making him my refuge?  Ps. 9:9. 57:1. 59:16.  Jer. 16:19.  When my soul is under the hidings of his countenance, can I enjoy any other good?  Job 29:2-5.  Ps. 38:1-10.  Do I experience any ardent longings after his spiritual presence with my soul?  Ps. 42:1, 2. 61:1, 2.  Do I feel any earnest desires after conformity to his image?  Matt. 5:6.  Rom. 8:29. 1 Cor. 15:49. 2 Cor. 3:18. 4:4.  Col. 3:10.  Ps. 17:15.  Do I delight in the moral law of God, as a transcript of his holy character?  Ps. 37:31. 119:70, 72, 77, 79, 113, 131.  Rom. 7:12, 22.  Do I feel grieved when I see his law disregarded?  Ps. 119:136, 158.  Do I make his will the rule of my life? 1 John 5:3.  Do I earnestly strive to bring my heart and life into complete conformity to his will?  Phil. 3:7-14.  Do I love his word?  Ps. 19:7-11. 119:11, 16, 82, 162, 172.  Do I find delight in meditating upon it?  Ps. 1:2. 119:148.  Do I delight in the ordinances of his house?  Ps. 26:8. 36:8. 122:1. 84:10.  Do I delight in the Sabbath, anticipating its return with desire, hailing it with joy, and engaging in its duties with sweet satisfaction; Isa. 58:13, 14.  Do I delight in secret communion with God, in prayer and praise?  Ps. 5:2, 3. 55:16, 17. 88:13. 116:2. 138:1, 2. 146:1, 2. 147:1. 148.  Do I love the children of God, as bearing his image? 1 John 4:20. 5:1.  Is my soul ever moved with sweet emotion in contemplating the infinite moral perfections of God?  Ps. 30:4. 96:9.  Do I delight also in his natural perfections, as appertaining to the Supreme Ruler of the universe?  Ps. 96:1-13. 97:1-12.  Do I feel this delight in his character, independent of the idea that he is my friend?  Hab. 3:17, 18.  Am I sure that even this emotion is not produced by the secret thought that the exercise of it is an evidence of my being his friend?

5. As to my Christian character in general. Do I realize my dependence upon the Holy Spirit for every right feeling and action?  John 14:16, 17.  Rom. 8:9, 13, 14.  Isa. 26, 12.  Are the fruits of the Spirit manifest in my heart and life?  Gal. 5:22-24.  Have I mortified my members which are upon the earth, and put off the works of the flesh?  Gal. 5:19-21.  Col. 3:5, 8.  Have I put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him?  Col. 3:10.  Do I manifest my love to my brethren by a readiness to make sacrifices of personal feeling, interest, and enjoyment, to promote their welfare and happiness? 1 John 3:14-17.  Do I manifest my love for all mankind, by doing good to all as I have opportunity?  Do I feel an unalterable desire for the conversion of their souls?  Rom. 9:1, 2.  Am I willing to make personal efforts and sacrifices to promote this object?  Do I heartily and earnestly offer the prayer,—­“Thy kingdom come,” doing and giving all in my power to promote it?  Is the same mind in me, in these respects, that was in Christ Jesus?  Phil. 2:4-8.  Rom. 15:2, 3.  Do I truly feel that it is more blessed to