As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Rom. viii. 14.

OULDST thou endure? Seven nations of

thy foes Withstand thee: wouldst be valiant in

the fight Which daily, hourly thickens ? turn to flight Their alien armies? through offending woes Or fierce temptations pass to that repose Which, in the Eternal City out of sight, Beyond the border Mountains of Delight, True to the end the happy warrior knows ? Then thou must follow and not lead : obey And not dictate : the spiritual cloud, Unheeded by the captious and the proud, For movement or for rest must rule thy way. All-conquering Israel is the lowly child Who owns that heavenly leading through the wild.

The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

St. LUKE xvi. 8.

„HE martyrs of the world are strong and

true In every quest and aim within their

scopeIn clear confession of their faith and hope ;In will and heart hold they their end in view Whatever rivals vie or tempters sue; Must they in sunshine toil, in darkness grope, Or with a host of envious foemen cope, Still to their end they bravely dare and do. Wise in their generation ! O my God, So rich am I in prospect, yet so poor In purpose, so infirm and faint a doer Ľ the very track of service JESUS trod ! I have before me all Thy glorious light, Yet am I shamed by children of the night!

He beheld the city, and wept over it.-St. LUKE xix. 41.

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HE tears of Jesus ! once again they flow;
Again those words—upon whose“ brief

vibration”
Hangs Passion infinite, whose lamentation

Embalms the Love that once from woe by woe Won the lost world—are true, “ He weeps ;” but lo, Darker this sorrow! then the seed of tears Sprang to quick Harvest : now no life appears From that deep tomb, o'er which He weeps, below. And yet, O Zion, grave of souls, more rife These tears than those, with Resurrection power : More part have they in that impending hour Out of whose travail springs the endless Life : These Tears, the Bloody Sweat, the Streaming Side, So fell the good seed for the Harvest-tide.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other.

ST. LUKE xviii. 14.

COGETHER, well : in prayer together, well:
Well that they know and seek One

LORD above :
Well that they know Him or in wrath

or love :
And well that each should his heart's story tell-
Then—all the difference 'twixt Heav'n and Hell
In utterance and in access!

So they prove If the world's spirit or the Eternal Dove For ban or benison within them dwell. One prays, and all his words are blatant pride, Not prayer, the deep sad cry for sinners meet; Not the confession at the Father's feet, Of him who passeth homeward justified ! O'er one, Heaven darkens and his angel sighs, O'er th' other, jubilant anthems fill the skies.

He took him aside from the multitude. They were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well.

St. MARK vii. 33, 37.

RAW me, my Saviour, from the carnal

throngWhat time Thou hear'st some inter

ceding cry Or mine own silent prayer, and drawest nigh To give me that I lack, these crowds among, The ear that hears indeed, th' anointed tongue That will henceforth its own deliverance tell, Proclaiming Thy sweet mercy's miracle In brave confession or adoring songEven so withdraw me from the worldly din, Be it by sickness, solitude, or loss, May I but have, my very soul within, Sound of Thy voice and chrism from Thy cross, And sing at last with all Thine Israel, “The Lord my Saviour hath done all things well."