Somewhat of fair and good, though blotted by the finger of corruption:

And if error cometh in like a flood, it mixeth with the streams of truth;

And the adversary loveth to have it so, for thereby many are decoyed.

Martin F. Tupper.

ESTATE.

O give thanks unto the God of Gods: for His mercy endureth for ever.

Who remembered us in our low estate: for His mercy endureth for ever.—Psalm cxxxvi. 2, 23.

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.