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Postage—Five cents per quarter. ty pfoase remembor ail business ietltrrs •houki be aiUJrcsaetl to Rev. A. R. Rt’DK CWamiid, .S. C. f Gemnraiiications. For the Lutlwian Visitor. Artificial Beauty. Artificial beauty is .so intimately connected with personal lieauty that Many things which are true of the oar, arc also true of the other.— Many who arc favoml, ami many who are not favored with personal beauty, endeavor to improve u;sm nature by adding that which is arti ficial. God has made some too dark ami others too fair, and therefore they must eall into requisition paint and poKtler, in order to give the finishing touch to the work of the Creator. 1 have more than once heard the question debated: •‘Which are more pleusii(g, tlie works of nature or the works of artr And thuse who sat its judges, would sometimes decide in the affirmative, ami sometimes in the negative, according to their opin ion of the merits of the arguments presented. Now we consider this a debatable question only so far as tlie depraved taste, and the perverted jodgineut of fallen man are concern ed. We regard the question as equivalent to this: -‘Which are the more pleasing the works of God, or the works of man V • We have a beantiful decision of this question in the Gospel. There never was on earth a more triumph ant display of the beanty and grand- enr of the works of art, Than was presented iu the Temple of Solomon. The sight was so splendid, and the beauty so overwhelming, that the queen of Sheba, who esime from the South to behold it, was so over powered by the dazzling glories of the place that site faulted away when she saw’ ft—“there was no spirit in her." And yet, the Sou of God assures ns that “Solomon, in all liis glory"’ was not arraved like the "Kllies of the field." Artificial beauty, however is an idol God, which has more worshipers in our fatten and sinful world than the true, and living God. Dress is the temple of this idol God, and Fashion the shrine, before which panting multitudes bow and do their homage, and make their sacrifices. And the sacrifices which are wickedly offered here, cost an amount of suffi cient magnifipie, p, fe^j a |[ the poor, »nd clothe all lies destitute, ataf send the Gospel of Salvation to the fam ishing millions of earth, who are- now perishing for tjhe bread of eternal Well might the, prophet Muhtchi P®* the astounding question to anr worid ( “Will a man rob Uod H “Yet 5® have robbed me. But. ye say wherein have we robbed thee 1 fit tithe* find offerings. Ye are cursed with a ettrse even this whole nation." *t is a comprehensive declaration that “man looketh to the outward appearance." HCnee it is tlint the faacinatlug charms of personal beau ty, the wicked extravagance of dress, and the folly of fosliion, steal the heart from God, and rob him of mil- hons of money which is dne to the Premotion of his glory, and the ex- tewion of his kingdom in the world. There are even multitudes who pro fess to be subjects of tlie transform * n 8 grace of God, wlu> spend their thousands to keep up with the flue- touting follies of fosliion in costly drew, while they give little or uoth- »ig to the adv aneeinent of the eoase of Christ, and salvation in our wicke«l world. They valne more highly the eillptr praises of men, and the vain flutturics of on iuconsUut world, than they do the approbation of God. They aspire more to the ilignily of silk worms and butterflies, than they do to the houor of being tlie sons mid daughters of the Lord Almighty. They would rather have their dying bodies shine in the tine trappings of a fleeting world, than to have their immortal souls clad iu the righteous ness of Christ, and the gurnieuts of salvation. What does the Spirit of God say to srteh professingchristiaiis t “Love not the world, neither the things that are- in the world. If any man love the world, the love of tiu* Father is not in him. For utl that is in tlie world, tlie lust of the flesh, the hist of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, lint is of the world." “He not <-onformed to this world, but be ye transformed by tie- renewing of your minds, that ye may prove what is that good and accepta ble and perfect will of God." J. II. C. ■re Ministerial From the A. R. Prutibytcrian. Doctrinal Preaching In his solemn final inspired charge Paul exhorted Timothy to preach doctrine, lie assigned us n reason that the time would coine when men would not endure sound doctrine and to es<-ajie from it, they a mild seek teachers who would not preach it. That time has not yet expired. Take an illustration: “One great fact in Mr. H.’s preiM-b ing is, he raCely- ever diacusaes a doctrinal jxiint. Perlutps one of tin- true signs that In* is called of flml— for did Xaxarene Jesus ever trouble himself or the world with his well defined systems ami aliuoat worthless th«H»rh*s f We have too iiim-h theol ogy, and not enough of life. Theology is necessary, but it is taught now by alt the clinrches iu tin* Sabbath school j not tlmt it mty uot be necessary to preach it at times, lmt lily candid impression is, that any man who continually preaches upon it is a small man, and one who will be safe to send into a powder mine (mill f)—-then- is nothing combustible about him. Tin* theology of fore, tangbt ami illustrated by Christ, is the theology the world wants now." Tlie above was clipped from a eulogy on Beecher, written by a corrcsjxmdent of one Southern jour nal and republished by another. It foils nothing new or important uliotit “Mr. 11."; but it is another witness that the world and many professed Christians dislike doctrinal preaching. They are ready to ran after Mr. B-, or auy other flippant sja-aker who will hetp them to turn away their ears from the truth nnto fables. And men are yet reviled ami perse cuted for Christ’s sake, and that by- professed brethren. Whoever finds doctrine in the Bible, and preaches it ls-causc be may not slum to declare all the counsel of God, must prejiare 1 himself to be accounted a “small man" by the many self-constituted “wise, mighty and noldo" of this world. Thongh ho preaeli like Paul, he must, for Christ’s sake, “become a fool” in the estimation of his doctrine hating critics. And the bitterest ingredient in his cup of reproach is, the misrepresentation that he did not preach as did his Master. In this respect, however, the servant ts as was his Master. He, also, was reproached by those who hated his doctrine, as hdt teaching what the Father who sc tit him would. That some are “unapt to teach" or unskillful in the Word of doctrine, none will deny. If this proves any thing, surely it is not that no one should preaeli doctrine, bnt only that the Imprncticables should not teach at all. Doubtless no one preaches as’did Jeans. There Is reason to be liere that the officers said truthfully, “Never man s^mke like this man." But it is » great mistake to suppose that the avoidance of doctrine likens any preacher t*> Him, or stamps him iks called of God. Yet many hare, and do yet, so reason, proceeding upon the false assumption that He taught no doctrine. And any one may become certified of its falsity by comparing His sayings with auy sound doctrinal standard* l *nd seeing how many of its doctrines me con firmed by His teachings. But “He did not trouble Himself as the world with His well defined systems, and almost useless theories." No, no. Nor would the world lie troubled with them now, if mankind were not so strongly inclined to “wrest” Ilis simple teachings. But when the heretic comes along with his worse than useful theories, and puts forth upon them his ill defined systems, how is the evil to be met f The history of all those systems of doctrine which so provoke the mili tant propensities of modem errurists, is that they were- evoked by tin- prece dence of the errors which they oppose They were constructed, not liecunse their authors felt that tliere ia any indistinctness or uncertainty about the Divine utterances which need* to be supplemented by their labors, bnt to act tlie imrt of nhovcl mid broom —to heave off tin- dirt, and brush away the filth with which error had attempted to bury tlie pun* wont. Of eihirse, Jeans, the great teacher, bad no thcorh-s almost useless; but that He never trouble* 1 Himself or the world alsmt theories is hii asset tion-very ignorant, or very reckless. Tlie grout trouble of that day was nliout theories. The Doctors of the I*aw, the Heritiea, tin* l’harisres, amt the Hadduccas, had their heads full of them, not uien-ty worthless, lmt falsi- ami Oaugenuis. In couilmtting tie-in lie iiH-nrmt thetr wrath, whirl, pursued Him to the grave. They hare a queer i',>iic*-pti,,ii of wlmt a theory is, who do uot find them rttu ilitig through all of our lord's dis courses. For example: Is there no theory tying at tlie flaimtation of Ilia saying, “By tlirir fruita ye ahull know them"! Or of this saying: ‘•Not that which goeth into tlu- moutli dcffictli a man; lmt ttuit which crtim-th (Nit of tlx- mouth, this do filet b a man’ ! Well, then, He did not “trouble the world with well ,1,-tin,si systems." Of course, not with stu-li systems as the trained, eulttrated human Intel, leet can construct, ami well deflne. Had He done so, the fact would have constituted a difficult objection to tlie 11]vifie origin of the Scriidtirca: they wonhl have ap|N-ansl so human, and so UMdivter. Between the vvbrd and the works of Otsl there ia at least one striking analogy which manifestly stauqis both with the iu press of the same Di\ im- hand. Tit both there N a simplicity which brings their lessons, iu wane ilegree, within the grasp of the humldewt cs|sieity; and then- is also u grandeur of ioiK c[,tioii. a rust expanse of thought, which oppresses tin- might iest human iutelkvt, and uiakes it latinftilly conscious of ita exceeding littleness. U ln-tlier we searrh after God tbrougii His works or his word, iu IsNh we often M eom|s*lled to say, “who by searching can flml out G,slf Who etui Him! out the Al mighty to pcrfectimi f* Over tlie field of Gist's works all thiuga lie Mattered in rich variety, and to man iu M-eming coufiumm. Bat. it is a confusion greatly admired by all who have au eye for the bean- tilul, uud approved by all who are impressed with the importance of tlie useful. This earth m iaikl be a dull place to such beings us we, if it was divided by geometrical lines, and each ii|Nirtui«-nt was filled exclusively with otic variety or species from the Huiuml, vegetable, or luinerul king- dom. And how incouwaiient, sup- imsing liunian existence pousiblc, and man to be (wrniittcd to roum over all. Still, uotwithatuudiiig the seem iugly confused variety in whieJi God’s works appear to na—iiotwitlutauding the beauty mid the utility of the nrraugincut, the man who would increase his knowledge of them aud turn fliem to a useful account, must in his mind reduce them to “well defined systems" which can be coir venlently reached only through “the ories" of which many, but not all, may prove, not only “almost," lmt altogether “worthless." These poiuts, however, need no nrguiDg: every student of nature knows the use of theories and systems. Then, knowing how God has jnuui- fested Himself iu His works, give* ground for the expectation that lie would in like manner reveal Himself in His word. This expectation is not disapiNiinted. The moment we open the word of God, there ap|>cnrH, ns in his works, no systematic armngetnen t, according to the human mind’s con ceptions of order, system, or arrange ment. Facts and truths, promises and threuteningx lie scattered up and down thrnnghout tho inspired Vol ume in mnch the same seeming con fusion ns that in which things np]iear in creatioi!. And as some of God's works are so ml hunted as to present an ttnelnasifled variety very useful to man oven before he dreams of thorn as beings susoqpible of systemiza- tiou, m, also, are sonic things in the word of M« None need wait till they ore reduced to system. Bnt this |mrt fimiiidica no more objection to syateuiath-, doctrinal preaching than to systematic investigation of any of tlie works ofllod. It required tlie constructiou ami the reconstruc tion «f theory after theory and system after system, to liring out tlie Intent (lowers In God’s works hi their preaeut iM-iH-flcial results n|sm the hnuinn race. He would, tlierefure, be ostracized by the sek-utifir world as a ImrlNirinn who wonhl dbqiurnge theory and system in the iuvestigu- tiun of those works lieeanse some of their lieiu-flts can t(e sppropristed without system. T1m-ii, in what esti mation tmglit lie to la* held who would, for the same reason, dis|Hiragc Uortrinnl pn-aehing *nd sell defined systems f A happy thing it is fin- |nkw igno rant sinners that the analogy la-tween that's works and his Word is mi |a*rfect, that in both many things ran lie appnqiriateil la-fore the Hu uian Intellectual system in which they cun lie elassifted has turn mastered, d even heard of. Bnt as in his work*, so also in his word : to understand it aright, ami to eqjoy tbe la-uetk-ial use of the deep thing* of Gral, wi- must assist our finite, feeble moots by systems and theories well (IHtnot. “Til,- theology of lore, tanght and ■llmwrated by t"hrist. Is," indeed, -the theology the world now" amfa, not “wants." noise taught It, hive much, because tnorii has been for given t liem. Theirs ia not a Mind, traustrid emotion railed forth hy they know im4 what, and laiilt n|am “the airy folirie of a viafctn," lmt ia u per mauent, evenly feeling, “tliat beureth all things, twtieveth all Ihiugs, hoprtli alt things,* and -*eadiireth all things." The •wM now, as ever, has Ha thro riew alsmt religiisi. Mankind, getter idly, think tlonoselves to In- very little sinners, slid that they need a very- small Kaviour, ontsidr of tio-mwlvrw, wIhmii they shottld hive with a very- light. transient ami hiftv<|tH-nt 1»\e. lienee, lie who wottkl be mi rude as in disturb tli.-ni in the enjoyment of tilts pknMuul theory, hy frequently ieaehiug that they ore very great sinners, that they an* iu great dan ger of |ditugiug into a boniblr hell, that a great Muvionr in the |s-rsoti ot the iuewruate God has Inn-u pra- vided,and that lie should tie “briieveal ou" aud In- gorulK loved—Ue who teoehes tbeor tiling* ia a “small loan." “I ehaige t her therefore ls-fnre God ami the land Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick ami tlie dead at Uia apia-aring aud mtigdoui, (iieoch tbe Wnrd; be instant iu seamm—<Hit nt season; reprove, relmke, exhort with suffering and doctrine. For tin’ time will come when they will not endure mniImI ihs-triue; but after their own lusts shall they liea|> to themselves tear lifts, having itrhhig ear*; and they shall turn away tlieir ears from the truth, and lie turned nnto failles." Timothy, oo iloulit, followed this mlvice. IVas In-, there fore, a “small mun"T How differ cntly did I’aul rv-.iMm from many now. Tliere lie those who say that doctrine is gmsl and ought to lie preached, lmt it ia useless to pn-acli it now—the (s-ople w ill not hear it— tliey wilt leave tin- eliureh—-Iletter give them Milt things to toll them along. But for this very state of things tlie Apostle's recomuH-iidutiou was, “ Preach the Word—preach doctrine." K. how to overcome f Like as thrown adrift upon a tsastermis sea, sttr- riMinded by storms, and shoals, and racks, through which we can not steer, and ue M totally uuahle tti em-upe; yet our little istrk ia carried safely along: we can not tell how, except that the fact that it it so, is proof enough to the heart, that tliere in and must be at the helm an almighty though unseen Hand ;-^|hieh comic tiou throw* us to eliflPafresh with The Valleyi or the Bible. HOUUli. JIDOKS XVI. It was an cvH hour for Hamson when lie weut into the valley of Hvrtk: its meaning is hissing^ did tlint denote the (losloiious re|»tiles which might have had their dwell ing there f At all events there was (Hiison for Sampson in this valley, |H>iauu which Delilah brought to him as did tin* seiqs-nt to Eve; he fell every wave to this sure hold; and it like liis first mother, but thus we expect to see the goodness " ,1,v 40 ri "*' “K» in HK «'“• did by Him of the Ixird in the fond of the Wring. wUo hnuMsl the Herjs-nt’s head. David liad fainted but for this. At their wits’ end the children of God ary, and He hears. Bo slmll it lie with all our trials ami tempistionx; like Abraliam's knife, they ore men M-ngera from the thnwe to the lu-irs close by Kschol, aud its luxurious wine ami North was famous for fruita. Perhaps there is no character in the Old Testament (looking u|sm Samson as a servant of God), more of promise. Ixstl, cum We us to wel , Fanlty ami less lovely than his. Self i-otue them ; cause us to love Thy will—instability—ilatrutlifulness— Crass. It is a faithful friend, so far, i kw» <* ease—indulgence hi slothful tad no further, Osmgh as new c<hi “'“1 tanqiering with the world Kwuied as Isaac—the knife atretehed j •*» »•> his characteristics, and set out. When the carpet shall lie turn ed at which He wmha, we wmihl imN have been without ike bitterest trial; the more latter, the more eiqluin of iu bleasinga, because wv Wuow Hi* heart is toward “His tittk-OAcs.' him fourth as a trophy of gruoe, a Imttid plucked from the Imming, yet have we uinuiatakeablc evidence that lie was a child of G<sL Tlie mean ing of SiiTiimmi is serriev, aud it fully expresses »tot he <IhI for Israel uu- Trwly, 1 cau act to uiy seal, that ,l *' r '"Htdage to the l»hilistiuc«, he s|iraks truth wlieu he (inmdMw that it slmll Is- through “much tribu lation" we shall enter the kingdom ; that I have found tag rrtremitg to hr him opportunity; that lie knows our Minis in adversity; that lie ia a pres rut help in time of trouble; it i* then. from liis first journey to Timuatb unto the luoir Ue died in Gaza, and sad aa bis death wax, the lloly Ghost has left ii(mni n-cord among the many others who died la-fore aud after him, is faith,'Xhr name of Hamaon, Ueb. xi, ‘£i. He was a Nazaritc, chosen when the smil is outcast, and there is 1,1 *** s,,, 1 | fow his birth to Lis none to feel, none to help or deliver, i , k'®ri , i Judge*, xiii, 7. The ImiiI then it is Jeans drams nigh, spreads , h'm—th, Spirit of GoH began out his arm* of emiMilation. ami cm 1 m " rr "Hfhlilg np,m him, I traces his tried one mi even side. i "*‘ l 1,b ‘ «*»>" of Yet a little while—his mi-asengi-ra " HrTUwful ma8 ''eanl and slutll have finhdied their wxak ; laitli • a “* , ‘ r " 1 *’> J*'*»ovah. But what w ill be lost iu sight; sml *t his (ires ! “ ,bc U ’* Hn w ‘‘ ^ fr '* IU euer and lmbling, sorrow and sigtiiiig ' ‘ wt *i*e valley of Norek t Holo shall flee away. “Make haste, my l,,on *•»«* u * «u*wrer, avoid it, is-hord." — 11iqs- deferred maketi. I"" m,t f< » tmrn from U amd /— the heart sick." Atmr.ee in ohm-net, "**»' /V " r - ,r > ,#r *. ,l " and ww can never lie at rest until we *"**» a,M ^ ka* liis dwelling among are at home ttilk Him forever. Tide OT* a,M * vines; the eiitiee is not our nwi, it ia (sdluted. thtr ““'“Is of tcm|»tiiticm, the hut of the real t,-mains in bewveb. Hera ww */«*. uu,i tkf •>/ the,epm, and the have no continuing rky—here w« P riie "/ U / f “«* '‘hi up there; the liuve no home—as strangers and pil griutN we are journeying to our I ionic above. W. hs«< as botur IsS Inst, n . a gd(r■ I' yrst,- Our pa b aafid for Hanses sail aUrwwi «rtlh rtonjr a care. hnunM with UwqSalioa, for vaiW ilk ap- S, n r k Kack toji erpeocsca wans aa Uot Una ia ms our few. Wa hare ao lass* bts lam , tbea *1« ri-iotv- : aaa karet Why at priraiios T or gnero whan ll b kut fur a i Wa have as asaaat loak tor Ok- owaiurU ai a Selections. Oar Extremity God« Opportunity. Wlrnt various way* Jehovah has of ednenting Hi* |>eople, to enable them to lieur the weight of glory' He ho* laid up for them. Otic (sirt of the explanation Hr gives His own incomprehensible name is, “keejiing merry V Blessed assnnuire! we shall never lie “tempted above that we are able to M-ar." I have been looking at this in tltt-eiiM*nfvMwahnm. Had the Iiord been a moment sooner in hi* command to stay the trial, Abrahnnt would-not have been entitled to all tbs blessed results of “Seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only- sou from me,” Had Ho been a mo ment later, Isaac was gone. The sit ting of the Hell tier over His furnace ia 0o prerimia. Hi- did not seem to be heeding Abraham, when for so many day* they went both together to the mountain—when He allowed the altar to Im- built—the wood laid | —Isaac bound ; yet His compassions only waited for the very nick of time to manifest tbemselveaA fs it not so with ua, often tmr rounded by providences which w-ein really to overwhelm and crash our faith altogether, so that we know uot tsit kaaras; we Want au 0 (Jod. oar Fnctod mmI Falhor, our <U>U(c|to UuU»#r pn4f; rnk»W to » it* glory—| Iu eml ffo -Frqwre aa tor Ita jnyi IrwlHUup: l' iu asgvl Uka Wa bare so Ixsne but beam; ls>w Hieeriog b Its- Ihoufrbt! lira WiM Ibe expreutioa arbicb Gwfa own word hs* taoxiit' With enter Imita we haakeo the prossad Mas to abara: We lure ao I now but Isarrn—Oh! would Out wo were thaw-. (Wffctorf. Christianity. lufitlcls should never talk of our giviug up Christianity till they cap pivqa.se something sii|>crior. Lord Chesterfield's suswer, then-fore, to an infidel lady, wan very just. When at Brussels, he was iuvited by Voltaire to sup with him and Madiunc C. The conversation hap|a-n<al to turn iqa>n the affairs of England. “1 think, my lord," said Madame C.; “that tlu.- pailuimeut of England txinsiats of five or six hundred of the best informed ami most M-nsiblc men in the king dom.” “True, madauie, they are. generally su(i|s)sed to be so." “What then, my lord, can he the reason they tolerate NO great iiu alsauvlity -M the Cbriatiau lteliginu f “I Htipja.se, .Madame," replied his lonlsliip, “it is liecaUM- they have not Im-cii able to establish any tiling better in ita stead; when they can, I do uot doubt but that in their wisdom they will readily adopt it." silver ami gold—tlie fop of luxury the sleep of skithfuliM-Ns are waitiug tliere to seize upon their lirey, like wild Is-asts of the desert. The |»res- ent day is nuc where not ouly the luvifesaor and the worldling walk IuunI In hand, but the (mqilc of God are found Iw-times in the valley of tasting and praising, and and enjoying its gnqs-H and its wine, till their spiritual strength aud eye sight would go from them and would never return lmt for the eoveiunit faithfulness of the Ioiiih who Ismgbt tliem with His Mood, who, tsit w ithstanding their ttufuitlifuluess, ia faithful to them, leading them up front SoreL to f'alvary and show iug them there what sin lias dune and salvutiou eoinpleted,—(lilerut. Tlie history of a man’s own Kfc, is, to himself, tlie most interesting in tin- worW, next to that of tlie Scrip tures. Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the hook rtf liis own life like bimaMf. Tlie lives of other men are ho him dry and vapid, » hen set Is-sidc his own. He enters very little into the spirit of the Old Testament, wljo does not see God calling ou hint to turn over the pages of this history, wheti he nays to the Jew, Thom .halt remember all the trap tchirh the lewd thy (tori led thee throe forty yean. Ue sees God teaching the Jew to l<s»k at tlie records of bis dcliveraiHx- from tlie Bed Sea, of the uiannn showered down is. him from heaven, and of the Amah-kites put to fli(?ht tsdbre him. There are Such grand events in the. life and exjie- rienee of every Christian. It may be well fcir him to review tliem often. I have, iu some eases, vowed before Gad to appropriate yearly remem brances of some of Hie signal turns of lay life. Having made the vow, I bold it as obligatory: bat. 1 would advise others to greater circitUMqioe- tiou, as they may bring a galling yoke on themselves, which God designed not to put on tliem.—(Wit. The wheels of nature are not made to rail backward. Everything press es on toward eternity. From Hie birth of time an impetuous current has net in. which bears all the sons of men toward that interminable ocean. Meanwhile. Heaven is at tracting to itself whatever is conge nial to its nature—is enriching itself by the spoils of earth, and collecting within it* capacious bosom whatever ia pure, permanent and divine.—Rob- ert'HpU, 1 Kings xviii, A3-4C.—SLx times Elijah's servant looked towards the sea before he could see anything; the seventh time he saw a cloud, but no bigger than his hand; yet that cloud within a few hours covered the heaven* with darkness, and tkc i-artli with min. Just so may he the case with many a our w hen he is pray iug to his God, aa Caleb's daugli - ter did unto her father. (Judg. i: 15.) “Thou hast hittop-to made me the owper of a dry, a haryva heart, bi;t give me. mow some springs of - water, 1 some fceTing >ti leuafi some ecuxow — -I: 1 jn fof WT P"*" Well, though at six time* bending of thy knees, God doth not grant it, and though at the acventh there apis-ars hut one small drop swimming in thine cyea, yet. In- not discourages]; that drop rnay prove a shower, the Is-giimiug of that thaw at last dissolve thy whole heart to water; and as there is a ftill joy through conversion of a sinner, there may lie a suitable itmtomire of joy for one tear, nay, for o^^clesire of a tear, of any one sinner that rajs-ntetli.—lirojattky. The Heart a MilL Our heart is like a mill, ever grinding, which a certain lord gave iu charge to lii* servant, enjoining that be should ouly grind in it his master’s grain, whether wheat, Iwrley, or oats, and telling him that he must subsist on the produce. But that servant lias an enemy who is always play iug tricks on the mill. If any moment be finds it tm watched, he throws in gravel to keep the stones from acting or pitch to clog them, or ditt and cliaff to mix with the meaL If the servant is careful in tending lli* mill, there Bows forth a beautiful flour, whirl, is at once a service to bis master and a sulwistence to him self, but if he (days tin- truant, and allows liis enemy to tainjK-r with the imub incry, the had outcome tells the talc, his lord isangry, and he himself is starv ed. This mill ever grinding is the heart ever thinking. God has given one to each man to guard and tend, aud bids him grind in it ouly those thoughts which be himself supplies. Some of these thoughts arc fine wheat—meditatious concerning God Himself. Others are like bariqy— for instance when the soul strive* to ascend from oue virtue to another,' aud others still are like oats—desires, lor example, to break off liad habits, desires are good ibougUto, ah bough not of tlie higticst older. T1m-sc thoughts God would have ua keep coutiuually Tevohing iu out mauds; but tbp devil is maa'a adver- *qiy, aud if at any moment he finds tin- heart empty of good thoughts he inMontiy throws in some bad ones. Some of thcee liad thoughts—such aa w rath aud eqvy—dissqiau- the miud; (dhers—such as sensuality aud Inx- un, clog its aetioa;. and others— such as vaot imaginations—fill up tin* place of better thought*. But if" a man carefully watch over his heart, and keep holy thoughts revolving in it, then through the aperture of tlie. mill—the mouth—come wholesome and pn.fitalite words, and his very- seeing. hearing, smelling, aud tasting, t;ihe the complexion of his inward thoughts, aud become (wre and lioly also (Matt. xi. lfU-<0; xii. 34, 3a.) By such meditatious he fulfills tin: will of God, and builds up his own everlasting life. But if he allows tin- devil to tamper with Ids heart, ami corrupt it, the vicious produce of liis- evil thoughts comes forth to view ; and whilst the Most High is exceedingly displeased, the fruit to tlie luau himself is not lift- hut death. “Let os Have Peace.'’ "On eartli me*, good-will toward men." 117m/ kind rf peace t “Thk peace of God, w hich puss cth all .understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." .. ; Jlotr xhall tee get it t “Being justified by faith we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." H'lat trill be the effect of- itt ‘•And the work of righteousness, slmll be peace, and the cflcct of righteousness, quietness and assur ance forever." , , H'Ac.r trill it lead ttx f “Unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to, an , iimutnerable eom(>auy of angels, to tlie general assembly and church of the first bom, which arc written in heaven, to God, tlie Judge of all, and to Jesus, the Mediator of the new Covenant” ,, ‘Seeiug that ye look for sudi tilings, be dUligvnt, that yo may be found of him in Peace."—Chrigtiap. IntrUitjeneer. Humility is the most excellent’., natural cure for anger in the \vortdj , for lie that, by daily considering' liis own infirmities and failings, makes the! error of his neiglilwr or servant to he his own case, and remembers that he daily needs God’s pardon and his brother’s charity, will hot be apt to rage at the levities, or misfor tunes, or indiscretions of another; greater than which he considers th.iV he Js very frequently and more iiiev.. eusnbly guilty of.—Jeremy Tayloj-. . „