Let "righteousness and praise" together spring; And Jew and Gentile join to magnify their King.

"Go, ye swift messengers! the trumpet sound; Go to the nation scattered far abroad;

Lift up your voice, spread the glad tidings round,
And say to Israel's sons, 'Behold your God!'
Go, with the standard of the cross unfurled,
To every clime make known the Saviour of the
world!'

"Make known the Fountain of eternal life,
From whence salvation as a river flows;
Let mountain-torrents of distress and strife,
Sink in its blessed channel to repose.

Let its pure streams diffuse Christ's healing power, And floods of sin and death, roll their dark waves no more."

Hail! rich donation of a Saviour's blood!
Replete with "righteousness, and peace, and joy:"
Riches! unfathomed as the love of God!a boy
Treasures! no time can injure, or destroy.
No moth corrupt, no robber take away, A
Blessings! commensurate with life's eternal day!

“Ho! every one that thirsteth! come and fly,
With eager gladness to the living stream!Z
And ye that have no money come and buy;
Nor gold, nor silver, can your souls redeem: I
Love paid a price more costly ;-come and lift
Your hearts in praise to God, the Giver and the
Gift!"

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Yes;-praises shall be Thine; Zion shall keep
Her watch, and wait, till Thou the grace impart :
Praise be silent, but it cannot sleep,
Tuned is the harp, and ready is the heart;
The spirit, Lord is willing,-but how weak,
The song of mortal tongue, that would Thy
praises speak!

O! glorious season! when Thy saints no more Shall with their worship, imperfection blend ;ol Praise sown in weakness, shall be raised in power,

And as pure incense to Thy throne ascend; Hasten the hour, Thou all-disposing Word When the new heavens and earth shall join, to praise the Lord!,.

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Almighty Saviour! thine abounding grace,
No height of intellect can ever scan!
No depth of lowliness shall ever trace,
Thy deep humility! Thou Son of Man!
Eternal praises, can but serve to shew
Eternal praise Thy due; but not, how much, we

owe.

SECOND DAY.

"THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN UPON EARTH, THY SAVING HEALTH AMONG ALL NATIONS."-Ps. lxvii. 2.

Happy will it be for the earth, in the day when God shall fully answer this prayer. That day is yet to come: and the sight of the earth, as it now is, cannot but affect every enlightened mind, every renewed heart with sorrow for where are they to whom the way of God is known ?-and who have found in that knowledge "health and salvation?" Certainly, not all the earth; certainly, not all nations. Yet, glory be to God,

he hath said, "The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea."-Hab. ii. 14. Blessed Light! hasten thy bright coming! Blessed promise! be thou speedily fulfilled. Ignorance of God, is a state of darkness: ignorance of God is a state of death. Of whom did God swear they should not enter into his rest? (Ps. xcv.) It was the people who had not known his ways-the ways of that God and that Saviour, whom to know is life eternal."

The great question however of importance to thee, Reader, and to me, is this: "Do we know his ways?-do we love them, and walk in them?-and has God bestowed upon us his saving health? If so, then "Bless the Lord, O our souls, and all that is within us bless his holy name." Ps. ciii. 1, 2. Let us be telling of this salvation from day to day; let us strive to lead others to the great Physician of souls; and let us pray for the people who were once His own, that the veil

may be removed from their heart, and that it may now be given to all nations to rejoice. in the healing beams of the Sun of Righte"Then shall the people praise

ousness.

Thee, O LORD; yea, all people shall praise Thee."

O! how dark the human mind,
'Till Thy Spirit shines within ;
Cold, contracted, and confined,
Full of idols, self, and sin;
"Till the Light of Life is shed,
Through the chambers of the dead.

Then the gloom is changed to gladness,
Then the soul reflects Thy rays;
Then the oil of joy for sadness,
Gives its fragrance forth in praise;
Be that rich anointing mine,
Be that praise for ever Thine.