So glorious let Thy _pastors_ shine, That, by their speaking lives, the world may learn First, filial duty, then divine; That sons to parents, all to Thee may turn. _Keble._ Of the deep learning in the schools of yore, The reverend _pastor_ hath a golden stock; Yet, with a vain display of useless lore, Or sapless doctrine, never will he mock The better cravings of his simple flock; But faithfully their humble shepherd guides Where streams eternal gush from Calvary’s rock; For well he knows, not learning’s purest tides Can quench the immortal thirst that in the soul abides. _Mrs. Little._ By weakest ministers, the Almighty thus Makes known His sacred will, and shows His power; By Him inspired, they speak with urgent tongue Authoritative, while the illumined breast Heaves with unwonted strength; high as their theme, Their great conceptions rise in rapturous flow, As quick the ready organs catch the thought, And, in such strains as science could not teach, Bear it, in all its radiance, to the heart; The listening throng there feel its bless’d effect, And deep conviction glows in every breast. _Charles Jenner._ Shepherd of Israel, Thou dost keep With constant care, Thy humble sheep, By Thee inferior _pastors_ rise To feed our souls and bless our eyes. Fed by their active, tender care, Healthful may all Thy sheep appear, And by their fair example led, The way to Zion’s pastures tread. _Doddridge._ PATIENCE. In your _patience_ possess ye your souls.--Luke, xxi. 19. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh _patience_; And _patience_, experience; and experience, hope.--Romans, v. 3, 4. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of _patience_. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the _patience_ of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.--James, v. 10, 11.