' 'Yes,' he replied, 'but I shall soon be _better_.' When
near death, he asked, 'Do you see who's come for me?' she said,
'No, who is it?' He answered, 'Jesus;' and clasping his hands, said
repeatedly, 'Lord, help me!' then placing them together, under his
head, gently passed away.--While endeavouring to do my Master's will,
I carry my heaven about with me. My soul enjoys peace, with a deep
sense of my own nothingness. 'Christ is all; other refuge have I
none.'"
All praise to God, whose sleepless eye,
Observed my tender years;
And blessed me with parental love,
Parental prayers and tears.
Through every lane of life I trace
His providential care;
In many a time of need, His grace
And guardian hand were there.
His still small voice of love I heard,
When in the blush of youth;
I paused, and listened to the word
Of everlasting truth.
Resolved I was, and re-resolved,
But many a conflict knew;
Till God, in Christ, my sins absolved,
And unbelief o'erthrew.
What shall I render to the Lord?
What can a sinner do?
I'll rest upon His precious word,
And take His grace anew.
XIX.
THE INWARD MONITOR.
"THE LORD SHALL GUIDE THEE CONTINUALLY."--Isaiah lviii. 11.
Who, that is conscious of the solemn responsibility of life, and of
the perils by which it is beset, but feels the necessity of continual
direction? How many emergencies daily arise, in which there is need of
wisdom superior to our own? Oh for a Mentor, whose constant presence
and unerring counsels might always guide us aright! The aspiration
is not in vain.
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