DECEMBER 10-11.

ISAIAH lxiii. 3.

I have trodden the wine-press alone; and of the people there was none with

me.

JOHN xiii. 33.

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and, as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to

you.

H. ROGERS.

I have trodden the wine-press of Edom alone, Yet their armies are scatter'd, their banners are

strown;

And still will I tread o'er the hosts of their

pride,

Till in crimson, yet deeper, my raiment is dyed.

There was not a helper in Israel that day,
No arm that could save the hostile array:
I looked, but, alas! there was no one to save,
No hand that could save from the grasp of the

grave.

DECEMBER 12-13.
ISAIAH XXXV. 8.

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

JOHN xiv. 6.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.

BISHOP DOAN E.

Thou art the Way-to thee alone,
From sin and death we flee;
And he who would the Father seek,
Must seek him, Lord, in thee.

Thou art the Truth-thy word alone,
True wisdom can impart;

Thou only can'st instruct the mind,
And purify the heart.

Thou art the Life-the rending tomb
Proclaims thy conquering arm:

And those that put their trust in thee,
Nor death nor hell shall harm.

I

DECEMBER 14-15.

HOSEA. ii. 20.

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness and thou shalt know the Lord.

:

JOHN XV. 26.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.

H. FRY.

Jesus, the gracious master condescends
To pour his spirit on his church below;
To them the blessed comforter he sends,
That his abiding presence they may know.

He comes! his form, a fair celestial dove!

And with him life and heavenly joy abound; His breath, the elements of heaven, is love! His shadowing wings, with beams of glory

crowned.

DECEMBER 16-17.

PSALM Xxii. 22.

I will declare thy name unto my brethren.

JOHN xvii. 6.

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world.

TAPPIN.

Oh! say no more, there's nothing true
But the bright scenes of heaven.
Oh! there is truth in mercy's page,
Directing youth, consoling age,

Declaring sin forgiven.

Oh, say no more, there's nought but heaven,
That's calm, or true, or bright;
Bright are the beams the Saviour sheds,
The radiance that the Gospel spreads
Amid the realm of night.

Though loud the blast, though dark the day,
We oft have peace at even;

If earth can yield such pure delight,

Qr bliss so sacred and so bright,

How calm, how true, how bright is heaven.

DECEMBER 18-19.

ISAIAH Xxxiii. 17.

Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty.

JOHN Xvii. 24.

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me.

ANON.

O grieve not for him with the wildness of

sorrow,

As those who in hopeless despondency weep; From God's Holy Word consolation we borrow, For souls who in Jesus confidingly sleep.

Lament not the lov'd one, but triumph the rather,

To think of the promise, the pray'r of the Lamb: "Your joy shall be full," and "I will, oh, my Father!

That those whom thou giv'st me may be where
I am.

His own sacred lips the assurance hath given;
Believe on your God, on your Saviour believe;
I go to prepare you a mansion in heaven,
And quickly returning, my own will receive.