way:
Keep Thy flock, from sin defend us,
Seek us when we go astray;
Blessed Jesus,
Hear, O hear us when we pray.

The tune everywhere accepted and loved is W.B. Bradbury's; written in
1856.

"YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION"

A much used and valued hymn, with a captivating tune and chorus for
young assemblies. Both words and music are by H.R. Palmer, composed in
1868.

Yield not to temptation,
For yielding is sin;
Each vict'ry will help you
Some other to win.

Fight manfully onward,
Dark passions subdue;
Look ever to Jesus,
He will carry you through.

Horatio Richmond Palmer was born in Sherburne, N.Y., April 26. 1834, of
a musical family, and sang alto in his father's choir when only nine. He
studied music unremittingly, and taught music at fifteen. Brought up in
a Christian home, his religious life began in his youth, and he
consecrated his art to the good of man and the glory of God.

He became well-known as a composer of sacred music, and as a
publisher--the sales of his _Song Queen_ amounting to 200,000 copies. As
a leader of musical conventions and in the Church Choral Union, his
influence in elevating the standard of song-worship has been widely
felt.

"THERE ARE LONELY HEARTS TO CHERISH."

"While the days are going by" is the refrain of the song, and the line
by which it is recognized. The hymn or poem was written by George
Cooper. He was born in New York City, May 14, 1840--a writer of poems
and magazine articles,--composed "While the days are going by" in 1870.

There are lonely hearts to cherish
While the days are going by.
There are weary souls who perish
While the days are going by.
Up! then, trusty hearts and true,
Though the day comes, night comes, too:
Oh, the good we all may do
While the days are going by!

There are few more practical and always-timely verses than this
three-stanza poem.

_THE TUNE._

A very musical tune, with spirited chorus, (in _Gospel Hymns_) bears the
name of the refrain, and was composed by Mr. Sankey.

A sweet and quieter harmony (uncredited) is mated with the hymn in the
old _Baptist Praise Book_ (p. 507) and this was long the fixture to the
words, in both Sunday-school and week-day school song-books.

"JESUS THE WATER OF LIFE WILL GIVE."

This Sunday-school lyric is the work of Fanny J. Crosby (Mrs. Van
Alstyne). Like her other and greater hymn, "Jesu