LOVE AND DISCIPLINE.

INCE in a land not barren stil,

- Because Thou dost Thy grace distilMy lot is faln, blest be Thy will!

And since these biting frosts but kil

Some tares in me which choke, or spil

That seed Thou sow'st, blest be Thy skil!

Blest be Thy dew, and blest Thy frost,

And happy I to be so crost,

And cur'd by crosses at Thy cost.

The dew doth cheer what is distrest,
The frosts ill weeds nip, and molest;
In both Thou work'st unto the best.

Thus while Thy sev'ral mercies plot,
And work on me now cold, now hot,
The work goes on, and slacketh not;

For as Thy hand the weather steers,
So thrive I best, 'twixt joyes, and tears,
And all the year have some green ears.

THE PILGRIMAGE.

S travellours, when the twilight's come,
And in the sky the stars appear,

A

The past daies accidents do summe WithThus wee saw there, and thus here.'

Then Jacob-like lodge in a place,

-A place, and no more, is set down-1
Where till the day restore the race,

They rest and dream homes of their own.

So for this night I linger here,
And full of tossings to and fro,
Expect stil when Thou wilt appear,
That I may get me up, and go.

I long, and grone, and grieve for Thee,
For Thee my words, my tears do gush;
O that I were but where I see!
Is all the note within my bush.

As birds rob'd of their native wood,
Although their diet may be fine,
Yet neither sing, nor like their food,
But with the thought of home do pine;

1 Genesis xxviii., 11. G.

So do I mourn, and hang my head;

And though Thou dost me fullnes give,
Yet look I for far better bread,
Because by this man cannot live.

O feed me then! and since I may

Have yet more days, more nights to count,

So strengthen me, Lord, all the way,

That I may travel to Thy mount.

HEB[REWS] CAP. XI., VER. 13.

And they confessed, that they were strangers, and pilgrims on the Earth,

THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL.

ORD, when Thou didst on Sinai pitch,

And shine from Paran,' when a firie
Law,

Pronounced with thunder, and Thy threats, did

thaw

The people's hearts, when all Thy words were rich, And inaccessible for light,

Terrour, and might.

1 Deuteronomy xxxiii., 2. G.

2 Misprinted weeds'. G.

How did poor flesh-which after Thou didst

weare

Then faint, and fear!

Thy chosen flock, like leafs in a high wind,
Whisper'd obedience, and their heads inclin'd.

2.

But now since we to Sion came,

And Through Thy bloud Thy glory see,
With filial confidence we touch ev'n Thee;

And where the other Mount, all clad in flame
And threatning clouds, would not so much
As 'bide the touch,

We climb up this, and have too all the way

Thy hand our stay;

Nay, Thou tak'st ours, and-which full comfort

brings

Thy Dove too bears us on her sacred wings.

3.

Yet since man is a very brute,

And after all Thy acts of grace doth kick,

Slighting that health Thou gav'st when he was

sick,

Be not displeas'd, if I, who have a sute

To Thee each houre, beg at Thy door

For this one more;

O plant in me Thy Gospel and Thy law,
Both faith and awe;

So twist them in my heart, that ever there

I

may as wel as love, find too Thy fear!

4.

Let me not spil, but drink Thy bloud;

Not break Thy fence, and by a black excess

Force down a just curse, when Thy hands would

bless;

Let me not scatter, and despise my food,

Or nail those blessed limbs again

Which bore my pain.

So shall Thy mercies flow: for while I fear,
I know Thou'lt bear,

But should Thy mild injunction nothing move me,
I would both think, and judge, I did not love
Thee.

JOHN, CAP. 14, VER. 15.

If ye love Me, keep My commandments.

THE WORLD.

SAW Eternity the other night,

Like a great ring of pure and endless

light,

All calm, as it was bright;