"Along my earthly way How many clouds are spread! Darkness, with scarce one cheerful ray, Seems gathering o'er my head. Yet, Saviour, Thou art love; Oh, hide not from my view! But when I look in prayer above, Appear in mercy through. And, O! from that bright throne, I shall look back and see— The path I went, and that…

"He that believeth shall not make haste.” (Isa. 28:19) "Thy way, not mine, O Lord, However dark it be; O lead me by Thine own right hand Choose Thou the path for me. Smooth let it be, or rough It will be still the best; Winding or straight it matters not, It leads me to Thy rest. I dare not…

"'Tis not a cause of small import The Pastor's care demands."—Doddridge. "Preaching administ'ring in every work Of his sublime vocation, in the walks Of worldly intercourse 'twixt man, and man, And in his humble dwelling, he appears A labourer with moral virtue girt, With spiritual graces like a glory crowned." Wordsworth's “Excursion." The settlement of a pastor over a Church…

"Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee."—Proverbs 4:28 "There stands the messenger of truth! there stands The legate of the skies! His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace."—Cowper…

"We can do nothing against the truth but for the truth."—2 Corinthians 13:6 "Should all the forms that men devise Assault my faith with treach’rous art, I'd call them vanity and lies, And bind the Gospel to my heart." Attention is at this point claimed to a brief and cursory review of some of the more public religious events which…

The Student—A Retrospect "Give me a Bible in my hand, A heart to read and understand, This sure unerring Word. I'd urge no company to stay, But sit alone from day to day In converse with my Lord.” —Susannah Harrison, altered by David Denham. “A SELF-MADE MAN." Popular as is this phrase, we regard it with great disfavour, judging it…