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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My Messengers.
I SAID to the lilies, ‘Carry for me, Carry a song to the Sweetest!’ They nodded and said, ‘Our sister is she, That loveliest lily thou greetest. O gather and send us,’ they whispered to me, ‘And bid us bloom fragrantly near her, To waken her smile, rejoicing to be Thy message of comfort to cheer…
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