“Search The Scriptures.”

“For in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me.”

Wouldst thou an introduction have To Him who mighty is to save? Then search the scriptures--they are they Which image forth the Deity.

O! dying man! make God your friend, Whose friendship lives when life shall end; Your intimate communion here In Heaven shall grow more sweet, more dear.

The friends of earth--how oft they change, Forget their love, grow cold and strange! But heavenly friendship--O! ’twill be Increasing through eternity!

And Jesus is the source of all; Around his feet adoring fall The saints and angels, casting down, Each happy one, his shining crown.

No “clouds or darkness” veil Him there; The Sun of Heaven, He shineth clear; His rays a settled joy impart, And reach to every perfect heart.

O! joy of joys! can this be mine? Shall I in God’s own likeness shine? O! yes! when I awake in Heaven, All satisfied--my sins forgiven!

FEBRUARY 20, 1841.

GOD IS FAITHFUL.

God is faithful! God is love! Seated on his throne above, Still he looks on men below, Makes them his, and keeps them so. When in dang’rous paths I roam, Angel voices call me home; Penitent and weeping sore, Then I wonder and adore!

God is faithful! God is just! Therefore let me ever trust; Each event will work my good, Though not always understood. If he should my comforts slay, Darken, roughen all my way, I deserve it all, and more-- Therefore still would I adore.

God is faithful! God is wise! When he sees me idolize Dying creatures of a day, Soon he takes them all away. Then I bow, and kiss the rod, Better love and serve my God, Taste of joys unknown before, Wonder still, and still adore!