X Precious Gems FOR THE SAVIOUR'S DIADEM. BY ANNA SHIPTON, AUTHOR OF WHISPERS IN THE PALMS," ETC. ETC. "Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a LONDON: WILLIAM YAPP, 70, WELBECK STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE. W. PREFACE. "They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels."-MAL. iii. 17. RAGGED boy from a desolate attic in Spitalfields, a Rag-sorter from a cellar in Kentish Town! a poor blind Servant in the Union! a blaspheming Sailor! * and such as these are your "precious gems!" Nay, dear Friend, not mine, but the Redeemer's; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth, for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. Bought with His blood, fair in His comeliness, He hath put upon them the robe of perfect righteousness He hath wrought for them. Behold, the despised children of the earth altogether fair, and standing in holy confidence in |