Cease thy complaint, suppress thy groan, As spring the winter, day the night, Shall tend thy steps, and near thee stay; Who feels the worth of peace? He who has lost The Saviour of mankind that peace to buy. Peace from the guilt of sin, the dread of death,— That sinks to sleep the last sabbatic hour. 66 My peace I give :"-what wondrous words are those! Who knows their import, and their full increase? None ever will, till this low life shall close, And heaven reveals full perfect, deathless peace! EDMESTON. I bow me low within the Gospel's fane, He pardons guilt, He heals and soothes my pain; EAST. * * There is the home, the land of birth, The only air the blessed breathe Oh happy, happy land! in thee Shines the unveil'd divinity; Shedding through each adoring breast A holy calm, a halcyon rest; And those blest souls, whom death did sever, Oh, soon may heav'n unclose to me, Oh, may Within that happy, happy land! Source and Giver of repose! BOWLES. Singly at Thy will it flows, Mine they are, when Thou are mine! XVI. REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION OF SIN. BEHOLD, I am vile.-JOB Xl. 40. Return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.-ISAIAH xliv 22. Turn Thou me, and I shall be turned; for Thou art the Lord my God.— JER. XXXI. 8. Exod. xxxiv. 9-1 Sam. vii. 3, 4—2 Sam. xii. 13–xxiv. 10— 1 Kings viii. 47-51-xxi. 27-29-2 Kings xxii. 19-2 Chron. vii. 14-xv. 3, 4-xxx. 9-xxxii. 25, 26—xxxiii. 12, 13—Ezra viii. 23-ix. 5, 6, 10, 15-Neh. i. 4-9-Job vii. 20, 21—xi. 13, 14— xiii. 23-xxii. 23-xxxiii. 27, 28-xxxiv. 31, 32-xxxvi. 8-10xl. 4-xlii. 5, 6-Psalm xxii. 27-xxv. 7, 11, 16-18-xxxii. 5— xxxiv. 14, 18-xxxviii. 3, 4, 6, 18-xxxix. 8—xl. 12—xli. 4——li. 1-5, 7, 9, 10, 17-lxxviii. 34, 35-lxxix. 8, 9-xcv. 7, 8-cvi. 6 -cxix. 59, 176-cxxvi. 5, 6-Prov. i. 23-xxviii. 13-Isaiah i. 16, 17-xxvi. 13, 14-xxix. 24-xxxi. 6, 7—xliv. 22—liii. 6—lv. 6, 7-lvii. 14, 15, 18—lviii. 5, 6, 9-12—lix. 20—lxiv. 5-9—Jer. iii. 12-14, 21, 22, 25—iv. 1, 3, 4, 14—vii, 3, 5-7—xiv. 7, 20, 21— xviii. 8-xxiii. 29–xxiv. 7—xxvi. 13—xxxi. 8, 9, 18-20-xxxvi. 3, 6, 7—Lam. i. 14, 16, 20—iii. 39-42, 49, 50, 56, 57—v. 1, 15-17 -xx. 21-Ezek. vii. 16—xiv. 6—xviii. 21-23, 27, 28, 30-32-xx. 43-xxiv. 23-xxxiii. 11, 12, 14-16—xxxvi. 26, 27, 31-Dan. iv. 27-ix. 3-5, 9, 10, 19-x. 10-12-Hos. v. 15—vi. 1—x. 12—xii. 6-xiv. 1, 2, 4, 8—Joel ii. 12-14—Jon. iii. 4-10—Hag. i. 7— Zech. i. 3-xii. 10-Mal. iii. 7. Matt. iii. 2, 8-iv. 17-v. 4-ix. 12, 13-xii. 41-xv. 24-xviii. 11-14-xxi. 28-31-xxvi. 74, 75—xxvii. 3-5—Mark i. 4, 5, 14, 15-Luke vii. 37, 38, 47, 48-xiii. 2-9—xv. 7, 11-24—xix. 10— xxiii. 40-43-xxiv. 46, 47-Acts ii. 37-40-iii. 19-v. 31-viii. 21-23-xi. 18-xiv. 15, 16—xvii. 30, 31-xix. 18, 19—xx. 20, 21 -xxii. 16-xxvi. 19, 20-Rom. ii. 4-vii. 18, 19-xiii. 11-1 Cor. v. 7-xv. 34-2 Cor. vii. 9-11-Eph. iv. 22-24-v. 14—1 Thes. i. 9—1 Tim. i. 15—2 Tim. ii. 25, 26—Heb. iii. 7, 8, 13—iv. 7— Jas. iv. 8-10-1 Pet. ii. 25-2 Pet. iii. 9-1 John i. 8, 9-Rev. ii. 4, 5, 16, 21-—iii. 3, 19. O child of grief! why weepest thou? Was it remorse that laid thee low? There's One on high can pardon give Who gave His life that thou may'st live; Thy friend is God-and "God is love!" Though His majesty be great, His mercy is no less; Though He thy transgressions hate, He feels for thy distress; ANON. By Himself the Lord hath sworn, That thou may'st live by faith. Raise thy downcast eyes and see Yield not then to unbelief! While He says "There yet is room," Though of sinners thou art chief, There's joy in heaven when falls the tear The mourning sinner sheds ; In lowliest meekness treads The path of trial Jesus trod, To lead the sinner back to God. Whose strength the Spirit-hope the cross, WILLS. |