41

SERVICE--USEFULNESS, BENEVOLENCE, LABOR 50

BROTHERHOOD--CHARITY, SYMPATHY, EXAMPLE, INFLUENCE 66

CONSECRATION--SUBMISSION, DEVOTION, PURITY 79

PEACE--REST, CALM, STILLNESS 88

HUMILITY--MEEKNESS, WEAKNESS, SELFLESSNESS 95

CONTENTMENT--RESIGNATION, PATIENCE, COMPENSATION 103

ASPIRATION--DESIRE, SUPPLICATION, GROWTH 115

PRAYER--WORSHIP, COMMUNION, DEVOTION 123

JOY--PRAISE, CHEERFULNESS, HAPPINESS 138

AFFLICTION--CONSOLATION, TRIAL, ENDURANCE 149

LOVE--DIVINE GOODNESS, UNSELFISHNESS 163

HOPE--PROGRESS, OPTIMISM, ENTHUSIASM 170

FAITH--ASSURANCE, DOUBT, UNBELIEF 177

TRUST--GUIDANCE, SAFETY, GLADNESS 187

GOD'S CARE--PROVIDENCE, GOD'S KNOWLEDGE AND BENEFICENCE 199

GOD'S WILL--OBEDIENCE, DIVINE UNION 209

GOD'S PRESENCE--POSSESSION, SATISFACTION, REFLECTION 221

JESUS--HIS PRECIOUSNESS, AND BEAUTY, AND LOVE 233

LIFE--TIME, OPPORTUNITY, EXPERIENCE, CHARACTER 250

AGE AND DEATH--MATURITY, VICTORY, HEAVEN 267

APPENDIX--MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS 278

INDEX TO AUTHORS 288

INDEX TO TITLES 292

INDEX TO FIRST LINES 298

PREFACE

This is not like other collections of religious verse; still less is it
a hymnal. The present volume is directed to a very specific and wholly
practical end, the production of high personal character; and only those
poems which have an immediate bearing in this direction have been
admitted. We know of no other book published which has followed this
special line. There are fine hymnals, deservedly dear to the Church, but
they are necessarily devoted in large measure to institutional and
theological subjects, are adapted to the wants of the general
congregation and to purposes of song; while many poetical productions
that touch the