ess than three years his strength failed, and he
went back to Bradford, where he occasionally preached for his father,
when able to do so, during his last days. He died there March 15, 1835.
Taylor was a brave and lovely Christian--and his hymn is as sweet as his
life.

I'm but a stranger here,
Heaven is my home;
Earth is a desert drear,
Heaven is my home.

Dangers and sorrows stand
Round me on every hand;
Heaven is my Fatherland--
Heaven is my home.

What though the tempest rage,
Heaven is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage,
Heaven is my home.

And time's wild, wintry blast
Soon will be overpast;
I shall reach home at last--
Heaven is my home.

In his last attempt to preach, young Taylor uttered the words, "I want
to die like a soldier, sword in hand." On the evening of the same
Sabbath day he breathed his last. His words were memorable, and
Montgomery, who loved and admired the man, made them the text of a poem,
part of which is the familiar hymn "Servant of God, well done."[29]

[Footnote 29: See page 498]

_THE TUNE._

Sir Arthur Sullivan put the words into classic expression, but, to
American ears at least, the tune of "Oak," by Lowell Mason, is the
hymn's true sister. It was composed in 1854.

"DEAR JESUS, EVER AT MY SIDE."

One of Frederick William Faber's sweet and simple lyrics. It voices that
temper and spirit in the human heart which the Saviour first looks for
and loves best. None better than Faber could feel and utter the real
artlessness of Christian love and faith.

Dear Jesus, ever at my side,
How loving must Thou be
To leave Thy home in heaven to guard
A sinful child like me.
Thy beautiful and shining face
I see not, tho' so near;
The sweetness of Thy soft low voice
I am too deaf to hear.

I cannot feel Thee touch my hand
With pressure light and mild,
To check me as my mother did
When I was but a child;
But I have felt Thee in my thoughts
Fighting with sin for me,
And when my heart loves God I know
The sweetness is from Thee.

[Illustration: Fanny J. Crosby (Mrs. Van Alstyne)]

_THE TUNE._

"Audientes" by Sir Arthur Sullivan is a gentle, emotional piece,
rendering the first quatrain of each stanza in E flat unison, and the
second in C harmony.

"TIS RELIGION THAT CAN GIVE."

This simple rhyme, which has