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supports, of your duties in connexion with the promises, of your privations in connexion with your enjoyments-of your attainments in connexion with your privileges.

31. On the evening of the sabbath, after you have, in a devotional and scriptural manner, examined your heart and ways, minute down (if you have capacity) the real state of your mind with regard to religion; and by this means, in a few months, under the blessing of God, you will attain to a more correct estimate of your true character.

32. Be as attentive to the directions of God's word as though your salvation exclusively depended upon your attention to them; and, after you have done all, count yourself an unprofitable servant (Luke xvii. 10); and look for the mercy of God through our Lord Jesus Christ alone (Jude 21).

33. Seek, by earnest prayer, for that divine teaching which shall enable you to say, "I am nothing, I have nothing, I can do nothing, and I desire nothing but One" (Leighton).

34. See that you are influenced in all you do (even in your secular employments) by a love to Jesus Christ (2 Cor. v. 14), by a sense of God's authority (Mal. i. 6), by a view to God's glory (1 Cor. x. 31). Seek not by your doings to establish a righteousness of your own. Do nothing in your own strength, but trust in the strength of God. Let love to God and love to man animate all your endeavours (Matt. xxii. 37, 40).

35. In conclusion, to sum up all, in the advice of the excellent prelate just referred to, "Remember always the presence of God (Gen. xvii. 1). Rejoice always in the will of God (Phil. iv. 4; Hab. ii. 17, 18). Direct all to the glory of God (1 Cor. x. 31)."

Reader, what is the life you lead? Is it such as you will approve of when you come to die?

Poetry.

PSALM XXIII.

(For the Church of England Magazine). O LORD, my Shepherd, thou shalt lead Thy sheep in safety forth, to feed Where the green pastures ever grow, And the still waters gently flow. Thou dost my soul with comfort bless : Thou guid'st my feet in righteousness : Thou dost anoint my head; and still E'en to the brim my cup dost fill. No care shall vex my stedfast mind: Long as I live my soul shall find In thee, O Lord, rich stores of grace, And in thy temple dwell at peace. Yea, in death's valley dark and drear I fear no evil: thou art near: Thy leading staff, thy guiding rod Shall stay my steps, O faithful God.

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THE BLESSINGS OF THE CROSS.
TRANSLATED FROM THE WELSH.
(For the Church of England Magazine).
WHO will give me Gilead's balm-
Forgiveness, peace, and bliss?
Who can make my spirit calm

To think on death's abyss?
Who can banish every pain?

From sin can set me free?
He alone who once was slain
On Mount Calvary.

Richest blessings shall be shed,
Treasures won by woe,
Pouring on the sinner's head,

Thro' Christ's blood shall flow;
Thro' the streaming river gory,
That gushed from Jesu's breast,
Thousands shall inherit glory,
Thousands in its power be blest.
M. C. L.

Llangynwyd Vicarage.

SONNETS.

No. XIV.

TO BRITAIN.

(May, 1848.)

NEVER, O Britain, so august a height
Of glory didst thou occupy as now;

No, not when Waterloo around thy brow
The wreath of victory entwin'd so bright.
Now, when the world beside, rack'd with affright,
Reels as with universal overthrow,

Thou dost a tranquil ark of safety show, Whither fall'n monarchs bend their eager flight. And what thus highly hath distinguish'd thee? 'Tis not alone that thou art freedom's shrine, And that matur'd intelligence is there; But that religion's sap is in thy tree, And that thy clime is purified by prayer. O long may the preservative be thine!

J. D. H.

London: Published for the Proprietors, by EDWARDS and HUGHES, 12, Ave-Maria Lane, St. Paul's; and to be procured, by order, of all Booksellers in Town and Country.

PRINTED BY JOSEPH ROGERSON, 24, NORFOLK-STREET, STRAND, LONDON,

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supports, of your duties in connexion with the promises, of your privations in connexion with your enjoyments-of your attainments in connexion with your privileges.

31. On the evening of the sabbath, after you have, in a devotional and scriptural manner, examined your heart and ways, minute down (if you have capacity) the real state of your mind with regard to religion; and by this means, in a few months, under the blessing of God, you will attain to a more correct estimate of your true character.

32. Be as attentive to the directions of God's word as though your salvation exclusively depended upon your attention to them; and, after you have done all, count yourself an unprofitable servant (Luke xvii. 10); and look for the mercy of God through our Lord Jesus Christ alone (Jude 21).

33. Seek, by earnest prayer, for that divine teaching which shall enable you to say, "I am nothing, I have nothing, I can do nothing, and I desire nothing but One" (Leighton).

34. See that you are influenced in all you do (even in your secular employments) by a love to Jesus Christ (2 Cor. v. 14), by a sense of God's authority (Mal. i. 6), by a view to God's glory (1 Cor. x. 31). Seek not by your doings to establish a righteousness of your own. Do nothing in your own strength, but trust in the strength of God. Let love to God and love to man animate all your endeavours (Matt. xxii. 37, 40).

35. In conclusion, to sum up all, in the advice of the excellent prelate just referred to, Remember always the presence of God (Gen. xvii. 1). Rejoice always in the will of God (Phil. iv. 4; Hab. ii. 17, 18). Direct all to the glory of God (1 Cor. x. 31)."

Reader, what is the life you lead? Is it such as you will approve of when you come to die?

Poetry.

PSALM XXIII.

(For the Church of England Magazine).
O LORD, my Shepherd, thou shalt lead
Thy sheep in safety forth, to feed
Where the green pastures ever grow,
And the still waters gently flow.

Thou dost my soul with comfort bless :
Thou guid'st my feet in righteousness:
Thou dost anoint my head; and still
E'en to the brim my cup dost fill.
No care shall vex my stedfast mind:
Long as I live my soul shall find
In thee, O Lord, rich stores of grace,
And in thy temple dwell at peace.
Yea, in death's valley dark and drear
I fear no evil: thou art near:
Thy leading staff, thy guiding rod
Shall stay my steps, O faithful God.

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On that landscape; but O how delightful the
change!

The snow had departed, like foam from a brook,
And gladness prevailed throughout nature's wide

range.

The thought then with comfort occurred to my mind,
How soon could the same mighty Being, whose

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THE BLESSINGS OF THE CROSS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE WELSH.
(For the Church of England Magazine).
WHO will give me Gilead's balm-
Forgiveness, peace, and bliss?
Who can make my spirit calm

To think on death's abyss?
Who can banish every pain?

From sin can set me free?
He alone who once was slain
On Mount Calvary.

Richest blessings shall be shed,
Treasures won by woe,
Pouring on the sinner's head,

Thro' Christ's blood shall flow;
Thro' the streaming river gory,
That gushed from Jesu's breast,
Thousands shall inherit glory,
Thousands in its power be blest.
M. C. L.

Llangynwyd Vicarage.

SONNETS.

No. XIV.

TO BRITAIN. (May, 1848.)

NEVER, O Britain, so august a height
Of glory didst thou occupy as now;
No, not when Waterloo around thy brow
The wreath of victory entwin'd so bright.
Now, when the world beside, rack'd with affright,
Reels as with universal overthrow,

Thou dost a tranquil ark of safety show,
Whither fall'n monarchs bend their eager flight.
And what thus highly hath distinguish'd thee?
'Tis not alone that thou art freedom's shrine,
And that matur'd intelligence is there;

But that religion's sap is in thy tree,
And that thy clime is purified by prayer.
O long may the preservative be thine!

J. D. H.

London: Published for the Proprietors, by EDWARDS and HUGHES, 12, Ave-Maria Lane, St. Paul's; and to be procured, by order, of all Booksellers in Town and Country.

PRINTED BY JOSEPH ROGerson, 24, NORFOLK-STREET, STRAND, LONDON,

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he a man of war from his youth." The stature of Goliath was six cubits and a span, that is, more than ten feet, if we calculate the cubit at its full measure of twenty inches; and, whatever deduction may be made, we cannot imagine him less than nine feet. David was but of ordinary size, and of youthful, almost boyish, appearance. The giant was fully accoutred: "He had an helmet of brass upon his head; and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of iron." David had only a sling and a stone; for, though Saul had offered him his arms, yet he had rejected them as unwieldy, for he had not been used to them. Here, then, was a fearful disparity: the Philistine might well count upon an easy victory. But David had One with him, whom Goliath knew not; and he expresses his confidence in noble terms: "Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied." It was just the faith which elsewhere David has expressed: "The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?" "Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though wars rise against me, in this will I be confident" (Psa. xxvii. 1, 3). The event was in accordance with David's humble trust in God the giant was slain, and his head taken from him; which David afterwards carried to Jerusalem as a trophy of his conquest.

We have here an eminent proof that "the Lord saveth not with sword and spear;" that he perfects his strength in weakness, and will give his people the victory over their foes. The Christian soldier may therefore be encouraged to fight manfully the "good fight of faith." By the power of his great Captain he will be made more than conqueror.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY JUBILEE.

RESOLUTION adopted at the anniversary meeting of the Church Missionary Society, May 2, 1848; his grace the archbishop of Canterbury, vicepatron, in the chair, succeeded by the earl of Chichester, president:

"That a review of the history of the society at the entrance upon its fiftieth year, in respect of its success at home and of the abundant first-fruits of its labours abroad, presents both a pressing call and a fitting occasion for special praise and prayer, and for special efforts, under the present financial circumstances of the society, for strengthening and enlarging, in the place of contracting, its missions; and that the new committee be instructed to arrange and set on foot some plan for suitably commemorating the jubilee of the Church Missionary Society."

Resolutions adopted at a special meeting of the committee, May 22, the earl of Chichester in the chair:

I. "That, reviewing the mercy and goodness of the Lord which have followed this society since it entered upon its course, and also the opening prospects of increased and rapidly-increasing use

fulness, it is desirable that some day within the jubilee year should be observed by all the associations at home, and by all the missionaries, teachers, and congregations at the several missionary stations of the society throughout the world, as a special commemoration of the epoch; the main object of such commemoration being, that the friends of the society may unite in praising the Lord for all his past mercies; in humbling themselves before God for their inadequate improvement of the various advantages enjoyed by this nation for diffusing the gospel throughout the world; and, in supplicating an abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the agents and work of the Church Missionary Society, and upon the church of this nation; that, in the place of its present few and comparatively feeble efforts, it may arise, as one man, to the discharge of its high obligation of becoming the evangelist of the world."

II. "That the first day of November, 1848, affording time for communication with the distant missions, being intermediate between the anniversaries of the society, and being also a day which the church of England has dedicated to the commemoration of the "one communion and fellowship" in which the members of Christ's mystical body are knit together, is a suitable day for the jubilee commemoration; and that all the friends of the society be invited to observe that day, or, if local circumstances render that day inexpedient, some other day, as near as possible to the 1st of November, in the way described in the former resolution."

III. "That an address to the friends of the society, explanatory of the views of the committee upon this subject, be immediately circulated; and that, as soon as possible, short and popular statements of the past history of the society, of its different missions, and of the special dispensations of Providence which have marked its course, be prepared for circulation.”

IV. "That a special fund be immediately opened, at home and abroad, as a thank-offering, for receiving additional donations and contributions from the subscribers and collectors of the society, beyond their usual subscriptions and collections, as well as donations from other parties, to be called, "The Church Missionary Jubilee Fund."

V. "That the jubilee fund shall be applied to such specific objects as may both conduce to the extension of the society's operations abroad, and may also serve as permanent memorials of the occasion; that the following objects, fulfilling both these conditions, appear most suitable for the proposed fund

(1.) "The augmentation of the fund for disabled missionaries, &c., so as to release the general mission fund from all charge for the relief of sick and disabled missionaries, and of the widows and orphans of deceased missionaries.

(2). "The providing of a boarding-school, as a home for the maintenance and education of the children of those missionaries who are devoting their time and strength to mission-work abroad.

"By these arrangements the comfort and benefit of the missionaries will be more effectually secured, and an annual sum of several thousand pounds, now expended for these purposes, may be

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