MARCH 20-21. PSALM Xxii. 7-8. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted in the Lord that he would deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. MATTHEW Xxvii. 41-42-43. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others, himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him. REV. W. HURN S. Behold the Man with scourges torn, He look'd but found no pity near, MARCH 22-23. ISAIAH 53-9. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death. MATTHEW Xxvii. 57-60. When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock. BISHOP HEBE R. Oh Saviour of the faithful dead, No more we cling to mortal clay Nor shrink to tread the darksome way MARCH 24-25. HOSEA vi. 1-2. Come and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us in the third day he will rise us up, and we shall live in his sight. : MATTHEW Xxvii. 63-xxviii. 6. After three days I will rise again. He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. ARCHDEACON WRAUGHAN. prey He is risen! From Death his He, whom whilom vanquish'd lay? He is risen! No longer now Shatter'd by some potent blow! MARCH 26-28. DANIEL vii. 16. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. MATTHEW Xxviii. 18. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. KEBLE. God the Lord a King remaineth, In his everlasting station Earth is pois'd to swerve no more; Thou hast laid thy throne's foundation, From all time where thought can soar, Hallelujah! Lord thou art for ever more. MARCH 28-29. PSALM i. 3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in due season; his leaf also shall not whither, and whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper. MATTHEW Xxviii. 19. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH. Soldier, go-but not to claim Mouldering spoils of earth-born treasure, Not to dwell in tents of pleasure; Where the sunny beam reposes;- |