And from the blessed power that rolls
About, below, above,

We'll frame the measure of our souls,
That shall be tuned to love.

Eighth Day.

"PUT ye on the Lord Jesus."

Wherever thou goest, whatever thou doest, at home or abroad, in the field or at church, do all in a desire of union with Christ, in imitation of his temper and inclinations; and look upon all as nothing, but that which exercises and increases the spirit and life of Christ in thy soul. From morning to night, keep Jesus in thy heart; long for nothing, desire nothing, hope for nothing, but to have all that is within thee changed into the spirit and temper of the holy Jesus. Let this be thy Christianity, thy church, and thy religion.

I feel within a want

For ever burning there;
What I so ask for, grant,
O Thou who hearest prayer.

This is the boon I crave,

A likeness to thy Son;

This I would rather have
Than call the world my own.

Ninth Day.

"To every thing there is a season: He hath made every thing beautiful in its time; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is The fig-tree putteth forth her green

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figs."

And this prayer I make,

Knowing that Nature never did betray
The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege,
Through all the years of this our life, to lead

APRIL.

From joy to joy: for she can so inform
The mind that is within us, so impress
With quietness and beauty, and so feed
With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues,
Rash judgments,
Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all
The dreary intercourse of daily life,
Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb
Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold
Is full of blessings.

nor the sneers of selfish men,

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Tenth Day.

"THEREFORE, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift."

There is nothing more required for the performance of holy duties than the uniting of spirits. And therefore God would not

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have the sacrifice brought to the altar before reconciliation with our brother. esteems peace so highly, that he will have his own service stay for it.

Speak gently to him, brother;
Thou yet mayst lead him back,
With holy words, and tones of love,
From misery's thorny track.
Forget not thou hast often sinned,
And sinful yet must be :
Deal gently with the erring one,
As God has dealt with thee.

Eleventh Day.

"As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, before whom I stand!"

I stand before the Lord, when I desire above all things that the will of the Lord may be at all times plainly manifested to me, and that I may do nothing, from one

moment to another, but what shall please him and promote his glory: when I keep my eyes waking, and place myself as it were at my post, to watch for the tokens of my King, and listen attentively with my spirit to his voice and his commands within me and without; when I desire, according to the least of his intimations, to run the way of his commandments,—I then stand before the Lord.

This man is freed from servile bands
Of hope to rise, or fear to fall;
Lord of himself, though not of lands,
And having nothing, yet hath all.

Twelfth Bay.

"THOU wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore."