vered its springs of living water, the upper and the nether springs, replete with life and blessing? It is great to have in prospect, and assured to thee, a mansion eternal in the heavens !-a city that hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God !—a kingdom that cannot be moved!-a crown of life! of righteousness! of glory! But, heir of God !-pause over the words, and ponder them yet again. "The Lord is my portion." Who is the Lord? The only wise God; canst thou lack wisdom? The Almighty; -will He not impart to thee all needful strength? The Lord of heaven and earth; can thy resources fail? The self-existent Fountain of Life; canst thou perish? Impossible. Arise, therefore; get thee up, and enter into thy rest. Say not, it is a land very far off: it is nigh thee; even in thy mouth, and in thy heart; even that word of FAITH, which, laying hold of CHRIST, makes righteousness, salvation, and GOD HIMSELF, thine own.

Fountain of blessedness! and can it be !
Shall children of the dust inherit Thee?
Shall sinners, new created, by Thy grace
Be raised to glory, and behold Thy face?
How shall we praise Thee? or, what can we

more

Then bow in silence, wonder and adore?

Adore-yet, not in silence; we will raise,
Our feeble tribute of imperfect praise ;
And lift the heart, and pour the fervent prayer,
That all who thus Thy richest blessings share,
May in their spirit and their life proclaim,
Their Saviour's glory and their Father's Name

WEEK XI.

FIRST DAY.

"THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORD GIVETH LIGHT; IT GIVETH UNDERSTANDING TO THE SIMPLE."-Ps. cxix. 130. "MY DOCTRINE shall drop AS THE RAIN, MY SPEECH SHALL DISTIL AS THE DEW, AS THE SMALL RAIN UPON THE TENDER HERB, AND AS THE SHOWERS UPON THE GRASS. Deut. xxxii. 2.

Fair as the sunny beams of light,

That cast upon the mountain height
Their rich and golden ray;

Thy truth, Thy glorious truth hath shone,
To make surpassing wonders known,
And guide us on our way.

Gentle, refreshing as the dew,
Which falls in silence, to renew

Earth's parched and fading face;

Thou dost in tenderest love impart,
To cheer, renew, and bless the heart,
The Spirit of Thy grace.

"

O cherish still, direct and bless,

And keep in paths of righteousness
The purchase of Thy love;

Till raised from this dark vale of death,
We praise Thee with immortal breath,
In Thy bright world above.

SECOND DAY.

"AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, FULL OF GRAce and truth: AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER."-John i. 14.

Great is the glory of the sun, "shining in his strength:" lovely and pleasant, the quiet lustre of the moon, "walking in her brightness :" fair and beautiful the sparkling fires that glitter through the vault of heaven; where stars, "differing in glory," stand up at their Maker's bidding, "an innumerable host," "not one failing to appear." Isa. xl.26. But, the apostle John had seen a glory transcending all created glory-he had seen

"the glory of the Everlasting Father in the face of Jesus Christ."

The Son of God is now passed into the heavens; yet, by the power of His Spirit, He is still present with His people and though He be invisible to the eye of sense, Faith can discern His glory, "the glory, as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." Happy are they on whom that glory hath arisen, for it is healing (Mal. iv. 2.) gladdening; (Ps. iv. 6, 7.) transforming; (1 Cor. iii. 18.) beautifying; (John xvii. 24 1 John iii. 2. Ps. xvii. 15.) everlasting; (Isa. lx. 19, 20.) "Truly," said the wise man," "light is sweet; and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." (Eccl. xi. 7.) Nevertheless, that material sun shall be turned into blackness; the heavens and the earth shall perish, and all their glories shall be no more: but they on whom the glory of Christ hath arisen-they into whose hearts that true light hath shined, shall rejoice in its beams-for ever!