Christ leads me through no darker rooms Than He went through before ; He that unto God's kingdom comes Must enter by this door. Come, Lord! when grace has made me meet Thy blessèd face to see; For if Thy work on earth be sweet, What must Thy glory be ? Then shall I end my sad complaints, And weary, sinful days, That sing Jehovah's praise. The eye of faith is dim ; And I shall be with Him. 372.-Praise in Affliction. JOB xiii, 15. P.M. FOR what shall I praise Thee, my God and my King ? For what blessings the tribute of gratitude bring? Shall I praise Thee for plenty, for health, and for ease, For the spring of delight, and the sun shine of peace ? Shall I praise Thee for flowers that bloomed on my breast, For joys in perspective, and pleasures possessed ? For the spirits that heightened my days of delight, And the slumbers that sat on my pillow by night? For this would I praise Thee ! but if only for this I should leave half untold the donation of bliss : I thank Thee for sickness, for sorrow, for care, For the thorns I have gathered, the an guish I bear : Joy is like restless day ; but peace divine Like quiet night; IS. Lead me, O Lord, till perfect day shall I WOULD not live alway–live alway below ; shine Through peace to light. ADELAIDE A. PROCTER. O no, I'll not linger when bidden to go : The days of our pilgrimage granted us here, Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. From this spirit-land, afar All disturbing force shall flee; Stir, nor toil, nor hope, shall mar Its immortal unity. R. W. EMERSON. A 380.—Earthly Paradise. GENESIS ii. 8. NOTHER aspect of the thought em bodied in the foregoing Hymn. There, the Sabbath, here Eden, is the Chris tian's ideal. An "earthly Paradise" is no vain dream, if entered by the gate of faith. The Hymn has a prefatory verse in the original, the omission of which seems an improvement: “ Not where long passèd ages sleep, Seek we Eden's golden trees : Are its mystic harmonies." |