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Bright and more bright the circling halo beamed
Upon that face clothed in a smile benign,
Though yet examinate. Nor long the reign
Of death; the eyes that wept for human griefs
Unclose, and look around for conscious joy.
Yes; with returning life, the first emotion
That glowed in JESUS' breast of love, was joy
At man's redemption, now complete; at death
Disarmed; the grave transformed into the couch
Of faith; the resurrection and the life.
Majestical he rose; trembled the earth;

The ponderous gate of stone was roll'd away;
The keepers fell; the angel, awe-struck, shrunk
Into invisibility, while forth

The Saviour of the world walked, and stood
Before the sepulchre, and viewed the clouds
Empurpled glorious by the rising sun.

GRAHAME.

JESUS CALMS THE TEMPEST.
MATT. viii. 23-27.

THE roaring tumult of the billowed sea
Awakes him not: high on the crested surge,
Now heaved, his locks flow streaming in the blast;
And, now descending, 'tween the sheltering waves,
The falling tresses veil the face divine :

Meek through that veil, a momentary gleam,
Benignant, shines; he dreams that he beholds
The opening eyes,-that long hopeless had rolled,
In darkness,-look around bedimmed with tears
Of joy; but, suddenly, the voice of fear
Dispelled the happy vision: awful he rose,
Rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea,

Peace, be thou still! and straight there was a calm.
With terror-mingled gladness in their looks,
The mariners exclaim,-What man is this,
That even the wind and sea obey his voice!

GRAHAME.

O THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND TEACHERS BELONG'. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHAGOW.

REV. ISAAC HITCHEN, M.A.

EN AND FRIENDS,-To detain you n occasion and on such a day (New 43) would be as ill-judged as to ithout any exhortation at all. I be brief in my remarks; but I re-, 1 most serious attention while they

old, men differed in their determi at was the chief good, or of what it principally to strive for; and this: nion arose from the fact that the f the soul, or the incapability of the and a future state of rewards and were facts only indistinctly guessed: and entirely unknown to others. esser interests of mankind (for all s are small), therefore, as it was o select an universally predominant ing without exception all others in o such attempted selection was ever

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ADDRESS TO THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS BELONGING TO ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHA PEL, GLASGOW.

BY THE REV. ISAAC HITCHEN, M.A.

DEAR CHILDREN AND FRIENDS, To detain you long on such an occasion and on such a day (New Year's Day, 1843) would be as ill-judged as to dismiss you without any exhortation at all. I shall therefore be brief in my remarks; but I re-, quest from you most serious attention while they last.

In times of old, men differed in their determi nation of what was the chief good, or of what mankind ought principally to strive for; and this: variety of opinion arose from the fact that the immortality of the soul, or the incapability of the: soul's dying, and a future state of rewards and punishments, were facts only indistinctly guessed: at by some, and entirely unknown to others.i Among the lesser interests of mankind (for all other interests are small), therefore, as it wasi most difficult to select an universally predominant one-one passing without exception all others in importance so such attempted selection was ever varying.

Some placed the greatest human good in military renown-fame as great warriors; some in the acquirement of letters-the being accounted learned above other men; some in the accumula tion of wealth; some in sensual gratification-in the unrestrained indulgence of appetite; some in general apathy-a deadness to all feeling. Recollect that these doubts and differences existed

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among the most learned and reflective, the most wealthy and ennobled. Now the peculiar blessedness of being born in a Christian land is this, that all such distressing doubts and difficulty are at an end. The youngest child who has learned the Christian elements is put upon a higher intellectual footing than the greatest heathen sage. The complex theories of the philosopher are trodden under foot by the Christian infant. It is this fact which causes that outbreak of thanksgiving from our Lord, "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes." Now the exalting medium which brings this to pass is the gospel, the message of your New Testament, which has brought life and immortality to light. There is no longer doubt that the soul will not die; it is sure that after the death of the body there remains an eternity of spiritual existence: we shall live for ever in happiness or in misery. But by "eternal life" is invariably meant an eternal life of happiness; for unending woe, misery without end, is the second and most terrible death. Henceforward to obtain eternal life is the grand object of existence. We are permitted to live here in order to prepare to live hereafter. No other interest can be compared with this: the inquiring mind is not distressed by many proposed ends; for, if we obtain this, and lose all else, ours is the greatest blessedness. "And this is life eternal, to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent."

My young friends, I have stated this with such emphasis in order to shew you how unspeakably privileged you are by God over myriads who have lived before you. Many of you are poor in this

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