The Twenty Second of May.

O GLORIOUS PROMISE! --- John 17:10, 23, 26.

"I am glorified in them: I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved we may be in them, and I in them: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one." --- John 17:10, 23, 26.

O glorious promise! - how could he love us more? What blessed and intimate union is this! Oh for such a faith that could always truly believe it! Christ is the Vine, believers are the branches; he is the Bridegroom, they are the bride; he is the Head, they are the members of his body, of the very flesh and very bones, and consequently one body with him. And who ever hated his own flesh? So in loving and cherishing believers, he loves himself. Ephesians 5:28, 29.

Whenever he shall cease to love himself, then, and no sooner, shall he cease to love and cherish them also. It is his own delight to do them good, more than the mother that suckles her child.

Lord, what a heaven of saving grace
Shines through the beauties of thy face,
And lights our passions to a flame!
Lord, how we love thy charming name!

When I can say, My God is mine,
When I can feel thy glories shine,
I tread the world beneath my feet,
And all that earth calls good and great.

Send comforts down from thy right hand,
While we pass through this barren land;
And in thy temple let us see
A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee.