188 SAFETY FOR ETERNITY. 



question was put to him by an anxious relative, * Is 

 not Christ as good as his word ? ' Yes,' he faltered, 

 ' quite.' And when he had said these words, he 

 fell asleep." 



" Here let my faith unshaken dwell. 

 Immovable the promise stands : 

 Nor all the powers of earth or hell 

 Can e'er dissolve the sacred bands. 



" Here, my soul, thy trust repose. 

 If Jesus is for ever mine, 

 Not death itself, that last of foes, 

 Shall break a union so Divine." 



