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CHRISTIAN ASSURANCE.

Ir is a glorious thing to feel secure;

In solitude, or' mid the world's rude din; Against all fears to be sustain'd within; To make sweet music of thoughts just and pure, While we regard those ills we must endure

As roots from which immortal joys begin, Recover'd from the soil of mortal sin By Him whose banner is our coverture: Glorious to see things as they are, and stand On truth's serenest hill- top, far above The mists of error, where, o'er shifting sand, The uneasy travellers in mazes move, While from our Pisgah we behold the land Of Promise, bright with God's eternal love. Blackwood's Magazine.

CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.

How happy is he born and taught,

That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!