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HYMN 494. L. M. [#]
Religious Education.

1 CHILDREN, in years and knowledge young, Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, Attend the counsels of my tongue;

Let pious thoughts your minds employ.

2 If you desire a length of days,

And peace to crown your mortal state, Restrain feet from impious ways,

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Your lips from slander and deceit.

3 To humble souls and broken hearts
God with his grace is ever nigh;
Pardon and hope his love imparts,
When youth in deep contrition lie.

4 He tells their tears; he counts their groans:
His Son redeems their souls from death;
His spirit heals their broken bones:
They in his praise employ their breath.

HYMN 495. C. M. [#]
Early Piety.

1 COME, children, learn to fear the Lord;
And, that your days be long,

Let not a false or sinful word

Be found upon your tongue.

2 Depart from mischief, practise love,
Pursue the works of peace;

So shall the Lord your ways approve,
And set your souls at ease.

3 His eye awakes to guard the just,
His ear attends their cry;

When broken spirits dwell in dust,
The God of grace is nigh.

4 What though the sorrows here they taste
Are sharp and tedious too,
The Lord, who saves them all at last,
Is their Supporter now.

HYMN 496. S. M. [#]
Early Instruction.

1 LET children learn the deeds
Which God performed of old;
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.

2 He makes his glories known,
His works of power and grace;
And we'll convey his wonders down
Through every rising race.

3 We'll tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs,
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.

4 Thus shall they learn in God
Their hope securely stands,

That they may still record his works,
And practise his commands.

HYMN 497.

L. M.. [# or b ]

For religious Schools.

1 O LORD, to thee we raise our song,
To thee address our humble prayer,
To whom our lives and strength belong;--
O make us all thy special care.

2 We thank thee for thy tender grace,

With which our infant minds are stored,
And taught to seek thy lovely face,
And learn our duty from thy word.

3 O may we ne'er abuse the day

On which the Friend of children rose, Nor waste our time in sinful play,

And multiply our earthly woes.

4 But teach us all to read thy word,

And write thy precepts on our hearts : Thus lead us in thy doctrine, Lord, Which peace, and joy and life imparts.

HYMN 498. 8 & 7s. M. [#]

Children's Prayer.

1 GOD of mercy and of wisdom,
Hear thy children's lisping cry;
Let thy presence, Lord, be with them,
Teaching lessons from on high.

2 Here, beneath thy wing, we seat us,
Up to heaven for wisdom look;
Lord, in mercy deign to meet us,—
Meet us in thy sacred Book.

3 Since thy truth doth gild its pages,

May that truth, Lord, make us free; On the Rock of endless ages

Let our faith established be.

4 To our faith we'll add the graces,
Virtue, knowledge, patience, love:
When on earth we leave our places,
Raise.us all to seats above.

HYMN 499.

L.M. [#]

Youthful Remembrance of God.

1 IN the soft season of thy youth,
In nature's early, smiling bloom,
Ere age arrive, and trembling wait
Its summons to the silent tomb;—
2 Remember thy Creator, God;

For him thy nobler powers employ;
Make him thy Fear, thy Love, thy Hope,
Thy Confidence, and highest Joy.

3 He shall defend and guide thy course
Through life's uncertain, stormy sea,
Till thou art landed on the shore
Of glorious immortality.

4 Then early seek the Lord, and choose
The path of wisdom and of truth:
The earth affords no lovelier sight
Than a discreet, religious youth.

HYMN 500. C. M. [#]

God's Word the best Guide of Youth.

1 THE morn of life, how fair and gay How cheering and how new!

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What hopes illume each opening day,
And brighten every view!

2 Youth's ardent mind, with joy elate,
Elastic and sincere,

Suspects no ills that may await,
Nor yields a thought to fear.

3 But slippery is the path they tread,
In pleasure's dangerous way;

A thousand snares around then spread,
And oft their feet betray."

4 How shall they, then, their course pursue Through life's uncertain road?

What friendly hand will point their view
To duty and to God?

5 In God's own word the way is sure,
And clear to every eye;
It leads us in a path secure
To brighter worlds on high.

HYMN 501. H. M. [#]

Youth exhorted to Virtue.

1 EARLY in life's young days
Let each unsullied youth
Seek wisdom's peaceful ways,

And walk the path of truth:

There streams of purest pleasure flow;
There honours bloom, and virtues grow.

2 Be God's all-perfect Son

Thy Pattern and thy Guide;

Let all his will be done,

Nor trust a friend beside;

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