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Nor must the Christian hope too soon,
Faith's more sublime, immortal boon;
None win by slight or brief emprize

The rich reversion of the skies.

Meek pilgrim Zion-ward! if thou
Hast put thy hand unto the plough,
O look not back, nor droop dismay'd,
At thought of recompense delay'd.

Shall he, who more than worlds is wooing,
Faint and grow weary in well-doing,
Who, in his Lord's appointed time,
Through faith may gain a meed sublime?

Doubt not that thou, in season due,
Shalt own his gracious promise true;
And thou shalt share their glorious lot
Whom doing well hath wearied not.

CHRISTIAN LOVE.

"And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."Ephesians, iv. 32.

LORD! teach us more and more to feel,
All outward creeds and forms above,

That thy religion's stamp, and seal
Is pure, pervading, pardoning love.

Not earthly passion's ardent flame,
By bards in glowing numbers sung,
Whose brief, but thrilling transports claim
The aspirations of the young;-

Nor e'en affection's natural tie,

Of gentler feelings intertwin'd,

Which knits in tender sympathy

Heart unto heart; and mind to mind:

But that more deep devotedness,
Thy Spirit, Lord, alone can give;
Whose power none truly can express
But those who in it move, and live.

This is the love which suffers long;
Prompt to forgive, and to forget
Each unprovok'd injurious wrong,
Rememb'ring its own holier debt.

For they can never vengeance take,
Or, harshly, others' faults condemn,
Who feel that God, for Jesu's sake,
Hath lov'd, and freely pardon'd them.

THE PEACE OF GOD.

"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shali keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."—Philippians, iv. 7.

THOSE Who live in love, shall know

This indwelling quiet joy,

Which the world can ne'er bestow,

Nor its sorrows e'er destroy;

Peace, which passeth understanding :

Peace of God's divine commanding.

Earthly hopes but bloom to fade;
Earthly pleasures turn to pain;
These, when in the balance weigh'd,
Lighter than its dust remain;
And the peace that earth affordeth
Worthless is to him who hoardeth.

But the peace which God can give,
Heart and mind preserveth still;
Teaching in his love to live,

Trust his word, and do his will: From above this peace descendeth,Towards its source it ever tendeth.

You, who would this treasure share,
To the Saviour humbly go;
Crave of Him, in rev'rent prayer,
What He only can bestow;

Christ, who humble prayer rewardeth,
To His own this peace accordeth.

A CHRISTIAN'S ASPIRATIONS.

"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above."-"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."-Colossians, iii. 1 and 3.

ART thou risen with Christ?-Thy love

Must such resurrection show;

Seeking heavenly things above,
Slighting those of earth below.

Where the heart its hopes has stor❜d,
Thither thought and feeling turn;

Thy allegiance to thy Lord
By this simple test discern.

If thy life be hid with Him,
If thy soul to sin be dead,
Earthly things to thee are dim,
Heaven-ward purer hopes have fled.

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