ess each traveller as he journeys on.

2 Ye who have known to weep,
Where your beloved sleep;
Ye who have raised the deep, the bitter cry--
God's blessing be as balm,
The fevered heart to calm,
And wondrous peace the troubled mind supply.

3 Ere daily strifes begin
The war without, within,
The God of love, with spirit and with power,
Now on each bended head
His deepest blessing shed,
And keep us all through every troubled hour.

V. CHRISTIANITY AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

165. C. M. Gaskell.

The Heralds of the Cross.

1 Forth went the heralds of the cross,
No dangers made them pause;
They counted all the world but loss,
For their great Master's cause.

2 Through looks of fire, and words of scorn,
Serene their path they trod;
And to the dreary dungeon borne,
Sang praises unto God.

3 Friends dropped the hand they clasped before,
Love changed to cruel hate;
And home to them was home no more;
Yet mourned they not their fate.

4 In all his dark and dread array,
Death rose upon their sight;
But calmly still they kept their way,
And shrank not from the fight.

5 They knew to whom their trust was given,
They could not doubt His word;
Before them beamed the light of heaven,
The presence of their Lord.

6 O, may a faith as true be ours,
And shed as pure a light
Of peace across the darkest hours,
And make the last one bright!

166. 7s. M. *Johns.

The Preachers of the Word.

1 Thanks to God for those who came
In the Saviour's glorious name;
Who upon the green earth trod
But to teach the truth of God.

2 For the great Apostles, first,
Who from life's endearments burst,
Going from the Cross, and then
Leading to the Cross again:

3 For the next, who meekly poured
Willing blood to serve the Lord;
Fearless bore the racks of pain,
Felon's death, or captive's chain;

4 And for all, from shore to shore,
Who the blessed tidings bore;
All who wrought for liberty
When 'twas treason to be free.

5 Ye, who now, in better days,
Live to spread your Maker's praise,
Sheddin