You could not do without Him,
If once He made you see
The fetters that enchain you
Till He hath set you free;
If once you saw the fearful load
Of sin upon your soul,-

The hidden plague that ends in death,

Unless He makes you whole!

What will you do without Him
When death is drawing near,
Without His love-the only love
That casts out every fear;
When the shadow-valley opens,
Unlighted and unknown,
And the terrors of its darkness
Must all be passed alone?

What will you do without Him When the great White Throne is set,

And the Judge who never can mistake,

And never can forget,—

The Judge, whom you have never here As Friend and Saviour sought, Shall summon you to give account Of deed, and word, and thought?

What will you do without Him
When He hath shut the door,
And you are left outside, because
You would not come before ;
When it is no use knocking,
No use to stand and wait,
For the word of doom tolls through
your heart,

That terrible' Too late '?

You cannot do without Him!
There is no other name
By which you ever can be saved,-
No way, no hope, no claim!
Without Him-everlasting loss
Of love, and life, and light!
Without Him-everlasting woe,
And everlasting night.

But with Him-oh!, with Fesus!—
Are any words so blest?
With Jesus-everlasting joy

And everlasting rest!

With Jesus-all the empty heart
Filled with His perfect love!
With Jesus-perfect peace below,
And perfect bliss above!

Why should you do without Him?-
It is not yet too late ;

He has not closed the day of grace, He has not shut the gate.

He calls you !-hush! He calls you !

He would not have you go Another step without Him, Because He loves you so.

Why will you do without Him?
He calls and calls again-
'Come unto Me! Come unto Me!'
Oh, shall He call in vain ?
He wants to have you with Him;
Do you not want Him too?
You cannot do without Him,
And He wants-even you!

NINETEENTH DAY.

Come Away.

'My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'--CANT. ii. 10.

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HAT a loving call! What astonishing condescension, that the Heavenly Bridegroom should use such words to whom? Would you not like to be able to fill up that blank, and say, My Beloved spake, and said unto me!' Perhaps you think this is too much for you. You feel too sinful and unworthy to be so loved,-too defiled to be called my fair one.’ If so, will you turn to a wonderful picture of those upon whom He sets His love,' and of what His love does for them, asking the Holy Spirit to open your eyes while you read it, that you may behold wondrous things out of it.

I will not quote it here, because I want you to go to His own Book for it. See in it how the Lord Jesus goes down to

1 Ezek. xvi. 5, 14.

2 Ps. cxix. 18..

the very depths, and begins at the very beginning. Your case is not deeper than those depths; for it is even when we are dead' in sins that the great love wherewith God loved us reaches and raises us.' He says, 'Awake, thou that sleepest, and rise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." You cannot be worse than ́ dead ; and the very sense of sin and death working in you' ‘is a proof that He has said unto you, 'Live!"

The call to arise and come away is a proof that He is passing by. And when Jesus passes by, He looks upon you, though you are not yet able to see Him. And He says that when He does this, it is the time of love." And oh, what that implies! What will He not do, when the bright, warm, powerful rays of the love which passeth knowledge' are focussed upon you, and He says even to you, 'My love!' giving you the glorious right to respond, My beloved!

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Read on, and see what He will do 'then!' Then' the 'throughly' washing" and the anointing which prepares you for the delight of the King. 'Then' the

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clothing, the girding and the covering,

1 Ps. xl. 2. 4 Eph. v. 14. 7 Luke xviii. 37. 10 Cant. ii. 16.

2 Eph. ii. 1.
6 Rom. vii. 13.
Ezek. xvi. 8.

11 Ps. li. 2.

Eph ii. 4. 5.
Ezek. xvi. 6.
Eph. iii. 19.
12 Esth. ii. 12-14.