"sit down at the Right Hand of the throne of GOD." And I, as a follower of JESUS, and looking unto Him as the Author and Finisher of my faith, must endeavour to run with patience the race that is set before me, till I also, having passed through the grave and gate of death, shall rise to a joyful resurrection, and enter into the true home, "the long home" of eternity. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come." And "we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of GOD, an house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens."

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Remember then, my soul, that thou art but a passenger in this world; do not place thy affections on what thou seest, look and pass on, and seek for thyself a good home, where thou mayest dwell for ever.

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Oh beautiful House in Heaven. City of the Saints! He that enters into thy courts shall have nothing more to desire. He will live in continual joy. Oh friends of my youth, and of my later years, who are already at home in Paradise, when shall I be once more united with you, and rejoice with you for all eternity?

But in this going to his long home, man is placed between two things-he must choose or lose the everlasting reward. He

is not carried to Heaven by force; he goes to it of his own accord, through Divine grace. GOD wishes all men to be saved; but He will not compel us to be saved. And the choice is not between a house more or less convenient, but between an abode full of every delight amidst the friends of GOD, or a pit full of every torment with the company of devils and of the wicked. And for how long? Not for twenty or forty years; but for all eternity. Choose then, my soul, and be wise in thy choice.

But, ah! foolish and blind that I have been. I have known long since of my "long home," and yet I have been planting and building here as if this home were the enduring one. But when I look on all the works that my hands have wrought, and on all the labour that I have laboured to do for my own interest, and apart from GOD, behold it is all vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no profit under the

sun.

And, O ye past and bygone years, what witnesses ye are of my soul's waste, and of my forgetfulness of GOD. But "I believe in the life everlasting." I believe that after this life there is another life which never ends, and in this belief I will rekindle my faith; and with this thought

ever before me, I will adopt every means to secure my salvation. I will frequent the Sacraments and all means of grace. I will reflect and meditate. I will fly dangerous occasions. And if it be necessary to leave the world, I will leave it, because no precautions can be too great to secure eternal salvation. "No security is too great where eternity is at stake."

My GOD, I have deserved to dwell with everlasting burnings, but Thy mercy has waited for me, and given me time to repair the evils I have done. For ever blessed be the Blood of JESUS, which has obtained this mercy for me. Never more, O God, never more let me offend Thee, or abuse Thy patience. Never more let me abuse Thy will, and Thy Infinite Goodness. For what dost Thou desire, O my God, but my welfare and my salvation? O happy me, if I live during the remainder of my life, and end my life, in loving Thee, and doing Thy will.

O JESUS, obtain for me, through Thy Mediation, the gift of final perseverance, that I may endure to the end in Thy grace and love, and may go to Thy long home!

O most pitiful GOD, I fly to Thee for help, because I know that Thou art ready to be found of them that seek Thee, and

that Thou canst do all things; for with the same Almighty power, wisdom, and goodness wherewith Thou spakest the word, and all things were made, with the same readiness Thou canst speak the word, and all things in me which have been deformed shall be reformed. O speak, LORD, for Thy servant heareth. Send into my heart Thy healing, life-giving word; uphold me with Thy free SPIRIT, and restore to me the joy of Thy salvation through JESUS CHRIST, our SAVIOUR and Redeemer. Amen.

O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious TRINITY, Three Persons, and One GOD, FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,

Have mercy upon me a miserable sinner. Give me repentance and newness of life. And make me, with all who are dear to me, to be numbered with Thy saints in glory everlasting, in our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

Our FATHER, &c.

PSALM CXXXII.

Memento Domine.

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LORD, remember David and all his trouble.

How he sware unto the LORD: and vowed a vow unto the Almighty GOD of Jacob;

I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house nor clinıb up into my bed;

I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber : neither the temples of my head to take any rest;

Until I find out a place for the temple of the LORD an habitation for the mighty GOD of Jacob.

Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata: and found it in the wood.

We will go into His tabernacle : and fall low on our knees before His footstool.

Arise, O LORD, into Thy resting-place : Thou, and the ark of Thy Strength.

Let Thy Priests be clothed with righteousness and let Thy Saints sing with joyfulness.

For Thy servant David's sake: turn not away the presence of Thine Anointed.

The LORD hath made a faithful oath unto David: and He shall not shrink from

it ;

Of the fruit of thy body shall I set upon thy seat.

If thy children will keep My covenant, and My testimonies that I shall learn them: their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore.

For the LORD hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for Himself: He hath longed for her.