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» it!id» 1 Rode 4 HUler, Editors. • 4 SERIES, VOL. 6—NO. 17. CHE LORD, ORE FAITH, OIEiBAPTISSf-EPHESIASTS 17:5. -«■»—»... .^^^Mmgrmcrv^saMMjteJb JCSj:l£L COLUMBIA, &. 0., FRIRAfr, JANUARY 16, 1874. Terms: $2.00 * Tear. OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 277. [P w -r pur the Lutheran Visitor. Xodi of Baptism. 4 established the fact tlmt —* always mean to sob* •ext inquire the true 'haptizo, one of tbederiva And here it may be Mbit by the laws of etyrnol- lese some of the force Thus, pipto } to Jl» derivative, jriote, means partly fall. The Word that If Aequo flanges bedew, [Hied, r eam from the market, l ft*; wash, (baptioontai,) they Jt emaiaiy was the m»a nJews to wash their hands memfcf? ba*what author ever they entirely 1m ii in water f Yet f water to a very the body is failed hi the aid, “And many fej For want of time, we will {xtas over several interesting {>•««.**-* of deriptur© bearing upon the subject ia hand, (each as Reb. vi j 2; Labe t\: John H: «,) and turn next to I Cor. * s 1, t, where we heva an allaeion to the baptism of the lsnw>l “*• in the sea, in this language j to ‘dogma r* said a plate U AY1 our fathers were nailer the orofrri member mi cloud, and all penned through the sea. to the writer and were all to^llhmi rtiptfiiinfe A unto Moses fa the eload and la the and then the Selections. Whtt k Ik* Etna k Saga*’ »t unr. jobs «am iu>. U W»I you please tell am, atr, what Ml. * We go farther it weald he «l eirea fm the .tool to ear «d to the gus4 sssmm little hey Is tshi thing af whtrh hla |art, doahtfhl. II# la Hew te Begin the If ear Y«sj\ than others in the name number of day a—ami mar, with David, “My IM aa begin the year with sotema | voire ahalt Thou hear in the mom. fi.nu irfiortion. mil say, with Job, “When fng, O fx»nl ; in the morning will I " • IM* ri j * years are came, 1 shall go the direct my prayer mi to thee, and will way wbrace I shall eat retero.” Let! look up." Aar some as not eel j believe this, but think of et Uaat, is ! it, and feel the importance af the 1 The question here ia, were the Israelites haptiaed m Row “But arhy dogma T «W< are yea not Christian baptism r* which the apostle tdi speaks; but he never thetcea calls the application of water to the Israelites am this utmuhia s mm*, front the similarity with which water, fa hath cases, was npplM But they wire Hot topped Id wamb; for Xeaea tiproealy says (Bt. *r.f ti): Israel went into the mkfc* af the see opmi dry ground."' Row, then, could they have been imnwemAT* Bat the watem Wowing to the ties, aed there being checked by CWjMor* ffc* rftiog upward, (for they -were a wbflt uufw them ee their right hand sod M, it «io.it be some aew error that sp, libs the Maybe, the KltaoitoCa." I Theqeertst set m* to thinking, aa*l. * r, .vthing ia my fwrn. re put queetUee I aak ed ewe person ehat he eaderstoo*! by emf he told am, -the la er the Pops * | Mild M he toM me he aaJfew I Mil duty ; , I.TT, • **M> ebtkl, child, a - had s flair > HiteMug the • x pm> ha was s -smart* W. Re f «C I« ord eg God AMR § I if We 1 -RMihria nro■ , J, r * *« Rm f* * ehildeea, e Area tU Oops sad might indeed mwater; yet ef this Bbt te ft is there* y of the puriff- in the Hew t! . , . _ , - - - m Weing the ehAMiJ ,r ftiA leers, m ritibbrotflig veheseeaee and frequency with whieA GodH» prater, ia relation h this par I peer Dogma la islilr>t is so many tfcularevent, the Psalmfsc (Itriffl IT) 1 quarters. It occuriwd to me that a says: “TheHoods poured ant water, little rrplaoate«i might suites the the Mire amt out a sound * And |*rejorf»ro, or st least oblige Is.guts's this sprinkling or pouring W the First of all, ae to what to let ns hear the greet Webster, ter en. dr washing with the |l«Al«s 1a the eaee of the couches,) eriug, whilst it is not cer- tkey were performed by a single instance, were so large persons at the Bum their size to Is that to suppose that they |ws kpttoed—wished; not by im water, but by behig truth the baud, or to any real or fancied impurity, be meaning of baptizo will be illustrated by reference to t 25, ^0: “Then there arose between some of John’s isud the Jsws about pnrifp- Afrl they came unto John, and lishbi, he that was with thee 1 Jordan, to u bom thou bear- fitness, behold the some bep- aod ail men come to hiuK’’ iwbpctof dispute was a Jewish ealleii purification. But I tells m concerning the Levitt- ■MUtulions, that they “sdoed 1 ® wests and drinks, and divers ®|» ” —• dimphoroit baptitmoia, ID,) different baptism*. ! different baptisms were differ- •dm of ablution, such as pour- ■Priakling, bathing, etc., and the rest sprinkling was the frequent and promiQeut. At IM file all legal purifications, the Moses decides the manner of them. Hence, in I^ev. r s?, We find this direction : “And l^eaUqtt'taJrfo upon him that ia to from the leprosy seven •hall pronounce him clean, I . ^ 1st the living Wrd loose huf* Num. viii: 7 : L . ^ "halt thou do unto them • them : Sprinkle water of ttpon them, and let them iff tbeir flesh, and let them their clothes, and so make l 7*^* deau.” And in allusion U e ***blishsd and well under water, me it fell on them, to thorough ly resemble*! the pouring or sprtn kliug of water on the heod sf the candidate foe baptism, that Paul bositated not to raff it baptism It may be remarked that there was also on the same ore—too a gen uiue case of Immersion The Kgy pt- iau army was rompletely submerge*! lOgd pirns them with Yea my te toll year it oad tessem- the truth and If we deport III dhidL My! i m a F*—it would H*s »1 a parent potato by I j_ >r m ^ I • t j L to the •ay., Blhle soys thts,* the ! sSt, Mr naA he now of the evi \ get ake| Ha fuud, “moo are treat them as toor dog U are not In the nnrue thrrn ft* dbtl» to hAm. and of uhnrh the Yea, ia a little time I shall bo ae move area. How—where •hall I he disposed off The seasons will return so before ; bat the places that now know ms will know me no amee forever WW tbU be a curse or o blessing f If I die hi my sJns, I shun return ae more to my pusses etoas oad oujoymoata, to the can of amrey, to the throae of grace, to the home af protect If 1 dir ia the Lord, t shall. O blamed impoemhib tyt return no more to Rmo* thorns aad briers, to this rate mad wicked world, to this setting head, to this throbbing heart, to these tempt a tteaa aad t mu bleu, ami sorrow* sod And if this be your determination, the season will be the date of your happiness God himself says, “From this day will I Ideas you.*— William Jap. Secret Prayer When two or three la one place to gathered seek the profit iu praying to au Almighty who is not his Father. Oh, no; it »* only children who come to a fsthci in secret The unsaved may prav in a certain way in public; but they will not come face to face with Goil iu secret. Take some prayers and try. Were we to pray that prayer iu public, “Rxamioe me,” we must change the word me to at, aad pray, “Examine as, O Lard; prove as j try our hearts aod reins.” And unsaved men might lose themselves In the crowd, and joinria the prayer; but the unsaved man will not go aloue, end, foe* to fhee with an all-seeiug liiwd, the prayer is social: when one ! God, aay to him, “Examine me, and aew year with asy, with the remember my l*r*>t*c to Nay, I wa th«* is, **Th»s amtfc iho Lord.’ et the Hildaitarli jwocwmls of a dogma which l^t us begin the self inspect loo, sod chief luttlsf, “I dc tool Is this day* We 'are think of the fsiliogs of our fellow I curat ore*, aod ofleu imagine because •• mu free fr««w» their faults, that wo are faultless, list we may have oth er faults $ w* may have worse, and while a tools is ia oar brother’s eye, • brum way be in our own. !*et nt be open to eouvicfiMU. I^et us ileal f^ithfufl* with «Mtr own hearts. Let as nut compare nurarlve* with oth or*, aod esperislly the mure vile of peruoo goes akme to speak with God, the prayer is secret. A woman re turning from a meeting won asked if aha hud hud u good meeting. Her reply to. “Mover a hotter* Bbe was onkod who were proamt, and her ana war was, “God and I.” So- rial prayer was expected, hut for want of numbers it was secret prayer. 4t is to osrret prayer the Laid refers uhen be nays (Matt. vi. :«,) “Thou, she# thorn prayest, enter into fAy Huset, and abut tAjr door,* etc. But one way aay, -I have no closet to pray ia.” Well, thank God that you are like the Mattel, and you can, like Him. make one. You cun bare a closet tu a crowd ; you can with draw from all, and sbnt vonr door world ward, aud qmi it heavenward, ami pn»y to your Father. It is worthy of u*»riee that our liord pray ed alone while oilier* were with him (Luke ix: If). He was praying alone, and yet his disciples with him. Ho we can he as much alone in a Hi must huv# u kted of grout ,J h*tem, or deffnitro*. with. . O.M -Web.),, •***«""* «« "«»• Ik* lie dadoes “dUMAuP I to he the Itegms <hut hr «to cue a* tea mw vary tend of them, aod auuuJty introduce them freely to their kuok *wk of baptizing, or sprin- ^ order to cleanse or pun- /Mted Isaiah, in his remarkable ?i*ion of if <Iia * m Vr J* ■prinkie I** «tokiel, the atonement of 15,) saying: “So many nations.” too, when he <le- «-*"•*> purification of the j * God, says (xxxvi: 23): 1*^ 1 •prinkie clean water rk^ B ’ ^ ^ clean ; l o, t J i . y ° or fl, Ihinc«s and from all lii*?* ^ cleanse fou” Somo- l l *lilA *** 08e< * for cl e ans »»‘g (I>cv. 1^ ^ toonetimes blood (Lev. v: 9; is* ! an<1 sometimes vhi: 7); -but the per- l^hs *”* ^coto to be cleansed or * ere not dipped in oil or 8ince >t was always that the oil, Wood to be sprinkled. These evidence in favor of * 8 D °t the most % J]* lon to it; Imt the weight Pit /""to®*, whatever it may be, ,J: r of sifosion, pouring or ly, that lAerv is u tSad Every one firitow crealuros; Imt with n ir kuous how grandly the itqiimi «tt Udvautagws, wlib our knowledge, JJJtops^ iArih»^ l *> , hb«it ^ {MMtnUte. n ut, o, Jt icdntMHW*, »ith the U* «rf j crowded city as on a lonely moan- “In tbs (iwi | * 1 tain. Tbeue twvyeiw Satan can not sod the earth * , j lift us begin the year with a da 4 hinder; by them he is often con Wuausut u tea* tulwou how any term mat K*i to abandon a hairier founded, aod with them he is a! in three *«y *. It m(I) “tha* whmh real iHlgteuo teuehtei eaa br gitra apfwuro aiufril. and say, with EHhtt, ways perplexed; sad, like many ia habl e« •> apummm* %%a«lo out uittomt dogmji It is tra*. men like -«|f I bare door mtqaity, I will does stleut things, they have great power. that 5ke m Should the util cmrse, A doty arising out of the relation , HirtMins 111 cam hufrumrd* while I ,,N *• (lp * l* klM tou solicit, let it plrofll iu which the creature stands to God. MAtafA Ilf III MMl and covered ; bav# npntxs* euough o4 thnr own, \ niy rttnirnF is ivjected ; >n '•*• while the Haviour Judge says, Every man li%"es and more* in God, of Pharaoh- “there re are very fowl of them, aad usually and to aaery to find rhAsttou prrorli i “If thy right eye oflfcml tbvc, pluck and so every man is bound to pray; M oiie of them:* < iutruduew them Irreli to their frwod*. aras(q4ft«r«!':y f* c«Jm htoohi mull J out, aod yui it IptMu the* fig U r fyi Ptm«r n* the utteranc*- of a _ . "J'V to |*r*mi»ble fbr thee that one dT t%r ^Hroduro ownrog hia iih*t»eUdeoro on baptised | tenet, a formally stated aud uulhurt - ^ K * Here wo havu several coses iu I luiirHy «etrled doetrluu. This *w | eraowt taptstur be d«r*ft« tbelw rip which neit her bmpHm nor its eoguates j pvohuldy ibe otfentove Ihigma, ibe lures aad fhristianHjr. A mao puts the quest too, “What most I do to be _jp| PHHHPj] - - elemom* * •balU bol h!m rutefr^qho j prr *"“* dsdkulteu, sud say, with j it a* s duty: “Tbou. when thou prav Igpim sad uwwol riemeur ,4 chrts Itevld, “Lard. I am lldoe. save me * eat, eme r nto thy Houet, and pray •ipteur) .Inrtrioe -hat to asserted or IUim> , t* m ,« no( fWs *af, taught wictomt *utficie«t evideuou.*f ami ** ic*|mrtf«lly Hibuiu it i* >»>( Wc are ail imammoua sgandh that. c*s»m«st «m*r Mim*kters *re often It may lie aa*omed, then, that it ia * pefauua la aee*| of the “forwialh M*tC4l ■■ibnrlf M«viro, diTOUStoo, OUd kelp sUKit e«n ivelwITtled ?*“*?*? HtemM we as* to them, lively settled , lor trine that offeml* ,4a. w ;* “Find * •ale educated persona, who know «h *t pusitMoi. stlh j it.gr*«si>« salary, they arc talking about. Now, whst •hne you esn make the must «f | y ***trse|f r* “Go W nl f tow much g.ftMl *booid «• tbrm f I low , , . . . much bn ter l*« t In spplu-sin!* if we reject til ami dcnooociMl with s tcwl riMl ^ elements of «*ffrmewf a»d nmtkoritp being roputtore to many IIis third deffotthm to not very to prim. implies submersion Our ease is then fairly made out, that to Imptue does not uniformly nor oeeessardv signify submersion; but fre*|umtl» its utmost demands are sprinkling, pouring, ete. (4) It ia a remarkable fact that, not withstanding the copiousne** of the Greek language, whenever Imp tism is spoken of by the New Testa ■»ent writers, the same word* are invariably used to express If. This certainly does not arise from any poverty in the Greek language, since there are several terms (as kmtmbap proportioned la its importanoo; but |d«m. such fteo, emftqpMto, emhopfs, and othsaaj if it km true estshltehsil. tbai to, au •♦** * member* shoot*) jwrtoh, and n**t that the f res tor. But when we enter the thy wtode tmdy «houtM tie cost into family of God try faith In Christ hell* ijestts. prayer is the breath of the Begin the year with pious aud new man; aod hence Christ enjoins to the harm of this t If a to later, thru it te au error, and te ha We can Dot our gloomy dogmas to every tyro la ariihaeette. It to suflh'teut (tor all |*arpoa«« to that express satire im mention. Ysf[ proper e rule nee—-to it mi object amidst this [trofusion of words to to it that It is formally stated or au sspresM immersion nneqnlrocally. the thorllativHy settled f It would ha writers of the New Testament reject “mighty inconvenient" to Ware m tlifm all when speaking of baptism, j dogma—that to, nothing stated and and confine themselves to bapiiso 1 settled—in other (Iwportmenta of and baptieme. And when opeaking ' thought. There sro it least owe of tha ovdiiiMca of baptism, they do | ,| 0 gma* iu tin* multijdka not call it immersion, or sprinkling,« .. *^ t or pouring upon—but emphatically tmm * ** ® 00 * Bt roJ fMiffwt IB baptism. F j schools , that 3* Am23 to aa formal (To be continued.) *>' HSto) and sutlnwitalhely settled . . aa anything nan he j ami It would rw- The Nssdsd Comforter tard education very much If ersry ~T~ m . . teacher bs*l to prove eweb of t| HjjA»jjAg»e step in p»th without tiiidmg some trace of Him, the Comforter s-c need ! For be is an sfMicte*! Man. the moat afflicted of all the human race, a Mart of sorrow*. If ho winhci* to sympathize, be has only to roeail the past We can not light upon an affliction through which be has not passed before ns; from that which affects oor bodies to that whmh with ers our tools. O ye who lie ou beds of *ickue*«, tortured with cruel jwuo, be know* the nature of the physical suffering which rests on your inner life thn/ the delicate chords connecting soul •od body t O ye who eat the bread of charity, and are distressed by ail the cares of penary, he kuows what poverty is ! O ye who have been overwhelmed with reproach, cslnmny, insult and mockery, he knows what ignominy ia; b« knows it as yon can never know it! O ye who bend and shudder over the open tomb, he knows what aor row is, and his hot tears toil into the tomb where bis friend was laid ! O ye who mourn not oulv for a friend, but also for a friendship ; ye from whom life, and not death has taken a heart on which you leaned ; ye who have been forsaken ; ye who have aeeu your brother’s baud raised against you, be knows what abac don incut and betrayal are; he knows those things ns yon can never know them, he who was sacrificed by a people whom be bad loaded with his benefits, forsaken by. hia disciples, desired by one aj>oatle and sold by another ? I defy you to point out a suffering which he baa not known aud •»), , , s« %«>o ; here is • toilet to This IIS itofiftttr. sonsthto, |*T*r Heal. It in like the dogun of the New Testament, in «br department of reltguso, wbeev the Iioriao s>xil, if. lib# young Joseph in the to directed to the Brother. «b«* is tdso Honour, • Itolievs in Ibe l4*rd Jess* Uhriak” Hero is s*iurikmg tnrtnslly stated, and anthiottsltvely art t toil Authority. «nde«*(, to repulsive to many who like to soy. “Our tongues •re oar own." But of the fl\e plsceo tr* « Uh h “dogiM** is uss-*l to the New Testoment, three, «t least im|dt an IhOfHjr, like *ube decree (doguis,i from rswmr." in Lukoil: 1, or-the decree*** <dogma f «»f the Hynml St Jerusotooi (Arts xvi : Aj And that this i«too of sothontjswa* sot rvjml “* . . .. V"’. "’.r’ r~' W j riw t« thv pnmiltvr church amieors point foth. k«*. «)U»at*m krm«. ^ ttat Ulat .^^,,.1' mjuivatoal to ‘the faith,* and - Thi«*ugh Him. who to the way, yield .yonrwel* es unto God. It is your tvs •ouabte amice. II© ha* hiAoiiv claims to you. Yon will never he traty yoar ow# till you are Hi*. Begin the year with relative re ligiao ; and if the worship ©f God has never hewn established in your fhml- !y, now commence it—and say, with Joshua. “As for me and my house, we will serve the l^wnd." A family without prayer to like a house with out a roof It is uncovered and ex posed ; ami we know who has threat eucd to “j*our out his flary upon the families that roll not upon his name> Begin the year with a fresh con eern te lie useful—and auk, with Haul of Tarmns, “Lord, what wrilt Thou have me to do V Let me look at my condition, my resources, my opportunities. Ilow eon 1 glorify G«*d, sud promote the welfare of my fellowr creatures t Is there not a Bible to spread t Am! missionnrics to snpj»ort t to thy Father,* etc. You will* sc© that now it is a child dealing with a Father; ami while th© Father gives. I»c wants to be asked. Bat then he doe* not wait till w© come of oor own accord. No; he conic* to us, and says, “Ask. and yo shall re Orivo.” Me is iu n burry to give ; bis h«-srt outran* his hand. Nay, he tells us that before his children call he will hoar; the answer to the prayer will meet the prayer on the way. Every duty is a |»riviloge; evory precept c«*mee with s promise hid in its hoomn. “Draw near to God,” is the doty; “He will draw near to thee,” is the ftromise. And so prayer is » command. Bat then, like the raven* to Elijah, it comes with u*e«t in its mouth. Oh, what a jmvilcge to lie allowed to speak to God, to ask him for all laid tip in the |>romses, and to ask, assure*! that he is able there not 1 to do above all that we are able to Are there ask; and that he will, because he prove me : try my beort and reins." I should think that no unsaved man will try socli a prayer alone with God, and repeat the experiment. It will prove too much ter total. Or take another, and in social prayer we must again change a word. “Search M, O God, aad know us; try us, and know our heart, and see if there be any wicked way in us, and lead us in the way everlasting.* I think we might get through this prayer in company; but, beloved, oonld we go alone with God if not a child, and ask the great God to deal so with oaf “Search me, O'God, and know me; try me and know my heart, and see if there toe any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” I think to enter our closet ouce with such a prayer would be enough. Ob, brother, if not con scious that there is no albsetd sin in our heart, we could not, we dare not pray thus. If we can go to God, and alone with him, to pray, I think we many safely conclude that we belong to the one family of heaven and earth, of which God ia the Father. But it is a test to God’s people whether they are thriving in the divine life or not. If we are often with God in secret, and can come with filial confidence and ask, we must be in a good state of soal; but if ae oome but seldom, and if when we ace in oar closet we fed shy aad embarrassed, if we go in with reluc tance, aod hurry out of God’s pros ence, aod feel that we breathe more freely when we are oat, things are not with us as thej onoe were, or as they should be, and the sooner we get this strangeness when with God removed, the better.—The Christian. ing who settled tbs matter. No Duds fault with mathematical dogmas. True, mathematics to an exact sctoncr. Well, take morals, aad a practical example. A well known young man was solicited te crime, and rsfdtod, “Raw can I do this wiekediiesft and sin against God f* If oo© wished te expand the projio sitioos ia this reply, there woo hi bo found at toast these- (a) There is a God. (b) There to a distinction between right and wrong, (o) He notices this and calls wrong wfekedoe** and ain. Id) Adultery to tin. (•) The commisstea of It ia sin against him. Hare to n whole group of the offending dogmas If tho lady had enjoyed the advantage of reading the CUrmmorim she might have pronounced a smart little aaalbo ms upon sorb “religion* dogmas* and tho impertinence of obtruding them upon her. Bat the bad only “the learning of tho Egyptians," aod she replied in another army. Now men see no ohjectioos to “dog aia* in morals. We only wish the dogmas of morale, like those of rs iigion, tho u idest possible narepianro. The Ten Command meats, for eaam pie. are formally stated and authori tatively settled and we are net aware of aay mischief they have near inflict of the dogma” wa« another name lor Christian* To ho intelligible aad dtotiset to average mankind, dogma— even posi Ur© dogma. If yoa will—is necessary, and mode proper by divine com maud and example j aad men know the v aloe of distiactoeos la eommoe life. The writer, in hie first visit te Glaa gow, naked a not over busy mao at a corner the way to • public building. “On south aad tarn want,” was the reply without aay idea of bring curt or oerivtt. Now the iky ia Glasgow does not always facilitate aatroaomi cal observation*. I did not know which wan south, aad the direction was use tea*, (te to tril sinner* to catch the sntrlt of cbrtottojiitv a to help them little; and te belittle the Christian doeuiA at the aame time is te hmwlMtof MML “Ah! bat,* some one says, It to mute perishing for lark of knowledge, that I can mi self instruct ? Have I no Irreligious neighbors to reclaim f Arc there no poor to relieve ? No j whin** arid fsibertoss te visit ? hath said it! “Ye shall receive.” lie hs* condescended to tmv that he ; will reward secret prayer with an open answer. He hath done so, aud cases sre Begin the year with more conduct ^ rmmled ; -but what are these among in tiro smuttfcmcnt of your affsirn, t m> manvf Jaoob wrestled alone •ml rvsmlde Ezra and bis brethren, with God, and we have th© open That to te sag, you disapprove of Baa aad dislike psraecuttoo Wo all ftgros about that; bat would it not too wins testy it prsetoriy, aad save 1 For there has religion smoug a wiiknnMdngma, and it ia oot aver will be : and to inanity boidinj clear that there for look ter a community holding and perpetuating the spini of Christianity, its iigmn. would be oak© good schools by ia our in Ji by throwing oot tho thasroms aad prspooitioas of Euclid sal srory equivalent Nam York “ who “did according te the custom, as the duty of every day required.” God has said, “Let every thing be done decently sud in order.* Mndh of your comfort will arise from regu larity iu your meals, in your dero tious, ia your callings; aod your piety will be aided by it. Have a place to receive everything, an cud to rimpiify it, a rule te arrange It. Leave nothing for tbs morrow that ought to be discharged to day. 8uf ficicnt tor each period will be ita own claims; aod your mind oogbt te be always at liberty to attend te fresh engagement*. Finally. Time—this abort, this uncertain, this aiUmportant time, upon every instaufof which eternity depend*, will not allow of our trifling away aay of ita momenta. Resolve, therefore, te redeem it Gather op ita fragment*, that nothing be lost. Especially rescue it from needles* sleep; aod If you have hitherto ae cuatomed yourself te the ahatnefril indulgence ef lying late la bed, begin the new year with the habit of early rising; by which yo« will paomote health aad improvement of kind, aad ’Jvb much longer answer in Esau weeping ou hiaueck. We have Elisha in secret with the dead child, and we have the open answer in the liriug boy in hia mother’s loving Arms. We have Daniel in secret prayer, and we have the open answer in the presence of the angel* in the den of lions with Daniel. We have the privilege of secret prayer net forth iu the example of Jesua. He lived in secret comma- uiou with God. He spent whole nights in prayer. He went up into a mountain alone (John vi: 15), and even in tha hour of agony be was alone in prayer. “Sit ye here while I go yonder and pray ;* and in that prayer, “Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me,” no one could join, for no hand but his own could handle that awftd cup, so this must have been secret prayer. Job asks, “Will the hypocrite al ways call oo God I” The answer to not doubtful; be will not. He may call on him in a certain way, but be will not often, If ever, enter his oloaet and pray to God in secret He may do eo, hat it will be to the Almighty, and be will And neither pleasure nor Pillow Prayers. ■ — Wc do uot mean those which are sleepily offered after one has got into bed, because too lazy to kneel before. We refer to the communion with God, pet iu it led those who can uot sleep; who, from illness, or cars, or constitutional infirmity, are com pelled to drag through the weary hours of wakefuluess. To such as these prayer to au unspeakable com fort. God to then especially near. The deep silence of the night, the all-en veloping darkness, which, as a car- tain, he has drawn over the sleeping world, the helplessness and depen denco in which all are* laid, give the most impressive realization of His being and presence. It is good at such times, if you can, to recite to yonrself passages from the Scrip tures. With what force and sweet n*ss do they oome to you, and what fullness of comfort have they for the tired and sorrowing! So with fa miliar hymns, which, indeed, are ut terances iu other terms of the pre cious truths ot His Word, Many of these are doubly dear from the asso ciations they bring with them, the fragrance of remembered hours of communion with friends, or special experiences of your own soul, or the histories of others who made these the vehicles of their devotion. But bayond all these ia the sweet ness of prayer itself. You can then talk with your Father with fin ut most freedom, aad even famMarity. There to great relief often ia simply telling him of our trials. It brings us the sense of Hia qyofkthy, it takes away the loneliness which one feels in sorrows which oould he told in no earthly ear. So the restless pillow may be soothed by prayer. The tedium of the weary hours will be beguiled, and the night, which else would drag its alow paoe along, will quickly pass. And He who seeth in secret will answer your prayers. We re member a young man, in giving the history of his conversion when about to make a profession of religion, stated that his first serious impres sion* wore caused by hearing his father and mother, who slept iu an adjoining room, praying for thoir children dnring the night