I have wept With gladness at the gift of this fair child! My life is bound up in her. But, oh God! Thou know'st how heavily my heart at times Bears its sweet burthen; and if Thou hast given To nurture such as mine this spotless flower, To bring it unpolluted unto Thee, _Take Thou its love_, I pray thee! Give it light-- Though, following the sun, it turn from me!-- But, by the chord thus wrung, and by the light Shining about her, draw me to my child! And link us close, oh God, when near to heaven! --_N. P. Willis._ EVERLASTING BLESSINGS. "I know that whatsoever God doeth it shall be forever." --ECCLES. iii. 14. O what everlasting blessings God outpoureth on His own! Ours by promise true and faithful, spoken from eternal throne; Ours by His eternal purpose ere the universe had place; Ours by everlasting covenant, ours by free and royal grace. With salvation everlasting He shall save us, He shall bless With the largess of Messiah, everlasting righteousness; Ours the everlasting mercy all His wondrous dealings prove; Ours His everlasting kindness, fruit of everlasting love. In the Lord Jehovah trusting, everlasting strength have we; He Himself, our Sun, our Glory, everlasting Light shall be; Everlasting life is ours, purchased by The Life laid down; And our heads, oft bowed and weary, everlasting joy shall crown. We shall dwell with Christ forever, when the shadows flee away, In the everlasting glory of the everlasting day. Unto Thee, belovèd Saviour, everlasting thanks belong, Everlasting adoration, everlasting land and song. --_Frances Ridley Havergal._ THE MOTHER TO HER CHILD.