that he saith, A new covenant,
he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is
ready to vanish away.' Heb. 8:10-13.

"'This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and
this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that
hath not the Son of God, hath not life.' 1 John 5:11, 12. Thanks be to
God for his unspeakable gift.' 2 Cor. 9:15.

"'Truly my soul waiteth upon God; from him cometh my salvation.
He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. My soul, wait thou
only upon God, for my expectation is from him: he only is my rock and
my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my
salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge is in
God.' Psa. 62:1-7."

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REST.

"'Thus the heavens and the earth were finished: and on the
seventh day God ended his work which he had made, and he rested the
seventh day from all his work which he had made; and God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from
all his work that he had created and made.' Genesis 2:1-3.

"'And Moses said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto
the Lord. So the people rested on the seventh day.' Exodus 16:23, 30.

"'And the women followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how
his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and
ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment.'
Luke 23:55, 56.

"Christ rested in the tomb of Joseph the last Sabbath under the
law; but the evening and the morning were the first day. On that
morning he closed his work of humiliation, manifested his victory over
death--the curse denounced--by rising from the tomb, and rested on the
first day of the week from all his humiliation work; his death,
burial, and rest in the grave on the seventh day being the last part
of that work."

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"My God, thy service well demands
The remnant of my days:
Why is this feeble life preserved,
But to repeat thy praise?

"Thine arms of everlasting love
Do this weak frame sustain,
While life is hovering o'er the grave,
And nature sinks with pain.

"Thou, when the pains of death assail,