SIXTH DAY.

"THOU HAST A LITTLE STRENGTH."-Rev. iii. 8.

Blessed be God for that little strength. Blessed be God for that strength, however small in degree, which lays hold of Him who is Almighty. "He who turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night," JEHOVAH is His Name. He it is who "strengtheneth the spirit against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress." (Amos v. 8, 9.) And, "If God be for us, who can be against us?" "God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound those which are mighty; and things that are not, to bring to nought those that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence." Be encouraged, therefore, and fear not, thou, who hast but little strength: only look well to its source; see and know from whence it is derived. "Separate from me," said our blessed Lord, "ye can do nothing." "This is the

victory that overcometh the world, even your faith." Because, faith lays hold of Him, who is the Fountain of strength to His people-of Him, whose strength is perfected in their weakness; and, who having overcome for them, as their covenant Head and surety, will enable them to overcome all that is opposed to their progress in the divine life; all that is opposed to Him, in whose service they are called to war a good warfare. Look well, therefore, to thy principles ;-look to the root and spring of action ;-look well to thy faith; see that it be genuine; see that it be not merely a cold assent to the statements of the gospel; but a lively, active, energetic, and operative principle; kindled, and fed, and brought into exercise, by the reception and power of the truth as it is in Jesus. It is a living faith in the promise, that must nerve thy soul with living power. It has ever been by faith, that the people of God, out of weakness have been made strong (see Heb. xi.) "Wait upon JEHOVAH, and be

of good courage, and He shall give strength to thine heart;-wait thou upon JEHOVAH." The apostle Paul prays for the Ephesian converts, that it may be given them to "know the exceeding greatness of the power of God to usward who believe," &c.; that the same Omnipotent and Holy Spirit which raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead, might dwell in them, and fill their souls with life and. power. (Eph. i. 19, &c.; see also Eph. iii. 16; and Rom. i. 4.) That Spirit is the Spirit of truth, and truth is power; that Spirit is the Spirit of holiness, and holiness is power. That Spirit is the Spirit of all grace; and grace will persevere, overcome, triumph, and reign everlastingly, to the glory of the God of all grace, through Christ Jesus. The Lord be praised for the least portion of that strength, which is the strength of God; for against this, no one shall prevail. "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts."

Enrich me with thy Spirit's light;
Endue me with Thy Spirit's might
O! be the life that lives in me,
The Spirit, that proceeds from Thee!

SEVENTH DAY.

“THAT WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD, DECLARE WE UNTO YOU, THAT YE ALSO MAY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH US: AND TRULY OUR FELLOWSHIP IS WITH The Father, AND WITH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST."-1 John i. 3.

We read also (2 Cor. xiii. 14.) of the communion of the Holy Ghost. In these passages from the Sacred Writings, and many others of a similar nature, our attention is directed to some deeply important and highly interesting truths. The first to be noticed is, the plurality in the Divine Unity; a doctrine, which is here clearly and plainly asserted; and is indeed a truth, the certainty of which, breaking like a sunbeam upon the mind of every sincere and serious student of

the Word of God, will still continue to shine, and with increasing light, till it will become interwoven with his experience, conveying to his heart with renewed power and conviction, even to demonstration, the knowledge and enjoyment of its reality and its blessedness.

In the next place, our souls must assuredly be filled with wonder and adoring love, when we are thus experimentally taught, and are led to contemplate, the marvellous condescension of Almighty God. That He, whose throne is in the heavens, should thus stoop down, with an eye of favour, to look upon the creatures of His hands, the fallen race of Adam; not only deigning to lift them from the dust, but also placing them in His household, bestowing upon them the adoption of children, and even raising them into a state of communion and fellowship with Himself! Well may we take up the language of the apostle John, who, in the same epistle, after he had taken a review of the merciful kind