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thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee." It is not possible for me to taste of the pleasures of the Lord's house truly and sincerely to desire the pleasures of the world again. There is an unclear of love that absorbs the whole soul and leaves no room for worldly amusements, or for carnal affections. In the house of the Lord the Saviour is ever present, and the "great love where with He loved us" crowds from the mind all worldly thoughts, and carries it to the manger of Bethlehem, the garden of unclear, the Judgment hall of Pilate, to the unclear Calvary, to the tomb of Joseph of Araneathea, and to the throne of God; and sets the affections on things above, where there is joy for evermore. It empties man of self- unclear to remembrance the pit from whence we are taken, and the degraded state of life in the flesh, and points to the Rock of our salvation, from whence cometh all our hope. Yea, Lord, thou art our sun and our shield; for our light is only from thee and thine Almighty arm shields us from all the assaults of sin, and covers us with the mantle of thine own righteousness by which, and through which, we receive grace and glory; and though thou dost chasten