But, O! the thought most cheering,
Fraught with delight untold,

Is this,at thine appearing,
Thy face I shall behold.

JESUS LIVES.

"I know that my Redeemer liveth."— Job xix. 25.

JESUS lives! my life, my joy,

Where, O death, is now thy terror? Soon his light I shall enjoy,

Free from darkness, sin, and error;
He from darkness sets me free,
This is my security.

Jesus lives! to him alone

Power o'er all the earth is given;

Soon I shall behold his throne,

Soon with him shall reign in heaven;
God fulfils his own decree,
This is my security.

Jesus lives! who saved my soul;
His be every thought and feeling,
He shall all my heart control,
All my aims and wishes sealing;
Faithful to his own is he,
This is my security.

Jesus lives! and from his love

Naught my soul shall ever sunder, Naught beneath, nor aught above, Satan's wrath, nor Sinai's thunder; Strength he gives, abundant, free,This is my security.

Jesus lives! the hour of death
Ushers to a life unending;
O, what rapture in that breath,
(Anguish every fibre rending,)
If my soul may say to thee,
Thou art my security!

GELLERT.

"FOR EVER AND EVER."

Rev. vii. 12

ETERNITY, eternity,

How long art thou, eternity!
So fleet our time glides on to thee,
As to its port the ship at sea,

As courier swift and martial steed,
As from the bow the arrows speed.

Eternity, eternity,

How long art thou, eternity!

As on a sphere all smooth and round, End and beginning are not found; For ever, ever thus with thee,Unending, vast eternity!

Eternity, eternity,

How long art thou, eternity!
Thou art a ring of boundless size,
Unceasing time thy centre is,

Thy circuit never can be found,
Since thee shall limits never bound.

Eternity, eternity,

How long art thou, eternity!

If, on its long and tedious way,

Some bird should bear our world away,

In

every thousand

years one sand,

Still thou wouldst undiminished stand.

Eternity, eternity,

How long art thou, eternity! If only in each thousandth year Some single eye should drop one tear, So vast the flood at length would grow, It would the heavens and earth o'erflow.

Eternity, eternity,

How long art thou, eternity!

Nor ocean drops, nor sandy beach,
The number of thy years can reach ;

All computation strives in vain,

Thy vast, thy boundless length to gain.

Eternity, eternity,

How long art thou, eternity!

O man! so long as God shall reign,
So long will be the sinner's pain,

So long the blest their tongues employ ; —
How long that pain, how long that joy!

And dost thou say, "Ask what thou wilt "?

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