Is more to Thy Saints than high fort or tower."

"Oh Master dear,

Good cheer, good cheer,

Now well I know we have nought to fear,
Breaks on my sight

With the morning light

A vision of angels all glorious and bright."

"Around us they stand,

A shining band,

Chariots and horsemen they fill the land;
For us will they fight

In heaven's own might,

Oh Master! our God will defend the right!"

Anon.

Come, Lord, and fight the battle,
My hands are tired and faint;
I have no strength to struggle,
"Consider my complaint."

One of Thy weakest soldiers
Is weary in the field;-
Yet Thine is all the victory,
Thy love is all my shield.

'Tis not that I am weary

Of service done for Thee;-
'Tis not that I would alter
Thy loving will for me:-
Sweet is the vineyard labour,
Through all the toil and heat;
And sweet the lonely night-watch
Safe resting at Thy feet.

Yet, Lord, there is a warfare
No eye but Thine may see,
Oh! hear my cry for succour,
Come Thou, and fight for me.
The self I can not conquer,
The will that still is mine,
Oh! take them both, Lord Jesus,
And make them one with Thine.

Take them! I cannot yield them-
I am not what I seemed;
I have no power, Lord Jesus,
To do what once I dreamed.

The yearning of the earth-life

Is stronger than my strength;
When may the spell be broken,
And freedom come at length?

Like dew on drooping blossoms,
Like breath from holy place,
Laden with health and healing,
Come Thy deep words of grace,
"Thy strength is all in leaning
On One who fights for thee;
Thine is the helpless clinging,
And Mine the victory."

Songs amid the Shadows."-H. Bowman.

XI.

"FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN."

'FOR the kingdom is the Lord's, and He is the Governor among the nations."—Psalm xxii. 28.

"Be Thou exalted, Lord, in Thine own strength, so shall we sing and praise Thy power."-Psalm xxi. 13.

"Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory." — Psalm xxiv. 7-10.

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Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heaven and in

the earth is Thine. Thine is the Kingdom, O God, and Thou art exalted as Head above all. Both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou reignest over all: and in Thine hand is power and might, and in Thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name.”—1 Chron. xxix. 11-13.

"I saw also the Lord, sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. About it stood the seraphims, each one had six wings, with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory."-Isaiah vi. 1-4.

We have now come to an end of the petitions in the Lord's Prayer.

The first three are for God's glory, the last three are for our own needs, both of soul and body.

We have seen how God is indeed our loving Father; not only the Almighty Creator,