17. A partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. 1 Peter v. 1.

1. The glory that awaits the Christian.-2. This glory is for future development.-3. It admits, in a degree, of present participation.

The hill of Zion yields

A thousand sacred sweets,

Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.

18. I shall be satisfied, when I awake with thy likeness. Ps. xvii. 15.

1. Perfect satisfaction is essential to perfect happiness.-2. The believer cannot be perfectly satisfied until he is perfectly conformed to Christ.3. This perfect conformity will not be till he awakes at the resurrection of the just.

My flesh shall slumber in the ground

Till the last trumpet's joyful sound;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour's image rise.

19. When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job xxiii. 10.

1. Unharmed by the process.-2. Proved to be genuine.-3. Purified of evil.-4. Prepared for use.

Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to prayer;
Trials bring me to his feet,-

Lay me low, and keep me there.

20. Let us not be weary in well-doing; for in due scason we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal. vi. 9.

1. Our proper business is well-doing.-2. In this we are liable to become weary.-3. Encouragements to perseverance.

Thou canst not toil in vain;

Cold, heat, and moist, and dry
Shall foster and mature the grain
For garners in the sky.

21. The fashion of this world passeth away. 1 Cor. vii. 31.

1. How unwise, then, to be concerned about mere worldly good, that is mutable, illusory, and temporary.-2. How important that we should secure an interest where every thing is stable, real, and enduring.

How vain is all beneath the skies!
How transient every earthly bliss!
How slender all the fondest ties

That bind us to a world like this.

22. What must I do to be saved?-Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. Acts xvi. 30, 31.

1. A most important question.-2. The only true

answer.

Cast thy guilty soul on him,
He is mighty to redeem;
At his feet thy burden lay;
He will wash thy sins away.

23. What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark viii. 36.

1. Estimate the value of that which he gains.2. Estimate the value of that which he loses.3. Compare the estimates, and answer the question. The human soul! What wealth shall dare

With its most priceless worth to vie?
Suns, systems, worlds, how mean they are,
Compared with souls, that cannot die!

24. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Ps. ii. 8.

1. The greatness of the proffered donation.2. The simplicity of the prescribed condition.3. Have we any reason to suppose either that Christ will fail to ask, or that the Father will fail to give?

Ask, and receive thy full demands,
Thine shall the heathen be;
The utmost limits of the lands
Shall be possess'd by thee.

25. Ye are Christ's. 1 Cor. iii. 23.

1. Then are ye not your own.-2. Then is Christ entitled to your service.-3. Then has he a right to dispose of you.-4. Then will he take care of you.

Dear Saviour, we are thine

By everlasting bands;

Our hearts, our souls we would resign
Entirely to thy hands.

26. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. John xix. 30.

1. The last words.-2. The last act.

""Tis finish'd;" now the ransom's paid;
"Receive my soul," he cries;

Behold, he bows his sacred head;

He bows his head and dies.

27. Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. Heb. xii. 2.

1. The Saviour was the subject of immense sufferings.-2. A benevolent regard to the results of his mission enabled him patiently to endure the whole.

This was compassion like a God,
That when the Saviour knew
The price of pardon was his blood,
His pity ne'er withdrew.

28. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John iii. 2.

1. The Christian's relationship.-2. His condition.-3. His prospects.

It doth not yet appear

How great we must be made;

But when we see our Saviour here,
We shall be like our Head.

29. There is a Friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. xviii, 24.

1. His friendship is more disinterested.-2. It makes greater sacrifices.-3. It forgives more.4. It lasts longer.

A Friend there is-your voices join,
Ye saints, to praise his name-
Whose truth and kindness are divine,
Whose love's a constant flame.

30. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? 2 Pet. iii. 11.

1. The amazing truth.-2. The rational infer

ence.

Be this my one great business here,
With serious industry and fear,

Eternal bliss t'insure

Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will,
And to the end endure.

31. Unto them that look for him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Heb. ix. 28.

1. The becoming posture.-2. The encouraging prospect.

When shall the day, O Lord, appear;
When shall I mount to dwell above,
And stand and bow before thee there,
And view thy face and sing thy love?