Oh! it is good to soar These little bolts and bars above, SWEET-BRIAR. THOUGH sharp, yet sweet, my leaves declare And keen affliction's blessing; Oh! seek no bliss but to fulfil, MADAME GUION. The above were written by Madame Guion during her long imprisonment. SUPPLICATION. "If we live in the Spirit, let us walk in the Spirit." Gal. v. 25. SPIRIT of God! descend upon my heart; I ask no dream, no prophet ecstacies, But take the dimness of my soul away. Hast Thou not bid us love Thee, God and King? All, all thine own-soul, heart, and strength, and mind; I see thy cross-there teach my heart to cling: Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh; Let not my soul from that high vision fall, Too cold to worship, and too weak to gaze. Teach me to love Thee as thine angels love, CROLY. THE SAVIOUR'S PRESENCE DESIRED. "Abide with us, for it is towards evening, and the day is far spent."-Luke xxiv. 29. DWELL with us here, thou God of love, Thy never-failing care and power. The day is hastening to depart, Its beams will soon be wrapped in night; "At evening time it shall be light." And life and strength to us renew. Of radiant hues and cloudless skies; A hope of heaven serene and bright, ALPHA. ON HEARING A CLOCK STRIKE AT MIDNIGHT ON THE 31ST OF DECEMBER. KNELL of departed years I hear a sound, Diffusing through the air a holy calm around. Thou art the voice of LOVE, That love divine Will o'er my future path of life in mercy shine, Thou art the voice of HOPE, The music of the spheresA song of blessings yet to come, A herald from my native home My soul delighted hears; By sin deceived, By nature grieved, Still am I nearer rest than when I first believed. . Thou art the voice of LIFE; A sound that seems to say, "O prisoner in this gloomy vale, Thy flesh shall faint, thy heart shall fail; That cannot pass away; Here grief and pain Thy steps detain, There in the image of the Lord, thou wilt arise and reign." THE HOLY COMMUNION. FORTH from the dark and stormy sky, Long have we roam'd in want and pain, |