4 Lo! thousands to their endless home Are swiftly borne away,

And we are to the margin come,
And we must launch as they.

5 Lord Jesus, be our constant guide!
And, when thy word is given,
Bid death's cold flood its waves divide.
And land us safe in heaven!

HYMNS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

126

1 IN token that thou shalt not fear
Christ crucified to own,

We print the cross upon thy brow,
And mark thee his alone;

2 In token that thou shalt not fear
Christ's conflict to maintain,
But 'neath his banner manfully
Firm at thy post remain ;

3 In token that thou shalt not blush
To glory in his name,
We blazon here upon thy front
His glory and his shame.

4 In token that thou too shalt tread
The path He travell❜d by;
Endure the cross, despise the shame,
And sit with Him on high.

5 Thus outwardly and visibly
We seal thee for his own;

C.M.

And may the brow that wears his cross
Hereafter share his crown.

127

1 THE gentle Saviour calls

Our children to his breast;
He folds them in his gracious arms;
Himself declares them blest.

2 "Forbid them not," He cries,

S.M.

"Nor scorn their humble claim:
"The heirs of heaven are such as these,
"For such as these I came."

3 Gladly we bring them, Lord,
Devoting them to Thee;
Imploring that, as we are thine,
Thine may our offspring be.

128

1 JESUS, we lift our souls to Thee;
Thy Holy Spirit breathe,
And let this little infant be
Baptiz'd into thy death.

20 let thine unction on him rest,
Thy grace his soul renew;
And write within his tender breast

Thy name and nature too.

3 Lord, if Thou lengthen out his race, Continue still thy care;

C.M.

Or should'st Thou quickly end his days, His place with Thee prepare.

4 Lord, plant us all into thy death,
That we thy life may prove;
Partakers of thy cross beneath,
And of thy crown above.

129

1 SOLDIERS of Christ! arise, And put your armour on,

S.M.

Strong in the strength which God supplies,
Through his eternal Son;

2 Strong in the Lord of Hosts,
And in his mighty power:

Who in the strength of Jesus trusts
Is more than conqueror.

3 Stand, then, in his great might,
With all his strength endued;
And take, to arm you for the fight,
The panoply of God:

4 That having all things done,

And all your conflicts past,

Ye may o'ercome, through Christ alone,
And stand complete at last.

130

1 LORD, shall thy children come to Thee? A boon of love divine we seekBrought to thy arms in infancy,

P.M.

Ere heart could feel or tongue could speak, Thy children pray for grace that they May come themselves to Thee to-day.

2 Lord, shall we come? and come again?
Oft as we see yon table spread,
And-tokens of thy dying pain-

The wine poured out, the broken bread,
Bless, bless, O Lord, thy children's prayer,
That they may come and find Thee there.

3 Lord, shall we come? not thus alone At holy time or solemn rite,

But every hour, till life be flown,

In weal or woe, in gloom or light! Come to thy throne of grace, that we In faith, hope, love, confirmed may be.

4 Lord, shall we come? come yet again?
Thy children ask one blessing more;
To come, not now alone, but then,

When life and death and time are o'er;
Then, then to come, O Lord, and be

Confirmed in heaven, confirmed by Thee.