...closely bound To earth's delusive toys; Poor baubles we are loath to leave For everlasting joys. 4 It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth, It needs that we be driv'n, By loss of every earthly stay, To seek our joys in heav'n. 5 And what is sorrow, what ia pain,...

...as that the soul naturally cleaves to the dust. Hence, the Lord mercifully takes us in hand, for " It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth, It needs...of every earthly stay, To seek our joys in heaven." DECEMBER 10. " Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, and said, I cried by...

...deepest woe, So sweet a message bear, Dark though they seem, we cannot find A frown of anger there. 2 It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth, It needs that we be driven, By loss of ev'ry earthly stay, To seek our rest in heav'n. 3 Most loving is the hand that strikes, However keen...

...are closely bound To earth's delusive toys ; Poor baubles we are loth to leave For everlasting joys. It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth, It needs that we be driv'n, By loss of every earthly stay, To seek our joys in heav'n. And what is sorrow, what is pain,...

...light beyond. There is much truth and beauty in the words of the poet — " It needs that we be weaned from earth ; It needs that we be driven, By loss of every earthly stay, To seek our home in heaven." Are we not when the sun shines pleasantly upon us apt to forget our relation to God...

...often has adversity A richer boon bestow'd, Has oft bequeath'da purer joy, Than all that men call good. It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth, It needs that we be driv'n, By loss of every earthly stay, To seek our joys in heav'n. CAROLINE FRY. But day by day, and...

...woe V/ So sweet a message bear, Dark though they seem, 'twere hud to A frown of anger there. [faK 2 It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth. It needs...of every earthly stay, To seek our joys in heaven. .'{ For we must follow in the path Our Lord and Saviour run ; We must not find a resting place Where...

...delusive toys : Poor baubles we are loth to leave For everlasting joys. It needs our hearts be weaned from earth, It needs that we be driven, By loss of every earthly stay, To seek our joys in heaven. Yea ; we must follow in the path Our Lord and Saviour run, We must not find a resting place Where He...

...Dark though they seem, 'twere hard to find A frown of anger there. 2 It needs our hearts be weaned from earth ; It needs that we be driven, By loss of every earthly stay, To seek our joys in heaven. 3 And what is sorrow, what is pain, To that eternal care That breaks the conscious heart for sin, When...

...deepest woe So sweet a message bear, Dark though they seem, we cannot find A frown of anger there. It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth, It needs that we be driv'n, By loss of ev'ry earthly stay, To seek our rest in heav'n. Most loving is the hand that strikes,...