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XXX. COMFORT IN SICKNESS.

He will not lay upon man more than is right.-JOB Xxxiv. 23.

Exod. iii. 7-Num. xxiii. 10-Deut. viii. 5-xxxii. 29. 39xxxiii. 27-1 Sam. ii. 6, 7—iii. 18-2 Sam. xv. 26-1 Chron. xxix. 15-Job. ii. 10-iii. 17—v. 17, 18—vii. 1-11—viii. 9—x. 9, 20-22 —xi. 15, 16—xiii. 15—xiv. 1, 2, 5, 10, 14, 15—xix. 25-27—xxx. 16, 17, 19, 23-xxxiii. 29, 30-xxxiv. 23, 29, 31, 32-xxxvi. 8-10 --Psalm vi. 1-6-xvi. 9, 11–xxii. 11–xxiii. 2-4-xxv. 16-18— xxvii. 5, 9-xxxi. 5, 10, 16-xxxii. 7-10-xxxiv. 18-xxxvii. 5, 18, 37, 39-xxxviii. 1-4, 6, 9, 10, 18, 21,22-xxxix. 4-13—xl. 12-xli. 3, 4—xlii. 1, 2, 7, 8, 11—xlviii. 14—xlix. 14, 15—1. 15 -li. 1-12, 17-lii. 9-lv. 22-lvi. 3—lxi. 1-4—lxii. 5-7—lxiii. 1, 3-8-lxviii. 20-lxix. 1-3, 15-17-lxxi. 9, 20-lxxiii. 23-26 -lxxvii. 1-3, 6-lxxix. 8, 9, 11-lxxxv. 8-lxxxvi. 7, 15-17— lxxxviii. 1-7, 9-14-lxxxix. 48-xc. 3-10, 12-xci. 14-16-xciv. 12, 13— cii. 1-5, 11, 12, 24-28—ciii. 8-17-civ. 29-cvii. 17-19— cix. 26, 27-cxvi. 3-7, 15-cxix. 28, 49, 50, 67, 71, 75-77, 94, 107, 143-cxxvi. 5, 6-cxxxviii. 7, 8-cxlii. 3-cxliii. 7-9-cxlv. 14 -cxlvii. 3-Prov. iii. 11, 12—xiv. 32-Eccles. viii. 8-Cant. viii. 6, 7-Isaiah xxiv. 15-xxv. 8-xxvi. 3-xxvii. 8-xxxiii. 17, 24-xxxv. 8-10-xxxviii. 12-17-xxxix. 18-xl. 11, 29 -xli. 10, 13, 14, 17—xlii. 3—xliii. 1-5—xlviii. 10, 17-xlix. 10, 15-li. 6, 10-12-liii.-liv. 7, 8, 10-lx. 19, 20-lxi. 1-3-lxvi. 13 -Jer. x. 24-xvii. 14, 17—xxxi. 3-Lam. i. 12-iii. 31-33, 39, 56-58-v. 21-Ezek. xxxiv. 15, 16-Hos. xiii. 14—Amos iv. 12Nah. i. 7-Hab. iii. 2-Zeph. iii. 17—Mal. iii. 3, 17—Wisd. iii. 1, 4, 5, 15, 16.

Matt. v. 4-xi. 28-30-xxv. 31-34-Luke vi. 20, 21-xii. 32, 35-38, 40-xxi. 19-xxii. 42-xxiv. 46-John iii. 16-x. 27, 28xi. 1-46-xiv. 1-3, 18, 27-xvii. 22, 24-xviii. 11-Acts ii. 28vii. 55, 56, 59, 60-Rom. v. 3, 4-vi. 5, 7, 8-viii. 17-19, 28-xiv. 9 -1 Cor. ii. 9, 10-xiii. 10, 12-xv. 22, 25, 26, 49, 54-57-2 Cor. iv. 16-18-v. 1, 2, 4, 6-10-Phil. i. 20-23-iii. 20, 21-Col. iii. 41 Thes. iv. 14-v. 9, 10-2 Thes. i. 7, 10-ii. 16, 17-2 Tim. i. 10, 12-iv. 6-8-Heb. ii. 9, 14, 15, 17, 18-iv. 15, 16-vi. 18-20-ix. 27-x. 35-37-xii. 5-12—xiii. 5, 14-Jas. 1, 2-4, 12—iv. 7—v. 10, 11, 14-16-1 Pet. i. 3-9-iv. 19-v. 4, 6, 7, 10-1 John ii. 25iii. 2—v. 11-13-Jude 21.-Rev. i. 18-ii. 7, 10, 17-iii. 5, 12, 19-vii. 13-17-xiv. 13-xxi. 3-7, 22-24-xxii. 3-5.

Chamber of sickness! much to thee I owe,
Though dark thou be ;

The lesson it imports me most to know,
I owe to thee.

A sacred seminary thou hast been,
I trust to train me to a happier scene.

Chamber of sickness! suffering and alone,
My friends withdrawn,

The blessed beams of heavenly truth have shone
On me, forlorn,

With such a hallow'd vividness of power
As ne'er were granted to a brighter hour.

Chamber of sickness! 'midst thy silence, oft
A voice is heard,

Which though it fall like dew on flowers, so soft,
Yet speaks each word

Into the aching heart's unseen recess,

With power no earthly accents could possess.

Chamber of sickness! in that bright abode
Where there is no more pain,

If through the merits of my Saviour God
A seat I gain,

This theme shall tune my golden harp's soft lays,
That in thy shelter passed my earlier days.

ANON.

Though remorseless disease rob my cheek of its bloom, And my youth doom to pain or to sorrow;

May it ne'er chill my heart with despondency's gloom, That would whisper no hope for the morrow.

That, alas! would affliction's sweet solace deny,
My faint soul with its poison ensnaring ;

In Thy mercy, O God! bid me trust, or I die!
Grant me hope,-and forbid my despairing.

When assailed by temptations to evil or good,-
Grant the evil be ever rejected:

That the good be my choice, and oh ne'er be withstood,
Nor sweet hope, when my soul is dejected.

Grant me patience, O Father! my trials to bear

And let faith in my heart be engraven ;

Ah! let charity prompt me with others to share

The bright hope which shall guide me to heaven.

Send, O Father! the peace which the world cannot give,—
Thy own peace, which shall soothe my last hour;

And, O pitying God! in the hope let me live,
The blest hope of Thy mercy and power.

F. R. D.

And shall a sinful worm complain

Of weary days and nights of pain?
Dare I arraign the will of God,

Who bought me with His precious blood?

Are not my times within His hand?
Are not these pains at His command ?
Do I not hear Him sweetly say,
Strength shall be given as thy day?

O may these light afflictions prove
Means to increase my faith and love ;
And may I meekly bear the cross,
In mercy sent to purge my dross.

Am I not His, His purchas'd one,
A burning brand from Satan won?
Have I a grief He does not share?
A pang He helps me not to bear?

Oh no! Immanuel guards my bed,
His arm of love supports my head;
Like John, I lean upon His breast,
And find in Him a perfect rest.

EMMA DE LISSAU.

Cast down, but not destroyed, I bless the hand,
My Father's hand, which strengthens while it strikes ;
And should the furnace rage with seven-fold heat,
My Father's even there! Mighty the waves,
But mightier He above, who calms the storm.

Q

Dark and mysterious the pilgrim's way,

But, lo! the Sun of Righteousness shines forth,
And cheers my soul with healing on His beams.
I know the voice which called me from the world,
And in the chambers of affliction taught

Eternal truths on which I love to dwell.

The school of suffering is the school of light;
'Tis here I learn to trample on the world,
And justly estimate all earthly good;

'Tis here each hour informs me I must die,
Whilst here Thy word assures me I shall live-
Live, when this world's enwrapt in flaming fire,
And all its transient glories pass away.

In suffering, be Thy love my peace,
In weakness, be Thy love my power;
And when the storms of life shall cease,
Jesus, in that momentous hour,
In death as life, be Thou my guide,
And save me, who for me hast died!

MORAVIAN.

While with my lips that love I own,
Still, still to me so richly shewn,
Why should the tears of anguish flow,
And hope yet faint and fainter grow?
How truly should I still be blest,
Could I on Thee, my Saviour, rest

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