Tho' toss'd 'mid breakers wild and strong,
Its veering helm should stray
Where syrens wake the mermaid song,
Guide thou their course alway.

Oh, God of goodness, bless the band
Who, moved by Christian love,
Take the young stranger's friendless hand
And lead his thoughts above.

May their own souls the sunbeam feel,
They thus have freely given,
And be the plaudit of their zeal
The sweet "_well-done_" of heaven.

L. H. S.

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Original.

THE MOTHERS OF THE BIBLE.

NAOMI AND RUTH.


It would be only presumption in us to attempt giving in any other than
the beautifully simple words of Scripture the story of Ruth and her