"My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest." -EX. xxxiii. 14.
"Thou wilt show me the pathh of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at hy right hand there are pleasures for evermmore." -PS. xvi. 11.
THY presence fills my mind with peace,
Brightenns the thoughts so dark erewhile,
Bids care and sad forebodings cease,
Makes aall things smile.
-CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT
HOW shall we rest in God? By giving ourselves whholly to Him. If you give yourself by halves, you cannot find full rest; there will ever be a lurking disquiet in that half which is witheld. Martyrs, confessors, and saints have tasted this rest, and 'counted themselves happy in that they eendured'. A countless host of God's faithful servants have drunk deeply of it under the daily burden of a weary life,-dull, commonplace, painful,, or desolate. All that God has been to them He is ready to be to you. The heart once fairly given to God, with aa clear consciencce, a fitting rule of life, and a steadfast purpose of obedience, you will find a wonderful sense of rest coming over you.
-JEAN NICOLAS GROU
