The holy Women at the Sepulchre.Very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. -St. Mark xvi. 2. The two Disciples going to Emmaus :We trusted that it had been He Which should have redeemed Israel.-St. Luke xxiv. 21. Christ walketh with them, He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. -St. Luke xxiv. 27. and reveals Himself to them. himself into the destruction that he made for other. For his travail shall come upon his own head : and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate. Turn Thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for Thy mercy's sake. For in death no man remembereth Thee and who will give Thee thanks in the pit? I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed and water my couch with my tears. My beauty is gone for very trouble and worn away because of all mine enemies.— : There be many that say : Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart since the time He was known of them that their corn, and wine, in breaking of bread.-St. and oil, increased.— Luke xxiv. 35. The Ethiopian Eunuch,– My help cometh of God: The Spirit said unto Philip, Who preserveth them that are true of heart.— Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.-Acts viii. 29. is baptized. And he went on his way rejoicing. Acts viii. 39. Dorcas. Tabitha, arise.-Acts ix. 40. Cornelius. A centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.-Acts x. 1, 2. Sergius Paulus : Ely mas. I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to His righteousness and I will praise the Name of the Lord most High. I laid me down and slept, and rose up again : for the Lord sustained me. Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to Himself the man that is godly: when I call upon the Lord, He will hear me. Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. Offer the sacrifice of righteousness : and put your trust in the Lord. For Thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness neither shall any evil dwell with Thee.— His leaf also shall not wither and look, whatso Jesus said, For judgment ever he doeth, it shall prosI am come into this world, per. At midnight Silas pray ed and praised God.And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.—Acts xvi. 26. The eloquent Apollos.He mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ.-Acts xviii. 28. As for the ungodly, it is not so with them but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the ungodly shall perish. O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end: but guide Thou the just. For the righteous God : trieth the very hearts and reins. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord and Thy blessing is upon Thy people. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness : Thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.— I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said unto me: Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee. Desire of Me, and I shall give Thee the heathen for The uproar at Ephe sus: They were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. -Acts xix. 28. Gaius and Aristarchus. Having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. Acts xix. 29. Thine inheritance: and the utmost parts of the earth for Thy possession. Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.— Why do the heathen so furiously rage together : and why do the people imagine a vain thing?— O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme Mine honour and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing? I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people : that have set themselves against me round about. Up, Lord, and help me, O my God for Thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. Antipas at Pergamos.- Stand up, O Lord, in Thou holdest fast My Thy wrath, and lift up ThyName, and hast not denied self, because of the indigMy faith, even in those days nation of mine enemies : wherein Antipas was my arise up for me in the faithful martyr, who was judgment that Thou hast slain among you, where commanded. Satan dwelleth.-Revelation ii. 13. And so shall the congregation of the people come about Thee: for their sakes therefore lift up Thyself again. The Lord shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O Lord according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me. THE ARBUTUS AND GRASS. Great and small. VEN in small matters the end implies a certain solemnity; the last opportunity to be utilized or missed, the last occasion of gain or loss. Often as I have let slip what cannot be regained, two points of my own experience stand out vividly once, when little realizing how nearly I had despised my last chance, I yet did in bare time do what must shortly have been for ever left undone; and again, when I fulfilled a promise which beyond calculation there remained but scant leisure to fulfil. Our last Apostles might, I thought, suitably commend to us fruit rather than flowers. Our last and widest Saints' Day, embracing height and depth, honour and humility, shall put on for its garland that which is lofty entwined with that which is very lowly. Puny in a forest, yet in a shrubbery of grand and stately presence, the Arbutus or Strawberry Tree wears all at one time the panoply of its beauties; combining the blossom |