Of duty grown divine,
The restless spirit, still;

Of sorrows taught to shine,
As shadows of Thy will.

O God! the pure alone,
E'en in their deep confessing, -
Can see Thee as their own,
And find the perfect blessing:
Yet to each waiting soul
Speak in Thy still small voice,
Till broken love's made whole,
And saddened hearts rejoice.

ANONYMOUS, 1873. Hymns of Praise and Prayer.

IDEALS.

ANGELS of Growth, of old in that surprise

That

Of your first vision, wild and sweet,

I poured in passionate sighs

My wish unwise

ye descend my heart to meet, –
My heart so slow to rise!

Now thus I pray: Angelic be to hold
In heaven your shining poise afar,
And to my wishes bold

Reply with cold,

Sweet invitation, like a star

Fixed in the heavens old.

Did ye descend, what were ye more than I?
Is't not by this ye are divine,

That, native to the sky,

Ye cannot hie

Downward, and give low hearts the wine
That should reward the high?

Weak, yet in weakness I no more complain
Of your abiding in your places;

Oh, still, howe'er my pain

Wild prayers may rain,

Keep pure on high the perfect graces,
That, stooping, could but stain !

Not to content our lowness, but to lure
And lift us to your angelhood,
Do your surprises pure

Dawn far and sure

Above the tumult of young blood,

And starlike there endure.

Wait there,

wait, and invite me while I climb;

For, see, I come! - but slow, but slow!

Yet ever as your chime,

Soft and sublime,

Lifts at my feet, they move, they go

Up the great stair of time.

DAVID A. WASSON.

INDEX OF AUTHORS.

ABBOT, FRANCIS ELLINGWOOD, b. 1836

AMES, CHARLes Gordon, b. 1828

BROWN, BROWNLEE

BROWNING, MRS. ELIZABETH BARRETT (1809-1861)

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, b. 1794

CHADWICK, JOHN WHITE, b. 1840
CHENEY, MRS. EDNAH D.

CLIVE, MRS. ARTHUR, pub. 1840
CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH (1819-1861)

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER PEARSE, b. 1813

DE VERE, AUBREY, b. 1814.
DISCIPLES' HYMN-BOOK

4, 17

116

31, 118

PAGE

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO, b. 1803 19, 33, 62, 66, 114, 157

FABER, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1815-1863)
FRANCKE, A. H. (1663–1727) .

FROTHINGHAM, NATHANIEL LANGDON (1793-1870)

GERHARDT, PAUL (1606–1676)

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

102, 133

GUYON, MADAME JEANNE-MARIE BOUVIER DE LA
MOTTE (1648-1717).

HOUGHTON, LORD (see Milnes).

HOWITT, MRS. MARY, b. about 1800

90, 140

LONGFELLOW, SAMUEL, b. 1819

LOWELL, MRS. MARIA WHITE (1821-1853)
LYRA CATHOLICA

MACDONALD, GEORGE

21, 96

153

38

125

MILNES, RICHARD MONCKTON, b. 1809.
MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674).

139

54

144, 146

75, 87, 94, 122, 163

167

ΙΟ

39

S.

SAXBY, MRS. JANE EUPHEMIA, b. 1811.
SCUDDER, ELIZA

SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND

STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

STOWE, MRS. HARRIET BEECHER, b. 1812.

S. T.

TENNYSON, ALFRED, b. 1810

THAXTER, MRS. CELIA, b. 1835

TROWBRIDGE, JOHN TOWNSEND, b. 1827
TURNER, CHARLES (TENNYSON)

79

127, 150

8

105

2, 6, 23, 33

WARING, ANNA LÆTITIA, b. at Neath, South Wales, 49,

WASSON, DAVID ATWOOD, b. 1823
WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)

110, 131, 134