In death's approaching hour.

390. L. M. Scott.

"Two men went up into the temple to pray."

1The uplifted eye, and bended knee,

Are but vain homage, Lord, to thee;

In vain our lips thy praise prolong,

The heart a stranger to the song.

2The pure, the humble, contrite mind,

Sincere, and to thy will resigned,

To thee a nobler offering yields,