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212 THIRD BOOK OF PR YER.
1. THERE is an eye that never sleeps, Beneath the wing of night ;
There is an ear that never shuts, When sink the beams of light.
2. There is an arm that never tires, When human strength gives way;
There is a love that never ils, When earthly loves decay.
3. That eye is x'd on seraph throngs ; That ear is ll'd with angels' songs ; That arm upholds the wo d on high; That love is throned beyond the sky.
4. But there's a power which man can wield When mortal aid is vain ;-
That eye, that arm, that love to reach, That list'ning ear to gain.
That pow'r is pray'r, which soars on high, And eds on bliss beyond the sky !
LESSON IV.
GR ITY OR ATTRACTION.
GEN1ERAL, a., pertaining to all of a kind; opposed to special. F. and S. general; L. generalis, of a kind (genus, kind), om genein, G., to beget.
ATTRACT', v., to draw or bring to. F. attraire; L. attraho,-ad, and traho, I draw.
VA1POUR, n., steam, a fume, an exhalation. S. and L. v or, om kapus, G., a pu , a gentle breeze.
At1TITUDE, n., elevation, height. L. altitudo, om alt1ts, high.
ANON.