...yes, as plainly," he would say, holding se up his spectacles, "as I see these glasses in my hand." Often the clouds of deepest woe So sweet a message bear ; Dark though they seem, 't were hard to find A frown of anger there. Yes ! often hag adversity A richer boon...

...eternal day, And dwell with God for ever. DALE. BENEFIT IN AFFLICTION. 1 Often the clouds of deepest wo So sweet a message bear, Dark tho' they seem, 'twere hard to find A frown of anger there. 2 Yes, often has adversity A richer boon bestow'd, Has oft bequeath'da purer joy Than all that men...

...of heaven. DECEMBER 9. " Often the clouds of deepest woe f. \ " So sweet a message bear, Dark though they seem, 'twere hard to find A frown of anger there....often has adversity A richer boon bestow'd, Has oft bequeath' da purer joy Than all that men call good." THAT afflictions sanctified are among our chief...

...that fear God." Let this make us submissive in sorrow, patient iu pain, trustful in tribulation. " Often the clouds of deepest woe So sweet a message bear, Dark though they seem, 'twere hard to find A frown of anger there. " Kind, loving, ii the hand that strikes,...

...and grew, and flourished ; and "the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning." " Often the clouds of deepest woe So sweet a message bear ; Dark though they seem, 'twere hard to find One frown of anger there." And whatever immediate reason our...

...shall unclouded shme, Deseending never ! 279 REv. in.1g. — u As many as Hove I rebuke and chasten." 1 OFTEN the clouds of deepest woe So sweet a message...Dark tho' they seem, 'twere hard to find A frown of auger there. 2 Kind, loving is the hand that strikes, However keen the smart, If sorrow's diseipline...

...fair, Serenely beaming on the soul, Will trace their image there. CAROLINE FRY. THE BENEFIT OF TRIALS. OFTEN the clouds of deepest woe So sweet a message bear ; Dark though they seem, 'twere hard to find A frown of anger there. Yes, often has adversity A richer boon...

...most near to thee, the Father, Saviour, and divine Spirit, to whom be glory for evermore. Amen. HYMN. Often the clouds of deepest woe So sweet a message bear, Dark though they seem, we cannot find A frown of anger there. It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth,...

...strength. God be merciful unto you, and bless you, and lift upon you the eternal light of his countenance ! OFTEN the clouds of deepest woe So sweet a message bear, Dark though they seem, 'twere hard to find A frown of anger there. It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth,...

...18—34; IX. 1—9. MORNING HYMN. ' We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God." OFTEN the clouds of deepest woe So sweet a message bear, Dark though they seem, 'twere hard to find A frown of anger there. It needs our hearts be wean'd from earth,...