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4 Still, still, around us giant ills are threatening,
And slaves to passion, ignorance, and fear
Ask our redemption, while, the battle waging,
We fight for virtue, home, and country dear.
Hear us, we pray, before thine altar kneeling,
Almighty God! stretch forth thy powerful hand;
O, like our fathers, still to thee appealing,
Help us to conquer! Redeem our native land!

Charles W. Wendte.

372

THE PRAYER OF YOUTH.

To Hoar.

I O God, most holy, merciful, and mighty,
Grant us thy blessing on our upward way;
Lead us and keep us, lest we idly wander
Far from thy presence, and the brighter day.
Hear us, we pray, before thine altar kneeling,
Almighty God! send forth thy quickening love;
O make us strong, we need thy deep revealing

Of trust, and strength, and calmness from above!

2 Now in the joy and peace of life's fair morning,
Help us that we may serve thee faithfully;
Striving to follow in the Teacher's footsteps,
Loving his perfect law of liberty.

Hear us, we pray, etc.

3 When fierce temptation like a storm surrounds us,
And weak and faltering, wearily we stand,
Give us that succour which to him thou gavest,
And in the darkness let us feel thy hand.
Hear us, we pray, etc.

4 And when life's sun is swiftly westward sinking,
Let holy faith and love possess our breast;
Lifting the clouds that darken o'er the valley,
Leading us homeward to thy promised rest.
Hear us, we pray, etc.

P. H. James, (except Refrain).

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374

Tomorrow.

To Our Father's Faith, No. 330.

375

Thou Leadest Me.

To" He Leadeth Me," Gospel Hymns, No. 51.

1 High hopes that burned like stars sub-1 O lead me, Father, lest I stray:

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5 Then youth, flame earnest, still aspire 2 Our fathers' God, our keeper!

With energies immortal!

To many a heaven of desire

Your yearning opes a portal; And though age wearies by the way And hearts break in the furrow, We'll sow the golden grain todayThe harvest comes tomorrow.

Gerald Massey.

Be thou our strength divine: Thou sendest forth the reaper,

The harvest all is thine. Roll on, roll on this gladness;

Till, driven from every shore, The drunkard's sin and madness Shall smite the earth no more.

Rev. E. H. Chapin

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