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few V. r #■*!***• A. *■' ir ■4 '-#■ : SfcS^ r ?jE3© NEW SERIES, VOL, 2-NO. 23. ~r »A ~TtT*~-rrr ~r Ttvt'jT "Vi', ?'. Vj. • “ONE LOUD, ONE 7 m j. FAITH, OHS BAPTISM."—EPHS8IAN8 IT: 5. •OTBI ,t COLUMBIA. S. C„ WEDNESDAY. MARCH fi. 1870."^," OLD SERIES, VOL, IV.-NO. 80. BUDE IS ftlBUSUKD JtVEKY WEDNESIMV &MILLEIL TERMS: lu. tjrriCtvN Visitor 1« to sub- •Ju/r-■ ,jS8 |Mr J*«Mf |»U Is «lr.nee. n—«w». Mr Wklm »k1 awd«.U « »«»Vx*<l #* 00 per y«sr, il |»»*I in -{We wk0 *> «* PST »tU-iu ilir*» , „1 rU time tl.eir jeer team*. will iu uTrj* h. Mnml SAyeente wlditiuml. um or loromsisfl: «•**«•*■*>: „ nn^inmnmo V-f . 1? 0««»« h - ? 2, fM rJrmttwmetit* of three «qu»rm »o4 up- 1 dMoant el *0 per tent. of lire vT^***, SB per ant of ten equere. .ml W w»^r* pet rent-, .mirfoo. h«tf column lidnr-rtM*. 50 per cent eiB be Aeduet.-J from ^(taeemwe. oumwiM. when mere then Bee line*, tea a^SnSJutwof*, pj'V'» • dT,D< '” Prwuge—PtT< «*■*» per e«»rter fg- Pfc hi—*— hU burinoM lettlen A. R RCDK, tUwle. 8. a Original. of deguueraey they Mould route, like [ the brazen avrpeut, to U w«roW|w4-; I Whoever Mm looked csaqally into Kcvektuxi of .IoUb, uuint Imv? AMho epistle to ihe Bouton# there | Oimoovwod that througbuattee book, appear* lobes plain allutem to tliie doguot-rucy wlierr it ja said : “*rthcT changed tlie gbiry of the incorruptible Better, iierhapa, to reauiiu in sight reproduce then M historic ssonu mresssrily be a UttW prolix, because of the garden, slid to see ss from sn wcutsof tbs post i snd iu the progress | fuudaraetitally Unportant. eminence the “tree of life” afar off. It would keep then mindful of their transgression—of their loss, aud of the implied, promised restoration through the “seed of the woman.” Neither is there any propriety iu sup posiug that the “presence of the Lord” was in auy other place than at the coat of the garden and in the way to it. And there, before that “flame-sword thiug,” Adam and Eve, probably, and afterwards Caiu ami Abel, brought their offering*. And ns iu aftertimes the Divine accept mice was frequently signified by a Thimphu hr OsM ffesn •y ■ City hitts he heart unutterable TtW.1 Tt is WVre iL _ .... „ - tigs tewifl. It Bears the Satisfied •“— "I - "**' r4mUlni%mnmWtt^Smi <* tarm. owmumt. • gtr+rngtC jet Hf things are tie*. It ( I M The Usi fhsf sMdr as U Dfrfsr.” V. borne, the home of sit oar good a plain alluoum to this n,>rw M B ningMug of Old 1“ • r *ry |«irt, and In the harmonious thoughts, inspirations, deaires, and “ T1 » . v ami of New Teatameut thoughts, ami f *' see the traces of the Oirlue CMolveS f uhas, aud modes of speech aud fig Maud which has formed us." tJfcr Uod into au image made like to cor rupubic man, aud to birds aud tour tooted beasts and creeping things." Thus, “they changed the truth of Uod lie.” Tho symbol In itself the hand of the gpiiU draw the pic of exquiatle workmanship through contained a truth ; aud when plaowl uirtat UaU<maU»UC dlvbMS. sod not <*t; the very Ideal of perfect** Iu from the *n tor’s , urea. Did it com* by accident t or [ trholo being hears the Mdmf 6f iM ^ design f Did it .Mow out naturally vlns ownetdMlp. A hnnsn temple, Lrsiuiug wit h mighty pillars, afiSuMU with ‘AVshChaMt 0 » pHUTfuw I - . sod habits of tomepupa I or did j *8* pralao «f the great Archictect; proiarly , iu Its eunurxwu with the few of Urnae who wosdd bo griey-; ^>a»t.T *«d foaftMmiT »hooe symbol of Jehovah,’* pfosnuos, Ji taught the truth of Cyd—that mar ously offended, if i , tioaahsm. (not iu the ( ttre miraculously kiudlcd, au theu the ^wheu exalted by Divine gnw^, can tho (htotoficol sruos dame may have reached forward, or I *“ “ " ’* M| No doubt your reader* irW be glad to hear about it There is such an outcrj at prwent oyer “ want of money,” “hard times," “fsilures,’ that aomething in the opposite strain with Ba- f^pWs, p.«dM and tnuispdrtqifc It : ,iU be u pleasant relief. Yon ought but m Meeting and eoniwtlng the purest to have otgpe rich eburehes in votir lanaj,'tight than heaven, are M towards vhrtrlngVfrv, bat 1 v^ktmt Old Tsstamsnt Sy®holism. thk rHuarniM—mo n. In the former number, syuiltolism —the laagaage of action and ot fimn —wMbfieffy considered. It was ex {gained bow a composite figure would, ia statuary language, represent man ss exalted, both iu a natural aud also ia a spiritual point of view. It was ahowa that the Cherubim of Kzekiel were such composite figures. Strong reasons were assigned why his should present the same sp|ieurauce as those ia the tabernacle or temple. Aud an important doctrinal teaching was as rigned to them as placed in close connexion with the fiery symbol of Jehovah’s preser.c ■. Also it was shown that the manner iu which Moses has spoken of the Cherubim in Eden, was adapted to iaiu.se the Israelites to infer that their up]>eur ante and use were the same ns those in the tabemaele. The design of this number i* to illustrate and confirm, ss for a* legitimate inference can confirm the last, p oponition. If the presence of the Cherubim in Eden was unknown to fallen man, the port of their occupauey was of no significance to him. If their appear ance suggested that they were celes tial beings, of an order and nature greatly superior to him, the inference would be that the “tree of life” und the “blissful seat” were to man irre coverably lost. On the other hand, if they presented the appearance of human beings, with marks of exalta tion about them, it would inspire ■an with the hoi>e that when exalt ed thnmgh or in connexion with “the •red of the woman,” he would regain the substance of what he had lost. And in beholding such symbols of hwsnity exalted, moving freely srennd and dose up to tbc fiery »y«bol of Jehovah’s presence, the We* of a reconciliation and of n dwelling together would be most forcibly presented to those who were bitterly lamenting the estrangement «f the transgression. That the Cherubim was an angel from Heaven, brandishing a gleam ing sword at onr guilty, terror stricken progenitors, is an idea poetical enough, but it is bad theology. The original phrase, rendered a flaming ■rowd, is, literally, “a flame, a sword." ■ean either a gleaming sword, or a sword-shaped flame. It is not probnble that swords then existed. H*Uee sneh a symbol, as a gleaming sward would ltave looked significant. But when Moses wrote, the term added to that of flame, would explain to the Israelites the appear- *** of the flame, aud also suggest •oroc connection between it and the “pillar of fire which they nightly be bold, and likewise the shining iu the moctuary. The construction of the t*xt docs not require us to connect tbe “turning” and the “keeping of lb® way of the tree of life” with the therubim, but only with that flame **ord thing, whatever it may have b**n. Hence a tall, slender, sword •■sped, waving flame, rising up in 1* way over which Adam and Eve *®ot ont of the garden, would have b*en quite sufficient to keep them oot of ft and away from the tree of (For we may concieve of the luodaries of the garden as having b*® formed by the river flowing ‘*® r ' y “round a large tract of land, two rivers nearly meeting and »«tt diverging and afterwards flow- together.) Nor was it necessary they should go very far away. fire gone out from it, aud kindled Use offering of Abel and others. At all events, the brief ntanuer iu wlunb Mooes has treated this point, aortas to imply that if there was no Uadi ttou among the peofUe explaining the wanner of uooeptaacr, it was intend ed that they should mfer it to have beeu the auiwe as in aftartiiuea. in deed, there are awe reasons for Uunking that the system ot syw bobcat teaching aud worship, estab lished through Aloaee in the wilder ness, was but a re-eetabiialiaieut of the autediluvum system, with some additions necessary to meet an in creuse of iguuranre on the port of the people. The garden of Eden, with its Cherubim jwtd dame-sword, aud with the offerings brought before aud accepted by the Divine presemw, stood to A dan aud hia family ia much the same relation that the tabernacle with its t'berubiiu aud the shining presence, and with the sacrifices brought and accepted, stood to Utr Israelites encamped around it, but forbiddeu to cuter. And however fearfully that iaiue-sword would have flushed in the iitce of any w ho wouhl have tresspassed on the forbiddeu ground, us tire from the presence of tlie Lord eame out ami devoured such trespassers as Nmlsband Abihu, the two hundred ami fifty princes in the reltelbou of Korub, ami the mur uni rent iu the camp; yet the safety und the freedom with which those symbols of humanity exalted, ap preached or stood near, would en courage tbc most timid to draw near, through faith in the premised de liverer, and by a departure from all iniquity. Outside of the Bible there ia an other line of argument which leads to the same conclusion. Home writers nf infidel tendencies, have labored hard to prove that Moses waa greatly indebted to the Egyptians for many of his symbols. This baa beeu met, though weakly, with the assertion that it is just ss probable that the Egyptians borrowed from Moses. But others, convinced of the great antiquity of some of the Egyptian symbols, have conceded, by ij|r, too much to this borrowing theory. Leaving out of view, for a moment, the pattern shown to Moses on the mount, and granting the remotest antiquity claimed, by any, for Egyp eian symbols, the question arises: Where did the Egyptians obtain their symbols f And now, since many similar to those of Israel aud of Egypt have been recently dug up from beneath the rnbbish of Nineveh, the question returns : Who did tbe borrowing f If we should take from the Mosaic system the Scriptures, the .Sabbaths, tbe distinction between beasts, clean and unclean, and tbe place known us the Presence of the Lord, with the Divine acceptance ot' offerings, how little of the system would remain ! Yet all of these ex isted before the flood, and probably, were all kuown, aud, to some extent, regarded in Egypt aud in Assyria long before Israel became a nation. Did these uations invent all these T Or, did they come to them, through tradition, from beyond tlie flood t And if they obtained all these by tra dition, why not their composite flg urea, like the Cherubim, also 1 It is not likely that the “ son* of God ever wandered far from the place called the “ presence of the Lord ”; but that all the ungodly, like Can, “went out,” and never dwelt very near. Noah, probably, bad undiatnrbed possession, and went oat only to “ preach righteousness.” His sons, therefore, may have seen the garden from without, and the Cherubim, and even the “ tree of life” at a distance. And when the flood had swept all these away, they could tell their pos terity all about them, and also the story of the serpent. There is no necessity for supposing that symbols of things before the flood were reproduced, iu order to be worshiped. But the grandsons, il not the sons, of Noah would sertainly ban® fellowship With pod. Jhit w|»ao ha\« adopted the Urospy of “wode the skies that angel* only might look a,«t mme of ^fhs* ran compare with loan, uqt liking u> reuuu Uod iu bis Mgued liappruing to bk ao," from the A temple of the floly Ghost, a the church Which l am about to speak know ledge, bed loet the meaning of previuU* trsiniug and" bal.it* of the homau habitation for the Indwelling the symbol, aud mietook It for a « n ux But in this miugUug of the «*f God. tvjireeeutaLou of Uod, the truth Ip | Old and Mew, there m an srdsr and a J '®eh are the pmmilxliues of our it “was changed into » la:’ that' which Uod had presented as s rep reestqjtfoo of shat man by Ilia freer might liroonie, mau book to be a BwptKwvnUiUun vf «Inti Uod iu If im- aalf is. And oooe broken loose trust worthy of A fundamental rxprveeed ia ao obviously euoufb lyi port toms of revested the ('lunch of (be Spirit prumfplr. QissesK. Mtorae, good troth they I with the Divine here are when words, yst • *01. ndcr many pertwi man is he who carries rath, is that ‘ himself with obedienw to the voire kingdom of of hia Crewtor. Who listens and wad irill re* J obeys. Who allows tbe nature! lire appointed. Uw corrupt Mnaffuw^te 1 ’(,«*• (« fo, i R all wffsi wtMf gadrr.dH !*** Wmt him to ht* f reator and the form aud use of *y«bul* divinely ‘ his grace, iu W*. Wtei 1 uyv«, »« I ead He i mmt CAsrx* rternat life to utter ttxar flaims Iiefore of. Of the members of this church It la written that “ neither waa there any among them that lacked." You «m find tbe mn account in Acta, 4th chapter. Whether money scarce then as wfth as or not, ft Is eerwlfi they had dll they needed and wanted, and therefore were richer than any' church T know of among oiuwetrea. The world, of room, must snd will be poor. tYf gee around us a mold (WW. not iu all manor* qt dwVhsM!, w ——, _ J | _ ^ , „ | .. just aa it hua since done, when for j sa fir ssaw/wwadaftea^arsf —ate.Usd tbe W«VI, and who, setting store by tode of people Who spend what they sakiug the form of soaud sonU / vr tkr mmtrnJ. Hug principle has. «”»> happioeaa, urge* even fwulty hare foolishly, and then complain Corruption iusymbuliam has its onus bora, aud no a is, deaiod lij many, within him toasrds the goal of ooo of the money pressure. Tbe other terpart iu tho corruption of doctrioca Hence there was a a» scanty to teach •** *•““ Divine wfll iu all day I asked some one from a great delivered through the language of it, as by example, la tke dosing book thing*. He does not deny enaadeucc. metropolis whether there was any won la. of the Ias|4red volume. When omr h* 1 ^ de*tea the world aud sin. He ^ now „ tbnneriy for silks, Jewd Opiamiliuo to Ihe inspiration of Lord chose frrelre, lasteml of tea or llor " m,< his reason, while he ry, sfli-er plate, foe. to my surprise, Muses has, therefore, rendered the twenty *jwattes—the number of the Samples aml °r foot the vain philuso | tearoed that these things were eon cause of truth S great, though uudr patriarchs ur Uibes of Israel, sad phws of men. fie does not deny bis sfttercri among the necessaries of Hfr. signed service. By pressing lussd when he seut forth serrsty instead of Mfr any rational ddight or pleasure, And maWTcryowt os if starring when the Egyptian onguu of certain Ms- J fifty or au hundred disciples to teach fe® “ eonnts all things hot loss * t h« y comet boy rbetnl Alas, world sate symbols, r»tweialJy a Mippusrtl msuiblame between the tsbernurte Cbersbim snd certain roaipoaite wiuge.1 figures of Egyptian super atitiun, the deft-uae has lawn forced —the u a mi her of the chiefs of Israel. Ills arts were full of significance. They taught that he had come not to ilcatruy, bat to ftitfit—that be dal not intend to set naals the old king for the excellent knowledge of God arr poor .odecd ! There U not wbteb hr employ, and pursue.. ,«e of them bat lacks many things. He recogniirs the great troth that We are not sarprmeriwt ft. - the deep want of hia life is rummun That a churdi should b. poor, bow ion with his Creator; that tbe tool, j ever, i* something strange- What, boi k from a false, to tbe true line nf dom ot Uod, and rstoUiah a new one *° »«>derftil and so aspiring, rests in not the Vaster as able ss ever to argument. Morecomprrfarusixc aial accurate views of ancient «>mbohsai iu general, have aiigg(war<l that the raauuer in wliit-h both the tabernacle ami tbe E«lrnte f 'bentbiui arc area tiuucd by Mosca, require* some run uexiou between theta, both a* to appearance and ana. Hence the guardian angel with his drawn award —that ateni symliolof jartirr nnpru- pilisted, m required to vacate the guardian and things about Eden to to put on a more urereifui snd gospel aspect. Aud Mow*, ia the law, becomes full of gospel truth. This isterpretatioo of tbe t'bcru bus bring recrivrd, the recently ex to essrutially different, but ouly develop lire uht <me so that, in aoare re»|awl», it wouhl have tbe s|>pcar slice of a new Kingdom. Hi* pro ccUurc in thear eases, furuiatre* the < \planal ion of all the mingling ot the Old amt the New. in the Apoca iy par, it ite rialwi of John. When Heaven wa» o|»-mti to the New Tea taineut prophet, it waa opened in tire f«*tu aud with tbe furniture of the t. tuple or tnbrrunete ; thus linking ths Old with the New. When Uod »plica ml to him, seated u|*m Ilia tlirone is dreadful majesty, “lightnings, uml tbuuderings, and voters procetsted out of the throne,” burned Asayriau figure* have aa im M when be ant enthroned upon Ml. portent double use. They are proof Sinai. And when Uod was about to of the accuracy of the Ibbte, wbonjanv* near to Ills people, the rloml rejoreew only when in the com plarrut presence of iu great original —the sourer and cud of all perfection. ox tur out iirx WAT. Tarrr are a# sew paths Is Isaor aaH fiery ! The fickle indices of pervert rd minds do nut point ov er the nou lain* of difficulty and plains of don grr to the repose snd happiness of the cuoqorring spirit. They |spot to fields of prwsret pleas ore, where fountains of deltcuais but fading waters play in beautiful but ephemeral aernery; where bewitching music, but music snip, ravishes tbc rsrsml seduces the Soul; where Time ia enthroned upon a pyramid of flow keep Ilia disciples T Hat the terrible state of the •atioual finances affected His resource* V Ah, we have only to do ss did the member* of the rich church of which I have spoken, and we too shall be rirta. They consecrated everything to tbe Lard. This waa the secret of their w ealth, and of their happiness. And for what are oar trouble* designed but to make u* learn this Name secret t The pressure of poverty will bring to the surface whatever of distrust there may be within. The Almighty turn* ttatn dreadfhl screw tighter and tight er, as ft determined to extract the last drop of self from aa. There i* nothing we are more igno affirming the aneieut existence of fig ure* ao strong in appearance to a*, as are the Cherubim. And they lur uihIi means of clear, consistent, ami profitable exposition. Tbe “ four living creature*" around the throne of Uod, miugted witte the four and twenty elders, have long beeu tbe opprobium of diviuity doctors. In that complex nyuiliol they, mauifeal iy, are not angels; for Ihe angels um ter stood in the outside c ircle, around the elder* ami around the living ere* lure*, lie v. vti: 11. The ektere and the living creature*, bat not tbc au gel*, joined in the song: “Thou art worthy to take the book, aud to oiien tlie mtals thereof; for thou w oat aiaiii Ulld kfllt wirrmrd US to Ood kg tkg blood, out of evrry kindred, and tougue, and |ieo|»le, and naliofl; aud ha t made ss unto our God king* and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.” But when the work of re demption Was contemplated objrrtitr ig, the angels and every creature could join tlie elder* aud living crea tures in ascribing “ Blearing and honor, aud glory , and power, unto Him that Bitteth upon the throne, and unto the I-a mb for ever ami ever.” The coneJurioa, therefore, ia unavoidable that tbe “ living ere* tures” were not angelic, but human beings, and subjects of redemption. FTOm their invitation, at tbe open ing of the first four seals, “Come and see,” it has been argued, that they symbolized tbe extraordinary, white the elder* symbolized only the ordinary office bearer* in the Chris tian Church. But surely tbe com forting revelation made to John, (chapter 5:5.) by one of the elder*, respecting the “Lion of the tribe of Judah,” and tbe explanation (chap ter 7 : 13—17,) aa to whence they came, and who they were, that were “arrayed In white; robes,”—sorely these, to say the very least, are as extraordinary a* the *Come and see" of the “four living creatures.” Noth idg of the kind can therefore be legitimately inferred from the facta ‘ of the case. Then why were these composite figures Introduced Into thi* complex symbol.? The answer must and the glory so filled tbr Heavenly temple that uo mau could eater or remain within, as they dal at the dedication of the tabernacle aud of era, and is crowned perpetual youth, rant of than the deficiencies of oar when, in truth, he never appeared consecration. And onr poverty, oar mace stern, sad never turned his and bereavement*, our infirmities, and eyes with such beseeching prayer the unfairnew* nf others, are intended spou the gay and though I leas revel to show as these defleitmeie*. Hath era I Where eternity is kept oat of thing* disturb a* only so far i the temple. After having seen, and being deep Iy impressed write three symbols, ia il eoacrivabte teat tee Apostle John would suppose that the Church was i not our, but two different Churrhe* the two dispenaalteest Or, that tee fundamental principle* of one were not the fWadanirate! prin are not given up to tbe Lord. And ; it i* HU set purpose to disappoint view, aud Ihe dread tribunal, and tbe august judge of quick aud dead. They say “ let u* eat and drink aud bring urn to nothing, antil He and rise up to play,” aud they see succeeds in bringing u* to himself, not the uarntug presence of death Let n* then seek wealth in a higher with the irrevocable warrant which consecration. All that is necessary carries all to judgment. - \ i la order to such consecration, is the “ Life,” *«y they, “ ia for pleasure, aud youth ia bat a preparation for oiplea of tee other I The same thmg | “ f that “ spring must not wear the is taught bv the miagled vairea and * oolbrr autumn, and the action* of the elder* and tbe living >“«ng Ufr moat have its follies, it* creature*. Thera the Old and the intemperate delight*, its wortdly ex Nsw stand side by side. The eider* ; perieuce.” Sot so the leeaoua and of the New dtsproaotran and those vnytn of reason and conscience. ‘ precepts tee w ise whose rules and and good obey. They poiut to a future state. They Cherabic forma—the oldest symbols of fallen humanity^ exalted and re stored to DiviM favor, lift up their i voice. One song employs them all: ■ plead for a good foundation against “ Unto him that loved as snd washed , *h® time to come. They point to as from our sins in his own blood.” i ^ •** everlasting honor to be won They celebrate » rolcmptiott that is , b i P* 1 *" 1 continuance in weilAomg. not only present sad prospective, but i They warn of the allurement* of sin. also retrospective iw it* corn pre-ben- , the omptineas of earthly pleasure*, rivencas: One Redeemer, and one ! tB® deceit fulness of the unrenewed Church, gathered upon ML Zkm, in Bvart; and they commend tbe win- all ages, from Ute fall of mau down dom teat lay* up it* trramire in to tec end of time. A. R heaven. They roewk of perpetual ^ l»te*aurea- pleasures that perish not, ’ ’ as morning flowers—where capacity Donra Goo’s Won*.—A mi*rioo Bevar nor drrire utter it* want ary in ths West Indies having called 1 ^ . w t^ re nothing withers aud on the people for a little help in uothinf diw! spreading tbe gospel, a negro with They „ 1( eak of music from harp* a wooden leg eaioe forward, and, pot i lwppt bj finger*, balanced apd ting his band in hia pocket, pulled by the chorus of redeemed out some silver, snyiug, “That’s for sic, maaaaanti another parcel from another pocket, “That’s for my tri/t maaaa;” and another still—ia all thirteen dollara—“That’s fur my child, maaaa." When aakrel if be| were not giving too much, he anal, “God’s trorl mtwf I* done, maaaa, sad I mmg ho dead.’' Boy*, girls, and all tee grown up people, let a* do and let ua give what we can, for “God’s work moat be done, and we may be dead.” If yoa have been tempted to evil, fly from it; ft Is not falling Into the water, bat lyiog in It, that drown*. millions, forever with the Lord. They teach tbe pleasant lessons that will qnaiify ns for the exalted and Immac olate associations of a worbl—asso ciation* so exalted and glorious, that none are found able to preoeut in lan guage etm our oww conception* of them. Aye, here end* all onr thought*, and here tbe weary wings of am hi tion fold themselves, while with deep and wrapt devotion the ennobled soul listen* “ to tbe grant choral eoobar- 1st, the hymn of all creation’s ever lasting praise.” This is tbe goal to which our reason and conscience, under proper culture, lead ns. discovery of bouudlea* mud available resource* in our Master. As travel era over the draert empty out and throw away the water they have brought with them many a wean mile, when they reach a spring, so we wfll flnd tt easy to forsake self, when we learn tho worth and saffi ciency of Jesns. But some oue may tell us that be has seen good people ia great distress. I answer that I have seen good people who appear never to have learned that they were not their own. Another may be afraid that if he give* op all, Jeau* will not return to him according to hia wanta. My dear reader, have confidence in Him who ba* already done so much for you. If in your present immaturity, pover ty will make you better, and so hap- jiier than wealth, will it not be an advantage to have tbe wealth post poned a little while 1 The Lord did His work all tbe better for not having where to lay His head, and perhaps He see* that we can do our work all the better for being situated like Himself in this respec t. nave your reader* ever heard of pastor H 1 Perhaps his church is the richest modern church. Every member of it, they say, lives wholly foe Christ and His cause. If this be so, I doubt not but that Hermans burg, where that church ia, i* the happiest and brightest spot on the globe. The remedy for all trouble then, is the simple resting of the soul upon tbe truth and worth and excellence of Jem*.—Obttrver and Commontctaltk. Always After Mom •eA Tbe always after tbe people’s money. No sooner is one thing out of the way than another is got np ! Nay we may think ourselves very well off if two or three first-class scheme* are not ea foot at once, every one of tbe highest importance. Now it ia a church, uew a mission eltopel, now » college or seminary endowment, aud now a collection to make ap a" deficiency in current receipts, now for a Sabbath school at the West, or tor a Tract Society, or Refuge or Wanderers’ Home in the city; to say nothing of tee regular procession of church cause*, ten or twelve in tee year. Yea, it is true; sod ft is equally true that it would be a very miserable sort of a church of God on earth that was not always asking for money. Only a dead church does not want money. That which is alive, posh tug, enterprising; with kern eyes fixed upon the perishing world, aud reeking opportunity to save it by preaching, by missions, by tracts and Imoka, by schools and col leges, will of course b« asking money. That which is bold and aggressive; which strides forward to keep pace with mrreosiBg population; which, in thu age sf vast secular interest* sad commercial interpriaes, ia thrilled with ambition to keep the church in advance, will want great sum* of money. Just as every call for oren during the war proved the steady purpose of the administration to maintain our nationality and cheered the heart of tee patriot, although to respond to it often proved exceed ingiy inconvenient, so every call of tbe church for enlarged resource* ia really a new proof of inward vigor and a presage of victory. Imagine the Saviour weary with Hia people** praying; complaining that these Christiana are always wanting something! Imagine a pa rent frowning at a child for being hnngaiy , and scowling whenever it* asked for bread! The child that ceases to crave nourishment is sick, and all art* are used .to revive its appetite; when it begins to ask for food again, there is joy in tbe house; the sick one will get well. Tbe surest sign of spiritual dedemnou ia a lessening of tee number of our requests before God. The individual Christian or tbe church that ceasra to ask from God or man in becoming paralyzed. You can not push or extend a bus iness without putting iu capital; and it ia a great business which the church has to do. It Ua* made most encouraging progress. Bat has it gone ao far, or accomplished ao much, in the conquest of the world, that farther outlay is needless 1 Have we built enough churches, or sent out enough missionaries t Are then- indications that the city, tbe land, the world is becoming ao much better aa really to have no more need of our effort*! We all. grumblers included, know better. The cry of tbe church for mean*, is tbe cry of a perishing world for help. It is a sign that God’s people understand the situa tion, and have laid it to heart. It means business. It means advance, enlargement, aggression. It mean* that the church ia not only in a healthful state, but resolved, hope fill, practical, teming with enterprise, ambitious for God. It can scarcely be less than a crime to grumble at frequent appeals for money, or to wish that some time they might come to an end. Until the millennium dawns, that tort of grudging is criminal. God has put you in a world full of needs. Be thankful, if you have means, that God does not give you up to the rust and canker of selfishness, or suffer you to degenerate into a mere watch dog over your property ; but that he ha* made you his steward, with the honorable duty of dispenaing hia bounty, through the chnrch, to u dying world.—Aat. Fret. He ia the best Christian, not who talk* moat of God, bnt who walk* Boat with God. The Hex.—It is well known to be tbe habit of the hen, that when it lays an egg, It announces the fact to its owner by loud cackling. On hear ing this noise one day, Gotthold thought with himself: This hen acts proud saints and hypocrites do. Such character* make a trade of god lines*, aud have no sooner, with only half their heart, performed a good work, than they are eager to have it everywhere trumpeted, and made known to their honor. True ohri» tiana are of quite another mind. Better to have leas comfort and more service, than more comfort an<J less service.