...youngminister who had studied under him, (Mr. David Souter of Aberdeen,) on Ps. Ixxiii. 24. " Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory," hoping to deliver it on the following Sabbath ; but his friends perceived that he was wholly inadequate...

...Christ liveth in me. Christ is the chiefesl among ten thousand and altogether lovely. Whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none on earth that I desire beside thee. Search me O God, and know my heart ; try me and know my thoughts ; and see if there be...

...holy immortality in the presence of God. This is now his native element. He says, " Whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none on earth that I desire in comparison of thee." " For a while I am compelled to turn the bent of my thoughts to the distracting...

...I will instruct and teach thee in the way wherein thou shouldest go ;" and says with David, " thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory." He relies upon the faithfulness of Christ. Feeling himself prone to wander every moment, he trusts...

...with the Father." They mourn the absence, and love the sensible presence of God — "Whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none on earth that I desire beside thee." They conscientiously endeavour to obey all the commands of God. They love all that bear...

...himself to enjoy: " Nevertheless, I am "always with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. " Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive " me to glory."* How plain and strong the hope of eternal life, here expressed. But the inspired author, enraptured...

...gratitude and love for thee? THIRTIETH DAY. OW THE LOVE THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE TOWARDS GOD. " Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none on earth that I desire beside thee." PSAL. Ixxiii. 25. WE often, when we say we love God with our whole souls, utter mere...

...31:8). Then as we go, He is with us as our august Ally to strengthen us for the warfare of faith. "Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory." Psalm 73:24 "He will be our guide even untodeath." Psalm 48:14 When we seek the counsel of the infallible...

...comprehensive sentence all the possibilities which could befall him in the days and ages before him. " Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory!" Let us humbly trust that in that sketch, round and complete, of all that can ever come to us, my readers...

...God, ' Lord, if thou seest it fit, take away all from me, so thou leavest me thyself: whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none on earth that I desire in comparison of thee ?' Ps. lxxiii. 25. CHAPTER XXXII. — Of improving our evidences for comfort...