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Children pruising the Saviour. C. M. HOSANNAS were by children surg

Jesus was on earth;

Then surely we are not too young
To sound his praises forth.

2 The Lord is great, the Lord is good;
He feeds us from his store

With earthly and with heavenly food;
We'll praise him evermore.

3 We thank him for his gracious word;
We thank him for his love;
We'll sing the praises of our Lord,
Who reigns in heaven above.

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Power and Grace.

GIVE thanks to God most high,

The universal Lord;

The sovereign King of kings;
And be his grace adored.

P. M.

Thy inercy, Lord, And ever sure

Shall still endure,

Abides thy word.

2 How mighty is his hand!

What wonders hath he done!

He formed the earth and seas,

And spread the heavens alone.

His power and grace And let his name Are still the same; Have endless praise.

3 He saw the nations lie,

All perishing in sin,

And pitied the sad state

The ruined world was in.

Thy mercy, Lord,

Shall still endure,

And ever sure

Abides thy word.

4 He sent his only Son

To save us from our wo, From Satan, sin, and death, And every hurtful foe.

His power and grace And let his name

Are still the same,

Have endless praise,

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Praise for the Sabbath.

S. M.

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Sabbath of the Lord,
The Sabbath is our day;

For then we read and hear God's word,
We learn to praise and pray.

That day with songs we bless,
It hath the light of seven,

When Christ, the Sun of Righteousness,
Shines on our path to heaven.

Ours is the Sabbath-school;
Its lessons may we prize,

And grow by every gospel rule
Unto salvation wise.

So all our lives below,

In wisdom's pleasant ways,

The fruits of Sabbath-schools will show

The bliss of Sabbath-days.

6 Lord of the Sabbath! send

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Prosperity and peace,

Till tasks and teaching here shall end,
Tongues fail, and knowledge cease;

Then heaven itself shall be
One Sabbath-school above,
And undisturbed eternity,
One Sabbath-day of love.

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Praise for Mercies.

C. M.

ORD, I would own thy tender care,
And all thy love to me;

The food I eat, the clothes I wear,
Are all bestowed by thee.

2 And thou preservest me from death
And dangers, every hour:
I cannot draw another breath,
Unless thou give the power.

3 My health, and friends, and parents dear, To me by God are given;

I have not any blessings here,

But what are sent from heaven.

4 Such goodness, Lord, and constant care, A child can ne'er repay;

But may it be my daily prayer
To love thee and obey.

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Praise to the Saviour.

To praise the Saviour's name,

Let little children try;

S. M.

While saints and angels do the same
In the bright world on high.

His love in heaven is sung,
His name is there adored;
And children here, however young,
May learn to praise the Lord.

3 The wonders of that love

No earthly tongue can tell,

Which brought the Saviour from above,
To save our souls from hell.

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For us he wept and bled,

And suffered all his pain;

For us was numbered with the dead,
And rose to life again.

5 And still for us he prays,

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And makes our souls his care;
He loves to hear our feeble praise,
And listens to our prayer.

Lord Jesus! grant that we
May know thy saving grace:

On earth thy humble followers be;
In heaven benold thy face.

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LMIGHTY God! while earth and heaven
Thy power and skill proclaim;

Wilt thou permit a child to sing
The honours of thy name?

2 The early dawn of opening life
Has proved thy guardian care,
And may I through all future years
Thy grace and goodness share.
3 Now may I give myself to thee,
And in thy name confide;
Most gracious God! O deign to be
My Father, Friend, and Guide.

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The Christian Birth.
THANK the goodness and the grace
Which on my birth have smiled,
And made me in these Christian days
A highly favoured child.

2 I was not born as thousands are,
Where Jesus is unknown,

And taught to pray a useless prayer
To blocks of wood or stone.

3 I was not born a little slave,
To labour in the sun,

And wish that I were in my grave,
And all my labour done.

4 I was not born without a home,
Or in a broken shed;

A wretched outcast, taught to roam,
And steal my daily bread.

5 My God! I thank thee, who hast planned A better lot for me;

And placed me in this happy land,
Where I may hear of thee.

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Praise to Christ.

AWAKE, and sing the song.

Moses and the Lamb;

S. M.

Wake, every heart and every tongue,
To praise the Saviour's name.

2 Sing of his dying love;
Sing of his rising power;
Sing how he intercedes above
For those whose sins he bore.
Sing on your heavenly way,
Ye ransomed sinners, sing;
Sing on, rejoicing every day

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In Christ the exalted King.
4 Soon we shall hear him say,
"Ye blessed children, come;"
Soon will he call us hence away,
And take his wanderers home.
Soon shall our raptured tongue
His endless praise proclaim;
And sweeter voices tune the song
Of Moses and the Lamb.

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COME, sound his praise abroad,

And hymns of glory sing;

Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.