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Tiiey are tlie most iui]>oi-tant subjects. There are many others not introduced into onr ^confessions that are very ! important, ami not oufv may Is- ;i|> propriately dis.-u.ssed, Imt slioidd receive, due attention from tlie pulpit, lint onr fathers ineori«or*.iteif into our symbols the most imjmrtant only, and those thiii'is essential to salva tion bavin" the most prominent place )n them, we should dwell chiefly niton them. Tlie minister may preach only scriptural theiries, yet starve spiritiuilly his flock lie- cause be constantly avoids the weightier matters of the lav and tiospel, the fundiimental tnitlis of relifrion^ As ineinlH-rs of the Lu theran Chnrrli we can not eonsist- eutly Wlieve otherwise than if we make one a true and anient Lutheran ‘we make him the ls-st Christian. With this conviction, as men faithful to onr charge, we must preach more and ,oftener these foundations of a Lutheran’s hope than anythin}-, yea, than all else. We should let no opportnnity pass of holding them’up ■ to their view. We must take spix-ial pains to establish, by the wonl of God, every truth, show the perfect consistency of the system with itself, ani.1 its harmony with reason, and 'present in that simplicity and power that an- jieenliarly their own. In accomplishing this, that style of preaching denominated controversial i* not necessary. We may preach Lutheranism plainly without de nouncing others. Hold up our opin ions without causing offence to others who honestly differ with im. Ibro- •claim our own in the most forcible manner; Others will preaeli theirs, and the ]ws>ple will judge. Often in the defence of truth we must contrast it with error, answer objections as ^rcll as bring jiositive arguments to its support, love of the truth, a perfect charity for all, and an earnest desire to save souls, should then i/D08t especially breathe, themselves into all we say, mark every gesture , and cliaraeterize every word. Those who maintain tlie opposite should never be mentioned by nnjjie, and every nncharitiible allusion njost scrupulously avoided. Controversial preaching thwarts its Own end. Tlie day was when it was tolerated, but * ** tfixxl it ae(*oin])liKh(*<Li.s qncstion- a,,I< '- Thank God, tl|f day lias passed when each lnwiistcr felt him- lelf speeially ealled to tight in the roost unsparing manner- all Chris- nans who eonhl not pronounce his shibboleth. All lilteral minded, in- ‘‘gent Christians now disapprove in pm- own communion as well as at of the most of our sister de nominations. While this is true, a I) ain, earnest exposition of our own *? e * | d >s not only not condemned, but almost invaribly commended. If in u ,rw spirit we discharge our duty, though we fail to convince, we will * hot offend. . We heartily disapprove of l'mpu-nt pujdic contrasts. We exhort our Im-tlm-n to avoid them as linu-h As IMissilile, We believe, however, that Comparisons art- very nnjsntHiit. We are “act to watch for sottish "watclftheii ujsm the walls of Ziou.” If is our Imsincss to lieoome (xigni- zmit, not only with our own thisilogv, hut that of others, and to show to those who have Ikh-ii eoiiimitt.sl to our keeping, “all truth,” and “the danger that lurketh in tlie way.” How can we prove the sii|H-riority of onr faitll to that held by others witli- mitai contrast t How can we warn fheiiKigainst erixn- without panting it out to them f In making them we sUmld seek such isx-asioiis as will wound the feelings of tlie fewest,and yet at the same, time, most efftviu ally accomplish the desired md. We have a most fitting op|M>rt unity in our visits. Then 'Jd. HV MHxt teach them hy the fire■ uale. This should Is- on*- of onr chief aims in all our visits, ls»Mi pastoral and social. There is no subject" more lieeoming to a minister, : raCTT Devotsd Filial Lot*. Mr. Editor: At yourrwiwest. we send you a simple statement of IlH* facts in connection witli the narrow and provideiitial ««s«-ap> Am dmwn- ing of a whole family, and the n-iiinrkuble self pww.-ssion and noble devotion of a little boy Just eight years of uge, Jefferson Kichnrdsmi by name, and a memls-r of (At. John's Lutheran Snbliuth w-hool, Charles ton. In our city by Jlie sea, ox ery fair aftenusiu Charleston harbor pre- seats a gay uud attruetivv spp sr nnco, with Ms venu-ls nt anchor, fhxpK-ntly an -arrival or deiwrtun- of a steamer, aiwl ulways iiuniemn* Ashing smacks and other light crafts upm itx.waters. And many arc tlu- guy jfleasun- panics in tla-ir trim little Issits that mine in sight, as they sail up and down from the Ashley to tin- Cisip-r Itiver. Ill file distauet* we take a lunl’s eye view of the surrounding islands uud Mount 1‘U-asaul village; and then- still farther to adorn the religion of his Hnviour, mid to become a rieii Messing, wot only to Ids own family, Mlt to the whole roiniiiunity. c. l. n. stands the entmhling n-utains of nay, a Christian, tliiiim n-ligioiisone.t‘^k‘‘*' < * rt Sumter, so desr to every Polities is not only mumited to • the I l""* l,,,M - lips of the mnn of Cod, hilt often very prejudicial to bis influence, (■enerally lie is not suflieieiitly ae- ipiainlcd with agrieullural or mui- ■ mcivial pursuits to make himself j instrnetive or even entertaining iipm I hem. Sun-ly In- can not so far Ins- ■ sight of his dignity as to elig.igi- in [ light, frivolous conversation, in the I small talk and rliit-elmt of his mm- in mi i ty. lb-ought never to manifest tis» dmp an ilderest in nnytldiig j p-rtnining to the Issly, Imt to im carriages drive unmnd the llattery, and the little children, with tlu-ir gay costumes, dance and skip in “While Point (iiirden,’ many psh-s trians ms-k tin- ixsil, inviting ptomc naiU-, with its Is-autiful vh-.w, or rest npm tin- scats prov id«sl, and watch the ino\ ing |Hinorama on luml ami m, Not long siiM-c a family, etuisMting of ulsmt ten p-rs<ms, lainn-Insl tln-ir IhkiI from the slniiv; puvnla ami rhihlreli arc all bright with the Ministerial. Apologetic Prewching. The ipu-stioa. How far should preaching In- sptlogctlc I was sug gested by a sermon we lately ln-ard at tlie opuingof a new ehnprl. Tlie pr.-a.dter, who waa an eminent and highly gift.si man. sehs-trsl a text which act forth a leading dtadrine of the < hnstmn faith. From tlie natun- of tlu- .Mx-ashm, we Imi)mxI that tin- ■ernnai would consist of a luuilllhn* CVpMilioli of the great truth, und un applh-nthai of it to tlu- ishim-m-ikt* amt hearts of the lirmm Inst.-ud of that, tin- time was almost entirety .as-upi.sl with an el«laa-..tr d.-f.-ias- of the ibs-trim- against its skepical ml verwuries, though protsibly imt one of them was present to lie nm founded or ix.uvine.sl by the pr.-u.-h er’s argniiH-nts. Tin- ilisasinrse, thoiigii nil aide and el<s|iu-ut one, duuippanted ns. llut it led its to ask w Imt tier, iu some .puirters, the siiim- style of pn-m-liiug was not Itnu-liixxl to un unwise extent. St. Piinl said that In- was set for the .Ifft-inx- of tin- g»sp-l, atsl in some (tltk-rlions and arguments which he knows be ran refute. He makes him s|>eak or lie silent, just an it suits liis purpisc, and, as a matter of rourar, gains an ixisy and .ximplete victory over him. By thia means he may olitain some applause from tlie lixui thoughtful pirtkNi of his audience, but if there should bapp-n to he a real living uubeiievrr present, be thinks himself treated unfairly. He only wishes that tin- proprieties of the time and plare jiennitted him to sp-uk .ml iu aunwer to the prraelier, luouuttxl njioii “txTWtnxrs nisth-,” w bo lias it all his own way, ami attacks a man when his hands are tied. Kveu when every punctilio of con trov.-rsiat rMvalry is observed, slid such ipu stions are treated with the utmost fairness, they can very seldom la- treated exbanstivel.v in th.- short xjsir.-of tunc allotted to a sermon. To la- a siexx-ssful apdogist rrx|nin> a logical uiiiwl amt great dial.x-tic akilt, <|ualifleatious which many use fid niinistcn. do not pisseaa. A man may la- a g>ssl ploiighimin, nr a g.ssl mason, ami yet not la- a g.ssl soldier. Then- nn* many who an* eminently tpialitkxl to cultivate the lntm-n w astes of a sinful world, or to Imihl up God's spiritual teui|4e, who make Imt a very pair figure when they .xmieto llglit with tlie enemies of tin- faith. Tlieir f.X'lfle n.IxTsacv ihaxi far nam- harm than giaal to Un- cause ttiey wisli to .b-felHl. u not d» well, lie ha.l l«-lter let ! press npm his px.plc, by bis inter- [ ! '“liei|s*taai of a cliurming sail; nn j .xsiria- with them,that they*are living | exbilcrutlng sen bnx-*.- is wuft.xl i for eternity. And wean- left with our own most appropriate one. Hen- a field is op-iuxl wi.le for ns to impress Lutheranism npm the minds and hearts of our pirishiimers. W ithout I offen.x- to any, we may show tla- from -t fl.l Alhiutie all nature smiles; and (Is- clouds that ll.Kit in the Uliic horizon, and an- n-lhx tjxl in the pin. id wafers, but height.-n tin- beauty of the wx-nc. Su.hl.-tdy tin- eh mils o\ erliead darken—the wiml MHXisare all l liristiun ministers have! Its tin- same vocation. It Is very dcsir^&u hie, when .Mx-ashai nxpiin-s, that t he v| alone, niiimld la* aide t» n-ja-l tlu- ultllrks of| Then* an* some amongst ns wh«i nuladifC Put then- an- soiim- nu n , ixwistdcv it an end of nil strife to who sa-em toth.uk that ll«*y might to j appeal to tlie Mrthority and l-xainph- d** Mtkhg else. TIm-v imagine them -j of onr 1‘nritan farefathers. ItYnay selves to Is- always prvjiching to a I Is* said that tlieir |MxxM-hiug and congn-g.ition of skepiea, to have I writing wen-, to a gn-at extent, eon •xmtinnnlty Is-f.o.- them te|uvsnita tmverwml— that they msxl their fives of all Ike the tteCa. I ran- endow ments and their vast Kvery scnituii is a llainp.si isx lure | learning to <>|>ps«- tlie religious dilTt-n-ii.x- la-tween onr n-lighms views • lulls — distant thunder rumbles — anil those of others, /Kspluy the Is-anty of ours aij.1 the im-tgisisteii eies of others, and with a heart full of charity, prevent ing ns from falling into abusive or .xuiteiiiptnous expres sions, unravel the great harmony with itself and with the Scriptures vivid tlasln-s of lightning dart uer.su. the sky—heavy p-nls of tlniiul.-r follow—darker und darker gmws the heavens—tlie lumrxe v oicc id tlu* win.! howls — the ripiding waters form themselves into great billows that lush the sides id the little rraft. •si a small srah-. They nppxir to gi*t tlieir iiispintioii not an much fmm tb*ir snlitret, as fnmi I he doubts which have Isxxi ex|inxusxl with rvfcnvux* to it. As if their only inl.-n-«t in tnitlt.wa« to fight for it! error* of tlu-ir times. Very true, ntul no ism* would wish to under value tlieir ini|mrtant services in this dirertion. lint, on the other huml. it may la* doubted whet her this was the tin art p-tmsnviifly valnalde part of that faith we hold. Nowhere u»d threaten each moment to .-ngntf I should <mr zeal betray us into liarsli " ' ,l * **»» pre.-i.sis rargn, beneath ness of language, or forg.-t that “we dark waves. 1 ear suddenly I-fc are menilwrs one of another.” Around the liri-si.h- we may nemnt nuslate ourselvt-s to the rapacity of each memls-r of tin- family in a man- tier imptssiblr in the pulpit. We may answer objections, remove doubts, ami fortify their weakness. . We can ascertain tlieir wants and ' meet them. Theie is no manner ljetter adapted to the attainment of tlie end after which we are inquiring than the conversational, and no phux- so well suited as thejiome. There was a greater church love among our fathers iu many sections of the church than nmoug us. It was because they were more firmly convicted of tlie truth of the d.s-- trines of the church. It was due in gnxit measure to this fin-side tweeh- ing pursued by tlieir pistors. .'hi. 11V inirxt teach thriu to the youiifl by eatechination. We tuxxl not re mind you of the susceptible eliarae- ter of tboM who attend t licsc kxt«n-»—that earliest iinpn-ssions an. stnmgeat—that the opinions formed nt this age are so lasting us to seem to lie woven into the very texture of the mind. We have not time to tell you how you can gather around you thoije accustomed from childhood's earliest years to love, reverence and implicitly confide in you ; iiovv yon can. state so clearly what yon believe, why yon believe it, and point them to the very passages in tlu-ir own Bibles that establish it; hoyv yon can reason with them until you produce conviction; bow yon can remove every vestige of doubt ; how yon can enforce it upon their minds, bring it home to tlieir hearts, and by tlu- very eff.x-ts npon tlieir souls, bind it firmly to their affec tions. Here we have another opportnnity for contrast. The occasion both ad mits and calls for it. We can array them side by side, and stamp indeli bly upon their memories the supe riority in every tlijng that will com mend them to tlieir love. Experience proves the e.x[>edH-noy anil prwer of this means. Those who have Ik-cii most faithfully cate- cliisedwrc always most devoted to their 'church. Wherever they lie throvvp they remain true to her. Nothing seems to Im* able to win then from lier. May God lead us back to the old paths. F• smites the breast of each snnl of Hint little rrrw, a f.-n moments ago so joyous and light-hearted. Tli«\ waves dash furiously over IIm* sides of the Is Kit—it is overturned, and the almost frantic father is strng gling to save his Is-lov.xl ones from His son Jeffi-ison is near him. As lie attempts to rescue him, the little child lifts his elixir voi.x-, in tills h.Hir of sore n.xxl, als.ve the nnr of warring elements, and in tin* face of griui dentil, cries: “AVrrr miml me, pi ; itarr ma." Surely tin* guardian angels smile ns they listen, and demx-nd at God's bidding to save, (hie by one, almost uiinimtously, was the family n-snuxl ftom “the deep”; one, a little girl, was seized by her long hair ns she was sinking to rise no more until the Itesumx-ti.m morn. And they were all brought to the sliort-— not one was missing. On the following Kaldiath the aged pastor gave thanks to a mereifid (hid who Imd interpisi-d to ilelber from death this btdored family of his flis-k, and p-nnittixl them there in the temple of God to ininglr tlieir voice* with tins*- of tlieir f.-llow- worship-rs in prayer and thanks giving. In the nfleraiMm, when the tenehers and Snhltalh scholars were gatheixxl together, the |Kistor again alluded to the great deliverance Gist had vouehsuf.xt to some iM-fore him —teachers and scholars. He nd- ilresMxi tlie lsiys of the school, re minding them that one of tlieir numlier, in nn hour of imminent peril,, unnppillcd by tbe horrors of the scene, bad asked that his young life should Is* sacrificed to save that of a Is-lov.xl mother, lie exliortixl them to imitate the example of their little compuiion in his devo tion to his mother; and that the lesson might lie still more impressive, the Superintendent Isx-koncl to the little child to coine. forward and stand in tlie clmm-cl. Many eyes overflowed ns they rested grateftdly npm the face and form of that tiny lsiy, who had lsx-n faithful to his mother—even unto death. And many were the fervent prayers that ascended to the f.sitstoql of God, that tlie holy teachings which had developxl so pure a love, might continue to mould the heart, and to direct the walk and conversation of this little child, thus enabling him Tlie city .»f G.sl is, to tln-ii mind, in ] of their lalmrs. Will not Baxter’s “Cidl to the t'ii<xaiverte.l,” slid ht* “Saint's Everlasting Best.” Is- read with uiuilmtcd phxismv and profit, when his pm.ler.His tom.'* of pth-mic tb«x»hig> stand m-gl.x1e»l ;uid ttn ..p-mxl on dusty lss.k sIm-Ivcs f It is no*, of ixmrse, meant that ministers should have no sympathy with tlu- dimhts which will often distress the minds of tlieir most intelligent hearers, or do mdhing to remove tlu-iii. But a ministry vlik-h is only or chiefly anti skeptical, is not likely to Is* a very fruitful one. It is generally Jiositive didactic preaching which brings sinners to rep*ntnnee, and does the most to (iniinote exjs-rimental nml practical n-lighm.— Ixaidnn Freeman. a state of p-rp-l.ml siege, mid tbe noise of war always raging around Imt w alls. They sehlian hxul tlieir hinn-rs forth for a p-mefnl walk, bidding them to murk well tier bul walk*, ami rousid.-r 1st pala«x-s. (but, euanMinxI with the sight, they may exult in citizenship, or desire to share in its pm lieges. In most (xtugTvgui ions, |Ih* majority eiHisists of |s*rsiais who are neter rea.-lnxl by the skc|Hirism of tlie age, uml f.x-l no iuterest in it. Tiiey n.xxl rc|no»f for tlieir faults, roinf.irt for tln-ir sorrow s, strength for their con flirt with tcinjitation, and for the jH-rfonuaiKx* of the every .lay duties of life, or to Is- ar.uis.xl from tln-ir indifference to the whole sut^jfx-t ..f n-ligitHi. For tln-ir minister to Is- ever bringing liefore them, fnr rrfu tation, the infiik-lity which he, p-r haps, has met with in tin* ixatrse of Ins own n*ading ami study, is very much like hxxling them with stone* when they mxxl bread. TTn-ti, again, to he always sjieaking of tnitli in an apdugetic tone, is calculated to wraken it* inflnrnrr. If every .l.wtrinc of tbe faith ( is tn-atixl ns an op-n qin-stion, it gives to n-ligimis teaching nn air of tinrer tniuty, which miglit to In* carefully nvoidixl. It was fonneriy the jirae tire of fVxflch ministers to jirracli frnm the same text for many Holidays together. One day a young man stole into a church during tlie ser mon, and the first words he beard were, “We now <xiuic to tlie thirt.v- stx-nud objection to this doctrine.” U>- iustaqtly thought to hiniM-lf, “What an objectioiuibh- d.M-triue it must lie.” Are there not many ser mons which have a similar effect t Do they not often shake the confi dence of tlioao who already Is-lievc, anil crente doubt ill minds where it never existed before T It may Ik* fairly questioned whether it is wist* to drug pxiple through all the mazes of nnxlern infidelity, merely for the jilensun* of showing them the way .nit, nml esjsx-ially when then* is a .lunger that some of them may Ik* left lK‘hin.1. The very ap-.itlo, who was himself so great a controver sialist, said : “I would have you w ise unto that which is goisl, and simjile eomxrning eviL” Another fact, which weighs against the constant a.Uijition of this style of jirem-liing is, that tlie class for whom it is intended nrc seldom oinvlnced or satisflixl with it. When the preacher snpjMMK's himself to 1m> in cxintlict with a skcffiieal adversary, he generally imagines one who is weaker Ilian himself. He pnta iulo the mouth of lii*ojipment only thom- * a seniMMi, Ikiw much may be dom- to lielj) ilelivery and save tint voire I If any one donbta this, let him take a sermon of loug-euvolved sentences, where there is no stop for ten lines, and another of short ones, ami try the difference. Pauses there miuit be; and some preachers have great art in ao making the stojijiiiig-pla.x*c on tin* road a* to call attention to tlie finest views. While they must paiwe tomtnrhere, they select such oppirtu nitiea for renting aa leave the result of a section of the discourse to linger on tlie minds of the bearers. Thin should always he done where then) is a break in the argument, and, if pissible, driven home with some terse iqikorism or proverb, containing the sense of w hat lias gone before, ao aa to leave the milmtuiux* of each sectioi of the Mcnnou in some tangible am p>rtablc simp* on the memory of the) audience. After some nail hail lsx*u driven home and elitielnxl, let the hammer jianse awhile and listen for tbe rrs|iouKive ix hn in the soul of the hearer." Practical. “Com* T* to the Water*.” Use of the Voice i* the Fulpit The I’sited Pmbftrrian very justly and |M*rtim*nlly says that “V.nce piw.-r in the pilpir is one to Ih* rultivated. It is nn essential jmrt of the highest jmwer of eloqtieii.x*. and a great means of usefulness in tin* pulpit. Even conijiaratively weak Vokx-s may Ik* so cultivated nnd ustxl as to Im* of w.mderfiil effix-t. Tlie effect of a singing-master's kxi- wina on a v.Kxdist, in bringing out tones nnd exHnpnss of tbe voice, show what may be done by tin* jireaelier in tin* cultivation of tla* same art, It must Ik* a natural voice which is used, for no Imwling will Im* half so nudihlr as a man's own key-note. He innst mldress himself to some one ut the fartliest end of tlie sjmux* he jm-aelies iu, au.l tlimw his vohx* .Hit fmm him into the circuiufercmx- of the building. The chief effort used, and the chief watchfulness re quired, is to *n*tai* the end of the nrntenm; where it would lie natural, in conversation, to drop the Voitx* slightly. Otherwise a mnn can not Ik- too natural, or spxik too nearly ns In* would in eoveraation. The voi.x* innst Ik* rested by sjieaking iu different notes within the coiujiusm of the preacher's natural srah*. By elinngiiig the keys, he will rest one while using another, and so avoid fatigue. As nothing in so wearisome to the nndiemx*, so nothing is so fatiguing to the jireaelier, ns that monotony which “ flows inu.ldily along.” A medical mail give* his account of the enuse of clerical sore throats. He siiys they jirocxxxl from men stoojiing in reading, so that the throat does tlie work of the client, and lungs, which .-an not act as they would if the pistil it- was ujirighl, 14401 the shoulders well op-n. Then, again, in the eonqiosition of Then- is cm record a ease of a very 'wicked mid lmr.leii.xl man whose fix-ling* were so touched by the soft notes of a dove, that lie Was by the Wlmt a man 1 'Divine Hj.irit led to t'liiist and ton Christian life. Iu the incident ls-low the prattling of a bahe was blessed to tin- same result. During a revival in a town in Ohio, a man who had isxri very worldly-minded was awak- cimxJ, tint for some time c*in<x*a!c«l his fix-lings even from hi* wife, w ho was a praying woman. She left him one evening in charge of his little girl of three years of age. After her dejiartiire his anxiety of miml became so great that he conld not rest, and he liegan to walk the room in hi* agony. Tlie little girl siKin noticed his agitation of miml. and inquired, “What ails you, Pa T be rejilied, “Nothing!” ami endear-' oixxl to re-quiet bis fix-lings, and divert his miml from tbe subject. But all in vain. Conscience would not bush up at bis bidding. He could not calm tlie troubled deejt of! liis sin jKiilut.-d heart. After sitting a short time, he rose again, and .xHiwn.Hi.xxl walking to and fro as before. S.MW tbe qAiitiou of his little daughter was ^fain arrested, and wondering, don I it less, at lier father’s uneasiness, and ignorant of its (xmse, she looked up sytajutthi- zingly in his face, and inquired with all the artlessness and simj.li.-ity of childhood—“Pn ! if yoit were dry, irnnhTnt yon yo and yet a drink of voter f” Tlie father started, ns if a voice from heaven had fallen on liis ear 1 He thought of liis thirsty soul, famishing for the waters of life! He thought of that liriny fountain ojiened in the gosjiel, and he heard the voice of Jesus sqyiug, “If any man thifst. let him mine nnto me and drink V “Ho! every one that thirsteth, coine ye to the waters!” He thirsted: * tie longed to drink Hint crrstal stream Tlint flow* the tree* at life between— Hint its pen* waters in bis soul Migbt rise elemall.v to roll!" He ts-lteved! and straightway fell at the Saviour's feet, exclaiming in heart if not in words: *• Just as I nm, tliou wilt rewire; Wilt wek-tnnr. pardon, cleanse, relieve; B, enuse tby promise I be'iere. 0 Lntnb of God, I come P Fnim that hour lie dates the dawning of a new light, and the lioginningof a new life. The Kindest Master. The Great Wheel. Xi.xKlemus was a converted Indian. His langnage was highly figurative. Once, when looking nt the mill, he aaitl to a missionary: “Brother, I discover something that rejoices my heart. I have seen the great wheel, and many little ones; every one was in motion, and Mccmgd all alive, but suddenly all stojijied, and tlie mill was as dead. Jnst so it is with my heart—it is dead as the wheel; but as soon as Jesus’ blood flows upon it, it gets life, anil sets everything in motion, and the whole man Is-ing governed by it, it becomes evident that there is life throughout. But when the heart is removed from the crucified Jesus, it dies gradually, and at length all life ceases.” When the doctrines of the Holy Spirit became mewfi clear to his mind, he compared Jiis liody canoe, and his heart to the adding, “that the Holy Spirit tlie master, sitting at the rodder and directing tlie vesseL”—Kchrljc Trramry. \ I <1 Soiling the. SooL * Tlu* iter. C. 11. Kjiurgeon tells the following story in one of his sermon*: There is a story told of a most eccentric minister, that walking out one morning, he saw a man going to work, and said to him; “What a lovely morning! How gratefid we ought to be to God for all bis bmt- etes!” Tbe man said he did not know muck about it. “Why,” said the minister, “I snpjiose yon always pray to God for your‘wife and family—for your children—don’t yon f -‘No,” said he, “I do not know that I do.” “What,” said tlie minister, “ do you never jirayf” “No." “Then I will give yoa half a crown, if yon will jinimise tnc you never will, as long as ever yon live.” “Oh,” says he, “I shall be very glad of bnlf a crown, to get a dmji of lieer.” He took the half crown, nml jirom- i*xl never to jiray as long as he livixl. He went to his work, and wlirti lie had been digging for a little wfiilc, lie t lion gilt to himself, “That's a queer thing—I’ve taken m<tiicy, aml jiromisixl never to jiray as long as I live.” He thought it over, arid it made him feel wretched. He Went home to his wife, and told her of it. “Well, John,” said she, “you may dcjHHid upin it, it was the (lovil; you've sol.l yourself to the devil fin- half a crown.” This so bowed.the |Ksir wretch clown that he did not know what to do with himself. Tliis was all bis thought — that be bad sold himself to the devil for money, and would soon lie earned off to hell. , He commenced attending jilaccs of worship, conscious that it was of no use, for he had sold himself to the devil; Imt he was really ill, ltodily ill, through the fear and trembling which lia.l come njiott him. One night be recognized in the preacher the very man who lsa.l given him tlie half-crown, and proliablv the preacher recognized him, fin- tbe text was, “What shall it jirofit a man, if he sliall gain tlie »*hole -world, and lose his own soul V Tlie preacher re mark, xl that lie knew a inaii who liad sold liis soul for half a crown. The jkkh man rushed forward and said, “Take it back!, Tiike it kick!” “Tiki Raid you would never pray,” said the minister, “if I gave you naif a erwwn ; do you want to jirajy P “Oli, s ve*; I would give tbe world to Ik* allow.xi to jiray.” That man w as a great fool to sell liis soul for half a crown ; hut some of you are a great deal bigger fools, for you never had the half crown, and yet you do not jiray, ami 1 <larc say never will # but will go down to bell, never having sought God. I was talking one day to a very clioerful old man, who was fond of s|M*aking of the masters whom he had served. It was a jtleasant tiling to hear him tell of how many kind, good masters he had worked for. “ Had you never once a hard maxter f” I said. “ I Veil, may be I had, Imt I foi-gotr that sort; there's no pleasure in thinking of them.” I thought ns 1 left him how much lietter it is to try and remember altoiit tlie good, rather than tbe evil that has troubled our ;>ast live*;' and thinking of masters put me in mind of the best of all masters. “One is your Master, cveu Christ.” Our earthly masters jirovide us work, give ns leave to toil, pay us {wages for onr industry, anil tie thank them, and serve them dili gently*. But our heavenly Master not only gives us freely the health and stlength that enables us to toil, He jiroviiles that we shall re*t from our labor. He gives ns one day in seven, its a time of rent and refresh ment. He calls to Him and says, “I will give you t ext. 7 ’ I>o we think of that kind Master as we should! Arc we grateful that He lias iso tenderly thought of us as to provide for onr rejKiae and rest! We know that “Hegivoth His lieloved sleep” —that great restorer of-mau’s jfliyki- eal energies; but not merely dries {He give ns rest in slw-ji, no jiroviiles,,.,.. 'or us a day of waking rest. Chi his holy Sabi with we can “ rest Bn |the Lord,” enjoy tlie sweet i •lay when all labor shall cease; i the tilt'd world, weary with days of anxious care and toil, can p-uCefully <ximpose itself to rest.*— O, dear brother workmen, let no vain desire for earthly pleasure or Jirofit make you unmindful of tlie claims of the liest of Masters! for “Hit* yoke is easy and His burden }is ight.” -