Go then, Christians! and, as you see what FAITH, and HOPE, and PRAYER did for the Exile of Gilead, try what they can and _will_ do for _you_. With all your varied trials, with all your manifold sorrowful experiences, who, after all (this Psalm seems to say) so favoured as _you_? Who possess your present exalted privileges?--who your elevating hopes?--the consciousness, even in your trials, that each billow is wafting you nearer the haven of eternal rest? "_These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and He bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet_; SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THEIR DESIRED HAVEN!" "Soul, then know thy full salvation, Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care, Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear. Think what Spirit dwells within thee, Think what Father's smiles are thine, Think that Jesus died to save thee-- Child of heaven! canst thou repine? "Haste thee on from grace to glory-- Arm'd by FAITH and wing'd by PRAYER; Heaven's eternal days before thee, God's own hand shall guide thee there! Soon shall close thy earthly mission, Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days; HOPE shall change to glad fruition, FAITH to sight, and PRAYER to praise!" THE END. BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. MEMORIES OF GENNESARET. Post 8vo, 6s. 6d. cloth. Seventh Edition. MEMORIES OF BETHANY. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth. Twelfth Thousand. STORY OF BETHLEHEM. With Illustrations by THOMAS. Crown 8vo, 5s. cloth antique, gilt edges. Fifth Thousand. FOOTSTEPS OF ST PAUL. Crown 8vo, 5s. cloth. Fourteenth Thousand. ALTAR STONES; ORIGINAL HYMNS FOR PLAIN READERS. 6d. sewed, 8d. cloth. THE BOW IN THE CLOUD; OR, WORDS OF COMFORT FOR HOURS OF SORROW. Royal 32mo, 8d. sewed, 1s. cloth. Twenty-fifth Thousand. A VOLUME OF FAMILY PRAYERS. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth. Sixth Edition. THE MORNING AND NIGHT WATCHES. In one vol., 1s. 6d. cloth, royal 32mo. Separately, 8d. sewed, 1s. cloth; also in large type, crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth. Hundredth Thousand. EVENING INCENSE. A Companion to "Morning Watches." Royal 32mo, 8d. sewed, 1s. cloth. THE MIND AND WORDS OF JESUS. In one vol., 1s. 6d. cloth, royal 32mo. Separately, 8d. sewed, 1s. cloth. MORNING WATCHES AND EVENING INCENSE. Bound together, 32mo, 1s. 6d. cloth. THE FIRST BEREAVEMENT; OR, WORDS ADDRESSED TO A MOURNER ON THE OCCASION OF A FIRST TRIAL. 4d. sewed, 6d. cloth. THE SOLDIER'S TEXT-BOOK; OR, CONFIDENCE IN THE TIME OF WAR. 64mo, 3d. sewed, 6d. cloth. WELLS OF BACA;