alone, who by his Spirit, can write His law upon the heart, with power and saving efficacy. He alone can say, "The words I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." Learn of Him "who is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls." Say to Him, "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art the God of my salvation." "The law of thy mouth is dearer to me than thousands of gold and silver." It is light and life; it is power and peace; it is sanctification and salvation. Jesus is the LIGHT OF LIFE: and to walk in that light, is to walk in the ways of wisdom, "whose ways are ways of pleasantness; whose paths are paths of peace."

Lord Jesus! at thy feet,

Where none shall wait in vain ;
My soul would humbly take her seat,
And heavenly wisdom gain :

For Thou wilt teach the meek,

And meek my soul would be;
Would ask that grace, that Spirit seek,
Which dwelt, O Lord! in Thee.

FOURTH DAY

"I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE."

John xiv. 6.

This is the way, O Reader!-the blessed way on which the light of God is always shining. And whatever obscurity, whatever intricacy may attend the working of his providential dispensations; the way of grace, the way in which the favour of God may be enjoyed, and the soul everlastingly saved, is made beautifully clear and open. man," said our blessed Lord, the Father, but by me:" but, glory be to God, any man, and every man, has full warrant and permission to draw near to the Father in the name of Jesus; and in that name

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to "ask and receive; seek and find; knock," and have the door of mercy thrown open to receive him and this, day by day, and for ever; seeing Jesus, our great High Priest, "ever liveth" therefore this way is called "a living way"-a new and living way." Living, for Jesus is the life; not only the way to life-He is Himself life; its medium, its substance, and its crown. "God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son;"" he that hath the Son hath life"

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life eternal." This way is also called a new way, because it belongs to the New Covenant; and, by the setting up of the kingdom of heaven, or, in other words, by the preaching of the gospel, it is newly and openly made manifest. The types and shadows of the Old Testament, the rites and sacrifices of the tabernacle service, were but as so many signs and finger-posts, pointing to Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah, who was yet to come. He is " the truth," the soul, and the reality, of which these were

but the shadows; and now that he has appeared-now that the way into the Holiest. is plainly revealed—the signs and the figures are needed no longer. He is the truth; in whom all the prophecies have their accomplishment-in whom all the promises are yea and amen." He is therefore the way of life-the true and living way-the way of salvation-the way of happiness-the one, and the only way to heaven, to glory, and to God.

What remains, therefore, but to pursue it? It is the way of holiness and of peace. "And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, 'This is the way;' walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right-hand, and when ye turn to the left."-Isa. xxx. 21. "As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him."-Col. ii. 6.

O guide my feet, and keep them in the wayThe way of pleasantness, the path of peace; Shine on my soul, and to the perfect day, Brighter and brighter still, thy light increase;

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That blessed light, which from the world above Points out the footsteps where thy saints have trod, And marks in wisdom, righteousness and love, The road to heaven, to glory, and to God.

FIFTH DAY.

"THE FATHER OF LIGHTS."-James i. 17.

God is the "Father of lights;" the Fountain Spring from whence all light emanates. Whether the word be used in its simple and legitimate meaning, or figuratively and emblematically, in every sense and in every variety of its manifestation, whether it be the material light, he hath created it; or whether it be intellectual, moral, scriptural illumination-all are of God. He is the "Father of lights."

"God is light." He is so called in the Scriptures (1 John i. 5.); and the term is appropriated to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. The law of God is also