Cease thy complaint, suppress thy groan,
And let thy tears forget to flow :
Behold, the precious balm is found,
That lulls thy pain, and heals thy wound.

As spring the winter, day the night,
Peace, sorrow's gloom shall chase away;
And smiling joy, a seraph bright,

Shall tend thy steps, and near thee stay;
While Glory waves the immortal crown,
And waits to claim thee for her own."

Who feels the worth of peace? He who has lost
Its gladdening light when threatening clouds are nigh;
He who has viewed the agony it cost

The Saviour of mankind that peace to buy.

Peace from the guilt of sin, the dread of death,—
From this world's evils, and from Satan's power;
A mind serene as eve's departing breath,

That sinks to sleep the last sabbatic hour.

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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,
I find a Saviour there, and there I rest;

He pardons guilt, He heals and soothes my pain;
Flee, flee, distracting thoughts, and quit my breast,
Whate'er my God decrees is wisest, and is best.

EAST.

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There is the home, the land of birth,
Of all we highest prize on earth;
The storms that rack this world beneath
Must there for ever cease;

The only air the blessed breathe
Is purity and peace.

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,
Have met to mingle joys for ever.

Oh, soon may heav'n unclose to me,

Oh, may
I
soon that glory see!
And my faint, wearied spirit stand

Within that happy, happy land!

Source and Giver of repose!

BOWLES.

Singly at Thy will it flows,
Peace and happiness are Thine,

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?
Why droops thy sad and mournful brow?
Why is thy look so like despair?
What deep sad sorrow lingers there?

Was it remorse that laid thee low?
Is it for sin thou mournest so?
Surely thou bear'st a heavy grief;
Yet mourner, there is still relief.

There's One on high can pardon give

Who gave His life that thou may'st live;
Seek then for comfort from above,

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,
He delights not in thy death;
But invites thee to return,

That thou may'st live by faith.

Raise thy downcast eyes and see
What throngs His throne surround!
These, though sinners once like thee,
Have full salvation found.

Yield not then to unbelief!

While He says "There yet is room,"

Though of sinners thou art chief,
Since Jesus calls thee, come.

There's joy in heaven when falls the tear

The mourning sinner sheds ;
And angels hope, when mortal fear

In lowliest meekness treads

The path of trial Jesus trod,

To lead the sinner back to God.

Whose strength the Spirit-hope the cross,
And heaven His ceaseless prayer ;
To whom all gain is counted loss,
Which may not enter there:
His treasure is laid up above-
His Saviour's unexhausted love.

WILLS.