From human eye 'tis better to conceal

Much that I suffer, much I hourly feel;

But oh this thought does tranquillize and heal,

All, all are known to Thee.

JANUARY 8.

Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them.-EZEKIEL XXXIV. 30.

EACH Secret conflict with indwelling sin,

Each sickening fear-I ne'er the prize shall win, Each pang from irritation, turmoil, din,

All, all are known to Thee.

When in the morning unrefreshed I wake,
Or in the night but little rest can take,
This brief appeal submissively I make,

All, all is known to Thee.

JANUARY 9.

Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. -1 PET. i. 18, 19.

NOR will the bitter draught distasteful prove
While I recall the Son of thy dear love;

The cup thou wouldst not for our sakes remove,
That cup he drank for me.

He drank it to the dregs-no drop remained
Of wrath, for those whose cup he drained;

Man ne'er can know what that sad cup con

tained,

All, all is known to Thee.

JANUARY 10.

He giveth his beloved sleep.-FSALM Cxxvii. 2.

I TREAD the churchyard's path alone,
Unseen to shed the gushing tear;

I read on many a mouldering stone
Fond records of the good and dear.

My soul is well nigh faint with fear,
When doubting Mary went to weep;
And yet what sweet repose is here,-
He giveth his beloved sleep."

The world is but a feverish rest

To weary pilgrims sometimes given,
When pleasure's cup has lost its zest,
And glory's hard-earned crown is riven,
Here softer than the dews of even
Fall peaceful on the slumbering deep,
Asleep to earth-awake to heaven-

He giveth his beloved sleep.

BISHOP SPENCER.

JANUARY 11.

Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.-REVELATION iii. 2.

LET not soft slumber close your eyes

Before you've recollected thrice

The train of actions through the day:
Where have my feet chose out the way?

What have I learned where'er I've been,
From all I've heard, from all I've seen?
What know I more that's worth the knowing?
What have I done that's worth the doing?
What have I sought that I should shun?
What duty have I left undone ?

Or into what new follies run?
These self-inquiries are the road

That leads to virtue and to God.

DR. WATTS.

JANUARY 12.

I am the true vine and my Father is the husbandman. JOHN XV 1.

WEARY pilgrim, lift thine eye;

Downward through the yielding sky,

Lo the Vine of Canaan bends

Near the hand that faith extends;

Fainting with the suminer's heat,
Thou art welcome, "Take and eat."

'Tis no dream, this vine is true,

Taste, the vintage is for you;

Quicken thou thy lingering feet,

Thou art welcome, "Take and eat."

JANUARY 13.

Is it not (the fast that I have chosen) to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh.-ISAIAH lviii. 7.

THY neighbor? it is he whom thou
Hast power to aid and bless;

Whose aching heart or burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press.

Thy neighbor? 'tis the fainting poor,
Whose eye with want is dim,

Whom hunger sends from door to door,

Go thou, and succor him.

Whene'er thou meet'st a human form

Less favored than thine own,

Remember 'tis thy brother worm,
Thy brother, or thy son.