Must first with Him bear anguish,

And sorrows manifold.

“And then, with JESUS dying,

Again with JESUS rise,

An heir of life eternal,

Where JESUS gives the prize."

An Ancient Hymn.

The Shepherds.

"The Good Shepherd gave His life for the sheep."

"JESUS my Shepherd is,

"Twas He that loved my soul,

"Twas He that washed me in His Blood,

'Twas He that made me whole.

Baptising them in the Name," &c.-S. Matth. xxviii. "Once in His Name Who made thee,

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Once in His Name Who died for thee,
Once in His Name Who lives to aid thee
We plunge thee in love's boundless sea.

Christian, dear child, we call thee,

Threefold the bath, the Name is one;
Henceforth no evil dream befall thee,
Now is thy heavenly rest begun.

"Yet in sharp hours of trial

The mighty seal must needs be proved; Dread spirits wait in stern espial,

But name thou still the Name beloved.

"Name it with heart untainted,

Lips fragrant from their early vow,
Ere conscience yet have swerved or fainted,
Ere shame have dyed the willing brow.

"Name it in dewy morning,

When duly for the world's keen fray

With prayer and vow thy soul adorning,
Thou in thy bower salut'st the day.

"In quiet evening name it,

When gently like a wearied breeze,

Thou sink'st to sleep; oh, see thou claim it, That saving Name, upon thy knees.

"Name it in solemn meetings,

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Mid chanted anthems grave and clear, When towards the east our awful greetings Are wafted ere the LORD appear.

Upon thy death-bed name it,

So may'st thou chase th' infernal horde So learn with angels to proclaim it,

Thrice Holy, One Almighty LORD."

Lyra Innocentium.

The New Creation.

"He hath set the world in their heart."

"Who may the wondrous birth declare
Of earth and heaven, so fast and fair?
Yet whensoe'er to love's pure spring
A helpless little one they bring,
Those wonders o'er again we see,
In saving mystery.

"All in the unregenerate child

Is void and formless, dark and wild,
Till the life-giving Holy Dove
Upon the waters gently move,
And power impart, soft brooding there
Celestial fruit to bear.

"GOD on the first day spake in might,
'Let there be light,' and there was light.
So o'er the font enlightening grace
As surely beams from JESU's face
As when in Jordan's wave He bowed
Beneath the hovering cloud.

"The second day GOD stored on high The dewy treasures of the sky;

And who the pure glad drops may tell
Reserved in yon ethereal well,
Faith to revive upon her way,
Hope's weary thirst allay?

"The third day dawned; at His command
The rushing waters left the land;

With herb and flower the green earth smiled;
So art thou rescued, Christian child,
From tossings of the world's rude sea
In vernal peace to be.

"Bright rose the fourth triumphal morn,
For then the sun and stars were born,
And the soft moon whose chaste cold ray
Tells tidings of a purer day.

CHRIST in the font became our noon,
The holy Church our moon.

"To the fifth dawn and eve belong,
Motion, and life, and flight and song,
In watery deeps and deeps of heaven,
Such gift to thee, dear babe, was given,
When from the earth He bade thee rise
To greet Him in the skies.

"The sixth dread day, the last in place,
Dread in its deeps of untold grace;
Moulded, at morn, the cold dull clay,
Inspired, at eve, the quickening ray;
The same sad morn and evening mild
Renewed us, earth-defiled.

"Thee, awful Image of the All-Good,
That one atoning day renewed

For the whole world: the fontal wave
To each apart the glory gave,
Washing us clean, that we might hide
In His Love-pierced Side.

"Thus in each day of toil we read
Tokens of joy to saints decreed.
What if the day of holy rest,

The sleep foreshow of infants blest,
Borne from the font, the seal new given,

Perchance to wake in heaven?"

Lyra Innocentium, No. 2.

UNION WITH CHRIST, THE HOLY CHILD.
The Holy Communion.

"The Living Bread which came down from heaven."
"O Food of men wayfaring,
Which angels too are sharing,
O manna most divine!

The souls that hunger feed Thou,
The hearts that seek Thee lead Thou,
With that sweet grace of Thine.

"O Fount of love adored,

O Stream for ever poured

From the Redeemer's heart!
Come Thou Thyself bestowing
On thirsty souls, and flowing
All blessings to impart.
"JESU, before Thee kneeling,
Who art Thyself concealing
In bread as Thy disguise;
We pray that we ascended,
When Thou the veil hast rended,
May see Thee with our eyes."

"CHRIST the Light that knows no ending,
Gives to us His Flesh as food:

Drink He gives us, also deigning
To refresh us with His Blood.

"In this rite our souls to nourish

To the Word made Flesh we come,
Hence our faith in strength doth flourish,
Hence we reach our heavenly home.

"Bread of sweetness, ever holy,

Full art Thou of pure delight,
SAVIOUR, born of maiden lowly,

King art Thou of perfect might.

1 Bethlehem means "House of Bread." At the opening service of the Lambeth Conference, Sept. 24, 1867, the Elements used at the Celebration in the palace Chapel consisted of bread made from corn grown at Bethlehem, and wine from Jerusalem, (the City of Peace,) which was sent as a present expressly for the purpose.