HYMNS AND LITANIES. [Single Verses, and lines inserted merely as aids to memory, Blest thought! He now, Who wept at Lazarus' grave 133 How can I seek Thy Presence, O my GOD 62 What time, my soul, sad thoughts prevail 37 133 86 74 95 143 132 To the Reader. "He, that presents the following Papers to "thee, designs to teach thee, as the Church "was taught in the early Days of the Apos 66 tles, to believe the Christian Faith, and "to understand it ; to represent plain Rules "of good Life; to describe easy Forms of 66 66 Prayer; to bring into your Assemblies Hymns of Glorification and Thanks givings, and Psalms of Prayer. By "these easy paths they lead Christ's little "ones into the Fold of their Great Bishop. "And if by this any Service be done to "God [or man] it is hoped that God will "accept it. And it is Reward enough, if by my Ministry God will bring it to pass "that any Soul shall be instructed and brought into that State of good things, "that it shall rejoyce for ever. 66 "But do thou pray for him that desires "this to thee, and endeavour it." INTRODUCTION. To serve GOD is to reign: to work for GOD is to rest. This is our privilege: may it be our experience! We commonly describe the Christian Life as a race, a strife, or a journey. So Holy Scripture speaks of it, and so it is. But our statements are incomplete. We have to keep in mind that the Christian race and its prize save us from a more wearisome course of sin,-that the Christian's strife and his victory take the place of a more severe struggle, whose only end would have been defeat and death,-that the Christian in his journey has already come to Mount Sion, and to JESUS. If toil is the lot of the righteous, "there is no peace to the wicked." PART I. Faith is the first Resting-place of the soul. We know nothing of the unseen, till GOD supplies that knowledge, giving us faith to receive it. In faith we rest, and are no more unsettled by any private opinions of our own. The teaching of GOD in His Church is our guide. Believing in JESUS we find rest unto our souls. In the Sacraments which the LORD commanded we have union with Him, receiving grace and power to do the will of GOD. PART II. Many of us forget that we were purged from our old sins: backsliders even forget their Resting-place in the Church of GOD. The way of Repentance is the only way of return each step, painful though it be, is a foretaste of rest, and is itself a refreshing after the weariness of sin. PART III. The restored soul finds pasture. The Sacramental Presence is its stay. When GOD reveals Himself in |