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Hear my prayer, 0 heavenly Fa-
ther,
Ere I lay me down to sleep
Bid Thine angels, pure and holy,
Round my bed their vigil keep,
Great my sins are, but Thy mercy
Far outweighs them every ane;
Down before the cross I cast them,.
Trusting in Thp help alone,
Keep ane, through this night of peril,
Und.erneath its boundless shade;
Take me to Thy rest, I pray Thee,
When my pilgrimage is made.
None shall measure out Thy patience
By the span of human thought:
None shall bound the tender mercies
Which Thy holy Son has wrought.
Pardon all my past transgressions,
Give me strength for days to come;
Guide and guard me with Thy bless-
ing
Till Thine angels hid me home.
Charles Dickens, last of the univer-
sally acknowledged great novelists
for some years edited a monthly mag-
azine entitled Household Words. The
special Christmas numbers of this
popular publication, usually contain-
ing full-sized novels or continued set=
ies of stories strung together after
the .fashion of the "Arabian Nights,"
sold very widely and were eagerly
'coked for.
In 1856 Dickens arranged with a
young Yorkshire story writer named
Harriet Parr, who had won a reputa-
tion with a novel called "Maude Tal-
bot," attributed by a pseodonym to
Holme Lee, for a story for that year's
special. number. •
Miss Parr's story was called "The
Wreck of the Golden Mary," and des-
cribe how the ship struck an icer erg
while on the sway to California, and
what privations the crew and passen-
gers suffered as they sailed the seas
in open boats. To pass the time they
all told stories. A young chap, Dick
Tarrant, who by his own account had
led a pretty wild life, in relating some
of his experiences goes on to say:
"What can it be that brings all
these old things over my mind?
There's a child's hymn I and Tom
used to say at my mother's knee,
when we were little ones, keeps run-
ning through my thoughts. It's the
stars maybe; there was a little win-
dow by my bed that I used to watch
them at, a window in my room at
home in. Cheshire; and if z were ever
afraid, as boys will be after reading
a good ghost -story, I would keep- on
saying it till I fell asleep,"
"That was a good mother of yours,
Dick; could you, say that ,hymn now,
do you think? Some of us might like
to hear it."
" 'It is as clear in nay mind as this
minute. as if my mother was they.
listening to hie" said Dick and he re
peated,
"Here by prayer, O Heavenly Fath-
er," etc., as printed herewith.
The pretty hymn comes quite un-
expectedly into the Story and is im-
pressive enough to fasten itself in
the memory.
At any rate it remained in the mind
of the Rev. Henry Allon, D.D., pastor.
of a Congregational chapel at Isling,
ton, editor of the British Quarterly
Review and an authority on gaered
music especially in hymn tunes. In
1859 he was working as co-editor up-
on the "New Congregational Hymn
Book," and recalled the hymn in "The
Wreck of the Golden Mary." There
were some demurs on the part of his
associates to deriving a hymn from so
secular a source, but Dr. Alion's per-
sistence won the day, and the hymen
cas transported bodily and verbally
to the hymn book, and there by into
British hymnody.
it
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Frain thence it has made its way
into numberless hymnals, until it has.
become a well-known hymn wherever
the English language is spoken.
Of course it bas not escaped merit
ation and alteration at the hands of
editors of hymnbooks conscious of
their superiority. The personal elems.
ent has been altered perhaps one
should not say destroyed—by making
the first line read
"I -fear our prayer, 0 heavenly Fa-
ther,,"
by the addition of a prosy all inap-
propriate doxology and by several un-
authorised changes in some of the
lines.
One gentleman in adopting the hy-
mn to the "New Mitre Hymnal' of
1875 thought to improve upon, its pat-
hetic simplicity by adding his own
verse:
"Home of rest and peace unending,
Whither turns my longing heart,
Homme from whence through all the
ages
Never more. shall I depart."
Another editor turned what Miss
Parr wrote as an evening hymn into
a morning hymn (!) making its first
line read
"Praise to Thee, Whose hosts have.
watched us
Through the helpless hours of sleep.''
And so it actually appears in the
"Parish Hymn Book" of 1875. In
fact, but for the New Congregational
Hymnbook which preserves the orig
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inal text we should gain but a very
imperfect idea of the real hymn writ-
ten .by Miss Harriet .Parr. It is cur-
ious and to be regretted that no other
hymns by that lady have been given
or at least have not been bequeathed
to us,
Of the many tunes to which our
hymn has been set "Agape" by the
Rev. C. 5. Dickson was thought by
Sir George Martin when organist of
St, Paul's Cathedral, London, to be
as suitable as any, Mr. Dickson is
best known as the composer of the
tune called "Childhood" in some of
the .hymnals.
Dints For Homebodies
Written for The Advance -Times
By
Jessie Allen Brown
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Picnics
Picnic time has arrived ! A
picnic used to be an occasional treat
but in these days when almost every
family owns a car they are of fre-
quent occurence. There are still peo-
ple who think that to get ready for
a picnic is a lot of work. It certainly
does not need to be. Sandwiches are.
no Ionger the stand by as they were
in the days when one might have to
walk a mile or so, and lug; a basket.
Many people plan to have their
rneals at one of the innumerable parks
throughout the country and have tab-
les and benches and more or less
comfort. Others like to eat by the
side of the road and those who have
a bit of the gypsy in them Iove to
make a fire and cook their meal,
is.
which for any one who likes it,
the best of fun.
The meal in the open has a charm.
that nothing else has. It assuredly
is an appetizer for it is amazing the
amount of food that can be tucked
away at a picnic.
A picnic basket may be packed in
a very few minutes if you have things
convenient. It is a good pian after
you have washed your picnic dishes
and cutlery to put then' back in the
basket ready for the next time, Peo-
ple who used to abhor eating from a
paper plate are exercising that priv-
i:ege which is usually conceded to
women, and are changing their minds
as the plates are made so much bet-
ter than they used to be. You can
use them for quite moist foods and
still have them in good shape. They
are a convenience as they take up.
little room and save dish washing.
Have Convenient Boxes,
Cups may be bought which have
removable handles and fit into each
other, in this way pack into a very
small space. Save your tin boxes of
various sizes and a coat of enamel
will transform them. Some of the tin
cigarette boxes are just the right size
for a slice of butter. Wax paper
should always he at hand.
Very often you can have for your
picnic just the same meal that you
had planned to have at home. Pos.
sibly cold roast meat was to be your
main food. Just try that with a sal-
ad, pickles and bread and butter for
your picnic. Do notcut your bread
and butter at home: Somehow it nev-
er seems half the work to do it pick -
nicking so pack your loaf of bread
and your piece of butter. If it is done
at home you are sure to have to do it
yourself, but, perhaps at the picnic,
friend husband will cut the bread and
everyone can butter their own.
Appetizing Foods.
If you have planned ahead to go
jaunting it is easy ito plan a menu,
Roast chicken is invariably popular,
Did you ever try roast 'spare ribs?
Most" people enjoy
the
Spread
your strip °of' spare .ribs rtrith dressing
and then roll them up comp'actly and
roast. Most of is like an excuse to re
turn to the primitive and to discard
knives and forks as we do with spare
ribs, A piece of back bacon boiled
is easy to carry and easy to slice.
Boiled Sea salmon with cucumbers
and tomatoes is another popular meal,
Salads are Easily Prepared.
Salads are very easy to get ready.
The materials should be packed and
the salad made on the spot; A few
cans of substantial salad ifoods should
be always on the emergency shelf.
Salmon, tuna, sardines, shrimps, etc.
fall into this class, Wash the lettuce
cut and roll in a clean towel. This
will absorb the excess moisture and
will keep the lettuce crisp and fresh.
Green onions, radishes, cucumbers,
tomatoes and celery are always rel-
ished, A bottle of olives and one of
gherkins should be on your shelves
to add to or take the p'a'ce of the
fresh appetizers. Hard boiled eggs
can be added to any salad and what
is a picnic without hard boiled eggs!
Potato Salad has always been
standby for out-of-door meals but you
will find that other salads are easy
to get ready and taste good in the
open air. Take a bottle of salad dres-
sing and your materials and it does
not seem half the work to make your
salad on the spot. You will never
know how good a salmon salad can
taste till you eat it in the open air,
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what I want to say and my space is
at an end but will continue it next
wee'':. The point I am trying to bring
out is do not make work of your pic-
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ALL ROADS LEAD TO
WINGHAM ON JULY 12th
When North Huron County L. O.
L. celebrates this great anniversary,
together with the county of South
Huron and West Bruce. In the mor-
ning soft ball games for both girls
and boys are arranged, and in the af-
ternoon addresses will be given by
prominent members of the order.
Prizes are also affered for Lodges
corning longest distance, for appcar-
ance, etc. In the evening Ye Olde.
Tyme Village Quartette presents a
sparkling programme in the town
park. Bills give full particulars.
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