While on His sorrows they reflect,

Their own are all forgot.

When they, by faith, behold the Cross,
Though many griefs they meet,
They draw a gain from every loss,
And find the bitter sweet.

14. C. JEHOVAH-ROPHE-I am the Lord that healeth thee. Chap. xv.

HEAL us, Emmanuel! here we are,
Waiting to feel Thy touch:
Deep-wounded souls to Thee repair,
And, Saviour, we are such.

Our faith is feeble, we confess,
We faintly trust Thy word;
But wilt Thou pity us the less?
Be that far from Thee, Lord!

Remember him who once applied
With trembling for relief;

Lord, I believe,' with tears he cried,
'O help my unbelief!'

She, too, who touched Thee in the press,
And healing virtue stole,

Was answer'd, 'Daughter, go in peace;†

Thy faith hath made thee whole.'

*Mark ix. 24.

† Mark v. 34.

Conceal'd amid the gathering throng,

She would have shunn'd Thy view,
And if her faith was firm and strong,
Had strong misgivings too.

Like her, with hopes and fears we come,
To touch Thee if we may;
Oh! send us not despairing home,
Send none unheal'd away.

15. MANNA. Chap. xvi. 18.

MANNA to Israel well supplied

The want of other bread: While God is able to provide, His people shall be fed.

(Thus though the corn and wine should fail,
And creature-streams be dry,
The prayer of faith will still prevail
For blessings from on high.)

Of His kind care how sweet a proof-
It suited every taste:

Who gather'd most had just enough;
Enough, who gather'd least.

'Tis thus the gracious Lord provides
Our comforts and our cares;
His own unerring hand divides,
And gives us each our shares.

He knows how much the weak can bear,

And helps them when they cry;
The strongest have no strength to spare,
For such He'll strongly try.

Daily they saw the manna come,
And cover all the ground;

But what they tried to keep at home,
Corrupted soon was found.

Vain their attempt to store it up,
This was to tempt the Lord:
Israel must live by faith and hope,
And not upon a hoard.

16. MANNA HOARDED.

Chap. xvi. 20.

THE manna, favour'd Israel's meat,

Was gather'd day by day;

When all the host was served, the heat
Melted the rest away.

In vain to hoard it up they tried,
Against to-morrow came;

It then bred worms and putrefied,
And proved their sin and shame.

'Twas daily bread, and would not keep, But must be still renew'd;

Faith should not want a hoard or heap, But trust the Lord for food.

The truths by which the soul is fed
Must thus be had afresh;
For notions resting in the head

Will only feed the flesh.

However true, they have no life

Or unction to impart;

They breed the worms of pride and strife,
But cannot cheer the heart.

Nor can the best experience past
The life of faith maintain;

The brightest hope will faint at last,

Unless supplied again.

Dear Lord, while we in prayer are found,

Do Thou the manna give;

Oh! let it fall on all around,
That we may eat and live.

17. C. JEHOVAH-NISSI-The Lord my Banner. See refer

Chap. xvii. 15.

By whom was David taught
To aim the dreadful blow,

When he Goliath fought,

And laid the Gittite low?

No sword nor spear the stripling took,
But chose a pebble from the brook.

ences to the

same pas sage, Amalek, pages 284, 291.

Reference to the same,

page 54.

'Twas Israel's God and King
Who sent him to the fight;
Who gave him strength to sling,
And skill to aim aright.

Ye feeble saints, your strength endures, Because young David's God is yours.

Who order'd Gideon forth

To storm the invader's camp,
With arms of little worth,

A pitcher and a lamp?

*

The trumpets made his coming known, And all the host was overthrown.

Oh! I have seen the day,

When, with a single word,
God helping me to say,

'My trust is in the Lord,'

My soul has quell'd a thousand foes,
Fearless of all that could oppose.

But unbelief, self-will,

Self-righteousness, and pride,
How often do they steal

My weapon from my side?

Yet David's Lord and Gideon's Friend Will help His servant to the end.

* Judges vii. 20.