With eaob return. n mcrainj
I east old tbiug,x ,
life's Journey lira befor me
My prayer I for to day.
Hold Fast to Faith.
On the journey of life, outstrelobing befor
us,
May tb emblem of faith bo fixed to our
breast
For tbe akies that today bang plei'snt'y
o'r u
May briag with Ibo morrow lb billet.
teel.
Our pnth though to-J ly b girJvo o
ror.
To-morrow my lio thnujk hedges of
brier,
For whatever w pi in f ito ofirn ilUpmen
Aud we reap la d.SAsler our fouloal de
tire.
Though now we may in tb sunshine of
gldtiiK,
Aud the bennhjlone of home be lighted
i.bjuy ,
The eiiirm uf affection, un'ir jken by la l
; And tbe cup of our jdi-aaure untouohed by
lluy ;
Yet tbea in ay all like a mist of tbe morn
And lb warmeit of friend grow cruel
andenld j
Adversity' pall may anibroud the bright
' dawniug.
And our happiness and, lika a tale that I
told.
And our life, (bat to-day 1 blooming with
plnurt
To morrow, perhaps, it may blossom with
tear ;
For one whom we guard as earth' riohast
treasure,
May be garnered by death la hi harvest
of year.
Our heart may b (Irong la II UfeglTing
fjaotioa.
And suffuse our young brow with tb man
tle of health
Sut the destroyer think not of a soul'
denied unolioa
Like thief la the. night ha oom th by
tealto.
Da thl then our motto, life's Journsy
pursuing,.
Bold fast on to filth If w would to our
God I
la believing alone I tb way or cuhduing
Tb pain that 1 suffered wkilet under tb
rod.
And when at (ha and, tba dark valley
detoendlng.
