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depart; but the friend that sticketh closer than a brother,"-never! Riches shall take to themselves wings and fly away; but treasure in heaven shall never fail. Children will pass away, and live but in fond memory; dearest friends depart, and be known no more; health be broken; bright schemes of earthly happiness be shattered; —yea, all things shall be changed, but the portion of the saved one shall endure through eternal ages. Never taken away! The books shall be set; the trumpet shall sound; the graves shall be opened; the dead, small and great, shall stand before the Judgment bar, and the portion of the lost be fixed forever; but the good part of those who, like Mary, have chosen it as their own, shall never fail them. Never taken away! Yea, heaven and earth shall pass away, the firmament shall be rolled together as a scroll, this great globe be wrapped in flames, the Apocalyptic angel shall stand and proclaim time shall be no longer; but nothing shall touch the enduring bliss of the soul that has chosen the one thing needful. Never taken away! Yea, it shall go on accumulating as the cycles of eternity

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roll on. New fountains of bliss will be ever opening; new capacities of enjoyment ever forming; new sources of delight ever breaking forth. Joy shall be added to joy, and pleasure to pleasure, like drop to drop, and stream to stream, until the river of bliss flows in swelling volumes into the great ocean of blessedness that can never, never fail. Never taken away! What intellect can calculate the cycles of that duration that never ends? What mortal mind grasp the majestic idea of that bliss, ever accumulating, which God hath prepared for them that love him? As well compare the seed with the plant it produces; the acorn with the oak of the forest; the drop with the ocean; a star with the noonday sun; an atom with the universe; the creature with the blessed Creator, as try to conceive of what we shall be by what we now are. "Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."*

And all this bliss is due to Jesus, and JESUS ONLY.

* 1 John iii. 2.

I know whom I have believed.

LORD JESUS! I come to Thee. Thou dost invite the chief of sinners. I am one. Thou dost encourage the weary and heavy laden to come. I am one. I have been wretched long enough. I have sinned long enough. I have been a wandering prodigal long enough. I am weary of the world; weary of the service of sin; weary of my very self. None but thou canst tell the depth of my wretchedness, or the crimson guilt of my soul. Whither can I flee but unto thee? Justice pursues me; my sins condemn me; my conscience gives me no peace. Weary and heavy laden, I turn to Thee, Loving Saviour! for rest.

Lord Jesus! I believe, O help my unbelief! I believe thou didst die for me. Thou dost love me; yes, or where now had I been? Thou yearnest over me with infinite affection. My soul is precious in Thy sight; yea, Lord, did it not cost Thy life to ransom it from destruction? Ah! Lord, I

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have no friend like thee; no Saviour but Thee. I come to Thee; I take refuge in Thy I flee to Thee as my only

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mercy.

I know Thou wilt not cast me out. Lord Jesus! I have tried other means. I have tried the world, and it has disappointed me. I have tried pleasure, and it has not satisfied me. I have tried friendship; it has failed me. I have tried my own resolutions, and poor sinful efforts, but no peace have I found. And now, although a poor cast-away, I come to Thee. I know Thou wilt receive me. I put my case in Thy hands. I know Thy blood is sufficient to atone, and it has atoned for my sins. Lord, it is enough. I rest in Thee.

And now, Blessed Lord, I shall soon be dying. I shall soon launch into the world. unseen. But Thou art there, and I will fear no evil. Art Thou not king of death and the unseen world? Then remember me when I enter Thy kingdom. And as I take the last step in this world, and my next is on ground untred before, I will put my hand into Thy hand, and feel that it is Thy kingdom I enter, and in Thy glorious realms I stand.

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And soon, Blessed Lord, I shall be summoned to Thy bar of judgment. But Thou wilt be on the Throne, and Thou art my own Redeemer, and Thou wilt acknowledge me before Thy Father and the Angels. For am I not Thine? Have I not entrusted my soul and all its interest in Thy hands? And wilt not Thou love me to the end, and smile upon me, and say, "Come ye blessed of my Father?"

Praise to Thy name, O my Lord Jesus, I now have peace! The storm is over, and there is a calm. Thou wast angry with me, but now Thou comfortest me. Now I can lift up my head with joy. Now my burden of sin is gone. The sting of death is gone. The terrors of judgment are gone. I am Thine, and Thou art mine. And now all is well, and my joy is unspeakable and full of glory. And as I tread the remaining steps of my pilgrimage, my song shall be Jesus, and JESUS ONLY. Amen.