Great God, We Sing That Mighty Hand.

The admirable hymn of Dr. Doddridge may be noted in this division with its equally admirable tune of "Melancthon," one of the old Lutheran chorals of Germany.

Great God, we sing that mighty hand By which supported still we stand. The opening year Thy mercy shows; Thy mercy crown it till its close!

By day, by night, at home, abroad, Still we are guarded by our God.

As this last couplet stood--and ought now to stand--pious parents teaching the hymn to their children heard them repeat--

By day, by night, at home, abroad, We are surrounded still with God.

Many are now living whose first impressive sense of the Divine Omnipresence came with that line.