and temporal. What comparison can that which is to last but for a time have with that which is to last for ever? But, more than this, if the thing set before us is beautiful in itself, valuable to us, worthy of our choice, and to be our own, and our own for ever, must it not be most worthy of our regard and attention now; must it not lead to a depreciation of everything else in comparison with it? And this is the subject on which we are encouraged to meditate. It is a subject in which we have a deep personal interest. Inheritors of the kingdom of heaven! shall we not read with eagerness the description of our inheritance; shall we not rejoice in our privilege and prospects, and look with longing eyes and glowing hearts towards the opening light which gives us, in the blessed book of the Revelation, even a glimpse of our glorious destiny, our own, our purchased possession? Bought with the blood of Christ, what though we possess not lands and dwelling-places on

earth; shall we complain while we know that we have "a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens?"

"There is our house and portion fair,
Our treasure and our heart is there,
And our abiding home.
For us our elder brethren stay,
And angels beckon us away,
And Jesus bids us come."

Let us expect to receive an increase of hope, and joy, contentment, heavenlymindedness, and indifference to worldly possessions, from the glimpses of heaven graciously given to us in the words of this prophecy.

“Come, Jesus, Heavenly Teacher, come,
Convey thine own instructions home."

"Whene'er I read or hear thy Word,
Thine inward teachings, Lord, afford;
To me thy holy will reveal,

Unfold the Book, and loose the seal.
"Call me, oh, call me to thy feet,
And there transported may I sit:
With joy thy heavenly features trace,
And feast upon thy richest grace.”

and temporal. What comparison can that which is to last but for a time have with that which is to last for ever? But, more than this, if the thing set before us is beautiful in itself, valuable to us, worthy of our choice, and to be our own, and our own for ever, must it not be most worthy of our regard and attention now; must it not lead to a depreciation of everything else in comparison with it? And this is the subject on which we are encouraged to meditate. It is a subject in which we have a deep personal interest. Inheritors of the kingdom of heaven! shall we not read with eagerness the description of our inheritance; shall we not rejoice in our privilege and prospects, and look with longing eyes and glowing hearts towards the opening light which gives us, in the blessed book of the Revelation, even a glimpse of our glorious destiny, our own, our purchased possession? Bought with the blood of Christ, what though we possess not lands and dwelling-places on

in "Pilgrim's Progress," do we groan being burdened with our load? Then shall we, in some little measure, appreciate

that love which has washed us from our sins in His own blood, and which has purchased for us everlasting deliverance from the burden of sin. Oh! it is when we look at the cross of Christ, by faith, that sin loses its power to terrify and to distress.

"Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,
Which before the cross I spend."

And, oh! let us think of the happy time when we shall be free from sin, and when we shall see our Deliverer; when we shall see Him who loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood.

And while we are looking for, and hastening unto, that glorious time, let us also rejoice in our present privileges: namely, the assurance of the love of Jesus, the assurance that our sins are