JERUSALEM. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate."-Matt. xxiii. 37, 38. JERUSALEM, Jerusalem! Thou favored home of God on earth, A curse and grief to see: Jerusalem, Jerusalem ! Our tears shall flow for thee. Oh! hadst thou known thy day of Thine own anointed king; grace, Then had the tribes of all the world Gone up thy pomp to see, And glory dwelt within thy gates, "And who art thou that mournest me ?" "And fear'st not rather that thyself May prove a cast-away? I am a dried and abject branch, Our day of grace is sunk in night, And strange their punishment; But sinner warned be, Who spared not his chosen seed Our day of grace is sunk in night, Oh turn and seek thy Saviour's face So, Gentile, may Jerusalem Heber. PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. "What I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch."-Mark xiii. 37. LIFE is a sea-how fair its face, How smooth its dimpling water's pace, Its canopy, how pure! But rocks below, and tempests sleep, Nor leave an hour secure. Life is a wilderness, ― beset With tangling thorns, and treacherous net, And prowled by beasts of prey. One path alone conducts aright, Life is a warfare, and alike Prepared to parley, or to strike, Whate'er its form, whate'er its flow, One duty stands confest, To watch incessant; firm of mind, And watch, where'er the post 's assigned, And leave to God the rest. 'T was while they watched, the shepherd swains Heard angels strike, to angel-strains, 'T was while they watched, the sages traced The star, that every star effaced, 'T was while they watched, with lamp in hand, And oil well stored, the virgin band - They joined it, and the heavenly gate, Was closed on all beside. Watch! watch and pray! in suffering hour Victor of Death! thy voice I hear; Would watch and pray through life's career, John Mason Good. THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN. "And the King shall answer and say unto them; ' Verily, I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' " Matthew xxv. 40. A POOR wayfaring man of grief Hath often crossed me on my way, Once, when my scanty meal was spread, |