"STAND THOU STILL AWHILE, THAT I MAY SHOW THEE THE WORD OF GOD."-1 Samuel ix. 27.

DEDICATION.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PAGES MAY BRING A DAILY THOUGHT EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES" OF GOD

OF THE

TO HIS CHildren, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED, WITH THE PRAYER THAT THE "WORD OF HIS GRACE, WHICH IS ABLE TO BUILD" THEM UP, MAY ALSO AT THE LAST

DAYS should speak, and multitude of years

should teach wisdom.

JOB Xxxii. 7.

LORD, our times are in thy hand:
All our sanguine hopes have planned;
To thy wisdom we resign,

And would mould our wills to thine.
Thou our daily task shall give :
Day by day to thee we live:
So shall added years fulfil

Not our own: our Father's will.

Conder.

GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal. Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our Lord. Amen.