GREEN PASTURES AND STILL WATERS. PSALM Xxiii. BY J. DENHAM SMITH. "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters." FEB 82 LONDON: JAMES E. HAWKINS, 36, BAKER STREET, W.; AND 12, PATERNOSTER SQUARE, E.C. S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO., 9, PATERNOSTER ROW. PARIS: J. BONHEURE ET CIE, RUE DE LILLE. JAND "Jesus, my Shepherd, Saviour, Friend, 'Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But when I see Thee as Thou art, I'll praise Thee as I ought." PREFATORY NOTE. THIS volume has not been written to gratify mere taste, or to please the fancy, but to present to the mind of the reader meditations by means of which he may enjoy conscious fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ-the Good Shepherd. It has been written simply and plainly, because intended, not only for the ordinary reader, but for the sick-room and the lonely couch. The Psalm of which it treats is pervaded by a gospel which meets the questionings of any heart anxious about sin, or needing the assurance of a personal salvation. To the young, whose path in life is all before them; to the aged, who can tell of goodness and mercy having followed them; and to the bereaved and sorrowing, who, though tried and, it may be, desolate, are yet entitled to say, "Thou art with |