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JACOB MAWKISH {MWW ijf rn/DCsl "< hit cwvjrrjuliuns.] "Then Jeans, six days betwe the posoover, wame to Betluuy wltue Lazarus was. w ho lud been dead, nlioin lie rained from the dead. There they matte Him a supper, aitd Manila served, but Uaarus was one oi them that sat at the lab'e with Hint Tlx-ii Mary took a pound of omtmvat of spikenard, very cetly, and anointed the feet if Jesus, and wiped His feet with her lair; aod the house,waa ailed w ith the odor of - I Offtee (uem*. I.qxm- iishing omen In the S.C. In this lovely picture of home life, wc discover the true hleul of the sphere anti mission of woman. That sphere is the home eirele, ami that mission is' the ministration of love and affection to all within tile eirt-V- of home influence. After nil that 'Em been said in praise of modem civilization ami .the improvements antLiTefinbmeiit of modem society aaddlieir contributions to domestic happiness, yet we must go l>aek eighteen hnndretl years to the home ■ scenes recorded iu the liihlc to find the original of the home when- the lovely graces of unaffected piety and the unadorned simplicity oft nature biend in Ix-autiful harmony, forming the only foundation .upon which pure domestic bliss can rest. The histo rian has happily adorned his pages with the undying record of the vir- tnes, the heroism, ami the devotion of woman; the artist lias repre- »ente<l her charms and graces in the delicate touches of his magic pencil; the poet has sung her jifst praises in the flowing strains of his verse; but in nothing do we Ix-liohl her beauty, her loveliness, her worth, . and her piety shine forth with more original simplicity and loveliness, than hi this unadorned narrative of St. John. It is remarkable that iu these apparently incidental sketches of home life recorded in the New Testament, woman is prominently represented, and in every instance she is seen occupying her true posi tion in •society. She is represented, not as the servant of man, as too many are disposed to regard her, nor as occupying man’s position. It is here shown how she can bt- man’s equal, and yet not take Ids place. In this home scene iu Bethany, she Is represented as man’s companion and friend. While serving and min istering to the wants of tlie opjsisite S8X, her mission is honored by the divine Saviour. Martha serving and Maiy ministering, are recognized and .owned by the Saviour as part of the household, equally worthy of his attention 'and (if his smiles of ap probation with Lazarus their brother. Where the light of Christianity, with all its attendant blessing:*, has not penetrated, woman is adjudged inferior to man, ami, consequently, ~®®ly 1° serve the lords of creation. os unchristian and unpliilo sophie is tiie move of our modem reformers, who are attempting to “hosier wonthn from her legitimate *£“ ere to that of man’s, in order wat she shall equal man. The radical error of these pretend- . defenders of woman lies in the ’““take of snpiMwiug that equality yfljj Warily involves the idea of sim- or identity; that for woman o equal man she must step out of . sphere which nature, and the ““fed experience of six thousand years has assigned her, and enter o that of man. These mere S^opses of female character scattered through the Bible, stump with the judicial sentence of condemnation both those false ideas of woman, and represent her in her true character and position. And in doing this Christianity is simply recognizing and honoring tlmt sphere which the very constitution of her nature, uml the urungcincnts of the divine econ omy mark out tor her. That woman has a different sphere from that of man is toh obvious to every one to need an urguuient; and it is idain that each sphere bus its own peculiar duties, equally imi>or- tant, equally Tes|smsible, and equally honorable; that these spheres cannot lie exchanged one for the other. No ■nan cun forsake his and Miter that of woman, without compromising his dignity as a lont of creation ami head of the house; amt no woumu can unsex herself and enter the sphere of man without surrendering the chief elmracteristies of her sex, exercising authority Owl never gave her, and Usumiing a curse to uiuu instead of the blessing she was de signed to lie. The two spheres are as unlike as urc the (teculinriticH of tlic two sexes. -The distinguishing faculty of man is mental concentra tion; tliut of woman is moral influence. Woman is the represeu tative of affts-tioii, man of thought. Woman carries her strength in her heart, man in his head." Not that woumu lias no mental power, no strength of hettd, hut her sphere calls for the exercise of tin* affection* and moral influence, while that of man demands intellectual vigor and concentration of thought. "For cooUw plat loo ha. It ml v*lo.’ lorm.il. For Softool* she, ami sweat Utraetiro (naa; He hr gotl only, site fur God in him." "Dom to Jlwnify rctraat, • rkknoivu to llounsli, soil uosraa bo eriHit, To xive tloKKSlie lib its sweetest rtnroi. With softnew polish ami with virtue warm. Fearful of fume, unwilling: lo bo known, Should seek but Ilesve.i s appbiuses nod her OWD." Tlie woman tfien, yming nr old, who discharges with fidelity and in telligence the various ditties of the home circle, exhibits the very high cot type of tVmalc greatness; anti in the discharge of these duties ami offices of love she espials in greut ness, and iu moral worth the Statesman, the hero, and the pliilan thropist. The uatunil delicacy of her physical organizations, the ;>ecn liar tendemess of her sensibilities, the gentleness of tier dis|sM«itH>n, and the undying devutioo of her attachments; all tit her for pre-emi nent greatness in her sphere. This fitness is not to Is* found in the opiswite sex, however educated, and it tits woman to lie, as she is, man’s companion, friend, anil equal. Any attempt, such as at late made, to change this sphere interferes with a fundamental law of onr nature, dis organizes society, and ndm woman of iier peculiar glory and her bright est charms. And may We not confidently hope, for the sake of posterity, for the sake of all that constitutes the charms of the fireside and the home circle, that wiynau herself, always true to the intuitions of her better nature, will, with that ^proud disdain which in- suited dignity inspires, repudiate any and every measure which tends to unsex her, whether it lie the heathen idea of inferiority and conse quent servitude, or the no less unchristian desire of onr would-be reformers to bring her to tlie often nudignifled anil puerile wrangles of tlie fonun and the i»ar, tlie corrupt ing associations of the lsiUot-box, tlie exciting and demoralizing con tests for office, anti tlie intoxicating race for political faiiieT O! if she is to euter the list anil lieeoiiie man’s competitor in these things—if she is to go out into the busy thoroughfare* of life and be tossed and tom in body und mind, in bead and heart by attrition witli this rough world, then we may hid farewell to that sweet solace of life, domestic happi ness. What will he left to mnke bright und inviting the fireside f Who will then take charge of the infant and train it for usefulness and for eternity 1 Who is then to relieve with smiles of love and benedictions of comfort, the huslmnd and brother when they lift the latch of their doors to avoid theeaies and conflicts of a thoughtless, inconsiderate world, and find rest in the sweet society of home f Who is to keep vigil by the bedside of the sick and the dying I WlioTelieve the wants of the suffer ing and bind up the broken heart f Who will then go forth, like angels of mercy, on missions of love and kindness to the poor anti the desti tute f ‘Upou whom, then, shall fall the blessing of those ready to ]m*t. isli I In what house, then, shuil the blessed Jesus And a Martha to serve uml a Marv to unoint his feet f # I‘mud are we to lie uble to say tliut the female virtues arc too well known and too universally aekuowl edged, and the whole Christian world is too well acquainted With the divine arrangement in assigning them their sphere, not to know that woman is “an help meet" for man, anti as such she has walked hand in Imud anti side by side with him ever siuee he look up his murrh from the gates of Eden. But it has lieeti suit!, by wuy of reproach on woman’s character, that she is the cause of ull our woo und misery, und us such she lias lieeii assigned an inferior place among men, and to wi|s> out that reproach she should liecomr man’s rival in the honors und emoluments of tlie world. To this we answer, notwithstanding she was tlie Brat to yield to tin* tempter, she has been made the medium of tlie greatest blessings man enjoys. On her breast was nourislusl the world's Itedeeuier, uml her owq offspring bus atone,I fur tin- sins of thn,.mottier. It is a very remarkable fact, and one that dues iiiiu-h honor to tin- female elmrueter, tliut iu ull tlw- domestic set-lies, ami ill many of tlie inorc publie events of our Saviour's life, woman is repn-sentisl, uml in all her sphere and mission recognized and honored. Her dignity and worth of i-lmrae ter an- acknowledged by the Sav ioor, not in his transferring lu-r to tlu- spherv of man, lait in tin- distin ! gnislied honor* which lie lias nai ferrvd ii|min her in her own h-gitimate ! sphere. And lie has antici|Mted man in his attempts to w i|s- out forrver what reproach might attach to h«-r in consequence of tile crime of her mother, by intimately uAaociating her with himself in many of tlic | intwt ini|M>gtuiit events that ever : transpired. Both the \ isi.qnt of angels aiiuotiiiriiig Ids birth. Isitli the first miiHNiiiivnH-iits of his tvsnr rvetion. and Irntli his first ap|s*ar ances after his n-sums tam, wen- iniule to woman. Why not to I*Hrv, and .101111, and others who were to h>- witnesses for him “Isrth in .lenisa tent uml in ull Judea amt to the uttermost |«nts of the earth"! “ferbaps," says an able writer, "for the same reason which platssl three women to one mail at the Cross, amt now places three women to oqe limn at the <sanmii11ion fable." Was it not for the reason that In- found for his religion a greater syuqtatli.v and a heartier welcome in woman's la-art than in man's ? Iter heart, naturally more tender und susceptible than Ilian’s, had not Iteen scared uml withered by attrition with the rougher elements of |tra<-ti<sl life and the deadening effects of uiiIn- lief, and was then-fore mon- favora Wy' di^ioaed towanls the Havioar, uml inon- ready to aan-pt the tniths of the gos]K-l. When all men, and even tla- disciples, hutl forsaken tlie Saviour, when tla-y hud aluimltmnl ull lio|ie uml gave themselves up to doubt and des|M>ndeney, when thone to whom the Saviour Inal announced the fact that lie should rise from tin- dead, n-fused to give credence to the re|H»rt of his n-surm-tion, the eon Bding, tnisting heart of wouiun still clung to him. She was the-hist to leave the ujmt where her dear Sav- ; iour hung, the hist at the sepuh-lire where his body lay, the first to rv- turn in the morning, tlie first to receive the announcement at his resurrection, and the first to pras-ls-ni to tlie world that its Saviour was alive forever more. Hucli honor, eon- i ferred on woman, has a significance the whole female world sliouhl highly appns-iate. But really this distinguished honor forms no exception to the rule adopted by the Saviour for propa gating hi* gos|iel, hut the same he has always chosen, anti has contin ued ever since the Marys announced his resurrection. We still hear for the first time tlie pleasing story of the Cross and of a risen Saviour from the lij*, not of the publie teachers of religion, not from the heralds of the Cross, hut those of woman. Ismg la-fore wc come in contact with the world and the means of public instruction, we learn the story of the “Gentle Jesus, meek and uiild,” in those sweet nursery hymns we learn from onr mothers ’ and sisters. Ministers of the gospel i go forth to the elion-h and the world only to repeat what they were j taught in their infancy from the lips of woman. Doubtless another reason why the I Saviour made these rommuuiratioiis first to woman, ia found iu the beau- tiful fact that womau is essential to tlie household, to her ia committed the training of the iufant mind, und tills household is the clcmeutury tie partlueiit of the chttn-h. In this we readily discover tin* wisdom of the Haviour; the houselmld is iuter twined with and into the church, anti the tender uud susceptible hearts of children are interwoven with the loving, coufldiiig hearts of uiotheni ami sisters, anti thus the hearth- stone is, in the lieautiful and wise nrruugeuifiita of Outl’s wonderful proviili-utf, uiutlt- the pillar of the chun-h. Tliat mother or sister then who trains tin- other mi-mU-m of the family for tlie chuivh ia |>erfoniiitig a noble work, for w liirb Christ aluill say; “luuuaurh ns ye did it to one of the least of them-, my disciples, yr did it uutti me;" anti lit- will love such as lie “loved Mary and Martha umt Iji*. artis." Is n<>t then tin- mission of woman of the very Itigliest iuqsniautx- f Can she not find work sufficient in tin- circle t»f home intim-ncc f Let training of tla lighters than from any other source, and ten-fold more in the higher circles of sts-icty than amtitig the tiiit-dnrated. These are sad and uiqiieaaaiit truths, hut they an- mentioned, only that they may lie ivmetlitsl. Ih-mcnds-r, .young latliea, that the characters intnslacetl into the srri|i- tun-s are generally rrprnrmlatire. Msry ami Martha rv|Wcscut tin- domestic virtues, ami their liomt- represents tiumestic happiness.— Httloiuc, the tlaughter of llerodius, who tluiM-ctl ls-forc llensl, ia the refireseiitatiie of tliat large class of young ladies who find all their liap|ii ness in the gay |»k-aMtres of an idle life. The domestic aervice, and the miiiistratimis of hire in that house rf llethuny, canard atich virtue and piety to dwell tln-re, that it Iwcauic the «|uict resort of the Bartonr, and •reared u> the inmates of that liuttse lu» |*remiiee :im| his lilessiligs; uml the fragrance of their iudm-m-c was shed on alt within their micli.— Salome’s plcasun- cost tin- head of taic of the ls-st men mi earth, madi- tbe king, and her mother, aud her can hardly Im- seen. Balde, the well known Jesuit ami poet, who has sung almost everything in the place, explains jioetifuUy tin* hniwnness of the face* and the hands, which he says is caused by the celestial fervor und tin- burning desire of the Virgin ami her Hon for tlie redemption and NHiM-tiflcutioii of men. < ttliers ascribe it to tin- smoke of the lamps which always an- kept lighted in tlie small chamber. Before the altar burn day uud uiglit, without diminishing the obacunty, flx-e lamps ; the iniddie one, Is-autifully wrought of silver, gold aud pn-rious stones, ia a present from IVqa* I'itis the Nintli. The oniuimuts covering, tin- walls in crease tla- gloominess of the clui|M-l. <hi shelves an- ilejswiteil in urns of silver the liearts of the former princes of Bavaria. The uru which holds tlie heart of Maximilian the Hecmid is still eucin-lcd by the wieatli the deputation from Ben-li tesgad.-n bnmght. as their last gift, to the prince they loved so well. Votive tablets an- hung on the walls, both inside aud mitside, iu ucknowl cdgemcnt of prayers answered. It sav lions tell of thr donors’ deliverance fnau danger, by fin-, or water, or HiekiK-na, or of tla-ir conversion from a life «»f sin, etc., through believing her conclude oilier* i*r; let her neg self, iiidiappy; and caused sortow to ! is best to say nothing about the lect home duties for tin- puqsste of picnx- the hearts t»f John’s disciples, artistic vulnc of their |>aiiitiligs, ill mingling iu the public duties uml away bey mid tlie iuiUM-diatc influence compliance with the retjuest of one pleasiiras of tin-w twhl; let her neg of llensl’s etairt. Ho it may be of the |mcudo Itnphacts. who has lect the training of the infant mind, with you. I In-m-ech yon thou to let written under his picture, that it is and the miuiatnitimi* of love and the great aim of yonr life Is* to do to hr looked at with kindly eyes, but affection to those within her reach, good, (lo out as far as y«mr iiiflu not wfth sneering nose. Theiuscrip- uml isfk la-r happiness iu tin- hollow. cnee extends; relieve the distressed, trifling pleasure* of curih, It-uring visit the sick, nrlaiui the wauih-riug. those within the circle of ln-r iuflu I*rt tlie fragrance of your influence, croc to neglect ami-despise religion mnl yonr ih-eds of kintlness, and the and virtue, and “it weie Is-fter for liemsliethms of yonr hrting hearts, I prayer to the mother of God at tier had sin- never been ls>ru." fill tlie whole riniiiifereuie of the Altoetling. The victory won on the But time will not allow ns to |atr laiiue circle, as did tin- odor of "’bite Mountain is also, according sue this subject further. lad us Marx’s ointment. to an inscriptHHi, to lie ascrilied to chrae these remark* with an inference. Blit above all things pise make Iter miraeiUons ussistaine. If this lionie in Bethany fttniinhes its ymir In am- soefa fis tin- Haximit will This holy place is fHhsl from early an Meal of n Christian family, ihs-s visit. 1s t (In- pure teachings of the dawn till stiudown with supplicants. go"|s - l sway and infim-iue ymir .Tin- iinmlier of pilgrims is, especially hearts, ami your lives; and that j during Whitsuntide, immense. Long kind ami compassionate Saviour w ho loved to visit the qniet holm- of Marx anti Martha, will tap |-leased to visit jmi, ami w it) make his abo-le with ymi. Just as them- sisters wen* ik-mt, totin' happy than when the Hat i<mr was present, so it wilt be with you. Keep this dear object always in ymir families, in yonr hearts, uml yon will always he happy. it m-t at tlie same give us the trrip tnral idea of female education f The Saviour was often at tIw- liouse of Mary ami Martha. He must have found something in that honse ami in flame maidens which was ttgreealdc to him. They were fit eom|sina*ns fm z*the man Christ .Icsnii." Tltcn- were ihaihtless tnatix families in Bethany uiqp- wealthy, more refined, in tla- naalerti sense of tla- term, anil summndisl l-x many im-re «»f the emixenirnres of life than this fsniily, tail tla- Suvimtr |-ref--r rot tla- -loniesta- amiugeineiits, the ■|uiet retirement, and the native sine |‘liciti of this to au.x thing la* <-ouhl ftml in other homes; uml by his visits he hotnned the dotnestic ser- vhe of Martha ami tla- ministrations of Mary mote than those things which we art- nceiiatoua-d to cull meonqilisliiiM-nts. These an-, of late years, tla- prioei|ntl aim in the edura. turn of mir (laughters. How often do we see |uireiits r\|s-ndiltg ull tla-ir tiua- and na-ans mi their ftNid daughters, in order that they may secure the oniametilal, to the utter neglect of the iiractieiil anil the iisefril ! We t«s> often tearli mir children to lielieve that a smattering of tlie iiimleni langnnges. a few negni mehslies, a few Imlls, and a litth- loquacity, ate all tliat is la-e-s sary to intnulme them auto ms-icty ; and so vitiated has onr modern tustes las-ome, that tln-se are snffi- Communications. For tbf Lathcnm Ylaiicr. A Off man Mecca. Htrangers, wlio have lx-en le*l to entertain high ideas of the |Miwerniid iufiueine of the clergy in (Nd Bai aria, are struck with astonishment when they discover by actual observation that tin- t liim Ii i- less cured for in Munich than iu im-*t at tin- other! Ixsight experience has tanght pixs-essions of devotees arriv*. hmiriy on fm-t. uttering |>rayera amt carry ing Isiriiing rsndh-s in tbeir hands.' j Tin- ititprt-wsioti th--se earaxrails of pilgrbns pr-sWjee is far from ts-ing favorable. Not ouly do neatly all the pilgrims In-long to tlie lowest class of s*M-iety, Init it is also per : lisllv ap|siretiT Uiat pilgrimages an- m»t |-n‘motive of godliness. Fanati cism ami l-nitalitv an- not unfre- • 1‘iently nnitasl togetlier, as wss lately shown iu Munich, when- one | of the i-ilgrinis nearly t-eat a cab : tlriver, who | unwed the pmeessioii ! tvtoraing fn»(n Altoetling without uncovering, to death with the lieavy w ixah-n cross lie carried. Tlie pns-essioiis conn* from all tlie cities ami villages of Old Bavaria and Austria. Is-ast liked, by the j inhabitants of the place, an* the ; pious adon-rs from Bohemia. Deariy the Practical. Piety and Cherfnlneei, German cities, ami that tin- worship era in that city (hi not cn>wd each (fiher. Tin- snnie state of indffier ence is also met with in tlM- Bav arian Highlands. If the traveller is anx ious to see Ultrammituuism iu ull its vigor, an excursion must be made to tlx- low country U-tw.s-n Donau and the spurs of the Alps. We iux ile onr readers to follow us to a : necessity of keeping a watchful eye mi all BMKividdc kinds of pnqierty j when they are almnt. Tlie charge j that many of the young of either i sex take tlie pilgrim's staff in onler to have a free lieeuse to indulge their )Nissimis, does es|s-eialiy apply to tin- w arm blooded Czeeks. All the |>ilgriuiH bring gifts, and it follow s m-ccaaarilv that the ('atlw- eient to intnslm*- a young ladv. and '*ii|>n-iiiely, aud make use for that obtain for her a crowd of admirers. |MiqsM«e of a sketch hy Dr. Ilrigel. Tim* slie is ••accoinplislnsl," ami is In a lovely ami fruitful region, the Muttered uml courted. I visited thr |s-asuntry of which rejoice in tlieir home of such after she had one of easily obtained prus|s-rity, lies near her own, only to find the languagea the ifver Inn Altoetling, a small fallen fhto disuse,the piano neglected, city, w ith few limiara, but many and with it most of the duties of the church steeples. Historic memorials wife, all owing to the fact that she alxMiiid. TIn- Kotnaiis had oner a Imd never been taught the practical i-olony here, and the main rood from part of life, ami those useful aeroiu- Sul/burg to Augustelllinrg passed region where taitli. bbml but devout, j dml in wIM Tilly’s n-mains art- in the Itomisli Chnreli n-igns su- j <lc|*isitcd must lx* enonnously rich. Most deserving of untie.- among the valnahh-s is the, so called, Golden plishiiientM in dnm.-stie ecomuny whirh im- in daily requisition, ami without w liidi no litiini- can lx- happy. I>-t me inform all who despiM- tlie etlnention embraced in domeotie econ omy, that no lady has any use for a name of her own until she learns to serve as Martha, and minister a« Mary did. Yon should lx- ilblt* to already then by the bridge across tin- Inn. Old legends tell of a great victory which Theodor, the first Duke of Ihtvnria, gained over the ltoiuaus at Getting. He pursued them as far ns Botzeii, when- he stuck his sja-nr into the gnaintl, anil exclaimed: “Here is of Bavaria." The history of the circular ami make your home, however humble, gloomy eltuis-l dates lmek to n-mote to yonr huslmnd the most attractive, historic day*. Tlie saying is: Altoet it.sx-, a kind of table service of gold and precious st.aies, once tlie mil ding gift of tlie Bavarian princess Isalx-au, and presented to tlie Omrrli hi the I6th Oentnry, hy Duke Allx-rt. A ruby on tlie Madonna’s hn-ast is worth 14,000 Thalers. Tlien- are also candle sticks, cnicifixes, shrines for relies, altars, ami lamps of gold mid silver innumerable. Tlie UUureii’s invested capital is ismutisl by millions. All the inhabitants both of the city and the surrounding country, are its |>ciiai<>ncra. The chapter is really a kind of feudal seigniory of tlie the Ismtidary^ middle ages; and its influence is by no mcutiH inconsiderable. Tlie appropriation by the State of this useless wealth could not be justified, and yet it is inqiossihlc to and the dearest place on earth. It J ling is the oldest, Kinsiedeln is tlx- pa*» from the treasure chamber out is well if von an- edHeated in all the I holiest, and Marian-11 is tlie richest among the numerous devotees who, departments of learning, the more plnec of pilgrimage. Tlie present thorough your education the better. I eha|x-l of Mary was, according to The ornamental is not to lx- despised. Honour geograpliers, who, however, but is admired and appreciated by are not very reliable, at the time of all intelligent |X*raons; bnt this ] Antoninus, a In-allien temple dedt should never lie secured at the expense of the useful, which is ab solutely essential to domestic happt ness. Happy indeed ia she, who has the two properly combined, anil the ambition to uae them aright; and catcd to the He von Planets. In this gloomy building stands the far famed wonder-working image, mode of wood, and alxxit two feet high. It represents the Virgin with the Holy t'hild. Both the mother |„ippy will he be who is so fortunate and the child an- loaded down with as to find mu-h n companion. j costly, bright-colored dresses, golden There are i-crhaps more domestic j crowns, and other ornaments. The broil* arising daily from the ini|»mpor 1 fares and hands, of a brow nish color, groaning Ix-ix-ath the heavy weight of their large wooden crosses, crawl <hi tlieir knees, like Indian Fakirs, around the church walls, without wishing that the immense wealth, which is here heaped up,-could be employed for the gtxxl of the com monwealth, and its institutions of education. If we scrutinize tlie lives of uieu of genius, we shall find that activity and jM-raistciHvsan- tlieir leadiug js-euliar ities. (Ibstaeles can uot intimidate, nor labor weary, nor drudgery disgust them. M e all love the eheerftil and seek to experience it. The mistake is made by some tliat to find it tliev must avoid piety, and range freely iu im-ligion. We would disabuse the mind of such a thought. It is a deception calculated to do much harm. Tlie desire for cheerfulness und the constant striving after it are evi-" deucca tliat something deprives ns of it. A dml casts its shadow in the soul from which we would escape. An unpleasant gloom is around us w hick we would dispel. It is the chmd of moral evil, the gloom of a sinful world. In their midst we vainly seek the truly cheerful. Fan cied enjoyments escape us, prove themselves empty, ««-, like the ap ples of Sodom, turn to bitterness and ashes, Tlie shadow and gloom still envelop us. All the world is the tx-iintt-qKirt of ourselves. Its prom ises itf gavety only allure, its plea* ure* only disapix-iut. Its cheer-in- * piping object* fascinate only the more effectually to doom body and soul. At every step we are exposed to disaptxiintmeiit. Adversity may at any time overtake us. Sorrows may suddenly cross our jmthway. Health may leave ns and |>aiu seize onr l-odicx. Death and tlx- grave stand waiting to receive us. I n our on- ahh-d selves then- is nothing to resist or overcome these sadilening realities of life. They j-our uj*>n ns their full measlin- of depression. Even when endured with natural fortitude aud feigned cheerfulness, despair must «>me at last, lh-liolding “the wratii of the Umb,’’ the unredeemed shall cry to the mountains aud ro-ks, “Fall <>u us, and hide ns from the face of Hin^, that sittctli on the throw*." There can -lx- no genuine r hr-erfut- liess when tin* guilt of sin is iq-on lire *>ul. and tlie sentence of judg. nient apoa the lxMri. To bar out of mind the sense of sin aud the appie briwiun of coming evil can only ad«l to wix-tcbedness and deejien degra- <lati<xi. iMfr, indeed, does not exent|>t ns from the ehanees and misliaits of tin- present life. We are “in the world,” and must encounter its storms, As Christians we are ex-on more er- ixxsed to its inflictions of evil and suffering. Jeans tells ns, “In the world ye shall have tribulation." Bnt we encounter these things not on thp world’s level and in our own strength. ^ We meet them^on the vanfclgv ground of grace and iu the strength of an all-conquering Ke- (h-emi-r. IVhi-n Jesus tells us that in the world xre shall have tribula tion, lie also adds, “Be of good cheer: I have overcome tlie world." He did not evadq suffering, conquer ar mies. Kulxlne nations, or banish ex-il in an external, form. He overcame the world in the suffering of obedi ence. in tlie power of a holy life, and iu tl*e doing of his Father's will. The world’s opposition to him was vain, whether in the form of tempt ation or infliction of evil. We live in him by fiiitli, and stand in the. same attitude with him towards the world and its evils. As he over came so do we. The x ietory is sure, and this gives ns courage. Without evading we jwss through life’s trials, not with harm but with actual benefit. They “work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” Tliat which seemrith to lx* evil proves in the end to be a blessing. There is no prize without the exertion of the race, no reward without the fatigue of labor, no victory without the conflict of battle—so there is no heaven without the tribulation of the world. “What are these which are arrayed in white robes f and whence came they T • • • These are they which came out of great tribulation, and hare washed their fiobes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” Heaven is sure, find this gives us patience. Whatever the world can contribute to true cheerfulness wc are not de prived of with piety. From all tliat it offers, its pleasures as well as its pains, we extract the honey but leave the poison. No enjoyment that is inno cent or harmless is forbidden us, but is greatly enhanced by the exercise of piety. With it there are open to us avenues of cheerfulness beyond all them-, in the assurance of iaitli, the apprehension of truth, the reali ration of divine love in Christ, aud in the exercise of the heart’s love for biin. These never close, but pour the oil of gladness upon ns amidst all tlio ills of life. Be uot deprived of that cheerfulness which true piety offers by reason of the sham cheer fulness of unbelief. -I will lx- glad ui the Lord."