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Let us then be well assured of the ground on which we stand, in this great conflict. The honour, the power, the Sprit of the Son of God are on the one hand assailed; on the other, they are divinely pledged for the result. We must be identified with him, hide ourselves in him, conquer with him, or perish among his enemies. Away, then, with the brandishing of human weapons, and succumbing to human fear. Argue what we will, hope what we will, attempt what we will, it is vain, unless He works in us, and in the hearts of all we would bless. The conflict is his; and the faith he inspires, assures us that, trusting in him, consecrating ourselves to him, and doing the work he appoints, he will own our endeavours, and ultimate

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The Church has waited long

Her absent Lord to see;

And still in loneliness she waits

A friendless stranger she.
Age after age has gone,

Sun after sun has set,

And still in weeds of widowhood
She weeps, a mourner yet.
Come, then, Lord Jesus, come!

Saint after saint on earth

Has lived, and hoped, and died;
And as they left us, one by one,
We laid them side by side:
We laid them down to sleep,
But not in hope forlorn;
We laid them but to ripen there
Till the last glorious morn.
Come, then, Lord Jesus, come!

The serpent's brood increase,
The powers of hell grow bold;
The conflict thickens, faith is low,
And love is waxing cold.
How long, O Lord our God,

Holy, and true, and good,

Wilt thou not judge thy suffering Church,
Her sighs, and tears, and blood?

Come, then, Lord Jesus, come!

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garded, however, as an agency, a trust, a day of toil, of strife, and of victorious achievement, life is gloriously sublime. In every form of self-denying, self-sacrificing endurance, life is glorious-whether it be the glory of the faithful mother; or of the patient sufferer; or of virtue uncorrupted amid impurity and poverty; or of the persevering and enterprising, and public-spirited merchant; or of the toiling, cheerful and industrious artizan; or of the laborious, indefatigable student; or of the true, disinterested patriot; or of the gallant hero; or of the brave commander, who stands by his vessel, and her hapless crew, and sinks with her in indomitable firmness. But while these and all other forms of enterprise and suffering for the good of others, and in submission to the will of God, are glorious even as the glory of the stars, there is another form of life-long or life-sacrificing labour which is as the glory of the sun!

To feel that to live is Christ-to be so united to Christ that his work ia

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