2-Be still, my soul! thy God doth undertake To guide the future, as He has the past : Thy hope, thy confidence, let nothing shake, All now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul! the waves and winds still know

His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.

3-Be still, my soul! when dearest friends depart,

And all is darkened in the vale of tears; Then shalt thou better know His love, His

heart,

Who comes to sooth thy sorrow and thy

fears.

Be still, my soul! thy Jesus can repay
From His own fulness all He takes away.

4-Be still, my soul ! the hour is hastening on, When we shall be for ever with the Lord; When disappointment, grief, and fear, are

gone,

Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored. Be still, my soul! when change and fears are

past,

All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

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5-Be still, my soul! begin the song of praise

On earth, believing, to the Lord on high; Acknowledge Him in all thy works and ways, So shall He view thee with a well-pleas'd

eye.

Be still, my soul! the sun of life divine
Thro' passing clouds shall but more brightly

shine.

HYMNS FROM THE LAND OF LUTHER.

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John xiv. 2.

1-Going home! and going quickly!
'Tis a thought to cheer the heart;
Should we suffer, be it meekly,
Soon the world and we must part,
Never more to meet again;
There's an end of suffering then,
There's an end of all that grieves us;

How the thought of this relieves us !

2-Going home! How sweet and cheering! Going to the place we love,

There in royal state appearing

Mid the shining court above;

There our Father lives and reigns,

Greater He than fancy feigns;
There His people live for ever,
There's a portion failing never.

7.6.

3-Going home! There's nothing dearer
To the pilgrim's heart than home,
Drawing nearer still and nearer
To the place where pilgrims come ;
Much he thinks of what will be,
Much of what he hopes to see,
Thinks of kindred, friends, and brothers,
But of Christ above all others.

4-'Tis the blessed hope of seeing
Him he loves in glory there,
Blessed hope of ever being
With the Lord, His joys to share
"Tis the hope which lightens toil,
And in sorrow makes him smile,
Cheers him in the midst of strangers,
Keeps him when beset with dangers.

5-Going home! Then it behoves us
Here to live as strangers do;
When the trial comes, it proves us,
Proves if we have faith or no ;
Let us make the promise sure,
Let us to the end endure,
In the Saviour's love abiding,
In the Saviour's strength confiding.

1-A little flock! so calls He thee, Who bought thee with His blood; A little flock, disowned of men,

But owned and loved of God.

2-A little flock! yea even so,
A handful among men,

Such is the purpose of Thy God;
So willeth He; Amen!

3-Not many

rich and noble called,

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Not many great and wise ;

They whom He makes His kings and

4-Church of the everlasting God,

Our Father's gracious choice
Amidst the voices of this earth,
How feeble is Thy voice!

5-But the chief Shepherd comes at length, Thy feeble days are o'er;

No more a handful in the earth,

A little flock no more.

6-No more a lily among thorns,
Weary, and faint, and few;

But countless as the stars of heaven,
Or as the early dew.

7-When entering th' eternal hall
In robes of victory,

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That mighty multitude shall keep

A joyous jubilee.

Psalm vi. 8.

1-Weep not,-Jesus lives on high,
Oh! sad and wearied one!

If thou with the burden sigh
Of grief thou cans't not shun,
Trust Him still;-

Soon there will

Roses in the thicket stand,

Goshen smile in Egypt's land.

2-Weep not,-Jesus thinks of thee,
When all beside forget,
And on thee so lovingly
His faithfulness has set,
That tho' all

Ruined fall,

Everything on earth be shaken,

Thou wilt never be forsaken.

BONAR.

P.M.