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SONGS FOR THE

O, we shall happy be,

When, from sin and sorrow free,

Lord, we shall live with thee ;
Blest, blest for aye.

Bright, in that happy land,
Beams every cye;
Kept by a Father's hand,
Love cannot die.
O then to glory run,
Be a crown and kingdom won ;
And bright, above the sun,
We reign for aye.

 

THE NEW YEAR.
This year is just going away,
The moments are finishing fast ;
My heart, have you nothing to say,
Concerning the time that is past?

Now, while in my chamber alone,
Where God will be present to hear,
Ill try to remember and own
The faults 1’ve committed this year.

O Lord, I’m ashamed to confess *
How often L’ve broken thy day ; .

Perhaps I have thought of my dress,
Or wasted the moments in play.