Walk in the light!—and sin, abhorr'd,
Shall ne'er defile again;

The blood of Jesus Christ, thy Lord,
Shall cleanse from every stain.

Walk in the light!—and thou shalt find Thy heart made truly HIS,

Who dwells in cloudless light enshrin'd, In whom no darkness is.

Walk in the light!—and thou shalt own Thy darkness pass'd away,

Because that Light hath on thee shone In which is perfect day.

Walk in the light!—and e'en the tomb
No fearful shade shall wear;
Glory shall chase away its gloom,
For CHRIST hath conquer'd there!

Walk in the light!—and thine shalt be
A path, though thorny, bright;
For GOD, by grace, shall dwell in Thee,
And GOD himself is LIGHT!

THE GENUINE LOVE OF CHRIST.

"And this is love, that we walk after his commandments."2 John, 6.

THE surest proof of love, is not

Evinc'd by words alone;
These may be utter'd, and forgot,

Yet love remain unknown.

The voice of heartless praise, or prayer,

The homage of the lip

Can never to the Lord declare

Thy true discipleship.

Deep, deep within the heart must dwell

The love by Him preferr'd,

And there obedience must compel

To His most holy word.

To His most holy word—as it
In Scripture is unseal'd,

To His most righteous law, unwrit,
But in the heart reveal’d.

Be this, then, of thy love the test;
Words may, like flowers, abound;
But deeds, like fruit, shall manifest
The tree's true health is sound.

Thy hopes on no professions place,
But pray, with humble awe,

Thy life may show, through saving grace,
Obedience to His law.

THE TRUE SCHISMATICKS.

"These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit."-Jude, 19.

LORD! save us from presumption's sin,

Where such unhappily exists;

Since here thy word hath shown wherein
The deadly guilt of schism consists.

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No varying views of outward rites
Can for this imputation plead;
He who for these a brother slights,
Is only outward in his creed.

The true schismatick is not one

Who may for conscience' sake withdraw; Those who would such seceder shun, Have never learnt Love's holy law.

They only can deserve the name,

Whose lives and conversation show, By proofs no candour can disclaim, That they thy holy faith forego.

Who separate themselves from Thee,
Their sensual lusts to gratify;
And, while refusing Thine to be,

The Spirit they have quench'd-deny.

This is the schism whose end is death!
Lord! keep us in thy righteous way;
That, built on thy most holy faith,
We in the Spirit still may pray :-

And kept by grace in stedfast love
Of Thee, may thy salvation own,
Looking for mercy from above,

Through Jesus Christ our Lord alone.

A PRAYER AGAINST DECLENSION.

'Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love."-Revelations, ii. 4.

SAVIOUR! preserve within our hearts,

The memory of our spousal day,

Lest sin, by Satan's specious arts,
Should steal our earlier love away.

That earlier love our spirits felt,
In visitation's soft'ning hour,

Bidding our hearts before Thee melt,

Our tongues confess Thy praise and power.

When, lur'd from joys of time and sense,
Thou through the desert wast our Guide,
And gav'st us smiling gardens thence,

By Thee with living streams supplied.