But thanks be to God, Who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. I Corinthians xv. 53-57.

Jesus said,. . . I am the resurrection, and the life he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.—John xi. 25, 26.

Now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.-2 Samuel xii. 22.

The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.— Job i. 21.

Unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.-Psalm lxviii. 20.

Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?—Job ii. 10.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.—Psalm cxlvii. 3.

The LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow. Isaiah xiv. 3.

Seek Him that . . . turneth the shadow of death into the morning.-Amos v. 8.

None of them that trust in Him shall be desolate.-Psalm xxxiv. 22.

The mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children's children.Psalm ciii. 17.

In Thee the fatherless findeth mercy.Hosea xiv. 3.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.— Psalm lxviii. 5.

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in Me.-Jeremiah xlix. 11.

Thou art the helper of the fatherless.Psalm x. 14.

She that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God.-1 Timothy v. 5.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.—Psalm cii. 17.

As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth :

For the wind passeth over it and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.-Psalm ciii. 15, 16.

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also as the days of a hireling?-Job vii. 1.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.-Psalm

XC. 12.

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord. . . .

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching.

Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.— Luke xii. 35-37, 40.

According to the greatness of Thy power preserve Thou those that are appointed to die.-Psalm lxxix. 11.

Anriety

O LORD, how happy should we be
If we could cast our cares on Thee,
If we from self could rest;
And feel at heart that One above
In perfect wisdom, perfect love,
Is working for the best.

How far from this our daily life,
How oft disturbed by anxious strife,
By sudden wild alarms;

Oh, could we but relinquish all
Our earthly props, and simply fall
On Thine Almighty arms!

Could we but kneel and cast our load, E'en while we pray, upon our God,

Then rise with lightened cheer; Sure that the Father, Who is nigh To still the famish'd raven's cry,

Will hear in that we fear.