[2D SUNDAY. "Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to Him be glory and dominion for ever. Amen."-REV. i. 5, 6. "Ah Lord, enlarge our scanty thought, No human love can be compared with the love of Christ. His is a love that passeth knowledge. Therefore, when the apostle prayed for the Ephesian converts, that they might know the love of Christ, he added, "which passeth knowledge; " that is, they could only know a little of that wondrous subject, a drop, as it were, from the boundless ocean. And we can only stand on the shore of the same ocean, and exclaim,-Unto Him that loved us, so loved us that He washed us from our sins in his own blood! Have we learned anything of the evil of sin; do we feel its intolerable burden; like Christian, in "Pilgrim's Progress," do we groan being burdened with our load? Then shall we, in some little measure, appreciate that love which has washed us from our sins in his own blood, and which has purchased for us everlasting deliverance from the burden of sin. Oh! it is when we look at the cross of Christ, by faith, that sin loses its power to terrify and to dis tress. "Sweet the moments, rich in blessing, Which before the cross I spend." And, oh! let us think of the happy time when we shall be free from sin, and when we shall see our Deliverer; when we shall see Him who loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. And while we are looking for, and hastening unto, that glorious time, let us also rejoice in our present privileges; namely, the assurance of the love of Jesus, the assurance that our sins are washed away in his blood, and that Jesus has made us now kings and priests unto God and his Father; kings, conquering sin and Satan by the grace of God; and priests, being permitted, through the blood of Jesus, to offer up the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise. Priests unto God, holding communion with Him, admitted into the holy of holies, into the presence-chamber of the Almighty, not at stated seasons, but at all times and in all places. Oh! what blessings, present and prospective, has the blood of Jesus, and the love of Jesus, procured for his believing people! Surely we shall join with the beloved disciple in saying:-"Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever, Amen." "Oh Love divine, how sweet Thou art, I thirst, and faint, and die, to prove Stronger his love than death or hell, The length, the breadth, the height." [3D SUNDAY. "Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him."-REV. i. 7. WHO is it that will come one day, and whom shall see every eye ? The Lord Jesus, the Saviour of sinners, the Judge of all men. Every eye shall see Him! My eye shall see Him too. Will it be with fear and terror, that I shall behold the King of kings coming to judgment; or will my gaze be that of admiration and love? In order to answer this question, let me ask myself another, "Am I now preparing for his coming-preparing to see Jesus Christ? Do I do everything in reference to the day of his appearing? Have I looked to Him now with the eye of faith? Am I continually looking unto Him as I run the race set before me? Is it my greatest joy now to realize the Saviour's presence and favour?" Then may I also rejoice in the expectation |