The Twenty Seventh of February.

I WILL KEEP THEE . . . --- Revelation 3:10.

"The Lord will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer." --- Psalm 102:17.

"Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." --- Luke 22:31, 32.

"Yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. '--- Amos 9:9.

"I will keep thee from the hour of temptation." --- Revelation 3:10.

Sometimes we may imagine ourselves to be divinely convinced of the will of God, both by seeming outward providences, and inward persuasions of faith; and yet it is possible that the siftings of Satan are at the bottom; however, the Lord will overrule him at last, and order all things to the best for his people.

May the Lord make us watchful against our own spirit, and against the evil one, especially when he is transformed into an angel of light, that it may not be in his power to sift us so as to gain an advantage over us, by our listening to his inward suggestions, or yielding to his subtle temptations!

In vain the baffled prince of hell
His cursed projects tries;
We that were doom'd his endless slaves
Are raised above the skies.

O may my Jesus guard me safe
From every ill design,
And to his heavenly kingdom keep
This feeble soul of mine!

God's my everlasting aid,
And hell shall rage in vain;
To him be highest glory paid
And endless praise. Amen.