Maternal tenderness less kind appears

Than His compassionate and gracious voice; Who wept, that He might dry the mourners'

tears;

And sorrowed, that in Him, they might rejoice.

Praise Him archangels! ye who see His face;
Children of Zion! let your songs arise:
Sing the great mystery of redeeming grace,
The joy of earth, the wonder of the skies:
Yet not by those who in His presence rest;
Not by archangels can His love be told;
Nor can the saints who comprehend it best,
Its breadths! and lengths ! and depths! and
heights! unfold.

None but the God of wisdom and of might,
Can tell His Nature, or declare His Name;
For "GOD is LOVE;" Eternal! Infinite !
Almighty ! LovE, unchangeably the same.
Jesus! Emanuel!-in Thee alone,

Can fallen man that Name and Nature know;
The burning brightness of JEHOVAH'S Throne,
Is circled round with thine auspicious bow.

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The rich effulgence of that love, Thou art;
Around thy cross its healing glories shine:
O! be their radiance shed in many a heart,
To draw the love of many a heart to thine :
Then let thy worshippers reflect thy rays;
And by their spirit prove their "GOD is LOVE;"
This shall more truly speak JEHOVAH's praise,
Than songs like those by angels sung above.

SECOND DAY.

"HE THAT DWELleth in love, dwelleth in God, AND GOD IN HIM."-1 John iv. 16.

What is it to dwell in love? It is not to cherish an idolatrous or exclusive attachment to some created object-it is not the flow of the natural feelings and affections towards those with whom we are connected by the ties of nature-it is not the indulgence of a weak and indiscriminating kindness, lavished equally upon the worthy and the worthless; the righteous and the wicked. If to dwell in love, be to dwell in God, and to have

God dwell in the soul, this love must in its nature resemble His own; it must be a participation of His Spirit; the life of God in the soul of man: for " God is Love."

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Love is the expression of goodness-the manifestation of moral and spiritual excellence it must therefore be wise, holy, discriminating, unfailing, enduring. "Charity never faileth :" and wherefore? He from whom it springs-He who supplies the principle, ever liveth: and he has said, "Because I live, ye shall live also." Perfect love (perfect in its nature, however weak in its degree) is a fruit of the Spirit—a beam of that holy fire which comes down from above. It is produced by the knowledge of the love of God in Christ Jesus: and in proportion as the heart is under the constraining power of this holy and heavenly affection, it will cleave to God with delight; seek His glory; do His will; keep His commands; and promote the welfare and happiness of his creatures.

My Heavenly Father! to my waiting heart,
Thy sacred presence, and thy grace impart ;
And may the Spirit that proceeds from Thee,
Make manifest that Jesus breathes in me;
So live in me, that I in thee may live,
And to thy Name the praise and glory give.

THIRD DAY.

"I WILL WRITE UPON HIM MY NEW NAME."

Rev. iii. 12.

O inscribe it upon my understanding and my heart!-upon my memory and my hope! -upon my spirit and deportment!—my conduct and my life!-that I may know and comprehend it—that I may love and delight in it that I may call it to remembrance, and meditate upon it-that it may be identified with every desire of my soul-with every glad and joyful anticipation; that I may honour and magnify it-that it may be glorified in me, and by me, and for ever. O! write upon me thy "New Name!"

The new Name has reference to the new covenant that marvellous exhibition of the grace and glory of God, in which every thing is said to be new: "I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel," &c. (Heb. viii. 8.). And it is called (Jer. xxxii. 40.) "an everlasting covenant." It is a covenant of " grace, mercy, and peace:" by virtue of which, there is freedom of access to God at all times, through a new and living way—everliving; for Christ himself, the mediator of the new covenant, is that way. He gives to His people a new commandment (John xiii. 34; and 1 John ii, 7, 8.); old, as it respects its immutable nature; yet new, as it is enforced and pressed upon us with additional and more binding obligations. To Him the new song is sung by His redeemed people ;-a song that will be for ever new; because the theme will be for ever felt in all its power, and sweetness, and freshnessawakening anew the quick and glowing feelings of thankfulness, and love, and joy in