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'B =F=?s Me §»!&«»» THflfor S »puaus<m> , EVERY WEDNESDAY *fD Wf s AUDE 4 MILLER. TERMS: i LtmtMre WbtOB >• furnished to i, hi $I M per jeer, if P*»i xpe&sftsm wh* do oet fV wtO-io three ,</ u« *i^SL2£L2SSLZft , t 4M purged ftftycenw addWonar. „ «nv or i^rtkwitmmt i> «J Wr-ta-,-ch of »hl-o) r oifSr.'.v.v::::::'.:: H-iinvtr**T' —-*■■•-■ 3 w HHSte;: «S o. JtarkMSti Of twee «(««• “* — -y • discount ot SO per cent, of five •quart* - nS 5?SrtJlr2L WM! by the saemmeute uf Christ’s appoint ment I Suppose the Uitualist pleads, t not guilty—that be do** Bvt dcugtt big rites to lie as aacrvaeate. Dot, notwithstanding hia disclauuer, if lus inventions have the effect of the sac " Diluents, divide the honor with them, and by crowding them o«t, actually « per ceoe, aadof I percent vnB be dedoctod from the abore rates. Obivuariea. when more than flee Unw, teo eMta-fer eht*if*«<M l-r^i« hiedraKe. Fw»r> Bwms pwttmner. Qf- nwe remembe* «U bwiame Huwre . I .1- OMm.a. a Communications, ‘S' ■ Par the Lutheran Vlatter, . Ritoalinn -Whet U lit =*= ~ -Wttsrii »yr to invent and appoint * language of fonps aud of actions, of vestments and of colors, designed to have upon the minds of the worship- era effects similar to those produced longer useful, twenty centuries ago. -ui- OLD SURIK8, VOL. IV.-NO. 75. neglecting for the most part this requirement, prvi»o*es to go back to an iiuttatioa of the sywboliesl sys tem which Jehovsli set aside, as no When timquestion is asked: Who are tha KitualisUt the thoughU of many turn to the Homan (Jutholios, and High (JhurchEpisoopaliaua. But in every dcaoiumstioa there are those who do, or wosdd, if practicshlu rituafiae more or less. Far it is a Madeary of haaan nature which peqde. At present, the religious, and some times the secular, press has much to «ay about Ritualism. Hence many have asked, what is Rt The word sou ads strangely to our eath. Fol lowing suulugy, in the formation of derivative words, Ritualism would seem to be an observance of rites; aud a Ritualist, one who observes, w practices them. But here comes sp the question, what is a rite t The preaching of the gospel in thu aim plicit}' and purity which Paul enjoins, thengli aq Onlinauce of Cbri»t, is not, and cannot become a rite. The same is true of searching tlw Scriptures. The reading of them to obtain Heav enly information, is no more a rite, than is the reading of a newspaper, for political information. Bat Bnp- tism and the Lord’s Supper, while ordinances of Christ are also rites. Every one who knows of these things feels that there is a difference, though he may not be able to command lan guage to describe it, between the former and the latter. Of the latter, onc U ou outward and visible initia toiy rite; tlie other an outward and visible (badge of the Christian pro fession.) But at the same time, both are designed aud adapted to symbol izc «nd impress upon the wind great and vital truths. There is a fftueas ia the materials and forms nse^.wnd in the actions performed, in conuec tion with, or rather constituting, these rites, to represent, seal and ap- ply to believers Christ and the bene fits of the new covenant Sow all observe rtiuse rites, but iUom- ronder them of no effect dyw R not ntwds w b» watched and »e«tr*h»*d. become a vain worsdiip, “leaching for doctrines the commandments of rnenF Besides: did Christ and His inspired twfchere after Him, leave the world without furnishing . the church with a necessary ritual 1 And did Us leave it to the wisdom and piety of uninspired uicu to supply Hia omissiou by forming rites is i«i- tntioH of His, as might be detuned needful or useful t Few are wdliug to avow such principles j but alas! how many ure willing to close their eyes and walk hliudly over them. That there is in the huaiau mind a strong tendency to ritualism, will In- doubted by no close obeervpr hf hu mau nature. And it is true, also, that anciently God <lid appoint inaay rites through which He wua plcasetl to be worshiped. But tbeu the ritual law was very exact. It re quired close conformity to the rites prescribed, and forbade by heavy- penalties any human addition or imi tution. But now, all the rites ob served by the ehureb under the former dispensation have lieen ahrie gated by the same divine authority which had appointed them; and in their stead, only Baptism aud tlie Lord’s Supper have been given. ! ITsi this remarkable Divine powodure no significance! The liberty wliere witli Christ has made his people free is very great aud precious, no doubt j but surely it is liOjt aq great as to allow christians to re-establish ami practice, (u the worship of God, any of those alirog-ated rite*. Tlieu, are they at liberty to appoiut any thing 111 . imitation, of tlaunl Xiuie 1 allowed to the Jewish converts to Christianity, to adapt their thoughts and feelings to the new state of things, as to rites; but they were not suffered to bind upon the Gentile converts tlie observance of a Single rite; and the Gentiles who gave hehd to such teaching were sharply re proved. Certainly there is an olili gut ion resting npon Christians now to “serve God with reverence aud with godly fear." An«1 Ihe enforce ment of this exhortation by the eon sideration that “onr God is a ran sinning fire," carries the thoughts of tlie reflecting reader hack to the four or five occasions, mentioned In 7 are not therefore, called Ritu , then, it may be asked, should auy party be so called, to distinguish them from, the great body of Christians who observe these rites f Sot, at course, because they worship God in the observance of Baptism and the LodTh Supper, but because tl^y pre- wme to worship Iliui in the observ- snreof rites, which are purely a hu- man contrivance. These Ritualists, not satisfied with Baptism and the Lord'll Supper, which all allow ty he important means of grace, have,ven- turqd to ask whether oQier mk^eriafe, other forms, and other articles the lap- __ im minds of >t .- .Pulpit A, now It PU AN*. lotowMk, tf M. BAU.BAW- |& €0., Ilor »ud Lvcvl Irvsf’s Corner, ftom 5—tf bUSE, IcfT&cU* |TH*CO., 1 Prastpt 0 ^ Iff—« l>ortant rmttis upon worshipers. Hence, at an date in tlie history of Christianity, ®any sach things were invented, as y to.baptism, fhe ng being designed to symbol : inward; tlie dressing of the vte in white, to symbolize in- placing of salt in the ipoutfi, to signify his or her conserva- tJon is the grace of Christ; J anointingofoilj’io represent tlie y °f Hie Spirit ■ and the mark Of Hie as a min' of derottdn^to t njer. >w, ifthe , sdehihfrimij stood ffl of divine appointment, or Done of them were such, we could nht tell which one would be the best adapted to represent arid impress Christian froth. Bnt when these wmtrivsi the scriptures, of fire mfracul consuming men for ifisregurTlii vine apjioiiitments. It solemnly v off all intenneridler*: yet we maj not be able to explain why God 'was pleased to lie worshiped through tIn observance of ro many rites in the former dispensation', arid thfeingh so fewHn the presc-nf; etfft, tattf an! the facts of fte case. ‘llY'the manrlAf'frf ^TUMemi nu gres.< from a , action* there las hpe« n pri>. system of YttuiV forms ypifled itidportant ti •hich has hrit fe much rtioro written tion. Ritualism, tK^efc^Ts ttilH i- pliilosophicyil as it is rinsriptitral. t proposes to teach—to cal! to remem brance, and to 'ijtfpress upon tile mind,' divine’ truths, by /iti'Cuns 6f symlxSlical forms and tuflod'H, af time Ahen the samA siCrtdde ctib be much more conveniently' fitid Hceii- rateff perfbrmedVy tflfe’fangmtgetof Words. Tfor dbdiftlilr-remsrtf 1 at All imply fhaf God aMM lAtpltilosophi calTy When lTe “tri ttrC ’titae pnst’’ taught mankind, and wfis pfesAed to he worshiped, through » ritual ; sys tem. For however perfrot wMy have been the language of Adam and Bve. for all the purposes.‘foriwhkh they needed a language, whde innoeent; there need be uo hesitation sbotit conclt'duig that they had no such idea*, and hence uoi. language to aapress ideas, sooqeeaiugi the doctrine* of gnra Than in..-the early .history of J»w folfon rei* Infinite Wlsdomt bough tf it beat to present those ideas through sy mbols. On those symbol* the raligiooa tori guage of. mankind, bos (been, Hot cun we see bpufxit ««4k ibsfi' e been formed»without them, p.id't of ritualism, which have bt«n jgritte^r.^ome by some of our backiyood» AhragAns, ,wben visitiug European C*Ute«md*, about the pow erful uB'«ct. Doubtless the first sight wa*. , But would the huudrcdtli be t In most minds the feelings of associa tion ay* much strouger than tlie j>cr caption of any architectural adapta tiqm The plan of worship ou which our,pyfAnt qma fret gaze and cou tinuc to gaze till we remU^rgiin^the ^ meridian of life, bus, inuess we are Df »es are made to stand skte l>y 4wlmnit<we#v perfected by mawm of |^rufolly isrevereuVthe power of pro «d»wtth, und st-e mingled n> witl^ tiiem, the same M Cueing in us feeluijn of solemn ^ rtt*»hr«Ai»** E p f a| nta « !tt t > jo ^ ‘ M|| ««T »bt manifestly partake of the th “stuns ahd lmvp the use of a sact n- mentt HitnaNsm- is, tberefoie, noth frig less ffriui sacnwuentalism. Man of the written word. Rut Ritnalisni, adaptation, and to insist that ail be built according to «rrr model, for the promotion of pie^y. J’’ i- -J 11 Selections,! rfii * A worn hu of disusruouuit in limn things gives the following account of herself i “My psrouts belungsd to oongregstiou of peculiar Before' my recollection it •bow become a custom for ) members to dreos in black silk—on oomniunieu day a 1 never saw ic otherwise. Aud unless you had experienced something like it year self, you can form bat a faint rwmgp tkm of how I was shocked onr day when I saw a lady •• white going to «|psasrnio(i table. Till then 1 thought, or rather felt, that !, dressed ia black silk was a part of the nervine." H U wit probable that thtae drosses were worn with aay suck design, or with ahy suspicion that they were ;wodtH>hig such hu impression upon the minds of the children. Still the tendency was decidedly *n<l iuteusely ritualistic. In iier*iniud thus* black silk dresses had become sacredly Hssoeiisted with the cowimeinonsUon of the Be«le» aier's death. Aud Usd the same thing happened in an earlier and darker age, the fart beeiMUiag known, would have been sufficient ground for some Synod nr Opuarsl, now* Bishop ur Rope to have aU *«ura should, bo cause of tbs fitness of the thing, be dresaed in black alien partaking of the Lord's Snpjier. Aud there are persons yet k\ lag whocau retm<iuUi us* when tliere were persons the most reformed sects of tin Fro tea tant reformers who thought that a minister had not discharged Mir frfitW rtiftyr until he had well belabored the ehauges of lhahion : as If the cat of a coat, tin- whUh of a skirt, or the tilt of I bonnet, which happened to be in vagwe when they ware young, was religious sad pro ■otitrs of piety, and any change impious. There Is a vain display of ornaments, as “the patting an of gold." for which the apostle re proved some women in his day, and Might, if be new lived, reprove some msa, ev*o minister* of the gospel; but this vanity ean be as readily' indniged in following an oid fashion aa a new. The apostle dkl not pre •areha any fabrie, or any cat thereof, aw ahristinn. Henae, to insist upon any oM fashioo being oontinaed fo snore V *f* cdrwfifs resmftssst, is to ritualize. And the same ia true, also, of Cbnroh Architecture: It is true, that in nature there are nntdin scenes whieh fill all beholden With reefing* of grandeur and awe. Thete are somewhat similar to those prodneed by an intelligent ennten plation of the perfedtooirof Jehovah. Tnarwr sre nortne same, gmrrtot nncresarily dependent, ia manifest WdM the fact, that many an 4.«ph •riforied by the info sad hcareehr at WlfPTb^bGter. Yrt, by rente, the two have hern confounded. fTenc* thgy lp»ve orguyd stn-uooualy for the grand and sublime in chnrch arehi- tccforc, as almost indispensable, for the purpose of preparing the minds of worsliipers atul of nssiiiting tliom ill net* of devout mh»nitfon. It is probable that they are much mista ken Even if natural sublimity should contribute to reverencc far the Spintunl Being whom we worship, 4 Minister’• Mai Uteri stM Bttla. The relations of an active miaisUfi to society are re nmnereas and varied at the preaabf th»y that he finds little of the feistft* ke lottg* for, for extended and acunrate stmlf . It hi only by a. diligent wac of the frag ment* of time that bbmakea May con siderable progress. Tlie late T)r. James Hamilton, bhnself u liberal scholar and a vohuaimms author, has put the cans very feraM.v: “The age which pVodweed sash co lossal isnnmcntaturs most have been mighty in the Scriptures; and the ministers who bad time to study the •frittci Maori* and “Wahonb Faty- gtott" must have poMessed an ctrria- blt> atuouut of learned ieixtfre. They had not a dozen committees to si tend § w^oky ml lum tteim nmnin of lot tern to answer in a year. Tbetr —g- were ant devoted to the sntareftaneom affaire which now-a-day s epigram cure ITkgiilsjuMrii'iiTlga Ths lihts as a JsriBsek — t The Bible has basa potto ail aorta of ssaa, and has been abassd in all aorta of .ways. It ia a, rish mine of illustration for poets, historians, era- tom, ami |iliilrifiofithmni ftiwiHly. U has bora reviewed from evtsry possi ble point ot ohssevstitm, sad ynanv things have been prqfoasadfe Lskou out ef It which were never really to it. Its uas aa a pad lawk, howoivr, restored thv.attsiv tion is W# to mind whenever the text comes be fore it We know of meu gho aay that there are some passage* of Hcripture they merer hear quoted, even under the meat solemn cireum- w it bout having brought to their minds some silly putt whieh years before they bad beard on these texts. Though they struggle, they are unable to control tbetr memories. The ghost rises uniddden, and will not down. Call this weakness, tf you wffl; it Is a weakness that ought to falls up. far befop Alie awfjil, the sublime. W tin; gT|Utd, In nature, that it* effect W-omes feeble, and when familial is scarcely felt at all. They are, therefore, very silly stories, in ilithiutoreat-of l I 1 to be Written fn the rnnetfiirm ehnr acter by the ancicut*. Having de- eiphered the writing ou this relic of antiquity, it was discovered that, at the rime of the capture of Babylon, referred to bv Daniel mid Herodotus, Sjortton. Doing whom we woramp, ^ W £ fcj over T. Urn empire—a father and hi, -on; and thus we ran andsratend that Herodotus speaks ef the fstber, who c-caped, while Daniel Sjiesks of the -ou, who was -lain. This unsuspect ed liict notonlyreconciles the prophet and the historian, but explains an otherwise inexplicable exi-remlon ia Daniel, Where It was promised to the prophet by Belshazzar that, if he could explain the writing on the wall, he would make him the third ruler in the kingdom. (Dari, v, 16). Now, pared to say that this mode of suing ths beriptnres is • asodarm eastern; It may have been pmrUsed, for aught we know, before we were U*m. Hat we verity teeliev* it has never beau carried to so great s* extent as at the present time. People who are tired of the stole Jests of “Jo* H ilkr" sad kindred jokers, term to ths Ritte as affording tints aaowtiung fresh and original If they find an Ulster iu tferi ra ure which ran he wittily appiiad to an oppooeat ia Asbate to such a way as to excite a laugh at his sxpeaafe forthwith it is unscrupulously as though the BBile were mode for tha spccist purpoee of furuishtog historical jokee. If Bible precepts or promises cou be so tortured from their proper mean m, as |o form the foundation for a pun, the pun is instantly mode, and the Bible becomes s rouveuicut jest book. . , .. Our meaniug could be made plainer by giving a few illustration* of there jests from perverted Scripture texts; hot to rejsauug them, we might by some be deemed guilty of the very offpuce we are condrmning. There eon be no seed, however, of quota tioua, for every toteUigeot reader must hare noticed these efforts af wit at the expense of the Word of God- Many of the popular papew and magazines of tfe day furnish to nearly every issoe iUustratious of what we are reprobating; to no jokee seem so marrowy as those made from, the Jtibto We ooukl name periodicals to which the “fuany* department would often be materially abridged if all the comical affasions to sacred things were eliminated. And theor are not scurrilous pwbit nation* such as find readers only in pot-houses, brothels, and similar vile places. They are respectable dailies, and weeklies, and monthlies, such as are tf be found to the parlors of the pious, and ia the hands of Sabbath school children. Ia ounveraatiou, as well as to print, the Bible is found to be a convenient jeat bo.uL We should Sot be sur prised at this from scoffers who make no pretension of belief to the sacred ness of the book. But, nnfortunatelj, this propensity to jest with wlmt is B <d ia not monopolized by scoffers. HtiHU* sometimes indulge in tt with apiiomit zest, ast^evou mtois- tore are kuown to ret. the example. Sometime- the pulpit la the place where a pun is made on Bible las guage, or a jest evoked from scrip tural facts! The foolish may tough, but the thoughtful are grieved. Such | ministers should tremble In view of the mischief their thoughtlessness may produce. Magazine editors fell us that many of tiieoe jests on sacred sutywtitowue from rebgkNU peraous, aud espe cislly from clergymen. Now, it occurs to ns that if such people must scud funny -tone* to popular )>criod icals, tbej should Aud the material elsewhere thau in matters connected with religion. If Mt ignorant m?n tuiispiote or misapply Scripture texts pro- be regarded —TV Uethodht —a* anything less than taking this world from touaa uui bringing it to Ghriat. This to the true missionary work to which we cau all engage. Every tool brought to Christ to a part of this work. Every dollar secured for this cause to a part of this great work. Every bqpeat effort than made to a part of the work, sod just as truly mlsriousry work as auy, if it has the right faith and purpose* with it—C. W. J*4d. Thought* shout the Ministry by Kin- The Coavsnion of the World. ‘ - We are la the habit of talking ef the eonveroton «f the work though tt were something to be exported many gmorattous In ths future, and not by any means now, or during the present gem-ration, if this to the Heriptme view token of this subject, the question notsrally urine*, aa to bow fire we are rcopoaoi- lite for the sqtvstiou of the peopts of ir ova generation. I* to eortain that they caa not be brought to Jonas by the Ohureh of the generation that will foHow us. for they will all be dead and gone before that, and a new grew ration will have ico thrfr ptore, and the Otiurch of that .toy will have it* dntiea with tlie people of tbetr own time. But the people of our time must be revel through our instrumentalfty, If they are saved at alt, and it i to. ticity to the blunder by thrusting it before the « e* of tens of thousands of readers. Bucb incidents, of course, must often comejgndcr Ylie ohserva- tton of clergymen, but to it right to sent publish them, and thus Help the scoffer ip iito work pf throwing fidi- God,which to , religion I oulcou The old saying, 1 FamituinSy hfseitH that to, If we mall tkot eonseersVed to God. wo 1 IK' OIU roraiiMixrei wiwwvio t' ■ _j. f . contempt," ts appltcaWe here. Men ready to do rrtbfifor he why habitually j«*i 6^'fWBlMe ... 'JMIRHji ifost. apitointetJ!^ u "‘> 110 “ tttu ' r w,ia J!_ ma * v , bc ■ aside, auil,.reftuired. tipitj,pifin- style of archiu-uture. Then it is a kind abosUl top iustnwfod fe. If™" 1 •* r r > 7. reading, uxpysitioa aadp wplfcatipu fepltos? hsftt, raised h> associa ftmt thei by, asgoeii the result of orehiteetural why pot the second ruler, as Joseph, to similar rirramfitanoes,,ha4 Wen made iu Egypt t The cylinder an ewers tha qaretiofi: the rowers two kings in Babylon, suri therefore Abe —™r, ^ : v* mod# must lose their resport for it. The as much to tho gath ^dufei habit of irreverence, like, tol outer pfiam habit**, growK stronger by use. Ad 1 God. mitting that there is “a -time to laugh," there must Mirety be a limit to the subject* #? ou- ’s autth. There must be in every well-regulated miud an impassable borrier beyond whic h itre subjects too Idlffi ik .t UUMM l.rmi* “odhTM oulr I wo ^ d U no** *- the thM ndertohtp to the kingdom." i rifriio *«toxl luatrafolsfor lt-gBto)|te in acqutnng, pin i the ktwwiedgff nf nry tongue nnd pen dtytoc tt .—ppoff. pleasantry without tesspasriug on the ooered domsiso of reiigteo. Aside lYofe this, tbe law ot mental “ “ 'nr* Ant* ssaociatjon to such that whfin A 1 text; to inntle the.fouudatiou «Ci Psdi-h.teat.-tha jest will be w» iccaUe*! that oor duty is largely with them v ho lire while we live, who win die when we do, and go up to the jsdg • with aa. Tims to our own ■ It to all vary welt to labor to set hi operation plans that will blare the world when we are providud we have done our duty to Uteoc who Mvod whoa we did. Hence we underataad Shat ear faith should take to the salvation of the whole world, aa It to to-day. Thou is the conversion of tbe world to Christ imreibto during this gen cretiouf We fed It to high time the Chnrch of the Lord Jesus should took at this question fairly, aud measure up o faith to it. Wo do sot know what we might do with Godh blessing, if we were* unit. If bIUBmFb people were agreed in purpoee and faith, sad wees to work for this end, as though tbsy expected it souII he areorepltahed, how dAwmtiy would we act! Whs* a wonderful differ race would, we see at ouce in tbe rewrite! Who wiH mo that the world would hot be converted during this generation. If tbto were the onset With such sftdtb and such a purpose, what could stood before the Chnrch ! Barely, God to able la do It, and a* willing a* he 4a nbte. None of ns doubt hia power, Who «m doubt his willingness, when he has given us such a proof of it, in scudiug his only Baa 'to dm for ul Whs* groat evtofeoee could be given us. of his nndyiug interest In the accomplish utent of this cud ! If then, God to able, and so willing, yea, moat anxious, that the world should be conquered to Christ; If this to such a desfrabfe object to be gaiued; If all heaven Is engaged for this end, ought not the Church Of Jeans te exesrise foith for tin* 1 In other words, should we be aatitot vrfth any leas purpose, than the salvation of the whole world ! Have wr then, each of us, done all we aught to every respect, to hriug about this end! • • <-• . • All may not be nilssiouarics, to the settee that those are who go to for eign lands, yet wc oas and ought to be us truly to purpose and faith, mis sionsries.. In fect, tito*e>-who tabor at homo need the same consecration to »ho work, that those uced who go ahesod. Id we earns up to the rule lotil d«Wd bf the Apistl*. and "pro longed to be as a flame of fire glowing in the divine sendee, preaching and buOding up | Christ'- kingdom to my latest, my ' dying boar Hraiaerd. In times past, when I was bnt a young divine, methonght Paul did unwisely in glorying so often of his calling in ail his epistles; hut I did nnderstand hfe purpose; for I knew not that the ministry of God’s word was so weighty a junttcr.—Lu ther. I him (his sou) that his poor father learnt hia moat vain*We les sons for the ministry, and his most useful experience to religion, to the poor man’s cottage.—Leigh Jtiehmoad. I read other books that I may be tbe better able to understand the Scripture*—P. Henry. _ , May I be taught to remember that all other studies are merely subser vient to the great work of minister ing holy things to iBoortsl souls. henry Martyn. Patient application is every thing. Witbootqjt yen may have s number of half-framed ideas Moating in your saind; but deep, connected, targe, and consistent views of any subject, yon will never gain.—Miller. Abhor one hour of idleness as you would be ashamed of ewe hour of drunkenness.—Thomas Shepherd. One devout thought is worth them (his books) all-—Leighton. sufficiently represent the dreadful account that an unfaithful pastor wherever };c may direct, thufl wi direct** l of as in ■at <ifl The person who goes to foreign lands needs no more to be specially directed of GodAhau the minister at home, neither does the minister need special direction more than the mem J**t-j becoot the Church. Itat the truth and va ta, we ah need it, and should not dare to live without IkWe should have so mach of tfro’spirit and mind ^ , of the Master, that To* will would 8 P lnt drenched therein.- become oar frill, then we would do all we do with reference to his mind In my preaching, I could not be satisfied unless some fruits did ap pear in my work—Banyan. I would think it o greater happi ness to gam one soul for Christ than mountains of silver and gold to my self—*. Henry I long for the conversion of souls more sensibly than for anything be sides. Methinks I oould not only labor, but die few it with pleasure.— Doddridge. He (Alleiue) wss infinitely and insatiably greedy for tbe conversion Of sinners. God is my witness that your (his people's) salvation would be tWb sal vations to me, and voor heaven would bo aa two heavens to me.—Ruther ford. * A poor country parson, fighting against the devil in hie parish, has nobler ideas than Alexander had.— Airnn, Now, after forty years preaching of Christ and bis great and sweet salvation, I think I would rather beg my bread all the laboring days of the week for the opportunity of pub lishing the gospel on the Sabbath to aa assembly of sinful men, than, without such a privilege, eqjoy tbe richest possessions on eerth.—John Broww if Haddington. That a man is a minister is do token that he shall not be cast into heH fire.—Alexander. , Oh that I was all heart and soul and spirit to tell the glorious gospel of Christ to perishing multitudes I— S. mu. I see that spirituality of mind is the main qualification for the work ef the ministry.—Cryuhart. We are weak in the pulpit because we an weak in the closet.—Joshs. I know not what others think, bat tor my own part, I am ashamed of my stupidity, and wonder at myself that I deal not with my own and others’ souls as one that looks for the grout day of tlie Lord; and that 1 can have room for almost any other thoughts and words, and that such astonishing matters do not wholly absorb my mind.—Baxter. Ministers ore seldom honored with success, unless they are continually aiming at- the conversion of sinners. —Otce*. When he (Baxter) spoke of weighty soul concerns, yon wight find his very Bylretter. How touch more would a few good and fervent men effect in the minis- soate «nd will. When this ts the ease, try than a multitode of lukewarm ..It' A . ^ , „ • how could we look for and expect one-!—CBeoUimpadio*.