Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS. In the green fields of Palestine, By its fountains and its rills, And by the sacred Jordan's stream, And o'er the vine-clad hills, Once lived and roved the fairest child That ever blessed the earth ; The happiest, the holiest, That e'er had human birth. How beautiful his childhood was ! Harmless and undefiled ; O, dear to his young mother's heart Was this pure, sinless child ! Kindly in all his deeds and words, And gentle as the dove ; Obedient, affectionate,- His very soul was Love. THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS. O, is it not a blessed thought, Children of human birth ! That once the Saviour was a child, And lived upon the earth. SPRING THOUGHTS. The Spring, the Spring, the joyous Spring ! Myriads of beauties does it bring ! Things, gladdening to heart and eye, Above us and around us lie. The tinted cloud, the gentle shower, The leafy bud, the springing flower, The birds with notes so sweet and glad, The little streams in sunshine clad ; They all come forth as from the dead, As soon as Winter's ice has fled, Filling the world with music sweet, As all their sounds together meet. Like childhood is the sunny spring, As new, as fresh, as sweet a thing, With buds of hope and destiny ; Some are to blossom, some to die. MORNING HYMN. The morning shines, the sun is up, The birds are singing forth their glee ; All things are fresh and full of hope, Willing to worship God with me. Creator of the glorious earth ! The sun, the cloud, the morning sky ; Who givest all things life and birth, And liftest up my heart on high ! I come with many thanks to thee, For peace and safety through the night; Thy wing of love o'ershadowed me, I sweetly slept till morning light. I am a weak and si...