The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

. xxiii. I.

They that seek the Lord shall not want any good ng. — Ps. xxxiv. 10.

GOD, who the universe doth hold
In his fold,

Is my shepherd kind and heedful,
Is my shepherd, and doth keep
Me, his sheep,

Still supplied with all things needful.

F. DAVISON.

HO is it that is your shepherd? The Lord!

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Oh, my friends, what a wonderful anuncement! The Lord God of heaven and th, the almighty Creator of all things, He who Ids the universe in His hand as though it were very little thing, — HE is your shepherd, and s charged Himself with the care and keeping you, as a shepherd is charged with the care and eping of his sheep. If your hearts could really te in this thought, you would never have a fear a care again; for with such a shepherd, how uld it be possible for you ever to want any good ng?

H. W S

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

- MATT. xxvi. 41.

I WANT a sober mind,

A self-renouncing will,

That tramples down and casts behind
The baits of pleasing ill;

A spirit still prepared,

And armed with jealous care,

Forever standing on its guard,

And watching unto prayer.

C. WESLEY.

WHEN you say, "Lead us not into tempta

tion," you must in good earnest mean to avoid in your daily conduct those temptations which you have already suffered from. When you say, "Deliver us from evil," you must mean to struggle against that evil in your hearts, which you are conscious of, and which you pray to be forgiven. . . . To watch and pray are surely in our power, and by these means we are certain of getting strength. You feel your weakness; you fear to be overcome by temptation: then keep out of the way of it. This is watching. Avoid society which is likely to mislead you; flee from the very shadow of evil; you cannot be too careful; better be a little too strict than a little too easy, it is the safer side. Abstain from reading books which are dangerous to you. Turn from bad thoughts when they arise.

J. H. NEWMAN

Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, id not unto men. COL. iii. 23.

Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in ngleness of heart, fearing God.-COL. iii. 22.

TEACH me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for Thee.

G. HERBERT.

HERE is no action so slight nor so mean but it may be done to a great purpose, and nobled therefore; nor is any purpose so great t that slight actions may help it, and may be so ne as to help it much, most especially, that ief of all purposes — the pleasing of God.

J. RUSKIN

EVERY duty, even the least duty, involves the ole principle of obedience. And little duties ke the will dutiful, that is, supple and prompt obey. Little obediences lead into great. The ly round of duty is full of probation and of disline; it trains the will, heart, and conscience. need not to be prophets or apostles. The nmonest life may be full of perfection. The cies of home are a discipline for the ministries heaven.

H. E. MANNING

Wherefore, beloved.

be diligent that ye may

be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blame2 PETER iii. 14.

less.

HIS Conscience knows no secret stings,
While grace and joy combine

To form a life whose holy springs

Are hidden and divine.

I. WATTS.

VEN the smallest discontent of conscience

EVEN

may render turbid the whole temper of the mind; but only produce the effort that restores its peace, and over the whole atmosphere a breath of unexpected purity is spread; doubt and irritability pass as clouds away; the withered sympathies of earth and home open their leaves and live; and through the clearest blue the deep is seen of the heaven where God resides.

J. MARTINEAU.

THE state of mind which is described as meekness, or quietness of spirit, is characterized in a high degree by inward harmony. There is not, as formerly, that inward jarring of thought contending with thought, and conscience asserting rights which it could not maintain.

T. C. UPHAM

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April 12.

Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind ve in peace; and the God of love and peace shal! with you. 2 COR. xiii. II.

He that loveth not his brother whom he hath en, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? I JOHN iv. 20.

LORD! subdue our selfish will;
Each to each our tempers suit,

By Thy modulating skill,

Heart to heart, as iute to lute.

C. WESLEY.

T requires far more of the constraining love of Christ to love our cousins and neighbors as embers of the heavenly family, than to feel the eart warm to our suffering brethren in Tuscany · Madeira. To love the whole Church is one ing; to love that is, to delight in the graces nd veil the defects of the person who misunerstood me and opposed my plans yesterday, hose peculiar infirmities grate on my most sentive feelings, or whose natural faults are precisely ose from which my natural character most reolts, is quite another.

ELIZABETH CHARLES.