redemption through Him; for "the means of grace" which lead to and increase the knowledge of that Saviour and for "the hope of glory," the prospect which results from knowing Him, whom to know is life everlasting.

Do we ask what return we can give to the Lord for all these mercies?

hearts and lives.

Our

"I go rejoicing from Thy gracious throne,
Thy plighted servant. Use me for Thine own."

[39TH SUNDAY.

PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM.

THIS ancient and beautiful prayer of St. Chrysostom is addressed to the Lord Jesus Christ.

In it we seem to gather up in one all the petitions we have made, and even the desires that have passed through our minds, and lay them all at His feet, who has all power in heaven and in earth, content to leave them there if only He will grant to us in this world, knowledge of His truth, or that He is true, and in the world to come, life everlasting. Other things may be expedient or not for us, but these blessings we must have, and are sure that He is willing to grant.

Knowledge of His truth; knowledge that He is the true Saviour of the world, and that His words are true. In the

world to come life everlasting; the last is dependent on the first, for this is life eternal that we might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou has sent.

In this beautiful concluding prayer we remind the Almighty Saviour of His promise to grant the requests of two or three gathered together in His name, and though we feel we may have wandered in our petitions and not asked with the fervency and recollectedness we ought, yet still our desires have been towards Him. That the Saviour knows our inmost thoughts is plainly revealed to us in the Gospel. Out of many we select the following beautiful proof of this. When conversing for the last time with His disciples (John xvi. 19), it is said "Now Jesus knew they were desirous to ask Him," to explain His meaning; and He immediately fulfilled their desire. He knows now the very desires that have passed through our minds; our words may

have failed, our thoughts wandered, but our desires are remembered, and will be tenderly fulfilled by our gracious Lord.

“Rejoice my soul, there is a mercy seat

Sprinkled with blood where Jesus answers
prayer;

Then humbly cast thyself beneath His feet,
For never needy sinner perished there.

"Lord, I am come; Thy promise is my plea; Without Thy word I dare not venture nigh; But Thou hast call'd the burdened soul to Thee, A weary burden'd soul, O Lord, am I.

"Bow'd down beneath a heavy load of sin,

By Satan's fierce temptations sorely prest, Fightings without and full of fears within, Trembling and faint, I come to Thee for rest.

"Be Thou my Refuge, Lord, my Hiding-place, I know no force can tear me from Thy side; Unmov'd then I may all accusers face,

And answer every charge with 'Jesus died.""

[40TH SUNDAY.

"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore."-2 COR, XIII. 14.

THE diligent student of the Bible needs no assurance that the doctrine of the Trinity is to be found there; he sees it running through the whole word of God, but more clearly revealed in the New Testament. He is, however, thankful for a plain passage like that in 2 Cor. xiii. 14, in which he can see at a glance the different offices of the Father, Son, and Spirit, and trust that each one of these will be exercised in his behalf. The Apostle Paul could wish no more for his converts than the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost. By faith let us believe that all these blessings are ours.

May the grace, that is, the free favour