Young Bruce wrote hymns, and several poems, but another person wore the honors of his work. John Logan, who was his literary executor, appropriated the youthful poet's Mss. verses, and the hymn above indicated--as well as the beautiful poem, "To the Cuckoo,"[27] still a classic in English literature,--bore the name of Logan for more than a hundred years. In _Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology_ is told at length the story of the inquiry and discussion which finally exposed the long fraud upon the fame of the rising genius who sank, like Henry Kirke White, in his morning of promise. [Footnote 27: Hail, beauteous stranger of the wood, Attendant on the Spring; Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome ring.] _THE TUNE._ Old "Balerma" was so long the musical mouth-piece of the pious boy-schoolmaster's verses that the two became one expression, and one could not be named without suggesting the other. "Balerma" (Palermo) was ages away in style and sound from the later type of Sunday-school tunes, resembling rather one of Palestrina's chorals than the tripping melodies that took its place; but in its day juvenile voices enjoyed it, and it suited very well the grave but winning words. How happy is the child who hears Instruction's warning voice, And who celestial Wisdom makes His early, only choice! For she hath treasures greater far Than East and West unfold, And her rewards more precious are Than all their stores of gold. She guides the young with innocence In pleasure's path to tread, A crown of glory she bestows Upon the hoary head. Robert Simpson, author of the old tune,[28] was a Scottish composer of psalmody; born, about 1722, in Glasgow; and died, in Greenock, June, 1838. [Footnote 28: The tune was evidently reduced from the still older "Sardius" (or "Autumn")--_Hubert P. Main_.] "O DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED." Written about 1803, by the Rev. John A. Grenade, born in 1770; died 1806. O do not be discouraged, } For Jesus is your Friend; } _bis_ He will give you grace to conquer, And keep you to the end. Fight on, ye little soldiers, } The battle you shall win, } _bis_ For the Saviour is your Captain, And He has vanquished sin. And when the conflict's over, } Before Him you shall stand, } _bis_ You shall sing His praise forever In Canaan's happy land. _THE TUNE._ The hymn was made popular thirty or more years ago in a musical arrangement by Hubert P. Main, with a chorus,-- I'm glad I'm in this army, And I'll battle for the school. Children took to the little song with a keen relish, and put their whole souls--and bodies--into it. "LITTLE TRAVELLERS ZIONWARD"