Or will His death suffice,

Who died upon the cross that we might live,
If faith, the pearl of price,

His

grace vouchsafe not unto us to give.

But with that peerless boon

The cross of Christ as far exceeds thy power,
As does the blaze of noon

The shadowy splendours of the twilight hour.

For thine could do no more
Than make the impotent in body whole;
But His can yet restore
Light, life, and joy to the immortal soul.

TURNING IN TRIBULATION.

"When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shall be obedient unto his voice; he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee."-Deuteronomy, iv. 30, 31.

WAKEN'D sinner, whelm'd in grief,

Seeking, praying for relief,

Hear the promise of thy God,

Bow beneath his chast'ning rod.

Have his judgments fallen on thee? Thou may'st yet his mercy see:— Hast thou fallen on "latter days?" In them thou may'st sing his praise.

Only turn thee to the Lord,
Every former sin abhorr'd,
Be obedient to his voice,
Then in him thou shalt rejoice.

Not by sorrow of thine own
Canst thou for the past atone;
Nor by strength of human will
Canst thou God's commands fulfil.

By his" WELL-beloved Son” That atonement hath been won, And through faith in him, alone, Can that power by thee be known.

Be this living faith thy prayer, Then may'st thou his Spirit share, Know thy sins within thee slain, And in Him be born again.

THE CURSE OF DISOBEDIENCE.

"And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron."- Deuteronomy, xxviii. 23.

APPALLING doom! yet hearts there are
Its fearful truth have found,

Have known a heaven where sun nor star
Its radiance sheds around.

A heaven of brass, from whose stern cope
No living waters well❜d,

Whereon the rainbow, arch of hope,
The eye hath ne'er beheld.

An earth of iron, whose barren breast
Seem'd icy cold and dead,

Where sterile paths, by joy unblest
In endless maze were spread.

Oh! such a heaven, and such an earth,
Are no delusive dream,

To which wild phantasy gives birth,

Howe'er the worldling deem.

They who have trod that hopeless path,
Beneath that rayless sky,

Have known the hour of righteous wrath

These metaphors imply.

These know how God's most holy will

Can mar creation's face,

And leave the disobedient, still,

No pleasant resting place.

One only hope for such remains;
Repent, return, and live;
He who no penitent disdains,

New heavens, new earth can give.

Simple obedience shall restore

Green fields, and sunny skies;

And hearkening to his voice bring more
Than Eden's Paradise.

THE SPIRITUAL LAW.

"But the word is very nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it."- Deuteronomy, xxx. 14.

Say not The law divine

Is hidden from thee, or afar remov'd;

That law within would shine,

If there its glorious light were sought and lov'd.

Soar not on high,

Nor ask who thence shall bring it down to earth; That vaulted sky

Hath no such star, didst thou but know its worth.

Nor launch thy bark

In search thereof upon a shoreless sea

Which has no ark,

No dove to bring this olive-branch to thee.

Then do not roam

In search of that which wandering cannot win;
At home! At home!

That word is plac'd, thy mouth, thy heart within.

Oh! seek it there,

Turn to its teachings with devoted will;

Watch unto prayer,

And in the power of faith this law fulfil.

THE LOST FOUND.

"He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye."- Deuteronomy, xxxii. 10.

THUS didst thou, Lord, for Israel then,
Thus dost thou now for guilty men ;
Yet, yet compassionate, and kind,
Thy love vouchsafes the lost to find.