and sighing shall flee away.-Isa. xxxv.

10.

"Through thee, who all our sins hast borne,
Freely and graciously forgiven,
With songs to Sion we return,

Contending for our native heaven;
That palace of our glorious King,
We find it nearer while we sing."

November 29th.

Hymn 71.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.-Mark xi. 12.

"O may thy powerful word
Inspire a feeble worm

To rush into thy kingdom, Lord,

And take it as by storm."-Hymn 205.

November 30th.

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.-Rom. xiv. 8.

November 19th.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.-Eph. ii. 8.

"I know the work is only thine,
The gift of faith is all divine;
But, if on thee, we call,

Thou wilt the benefit bestow,

And give us hearts to feel and know
That thou hast died for all."

November 20th.

Hymn 118.

Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.Heb, xi. 34.

"What though a thousand hosts engage,
A thousand worlds, my soul to shake?
I have a shield shall quell their rage,
And drive the alien armies back;
Portray'd it bears a bleeding Lamb;
I dare believe in Jesu's name."

Hymn 269.

November 21st.

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.-Psalm lxviii. 18.

"Ye all may freely take
The grace for Jesu's sake:
He for every man hath died:
He for all hath risen again :

Jesus now is glorified:

Gifts he hath receiv'd for men."

November 22nd.

Hymn 86.

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die O house of Israel.-Ezek. xxxiii. 11.

"Turn he cries, ye sinners, turn,
By his life your God hath sworn,
He would have you turn and live,
He would all the world receive.

If your death were his delight,
Would he you to life invite?
Would he ask, obtest, and cry,

Why will you resolve to die?"—Hymn 8.

November 23rd.

And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of waters in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.—Isa. xxxii. 2.

"To the haven of thy breast,
O Son of Man, I fly!
Be my refuge and my rest,
For O the storm is high!
Save me from the furious blast;

A covert from the tempest be!
Hide me, Jesus, till o'erpast

The storm of sin I see."-Hymn 292.

November 24th.

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him he had compassion on him.— Luke x. 33.

"O thou good Samaritan!
In thee is all my hope;
Only thou canst succour man,
And raise the fallen up:
Hearken to my dying cry;

My wounds compassionately see;
Me, a sinner, pass not by,

Who gasp for help to thee."

November 25th.

Hymn 112.

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.-Rom. xiii. 11.

"Nearer, and nearer still,

We to our country come'
To that celestial hill,

The weary pilgrim's home,

The New Jerusalem above,

The seat of everlasting love."

November 26th.

Hymn 497.

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.-Heb. xii. 6.