746. C. M. Episcopal Coll.

"Remember thy Creator."

1In the glad morn of life, when youth

With generous ardor glows,

And shines in all the fairest charms

That beauty can disclose;

2Deep on thy soul,--before its powers

Are yet by vice enslaved,--

Be thy Creator's lofty name

And character engraved.

3For soon the shades of grief may cloud

The sunshine of thy days;

And cares and toils, an endless round,

Encompass all thy ways.

4True wisdom, early sought and gained,

In age will give thee rest;

O then, improve the morn of life,

To make its evening blest!

Children's Prayer.

1God of mercy and of wisdom,

Hear thy children's lisping cry;

Let thy presence, Lord, be with them,

Teaching lessons from on high.

2Here, beneath thy wing, we seat us,

Up to heaven for wisdom look;

Lord, in mercy deign to meet us,--

Meet us in thy sacred book.

3Since thy truth doth gild its pages,

May that truth, Lord, make us free;

On the Rock of endless ages

Let our faith established be.

4To our faith we'll add the graces,

Virtue, knowledge, patience, love;

When on earth we leave our places,

Raise us all to seats above.