"He brought us out ** that he might bring us in" (Deut. 6:25).

"Out of the distance and darkness so deep,

Out of the settled and perilous sleep,
Out of the region and shadow of death,
Out of its foul and pestilent breath,
Out of the bondage and wearying chains,
Out of companionship ever with stains-
Into the light and glory of God,

Into the holiest made clean by the blood,
Into the arms, the embrace and the kiss,
Into the scene of ineffable bliss,

Into the quiet of infinite calm,

Into the place of the song and the psalm.
Wonderful love that has wrought all for me;
Wonderful love that has thus set me free,
Wonderful ground upon which I have come,
Wonderful tenderness welcoming home.

"Out of the horror of being alone,
Out and forever of being my own;
Out of the hardness of heart and of will,
Out of the longings which nothing could fill,
Out of the bitterness, madness and strife,
Out of myself and all I call life:-

Into communion with Father and Son,
Into the sharing of all that Christ won,
Into ecstacies full to the brim,

Into the having of all things with Him,
Into Christ Jesus, there ever to dwell,

Into more blessings than words e'er can tell.
Wonderful lowliness draining my cup!
Wonderful purpose that ne'er can give up!
Wonderful patience that waited so long,
Wonderful story to which I belong.

"Out of my poverty into His wealth, Out of my sickness into pure health, Out of the old into the new,

Out of the false into the true,

Out of what measures the full depth of 'Lost.'
Out of it all—but at infinite cost!

Into what must with the cost correspond,
Into that which there is nothing beyond,
Into the union which nothing can part,
Into what fills every want of the heart,
Into the deepest of joys ever had—

Into the gladness of making God glad.
Wonderful Person whose face I behold!
Wonderful story then all to be told!
Wonderful all the dread way that He trod,
Wonderful end, He has brought me to God!"

-UNKNOWN.

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shalt thy land any more be termed Desolate; but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.-Isa. 62:4-5.

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.-Cant. 2:10-12.

Now I saw in my dream, that the pilgrims were got over the Enchanted Ground, and entering in the country of Beulah (Isa. 62:4; Cant. 2:10-12), whose air was very sweet and pleasant; the way lying directly through it, they solaced themselves there for a season. Yea, here they heard continually the singing of birds, and saw every day the flowers appear on the earth, and heard the voice of the turtle in the land. In this country the sun shineth night and day; wherefore this was beyond the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and also out of the reach of Giant Despair; neither could they from this place so much as see Doubting Castle. Here they were within sight of the City they were going to; also here met them some of the inhabitants thereof; for in this land the Shining Ones commonly walked, because it was on the borders of heaven. In this land also the contract between the bride and the bridegroom was renewed; yea, here, "as the bridegroom rejoiceth over his bride so did their God rejoice over them." Here they had no want of corn and wine; for in this place they met with abundance of what they had sought for in all their pilgrimage. Here they heard voices from out of the city, loud voices, saying, "Say ye to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy salvation cometh! Behold, His reward is with Him!" Here all the inhabitants of the country called them "The holy people, and redeemed of the Lord," "sought out," etc.-Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

CHAPTER XII

THE BIBLE A NEW BOOK (CONTinued)

TH HERE REMAINETH a rest for the people of God," or, as the margin_says, "A keeping of the Sabbath." The R. V. gives it, "A Sabbath rest. If the Seventh Day Adventists would but rightly interpret the Sabbath, they would see its inner meaning with joy and leave the Saturday Sabbath alone, which they have signally failed to establish. Have they not lost the substance and grasped the shadow? We read, "Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep; for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you. Everyone that defileth it shall be put to death. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever" (Read Exodus 31:13-17.) We emphasize: "That ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. This meaning is fully

carried forward into the New Testament.

Many are the proselytes of blind guides, who unwittingly put their heads into the noose and are led like animals to the slaughter, un