Thou art my rock, my stay,
My shield eternally-
And how can I repay

Thy benefits to me?
Small is my offering:-

O may it favor find!—
With thanks and praise I bring
A heart to Thee resigned.

42.

YEARNING FOR GOD.

(Palm 84.)

How lovely are Thy dwellings fair,
O Lord of Hosts, how dear,
The pleasant tabernacles are,
Where Thou dost dwell so near.

My soul doth long, yea, even faint,
Thy courts, O Lord, to see;
My heart and flesh are crying out,
O living God, for Thee.

Behold, the sparrow findeth out
A house wherein to rest;
The swallow also for herself
Hath found a peaceful nest.

Blest all who dwell within Thy house,
They ever give Thee praise;

J. K. G.

And blest the man whose strength Thou art, In whose heart are Thy ways.

43.

O PRAISE THE LORD

(Psalm 147.)

O praise the Lord, and thou, my soul,
Forever bless His name,

His wondrous love, while life shall last,
My constant praise shall claim.

On princes, on the sons of men,
Let none for aid rely;

They cannot help, they turn to dust,
And all their counsels die.

Then happy he, who Jacob's God
For his protector takes;

Who still with well-placed hope, the Lord

His constant refuge makes.

The Lord who made both heaven and earth, And all that they contain,

Will never fail in steadfast truth,

Nor make His promise vain.

44.

ISRAEL'S MISSION.

Let Israel trust in God alone
And in His power confide,

For He is faithful to His word
If we in Him abide:

His counsels must forever stand,

All nations bow to His command.

Let Israel strive for truth alone
In love to bless mankind,
And in the bands of brotherhood
All nations soon to bind,

So that they all with one accord,
Acknowledge and obey the Lord.

45.

PRAYER.

Pray when the morn unveileth
Her glories to thine eyes;
Pray when the sunlight faileth,
And stars usurp the skies.
Far from thy bosom flinging

Each worldly thought impure,
The praise of God be singing,
Mortal, forevermore.

J. K. G.

Pray for the friend whose kindness
Ne'er failed in word or deed;
Pray for the foe whose blindness
Hath caused thy heart to bleed.

A blessing for thy neighbor
Ask thou of God above;

And on thy hallowed labor

Shall fall His smile of love.

Beside the stranger's altar,
Or at thy proper shrine,

Let not thy accents falter
In utt'ring truths divine.
But e'en when life is waning,
Thy faith with zeal declare---
One God alone is reigning

Whose worship none may share.

P. M.

46.

THE OFFERING.

Lord, what offering shall we bring
At Thine altars when we bow?
Hearts, the pure, unsullied spring
Whence the kind affections flow;
Soft compassion's feeling soul,
By the melting eye expressed;
Sympathy, at whose control

Sorrow leaves the wounded breast.

Willing hands to lead the blind,
Bind the wounded, feed the poor;
Love embracing all our kind;
Charity, with liberal store.
Teach us, O Thou heavenly King,
Thus to show our grateful mind,
Thus the accepted offering bring,
Love to Thee, and all mankind.

47.

GOD OUR GUIDE.

God and Father, Thou hast taught me
I should live to Thee alone;

Year by year Thy hand hath brought me
On through dangers oft unknown.
When I wandered, Thou hast found me,
When I doubted, sent me light;
Still Thine arm has been around me,
All my paths were in Thy sight.

I would trust in Thy protecting,

Wholly rest upon Thine arm, Follow wholly Thy directing,

Thou mine only guide from harm! Keep me from mine own undoing, Help me turn to Thee when tried; Still my footsteps, Father, viewing, Keep me ever at Thy side!

48.

THE HOUSE OF GOD.

How goodly is Thy house, O Lord!
Within its courts we turn to Thee,
Who is by Israel ador'd

As God to all eternity.

Hither we come to praise Thy name,
Humbly to seek Thy gracious face;
Thy truth and greatness to proclaim
In this, Thy holy dwelling-place.

Accord us, then, Thy tender love;
Unto our pray 'rful words give ear;
Grant them acceptance from above,
And to our plaint be ever near.

49.

THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.

On mightier wing, in loftier flight,

H. S. J.

From year to year does knowledge soar; And, as it soars, religion's light

Adds to its influence more and more.