THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. GROUP after group are gathering, such as prest Though sterner souls the fond approach forbade ; Oft with a chastened glance, in modulation sweet. Yet some there are, upon whose childish brows 66 The coat of many colours" proves His love, Whose sign is in the heart, and whose reward above. And ye, blest labourers in this humble sphere, To deeds of saint-like charity inclined, Who, from your cells of meditation dear, Go forth to guide the weak, untutored mind-- The rest of earthly sabbaths. Be your gain A PSALM OF LIFE. What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Heart within, and GoD o'erhead! THE TRUE PLAN OF LIFE. Lives of great men all remind us Footprints, that perhaps another, Let us, then, be up and doing, Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE TRUE PLAN OF LIFE. IF thou dost truly seek to live Go thou, with fresh and fervent love, Cling thou to JESUS faithfully, 69 And thou shalt breathe in this low world, ADVICE OF POLONIUS TO HIS SON GOING TO TRAVEL. GIVE thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Bear it that the opposer may beware of thee. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy: For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Neither a borrower, nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This, above all,—To thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, |