and to put their trust in Him, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of a turning." We there read that the promise which God made to Abraham of a numerous posterity, and their subsequent deliverance from a state of bondage in Egypt, was fulfilled at the appointed time; and that according to the same promise, they were sustained and preserved in their journey through the wilderness, and put in possession of the land of Canaan, and established as a nation and a kingdom there. Of this the pious Jew would be reminded, wherever his steps might be directed, when, turning his eyes toward the temple at Jerusalem, he bowed his head and worshipped. But the Christian directs the eye of his faith to a far more glorious Temple, that Temple in which dwells all the fulness of the Godhead ;-that Temple which sheds through all the Jerusalem that is above, the brightness and splendour of JEHOVAH'S Glory; that Building, of which Jesus spake when he said to the Jews, "Destroy this

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Temple, and in three days I will raise it up." "Looking unto Jesus," the believer rejoices in a deliverance of infinitely greater magnitude than the redemption of Israel from the yoke of Pharoah;—“ looking unto Jesus," he beholds the glory of the Father “in the Son of His love," "full of grace and truth;" he looks upon "God, manifest in the flesh;" the Eternal Word that " was from the beginning with God," and that "was God." And towards this Holy, this Living Temple, he lifts his eyes, his hands, his heart; and worships, and lauds, and magnifies the great, the ineffable Name. Yes: the people of God can look on the wonders of creation, and admire the works of His hands; they can trace the accomplishment of His designs in all the variety of His dispensations, and adore the mystery of His providence; but, in Christ Jesus, in Him who is emphatically termed the WORD OF GOD, they behold the Name of JEHOVAH beaming forth upon His people with a transcendant power, and glory,

and loveliness that penetrates the inmost soul; transforms the mind; fills the heart; and calls forth that fervent and devout acknowledgment" As concerning thy mercy, as concerning thy truth, yea, as concerning THE WHOLE OF THY NAME, THOU HAST MAGNIFIED THY WORD."

Wisdom Divine!-INCARNATE WORD!
Shine forth, thou Glory of the LORD!
The beaming brightness of thy face
Reveals the Father's truth and grace;

Seen only there, beneath, above,

That "GOD IS LIGHT;" and "GOD IS LOVE."

May that pure Light my soul surround;

Within,

1, may that pure Love abound;

Till every faculty and thought
Is by thy Spirit captive brought,
In sweet obedience, Lord, to Thee;
And Thou art glorified in me.

WEEK X.

FIRST DAY.

"HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS; HE WAS BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES. THE CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIM, AND WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED." "-Isa. liii. 5.

O wonder, past expression !
Chastened and bruised for me;
Stricken for my transgression,
The Lord, my God, I see;
My grief and shame enduring,
He poured His soul to death;
My endless life securing,

When He resigned His breath.

This world's false joys forsaking,

I glory in Thy cross;

And Thee my portion making,
Count all beside as loss.

I ask Thy promised Spirit;
Thine image, Lord, restore;
And fit me to inherit

Where Thou art gone before;
While here, Thy servant make me,
Thy cheering presence give;

And then to glory take me
To see Thy face-and live.

SECOND DAY.

"WHEN JESUS THEREFORE HAD RECEIVED THE VINEGAR, HE SAID, IT IS FINISHED AND HE BOWED HIS HEAD, AND GAVE UP THE GHOST."-John xix. 20.

"It is finished!"-a work is accomplished, greater and more wonderful than that of the creation of the world: involving principles more important, and results more glorious;