Oil LORD. Oil FAITH. OYE jAPTISlt'-IPHESIAYS 17:6 OOLUVBU. 8. FRIDAY, MARCH 21. 1873. ology, says, “Our future bodies will b* in tubetatur the tome uHh the ptfiftoftt. Let not, therefore, the Christian doctrine be ekargel with all the absurdities and fancies which dreaming head* have sngyeated fw spotting the nature, form, sac and use* of the spiritual body; nor with the actions even of some theologians respecting corpora pellneuUt penetran j^Bjiccft, iartribtfi,” ftc. tie says also, “The simple idea conveyed by this expression— 1u gtonfif*r—to, |fo» riou* y excellent, perfmbeS, ennobled” 8t Paul says, “There la a natural Selections. The Sabbath. Ns* Paid Is Chid and Stirar. 1 14 Bat no two of yaw caa qgra* as ta what Dad aaya la the Ettbto aw **t thing yew esc wwlih—, thaes la rmj Utile di^ranea a* ta what Qq4 ways; indeed, there caa he III Ma, foe He speak* ta wa plainly aad aright span the ttibto «1 When Calvin desired to publish hta Aral work, the booksellers turned their larks upon bias. .After greet boh st his own expense. When the priatiag wae finished, he said t “l’p ‘2; ^^nds that Christ’s “terras .j iwj*?* wsr MM' Inoicn to be in dOEfe** »»denmitic t gross eating of tbe body of Christ, and it ii unfair aachtritable in Mr, Gross to try w nude the impresaiou that Lutb- tRai 1 h»d ittisgiued* Then he be remembrance the troths you bef earns very saxloas about the sale have heard, or to engage yoer a of it, and said: “I am drained dry, hearts, or the hearts of others, awd I mast tax my wits to get back admire and magnify God for all 1 from every quarter the money I hare great wooden of providence and expended” He hastened to the pro deception. Indeed, if a walk be ti feasors at the capital, end begged improved, it may be a walk to be them to am his book fa their lee en. So we ttnd the two discipi tarea, and lost wo opportunity to who on this day were walking bring it into notice. Calvin toiled Etonians, how they entertained the hard aa an author, and yet, “at the selves, nod shortened their a cAeee of life, be had only three bon wll* spirnttiT and btffy dlscoow dred crowns, his library included. 4 " Luke xxiv : 13, 18. But those w Martin LaiiWr wrote much which have families to look after will the Church ft not willing to lose; best employed in seeing that tb and yet, when he came to die, be who are under their charge spe anut: “1 have neither house, nor the vacant time of the Babbath land, nor money to leave behind me.* holy exercises : either reading I who delighted wanting the fltftoiefate hie assertion by say* iag trit Latberans are an intelligent yi, In.1 that is refutation enough. S^lhe foils to prove his poi,nt; for ^ooiy seuiWasce of proof adduced L gut be “traveled,” “weul,” and that he was “made iu the likeness of mhl men.” But was he not God— tj* God-man 1 As Dr. Lutbfir say a, H is not at all necessary to a real practice to speak of his body pre* riom to bis resurrection; for this is got the condition in which he Is pres tat in the Supper; but yet, lio mao aa prove that he was absolutely coaled to one place even then. But oar author undertakes to p«m that it can not be biA resur rection or glorified body that Is pres nt in the Sapper. - I will give his arguments: He says, “I hold that the crsciJUtl body of Christ, long j inCE DECOMPOSED lit TO ITS ELE MSTAXY CONSTITUENTS, and »up fleeted by a body to the functions of which it was no longer eonqieteut, can have no existence in the! Lord's tapper 1” Here is “biblical philolo gy aad exegesis" of which Lfiftber vag ignorant! I agree with our au thor, tbst the Reformers knew noth ing ot sach rules. He says, “I bold* this. Well, lie may hold it and wel come to it; for I am sure no sensible bad will ever want it—Christfs body “decomposed listowy offered him the produce ef * mine at Basting; hut he nobly refused it. '-last,* said he. **I should tempt the detd. who Is ford of these sebtrrrarieott* treasure*. to tempt The Scout ot Christian Attainment Whet is the attitude of mind inj which all ehrtettoas cheuld most de | ■Are to be f How should they re- * gard |ust e&perieaeee and actual 1 at tain men ta, aa compared with what 1 is to be done, hoped for, and made I ours in the future 1 la the Christian a racer f does he stretch forth his hand and strain the muscle as long ing to reach what he can not yet loach f Near by where the Apostle Paul wrote hts Epistle to the Philippian*, was a circus. From it resounded the cheers nod bravos of thousands who leaned forward to watch the leeue of the rare or boxing match, nod possibly they foil upon the ears eg the still and thoughtful aj»ostle mu to the entries of the Pretoriam. One thing will not be questioned. Paul says, applying me race to him self, “I bare not reached it, but 1 follow after. I am not perfect, but I am to be. Whet ground I have gone over, I cense to think of. What etdl remains, that I think of, aud rush towards. I just do one thing. I am called of God by a high calling. 1 see the mark. I press toward it. Nothing will content me bat the winning of the prise.” And not only Is this Paul's state of mind, but he describes it as the normal experience of okristiatis. lie refers to some who think, or were in danger ot thtaking, that they had attained and were perfect He would win them to humbler thoughts of themselves and higher thoughts of their high calling, by the portraiture of his own spiritual experience. “I press,’* he says, “toward the mark,* not as having “attained,* not aa bat ns attaining, perfecting. And then he adds, “Let ns be thus minded. 1 * “Brethren, be followers ot me, and mark them w hick walk so me you have us for an example.* He adds, is his sympathy, aud the delicate courtesy of his love, that if in anything they be otherwise mind- ed, have different and erroneous thought* In the matter, God shall There M Id vfeuil RMii ifetfik lift hare said: and most of out dtScnl ties In Bcriptare are dtfor allies in mmAline round it* awwwws jju v wwwbww^wi was* «Uttt do vow mews that if 1 switie yon an the right cheek yen will tnrn to me ths other F* ae to what I will do. Nit so to what God Bay a $ ntNMf dMgg|hMl gpgmg IgMfl there caa tw su dtaibt as to iksi ths Lord mfhi me Is do.* U B«I af that wars oarrisd oat, it wonhl pot aa ml to war and litiga tfcau* “l*racmely so; and theeefora ahno itSaiia who hova mmtii ai » tkeir mOwla to ge to war sr to In?, must try to gel iwhmI it. Hot awawi of them have say doubt as to what the Lard said, though they may think that He ought In have anhl something diflhr ewk. 1 * “Well, all I can say ta, that if yon are guiag to take the Bible In that way, aad do what ft soya, you will ■mke a strange figure among other Christiaan* This fragment of a cow vernation, which grew out of an appeal In the script or*! aceowot af e realms*, la re ported here beennse It euggeeta some important mtistdrmlinw which ate informed Him they had own# left, he mine, whsnh neetdentiy mood within hie ranch, and gtvmg it to the puor indnee n mch il staaf «*wint M, Gee of God in His promises. Certainly, meditation in one great duty of a Sabbath, without which, to hear the word of God only is but ta swallow oar meat without chewing it. It is meditation that makes it fit for nourishment; this socks the juice and sweetness out of it, conoorpo rates it into us, and turns it into life aud substance. - Leighton. “Thou will not leave By soul in hell, uor suffer thiue Holy One to see corruption.” “But He whom God raised again saw iho cor nptton.” “Neither did His ftteh see corruption.” “And as concerninj. that he raiseel him from the dead wnore to tee evrru.pt ion.” I am uot of those w ho hold s man' to the creed by force, and d< aotcry heresy whenever a man disa pees with me ; but I submit that nr ’ 30a* I 30as 15 as ! 15 as 30ps 30p« OOpS Ifif Pi- Four Impossible Things, L To tiscape troubles by running away from duty, Jonah once made the experiment, but it did not suc ceed. Therefore, manfully meet and overcome the difficulties and trials to which the post assigued yon by God’s providence exposes you. 2. To become a Christian of strength and maturity without undergoing several trials. What fire is to gold, such affliction is to the believer. It burns up the dross, and makes the gold shine forth with unalloyed 1ns- tra. 3. To form an independent cliarac ter exoept when thrown upou one’s own resource*. The oak in the middle of the forest, if surrounded on every side by trees that shelter and shade it, runs up tall and com paratively feeble ; cut away its pro* Lector*, aud the first blast will over turn it. But the same tree, growing in the open field, where it is continu ally beaten upon by the tempest, becomes its own protector. So the man who ia compelled to rely ou his own resources forms an independence of character to which he could not otherwise have attained. A To be a growing man by look ing to your position in society for infloenoe, instead of bringing influ ence to your position. Therafora, prefer rather to climb op the hill with difficulty than to be steamed »P by a power outside yonrselt—Gkrnrh Ornette. In osi «M of the Hrnprar**, the question of inspirathm should font Of alt hr definitely art lied la 4fc» 715p» JWpa 550 p* ristfpa inspiration, men have lost sight of Mien into such a gross error. He show that the b ila » been no wittingly led into it to “exclusively to b ^oatkis theory, and npon “sober, monie institution *»>Qte of all effort nbiqmty, than was his fearthly however, he ack »e'think i7 ’ wl,J K<«W of Sort Beal p * eas ^ bpliere in »he “every iuntitutii v^eace. If Christ’s Jleeh “saw ral origin, and corruption* and ls “»o mwe to see v «»»« **ncfhm, Is ^liere is it* I * live of ti»«. atti Tlj e Bible . grace*, or bravt Christ ti 10 n ar ' te;U ‘ ,(S8 t iat and hence the L with l l God man > ifl iu heaven eve ii acknowle< his body and blood. The pas “present in the l ^ triumphantly quoted By bur present fa att k* il,l,erit ," ,C „ kin * U* real, it i. w . Ood ’ wery intelligent tial, it is bodily. si . n ^“ows, refers to our natural, Now apply yo ', c,lr »al lioUies. Mr. Gross, iu ,rtWR i y° nr * l0 “S krgmnent, trios to show that thr “*►*»*.•' they claim: “All Bcriptnra ia Gud Intpirad * If an, then every word and pnrtlkfo In warred aad aigntg rant. I>ivine wfodom planed It there, and i t ran not he < it rrlunkd set asia mww* esp man^em Bumi^ur e^ew we^r wmmmimBmifiBimBfi wmp miBvWBir placed without injury. Thin becomes very impresari* to thm who are led to a minute stndy of the word* of inapt ration ; Just aa the mternacops reveals the meat waodefftil previa kwa of divine wisdom In the natural world. What hraaty, what forra, what depth of araaateg, what stca harmonies, may often ha foond In ins ose or one prrpaMiMSi rniner than another, la thr nan or omlaafon of an article, In the as* of one nnm her or one tense rather than an other f The true question to he decided is, whether the Hcripturen them ml tea are inspired, and whether wa have, not only divine doctrine, hat that doctrine In the very words which the Holy Ghoul tanght. If yon tstfw dace a bn man element at all, yon place me In altogether a differ*ut attitude before the Wertpinisa. I then exercise my renaon and jadg moot about what I rend. Instead of yielding naqaeotlontag mtimisalnn to n “ihu* anith the I*>rd.* Let Fan! be taught or guided aa he may by the Spirit, it la a very difltorant thing ! to hear Pawl speak, and to know of what he wrote or spoke, that If la not Paul that speaks, bat the Holy Ghost that speaks by him. Barely ft would ley n solemn *r rear upon m* eirort to get arontto a passage of flcriptore if w# were thoroughly convinced that it in whet God any*. And It to worthy of sol *eton inquiry so to ham for umr differ largely, he reread even this unto them to a condition, however, to thi* rave latino of God's truth to and iu them, and it Is this i Nevertheless, where to we have already attained, let ui walk by the same rale, let us uiind the ssara thing.” The thing is, the rule to, “to press toward the mark," to forget the past, and ranch forth toward the future. This than is the leason. Tbs cbns- tiaa altitude Is one of program, pre* tong toward the mark; his face to ward has van, the light of aa ever brightening fa tore playing on his f< (itura*. and all part attainment* lying in the shadow cast by his rising form. Bo Paul rose, the shad ow behind him, the light before! So the sunlight af inspiration has pbo tograpbed him, nod made him the model for imitation. “I follow altar,* press toward the stork,* was the motto of the great apostle, long before that old Roman ward “Excelsior* had its Christian meaning poured Into it; before it grew bright on the escutcheon of the Empire State, and before Longfel law had tin pearled it in immortal varan. And whan tie dissevered head of Pawl rolled in the dost, and bin eager spirit at a bound leaped ou high, over bis prone and inanimate nativity, Christian activity. to the abolition of pul pita aad the introduction of platform*. It indi cates that preacher and people ace naming together. It does both par ties good. It make* re misters mase manly and laymen into* devont Saver raven dram purified never sit ms. and to shows brighter ns It fiawafi from th* ttfo It Will (lowing furnace than Semi’s high bona* and the or brighter ths efiran that looked raw h ends f down on the econo af sach a «ri where tin to H umph. ths feowaa af Gad, Urn holy itsmar.tm-t* gregatioaal singing, or made leader* of the whole oangregntteo, another Important step will hero bean taken ! Q ». and that wo will not bav© *Ne body of flesh and blood that aa ' e h ere, anil therefore Christ 1 have his earthly body, or lbod J he had while on earih. On * Object, Hr. Knapp,“ in his The it can not he ns treat. Be then nil your troabtoa to write, aad axpanaa to publish your work, to disprove n No man to humbled and efoasee with God, until he is wilting to know the worst of himeelf. # - real presence, sr* fur