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 Entreats, one brief request including all. So pass the peaceful hours. From morn till eve Pleasures succeeding pleasures fill the day. When the glad bells up to God's temple call, With one consent the household join the throng That tread the hallowed aisles, their hearts the while Drawn to each other closer, while they rise Godward in prayer and song, and hear the word That life eternal tells. Then home returned, With books and cheerful talk and songs that stir All pure affections, the loved day they close. Of sabbaths such as this the memories kept Among the heart's best riches, shall remain Till earth's last week shall end and brightly dawns The endless sabbath, the sweet rest of heaven.

A time for all things—thus the wise man spake, And—beautiful in its own time is each. Not always, Edward, round thy bounteous board Will greet thee youthful faces wreathed in smiles; Not always, Mary, will thy quick ear hear