is the strength of my heart and my portion. for ever.

How excellent is Thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house, and Thou shalt make them to drink of the river of Thy pleasures.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with Thy likeness.

"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is."-1 JOHN

iii. 2.

ERUSALEM the golden,

JER

With milk and honey blest!

Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice opprest.

I know not, oh! I know not
What joys await us there;
What radiancy of glory,

What bliss beyond compare.

They stand those halls of Sion,
All jubilant with song,
And bright with many an angel,
And all the martyr throng.

The Prince is ever in them,
The daylight is serene :
The pastures of the blessed
Are decked in glorious sheen.

There is the throne of David; And there, from care released, The shout of them that triumph, The song of them that feast.

And they who, with their Leader, Have conquered in the fight, For ever and for ever

Are clothed in robes of white.

O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessed country,
That eager hearts expect!

Jesu, in mercy bring us

To that dear land of rest;
Who art with God the Father,

And Spirit, ever blest. Amen.

"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."- 2 COR. v. I.

A

NGEL-VOICES sweetly singing;

Echoes through the blue dome ringing, News of wondrous gladness bringing ; Ah, 'tis heaven at last!

Sin for ever left behind us;

Earthly vision's cease to blind us;
Fleshly fetters cease to bind us;
Ah, 'tis heaven at last!

What a city! what a glory!
Far beyond the brightest story
Of the ages old and hoary;

Ah, 'tis heaven at last!

Christ himself the living splendor,
Christ the sunlight mild and tender;
Praises to the Lamb we render;
Ah, 'tis heaven at last!

"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise."- HEB. X. 36.

TH

HERE'S a land of peerless beauty,
And of glory all untold,
Where no shadow ever falleth,

old;

Where no sunny face grows
Where the crystal river floweth,
With the tree upon its banks,
And with love each bosom gloweth,
In the bright celestial ranks.

Oh to reach that land of gladness,
Be it all my soul's desire!
Amid scenes of joy or sadness,
Upward still would I aspire.
Brief the pang my heart that rendeth,
Brief the joy that swells it here;
But the rapture never endeth,

Of that pure and blessed sphere.

There is Jesus, my Redeemer,
With the many crowns He wears,
And the scars of earthly wounding,
Precious tokens which He bears:
There the angels, all so glorious,
In the outer circle stand,

While the souls, by faith victorious,
Are a nearer, dearer band.

Then, while months and years are taking,
Like a dream, their flight away,
If they bring me but the breaking
Of the one eternal day,

I will not regret their fleetness,
Nor hold fast to things below;

I will only ask a meetness

For the bliss to which I go.

"We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God."- ACTS xiv. 22.

"If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him."-2 TIM. ii. 12.

MY

Y feet are worn and weary with the march O'er the rough road and up the steep hill-side.

O City of our God! I fain would see

Thy pastures green, where peaceful waters glide.