November 5

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.” — Isa. liv. 17.

IIIS day is notable in English history for three great S deliverances wrought by God for us.

The first, the total destruction of the Spanish Ar» mada, by the breath of the Almighty, in 1588.

“When mTghty navies from afar,
To Britain wafted, floating war,
His breath dispersed them all with ease,
And sunk their terrors in the seas.”

On this day the plot of the Papists to destroy our Hou8« of Parliament was discovered, 1605.

“While for our princes they prepare
In caverns deep a burning snare,
He shot from heaven a piercing ray,
And the dark treachery brought to day.”

Yet, thirdly, to-day is the anniversary of the landing of King William III. at Torbay, by which the hope of Popish ascendency was quashed, and religious liberty was secured, 1688.

This day ought to be celebrated, not by the saturnalia of striplings, but by the songs of saints. Our Puritan forefathers most devoutly made it a special time of thanksgiving; there is extant a record of the annual sermons preached by Matthew Henry on this day. Our Protestant feeling, and our love of liberty, should make us regard its anniversary with holy gratitude. Let our hearts and lips exclaiir. “We have heard with our ears, and our fathers have told us, the wondrous things which Thou didst in their day, and in the old time before them.” Thou hast made this nation the home of the gospel; and when the foe has risen against her. Thou hast shielded her. Thrice repeated songs for thrice repeated deliverances. Grant us more and more a hatred of Antichrist, and hasten on the day of her entire extinction. Till then and ever, we believe the promise, “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.”