When these happy deliverances are wrought, then it shall be said, "The former things are passed away."

Then let not fearful apprehensions disturb you, Christian. That there are many and sore evils abounding in the earth, the saints know full well. Even the lowliest followers of Jesus are not free from the cruel shafts of oppression and wrong. But let none of these conclude that their case is becoming desperate or dangerous. There is ONE, who has provided for them the rest of security, who watches unceasingly over their path. The Lord is mindful of all these things, even the most minute. When we go abroad, and gaze upon the bright robe of nature, we have the truth illustrated. We see the carpet of green grass, that adorns the slopes of the valley, amongst which there nestle ten thousand little flowers. And underneath those tiny blades there lies a cushion of moss, with blossoms so small that to see them we

must use a microscope! "If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith?"

Though many are the enemies that assail the Believer now, yet in the midst of them all he rests secure. Though the stormy waves may threaten to overwhelm him, yet, he rests secure. Though he may appear surrounded by a host of temptations, in Jesus, the Ark of safety, he rests secure. "Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."

LORD, if our days must fly,
We'll keep their end in sight;
We'll spend them all in wisdom's way,
And let them speed their flight;

They'll waft us sooner o'er

This life's tempestuous sea.

Soon shall we reach the peaceful shore
Of blest eternity.

XXVII.

The Rest of Faith.

"I HAVE waited for Thy salvation, O LORD.”— GENESIS xlix. 18.

"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing."-ROMANS XVv. 13.

"FOR we which have believed do enter into rest."-HEBREWS iv. 3.

Oн, that I now this rest might know
Believe and enter in ;

Now, Saviour, now the power bestow,
And let me cease from sin.

Remove this hardness from my heart

This unbelief remove:

To me the Rest of Faith impart,

The Sabbath of Thy love.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY.

CONTRAST heaven with earth, and then

none need wonder that the Christian pilgrim should desire a "better country." The heavenly inhabitants are all pure and holy. "These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." They are also perfectly happy. No sin nor disease, bereavement nor death, can enter there! Then what an honourable and exalted assemblage. All dwelling in the unveiled presence of Deity! If we admit, moreover, that there will be mutual recognition among the Saints, gathering it will be! will continually abide. For it is an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away." Now, how dif ferent is all this from the world where many are guilty of faithlessness

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cruelty, always seeking judgment on one another, and not delighting themselves in mercy. Strangers to God, no wonder that they should live estranged from each other. And, in a false zeal for what men suppose to be religion, more ready to wrong than to love their neighbour. Truly the picture is too painful to contemplate.

And where can the soul find deliverance from such a state of things as this? The Word of God assures us, in a simple, child-like faith in Jesus Christ. Here is the only "anchor of hope" for a poor sinner. Let him accept the Saviour's teaching, heartily embrace Him as the truth," and rely solely on the righteousness which is by faith in Christ, and he will find rest to his soul.

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no pardon for sin, except through faith in Him. To rest in faith, is to be guided by the holy and imperishable principles