Oh, how precious is Christ! How can it be that I have thought so little of him! How is it I can go abroad for joy and comfort when he is so full, so rich, so satisfying? Fellow-believer, make a covenant with your heart, and ask your Lord to ratify it. Bid him set you as a signet upon his finger, and

as a bracelet upon his arm. The sparrow has made a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, even your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God; and so too would I make my nest, my home, in you, and never from you may the soul of your turtle dove go forth again, but may I nestle close to you, O Jesus, my true and only rest.

Though God has made this round world exceeding fair, yet no work of creation reflects so much of his highest glory as the manifestation of his grace in a pardoned sinner. If you range all the stars around, and if it be so that every star is filled with

a race of intelligent beings, yet, methinks, among unfallen existences you will discover no such marvel as a forgiven sinner.