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,,faithful ,,promiser4                  
,by the ,author of             ,,the    
,,words ,,of ,,jesus1       ,,the       
,,morning ,,and ,,night ,,watches1      
,,etc4   ,whereby are given unto us     
exceeding great    and precious         
promises4--#b ,pet4 i4 #d4              
,,new ,,york3             ,,stanford    
,,delisser1              ,no4 #ejh1     
,,broadway4                    #aheh4   
,the ,faithful ,promiser4   ,it has     
often been felt a delightful exercise by
 the child of ,god1 to take1 night by   
night1 an individual promise and plead  
it at the mercy-seat4 ,often are our    
prayers pointless1 from not following1  
in this respect1 the example of the     
sweet ,psalmist of ,israel1 the ,royal  
,promise pleader1 who delighted to      
direct his finger to some particular    
word of the ,faithful ,promiser1 saying1
 ,remember ,thy word unto ,thy servant1 
on which thou hast caused me to hope6   

,the following are a few gleanings from 
the ,promise ,treasury1--a few crumbs   
from the ,master's ,table1 which may    
serve to help the thoughts in the hour  
of closet meditation1 or the season of  
sorrow4    ,,st4 ,m----1     ,december1 
#ahdi4     #a,,st ,,day ,,of ,,month4   
,he is ,faithful that ,promised4        
,come now1 let us reason together1 saith
 the ,lord3 ,though your sins      be as
 scarlet1 they shall be as white as     
snow2 though they be red      like      
crimson1 they shall be as               
wool4--,,isaiah i4 #ah4  ,pardoning     
,grace4   ,my soul6 thy ,god summons    
thee to ,his audience chamber6 ,infinite
 purity seeks to reason with infinite   
vileness6 ,deity stoops to speak to     
dust6 ,dread not the meeting4 ,it is the
 most gracious1 as well as wondrous of  
all conferences4 ,jehovah himself breaks
 silence6 ,he utters the best tidings a 
lost soul or a lost world can hear3 ,god
 is in ,christ reconciling the world    
unto ,himself1 not imputing unto men    

their trespasses4 ,what6 ,scarlet sins1 
and crimson sins6 and these all to be   
forgiven and forgotten6 ,the just ,god  
justifying the unjust6--the mightiest of
 all beings1 the kindest of all6 ,oh6   
what is there in thee to merit such love
 as this8 ,thou mightest have known thy 
,god only as the consuming fire1 and had
 nothing before thee save a fearful     
looking for of vengeance6 ,this gracious
 conference bids thee dispel thy fears6 
,it tells thee it is no longer a        
fearful1 but a blessed thing to fall    
into ,his hands8 ,hast thou closed with 
these ,his overtures8 ,until thou art at
 peace with ,him1 happiness must be a   
stranger to thy bosom4 ,though thou hast
 all else beside1 bereft of ,god thou   
must be bereft indeed4 ,lord6 ,i come6  
,as thy pardoning grace is freely       
tendered1 so shall ,i freely accept it4 
,may it be mine1 even now1 to listen to 
the gladdening accents1 ,son6 ,daughter6
 be of good cheer6 thy sins1 which are  
many1 are all forgiven thee4            

,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #b;,d ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful that
 ,promised4       ,as thy days1 so shall
 thy strength be4--,,deut4 xxxiii4 #be4 
,needful ,grace4   ,god does not give   
grace till the hour of trial comes4 ,but
 when it does come1 the amount of grace1
 and the nature of the special grace    
required is vouchsafed4 ,my soul1 do not
 dwell with painful apprehension on the 
future4 ,do not anticipate coming       
sorrows2 perplexing thyself with the    
grace needed for future emergencies2    
to-morrow will bring its promised grace 
along with to-morrow's trials4 ,god1    
wishing to keep ,his people humble1 and 
dependent on himself1 gives not a stock 
of grace2 ,he metes it out for every    
day's exigencies1 that they may be      
constantly travelling between their own 
emptiness and ,christ's fulness--their  
own weakness and ,christ's strength4    
,but when the exigency comes1 thou      

mayest safely trust an ,almighty arm to 
bear thee through6 ,is there now some   
thorn in the flesh sent to lacerate     
thee8 ,thou mayest have been entreating 
the ,lord for its removal4 ,thy prayer  
has1 doubtless1 been heard and answered2
 but not in the way1 perhaps1 expected  
or desired by thee4 ,the thorn may still
 be left to goad1 the trial may still be
 left to buffet2 but more grace has been
 given to endure them4 ,oh6 how often   
have ,his people thus been led to glory 
in their infirmities and triumph in     
their afflictions1 seeing the power of  
,christ rests more abundantly upon them6
 ,the strength which the hour of trial  
brings1 often makes the ,christian a    
wonder to himself6       ,,remember     
,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1   
,,upon          ,,which ,,thou ,,hast   
,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6     #c;,d    
,,day4  ,he is ,faithful that ,promised4
       ,god is able to make all grace   
abound toward you2 that ye1 always      
having all sufficiency in all things1   

may abound to every good      work4--#b 
,,cor4 ix4 #h4  ,all-,sufficient ,grace4
   ,all-sufficiency in all things6      
,believer6 surely thou art thoroughly   
furnished6 ,grace is no scanty thing1   
doled out in pittances4 ,it is a        
glorious treasury1 which the key of     
prayer can always unlock1 but never     
empty4 ,a fountain1 full1 flowing1 ever 
flowing1 overflowing4 ,mark these three 
,,all's in this precious promise4 ,it is
 a three-fold link in a golden chain1   
let down from a throne of grace by a    
,god of grace4                          
,all-grace6--all-sufficiency6 in all    
things6 and these to abound4 ,oh6       
precious thought6 ,my want cannot       
impoverish that inexhaustible treasury  
of grace6 ,myriads are hourly hanging on
 it1 and drawing from it1 and yet there 
is no diminution3 ,out of that fulness  
all we too may receive1 and grace for   
grace6 ,my soul1 dost not thou love to  
dwell on that all-abounding grace8      
,thine own insufficiency in every thing1

 met with an all-sufficiency in all     
things6 ,grace in all circumstances and 
situations1 in all vicissitudes and     
changes1 in all the varied phases of the
 ,christian's being4 ,grace in sunshine 
and storm--in health and in sickness--in
 life and in death4 ,grace for the old  
believer and the young believer1 the    
tried believer1 and the weak believer1  
and the tempted believer4 ,grace for    
duty1 and grace in duty1--grace to carry
 the joyous cup with a steady           
hand1--grace to drink the bitter cup    
with an unmurmuring spirit1--grace to   
have prosperity sanctified1--grace to   
say1 through tears1 ,thy will be done6  
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #d,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful    
that ,promised4       ,i will not leave 
you comfortless2 ,i will come to        
you4--,,john xiv4 #ah4  ,comforting     
,grace4   ,blessed ,jesus6 ,how thy     
presence sanctifies trial1 takes        

loneliness from the chamber of sickness1
 and the sting from the chamber of      
death6 ,bright and ,morning ,star6      
precious at all times1 thou art never so
 precious as in the dark and cloudy day6
 ,the bitterness of sorrow is well worth
 enduring to have thy promised          
consolations4 ,how well qualified1 thou 
,man of ,sorrows1 to be my ,comforter6  
,how well fitted to dry my tears1 ,thou 
who didst shed so many thyself6 ,what   
are my tears--my sorrows--my crosses--my
 losses1 compared with ,thine1 who didst
 shed first ,thy tears1 and then ,thy   
blood for me6 ,mine are all deserved1   
and infinitely more than deserved4 ,how 
different1 ,o ,spotless ,lamb of ,god1  
those pangs which rent ,thy guiltless   
bosom6 ,how sweet those comforts ,thou  
hast promised to the comfortless1 when  
,i think of them as flowing from an     
,almighty ,fellow-,sufferer1--,a brother
 born for adversity1--the ,friend that  
sticketh closer than any brother6--one  
who can say1 with all the refined       

sympathies of a holy exalted human      
nature1 ,i know your sorrows6 ,my soul6 
calm thy griefs6 ,there is not a sorrow 
thou canst experience1 but ,jesus1 in   
the treasury of grace1 has an exact     
corresponding solace3 ,in the multitude 
of the sorrows ,i have in my heart1 ,thy
 comforts delight my soul6              
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #e,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful    
that ,promised4       ,satan hath       
desired to have you1 that he may sift   
you as      wheat2 but ,i have prayed   
for thee1 that thy faith fail           
not4--,,luke xxii4 #ca1 #cb4            
,restraining ,grace4   ,what a scene    
does this unfold6 ,satan                
tempting--,jesus praying6 ,satan        
sifting--,jesus pleading6 ,the strong   
man assailing--the stronger than the    
strong beating him back6 ,believer8 here
 is the past history and present secret 
of thy safety in the midst of           

temptation4 ,an interceding ,saviour was
 at thy side1 saying to every           
threatening wave1 ,thus far shalt thou  
go1 and no farther8 ,god often permits  
,his people to be on the very verge of  
the precipice1 to remind them of their  
own weakness2 but never farther than the
 verge6 ,the restraining hand and grace 
of ,omnipotence is ready to rescue them4
 ,although he fall1 yet shall he not be 
cast down utterly2 and why8 for the     
,lord upholdeth him with ,his right     
hand6 ,the wolf may be prowling for his 
prey2 but what can he do when the       
,shepherd is always there1 tending with 
the watchful eye that neither slumbers  
nor sleeps8 ,who cannot subscribe to the
 testimony1 ,when my foot slipped1 ,thy 
mercy1 ,o ,lord6 held me up8 ,who can   
look back on his past pilgrimage1 and   
fail to see it crowded with ,ebenezers1 
with this inscription3 ,thou hast       
delivered my soul from death1 mine eyes 
from tears1 and my feet from falling8   
,my soul1 where wouldst thou have been  

this day1 hadst thou not been kept by   
the power of ,god8       ,,remember     
,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1   
,,upon          ,,which ,,thou ,,hast   
,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6     #f,,th   
,,day4  ,he is ,faithful that ,promised4
       ,i will heal their               
backsliding4--,,hosea xiv4 #d4          
,restoring ,grace4   ,wandering again6  
,and has ,he not left me to perish8     
,stumbling and straying on the dark     
mountains1 away from the ,shepherd's eye
 and the ,shepherd's fold1 shall ,he not
 leave the erring wanderer to the fruit 
of his own ways1 and his truant heart to
 go hopelessly onward in its career of  
guilty estrangement8 ,my thoughts1 says 
,god1 are not as your thoughts1 neither 
are your ways my ways4 ,man would say1  
,go1 perish6 ungrateful apostate6 ,god  
says1 ,return1 ye backsliding children6 
,the ,shepherd will not1 cannot suffer  
the sheep to perish ,he has purchased   
with ,his own blood4 ,how wondrous ,his 
forbearance towards it6--tracking its   

guilty steps1 and ceasing not the       
pursuit till ,he lays the wanderer on   
,his shoulders1 and returns with it to  
,his fold rejoicing6 ,my soul6 why      
increase by farther departures thine own
 distance from the fold8--why lengthen  
the dreary road thy gracious ,shepherd  
has to traverse in bringing thee back8  
,delay not thy return6 ,provoke no      
longer ,his patience2 venture no farther
 on forbidden ground4 ,he waits with    
outstretched arms to welcome thee once  
more to ,his bosom4 ,be humble for the  
past1 trust ,him for the future4 ,think 
of thy former backslidings1 and tremble2
 think of ,his forbearance1 and be      
filled with holy gratitude2 think of    
,his promised grace1 and take courage4  
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #g,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful    
that ,promised4       ,he which hath    
begun a good work in you1 will perform  
it until the      day of ,jesus         

,christ4--,,phil4 i4 #f4  ,sanctifying  
,grace4   ,reader6 is the good work     
begun in thee8 ,art thou holy8 ,is sin  
crucifying8 ,are thy heart's idols1 one 
by one abolished8 ,is the world less to 
thee1 and eternity more to thee8 ,is    
more of thy ,saviour's image impressed  
on thy character1 and thy ,saviour's    
love more enthroned in thy heart8 ,is   
,salvation to thee more the one thing   
needful8 ,oh6 take heed6 there can be no
 middle ground1 no standing still2 or if
 it be so1 thy position must be a false 
one4 ,the ,saviour's blood is not more  
necessary to give thee a title to       
,heaven1 than ,his ,spirit to give thee 
a meetness for it4 ,if any man have not 
the ,spirit of ,christ1 he is none of   
,his6 ,onwards6 should be thy motto4    
,there is no standing still in the life 
of faith4 ,the man1 says ,augustine1 who
 says ',enough1' that man's soul is     
lost8 ,let this be the superscription in
 all thy ways and doings1 ,holiness to  
the ,lord4 ,let the monitory word       

exercise over thee its habitual power1  
,without holiness no man shall see the  
,lord4 ,moreover1 remember1 that to be  
holy1 is to be happy4 ,the two are      
convertible terms4 ,holiness6 ,it is the
 secret and spring of the joy of angels2
 and the more of holiness attained on   
earth--the nearer and closer my walk is 
with ,god--the more of a sweet earnest  
shall ,i have of the bliss that awaits  
me in a holy ,heaven4 ,oh6 my soul1 let 
it be thy sacred ambition to ,be holy6  
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #h,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful    
that ,promised4       ,they that wait   
upon the ,lord shall renew their        
strength2 they      shall mount up with 
wings as eagles2 they shall run1 and not
 be      weary2 they shall walk1 and not
 faint4--,,isaiah xl4 #ca4  ,reviving   
,grace4   ,wilt thou not revive us1 ,o  
,lord8 ,my soul6 art thou conscious of  
thy declining state8 ,is thy walk less  

with ,god1 thy frame less heavenly8     
,hast thou less conscious nearness to   
the mercy-seat1--diminished communion   
with thy ,saviour8 ,is prayer less a    
privilege than it has been8--the        
pulsations of spiritual life more       
languid1 and fitful1 and spasmodic8--the
 bread of life less relished8--the seen1
 and the temporal1 and the tangible1    
displacing the unseen and eternal8 ,art 
thou sinking down into this state of    
drowsy self-contentment1 this           
conformity-life with the world1         
forfeiting all the happiness of true    
religion1 and risking and endangering   
the better life to come8 ,arise6 call   
upon thy ,god6 ,wilt thou not revive us1
 ,o ,lord8 ,he might have returned      
nothing but the withering repulse1 ,how 
often would ,i have gathered thee2 but  
thou wouldst not6 ,ephraim is joined to 
his idols2 let him alone6 ,but in wrath 
,he remembers mercy4 ,they shall revive 
as the corn4 ,the mouth of the ,lord    
hath spoken it4 ,how and where is       

reviving grace to be found8 ,he gives   
thee1 in this precious promise1 the key4
 ,it is on thy bended knees--by a return
 to thy deserted and unfrequented       
chamber6 ,they that wait upon the ,lord6
 ,wait on the ,lord2 be of good cheer1  
and ,he shall strengthen thine heart2   
wait1 ,i say1 on the ,lord6             
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #i,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful    
that ,promised4       ,the righteous    
shall hold on his way4--,,job xvii4 #i4 
,persevering ,grace4   ,reader6 how     
comforting to thee amid the ebbings and 
flowings of thy changing history1 to    
know that the change is all with thee1  
and not with thy ,god6 ,thy spiritual   
bark may be tossed on waves of          
temptation1 in many a dark midnight4    
,thou mayest think thy pilot hath left  
thee1 and be ready continually to say1  
,where is my ,god8 ,but fear not6 ,the  
bark which bears thy spiritual destinies

 is in better hands than thine2 a golden
 chain of covenant love links it to the 
eternal throne6 ,that chain can never   
snap asunder4 ,he who holds it in ,his  
hand gives thee this as the pledge of   
thy safety1--,because ,i live1 ye shall 
live also4 ,why art thou then cast down1
 ,o my soul8 and why art thou disquieted
 within me8 hope thou in ,god6 ,thou    
wilt assuredly ride out these stormy    
surges1 and reach the desired haven4    
,but be faithful with thyself3 see that 
there be nothing to hinder or impede thy
 growth in grace4 ,think how little may 
retard thy progress4 ,one sin           
indulged--one temptation tampered       
with--one bosom traitor1 may cost thee  
many a bitter hour and bitter tear1 by  
separating between thee and thy ,god4   
,make it thy daily prayer1 ,search me1  
,o ,god1 and know my heart2 try me and  
know my thoughts3 and see if there be   
any wicked way in me1 and lead me in the
 way everlasting4       ,,remember      
,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1   

,,upon          ,,which ,,thou ,,hast   
,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6     #aj,,th  
,,day4  ,he is ,faithful that ,promised4
       ,i have the keys of hell and of  
death4--,,rev4 i4 #ah4  ,dying ,grace4  
,and from whom could dying grace come so
 welcome1 as from ,thee1 ,o blessed     
,jesus8 ,not only is ,thy name1 ,the    
,abolisher of ,death2 but ,thou didst   
thyself die6 ,thou hast sanctified the  
grave by ,thine own presence1 and       
divested it of all its terrors4 ,my     
soul6 art thou at times afraid of this1 
thy last enemy8 ,if the rest of thy     
pilgrimage-way be peaceful and          
unclouded1 rests there a dark and       
portentous shadow over the terminating  
portals8 ,fear not6 ,when that dismal   
entrance is reached1 ,he who has the    
keys of the grave and of death suspended
 at ,his golden girdle1 will impart     
grace to bear thee through4 ,it is the  
messenger of peace4 ,thy ,saviour calls 
thee6 ,the promptings of nature1 when1  
at first1 thou seest the darkening      

waves1 may be that of the affrighted    
disciples1 when they said1 ,it is a     
spirit1 and cried out for fear6 ,but a  
gentle voice will be heard high above   
the storm1 ,it is ,i6 ,be not afraid6   
,death1 indeed1 as the wages of sin1    
must1 even by the believer1 be regarded 
as an enemy4 ,but1 oh6 blessed thought1 
it is thy last enemy--the cause of thy  
last tear4 ,in a few brief moments after
 that tear is shed1 thy ,god will be    
wiping every vestige of it away8 ,o     
,death6 where is thy sting8 ,o ,grave6  
where is thy victory8 ,thanks be unto   
,god1 who giveth us the victory through 
our ,lord ,jesus ,christ6 ,welcome1     
vanquished foe6--,birthday of           
heaven6--to die is gain6                
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #aa,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful   
that ,promised4       ,the ,lord will   
give grace and glory4--,,psalm lxxxiv4  
#aa4  ,after ,grace1 ,glory4   ,oh6     

happy day1 when this toilsome warfare   
will all be ended1 ,jordan crossed1     
,canaan entered1 the legion-enemies of  
the wilderness no longer dreaded2       
sorrow1 sighing1 death1 and1 worst of   
all1 sin1 no more either to be felt or  
feared6 ,here is the terminating link in
 the golden chain of the everlasting    
covenant4 ,it began with predestination2
 it ends with glorification4 ,it began  
with sovereign grace in a by-past       
eternity1 and no link will be awanting  
till the ransomed spirit be presented   
faultless before the throne6 ,grace and 
glory6 ,if the earnest be sweet1 what   
must be the reality8 ,if the wilderness 
table contain such rich provision1 what 
must be the glories of the eternal      
banqueting house8 ,oh6 my soul1 make    
sure of thine interest in the one1 as   
the blessed prelude to the other4       
,having access by faith into this grace1
 thou canst rejoice in hope of the glory
 of ,god2 for whom ,he justifies1 them  
,he also glorifies6 ,has grace begun in 

thee8 ,canst thou mark--though it should
 be but the drops of the incipient rill 
which is to terminate in such an        
ocean--the tiny grains which are to     
accumulate and issue in such an         
exceeding weight of glory6 ,delay not   
the momentous question6 ,the day of     
offered grace is on the wing2 its hours 
are fast numbering2 and1 ,no grace1 no  
glory6       ,,remember ,,this ,,word   
,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1 ,,upon          
,,which ,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to
 ,,hope6     #ab,,th ,,day4  ,he is     
,faithful that ,promised4       ,i will 
pray the ,father1 and ,he shall give you
 another ,comforter1      that ,he may  
abide with you for ever4--,,john xiv4   
#af4  ,another ,comforter4   ,blessed   
,spirit of all grace6 how oft have ,i   
grieved ,thee6 resisted ,thy dealings1  
quenched ,thy strivings2 and yet art    
thou still pleading with me6 ,oh6 let me
 realize more than ,i do the need of    
,thy gracious influences4 ,ordinances1  
sermons1 communions1 providential       

dispensations1 are nothing without ,thy 
life-giving power4 ,it is the ,spirit   
that quickeneth4 ,no man can call       
,jesus1 ,lord1 but by the ,holy ,ghost4 
,church of the living ,god6 is not this 
one cause of thy deadness8 ,my soul6 is 
not this the secret of thy languishing  
frames1 repeated declensions1 uneven    
walk1 and sudden falls1 that the        
influences of the ,holy ,ghost are      
undervalued and unsought8 ,pray for the 
outpouring of this blessed ,agent for   
the world's renovation1 and thine own4  
,i will pour out my ,spirit on all      
flesh1 is the precursor of millennial   
bliss4 ,jesus6 draw near1 in thy mercy1 
to this torpid heart1 as thou didst of  
old to thy mourning disciples1 and      
breathe upon it1 and say1 ,receive ye   
the ,holy ,ghost4 ,it is the mightiest  
of all boons2 but1 like the sun in the  
heavens1 it is the freest of all3 ,for  
if ye1 being evil1 know how to give good
 gifts unto your children1 how much more
 shall your ,father in heaven give the  

,holy ,spirit unto them that ask ,him6  
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #ac,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful   
that ,promised4       ,all things work  
together for good to them that love     
,god1 to them      who are the called   
according to ,his purpose4--,,rom4 viii4
 #bh4  ,providential ,overruling4   ,my 
soul6 be still6 thou art in the hands of
 thy ,covenant ,god4 ,were these strange
 vicissitudes in thy history the result 
of accident1 or chance1 thou mightest   
well be overwhelmed2 but all things1 and
 this thing 7be what it may7 which may  
be now disquieting thee1 is one of these
 all things that are so working         
mysteriously for thy good4 ,trust thy   
,god6 ,he will not deceive thee1--thy   
interests are with ,him in safe custody4
 ,when sight says1 ,all these things are
 against me1 let faith rebuke the hasty 
conclusion1 and say1 ,shall not the     
,judge of all the earth do right8 ,how  

often does ,god hedge up our way with   
thorns1 to elicit simple trust6 ,how    
seldom can we see all things so working 
for our good6 ,but it is better         
discipline to believe it4 ,oh6 for faith
 amid frowning providences1 to say1 ,i  
know that thy judgments are good2 and1  
relying in the dark1 to exclaim1 ,though
 ,he slay me1 yet will ,i trust ,him6   
,blessed ,jesus6 to thee are committed  
the reins of this universal empire4 ,the
 same hand that was once nailed to the  
cross1 is now wielding the sceptre on   
the throne1--all power given unto thee  
in heaven and in earth4 ,how can ,i     
doubt the wisdom1 and faithfulness1 and 
love1 of the most mysterious earthly    
dealing1 when ,i know that the ,roll of 
,providence is thus in the hands of ,him
 who has given the mightiest pledge     
,omnipotence could give of ,his tender  
interest in my soul's well-being1 by    
giving ,himself for me8       ,,remember
 ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1  
,,upon          ,,which ,,thou ,,hast   

,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6     #ad,,th  
,,day4  ,he is ,faithful that ,promised4
       ,all the ,paths of the ,lord are 
mercy and truth1 unto such as keep      
,his covenant and ,his                  
testimonies4--,,psalm xxv4 #aj4  ,safe  
,walking4   ,the paths of the ,lord8 ,my
 soul6 never follow thine own paths4 ,if
 thou dost so1 thou wilt be in danger   
often of following sight rather than    
faith1--choosing the evil1 and refusing 
the good4 ,but commit thy way unto the  
,lord1 and ,he shall bring it to pass4  
,let this be thy prayer1 ,show me ,thy  
ways1 ,o ,lord2 teach me ,thy paths4    
,oh6 for ,caleb's spirit1 wholly to     
follow the ,lord my ,god1--to follow    
,him when self must be sacrificed1 and  
hardship must be borne1 and trials await
 me4 ,to walk with ,god1--to ask in     
simple faith1 ,what wouldst thou have me
 to do8--to have no will of my own1 save
 this1 that ,god's will is to be my     
will4 ,here is safety1--here is         
happiness4 ,fearlessly follow the       

,guiding ,pillar4 ,he will lead you by a
 right way1 though it may be by a way of
 hardship1 and crosses1 and losses1 and 
privations1 to the city of habitation4  
,oh6 the blessedness of thus lying      
passive in the hands of ,god2 saying1   
,undertake thou for me6--dwelling with  
holy gratitude on past mercies and      
interpositions--taking these as pledges 
of future faithfulness and love--hearing
 ,his voice behind us1 amid life's      
manifold perplexities1 exclaiming1 ,this
 is the way1 walk ye in it6 ,happy1     
surely1 are every people who are in such
 a case6 ,happy1 ,reader6 will it be for
 thee1 if thou canst form the resolve in
 a strength greater than thine own3     
,this ,god shall be my ,god for ever and
 ever2 ,he shall be my ,guide even unto 
death6       ,,remember ,,this ,,word   
,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1 ,,upon          
,,which ,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to
 ,,hope6     #ae,,th ,,day4  ,he is     
,faithful that ,promised4       ,as many
 as ,i love1 ,i rebuke and              

chasten4--,,rev4 iii4 #ai4  ,love in    
,chastisement4   ,sorrowing ,believer6  
what couldst thou wish more than this8  
,thy furnace is severe2 but look at this
 assurance of ,him who lighted it4 ,love
 is the fuel that feeds its flames6 ,its
 every spark is love6 ,kindled by a     
,father's hand1 and designed as a       
special pledge of a ,father's love4 ,how
 many of his dear children has ,he so   
rebuked and chastened2 and all1 all for 
one reason1 ,i love them6 ,the myriads  
in glory have passed through these      
furnace-fires1--there they were         
chosen1--there they were purified1      
sanctified1 and made vessels meet for   
the ,master's use2 the dross and the    
alloy purged1 that the pure metal might 
remain4 ,and art thou to claim exemption
 from the same discipline8 ,art thou to 
think it strange concerning these same  
fiery trials that may be trying thee8   
,rather exult in them as thine          
adoption-privilege4 ,envy not those who 
are strangers to the refining           

flames1--who are without chastisement2  
rather1 surely1 the severest discipline 
with a ,father's love1 than the fullest 
earthly cup without that ,father's      
smile4 ,oh6 for grace to say1 when the  
furnace is hottest1 and the rod sorest1 
,even so1 ,father6 ,and what1 after all1
 is the severest of thy chastisements in
 comparison with what thy sins have     
deserved8 ,dost thou murmur under a     
,father's correcting love8 ,what would  
it have been to have stood the wrath of 
an unpropitiated ,judge1 and that1 too1 
for ever8 ,surely1 in the light of      
eternity1 the heaviest pang of earth is 
indeed a light affliction6              
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #af,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful   
that ,promised4       ,if need be4--#a  
,,peter i4 #f4  ,a ,condition in        
,chastisement4   ,three gracious words6 
,not one of all my tears shed for       
nought6 ,not one stroke of the rod      

unheeded1 or that might have been       
spared8 ,thy heavenly ,father loves thee
 too much1 and too tenderly1 to bestow  
harsher correction than thy case        
requires8 ,is it loss of health1 or loss
 of wealth1 or loss of beloved friends8 
,be still6 there was a need be4 ,we are 
no judges of what that need be is2 often
 through aching hearts we are forced to 
exclaim1 ,thy judgments are a great     
deep6 ,but ,god here pledges himself1   
that there will not be one redundant    
thorn in the believer's chaplet of      
suffering4 ,no burden too heavy will be 
laid on him2 and no sacrifice too great 
exacted from him4 ,he will temper the   
wind to the shorn lamb4 ,whenever the   
need be has accomplished its end1 then  
the rod is removed--the chastisement    
suspended--the furnace quenched4 ,if    
need be6 ,oh6 what a pillow on which to 
rest thy aching head1--that there is not
 a drop in all thy bitter cup but what a
 ,god of love saw to be absolutely      
necessary6 ,wilt thou not trust ,him1   

even though thou canst not trace the    
mystery of ,his dealings8 ,not too      
curiously prying into the ,why it is8 or
 ,how it is8 but satisfied that ,so it  
is1 and1 therefore that all must be     
well6 ,although thou sayest1 thou canst 
not see ,him1 yet judgment is before    
,him1 therefore trust thou in ,him6     
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #ag,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful   
that ,promised4       ,a bruised reed   
shall ,he not break1 and smoking flax   
shall ,he not      quench4--,,matt4 xii4
 #bj4  ,strength in the ,weak4   ,will  
,jesus accept such a heart as           
mine8--this erring1 treacherous1 traitor
 heart8 ,the past6 how many forgotten   
vows--broken covenants--prayerless days6
 ,how often have ,i made new            
resolutions1 and as often has the reed  
succumbed to the first blast of         
temptation1 and the burning flax been   
well-nigh quenched by guilty omissions  

and guiltier commissions6 ,oh6 my soul6 
thou art low indeed1--the things that   
remain seem ready to die4 ,but thy      
,saviour-,god will not give thee over   
unto death4 ,the reed is bruised2 but   
,he will not pluck it up by the roots4  
,the flax is reduced to a smoking ember2
 but ,he will fan the decaying flame4   
,why wound thy loving ,saviour's heart  
by these repeated declensions8 ,he will 
not--cannot give thee up4 ,go1 mourn thy
 weakness and unbelief4 ,cry unto the   
,strong for strength4 ,weary and faint  
one6 thou hast an ,omnipotent arm to    
lean on4 ,he fainteth not1 neither is   
weary6 ,listen to ,his own gracious     
assurance3 ,fear not1 for ,i am with    
thee4 ,be not dismayed1 for ,i am thy   
,god4 ,i will strengthen thee2 yea1 ,i  
will help thee with the right hand of my
 righteousness6 ,leaving all thy false  
props and refuges1 be this thy resolve3 
,in the ,lord put ,i my trust3 why say  
ye to my soul1 ,flee as a bird to your  
mountain8       ,,remember ,,this ,,word

 ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1 ,,upon         
,,which ,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to
 ,,hope6     #ah,,th ,,day4  ,he is     
,faithful that ,promised4       ,him    
that cometh unto me1 ,i will in no wise 
cast      out4--,,john vi4 #cg4         
,encouragement to the ,desponding4      
,cast out6 ,my soul6 how oft might this 
have been thy history6 ,thou hast cast  
off thy ,god1--might ,he not oft have   
cast out thee8 ,yes6 cast thee out as   
fuel for the fire of ,his wrath1--a     
sapless1 fruitless cumberer4 ,and yet1  
notwithstanding all thine ungrateful    
requital for ,his unmerited forbearance1
 ,he is still declaring1 ,as ,i live1   
saith the ,lord1 ,i have no pleasure in 
the death of him that dieth4 ,thy sins  
may be legion-like1--the sand of the sea
 may be their befitting type1--the      
thought of their turpitude and          
aggravation may be ready to overwhelm   
thee2 but be still6 thy patient ,god    
waits to be gracious6 ,oh6 be deeply    
humbled and softened because of thy     

guilt1 resolve to dedicate thyself anew 
to ,his service1 and so coming1 ,he will
 by no means cast thee out6 ,despond not
 by reason of former shortcomings1--thy 
sins are great1 but thy ,saviour's      
merits are greater4 ,he is willing to   
forget all the past1 and sink it in     
oblivion1 if there be present love1 and 
the promise of future obedience4 ,simon1
 son of ,jonas1 lovest thou me8 ,ah6 how
 different is ,god's verdict from man's6
 ,after such sins as thine1 man's       
sentence would have been1 ,i will in    
nowise receive6 ,but it is better to    
fall into the hands of ,god1 than into  
the hands of man2 for ,he says1 ,i will 
in nowise cast out6       ,,remember    
,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1   
,,upon          ,,which ,,thou ,,hast   
,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6     #ai,,th  
,,day4  ,he is ,faithful that ,promised4
       ,peace ,i leave with you2 my     
peace ,i give unto you2 not as the world
      giveth4--,,john xiv4 #bg4  ,peace 
in ,believing4   ,thou wilt keep him in 

perfect peace whose mind is stayed on   
,thee4 ,perfect peace6--what a blessed  
attainment6 ,my soul6 is it thine8 ,sure
 ,i am it is not1 if thou art seeking it
 in a perishable world1 or in the       
perishable creature1 or in thy          
perishable self4 ,although thou hast all
 that the world would call enviable and 
happy1 unless thou hast peace in ,god1  
and with ,god1 all else is unworthy of  
the name2--a spurious thing1 which the  
first breath of adversity will shatter1 
and the hour of death utterly           
annihilate6 ,perfect peace6 ,what is it8
 ,it is the peace of forgiveness4 ,it is
 the peace arising out of a sense of    
,god reconciled through the blood of the
 everlasting covenant1--resting sweetly 
on the bosom1 and the work of           
,jesus1--to ,him committing thine       
eternal all4 ,my soul6 stay thyself on  
,god1 that so this blessed peace may be 
thine4 ,thou hast tried the world4 ,it  
has deceived thee4 ,prop after prop of  
earthly scaffolding has yielded1 and    

tottered1 and fallen4 ,has thy ,god ever
 done so8 ,ah6 this false and           
counterfeit world-peace may do well for 
the world's work1 and the world's day of
 prosperity4 ,but test it in the hour of
 sorrow2 and what can it do for thee    
when most it is needed8 ,on the other   
hand1 what though thou hast no other    
blessing on earth to call thine own8    
,thou art rich indeed1 if thou canst    
look upwards to ,heaven1 and say with   
unpresumptuous smile1 ,i am at peace    
with ,god4       ,,remember ,,this      
,,word ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1 ,,upon   
,,which ,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to
 ,,hope6     #bj,,th ,,day4  ,he is     
,faithful that ,promised4       ,blessed
 are the dead that die in the           
,lord4--,,rev4 xiv4 #ac4  ,bliss in     
,dying4   ,my ,soul6 is this blessedness
 thine in prospect8 ,art thou ready1 if 
called this night to lie down on thy    
death-pillow1 sweetly to fall asleep in 
,jesus8 ,what is the sting of death8 ,it
 is sin4 ,is death1 then1 to thee1      

robbed of its sting1 by having listened 
to the gracious accents of pardoning    
love1 ,be of good cheer1 thy sins1 which
 are many1 are all forgiven thee8 ,if   
thou hast made up thy peace with ,god1  
resting on the work and atoning blood of
 ,his dear ,son1 then is the ,last      
,enemy divested of all his terror1 and  
thou canst say1 in sweet composure1 of  
thy dying couch and dying hour1--,i will
 both lay me down in peace and sleep1   
because ,thou1 ,lord1 makest me to dwell
 in safety6 ,reader6 ponder that solemn 
question1 ,am ,i ready to die8 ,am ,i   
living as ,i should wish ,i had done    
when that last hour arrives8 ,and when  
shall it arrive8 ,to-morrow is not      
thine4 ,verily1 there may be but a step 
between thee and death4 ,oh6 solve the  
question speedily1--risk no doubts and  
no peradventure4 ,every day is          
proclaiming anew the lesson1 ,the race  
is not to the swift1 nor the battle to  
the strong4 ,seek to live1 so that that 
hour cannot come upon thee too soon1 or 

too unexpectedly4 ,live a dying life6   
,how blessed to live1--how blessed to   
die1 with the consciousness1 that there 
may be but a step between thee and      
glory6       ,,remember ,,this ,,word   
,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1 ,,upon          
,,which ,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to
 ,,hope6     #ba,,st ,,day4  ,he is     
,faithful that ,promised4       ,in due 
season we shall reap1 if we faint       
not4--,,gal4 vi4 #i4  ,a ,due ,reaping4 
,believer6 all the glory of thy         
salvation belongs to ,jesus1--none to   
thyself2 every jewel in thine eternal   
crown is ,his1--purchased by ,his blood1
 and polished by ,his ,spirit4 ,the     
confession of time will be the          
ascription of all eternity3 ,by the     
grace of ,god ,i am what ,i am6 ,but    
though all be of grace1 thy ,god calls  
thee to personal strenuousness in the   
work of thy high calling2--to labour1 to
 fight1 to wrestle1 to agonize2 and the 
heavenly reaping will be in proportion  
to the earthly sowing3 ,he that soweth  

sparingly1 shall reap also sparingly2   
and he that soweth bountifully1 shall   
reap also bountifully6 ,what an         
incentive to holy living1 and increased 
spiritual attainments6 ,my soul6 wouldst
 thou be a star shining high and bright 
in the firmament of glory8--wouldst thou
 receive the ten-talent recompense8     
,then be not weary4 ,gird on thine      
armour for fresh conquests4 ,be gaining 
daily some new victory over sin4 ,deny  
thyself4 ,be a willing cross-bearer for 
thy ,lord's sake4 ,do good to all men as
 thou hast opportunity2 be patient under
 provocation1 slow to wrath1 resigned in
 trial4 ,let the world take knowledge of
 thee that thou art wearing ,christ's   
livery1 and bearing ,christ's spirit1   
and sharing ,christ's cross4 ,and when  
the reaping time comes1 ,he who has     
promised that the cup of cold water     
cannot go unrecompensed1 will not suffer
 thee to lose thy reward6               
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      

,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #bb;,d ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful    
that ,promised4       ,the days of thy  
mourning shall be ended4--,,isaiah lx4  
#bj4  ,an ,end of ,weeping4   ,christ's 
people are a weeping band1 though there 
be much in this lovely world to make    
them joyous and happy4 ,yet when they   
think of sin--their own sin1 and the    
unblushing sins of a world in which     
their ,god is dishonoured--need we      
wonder at their tears8--that they should
 be called ,mourners1 and their         
pilgrimage-home a ,valley of ,tears8    
,bereavement1 and sickness1 and poverty1
 and death1 following the track of sin1 
add to their mourning experience2 and   
with many of ,god's best beloved1 one   
tear is scarce dried when another is    
ready to flow6 ,mourners6 rejoice6 ,when
 the reaping time comes1 the weeping    
time ends6 ,when the white robe and the 
golden harp are bestowed1 every remnant 
of the sackcloth attire is removed4 ,the
 moment the pilgrim1 whose forehead is  

here furrowed with woe1 bathes it in the
 crystal river of life1--that moment the
 pangs of a lifetime of sorrow are      
eternally forgotten6 ,reader6 if thou   
art one of these careworn ones1 the days
 of thy mourning are numbered6 ,a few   
more throbbings of this aching heart1   
and then the angel who proclaims time1  
shall proclaim also1 sorrow1 and        
sighing1 and mourning1 to be no longer6 
,seek now to mourn thy sins more than   
thy sorrows2 reserve thy bitterest tears
 for forgetfulness of thy dear ,lord4   
,the saddest and sorest of all          
bereavements1 is when the sins which    
have separated thee from ,him1 evoke the
 anguish-cry1 ,where is my ,god8        
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #bc;,d ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful    
that ,promised4       ,behold1 ,i come  
quickly4--,,rev4 iii4 #aa4  ,a ,speedy  
,coming4   ,even so6 come1 ,lord ,jesus6
 ,why tarry the wheels of ,thy chariot8 

,six thousand years this world has      
rolled on1 getting hoary with age1 and  
wrinkled with sins and sorrows4 ,a      
waiting ,church sees the long-drawn     
shadows of twilight announcing1 ,the    
,lord is at hand4 ,prepare1 my soul1 to 
meet ,him4 ,oh6 happy days1 when thine  
adorable ,redeemer1 so long dishonoured 
and despised1 shall be publicly         
enthroned1 in presence of an assembled  
universe1 crowned ,lord of ,all1        
glorified in ,his saints1 satisfied in  
the fruits of ,his soul's travail1      
destroying ,his enemies with the        
brightness of ,his coming--the          
lightning-glance of wrath1--causing the 
hearts of ,his exulting people to       
rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of
 glory4 ,prepare1 my soul1 to meet ,him6
 ,let it be a joyous thought to         
thee1--thy blessed hope1--the meeting of
 thine ,elder ,brother4 ,stand          
oftentimes on the watchtower to catch   
the first streak of that coming         
brightness1 the first murmur of these   

chariot wheels4 ,the world is now in    
preparation6 ,it is rocking on its      
worn-out axle4 ,there are voices on     
every side proclaiming1 ,he cometh6 ,he 
cometh6 to judge the earth4 ,reader6 art
 thou among the number of those who love
 ,his appearing8 ,remember the attitude 
of ,his expectant saints3 ,blessed are  
those servants whom the ,lord1 when ,he 
cometh1 will find ,,watching6           
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #bd,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful   
that ,promised4       ,at evening-time  
it shall be light4--,,zech4 xiv4 #g4    
,eventide ,light4   ,how inspiring the  
thought of coming glory6 ,how would we  
rise above our sins1 and sorrows1 and   
sufferings1 if we could live under the  
power of a world to come6 ,were faith to
 take at all times its giant leap beyond
 a soul-trammelling earth1 and remember 
its brighter destiny4 ,if it could stand
 on its ,pisgah ,mount1 and look above  

and beyond the mists and vapours of this
 land of shadows1 and rest on the better
 country4 ,but1 alas6 in spite of       
ourselves1 the wings ofttimes refuse to 
soar--the spirit droops--guilty fears   
depress--sin dims and darkens--,god's   
providences seem to frown--,god's ways  
are misinterpreted--the ,christian      
belies his name and his destiny4 ,but1  
,at eventide it shall be light4--,the   
material sun1 which wades through clouds
 and a troubled sky1 sets often in a    
couch of lustrous gold8 ,so1 when the   
sun of life is setting1 many a ray of   
light will shoot athwart memory's       
darkened sky1 and many mysterious       
dealings of the wilderness will then    
elicit an ,all is well6 ,how frequently 
is the presence and upholding grace of  
,jesus especially felt and acknowledged 
at that hour1 and griefs and misgivings 
hushed with ,his own gentle accents1    
,fear not6 it is ,i2 be not afraid4 ,a  
triumphant death-bed6 ,it is no         
unmeaning word2 the eye is lighted with 

holy lustre1 the tongue with holy       
rapture1 as if the harps of heaven were 
stealing on it4 ,my soul6 may such a    
life's evening-tide be thine6           
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #be,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful   
that ,promised4       ,what ,i do thou  
knowest not now2 but thou shalt know    
hereafter4--,,john xiii4 #g4  ,heavenly 
,illumination4   ,as the natural sun    
sometimes sinks in clouds1 so1          
occasionally1 the ,christian who has a  
bright rising1 and a brighter meridian1 
sets in gloom4 ,it is not always light  
at his evening-time2 but this we know1  
that when the day of immortality breaks1
 the last vestige of earth's shadows    
will for ever flee away4 ,to the closing
 hour of time1 ,providence may be to him
 a baffling enigma3 but ere the first   
hour has struck on heaven's chronometer1
 all will be clear4 ,my soul6 in ,god's 
light thou shalt see light2 the ,book of

 ,his decrees is a sealed book now1--,a 
great deep is all the explanation thou  
canst often give to ,his judgments2 the 
why and the wherefore ,he seems to keep 
from us1 to test our faith1 to          
discipline us in trustful submission1   
and lead us to say1 ,thy will be done6  
,but rejoice in that hereafter-light    
which awaits thee6 ,now we see through a
 glass darkly2 but then1 face to face4  
,in the great mirror of eternity all the
 events of this chequered scene will be 
reflected2 the darkest of them will be  
seen to be bright with mercy1--the      
severest dispensations1 only the severer
 aspects of ,his love6 ,pry not1 then1  
too curiously2 pronounce not too        
censoriously on ,god's dealings with    
thee4 ,wait with patience till the grand
 day of disclosures2 one confession     
shall then burst from every tongue1     
,righteous art thou1 ,o ,lord6          
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6

     #bf,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful   
that ,promised4       ,i will come      
again1 and receive you unto myself1 that
 where ,i am1      there ye may be      
also4--,,john xiv4 #c4  ,a ,glorious    
,reunion4   ,if the meeting of a long   
absent friend1 or brother1 on earth1 be 
a joyous event1 what1 my soul1 must be  
the joy of thy union with this ,brother 
of brothers1 this ,friend of friends6 ,i
 will come again6 ,oh6 what an errand of
 love1 what a promised honour and       
dignity is this6--,his saints to share1 
not ,his ,heaven only1 but ,his         
immediate presence4 ,where ,i am1 there 
ye shall be also6 ,father1 ,i will 7it  
was ,his dying wish1--a wondrous codicil
 in that testamentary prayer7 that those
 whom ,thou hast given me be with me    
where ,i am4 ,happy reunion6 ,blessed   
,saviour1 if ,thy presence be so sweet  
on a sin-stricken earth1 and when known 
only by the invisible eye of faith1 what
 must be that presence in a sinless     
,heaven1 unfolded in all its unutterable

 loveliness and glory6 ,happy reunion6  
it will be a meeting of the whole       
ransomed family--the ,head with all its 
members--the ,vine with all its         
branches--the ,shepherd with all ,his   
flock--the ,elder ,brother with all ,his
 kinsmen4 ,oh1 the joy1 too1 of mutual  
recognition among the                   
death-divided--ties snapt asunder on    
earth1 indissolubly renewed--severed    
friendships reunited--the triumph of    
love complete--love binding brother with
 brother1 and friend with friend1 and   
all to the ,elder ,brother6 ,my soul6   
what thinkest thou of this ,heaven8     
,remember who it is that ,jesus says    
shall sit with ,him upon ,his           
throne1--,him that overcometh4          
,,remember ,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy   
,,servant1 ,,upon          ,,which      
,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6
     #bg,,th ,,day4  ,he is ,faithful   
that ,promised4       ,and ,i will      
betroth thee unto ,me for ever4--,,hosea
 ii4 #ai4  ,everlasting ,espousals4     

,how wondrous and varied are the figures
 which ,jesus employs to express the    
tenderness of ,his covenant love6 ,my   
soul6 thy ,saviour-,god hath married    
thee6 ,wouldst thou know the hour of thy
 betrothment8 ,go back into the depths  
of a by-past eternity1 before the world 
was2 then and there1 thine espousals    
were contracted3 ,i have loved thee with
 an everlasting love4 ,soon shall the   
bridal-hour arrive1 when thine absent   
,lord shall come to welcome ,his        
betrothed bride into ,his royal palace4 
,the ,bridegroom tarrieth2 but see that 
thou dost not slumber and sleep6 ,surely
 there is much all around demanding the 
girded loins and the burning lamps4 ,at 
midnight6 7the hour when ,he is least   
expected7 the cry may be--shall be      
heard1--,behold1 the ,bridegroom cometh6
 ,my soul6 has this mystic union been   
formed between thee and thy ,lord8      
,canst thou say1 in humble assurance of 
thine affiance in ,him1 ,my beloved is  
mine1 and ,i am ,his6 ,if so1 great1    

unspeakably great1 are the glories which
 await thee6 ,thy dowry1 as the bride of
 ,christ1 is all that ,omnipotence can  
bestow1 and all that a feeble creature  
can receive4 ,in the prospect of those  
glorious nuptials1 thou needest dread no
 pang of widowhood4 ,what ,god has      
joined together1 no created power can   
take asunder2 ,he betroths thee1 and it 
is for ever6       ,,remember ,,this    
,,word ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1 ,,upon   
,,which ,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to
 ,,hope6     #bh,,th ,,day4  ,he is     
,faithful that ,promised4       ,this   
corruptible must put on                 
incorruption4--#a ,,cor4 xv4 #ec4  ,a   
,joyful ,resurrection4   ,marvel of     
marvels8 ,the sleeping ashes of the     
sepulchre starting at the tones of the  
archangel's trumpet6--the dishonoured   
dust1 rising a glorified body1 like its 
risen ,lord's8 ,at death1 the soul's    
bliss is perfect in kind2 but this bliss
 is not complete in degree1 until       
reunited to the tabernacle it has left  

behind to mingle with the sods of the   
valley4 ,but tread lightly on that      
grave1 it contains precious1 because    
ransomed dust6 ,my body1 as well as my  
spirit1 was included in the redemption  
price of ,calvary2 and them also which  
sleep in ,jesus will ,god bring with    
,him4 ,oh6 blessed ,jubilee-day of      
creation1 when ,christ's dead men shall 
arise2--when1 together with ,his dead   
body1 they shall come2 and the summons  
shall sound forth1 ,awake1 and sing1 ye 
that dwell in the dust6 ,all the joys of
 that resurrection morn we cannot tell2 
but its chief glory we do know1--,when  
,he shall appear1 we shall be like ,him2
 for we shall see ,him as ,he is4 ,like 
,him6--,my soul1 art thou waiting this  
manifestation of the sons of ,god8 ,like
 ,him6--,hast thou caught up any faint  
resemblance to that all-glorious image8 
,having this hope in thee1 art thou     
purifying thyself1 even as ,he is pure8 
,be much with ,jesus now1 that thou     
mayst exult in meeting ,him hereafter4  

,thus taking ,him as thy ,guide and     
,portion in life1 thou mayst lay thee   
down in thy dark and noisome cell1 and  
look forward with triumphant hope to the
 dawn of a resurrection morn1 saying1   
,what time ,i awake1 ,i am still with   
,thee6       ,,remember ,,this ,,word   
,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1 ,,upon          
,,which ,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to
 ,,hope6     #bi,,th ,,day4  ,he is     
,faithful that ,promised4       ,there  
shall be no night there4--,,rev4 xxi4   
#be4  ,a ,nightless ,heaven4   ,my soul6
 is it night with thee here8 ,art thou  
wearied with these midnight tossings on 
life's tumultuous sea8 ,be still6 the   
day is breaking6 soon shall thy ,lord   
appear4 ,his going forth is prepared as 
the morning4 ,that glorious appearing   
shall disperse every cloud1 and usher in
 an eternal noontide which knows no     
twilight4 ,thy sun shall no more go     
down1 neither shall thy moon withdraw   
itself2 for the ,lord shall be thine    
everlasting light4 ,everlasting light6  

,wondrous secret of a nightless         
world6--the glories of a present        
,god6--the everlasting light of the     
,three in ,one1 quenching the radiance  
of all created orbs--superseding all    
material luminaries4 ,my soul waiteth   
for the ,lord more than they that watch 
for the morning6 ,the haven is          
nearing--star after star is quenched in 
more glorious effulgence--every bound   
over these dark waves is bringing thee  
nearer the eternal shore4 ,wilt thou    
not1 then1 humbly and patiently endure  
weeping for the night1 in the prospect  
of the joy that cometh in the morning8  
,strange realities6 a world without     
night--a firmament without a sun2 and1  
greater wonder still1 thyself in this   
world1--a joyful denizen of this        
nightless1 sinless1 sorrowless1 tearless
 ,heaven6--basking underneath the       
,fountain of uncreated light6 ,no       
exhaustion of glorified body and spirit 
to require repose2 no lassitude or      
weariness to suspend the ever-deepening 

song3 ,they rest not6       ,,remember  
,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1   
,,upon          ,,which ,,thou ,,hast   
,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6     #cj,,th  
,,day4  ,he is ,faithful that ,promised4
       ,when the ,chief ,shepherd shall 
appear1 ye shall receive a crown of     
glory that fadeth not away4--#a ,,peter 
v4 #d4  ,a ,crown of ,life4   ,what6 is 
the beggar to be raised from the        
dunghill1 set among princes1 and made to
 inherit a throne of glory8 is dust and 
ashes1 a puny rebel1 a guilty traitor1  
to be pitied1 pardoned1 loved1 exalted  
from the depths of despair1 raised to   
the heights of ,heaven--gifted with     
kingly honour--royally fed--royally     
clothed--royally attended--and1 at last1
 royally crowned8 ,o my soul1 look      
forward with joyous emotion to that day 
of wonders1 when ,he whose head shall be
 crowned with many crowns1 shall be the 
dispenser of royal diadems to ,his      
people2 and when they shall begin the   
joyful ascription of all eternity1 ,unto

 ,him that loved us and washed us from  
our sins in ,his own blood1 and has made
 us ,,kings----2 to ,him be glory and   
dominion for ever and ever4 ,amen4 ,wilt
 thou not be among the number8 ,shall   
the princes and monarchs of the earth   
wade through seas of blood for a        
corruptible crown2 and wilt thou permit 
thyself to lose the incorruptible1 or   
barter it for some perishable nothings  
of earth8 ,oh6 that thou wouldst awake  
to thy high destiny1 and live up to thy 
transcendant privileges as the citizen  
of a ,kingly ,commonwealth1 a member of 
the blood-royal of ,heaven4 ,what       
wouldst thou not sacrifice1--what effort
 wouldst thou grudge1 if thou wert      
included at last in the gracious        
benediction1 ,come1 ye blessed of ,my   
,father1 inherit the kingdom prepared   
for you from the foundation of the      
world8       ,,remember ,,this ,,word   
,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1 ,,upon          
,,which ,,thou ,,hast ,,caused ,,me ,,to
 ,,hope6     #ca,,st ,,day4  ,he is     

,faithful that ,promised4       ,god    
himself shall be with them1 and be their
 ,god4 ,and ,god shall      wipe away   
all tears from their eyes2 and there    
shall be no more      death1 neither    
sorrow1 nor crying1 neither shall there 
be any more      pain3 for the former   
things are passed away4--,,rev4 xxi4 #c1
 #d4  ,the ,vision and ,fruition of     
,god4   ,glorious consummation6 ,all the
 other glories of ,heaven are but       
emanations from this glory that         
excelleth4 ,here is the focus and centre
 to which every ray of light converges4 
,god is all in all4 ,heaven without     
,god6--it would send a thrill of dismay 
through the burning ranks of angels and 
archangels2 it would dim every eye1 and 
hush every harp1 and change the whitest 
robe into sackcloth4 ,and shall ,i then1
 indeed1 see ,god8 ,what6 shall ,i gaze 
on these inscrutable glories1 and live8 
,yes1 ,god himself shall be with them1  
and be their ,god3 they shall see his   
face6 ,and not only the vision1 but the 

fruition4 ,oh6 how does sin in my       
holiest moments damp the enjoyment of   
,him6 ,it is the pure in heart alone who
 can see1 far more1 who can enjoy ,god4 
,even if he did reveal himself now1     
these eyes could never endure ,his      
intolerable brightness4 ,but then1 with 
a heart purified from corruption--a     
world where the taint of sin and the    
power of temptation never enters--the   
soul again a bright mirror1 reflecting  
the lost image of the ,godhead--all the 
affections devoted to their original    
high destiny--the love of ,god the      
motive principle1 the ruling            
passion--the glory of ,god the undivided
 object and aim--the will no opposing or
 antagonist bias1--man will1 for the    
first time1 know all the blessedness of 
his chief end1--to glorify ,god1 and to 
enjoy ,him for ever6       ,,remember   
,,this ,,word ,,unto ,,thy ,,servant1   
,,upon          ,,which ,,thou ,,hast   
,,caused ,,me ,,to ,,hope6              
,all      ,the ,promises of ,god        

,in ,him      ,are ,yea and in ,him     
,amen4          99       99       99    
99       99     ,,transcriber',s ,,notes
   ,minor punctuation inconsistencies   
have been silently corrected4  #aath    
,day3 ,for consistency1 bypast has been 
changed to by-past4  #afth ,day3 ,for   
consistency1 #a ,,peter #a4 has been    
changed to #a ,,peter i4  #cjth ,day3   
,the spelling of transcendant has been  
retained4