198 PROFANITY. He rings and waits. O then begin So when its time on earth is past, SONGS FROM THE GERMAN. PROFANITY. TAKE not God's name in vain; Not with a laughing lip, Not in thy playful game ; Heareth each word we say : He will remember it, In the great judgment-day. CONSCIENCE. Hush! for his hosts, unseen, Wilt thou, with words profane, Glorious and beautiful? Honor God's holy name: Speak it with thought and care; Sing it in holy hymns; Breathe it in earnest prayer. But not with sudden cry, In thy light joy or pain: God will hold guilty all Who take his name in vain! 199 SUNDAY-SCHOOL HYMNS. CONSCIENCE. WHEN a foolish thought within If in something we transgress, 200 CONSCIENCE. Conscience says, "Your fault confess; In the morning when we rise, When, within His holy walls, Far abroad our thoughts we send, And entreats us to attend. When our angry passions rise, Thus, without our will or choice, But if we should disregard While this friendly voice would call, That it will not speak at all. HYMNS FOR INFANT MINDS. THE UNSEEN. 201 THE UNSEEN. THE wind blows down the largest tree, Blithe robin's notes how sweet, how clear, From his small bill they reach my ear! By something in my heart I'm chid; And for the poor whene'er I grieve, That something says, "A penny give." Thus spirits good and ill there be, Although invisible to me : Then, O good Spirits! guide my will. ADELAIDE TAYLOR. 202 IMMORTALITY. ETERNITY. How long sometimes a day appears! But even years are fleeting by, For day by day, as minutes fly, Days, months, and years must have an end: "T will always have as long to spend As when it first begun. Great God! although we cannot tell We humbly pray that we may dwell IMMORTALITY. YON butterfly, whose airy form Flits o'er the garden-wall, JANE TAYLOR. |