1005 The song of triumph. L. M. OON may the last glad song arise, And over land, and stream, and main, 1006 16th P. M. 11 12, 11 12. Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. JOIN ye of the skies: Alleluia, they sing, in rapturous strains; 2 He gave to the light its beneficent wings; And he ruleth the factions that rage through the world. 3 Rejoice, ye that love him; his power cannot fail; His omnipotent goodness shall surely prevail; The triumph of evil will shortly be past, And omnipotent mercy shall conquer at last. 4 Though Satan now maketh the nations his prey, 'The dominion of darkness shall soon pass away: Exulting, we join heaven's rapturous strains, Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigns. 1007 C. M. Blessedness of instructing the young. DELIGHTFUL work! young souls to win, And turn the rising race From the deceitful paths of sin, 2 Children our kind protection claim; approve When infants learn to lisp his name, And their Redeemer love. 3 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way And show the mind which went astray 4 Almighty God, thine influence shed, The honours of thy Name be spread, 1008 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. A blessing invoked on teachers. 1009 0 C. M. For a blessing on the children. To frame, in nature's earliest hour, With fost'ring grace the timid flame 1010 The Christian child. Y cool Siloam's shady rill B'How sweet the lily grows! C. M. How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, 2 Lo! such the child whose early feet 3 By cool Siloam's shady rill The lily must decay; The rose that blooms beneath the hill Must shortly fade away. 4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Of man's maturer age Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, And stormy passion's rage. 5 O Thou who givest life and breath, We seek thy grace alone, In childhood, manhood, age, and death, To keep us still thine own. 1011 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. Sanctified knowledge. YOME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, To train and bring them up for heaven. Their blindness, both of heart and mind: Give them the wisdom from above,— Spotless, and peaceable, and kind: In knowledge pure their minds renew, And store with thoughts divinely true. 3 Learning's redundant part and vain Be here cut off, and cast aside: But let them, Lord, the substance gain; In every solid truth abide; Swiftly acquire, and ne'er forego The knowledge fit for man to know. 4 Unite the pair so long disjoin'd, Knowledge and vital piety: Learning and holiness combined, And truth and love, let all men see In those whom up to thee we give, Thine, wholly thine, to die and live. 1012 C. M. HOSANNA, thhildren's King, His praise, to whom our souls belong, 2 From little ones to Jesus brought," Hosanna now be heard; Let little infants now be taught 3 Hosanna, sound from hill to hill, 4 Hosanna, on the wings of light, Till morn to eve, and noon to night, 5 Hosanna, then, our song shall be; This is the children's_jubilee; 1013 C. M. Children recalling the example of Jesus. HEN Jesus left his Father's throne, W He chose an humble birth; And, all unhonour'd and unknown, 2 Like him, may we be found below peace; Like him, in grace and knowledge grow, 3 Sweet were his words, and kind his look, When mothers round him press'd; Their infants in his arms he took, And on his bosom blest. 4 Safe from the world's alluring charms, Thus, in the circle of his arms, |