128 Give. [March, 



GIVE. 



BY MK8. L. H. BIQO0BNET. 



" R is more blessed to give than to receive .' " 



Give prayers : tlie evening hath begun ; 



Be earlier than the rising sun ; 



Remember those who feel the rod ; 



Eemembar those who know not God. 



His hand can boundless blessings give ; 



Breathe prayers ; through them the soul shall live 



Give alms : the needy sink with pain ; 



The orphans mourn ; the crushed complain ; 



Give freely : hoarded gold is curst; 



A prey to robbers, and to rust. 



Christ, through his poor, a claim doth make ; 



Give gladly, for our Saviour's sake. 



Give books : they live when you are dead ; 

 Light on the darkened mind they shed ; 

 Good seed they sow, from age to age, 

 Through all this mortal pilgrimage. 

 They nurse the germs of holy trust ; 

 Th6y wake untired when you are dust. 



Give smiles, to cheer the little child, 

 A stranger on this thorny wild ; 

 It bringeth love, its guard to be- 

 lt, helpless, asketh love of thee. 

 Howe'er by fortune's gifts unblest, 

 Give smiles to childhood's guileless breast. 



Give words, kind words, to those who err ; 



Remorse doth need a comforter. 



Though in temptation's ^wiles they fall, 



Condemn not — we are sinners all. 



With the sweet charity of speech 



Give words that heal, and words that teach. 



Give thought, give energy to themes 

 That perish not, like folly's dreams. 

 Hark ! from the islands of the sea, 

 The missionary cries to thee ; 

 To aid him on a heathen soil, 

 Give thought, give energy, give toil ! 



