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(Tmrrroen. titer Widow*, and Snidout* of are dur.-cd §2.00 per } ear, if |<*id in Advance. r*-Tbo*" who *> not par within tlirro naiutiia of the “ter 3** w'U. 1U cmc, be charged fifty uouta additional. B\tSS OP ADVKRTTSISn : Kor one eptare (otto inch of column) : _ Fiiatlaaertion 8 '* One wonth.v . * i? Three months..,.. - * * Si* months. “ Twoivo moattia * iu uu Qr fttimtwCBH'nU ol Uifcjt wjSsure* ami ujv wmnii a dwcouttt ol ‘50 per <*«* of Uvo flqtuuv* and upward*. 30 percent. if ten Kfmre* ami upward*. A# per wai. and of otn- half enlumn ,ud npwenls 50 per cent will he deducted from the abore rate*. ObHuarie*. when- more than live line*, cent* for eivlit mud* payable in advanco, Poatage—Eurejpsta per qoarter. pj- «ena*lrftw*i»er a.1 bueiaiw* bitter* . alien hi I* .1 idprenl to Krr. A. R RCPK. Uoi*X*l>ra, *S, a. Communications. Fur tlie IdOtlicnui Visitor. Philadelphia. Tire Bj'-M anniversary of tin* Refor mation was duly cdMenwl by our churches in this city. Tin* Festival aerating on Sunday, ajiproprinb- services were held and sermons, corn laeuurativo of that gr.-> it event, wore preached. None have tailed to tioft that iu these latter days, .here is a Jtiore geuend observance r.f the "Nt j of October Ilian formerly: anti we believe that a deeper e’aareli h>t e is Jt:rk:ng hriKl of our ppiip'.e, and a wuc'.i greater Interest is nu;i» : ‘esUsl j bv them in those thing*Vhi. lt per- tala to our history, development a s! prosprity. The laitheraui Chin lr| has somewhat to bund of. and ran How •Itroui.le a- nmefced pwgn o* it; her membership, ins.itntions of learn-1 mg and benevolent - <»|H*r»titais.— : Greater strides have been taken iu tlie last five years of her history in ; this country, than in any prevtoaa store of years. If true to herself sire will ere long be in this country, what she Ls non- in the old world —the great church in membership, name, and theological lore. Keen so; and may that day soon come! Wc are glad to ace a marked im provement in the time and spirit of the General Synod North, iu respect toi the observance of this festival. One or two who formerly were ap prehensive of too much glorification of Luther, even deigned to preach upon Luther and the Reformation, admitting that be had something, at least, to do with that iinitartant movement. the snipsox WEDDCVO. We are moved to speak of this event, bemuse we liare seen no notice of it in our church papers. The soe- nhir press was fiill of details of the •tffitir, and gome Revere eomments *vre matte thereon. Simpson is the Methodist Bishop, and liis daughter was given in marriage to the Consul for Southern Italy. It was an occa sion not to be lightly esteemed ; und following in the wake of the fasluon- able world, the Bishop indulged in the varieties and -nonsense of that class. He forgot for awhile the Original puritanic* whence be lmd WiR- Ton know there was a time when snch bishops excommunicated those who indnlged in artificials in their bonnets and ribbons round their necks, or wore rings on their fittgers, and bells on their toes; but “ OT > a,ag i hew changed! His daugh ter is to be married ; the trosscan is ordeml from Paris; the bride is i*dwned with pearls mid iireeious ithtegs; the altar in tho “Methodist fl'Witr’ house” is decorated with MoweysrevergreeiiH, gold-fish ; anil ^(Tything is guy and happy as in Itebiharrai'* jialae,.. A ilo*en or more itinerant pre:tel*era, all D.D.’s, PfMent, and, to cap the dinrux, ‘he great Itinerant President, Grant, a! «l his wife arc ordeivd from the of Government;to give euUit to ■ir thing. -There is a grand array ** !’resents. Reporters are on hand tell the world of their value anil * Ua e«i8ceuee. George W, Childs, and other little great men, drag in eostly furniture, silver ware, and * llcb «>»i »‘«d the whole city is oi "P-tor. Chestnut street belles and *“>rd street brokers are dumb found- > 8nd the *anetilied begin to won- *7 wbat the world and' the Bishop All this parade and show looks very mach like ratify, against which, wo doubt not, the Bishop will rou tinin' to warn thv young Timothies. But with-it giving any view ot our own, we beg to offer the following comment taken from a secular im)N*r, which shows how the outside world looks upon this servility to fashiona ble waste and folly amt departure fVom the primitive ruhricks of Meth odism : “It seems to ns that the Apostolic Successor, Simpson, has boon piling it up in a manner which would have surprised the original A|s>stlcs, if they had been alive. St. Peter had a wife, and, in all proUiltility, u daughter. Now, can any one imagine St. Peter deliberately coming home from the fishing banks und setting up a rtckcixhe wedding festival, in which his daughter (who might have been passing fair) married a man who signed his name in this way—let us say:—‘J. Ferguson Smith.’ Andean one imagine the ceremony |*erformt*d by Coin pints, the High Priest, and tho rcH[K*ct*bility of the affair en hanced by the presence of Felix, who gave J. Ferguson Smith a collector* -ship to start him iu life; ami a general atfeiulnnce of Pharisee* and Siidilucees, each bringing shekels' t»f silver ami gold, ami good clothes, and vessels of honor ami UUhon >r, and Ki*xms und fish knives 1 And, can we picture to ourselves the rigli teous ohi Ajsistle going out anti drag-' ging in s«-iils->, who gave accurate | acoMiuts til' the w.siding garments, ! the beaty of the bride, tlte siiecnlenee ; of the grub, the flavor of the spiritm j oils drinks, ive ? V, e sln.iild think not If tlu*re was any one thing ii|xm which Peter w.is'partit-uluily down, il «u.« the jH'inp and vaitilirs of thi* v. ieked w ovhl, H ith ail the sinful lasts of the flesh ; ami tor this reason wc \ tiuav-d a wav onr maj *t:e twenty-j four i’le'i bead to hide a -ah-nt tetir, I when wo read the gmgts.n* aial vune times tnigrawinatM-.d ace.Hints of the Ijiaipsun wishling. Tin* Aimstle tarsi- Hess has ih gcnernttsl. There is a dangerous a|e t »rtK«-li to the evil days of the world's peop’e, when tin* august head of a church, which bnt a few years ago, regarded art organ as n ddvil’.s own music !mx, and a stain.sl glass window as a n*H<*elion of hoi. fire, makes a splurge over his child's j solemn marriage, which has liecn Osfo*. 8t (Vein* md IU. rsutek. Cohmlm* 1 W». fti.il at*! S*. Ttwnwoy’' lluw tUll lit* vtilumuiiu ciipl.ioi«tk-.i||j, under Uw ftl*r S|«a B fo.l IrniM.; that Bighuxwnn* .1.-1! oimir tin | rank a* lit* water* cuvar Uw B n-*t da*|>. il.nswh lb* emir* Mipenvdun of Um cm marvel ai.d war marine he Um Na.iUlu*. or Uienmikml bu*p*l KVmta id the iaanlr Y*cUl Aunu Mundi, Mill day, 5«30 •* 13 We suggest to some of the religions societies or sects to look to their laurels. Elder Jones 1ms launched out. The “ Church of the Star Bpungieil Banner* will take; and the Elder is “a Idg gun.’ O, for the ! pure sge or the Fishermen of Galilee! I LINDEN, j knee shall how, md whan sll nations shall arrve him is w ho is “King of king* and Lord <i( lonk," and wboae “throne ia for even and ever.” Selections. — rorwinril only by the diamond wed- \ dings nml the btilloon weddings of Xew York. We calculate that this sinful revel will hurt the devout i Worship)>ers of the ehnrrh to an j amount wliieli twenty love feasts, a 1 doieh )>rayer met-tings and half a handred revivals can not repair.” KlUnPALVTPf. Congressional bnneoinbe lias 1ms n sin-ended by something of a higher order. Wo gave yon some time ago a note on setistitioiuil preaching; and now we find a school of the aerial und “ iivenue ” sort. It has pu)iils of various graded. Wc remember the excitement caused by the “lug tent” which was pitched from town to town and turned many into tum blers who were only fit for cirrus riders. Then we hear the “ Angel Gabriel” blowing bis horn iu the streets of liostou, the hub of Em ersonian nonsense, nml scaring wo men ami children into religions hysterics. Then the Millerites, try ing to turn the world upside down and put an end to trrreatial things, hut never succeeding. The Young Meu's Christian Association comes next, with its uuiouistic movement, and endeavors to reconcile all religi ous classes by a parcel of Methodist itinorniits who gltny in “never liav iug rubbed tbeir backs against a eolU-ge." We heard one of them, say some time ago, iu nu open air meeting, that he “came then* to preach to sinners, hut lie found they were all ttx> well dressed to be sin ners,” whereupon two young ladies remarked that they had pretty good clothes on, and therefore would leave, which they did. But now wc‘ have the theolugy of the whole school boiled down into a simple proposition. The day of sensation lias gone by, and Un people arc to have the sense of the thing in a nut shell. No room any more for spread ougleism. Tin; plain question rs, “How shall they culmi nate r But wc submit the aiuiouuco- « nt taken from the Public Ledger, in icli Hie tiling is presented more clearly than could bo dojsj by ns: 3T RELIGIOUS X0TICK.-Ei.LKR JOIIX SlDN'BV /OXKS, „f ,1„ I. A. 51. it K . **. *<04 Ijv mk-nt stnoog tl^ai mifttoof lkd-8*. T*mfi#n/ VV vtv*.tt C*rm*lilB Miwio*. »Hi pnruop«tv D. V. at * uliore rawtinit nwir Fat.n^ri.fu, S J- <« tl.e 34St ti*y of ill* IW It mots* daring tlt« »W) *t,d flow oftkk>. Soljivt—^^Tho Uwdnwfhiriu* •mi Kivuhuo Man.fvsUilion* oxemptitied tn tfi* ■MOM of.Vn.lt Mo«* KUM Job* U>o "All the Kiap of the Barth shall praise Thee." The attentive reader of tin* proph ecies re»|MM-tiiig the ratublislinicnt of j the liedeenier’s kingthan wiiut have ivbsened the frequent references to the ini|iortant part that is to be taken by king* unil i|uewut, ami those occupying the exaltml place*. of infinence and I*rwer. They are Hot only to tie brought under the mighty power of the gos|a-l, bat ! are to Im efleetive agents in diffuaing its truths, and in pre|iariug thu nay for its future conquesta ami glory. I “All king* shall (sll down before him.” >*King* shall bis* anti arise, princes uko shall worship.” “The eons of strangers shall bnihl up Ihy trails, ami tbeir kings shall miuteter unto tl.e**." “Kings shall be tby; nursiug fit11*«-1 m, ami tbeir queens thy uundng moibeis." “Ami the: kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.” I'nlikely as th. se priqdieeies sei-m . •si of fulliUuieut iu tlie time of Christ, when it »a* scornfully nml ti iiiiiiplnuitly askisl by his eo.-mi.-s, : “Have un\ of tin* ruler* believed on him r I lu re are nni-tai.t imli.-utnms, 1 uml pn».ts coining fr.Hn every qanr Irf. tlist these attestation* of tin ' trv.ili oi S-tipmre win isg t... want mg. Iu neatly all bind* c he r the gus)sl has guiiusl nu MlMiny it ha.. ha*l to uavt the ivltlut-t* m i n ciu.1 op;*mitbi:i ot t!o* reigning au tin-lilies. As i>f t hi, “the kings of the cat ill st.ksl hjs ami the rnl’-is wen* gathered togetlmr tigoiust tin* laa.l, and ugaiust bis t'luist.” IV.I re|sirts now, fr..m all |*arts of tlie aii-sion field, show a devilled .Lange, and tlu* facts as they ap|M .it art* Sued signiliesnt ami eueouragiitg. In the insist of op)H«*ing trials ’ and dinb ultirs, tlie missionttnrs flml that “tlie king'* heart is in the bands of tin* Lord." Tit* uiiasioti to the Ijhm in Fartlier India, who had long . tried to secure a lot of gmuml, were recently prem-ntisl by the king with , a large and beautiful |>!». *, much su|ierior to the one they sought, he list ing Iss-n greatly plenseil by a' musical rnteriainmeut given him by the missionaries. Tlie king of Bar inali, u soccessnr of the mon.irrh who so cruelly and intilessly |s-rseeuted -I u.l*on and the early missionaries to liia |>eoph\ ia huihliug a large srltml house and resideuee, and promises to build a fine ehnrrh, for a mission ary, who for several year* b.ts hceii engaged in tlu* work of christbiu education nt liis capital. He 1ms also placed nine of his eons under bis imdnu-tioii, expirasing his entire a-tllingm-ss that tiiey anil bis jssqtle nhonld berorac* rhristians if tltey Im* line coiivinectl of tin) truth. The lung of Bintu has given to the niis- sionorif* a pletlgn of toleratiou under the royal seal. The Multan of Turkey, nod even the IauqKWnr of Chins, have issued their edicts rvcognisisg (lie christijft religion. And tho queen of Madagascar, a •iioressor of the infamous qneen w ho sought to crash out Christianity by tlu* cruel |M*nuvu- tiou and bloody martyrdom of her believing subject*, now elevates those subjects to poaitioiis of |srwer and trust, welcomes and aids the tench era ef Christianity, and ban herself become a convert to the truth, and united with a Christian church.' TkMe ond other facts are eooour- agfng proofs of tlie divine inspiration of missions, and are. earnests of still greater trophies to the power of the truth. It is not that the Minis of king* ami queens are more precious in the right of God than that of the poorest or mentiest of their xuhjeer* that we weh*oise their ndheriisi to and their promotion of the doctrines of the cross. Tbeir position, how- ever, gives weight to tkgir example, and furnishes opportunities for re- prctttiug opposiiiun, removing bar- rters, mui grt ally promoting the spread of the Uuth. Much voubrinu-, lions of holy writ streogtbcu the faith, and give brighter assurance of , the coming of the day wbeu lie; .Mali psgu »t whoso uome every i Adom t FoUasd Other Fall*. The full of Ail«* may be looked at as u doctrine, expliunii.g boor this world is made A) of wuners aod Mifierers ; bow thk human mm VX a unity, as in other thing*, ao In re *pw*t of moral ^haimter and the teudriK-j to siu. Thus it romra to luias that hi the way of ithUuso- phy the fall ia fyndaiumtal to all theology. But it may also be txinsiiiorfd M « kttlury atd a *.VJ—„|It*1 -VdaM w»* a man and Eve a wugaon, like the mat asked w bora he bits been and with ' liaml, hy discliarging aright whom. Although under his father's duties of time; sod the main roof, ho liegina the prodigal's history of his struggle was to bring h the by wishing himself away; lte outgrewn bis Saldinth-M-houl anil Ufc Btbbyeiaaa; despising instruction, he wanbl, if he eould, absent himself from the house of God; he has he gun tn sliseat himself from bis (bther's pew, and ails solitary tn a distant gallery pew. It is the obi sUAj over again. The aerpratb I wrath ia on him, and be ia about tn (all—bow guiltily and deeply ! Oh, the fulls of nuns awl daughtetw In happy koiiMM 1 Wlwt iwrndise* they furaake! what ouU-asts ami wun- drrers they become 1 PAUL* IV TMIt ctrr. Away from the stuietities of home, the young umn find* himself amid his Ui»- jmritiona and uouduct towards all anmud him ap to the wjuirements of the divine tew. Loyola busied hiuiself mainly with fastening aright tin* ties, and sus taining tbes-omaiuiiou which bound him to the spiritual world, as that world was conceived of awl believed la. Imtio-r Imsieil himself mainly with bis laptl standing before the High Jndgr of all earth, sad was stiM try ing over and over again the quest ion of his uoceptauce or his • imdeuination before the bar of Ktar- nal Justin*. l)r. I'ltslmer* basirtl bun self luaiuly witli the state of bis affis-tiims ami ls*bavior towards his fellow -men, with all of whom be of us; that it mm m iastnne.* of ' " n,,u * amn ——», — — — -“*"- temptation, and unyielding to it; of ,,M ' t«"P»«tfc*a of u gn-at rity, and ,n ^ + «" U ‘ n,11, " < . ~ - .at .1 ». f*t»nilii! liliilfv hn« Its* tciumwl tut** conscious , with a reif. onfitlcnce **<)it*tltral only atiuetive flight! 4 b ^_ hi * h ;~ fchowingiy goes guilt and shame, of Ditiue favor, t_ from His preM-nt^ust what Ut. 1,1,0 ^ been taking plueti et rry day ever • * ,,, ^‘* rim-e. A dam's <-*me U th* type of, all utWr*. TUouj^ a la titer, hr wjm * ru ^ r,^tH,,l equally a biother igsu. sad bis bis tory, as tbe first, la but a future of histories with which tlu world is full. The find fall bus keen followed bv Vc 1st his tifle-.t on tbm sells bims. If to ii Ini.uis eajrflvity. Tbe l.M*s of i-biudity I hoi no- nml self r»*s)M*ct; j a fall, but a self-conscious one, on<| | the rrwngra wbb-h the soul Mke* luytiwU of others. Tim iudhidual H * rtf arc fr*'* 1 ' •** W- 1 h ' tails no teas than the lure. Tho foil I»«*hm*s a ehambor of lug uml fi.lh-n an* all ii'-hH as. Thru ''’’••'’•"''"L vonsrieace a w hip of sror are fulls iu the family and iu «orb tv; tUm '* I Hlr * t . v "re falls in hwdwrwa, to the ivm.lu.-t af , "TWffosl. SU.I all that is purest <m solemn trusts; lalfo flow vJtustitv, '‘* r ri*—G'” >“'«■ «*f mottew. sister, from li«.tor. itom .ntegnty and self- •'f— 1 »"*•»“'* • lemw bk, the owe nfs)ss.*t; some gradual, ami covered " f ' '* * PureiUse. Tlu- bra* up m sorrery and sell deception. »jk|] '* U to m ‘ n hiw *' lr ,u ' otlicrw tU.it an* pubttr. aotriWL and hr "‘O'T. AH idbcr tor ibis worhl Ib.aL | "* u ‘* ,1 **' »l—Ge ""J*. »•» It i* a s.«l view of hie to think of j ,b *‘. 5 It us filed with « xampl.-s Itb.- tu.-ra*. i ** B “‘*t his 1. sodden# and im.vr. urn* to tcur* to fr"" 1 " J ** ,U e teu.|dc ,d the Holy Gbtad. God ami rutisrb mv are fear fully nt our in this matter. In that "will'd amity ere he pissed into eternity. The ilrrnGutial element predomin ated with tlu* find, the legal with the sis-i it id. and tlu* moral nml aueial with tlie third; bat of bis aevere ami prolonged struggle Isitola iuttml liis rsit 'l>y easting himself into the tetania of tbe riiureh, and giving himscif up to tlie devotiuua which she luvscrilMsI ami tbe service* which sbr dcm.nnbvl; but af their struggle Luther and i>r. Cbalim-rs alike (mind their exit bv ntstiug them •ctvc* into tin* Isiaom of tbeir Ms* iour and giving 11«*utselves up to • II tb<- dnries ot life, s|tiri<ual and Mw-uil, as those who have been folly slid freely retww-ibsl unto God through Jesus Ghrist their Lord. without Uti* a man commits own body, wbittb G.sl tbtok that wc air daily |wtaaiug, hiusiung the |*i v|w of not a few wh., that very day are making u,\ »-"!*■— ""d aoaat Uallisomsdis tlu-ir 1*11, tie.t lie bouses *r poas cneUeu* ami wltrd) hnl * w .thin their , wa!’* -quota vies t;#ui virtue. I tom houor, nml Horn ImpidMfo, mUi. U j ** l,w •>"»»* ' cara-, which is tbe bquusy ami idagm- Oumbimsl, Gml bat writes uu 11m* shy what consrir«M*e write* in wonl* of Th* Bed **i tbe Staff la that pnv ioos amuariul psoliu, j lb*- 2-bl, iu which David looking - Im*k from his old -age, and arareh- rag lbr * wonl to mu* up hi* liic’s rqwbnr, rails tbe Lord bis “Shcp lo rd,” and thereby strikes the key note of many Scriptures, so.l of un- uiimbctvd uu inspired |miises: iu that a pilgrim, I am one also. Be not too weary of the way, nor frightened at its dangers poor, tainting brother j I walk with thee. Let my staff be a comfort to thee. Fear no evil. Be cause I live, thou shalt live also.” Oh -that unimaginable wonder, God become man, and dwelling among ns! What balm it distils, drop by drop, and day by day, that our Saviour is one of onr- selves! No tongue was ever yet able to tell all its griefs, yet they must be understood, that they Mf be consoled, and Jesus, by His per sons! experience understands (tern. They mnst have been felt, or they ran not be fathomed. He, m Ilia own history, has probed tbeir deepest depths. „ We turn to Him and say, “Lord, look at tbe wound!” Tbe softest human hand could hardly touch it without enhancing its. pain. But the quivering flesh awl tom nerve is all trauiqmrent to Him. His very smile tells bow He understands it til, n« charms (he pain and blend* Xu. ineffable swertwsus with it. And wbeu the loving work is done, the work of grace appointed it. He heals tbe wound too. He hath done all things well. He maketh the' dumb to siwak, and the blind to see. Thought* sad Olsoiuags. “ He that rea)ieth, reeeiveth wages, and gatbereth uuto life eternal Blessed {womise. Much needed in - this day of jicvalation and strife, of covetousness and worldly miadednes* to elieer th»* desponding^ laborer ia tbe “ field white for the harvest.” It reqnin ■ great moral courage to labor faithfully and zealously, as all ought to work, when there is no apparent result, and it is wyll when the heart is siukiug w ithin to have such a gio nou* promise fur an abiding solace. “ Work for the souls of men,” is undoubtedly attended by great dis- couragements. Tbe heart of natural ivp .it !m- trag>-.iy K oI Adam mid Eve; drive again guilty |Kiit» out of l*.tr..d.~ , a:»l fix U-inud tbc;.i luiru- mg »wor.L, tiiruiug ami ti.i-.luug i . cry w ay. mis rx tuk miu. Tin* m rjs-nt that niSrtnl live Unit family that w as ever lorbmvI.oi earth, th-* h:!|qtic4 ami Mutt inMocenl. M*ek* to enter every other, lumsemv at ttnrts the li'liipt. l; lie wishes to s|mhI it; lie envies it, and feel* re pnatcbeii by it. U-* son-, if a lamiiy are highly Ltv.ircd olid full of inuw- iriit rujoy aicul, ev U is nut v.*ry far off. tii it vvoa at first, so it is now, sitd so it must always be nulil mno rrtnx* is evinced by a prim i|4eil otM-riiem-c—by that kuowleilgr of gvMsl sml evil wI.m1i comics ol' teuv|>- kitioii* siavessfully resisted. Cer tain it is that (lie firai i’arii.lts.- God mode upou earth was mvadd; what wouder if all otUci* nrel ‘ A* *lm • pn*ttw* * <*t WhuMi iu*M|r«rSnt** total, aaw taasto Ur (Ol, WI IrbUig wb*r-j *1* |dwt*i* f* • Ua-ir Buck* *1 «w l>* Wunik-d *g* *u*t IL» •* A. ra-ir , L*U|« o it ll-o foc.iv *Hii raw into (he foU, Or m • Ihirf U«V to whunnt I be OH.. OT aura* nr*. iMSgtor. vImm c.bcaut-Ml rtmm, Cfta. lairal nu 1 build Ua, l*wr au aaauft, I* *1 lln * info* climb* or oVr <bc life* - So etbabed lla* (In* pal M into OmI « foil, sa aiaarc .ulw bu> ebuadi lua.l tordb*., cibab.* So Uto into limtsphtild*. None are exempt. Sometimes a fall will take plaee amid a gronp of eblktren. Tlie blow descends, and tin* ruin is effect ed, nml snsjiieions are nil asleep. But more commonly the fall is slight at tint, and followed by otbera, till the good order and pence of tbe family am broke* ap, nml open apos tasy threatens. A daughter |M>rha)vs ls*giii* to crave other *ml inure ex citing pU a-ture* thnn tbe family rin-lc nflbrd*; mid love of dreaa tieget* iliac.mteotiueiit with Mirror cmnitn- Maiices ; she lielirves that what glitter* is gold, that flattery i* true friemlshiiv, thut a strange roiee, like that of the serpent iu 1'hlen, is to be believmL and that tin* old fouiiliur voice, like the voice of the Lord God, W m> longer true and kind. Thut daughter treud* on live ciumbliug edges of a precipice. She may Is* already corns-ion* that tlHMigii is the fuutily, she ia no lougor of it; distrust ami aiirnstod ofluotiuua are sinking n ubnsMi botweeu her aod her child hood's home. I'crhuiM* the sou has begun to feel himscif u stranger at home; lie is realivc under restraint, lie does not believe it is for his good, he Is sullen •lid Mleut ton anls bis parent.*, liarsli aud coDtcuUous towards brothers «iul sisters, bent upou seeking his pteusuies away from home, has se crets which he keeps from those who love him best, aad resents being FALLS IA 111 M.YLm*. '•.n-*.*, which Is bnt the I gtmntict iu the v.*n fare* of Death— nmlm- bnc of money, grows IcgitK ..j wjnfoar no evil! Thou art with Uialeiy out of other vices and tempt* I men to m*w falls. The love of pies* ' tire or of traleiitslioii tempts ys.-u to |N* nlatM<ussml manifold .lishunrstirs luviMwl (heir powrr to withstand. The young clerk, with j mhtry mat | ly suftk'ieiil to ateel Ids necessary rs|n-um-a, ha* hppm to taste the 1 < 'irt-ean rnp of )4asure, ami be inn*t - have the wherewithal to |my; bow | inevitably d.mi he fall, ami |>rove tinfoill.fiil to money trusts! There is a moral impoMsilMlity it should he otltenrUe. If he resists to-day, he mill yiehl tomorrow t the hsiger he ch-sves to bomvr and integrity, the greater will lie his fall w lien i! comes; ami i*tine it will, as son* a* lie Is a lover of pirasnn* more limn of Gmk Bv the mail of pioirity, known thnmgb long years of Itnuniitlik* and ■mei'essfhl dealing, falls, slid falis like some moliaieli of the wmsts, that had w isk*>loi*l a hundred winter*, and in (lie hush of sum.- summer tnooiitide break* tin' stillness of ilie forest, anil foil* to tlie earth, ram iag dow n n long line of yoniiger growth* that hud rejoirrd in its shade, lie is tempted by the prvra|MX-t—tbe «*r- toiuty, be thinks—*W immediate und large return*, to engttge in *|leeula ti.ui, and makes n tempurary use of miitid<*d fuiwls; uu nui-\)M*eteil fail urv Mv-cssitotra a is »t bec ventuiv. sml all is hanging now u|m>ii the sucres* of this. Mur meanwhile he is a fatten man; he carries the benvy seeret in his Imsom till, rirending e\|mcflirenr able towrry tt no longvr, he full* hr his own hAinl,aml Is fonml iu bis lilootl n|M>n hi* office ll<**r. [American Momctycr. ChslaerL Loyola. *ui Lather. Dr. Hanna, the Isugrnphcr sml sou-in-lnw- of ('luilinerw, gives the following striking comparison Is* tween the spirittul )>n*cess<** through which the*** gri*.it men wire led to a religious life. He soys: Loyola's great effort was to tread the world beneath his feet, and to rise into * mystic region of idealism, where high spiritiyd intercourse with the unseen world might U* enjoyed. Tlie main stress of his straggle was to mortify the desires of tin* flesh and of tlie uiiml, to spiritualize the eurual nature. Luther's great effort, prompted by an urgent ncnse of guilt, was to re concile himself tn an offended Di*ity; 1ml tlie main stress of hia struggle wiu to bring into a state of right adjustment his persons! and immedi ate relstiouahip with God. Dr. Chalmer’s great effort ww* to prepare for an eternity folt b* at |ratdm, reaching tho climax of his man is very bard and unbelieving, sold/ms west .tense, stat flinging bis} The Mtodoess of Moot men to their own lost condition and peril of rain. melie aihls, “Tliy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me." Tliere is a mom. utcry oiswurity iu the phrasi*—, the (Kissing of a slight doml over a is something jvast d«*scriptnm. “The carnal mind is enmity against God.” No ouc can have any just idea of the Uesjieratc lion Inca* of men and women, until he has tried to star—that euhaoees tho lustre when do good. No oue can have any- con it f« gone. ( option of the small number of those The “tvsl" is the do-phonf* crook ; who re; vet it or believe, until he has mid Hie “sfnlP is that with which he pe ram illy endeavored to “ save walks. some." To Kupimse that every body With his .-rook, the slieplM-rvl con-j will become a true Christian, w ho is tinnslly jndgvt* lii* shivp ; lie gently litisfrit* tin- delaying oues, and wants teiek tlio.-a- that begin to stray, and encourage: the frarfh! hy showing tlw-ui that he rewelly intends them to go—4« their |asture or to their fold —by that very way tiiey dread ; sml beranse lie diooses it, it must be snfc and good. Onr Sliepliotvl's erook, therefore, is the I'lovidcnee of (tod 1— “lie'gnid.** our feet—He gnnnls onr way." His incessant intensraing love and watchfulness shape* and secures onr lifr. “Goodness and mtirj /u//.*r «’ all onr days. With Hi* 1’nivi.kisr, He qitickeiis otir sluggish (vw-trtciwv to action, He urges onr reluctant feet into right wav's; He ilniws iMek the erring to the gracious paths tltey are about to fornuke; He keeps the thoughtless flock from scattering; He holds it us a guard between n* and tlie raggeil pm-ipice or the nsiring flood. And wIm-ii the ravine gkvotn* am! lowers ts-fore its, and onr hrarts would fnint amid jM-rph-xific* and grief*; it is the seeing the .-took or “ rod" in Hi* hsml, the knowing that His provbteftee controls anil order* it all, it is that, first of all. that assuages onr distress and calms onr fear. The liaml that bears ft, is Christ's wounded liun.l; wounded for us. list the “rtsl" is only the first “com fort." Thsre is also tho “staff.” The assninnen that the rood to be travelled la the shepiierd’s choice, is oue giinni:itc« that it id tbe right road. There conld he but one great er: that is the uwuinvuoc that it is !li-*«i tlie nhepltrttl’j path—that he goes with them along it. Tlmt eoiifl- denoe, that warrant, hia staff gives. It is the token that he is about to share tbe day's march, whatever it be. Ah brother, going down in tlie Valley of tbe Deadly Shadow, no romfiirt is Hke that! Tlie little child that wake* In the night, scared by dream.*, throws ont its hands, and touchm Its rnothur lying dose by, and rests again. Tbe believer, dis mayed, overwhelmed, ready to de spair, hears Jesus say—“I will never leave nor forsake thee ;* see the staff ia in my bond! White thou ait told about Christ, aud entreated to believe, is mere childish lguuraucr- “ Few there be that find the nurow way." Tlie laborer for Christ will find the vast majority of those among whom he labors, unbelieving and im- 1 sill tent, in spite of all tlutt he can do. “ Tbe msB.w*” will not torn to Christ. These are discouraging fact*. Bnt they are facts, and (bets that ought to be kuown. The true antidote against despon dency iu God’s work, is an abiding recollection of the promise, he that reapeth receiveth wages, aod gath- ejvtb frail unto life sternal. There are «wages” laid np for faithful reaper*. Tiiey shall receive a reward at the teat day, far exceeding any thing they have done for Christ—a reward proportioned not to their sne- cess, bnt to the quantity of tbeir work. Tiiey are gathering “ fruit,” which slntll endure when thi* world Inis pnKied away—fruit, in tome kouIm saved, if many will not belfeve, ami fhiit in evhlcuvcs of their own fiuthfuluess, to be brought ont before u-ssemblod worlds. l>o oar hawds over hang down, and owr knees wax faint I 1K> wc foci disposed to any, “ My labor is in vain and my words wittiout profit.* Let its lean buck at snch seasons on this glorious promise. There are “wages” yet to be pwid. There is “ fruit” yet to be exhibited. “ We are a sweet savor of Christ, both in them that are saved and in them that perish.” Let us work on. “He that goeth forth aud weepeth, bearing precious seed shall doubtless come again writh rejoicing, bringing itis sbeaves with hiiu.” One ■ingle soul saved, shall outlive and out weigh all the kingdoms of the world.” The Miracle, of Christ—tt was necessary that God, who revealed Hi* salvation, exhibited liis power and glory iu greater fulness than ordinarily. Tbe evangelical miracles belong not only to tho peraon, but ttlm to the word* of Christ. They are the attestations of hi* mediaMriat cull: If He is tho Saviour ef the world, Ue had not only to proclaim HU solvation, hut also to prove that He Himself wusthf Boviowr. - fohtha.