is God that justifieth! The law may alarm, but it is God that justifieth! Satan may accuse, but it is God that justifieth! Death may terrify, but it is God that justifieth! If God be for us, who can be against us?' And whom he justifies, them he also glorifies. All this is confirmed to us by the resurrection of Christ from the dead. It is Christ that died; yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.' (Rom. viii. 34.)”— WINSLOW,

MAY 8.

"Be careful for nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God." -Phil. iv. 6.

"Whosoever always reposes in the

good and holy will of God, saves himself

much trouble, and makes that supportable which an impatient and unsubdued selfwill renders intolerable."-Memoirs of Swarty, p. 86.

MAY 9.

"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."-Rom. viii. 26.

"That God should have sent his Spirit into the heart, the author of prayer, inditing the petition-breathing into the soul-implanting the desire-convincing of the existing necessity-unfolding the character of God-working faith in the heart-and drawing it up to God, through Jesus, seems the very perfection of his wisdom, benevolence, and grace."-WIN

SLOW.

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MAY 10.

"Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest." Mic. ii. 10.

"I heard of a very old man who was asked what his age was; he answered,

The right side of eighty.' 'I thought you were more than eighty,' said the inquirer. 'Yes, I am beyond it,' he replied; and that is the right side, for I am nearer my eternal rest.""-Daily Food.

MAY 11.

"Lord, save me."-Matt. xiv. 30.

"The journey through life is as Peter walking on the water; and if Christ does not reach out his hand, we are every moment in danger of sinking."—Adam.

MAY 12.

"Redeeming the time."-Eph. v. 16.

“We have time enough to prepare for eternity, and should be thankful that we have none to spare.”—ADAM.

MAY 13.

"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another."-Col. iii. 12, 13.

"There are many burdens to bear for one another, many infirmities with which to forbear, many failings which require a large mantle of love for their concealment, many errors which call upon us to look for our own unobserved faults."-MISS PLUMPTRE'S Letters, p. 180.

MAY 14.

"Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Wash me, and I

shall be whiter than snow."-Ps. li. 2, 7.

"The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth from all sin."-1 John i. 7.

"Deal closely, constantly, believingly, with Immanuel's blood. When thou dost rise in the morning, and when thou dost lie down at night—wash in the blood. When thou goest to thy duties, and when thou comest from duties-wash in the blood. When thy deepest sigh has been heaved, when thy holiest tear has been shed, when thy most humbling confession has been made, when thy sincerest resolution has been formed, when thy holiest covenant has been renewed, when body, soul, and spirit, have again been fully, freely, unreservedly dedicated