prophets." This he performed, when "in these last days he hath spoken unto us by his Son." * come. Beloved Saviour, thou art the bright path by which millions of my race have returned home to God. By thee, by thee alone, do I desire to be restored. Thou art "the Way of truth," for thy doctrine teaches me the only road to heaven. Thou art "the Way of salvation," for thou deliverest from the wrath to Thou art "the Way of righteousness; "§ for "by thee all that believe are justified." Thou art "the Way of peace;" || for, being justified by faith, I have peace with God through thee. Thou art "the Way of holiness; "¶for, by the influence of thy Holy Spirit, thou makest me a new creature, and meetenest me for the inheritance, into which nothing that defileth can enter. Thou art "the Way of life; "** for, by thine own death, thou hast redeemed my soul from the bitter pains of the second eternal death; and, by thy resurrection, hast opened for my body, through the grave, a gate of everlasting life. Yes, 66 thou wilt show me," thou hast shown me, and wilt lead me along “ the path of life,” to thy presence, where is fulness of joy; and to thy right hand, where are pleasures forevermore." There is a path leads home to God; * But who that path has seen? No wing that path has been: Ah! who can point it out to me, Or tell me where 'tis found ? “ Not here !” earth's deep profound ! Not all the gold of eastern mines, Nor jewels beyond price, Like stars that gem the skies, – * Job xxvii. 7-23. Death and destruction, they have heard, For they once crossed the path, When man believed the tempter's word, And dared the penal wrath; But now they smile at human woe, And urge us to the gulf below. But, see! a light divides the gloom; I hear a soothing voice: I AM THE WAY! rejoice! FIFTY-FIRST MEDITATION. WORD. MY SAVIOUR is “ the WORD OF GOD." * The ancient Jews expected him under this name, and their prophets frequently applied it to him. The title is one of the Triune Deity's. Even the modern Jews, in their superstitious dread of pronouncing the sacred name JEHOVAH, substitute MEMRA, which signifies the WORD. My Saviour bears this name, as being the uncreated wisdom, or Reason of God, his own eternal Son, by whom he made the worlds, and still upholds them; and as being the divine and gracious medium, whereby he holds communion with the people, whom he has called and redeemed unto himself out of mankind. The title belongs to him, therefore, both in respect to his person and nature, and in respect to his media * Rev. xix. 3. torial office. With St. John, I behold the WORD in the beginning with God, and being himself God, the Creator of all things. hear his voice in the holy oracle. With Moses, I He is at once the word of Jehovah, and the WORD JEHOVAH. This divine and glorious "Word was made flesh," that he might render himself "the word of grace, to build me up, and give me an inheritance among all them which are sanctified;"§ and "the word of life," || which I might hear, and live; which I might see, and rejoice in, as my sure guide to glory; which I might handle, as the staff of my pilgrimage; of which I might taste, and find it sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. "The written word testifies of Christ externally; he testifies of himself, and the Holy Spirit testifies of him by the written word internally." It is only when thus powerfully working in the soul, and revealing the glories of the GOD-MAN Christ Jesus, that the Scriptures are felt to be a revelation from God. Thus may the WORD JEHOVAH ever speak to my soul, with powerful effect, "sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of * John i. 1-3. + John i. 14. Acts xx. 32. || 1 John i. 1, |