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The Law of Sin in the Keaton. Sit Paul write*. Hum. ix, 23: “But b 'AND 31^ tx. +«-tf I nee another law in uiy member* warring uguiunt the law of my uiiud, , aad bringing me iuto captivity to the brr of sin which n in my uicmhe *.‘ What is this law of sin in the iiicin beta ? It ia wluit still remain* of the BBsanetiflcd nature of the child of UotL When the lloly Spirit, the Sou’tiller, enters ami takes )*>*- seasiou of the penitcut. He Imni-he* f.otu him every evil spirit, anti im- imrta to him a sense of the fbrgive- uess of liis sins, |H>ace, happiness, and the hope of eternal life in heaven, lie also regenerates him, ami mat ■Caere iu his heart the prtsfs* ol sane!ideation, but tloes not wholly and perfectly complete it till death. II is only at ileirtk that—il I may 11Se the expression in this ctameetioti—He gives the last finishing touch to this peaces* The Holy Spirit can lie resisted in, this work. Man, as st free agent pos nesses the ability, either to co-operate with the Holy Ghost in the work of hit salvation; i. r., be willing fur Him to continue the work till it is com plated, or to hinder Him iu His work, and, by continuing to do so, to finally grieve Uijb entirely away. Many persons have most undoubtedly *tart- ti teetl in the divine life, but on ac- «smt of their haring faihsl to pernt tart therein, slid not obtain the “tfowu of life.” Tlie promise is, “Be^ then faithful till Jeatk, and 1 will give thee a crown of life.” The Apostle Paul, in one of his epistles, says of ^at*least aome of those to whom he waa writing, that they tlid run well fw « mma, but that they were Aia- Aftri from continuing or i<ersevcring ia tiie way in which they had begun. This most conclusively proves that a wan may become and remain a Chris tian—a real one—for a time, and, afterwards, cease to be one; or, vhich ia the same idea In other wards, that the Holy Ghost may *kk» possession of the heart and eontmeucc the work of its sanctifl <*tion, and yet may not only lie interrupted in the work, but may *“*% be grieved entirely away from the heart. The heart of man is, by nature, evil, ostf evil, aud continually so. It is utterly im]Kissible for man, of to think a gtiod thought, and ®uch less, to do a right deed. When however, man is brought out from his natural state into that of grace, «• natural pronem-ss or diH|MMotion to evil, is made to give way to a PWoeness or disposition to good ; so thot in thjs latter state, he is able to h**e good thoughts, and to do right ® w h > Tlie state of grace is but the ***** of warfare against pin, and the ®“natian soldier must, as we have niready seen, be faithful until death, *h* would obtain tlie promised ~tWwu of life." Having been brought ■*o the state of grace, it now rests ^relg K itk Aim, whether he will 7**"* ***** crown or not. If he • ‘ * to persevere after it, no power on earth or in hell can pre **** him from securing it; but, if jftthe other band, he determines, " rw R , ‘ whatever cause, to reliu- 1«*«h hi» pursuit of it, he is at lib- **tjr to do so. “law of sin in the members,” Jk*h, is one of the three great wwmies to the Christian’s attainment «*«Tial happiness. He has, 1k>w- the" ability to eudnre all its is common to man ; bnt God is faitk- lnl, who will not suffer yon to be tempted nbove that which ye are able, but will, with the temptation, provide a troy of escape, that ye may be able to bear it* “Hlesaed is the man that endurath temptation, for when be is total, he shall receive the crown of life, which tlie Isml hath i*roini*ed to them that ktve Him.” Blessed promises, both dc daring the ehristiauVi ability to «a- tlurr temptation. ‘>l>et no man nay when he is tempted, I am te,opted of God, for God cannot he tempted with evil, neither tampteth he any man; but every man ia teinjited »bet*' he is drawn away of his lust, ami ia enticed ;* that ia, whan he does not endure as he ought lo do, and has tlie |Miwer to do, but yiehls without resisting snffleH-ntly. Tlie lusts of the flesh may, at And, prove strong, ami coat the Christian no little trouble to soluble them; but, to keep them subdued, each suc cessive victory proving easier awl more speedily won than the former one. Thus persevering, and faith frilly using the means of grace at Ilia disposal, the Christian obeys the apostolic injunction, to “ grow in gracelie advadhes in tlie divine life, progresses in sanctification through the operation of the Holy Spirit, and is thus fitted (or heaven. With the A]Mistle Paul, be will joy fully exclaim. “1 thank God, through Christ,” finding in Him a njfleiemt help for all times of need. It seerfm to me that the “ law of sin in the memlier*” Amis a good illustration iirthc enemies of Israel, in the lund of Cuiinan. These ene mies of the Israelite* were not wholly driven out of tlie land and destroyed ; Imt a. gisslly |sirtitHi of them still remained thun’in niter the Children of Israel had become settled in the land. At first, only enough of them were destroyed to make room for tlie Israelites; mid, afterwards, just in ppi;»iit:o!ia< the latter wet numbers, were they tdrl^rrdestroyed. Tln-y would, ilouhtless, have all ln-en tles:n>y«sl, ill time, if tl»e Childn-n «»f Israel had continued to faithfully keep their |»irt of the eovenant that God bail made with them. They were not, however, all driven out before them; and the VAy of ic we learn from Judg. li: 20, 23. They were left to prore Israel, “whether they will keep the way of the Isgd to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not." So, when the Holy Spirit enters the heart of man, though He at oocc dislodge* ami drives therefrom all the “evil spirits” that may have entered and occupied it whilst in tlie state of nature, yet He does not, at once, entirely subdue, mortify anti erheify jbe fink. The back bone of tlm strength of the flesh is broken by grace; so that the child of God now has—though lie did not p rev Mai sly have—the power to resist tlie demands of its lust*. Neverthe Selections. aad a braoi L>r. Guthrie, the editor of tb« Ha a day Jlayatiae, ia travailing on the Continent, nml writing for his Month ly a aeries at beautiful article*. In the January No. we have a letter trout An Lea Barns, iu France. JIc found no 1‘rufrmUut service hi the towu, so jie spent the Sabbath “ iu — ■ — L that crowned iu minarit, lay lam de Hour get 1 its a alers gleaming iu the he bright anuahine, and reflecting, in a glassy mirror, the brilliant againat a rook, Hannibal we*; | We feel aa whan we gaac npon some croeaed them to deaoend like an nva- , HMinM sttincmlons object iu [gnclif on tlit* fair i»lnlim of Itnlv It • , waa aa nnparallehsl rnternriae, We “ ture —* mountain or fataract, the asure of a cloudless sky. All atynnd looked on tlmt arena to be rewimtal Armament or the ocean. The piety stood an axreediiig high wall ofJghut nofhinfflb impossilde to frtitli, lonae on the other baud, ia quiet inoanlgAaa with the mow* at winter aad *• believe more Artnly than ever 1 meditativef pensive and loving. It bqt “nigh thee, in thv heart, and ia yet lingering in their fruaoma, and that ia iU glorious mission the Go# - * - - ’ • them; it dwells more on the spiritual aigniActmce of the positive ordi nance* of the law. It is not fleshly circumcision, bnt “the cirenmeisfam of the heart;” not a word afar off, reading aud quiet worship on a lonely : Campunus and th. old Botnan tower lieight above the town.” But in |ms- that ruse above all the oiler building* sing u Catholic church he dronned ia . , *’® ,0,rl b reminded as how ■why praki sbootin| up iuto the akj, pel. borne on by the intrepldit v ami ou whom* savage ana naked summits | iem of ('hrtariana, shall mtimately over every oliataeie : giving a new aud more glorious meaning to these grand old w onls, “Worm Ja.-ob, thou slyll thresh the monatains’— no flower Ugs ever bloomed, nor frwft 1 triumph over every olmtaele i but the eagle's rested. The scene •ggeaUveof uleaaaot. prpfltaUe, pious thoughts. TTuj Areh of the old Bntui und to see what was going on, about lUm,r h *‘ l JT, . . , . . , ~i ’ “ some wreck, behind; and Uu* which Its tells at length. Then lie ,|| y dinwte.1 our f a goes on as fellows : (In quittiag a seeue (Tom the mummery an Home prv*riile.l herself n ancient ring bnt “What Art than, O great mountain-f befbrr Xmddmliel tbou shaft becoiu* a plum ” ■tar- .1 . m _ . aad to the time when the sura lord of jffo- a here, apart *» nmden.-K.nne, ' -L. L . . Mariolatrv * ,U,H ** MBML and the rry of ea T “ r grrenil ty peo in ao fm <ni-1 "hive.! aad is-nigh^d gathm* deltv- | exiwrieane are nutml Fam U* Cesinl rrraBytrrUO. TypeeofFisty. ia not the mountain or the cataract, thy mouthit ia the personal “choice Imt the unrufHed lake, reflecting the whom ye will aerre” that he |u r»«n pare stars. Looking ou him in his home on them. “Ob, that there early yoath, or in hia later years, were such a heart ia them, that they with hia mingled “light aad sweet- would fear me.” “He will love thee uem," we thiuk perhaps of that aud blew thee.,” “The Lord had a exquisitely descriptive line “how delight iu your futbetw to love them.” •weet the moonlight aleeim npon that “Lore ye, therefore, the stranger, bank T The piety of Jacob is more for ye were strangers." “He loveth fervent, active, hanlv, peraerverisg the stranger.” “The poor shall never ■ml triumphant as we behold him hi' cease out of the laud; therefore, I the crisis of his fate and culmination command thee aayiug, Thou shaft of hia glorjj wrestling with the angel open thy hand wide onto thy twwther, until Jbe break of day. J to thy poor, aud to thy needy in the Without going iuto detail* we see laud." Much are a frw of the gra- iom-*(>oodi!ig difference* in the mure , cions |assages in which it abounds, notable ehsrarten of the New TesU and it is in every way the peart ef meat; and among the Apostles of 1 the law. k . I uur IsMtt. The Religion* Paper of religious fa\iua ’nave.' *n<l is-nlgtimu asthma .Jelly- ] ex|«erwmrc are uuuuly ilet. nuiiH-d ble colour*, we climbed a gurge, down fro* hew )u», ehall resound j li> three the natural ten. which a stream, that turned —!*■■» *« »• •*** 1 iwrament, the event, of Tu lift an urnu of walnut trere, dcnceatS by a P r *> fr . “ How luag, 6 ImeiL htdy -* 1 **• aucceoMion of eua.-ml.-a tut., the town. ,n *^ kow feag I* Bight Iwfeflrt Hcnpture. we find the same markc.1 (re eau-rgiug Inmi Ha dark (kudows, n , *r , *w a trmw-t*feu« pr«rlpM-e; ahaig! indivulullilj that tre meet within and reaching the aummit of the fell, „,,^7^nmlhLirZ'XSnua «*““**. tbwRuwt |wmldc j UfuUy lUmrtreted the leading an.lt the Texaa BaptUt Herald hu t\m we tel .mrreKrama teuMjrjo u^'^tta - dta^ive .trrihute* of the 1 following good thing: ' - —i iimI now an the hmar didru, to Hw.-ier aad othews, hare pmuted out i*--i *J— i ■ >->— «e. inent hazard. Owe feUr Mej. 1 tin- dclmite dkarriniinatkjti of Ilouier, was • tenth. No power in mau tM gtvmg individuality to character* Uremia b.*u u-Ly.... i^, .i-^- ■— general da**, awl waving of Roarer a general re •emldauee. Maeeulay has aiqdied tlie scare oliarrv«A»<h>I.i Hhakco|icure, and shown that character* which we ehoukl generally grossly drarribe l^r j nreg, nr rwk* of differetit wand, or the prayer meeting. In* Wont—that ww feted these fee “'T of <Mlr *#*»•#■) and amid I tb * einlhefa, as llotapur and water flowing through nuU of differ c It leads to a better understand- ouce, gissl substitutes fer tteurdi •••'vh'owr aafety lies in mustant 1,’rinee llal, tsitk brave, impetnous. eot r.4or* ami qualitina, or the name ing of the ScripUtreo. nary I*»rd’« .Ur sermon. « aM.fulnesSj and the prayer. Hold .wgrr, V governed And impatient of ,u»gr reflected iu. larger or smaller. 7 I* im*wwe* iutrest in the spread that I mu toi** nutUr^nuil, by "P ^ ^ ^ ( >p|MiNitimi, trr itill in«li\ tduill " ‘ ‘■•■L mi in a tcinpl**, to tb# which, more than to any churvh w " m.w on tb. .. rabrefl by the iuumfl.s-u.-e and huml reek and now on the hmsr dtbrim, to l of man, tliene s onls migtit lie apidtaL i “The.glory of the Lord Altai »het ,brr * tessksl I *° aa tlm I crag to crag to lie at (Ire tmttore a < mangled hesp of hwqpuaity. It ra the mighty rampart of mouutaina, ao j '• l,ir 7* 1 *? *4v»d imsginatk*. to ts re Altai our minds with God, and the “"•«e.l hy *nrh a reeweaf the “ nar scene, in nuiftv of its a*|«-. ts, was ao r * , , w * 7 *^** lemleth la lift everiaat suggestive ol mune of the uoldest '"»■ •“« at those *|uritual daugere aud u»mt rewnfraWing pusssg,* of *° * r are expraed hi every rad these, lor •‘n* ^ ** r ^Ifffiaiafe; I .-ollstSUt 1 bon*.-." Such Hnldmth _ over ua—the . huultau. sky above our h.-tuls, tire amiliug vale at uur taw, Neandea angitis admiring ' 1 disciple, I»r. Schaff, have very beau , j ttfally illustrated the leading and] * ' I‘aid, r%ter, James and John. Tie 1- A good religiooa paper makes grace of God was the same in th^w Ghristian* more intelligent, arveral aulijecta, ht« iletermined In *■ I* "»»*« them more uaefuL ; its obvious manifestation largely by j A It secures better pay for the temperament, by time, hy Individ-! P«*t»*r. , nal einmmstance*, and by aortal surrounding*; like Ik|BOt pottred l Alt to veasels of variona shape* and secures motor. I 4. It secures better teachers for ! the Hubbatb-ocbooL ■ 5. It secure* better attendance at a rouglM-r or d in h rei “*• I we: ’J wL ! ni. . I ... I tint mv sisyMi ..ail ■ —*—- "« a brighter or dii (aalti.Mi.if rniugout fur no *. rumn ,H * , °* * ttf* lw*0 battlemriiu *“ •'“*‘"‘1) ItroimferUi the there are, arudgg from Hie pritLan at all, or short BermotualMl di.wt , *• gn.wn, t.mri before wnwth of the one, wooht be ouli* «g som<- am- of tlm Christum mr\km\ ThU rry in nftrii * mrrr cn, * r * ! P** w Jl1 ^ tb# uthrr. j vtrYfk** ao f«r m to be the character preteiK* the real object of dislike J?Jfe CT? Kvra (|3 il plrAw at ^re aarred iahe ot the mall aa a Christian, or U ‘J* 1h *" Sri m wrtt ^ ^ m *‘ rem .It-re ai\ into Ibr prevailing ,*,wer at some const, IfeJI’ the DJTuiTimii'ns.m^M • "* n - k «‘ ■>> »*' pvrfret reru » lro " l «* r « b ‘ p wonUl . w rational infirmity orVsetttng sin. iitay house, that tbev .few the li.Niar ri ‘> •»*•■» aflfrptal iu ohl drar them all to a uniform pattern Kerry experienced and observant of G.*l, nor weary to he a*ay. It i* the haudft.1 of men who ; sih! rise. Bat eafe, tlxjugh deliver- pnotar will i now aa of old, when there were no ^ ,r ** 1 " "*■'**. 0 "'mg the div inr mind in div ure word*, arreral type: .hZT, chira;,ra r ',"T.'. W ^; >f n! M-v ^ *n.e. aoronling to hu-n pmrnm:.. e^gregalfon. - pleasure in relight ' rirea f ae they <>*»«.« «he (nil nreaaing •*i*nUugiy, we fiu.1 ll^ These vioiatiAuauf hurmutty iu tone, 1 say—and would *uy, whatever %.-rv length ol the M-. UHg.-Sq,’*! I mu wearinef; when will If fie »v Tl...t UMalrrn is. m of suwh yW.iiws lire name uf the l*wd wnntnrrw as I bear,: *wd» a high tower, of the goafk-L A It help* to settle Church diffi culties. It gives unity of faith and ' practice. 10. It expose* error. 11. It places weapon* iu the hand* i of all to defend the truth. 12. It affords s channel of oommu- illustration* of the ideation between brethren. piety in hi* own; IA It give# the iww* from the - j Churches. 14. It bring* out the talent uf the u pon.1 .J firet. Mil .‘ >n *l ^ f*,!**! i Hue. bi Btanv in- •"♦•“J - m.V atrinigfudd and J rrave ii.-n-.ts id th. n ’ at w hffiu »ImU I U- afraid I, i.iiu a.. .n I will not frit though an host ohl cdfeglaiut. stum-. *, more to grav iM-ajerw’ heart* than to anything in the pr. acbcr'* dim-eurae, tlie ease is one Irewbieh the worils of .Mir Ism! U..M.I l.wvikly apply—“Why Iw^oidcsl thou the unite that is in thy brut tars eye, but cuMthlereat not the brum that is leas, it still retains enough of strength to teat and prore his allegiance to hi* Go«L If faithful, be will keep it in due subjection, if not, it will overcome bint. We are a great difference in Ure Uvea of ebriwtiana; why f It ia ow ing, doubtless, to the reason that some make a faithful use of the means of grace that God has given them, whilst others do not. The result is, that the former steadily grow iu grace, daily advauce unto “the perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,” whilst the latter, eittar exhibit but a sickly growth in grace, or, being overcome by tlie coiubiurd influence of the world, flesh aud devil, Anally perish. W. E. dr vigour • standard “ Hit unlit tic” Knee,—Medical lite rature contributes a new term to the “Slang Dictionary.” That peculiar swelling of the knee which used to be called the “ housemaid's kuee ” is now known among the surgeons as the “ ritualistic knee.” Fart.—Some months ago we learned that siionge cake was used in the communion service of a Boston eliinch. The New York Ate now ra ports that there is n certain pulpit in Brooklyn where the sermon is made up of a mixture of jokes, with occa atonall.v quotations from negro min strel melodies. “ Hhoo Fly ” »• sung occasionally in the Sunday-School, with religion* adaptation*. The name Of the enterprising clergyman i* not given. and brilliancy, and that.the of taate ia m-leh higher than U used to be. More ia now expected of tta pulpit: and no man cun All ft well who .lorn not beatnw on hiadisrourses much time, ait.I not a little lured study. Yet many seen: to think it an easy thing to preach; that tta work of a few hour*, or of a day nr two, at tta end of tta week ia all that the pulpit requires. Not m> thought Isaac Barrow. It ia told of that great nhiloaoptar and divine that he once heard another preach one of his own printed discourses. Hr asked tta plagiarist—who either did noS know that Barrow was the owner of the stolen property, or w as hht ques tioner—how-long it took him to make that discourse; and oo Tta other saying live hoars—“It ia very enri ou’*," *nid Isaac ; for it took me not leas than live weeks." Not ao thought Robert Hall same taowiifril variety «u.l tta name j au.1 of symmetry in form,* Are trife marled imbridualtty, iu More*. Dim only uf tta imperfect manifestation* let, Karfcret. 1 ‘ rad Jeremiah, of ptefTbi ftttloi tfcew. jn our titered aa IB Homer, .Karhylua. Soph.sire M the light of Divine holiness and Kurf]*de*,* shone through the unclouded atoms Aa all the MJeru of grace an- ,Jrere of a pure humanity. Tlie tta aim* of God and the tain uf a bnghUMwa of the Divine gloty in Him eumuoMi inheritance of glofy, there appeared tedisperardly or obscurely, are i«tnc general priuciptrB or few with slant or broken beam*, or in'a tures, iu which they all mutable otu limited apsor, or through s lamp of a anther, awl tta diflrrei.ee* between earthly mow id or make, but as iu tta then* are differetrera of .legn-e not Hoahioisrir, full oriwd, complete, iu uf kiwi, individual not specific. There unJlitaifi-d ubundanee aud unclouded tta |>nari|Md iwstntaina' arr however many varieties in tta glory; gilding with impartial and of tb.- Chain ot Danphiny. There, types of genuine piety, tta rtarrftil qgperial ray tta tops of tta highest m.we than in gorgcaiaratbrdral with —tta dc*|M*Klent r tta affeettouate. mountains aud tta depths of tta most all It.praysfdNrasndaH.Bfrwhil the revere. Thi. Chriatuu. m.niaten. «,-i lldpd vallma; hurting at tta great Orat.ir lights op the sub>-rt ou * ht to rrco,,r, ■ , •“ tta instruct nut* sagx- moment front iu cxlutultleas with ttuahes of brilliant etoqurMc, we iu, I“ rt - H* couwdafhmB they fonnUiu in tb# sky ou the wave# of Wt tb# mn|fnit)(¥nrf of aftntl, ami tin* ilutMW which thf) iJjp tartheat ocean, iuhIwvfrinjj tith •*“! I,r 5‘* rr bo * rxart - a garment of light a distant oouti hia b hawl? r wVh"ttaL^^ai“ l mu , L£ wr ** *« ,loo ‘ »«*ut; inviting tta earth with inaui around us, heaving up their tek* #wl ^ 'wrirty of fold taautied and ^mpurpliug the »ir shooting their rocky pinnacles chara.-t.-ra presented in tta S.Tip cloud* of taaveu with radiant and many col on-d glories. tlie RMHiittains in resies and tta hills representative of every tempcranient i n i t f in a balance: and how, safe in his *. al „. .V*/—_ 1,1 Ue *' rn U,r "* ,oU W,U t>e *° Ur ttaour, hia pro pis. though * ”'cr> trait, and th. evor-vsry iig e their Lord that no virtu# will be ten thousand danger*, ‘ ln * ^ MPW*I , UI of piety M developed, us to be dispro|«ortu»n .-an sing, as we lifted up our voicre, the tferiptunr, rrom tta |»n»rouud aU tufllntHMuoua, and no defect cst anguish to s bird like aoug of joy, ] ^ b)MIIM h wU1 he found in “that snaring up to heaven's gate asceuda.” Tta reasons of tta year from tta ice of winter to tta fervid apieudors of summer—tta varieties of climate from tta regions of the Arctic circles to the briglitnes* of a Tropic sky, tta alternate changes of a day wheu the ami is ovcrsba.l- owed by'a cloud, ami the name bright hurtling break* forth in a flood of glory, (milling hi light and beauty, earth and heaven, do not vary more thungh should encamp against ure. Before US mre tta serrated snmmits “f the Mont du ( bat ; the tuosSeon spu'ii.His uf there a nreky pyramid. called tlie Dent du Dtat, that shooU in thine us* eve f First coat MB’ ,n, ° ** r •** height of ->.OOU tta taum out of thine Own eve. awl »•■»<, an* front winch tta eyr cum then shaft thon »*- Hearty to cam * K^noaa view »1 La Tour tta w.Me out of thy frrottar's eye." ol* 1 *"’ ^ tfel'e, L Mote, Mnat tbi tta other baud, it is but fair to • *»•*•*■* say. that preachers are not blameless in this matter. There are few things more tantolizing awl intolerable than lo have to sit .MU a weak, twa.idling, dull, dreary—as we say in Nrotluud, it retch—sermon ; cold, perhaps, to Ismt; unlike eveu the last cup of tea. where tta heat may some* hut i-oiu neiinute for tta want of strength. lYeoctara let ttam |mni»u me for sayiug- should ismsidnr that, throngti SilTjil ‘V‘° ,,M> W “* ’? h "' , h,,w IT w«gh«i ‘.ures; eharaiteni reverslly and truly ... -sit. . . , - llm Buui *at a t uw flaw mouLu aaui Ik# 1..IU . • re . (lufltinioiUMHMl Alik# for th#ir love and teat suUijS#iihy can stng. as we and sting tkst day, ‘1 lotfekills MW lUBctire • rrum .km <kMk tun. «.*•■*!; >1/ wh; In** th* L*r< Wht l.sorn *»J MMti* hath owS* Th* h# h* ■ so. h. red*. Kur win ha *hH*hw aw ihr»ho*fa. Boissk h* that katft larwt Ha Swhw sat aar Oraya • Nor was it tta glory of God only that filled this temple and our thoflghu that pleasant Habimth day. Tta Bibb - iblr teaches us that it was bis fton, Jeans Christ, He Blade things that an- made; and this aome of divine power aa.1 BtagniAcetiee 3 looked the grandeur ia Mr rasa ftsr thraffire several strain, of Scripture bring aaouctated with tlie Ksta of i . in lWl i.*,!*,. Bethlehem, tta Man of-Borrow., the ! in 1 Horn flee of tta Croso, he blcaaed I «lr»-aing the revel any. “ The King’s daughter ia all glorious within, her clothing ia af wrought gold." Then slut 11 tta sons of God be iwrarnted before tta i«re*eooe of their Fsther with exceeding joy. J. M. A. Tta of Dsatarwaray. Thi. greatest of mod Haviour on whore love and power to rni pulpit orators deelsretl bill some save rested all our hopes tor time short while before he died that lie and fur eternity, had tormented biiurelf all his life Amid such scenes it might be long in trying to preach well, so l thought msu and bis proudest works never succeeded. Nor was would ta forgotten. And ao they (l#ttti^ing th# jtftopW isr 1 —that of a maa w «IP> I Adam Clarke of a different opinion, j were, with one remarkable exception To one who, on entering ou them in- istry, asked him how he could best j 1,800 years pre pure his discourses for tta pulpit, say so, these grand mouuUuis to la ta gave this memorable answer— , bis monument, and proclaim to all Brother, study yourself dead, aud future generations what courage and pray yourself alive again 1 * indomitable energy con achieve. We have no syu>)iathy with those | Hannibal, on hia way to tLoader st preachers who seem to think it an tta gates and strike a blow at tta easy thing to make a sermon, being heart or Borne, round these mountains - * mu which barring his path. They seemed to Kvery one feel* that tta piety of beard with | say, as they frowned down on the Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was little bold intruder, Hither Shalt thou come, several experiences of la of God, and often of the same soul a( several periods, and under altered circumstances. What imimrts such ;>ecuHnr value to tta practical w ritiiig* of 1 >r. Archi bald Alexander iu common with tha be.t productions of the great old Nonconformist divines, Owen, Flavel, Baxter, and Bunyan, is thrir'drep knowledge of tlie wotkiug of tta religious affections, and the diversi fied form* which true piety may- sum of this, that tta rermoas are made with core are difficulty. But we have sym SSL with each as undervalue ;.but no further! A gout herd a i* ,m1 different, though he may tug what experience has fataphenl might climb these crags Dot ,We l»riia|)s to specify tta proved U) ta tta greatest instrument and cross the barrier; but how was of conversion -, and yet for once we 1 ta to surmount it with au army of did not feel any want on that height .10.000 foot, 80 elephants, and 8,000 above tta town of Aix lea Ham*. It horse# in his train t Yet animated by patriotism, and sustained, as ta ever. It is projKjoed to increase the num ber of Representatives in the House from the present figure, 237, to 300. and only jarted trout it b, swelling hill, iv a gently- that resemble on il studded with Vsiuut erected by the hand of nature, and and chestnut trees, and covered with | against which tta power of man would vineyards that mounted by suucos- \ only ta burled to bs broken as the sir* terraces to a grove of dark firs wavets iuto spray when it is dashed distinctive character of tta piety of each of these illustrious saints. We all feel ia tta presence of Abraham, the fit liter of the foithful, aud es pecially ia that supremo moment wheu with np lifted hand ta is ready to sacriflcs his soo, hia only ion, Isaac, at tta command of God, as in tta presence of a superior being. Ws fret that tta character ot his Tlie last book of the five written by Moses is remarkable a* .haring with the 1‘salms and Isaiah the honor of I icing most frequently quoted by Qhrist. It differs from tlie other three, vrtiich contain the institutes of the Jewish religion, iu its popular and poetical character.— Exodus aud Numbers are tta law ImmAsYUmI the Annals of the choseu Niitjjfc. This last is it* epic aud Hong Garland. This is the book in which Moses serins to speak out moat freely afid from the heart.— Twenty years of leadership have taught him much; repentance aud rebuke and failure have softened him. Tlie service of God has taught him a deeper trust and love. Thi* book is tta swan-ssng of tta poet of the divers order* of the E^angeli- denomination, and makes it useful on a wider scale. IA It thrown light upon obneure questions of practical interest. 10. U gives light ou obscure passages of tta Bible. 17. It cultivates a taste for read ing. 18. It make* tta children more intelligent. 19. It makes better iiorent*. 20. It makes tatter cbiklreu. 21. It awakens interest for tta sal vation of soul*. 22. It gives general religious new*. 23,, It gives tta more important current new* of general interest AU thNP ft furnishes at a very small cost compared with it* value. Chrirtiaa Union. While we are hardly prepared to go tta length of tta Ckriatian Adro- eate in pronouncing tta division among Christian* a blessing, we heartily agree in calling for produced denominational aeutimeuts: “ Some person* seem to think that there must be a kind of op]iositiott and antagonism between the spirit of Christian union and a special attach meut'to one’s own specific religious connections; that Christian union demand* a kind of eceleoiaatacal com munism, or else a cosmopolitan indis crimination and a disregard of indi vidual relations and preferences. That Methodists should have a higher appreciation of their own religious order than any Other, and a closer affinity for its .members—and so of other denominations—seems to us, ou the other hand, uot only, natural, but right aud desirable, and quite consistent with the- largest charity. We are free to confess that we look upon tta distribution of our Protest ant communion* into churches und confederations of churches of various names and orders as uot only a ne cessity growing out of human folly und wickedness, bnt also, on tta whole, a blessing. Without it there would be in the ecclesiastical state a lack of Christian , freedom—of the variety needful to answer men’s varied tastes and opinions; while the existence attld action, side by side, of the XC Psalm. It is Aaron's rod btosoomiug and bearing almonds. Aa Isaiah sunt* tlie spiritual side of the prophecies, ao Deuteronomy sums up tta spiritual aide of the law. There is a gradual rise in the style of the book, as it begins with the narrative of the Lord’s mercies, pro ceeds to the summary reheraal of tta Lord’s at suites, and close* in a strain of exalted anil prophetic poetry. It come, home to men as the earlier hooks do not; expresses higher ex- it* sip 1 r cal Protestant*, tends to promote a healthful rivalry. No donbt these divisions have often sprung front other than Christian' influences, and been perpetuated at the expense of the charity of tta GoapeL Ia this country, especially, there are unques tionably too many distinct ecclesias tical bodies divided rather by their organic forms, or historical condi tions, than by anything of vital im portance. These are tta abuses of freedom. ; They do not, however, piety ia grand, magnanimous, heroic, peetation* of tta spiritual life in militate against it* existence.'