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He counts not hours with thee;

No sun meets out for Him a daily round;
His time-Eternity!

Death is no mark for Him, the grave no bound.

Ages His moments are

A thousand years as nothing in His gaze;
Thy trust is in His care,

And thou may'st find it after many days.

Sacred Offering.

DECEMBER 30.

"How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand."-Ps. cxxxix. 17, 18.

O God of my salvation! teach me to rejoice; let me each day commence afresh the sum of Thy benefits, and may my soul forget not one of them!

From the French.

DECEMBER 31.

"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith."-Heb. x. 22.

"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."-Heb. xiii. 8.

Wouldest thou be bold against the Past, and all its evil memories ;

Wouldest thou be safe amid the present-its dangers and temptations ;

Wouldest thou be hopeful of the future, vague though it be, and endless?

Commend the Past to God, with all its irrevocable harm,

Humbly, but in cheerful trust; and banish vain regrets ;

Come to Him, continually come, casting all the Present at His feet

Boldly, but in prayerful love, and fling off selfish

cares;

Commit the Future to His will, the viewless fated

Future;

Zealously go forward with integrity, and God will

bless thy faith.

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For that, feeble as thou art, there is with thee a mighty Conqueror,

Thy Friend, the same for ever, yesterday, to-day, and

to-morrow;

That friend, changeless as eternity!

Proverbial Philosophy.

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