The Eleventh of April.

A FOUNTAIN OPENED --- Zechariah 13:1.

"Lead us not into temptation." --- Matthew 6:13.

"O satisfy us early with thy mercy." --- Psalm 90:14

God's Answer: "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." --- Psalm 81:10.

"My people shall be satisfied with my goodness." --- Jeremiah 31:14.

"The river of God is full of water." --- Psalm 65:9.

"With joy shall he draw water out of the wells of salvation." --- Isaiah 12:3.

"A fountain opened for sin and for all uncleanness." --- Zechariah 13:1.

O my soul, keep close to the gospel; there only is a fulness to supply all wants; food for the hungry, and rainment for the naked soul; and everything in plenty. Whosoever will, May come and be fed and clothed, without money and price.

Therefore let not the law hinder thee from eating and drinking, rejoicing and adorning thyself in a gospel manner. The law, as one justly observes, brings in a great bill, but nothing wherewith to discharge it. It sets the soul to working, but so as to neglect the proper nourishment necessary for it.

No wonder, therefore, that she is destitute of sufficient strength; that she faints, and never comes to the right mark. There is no such thing as making amends by the law; we must go directly to Christ, and receive first the grace required, out of his fulness, by faith.

Let every mortal ear attend,
And every tongue rejoice;
The trumpet of the gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.

Rivers of love and mercy here
In a rich ocean join;
Salvation in abundance flows
Like floods of milk and wine.

Dear God, the treasures of thy love
Are everlasting mines;
Deep as our helpless miseries are,
And boundless as our sins.

The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day;
Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants away.