1.
A happy family is but an ealier heaven.
John Bowring
2.
There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part, Where seeds of truth and love might grow, And flowers of generous virtue flow; To plant, to watch, to water there, This be our duty, be our care.
John Bowring
3.
In the cross of Christ I glory,
John Bowring
4.
In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o'er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.
John Bowring
5.
Chance and change are busy ever;Man decays, and ages move;But His mercy waneth never;God is wisdom, God is love.
John Bowring
6.
Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers still; when most pursued, 'tis swiftly gone.
John Bowring
7.
The talents lost--the moments run
To waste--the sins of act, of thought,
Ten thousand deeds of folly done,
And countless virtues cherish'd not.
John Bowring
