CONSCIENCE. Hush! for his hosts, unseen, 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, Playmates far off, that have been kind, Blithe robin's notes- how sweet, how clear, From his small bill they reach my ear! 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, Eternity comes on. Days, months, and years must have an end: "T will always have as long to spend 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. IMMORTALITY. Was once a little crawling worm, The little worm was then enclosed Within a shell-like case, And there it quietly reposed Until its change took place. And now on red and purple wings That make the earth so fair. And weif humbly we behave, And strive to follow, to our grave, Shall find a change more glorious far Through Christ, who reigns above the skies, Aloft on angels' wings to rise, And taste the joys of heaven. 203 SONGS FROM THE GERMAN. |