endure yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed: But Thou art the same and Thy years shall have no end." Psalm cii. 24-27. "Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and His arm shall rule for Him: behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.-Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isa. xl. 10, 11, 27-31. "But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His presence saved them in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old." Isaiah xlix. 14-16; lxiii. 9. "It became Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their Salvation perfect through sufferings.-Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted." Heb. ii. 10, 17, 18. "Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an High-Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Heb. iv. 14-16. "Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared; Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered; And being made perfect, He became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him; Called of God an High-Priest after the order of Melchizedek." Heb. v. 7-10. "But this man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore с He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an High-Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those High-Priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's for this He did once, when He offered up Himself." Heb. vii. 24-27. "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever." Heb. xiii. 8. "Jesus wept." John xi. 35. [It is in this consideration, and the following, that all the fountains of Christian consolation are opened. Let but the soul, even in the depths of anguish and distress, get but one view of the Divine glory and fulness of Christ Jesus, and the tenderness of His compassion, as revealed and applied to the soul by the blessed Comforter, and then do those who mourn in Zion receive 'beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." The waters of Marah-when that Tree, whose leaves are set for the healing of the nations, is once cast therein become sweet, and we drink thereof with pleasure. Exod. xv. 23-25. Why should I fear the darkest hour, JESUS Vouchsafes to be my Tower. Though hot the fight, why quit the field. Since JESUS is my mighty Shield. When creature comforts fade and die, Though all the flocks and herds were dead, I know not what may soon betide, |