When we shall have attained this felicity, we shall enjoy everlasting rest;

Our desires satisfied, we shall aspire to no greater bliss; because the capacity of our souls will not admit of a more elevated happiness.

One transport of delight, to be continued for all eternity, will be our portion in the land of the blessed.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

Ant. If the imperfect shadow is so sweetly pleasing, how will the reality transport our hearts! Alleluia.

Ant. Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man to' conceive, what God has prepared for them who love him. Alleluia.

Psalm X.

ARISE, my soul! to thee this happiness belongs; arise, and elevate thyself on high. Leave here below all earthly thoughts; and fly away on the wings of thy spirit;

Fly to the glorious land of promise; and gladly salute these heavenly regions.

Hail, happy paradise of pure delights! thou beauteous garden of never fading flowers,

Hail, blest society of celestial spirits! who perpetually contemplate the eternal Deity.

Hail! and may your glories increase forever, till they reach the very zenith of the heavenly firmament.

Hail! and among your cheerful hymns remember those who dwell in this vale of tears.

We hope one day to be associated with you and to join in your blissful concerts.

We hope to contemplate the wonders of divine power, and to glorify that sovereign Lord from whom all things have derived their being.

O what a fire of love will kindle in our hearts, when we shall penetrate that mystery of wisdom and omnipotence!

When our great God, like a burning mirror, will pour forth his brightness upon the eyes of our soul!

O what excessive joy will that love produce, a love so ardent in its desires and so fully satisfied!

When our capacities shall be stretched to the utmost, and the rich, abounding object will fill and overflow them!

O what profound repose will that joy beget, a joy so infinitely high, and so eternally secure! When in amorous languishment, we shall sweetly dissolve into that blissful union with the divine author of our being!

When, without losing what we are, we shall become even what he is:

We shall partake of all his joys; and share in all the glory of his heavenly kingdom.

O what divine and ravishing words are these! how gently they enter and delight my

ear!

How they diffuse themselves over my mind, and penetrate to my inmost soul!

I feel them operating through all my faculties; bringing the sweetest comfort to my heart, and refreshing it with their invigorating influence.

There, O my soul! we shall rest from all those labors, by which we are now preparing ourselves for that eminent happiness.

There sin and grief will have an end, and we shall no longer be troubled with inward or external cares.

There we shall repose forever, in the protection of our God, and in the arms and bosom of our dearest Lord.

O heaven! the eternal source of all these and infinitely greater joys;

As the hart pants after the water-brooks, so let my soul thirst after thee.

After thee let me daily sigh and mourn, and with a fixed and longing eye, look up and

say:

When, O my God! shall I sit at that fountain-head, and drink to satiety from those living streams!

When shall I be inebriated with that torrent of pleasures, which gushes perpetually from thy glorious throne!

O that the days of my banishment were ended! How is the time of my pilgrimage prolonged!

Why am I still detained in this valley of tears? still wandering up and down in this land of trial?

Come, dear Saviour! my only hope, and sure deliverer from all my sorrows;

Come, and here begin to dwell in my heart, and fit me for the life I shall lead hereafter. Come, O my dearest Lord! and prepare my soul for thee, and then, when thou pleasest, take it to thyself.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

Ant. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man to conceive what God has prepared for them that love him.

CHAPTER. Rom. 12.

Hate

LET love be without dissimulation. that which is evil; adhere to that which is good. Love one another with brotherly love; in honor preventing one another. Be not slothful in attending to your legitimate occupations. Be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope: patient in tribulation; punctual at prayer; communicating to the