Summer

We hail Thee in the varying aspects c f tlic year, anf* bless Thee for all their appropriate influences and advantages. (), let us not view them and enjoy the;Ti as men only, but as christians also; and ever connect with them, the better blessings of thy grace.

How wise, and useful, and necessary, are these intermingled rains and sunbeams — may Jesus, as the Sun ot righteousness, arise upon us, with healing under his wings; and may he come down as ruin upon the mown grass, and as showers that water the earth.

When we walk by the cooling brook — may we think of that river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God.

When we retire from the scorching warmth of the day, into the inviting shade — may we be thankful for a rest at noon, a shelter from the heat, the shadow of a great rock in u weary land.

May thy servants behold the moral fields, that are already white unto harvest, and be all anxiety to save the multitudes, that are perishing for lack of knowledge.

The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few; we therefore pray, that ‘I’houwilt send forth labourers into thy harvest.

He that gathereth in summer, is a wise son; hethatsleepeth in harvest, is a son that causeth shame. Now is our accepted time, now is our day of salvation O, let us not waste our precious privi’leges, and in a dying hour exclaim — The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.