"Almighty and eber-libing God, who hast bouchsafed to regenerate these Thy serbants by water and the Holy Ghost, and hast giben unto them forgiveness of all their sins.”

WHERE is the brow to bear in mortals' sight
The crown of pure angelic Light?

And where the favoured eye

Through the dim air the radiance to descry?
An infant on its mother smiling,

Washed from the world and sin's defiling,
And to Faith's arm restored, while yet
With the blest dew its cheeks are wet;-
There Christ hath sworn seraphic Light shall be;
There eyes, the Light to see.

He who vouchsafed to kindle that pure glow

Will feed it day and night, we know,

By duteous fear of sin

Fanned into flame the virgin heart within,

Till once again, at Angels' warning,

Heaven-gates shall part as clouds of morning,

And the confirming Spirit pour

His glory where young hearts adore :

There is Heaven's Light; there, if true pastors be,

Are eyes, the Light to see.

And what if there some favoured one should kneel,
Whom in His time the Lord will seal,

High in the Mount to draw

Light uncorrupt from His pure fontal law;
Then 'mid his brethren bear unknowing
The lustre keen within him glowing,
But veil it, when he feels their gaze,

As Moses veiled the Sinai rays ?—

Blest, who sc shines; and blest the thoughtful few, Who see that brightness true.

Strengthen them, we beseech Thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost, the Comforter."

LORD, dare we pray Thee dwell within

Our hearts, defiled by wilful sin?

Signed with the cross in childhood's morn,
Adopted sons, and soldiers sworn ;
Then fostered by Thy Church's care,
By praise, by teaching, and by prayer.
Too soon, by youth and passion flushed,
Baptismal seeds of grace we crushed;
Bade Thee, O Holy Ghost, depart,
And gave to earth our earthly heart.
Yet who, save Thee, can youth renew,
And quench its fires in quickening dew?
And who, in manhood's noonday beam,
Can lead, save Thee, to comfort's stream?
Oh, if Thou seest us erring still,
Oh, bend to Thine our stubborn will,
And bring us to Thy fold again,
(If need), by chastisements and pain.
Bring us, by sickness and by health,
By tribulation and by wealth.
Bring us by all the powers of sense,
By all the course of Providence ;
By inmost conscience, not yet dumb;
By all the past, by all to come.
By God's best gifts,-His Son to die,
And Thee, our hearts to sanctify.
Bring us, before our sun go down,
To bear the cross, to win the crown.

Child's Christian Year.

"And daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace."

Look down, O Lord, and on our youth
Bestow the gift of heavenly grace;

And let the seed of sacred truth
Find in each heart a fruitful place.

Soon to appear before Thy sight,
Their vow and promise to renew,
Prepare them for the solemn rite;
Bid each his heart and life review.

The cross that marked their infant-brow,
May it a faithful emblem prove,
That they shall keep that sacred vow,
And walk as children of Thy love.

Thy sons and daughters may they be,
Confirm'd and strengthen'd by Thy grace;
And, safe through life preserved by Thee,
In Heaven behold Thee, face to face.

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