Art thou my Father ? I'll depend Art thou my Father ? Then at last, When all my days on earth are past, Send down and take me in thy love, To be thy better child above. THE CHILD'S PROTECTOR. Now, my dear, the cheerful sun Soft and quiet was your rest, Pain and sickness kept away, And the peaceful hours roll'd on To another smiling day. God protected you, my child, Go, and on your bended knee, YIELDING TO TEMPTATION. My love, you have met with a trial to-day, I saw the temptation, and trembled for fear And soon by your eye and your color, my dear, Oh, why did you suffer this troublesome sin And when you perceived it already within, As soon as temptation is put in your way, 'Tis then you must try to subdue it, and pray For courage to bid it depart. EVENING PRAYER. Lord, I have pass'd another day, Forgive my faults in work and play, And listen to my evening prayer. Thy favor gives me daily bread, And friends who all my wants supply; And safely now I rest my head, Preserved and guarded by thine eye. Look down in pity, and forgive To serve thee better than in this. A FATHER ON PRESENTING HIS DAUGHTER No diamond bright, or ruby rare, This sacred treasure far more dear, A father's love presents to thee; What it has been to mine. A solace, hope, unerring guide, To check the wrong desire; A MOTHER PRESENTING A BIBLE TO HER SON. Remember, love, who gave thee this, That mother sought a pledge of love, |