It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them at his household?—ST. MATTHEW, x. 25.

MARTYRDOM.

RAIL, holy martyrs, glorious names,

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Who nobly here for Jesus stood,
Rejoiced and clapped your hands in flames,
And dared to seal the truth with blood!
Finished your course, and fought your fight,
Hence did your mounting souls aspire.
Starting from flesh, they took their flight,
Borne upward on a car of fire.
Where earth and hell no more molest,
Ye now have joined the heavenly host,
Entered into your Father's rest,

And found the life which here ye lost.
Arm of the Lord! awake, awake!
To us Thy glorious self reveal;
Let us the martyr's faith partake,
Let us Thy mighty working feel!

C. Wesley.

REFLECTIONS.

IF F I am asked who is the greatest man, I answer the best; and if I am required to say who is the best, I reply he that has deserved most of his fellow-creatures.-SIR W. JONES.

The wards of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.— PROVERBS, xii. 6.

Now we, brethren, as Esaac was, are the children of promise. But as then, he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the spirit, so is it now.-GALATIANS, iv. 28, 29.

BE TOLERANT.

M Y creed requires no form of prayer;

Yet would I not condemn

Those who adopt with pious care

Their use as aids to them.

One God hath fashion'd them and me;

One Spirit is our guide :

For each, alike, upon the tree

One common Saviour died!

Each the same trumpet-call shall wake,
To face one judgment seat;

God give us grace, for Jesus' sake,

In the same Heaven to meet !

B. Barton.

REFLECTIONS.

BE not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be. -THOMAS À KEMPIS.

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.-PROVERBS, x. 6.

The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable things, there is none that doeth good, no not one.-PSALM xiv. I.

KNOW AND BELIEVE.

HEN, know the truth of government divine,
And let these scruples be no longer thine.
The Maker justly claims that world He made,-
In this the right of Providenee is laid;
Its sacred majesty through all depends

On using second means to work His ends;
'Tis thus, withdrawn in state from human eye,
The power exerts His attributes on high;
Your actions uses, nor controls your will,
And bids the doubting sons of men be still.
What strange events can strike with more surprise
Than those which lately struck thy wondering eyes?
Yet, taught by these, confess the Almighty just,
And where you can't unriddle learn to trust!

Parnell.

REFLECTIONS.

THEY that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is an ignoble creature.-BACON.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.—Proverbs, iii. 7.

Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have everlasting life; for they are they which testify of me.— ST. JOHN, v. 39.

BELIEVE AND HOPE.

MIDST the various scenes of ills,

Each stroke some kind design fulfils;
And shall I murmur at my God,
When sovereign love directs the rod?
Peace, rebel thoughts, I'll not complain,
My Father's smiles suspend my pain;
Smiles that a thousand joys impart,
And pour the balm that heals my heart.
Though heaven afflict, I'll not repine,
A heartfelt comfort still is mine;
Comfort that shall o'er death prevail,
And journey with me through the vale.
My Saviour! smooth my rugged way,
And lead me to the realms of day:
To milder skies and brighter plains,
Where everlasting sunshine reigns.

Cotton.

REFLECTIONS.

DUBIOUS questioning is much better evidence than that senseless deadness which most take for believing. Men

that know nothing in sciences have no doubts.

He never truly believed who was not made first sensible and convinced of unbelief. Never be afraid to doubt, if only you have the disposition to believe; and doubt, in order that you may end in believing the truth.-LEIGHTON.

A scorner seeketh wisdom and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.-PROVERBS, xiv. 6.

Then Jesus said unto them: Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.—ST. JOHN, xii. 35.

HUMILITY AND ENDURANCE.

THEN persecution's torrent blaze

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Wraps the unshrinking martyr's head;
When fade all earthly flowers and bays,
When summer friends are gone and fled,
Is he alone in that dark hour

Who owns the Lord of love and power?
Or waves there not around his brow

A wand no human arm may wield,
Fraught with a spell no angels know,

His steps to guide, his soul to shield?
Thou, Saviour, art his charmed bower,
His magic ring, his rock, his tower.
And when the wicked ones behold
Thy favourites walking in Thy light,

Just as, in fancied triumph bold,

They deem'd them lost in deadly night,
Amaz'd they cry, "What spell is this,
Which turns their sufferings all to bliss ?"

REFLECTIONS.

Keble.

MUCH of the scepticism that we meet with is necessarily affectation or conceit, for it is as likely that the ignorant, weak, and indolent should become mathematicians as reasoning unbelievers. Patient study and perfect impartiality must precede rational conviction, whether ending in faith or in doubt. Need it be asked, how many are capable of such an examination.SHARPE.

A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regaideth reproof is prudent.—Proverbs, xv. 5.

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