4 Ere yet thy heart the woes of age, 5 True wisdom, early sought and gained, 1 BY cool Siloam's shady rill How fair the lily grows! HEBER. How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, 2 Lo! such the child whose early feet Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, 3 By cool Siloam's shady rill The rose, that blooms beneath the hill, 4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Will shake the soul with sorrow's power 5 O Thou who givest life and breath, In childhood, manhood, age, and death, 774. C. M. Youthful Piety. COWPER. 1 BESTOW, O Lord, upon our youth And let the seed of sacred truth 2 Grace is a plant, where'er it grows, 3 Ye careless ones, O, hear betimes Your youth is stained with many crimes, 4 For you the public prayer is made; 5 We pray that you may early prove 775. C. M. LOGAN. Early Instruction. 1 HOW happy is the child who hears And who celestial Wisdom makes 2 For she has treasures greater far And her rewards more precious are 3 She guides the young with innocence 4 According as her labors rise, Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 776. L. M. WATTS. Religious Education. 1 CHILDREN, in years and knowledge young, Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, Attend the counsels of my tongue: Let pious thoughts your minds employ. 2 If you desire a length of days, And peace to crown your mortal state, 3 The eyes of God regard his saints; 4 To humble souls and broken hearts, 5 He tells their tears; he counts their groans; 777. 88, 7s & 4. UNION MINSTREL. Children exhorted. 1 CHILDREN, hear the melting story And salvation now obtain. 2 Yield no more to sin and folly, And your hearts to him unite. 3 All your sins to him confessing Seek the Saviour's richest blessing; Will you not his grace receive? 778. 7s & 6s. S. F. SMITH. Remember thy Creator. 1 "REMEMBER thy Creator" While youth's fair spring is bright, Before comes age's night; While yet the sun shines o'er thee, Thy great Creator fear. 2 "Remember thy Creator" 779. L. M. WATTS. Joy in Heaven for a repenting Sinner. 1 WHO can describe the joys that rise, To see an heir of glory born? 2 With joy the Father does approve The Son with joy looks down, and sees 3 The Spirit takes delight to view 780. C. M. The Lost found. NEEDHAM. 1 O, HOW divine, how sweet the joy, And, with an humble, broken heart, 2 Pleased with the news, the saints below 3 Well pleased the Father sees and hears Jesus receives him in his arms, 4 Nor angels can their joys contain, "The sinner lost is found," they sing, Joy in the Conversion of Sinners. 1 WHO can forbear to sing, When Zion's high, celestial King 2 When sinners at his feet, SWAIN. When grace, and truth, and justice, meet, 3 Who can forbear to praise Our high, celestial King, When sovereign, rich, redeeming grace 782. C. M. The Change effected by Grace. WATTS. 1 WHEN God revealed his gracious name, My rapture seemed a pleasing dream, |