labour of attaining it; but cannot so much as have an idea of it, if we do not think it worth all the labour we can bestow upon it."-ADAM.

APRIL 21.

"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation."-Matt. xxvi. 41.

"Watchfulness discovers the danger, and believing prayer prevents it-it lays the matter at Christ's door. The reason why some are so seldom on their knees, or their hands are but a short while up, and the reason they are so seldom at a throne of grace, and have little to say, or soon tired, is, because they are seldom on their watch-tower."-CARMICHAEL.

APRIL 22.

"Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."-Ps. xxxvii. 4.

"He who delighteth in the creature, hath not always 'the desires of his heart' granted, nor is it fit that he should have them; but he who delighteth in God, will desire what he delighteth in, and obtain what he desireth."-BISHOP HORNE.

APRIL 23.

"This do in remembrance of me."-1 Cor. xi. 24.

"Remember who I am, and what thou art; remember me as thy Saviour; remember me as thy Master; remember my love; remember thy obligations; remember me as hating sin; remember me as bearing thy sin; remember me, and fear not; re

member me, and sin not; remember me, to live for me, by me, with me.”—ADAM.

"O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee."-Ps. XXV. 20.

"Preservation from sin and deliverance from death, are two great gifts of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord."-BISHOP HORNE.

APRIL 24.

"Lord, teach us to pray."-Luke xi. 1.

Prayer is knowing work, believing work, thanking work, searching work, humbling work, and nothing, if heart and hand do not join in it."-ADAM.

APRIL 25.

"Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; feed them also, and lift them up for ever."Ps. xxviii. 9.

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"Save us, O Lord Jesus, from our sins; O thou Son of Abraham, with the blessing of righteousness; feed us, O thou good Shepherd of the sheep; and lift us up for ever from the dust, O thou who art the Resurrection and the Life."BISHOP HORNE,

APRIL 26.

They looked unto him and were lightened."
Ps. xxxiv. 5.

"Faith is the eye, sin the blindness, and Christ the light of the soul."-BISHOP HORNE.

APRIL 27.

"Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me."-John xiv. 1.

"By which I understand, that it is not so much general notions of Providence, which are our best support, but a sense of the personal interest, if I may so speak, taken in our welfare by Him who died for us, and rose again. May His Spirit strengthen us to do His will, and to bear it in power, in love, and in wisdom!"— DR ARNOLD.

APRIL 28.

"He that observeth the wind shall not sow." Eccles. xi. 4.

"Let not every circumstance of vain fear discourage thee from doing good, and distributing; he that is too curious in