'Tis all our present state can safely bear,
Health to the frame, and vigour to the mind.
A joy attempered! a chastised delight!
Like the fair summer evening, mild but sweet!
'Tis man's full cup; his paradise below!

Hope of the just! how heavenly is thy power!
Not the dread king of death and fearful gloom,
Not the last struggles of the parting hour,
Not the black portals of the yawning tomb

YOUNG.

Can fright thee!-When my fading sight grows weak,
When heaves my bosom with convulsive gasp,
When pale and wan appears my wasted cheek,
And every other joy eludes my grasp—

And when my heart with agonizing swell,
Shall fondly tremble on the dark grave's brink—
When I, with quivering lip, shall breathe farewell
To those, with whom 'tis agony to think

That I must part-Then to my closing eyes,
Hope of the righteous! be thy bright rays given ;
May the loved prospect to my soul arise

To meet with those I love-to meet in heaven!

LADY FLORA HASTINGS.

Oh for a faith that will not shrink,
Though press'd by many a foe;
That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe;

That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chastening rod,

But in the hour of grief and pain
Can lean upon its God;

A faith that shines more bright, more clear,
When tempests rage without;

That, when in danger, knows no fear,

In darkness feels no doubt;

A faith that keeps the narrow way
Till life's last spark is fled,

And with a pure and heav'nly ray
Lights up a dying bed.

BATHURST.

When musing sorrow weeps the past,
And mourns the present pain,
'Tis sweet to think of peace at last,
And feel that death is gain.

'Tis not that murmuring thoughts arise, And dread a Father's will;

'Tis not meek submission flies, And would not suffer still ;

It is that heaven-born faith surveys
The path that leads to light,
And longs her eagle plumes to raise,
And lose herself in sight.

It is that hope with ardour glows,
To see Him face to face,

Whose dying love no language knows
Sufficient art to trace.

It is that harrass'd conscience feels
The pangs of struggling sin;

And sees, though far, the hand that heals
And ends the strife within.

O let me wing my hallow'd flight
From earth-born wo and care,

And soar above these clouds of night,

My Saviour's bliss to share!

NOEL.

In life's closing hour, when the trembling soul flies,
And death stills the heart's last emotion,

O then may the seraph of mercy arise
Like a star on eternity's ocean!

PLUMTRE.

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But whence the sudden beam that shoots along?
Why shrink aghast the hostile throng?

Lo, from amidst affliction's night,

Hope bursts all radiant on the sight:

Her words the troubled bosom soothe.

Why thus dismay'd?

Though foes invade,

Hope ne'er is wanting to their aid,

Who tread the path of truth.

'Tis I who smooth the rugged way, I, who close the eyes of Sorrow, And with glad visions of to-morrow

Repair the weary soul's decay.

When Death's cold touch thrills to the freezing heart, Dreams of heaven's opening glories I impart,

Till the freed spirit springs on high

In rapture too severe for weak mortality."

BEATTIE.

Chase every shade of doubt away;

'Light of the world!" in mercy shine;
Illume with faith our erring way,

We would no worship own but Thine.
Bring us to heaven's peaceful shore,
And make us Thine for evermore!

ANON.

Take courage, O my soul! this life, which seems
To thee, while suffering, wearisomely long,
Would, if thy faith were vigorous and strong,
Full oft be gladdened by celestial gleams.
On that fair city, where the sun's bright beams
Are needed never; and the white-robed throng
Pour forth their hallow'd ecstacies in song,
To gaze with steadier vision thee beseems.
On "

things not seen," thou'rt bid to fix thine eye; To feel a stranger and a pilgrim here;

Of small account life's transient griefs appear,
When Faith unfolds heaven's joys and brings them nigh;
Then bright and blest each hour of Time would be,
Fraught with the glories of Eternity.

XXVII. HUMILITY.

TAKE my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls.-MATT. xi. 29.

Gen. xviii. 27-xxxii. 10-xli.15, 16-Deut. xxxiii. 3-1 Chron. xvii. 16-xxix. 14-2 Chron. xxxii. 26-Ezra ix. 5,6-Job vi. 24— vii. 17-ix. 13-15, 20—x. 15-xxii. 29—xxv. 5, 6—xl. 3-5—xlii. 5, 6-Psalm viii. 3-5-ix. 12-x. 12, 17—xxii. 6, 26-xxv. 9— xxxiv. 18-xxxvii. 11-lxxiii. 22-lxxvi. 8, 9-cxv. 1-cxix. 141 -cxxxi. 1, 2-cxxxviii. 6-cxli. 5-cxliv. 3-cxlvii. 6-cxlix. 4 -Prov. iii. 7, 34—x. 17, 19—xi. 2—xii. 15—xiii. 3, 18-xv. 31-33

xvi. 19-xviii. 12—xxii. 4—xxv. 6, 7-xxvii. 2—xxix. 23— xxx. 32-Isaiah vi. 5–xxix. 19—lvii. 15—lxi. 1-lxvi. 1, 2-Jer. i. 6-x. 23-Dan. ii. 30-Mic. vi. 8-Zeph. ii. 3.

Matt. v. 3, 5-vii. 1—xi. 29—xviii. 1-5—xx. 26-28–xxi. 5—– xxiii. 12-Mark i. 7-x. 45-Luke i. 48, 52—ii. 7—vii: 6, 7—ix. 46-48-x. 39-xiv. 10, 11—xvii. 10—xviii. 13, 14, 17—xxii. 24-27 -John xiii. 4, 5, 12-15-Acts iii. 12-xx. 18, 19-Rom. vii. 18 -ix. 16-xi. 20–xii. 3, 16-1 Cor. i. 27-31-iv. 4-xv. 8-102 Cor. iii. 5-iv. 7—x. 1, 4, 5, 17, 18-xii. 6, 7, 11-Gal. v. 22, 23vi. 1, 3, 14-Eph. iii. 8-iv. 1, 2—v. 21—Phil. 2, 3, 5-9—iii. 12, 13-Col. iii. 12—1 Tim. i. 15—ii. 9-11—vi. 11-2 Tim. ii. 24, 25 -Tit. iii. 2-Jas. i. 21—iii. 13—iv. 6, 7, 10—1 Pet. iii. 3, 4, 15 -v. 5, 6.