IV. SUNDAY-SCHOOL HYMNS. 1. SHEPHERD OF TENDER YOUTH. 2. THERE IS A HAPPY LAND. I THINK WHEN I READ THAT SWEET STORY OF OLD, 4. WE SPEAK OF THE REALMS OF THE BLEST. 5. NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP. 6. GOLDEN HEAD, SO LOWLY Bending. 7. "NOW I LAY,"-REPEAT IT, DARLING. 8. I WANT TO BE AN ANGEL. 9. 'TIS RELIGION THAT CAN GIVE. 10. STAND UP FOR JESUS. 11. DAILY, DAILY SING THE PRAISES. 12. JUST AS I AM, WITHOUT ONE PLEA. 16. I'M BUT A STRANGER HERE 17. GOD CALLING YET. 18. LITTLE TRAVELLERS ZIONWARD. 19. LAND AHEAD! ITS FRUITS ARE WAVING. 20. HE LEADETH ME! OH, BLESSED THOUGHT. 21. I AM SO GLAD THAT OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN 2. I GAVE MY LIfe for thee. SUNDAY-SCHOOL HYMNS. WRITERS OF SUNDAY-SCHOOL HYMNS. THE writers of the best Sunday-school hymns are benefactors, whose influence is hardly calculable, but whose personal history, with but few exceptions, is little known. 1. The following is a part of the oldest Christian hymn for children: Stor; of Hymns. SHEPHERD of tender youth, Guiding in love and truth Ever be thou our guide, Our staff and song; Lead us where thou hast trod, Make our faith strong. So now, and till we die And joyful sing; Infants, and the glad throng 7 2. The favorite Sunday-school hymn beginning "There is a happy land," seems to have been suggested by a Hebrew melody. It was written by Andrew Young, a cultured Scotchman, and a popular teacher of youth. In 1830, he was elected by the City Council of Edinburgh, head master of the Niddry street school, and in 1840 was appointed English master in Madras college. He held the latter position thirteen years, and has since resided in Edinburgh. 3. The hymn beginning— "I think when I read that sweet story of old," which is sometimes attributed to Mrs. Judson, was composed by Mrs. Jemima Luke, a benevolent and accomplished English lady, born at Colebrook Terrace, Islington, Angust 19, 1813. She took a great interest in missionary enterprises, and for several years edited The Missionary Repository. She exhibited a fine literary and poetic taste early in life, and at the age of thirteen was able to write acceptably for the Fuvenile Magazine. The hymn was composed under somewhat peculiar circumstances, and she had no idea of its value or ultimate popularity at the time of writing. Her father, Thomas Thompson, Esq., was a philanthropist, and took an interest, like herself, in missions, and in the education of poor children. Mrs. Luke became much attached to a little village school near her father's residence at Pondsford Park, and, on a certain occasion, wished to write a little song for it, that would awaken an interest in religion and have a salutary effect on the minds of the children. The |