9 Lord Jesus, grant me all this grace; Give me to dwell in Thine embrace, IOS. H. B. STOWE. 745 Abide in me and I in you.—John xv. 4. I HAT mystic word of Thine, O sovereign TH Is all too pure, too high, too deep for me; Weary of striving, and with longing faint, I breathe it back again in prayer to Thec. 2 Abide in me, I pray, and I in Thee; From this good hour, O leave me never more; Then shall the discord cease, the wound be healed, The lifelong bleeding of the soul be o'er. 3 Abide in me; o'ershadowed by Thy love Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin; Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire, And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine. 4 As some rare perfume in a vase of clay Pervades it with a fragrance not its own, So, when Thou dwellest in a mortal soul, All heaven's own sweetness seems around it thrown. 5 Abide in me; there have been moments pure When I have heard Thy voice and felt Thy power, Then evil lost its grasp, and passion hushed, Owned the divine enchantment of the hour. 6 These were but seasons, beautiful and rare; Abide in me, and they shall ever be. Fulfil at once Thy precept and my prayerCome, and abide in me, and I in Thee. S.M. Double. H. BONAR. 746 Your life is hid with Christ in God.—Col. iii. 3 UR life is hid with Christ, Appears to take the throne, We too shall be revealed and shine 2 He liveth and we live! Life is for us in store; So death is swallowed up of life, 3 Not to ourselves we live, Not to ourselves we die, For we are only His; Like Him we soon shall be, for we CHRISTIAN DUTY: PERSEVERING FIDELITY. 747 I 0 87s. Double. Abide in Me.-John xv. 4. ABIDE in Him who for us SPITTA tr. J. D. BURNS. In His love to earth came down ; Countless sorrows made His own. He, though all in dust should crumble, 2 All things vanish! hearts are breaking 3 All things perish! earth is hasting Earthly forms to dust must moulder, Stands the Lord, and calmly saith— 44, 888. J. S. B. MONSELL. 748 Fight the good fight of faith.—1 Tim. vi. 12. I 2 3 4 IGHT the good fight FIGH Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right; Lay hold on life, and it shall be Run the straight race, Through God's good grace, Cast care aside; Upon Thy Guide Lean, and His mercy will provide; Lean, and the trusting soul shall prove Faint not nor fear; His arms are near, He changeth not, and Thou art dear: S.M. C. WESLEY. 749 Take unto you the whole armour of God. I SOLD Ephesians vi. 13. OLDIERS of Christ, arise, Strong in the strength which God supplies 2 Strong in the Lord of Hosts, Who in the strength of Jesus trusts 3 Stand, then, in His great might, 4 Leave no unguarded place, 5 To keep your armour bright, 6 From strength to strength go on, Tread all the powers of darkness down, 86,84. Irregular, H. BONAR. 750 There is no work nor device.....in the grave, I F1 whither thou goest.-Ecclesiastes ix. 10. INISH thy work, the time is short, The sun is in the west, The night is coming down; till then |