LITTLE ONES AT HOME.

 
 

Mine, to chide me when I rove;
Mine, to show a Saviour’s love:
Mine art thou, to guide my youth
In the paths of love and truth :

Mine, to comfort in distress,

If the Holy Spirit bless ;

Mine, to show by living faith
Man can triumph over death:
Mine, to tell of joys to come,
And the sinner’s dreadful doom :
© thou precious book divine ;
Precious treasure, thou art mine.

 

THE COMMANDMENTS.

One God I must worship supreme,
And ne’er before images bow ;

I must not speak light of his name,
But pay to him every vow.

I’m bound to remember with care,
The Sabbath so hallowed and pure ;
To honor my parents so dear,
That my life may the longer endure.

I never must steal, or consent
~ To what is impure or untrue ;
I must not indulge discontent,
Or covet my neighbor his due.