To watch incessant, firm of mind,

And watch where'er the post assigned,

And leave to God the rest.

'Twas while they watched, with lamp in hand, And oil well stored, the virgin band

The bridal pomp descried;

They joined it and the heavenly gate,

That oped to them its glorious state,

Was closed on all beside.

Watch! watch and pray! in suffering hour
Thus He exclaimed who felt its power,
And triumphed in the strife;
Victor of death! Thy voice I hear:

Fain would I watch with holy fear,

Would watch and pray through life's career,
And only cease with life.

Good.

A little while, through grief and care,
Thy servants, Lord, their cross must bear,
Where sorrow seems the heart to clasp
With cold reality's stern grasp;
And faith alone and tremblingly

Through the far distance looks to Thee;
Whilst feeble nature seeks relief,
And drops the tear of human grief ;—
Whilst prayers for patience still are heard,
And still obedient to Thy word,

Each fond request is oft made known
To Thee, whose love we trust alone ;-
Still let this thought our hearts beguile,
It is but for a little while.

BARBER.

Oh cast away thy fears,

Hope, and be undismay'd;

God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears,
God shall lift up thy head.

Through waves, through clouds and storms,

He gently clears the way;

Wait thou His time, so shall the night

Soon end in joyful day.

MORAVIAN.

Though the heart that sorrow chideth,
Sink in anguish and in care;

Yet if patience still abideth,

Hope shall paint her rainbow there.

Hope's bright lamp her light shall borrow
From religion's blessed ray,

And from many a coming morrow
Charm the clouds of grief away.

Wherefore should we sigh and languish,
Since our care so soon shall cease,
And the heart that sows in anguish,
Shall hereafter reap in peace.

This is not a scene of pleasure,
These are not the shores of bliss ;
We shall gain a brighter treasure,
Find a dearer land than this.

ANON.

Yes, oh my God! I love Thy will!
I will not murmur-but "be still;"
I will not sigh for joys once mine,
Which Thou hast bidden me resign;
My Father's smile, my Saviour's love,
Foretastes by faith of joys above;
These, with the blessed Spirit's peace,
Shall bid each thought regretful cease.

ANON.

Patience, oh, 'tis a grace divine!
Sent from the God of pow'r and love,
That leans upon its Father's hand,
As through the wilderness we move.
By patience we serenely bear

The troubles of our mortal state;
And wait contented our discharge,

Nor think our glory comes too late.

And shall I sit alone,

Oppress'd with grief and fear;
To God my Father, make my moan,
And He refuse to hear?

If He my Father be,

His pity He will shew,

From cruel bondage set me free,
And inward peace bestow.

If still He silence keep,

'Tis but my faith to try;

He knows and feels whene'er I weep,
And softens every sigh.

Then will I humbly wait,

Nor once indulge despair;

Thy sins are great, but not so great
As His compassions are.

Our strength be His omnipotence;
His truth our sure and sole defence;
His grace can help the feeblest saint
To watch and pray, and never faint :
For He who hath commanded thus,
Oft watched and prayed on earth for us,
And still, with interceding love,
Watches and prays for us above.

J. MONTGOMERY.

XXV. TRUST IN GOD.

TRUST in the Lord with all thine hear and lean not unto thine own understanding.-PROV. iii. 5.

We trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men.-1 TIM. iv. 10.

Exod. xiv. 14-Num. xxiii. 19-Josh. xxiii. 14-Ruth ii. 12— 1 Sam. xiv. 6-xvii. 45-47, 50-xxx. 6-2 Sam. xxii. 3, 31-xxiii. 5-xxiv. 14-1 Kings xvii. 4-6, 15, 16-2 Kings xviii. 5-7— 1 Chron. v. 20-2 Chron. xiii. 12, 18-xiv. 11, 12-xvi. 7-9-xx. 20-22, 27-xxxii. 7, 8-Neh. iv. 14-Job xiii. 15-xxxiv. 23.Psalm ii. 12-iii. 5-iv. 5, 8-v. 11, 12-ix. 10-xiii. 5-xvi. 8-10 -xvii. 7-xviii. 2, 30, 31-xx. 7—xxi. 7—xxii. 4, 5—xxiii.—xxv. 2, 15, 20-xxvi. 1-xxvii. 1, 3, 10, 13-xxviii. 7-xxxi. 1, 5, 14, 15, 19, 20, 24-xxxii. 7, 10-xxxiji. 21-xxxiv. 5, 8, 22-xxxvi. 7-xxxvii. 3, 5, 40-xl. 3, 4—xlii. 5—lii. 8-lv. 22-lvi. 3. 4lvii. 1, 2-lxi. 4-lxii. 7, 8-lxiii. 7-lxv. 5-lxxi. 1-5-lxxiii. 28-xci. 2-6, 9-12-cxii. 7-cxv. 11-cxviii. 6, 8, 9-cxix. 41, 42, 49, 114-cxxi.-cxxv. 1-cxxx. 7-cxxxviii. 7-cxl. 12-cxli. 8 -cxliii. 8-cxlvi. 3, 4-Prov. iii. 5, 6, 24-26-xvi. 3, 20-xviii. 10-xxix. 25-xxx. 5.-Isaiah ii. 22-xii. 2-xxv. 3, 4-xxvi. 3, 4-xxxv. 3, 4-xli. 10-14-1. 7-10-li. 5, 12, 13-lvii. 13-Jer. xvii. 7, 8-xxxii. 27-xxxix. 18-xlix. 11-Dan. iii. 17, 25, 27, 28, --vi. 20-23, 27-Nah. i. 7-Hab. iii. 17-19-Mal. iii. 6.

Matt. vi. 25, 31-34-x. 29-31-Luke xii. 6, 7, 22-30-Rom. viii. 28, 31, 32-xv. 12-1 Cor. x. 13-2 Cor. i. 9, 10-Eph. i.12, 13-1 Tim. iv. 10-v. 5—vi. 17-2 Tim. i. 12-iv. 18-Tit. i. 2 -Heb. iii. 6, 14-x. 35, 36-xiii. 5, 6-1 Pet. v. 7.