2 Into a world of toil These little feet will roam, Where sin its purity may soil, Where care and grief may come. 3 O, then, let Thy pure love, With influence serene, Come down, like water, from above, To comfort and make clean! 379. S. M. Disciples' H. B. Baptism of Children. 1 To Him who children blest, And suffered them to come, To Him who took them to his breast, We bring these children home. 2 To Thee, O God, whose face Their spirits still behold, We bring them, praying that Thy grace May keep, Thine arms enfold. 3 And as this water falls On each unconscious brow, Thy holy spirit grant, O Lord, To keep them pure as now! 380. C. M. Gaskell. Marriage Hymn. 1 We join to pray, with wishes kind, A blessing, Lord, from Thee, On those who now the bands have twined, Which ne'er may broken be. 2 We know that scenes not always bright Must unto them be given; But let there shine o'er all the light Of love, and truth, and heaven. 3 Still hand in hand, their journey through, Meek pilgrims may they go; Mingling their joys as helpers true, And sharing every woe. 4 In faith, and trust, and heart, the same, The same their home above; May each in each still feed the flame Of pure and holy love. 381. 7s. M. Anonymous. Marriage Hymn. 1 Father, in Thy presence now Has been pledged the nuptial vow; Heart to heart, as hand in hand, Linked in one Thy children stand. 2 God of love! this union bless, Not with earth's low happiness; But with joys whose heavenly spring Shall diviner raptures bring. 3 May these blended souls be found Firm in duty's active round; Daily every burden share, Nightly seek Thy shadowing care. 4 When against their trembling forms Shoot the arrows of life's storms; Or when age and sickness wait Heralds at life's parting gate;-- 5 In the fulness of belief, May they look beyond the grief; And together fearless tread In the path where Thou shall lead. 382. L. M. Norton. Dedication of a Church. 1 Where ancient forests widely spread, Where bends the cataract's ocean-fall; On the lone mountain's silent head, There are Thy temples, God of all! 2 The tombs Thine altars are; for there, When earthly loves and hopes have fled, To Thee ascends the spirit's prayer, Thou God of the immortal dead!