739. C. M. Bp. Heber.

Early Religion.

1By cool Siloam's shady rill

How sweet the lily grows!

How sweet the breath beneath the hill

Of Sharon's dewy rose!

2Lo, such the child whose early feet

The paths of peace have trod;

Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,

Is upward drawn to God!

3By cool Siloam's shady rill

The lily must decay;

The rose that blooms beneath the hill

Must shortly fade away.

4And soon, too soon, the wintry hour

Of man's maturer age

Will shake the soul with sorrow's power,

And stormy passion's rage!

5O Thou, who giv'st us life and breath,

We seek thy grace alone,

In childhood, manhood, age, and death;

To keep us still thine own!

"Remember thy Creator."

1"Remember thy Creator"

While youth's fair spring is bright,

Before thy cares are greater,

Before comes age's night;

While yet the sun shines o'er thee,

While stars the darkness cheer,

While life is all before thee,

Thy great Creator fear.