AFFLICTION. WORK. HAT are we set on earth for? WHAT are we leave Say, to toil Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines, For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And Death's wild curfew fhall from work affoil. And share its dew-drop with another near. Mrs. E. B. Browning. LORD, fhall we grumble ORD, fhall we grumble when thy flames do Our fins breathe fire; that fire returns to purge us. Francis Quarles. DISCIPLINE. REMBLE not, though darkly gather Still believe thy Heavenly Father Loves thee beft when storms are nigh. When the sun of fortune shineth Long and brightly on the heart, Soon its fruitfulness declineth, Then the plants of grace have faded In the dry and burning soil; Thorns and briers their growth have fhaded- But the clouds are seen ascending; Yet the Lord, on high prefiding, See, at length the clouds are breakingTempefts have not paff'd in vain ; For the soul, revived, awaking, Bears its fruit and flowers again. Love divine has seen and counted RESIGNATION. N trouble and in grief, O God, IN Thy smile hath cheered my way; And joy hath budded from each thorn That round my footsteps lay. The hours of pain have yielded good, As herbs, though scentless when entire, The oak ftrikes deeper, as its boughs So life's viciffitudes the more Have fixed my heart in heaven. All-gracious Lord! whate'er my lot I'll welcome still the heaviest grief THY WILL BE DONE. "It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth to him good." 1 Sam. 3: 18. Mohi may Thy will be mine! Oh! Into Thy hand of love. I would my all refign. Through sorrow, or through joy, And help me ftill to say, My Lord, Thy will be done! My Jesus, as Thou wilt! My Lord, Thy will be done! My Jesus, as Thou wilt! If among thorns I go, But Thou on earth, along The thorny path hast gone, Then lead me after Thee; My Lord, Thy will be done! My Jesus, as Thou wilt! Though seen through many a tear, Let not my ftar of hope Grow dim or disappear. And sorrowed oft alone, If I must weep with Thee, My Lord, Thy will be done! My Jesus, as Thou wilt! If loved ones must depart, |