But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on— for an Helmet, the Hope of salvation. 8

GOLIATH.h

Who is this gigantic foe
That proudly stalks along ;
Overlooks the crowd below,
In brazen armour strong?
Loudly of his strength he boasts;
On his sword and spear relies:
Meets the God of Israel's hosts,
And all their force defies.

Tallest of the earth-born race,
They tremble at his power;
Flee before the monster's face,
And own him conqueror :
Who this mighty champion is,
Nature answers from within;

He is my own wickedness,
My own besetting sin.

In the strength of Jesu's name,
I with the monster fight;
Feeble and unarmed I am,

But Jesus is my might :

Mindful of his mercies past,

Still I trust the same to prove;

Still my helpless soul I cast

On his redeeming love.

WESLEY.

AND Hannah prayed, and said,

My heart rejoiceth in the Lord,

Mine horn is exalted in the Lord;

My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies ;
Because I rejoice in thy salvation.

The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth;
And he shall give strength unto his king,
And exalt the horn of his anointed.i

I have (said Job) sewed sackcloth upon my skin,
And defiled my horn in the dust.k

My God (is) my strength, in whom I will trust;
My Buckler, and the horn of my salvation,
And my high tower.'

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn. Lift not up your horn on high:

Speak not with a stiff neck.

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;
But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.m
For Thou art the glory of their strength :
And in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him ;
And in my name shall his horn be exalted."

But my horn shalt Thou exalt, like the horn of an unicorn :

I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

He also exalteth the horn of his people,

i 1 Sam. ii. 1, 10, m Ps. lxxv. 4, 5, 10.

k Job, xvi. 15.
n Ps. lxxxix. 17, 24.

1 Ps. xviii. 2.

• Ps. xcii. 10.

The praise of all his saints.P

The horn of Moab is cut off,

And his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

He hath cut off in His fierce anger all the horn of Israel. He hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, He hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us

In the house of his servant David.s

BE of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,

All ye that hope in the Lord.t

And now, Lord, what wait I for?

My hope is in thee."

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear

him,

Upon them that hope in his mercy."

Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,

Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.*

Remember the word unto thy servant, Upon which thou hast caused me to hope. My soul fainteth for thy salvation;

But I hope in thy word.

Saying, when wilt thou comfort me?

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I

And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

may live;

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried :

I hoped in thy word.

Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation,

And done thy commandments.

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his mercy.

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, And from the multitude of mountains:

Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.a And I said, My strength and my hope is perished

from the Lord.

The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.b

Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: Even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.c

Abraham, who against hope believed in hope.d Through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so,

y Ps. cxix. 49, 81, 82, 116, 147, 166.

a Jer. iii. 23.

b Lam. iii. 18, 24, 26, 29.

d Rom. iv. 18.

z Ps. cxlvii. 11. Zech. ix. 12.

But

but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience: and patience, experience; and experience, hope; and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For we are saved by hope; but hope that is seen, is not hope; for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. We through the spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.i Wherefore, remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh,-that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometime were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, for the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven. Christ as a Son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. We desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence