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NUGGETS OF GOLD 
 
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 MEMORY'S MINE. 
 
Nuggets of Gold 
 
 FROM 
 
 Memory s Mine. 
 
 BY 
 
 A. DUNLOP GORDON. 
 
 Out of evil cometh good. 
 
 Out of darkness Cometh light. 
 
 From that rich mine how often hast thou brought 
 The Pure and precious pearls of splendid thought. 
 
 
 .-APR 6 1894J 
 
 PHILADELPHIA. 
 I8 94 . 
 
 'R 5 1894 .; 
 
 Of w*5\^-' 
 

 
 Copyright, 1894, 
 
 BY 
 
 A. Dunlop Gordon. 
 
 The Library 
 of Congress 
 
 WASHINGTON 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 The following minute nosegays coined in the 
 mint of language are neither extracts nor are 
 they original, but were culled for their fragrance 
 and stored away in memory's storehouse, welling 
 up at times as memory serves them without 
 reference to their original form. The first I indite 
 in remembrance of a deceased brother. The lines 
 were written in pencil on a piece of paper and 
 found under his pillow after his death. 
 
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NUGGETS OF GOLD. 
 
 Oh I most delightful hour by man 
 
 Experienced here below, 
 The hour which terminates his span, 
 
 His folly, and his woe. 
 
 Worlds would not bribe me back to tread 
 
 Again life's dreary waste, 
 To see again my day o'erspread 
 
 With all the gloomy past. 
 
 My home henceforth is in the skies ; 
 
 Earth, sea, and sun adieu, 
 All heaven unfolded to my eyes, 
 
 I have no sight for you. 
 
 Existence is a long-drawn sigh after repose, 
 which is nowhere to be found in this world except 
 through the blood of Jesus. 
 
 Come unto me, all ye ends of the earth, and be 
 ye saved, for I am God, and besides me there is 
 none other. 
 
 I will instruct you in the way thou shalt go. 
 I will guide thee with mine eye. 
 
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 For I am the way, the truth, the life, 
 
 No son of human race, 
 But such as I conduct and guide 
 
 Shall see my Father's face. 
 
 Fear not, for I am with thee ; be not dismayed, 
 for I am thy God : I will strengthen thee ; yea, 
 I will uphold you by the right hand of my 
 righteousness. 
 
 He died to bear the guilt of men, 
 
 That sins might be forgiven ; 
 He lives to bless them and defend, 
 
 And plead their cause in heaven. 
 
 Oh, what a manifestation of love is here ! 
 That the Son of God should take our great debt 
 upon Him and assume our place. Yes, it is Jove 
 indeed, unutterable, unfathomable love. 
 
 Wouldst thou follow Him to glory, 
 And His joys and triumphs share, 
 
 Then through nights' long dreary watches 
 Wrestle on in secret prayer. 
 
 There is no means of grace so enriching to 
 the soul as private prayer. It is a golden pipe 
 through which the Lord is graciously pleased to 
 convey spiritual blessings to the soul. He know- 
 
from Memory's Mine. 9 
 
 otli all our wants, and without our Asking Dim 
 OOuld supply us at the best possible time. 
 
 Though the Lord will never remember the sins 
 of a believer to his condemnation, yet the be- 
 liever himself will always remember them to his 
 humiliation. 
 
 Lord, enlighten my understanding that I 
 may know Thee, sanctify my affections that I may 
 love Thee, and put Thy fear into my heart that I 
 may dread to offend Thee. Wean my affections, 
 Lord, from the things of this world, and what- 
 ever my state and condition may be here, give me 
 grace therewith to be content. 
 
 When the waves of trouble heighten, 
 When the billows fiercely foam, 
 
 All you see conspires to frighten, 
 Friends and helpers fail to come. 
 
 When of human aid despairing, 
 And no voice the tempest calms, 
 
 Think of this, that underneath you 
 Are the " Everlasting Arms." 
 
 Bo not deceived ; God is not mocked : for 
 whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 
 If he sow to the flesh he shall of the flesh reap 
 
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 corruption, and if he sow to the Spirit he shall of 
 the Spirit reap life everlasting. 
 
 I am a monument of God's mercy and for- 
 bearance. 
 
 When in the slippery paths of youth 
 
 With heedless steps I ran, 
 Thine Arms unseen conveyed me forth, 
 
 And led me up to man. 
 
 Through hidden dangers, toils, and death 
 
 He gently cleared the way, 
 And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
 
 More to be feared than they. 
 
 Through every period of my life 
 
 Thy goodness I'll proclaim, 
 And after death in distant worlds 
 
 Eesume the glorious theme. 
 
 Neither do I condemn thee ; go and sin no more. 
 
 Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have 
 called thee by thy name, thou art mine. When 
 thou passest through the waters, I will be with 
 thee ; and through the rivers, they shall not over- 
 flow thee ; when thou walkest through the fire, 
 thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame 
 kindle upon thee. 
 
from Memory $ Mine, 1 1 
 
 I am with you alway, oven unto the end of 
 the world. 
 
 Look unto mo ; 'tis no great deed 
 
 A humble look to cast ; 
 Thifl is enough, the power thai saves 
 
 Is mine from first to last. 
 
 Our journey is through a trackless desert; we 
 know not a loot of the road ; all before us is 
 untrodden path ; the road is lined with snares and 
 dangers. There are many by-paths. 
 
 Lead, Saviour, lead amid the encircling gloom, 
 
 Lead Thou me on ; 
 The night is dark, and I am far from homo, 
 
 Lead Thou me on. 
 Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see 
 The distant scene ; one step enough for me. 
 
 Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, and 
 I will give you rest. My yoke is easy, my burden 
 is light. Come buy wine and milk, without money 
 and without price. Come unto Him just as thou 
 art, and He will make you what thou shouldst be. 
 He counsels thee to buy of Him the gold of faith 
 and the garment of salvation. Take Him now at 
 His gospel word. The poorer thou art the better ; 
 the oil of His grace flows most abundantly into 
 empty vessels. 
 
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 I heard the voice of Jesus say, 
 
 Come unto me and rest ; 
 Lay down, thou weary one, lay down 
 
 Thy head upon my breast. 
 
 I came to Jesus as I was, 
 
 Weary and worn and sad ; 
 I found in Him a resting-place, 
 
 And He has made me glad. 
 
 The shortest way out of every difficulty is to 
 carry it at once to Jesus, who is the opener of the 
 seven seals. 
 
 Hast thou within a care so deep 
 It chases from thine eyelids sleep ? 
 To thy Redeemer take that care, 
 And change anxiety to prayer. 
 
 Prayer is the application of want to Him who 
 alone can relieve it, the confession of sin to Him 
 who alone can pardon it. 
 
 The heart knoweth its own bitterness. 
 
 Enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut 
 thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret. 
 
 O Thou, by whom we come to God, 
 
 The life, the truth, the way, 
 The path of player thyself hast trod ; 
 
 Lord, teach us how to pray. 
 
Memory** Mine. L3 
 
 He tliat OOVereth his sins shall not prosper, but 
 whoso confesseth and lorsaketh them shall have 
 merey. The eyes of the Lord are over the right- 
 eous, and His cars are open to their prayers. 
 
 O for a closer walk with God, 
 A calm and heavenly frame; 
 
 A light to shine upon the road 
 That leads me to the Lamb. 
 
 Many good and benevolent men are just now 
 passing away, in our midst (Gr. W. C.) one known 
 throughout the world ; as Paul said, so may it be 
 said of him : " I have fought a good fight, I have 
 finished my course, I have kept the faith : hence- 
 forth there is laid up for me a crown of righteous- 
 ness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall 
 give me at that day." 
 
 The race appointed I have run, 
 The combat's o'er, the prize is won ; 
 And now my witness is on high, 
 And now my record's in the sky. 
 
 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace ! 
 
 When in Thy name we trust, 
 Our faith receives a righteousness 
 
 That makes the sinner just. 
 
 Here we have no continuing city, but we seek 
 one to come. 
 
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 Dost thou not feel that thou art saved to live ? 
 
 Dost thou not know that thou art saved to save ? 
 Forgiven that thou mightest too forgive ? 
 
 Redeemed alike for both sides of the grave. 
 
 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
 heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 
 This is the first and great commandment. And the 
 second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
 bor as thyself. On these two commandments 
 hang all the law and the prophets. 
 
 Go preach my gospel, saith the Lord ; 
 
 Bid the whole earth my grace receive ; 
 Explain to them my sacred word ; 
 
 Bid them believe, obey, and live. 
 
 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of 
 His Father with His angels, and then He shall 
 reward every man according to his works. 
 
 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
 entered into the heart of man the things which 
 God hath prepared for them that love Him. 
 
 There remaineth a rest for the people of God. 
 
 Till Jesus comes our labors must not cease ; 
 Our joys are joys of conquest, not of peace. 
 
from Memory's Mine. 15 
 
 Blessed is the man that endureth trial, for when 
 
 be is tried he shall receive the crown of life, 
 which the Lord hath promised to them that love 
 Him. 
 
 Thrice happy they in tears who sow, 
 
 To reap in joy and love, 
 That drop their seed on earth below, 
 
 And find their sheaves above. 
 
 We arc made partakers of Christ if we hold 
 ie beg 
 the end. 
 
 the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto 
 
 Christian, when thy way seems darkest, 
 When thine eyes with tears are dim, 
 
 Straight to God thy Father hastening ; 
 Tell thy troubles all to Him. 
 
 Cast thy burden upon the Lord and He will 
 sustain you. 
 
 I need Thee, precious Jesus, for I am full of sin, 
 My soul is dark and guilty, my heart is dead within. 
 I need the cleansing fountain, where I can always 
 
 fleo, 
 The blood of Christ most precious the sinner's perfect 
 
 plea. 
 
 Seek and possess holiness, and consolation will 
 assuredly follow. 
 
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 I will make an altar unto God, who answered 
 me in the day of my distress, and was with me in 
 the way which I went. 
 
 Pray without ceasing. It is not he who begins 
 in the spirit and ends in the flesh, but he that 
 endureth to the end that will be saved. 
 
 Before they call I will answer, and while they 
 are yet speaking I will hear. 
 
 Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with 
 the first fruits of all thine increase : so shall thy 
 barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall 
 burst out with new wine. 
 
 A man may as soon read the Scriptures without 
 eyes as understand the mysteries of the Gospel 
 without grace. 
 
 I am the living bread which came down from 
 heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall 
 live forever : and the bread that I will give is my 
 flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth 
 my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath 
 life eternal, and into the judgment he shall not 
 come, but hath passed out of death into life. 
 
from Memory's Mine. 17 
 
 With the heart man belieyeth unto righteous- 
 andwith the niouth confession is made unto 
 salvation. 
 
 Watch therefore, you know neither the day nor 
 the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 
 
 Hath He said it and shall He not do it? Hath 
 He spoken and shall He not bring it to pass ? 
 
 A few more da} T s, or weeks, or years 
 In this dark valley to repine ; 
 
 A few more sighs, a few more tears, 
 And we shall bid adieu to time. 
 
 Billows of disappointment roll 
 Along the restless tide of time, 
 
 But gospel faith bears up the soul 
 Till an eternal calm shall shine. 
 
 God is able to make all grace abound toward 
 you, that ye always, having all-sufficiency in all 
 things, may abound in every good work. 
 
 O Lord, impress thine image on my soul ; 
 My will, my temper, and my tongue control ; 
 Lead me through life to gratify Thy grace, 
 And after death to see Thee face to face. 
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 Whosoever shall do the will of my Father 
 which is in heaven, the same is my brother, my 
 sister, and my mother. 
 
 As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except 
 it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except ye 
 abide in me. 
 
 Abide in Me ! sinner so poor and weak, 
 Vain is each other refuge thou wouldst seek. 
 Hidden in Me, thy sins are seen no more ; 
 Blameless thou'lt stand the judgment seat before. 
 
 I must work the works of Him that sent me 
 while it is day ; the night cometh when no man 
 can work. The hand of the diligent maketh 
 rich. 
 
 The work which His goodness began 
 The arm of His strength will complete ; 
 
 His promise is Yea and Amen, 
 And never was forfeited yet. 
 
 Only believe. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
 and thou shalt be saved. 
 
 My grace is sufficient for you. 
 
 The world can never fill the heart of man, for 
 the heart is three-cornered, and the world is 
 round. 
 
from Memory** Mint. ig 
 
 What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole 
 world and lose hifl own soul ? ( )r what shall a man 
 give in exchange for his soul? 
 
 O for a closer walk with God, 
 A calm and heavenly frame ; 
 
 A light to shine upon the road 
 That leads mo to the Lamb. 
 
 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto 
 you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 
 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind 
 is stayed on Thee. 
 
 I'll hear what God, the Lord, will say; 
 
 He will speak peace to me: 
 Look unto Me and be ye saved, 
 
 I set the prisoner free. 
 
 Who can tell what a day or an hour may bring 
 forth ? Here we are. If we look back, we have a 
 bright stream of light and knowledge. If we look 
 forward, we look into darkness impenetrable to 
 man. Only the great Jehovah, who knoweth the 
 end from the beginning, and with whom there is 
 no darkness at all. Eternity past and eternity 
 to come, with all their teeming incidents, stand in 
 His view a fixed unchangeable picture. 
 
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 I sec not a step before mo 
 
 As I tread on another year, 
 But the past is still in God's keeping, 
 
 The future His mercy will clear, 
 And what looks dark in the distance 
 
 May brighten as it draws near. 
 
 Whosoever shall confess me before men, him 
 will I confess also, before my Father which is in 
 heaven. Come now and be emancipated. He waits 
 to be gracious and the time is short ; no one can 
 tell at what moment the voice of exhortation and 
 of love may be forever silenced. 
 
 O let me walk with Thee, Thou mighty one, 
 Lean on Thine arm and trust Thy love alone, 
 With Thee hold converse sweet where'er I go, 
 Thy smile of love my highest bliss below. 
 
 He that is not with me is against me. It is 
 good for me to draw near to God. Remember 
 me, my God, for good. 
 
 We would see Jesus ; all is gloom around us, 
 Dark shadows falling from the years gone by, 
 
 The sins of other days, like phantoms rising, 
 Lifting their hands for judgment to the sky. 
 
 I will not fail thee nor forsake thee. 
 
from Memory's Mine. 21 
 
 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and 
 
 will yet choose Israel and set them in their own 
 land. 
 
 I am the First and I the Last, 
 
 Through endless years the same; 
 I am is my memorial still, 
 And my eternal name. 
 
 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, 
 shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he 
 that doeth the will of my Father, which is in 
 heaven. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs 
 is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Not in mine innocence I trust, 
 I bow before Thee in the dust, 
 And through my Saviour's blood alone 
 I look for mercy at Thy throne. 
 
 Christ in you the Hope of glory ; which Hope 
 we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and 
 steadfast, and which entercth into that within the 
 veil. 
 
 Jesus, my Anchor, Kefuge, Hope, 
 
 My Saviour and my King, 
 Through all life's dark and stormy waves 
 
 To Thee, to Thee I cling. 
 
 Let me die the death of the righteous, and let 
 my last end be like His. 
 
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 O Lord, in me thy mighty power exert, 
 Enlighten, comfort, sanctify my heart, 
 Sweeten my temper and subdue my will, 
 Make me like Jesus, with Thy spirit fill. 
 
 I will lead them in paths they have not known ; 
 I will make darkness light before them, and 
 crooked things straight. These things will I do 
 unto them, and not forsake them. 
 
 Lead me, my Father, lead Thy child, 
 
 For I am blind and cannot see 
 One step through this dark, dreary wild, 
 
 But I am safe while led by Thee. 
 
 As thy days so shall thy strength be. 
 
 One by one thy griefs shall meet thee ; 
 
 Do not fear an armed band ; 
 One will fade as others greet thee, 
 
 Shadows passing through the land. 
 
 He was wounded for our transgressions, He 
 was bruised for our iniquities. 
 
 I lay my sins on Jesus, 
 
 The spotless Lamb of God ; 
 He bears them all and frees us 
 
 From the accursed load. 
 
M< monjs Mine* 88 
 
 If \v then, being evil, know how to give good 
 gifts onto your children, how much more shall 
 your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to 
 them that ask Him. 
 
 Blest Spirit ! I would yield myself to Thee. 
 
 Do Un* me more than loan ask or think. 
 Let me Thy holy habitation be, 
 
 And daily deeper from Thy fulness drink. 
 
 Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest, 
 
 Lord, and teach est him out of Thy law. For 
 lie maketh sore, and bindeth up. He woundeth, 
 and His hands make whole. 
 
 I thank Thee for the trials, Lord, 
 
 Which made me know myself and Thee : 
 
 Myself, all weakness, Thee all power, 
 Pity, and love to spend on me. 
 
 The cup which my Father has given me, shall 
 
 1 not drink it ? In the hand of the Lord there is 
 a cup. It is full of mixture. 
 
 Dread not the cup of sorrow, 
 Thy God that cup hath mixed. 
 
 Think not of ills to-morrow, 
 His love thy lot has fixed. 
 
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 Sing, for the days of sadness 
 
 Are flying fast away. 
 Sing, for the homo of gladness 
 
 Is nearing day by day. 
 
 What is our life? It is even a vapor that 
 appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth 
 away. Man that is born of a woman is of few 
 days and full of trouble. He cometh forth as a 
 flower and is cut down. 
 
 When memory reveals all the events of your 
 past life, all the faithful warnings you have had, 
 all the good books you have read, all the gospel 
 sermons you have heard, all the secret stirrings 
 and admonitions of God's Spirit with your soul, 
 and have resisted and rejected all, what will your 
 feelings be when death approaches ? 
 
 Let nothing keep you back from Christ, 
 
 Nothing — without, within ; 
 But spread at once before the Throne 
 
 Your sorrows and your sin. 
 
 Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that 
 your sins may be blotted out when the time of 
 refreshing shall come from the presence of the 
 Lord, and He shall send Jesus Christ. 
 
from MeM*rf$ Mine. SB 
 
 Theft is • Fountain filled with blood 
 Drawn from Emmanuel's veins ; 
 
 And linnen plunged beneath that flood 
 Lose all thoir guilty stains. 
 
 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His 
 righteousness, and all these things will be added 
 unto you. Acknowledge the Lord in all your 
 ways, aud He will direct your steps. He will be 
 a lamp to thy feet and a light to thy path. 
 
 Lead, Saviour, lead amid the encircling gloom, 
 
 Lead Thou me on ; 
 The night is dark, and I am far from home, 
 
 Lead Thou me on. 
 Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see 
 The distant scene ; one step enough for me. 
 
 The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit, a broken 
 and a contrite heart. 
 
 He that cometh to me shall never hunger, and 
 he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 
 
 I was wandering and weary 
 "When the Saviour came unto me ; 
 
 For the paths of sin were dreary, 
 
 And the world had ceased to woo me; 
 
 And I thought I heard him say, 
 
 As He came along His way : 
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 Wandering souls, oh, do come near me f 
 My sheep should never fear me ; 
 I am the Shepherd true. 
 
 Thou wilt show me the path of life : in Thy 
 presence is fulness of joy ; at Thy right hand 
 there are pleasures for evermore. 
 
 God is our refuge and strength, a very present 
 help in trouble. 
 
 Wait on the Lord and He shall exalt thee to 
 inherit the land. 
 
 My grace is sufficient for you. We walk by 
 faith, not by sight. 
 
 Oh, eyes that are weary and hearts that are sore, 
 Look off unto Jesus, and sorrow no more. 
 The light of His countenance shineth so bright, 
 That on earth, as in heaven, there need be no night. 
 
 I will not leave you comfortless ; I will come 
 unto you. 
 
 In the time of trouble He shall hide me in His 
 Pavilion, in the secret of His Tabernacle shall He 
 hide me. He shall set me upon a Rock. 
 
from Memory's Mine 27 
 
 Bye hath not seen, nor car heard, neither have 
 entered into the heart <>f man, the things which 
 God hath prepared for them that love Him. 
 
 Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be 
 white as snow; though red like crimson, they 
 shall be as wool. 
 
 If we confess our sins, God is righteous and 
 just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all 
 unrighteousness. 
 
 That man no guard or weapon needs 
 "Whose heart the blood of Jesus knows ; 
 
 But safe may pass, if duty leads, 
 Through burning sands and mountain snows. 
 
 Released from guilt he knows no fear ; 
 
 Redemption is his shield and tower ; 
 He sees his Maker always near 
 
 To help in every trying hour. 
 
 Lo ! I am with thee alway, even unto the end 
 of the world. 
 
 A few more years shall roll, 
 
 A few more seasons come, 
 And we shall be with those that rest 
 
 Asleep within the tomb. 
 
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 Then, O my Lord, prepare 
 
 My soul for that great day ; 
 Oh, wash me in Thy precious Blood 
 
 And take my sins away. 
 
 I am the Resurrection and the Life ; he that 
 believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall 
 he live. 
 
 And man forsakes this earthly scene, 
 
 Ah ! never to return ; 
 Can any following spring revive 
 
 The ashes of the urn ? 
 
 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in 
 the temple of my God, and he shall no more go 
 out. 
 
 Just as thou art, without one trace 
 Of love, or joy, or inward grace, 
 Or meetness for the heavenly place, 
 O guilty sinner, come ! 
 
 Thy sins I bore on Calvary's tree, 
 The stripes thy due were laid on Me, 
 That peace and pardon might be free, 
 O wretched sinner, come ! 
 
 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose 
 mind is stayed on Thee. 
 
M< inorifx Mine. 89 
 
 All things work together for good to them that 
 lore God, to them who arc the called according to 
 His purpose. 
 
 When my heart is overwhelmed within me, lead 
 me to the Hock that is higher than I. Why art 
 thou cast down, my soul ? and why art thou 
 disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I 
 shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my 
 countenance and my God. 
 
 A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking 
 flax shall He not quench. 
 
 Trust in the Lord, forever trust, 
 
 And banish all your fears ; 
 Strength in the Lord Jehovah is 
 
 Eternal as His years. 
 
 Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold won- 
 drous things out of Thy law. Sanctify me 
 through Thy truth ; Thy word is truth. 
 
 Search me, God, and know my heart; try 
 me, and know my thoughts, and see if there be 
 any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way 
 everlasting. 
 
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 The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; 
 blessed be the name of the Lord. Enable me to 
 bear patiently whatever trials may be allotted me, 
 firmly trusting in Thy word that all things shall 
 work together for good to them that love Thee. 
 
 One sweetly solemn thought 
 
 Comes to me o'er and o'er ; 
 I'm nearer Home to-day 
 
 Than ever I have been before. 
 
 Nearer my Father's House, 
 Where the many mansions be ; 
 
 Nearer the great "White Throne, 
 Nearer the Jasper Sea. 
 
 ; Tis God that lifts our comforts high, 
 
 Or sinks them in the grave ; 
 He gives, and when He takes away, 
 
 He takes but what He gave. 
 
 Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me. In all 
 my ways may I acknowledge Thee, and do Thou 
 in mercy direct my path. 
 
 He who leads me knows the pathway, 
 Every step Himself has planned j 
 
 Sees the end from the beginning, 
 Let me only feel His Hand. 
 
from Memory* Mine. 81 
 
 IS, I love to traco, 
 
 Throughout the aaored page, 
 The footsiepfl of Thy grace, 
 
 The same in every age. 
 Oh, grant that I may faithful bo 
 To clearer light vouchsafed to me I 
 
 Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious 
 fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, 
 until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye 
 also patient ; stablish your hearts : for the coming 
 of the Lord draweth nigh. 
 
 There is a world we have not seen, 
 Which time shall never dare destroy, 
 
 Where mortal footstep hath not been, 
 Nor ear hath caught its sound of joy. 
 
 Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and 
 hath given Himself for us. And now abideth 
 Faith, Hope, Charity ; but the greatest of these 
 is Charity. 
 
 My Saviour, God, who gavest Thy life for me, 
 Let nothing come between my heart and Thee. 
 From Thee no thought, no secret would I keep, 
 But on Thy breast my tears of anguish weep. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a 
 broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite 
 spirit. 
 
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 Thou on my head in early youth didst smile, 
 And though rebellious and perverse meanwhile, 
 Thou has not left me, oft as I left Thee. 
 On to the close, O Lord, abide with me. 
 
 Give me, my God, a heart full of Christian 
 meekness and charity, that I may willingly forget 
 the evil I have received, and be always disposed 
 to do good to others. 
 
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 Is there a good your heart can wish 
 That I've not bought for thee? 
 
 Take and enjoy what I have bought, 
 And find your all in Me. 
 
 Search me, God, and know my heart ; try 
 me and know my thoughts ; and see if there be 
 any wicked way in me ; and lead me in the way 
 everlasting. 
 
 Yes, I have loved thee with an everlasting love : 
 therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. 
 
 I found this treasure at the Cross ; 
 
 And there to every kind 
 Of weary, heavy-laden souls, 
 
 Christ gives a quiet mind. 
 
 What I do thou knowest not now, but thou 
 shalt know hereafter. 
 
from Memory* Mine. X\ 
 
 Whatever ye do, do all to the ^lory of <lod. 
 
 Think not many words you need 
 To make your meaning clear. 
 
 A look will carry all to Him ; 
 A sigh will reach His ear. 
 
 Love not the world, neither the things that are 
 in the world. If any man love the world, the love 
 of the Father is not in him. 
 
 Lord Jesus, help me now to flee, 
 And seek my hope alone in Thee ; 
 Apply Thy Blood, Thy Spirit give; 
 Subdue my sins, and let me live. 
 
 Life is a precious boon to mortals given, 
 Which, if well spent, will be renewed in heaven. 
 
 Life is at best but a tempestuous sea, 
 That fast rolls onward to Eternity. 
 
 When forced to part from those we love, 
 
 If sure to meet to-morrow, 
 We still a pang of anguish prove, 
 
 And feel a touch of sorrow. 
 
 But who can paint the briny tears 
 
 We shed when thus we sever, 
 If forced to part for months, for years, 
 
 To part, perhaps forever ? 
 
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 My mothers favorite hymn, and the last she 
 ever repeated : 
 
 Where high the heavenly temple stands, 
 The house of God not made with hands, 
 A great High Priest our nature wears, 
 The guardian of mankind appears. 
 
 He who for men their surety stood, 
 And poured on earth His precious Blood, 
 Pursues in heaven His mighty plan, 
 The Saviour and the Friend of man. 
 
 Though now ascended up on high, 
 He bends on earth a brother's eye. 
 Partaker of the human name, 
 He knows the frailty of our frame. 
 
 Our Fellow-Sufferer yet retains 
 A fellow-feeling of our pains, 
 And still remembers in the skies 
 His tears, His agonies and cries. 
 
 In every pang that rends the heart 
 The Man of sorrows had a part. 
 He sympathizes with our grief, 
 And to the sufferer sends relief. 
 
 With boldness, therefore, at the Throne, 
 Let us make all our sorrows known, 
 And ask the aid of heavenly power 
 To help us in the evil hour. 
 
from Memory's Mine. 36 
 
 Our life, how abort I a groan, a sigh ; 
 \w live, and then begin to die; 
 But oli ! how great a mercy this, 
 That death's a portal into 1)1 iss I 
 
 There is an hour of peaceful rest 
 To mourning wanderers given ; 
 There is a joy for souls distressed, 
 A balm for every wounded breast ; 
 'Tis found above in heaven. 
 
 There is a soft, a downy bed, 
 
 'Tis fair as breath of even ; 
 A couch for weary mortals spread, 
 Where they may rest the aching head 
 
 And find repose in heaven. 
 
 There is a home for weary souls 
 
 By sin and sorrow driven, 
 When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals, 
 Where storms arise and oceans roll, 
 
 And all is drear but heaven. 
 
 There Faith lifts up her cheerful eye 
 
 To brighter prospects given, 
 And views the tempest passing by, 
 The evening shadows quickly fly, 
 
 And all serene in heaven. 
 
 There fragrant flowers immortal bloom 
 
 And joys supreme are given ; 
 There rays divine disperse the gloom, 
 Beyond the confines of the tomb 
 
 Appears the dawn of heaven. 
 
36 Nuggets of Gold 
 
 Thou who driest the mourner's tear, 
 
 How dark this world would be 
 If, when deceived and wounded here, 
 
 We could not fly to Thee ! 
 
 The friends who in our sunshine live, 
 When winter comes are flown, 
 
 And he who has but tears to give 
 Must weep those tears alone. 
 
 But Thou wilt heal that broken heart, 
 Which, like the plants that throw 
 
 Their fragrance from the wounded part, 
 Breathes sweetness out of woe. 
 
 When joy no longer soothes or cheers, 
 
 And e'en the hope that threw 
 A moment's sparkle o'er our tears, 
 
 Is dimmed and vanished too, 
 
 Oh, who could bear life's stormy doom 
 
 Did not Thy wing of love 
 Come brightly wafting through the gloom 
 
 One Peace-Branch from above ? 
 
 Then sorrow touched by Thee grows bright, 
 
 With more than rapture's ray, 
 As darkness shows us worlds of light 
 
 We never saw by day. 
 
from Memory's Mine. 37 
 
 When gathering oloudi around I view, 
 
 And days are dark, and friends aro few, 
 On Him I lean, who, not in vain, 
 Experienced every human pain; 
 He sees my griefs, allays my fears, 
 And counts and treasures up my tears. 
 
 If aught should tempt my soul to stray 
 From heavenly wisdom's narrow way, 
 To fly the good I would pursue, 
 Or do the thing I would not do ; 
 Still He who felt temptation's power 
 Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 
 
 When vexing thoughts within me rise, 
 And, sore dismayed, my spirit dies, 
 Yet He who did vouchsafe to bear 
 The sickening anguish of despair 
 Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry, 
 The throbbing heart, the streaming eye. 
 
 When, mourning, o'er some stone I bend 
 Which covers all that was a friend, 
 And from his voice, his hand, his smile, 
 Divides me for a little while, 
 Thou, Saviour, mark'st the tears I shed, 
 For thou didst weep o'er Lazarus dead. 
 
 Jesus, I my cross have taken, 
 All to leave and follow Thee ; 
 
 Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, 
 Thou from hence my all shalt be. 
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38 Nuggets'jof Gold 
 
 Perish every fond ambition, 
 
 All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; 
 * Yet how rich is my condition ! 
 
 God and heaven are still my own. 
 
 Let the world despise and leave me, 
 
 They have left my Saviour too ; 
 Human hearts and looks deceive me, 
 
 Thou art not, like them, untrue. 
 And whilst Thou shalt smile upon mo, 
 
 God of wisdom, love, and might, 
 Foes may hate and friends may scorn me ; 
 
 Show Thy face, and all is bright. 
 
 Go, then, earthly fame and treasure ; 
 
 Come disaster, scorn, and pain ; 
 In Thy service pain is pleasure, 
 
 With Thy favor loss is gain. 
 I have called Thee Abba, Father, 
 
 I have set my heart on Thee ; 
 Storms may howl and clouds may gather, 
 
 All must work for good to me. 
 
 Oh, draw me Saviour, after Thee, 
 So shall I run and never tire ; 
 
 With gracious words still comfort me ; 
 Be Thou my hope, my sole desire. 
 
 Free me from every weight, nor fear, 
 
 Nor sin can come, if Thou art here. 
 
from Memory's Mine. 39 
 
 I feel it a pleasing duty to close tins little book 
 with the following hymn in memory of the most 
 delightful old colonial lady it has been my priv- 
 ilege to meet. I had known her some years pre- 
 vious to her death, which took place in New York 
 in 1868, at the age of ninety-six. She had been 
 blind for over forty years, but her bright mind 
 and sunshiny disposition, even to the end, cast 
 of happiness over all. Her conversational 
 powers were grand. She would occasionally speak 
 of Washington's visits at her father's house, 
 adding, " We girls never liked him, he always 
 looked so stern at us." This, to me, is a pleasant 
 feeling, that I knew one who had conversed with 
 and known Washington personally. She came 
 of the old Eastern Shore of Maryland stock, 
 her father being a commodore of Revolutionary 
 fame, her uncle, I believe, the first Secretary of 
 the United States Treasury, and her two nephews 
 in New York, who in their day rose to great 
 financial fame. She repeated the hymn only a 
 short time before her death. 
 
 Vital spark of heavenly flame ! 
 Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame I 
 Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, 
 Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying ! 
 Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, 
 And let me languish into life. 
 
40 Nuggets of Gold from Memory's Mine. 
 
 Hark ! they whisper ! angels say, 
 11 Sister spirit, come away V 
 What is this absorbs me quite, 
 Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 
 Drowns my spirit, draws my breath, — 
 Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 
 
 The world recedes, it disappears I 
 Heaven opens to my eyes ! my ears 
 
 With sounds seraphic ring ! 
 Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! 
 O Grave, where is thy victory ? 
 
 O Death, where is thy sting? 
 
 O Father, Almighty, to Thee be addressed, 
 With Christ and the Spirit, one God ever blessed, 
 All glory and worship from earth and from heaven, 
 As was, and is now, and shall ever be given. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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