Ah! who would not, then, depart with gladness,
To inherit heaven for earthly sadness?
Who here would languish

Longer in bewailing and in anguish ?

Come, O Christ, and loose the chains that bind us!

Lead us forth, and cast this world behind us! With Thee, the Anointed,

Finds the soul its joy and rest appointed.

Longfellow.

O think of that assembly!

Their beauty and their peace ;
Souls perfect, yet receiving

Love's infinite increase.
In full illumination,

Knowing as they are known,

The transitory ended,

And the imperfect flown.

Henceforward, and for ever,

They live, live unto God;
He is their source, their object,
Their light, and their abode.

F

As sea-flowers in the ocean,

As white clouds in the air,
He forms them and expands them,
Is round them everywhere.

His joy is through them spreading
His Will, their will sustains
Joint heirs, in rich possession,
Of Christ's eternal gains.
With vision all unclouded,
They see Him face to face,
Share in His intercessions
And ministries of grace.

They rest from all their labours,
Yet serve Him day and night;
Their earthly forms are sleeping,
But they, in deep delight,
Wait for the Resurrection,

Of Life the perfect Crown,

The time of Restitution,

Christ's triumph, and their own.

"From henceforth," saith the Spirit,
Write "Blessed are the dead;'
Believe that in Christ's kingdom
All change must higher lead;

And when, in bitter anguish,

You close some tender eyes,
Doubt not they are beholding

The King of Paradise.-C. M. Noel. From "The Name of Jesus and other Poems."

VI.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD."

"SEE, I have set before thee this day, life and good, and death and evil.”—Deut. xxx. 15. "The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him, and the Lord shall cover him all the day long."-Deut. xxxiii. 12.

"As thy days, so shall thy strength be."Deut. xxxiii. 25.

On Thee do I wait all the day.”—Psalm xxv. 5.

"My tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness and Thy praise, all the day long."Psalm xxxv. 28.

"Hide not Thy face from me in the day of my trouble."-Psalm cii. 2.

"In the day when I cried Thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul."-Psalm cxxxviii. 3.

"Thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."-Proverbs xxvii. 1.

"Thou drawest near in the day that I

called upon Thee, Thou saidst, Fear not.”— Lam. iii. 57.

"The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knoweth them that trust in Him."-Nahum i. 7.

"The days of thy mourning shall be ended."-Is. lx. 20.

"Go work to-day in my vineyard."-St. Matt. xxi. 28.

"That He would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life."-St. Luke i. 74, 75.

"Give us day by day our daily bread." St. Luke xi. 3.

"Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”—-2 Cor. iv. 16.

Behold, now is the day of salvation."2 Cor. vi. 2.

Take short views of life, and be cheerful," was the advice once given by a wise. man, to one who asked for counsel. These words have a deep meaning, and the more