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paroxysms at any time is apt to come tC
much"
He suffered" Was ii, Lord, indeed for me,
The just ono for the unjust, Thou dldst Bear
The weight of sorrow that hardly dare
To gaze upon in dark Gethsemane?
He suffered = Thou, my near and gracious Friend
And yet nv Lord. NV God! Thou dldst not shrink
For that full aud fearful cup 10 drink
Because Thou lovedsi even TO the end
He suffered :" Saviour was Thy love SO va'I,
That mysteries of unknown agony,
Even unto death. It's only gauge could be.
Cnmeasured as the fiery depths II passed?
Lord. by the sorrows of Gethsemane
Seal Thou my cuivering love forever unto Thee
p. r. HGrergal.
Jesus might have smiled at the naive
proposal of the eager apostle. that they
six should dwell forever in little SuccOH
of waited boughs on the slopes of Her
mon. But it was not for Peter TO con-
struct the universe for his personal salts
faction. He had to learn the meaning
Of Calvary, no less than that of Hermon.
Not in cloud Of glory, or chariot of fire,
was Jesus 10 pass away from them, but
with arms outstretched in agony upon the
accursed tree not between Moses and
Elias, but between two thieves, who were
cruciied with Him on either side. No
answer WAS vouchsafed to his wild and
dreamy words /; but even rs he spake, a
cloud-not a cloud of thick darkness as
at Sinai, but cloud of light, Shekinah
of radiance-overshadow them, and a
voice from out of it uttered, This is My
beloved Son hear We Him" They fell
PROSTATE, and hid their faces on the grass.
And as, awakening from the overwhelm-
ing shock of that awful voice, of that en-
folding light, they raised their eyes and
gazed suddenly around them, they found
that all was over. The bright cloud had
vanished. The lightning CLEANS of Shin
ing countenances and dazzling robes had
passed away. They were alone with
Jesus, and only the stars rained their
quiet lustre on the mountain slopes
Eayrdr.
If the mind IS bent toward God with a
strong purpose, whatever bitter betides II
in this present life it counts sweet, all
that annoys it reckons rest, and it longs
to pass even through death, that it may
more completely possess itself of life
81. Gregory.
1t seems to me that drunkenness stands
almost alone among human sins, in being
absolutely curable and preventible. The
work achieved by Mohammed alone, is
sufficient TO prove, that this terrible
source of crime and misery might be sim
ply eliminated from the list of evils which
scourge nankind-E w. Fdrrar.
Christians, if your souls were sound
and right, they would perceive incompar-
ably more delight and sweetness in know
ing, thinking, believing, loving, and re-
joicing in your future blessedness in the
fruition of God, than the soundest stom-
onl f,,le in fna1 pr tho or a.
senses in the enjoyment Of their objects.
Richard Barter.
Sin is not in the appetites, but in the
absence Of controlling will. There
were in Christ all the natural appetites Of
mind and body Relaxation and friend
ship were dear to him SO were sunlight
and life. Hunger, pain, death, he could
feel them all, and shrunk from them. He
suffered being tempted, from the forces OF
desire. But there was obedience at the
expense Of tortured natural feeling Re-
member this I; for the way in which some
speak of the sinlessness of Christ, de-
stroys the reality of temptation, and con-
verts the whole of his history into mere
fictitious drama, in which scenes Of trial
were represented, not felt.-F W RoJ-
ertsoa
Occasions of great adversely best show
how great virtue each one hath. For oc-
casions make not man frail, but snow
what he Thomas q Eempis.
Affections are the medicine ofthe mind
If they are not toothsome, let 1T suffice
that they are wholesome. 1t is not re
quired in physic that it should please
but heal.-Bishop Hensha,c.
If pleasure he self-consuming rocket
cheerfulness is a returning light star al
object which, unlike pleasure, is not won
away by continuance, but receives iron
it new birth--Richtcr.
Contemn riches and thou shalt be rich
contemn gloE, and thou shalt be glori
Gus contemn injuries, and thou shalt b'
a conqueror contemn rest,- and thol
shalt gain rest /; contemn earth, and thol
shalt find dheaven.-Ch1ySostom
To forgive our enemies is charmin,
way of revenge, and a short Casareal
conquest, overcoming without blow
laying our enemies at our feet under sor
row, shame and repentance, leaving on
foes our friends, and solicitously inclin
ing to grateful relations. Thus to re
turn upon our adversaries is healinI
wny Of revenge, and to do good Tor evi
soft and melting ultion, a method taugh
from heaven to keep all smooth on earth
Sir Thomas BroUn.
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