Second advent library

__onus-r'| noon comme. Kharhxstory' iomthe triarch_ Abraham to the presentday, we find her variable as the wind, and changeable ll~the weather.To-day, she in up out of the wildemess lean-cominging on the arm of her be oved ; to-morrow, " like ayounganfhlgapmg upon the mountains, and skipping upon the1Now she is seen among the trees of the woods; next111 8palace of silver inclosed in boards of cedar.There we saw her in the cleils of the rock; here webehold her in the broad way, in the streets of the greatci .Again we End her among the foxes of the desert'and anon weperceive her seeking him whom her soulloveth,_She is asleep on her bed by night; and the sameMQ! the watch finds her in the city.hold her Lord,_knocking at the door for admittance,while she is too indolent to arise and let him in. TheBelt moment she is opening to her beloved; but he hadwithdrawn himself! At one time the voice of her belovedsounding over the hills, and echoing among thelyountains like the roar of distant thunder, has no impresnextthe soft whisper of love gains all her atten-'3;'"§ n._Here blows the rough north wind and strong south'md upon her spices; yet they put forth noA1111 there the lightest fragrancy.breeze makes her roses b ossom,Ind all the air is perfume.See her countenance to-day black as the tents of Ke-'hfl and to-morrow comely as the of Jerusalem.Ind fair as the purple curtains daughters o Solomon. To-GQY She is "a garden barred, a spring shut up, a foun-Fllll sealed ;" to-morrow "a garden open, a. well of liv-"lg Waters, and streams from Lebanon." Now she is'nk as a babe; asingle watchman can " smite, wound,"dtake away her vai ;" and then she is*hd courageousvaliant, "terrible as an army with banners." To-'hy she _is made to keep another's vineyard; to-morrow'50 IQ realizinga thousand pieces of silver from her own.all! iatruly a changeable being, carried about by tbl23