! JESUS, EVER NEAR. 117 1 Dear Saviour, ev er at my side, How loving thou must be, To leave thy home in 2 I cannot feel thee touch my hand With pressure light and mild, To check me, as my 3 And when, dear Saviour, I kneel down, Morning and night to prayer, Something there is with heaven to guard A little child like me. mother did, When I was but a child. in my heart, Which tells me thou art there. Thy beautiful and shining face I see not, though so near; The sweetness of thy soft low voice I am too deaf to hear. ing with sin for me; And when my heart loves God, I know The sweetness is from thee. pray'r is all for me; But when I sleep, thou sleepest not, But watchest patient ly. 118 HEAVENLY VOICES. 1 The seraphs bright are hov'ring Around the throne above; Their harps are ever 2 From earth is daily rising A rich, harmonious song, From sunny, perfumed 3 And childhood's voice is chanting A full, harmonicus song; When morning light is GOD SPEED THE RIGHT. 119 W. E. HICKSON. Music, German. 2 4 Now to heav'n our pray'r ascending, God speed the right; 1 In a noble cause contending, God speed the right; Be our zeal in heav'n recorded, little hands some work may try To help the poor in misery-Such grace to mine be giv'n. little lips can praise and pray, And gentle words of kindness say, Such grace to mine be giv'n. little eyes can upward look, Can learn to read God's holy book: Such grace to mine be giv❜n. O! SEND FORTH THE BIBLE. 121 Music by MOZART. Arranged by A. CULL. 1 O send forth the Bible, more precious than gold; Let no one presume the blest 2 Its pages with mercy and truth are all bright; It points to the regions of 9:4 gift to withhold; It speaks to all heavenly light; It shows us the nations in language so plain, That he who will evil and danger of sin, And o - pens a read it, true wisdom may gain. fountain of cleansing within. 3 It tells us of One who is mighty to save, 4 O, who would neglect such a volume as this, |