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■to**- SB" I : .1 's$ •■; 3HTUj it ’*~Revs. Huda & Idler, Editors. • « ONE LORO, ORE FAITH, QM$*AFTISir~EPHESIAIS 17:6. ■as Terms: $2.60 * * -SXSStJS yEW SERIES, VOL 5—NO. 19. ( AMIIIBIA, S. C.. IMP AY. JANTARY 24, 1873. OLD SERIES, VOL. 5-NO. 227. nun » w s ”*• lad nulwt*. TW^J 5 * —k *TiQC\hU ’ ^ ‘l*« SritenL i*ndi n J!? *•» Communications. For the Lutheran Ylaifcor. Systematic BenevnDnco. uM &0pastors will keep the met __ keiore the popple.” “Left the ***"! be cM*tmed.'' Thus ^JJ^Qttidawr the w ption of ntu n ^ I uftop it hetore the People.” But SS5SSS I if the pesh>» «o utterly neg- • * I Uw *4 or indifferent upou the aub- A irrest deal has been said La written ft**# 11 tb<3 want of Ubor “ Ms ou the part of the members of lb e church, and '^.ous means do- ^ to ifidow jri'eater liberality, M d the result generally has proved ■ •'■■•UUJ, J [ r,t WtUr, ^ ** orwWlz? P««of JV"** of the H«M ^ ■the n^ota ar^> 1 *«ThTi I compfaue,, u £** I l etter r»»rante*^(]JJ or,£^ Selections. n A* kmmt cunui. ‘fssss .Jessys |1V tiers ha«« t^TT*^ I' ' * Vitiated gS* irangcaaent of »Uw u vren fihar Merit of aetia.^ »>'« or f d m B,K<mT5S2? M.o.*, TetiwTS |£hB& Skia, H unran y name or natumT *r»l«n io ijC One bottie » TZI ! ol the., ca^JJ r -jod erheoewt ,« j-the skin in PinjpiT l» K 'n you find , J tdranre it wtiea it. (ft. Keep the khJ I ! f„ W "" ™ ViNccaa Bit st that ever Mi^ay I >rnti, lurkatt i* <u to •'tiwlly detnmal t.ii. - olnttiat: Tkut te ot the rartk wk_ •l™"* ItiSI dy that woruu eat »iimy Seisoeit* ifet ease. No system of nil free Si In one «>f tb-e bote# *rnt toM^ tfc© J'snitaF) fVwnnttoridn «ui patch wot% qaiTT, of anftaea* and mmm : ’ n , ~ hie© ! ttof fund ll IWb—•» j L^. j a , " W#t# Hie* f Thl* will make tin pouf j follow* tasjfli,* wr •aid And It dM «.*kc them Ungh hr*rtity — uxl mjuUf ♦om« of them cry, teas. Wferu «• ojm'oshI it w# round a MH* pittavsl to It. f read ns MLors i **T hare* made* this Scriptarv quilt fbr one of the hospitable* brda, for t be a Knumtka. sr.r Ira. 11‘.arsons engage! a Typewoea id Vi ce in life, oil hi To guard agama nsc a* Bittkss «ace Intern, it Hmt in the Talleys of am led State*. eapniUr j-.vsoori, liiinois, Tea- Hi. Colorado, Brnsg Savannah, R oaaahg ;r vast tnbutaam L'S 'he Summer ill ; seasons of unuiati vompaoied by um and liver, and odor » more or lem oh a«d irritable state of I the bowels, behg li ons. In their tnsa Ireiful influence tpm | necessary. There ii Ito Da. J. WaucmI [speedily remove tk "inch the boweb at I fthe secretions of tht i.thy functions of tht ill. White S« GoJte-. So. i, . | ion*. Mercurial At he Skin, Sore Eym, re shown their gtaM and iotractiUt |Tlatgar Blltm uver. By puniyiD| by resolving wn tubercular depeda ad a permanent a* I’u.kkm’s Viaanaa be apd Carunnatjm [ive. Counter-Irritant properties 4 are the best mfr viignant fevers, this .perttes protect tht i»e properties albf , and bowels, eitha amps, etc The* oughout the systm Kidneys, conr«tto| Their A*ti-Klm« e secretion! of We. ary ducts, goo an ofIKBp the AiAcifse by j rF.RS. / No.ep.a-—, . ned. [The liver, th« k | t nerves trt I invijormt *ta's VtwaCA* Br*' Nervous. r, and all - pu.inonarv »!■» need by bun®** ad* more are ash- rs on going to fiW dialfw.ne-K.s-** beefsteak, and take a* |cf purely vegetal* WALD*^" i netsco, Cal-» |on St*., New Ye* tND DEAL**A k , r urti*»d* -tf idule. tfotUjfht that whifo It would Orfra a Jin Ufeii n iki I 11 foil Wn* 1 f. POBfinn f0 ISM 1 ptwilr WUUI^jp ^ Vt l^K ipMl ft WtMd Of good U> th# ptwrtowi 1 •oul—tbf* word* mw to brwulttal and bfonard, and foil of balm and Waring! Mar It W blnat lo IW dinar bojra ta rhw I havw a mm * "Oh. that M I tion of Hjfuod is t^reaU*l with m* much iodifferanoc by many of ito member*. tteitoltUioiM of iW uitmt imjjorunt character are aouetiaiva imatneil with the apparent uneoncern of the bntlre body, am! jret at the dost* of the year it will appear thut matiy paid no attention to them whatever." 1 ask ngaiu, to what ia the want t^f »n<*ce<W In chun h finance* to tie attributed, the illiberaltty of the Ui ty, or the negligence of oriniiUry ? I think “it need* no ghoat to eotne from the grave to bdl ua that." &XXKX' For |he riot Wran Ykihw to be • lftRwe- Aud w hoee fault ia Pastoral Visiting—It* Naglect, taper* it! The people! i unhesitatingly * Uaot, de. ^BWftr, do! After close obeerva tion of’ many $****, I long since Editor of Ymtor: Minklera tmth c^iie to the condusiou that, as a fully tell us that we ought u» feel general thing, there is no lack oft g ra tcf u l to them whew t hey Uii us of liberality of the piU t ot the laity. 0U r sius and neglected duties aud Hey are willing to give, and do Iuauy u f us ,I 0 Oiauklul, uoi gire, when approached in the right ouljr to them for doing thin, but way. ^Yhat oougi-egatiou has re- more «o to God for a faithful mm 14 ' fused to re^iond to the appi‘*l of the ter to “reprove, rebuke, exhort with palter! There may| be bouio such, | all long-suffering and doctrine bat I am convinced that they are Heui'e I conclude that thuae who few in number. lu most, if not in neglect pa4L0r.il visitation, or merely all cases the fanlt rests with the pas-1 make fneudly culls, inate*d ol re toa. They do not call upon their | ligious visits as mimsCrru, will at aoagregfttious in a systematic way. least take uo offence at what 1 may Th«j may occasionally be forced to say. asks ft spasmodic effort to raise ^ot long aims** ooe of our unuw ► money for some specific purpose, ^rs, who liaa been fWor of the tail there their efforts end. Well, same charge for yeura, *dkl that l*' aftir a great deal had been said and had ucver aeeu many of th** mtui written, it was tiually concluded to | her* of hia diureh m th**u homo*, or adopt the Box System. The Gene- couverard with them individually nl Synod took up the subject at its about their spuitual condition, or i)f *n i«»y « r « mm «*-wt t« mm} lut meeting, aud referred it to :i the salvation of ibatr aouU N * esnaittee for consideration, who re how could he know what *i*rUu4t parted favorably, and recommended foo<l was adopted to thsm w**ri iraohaiou which was unanimously vidually ! ^ rvJM , h adopted, recommeuditig the several A few days ago, a lady baton*!** pr-rnhw! xnd .lo (L. District Synods iu connection with to another deuomiua ion said, “Our * l. . tW t A ( Tjl that body to adopt the plau. At | pastor has frequently onlled at nor I the meeting of the Sicmth Carolina house, but 1 have never Uranl him |fotu . n ^ t i,ai * Synod the President, iu his annual mention the subject of religion there m ^ report, says, “After mature study of: yet, except in a general way." the subject, I feel jpnvince^ that4 ,. 4 ■wi—MIII' "JmI law«i II*#' to God Ihm : I ♦ * Tw att Ouu I < "TW* ail yon hilt to 4a* M ta that wwraw Maw T hlmm tl I «h,<»*e«t Ml to "IU harp H haifttg ■t* wMtHr?»olPI4 Soft long, «n) hn | fo b# left ta n han he had ever Aw Irish maw twee qwilt Owe well, hr waataeh “la 1 hat radio* f* his lUjBnf nw a text, "Taau* I res.I .,4.LJ W ,!.. IL.MiillBBJIWjiMIL —-.!!- 1 1 .1 ■ '!!!" JJL Sfi iwg, • ctoaasr iuaigtit into the deep things of God, more m\Aomm to toaeh, and a move thorough ponaat °f »ha gift of ntterance f Or, on the other hand, will not the pM tor sink down into n tenth rata man, whan ha has to expend hia energies In some secular employment to ehe owl a scoot> living Y When will the ohuft'h Imrn this simple lesson, that men ol genius and eloquence and power are not horn, bat mads; by by Houston t apidkation, •tl their energies abaorttad in red* that.* .. . ^ 1 . WJI't amnAt 48hJn 4h*-as# — *«*'■■»* aL^. fo.^. — * x. Oftf ill^ 1" 1% Wftm WKm IWMhwM i ft MNMr mil, for that qwilt hod ool hams made without many Inara Every block bei beeo prayed sod wept over It wo# mods of square Murks ot cobrw ao*l whit* aatlow mtXnatugtrd, Mid on every white Muck was wrUftan • worse fossa tho tflMde* or o soapier Anmo ooaof <mu hoal hymoa. Uo tho aonlanal Moth, lo letftmw ao lor go os lo coftch the corahma eye, was that io which io all oar : i iinurr Juot« cask or** rn» wfiiji to sat* ;* and tmftaar M, the prayer I*#Mi «K MXftf'iri I TO MM, A aftSMftai." eat tho seek ooal eye, uni idtea ■loxfta of “I lo*e them iMfi love «ae, ami thorn that wRok o# forty ahull M am* “It la the ledf who Oft? s thto,* I I L jgn^4h4k|j^jfo!-.jaMMjujjgjg. ddhtotof mi^oswEHlw Ms w4Wr wMkBr Hhamay It 4 * good -I flOO to hear what j IftMtoe lo dart and At loot n right lo tho It the enibarroeeMi Out -***J*,f-1 »r>- extiAurdukory tho warW thol ha gars has iMftfc ho nymp rff'WMr lm*tloorw ■ mtoklhi ! to hun shod not pactah.* H!«ma MU y e that tabor ood «iw Me he wroth it , hot ea it Ife hid fetio for toore than a htm htos the ha might he hod foood a text flow that seesaw mod marked with he hwl kissed. •'tt was m —the |»otterw a a dork grwwmt it* with Vast* io WhM opium voting la lo the t'hi or gmmMlng to the pocqde of Ay roe, or Eomootam la Ire , or larfwwai to AJrfoooa, atingi to to the chrtotAMi choach of the It damornUsM It, aoU ap Its hfo, porolyaea ito eoargiaa, and prrrents its prngrewu. All who «sv«py posMthioa foam which they have a faiormhlo outlook upon the ciearly that the t» ot the paaam t dpi to tho MM9 ^at the MBg| M and b> ibese IlMf rise to emi I Its wwoabrra. It is the neoaa. Take the greatest blorkbaod fully to oaa aanooth words that ever omneo «mt of a theological gtiUonof moaiwory and pot him over a church, m) let him be cntirdy free from of worldly cores nod avocations, and lha church more thou anything doe devote tho whole of Ida time and all ckm hia powooft, feeble oa they may be, to atody nod pnatoreJ work, and in tao years he will stand head and really ll it did hi the days of ■buutdsra above the art-rage tntn- Lothor ood Colvio, or to the times totor of omr Houthrm Presbyterian j of W eahtji ood AA hil&rld. tkow ooe t'hutch No mioiater oua have the muto spook out, nod apeok kmdly leisure ood books neoesrerv for sue , , and eooUnoe to apeak eeoaful alody withoot a eompetoat «m this beorttiag aio If that lie auyqmrt. AoU who to the looter former tier cosset* woe to him! for wbeo the tmator negi^-ts hia atari ho will he afpswd aod atandored i tot Hky, of ooarar. the church, and hots and reproach wit! hr pooled People ore fed oo know ledge and uaderatoodiog, aod not oo lure and gestures. It is saw! people can not afford to give, ttoo they afowd to do without gn mg—con they stood it, if God coutiuoea to withhold hia bluasiug ! The alternate to holme them; to come up to the full measure of their duty in the matter of mousy to their lM*Urf and lii^s cntccfMnaeft oif tli^^i church, and have God's bleating in I Of vrf owing alusnriauoe uo tketr aouls mSmSSi joke Is morally as wrong ax a ffkky deed. Lie who bus impuftO^lpfo and who indulgeo to impure speech, be he divinity student, doctor of divini ty, or bishop, is a disgrace to the church, a grief to tht£«rio«r, ood a corrupter of the morals of the young. Clean lips act essential to the suc cess of a minister. The peepto watch the words of a young minister with the closest and sternest criticism.— Ira 0. Hid well. ftoripkare uu»t on this subset will not W ra rewarj than tht rauar of (sod or thru »>wta, want hrwr to to told the truth. What Mscatah was to Ahah, <M John lha Itoptiat lo Heredias, *«< h a tkfcfwtf would to to chrto when t saw turn idolaiura to tht ehank. They I thought wowld hat# him, tfod pot hto hand us if wot, a charger if the} remhk Hat meat the rruaaprt of mwuof gii<* an am t rest." iU, awaay «mm ye to tho wwtaan f ** ths Lord, and ho towfd ms Uvared am foam nil my fowsra we ««id, wiping omr ry to, mrk qoilts tyo tto place ii was • Ii ^—fot—^ Ptowpf-Mb church institntioos is wholly attrib- they are very suggestive. How is a utable to the waut of system in uiiutoter aucceastully lo [uvacb to, «*r giving,” and proceeds to recommend j cveu pray for his people, unless be “the scriptural mode oif laying by in j knows their individual condition ! store weekly.” Thns lemlorsing the Qow could a physician wlaUmwiitly box system as reebinintended by the prescribe for his patient, or a lawyer (^4 mi ^ . General Synod.' rightly advise hto client, without mi« to tto tick iwl| The Committee on tie 1’iesidetit’s knowing the thaeaae—its stage and Wl g rtw j report presented a report which was pecuttoritie* in the one inatose**, or wou j,| tW4M ] Who aBsnioiously adopted by Synod. In! the fhato and circuurstance* is tho kn-«wa Im»w mm It t-wd they wdi 4»r vbieh they say, “On tin* subject ot | other ! [t W oa not k*n* toferw a man - -tk systematic benevolence adverted to j It does not sound right to mo lo „ |tl| p^timoaio waa foought in,and hy the President, your committee hour a nriuiMer, praying for kts o* n , ^ ^ ut ^ ttmW quill on hia Iwto. na ihaa! t with luw to had an oftai carrlMf Mm back it again., t font wi Wfs ami tow ra. **lto tan km <k*o i • ant to toM It t Isn't U the duty of (to watchman to lift ap hia *mre •MB mod apart not f The meow wore of at of Christina [wvqda nhout money kaa * Vwal >1 nrvtioked ao long to the , I ^w^repi' tm 'll**# -KiMiMr. •— to hia right guided as Its prentinr and reamed ta were at hon# right to to let atone. People must n't A htt sf tto gown to tdfonded, you know ; yon mnaUi't wen tor wanr had hart their foeftogm. Be careful hot • tor Ha ktoard ywa dm# them of, and they with Ha hold tto little pittance they hav# Had through hi* teen giving Than let them go; the jewwar ot God Can do without their reeonmended to the; Synod, and • church, say, “If any are doubting, if through the Synod to 1 the churches any are backsliders, Ac.” He ought amler its jurisdiction,! the box sys- to know their condition nnd Util Ood ten, adopted by the Oeneral Synoil about it, ;uid wait# hia p«-opl# foel at to last meeting;” arhl sobseqnent- that to kuowa and wdl know tl. Ij ft residatioD was a Priftting the collections hi to a specific object, tory College, the Sy aad the Missionary pted appro- of each quar to wit, New- ical Fund, ty. Aker this array of! reports and relations, general aod particular, =*006 sanguine persons snpposctl that the finances of the fchurch would he largely increased, and that the Parochial Beports at the next ses sion of Synod would show great a kf*<rw where I hi* quilt gSfoa. Giving ianoi for Grefs profit, foom r to awkwd. tot to* tto good of threw who give. r**J wuwaan •*►«! it to u* Ttoo how ewn* K that tto Itoiiuga thvreigh tto Aftuttxf? f omntiatorei" .*f pnople are in tetufter and sacred "Too dre»*t know her oasar. nor that they muwt not to fooetod, even wtore H rmaac (hwf if tto trwth of Orel and hia cnnm . Kini# ^ fort * that wax and tto glory of tto Bedcrencr should noxning na avis, no woo ptonmg ta (he qxt to nxiwf i 1 11 Very piwdxnx fowl “ WanSd yon to w fling to let me are mg* 1 mired ! it some Hare w tow if* reoveoireit r tf a man want* to know tto menu Now U> the other point: soppuwc a patient sends for a pbyauuau, an«l, when he comes, he talk* about tto weather, crop#, fcrmlea, &«% but say* and enquires nothing about the con dition and disease of the patient, would he be likely to to aentfor again 11 unto my fret, and a light auto my Urn too aftrh ; tot when to gift# toMxe, I saw him latest on tto text* -!!**«!> tu tore 'em toroT.to aaid, potating ta them an I store! anar him. “Yon know how to vatam them, ttoaT I aatd. “1 do,* to aaswxved, with hanrii “Do yoa know that vwrue, ‘A Ump to blown nt and their baaiaeaa; or keep back the Lord * i-Ttioo sad sink into a hia eyes.—PolhiU, 1675. weak and shriveled up and dead thing, utterly worthless, except for 2)uty the ooe |*sqxtM* of warning other churches of a similar Cate. When the tithe* are not brought iuto God 4 * * **• «m, SImJaiiim. *Jt are not opened, tv ton tuuuey is k«q*t bork tbe beaven* are brass, no )»rayer goes up and no spirit cornea dow n. “Her, tore, what do yon reckon can to tto matter with oar church; when we get a pastor that it any amount we can't keep him, and when we get one we don’t want we cant get rid of him j there are none coming in lVom the world; the young jwopie are going off to other church cs, every thing aceuu to drag heavi ly. I wonder if it wouldn't stir up oar folk# if we could get the Rev. •*Oh ? yew. HI gtt It ••*.* wens of human nature more* fblly 1 gtoU for him; Ii* hand trvmWed than to can know It in any other and hia tips grew wilt# oa to o|rewed war—of religious, orthodox, top it a«4 saw tto wrttki*. tiled. |*reabyteriaa human nature— “l*foas# rereik| Horn# quite alow, tad him study this subject of giving ly * to unld. returwiig it as it la jurartised is oar charohc#. I read it. 1‘eoj.b have msay excuse* for not **l« I* tn»m my smttor | shall )m giving. Yea, and ao they have for AVhut would be the conclusion formed |>ath f I ksep It r every thing they ever do. of i\ lawyer, who, lnsteiol of diligent ly and minutely enquiring iuto all the evidence that could to adduced ■ t _ for and against bis client, *i>ent the ^ogx accomplished by “systematic ! time apiiointed for consultation in The first quarter has telling him how to farm, or vote, or trade! What must we think! how sadly disappointed mnsft we fee!, when our jmstoT comes, and we long to tell how i»way, and some approxima tion may be made to the final resnlt, lf w « can ascertain what has been done thug far. How it may be with tbe churches generally, I have not I Wall, that# what tto Itibto ia, and I’ve found U out down brew." After Ural 1 .. «.> ****** tto quilt—»i*uo®t all who lay torerslh , 4 it? On# poor follow, who had tosasd **"' 1 WJ rr, q.w Utm reft day. I was wostonag If to had ! not sren h»a motto * teita, as well 1 *• tto tot of tor cow* ll«* brel. sud ' (tomtod on# out ft are. It waa: “Fattor, 1 hav* stand again*! Iirav- 77, ra and U* thy aight,»i»d am no more worthy lo to ralfosl by tom.* •*i am no more vorthy. “Yes,* I answered “I value it vary Adam bad au excuse for eating tto •* stoft tto qrtlt" furbaldcn fmlt, and ao dhl Eve, and >at hi* la pain and foveriahaass for rnveral days, caught sight of ths words, “ And j 1 will give you real." fie | to ms. ‘-Heal! Where can 1 get It—rest < ft wbia pored. 1 put my Anger a tto next whits M««ch. • ml tesd siad: “AA'hsm ho „ „ _ _ we hunger and thirst after righteon* j fo r body M*i mind b»4h t 1 i tb « means of knowing, but I can tell j ne«s, or our doubts, foars, and anxi m .ul; w«k, .is you ere, but sicker «a ^imt has been done by three of | eties, to find him spend the entire —iv> one can see. Tell me b«w to tom, located in my immediate | time of fh© visit in talking about gvt rest." tte *^borhood, aud each served by a i marriages, synodical resolntfons, eol “Did >ou uevci iiear nt the w*i> 1 ^Pftrate pastor. These three con ! leges, disputed doctrines, ami owes auvsr hear of J«-i»s T ^tions are reported as having, in sontial mode* of worship! Cbristiaa “fell me agaiu, and as >o« would 1 6 ^regale, over 1,100 communi- ! jieople are not so avers© to talking a child." canto. An estimate of five cents a 1 about religou as some miniatrre arem I told htm, as l would * child, tto fbr each would amount to 12,- * to imagine; on tto contrary, ttoy »story of lha cnm. ^ or 1715 per qoart di.. This esti 1 desire and cxi»ect it to to iatrodscmJ I “l)md for mf aiua T to asked ‘ ^ is -—,i -- —\ — t i, e pa* torsi visit. M#cr M Y«"s>oara. W* saw > iki in your l,,l " u v N “ * pastoral visiting, more tali isiua. and pitted you, loved you, died w * rr w *** * emen la •o dor* every other sinner, lo the church aud out of tto church. These A* I fttoal by hia bed tto eicures may satisfy ttoir conaoteooes aud aati«fy ttoir follow meo ; bat do tbsy meet tto chrism of God, sod will they be »u*tai»cd by hint! If not, ttoy are simply s waste of breath. It is wonderful bow God in bis ever busy and marvellous providence measures out the pen allies for non giving for those who withhold their offerings or briug tto tore aod tick aod lame. HeaveuAi came light# him and hfoff umpanaisti, and ran, and fell oa hia aek, aad kiaaed him.* As I looked ap *aaw there Augusta to exceedingly Small, as no 1 during j- 00 there are in most of tho fami- j faithful ^ Pwsons not communicants who rowd w,ll jngly make deposits in the x occasionally, if not regularly, 19 toaay, very many of the com- “to&icants would give much more J* flve °®“th weekly, so that it is of t* Ulan that au estimate : a 091318 each would be much | rhT* tbe truth » w h'ch would make j ^‘tribution ^S2gk** mate association of the pastor witli the people would creide mutual an dearineuts between them—would re move doubts and fears, and build up the church, not merely filling her with nominal Christians, but with a living, working ami intelligent mem bership. In the name of many of the laity 0r a. _ - 8 kl,430 a quarter, | 0 t the church, 1 insist that miuiatera ^ th e year. visit more, and manifest, doriug ttoir ’ . muc h havq these three | visits, more solicitude about the Qiun g ? t ' 0U8 C0lltl iDute(l in tbe first spiritual thau temporal condition and j WhvT u. AuhWer » one cent prosperity. AJLTIU Q. the th ^ luj ply because not one of! - 1 —"""""T -- v . lr,H ' Pastors has said a single 1 Au old English Diviue re marks: a , to bis People on the subject, ! “The Christian’# auperfiuity must not a box has been procured. give place to his neigh tor’* cooreui s»y ^ President erf Synod ■ once ;—hi* convenience yield to In* ta his annitski ur*. v..... j „hot-** itA»>Mitv bis 18 ftoapai report, “It ha* I neighbor's necessity bis very n Plaintmatter of growing torn- oessity jleW to hi# peightiora e 0 l a t© years that the leg^sla- 1 tremity.” lo aava you (ron aria aad give yoa i rest—to uiaksyoa happy." “1 have aovsr to«« happy, never ; I have been too wicked! Aad to really died for me T “With yoa ia bis heart P “I have never felt It before. It never seemed to me a rant iking." “I hope you will come to feel it tto j moat real Iking. 4 * Us tossed again ; “Ok, for not P j “Have you seen tto liaoa— - -Neeetot Jr****, mm hot Jmm Can de helpless iftaasra send f " “It's irue ^ 1 know U Is ikkm* bol nos J Tvs tried everything else.* “Ill n» to Jeeea. ttowjrii my tens Have like a moealain foaa," re|Kmt«d. “I can’t go j 1 foal that I can't do > thing 1 am tore a very wretch in, aod that la all." yet a great wy off, hia father down with uufaUuig precision uj»ou tin- stingy church. God doe* not wait till the judment day before to visits this sin; but now and here he puts the cup of hia indignation into tto hands of hia faithless stewards. I an one example be found in all this wide world of a vigorous life aud increasing efficiency and rapid pro grew* in a church that does not meet fully its iiecuuiary obligations! Is tbe Spirit ever present upon a church that does not meet tally its pecani sry obligations I Is the Spirit ever present upou a church that is behind in the payment of iu pastor's sala ry f Are revivals and arrears ever found together! Can a congrega tion that does not go its foil part in supporting tto general enterprise fof the church, show among its member ship growing and happy Christiana, full of peace and joy, baakiog in tbe smiles of a reconciled Father! Do inch churches continue long to be «y«a and 1 left hia. A few days affor when he had grown mash strotgr, he held ap to aw tto text 1 had tows him. “1 wee a greal vay off," to said, “tot he has meto.% sod bad com paiwimm on me." oa /mi tto fhrtorii love,” 1 ia qoired. “Oh! yes, U fila ae with poaoe," to reulifd. “AVbai Iota! Vht a SaviowrP 1 said ia my ibankqpriag. “Shall 1 not write lo your ituier sad tell her that her too who «• dead is alive again, who waa lost found P “Will It not be tootoeb trouble f* “Oh! no; a tdeasw instead " I wrote tto blesm-ddinga, making tto mother's heart rrice. And now oar Scripture ostlt as even dearer an*I more sacred tbanefore.—fsriaA Dr. lteosev to come over and hold a protracted meeting. Til declare we most do something, what do yon think we ought to do; and what can be the matter that every thing about oar church is sneli a dead strain and such an apbUl pall. Ob. me, it’s very discaaragiug, and times are mighty hard." Yoa, old sinner 1 do you really waot to know what is the matter! Then look into your pocket and see there that y oa have robbed God aud kept back |Nxrt of the price of the devoted thing, and God iu righteous wrath has cursed you and your cbnrch with a cars©. Heaven’s curse IS as plainly branded ui>on a stingy church as it is upon the field of the sluggard, or the home of the drunk ard, or the person of the licentious. This^ia the true philosophy ; this ia the subject brought to its last aualy- with a faithful pastor, one who increases io all the efomeots of rffioieocy, whose preaching from day to day shows a more accurate learn- ais; this ia the solution of tto prob lem over which God’s people ofteu torture ttoir brains. The third chapter of Malachi is yet a part of the Scripture canon. The law establishing the propor tion between gifts and grace is yet in force. People mr.y get mad at what I have written in this article, but I defy the world to controvert the po sitions I have here advanced.—“OW drum/ fa 5b. Presbyterian. The Lord's Prayer. Clean Lips. Yon must have clean lips. One of the highest characteristics of minis terial manhood is purity of speech. If all other men are careless of their words, he must have a watch upon his lips, and put a bridle oh his tongue. Nothing will send a minis tor's influenoe and reputation below par more speedily than improper conversation. An unchaste story, a lewd entendre, a filthy joke, a ques tionable word or gesture, a sentence that would make a pure woman blush iu public or in private, in se lect or in mixed company, is a burn ing shame and scandal to any min liter of the Gospel. An impure story is next to an impure action; a filthy The spirit of the Lord’s prayer is beautifuL This form of petition breathes— A filial spirit—Father. A catholic spirit—Oar Father. A reverential spirit—Hallowed be Thy name. A miuionary spirit—Thy kingdom come. An obedient spirit—Give us this day our daily bread. A forgiving spirit—And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. A cautions spirit—And lead us not into temptation ; bat deliver us from kvil. A confidential and adoring spirit— For thine is the kingdom, and the pow er, and the glory, forever. Amen. ‘Thy’ am© ‘Us.’ The two divisions of the Lord’s Prayer—the former relating to the glory of God, the latter to the wants of man—appear very evident on a slight transposition of the personal pronouns I— Thy name be hallowed. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, Ac. Us give this day oar daily bread. Us forgive oar debts, Ac. -v Us lead not into temptation. * d ■- Us deliver from evil. * it v - - - i » i ' taqwto ! of * i A wise man will desire ao more than heoao get ju*Uy, use *otoffy , distribute cheerfully, and leave sou- ten tedly, > 1*1 i V* Christ is s great prophet; hs brought tbe holy mysteries sot of bm Father's bosom; be speaks out wardly by bis word^ and, by his spirit, be is aa inward Reeteriastos, who can eater into tbs heart, aad there express himself in words of fife aod power. Toto ft is, fcith An swers by an hum We .docibleoem; it softens and meekens the heart; it makes the believer sit down at ObristV fret mad hear him in tto hardest lectures; if Christ talk of a cross, the believer H ready to take it up upon his back; if of superra tional mysteries, he is ready to sub scribe to them; he becomes aa a little child, rulable by every holy beam or motion; he yields up him self to the Spirt sud word to be instructed by them ; this is the apt posture; it is called “an hearing of the prophets," (Acte iu: 22). Tto believer iu this posture is sure to" bear of kirn; he shall be most sud more led into holy truths; his sax is opened, and his mind in a rsadinesft for further iustructiso. Tbs Spirit will make deeper vnrqsvarias, aad seal divine truths upee his haasS; the rich mines of promises shall lie more Talking with a friend who was about taking ap his residua#© ia a nuiarMuM**..* mi*m *fe» •**- — -..xid: “You win of ooenrae unite with Mr. So-and so’s church T “Well, no, I hadn’t thought of it)* waa his answer. “I bad been intendiag to worship with Dr. Cook-of-tho-waft’* Iteopkx” “Bat Mr. So-and-so's peo ple are few iu untnber and poor in this world’s goods.'’ “Yes, I know it; but that doesu't napooiaMj draw me towards them." Why, yea want to go to that cbnrch where, with your talents, your social position, and your money, you cau do the most good, don't yoa! “Well, no, I don't know that I do.* Here was refreshing frankness—in delightfril contrast with the de meanor of hosts of brethren who affect to be governed by the motives which we urged npoa ear friend, and yet who do just as he proposed to do. How few Christians there are, we thought, who are governed hy considerations of ease, pleasure and honor! How few who, when it. comes to choosing between a church which really needs thklr membership, but which will impose en them bur dens and sacrifices, care to go where they cau do the most good I imer and Chronicle.