2 3 4 If earthly parents hear Their children when they cry; Their varied wants supply; Much more wilt thou thy love display, Our heavenly Father thou,- Descend and fill the place: So shall we feel the heavenly flame, O may that Sacred Fire, Descending from above, Our languid hearts inspire With fervent zeal and love; Enlighten our beclouded eyes, And teach our grovelling souls to rise. 76 March 16. L. M. THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE AND VICTORY. Quito. "Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness: fight the good fight of faith; lay hold on eternal life."-1 Tim. vi. 11, 12. 1 STAND up, my soul-shake off thy fears, March to the gates of endless joy, 2 Hell and thy sins resist thy course; Press forward to the heavenly gate; 4 There shall I wear a starry crown, 77 March 17. L. M. A MORNING SONG. Wells. "As for me, I will call upon God, evening, and morning, and at noon."-Ps. lv. 16, 17. 1 GREAT God, to thee my morning song, With humble gratitude I raise; O let thy mercy tune my tongue, And wake again to praise thy name. 78 March 18. L. M. THE HEAVENLY RACE. Truro. "Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." -Phil. iii. 13, 14. 1 A WAKE, our souls! away, our fears! Let every trembling thought be gone; 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, 3 From thee, the overflowing spring, Our souls shall drink a fresh supply; While such as trust their native strength Shall melt away, and droop, and die. 4 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, We'll mount aloft to thine abode; On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amid the heavenly road. 79 March 19. C. M. RETURNING TO GOD. Mear. "Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts."-Mal. iii. 7. 1 HOW oft, alas! this wretched heart Has wandered from the Lord! 2 Yet sovereign mercy calls-"Return!" 3 And canst thou-wilt thou yet forgive, 4 Almighty grace! thy healing power, That can to life and bliss restore A heart so vile as mine! 5 Thy pardoning love-so free, so sweetDear Saviour! I adore; Oh! keep me at thy sacred feet, And let me rove no more. 80 March 20. L. M. Old Hundred. THE LORD'S PRAYER. "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth."-Luke xi. 2. 1 FATHER, adored in worlds above! Thy glorious name be hallowed still; Thy kingdom come, in truth and love; And earth, like heaven, obey thy will. 2 Lord, make our daily wants thy care, 3 Evils beset us every hour;— Thy kind protection we implore: 81 March 21. 78. Pleyel's Hymn. THE GOLDEN RULE. "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."-Luke vi. 31. 1 THUS As thou wouldst be done unto:" Here thy perfect duty see, All that God requires of thee. 2 Wouldst thou, when thy faults are known, As thou wouldst be done unto. 3 Shouldst thou helpless be and poor, Wouldst thou not for aid implore? Think of others, then, and be What thou wouldst they should to thee. 1 For compassion if thou call, 5 If thou wouldst obtain the love Of thy gracious God above, Then to all His children be What thou wouldst they should to thee. 82 March 22. L. M. Ward. CHRISTIANITY TO BE SEEN IN OUR LIVES. "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and they were judged every one according to their WORKS."-Rev. xx. 12, 13. 1 S O let our lips and lives express So let our works and virtues shine, 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad 3 Our flesh and sense must be denied, 4 Religion bears our spirits up, While we expect that blessed hope- 83 March 23. L. M. 6 lines. Eaton. "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD." "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."—Ps. xxiii. 4. 1 THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, |