Sabbath Reading

" Fear not, íor I am with thee,"1 Ruy to me, A lonely winner, ple&diug at '1'iiy knee, Begging íor help. l am indeed líke oug lílindnl. iiid wanderin unid tombn alone, CalTíng nt. wildly fór a hand t guíde; Oh. in feria darlinoas, lead me to Thyside. TCven in lile Uhtc aro soraoglorious days; Leaf thf sün bHnd me with hle da.zlintr rays, Lest earlh'H uwcct muflió, with enchantíng sound, Iiiill me to eïêej) on sïêep and danperous sround; When all the joys ui i'arth and heaveu combine, Not for a moment looso my haud írom Thíne. Thnti only am I safe. The patlm we tread Are strewn with bones and aHlies of thó dead ; Earth's joys. that tempt iuy weary feet to stray, Ai'e but as meteors nhooting o'er onrJay. Brilliant eiioutih the dantimmts road to show, Tlien dark ajiain - our music, groans and woe. Th o way is iipward. desolate and steep; lfiiih :v the cornflelds where the reapers reap, ,1k)V(! mé ineadows wliere tne "wateM meet," We eliiub the bocks that liruise and wmmd the feet; Fix but mine eyes where stars unrlouded shine, Onward! aüdüpward! with my hand in Thine.