Not thou of mine! And Jesus, with a smile All righteousness." And, leaning to the stream, He took around him the Apostle's arm And drew him gently to the midst. The wood Was thick with the dim twilight as they came Up from the water. With his clasped hands Laid on his breast th' Apostle silently Followed his master's steps when lo! a light, LOV'D SON IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEAS'D," dove, MY MUCH Floating upon its wings descended through, And shedding a swift music from its plumes, Circled, and flutter'd to the Saviour's breast. Willis. THE TEMPTATION. "Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted." "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God." — Matt. iv. 1, 10. WHEN a thousand voices raise Sweeter strains of soft desire Mammon bids thee view the store Shall reward thy bended knee. Heavenly treasures are thine own; Onward, in thy Saviour's path, Thou shalt joy in God alone. S. G. Bulfinch. THE LAMB OF GOD. "And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!"- John i. 31. THOU, who didst stoop below, To drain the cup of wo, Wearing the form of frail mortality, — Thy blessed labors done, Thy crown of victory won, Hast passed from earth- passed to thy home on Man may no longer trace, The image of the bright, the viewless One; Save with faith's raptured ear, The voice of tenderness, God's holy Son! Our eyes behold thee not, Yet hast thou not forgot Those who have placed their hope, their trust in thee; Before thy Father's face, Thou hast prepared a place, Through this dark world of ours, Shrink from the narrow way, When clouds and darkness are around it spread? O thou, who art our life, Be with us through the strife! Was not thy head by earth's fierce tempests bowed? Raise thou our eyes above, To see a Father's love Beam, like the bow of promise, through the cloud. Even through the awful gloom, Which hovers o'er the tomb, The light of love our guiding star shall be; The shadowy way to tread, Friend, Guardian, Saviour, which doth lead to thee. Christian Examiner. MARRIAGE AT CANA. "And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee."- John ii. 1. INCARNATE Word! who, wont to dwell In lowly shape and cottage cell, Didst not refuse a guest to be Oh when our soul from care is free, So may such joy, chastised and pure, Heber. |