"Heavenward
Path," by
F. Arnold.

Leighton.

Enthusiasm.

George Eliot.

The Church.

when our mind has been deeply impressed
with the reality of divine things. These may
be absent, and yet the prayer, offered up with
quiet faith and deliberate
purpose, well pleas-
ing in the sight of God.

Coleridge said of the writings of Archbishop Leighton:-"They seem to me next to the inspired Scriptures, yea, as the vibration of that once struck hour remaining on the ear." Enthusiasm is that which presents motives in an entire absence of self : something that gives patience and feeds human love, when the limbs ache with weariness and human looks are hard upon us: something that lies outside personal objects, that includes resignation for ourselves, and active love for what is not ourselves.

The ship which carries the disciples, that is, the Church, is tossed and shaken by the tempests of temptation (Matt. xiv.); and the contrary wind, that is, the devil, her adversary, rests not, and strives to hinder her from arriving at rest. But greater is 'He who maketh intercession for us.' For in this our tossing to and fro in which we toil, He gives us confidence in coming to us, and strengthening us; only let us not in our trouble throw ourselves out of the ship, and cast ourselves into the sea. For though the ship be in trouble, still it is the ship. She alone carries

the disciples and receives Christ. There is danger, it is true, in the ship, but without her is instant perishing. Keep thyself therefore in the ship, and pray to God. For when all counsels fail, when even the rudder is unserviceable, and the very spreading of the sails is rather dangerous than useful, when all human strength is gone, there remains only for the sailor the earnest cry of entreaty, and of pouring out prayer to God. He then who grants to sailors to reach the haven, shall He so forsake His own Church, as not to bring it on to rest?

If we labour only for the propagation of

truth and godliness, there may sometimes be found those who will bring us forward on this passing stage of existence. But those who labour to push themselves forward in this scene only of things temporal, will, by studying how to please the world, be far more likely to "have their reward here." But what will that reward be hereafter? And what will be the reward of those who look beyond the grave, and seek the Lord's glory and not their own? It will be one above all that man hath seen or can conceive. Let us, then, if we have been doing what we think our duty; let us, hard as the task may be, strive after contentment; not murmur at God's good pleasure, but wait for wages through Christ-a blessedness unspeakable!

Augustine.

"They have

their reward."

C. Benson.

Missionary
Prayer.

Antiquity.

Pliny.

Secret Prayer.

Bickersteth.

Such was the spirit in which C. Benson lived, and in which he died-an accomplished scholar, an attractive preacher, with intellectual power and varied accomplishments, which made his Mastership of the Temple memorable.

Come then, and added to Thy many crowns,
Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth,
Thou who alone 'art worthy,'-it was Thine
By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth;
And Thou hast made it Thine by purchase since,
And overpaid its value with Thy blood.
Thy Saints proclaim Thee King, and in their
hearts

Thy title is engraven with a pen,

Dipp'd in the fountain of eternal love;

Thy saints proclaim Thee King: and Thy delay
Gives courage to their foes, who, could they see
The dawn of Thy last advent, long desired;
Would creep into the bowels of the hills,
And flee for safety to the falling rocks.

Revereregloriam veterem, et hanc ipsam senectutem quæ in hominibus venerabilis, in urbibus sacra; sit apud te honor antiquitati.

Christians, if you long to bring forth all the fruits of the Spirit, strike your roots deep and wide in private prayer. That faith and support, that strength and grace, which you seek of God in secret, that it may be exercised in the hour of need, God will in that hour give it before men. you

The true pair of compasses by which to take the dimensions of the heart of a Christian. are Faith and Charity. Faith is the one foot fixed immovably in the centre, while Charity walks a perfect circle of benevolence.

That is, let us not slip out of thy leash, but hold us fast; give us not up, nor cease to govern us, nor take thy Spirit from us. For as a hound cannot but follow his game when he seeth it before him, if he be loose; so can we not but fall into sin when occasion is given us, if thou withdraw thine hand from us. Lead us not into temptation.' Let no temptation fall upon us greater than thine help in us; but be thou stronger in us than the temptation thou sendest, or lettest come upon us. 'Lead us not into temptation.' A little thread holdeth a strong man where he gladly is. A little pulling draweth a man whither he gladly goeth. A little wind driveth a great ship with the stream. As a stone cast up into the air can neither go any higher, neither there abide when the power of the hurler ceaseth to drive it; even so, Father! seeing our corrupt nature cannot but go downward only, and the devil and the world driveth thereto that same way, how can we proceed further in virtue, or stand therein, if thy power cease in us? Lead us not, therefore, O merciful Father, into temptation, nor cease at any time to

govern us.

What is a
Christian?

Bp. Hall.

"Lead us not into Temptation."

Tyndale.

Christian
Concord.

Let the friends of Christ know one another; and let no slighter shades of difference keep them at variance. The enemies of Christianity know how to avail themselves of our discords. Let us unite so far as we can act in concert, in promoting the interests of Christ, and hold ourselves open to conviction with regard to other things. Let not free discussions of our differences be laid aside, or any connexion formed which shall require it; only let them be conducted with modesty, frankness, and candour, and the godly will find their account in them. Let it be the great concern of all, not so much to maintain their own peculiarities, as to know and practice the truth; not so much to yield, and come near to other denominations, as to approximate towards the mind of Christ. The mind of Christ, as expressed in His doctrines and precepts, must be the central point in which we meet as we approach this, we shall come nearer to each Andrew Fuller. other.

Blessed be God that I have yet time! Lord, give me a heart to do good, before the night Bishop Wilson. cometh, when no man can work.

John Flavel.

Oh, for a better heart! Oh, for a heart to love God more! to hate sin more, to walk more evenly with God! Lord, deny not to me such a heart, whatever else Thou dost deny me!