His might is still the same;
And those who through the name
Of the incarnate Saviour are set free

From the dread yoke of sin,

Are witnesses within

Of power as great as angels then could be.

These, in the waken'd mind,

A faithful emblem find

Of that dark chaos whence creation rose:
Conscience has rous'd from sleep,
But darkness veils the deep;
Redeeming Love its aid must interpose.

"Let there be light!" is heard,

And with that heavenly word
Light, life, and power break in upon the soul;
Light-life-for death and gloom,

And power to know in whom,
Alone, the impotent are render'd whole.

A Saviour they embrace;

By his redeeming grace

With strength from Him their spirits are supplied;

In his atoning love

Creative power they prove,

And bow in spirit to THE CRUCIFIED!

THE PROMISE.

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed, and her seed; it shall break thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."-Genesis, iii. 15.

But not by you obtain❜d,

Then hopeless were your trust,

For you, in conflict pain'd,

Know well that man is dust.

Yet though the serpent's power
May still at times appal,

As in the fearful hour

Of Adam's primal fall ;

By you be still refus'd

Each bait by Satan spread, The woman's seed hath bruis'd

The serpent's crested head.

Your help is from afar,
Your strength is from above,
Your spirit's guiding star

A Saviour's power and love.

Though heirs to Adam's guilt,

Though you his fall have known,

The blood by Jesus spilt

"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud."-Genesis, ix. 13, 14.

STILL in the dark and threat'ning cloud
That bow is brightly plac'd above;
Nor should despondency enshroud
The token of eternal love.

More bright, more beauteous are its beams,
Contrasted with surrounding gloom,

Thus heavenly mercy ever seems
Most lovely in impending doom.

A cloudless heaven, to joy's glad gaze,
May be with richer glory fraught;
While sorrow's eye its arch surveys

Without one fond congenial thought.

But when dark clouds obscure the sky That bow of promise still is fair, Cheering the mourner's heaven-ward eye, Teaching his heart that God is there.

ABRAM CALLED.

"Now the Lord said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee."Genesis, xii. 1.

"GET thee out, and leave behind
All the ties that kindred bind;
From thy home and country go
To a land that I will show."

Such the call the faithful heard;
Flesh and blood had long demurr'd,
Fear'd, and doubted, and delay'd,
Disbeliev'd-and disobey'd.

Abram heard, believing God!
Duty's onward path he trod;

Trusting Him whose word could bless,

Won the meed of faithfulness.