O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.Psalm xxxiv. 8.

Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.-Job xiii. 15.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.-Psalm xxiii. 4.

The Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.-Isaiah 1. 7.

Without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. - Hebrews xi. 6.

We walk by faith, not by sight. — 2 Corinthians v. 7.

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith: prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?-2 Corinthians xiii. 5.

He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without Me ye can do nothing.-John xv. 5.

I can do all things through Christ Who strengtheneth me.—Philippians iv. 13.

A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven.-John iii. 27.

By grace ye are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves? it is the gift of God. -Ephesians ii. 8.

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him;

Rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith.-Colossians ii. 6, 7.

We who have believed do enter into rest.— Hebrews iv. 3.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.Psalm cxvi. 7.

hope

GIVE to the winds thy fears;
Hope and be undismayed;

God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears,
God shall lift up thy head.

Through waves and clouds and storms He gently clears thy way :

Wait thou His time; so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.

Leave to His sovereign sway
To choose and to command;
So shalt thou wondering own His way
How wise, how strong His hand!

Thou seest our weakness, Lord! Our hearts are known to Thee; O lift Thou up the sinking hand; Confirm the feeble knee!

Let us in life, in death,

Thy steadfast truth declare,

And publish with our latest breath

Thy love and guardian care.

Rev. PAUL GERHARDT (J. Wesley).

IT is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.Lamentations iii. 26.

Thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope.-Job xi. 16, 18.

Tribulation worketh patience;

And patience, experience; and experience, hope.-Romans v. 3, 4.

We are saved by hope.-Romans viii. 24.

Lay hold upon the hope set before us : Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul.-Hebrews vi. 18, 19.