THE PSALMIST'S REVELATION. bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 35. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 37. I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38. I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. 39. For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 47. It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people unto me. He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me. 41. They cried, but there was none to save them; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. 43. Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and PARALLEL PREDICTIONS. upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Rev. xix. 11. Behold, my servant whom I uphold. I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee. Isa. xlii. 1,6. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse; and against his army. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. Rev. xix. 15, 19, 21. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 1 Cor. xv. 27. When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me. Prov. i. 27, 28. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. They that dwell in THE PSALMIST'S REVELATION. thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44. As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. 45. The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. 48. Thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 50. Great deliverance giveth he to his King; and showeth mercy to his anointed; to David, and to his seed for evermore. PARALLEL PREDICTIONS. the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him. Psa. lxxii. 8, 9, 11. Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. Psa. lxvi. 3. So shall he astonish with admiration* many nations: the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see: and that which they had not heard shall they consider. Isa. lii. 15. They shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Isa. ii. 19. They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth; they shall be afraid of the Lord our God. Mic. vii. 17. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes, but he shall be broken without hand. Dan. viii. 25. The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. 1 Sam. ii. 10. For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved. Psalm xxi. 7. QUESTIONS ON THE COLLECTS. 5TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Fruit of Faith in the Trinity is a disposition to seek peace. 1. In what portions of the Service for this day is a disposition to seek peace to be found? 2. What steps are necessary to be taken with a view to establish peace? 3. What are the blessed results of peace? 6TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Fruit of Faith in the Trinity is an entire devotion of the heart to God. 1. In what portions of the Service for this day is an entire devotion of heart to God recommended? 2. Shew some of God's methods of promoting this entire devotion of heart? 3. What are the certain and happy consequences of entire devotion of heart to God? 7TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Fruit of Faith in the Trinity is Practical Piety. 1. What graces referred to in the Service for this day are the necessary fruits of faith ? 2. What motives towards the manifestation of such fruits are to be found? 3. What prayers are desirable to be used for the advancement of such fruits? 8TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Privilege of Faith in the Trinity is a sense of Adoption, and its consequences. 1. What are the evidences of Adoption given in the Service for this day? 2. In what way are God's adopted children accustomed to express themselves in prayer, or otherwise? 3. What examples of God's provision for, and watchfulness over his adopted and obedient children, are there in the Service for this day? DR. CHALMERS ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION. (From the Witness.) "THE following paper, the last composition on any public matter which emanated from the pen of Dr. Chalmers, will be perused with deep interest by all our readers, both from the vast importance of the subject discussed, and the sad consideration that the voice which could so wisely enunciate regarding this and every other topic of practical bearing on the wellbeing of man, will be heard among us no more for ever. The paper origi. nated in a conversation which took place in London on the National Education Scheme, between the lamented deceased and the Honourable Fox Maule, when the latter, struck by the breadth and general applicability of the Doctor's views, urged him to commit them to writing. Dr. Chalmers did so whilst at Whitfield, Glocestershire, on his way home; and the following valuable document,-eminently practical in its nature, and suited, we should think, in a country such as Scotland, to unite the suffrages of the majority in all denominations,was the result. For our own part, we regard it as a legacy of sound, well-weighed advice to our Church and country, to which both would do well to serve themselves heir." 'It were the best state of things, that we had a Parliament sufficiently theological to discriminate between |