MARTHA AND MARY.

BLAME not a sister, if her way

Of seeking God's not thine;

Chide not, if she at home will stay,
Nor in thy good work join.

O'er heath and hill, from door to door,

Go thou, and seek and find

His praise, who yet may praise her more Whom thou dost leave behind.

LOVE KEEPING WATCH.

FAR on yon heath, so lone and wild,
A mother sits to watch her child,
Delighted with its heedless play,
Yet fearful of its going astray.

God watches both; O mother, pray That when those little feet shall stray O'er paths of life more lone and wild, God still may watch thy heedless child.

Pray, little one, that God may bless

Thy mother for her tenderness,

And watch her from his throne above

With all her own unwearied love.

CONFIRMATION HYMN.

LORD, shall thy children come to thee?

A boon of love divine we seek :

Brought to thy arms in infancy,

Ere hearts could feel or tongue could speak,

Thy children pray for grace, that they

May come themselves to thee this day.

Lord, shall we come, and come again?
Oft as we see yon table spread,

And, tokens of thy dying pain,

The wine pour'd out, the broken bread; Bless, bless, O Lord, thy children's prayer, That they may come and find thee there.

F

Lord, shall we come, come yet again?

Thy children ask one blessing more— To come, (not now alone and then,)

When life and death and time are o'er, Then, then to come, O Lord, and be Confirmed in heaven, confirmed by thee!

WRITTEN IN A BIBLE, A PRESENT TO A GOD-CHILD.

A KING for earthly wisdom prayed,
God gave the boon he sought;
That king God's law still disobeyed,
He knew, and did it not.

Ask thou, my child, a better boon,
The wisdom from above;

Nor think thy morn of life too soon
To learn a Saviour's love.

But ask not skill to understand

The deep and curious lore,

With which too many a reckless hand

Hath gloss'd these pages o'er.