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METHODIST COL.

For Holiness.

1 THE thing my God doth hate
That I no more may do,

Thy creature, Lord, again create,
And all my soul renew:
My soul shall then, like thine,
Abhor the thing unclean,
And, sanctified by love divine,
Forever cease from sin.

2 That blessed law of thine,
Father, to me impart;

The Spirit's law of life divine,
O write it in my heart!
Implant it deep within,

Whence it may ne'er remove,
The law of liberty from sin,

The perfect law of love.

3 Thy nature be my law,

Thy spotless sanctity,

And sweetly every moment draw

My happy soul to thee.

Soul of my soul remain!

Who didst for all fulfil,
In me, O Lord, fulfil again
My heavenly Father's will.

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Miscellaneous Subjects.

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ANONYMOUS.

Baptism of a Child.

1 To thee, O God in Heaven,

This little one we bring,

Giving to thee what thou hast given,
Our dearest offering.

2 Into a world of toil

These little feet will roam,

Where sin its purity may soil,
Where care and grief may come.

3 0 then, let thy pure love,

With influence serene,

Come down, like water, from above

To comfort and make clean.

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Baptism of Children.

1 To Him who children blessed,
And suffered them to come,

ANONYMOUS.

To Him who took them to his breast
We bring these children home.

2 To thee, O God, whose face,
Their spirits still behold,

We bring them, praying that thy grace
May keep, thine arms enfold.

3 And as this water falls

On each unconscious brow,
Thy holy spirit grant, O Lord!
To keep them pure as now.

C. M.

EMILY TAYLOR.

Outward and Enward Life.

1 THERE's life abroad;- from each green tree

A busy murmur swells;

The bee is up at early dawn

Stirring the cowslip-bells.

There's motion in the lightest leaf

That trembles on the stream;

The insect scarce an instant rests,

Light dancing in the beam.