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Eternal Spirit, God from both proceeding, Father and Son; the Comforter in breeding Pure thoughts in man; with fiery zeal them feeding For acts of grace. Increase those acts, glorious Trinity Of persons, still one God in Unity, Till I attain the long'd-for mystery Of seeing your face,

Beholding one in three, and three in one, A Trinity to shine in union; The gladdest light dark man can think upon, O, grant it me! Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost, you three, All co-eternal in your majesty, Distinct in persons, yet in unity One God to see.

My Maker, Saviour, and my Sanctifier! To hear, to meditate, sweeten my desire With grace, with love, with cherishing entire O, then how blest! Among Thy saints elected to abide, And with Thy angels placed side by side, But in Thy presence, truly glorified, Shall I then rest.

In an age when shallow and short-sighted men are seeking to import and popularize the mystic subtleties of foreign scepticism, it is refreshing to find that we can add to the names of Milton and Newton, and others of the Kings of Thought, one whose noble intellect, strengthened by learning, and matured by time, accepted with a reasonable faith and a wise humility the mysteries of our revealed religion.

Jonson's release from prison was in all probability owing to the fact of his enemies dropping the prosecution. He immediately betook himself to his former avocations; and now only in his twentieth year, with small means and dark prospects, was so bold as to enter the holy estate of matrimony. The fair object of his choice was young, and of the religion which he had adopted. If any faith can be