as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Hosea vi. 1-3.

He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Mal. iii. 3.

We faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. iv. 16-18.

176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isa. liii. 6.

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning him

self thus Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Jer. xxxi. 18.

The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke xix. 10.

For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter ii. 25.

THE END.