h attire is
removed. The moment the pilgrim, whose forehead is here furrowed with
woe, bathes it in the crystal river of life,--that moment the pangs of a
lifetime of sorrow are eternally forgotten! Reader! if thou art one of
these careworn ones, the days of thy mourning are numbered! A few more
throbbings of this aching heart, and then the angel who proclaims
"time," shall proclaim also, sorrow, and sighing, and mourning, to "be
no longer!" Seek now to mourn thy sins more than thy sorrows; reserve
thy bitterest tears for forgetfulness of thy dear Lord. The saddest and
sorest of all bereavements, is when the sins which have separated thee
from Him, evoke the anguish-cry, "Where is my God?"

"REMEMBER _THIS_ WORD UNTO THY SERVANT, UPON
WHICH THOU HAST CAUSED ME TO HOPE!"

23D DAY.

"He is Faithful that Promised."

"Behold, I come quickly."--REV. iii. 11.

A Speedy Coming.

"Even so! come, Lord Jesus!" "Why tarry the wheels of Thy chariot?" Six
thousand years this world has rolled on, getting hoary with age, and
wrinkled with sins and sorrows. A waiting Church sees the long-drawn
shadows of twilight announcing, "The Lord is at hand." Prepare, my soul,
to meet Him. Oh! happy days, when thine adorable Redeemer, so long
dishonoured and despised, shall be publicly enthroned, in presence of an
assembled universe, crowned Lord of All, glorified in His saints,
satisfied in the fruits of His soul's travail, destroying His enemies
with the brightness of His coming--the lightning-glance of
wrath,--causing the hearts of His exulting people to "rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory." Prepare, my soul, to meet Him! Let it be
a joyous thought to thee,--thy "blessed hope,"--the meeting of thine
Elder Brother. Stand oftentimes on the watchtower to catch the first
streak of that coming brightness, the first murmur of these chariot
wheels. The world is now in preparation! It is rocking on its worn-out
axle. There are voices on every side proclaiming, "He cometh! He cometh!
to judge the earth." Reader! art thou among the number of those who
"love His appearing?" Remember the attitude of His expectant saints:
"Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when He cometh, will find
WATCHING!"

"REMEMBER _THIS_ WORD UNTO THY SERVANT, UPON
WHICH THOU HAST CAUSED ME TO HOPE!"

24TH DAY.

"He is Faithful that Promised."

"At evening-time it shall be light."--ZECH. xiv. 7.

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