X. GOD'S LOVE AND FORBEARANCE TO SINNERS. I have loved thee with an everlasting love.-JER. XXXI. 3. God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.-Roм. v. 8. And His banner over me was love.-CANT. ii. 4. Num. xiv. 8-Deut. iv. 29-31-vii. 7, 8-xxxiii. 3, 12-2 Sam. xii. 24-Job xxxiv. 23-xxxvi. 5-Psalm xxxi. 19, 20--xxxv. 12-14-lvii. 10-lxviii. 5, 6, 9, 10, 19-lxxviii. 37-40-lxxxi. 6, 10-lxxxvi. 5, 15-lxxxix. 14-ciii. 1-14-cv. 40-43-cvi. 43-46 cvii. 19, 20, 43-cxi. 4, 5-cxviii. 1-cxix. 65, 68-cxxx. 3, 4, 7, 8-cxxxii. 15-cxlv. 8, 9-cxlvi. 7-9-Prov. viii. 17, 31-x. 22 -xviii. 24-Cant. ii. 4-vii. 10-Isaiah xxvii. 8-xxx. 18xxxviii. 17-xlix. 13-16-liii. 5, 12-liv. 7, 8, 10-lix. 1.-lxiii. 7-9-lxvi. 13-Jer. iii. 14-xxix. 11-xxxi. 3, 20, 25-xxxii. 18, 38-41-Ezek. xvi. 8-xxxiv. 6, 11, 12, 15, 16-xliv. 28-Dan. x. 18, 19-Hos. ii. 14, 19, 20, 23—v. 15-vi. 1-3-xi. 1, 3, 4, 8, 9— xiii. 5-xiv. 4-Joel ii. 13-Jon. iv. 2, 10, 11-Mic. vii. 18, 19 -Zeph. iii. 17-Zech. ix. 16, 17-Mal. iii. 6, 17. Matt. viii. 16, 17-ix. 36-xi. 5-xiv. 14, 35, 36-xv. 24, 30-32-xviii. 11-xix. 2-xxi. 14-xxiii. 37-Mark vi. 34, 56x. 21-xvi. 7, 9-Luke iv. 40-vi. 19-vii. 12-15-ix. 11-xii. 32-xiii. 6-9-xiv. 21-23-John iii. 16-ix. 35, 39-xi. 3, 5, 33-36-xiii. 1, 23-xiv. 21, 23, 27-xv. 9, 10, 13-16-xvi. 27— xvii. 9, 11, 22-24, 26-xix. 26, 27-xx. 17-Acts ii. 39-xiii. 18 x vii. 25, 26, 28-Rom. ii. 4-v. 5, 8-viii. 32, 35-39-ix. 25-xi. 33, 36-1 Cor. iii. 21-23-x. 13-2 Cor. xiii. 14-Gal. ii. 20— Eph. ii. 4-9-iii. 14, 17-21-v. 2, 25-Phil. ii. 27-iv. 192 Thes. ii. 13, 16, 17-1 Tim. i. 15—Tit. iii. 4-6--Heb. viii. 12— xii. 6, 7—Jas. i. 17-2 Pet. iii. 9-1 John iii. 1, 2, 16-iv. 8-11, 16, 19-Rev. i. 5, 6-iii. 9, 19-xxi. 7. In Jesus seen, my God is love : EAST. Father of light, whose loveliest name is Love, And let us see Thy face and know Thee as Thou art. E. TAYLOR. There is a Friend more tender, true, Than brother e'er can be ; Who, be their pathway bright or dim, Whether on earth our transient lot In joy or grief, contempt or fame, To all who seek Him still the same! BARTON. Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee."-Is. xlix. 15. They may, they do forget-even they whose thoughts Fly not the house of mourning; for the claims Of daily life, its trifles and its toils, Its passing pleasures and revolving cares, But oh! There is an eye, a mind, a soul of love, ANON. A sweet but solitary beam, An emanation from above, Glimmers o'er life's uncertain dream,— That love, whose praise, with quenchless fire, Where perfect rapture reigns above, DALE Our Father sits on yonder throne, He reigns throughout the world alone, He knew us when we knew Him not, He keeps us now, securely keeps, With vigilance that never sleeps, F He gives us hope that we shall be, How sweet to hear Him say at last, KELLY. May He who erst on Calvary bled, With all His love, my daughter, bless thee; May His unfading rays illume Life's wilderness of guilt and gloom, On earth 'tis but a meteor streaming, DALE. |