(Eph. 3:8.)

Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich." (2 Cor. 8:9.)

Aye, rich, with all the wealth of heaven's store,'-
The gift of grace divine.
So rich, that earth, with all its treasured ore,
Fades into insignificance ;-nay, more ;-
Is utterly contemned, and spurned away,
By every heir of God and child of day.
How comes this wealth to sinners lost, undone?
It comes to us by grace, through God's dear Son,
Who saw our lost estate, and bare our woe,
That we might with Him dwell who loved us so.
Said I, "to dwell with Him?"-ah, there's the key
That unlocks all God's treasure-house for me !
In Christ I am, His boundless wealth I share,
God's Word declares I am His Son's coheir.
Blest saint of God !-earth's glories fade away
Before th' effulgence of eternal day.
Now let thy soul in Christ forever find
That wealth unsearchable.

Rt. S.

Lytham, England,
Sept. 15th, 1888.