Rising from His cross and passion, Lo! the King _Messiah_ reigns; Lord! the strength of Thy salvation His triumphant joy sustains; Crowned with conquest Now th’ eternal throne He gains. Joy and triumph crown the Saviour, Seated on the throne above; There exalted in Thy favour, Safely trusting in Thy love: King of Sion! Never shall Thy throne remove! _Goode._ MIND. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose _mind_ is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.--Isaiah, xxvi. 3. To be carnally _minded_ is death; but to be spiritually _minded_ is life and peace. Because the carnal _mind_ is enmity against God.--Romans, viii. 6, 7. A double-_minded_ man is unstable in all his ways.--James, i. 8. Mylo, forbear to call him blest, That only boasts a large estate: Should all the treasures of the west Meet, and conspire to make him great,-- Should a broad stream with golden sands Through all his meadows roll,-- He’s but a wretch, with all his lands, That wears a narrow soul. Were I so tall as reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul: The _mind_’s the standard of the man. _Watts._ When coldness wraps this suffering clay, Ah, whither strays the immortal _mind_? It cannot die, it cannot stay, But leaves its darken’d dust behind. _Byron._ The insate _mind_, but from without supplied, Languishes on a weak imperfect food; If sustenance more spiritual be denied, With flame consuming on itself ’twill brood. _Sir E. Brydges._ My voice proclaims How exquisitely the individual _Mind_ (And the progressive powers perhaps no less Of the whole species,) to the External world Is fitted:--and how exquisitely too-- Theme this but little heard of among men-- The External world is fitted to the _Mind_; And the Creation, (by no lower name Can it be called,) which they with blended might Accomplish--this is our high argument. _Wordsworth._ MINISTRY. Ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the _ministers_ of our God.--Isaiah, lxi. 6. We will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the _ministry_ of the word.--Acts, vi. 4. If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good _minister_ of Jesus Christ.--I. Timothy, iv. 6. Their _ministry_ performed, and race well run, Their doctrine and their story written left, They die. _Milton._