places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock, butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and bulls of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape."

Psalm ciii. 13, 14. "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust."

Cant. ii. 4." He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love."

Isaiah xxxviii. 17. "Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back."

Isaiah xl. 1, 11. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom."

Isaiah xlix. 15. "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee."

Isaiah liv. 6-8. "The Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer."

Isaiah lvii. 15. "Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."

Isaiah lxiii. 9, 15, 16. “In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them: and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. The sounding of thy bowels and thy mercies towards me: are they restrained? Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting."

Isaiah lxvi. 13. "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you."

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Jer. xxxi. 3. “The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee." (verses 9-11.) They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of water in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born. Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. For the Lord

hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he." (verses 18-20.) "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still; therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord."

Hosea iii. 1. "Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel."

Hosea vi. 1, 2, 3. "Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us: he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; and we shall live in his sight. His going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth."

Hosea xi. 3, 4. "I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as

they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them." (verses 8, 9.) "How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? Mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together."

Hosea xiii. 9. "O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help."

Nahum i. 3. "The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power."

Zeph. iii. 17. “The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing."

Mal. i. 2. "I have loved you, saith the Lord." Matt. xii. 20. "A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench."

John iii. 16. "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Rom. v. 8. " God commendeth his love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

Rom. viii. 35, 38, 39. "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Eph. iii. 19." The love of Christ which passeth knowledge."

1 John iii. 1, 16. " Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us."

THE CHASTISEMENTS OF GOD.

THOUGH God is love, and all his ways are gracious and kind, yet when he sees it needful for their spiritual good, he does not withhold chastisement from his children.

Deut. viii. 5. "Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee."

Leviticus xxvi. 14-39. "But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; and if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye