JANUARY 10-11. NUMBERS Xxiv. 17. I shall see Him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. MATTHEW ii. 2. Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the east the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid! Cold on his cradle the dew drops are shining Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall! Angels adore him in slumbers reclining Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all. JANUARY 12—13. PSALM lxxii. 9-10. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust, The Kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall bring presents: the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. MATTHEW ii. 11. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. : VEDDER. Son of the Highest! we worship thee, We have turned as away from the fragrant east, And the tiger's lair, and the lion's den, JANUARY 14-15. JEREMIAH xxxi. 15. A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping: Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. MATTHEW ii. 16. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time. which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. ANON. Oh! weep not o'er thy children's tomb, The bud is cropt by martyrdom, The flower in heaven shall blow. Firstlings of faith! the murderer's knife The God for whom they gave their life, JANUARY 16-17. PSALM ii. 7. Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee. MATTHEW iii. 17. And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. NEEDHAM. Behold the Prince of Peace, The chosen of the Lord, God's well-beloved Son fulfils The sure prophetic word. No royal pomp adorn The King of Righteousness; The Spirit of the Lord, In rich abundance shed, On this great Prophet gently lights, And rests upon his head. JANUARY 18-19. ISAIAH ix. 1-2. The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. MATTHEW iv. 13. And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim. ANON. The race that long in darkness pined To hail thy rise, Thou better Sun, |