Deat. xxviii. 1. xvi. 29.

Isaiah lv. 2, 3. Mark iv. 24. Luke xi. 28; Rom. x. 17. 2 Peter i. 19.

Rev. i. 3.

When the page of truth before thee spreads
Its chastened light,

And some reviving promise round thee sheds.
Hopes clear and bright,

There speaks the Gospel's Author; to that word,
Favoured disciple of a pitying Lord,

Bend, meekly bend, a still, attentive ear,'Tis His "to speak," with reverence thine to hear.

E. Taylor.

то BE BELIEVED.

Psalm cxix. 66. Mark i. 15.

John xx. 31. Acts xxiv. 14.
Róm. i. 16; x. 17. 2 Thess. ii. 13.

With revelation's bright, enlightening beam
Shed o'er the soul, 'tis darkly that we see
The plainer objects of the eternal scheme;
Believe, not comprehend, each deeper mystery.

T. Walker.

то BE LOVED.

Job xxiii. 12. Psalm xix. 10; cxix. 48, 97, 167.

O how I love thy holy word,
Thy gracious covenant, O Lord!
It guides me in the peaceful way;
I think upon it all the day.

Cowper.

то BE TAUGHT.

Deut. iv. 9; vi. 7; xi. 19.

Psalm lxxviii. 5, 6.

While taught to read the word of truth,

May we that word receive;

And when we hear of Jesus' name,

In that bless'd name believe.

Anon.

то BE

MEDITATED

Josh. i. 8. Job xxii. 22.

78, 148.

ON.

Psalm i. 2; cxix. 15, 23, 48,
Col. iii. 16.

Assist my meditation, blessed Lord;

Unfold to me the wonders of thy word;
Those holy mysteries by thee reveal'd
To those who are by thine own Spirit seal'd;
And when I would approach thy mercy-seat,
To spread thy promises beneath thy feet,
To think upon the glories hidden there,
O help my meditation and my prayer!

Anon.

то BE

COMMITTED то MEMORY.

Deut. vi. 6-8. Job xxii. 22. Psalm cxix. 11. Col. iii. 16.

Let thy eternal truths, we pray,

Dwell richly in each heart,

That from the safe and narrow way

We never may depart.

Anon.

то BE

TREMBLED AT.

Ezra ix. 4; x. 3. Isaiah lxvi. 2, 5.

Say, Christian, would'st thou thrive
In knowledge of thy Lord?
Against no Scripture ever strive,
But tremble at his word.

Hart.

то BE

APPEALED то AS A TEST.

Isaiah viii. 20. Rom. iv. 3. Gal. iv. 30.

O worthy gift of heavenly love to man!
Bless'd exposition of salvation's plan!

By truth confirm'd through each important line,
A revelation of the will Divine!

The rule to which our stubborn hearts should bend,
The rich man's monitor, the poor man's friend.

H. Selwyn.

MAKE WISE.

Deut. iv. 6. Psalm xix. 7; cxix. 98, 99. 2 Tim. iii. 15.

The men that keep thy law with care,

And meditate thy word,

Grow wiser than their teachers are,

And better know the Lord.

A MEANS OF

RESISTING

SIN.

Watts.

Psalm xvii. 4; xxxvii. 31; cxix. 11. Matt. iv. 3—11. Ephes. vi. 17. 1 John ii. 14.

Here is the spring where waters flow

To quench our heat of sin;

Here is the tree where truth doth grow,
To lead our lives therein.

Anon.

ENLIGHTEN.

Psalm xix. 8; cxix. 105, 130. Prov. vi. 23.

It is the one true light,

That when all other lamps grow dim,
Shall never burn less purely bright,

Nor lead astray from Him.

E. Taylor.

GIVE COMFORT.

Psalm cxix. 50, 52, 82. Rom. xv. 4.

The Scripture is the only cure of woe;
That field of promise, how it flings abroad
Its odour o'er the Christian's thorny road!
The soul reposing in assured belief,
Feels herself happy amidst all her grief,
Forgets her labour as she toils along,
Weeps tears of joy, and bursts into a song.

Cowper.

GIVE HOPE.

Psalm cxix. 49, 74, 81, 114, 147; cxxx. 5. Rom. xv. 4.

When nature sinks, and spirits droop,

Thy promises of grace

Are pillars to support my hope,

And there I write thy praise.

Watts.

JOY.

Psalm i. 2; xix. 8; cxix. 16, 24, 35, 47, 70, 77, 92, 111, 174. Jer. xv. 16.

What are the mines of shining wealth,

The strength of youth, the bloom of health,—
What are all joys compared with those

Thine everlasting word bestows?

Cowper.

CHRIST IS THE SUBJECT OF THE SCRIPTURES.

Luke xxiv. 27. John i. 45; v. 39; xx. 31. Acts x. 43.
Rev. xix. 10.

The mirror which reflects Immanuel's face,
And shows me Calvary where he spilt his blood,
And made atonement for his people's sins;
Its doctrines, precepts, promises I love:

Its threatenings, faith descries, nail'd to the cross
Of Him who lov'd and gave himself for me,
The scope, the theme, the subject, and the end
Of revelation, pure, sublime, complete.

J. B. Crowest.

THEY ENDURE FOR EVER.

Psalm cxix. 89, 152. Isaiah xl. 8. Mark xiii. 31.
1 Pet. i. 25.

Though heaven and earth shall pass away,
The words of prophecy are sure,

Unchangeable amidst decay,

And pure as God himself is pure.

J. Montgomery.