"LORD WITH GLOWING HEART I'D PRAISE THEE."

This was written in 1817 by the author of the "Star Spangled Banner,"
and is a noble American hymn of which the country may well be proud,
both because of its merit and for its birth in the heart of a national
poet who was no less a Christian than a patriot.

Francis Scott Key, lawyer, was born on the estate of his father, John
Ross Key, in Frederick, Md., Aug. 1st, 1779; and died in Baltimore, Jan.
11, 1843. A bronze statue of him over his grave, and another in Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, represent the nationality of his fame and the
gratitude of a whole land.

Though a slaveholder by inheritance, Mr. Key deplored the existence of
human slavery, and not only originated a scheme of African colonization,
but did all that a model master could do for the chattels on his
plantation, in compliance with the Scripture command,[6] to lighten
their burdens. He helped them in their family troubles, defended them
gratuitously in the courts, and held regular Sunday-school services for
them.

[Footnote 6: Eph. 6:9, Coloss. 4:1.]

Educated at St. John's College, an active member of the Episcopal
Church, he was not only a scholar but a devout and exemplary man.

Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee
For the bliss Thy love bestows,
For the pardoning grace that saves me,
And the peace that from it flows.

Help, O Lord, my weak endeavor;
This dull soul to rapture raise;
Thou must light the flame or never
Can my love be warmed to praise.

Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling
Vainly would my life express;
Low before Thy footstool kneeling,
Deign Thy suppliant's prayer to bless.

Let Thy grace, my soul's chief treasure,
Love's pure flame within me raise,
And, since words can never measure,
Let my life show forth Thy praise.

_THE TUNE._

"St. Chad," a choral in D, with a four-bar unison, in the _Evangelical
Hymnal_, is worthy of the hymn. Richard Redhead, the composer, organist
of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington, Eng., was born at
Harrow, Middlesex, March 1, 1820, and educated at Magdalene College,
Oxford. Graduated Bachelor of Music at Oxford, 1871. He published
_Laudes Dominae_, a Gregorian Psalter, 1843, a Book of Tunes for the
_Christian Year_, and is the author of much ritual music.

"HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY."

There is nothing so majestic in Protestant