Their union with thy favour crown,
And bless the nuptial bands.

3 With gifts of grace their hearts endow,
Of all rich dowries best;

Their substance bless, and peace bestow,
To sweeten all the rest.

4 In purest love their souls unite,
That they, with Christian care,
May make domestic burdens light,
By taking mutual share.

5 On every soul assembled here,
O make thy face to shine;

Thy goodness more our hearts can cheer,
Than richest food or wine.

1 WE join to pray, with wishes kind,

A blessing, Lord, from thee,

On those who now the bands have twined
Which ne'er may broken be.

2 We know that scenes not always bright Must unto them be given;

But over all give thou the light

Of love, and truth, and heaven.

C. M.

3 Still hand in hand, their journey through,
Joint pilgrims may they go;
Mingling their joys as helpers true,
And sharing every woe.

4 May each in each still feed the flame
Of pure and holy love;

In faith and trust and heart the same,
The same their home above.

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FAMILY WORSHIP.

"He setteth the Solitary in Families." 1 FATHER of all, thy care we bless, Which crowns our families with peace; From thee they spring, and by thy hand, Their root and branches are sustained.

2 To God most worthy to be praised,
Be our domestic altars raised;

Who, Lord of heaven, scorns not to dwell
With saints in their obscurest cell.

3 To thee may each united house,
Morning and night, present their vows;
Our servants there, and rising race,
Be taught thy precepts and thy grace.

L. M.

4 0 may each future age proclaim
The honours of thy glorious name;
While we with thankful hearts, remove
To join the family above.

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A Family Altar Erected.

1 In all our ways, O God,

We would acknowledge thee;

And seek to keep our hearts and house

From all defilement free.

2 Where'er we have a tent,
An altar will we raise;
And thither our oblations bring,
Of humble prayer and praise.

30 hear thy servants, Lord,
And let our household be
Devoted to thyself alone,
A dwelling meet for thee.

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On a Change of Residence.

1 SOLE Sovereign of the earth and skies,
Supremely good, supremely wise,
Fix thou the place of our abode,
But let it still be near our God.

2 On earth we weary pilgrims roam,
Nor find, nor hope, a lasting home;

S. M.

L.M.

We seek a house not made with hands,
A heavenly house, which ever stands.
3 Yet while we sojourn here below,

Let streams of mercy round us flow;
And when our destined race is run,
Assign us mansions near thy throne.

387"His Righteousness is to Children's Children." C. M. Db.
1 0 THOU whose covenant is sure
To all who fear thy name;

Whose mercies age on age endure,
Eternally the same:

Thou art our fathers' God; we plead
That title; we are thine:
Pour down thy Spirit on our seed,
And sanctify our line.

2 In thee our fathers put their trust,
Thy ways they humbly trod:
Honoured and sacred is their dust,

And still they live to God.

Heirs to their faith, their hope, their prayers,

We the same path pursue:

Entail the blessing to our heirs,
Lord! show thy promise true.

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Daily Bread.

1 DAY by day the manna fell :

O to learn this lesson well!

79.

Still by constant mercy fed,
Give me, Lord, my daily bread.
2" Day by day," the promise reads,
Daily strength for daily needs;
Cast foreboding fears away,
Take the manna of to-day.

3 Lord! my times are in thy hand:
All my sanguine hopes have planned,
To thy wisdom I resign,

And would make thy purpose mine.

4 Thou my daily task shalt give ;
Day by day to thee I live;
So shall added years fulfil,
Not my own, my Father's will.

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"He that keepeth his Mouth, keepeth his Life." L. M. 1 GUARD well thy lips; none, none can know What evils from the tongue may flow; What guilt, what grief may be incurred, By one incautious, hasty word.

2 "Condemn not, judge not;' not to man Is given his brother's faults to scan; One task is thine, and one alone,

To search out and subdue thine own.

3 Indulge no murmurings; O restrain Those lips so ready to complain;