And sweet communion draws the tie,
That binds us to the Lord,
And thrill the chords of sympathy,
Responsive to his word;

And swift to do his high behest,
Each spirit wings her flight,
And virtue glows on every breast
A gem of purest light;

And friendship lends her generous fires,
To all that glorious throng,
Who join with zeal that never tires,
In one harmonious song-

LOVE in an ever-deep'ning tide,

O'er all the plains above,

Spreads, like a sea immensely wide,

For God himself is LOVE.

The apostle Paul has shewn us the connexion between being "rooted and grounded in love,” and comprehending "with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;"1 a connexion which must surely be experienced by glorified saints, in a far higher degree than by Christians upon earth. Hence it may be presumed, that just in proportion to the increase of our love to God, in the heavenly state, will be the enlargement of our faculties for the reception of divine knowledge, and for every wise and holy purpose. And with this enlargement of our spiritual capacities, will for ever keep pace, as we may fully believe, the heightening of our joy. As there are in heaven different orders and stations of beings,

1 Eph. iii, 17, 18.

and different degrees of glory-a doctrine often alluded to in Scripture-so we cannot fail to conclude from our premises, that the happiness of the "spirits of the just made perfect," is eternally progressive.

While we rejoice with trembling, in the view of this amazing prospect, we ought not to cast a veil over its tremendous alternative. How awful is it to reflect on the opposite extremity! As love to God is for ever on the increase in the souls of the blessed, so the contrary affection of aversion from the Fountain of all holiness, must have an inevitable tendency to become more and more aggravated, in the society of the devil and his angels, and in the regions of death, darkness and pollution. And with this ever-widening distance of soul from the Author of all good, must, in the very nature of things, for ever keep pace the increase of woe- "where their worm dieth not, and where the fire is not quenched."

Reader, if, notwithstanding the name of a Christian, thou art still a votary of this present world, following the vain devices and desires of thy own heart, pause, I beseech thee, in thy mad career, and meditate for a few moments on the heights of heaven, and on the depths of hell. The curtains of the night will soon close around thee, and thy mental and moral condition, thy happiness or thy woe, will be fixed for ever. Repent of thy transgressions; bring

the burden of thy sins and cast it at the feet of Jisas. Beboid the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world." Wash thy polluted garments in the blood of his atonement; and cease to restrain the influences of his Holy Spirit. Embrace, in good earnest, the faith, the hope, and the virtue of the Christian, and lire for ever!

Reader, if thou hast already made covenant with the Lord, to be his child and servant-if thou hast already been taught of the Spirit to love him who first loved thee-persevere. Fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life; go forward on thy march towards Zion; give thyself wholly to the disposal of Him who died for thee and rose again; count nothing too near or too dear to part with for his name's sake; follow the guidance of the Coforter in all things; watch unto prayer; be hun be faithful, be diligent; and all will be well. Christ will continue to be thy all-sufficient portion here; and soon, very soon, it will be thy blessed lot to exchange his cross on earth, for a crown of righteousness in heaven, immortal, incorruptible, and full of glory.

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