erful melodies.

Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.

Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.

And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.

--_Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_.

Used by the kind permission of Houghton, Mifflin and Company.

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A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD

They say that God lives very high.
But if you look above the pines
You cannot see God. And why?

And if you dig down in the mines
You never see Him in the gold
Though from Him all that's glory shines.

God is so good, He wears a fold
Of heaven and earth across His face--
Like secrets kept, for love, untold.

But still I feel that His embrace
Slides down by thrills, through all things made,
Through sight and sound of every place:

As if my tender mother laid
On my shut lids her kisses' pressure,
Half waking me at night; and said,
"Who kissed through the dark, dear guesser?"

--_Elizabeth Barrett Browning_.

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LULLABY SONG

Sleep, baby, sleep!
Thy father watches his sheep;
Thy mother is shaking the dreamland tree,
And down comes a little dream on thee.
Sleep, baby, sleep!

Sleep, baby, sleep!
The large stars are the sheep;
The little stars are the lambs, I guess;
And the gentle moon is the shepherdess.
Sleep, baby, sleep!

Sleep, baby, sleep!
Our Saviour loves His sheep:
He is the Lamb of God on high,
Who for our sakes came down to die.
Sleep, baby, sleep!
--_From the German_.

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[Illustration]
HEAD OF ANGEL

"See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto
you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven."--_The Words of Jesus_
[End illustration]

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THE PILGRIMS OF THE NIGHT

Hark, hark, my soul, angelic songs are swelling
O'er earth's green fields and ocean's wave-beat shore.
How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling
Of that new life, when sin shall be no more.
Angels of Jesus,