O take and keep us ever thine!
3 Thy youth unspotted, full of grace,
Teach us all virtue and all praise;
Thou art our pattern, grant that we
In all things may resemble thee.

4 From year to year, while we increase
In stature, may we grow in grace;
In learning and obedience too,
May we thy blessed path pursue.

5 By day and night our steps direct,
And soul and body, Lord, protect
From ev'ry thing that grieveth thee,
Or unto us might hurtful be.

6 Impart to us that needful good, A heart besprinkled with thy blood, Wholly devoted unto thee, For thy soul's bitter agony. 7 That grace upon us all bestow, Thee more and more by faith to know, We then the glories of thy name In grateful accents shall proclaim. 797.*

T. 22.

HERE are we children poor and mean,
Corrupt throughout, defil'd by sin,
But by Christ's purifying blood
We're made acceptable to God.
2 May none of us, while we abide
On earth, be weaned from thy side;
But grant that we be found in thee,
And thou in us eternally.

798. T. 22.

I LOVE the Lord, who dy'd for me,
I love his grace divine and free;
I love the scriptures, there I read
Christ loved me and for me bled.
Ff

2 I love his tears and suff'rings great,
I love his precious bloody sweat,
I could not have been freed from guilt.
I love his blood, were that not spilt

3 I love to hear that he was slain,
I love his ev'ry grief and pain,
I love to meditate by faith
Upon his meritorious death.

4. I love mount Calv'ry, where his love
Stronger than death itself did prove;
I love to walk his dolrous way,
I love the grave where Jesus lay.
5 I love his people and their ways,
I love with them to pray and praise;
I love the Father, and the Son,
I love the Spirit he sent down.

6 I love to think the time will come
When I shall be with him at home,
And praise him in eternity:
Then shall my love completed be.

799. T. 22.

I WILL a little pilgrim be,
Resolv'd alone to follow thee,
Thou Lamb of God, who now art
gone
Up to thy everlasting throne.
2 I will my heart to thee resign,
Thine only be, O be thou mine!
The world I leave and foolish play,
To happiness to find the way.

3 My lips shall be employ'd to bless The Lord, who is my Righteousness; My pleasure only to pursue

His mind, and him my Saviour know.
Till I my pardon seal'd receive;
4 So long I'll pray below to live,
I then, when Jesus calls, shall die,
Or rather live eternally.

$00. T. 14.
JESUS, to thee our souls we raise,
And for a blessing look;
May we, assisted by thy grace,
With pleasure learn our book.

2 Give us an humble, active mind,
From sloth and folly free;
Give us a cheerful heart, inclin'd
To useful industry.

3 A faithful memory bestow,

With solid learning's store; And still, O Lord, as more we know, Let us obey thee more.

4 Let us things excellent discern,

Hold fast what we approve; But more than all delight to learn The lessons of thy love.

801. T. 14.

2 'Twas then the children join'd the

rest,

And hail'd him with a song; With one accord his name confess'd, Amidst the joyful throng;

may we little children, now Attempt the same, and worship too The Lamb of God, who dy'd for us Upon the shameful cross.

804.

T. 243.

For which we hither came,

In search of useful learning join'd,

As foll'wers of the Lamb.

2 Daily to Jesus we'll look up, As soon as we awake,

And for his constant blessing hope In all we undertake.

3 His meritorious industry,

His labor, toil and sweat, Shall our support and pattern be,

Him we will imitate.

4 If he his grace on us confer,
We then shall learn apace,
Live to his glory, and declare
Our heav'nly Father's praise.

802. T. 590.

O THOU, before whose Father's face
The children's angels stand,
Grant me, a helpless child, the grace
That thy angelic band
May watch my ways, and guard my bed,
And minister to me,

Till I in death shall bow my head,
And
go
to live with thee.

803. T. 159.

HOW heart-affecting Christ to see,
Some days before he bled,
Go to Jerus'lem willingly

To suffer in our stead!
When he approach'd, the multitude
Their garments spread and branches
strew'd

Crying" Hosanna" to his praise,
With joy and thankfulness.

Our God and our Saviour, Who died to release us,

We'll worship for ever,

God's holy Lamb,-the Lord's his name,

2 In liveliest manner

O let us before him With joy sing hosanna,

And praise and adore him; Our childlike cries-he'll not despise.

3 Come then, let us follow Our Master with praises; His name let us hallow,

Whose blood us releases: O Christ, to thee-all glory be ! 4 Hosanna! Hosanna!

Thou Son of king David: Hosanna! Hosanna!

For thou hast us saved:

For ever reign-thou Lamb once slain! 805. T. 39.

LORD Jesus, we bless thee that thou wast a child,

And hast us thereby unto God reconcil'd:

We thank thee for suff'ring and dying

in pain,

For thy being bury'd and rising again.

2 We thank thee, that thou wilt the children permit

To offer their praises and songs at thy feet;

That thou, Lord, their pray'rs art inclined to hear,

And always to help them and save them art near.

Grant we may abide in thy love to the

end:

O render us truly obedient to thee, That we thy dear children for ever may be.

806. T. 39.

WHEREIN is for children true bliss to be found?

will own,

And we are beloved by Jesus, his Son, The spirit of truth will instruct us to pray,

And he will direct us throughout our whole way.

3 Ah! should not the mercies

you dai

prove

ly do Excite you our Saviour to praise and to love?

they are own'd,

In him they find pasture while here they remain,

And joys everlasting in heaven obtain ̧

2 We sing and we hear, how our Maker came down

To earth, and for us left his heavenly

throne,

Assuming our nature became a poor

child,

And us by his suff'rings to God reconconcil'd.

3 O myst❜ry of godliness! wonder of grace!

May we without ceasing adore him and praise;

May all of us know what a Saviour we have,

Yea love him sincerely, and in him believe.

4 We now, with the angels, unite to declare

The praises of him, who our sorrows did bear,

With hearts and with voices exalting the Lamb,

Who dy'd on the cross our poor souls to redeem.

807. T. 39. DEAR children, assembled to hear of

the Lord,

You're here to be taught by his Spirit and word;

O think what great favors on you are conferr'd!

4. For this may his name by us all be rever'd.

2 When once the sin-sick soul

For grace hath panted,
By Christ we're render'd whole,
To us is granted,
That we a heav'nly life
May here be leading;
In union with our Lord
Each step proceeding.
3 He who without delay
To Jesus turneth,

With confidence doth pray,
And humbly mourneth,
Doth certainly receive
(O boundless favor!)
Forgiveness of his sins.

From Christ our Saviour.
4 If we, with uprightness,
'Fore him discover
Our wants; then our distress
Will soon be over;
He'll cure most graciously
Our worst diseases,
And fill us constantly
With thanks and praises.

814.

T. 23.
JESUS hath procur'd salvation
For mankind in ev'ry station:
Ev'ry youth who loves our Saviour
Imitates his chaste behavior.

2 If we, when by guilt oppressed,
Look to Christ, our Pattern blessed,
He will graciously direct us,
And from ev'ry sin protect us.

815. T. 22.
DEAR youths, O that ye all but knew
How Jesus burns in love to you,
Is deeply mov'd by your distress,
And pities your great sinfulness!

2 His ears are open night and day,
He hears whene'er to him you pray:
He watcheth closely all you do,
Yea, all your thoughts and reas'nings too.
3 Whene'er a youth bemoans his case,
And weeps to him for saving grace,
He's wash'd in Jesus' precious blood,
And made a happy child of God.