Our help is in the name of our Lord, who has made heaven and earth. Amen. Let us begin this evening service with the singing of Psalter 248, verses 1 and 2. The man who once has found abode within the secret place of God shall with Almighty God abide and in his shadow safely hide. Psalter 248 verse 1 and 2. ♪ God bless America ♪ ♪ Jesus Christ the Lord ♪ ♪ Heaven and earth are full of your glory ♪ I know the Lord my God will save. The portion of scripture we hope to read from this evening will be in the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah chapter 26. But we will now listen to and confess with heart and mind the twelve articles of our Catholic undoubted Christian faith. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried. He descended into hell. The third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost. I believe in Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen. Isaiah 26 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah. We have a strong city. Salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace. whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord forever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. For he bringeth down them that dwell on high, the lofty city, he layeth it low. He layeth it low even to the ground. He bringeth it even to the dust. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy. The way of the just is uprightness. Thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for Thee. The desire of our soul is to Thy name and to the remembrance of Thee. With my soul have I desired Thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early. For when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly and will not behold the majesty of the Lord. Lord, when Thy hand is lifted up, they will not see, but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy at the people. Yea, the fire of Thine enemy shall devour them. Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us, for Thou also hast wrought all our works in us. O Lord our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us, but by Thee only will we make mention of Thy name. They are dead, They shall not live. They are deceased. They shall not rise. Therefore hast Thou visited and destroyed them and made all their memory to perish. Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord. Thou hast increased the nation. Thou art glorified. Thou hast removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. Lord, in trouble have they visited Thee. They poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them. Like as a woman with child that draweth near the time of her delivery is in pain and crieth out in her pangs, so have we been in Thy sight, O Lord. We have been with child, we have been in pain. We have, as it were, brought forth wind. We have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust, for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee. Hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation be overpassed. For behold, the Lord cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also shall disclose her blood and shall no more cover her slain." Thus far the portion of scripture. Let us try to seek the Lord's countenance in prayer. Lord God of the heavens and of the earth, It is in this evening hour that we may try to draw nigh unto Thee. Lord, we are sinners, and may it be a humble plea from the depths of our hearts, Lord, that you may truly have a desire to seek Thee and that one thing needful. Lord, Thou knowest most perfectly what lieth in our hearts. Thou knowest the words that escape our mouths the thoughts that enter our minds and the deeds we perform day by day. And Lord, we have so many shortcomings. By nature we do not desire Thee. By nature we hate Thee. And Lord, may Thou open our eyes that we may see that we are sinners, that we may be reconciled by Thee, by the blood of Jesus Christ. Lord, for a poor and needy sinner, make us needy. And Lord, that we may plead on Thy promises as Thou has said in Thy word. Lord, that we may seek Thee in this time of grace and before it is too late. Take us from that broad way and place us on that narrow way. And Lord, visit those who are Thine again, Lord, if they are in a deep pit. Lord, may Thou also be with those that are sick and feeble, those that are needy. Thou knowest all the cares and sorrows even in our congregation. Lord, that there may be a cry unto Thee for healing, not only temporally but, Lord, also spiritually. That Thou may be near and dear unto them. Thou art a great physician and with Thee all things are possible. Lord, how often we do not pray or our prayers but out of custom. Lord, teach us to pray that Thou may also be with those who are elderly. Thou knowest them in the aging of their years. that they may yet speak unto them, Lord, that they may yet bend their knees and cry unto Thee. Lord, we pray also for our pastor who is in the Netherlands, that they may be with him as he is preaching there in many congregations, that it may yet be a blessing, and that he may also be a blessing amongst us, and that he may return next week in health and strength. Lord, we thank Thee also for blessing us with a pastor in the past two weeks from the Netherlands, and that his words may also bear fruit, and that all may be done to Thy honour and to Thy glory. Lord, where Thou go before us, where Thou help in the reading of this sermon this evening, that the words of Thy servant that we may read from may be blessed yet in this day. Lord, Thou knowest all things. Help us and be with us. We pray these things for Jesus' sake. Amen. The sermon this evening from R. M. McShane is entitled Christ the Only Refuge. The text verses we can find in Isaiah 26 verse 20 which reads, Come my people, enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doors about thee. Hide thyself as it were for a little moment until the indignation be overpassed. This passage is a word in season to God's people in every time of impending calamity. The form of expression is evidently taken from that dreadful night when God passed through the land of Egypt to smite all the firstborn of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat upon the throne to the firstborn of the captive that sat in the dungeon. And Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt. for there was not a house where there was not one dead. But God had commanded His own Israel to kill the Pascal lamb, the type of the Lord Jesus Christ, the lamb of God, and to take the bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood and strike the lintel on the two side posts with the blood. and none of you, said he, shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. As if he had said, Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy blood-sprinkled doors about thee. Hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation be overpassed." It may be difficult to determine what time of indignation the Prophet here refers to. The prophecy was given in the beginning of Hezekiah's reign when many a destruction was yet to come upon the land of Israel. The invasion by Sennacherib the Assyrian was just at hand and may be primarily referred to. The invasion by Nebuchadnezzar and seventy years captivity was also coming and this also may be referred to. And the invasion by the Romans, in which Jerusalem was destroyed and the Jews finally dispersed over the world, may also be referred to. And in all these coming indignations, God's word to His people was to hide in their chambers, in the refuge which He had appointed them, till the indignation should be overpassed. But most of all does this prophecy refer to the great storm of indignation which God is yet going to bring upon the world before the end come. When the Lord Jesus shall come a second time without sin unto salvation, when he shall come again, no more a poor man clothed in a seamless garment, but glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength. when he shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and admired in all them that believe in that day of awful tribulation in which, except it were shortened, no flesh should be saved. God will gather his own as it were into chambers and keep them hid till the storm passes over. As in the flood he brought his little flock into the ark and it is written God shut them in. He shut the doors about them till the deluge of his wrath was passed as in the destruction of Jericho the family of Rahab were gathered all within doors and saved from the wrath that came on all the sides As in the destruction of the firstborn in Egypt, God kept His own Israel safely hid in their dwellings. So in the last storm that shall fall on this poor, perishing world, God will gather His elect safe under the hollow of His hand, saying, Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doors about thee. Hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment until the indignation be overpassed. Before we continue, we would like to sing Psalter 248, the verses 3 through 6. The Lord with his protecting care shall keep thee from the hidden snare. When fearful plagues around prevail, thy life the scourge shall not assail. The verses 3, 4, 5 and 6 from Psalter 248. so I love you. shall keep thee from the hidden snare. Lord Thyself. Thou shalt be need His wings and arms, As Thou didst in This care comes from you. O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? you. ♪ To Thee, O Thine ♪ ♪ I'll ever give my heart to Thee ♪ You shall be. The doctrine to be learned from this passage is a very plain one, namely that in every time of calamity God bids us and our families find refuge in Christ. There is no safety anywhere else. Christ is a complete refuge in every storm. In other parts of the Bible, Christ is compared to a hiding place from the wind, a covert from the storm and the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. He is compared to a fortress or high tower into which we may flee and be safe. He is compared to an apple tree amid the trees of the wood under whose shadow we may sit down and his fruit be sweet to our taste. But the comparison here is quite different. He is here compared to our own chamber with the door shut. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doors about thee. Now Christ is like our own chamber with the door shut in many respects because there is safety in Him. There is no place in all the world to which we look oftener in an hour of danger as a refuge and place of safety than our own home, the inner chamber with the door made fast. Brethren, just such is Christ. There is safety in Him. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. Because there is quietness and rest in Him, In the world, we look for the bustle and harassment of business. But when we enter into our chamber and shut the door behind us, we shut out the bustling, noisy world. All is tranquility and peace. Brethren, just such is Christ. In Him, the weary are at rest. We are without carefulness. We have quietness and assurance forever. because our home is a ready-made retreat, near and easy for access. When we seek our home, we have not to soar with the eagle to the top of the rugged rocks, nor like the dove that makes its nest in the hole's mouth. Neither have we to dig into the earth that we may hide our head there. Our home is near unto us. Brethren, just such is Christ. He is a ready saviour, at hand and not afar off. We have not to ascend to bring Christ down from above, neither have we to descend into the deep to bring Christ again from the dead. But the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. Oh, He is a near saviour. He is not far from any one of us. Now this is the refuge which God bids his people flee into in every storm. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doors about thee. Hide thee, as it were, for a little moment until the indignation be overpassed. And oh, it is an all-sufficient refuge in every storm. Firstly, Christ is a complete refuge in a storm of conscience. The great mass of unconverted men are living quite securely in their sins, going about from day to day without the least anxiety, though they are abiding under wrath. The reason is that the vials of wrath are held over their heads, but not yet poured out. The flames of hell are burning up to their very feet, but they are not yet suffered to touch them. God is long-suffering, not willing that any should perish. But when God awakens a soul to know His true condition, then there arises a storm of conscience within. O brethren, there is no more security to that soul. He does not feel the loathsomeness of sin as a child of God does, but he feels the terribleness of wrath. The Spirit has convinced him of sin. Every sin of his past life rises up behind him and seems to cry for instant vengeance. All the sins of his hands, his taking things that were not his own, his handling unlawful things and writing abominable and foolish things, the sins of his feet, swift to shed blood, swift to carry him to the haunts of sin. The sins of his eyes, full of adultery, and that could not cease from sin. The sins of his tongue, loving and making a lie, putting forth words of clamor and evil speaking, backbiting and bitterness, speaking shameful words in the dark, things of which it is a shame so much as to speak. The sins of his heart, that it should always have been like a fountain, pouring out abominable desires and loathsome affections toward the creature, whilst the Creator was unloved, though the loveliest of all. O brethren, when a man really feels that the wrath of God is lying on him for a whole lifetime of sin, who can bear that storm? And worst of all, when the spirit convinces of sin, because he believes not in Jesus, When the sinner feels that Jesus hath been stretching out his hands all the day, and he hath not regarded, that the gentle Saviour has called and he has refused, that he has trodden the offers of mercy under his feet, and done, despite to the Spirit of grace, O then does the storm of conscience rise into a whirlwind. The fears of wrath lie hard upon that soul. They are like waves and billows going over him. His wife and children cannot cheer him now. His sinful friends cannot laugh him from his fears now. O brethren, if you have seen the sad, dejected countenance of a sinner convinced by God, you will not soon forget it. He is not sure, but his next step may be into hell. When he falls asleep, he does not know, but he may wake up in hell. O, if there be one soul here thus awakened, afflicted, tempest-tossed, and not comforted, hear this word. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee. Hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation be overpassed. True, this is a word chiefly to God's people who have already hidden in Christ, but Christ is as free to you as to them. In Him there is perfect safety. In Him is quietness and rest. He is a near Savior. His arms are as open to receive you as is your own home. Come, poor sinners, enter into this chamber. Everyone that is now in Christ was once as much tempest-tossed as you are. When a man is overtaken by nightfall on a bleak moor, when the frosty wind blows bitterly upon him and the wreathing snow retards his every footstep, where is it that he longs to be? What spot in all the world comes oftenest across his wishful fancy? It is his home, his inner chamber with the door made fast. Oh, if he were only there, he would be safe. Oh, poor soul, just such you are. Just such are you, and just such a home is Christ, not afar off, but near. Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved. Hide in Him, for He is a hiding place from the wind. Secondly, Christ is a complete refuge in a storm of providence. When providences are all favorable, it is amazing to see how careless unconverted men grow of God and the things of eternity. When the glow of health has been long upon their cheek, they begin to live as if they were to live forever, as if there were no death and no hell. When their business goes on prosperously from week to week, they begin to feel like lords of the universe, as if this world were their own, as if their houses and lands and money were all their own, and they could never part company. And, oh, it is still more amazing to see how careless even the children of God will grow in such times of long-continued prosperity. how death and eternity and to be with Christ and to be like Christ become less desirable things than once they were. How like they become to the world in supposing that gain is godliness. How the poor, pitiful possessions of this world seem for a time to come between and intercept the view of the inheritance that is incorruptible, undefiled and that fadeth not away. how the glare and glitter of this present evil world dazzled their eyes and dimmed their sight for beholding the king in his beauty and the land that is very far off. Now, it is deeply interesting and deeply instructive to mark the panic which comes upon the face of society when God makes a sudden change of providences. When all of a sudden the sky is overcast the distant thunder begins to roll, and the storm of providence comes on. When those sudden crashes take place in the commercial world, when, like the avalanche of the snowy mountains that comes down upon some hapless village, smothering whole families in the midst of their unthinking gaiety, When those overwhelming catastrophes come down, involving whole families in ruin and penury, oh, it is strange to see how the world stands amazed, their wisdom is all dashed and confounded. Or, when God sends a time of widespread sickness and death, when He seems to poison the very atmosphere, when we are visited by the pestilence that walketh in darkness and the destruction that wasteth at noonday, when a thousand fall at our side and ten thousand at our right hand. Oh, it is strange to see what a panic comes upon men and paleness upon all faces. It is like when a set of fishing boats is set out upon an excursion when the wind was fair, And the sun shone happily, and the blue waves curled gently on every side, and all is joy and carelessness in every boat. When suddenly the sky is overcast, the whistling wind rises, a dreadful squall is at hand, and death stares every man in the face. Then what panic seizes upon every boat's crew. what reefing of the sails, what grasping at the helm, how one seeks to run into the shore, another into the deep. Such is the panic that comes over unconverted men in a time of widespread calamity. And how religious they now become, how they look grave and forsake their jests and loose talking and think that is religion. They are just like Israel of old. When He slew them, then they sought Him, and they returned and inquired early after God. And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the High God their Redeemer. Nevertheless, they did flatter Him with their mouth, and they lied unto Him with their tongues, for their heart was not right with Him, neither were they steadfast in His covenant. Now, brethren, in such a storm of providence, Christ is a complete refuge. And though the children of God in such times, even they, seem to be in doubt and jeopardy, they know not what to think. They know not where to flee. Yet they may hear the word of God above the storm. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee. Hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation be overpassed. Just as our own chamber, with the doors shut about us, is the place where we have quietness and rest. And the storm may rage without, but we shall not feel it. And the world may be crying aloud, yet we shall not hear it. So the Lord Jesus is a perfect refuge to the believer from all the storms of providence. Men are apt to think that the only good of hiding in Christ is to save our souls, that when an awakened sinner hides in the Lord Jesus, he finds pardon of all sin and peace with God, but nothing more. But the whole Bible shows that there is much more in Christ, that when we hide in Him, we are saved from all our distresses, from our troubles about health, about money, about the world. In the 34th Psalm, it is mentioned four times over that when we come to Christ, we are saved not out of one trouble, but out of all our troubles. I sought the Lord. He heard and delivered me from all my fears. This poor man cried and the Lord heard and saved him out of all his troubles. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, yet the Lord delivereth them out of them all. And the reason is plain. When we hide in Jesus, the God of providence becomes our God and Father, and we know He will make all things work together for our good. The Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want. Whatever temporal good may be taken away, we know that our eternal good is secure. I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. Before we continue, we will sing Psalter 89, verses 1, 3 and 5. Ye children, come give ear to me and learn Jehovah's fear, He who would long and happy live, let him my counsel hear. Psalter 89 verse 1, 3 and 5. Thank you. ♪ Into the flow'r ♪ ♪ Into the wind ♪ ♪ And I know one thing ♪ ♪ In the blue and the white ♪ O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, ♪ To their pride ♪ ♪ The King shall live ♪ ♪ Yes, the Lamb shall sing ♪ ♪ Yes, the Lamb shall live ♪ ♪ The King shall rise ♪ Thee we'll praise and thank. Thank you. O my believing friends, why should you be discouraged in this time of widespread sickness, possibly calamities or war? Why should you be cast down as if God were covering you with a cloud in his anger? These clouds may be a few drops of God's coming wrath upon the world. They may be like the first of the thundershower. but to you they speak in the language of love. God wishes you deeper hid in Christ. He wishes you more separate from the world. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doors about thee. We never would know so well the blessing of a home if there were no winter snows and winter winds to make us crowd round the happy hearth. Just so, believer, you would not know the blessing of such a chamber as Christ is if there were no sicknesses and dark impending providences to make you live more in Him. Come then, believer, let every drop of wrath that falls around you speak with new power to your soul and give new life to that faith by which you cleave to Jesus. Let every sigh you hear be as it were a voice from God saying, Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers. And you poor Christless souls, ah, where shall you run? Poor sheep that have no shepherd, defenseless and lost in this world's wilderness? You have no home. Enter into your securest room and shut your door. Still vengeance can reach you there. God is against you. His wrath is abiding on you. Oh, the day of the Lord is darkness and not light to you. Wherever you go, you are a lost soul. As if a man did flee from a lion and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall and a serpent bit him. Oh, brethren, ye are men. Ye have reason. Will ye not flee from the wrath to come? Will these wasting sicknesses not convince you that God is stronger than you? That you will be nothing in the hands of an angry God? Even to you then, Christ, the door of salvation is still open, wide open. Come, poor sinner, enter into this chamber and shut thy doors about thee. Hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment until the indignation be overpassed. There are just two remarks I would make in conclusion. First, that this passage bids us hide in Christ, not singly, but in families. In that deliverance which God wrought for Israel and Egypt, He taught this very remarkably. For He did not gather Israel into some great tower where they might be safe, but bade each family remain within their own house. only sprinkling the doors with blood. And so in saving Noah, God saved not single souls, but a whole family. And so in saving Lot, God saved Lot and all that were his. And so in saving Rahab, she and all her household were gathered in and saved. My friends, God is still the God of families, and still does He wish whole families of you to be saved. And he says as much in the words before me, Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers. Alas, my friends, we live in days when family religion is fallen to the ground. Men are too proud now to be like Abraham and to command their children and their servants after them. Men nowadays take up the words of Cain and say, Am I my brother's keeper? Where are our Andrews now? Andrew first findeth his own brother Peter, and saith unto him, We have found the Christ, and he brought him to Jesus. What? Is there one of you who thinks himself a child of God, who is yet ashamed to kneel down in the midst of his family and pray? Alas, my friend, you may dream that you are a child of Abraham, but remember you do not the works of Abraham. Ah, brethren, whole families must be saved, for whole families are in danger of hell. Oh, then, you that know the Lord, do not your bowels yearn over your perishing kindred? Can you not fall on some contrivance? Think you to win them to Christ? Will you not strengthen our hands, at least by your words and prayers, and by opening the way for the minister of Christ into the bosom of your unconverted families? In this time of trouble, will you not lay hands on them as the angels did on Lot? Hark! The Lord invites you. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doors about thee. Hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment until the indignation be overpassed. Secondly, I observe that the dangers to which the believer is exposed are but for a time. God says, Hide thyself as it were for a little moment until the indignation be overpassed. It was so in that night when God smote the firstborn in Egypt. It was but a night that they were to hide in their houses. None of you shall go out of his house until the morning. It was so in the destruction of Jericho. Rahab and her kindred hid themselves seven days till the danger was overpassed. And just so the troubles of believers now are for a very short time. These light afflictions are but for a moment. And also the indignation which is coming on the world will be but for a little moment. It will soon be overpassed. Temporal troubles are but for a moment. These sad sicknesses and wasting calamities will not last forever. A short while and this body will be past the power of pain to grieve it. I know that if any of you have tasted the sweetness of being Christ, you could be content to hide in him for an eternity. Welcome an eternity of outward troubles if I have such a hiding place. But you are not asked to do this. Hide thyself as it were for a little moment. live but a few years more in faith, and Thou shalt live the rest in glory. If we suffer with Him, we shall also reign with Him. The indignation will be but for a moment. Days of wrath are coming such as the world has never known before. My friends, it is vain to conceal it. And if these days were not shortened, no flesh could be saved. But for the elect's sake, they shall be shortened. they shall be made as a little moment. Whether these days of trouble shall be in our day, I do not know, for we know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of Man cometh. But this I do know, that there is no safety, no, not for another night, for any soul that is not hiding in the Saviour. I repeat, my friends, if you lie down in your bed this night out of Christ, the Son of Man may be come before the morning and you be cut in thunder and have your portion with the hypocrites, where is weeping and gnashing of teeth. But, O believer, hidden in the cleft rock, abide in Him. As the sky darkens around you, hide deeper in Him. It is only for a short time. One dark, dark cloud and eternal sunshine beyond. One wild wave of vengeance and an unbounded ocean of glory. Little children, abide in him that when he shall appear ye may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doors about thee. Hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment until the indignation be overpassed. Amen. Let us try to pray. Lord God, it is at the end of this service that we may try to come before Thee in prayer. And Lord, we have again heard words of exhortation and of comfort. Lord, may we hide in Thee. May we seek refuge in Thee, that we may be in Thee. Lord, would Thou bring yet a revival amongst us. a crying unto Thee, that we may be also a people that go into our chambers to pray, not only on our own, but Lord, as families. Lord, that we may seek Thee in this time of grace, that we may pray without ceasing for that one thing needful. Lord, we live in a time where the world about us wants to destroy the family. But Lord, make us that we may be joined together as families, and that we may serve Thee in truth, that we may be an example of humbleness, not of haughtiness. Lord, then be with us and go with us, for those spare us. For they'll bring us together on Sunday when we hope to again hear a portion of Thy Word. and meditations thereon. Lord, that it may be a blessing amongst us. That also those who are listening via the church phone, Lord, bless them in their homes. And Lord, that they will then spare us. That they will keep us in safety. Lord, we also think of Zach and Wilma and the baby who are again able to come home in health that may continue to provide for them. Above all, giving that one thing needful, that refuge in Thee, which only Thou canst give. Give us a searching heart, we pray for Jesus' sake. Amen. Our closing Psalter for this evening will be Psalter 80, the verses 1, 2 and 3. In Thee, O Lord, I put my trust, I call upon Thy name. O save me in Thy righteousness, nor let me suffer shame." 1, 2 and 3, Psalter 80. you Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave I hear the answering. God of the nations, rescue me. Let us close with a prayer of the doxology. May the grace of Christ, the Savior, and the Father's boundless love, with the Holy Spirit's favor, rest upon us from above. Amen.