Then, O my Lord, prepare FAITH TRIUMPHING. FAITH is the Christian's prop, It is the anchor of his soul, When tempests rage and billows roll. Faith is the polar star That guides the Christian's bark; It points his course where'er he roam, Faith is the rainbow's form, It is the bright triumphal arch Faith is the mountain rock, Whose summit towers on high, Fixed on a prize of greater worth, It views with scorn the things of earth. The faith which works by love, A foretaste of the joys above To mortals can impart. "THE DAY IS THINE: THE NIGHT ALSO IS THINE." Moore. THOU art, O God, the life and light Through golden vistas into heaven, When youthful spring around us breathes, PEACEFUL REPOSE. "So he giveth his beloved sleep."-PSALM CXXvii, 2. THE day has vanished and the weary earth Seeks strength in slumber for its toil again. We too would rest; but ere we close the eye Thou hast provided midnight's hour of peace, Grief flies away; care quits our easy couch, God of our life! God of each day and night! HOPE IN GOD IN SICKNESS. Robert Berrick, 1660. WHAT though my harp and viol be AN EPITAPH ON FOUR INFANTS. Robinson. BOLD Infidelity, turn pale, and die! Say, are they lost or saved? If death's by sin, they sinned because they're here; If heaven's by works, in heaven they can't appear : Reason, ah! how depraved! Revere the Bible's sacred page: the knot's untied: They died! for Adam sinned-they live! for Jesus died. THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS. FAR down the ages now, Much of her journey done, The pilgrim Church pursues her way, Until her crown be won. The story of the past Comes up before her view; How well it seems to suit her still Old, and yet ever new. It is the oft-told tale Of sin and weariness, Of grace and love yet flowing down, To pardon and to bless. No wider is the gate, No broader is the way, No smoother is the ancient path, That leads to life and day. No sweeter is the cup, No less our lot of ill; 'Twas tribulation ages since, No slacker grows the fight, No feebler is the foe, No less the need of armour tried, |