monarch, no temporal prince. It directs thee to Him who is King of kings, and Lord of lords-the Sovereign Majesty of heaven and of earth. Know Him, and be at peace. Notice the precept, and ponder the words. It is not said, 'Know there is a God ;'-know Him to be a good, a righteous, a merciful God; endeavour to attain to peace by reflecting upon His greatness, His goodness, His wisdom, His mercy; but " acquaint thyself with Him." Know Him for thyself; and now. Let Him be thy Guide and thy Counsellor; the Friend of thy bosom; the Companion of thy life; and the Repose of thy confidence." Trust in Him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us." Think of Him, not only in the splendour of his works, and the glory of His perfections, as the Creator and Governor of the universe; but acquaint thyself with Him as the Covenant God of His people; who has promised to do them good, and has engaged never to turn away from

doing them good; and whose word declares "all things shall work together for good to them that love Him." And having Him for thy God, confide in His promises; stay thy soul upon His Word; "acquaint thyself with Him, and be at peace.'

Wait on JEHOVAH, in His grace be strong, Power to the faint He gives, and will increase; Wait on the LORD, He is thy strength and song,

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Acquaint thyself with Him, and be at peace.'

WEEK VIII.

FIRST DAY.

"THE LORD SHALL BLESS HIS PEOPLE WITH PEACE."Ps. xxix. 11.

Peace, in its fountain spring, is truth divine; Peace, in its silent stream, is heavenly grace; Peace, in its deep, full, tranquil rest, is love; Unfailing, and enduring, perfect, pure, Unshadowed and unruffled by a fear.

The knowledge of the Holy One is peace ;-
Rest to the soul, on truth's eternal base;
Where rooted, fixed, established, it abides,
Unheeding all the world may think or say.

The favour of the Holy One is peace ;-
Let Him whose smile gives heaven all its joys,
Across my
heaven throw His radiant bow
Of covenanted mercy, grace, and peace;
My soul receives and glories in a boon

More sweet than life!—life's plenitude of bliss!

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The love of God is peace ;-a love inscribed
On that fair arch, in colours all his own:

But who shall set it forth? What words shall

speak

The boundless riches of that mystery?

Love!-so transcending all of human thought! Peace!-so surpassing all of mortal joy!

They, Son of God! they only, who discern
In Thee, thy person, offices, and work;
The Father's glory, full of truth and grace,
Concent'ring all its rays in love to man;

"Love, passing knowledge;"-made to comprehend;

"Peace, passing understanding;”—to possess.

O! to be strengthened with the Spirit's might!
To know that truth, He only can reveal;
That grace wherewith He only can enrich ;
That love, which to the soul conveys the pledge
And prelibation of its future rest,

Its everlasting and most sure repose ;

That love, in which immortal spirits live,

Filled with the fulness and the PEACE OF GOD.

SECOND DAY.

66 TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE."Rom. viii. 6.

To be spiritually minded: that is, to be in subjection to the powerful, sanctifying, and gracious operations of the Spirit of God: as it is written, "All thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children." Is. liv. 13. All men are naturally in the state the Ephesians were in, before they knew the quickening power of the truth, before they had experienced the grace of the gospel; "namely, dead in trespasses and sins," "without hope and without God in the world;"-dead to God and righteousness, alive to sin and sorrow. But when the Holy Spirit comes with His living beam into the heart, the whole state is changed; the soul becomes alive to God, and dead to all that constituted the elements of its former existence. For death, it has life eternal; (John v.24.); for darkness, light; (Eph.v.8.); for uncertainty, assurance; for captivity, free