VIII.

God is in heaven! can he hear

A little prayer like mine?

Yes! thoughtful child, thou need'st not fear, He listens unto thine.

God is in heaven! can He see
When I am doing wrong?
Yes, that he can; he looks at thee
All day, and all night long.

God is in heaven! would he know

If I should tell a lie?

Yes, though thou saidst it very low,
He'd hear it in the sky.

God is in heaven! does he care,

Or is he good to me?

Yes! all thou hast to eat or wear,

'Tis God that gives it thee.

God is in heaven! may I pray

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go there when I die?

Yes! seek his grace, and then one day

He'll call thee to the sky.

IX.

Among the deepest shades of night, Can there be one who sees my way? Yes! God is like a shining light,

That turns the darkness into day.

When every eye around me sleeps,
May I not sin without control?
No; for a constant watch he keeps
On every thought of every soul.

If I could find some cave unknown,
Where human feet had never trod,
Yet there I could not be alone;

On every side there would be God.

He smiles in heaven, he frowns in hell;
He fills the earth, the air, the sea:
I must within his presence dwell,
I cannot from his anger flee.

T. C. JOHNS,

Wine Office Court, Fleet Street.