Rev.J. Lawson. Christian's Pride of Bp. Beveridge. Eton College. Marquis Memory of the Dead. Says not His own beloved Son,— I'll think on God! Whatever clouds obscure my way, "None but Christ, none but Christ," said Lambert dying at a stake; the same, in dying circumstances, with his whole heart, saith Richard Cecil. A cockle shell may as soon crowd the ocean with its narrow cell, as vain man ever comprehend the decrees of God. O felix doctrina! et divinâ insita luce, cives Eloquiumque foro, judiciisque decus, Immortalem altâ cum pietate Fidem Sanft wehn im Hauch der Abendluft, Λ Wo Sehnsuchts Thränen fallen; Dein holdes Bild umwallen. Wohl dir, obgleich entknospet kaum, Von Schmerz und Wahn geschieden ! Und haben selten Frieden. Matthison. God. Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of Knowledge of man to wade far into the secret doings of the Most High; whom, although to know be life, and joy to make mention of His name, yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know Him not, as indeed He is, neither can know Him; and our safest eloquence concerning Him is our silence, when we confess without confession that His glory is inexplicable, His greatness above our capacity and reach. He is above, and we upon earth; therefore it behoveth our words to be wary and few. Life and its shadows: yet we sit and sing, declined not; O! ere the coming of the long cold night, Hooker. Evening of W. L. Bowles. Privilege of W. L. Bowles. Advantage of Let man then walk meek, humble, pure and just; Though meek, yet dignified: though humble, raised; The heir of life and immortality: Conscious that in this awful world he stands, To think, and know, and feel there is a God! The right understanding of English History is nothing less than the understanding of the rule under which we are governed by the Almighty Lord of the world, and on the due acknowledgment of which, and submission to its dictates, our happiness, our only highest and true good depends. What is this good? What is the law of it? To what forms of faith or action is the grace of God most emphatically awarded? What men were enabled to live the noblest lives amongst us, and why? What ends did such men propose to themselves? Under what spiritual teaching or forms of social order or government were such ends best carried out? To answer this is to see through to the end of controversies political Oxford Essays. and theological. A Model of a Wilberforce was the model of a political reformer. Ardent without turbulence, mild without timidity or coldness, neither yielding to difficulties, nor disturbed or exasperated by them; patient and meek, yet intrepid, persisting through good report and evil report; just and charitable even to his enemies; unwearied in every experiment to disarm the prejudices of his more rational and disinterested opponents, and supporting the zeal, without dangerously exerting the passions of his adherents. Sir J. Patience. Thou hast had something laid much upon Faith and thy heart, and thou hast carried it to God in prayer, and thou hast waited long, but no answer comes. Upon this Satan takes occasion to suggest, "Now you see God does not give you what you ask, although He has promised, Ask and ye shall have ;' the fault cannot be in Him, therefore it is plain you are not in His favour; His promises do not belong to you." And if he can work thus a little upon thy impatience he will soon get thee into doubting and unbelief. How necessary then is it that thou shouldest have this settled beyond all question, that Christ and thou are one! If this be maintained in thy conscience, Satan's stratagem is defeated; Christ being thine, He will give thee everything that He has promised. Thou shalt have it if His infinite wisdom sees it good for thee, and if He does not see it good for thee, His love will give thee something better. Thy faith must wait God's time. Strong faith can wait long. They shall not be "ashamed who wait for me."-(Isaiah xlix. 23.) Romaine. The Gift of the Anselm. The Triumph of Death. O come, Thou gracious Comforter, come to the sorrowing soul which in prosperity Thou guardest, in need Thou succourest, whose iniquity Thou purgest, whose wounds Thou healest. Come, Thou teacher of the meek, Thou destroyer of the proud; come, merciful Father of the orphan, and friend of the widow; come, Hope of the poor, and Refreshment of the weary; come, Thou Star upon the ocean, Thou haven to the shipwrecked; come, glorious Jewel of the living, only safety to the dying; come, Holy Spirit, have mercy upon me, prepare Thy way within me, and pour forth Thy grace upon me, so that by the riches of Thy loving-kindness, Thy greatness may transform my lowliness, Thy strength my weakness; through the merits of my Saviour Christ, Who with Thee and the Father liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen. Evil and discord have disappeared, peace and joy reign for ever, the night is past, the clouds are scattered; glorious, eternal day has dawned-lovelier, brighter far than any earthly light, for we read, "The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." There are the patriarchs, apostles, and saints; there the choir of the angels and archangels; there is enthroned the King, whose magnificence, splendour, and |