My God, how endless is Thy love, Thy gifts are every evening new, And morning mercies from above Gently distil like early dew. * * * * * I yield my powers to Thy command; To Thee I consecrate my days; Perpetual blessings from Thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise. William Batchelder Bradbury, a pupil of Dr. Lowell Mason, and the pioneer in publishing Sunday-school music, was born 1816, in York, Me. His father, a veteran of the Revolution, was a choir leader, and William's love of music was inherited. He left his father's farm, and came to Boston, where he first heard a church-organ. Encouraged by Mason and others to follow music as a profession, he went abroad, studied at Leipsic, and soon after his return became known as a composer of sacred tunes. He died in Montclair, N.J., 1868. "I'M NOT ASHAMED TO OWN MY LORD." The favorite tune for this spiritual hymn, also by Watts, is old "Arlington," one of the most useful church melodies in the whole realm of English psalmody. Its name clings to a Boston street, and the beautiful chimes of Arlington St. church (Unitarian) annually ring its music on special occasions, as it has since the bells were tuned: I'm not ashamed to own my Lord Or to defend His cause, Maintain the honor of His Word, The glory of His cross. Jesus, my God!--I know His Name; His Name is all my trust, Nor will He put my soul to shame Nor let my hope be lost. Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne, the creator of "Arlington," was born in London, 1710, the son of a King St. upholsterer. He studied at Eton, and though intended for the legal profession, gave his whole mind to music. At twenty-three he began writing operas for his sister, Susanna (a singer who afterwards became the famous tragic actress, Mrs. Cibber). Arne's music to Milton's "Comus," and to "Rule Brittannia" established his reputation. He was engaged as composer to Drury Lane Theater, and in 1759 received from Oxford his degree of Music Doctor. Later in life he turned his attention to oratorios, and other forms of sacred music, and was the first to introduce female voices in choir singing. He died March 5, 1778, chanting hallelujahs, it is said, with his last breath. "IS THIS THE KIND RETURN?" Dr. Watts in this hymn gave experimental piety its hour and language of reflection and penitence: Is this the kind return? Are these the thanks we owe, Thus to abuse Eternal Love Whence all our blessings flow? * * * * * Let past ingratitude Provoke our weeping eyes.