The Little Child's Poet's Corner. THE GOODNESS OF GOD. BY DR. THOMPSON. JEHOVAH,-God! thy gracious power If on the wings of morn we speed Thy power is in the ocean-deeps, From morn till noon, till latest eve, In all the varying scenes of time, Our Father and our Friend! HYMN FOR CHILDREN. BY WILLIAM COWPER. HEAR, LORD, the song of praise and prayer, And taught to see Thy face. Thanks for Thy Word and for Thy day, And grant us, we implore, Never to waste in sinful play Thanks that we hear,-but O impart That we may listen with our heart, For if vain thoughts the mind engage What hope, that, at our heedless age, Much hope, if Thou our spirits take Wisdom and bliss Thy word bestows, And be Thy mercies showered on those, SONG OF THE BEES. We watch for the light of the morn to break, And colour the eastern sky, With its blended hues of saffron and lake, Then say to each other, "Awake! awake!" For our winter's honey is all to make, And our bread, for a long supply. And off we hie to the hill and dell, To the field, to the meadow, and bower: We love in the columbine's horn to dwell, To dip in the lily with snow-white bell, To search the balm in its odorous cell, The mint, and the rosemary flower. We seek the bloom of the eglantine, While each, on the good of her sister bent, We hope for an evening with full content, THE CUCKOO. The Cuckoo, the Cuckoo, how dearly I love To hear her dear voice from the meadow and grove, Oh, Cuckoo, sweet Cuckoo, your cry sounds so clear, Oh, where is your country, and where is your nest? Come, tell me the country of those you have seen, Then will you not tarry, sweet Cuckoo? Ah, no; En Four Parts. Part IV. [CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 94.] FAMINE W E must now return to the land of Canaan, where Joseph's father and brethren dwelt. The famine had reached that place, and Jacob said to his sons: Why do ye look upon one another? Behold, I have heard there is corn in Egypt; get ye down and buy for us, that we may live." And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy born in Egypt. But Jacob would not let Benjamin, Joseph's youngest brother, go with them, lest any evil should befall him. When Joseph's brethren came before him, they bowed themselves down, with their faces unto the ground. Joseph G |