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conviction and conversion.
       My righteousness sufficient is,
         Though you have long neglected ;
       Come, weary soul, for right you have
         I am such soul’s protector;
       My honor is engaged to save
         All under this character.
     7  ‘ I come to seek, I come to save,
         I come to make atonement,
       I  lived, I died, laid in the grave,
         To save you from the judgment.’
       By faith, my glorious Lord I see;
         Oh ! how it doth amaze me
       To see him bleeding on the tree,
         From death and hell to raise me!
     8  Oh ! who is this that looketh forth,
         Bright as the blooming morning,
       Fair as the moon, clear as the sun 1
         Jesus is so adoring !
       Jesus hath clothed my naked soul;
         Oh ! he for me has died ;
       And now I may with pleasure sing,
         My wants are all supplied.
     9  Lord, give me grace to spend my days
         In living to thy honor,
       And not be found in sinners’ ways,
         Acting to thy dishonor ;
       But let my life devoted be
         To Jesus Christ, my Saviour,
       And glory to the sacred Three,
         All glory now and ever.
     152                L. M.
             The experience of the philosopher.
     3  I WALKED abroad one morning fa?
       * When odjrs sweetly balmed the air;
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