The judgment which redeems must be
That of the Holy Ghost, and fire;
This, only from each sin can free,
And full, confiding faith inspire.

The righteousness which standeth sure,
The convert must in Christ attain ;
This only, perfect, spotless, pure,
Shall in the end acceptance gain.

Behold the cause why Zion still
Is unredeem'd, unsanctified;
Why converts, impotent of will,

Faint, falter, fall on every side.

Vain of our judgment, we are led
To trust its strength in evil hour,
And shun, as with instinctive dread,
The Spirit's deep baptismal power.

Proud of our fancied righteousness,
Which self in splendid colours paints,
We seek not, strive not to possess
The purer garment of the saints.

Helper of Zion! dissipate

The clouds which yet her glory mar,

And show us, ere it be too late,

What righteousness and judgment are.

THE DAY OF DIVINE VISITATION.

And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day."- Isaiah, i. IL

CAN language utter,-pen record

The wonders of that day

When Zion's righteous Judge and Lord
Asserts his sovereign sway?

Where are thy cedars, Lebanon,
So late uplifted high ?

Where are the oaks of Bashan gone,
Whose strength might storms defy ?

And thus the glory of the proud
The cedar's lot must know ;
The strongest as a reed be bow'd,
Like Bashan's oak—laid low.

The ships of Tarshish—types of art
And wealth,-delight no more:

The pleasant pictures of the heart

Be darkly shadow'd o'er;

And every idol thought can claim
Abolish'd, and o'erthrown,

That so the Lord's exalted name
May reign and rule alone.

Such is the day, and such the hour

Of visitation still,

When God ariseth in his power
To bend, and bow the will.

And bless'd are they who through His grace

In visitation bow,

Who vow, henceforth, to seek His face,

And keep that solemn vow.

CHRIST'S TITLES AND ATTRIBUTES.

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace."-Isaiah, ix. 6.

DOUBTING Christian, why forlorn?
Art not thou an heir of heaven?
Unto thee a Child is born,

Unto thee a Son is given.

His the government sublime
Of his own redeeming grace,
Far beyond the bounds of time,

Far beyond thy views of space.

Wonderful-His name shall be,
Counsellor-in paths untrod,
Everlasting Father-He,

Prince of Peace, and Mighty God.

Glorious titles! Power divine !
Hear, believe, obey, and live;
Faith their fruits shall render thine,
God, alone, that faith can give.

Faithless,-thou must be forlorn, Tempest-toss'd, at random driven ;

Unto thee no Child is born,

Unto thee no Son is given.

But, believing, thou shalt know

Winds and waters hush'd and still'd,

Toss'd no longer to and fro,
See each prophecy fulfill'd.

Pray for faith!-that reconcil'd
Unto God-thy soul may see
Born for thee this sinless Child,
And the Son thy Saviour be.

CHRIST THE SURE FOUNDATION.

"Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make baste.”— Isaiah, xxviii. 16.

THUS saith the Lord of Hosts-Behold,

Henceforth in Zion I make known,

By ancient prophecy foretold,

A tried, a precious Corner-Stone.

A sure Foundation, which shall stand
When storms descend, and tempests beat;
When structures human skill has plann'd
Their fearful, final ruin meet.

Lord, thy right hand that Stone has laid,
O make it precious in our sight!
That in thy power, and through thy aid
Each builder may proceed aright.

On trustless sands, with heedless haste,

Man's Babel, rear'd, delights his eyes;
But, on the Rock of Ages plac'd,
Thy edifice must slowly rise.