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XXVI. FAITH AND HOPE.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.-REV. ii. 10. Lord, increase our faith.-LUKE Xvii. 5.

Who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast.-HEB. vi. 18, 19.

Gen. xv. 6-xxii. 1-10-Exod. iv. 31-xiv. 31-xix. 9-Deut. xxxii. 20-2 Kings vii. 2, 17—2 Chron. xx. 20-Job xix. 25-27Psalm xvi. 9-11-xvii. 15-xxvii. 13—xxxi. 24-xxxiii. 18-xlii. 11-lxxi. 5-lxxviii. 19-22-cvi. 12-cxvi. 10-cxix. 43, 49, 74, 81, 114 cxxx. 7-cxlvi. 5-cxlvii. 11-Prov. xiv. 32-Isaiah xxviii. 16-Lam. iii. 24, 26-Dan. vi. 23-Jon. iii. 5-Hab. ii. 4.

Matt. viii. 2, 3, 5-10, 13-ix. 2, 20-22, 28, 29-xiv. 28-31, 36— xv. 22-28-xvi. 15, 16-xvii. 20-xxi. 22-Mark ix. 23, 24-x. 51, 52-xi. 22-24-Luke i. 45—vii. 50—xvi. 10–xvii. 5, 19— xviii. 8-John i. 12, 50-ii. 22-iii. 14, 16, 18, 33, 36-iv. 39, 41, 42, 50, 53-v. 24-vi. 35, 40, 47, 68, 69—viii. 30, 56-ix. 35-38— x. 38-xi. 21-27, 39, 40, 43-45–xii. 36, 46—xiv. 1, 11, 12-xvi. 30-xvii. 7, 8, 20, 21–xx. 29, 31-Acts vi. 7, 8—viii. 37—x. 43 -xiii. 12, 39, 48—xiv. 8-10, 27-xv. 7-9, 11-xvi. 30-34-xviii. 27-xix. 18-xxi. 20, 25—xxiv. 14-xxvii. 25-Rom. i. 8, 11, 12, 16, 17-iii. 3, 22, 25-31-iv. 3, 5, 12-25-v. 1, 2, 5—vi. 8—viii. 24, 25-ix. 30-33-x. 4, 8-11, 17-xi. 20-xii. 12—xiv. 23-xv. 13-1 Cor. ii. 5—iii. 11–xiii. 2, 13-xvi. 13-2 Cor. i. 24-iii. 18-iv. 13, 14—v. 7—viii. 7—xiii. 5—Gal. ii. 16, 20—iii. 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 22-26-v. 6-Eph. i. 13-16, 19—ii. 8-iii. 12, 14-19—iv. 4, 5, 13—vi. 16, 23-Phil. i. 25, 27, 29-ii. 17, 18-iii. 9-Col. i. 3-6, 21-23-ii. 5-7, 12–1 Thes. i. 2, 3-iv. 13, 14-v. 8-2 Thes.

i. 3, 4, 10, 11-1 Tim. i. 5, 12, 14, 16, 19—ii. 15—iii. 9, 16—iv. 6, 10, 12-vi. 11, 12, 19-2 Tim. i. 5, 12-14—ii. 22—iii. 15—iv. 7, 8 Tit. i. 1, 2—ii. 1, 2—iii. 8—Philem. 4-6-Heb. iv. 1-3, 14—vi. 11, 12, 18, 19—x. 22, 23, 38, 39—xi.—xii. 1, 2—Jas. i. 3, 5, 6— ii. 1, 5, 14-26—1 Pet. i. 3-9, 13, 21—ii. 6, 7—v. 8, 9—2 Pet. i. 1, 4-Jude 3, 20, 21-Rev. ii. 7, 10, 13, 19, 26, 28—iii. 5, 21—xiv. 12-xv. 2, 3-xvii. 14—xxi. 7.

Faith, like a simple, unsuspecting child,
Serenely resting on its mother's arm,
Reposing every care upon her God,

Sleeps on His bosom, and expects no harm;

Receives with joy the promises He makes,

Nor questions of His purpose or His power; She does not doubting ask, “ Can this be so?"

The Lord has said it, and there needs no more.

However deep be the mysterious word,

However dark, she disbelieves it not;
Where Reason would examine, Faith obeys,
And It is written" answers every doubt.

In vain, with rude and overwhelming force,
Conscience repeats her tale of misery ;
And powers infernal, wakeful to destroy,
Urge the worn spirit to despair and die :-

As evening's pale and solitary star

But brightens while the darkness gathers round, So Faith, unmov'd amidst surrounding storms,

Is fairest seen in darkness most profound.

CAROLINE FRY.

Hope, like the glimmering taper's light,
Adorns and cheers the way;

And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray.

GOLDSMITH.

Immortal Hope

Takes comfort from the foaming billow's rage,
And makes a welcome harbour of the tomb.

YOUNG.

Oh say, what hope is that which can impart
Sweet peace and joy to every sorrowing heart?
'Tis the bright hope which He himself hath given,
Who open'd unto us the road to heaven;
Who sits in glorious majesty above,

Whose pow'r is endless, and whose name is love-
It is the Christian's hope, which when each thought
Of happiness below becomes as nought,
Alone can cheer and animate the soul,
And by its peaceful, powerful control,
Shew us that region of eternal day

Where no joys wither, and no hopes decay.

Hope thou in God! to a dying hour

This hope sweet assurance brings,

When worldly preferments, and wealth, and power Shall all be forgotten things.

Aye, hope thou in God, though a feeble worm,
And thy soul shall be safe, and thy confidence firm-
Thou shalt traverse in triumph the gloomy abyss
Which divides the eternal world from this ;
And consigning in hope thy frail flesh to the sod,
Thy soul shall ascend to thy Saviour and God.
ANON.

Reflected on the lake, I love

To mark the star of evening glow;
So tranquil in the heavens above,
So restless on the wave below.

Thus, heavenly Hope is all serene,
But earthly Hope, how bright soe'er,
Still fluctuates o'er this changing scene,
As false and fleeting, as 'tis fair.

TOWNSEND.

That hope be mine! that anchor of the soul,
Steadfast and sure, howe'er life's billows roll ;
Which, grappling fast its unseen ground, doth lie
Deep in the ocean of eternity;

And binds us to that blest and boundless shore,
Where the great Captain, landed safe before,
Now waits to welcome home each wave-worn bark:
-Oh, be that hope my anchor, heaven my mark!

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Hope, with uplifted foot, set free from earth,
Pants for the place of her ethereal birth,
On steady wing flies through th' immense abyss,
Plucks amaranthine joys from bowers of bliss,
And crowns the soul, while yet a sufferer here,
With wreaths like those angelic spirits wear.

Cowper.

If, where around our holiest things,
Sin, viper-like, still creeps and clings,
And faintness comes, and fear;
Yet faith can such a peace impart,
Hope, such a joy to cheer the heart,

'Mid guilt and sorrow here;

Then think, where sin hath no control,

Where faintness ne'er weighs down the soul,
Where fear of change is o'er;

Where faith, where hope need no employ,

In God's own presence, think what joy,

Full and for ever!

GRINFIELD.

This hope is earth's most estimable prize :
This is man's portion, while no more than man:
Hope, of all passions, most befriends us here;
Passions of prouder name befriend us less.
Joy has her tears, and transport has her death;
Hope, like a cordial, innocent, though strong,
Man's heart, at once, inspirits and serenes;
Nor makes him pay his wisdom for his joys;

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