6. And when I'm call'd to leave this vale
Of sin and misery,

Grant me, my God, a prosp'rous gale,
O, then, remember me.

Jehovah never will forget those whom he has given to Jesus; nor will Jesus forget those for whom he hath shed his precious blood; nor will the Holy Spirit forget his Covenant engagement, or lose sight of the sinner he has quickened. These are the firm foundation upon which faith rests these strengthen and encourage the believer in prayer, and bear him up amidst the many sorrows which are his daily portion. Believer! watch the movements of thy heart, and watch the various dealings of God with thee, and thou wilt find that God does not forget thee; nor canst thou forget him: I will remember the of the right-hand of the Most High.

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76.

SABBATISMOS.

The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.---Luke vi. 5.

1. BY faith to see the Saviour rise,

To feel his resurrection pow'r,
To see him seated in the skies,
And heav'nly hosts his name adore:
This, my Beloved, is the way
To keep aright the sabbath day.

2. To cease from all our legal toil,

And lean upon the Saviour's breast:
To see the Saviour sweetly smile,
And enter into cov'nant rest;
"Tis then we keep the sabbath day,
And find it sweet to praise and pray.

3. The best devotions mortals give,

Are but the fruits of flesh and blood:

Till we are helped to believe,
No honour can we bring to God:
Forms of religion all are dry,
And sabbath days are vanity.

4. Much I approve the sabbath day, For oft a sabbath day it proves!

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When Christ, the Sun, gives but a ray,
My sluggish heart with pleasure moves:
Myself I hate and love the Lord,
His courts, his people, and his word.

5. Anon a storm within my breast,
Deadens the ardor of my heart;
I wander from my only rest,

Yet cannot with the Saviour part :
He speaks again, and I obey,
And keep anew the sabbath day.

6. When shall I to the Saviour go?

When shall I leave this dark abode ?
"Tis chequer'd all my journey thro',

But 'tis the path that leads to God:
To thee, my God, my heart aspires;
This wretched vale thy pilgrim tires.

How strangely has the proper use and design of the sabbath been corrupted by the Jew, and by the Gentile also! Sabbaths were given to the Jews for signs:" I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign." (EZEK. XX. 12.)—Unto them that believe, they are emblems of spiritual substances. Sabbath, in Hebrew, signifies rest; and what a most delightful rest does the troubled soul find, when, by faith, he enters into a spiritual appre

hension of Jesus, the glorious rest of poor sinners!

There is a sabbath yet to come, and to which every heaven-born soul aspires: "There remaineth therefore a rest—Greek (Labbalioμss) ́ a keeping of a sabbath,' to the people of God." This sabbath will not be, like many of our sabbath days here below, interrupted by a variety of distressing clouds; but one eternal sunshine: Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. (Compare Is. LX. 20. with REV. XXII. 5.)

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PILGRIM'S WAY AND FARE.

He led him about, he instructed him, &c.---Deut. xxxii. 10.

1. ONCE a poor sinner, toss'd about,
In quest of solid peace;

A glimmering light, anon in doubt,
Yet could not live at ease.

2. I oft would to the Saviour go, To tell my sorrows there;

But thought he frown'd and answer'd no,
I said, this can't be pray'r.

3. Then to the Saints I told my case,
"Some frown'd and pass'd me by;
This urg'd me to a throne of grace,
To ask the reason why.

4. Confus'd and dark before the throne,
I knew not what to say;

Could only sigh and deeply groan,
And wish'd I could but pray.

5. Some distant light, I thought, I saw, But could not rest on this;

'Twas Jesus for myself to know,
The substance of my bliss.

6. Thus toss'd, as on the swelling wave,
Then down again as low;

I knew that Jesus Christ could save,
But me, I knew not how.

Thy sorrows are too slight,

"Thy mis'ry thou must suffer long,
"Before thou canst be right."