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,--