To faint, to grieve, to die for me! Shall I not love Thee more than these? Yes, I would count them all but loss, But Thou canst give the victory! CONDER. Exertion, vigilance, a mind in arms, To foil temptation in the doubtful field; 'Tis these first give, then guard, a cheerful heart. YOUNG. Take up thy cross; let not its weight His strength shall bear thy spirit up, And brace thy heart, and nerve thy arm. Take up thy cross then in His strength, Take up thy cross and follow me, Nor think till death to lay it down; For only he who bears the cross May hope to wear the glorious crown. ANON. XXIV. WAITING ON GOD, WATCHFULNESS, WAIT on thy God continually.-HOSEA xii. 6. Blessed is he that watcheth.-REV. xvi. 15. In your patience possess ye your souls.-LUKE xxi. 19. Gen. xlix. 18-Exod. xiv. 14-Ruth iii. 18-2 Chron. xiv. 11xx. 12, 13, 15, 17-Job xiv. 14-xxxiii. 31, 33-Psalm xvi. 9— xxv. 15, 21-xxvii. 14—xxxiii. 20-xxxvii. 7, 34—xxxix. 7—xl. 1, 2-lii. 9-lix. 9-lxii. 1, 2, 5—lxix. 3, 6-lxxxv. 8-civ. 27— cvi. 13-cxxi. 1-cxxiii. 2-cxxx. 5, 6-cxli. 8-cxlv. 15—Prov. viii. 34-x. 19-xvi. 3-xx. 22-xxvii. 18-Eccles. vii. 8-ix. 12 -Cant. v. 2-Isaiah viii. 17—xxv. 9-xxviii. 16—xxx. 7, 15, 18— xxxii. 17, 18-xxxiii. 2-xl. 31-xlix. 23-lx. 22—lxiv. 4—Jer. xiv. 22-1. 6-Lam. iii. 25, 26-Dan. xii. 12-Hos. xii. 6-Mic. vii. 7-Hab. ii. 1, 3-Zeph. iii. 8. Matt. xxiv. 42, 44-xxv. 13—xxvi. 41-Mark xiii. 33-37-xv. 43-Luke ii. 25, 38-viii. 15, 40-xii. 35-40-xxi. 19, 36—Acts i. 4-7-Rom. ii. 7-viii. 19, 22-25-xii. 12-xv. 4-1 Cor. i. 7, 8 -x. 13-2 Cor. vi. 2-Gal. v. 5-vi. 9-Eph. vi. 18—Phil. iii. 20-iv. 5-Col. i. 11-iv. 2-1 Thes. i. 2, 3, 9, 10—v. 2, 6— 2 Thes. iii. 5-1 Tim. vi. 11-2 Tim. iii. 10-iv. 5-Tit. ii. 13Heb. iv. 7, 8-vi. 12-15—x. 36, 37-xii. 1-3-Jas. i. 3, 4—v. 7, 8, 10, 11-1 Pet. i. 13-iv. 7-v. 8-2 Pet. i. 6—iii. 3, 4, 8, 9— 1 John v. 18-Jude 21-Rev. ii. 2, 3-iii. 2, 3, 10-xiii. 10-xiv. 12-xvi. 15. Pilgrim, burden'd with thy sin, Come the way to Zion's gate; Knock and weep, and watch and wait. Weep He loves the mourner's tears, Wait till heavenly grace appears. Hark, it is thy Saviour's voice! Safe and owned, and bought and blest. Own'd-by joys the contrite know, Holy pilgrim! what for thee In a world like this remains? From thy guarded breast shall flee Fear and shame, and doubt and pains. Fear the hope of heaven shall flee, Shame from glory's view retire, Pain-in endless bliss expire! СВАВВЕ. Whate'er its form, whate'er its flow, While life is lent to man below, One duty stands confessed, N 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, Watch! watch and pray! in suffering hour 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, Through the far distance looks to Thee; Each fond request is oft made known Barber. Oh cast away thy fears, Hope, and be undismay'd ; God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears, 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, Yet if patience still abideth, Hope shall paint her rainbow there. Hope's bright lamp her light shall borrow Wherefore should we sigh and languish, |