pearance of Him who came down from the bosom of the Father, not only to dwell with man upon the earth, but also to lay down. His life for His people; thus opening a way whereby not the wise only and the learned, but also the poor and the unlearned, and such as the world count fools, might be raised to a state of communion with their God. (See Isa. xxxv. 8. 1 Cor. i. 27, 28. Eph. ii. 18. Heb. x. 19, &c.) Surely, humility and lowliness of mind, self-abasement and self-renunciation, must become the characteristics of all those who "walk in the light." And surely also we may cry, "O blessed mystery! which, while it thus exalts fallen man, and brings him into fellowship with his Father and his Redeemer, does still secure the glory of God's holiness; for the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin."-Heb. ix. 7; and x. 19, &c.

Lord! in the soul thus sanctified and saved,
Be the deep impress of thy name engraved.
O let me catch the shining of thy rays,
Receive their image, and reflect thy praise.

SEVENTH DAY.

-WHO WILL SHEW US ANY

"THERE BE MANY THAT SAY

GOOD? LORD! LIFT UP THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE UPON US. THOU HAST PUT GLADNESS IN MY HEART,

MORE THAN IN THE TIME THEIR CORN AND THEIR WINE

INCREASED."-Psalm iv. 6, 7.

There is in these words a beautiful transition from the enquiry of the many, to the concentration of every wish in the one simple desire of the renewed and believing mind. The heart of man, by nature restless and unsatisfied, is constrained to seek elsewhere that good it hath not in itself. And good, real or supposed, all hearts are seeking. For, even the believer is seeking a greater measure of that good he has already found. But, where is good? The enquiry made by many, implies that the search by them has hitherto been made in vain; that with respect to human dependance and human efficiency, either through want of will or want of power, every experiment has failed. Happy

they who seek it, where it can alone be found, in the Divine Presence, the Divine Favour; in Communion with God. God alone is good; and in the face of Jesus Christ he shines down upon sinful man, and gives him to rejoice in the light of His reconciled countenance. How is it, O Christian, with thee? Art thou thirsting for a more abiding sense of the favour of thy God? Then remember Him who said,"Abide in me." As the beams of the Father's glory are always resting with ineffable delight upon the Son of His love, so, in those who are united to Jesus by a living faith, the Father is also well pleased. Is thy prayer, "Lord, lift up the light of thy countenance upon me?" Look up, and behold it in the face of Jesus Christ, "full of grace and truth." "It is in Him the Father makes his face to shine upon his people;" and as the eye of God, looking upon thee in Christ Jesus, beholds thee with delight and approbation; so, looking up to God in Christ

Jesus, thou mayest behold His Face with delight and joy unspeakable, and rejoice in its beams for ever.

Leader of thy faithful few!
Faithful, but as kept by Thee;
As our journey we pursue,
Let our eyes thy glory see
Shining on us from above,

God of truth! and God of Love!

WEEK II.

FIRST DAY.

"IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE LOVE OF GOD TOWARD US, BECAUSE THAT GOD SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO THE WORLD, THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM. HEREIN IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD, BUT THAT HE LOVED US."-1 John iv. 9, 10.

Sweetest and loveliest of those living rays !
Which from the fountain of the GODHEAD flow!
On thee the cherubim undazzled gaze;
With thee the seraphim adoring glow;
Thou art the element of heaven above.
Yet not to heaven's inhabitants confined;
The sacred joys that spring from holy love,
Can bring their heaven to the lowliest mind.

With softened lustre thine extended beams Have reached the depths of human wretchedness; In mercy's gentle, pure, benignant streams, Mighty to save, omnipotent to bless :