"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God."-Rev. 21:1-3.

MRS. ELLEN H. GATES.

PHILIP PHILLIPS, by per.

1. I will sing you a song of that beautiful land,
2. O, that home of the soul! in my visions and dreams
3. That un-change-a-ble home is for you and for me,
4. O, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land,

me.

Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand, While the years of eter-ni-ty roll.
Till I fan-cy but thin- ly the vail in-tervenes Between the fair city and
The King of all kingdoms forever, is he, And he holdeth our crowns in his hands.
With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands, To meet one an-other again!

"

Having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better."-Phil. 1:23. "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."-Col. 3:4. JAMES MONTGOMERY.

ISAAC B. WOODBURY.

1. "For ever with the Lord!" A men, so let it be; My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near And when the morn shall come That ends earth's night of pain, 4. "For ev er with the Lord!" Father, if 'tis thy will,

2.

3.

8:

Life for the dead is
At times to faith's as-
Thro' grace I shall es-
The promise of that

im - mor gold- en life

e

to

ternal gain;
me fulfill.

Here
Ah, then my
Then know-ing
Be thou

this

at

bod
y pent,
spir- it faints
"as I'm known,"
my right hand,

"The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion,"-Isa, 51: 11.

I'm going home, ye sighs and tears, 1 bid you now

By permission.

"These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth."-Heb. 11:13. REV. SAMUEL STENNETT,

T. C. O'KANE.

e

be

a wish - ful - ter- nal ever no longer

eye day; blest? stay;

1. On

Jordan's storm - y banks I stand, And cast 2. O'er all those wide extended plains Shines one I reach that happy place, And de light, my raptured soul Would here

3. When shall 4. Filled with

9:4

EDGAR PAGE.

"Thy land shall be called Beulah, for the Lord delighteth in thee."-Isa. 62: 4.

JNO. R. SWENEY,

1. There is a land of
2. My Saviour then will
3. A sweet perfume
4. The zephyrs then

corn and wine, And all its joys will soon be mine; walk with me; O sweet com-mun-ion that will be! up on the breeze, Will come from ev - er nal trees,

ver

will

la den be With sounds of sweet- est mel

o - dy,

passed a-way.

There shines undimm'd one blissful day, For earth's dark night has
He'll gently lead me by the hand, In that ce lestial, hap - py land.
And flowers that nev er fading grow, Where streams of life for ev er flow.
gels, with the ransomed throng, Join in the sweet re-demp-tion song.

As

an

And find on that e- ternal shore My heaven, my home, for ev - er-more.

From "The Garner," by per. John J. Hood.