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Tue Lap wiITH THE LOAVES AND FISHES.

“There is a lad here which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes; but
what are they among so many?” —Fohn v1. 9.

O what can little hands do

To please the King of heaven?
The little hands some work may try
To help the poor in misery—

Such grace to mine be given!

O what can little lips do

To please the King of heaven?
The little lips can praise and pray,
And gentle words of kindness say —

Such grace to mine be given!

O what can little hearts do
To please the King of heaven?

Our hearts, if God his Spirit send,

Can love and trust their Saviour-Friend—
Such grace to mine be given!

Though small is all that we can do
To please the King of heaven;
When hearts and hands and lips unite
To serve the Saviour with delight,
Then perfect grace is given.

Some of the most interesting personages of Scripture
appear for a moment before our vision, then pass away for-
ever from our view. The three Sages of the Orient, for
example, present their gifts of gold, and frankincense, and
myrrh, to the infant Christ and then pass silently away. We
catch one glimpse of the thankful face of the woman who

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