wise unto salvation, as he is made unto us wisdom; through him are we made or accounted righteous before God,' as he is made unto us righteousness by imputation for our justification; through him are we inwardly purified and cleansed from the filthiness of sin, as he is made unto us sanctification, dwelling in us by his Spirit; and through him have we the final redemption of body and soul from every remnant of sin and sorrow, as he is made unto us redemption, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and present us at last as a glorious Church without blemish to take possession of the purchased mansions of heaven. Rejoice then, O believer, in these thy privileges-the blessing be thine, the glory be HIS.

POETRY.

THE CHRISTIAN'S DESIRE.

THERE is a place more dear to me
Than Paradise could ever be;
A place I would desire to fill
'Till ev'ry pulse of life be still.
'Tis not the palace of the great,
'Tis not the room of regal state;
'Tis not to rule from land to land,
Extensive kingdoms to command;
To sway a sceptre wider far
Than mortal ever sway'd before;
To sit on an imperial throne,
To call earth's empires all my own;
No, 'tis a higher, brighter, bliss,
A nobler eminence than this.
My dearest Jesus! 'tis to sit,
Humbly adoring, at thy feet;

Cloth'd in thy righteousness divine,
To have no other will but thine,
To hear thy words of mercy fall,
To feel thee, what thou art, my all;
My life, my light, my joy, my peace,
My vital spring of righteousness!
Be this my most exalted place,
-To gaze for ever on thy face;
To gaze, while o'er my raptur'd sight
Fresh beams of glory infinite

Break from thine eyes, and fill my soul
With bliss supreme, unspeakable!

Ye crowns and sceptres, glitt'ring toys,
Earth's highest honours, riches, joys,
Like moon-beams, spark'ling on the stream
Of life's most brilliant fading dream,
Compar'd to Him, ye pass away
As mists retire before the day.

Oh Earth, Earth, could thy vot'ries know
The cloudless, deathless, joys which flow
From faith in Christ-the Prince of Peace,
How soon would thy enchantments cease;
E'en nature's softest tend'rest ties,
Its dearest, deepest, sympathies,
Can never fully satisfy

The soul's immense capacity:
He, ONLY HE, who first inspires,
Can comprehend its vast desires;
Here then I rest in him complete,
Here at Jehovah's mercy seat,
-At my adored Immanuel's feet.
Here meditate my glowing heart

On him thou serv'st, and whose thou art;
Here feast on his almighty love,

And never from the banquet move,

"Till I ascend to dwell with him above.

M. F.

REV. H. A. SIMCOE, (Penheale-Press,) Cornwall.

WHETHER we consider Edinburgh as to its being the centre from which emanated much that has since tended to the glory of God, or as to the feelings which a first sight of its peculiar situation and beauty produces in the mind, it is to the Christian traveller a city of much interest. In either case the contemplative Christian's feelings are exalted to God, and are raised above present things. There it was that Knox the

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uncompromising reformer of his countries Church, and the undaunted antagonist of Popery, sent forth his anathemas, and stood forward as the enemy of Romanism in disguise. And there to this day is pointed out the place from which he pronounced the soul stirring addresses, and which is called, by way of distinction, Knox's Corner.' Even now is to be seen over the spot the representation of the Reformer cut in stone, as of standing in his pulpit, and energetically speaking to his audience. Both preacher and people have long since passed away; their places know them no more. Many from that day to this have looked upon the memorial. Would to God that all who did so were influenced by their devotion to him without its enthusiasm; and their opposition to Popery without its enmity. Would to God that all at this day were equally alive to the evil of that system, and were prepared like them to stand forward as the unflinching opposers of the jesuitical endeavours it is now making to spread its leprous influence throughout the country. But no! liberalism, falsely so called, has taken the place of jealousy for God's honour, and indifference has paralized the minds which should be zealously engaged in stemming the tide of Popery and Infidelity which has set in upon our land. It is not to Protestant Scotland alone that these latter remarks apply; but equally so to Protestant Great Britain, which through the length and breadth of it seems as if it "slumbered and slept." Earnestly do I pray that somewhat of the spirit vouchsafed to Knox and his followers may be poured out on our beloved country before the cry is made, "Behold the Bridegroom cometh," that all may be prepared to " go out to meet

him," by being freed from that sin of indifference, which, if persevered in, would bring us in guilty of being accessaries to the idolatries and cruel doctrines of the followers of the "Beast." God grant there may be a stirring amongst the dry bones, that those who heretofore thought themselves not called upon to enter in any degree into the lists against our common enemies, may now feel that it is time for the weakest member of the Church of Christ to buckle on his armour, and take to himself the sword of the Spirit, that he may thus be fitted to contend manfully under the banner of Christ, "for the faith once delivered to the saints." "The enemy is coming in like a flood," the standard must be raised aloft, the flag unfurled, and all who wish well to Zion, the city of our God, must look upon themselves as stones in the wall of defence. However small in their own eyes, or in the eyes of others, they must still remember that they fill the sphere allotted to them by God, and that they are as necessary as the largest and most conspicuous in the building; and that all being fixed upon the true foundation, cemented by the blood and Spirit of Jesus, and bound together by the bands of love, shall be a mutual defence the one to the other, " against which the gates of hell shall not prevail."

Oh how cheering the assurance that he that is for us is greater than he that is against us. How encouraging the prospect that there is laid up for the followers of the Lamb, who have not been defiled with the mark of the beast and have been found faithful even unto death, a crown which the Righteous Judge shall give at the last day.

A first sight of Edinburgh is productive of surprise