receive a crown of
glory that fadeth not away."--1 PETER v. 4.

A Crown of Life.

What! is the beggar to be "raised from the dunghill, set among princes,
and made to inherit a throne of glory?" is dust and ashes, a puny rebel,
a guilty traitor, to be pitied, pardoned, loved, exalted from the depths
of despair, raised to the heights of Heaven--gifted with kingly
honour--royally fed--royally clothed--royally attended--and, at last,
royally crowned? O my soul, look forward with joyous emotion to that day
of wonders, when He whose head shall be crowned with many crowns, shall
be the dispenser of royal diadems to His people; and when they shall
begin the joyful ascription of all eternity, "Unto Him that loved us and
washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us KINGS----; to
Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." Wilt thou not be
among the number? Shall the princes and monarchs of the earth wade
through seas of blood for a corruptible crown; and wilt thou permit
thyself to lose the incorruptible, or barter it for some perishable
nothings of earth? Oh! that thou wouldst awake to thy high destiny, and
live up to thy transcendant privileges as the citizen of a Kingly
Commonwealth, a member of the blood-royal of Heaven. What wouldst thou
not sacrifice,--what effort wouldst thou grudge, if thou wert included
at last in the gracious benediction, "Come, ye blessed of My Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world?"

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

31ST DAY.

"He is Faithful that Promised."

"God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away."--REV. xxi. 3, 4.

The Vision and Fruition of God.

Glorious consummation! All the other glories of Heaven are but
emanations from this glory that excelleth. Here is the focus and centre
to which every ray of light converges. God is "all in all." Heaven
_without God_!--it would send a thrill of dismay through the burning
ranks of angels and archangels; it would dim every eye, and hush every
harp, and change the whitest robe into sackcloth. And shall I then,
indeed, "_see God_?" What! shall I gaze on these inscrutable glories,
and live? Yes, Go