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But see, the Pillar-cloud is rising now,

And moving onward through the desert

night:

It beckons, and I follow, for I know

It leads me to the heritage of light.

Feast after feast thus comes and passes by;

Yet, passing, points to the glad feast above;

Giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy,— The Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love.

DR. H. EONAR.

463.-Christ our Life. JOHN X. 10.

8.7.

The brief bright hour of fellowship with ABOURING and heavy laden,

Thee.

Too soon we rise: the symbols disappear: The feast, though not the love, is past and gone;

The bread and wine remove, but Thou art here,

Nearer than ever, still my Shield and Sun.

I have no help but Thine ; nor do I need Another arm save Thine to lean upon. It is enough, my Lord, enough, indeed; My strength is in Thy might-Thy might alone.

I have no wisdom, save in Him who is My wisdom and my teacher, both in one; No wisdom can I lack while Thou art wise, No teaching do I crave, save Thine alone.

Mine is the sin, but Thine the righteous

ness;

Mine is the guilt, but Thine the cleansing blood.

Here is my robe, my refuge, and my peace, Thy blood, Thy righteousness, O Lord, my God.

LABOURING

Wanting help in time of need, Fainting by the way from hunger, Bread of Life! on Thee we feed.

Thirsting for the springs of water

That, by Love's eternal law, From the stricken Rock are flowing, Well of Life! from Thee we draw.

Driven out from happy Eden,

Far from home and shelter strayed, Tossed with tempest, faint from sunshine, Tree of Life! we seek Thy shade.

In the land of cloud and shadow,

Where no human eye can seeLight to those who sit in darkness, Light of Life! we walk in Thee.

Strangers upon earth and pilgrims Wearied with the world, and weak; By life's many ways bewildered,

Path of Life! for Thee we seek.

Vexed with passion's hateful bondage, Longing, struggling to be free, Where Thy loving banner leads us, Prince of Life! we follow Thee.

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471.-"Till He come."

I CORINTHIANS xi. 26.

75.

TILL He come, O let the words
Linger on the trembling chords :
Let the little while between
In their golden light be seen;
Let us think how heaven and home
Lie beyond that, Till He come.

When the weary ones we love

Enter on their rest above,

Seems the earth so poor and vast,

All our life-joy overcast!

Hush, be every murmur dumb:
It is only, Till He come.

Clouds and conflicts round us press;
Would we have one sorrow less?
All the sharpness of the cross,
All that tells the world is lost,
Death, and darkness, and the tomb,
Only whisper, Till He come.

See, the feast of love is spread,
Drink the wine and break the bread :
Sweet memorials-till the Lord
Call us round His heavenly board;
Some from earth, from glory some,
Severed only, Till He come.

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