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The contest waxed warm, engender- aad wider separation I the advocates sf the differ then, again, has sac i calmer and gentler agita l, by which each party ; to fortify its position and j, act in the interest of eoutro mt we now enter upon an of the ®*t*f<9 o/ baptism. who do not agree with hats no controversy. But we stand ready to give to those who oppose us, [slttsoo for the faith that mJTZ* ifauj o« P„. j submersion in water to «0A water we will not dis validity of the act, nor de IB one from our holy altars. Church has always : * immersion as a valid mSTl wahr.ttl I SS?C of baptism; but she has al- , with the great mats of the tefe* tenreb, preferred baptising g posting, or •(^inkling, or affu- more nearly in Uurmo Holy Seriptarea, and Wixsaple of the inspired a pos ts '* m '*• ‘ ' M the mode ia which baptism gghaMBtered is not essential, we fit fmn the fact that no specific fib bss heea iastituted by oar feefSavisur or His inspired ajios If it were a matter of such importance we would act tom left ia im|MK>etrabie dark- m Bet, inasmuch as no positive has beeu given us on this g question, and we are left draw our inferences from the fesfruetioira of the Script ares subject, aud from the exam- M the apostles, we infer that the is not deserving of so much uce as the thing itself, liap- m ip frequent.y and earnestly in- upon; hut nowhere is it ex- said that it shall be per by immersion, or pouring, or iag. The thing itself is re- t the hotc is not w**u Hence we assert and mam • that, r ffr Mne Testament dose not ajortl q proof that baptism tree <ul minis- vug the early Christian* by im- mm. Ifsudi proof is contained in tiie of the New Testament, it be found either in the literal used in reference to baptism, ,,B the circununance* attending •tor ia the metaphorical language •PM to it !• But the proof can not be found 11 ii* literal terms used in reference baptism. Vher« is the iuspired declaration **t those who received baptism at hsads of the first teachers of were plunged entirely *d« the water ? It has never been ^Med. The injmicUon to bup- fteiu sud positive; but re the iniHle of applying the 'iUertothe subject of baptiNiu, uot ** ff °rd is specified. ^hs ojfiy terms from whieh lias P^4temptod an argument in fa y ot uuiuersiou are the veib ^ htti t its cognates, together the prepositious ec-en t eie, ^ a Ud 4, or ex. But au im ^ iavestigatiou of the sig ^iihfitioa af those terms affords 16 hrulsoee tu support of iuimer * hot if they reflect any a chic (Win's apparel is thus stained it it not dona by plunging it m it* blood of his cue mica, but by the spt inkling or pouting oat of the blood of the ulnin. Ur, the figure may refer to a vintager, bj the oo casioual sprinkling or tllii««*>«i «f the joiee whilst treading the wine press his garment is baptised, spnmklsd, m staiaad, lie duos not plunge hint- self into ths wine vat, hut Ue juice 9? the grape sometimes gushes out upou him. Thus, the apparel of our Saviour was not plunged In blood when wrestling with the passers of darkness ia Oethsamaoa, hut Hie blood may have oosed out tu Um terrible agony and stained Ilia rai meut And this appears to be ia perfect harmouy with is. lust; 1-3. “Who is this that conicth from £do«i with dgtd gmrmute from Ik* rah f this that is glorious in hie ap parel, traveling in the greatness oi bis strength f Wherefore art thou ml In thine apparel end thy garments like ktmjhat trmdeth Jts *># futf I have troddeu the wine-prcaa alone, and of the people there wan none irlth me; for I will tread them in mine auger, and trample them in my hry, and their blood shall be eprm- lied upon my garments, and / »rill stain all my raiotpsL* Here thru we uudoebtedly have a case in which the word in question cau not, by any contortion, tw made to im|dy submersion. % fb.) The word to question in again found iu MaU. nvirja “lie that dipped! (embopems — igpOwO > bis hand with me in the dish.* But who will ewateod that Judas piuugod his whole hand m the*liquid 'food cootsiued in the dinb t “Nothing SfllectifiHA mamma I am a •vaagar ia ta* XmV more can he meant,* say s a dmtin less to itnaorb his veto his heart. exportmNo f It is li«i»g # llklth. O, the ui lb® Jaiib, you fhusa the is (he staory that world, tbsl that buhetuth that of If Uevotiou to the love of the world aa rentiers tl (ho supreme of thought. affWrio* sod desire, la a uniform and iosepa rahte attend ant of wutwtiof .The acquisition of this world's rtrhea, pleasures, and femur*, ia, iu the sstf matko of the man who has no vital frost ia tydntaa! sad dlvtgp trusfra, the Uiftfest ambition sad the true frual. Visitor* In U*rr aft&iafoeat to lamented a* the direst tit. Aud even when, by sad experience, their vanity la known—whea the enter ream to M towed to her trelMsod home, aud the fhtoity uf her proettao provea—when the mirage Is chased for mdee serose the weary waste, and seen at loot to disedvt in unsubstantial *rr*—ue nobler Impulse is given to tho apSrfrf It to still the present which It ydnos for; If Sta hhd enn yield no heller. II » would retrace Its steps, amt tmutoat i u Itself to repeat the past. The mgh lv af the Mseedoaian maanreh. au a tea Hrnpiursu ■flllhl or to eapti is this 5 our i •» !i h.ho hh Xi your heart I geunina fstl* to h ‘This the Who to he wrtd, tmi he ts the sue t V, X» tor w% tJsbaitoT« : of MeatstK riarr, "HMl piisiaal f i dev lan* to* this thaeedy ■ ■ H lew iherw shsil no a way that the uf salvattom this, that the part in the They em- that helliev • Not to Hi ititoi im toss.* ug itiignskti t r .^g^m^ua ns r^Wssstt u deeds of the Ihtaugh ■to |al a hole uliu Yet out tbsiihe temrhiugs of I - I»eaf> ftnh ia is reaching the Indian paint: “Oh. for conquer r Nature is foil of maHeum tfemght toy n me of fcaarltr The fry cftnglug tu ! «| t h# Utter •Cutely edifice, and forsnkiug It not akagSot of the when a crumbling ruin; the »me .a.uu sgarnvi the mated smong the mchn, and still mlf ^ | Af ,g s„ f •funding, though sraihetl by the net return i * lightning, aud buffeted by the storm 11 fb* surds «rw U«al Tics «hail on his right af e*y Father, ted for >ou ■ he *im id; tNMffNWil m*d ye gave Matlheu uo»»- let t«» these and other images deplrt an st tMehis MhffUfihft fimadtliif U uffl^Vsu u flWMffvff MffWl IWmjrsffr^ffww^Ugp* ■TuPm Wm»vi}l(pfi^ppVWu IwymBrmwffnq fiPflPilrffVwqWwa- mi burdlv adequate to depict tho ten sett» with whieh the eamal mind rting* tw I wos the lung «uy auto ba*4»t'ome. ye htotoltollHtoffi Oc SesmoelsSag, Dr Liman Abbott gives these < icwUrut sngguaiiona : “Ministers study too much the form of their drsoumrora. Hy suiving to present their Ihoaghts Hi a formal and logical manner ihej deprive them of vtianty are! naturalness. How many fmopto ia an ordinary follow the logic of a t It is generally safe to that the way m vhirh the the tor first suggested itself to Ihe mtnHUer'a mind to the srsy in which it utU muat rwsddy find eo tvnoew into other mi ml •hough is are not si ways the thoughts How often a » filled wish oothnainnm for u theses s* the Ihhle or hie ymroehial •« tmmHV to firwl suggvsted it to him ; hot hi* etithnstosm dies out as he write* the sermon Who* he tfemirht was n grand theme sinks Into inwrniti-ssce . what he thought was foil «d life ami juice tocomes, even u» him. dry and dead in presrh »«g. **I thoaght,* he soys to httusolf, *Hh»t Ho* Hies ■«* going to make a Us* sermon loit sornrhos it did not * lie ha* •(wsled it In pxrparm toon lie ha* (onied ft too long. There arc mmm mtsknu that arc hkr Freetch soaps; they most slat me» a hs»f shilc aier a shiu fi e to be awed. Thee* arc others that arm ■, , —~ h4« s cup of te*; long cooking *t*>dn »<»* * tk* premmt drvienslon •frtlfo 4 w ^•a I ami' * u»* % tu »*»<. *■! mui mac hwm slu and believe on Jeans aa your complete Nevluur. You have this vocation in eoinmon with all who hove knowledge of the gospel. If yoo hem! the call sod exercise rc pentane* and faith, then have you msrived au < ffc<*lua1 call that Intro duces you Into the family of the re deemed on earth. Hence to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are called la to act inconsistently with the fact Chat yon have once turned from sin, and experienced the joys of forgiveness. How* on* has remarked that “a Christian when be makes s good pro frsston, should be sure to make hi* profession good • No one can do Itolu who lottos sight of fbe doty to honor in hi* walk the author of his call. Owffo walk ie not worthy or his vocation unless ft vindicates the wisdom that selected him an a sob Ject of pardon A general plans a c ampaign, aclects the officer* to ctrry out his orders, supplies them with troops and munitions of war, so ar range* that all thing* will work in harmony with each off*'* efforts, U udmg at the seine time to the oom ph te culmination of his plans. If all their *• veraI parts at the appntobd tifrfri a great sucoeui ft imlta. OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 276. —.■ .--:.-inrrcrr- „ | Worldkii&Mi JbjL2Z£ Prcfec£:rt wun whatever ft ie in favor of affu- ims J- Whro we examine torpto, the 1 ro °* — which is a strougei than its derivative, baptize, had that it does not uni- ^Lv imply submersion. We ad ^toattbia may be ite in out com tod primitive souse; hut it ie ^ that it hoe paaeed over meanings^ such as to sprin ^j^stain, to dip partially, to test An e*ample in illuatrutiou of ^ * fo»iad in Ret. xix; 13. “And > *kth«d with a vest ore ('bbammenon,} in blood,” K baptized or stained in blood, ^ set by being plunged in ft, tw **l )er tod or spriukled with if. 1^ ^”*** 011 ** to a conqueror hav ** Safovoots stained In batfle guislied writer, "than that b* took the bitter lierlm whirl) were ealen nl the Passover, or other articles food, and with hia Angers dipped them iu the mhoi prej«aie»l." He •imply Look foo«i from the plaitrr with bis Auger® in Asiatic style, in stead of umug a fork or spoon after the manner of our country. (c.) We will mid ue* owly one more instance from the Hynp4*res to prove that bapto does not iwr* sarily imply submersion. In Dan. iv: J3 it to said of Nebm fool- net/ai that “hi* foidy »*• wrt witi. the dew of heaven* The Heptua glut ha* here: Kbapbe. mad* wet; Xbaphe is the ond son hi of bsrpta. He>e we we bare the terra bapto where it to utterly i; to ituuslatc it dip. and the baplmtu her* to t»y the drecent of 4#w tbe Kuglisb word wef fully the idea to he conveyed. To nrge that the dews in Babylon srere so copious that Nebuchadiietxar was thoroughly drcnehotl d»**s not re move tho difficulty, for this wetting was net pleugtng nor subuseraioo. Here, then, are three dietHrct ex amides adilnonl from the tforlfe tares In which bapto does not mean submersion or plunging, or anything akin to it The ease of the rich man praying Abraham to send Laiarnn to dtp — btspeey — (Luke xv 1: 24) Ihe tip of his finger In water to c«m>1 hi® parched tongue, might also be appropriated adduced But these example® are sufficient la eo tsblish the fact that totpto tfors not always mean total snhmerwhra. (d.J Were it necessary to our |air poee, we could produce evidence of the same fact from prafhne writers. But we will let the teatlmoni of Mr. Edwards and Dr. John Ihek suffice on this pofoL M<1 wooW lbQ * much/ remarks the former, ‘of the term—[kepfo)—that ft to a terra of sack latitude that be who shall attempt to prove, from Its as* in various authors, an absolute sod Uhji| immersion, will find that be has undertaken that which be can not finally perform f and the latter adds, *1 do not intend to deny that [!topfo)evef means to dip, hot that this Is its only sense; and lieoce we may fairly ooaclnde, that although Ita derivative—toqrfins—mean* to immerse, ft doe® not follow that this is its only signification.’* {To be oomimmed.J the empty aad the pm shah!* Take a ms* when*, perhaps, you least ex pert saeh misHusom •--the ssUcuite , 00*1 what to H hat the presrut. which j he dim for f Dive Mm hark the . ! fiaeh of his < irl> mwah «m4 ; k m* meal * I woe ifevefo,mat >» gats am Uriah i I urn a fifreagrt, aad >• leak me te) aahmt, M4 ye ckmhed urn | I was sank, osm! ye t tsttwd aoe» I woe m» lunasia. sod ye earn* wale then shaft the vlghto »»* ssmwrr llvem. They must W takea at the first rfiwtoiuk Tken- a war rote that m wwrxhy •in ideal adatom hy all ®uta»< :>ieeta iktt Hum Uweaar, If sernsua* set* *i»ll»i al) ernafowmied •«» it, there w«ml«l be m» liuftmoUy in itotofe la’ dswsl it to oof a rale at all; ft ts a ysriswigdr. It «e fetles stated as a to t tt»aa aa a law x ffow*f sromsss use meter made ; they ft*m. Tfii Prjagr'l Trker^.*^ j hia shies w»?h th** rnss-ats rdsf-i <*f aa>«U|U toarvl. wfem mm we fibre : iyedthfol hope : pot into hi* baud tbe ^ koogpfwd. **.1 Nd tfehr f «sr UtoHi, fhldetl horn of pbaty | fill h»s ear ^ tJli ^ drtak* ft heu saw Thank IM for }*tM*u«! Maoy of J With the song «»f fiat lew, the trill 9m m smaagpu^ 4*4 book thorn Lwli rhatoeel servant* have hern of tft* world's brink, quick!) will he fitng afar the mmi0 '^y the Kmg ^ hr** their imynheoumeal, or'Tscymti of pubtir morals around ns may be charged to the want of wakeful eoo- sru-wtoMismews and fsithtnl obedience on the }mrt of chris‘ ran ritinena. we tremldo U» estimate Where is the professor of Jesus at till® day who bears himaeM through the avenwew of trade, the pleasures at nodal itilernourwe. and the ]Nirliea« ef court s, togiSlstores, and eomveo- traao, as a living eyustle “known and trod of all men,** to th* booor of that aditreble asm* into which his owe hsa Issra “burled by luHUisux," and U»uod by many a sacramental sties | tattoo, for this life, as well aa that MMM 1 tieorch tor those Imred aird hfletl slssd Th* foe* of th* wmhi fe as charorteirtoOe of the ffilrrwwfoi rkiharT ■A (prufiTdiiimi fbe gtofe* on which w* stand ll « Its nature, ami nstkitg can reverse its inherent teodenrv hut th* power w*® I of divtore grace. “ fleeuw.se th* ear not mind m ewmtty «ga«n*« Itol; for it is not miijert t« ih* law of tW, am amis to kaha‘fomhs4l totofiOX ItoS IHrlT ht i iwlfTM ufffo DataibaMot from tho presawl shall aoswnr aad say auto I hem. Verdj 4 «to| nuta yam, laeamorh aa ye have das** IK aota «wsa <4 the least af th*s* my hrwthfsm, ye h*tei dnae to aa*** use “ To oat miad tl is |dao» tost the <J.« Hum her*- tyuaght is tfoto a ark* afe Ihe rtidewrw of lotlh I# the InmuL The AfMMtoJk James sOafes oar mymtmi truth «hta hr asys. Tailh without works Is doad ;* bat rather hww asrfwl to the ehafrh t hallowed day, wheu the exchaage to frwse htoneth the ®nan l of bolt and shat up, aad the paraait of haeiucM to love God haa not waited for Him; before alt time, were endowed with life, he thoogbt of ns and tbongtic of doing ns good. Wbat he meditated in eternity lie haa per formed in dme. Hie benefi cent baud haa bee«owed every va riety of blessings opoa os; neither our anfliltbrulnewH, not oar iograft tude bee dried up the fountain of Hie goodness ,o os, or afreeted the Wiy, >11 oHicre nil goouness ,o os, qk{: ,., v j® 00 of bi * enemies. When | stream of lie bounty. spring* eoly from th* stmtoiif l || to you as true thst work* with living faith. Faith, securing the tTnist, as the imfwHiog «o«ti«*. aca renovation of th* anal, aware* with never town.4 without forth. Aad il a change af sentiment and fori- top ft* surks nraoiwM If the lag. Tbs world to «s* viewed a* 1 ffavtomr ear otto Ibaur sf a mere ha laeammemaurst* to bnaasa ae**l, aad msnitsrton. dour for th* fiacd of unworthy of being aoh th* object | ihr race, hat work* done for thru* of supreme sffiwtbai. It is wot, la ; in the prtsua -f his paepla. ISvooe de*»l, regar«le*i with c«ra»e«apt It ts fe eeuhl say, “I wo* on hsuigrred, •imply estimated at its real worth, j **<1 y» guve esc meat,* etc Aad tl is toadbol wot slier as fitowurly, |w*i as we haw au fewhuuaw la ptw aarl in the drapery of ramooee. bat ; aoaaeiwg the snow a rtnistiaa who near, and In a mirror which neither exaggerate* nor dDpamfu*" 1 th* mir tor of GorTs faithful word It to MVII to l*e but seroadary and satow dlnate. It I* a noM* means to a no ! Mer end ll If *csflWdlng. o« which to rise to the vision «»f unetoOiled day It is <**«! time for th* rowing of the hsrvrst of eternal |«r**w. It Is a school, wherrin to learn the alphabet of heaven j aa aroue, fiw Hi* exhibition and d*veh>pmvnt of an msntv grace and godlike excel tenet**, ft to not to be ileaoonced aa **eentialfy an evil It to Intended to subserve the totero*** of party Not in herautS cave, or cloistered soil lode, to seetaaioa to be soaght world to to be “abused * It will expand the mind, though It must not so stave the heart. It ait) aaatot hi unfolding the firaila of holines*. though It most not be •pedt arraying oaeaelf ia th* pro tendon* leaves which th* first blasts of autumn will scatter. Bach to the estimate la which the world Ie held by the Christian Hen** fe> does ant so love ft se to identify bts bepfW news with Ite poseeaMoa. if# atttlaro ft, bat he doe* not idolise ft. lit* foaling to that of “a stranger” hero He dwells as ia a foreign lead. He has dalles which detain him. and cares but little to remain nay loo get thou to absolutely necessary Barth is attractive onto ia relation to the future Hto aflhctfooe ar* “oat no thing* above, not oa thing* beneath." Hto tbought* reel not on the present aad the fleeting, bat roach famed to the bon adless sad sock* aging Fair may he the taodorupe which surrounds him; gay Ite fiowero, gw-t tie aad soothing the murmur of Its falling waters ; (Mill to alike power glvtfi fifi fitMffiffifiof firoo ponltaoai w it feral aekrag I* rafinroaoe t» his faith, «a when we find trae ebesbearr we asfi aw marc ei bteacw at disripb ship la both case* fimth to aero* osrily foutel. and ibere*«fe ear pro iM>une»ag sack an so* a christtoe w .raid aet militate qgaiaat the due trine that Ihrro to a*» salvotism Ur the aalsriiev ro. tfo this priacipie, the Hav MMW*s svkaaM—Igaroat too to *a perfect rwumsteary with the doctrine that faith in his aao* to sbeelately mreweeary te aalvattou. ft’agg.-W* talk mach of work iag, bat wnfkiag to befitor ths« talk log shout working ; "to get realty at It, nod to do something for aaa) win ning, aad spreading abroad the gto *w at ftokd to better than tiliubitir aad fedding cuauaMtowe.* Away with wind bags! Lei as get to acts Nooe of as >oo» what till we try. The sport* win ten you that there tasy be bar. lark sod key, the swelling tK..tight* of iw»primmed saints have g-’we* hath to rovolattaaiee the world. If < nor «« assy thsak ISod for these petann*. Who earn read the word of Batoael Ita th*t ford aad not jmn in the thsaksgtsdagl He called hi* ptmea la Abetdeen Drufi Palace “My well hr loved," be waya, “to kinder and e armor than ordinary, and rum eth aad viaitath my sea! Ily chain* are overgilded with gold. No pen. no engine eon fiKpre** to yon the tovettaeee of my only I*»rd Jam* Bo aJwi tike Feal aad Bilaa at I*hll lpf4, the ectetarated Madam Guyoa, ahen ira|wtt*i*t»e4 ia Fiimro iu IfRiA. for her religious views, could wing sod aiiie roctgauf pester. “If some tiraew ar-t to nan." she said. 'HU d I was a imh bud a bom Ha lord tatfth placed la a cage, aad that I bad nothing le de bat to stag. • • • The stones of my praam looked ia my eyes Uhe rate**.* Her masg*. artxten in pnrou, haveeheervd many s pftra* oral longing for s more spirit usl life. Nerd we mention Bunysn, • feme long imprisonment ia Bedford |ed gas* th* world the Pilgrim's Fragro**.. whieh next to the ltdde has prutrably guided wore traveler* te the < elrwusl City than sa) ImmIu Many af Fool's «ravage aero |«eaa«d ia a dungeon. Haw thaokfld «e err for fbe reel from the many Isfesre of preaching whi^i hi* imprtouoment furwiwhed, and for the words of in spuatrou which they gave the oppor taaity of wnuag! Ills senaaas died with hto goaeratioa; hie )*rtooa nt uach ts all age*. To the halting mid the out* or of the world, on* of giro a powerful “I therefore, the of lbs Irani, beeeeeh ye that journey at many birds la a ffidd. bat yoa know j ye walk worthy of amt how many UK yoa walk through, aad tbeo yoa will earn them oa the wing. When the wheal torus yoa will be able to aae tbe loro* of the current Yoa will ase tbe speed <>f the hors# when yoa pat him to hto Week! work! sad th* tool is Moat wilt get an edge by Hbine. sad the vary tight yea hav* shall grow in the very act Of shining tie who ha* dean aoe thing will find himself capable of doing two; and doing two will be abb to nenompltah four j aad bnvtag ffUbvcd the ffiar will then go aa to tweirs, and from twelve «o fifty ; aad an. s* growing nrotlipltoa, he wffi eo a herewith ye of* called-” I nborutwo efl the Irani's fine f Tbe apodal work, psxucuUi * vocation to which be thinks bn toaj be catted. Ia it to be a minister,* Monday school loach er, a visitor of th* sick and poor that I am coUod f Dear reader, 1 doubt If Foal thought of each a thing he wrote those words. Ho year oalftag to a Lib of jooty la whatever vocation yoa may be pursuing Net oat of one baeioeee toto soother, unless the first be to u ; tv*.i to Chrtotian walk. •all be cuomderod todcccal among us, aad hew few impress the world with a bright aad eouemteni example! Hoar many of them travel ou the Lord's day. in tbe urgency of be si ness, which ibcur own greed or in disuciion has mads a prcaeul oeoee «uty u£mu them l Llo« many of them are nfo boon s iu Ue Gods people, until scuuily aneu al hi* umble board, shea the weather permit*, and tbe supenoi attractions of world ly ftiterost allow them to best home f How many a xealoua advocate for Iriupuraooe acuiuls lira power of his influence on the maasos arouud him, by ratrutpesauoe iu thaogs which they cau not reach; by tho (strode of hi* luxury, in satuig and driukiug, and dr* ft*iiig,uadaU»o*l every uolulgeuot to the flcwdi, Uii the lufoxicaftag bevcisg# which h** excepts, witboet the digUtrct denial of self! And when we Look away from the pieces and the uoreatuaa, w here Lira ba»lge oi ohtv*ueaity to cuoveuUoually worn —when wv pass hour the Sabbath, the samimuy. the umpeiaucc neat* tog. aiei the osighUoiboad. where the pto/crauu u» rostratued by circuai- staiHS'*, sod atitocvdeuta, aud watch huu at the peAftical meaUug, the «hmi«< house, lira capitol, the soiree, the watering places, for roornation ie •natural, the barter tug places, for xpcni lsuon iu winter—who it dis tinguished, uniformly, a* “the right eoua," indeed, striving always aud ia all places* and capacities, to convince ihe world that the fouudauous of social order and public safety are napocteUy conserved by the distinc im* follower* of the Lord Jean* ChiiMt No wooder the iufiueuoe of re- ftgxoo on the multitude declinee, when il refuses to go forth among them, beyond it# own particular oc casions and convenient lime®, with a garb for evary day, aad a work for every place. No wonder the right eous can do nothing, oa the founds lions are brooking up, when they re sign, in advance, the witneoaing character, with which they are called to imbue every act aud every word, ia the engagements of human lib. The only wonder ia, that they are spared to work and witness at all i and let us be warned. i( The night advance*, wheroin no man coo work* —the night of d«*tb; the night of •iciness and imbecile age [ bat this to not all—the night of desperate de- beaven, Khali be nevertheless in ite •latnbera, and effete in lie modesty. True, indeed, we have oar refage for the worst extremities, an the sequel of our text declares, “The Lord to to bis holy temple, the LordPs throne to in heaven; hie eye* behold, hto eye lid* fry tee children of man,” ka. Bat while we adoringly confide, tot us remember that ery, an lee* we strive, aud intense devotion, to nod extremity, which make* oar bate exertion powerless for good. > — *1 I II Wl 11 I J®T«roiaD at ootmt oxapaitn, Adolph Monod, one af the moat gifted and faithful evangelical mil later* of the present century, preach ed Chnat crucified and Hia free grace to hi* church In Lyons. One Sabbath, preaching from the text, “God so loved the world that He gave Hi* only begotten 8on," ate., he K|>oke of the person of Christ as tbe true God-man. He announced at the tame time that tbe next Sab bath be thoald show how men coaid be raved through faith in this God- man. But the authorities of this church were of Catholic aud other errors, and opposed to a doctrine no truly evangelical. Hence, they in formed Monod that If be did not omit tbe sermon he hod announced, they would have him arrested aud brought before the prefect, and dto missed from his office. Monod, not withstanding, preached hia sermoo, aud tbe authorities made their com plaint. Tbe prefect was a Catholic count—Count de Gasparin. He came home at evening to hur wile, and found the Mormons. He never liked sermons, especially evangelical aer- Aonx But he wm a man who dis charged faithfully the duties of his office. It wm necessary that the sermons should be rood. He cams to his wife with the montucripts in hia hand, complaining that be would have to give up the whole evening to this irksome and protracted labor. She offered, oa her hatband 1 * worthy sermon* with be teas tedious. They began. They read tbe first. With every pngs they grew more interested. They forgot that it woe even lag and night. That which was nt first no official doty became a service of the heart. They finished the first, and eagerly grasped the second. And what was the result ? As * magistrate—as a prefect—Gasparin was forced to de prive Monod of hia place, because all the authorities demanded it Bat he and Ids wife became evangelical Christian*; yes, living, joyful and happy believers in Christ Their son, Count A gen or de Gasparin, haa long been the bead and pilfer of the even gelieal party in Fjance. Good Advice to Chewtiaxr.— 1. Bee that your religion makes you a better son or daughter, a better clerk, a better student, a better friend, a better workman. 2. Do not set yourself np as a standard. Shnn all cennorionsheM. Remember that each one “to hi* own Master Rtandeth or falietb ,* and not ron. I jet nothing keep yow from the Never be tempted to atey from him ,by unbelieving doubts, by prat neglect, by preeeut fear, by anything. Be more inti mate with him than with any earthly Wend. 4. Never rqoioe in year own strength. A child looking to Christ ft stronger then a strong moo armed. Be reeolute in looking to him alone for strength. Finally. On not be discouraged If you fail in erorything. If yow wnro perfect, what need would yoa have of a Saviour Y larf. M. po.« to ~rr. Cto«» >>, »- —« IW rote, of «fc# lMy **■« *>M. »«»««■ mmmmiat J" «* Tn CmooB op Chaot.—He that stand* beneath the crone, and under stands the scene, darn not sin; not because there to a hell beneath kun, or an angry God above him, but because holiness to felt to reign there. The ground on which he tread* to sacred; tbe glory of the Lord encircles him, and, Kka Moses, he must remove hto ahoea from hto feet. The oroas i* e venerable spot, i love to linger about it, not merely that Irapay read my title to erorfeat- lnl, but that I may study the Mb greatnees of God. advtoedly. God ■ truly treat, eo when, from t I wn the tarns Who character shall be impugned- dares to pievnriowte with moral distinction*, nod talk of death aa a greater evil than dishonor, when h !SM? shoal'd be compromised f Who, at the feet cteuatoo in th# public morals, wheu jiiS^m’proalivt' ^rauaiolTof'*** even yonr faith, by the ordination pf I tiou.