Of glory on the consecrated hour

Of man, in audience with the Deity.
Who worships the great God, that instant joins
The first in heav'n, and sets his foot on hell.

YOUNG.

Ah! sweet and sacred Olivet,

My pensive spirit oft would go
And watch where love and sorrow met,
And caused the Saviour's tears to flow;
In the still silence of the night
Imagination there would fly,
And with a solemn, sweet delight
Feel in my Saviour's company.

What sacredness pervades the ground!
Methinks the light breeze scarcely stirs ;
Awe seems to rest on all around,

As if all things were worshippers.
'Tis good in thought to watch awhile
In such a solemn, sacred scene;
Thus the rapt spirit to beguile,

Though seas and ages roll between ;
'Tis good to journey with my Lord,
To Tabor, Bethlehem, Calvary,
memory may almost record,
Saviour, I too have been with Thee.

Till

EDMESTON.

XXIII. EARNESTNESS, SINCERITY, SELF-DENIAL, AND PERSEVERANCE.

My son, give me thy heart.-PROV. xxiii. 26.

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and follow me.LUKE ix. 23.

Be not weary in well doing.-2 THES. iii. 13.

Gen. xxxii. 26-Exod. xxv. 2-xxxv. 5-Num. xiv. 24-Deut. iv. 9, 29-v. 29—vi. 6, 17—xi. 22- Josh. xxii. 5–xxiii. 8 1 Sam. xii. 20, 21, 24-1 Kings ii. 4-viii. 18, 23-xviii. 21— 2 Kings xviii. 6-xxiii. 25-1 Chron. xxii. 19-xxviii. 92 Chron. xii. 14—xv. 2, 7, 12, 15—xxxi. 21-Ezra vii. 23-Neh. i. 11-iv. 6-Job viii. 7-xvii. 9-Psalm xxv. 15-xxxii. 2— xxxvii. 4-xlii. 1, 2-xlv. 10-liv. 6-lvii. 7—lxiii. 8—lxxiii. 25 -lxxvi. 11-lxxx. 18-lxxxiv. 7-lxxxv. 8-xcii. 12-14-cxix. 2, 4, 10, 31, 33, 34, 58, 60, 69, 80, 112-cxxxviii. 1-Prov. i. 5iv. 18, 23, 25-27-ix. 9-xv. 9-xxiii. 26-Cant. i. 4-iii. 4— Isaiah xxvi. 9-xl. 31-li. 14-lv. 6-lxiv 7-Jer. iii. 10-vi. 16 vii. 23, 24-xiii. 11–xxiv. 7—xxix. 13—xxx. 21-xxxii. 40—1. 5 -Lam. iii. 49, 50—Hos. vi. 3, 4—x. 2—xii. 3, 4—Joel ii. 12, 13 -Amos v. 14.

Matt. vi. 19-22, 33-vii. 13, 14-x. 22-xi. 12-xv. 8-xvi. 24, 26-xxiv. 13-xxv. 15-23-Mark viii. 34-x. 28-30-Luke v. 11-ix. 23-25, 62-xii. 29-34-xiii. 24-xiv. 27, 33-xvi. 13, 16—xvii. 32—xviii. 28-30, 39-42—xix. 13—John iii. 21-vi. 27 —viii. 31—ix. 4—xii. 25, 26, 35-xv. 4, 9-Acts xi. 23-xiv. 22 xx. 31-xxvi. 28, 29-Rom. ii. 6, 7-vi. 13, 17, 18-viii. 13—xi. 22-xii. 9, 11, 12-xiii. 11, 12-xiv. 8-xv. 3-1 Cor. v. 8-vii. 20, 22-24-ix. 24-27-x. 31–xii. 31-xv. 58-xvi. 13-2 Cor.

i. 12-v. 9, 15-Gal. iv. 18—v. 1—vi. 9, 14—Eph. iv. 14-16-v. 14-16-vi. 6, 7, 10, 12-18, 24-Phil. i. 9, 10, 16, 27—ii. 12—iii. 3, 8, 11-14, 16—iv. 1—Col. i. 10, 21-23-ii. 5-7, 19, 21—iii. 1, 2, 5, 17, 22-24-iv. 2, 5-1 Thes. iii. 8—iv. 1, 10—v. 21-2 Thes. iii. 3, 13-1 Tim. iv. 6, 15, 16—vi. 12—2 Tim. ii. 1, 3-5—iii. 10, 14-Tit. ii. 14—Heb. ii. 1, 3-iii. 6, 12-14—iv. 1, 11, 14—v. 13, 14—vi. 1, 11, 12, 15—x. 23, 36, 39—xi. 6—xii. 1-4, 14, 15, 28xiii. 9, 14-Jas. i. 8, 25-v. 8-1 Pet. v. 8, 9-2 Pet. i. 5-10iii. 14, 17-1 John ii. 6, 24, 28-2 John 8, 9-Jude 3, 20, 21— Rev. ii. 2-5, 10, 25, 26, 28-iii. 2, 3, 5, 10-12, 15, 16, 19—xiv. 13 - xxii. 11.

Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;

A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey:
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.

"Tis God's all-animating voice

That calls thee from on high;

'Tis His own hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye.

Blest Saviour, introduced by Thee,

Have I my race begun ;

And crown'd with victory, at Thy feet

I'll lay my honours down.

DODDRIDGE.

While truth our track across the desert guides,
For all our need God's tender care provides :
The very terrors that alarm our breast,
Endear the more the Saviours promis'd rest :
Onward we press, through peril, toil, and strife,
And force, through death, a way to endless life.
EAST.

O Lord, Thy heavenly grace impart,
And fix my frail inconstant heart;
Henceforth my chief delight shall be
To dedicate myself to Thee—
To Thee, my God, to Thee!

Whate'er pursuits my time employ,
One thought shall fill my soul with joy-
That silent, secret thought shall be
That all my hopes are fix'd on Thee-
On Thee, my God, on Thee!

Thy glorious eye pervadeth space,
Thou'rt present, Lord, in every place;

And wheresoe'er my lot shall be,
Still shall my spirit cling to Thee—
To Thee, my God, to Thee!

Renouncing every worldly thing

Safe! 'neath the covert ef Thy wing

My sweetest thought henceforth shall be
That all I want I find in Thee-

In Thee, my God, in Thee!

OBERLIN.

I have called Thee Abba, Father,
I have set my heart on Thee;
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather,
All must work for good to me.

Soul, then know thy full salvation,
Rise, o'er sin, and fear, and care;

Joy to find in every station
Something still to do or bear.

Think what spirit dwells within thee,
Think what Father's smiles are thine;
Think that Jesus died to save thee:
Child of heaven, canst thou repine?

Haste thee on from grace to glory,

Arm'd by faith, and wing'd by prayer, Heaven's eternal day before thee,

God's own hand shall guide thee there.