" My flesh and my heart faileth), but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever."

"Do trials and sorrows surround thee?
And griefs,-are they found everywhere?
Ah! thy Shepherd walks closely beside thee;
There's nothing to dread or to fear.

Thy flesh is but weak and vexatious;
Thy heart can do naught but deceive;
But God is thy strength and salvation,-
With Him all thy weakness then leave.

While now thou art down in the valley,
Fret not; earthly streams are all dry;
No earth-hills, though lofty, can shelter
A fountain so heavenly high.

In the world thou shalt have tribulation,
Thy Master has said. Let it come;
The Lord is thy portion forever;
Thy pleasure and wealth, in His home.

G. A. T.