A FEW months ago I was singing through the snow, Though the dead brown boughs gave no hope of summer shoots, And my persevering fall Seemed to be no use at all, For the hard, hard frost would not let me reach the roots. Then the mists hung chill All along the…
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On Leaving School. . .
One feels that childhood is over now, and a sense of tenfold increased responsibility and independence, so to speak, is a weight upon the spirit. The strings seem loosed which have hitherto bound and yet protected one,–a child’s obedience and diligence. One’s future education and formation of character, whether for good or evil, depends now upon oneself; indeed in a…
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Not your own.
‘NOT your own!’ but His ye are, Who hath paid a price untold For your life, exceeding far All earth’s store of gems and gold. With the precious blood of Christ, Ransome treasure all unpriced, Full redemption is procured, Full salvation is assured. ‘Not your own!’ but His by right, His peculiar treasure now, Fair and precious…
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M A Y.
REMEMBER, Lord, Thy word of old, The promised flood of grace; When earth Thy blessing shall behold, As streams in every place. The barren wild and thirsty soil, Thy Spirit, Lord, await; O pour it forth, and crown our toil In every heathen gate! Where thorns and briars choke the ground, And withering idols reign,…
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Just when Thou wilt.
I. JUST when Thou wilt, O Master, call! Or at the noon, or evening fall, Or in the dark, or in the light,– Just when Thou wilt, it must be right. II. Just when Thou wilt, O Saviour, come, Take me to dwell in Thy bright home! Or when the snows have crowned my head, Or ere it hath one…
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