world will come with care and crime, 4 The infant prayer, the infant hymn, 5 The infant hymn is heard again, We turn to all we loved before. 434 C. M. 613. J. TAYLOR. Songs of Children in Heaven. 1 THERE is a glorious world of light Where saints departed, clothed in white, 2 And hark!— amid the sacred songs Ten thousand thousand infant tongues 3 Those are the hymns that we shall know If Jesus we obey; That is the place where we shall go, L. M. 614. CAWOOD. The Call of Samuel. 1 IN Israel's fane, by silent night, 2 A voice unknown the stillness broke; Thus early called to serve his God, 4 Speak, Lord! and, from our earliest days, Incline our hearts to love thy ways; Thy wakening voice hath reached our ear: Speak, Lord, to us; thy servants hear. 1 O SAY not, think not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain, - That the young mind at random floats, 2 Was not our Lord a little child, 3 And loved he not of heaven to talk To meet them in his daily walk, 4 And though some tones be weak and low, What are all prayers beneath, But cries of babes that cannot know 5 In his own words we Christ adore; 6 And yet his words mean more than they, And yet he owns their praise; O think not that he turns away C. M. 616. WATTS. The aged Saint's Reflection and Hope. Psalm 71. 1 My God, my everlasting hope, I live upon thy truth; Thine hands have held my childhood up, 2 Still has my life new wonders seen 3 Cast me not off when strength declines, When hoary hairs arise; And round me let thy glories shine, 4 Let me thy power and truth proclaim 5 The land of silence and of death may these poor remains of breath 1 As various as the moon Is man's estate below; To his bright day of gladness soon 2 The night of woe resigns 3 Yet not to fickle chance 4 God measures unto all Their lot of good or ill; Nor this too great, nor that too small, 5 Let man conform his mind 6 Hopeful and humble, bear C. M. 618. Man's Weakness. Cowper. 1 WEAK and irresolute is man: 2 Some foe to his upright intent Virtue engages his assent, |