March 3

1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4 For thou hast malets ned my right and my cause; thou astest in the throne judging right.

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

7 But the LORD shall endure forever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion, declare among the people his doings.

12 When he maketh imposition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgeteth not the cry of the humble.

13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that lifest me up from the gates of death:

14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made, in the net which they hid is their own foot taken

16 The LORD is known for the judgment which he executed: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higginson. Selah.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that target God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19 Anse, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O LORD, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

The occasion of this Psalm is the reflection of David on the dealings of Providence in overcoming the enemies of God and His people, especially in his own time.

This Psalm refers "mystically to the victory of the Son of God over the champion of evil, even the enemy of souls (verse 6). We have here before us most evidently a triumphal hymn; may it strengthen the faith of the militant believer and stimulate the courage of the timid saint, as he sees here THE CONSQUEROR, on whose vesture and thigh is the name written, King of kings and Lord of lords."—C. H. Spurgeon.

"The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble." "It is reported of the Egyptians that, living in the fens, and being vexed with gnats, they used to sleep in high towers, whereby, those creatures not being able to soar so high, they were delivered from the biting of them: so would it be with us when bitten with cares and fear did we but run to God for refuge and rest confident of his help."—John Trapp.

Closet Promise.—Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.—Isa. xl. 4 5.

If the ways of man shall my spirit vex, And the ways of God my soul perplex, When He has taken my life's desire, And molten my heart in His timing fire, When the dearest eyes I cannot see,

And the voice I longed for is dead to me "Wait! for thy longing shall find the key; Eternity! Eternity! Then shall the day-going come back to thee" —Rose Terry Cooke.

THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.

Breakfast Motto.—Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst.—John iv. 14.

Weekly Proverb.—Diligence is the mother of good luck.—Poor Richard

DAILY BIBLE READING.—GOD'S "FEAR NOTS."

Sunday.—In Ezekiel iii. 1-14.

Monday.—To Daniel.—Dan. x. 1-21.

Tuesday.—For the Persecuted.—Matt. x. 24-42.

Wednesday.—For the Mourner.—Luke viii. 49-56

Thursday.—For the "Little Flock."—Luke xii. 31-40.

Friday.—To Paul.—Acts xxvii 21-44.

Saturday.—In Revelation i. 9-20.

TEN TRUE FRIENDS.

| Ten true friends you have Who, five in a row, Upon each side of you Go where you go | They buckle your skate-straps, And haul at your sled; Are in summer quite white, And in winter quite red. | | --- | --- | | Suppose you are sleepy, They help you to bed; Suppose you are hungry, They see that you're fed. | Now, with ten willing servants So trumpet and true, Pray, who would be lazy Or idle—would you? | | They wake up your dolly And put on her clothes, And trundle her carriage Wherever she goes. | Would you find out the name Of this kind little hand? Then count up the fingers On each little hand The Water Lily. |

Be courteous.—1 Pet. iii. 8.

Everybody likes to see an obliging boy or girl. William Wirt's letter to his daughter contains the following passage: "I want to tell you a secret. The way to make yourself pleasing to others is to show them attention. The whole world is like the miller at Mansfield 'who cared for nobody—no, not he—because nobody cared for him.' And the whole world would serve you so if you gave them the same cause. Let every one, therefore, see that you do care for them by showing them what Sterne so happily called the small courtesies, in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which manifest themselves by tender and affectionate looks and little acts of attention, giving others the preference in every little enjoyment, at the table, in the field, walking, sitting and standing." When Zachariah Fox, the great merchant of Liverpool, was asked by what means he contrived to realize so large a fortune as he possessed, his reply was: "Friend, by one article alone, in which thou mayest deal too if thou pleaseth—civility." May all my little friends study to have good manners.

TENTH WEEK.

PEARL TEXT. — But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. — Matt. vi. 6.

Prayer: — A breath that fleets beyond this iron world,

And touches Him that made it. — Tennyson.

Let prayer be the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening. — Matthew Henry.

A Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in his busiest hours. — Cecil.

If we would bring a holy life to Christ, we must mind our fireside duties, as well as the duties of the sanctuary. — Spurgeon.

A good prayer: "O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me." — Sir Jacob Ashley.

HELPS FOR THE DEVOTIONAL HOUR.