"The house was filled with the Cloud; and the Court was full of the Brightness of the Lord's Glory.”—Ezekiel x. 4.

WHEN God Himself the heart doth fill with purest Light

of Light,

Then doth the soul adore Him, in the darkness of the

night.

Nought can it taste or see:-it only feels that God is

near;

Discerns His Presence inwardly, though not in vision

clear.

Yet when, e'en clouded, in the House dwells The

Divinity,

His Glory all the Court shall fill with dazzling radiancy. Then, in the mind and intellect, the purest lights shall

shine ;

Work, word, and walk, transfigured glow, in that fair Light Divine.

"Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth? saith the Lord."Jer. xxiii. 23, 24.

IN God thou ever livest; therefore seek Him not afar : Think not He sitteth There, shut in ;-high over moon

and star;

Wert thou but less distracted and disquieted in mind, In the stillness of the spirit, thou thy God should'st quickly find.

Thou Being ever near me, draw me closer to Thy Sight, That I with awe may walk within the Brightness of Thy

Light!

I hide me not; my soul lies bare; Thou knowest my thoughts and will:

O leave my heart not empty, Lord, Who Heaven and Earth dost fill !

"I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you: but if I depart, I will send Him unto you."-John xvi. 7.

A CLOUD, the Spring of Life receiving, bears it far

above:

How richly shall the clouds now rain from Heaven, in blessing love;

Bringing to fainting hearts all gifts of comfort, grace, and power :

Lord, o'er my heart let flow the streams of that life-giving Shower!

which are Set your

"If ye, then, be risen with Christ, seek those things above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. affection on things above; not on things on the earth."-Colossians iii. I, 2.

THUS, nought remaineth here on earth to claim my spirit's love;

My Heavenly Magnet toucheth me, and draweth me

above.

He to Himself alone my heart's desires and thoughts hath bound;

And, where my Treasure is, there, also, must my heart be found.

"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous."-1 John ii. 1.

FAIN would I be a little child, the Father-Heart not grieving :

Fain would I be a little child, in loving and believing. Though even in the mire I fall, I still shall be His child, Whilst with The Father resteth still my Brother Undefiled.

"Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”. Matt. xxviii. 20.

I LOOK on this and that, but One sole object crave to

see ;

Jesus, The Friend, abiding close-when far He seems

to be.

Grant that, with child-like spirit, though I may not see

Thee near,

Believing in Thy Presence, I may know that Thou art

here!

K