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POETRY.

THE SOUL PANTING FOR CHRIST. The 42nd Psalm paraphrased.

As pants the heart with languid look After the cooling water brook,

So pants my soul for God: Before him when shall I appear? I long to stand for ever near,

In paths by angels trod.

Thro' all the day, and all the night, I've had no pleasure nor delight,

My tears I've liv'd upon;
Where is thy God, the people saith,
The God in whom is all your faith,
Hath he for ever gone?

My soul pours out herself in me,
When thought lights on my vanity;
For with the multitude,
Up to the temple of the Lord
With praise and joy in every word,

I follow'd in their mood.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? Why art thou not at my controul ?

Why art thou not at peace? Still in Jehovah rest thine hope, He will not let thee ever droopMy praises shall not cease. July 15, 1827.

As o'er me roll thy wrathful waves,
Nor mercy helps, nor power saves,
Deep calleth unto deep;
Mild peace no longer rules my breast,
Sweet thought, and every joyful guest
Away thy billows sweep.

Still, still Jehovah will command,
From his all-giving bounteous hand,

His song throughout the night; And loving-kindness thro' the day,A love that fadeth not away,

A love of unknown height. Yet louder could not be my groans, Had I a sword within my bones;

Nor greater be my pang Than now, when my oppressors say, Where is the God to whom you pray, The God to whom you sang? Why art thou cast down, O my soul? Why art thou not at my controul?

Why art thou not at peace? Still in Jehovah rest thine hope, He will not ever let thee droop,Let not thy praises cease.

J. A.

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REJOICE, ye ransom'd sons of In tribulation's dreary road; Tho' here confin'd as in a den,

men,

Or burden'd with a heavy load.

Though trials prick you as a thorn, And beasts of prey around you roar; Be not cast down, be not forlorn,

Rejoice both now and evermore. The Lord is good to those he loves, Is ever mindful of his sons : When birds of prey molest his doves,

To their relief he ever runs. Rejoice in his unchanging name,

Who ever does his people good; Sing praises, spread his worthy fame, Who makes his flesh your richest food.

Rejoice, tho' men of spite arise,

And call you by opprobrious name;

Let Jesu's glory fill your eyes, 'Till heavenly love your souls inflame.

Altho' temptation press you sore,

And you your weakness greatly feel, In him is strength for evermore, Who bruis'd HIS head that bruis'd his heel.

Tho' lost and ruin'd to a man,

Ye highly favour'd, heav'nly choice, If you cannot rejoice-who can ? Then evermore, I say, rejoice. If blackest sins appear in view,

Rejoice that Jesu's powerful blood Has cancell'd those of darkest hue,

And sunk them in oblivion's flood. Not one is left to cause a spot,

Or shadow of a spot on you; They're done away and quite forgot, Rejoice in God the just and true! DENIZEN.

LONGING FOR GLORY.

Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory."-John xvii. 24.

DEAR Jesus, my Lord and my God,

Thy mercies 'tis sweet to review;
Who hath prov'd in each step I have trod,
My Guide and my Comforter too :
Thus far through the desert I've pass'd,
And soon shall its boundary see;
When escap'd from all dangers at last,
With thee I for ever shall be.
Thou art my defence and my stay,
In thee is my hope and my trust;
And though this frail body decay,

And moulder with others to dust,
Yet the soul shall arise and depart,
From all its incumbrances free,
To see thee, dear Lord, as thou art,
Who hath saved a sinner like me.
Dear Saviour, I long to be gone,
From this valley of tears to remove,
To shout hallelujahs at home,

And eternally sing of thy love:
My soul from its prison would bound,
As a captive that pants to be free;
Thy praises in glory to sound,
Thy glory resplendant to see.
Yes, there I shall surely appear,

To swell with hosannas the song
Of glorified millions, who there

Compose the enraptured throng.
Then welcome, dear Jesus, the day,
When thy chariot at last I shall see,
To convey my glad spirit away,

And bring me for ever to thee.

J. E.

WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF A DEPARTED SISTER IN THE

FAITH.

SLEEP, sister, sleep in Jesus' arms,
Secure from hell and sin's alarms;
No more shall sorrow wring thy
breast,

For thou art enter'd into rest.

Here thou wast troubled, tempted,
tried,

And often at the footstool sigh'd,
Where thou wast favor'd with relief,
In all the pangs of bitter grief.

In sickness oft, and conflicts long,
With sin and satan's busy throng,
Christ was thy helper and thy shield
Through all the dangers of the field.

At length the happy moment came,
Which took to pieces nature's frame;
Death gently seiz'd thy mortal life,
And hush'd for ever ev'ry strife.

Thy ransom'd spirit soar'd on high,
Beyond the ken of human eye;
Quitted with joy the dusky road
For heav'n's eternal bright abode.
There on the mount of love repos'd,
Heedless of all that once oppos'd—
Sleep, sister, sleep in Jesus' heart,
No more with heav'n and peace to
part.

ENON,

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