There, while it joined the anthem deep
Of ocean's surges loud,

A sunbeam raised it up to be

Part of a golden cloud.

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THE SPARROW'S MORNING VISIT.

GLAD to see you, little bird;

'Twas your pretty chirp I heard ;
What did you intend to say-
"Give us something this cold day?"

That I will, and plenty too ;
All these crumbs I saved for you;
Don't be frightened-here's a treat;
I will wait and see you eat.

Thomas says you steal his wheat;
John complains his plums you eat,
Choose the ripest for your share,
Never asking whose they are.

Shocking tales I hear of you;
Chirp, and tell me, are they true?
Robbing all the summer long.
Don't you think it very wrong?

Yet you seem an honest bird;
And I may say I've also heard
That insects, grubs, and worms you eat,
And other things that spoil the wheat.

So I will not try to know

What you did so long ago;

There's your breakfast, eat away,

Come and see me every day.

LITTLE CHRISTIAN.

COME hither, little Christian,
And hearken unto me!

I'll teach thee what the daily life
Of a Christian child should be.
When a Christian child awaketh,

He should think of God in heaven, And softly say, "I thank Thee, Lord, For the sleep which Thou hast given.

He must say when he ariseth,
"From evil and from harm
Defend thy little child, O Lord,
With thine everlasting arm."
He reverently kneeleth
To pray beside his bed;
With closed eyes and humble voice
His holy prayers are said:

And as he thus approacheth
The God of heaven above,
He looketh down, and smileth on
This little child in love.

He goeth from his chamber

To his work or to his play;
But the prayers that he hath prayed
He must keep in mind all day.

He hath asked to be obedient,
And so he must fulfil
His parents' bidding cheerfully,
With a glad mind and will.

If a playmate take his playthings,
He must not rudely try

To snatch them back, but mildly ask,
Or meekly pass them by.