2Thy love his life shall guard, thy hand

Give to his lot the chosen land;

Nor leave him, in the troubled day,

To unrelenting foes a prey.

In sickness thou shall raise his head,

And make with tenderest care his bed.

781. L. M. J. G. Adams.

For a Charitable Meeting.

1God of the poor! whose listening ear

Is sought by want's imploring cry,--