Where are the vows which then I vowed? Those, vanished like the morning cloud; These, like the morning dew. Lord, grant me grace for every day, Through life, in death, with truth to say, MONTGOMERY. REJOICING IN HOPE. "Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation."- Rom. xii. 12. KNOW, my soul, thy full salvation, Think what Jesus did to win thee; Child of heaven! canst thou repine? Haste thee on from grace to glory, Armed with faith and winged with prayer; Heaven's eternal day 's before thee, God's own hand shall guide thee there; Soon shall close thine earthly mission, GRANT. "MY TIMES ARE IN THY HAND." Ps. xxxi. 15. "My times are in thy hand," My God, I'd have them there; "My times are in thy hand,” Pleasing or painful, dark or bright, "My times are in thy hand," And after death, at thy right hand WHOLLY RESIGNED. "For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole." - Job v. 18. My whole, though broken heart, O Lord, From henceforth shall be thine, And here I do my vow record, This hand, these words, are mine. Thy will and honor all shall serve Now it belongs not to my share, To love and serve thee is my share, And this thy grace must give. If short, yet why should I be sad, If death shall bruise this springing seed, The will with thee goes for the deed, Thy life was in the root. Long life is a long grief and toil, And multiplieth faults; In long wars, he may have the foil, Christ leads us through no darker rooms He that into God's kingdom comes, Come, Lord, when grace hath made me meet Thy blessed face to see, For if thy work on earth be sweet, What will thy glory be! Then I shall end my sad complaints, And join with the triumphant saints, My knowledge of that life is small, But 't is enough that Christ knows all, BAXTER. SELF-RENUNCIATION. and ye "That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, in him, according to the grace of our God, and the Lord Jesus Christ."2 Thess. i. 12. WHEN, my Saviour, shall I be Perfectly resigned to thee? Poor and blind in my own eyes, Only thee content to know, So I may thy Spirit know, Fully in my life express All the depths of humble love. WESLEY. CHRIST'S SYMPATHY WITH THE SUFFERER. "For we have not an high-priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." -Heb. iv. 15. WHERE high the heavenly temple stands, Though now ascended up on high, |