ehem:
Teach of a crown more glorious
Than earthly diadem.

2 Teach ye as I have taught, in love;
Be hate unthought, unspoken;
Bind up the bleeding heart, nor let
The bruised reed be broken.

3 If any scorn you for the truth
Which ye shall publish free,
Think of the lonely midnight hour
In dark Gethsemane:

4 Think of my prayers on Olivet,
My musings by the sea;
And though the heavy chain may bind,
That truth shall make you free.

386. L. M. *

Ordination.

1 Thy servant's sandals, Lord, are wet
With Jordan's wave but lately met,
And in that sacred river fall
The olden thoughts, the spirit's pall.

2 He stands upon the holy land,
And angels take his trustful hand;
The Jordan sanctifies his breast,
And Christ now leads him to his rest.

3 His rest? his battle! he must win
Fair Zion's gate through ranks of sin;
Why are these words, this solemn show,
If sin be not his deadly foe?

4 There gathers here no heavenly host;
No fiery tongues of Pentecost,--
No gentle dove with winnowing wings
The spirit to thy servant brings.

5 The still, small voice hath called him here,
And thus is God himself most near:--
My people, lift your hearts in prayer,
And keep your God forever there.

387. S. M. Drummond.

A Public Fast.

1 "Is this a fast for me?"
Thus saith the Lord our God;
"A day for man to vex his soul,
And feel affliction's rod?

2 "No; is not this alone
The sacred fast I choose:
Oppression's yoke to burst in twain,
The bands of guilt unloose?

3 "To nakedness and want
Your food and raiment deal,
To dwell your kindred race among,
And all their sufferings heal?

4 "Then, like the morning ray,
Shall spring your health and light;
Before you, righteousness shall shine,
Around, my glory bright!"

388. 7 & 6s. M. Italian.

Prayer of a Stricken People.

1 O Thou, whose power stupendous
Upholds the earth and sky,
Thy grace preserving send us,--
To Thee, O Lord! we cry.

2 From wilds of fearful error,