Cho.—­Oh, the future lies before me,
      And I know not where I’ll be;
      But where’er my path be leading,
      Savior, keep my heart with thee.

2 Shall I be at work, for Jesus,
  Whilst he leads me by the hand,
And to those around be saying,
  Come and join this happy band? 
Come, for all things now are ready,
  Come, his faithful foll’wer be;
Oh, where’er my path be leading,
  Savior, keep my heart with thee.

3 But perhaps my work for Jesus
  Soon in future may be done,
All my earthly trials ended,
  And my crown in heaven won;
Then forever with the ransomed
  Thro’ eternity I’d be
Chanting hymns to him who bo’t me
  With his blood, shed on a tree.

     Miss Jennie Stout.

531 Going Home at Last. 7s & 6s.

The Aged Christian’s Delight.

The evening shades are falling,
  The sun is sinking fast;
The Holy One is calling,
  We’re going home at last.

Cho.—­Going home at last;
      Going home at last;
      The march will soon be over,
      We’re going home at last.

2 The road’s been long and dreary,
  The toils came thick and fast;
In body weak and weary,
  Were going home at last.

3 We now are nearing heaven,
  And soon shall be at rest;
Our crowns will soon be given,
  We’re going home at last.

4 Oh, praise the Lord forever,
  Our sorrows are all past;
We’ll part no more, no, never;
  We are at home at last.

     Rev. W. Gossett.

532 The Sweet Story.  P.M.

Christ’s Delight in Children.

I think when I read that sweet story of old,
  When Jesus was here among men,
How he called little children as lambs to his fold,
  I should like to have been with them then.

Ref.—­I should like to have been with them then;
      I should like to have been with them then;
      How he called little children as lambs to his fold,
      I should like to have been with them then.

2 I wish that his hands had been placed on my head,
  His arms had been thrown around me,
And that I might have seen his kind look when he said,
  “Let the little ones come unto me.”

Ref.—­“Let the little ones come unto me,”
      “Let the little ones come unto me,”
      And that I might have seen his kind look when he said,
      “Let the little ones come unto me.”

3 Yet still to his footstool in prayer I may go,
  And ask for a share in his love;
And if I now earnestly seek him below,
  I shall see him and hear him above.

Ref.—­I shall see him and hear him above,
      I shall see him and hear him above,
      And if I now earnestly seek him below,
      I shall see him and hear him above.

     Mrs. Jemima Luke, 1841.

533 Siloam.  C.M.