Emmaus. "Abide with us, for it is towards evening."-LUKE xxiv. 29. Abide with us—the evening shades And as the ling'ring twilight fades, Abide with us the night is chill, Abide with us-1 -thy converse sweet, Has well beguiled the tedious way; With such a friend we joy to meet ; We supplicate thy longer stay. Abide with us-for well we know, Abide with us-and still unfold Thy sacred, thy prophetic lore; What wondrous things of Jesus told! Stranger, we thirst, we pant for more. Abide with us and still converse Abide with us-our hearts are cold, We thought that Israel he'd restore; But sweet the truths thy lips have told, And, Stranger, we complain no more. Abide with us-we feel the charm That binds us to an unknown friend : Here pass the night secure from harm, Here, Stranger, let thy wanderings end. Abide with us to their request, The Stranger bows, with smiles divine; Then round the board the unknown guest, And weary travellers recline. Abide with us-amaz'd they cry, Their own lost Jesus meets their As suddenly, whilst breaking bread, With radiant glory on his head. eye, Abide with us-thou heavenly friend, “Let me go for the Day breaketh.” CEASE here longer to detain me, See yon orient streak appearing, Lately launch'd a trembling stranger, Now my cries shall cease to grieve thee, Weep not o'er those eyes that languish, There, my Mother, pleasures centre, As thro' this calm holy dawning, Gently close my eyes in death. Blessings, endless, richest blessings Yet to leave thee sorrowing rends me, CECIL. The above lines were presented by the Rev. R. Cecil to his wife, upon the death of a child, which took place at day-break. The Enchcape Bell. འ་་་་ No stir in the air, no stir in the sea. Without either sign or sound of the shock, (The worthy abbot of Aberbrothock Had floated that bell on the Inchcape rock; When the rock was hid by the tempest's swell, The float of the Inchcape bell was seen, |