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Show 1 1 IMSMMMI i a -feW. H. PIERCE jrZ-' Cjf 5TT?E THANK thee, thou Most High, for youth, (ZX L W 1l x j nHjJFor, though 'tis fleeting, yet forsooth I , I $fJi fied w'tn freshness and with hope, J L x5 , JlwL IjijTZ And all unfathomed is the scope "" 1 I fj'j Of pain, of sorrow, or of sin, f N a ( f i vjMj And sordid cares ne'er enter in J ?- Nyl l Jj X. Aa y J The bright young years; and naught is seen " """" ty( ' c - (J Save through the rosy, golden sheen -c ft V That shimmers in the summer sun. (TO ( ( tS?.l Hope wins the race before 'tisJrurC 'V.- I V535 """r f 1 &)Sa And knows, though skies miy weeptodayT7W f I i jV-I The morrow's sun will drive away X ( SP' I ("LT pY All clouds. And so' we say, in truth, ' 'v5'-rrQ)R3 J e theCtHou Mok High, for youth. ?Hl! tXir E GIVE thee, Master, thanks for age. Cf 'Tl(() ;Tne whitened hair that marks the gauge 1 Placed on our brows by passing years S ) " - Tells us our weary journey nears CV -. c-o l zl' 1 'M ""S" and our backwardlance w ""2 S"" vjv C? f T 's 'ceen searching, lest perchandev. 'TY j niM ) j5mS Some stumbling-block of ouTbefplaced J -- jr- M C 1 "A Athwart the path some spulhasVacedjC 1i "Mj vK fl The morrow that is lefewiththee,"' yJ"S o3- I Pi If 1 We Imow oureelves; triis lessolitiughf-- u Vj I i 'j IJj Byhard experience, has brought (-S ( III ill rTheweary sojourner his wage. I i III o" . j I Wegivethee, Master, thanks for age. I I J I AxllAn I S Cr7r?E GIVE thee, Father, thanks for death. ' fl ' 41 lVMy fU ((MjRelying on thy word, which taith VMC If'iS ;li iv? Vii "lam thy way," we take thy hand. ' 6ptJ I gtP-pg1 Yf' And, by thy side, just waiting, stand J f Ready the httle step to take l S i? "O Tween Here and There; to sleep, to wake; Tin' mC A t ij -? a8ain' so t0 'earn 1 J s t? ' Wf e 'essons rom wr"ch now we turn f ) gZlM fjr jt ' ! j As deep and far beyond our ken IC- f I vAl e bikvi, unseeing sons of men; j TGr" Kf- $ - -illiAVki We do not hear, we cannot see FlYv ( ' W;vU'And, helpless, can but turn to thee; w i I L V XT1 ''l'4A.iJk - O, Father, and with trembling breath.". f,t kftt h -A. KSCi -VVK We thank thee most of aU for death. AP |