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tiful Providence, through the otherwise wearisome path of life.-CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH.

MARCH 20.

"Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God.”—1 John, iii. 21.

Oh! what a glory doth this world put on
For him, who with a fervent heart goes forth
Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks
On duties well performed, and days well spent.
For him, the wind, aye, and the yellow leaves,
Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings.
He shall so hear the solemn hymn that Death
Has lifted up for all, that he shall go

To his long resting-place without a tear.

LONGFELLOW.

MARCH 21.

“The wind passeth over it, and it is gone."

Ps. ciii. 16.

What then, are days to have such tearful power?
One day,—one day; one hour,—and then one hour !—
Th' approaching is like that which takes its flight ;—
What's brought by one, another bears away:
Labour, rest, grief,-sometimes a dream-to-day!
And afterwards approaches "light.”

Oh! let him weep, whose hands with eager grasp,
The wrecks of former years, like ivy, clasp ;
Who with the future, Hope departing sees !—
For me who have not taken root below,
I, void of effort, like the light grass go,
Which flies before the morning's breeze.

From the French of Lamartine.

MARCH 22.

"Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him."— Job, xiii. 15.

Let us beware of everything, which, under any promise, would separate us from God. Let us cast ourselves upon the assurance of his love, even though it bear the semblance of the flame-breath of the furnace, and walk humbly with Him, lest we mar or hinder the blessed purpose of his mercy towards us.

BISHOP WILBERFORCE.

MARCH 23.

"For there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.". Acts, iv. 12.

Hither, then, this day, to the cross of our only Saviour; let us each one bear his own burthen-the

sins of childhood and of youth, the sins of yesterday and to-day;-let us bring them here to his cross, and plead, not our righteousness, but his forgiveness of our unrighteousness; not our repentance, not our altered life, not our prayers and tears, but Christ's agony, and Christ's death: that so we, with all his saints, may meekly and simply receive our pardon through his cleansing blood.—BISHOP WILBERFORCE.

MARCH 24.

"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."-1 John, iv. 10.

O, blessed Love! wert thou but known,
Men would enjoy a calm repose ;
But, as a labour of their own,

They toil, and none thy sweetness knows.

O Love! would all submit to give
To Thee the honour of the whole;
How gladly wouldst Thou all forgive,
Be "life and joy" to every soul.

MARCH 25.

"Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits."-Ps. lxviii. 19.

It is delightful, when we wake in the morning, to feel our renewed blessings dropping one by one upon the heart.

MARCH 26.

"God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy." -1 Tim. vi. 17.

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Oh! the world,

Rich in association, and the power
Of wondrous combinations, giveth back
Our blessedness-brightens and multiplies
The light within us; for each drop of dew
Becomes to it a mirror, and our bliss
Taketh such myriad shapes, that we believe,
And revel in the thought, that God has made
Nothing unbounded, except happiness,
And His creation's sentience to enjoy it.

Sacred Offering.

MARCH 27.

"For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him, against that day."2 Tim. i. 12.

Jesus says, "Come unto me," and "him that cometh, I will in no way cast out." I have the comfort of believing that He means what He says, and is able to make his word good; together with the consciousness that I have taken Him at his word, and committed my soul and my all to Him.

NEWTON.

MARCH 28.

"If we be dead with him, we shall also live with him."-2 Tim. ii. 11.

Repose in guarded rest.

The dead in Christ

Hope in their grave

Kindles her never-dying lamp, and throws
Upon their treasured dust a steady ray,
Full, full of immortality! and Peace
Spreads motionless her silent pinions o'er
The consecrated soil, where angels keep
Their vigils, until time shall be no more.

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