I know that yonder Pharisee I only stand and beat my breast, Not to one church alone, but seven, The voice prophetic spake from heaven: The new names written on the stone, Ah! to how many Faith has been For whom no Man of Sorrows died, For others a diviner creed Not as a vulture, but a dove, The Holy Ghoft came from above. H. W. Longfellow. 1863. FICUS RELIGIOSA. HE Banyan of the Indian isle THE Spreads deeply down its maffive root, And so the Church of Jesus Chrift, Has sent its fheltering arms abroad; Long as the world itself fhall last, The sacred Banyan still shall spread, From clime to clime, from age to age, Its fheltering fhadow fhall be shed. Nations fhall seek its pillared fhade, Its leaves fhall for their healing be: The circling flood that feeds its life, The blood that crimsoned Calvary. ONE IN CHRIST. ON NE baptism and one faith, The fellowship of Zion hath One only watchword, - Love. Our sacrifice is One; One prieft before the throne, The crucified, the risen Son, Redeemer, Lord alone! And fighs from contrite hearts that spring, Our chief, our choiceft offering. O why should they who love One Gospel to unfold, Who look for one bright home above, On earth be ftrange and cold? Why, subjects of the Prince of Peace, In ftrife abide, and bitterness? O may that holy prayer- The world's offence, the people's stain! On her disjointed members breathe, Then shall Thy perfect will be done E. Robinson. A LL-SEEING God! 't is Thine to know To judge, from principles within, When frailty errs, and when we fin. Who among men, great Lord of all, Who with another's eye can read? If wrong, correct; accept, if right; Scott. DEDICATION HYMN. NE Father, God, we own; One Spirit evermore ; One Chrift, with manger, cross, and throne, The Light, the Way, the Door. In souls we hail his birth ; The Scriptures thus we read; To mould the heart and clear the creed |