DECEMBER 30-31.

PSALM XX. 1.

The name of the God of Jacob defend thee.

John xx. 31.

And these are written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

RAFFLE S.

Thou art my hiding-place, O Lord!
In thee I put my trust
Encouraged by thy holy word,
A feeble child of dust.-
I have no argument beside,
I urge no other plea;

And 'tis enough my Saviour died,
My Saviour died for me!

And when thine awful voice commands

This body to decay,

And life in its last lingering sounds,

Is ebbing fast away;

Then, though it be in accents weak,
And faint and tremblingly,

O give me strength in death to speak
My Saviour died for me.