They saw in Thee both youth and age,
The man of war, the hoary sage,
But ever Israel's heritage.

O Thou whose word is truth alway,
Thy people seek Thy face this day,
O be Thou near them when they pray.

May these, my songs and musings, be
Acceptable, O Lord, to Thee
And do Thou hear them graciously.

O let my praises heavenward sped,
Be as a crown unto Thy head.
My prayer as incense offeréd!

O may my words of blessings rise
To Thee, who throned above the skies,
Art just and mighty, great and wise!

And when Thy glory I declare

Do Thou incline Thee to my prayer,
As though sweet spice my offering were.

My meditation day and night
May it be pleasant in Thy sight,
For Thou art all my soul's delight.

(Translated by Alice Lucas.)

The Kaddish

ACCORDING to His righteous will,

Be magnify'd and hallow'd still, Throughout the world, His glorious name The world which at His summons came. And let Him suddenly and soon,

In glory, like the sun at noon,

On earth establish, to His praise,
His kingdom in your lives and days,
And in the lives of all the race
Of Israel, and fulfil his grace,

O house of Israel, fear the Lord,
And say, Amen, with one accord.
Amen! His glorious name be blest
For evermore, through east and west.

Still blessed, prais'd, with glory crowned, Exalted, magnified around,

Rever'd, extoll'd, and lauded be

His holy name, for bless'd is He
'Bove blessings all, or hymns sublime,
Or praises in the tents of time,
Or blessednesses said or sung
By mortal or immortal tongue.
O house of Israel, fear the Lord;
And say, Amen, with one accord.

Let all the race of Israel's pray'rs
And supplications, in their cares,
Be grateful in their Father's sight,
Who's high in heaven, enthron'd in light.
O house of Israel, fear the Lord;
And say, Amen, with one accord.

Let peace, and joy, and bliss from heav'n,
From day to day be freely giv'n;
With life to us and ours in store,
And each of Israel, evermore,

O house of Israel, fear the Lord;

And say, Amen, with one accord.

Let Him, whose blessings never cease, Who through his lofty heav'ns makes peace, Make ever peace with us to dwell,

And all the race of Israel.

O house of Israel, fear the Lord; And say, Amen, with one accord.

W. W.

Ode on Chazanuth

ARISE and sing, thou deathless melody

Life's blended song

Bearing on wings of sound aloft with thee
A mortal throng.

Lo, living yet, beloved, lingering strain,
My harp of old,

Voice of a patience that hath borne the pain
Of years untold!

Each olden chord awaketh, every tone,
Soaring at length,

Mingling a mighty gladness with a groan
Of fallen strength.

Angels be gathering Earth's ascending prayer,
That, heavenward bound,

Shall deck the Throne with wreathed garlands fair
Of wafted sound.

Song of the ages, lo! the fettered soul
Shall break its bond,

*And, wrapt in thee, look forth upon the whole
Of Heaven beyond.

Sing on, sweet minstrel, thine immortal song-
My harp for aye,

Vision of hope to men that live and long

And pass away.

NINA DAVIS.

Adon Olam

LORD over all! whose power the sceptre swayed,

Ere first Creation's wondrous form was framed,
When by His will divine all things were made;
Then King Almighty was His name proclaimed!

When all shall cease- -the universe be o'er,
In awful greatness He alone will reign,
Who was, who is, and who will evermore
In glory most refulgent still remain.

Sole God! unequalled, and beyond compare,
Without division or associate;
Without commencing date or final year,
Ominpotent He reigns in awful state.

To Him, no like, no equal e'er can be;
He, without change or substitute remains,
Without divisibleness or adjunct, He

In highest might and power supremely reigns.

He is my God! my living Savior He!

My sheltering Rock in sad misfortune's hour! My standard, refuge, portion, still shall be,

My lot's Disposer when I seek His power.

Into His hands my spirit I consign

Whilst wrapped in sleep, that I again may wake: And with my soul, my body I resign;

The Lord with me,-no fears my soul can shake. D. A. DE SOla.

L

Adon Olam

ORD of the world, He reigned alone

While yet the universe was naught, When by His will all things were wrought, Then first His sovran name was known.

And when the All shall cease to be,
In dread lone splendor He shall reign.
He was, He is, He shall remain

In glorious eternity.

For He is one, no second shares
His nature or His loneliness;
Unending and beginningless,

All strength is His, all sway He bears.

He is the living God to save,

My Rock while sorrow's toils endure,
My banner and my stronghold sure,
The cup of life whene'er I crave.

I place my soul within His palm
Before I sleep as when I wake,
And though my body. I forsake,
Rest in the Lord in fearless calm.

ISRAEL ZANGWILL.

Adon Olam

REIGNED the universe's Master, ere were earthly

things begun;

When his mandate all created Ruler was the name

He won;

And alone He'll rule tremendous when all things are past and gone.

He no equal has, nor consort, He, the singular and

lone,

Has no end and no beginning; His the sceptre, might,

and throne,

He's my God and living Saviour, rock to whom in

need I run;

He's my banner and my refuge, fount of weal when

called upon;

In His hand I place my spirit, at night-fall and rise

of sun,

And therewith my body also; God's my God—I fear GEORGE BORROW.

no one.