THE VILLAGER'S VERSE-BOOK.
PATH OF LIFE.
1 O Lord, in sickness and in health,
To every lot resigned,
Grant me, before all worldly wealth,
A meek and thankful mind!
2 As, life, thy upland path we tread,
And often pause in vain,
To think of friends and parents dead,
Oh, let us not complain!
3 The Lord may give or take away,
But nought our faith can move,
Whilst we to heaven can look and say,
Our Father lives above.
SUNRISE.
1 When from my humble bed I rise,
And see the morning sun,
That, glorious in the eastern skies,
Its journey has begun,
2 I think of the Almighty Power
Which called this orb from night;
I think how many at this hour
Rejoice beneath its light.