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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-. . „