Even less than that: a word of advice; something lent to another; a little vexation patiently borne; a prayer for a friend, offered to GOD; the fault or thoughtlessness of another repaired without his knowledge: GOD will recompense it all a thousand fold. E. L. E. B.

THE SAFEGUARDS OF THE YOUNG

'Up for thy life, young soul,

Foes gather round thee fast;
Up for the swift hours roll

Thy favoured season past,

Now thou art strong, gird for the fight;
Decay ere long shall waste thy might.

Mark how, from realms above,
The SPIRIT o'er thee bends;

Gift of the SAVIOUR'S love,

Him GOD the FATHER sends:
He leads secure; His sword and shield
Make victory sure-make Satan yield.

GOD and His saints invite;

Hell warns with dreadful voice;

Life, death, all things unite

To press thy timely choice.

List to that call. On JESUS' side

Trust now thine all; in Him abide.'

PSALMS xiii. xlvi. xlvii. xlviii. lxxii. lxxxi. xciii. xcv. c. cxxii. 5th and 8th Selections.

ANTHEMS. Any part of the 119th Psalm, particularly the second part.

HYMNS 34, 39, 44, 45, 126, 162, 190, 205, 215, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 229, 230, 232, 241, 245, 277, 285, 331, 333, 338, 358, 414, 424, 434, 435, 448, 512.

COLLECTS. 1st and 2d in Ad.

af. Epiph. 3d and 5th af. Eas.

Inn. Epiph. 6th

1st, 2d, 4th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 17th, 19th af. Trinity. Col. af. the Commandments. 3d af. C. O.

'Put on the whole armour of GOD.'-Ephes. vi. 11. 'JESUS, my strength, my hope,

On Thee I cast my care,

With humble confidence look up,

And know Thou hear'st my prayer:

Give me on Thee to wait,

Till I can all things do—

On Thee, Almighty to create,
Almighty to renew.

Give me a sober mind,
A self-renouncing will,

That tramples down and casts behind

The baits of pleasing ill :

A soul inured to pain,

To hardships, griefs and loss,
Ready to take up and sustain
The consecrated cross.

Give me a godly fear,

A quick discerning eye,

That looks to Thee when sin is near, And sees the tempter fly ;

A spirit still prepared,

And armed with zealous care, For ever standing on its guard, And watching unto prayer.

Give me a true regard,

A single, steady aim,

Unmoved by threatening or reward, To Thee and Thy great Name; Give me a heart to pray,

To pray and never cease,

Never to murmur at Thy stay,
Or wish my sufferings less.

I rest upon Thy word,
The promise is for me:

My succour and salvation, Lord,

Shall surely come from Thee;
But let me still abide,

Nor from my hope remove,
Till Thou my patient spirit guide

Into Thy perfect love.'

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY, ETC., OR MARRIAGEABLE AND MARRIED PEOPLE'S WEEK.

OF MARRIAGE.

Seek a good wife of thy GOD for she is the best gift of His providence;

Yet ask not in bold confidence that which He hath not promised.

Thou knowest not His good will:-be thy prayer then submissive thereunto;

And leave thy petition to His mercy, assured that He will deal well with thee.

If thou art to have a wife of thy youth, she is now living on the earth;

Therefore think of her, and pray for her weal; yea, though thou hast not seen her.

They that love early become like-minded, and the tempter toucheth them not;

They grow up leaning on each other, as the olive and the vine.

Youth longeth for a kindred spirit, and yearneth for a heart that can commune with his own;