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 pirit call voice of renew t all the ithfully "These ave the ourhood "must merely, ns, but points; minis every ith oral e same to the mentalere all as can The Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see; And still in loneliness she waits A friendless stranger she. Sun after sun has set, And still in weeds of widowhood Saint after saint on earth Has lived, and hoped, and died; The serpent's brood increase, Holy, and true, and good, Wilt thou not judge thy suffering Church, Come, then, Lord Jesus, come! learn 3 gift lcula on of ncon ty of 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 |