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I •* Tdinawetbo IS 00 Oa narottaomonts of three »ioam and yp- wrr t,. feoxir.t ot JS p*f «« t of Ore *q*are* -a ■ *» b M par oout.. at no aquarna and —rnnla. 40 per mil., tod of one half ool'iiau JJj npw.rtK 50 pro rant will ho dudurtrd frr*n Vo«— arbaa more than lira Knar, tan •rntt far atjfbl aronja, payable in adrancc. pwage—Wee two per qnarter .y pu-ase rnnombot ail boalnew letNrra MaUl to addeeued lo ~ Rxv. A R. RCDK. 0t# . CMaiaMo. £ jCt ■pi I I LI '-■■ ■" ' 1 Religious, From the A. R. Presbyterian. iu HwenitT of Holinet* A holy ntau is tto most excuik-ttt work Of Dial. He in God’s work manship, created in Christ Ji-rntn unto good works. He in a partaker of the divine nature, mid the g»Hf«rn- j»p |,orjMi.se of liu mind and the actions of it in life are iu habitual eouformitv to the will uf his Maker. He lores God habitually aud su premely, and is uniformly inrtneuoed by a fesr of offending and a desire to please him. He approves what God approves, hates wluit be hates, and delights iu whut is pleasing to The necessity of holiness results, 1st, front the holiness of God. “As he who called you is UolyKso be ye holy in all wanner of conversation ; because it is written. He ye holy, for I am holy.” God is said to be glorious ia holiness. lie is of purer eyes than to behold evil, and ran not look ■port infinity. As a perfect Being, he must and does love holiness and hate sin. Those who are holy, he regards his friends; those of an opposite character, he regards his enemies; and their views determine Ms conduct towards them. “The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope iu his mercy.” “Uis eyes are on the right eous, and his ears a re-'open to their ery ” Bnt, on the contrary, “the free of the Lord is against them that to evil, to cat off the remembrance of them from the earth.” His holi- •ess “is a consuming Are which bnms np his enemies ronnd abont,” and forbids his regarding with favor those who delight in sin. “Thon art Wt a Ood that hath pleasure in wickedness; neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight; thon hatest all wsrkers of iniquity.” Cnsanetifled men, “being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that »in them because of the blindness of their hearts.” ran take no delight in contemplating his adorable per fections, or hi jterforming the duties of piety. They take no intercut in pleasing him, no delight in serving kim, and therefore can have no com ™union with him. “What fellowship hath righteousness With unrighteous ness, and what communion hath light with darkness T” They in whom the work of renovation is begun and is wdraneing, are reconciled to God’s character and government; they love kirn because of his infinite holiness wttfi excellency; they take delight in Ms law, his gospel, hi* ordinances Ms people; and he loves holiness "in them, and he manifests himself to ithem not as he doe* unto the world. Holiness it an essentia) qualification to communion with Him. Without tt we can not see or enjoy him either in this world or in that to come. “Wherefore come oat from among theta, sod be ye separate, saith the k*d, and touch uot the uneleau thing; and I will receive yon, and I will be a Father to you, aud ye shall he sans and daughters, saith hwl Almighty. Having, therefore, these promises, dearly beloved, let «s cleanse ourselves from all filthi ■eunof the feah and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” AL Uis eternal purpose makes It •••■•ry that his people lie holy. w hea he purposed “to take oat* of 801 apostate race “a people for his ■■»«,* be was not determined ia this *** hy a foresight of any goodness fo them, either natural sr acquired deserve to be distinguished from others, that bo made them the ob- jecta of his gracious purpose. Their bolhirsa is the ejfert, not the rag— of their “election of God.* They are characterised as “thorn who are cuffed”—called to be saints, i. «., holy persons—“according to his purpose." Hear an iuspired apostle: “Accord iug as be hath chosen ns la him, before the foundation of the world, that tee «ho«M he holy and withost Waste be/err hisi is few.* Again; “For vc are lii* workmanship, cre ated in Christ Jesus ante good works, which God hath before onlaiued that we should walk iu them.” They were predestinuteddo he conformed to the image of Chriet, aud not. to be saved amt taken to heaven without hull ties*. Iu the development and exe cution of his gracious purpo*e, God sent his Sou to ivdeem them from all iniquity, ami to purify unto himself a jMfitlmr people, jealous of good works. Jesus came to aave them frwm their sin*, aud to hkats them in torn ing away awry one of tlu-m trom their iHH|oitiea. The grand and ailiamte design of God in giving his Bon as a Saviour, and ia sending Uis iluly Spirit to perforin hi* peculiar uttn-, iu giving his go.-qiel aa the. sword of the Spirit, was the destruction of Mu ttnil the xuiH tideation of his peoph-. “Christ io\ed tl»e ehurrb and gave himself fur it, that ho uiiglo shtu tin aud cleans** it -vith the washing of wafer i by tit® wonl; tluit in- might present U to himself a glomw* chuteh tMit having sjiot or wrinkle, or any sneb thing, hut that it should lie holy and without blemish.” lleuce, iwraonal holiness is tin- only; sndh-ient evidence that any |ierSons cau have that they are of “the election of grace.” This is the trne test of |K-rsooal religion. “The beloved of God arc enlh-d to br imints.” If we love ami rlioom- holiness, and hate and forsake tun; ration necessary to introduce s man iuto God’s heavenly kingdom; and that qualification Is hottneaa. All the views of heaven given In the Bible represent It as pre-eminently a religious state. Its inhabitants are all holy. Their employments are of a religion* character, and those who are not themselves religious could not eqjoy their society. Their romnitinim' ion* with one another, their songs, their joys, are entirely of a religions nature. The low pleasure* at aeoae and sin are not fonnd there. The drunkard would not find hia cop* there. The sen anal amt the carnally minded would find no means of gratifying their low desires there. The moral man of the world who is engroMi-d with the things uf time and sense, hut has no relish for holy things, would find nothing to Interest him in heaven. The lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, wooW find no i-uqdby stent, no reerentiona, no way of I Massing the time that would be pleasant to them. No; the joys ot heaven are religion* Joys, (id In order that they may be ours, we most pours* a temper amt taste conformed to them. Tlnffneaa is not nnr Htlr to the heavenly inheritance, hut It is our mtrtnnt for it. It is the wedding garment in which all appear at the siarrisge softer of the lamb; uad all who apply for admit tsnee witlnait If. will he rent sway in disgrace and cast tntu outer dark • IM*M, Tlw nrrr«ffitT of koliumn In mhoo lute. Wlth«nit it aalvathm is tmpoa *>eeta s tth tha approbation of God : prwlmtiou, affording no evidener,! or understand more of uoreaaity than conveying no exp re salon whatever this, that, whether to be commended of the divine dlspteaonrr. On the or condemned, lb tags foil out exactly ooutrary, the Bible, which thereby j aa related there. In reading It we gild* life'* darkest cloud*, teaches 1 are to bear ia mind that no aeattmeut Oa that whom the Lord foveth be there canto* tha weight of dirtae, ahasteaeth, ami acourgetb every son : authority bat what name either from whom be teweivrth. “If ye were God kimoeU, or from lip* which be without chastiremetd,* asys an spo* bail itf jrtmi; mmI |Im4 iw it* ^iihi aa more of the best than uf the worst aa With a safe, aa- ttorn, but shA aa waa door under tha taqMlaa and guidance of the Holy bpiru. lienee the aiiotak* U sente whe quote tint hook uf Job, aa if all that KtmlmjL, iiiliUiL Zotklmr. ami cvra the pntriaaob himself seat, sere gun pel, ao to speak : acre abaolutoly true ; were audeubhd, uuadsltrr sled truth. No book, indeed, ia Holy Writ, more \«aorable Ikon this. Hoar s ilk tb* marks of age, periMqa tho oldost hook tha world poaareare. It ia on* of the moat subiiate; artting forth the might aad mqfoaty, the gundnsss aad kali acre of God la the toft toot, ia nan valed flights of poetry. At the saase tiste—and the remark applies mpe- riaMv to the speeMiea uClob's friend. —Ihia I molt prearut* aoatc |utrtiai tie, “then were ye baatanla, ami net Iieaklm, what in point of Ihet mere ttntrae, and ia point of doctriae more anooand, than the iadnreiwwts which they, iarngiaing that be, if not all along a hypocrite, had fallen ■way from God, rm|doyed lo win j Job bock I “H* they said, “thna i return to the Almighty, then shall j thaw lay up gold as dust, aud the { pdd uf Opbir aa dm stoaes of the brook j and the Almighty ahaD be 1 thy defence, and thou shall have plenty of aflrer* Gobi of Opbir! Piety and plenty of diver! Good { area and gold aa stonr-s of the | brook! Great worth and correspond ing wealth! A lordly mansion here | below, aad another yonder above | the skies! These are not Bible j troths ; if ia It, they are Dot of H; I ■ad are bat the talk of men aa igwo i rant apparently of the character of ] Tbs Tarim’s fimiatsat A young minister waa once called to a young and plastic church. One of I he-first questions which be asked was, “lie your poopie take good re ligtoas papers f The elders scarcely knew. He was unwilling to accept their eall tin lens they would see that the congregation waa supplied with that sort of literature. They liked hia propnaaL Tho people began to read more open church and Chris tian ■ (fairs, and ho began to arouse them to earnest working aad I aud very erroneous vies* uf (be God aad his provNlmer as were the divine character; views of bU gov magicians of the written characters rruaM-m at uoor diakomaiug to God, 1 "f the sen truer which a bodiles* and calculated to iafiirt the diepsat hand left oa Htdsharzar’s bait Pity sounds on the hearts of Ilia peaqde. the poor were it otlierwiar! Yet Of this, Job himself offer* a pais -itl is not mwoniid in three men’s (hi example. Teaching us the im- speeehea. There are grin*, pfeer* perlei tiuu of all human virtue, aud ‘ of finest gold mixed up with a err how aaiats may moat fail in the very grace* by which tbry are most di» tingwished. what a eontmst, not ao rilde. We ran not he saved b.*j mncl lo otUrre, tu to bimretf, did he ; Chri*t in a state of *in ami a ronrwe of disobedience to bis command*. ; We must I* holy in heart and Hfr, or we can not he truly happy and unrftil here, nor can we find any : place of happiness in the world to mmr. Ami we mnst be mode holy in this life, or we never ran be. The ant of rubbish.—fir. That. Omtkrir. Tho Myrisry Mfri if we iniHini over tho ivamina of j work mast Iw began here, or it never deirtivity witliis n*, and truly desire will begin. The wtrked is driven aiul strive ami breathe alter per j sway fa hia wh krtlt* **—die* ia hia fectioo, we uuiy beUeve, on goml ( dn*. He retain* his *infrtf i bsrseter groom)*, that we “love God and are when lie passes from this slate of the railed areonling to hia pnqtoor.” prejiaratiou, sod with all his native 'and cherished aversion from God present f There be aits ua the grave of hia family, of all hia boom-huM, giving exprresiini to that memorable ssv ing, “The lord gave ami the Lnni taketh away, Menard he the name of (be loud r—asd nos, thi* same man here turn* round na Owl, as a Invar on the banter who baa latrstai her of her whelp*, to cry, “Tb-ni hast been crnel nato are, A lard p He camr tight at last, as a life-boat that aurue great ware tom filled «luaa not , “The only evidem-e of election,” nay s a good expositor, “ia effectual railing —that is, the production of holiness. And the only evidence of the geua incurs* of this call ami the rertninty of onr perneversnee, i* a jmtient continnnnee ia well doing.” 3d. Wo will be toqqty in propor tion an we are holy. Bin has its pleasures, such ns they are, but they ore only for a season. They do not deserve the name of enjoyment. They can uot satisfy that thirst for happi ness which bum* in the aonl t They are ephemeral in tlieir nature, and are usually followed by the fling* of remorse. Bat wisdom’s v^ays are ways of pleasantness and all Iter paths are peace. Blessed (happy) ore tho pure ;n heart. “Blessed are the nmleflled in the way, who walk in law of the Ix>nL Blessed are they that keep life testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart’ Happiness is to be fonnd and re tained only by doing the will of onr Father who ia in heaven. “The favor of God is the truest dignlty safi the only bib* of man.” The mnn who can look up to the God of heaven and my with an appropria ting faith, “My Father, thon art my portion, aaith my soul,” la rich and happy, whether his home he a palace or a cabin ; whether his path through life be strewed with flowers or plant ed with thorns. Happiness does not depend on any chrenmstnneea. Paul slid Mils* could sing for joy of heart when their fret were fast in the stocks nml their barks' lacerated by the persecutor’s scourge. The Bible assures ns that mil) where there is holiness tl»ere is happiness. To be Kptritnally-minded is life and peace. Tile enjoyment of the Christian will abide nnd inerenec only aa he finds himself growing more and more into the image of hia Master. The more complete the victory which he obtains over (dn, and the higher the attainments he makes in piety, the more largely will be experience the consolations of God. While lie walks ia the fear of the Lord, denying all angodliueas, and worldly lusts, striving to pnt on the Lord Jeans, setting his affections on things above, aud abounding in those good works which aro to the glory of God, so long be walks in the comfort of the Holy Ohost and the peace af God willkeep hia heart and miud through Chriat Jeaua. 4th. Boll neon ia neceaaary i qualification for heaven. Thole are qualifications necessary to inteodocc aad holler*.*, enters tbnt world in s bleb neither his rharseter nor state will ever change fur the Irtter. “He that is unjust let him be unjnot still, and he that is fiMhv let him br filtbv still* J. Vat All hi tha Bhls Traa. In hemlork and wolf's lmne, ia the deadly night shade and the fox glove with its beautiful bell*, our sail hears poUsion* plants. Yet few; few compared with sorb sa are hurmlem nnd nseftil—with tha flow- era that Iw-di-ck mnuntaiu and mead ow, the grasara that fired onr flock*, tha corn that foils to the oirkle. and. stored np iu torn and starkyard, reward* the labors of the yewr. Nor, may remark, are these poiaooooa plants themselves without their use. They form no exception to the soy ing, The earth la foil of the gnodnrss of the Lord—seeing that thongti not good fur meat, they are good for medicine; and administered in that form, cure many more than tliey kill. Besides, if not useful In the healing, many poisons, whether growing on the aurfocP or drawn the bowels of the earth, are highly serviceable in other arts. Like those ptant*. growing here and there in this goodly world, which the lower aninuila are tanght by instfuet and man by experience to avoid, there, ore errors, and some very deadly ones, mixed up with the truths of God’s saving wt.nl • so that it were as dangerous to Mindly reeeiee all in the Bible ns truth, as to eat all growing On the earth as fond. 1 couhl quote savings and sentiments from Its pug)-* that on to be rejected, not believ ed; and point to actions thore which we aye uot to imitate, hut ate, on the con trury, to abhor. For example, I find both a falsehood and a direct encouragement to rin in the words, “Thou shalt not surely die;* as hi them also. “The Lord will not re quite.* But no one needs to be tolvl that the trot, amd by Baton to de ceive Hve, and the acoeud, u qur of the wicked to suppress the voice of conscience, are sentiment* as little to be received aa this, which the Bible records, ia on action to he copied, “Judas went and banged buasett.” No doubt, ail Bcriptura la given by tnoptrntiou of God. It ia a Home year* ago. a young minister of the gospel, ia eon versa tin* with an old brother, naked him to explnin a rase which had often perplexed hia mind. He anid that there were iu kU congregation two men living on ad joining farms, both about the sam<- agr, uf equal culture, gifts, and anrial portion, and with large fnnu lies of children. Nearly all the boy * dnk, but artrt a little, riora, rm|4ira, ’ M— ^ *• reached sud rights brrarlf, so did he; buoy- '** r * - dbumUon, became active ant, and ritwhg ia foUh to jnriify . «^riariona. while those the other, (lud and rxrUun, “Though he May w,,ho *t exreplion, remained wholly me”—ho has aiaia all my « bikireo— i lo *bfferent on the snbjeet. let the though he should alay ay self, “yet * 4 * JT *”* • ■** trhone life by no wiU I Irma in him P But for a while ■*•*’"""« •“ hta rhrint.au pm ia charging God «Uk rrnrliy ; p, ] fenohm. while the latter was a rohnst I oddly. Month wring whut other* believer. -hone P*rty nobody have thought ; in that reflection, "named to hare any doubt, nuw arrantable ocenaatlrm against the I ^ mintoer said that, had goodness nnd Jurilre of Ptov Hence. »•» rmt* hem reversed, he wooW what darkness was Job In. what bwro ua dBBenBy ; but aa matters deqatir almost» Now It was very * ,ood ' M* »»■ at a ton to amount much the friar riews of hi* com «* '*» The rider re,die.l. fhrter*—“mtsrralde eontforiera,* as I “«"*• bmkml at the character he rafts them—that brought him to aneh a dreodfhl puss; goaded him : *bf • moment, and then aaid. on to this. They assumed that he'** "° w - «hofa is aa |daiu must have been a great sinner he- ] — — ^ muse he won a great suflbrer. r«- ^ ^ *** mnmun ' ri »- *bie in their Ignorauee of the divine, experience, one who Brea government to explain hia affliction* «**•*"' +* profraar*; otherwise, and.act tag <m the prinrijde! ***** 'b** wtr, ‘ the other i* a^ wo- that If you throw mod some of it will appureotly Ilia friend reflected “Ah, I xritbant the otiek, they got np at h.isard charge*! in the matter, nr if toe ha* j any religtoua emotion, carefully «np * preaaca it.* agninst him ; proceeded, w ithout the toadow of a warrant, to aeruoe him of crime* whh-li hia aonl abhorred. ] CiltaMy this statement solved Drawing the how at a venture, “I* the entire mystery In the nature of uot the wickedness great,* the) aaid, j Hringa. children iu their enriy venra “and thine injustimiulliiitrffhr thon'ore (hr more with Hie mother than bast taken a pledge front thy brother for imnght, and stripped the iiske.l of their clothing t thou hast not given wrier to the weary to drink, and thou hast wtthhohleu bread from the hungry-* And ao they persecuted him whom God had smitten ; laying the father, and their current af thonght aa«l feeling hi directed by her. The plantir senoou of life ta paaoed while nhe ta In control. n»bit* are flinaed and tootrs imparted, which |mum on into later yesra sod determine of what ehnracter they n blister, not a plotter, on hta bleed i shall he. A father 1 * influence is un ing wounds. ,• ; ilnuMedly very important, but it 1a “Let another prefer thee, and not ( vastly exereded by the mother’s in thine own lip*,’ naltb the wise man ; thot important juried when the yet the ocrasion was one for Job to seeds of the fntnre arc pfentetl. An jnatify himself, and through hlmorif saaertloo of thla kind has sometime* and rharseter of been called “romantic gallantry •* jnatify the cause trne n-Hgton. And bow uot vie dors he appear when, Mke a Hon nt toy, he faces hta seen arm!—refitting their charge in these eloquent and pathetic words, “4th that I were aa ia month* pant, aa ia the day* when Ood pre served me; when hi* candle shined on my head, when tho Almighty was with me, and my children were bat It is on tho contrary actual fact, aa imoren by innumerable eases of which that recounted in the foregoing imragraph is only a remarkable spe cimen. Let every mother whose eye light* upon this paper, remember that she 1s daily re producing tor own charac ter in that of her children. Other about me; wheo I watoed my step* 1 things lria* equal, as she us an will tru« and infallible record ; but we which they based U wws ore uot to suppose that everything recorded there by the inoptratioa with butter, aud tto rock poured ms oat river* of oil 1 When tto eur heard ma, then « Mossed aw; when Ore eye saw me. It gave witness to me; becanae 1 delivered the poor that sried, the flttheriea* and him that hud none tu help him.* So apuka Job. The charge waa utterly natron; yet not mere untrue as a ■tatter of fret than the ;riuciple on matter of doctrine—suffering* our present state, which ia oaa they be. If her chfof concern ta to ase them ; ctive, Joyfol believers in Chriat. and she act* accordingly, she may oonfldenify expect to find her ends attained. Bnt if her life he worldly, alas for tho immortal souls given her to train I—Dr. T. IF. Cham Fear ye not, therefore, for there ia nothing covered that ahull not he revealed, and hid, that shall not to knows. ffka PI Meat. Frans and pulpit lent a force to rack other. 1’sstor aad editor ware mutual helpers in the same good work. And bare ia the real design of on earnest, thoroughly rhrtatiau pap*v. It ta not to draw dividends upon the large iaveab iweats, not to wage controversy, not to deal out the mere news of the day, uot to publish brilliant emmya; it* leading design ta to do what pastors should to doing, if they knew ever) thing awl could to talking and touch ing ever) week iu every boose. It ta bia assist ant awl vicar ia the pariah U aupptemeaU hia work. It goes oa wwg* stole he must walk. It goes when and where to can aot go. It makes a Saturday cull on hta people awl flu them for hearing the next day’s sermons. It follows up his preaching, whispering again to the nes-inm aad the heart. It ta the unfailing “supply” ia vacant eborrh es. It u never down with a cold, nor absent on a vacation. Fifty-two time* a year it brings happiness into the homes of thousands, aad ia every house tell* the seme “eld, old story at Jesus nod his love,” of the church and her cuoqaesto, of boUneos and of heaven. Let every church have a devoted pastor and a Christian pa lter, and tto gue|ri wiU move the- world.—JsIstmm-. Family Wsnkip AM Christiana delight iu the service of (led, and drain' to wonhip him at every opportune season. Family worship ta of vast importance, bath aa a duty and aa aa ahnoot taettima Me privilege. It is a privilege which the eeriy rhnatiane appreciated, for there was a time whoa to kneel down ia prayer, was to make certain that death which awaited fjit’ Christian as sera as to was detected ia the worship of tto true God. Among oo, ever) person ho* tto liberty to worship hta Maker at all times, with out flrar of dtatartance. Shall Chris tmas slight this privilege every day, by neglecting fsuuty worship 1 Every man placed at tto head of a household should consider it aa act apart for the worship of God, and himself as tto poster or shepherd of tto little flunk, bound, by tto most sacred obligations, to teach them tto way* of righteousness. May this inqiortaut duty impress itself forci My u|kki tto heart of every oue of whom God has intrusted a little flock, and may he resolve with Joshua: “As for tae and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Divine worship, as practiced by tto patria.Ybs, seems to have been frcqneut as well ns regular. Tto Psalmist said: '-Every day will I bless thse; and I will praise thy name forever and over. Seven times a day do 1 praise thee, because of thy righteous judgment*. Evening and morning, and at noon, will I pray and cry aloud; and to shall hear my voice." Daniel prayed three times a day, even w hen he knew to woahl to east iuto tho liou’s den.* , Tto rending of tto Sacred Scrip- torea should always to a part of family w orahiix. We must show our appreciation for that Meased volume .by muking it a book of doily refer ence for instruction and encour agement. How often do professed Christinas allow dust to cover tto ■acred oracles 1 This neglect will dim tto crown, if it does not endan ger tto salvation of those who are guilty of it. Hinging praise* to God ta a most delightful service, and ought uot to he neglected iu family worship— “Sing unto the Lord, O y« saints at hia. Siug praises to the Lord which dwaUeth in Zion. Sing auto the Lord.” The necessity for family worship may to argued on similar grounds to t to— by which we prove it to to the duty ofevexy oue to wonhip God indivkloolly. The wants of fainilios are daily reuewed, aad God ta the “giver of every good and perfect gift.” Families that do not pray are living without God, and are eootioa- stly exposed to htajast indignation. Tto usual comfort* of life may indeed be granted, but mercies to the us- gratefoi are a* coals of fire eu their beads. No family can rightly expect tto Mooring of God except in answer to earnest supplication. A nun who has a family ta in a very responsible position, and should, ia secret and aronml the family altar, invoke the favor of ■ merciful Ood. A very correct ronrluaion concerning a man’s character, may he drawn from hta conduct in hta family.- If to ta faith- and zealous, maintaining strict Christian diacipUM> ia his family, be is just tto same faithful Christian everywhere, aad great will be hia cwanl; but if he neglects hta duty at home, to can not be safely trotted anywhere el—_ Besides tto blessings a man may him—If secure % family worship, he may gently lead hta children into tto kingdom of Christ. To set an example Chat may induce hia children to forsake sis, ta -well worth tto immediate attention of every parent. Brethren, adopt Joshua’s reatfln- tkm, and from this day worship God at your fireside, aa well aa ia your closet and in tto great congregation. “These three beautifully cooperate. Each invigorates for a doe discharge of both tto others. Go from closet to family altar, and from family altar to church."—RHifiotti Herald. Religion for the Ruing fliusratisn Special effort ta required to secure to tto rising generation an educa tion free from tto influence of bad oxamplc. The atmosphere which our children breathe, from the cradle upward should be pore Instead of this, it would not be difficult to find Common Schools ia which ignorance and iireligion predominate. J?ven w here tto intellect ta cultivated, the heart not unfrequontiy ta corrupted, and tto child made wise only to do evil. In a great proportion of thg higher schools to which Christians —ud ttoir children, little exist* of a .1 - — I _I .. .11.. -- - ns . _ — r J ^.. ■ ■ ■ ...■ 1.11 — ia some a powerful influence is ex erted against evangelical sentiments and piety. Aud though in many of onr eol- leges there ta a salutary religious influence, and repeated revivals of religion ore eiyoycd, in none ta tho influence of religion so decisive as it might be; whilst ia some, ia which pious parents scud their children, tto influence is directly and power fully hostile to religion. I am aware that not a few regard religions influence in our college* as already too great, and that an effort 4s making to separate religion from science during the progress of a col legiate education. And tboue who choose to rear colleges, and send ttoir offspring where the power of tto gospel shall be excluded, have, doubtless, a right to do so—answer able for their conduct only to God. Bnt no Christian cau do this without violatiag the vows of God which are npon him, to train np hta child ia the nurture nnd admonition of the Lord. And instead of a compromise in tto evangelical college* of our fend, there should be, as easfly there may be, a more decided tone of religions influ ence. Our colleges should every one of them be Messed, not only with preaching, bnt with kiud, discreet, and assiduous postoral instruct ion nnd care. Why should these pre cious communities of inexperienced youth, separated from parental in spection ood exposed to peculiar temptation, be deprived of the watch- fal eye and parental voice of pastoral exhortation nnd advice 1 What pa rent wo Id not pray with more faith, and sleep more quietly, if to knew that some one, acquainted with the youthful heart, nnd appointed to watch over His child, had gained his confidence and affection, and w as laboring for hta salvation f There is no period in life when the heart may be more snceesofolly as sailed than that which is passed in a college. And there is no class of human beings among whom revivals may be promoted, by proper pastoral attention, with greater certainty, or with greater power and glory. Nor can it be expected that tto church will ever look forth ftur aa tto morn ing, until effectual care ta taken that in her higher schools and colleges her children shall be induced to coosecrate to God tto dew ot ttoir youth.—J>r. Lgmmn Breeder, Teal 1827. .. I rejoice to declare it, and witness to tto glory of grace, I am dead unto sin, and alive