Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness.-Psalm cxii. 4.

The LORD is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works.-Psalm cxlv. 9.

His mercy is on them that fear Him from generation to generation.-Luke i. 50.

The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.-James v. II.

How great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee.-Psalm xxxi. 19.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.-Psalm xxiii. 6.

I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me.-Psalm xl. 17.

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.-Psalm cxviii. 5.

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou

hast showed unto Thy servant.-Genesis xxxii. 10.

Surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.-Job xxxiv. 12.

I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.-Romans viii. 38, 39.

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee; The LORD make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.-Numbers vi. 24-26.

Affliction

O LET him, whose sorrow
No relief can find,

Trust in God and borrow

Ease for heart and mind.

When the mourner weeping
Sheds the secret tear,
God His watch is keeping,
Though none else be near.

God will never leave thee,
All Thy wants He knows,
Feels the pain that grieves thee,
Sees thy cares and woes.

Raise thine eyes to heaven
When thy spirits quail,

When, by tempests driven,

Heart and courage fail.

When in grief we languish,
He will dry the tear,
Who His children's anguish

Soothes with succour near.

All our woe and sadness,
In this world below,
Balance not the gladness

We in heaven shall know.

Jesu, Holy Saviour,

In the realms above

Crown us with Thy favour,

Fill us with Thy love.

FRANCES E. Cox (From the German).

MAN that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble.-Job xiv. 1.

Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.-Job v. 7.

We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.-Acts xiv. 22.

My soul is poured out within me; days

of affliction have taken hold upon me.-Job xxx. 16. (R.V.).

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction : LORD, I have called daily upon Thee, I have stretched out mine hands unto Thee.—Psalm lxxxviii. 9.

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and Thou hast afflicted me with all Thy waves.-Psalm lxxxviii. 6, 7.

Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.Jeremiah x. 19.

I am afflicted very much; quicken me, O LORD, according unto Thy word.-Psalm cxix. 107.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of Thy law.-Psalm xciv. 12.

Happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: