June 25

Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever.— Ps. cvi, 1.

Thou who sendest sun and rain,

Thou who spendest bliss and pain,

Good with bounteous hand bestowing,

Evil for Thy Will allowing,—

Though Thy Ways we cannot see,

All is just that comes from Thee.

In the peace of hearts at rest,

In the child at mother's breast,

In the lives that now surround us,

In the deaths that sorely wound us,—

Though we may not understand,

Father, we behold Thy hand!

Hear the happy hymn we raise,

Take the love which is Thy praise,

Give content in each condition;

Bend our hearts in sweet submission,

And Thy trusting children prove

Worthy of the Father's love.

BAYARD TAYLOR.

The offerings of praise and the actings of gratitude to God are not only fruitful in every good work but productive of the greatest satisfaction, somewhat like the fragrant steams of consecrated incense which, while they were agreeable to the great Object of worship, at the same time regaled the pious wor- shipper.

JAMES HERVEY.

True praise requires our whole man—the judgment to esteem, the memory to treasure up, the will to resolve, the affections to delight, the tongue to speak of, and the life to express the rich favors of God.

RICHARD SIBBES.