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Pab- Ikkfd Ay rogue*/.] -What meaneat thon O alee per I ariar: all npon thy Gwl, if ao be that God will think ttpoii tin, that we jx'ri.sh not. Jonah 1: 8. True peace of mi ml, and all that ,i* worthy the name of hapitineAfi, i* found in the diarharge of elniatian (intie*. Heathen philosopher* for agts boated and puzzled their braui in rudeavoriug to invent some scheme, foreign to that of Christian rcreht- tieo, whereby they might attain to * degree of unalloyed lioppimma and bbal iu the present life. It was this base desire of earthly ease and eom- fort, that gave success to UkU great false prophet, who allured his follow er* into a labyrinth of error by pic turing to their mind* a paradise of wusual pleasures and gratilu-atious. -’nine unworthy efforts of humane reason have ever proved fruitless, and have only served to show the nreediug folly of such blinded fanat ic*. It remained for Christian reve- latiuo to point out and direct us to the great reward, found by living a lift of obedience to the divine law. While it is true, however, that the rfcriatian should act from a more noble and worthy principle than that of bis own iwrsonal good, yet wdt good will invariably follow, if the motive be one of perfect love to God. Unless it be mb, we as inra- ri*Wy wip the fruits of disobedi eaer. The person with wliose life and character you have been made ac- qnainted in this book of prophecy, i» an eminent example. When or- 'iertd of God to prophesy against Nineveh, he endeavored to avoid the divine com inn ml. by embarking at Joppa for Tarsliiah. So aggra- vatiaga sin could not be permitted, vithoot sobh* visible display of the swwt displeasure of the Almighty. Wag overtaken by a storm in this journey, which threatened instant ‘lex tract ion to the whole com jinny 00 hoard, he was cast forth at his ova request into the sea; which nqotwt was made from a sense of godt, amj frouj a consciousness of open and wilful rebellion against his Maker. It was at this time, when in th« midst of imminent dangers, that *he shipmaster came to hint and “^dressed him in these words of the fo*t, u What meanest thon, O sleep- n ** This language, it seems, called forttl grtart surprise, on the port of *be mariners, who wondered that, wl| iie snrronnded by the instruments *>f death, lie should remain so nneon- •efned about his own Individual well-being. While every moment threatened instant ruin and death, J'tt as one altogether unconscious of danger be quietly slumbered away the few and precious moments re- joaiiritig, which being ended would ^ fond him, without a miraculous de- hvettnee, on the boundless shores °f a sever-«d(ling eternity. How striking an illustration to Present to your minds the imminent dangers {if the wicked and ungodly, and that indifference and reckless- a*** manifested on their port abont iheir souls’ salvation! When we view the means apjiointed of God *herewith to arouse them to a sense of dsty; when we consider the dif- ferent motives presented to them in his word; the fearful denunciations of his law npon every transgressor; the atrfol doom of the unregenerate and unconverted; and when we con sider, again, the oflbra far merry, the promise* at Ms ward, the tot ore happiness and blessedness of those who have been mad* heir* of immor tal glory, hew amazing, that, with all these threatening* ami promises, they should still slum tier on 1a indif ference, while on the very verge and brink of ntin and destruction! See I how he slumbers away, while at bis able is the to thornless abyas where f old Deceit quietly folds hta arms, and Death, liovering around, flaps bis wings in triumph, white worldly •murky and mmol plmumrm adarin- ter the soothing balm that lulls him soft asleep. The word preadied to him is foolishness, and he is seldom awakened, except when the haloes ia monster stares Mas in the fcce ; then sound in his ear the signal of ularm. ami as one suddenly aroused from steep, he start*, beholds, wonders, amt plunges with toortol rapidity into the cavern dark and deep, whose mourning voire Mis the on- happy tote of a departed sjdrik '■ Considering that you may be awakened only to view the mer cies you have scorned, we tremble in delivering to you the message of the gospel; for it shall only add to your condemnation, and plunge you deeper into the gulf of everlasting bnmings. u Jt it either a mreor of Hfe onto Hfe, or of death safe death." Ilut while Ood is still waiting to be gracious, and while, it may be, a tew , .more days have been added to ymur earthly pilgrimage, wherein to con sider your latter end, we would eull ii]H>n yon to pause and reflect for u moment upon your perilous condi tion. He nwaketicd then, first from a state of worldly secarity. White the nniviiewed pensm may fitly Iw represented as a sleeper, with refer ence to things spiritual, the saute is j will, not true of him with reference to things temporal. He is wide awake to Worldly interests and to even thing that will prove profitable in |Mt> looting individual well-being, with regard to this world's goods. An undue regard and concern for these things is the principal cause of that indiffereneo manifested, not oidy on the |Mrt of those w bo are termed unbelievers, but also ou the jiart of j C<m*rienee, those who have assumed for them selves the title of Christians. Need- fill caution ujmmi this subject i* given by our Saviour, wheu lie says, “Think not wbat ye sliall eat, or what ye 1'aqnea.ts ■ to . . . Hi of Ood, U making this world receptacle foe (he sort of man white in a prohntkiuary state. AM if Ood to corefolly protects and nurtures the germ of that httte flowvr, tore much more MtoativoAg shoald we apply an th* energies of oar soals to the «K|s*astoa awl perteotfom of this oar germ at imsjortaJity there te of rsoeivlng a potoo for ain iu Urn wo Again, the Assign a probationary atat suflirient Weight t» , present oourar of couduot. seeing the ‘ retetiun it aimlsias la oor well being iu tho fut*re. H isdwn taarhea |to» a needs he, to sttato > If OB I not. It te a are* of this te to future blessedness i lUk'; Of earthly mid high ret efforts of miud are concentrated upon we, the vaaitie* of th* world. Mare than seekers of riche* or earthly treasure* are chargeable with this ain. The warrior, the statesman, the unpretending student, who de light* to ponder over th* minty page of sntiqoity, sad aM of every nines, whore ultimate object te not the glory of Ood, may he nnmhered among those who grojw among the wiaene* mul sensualitte* of a worldly life. •••» M. This figure may serve to ilhre- trnte the condition at him nho I* k willing stevc to ungoverned appetite huuiniit fvN, Ail tin t viM iifie of "rear I erevv *- - 1 m W n ”"^re in order to become indito-reat ami even inaenaibte to the awakening power of conscience, it te only new sary to live for a laiiud in the indul gence of seoeoal gratifies! sms. The powers of the mind then become re blnuted anti stupefied, that nothing less than the terrors of aveuglng justice can awaken or arouse it to a state of activity. Though gigantic in InMtertual strength and power, yet when bound and enchained by passion, moral |irewrptiuii te plucked out, and the unhappy soul baraowa a prey to * malicious enemy. 1’aa bte to sum up that reoulutten and morel courage necessary to resist and overcome temptathm, it te read! ly ksl captive by the Devil lake a vessel teased o| by divine the good and evil at to oor spiritual growth, the brevity of lite, with the uncertainty of It, u ad wowed sAwt* In Mm shrtette* ooarre. AH the days allotted to mm* upon earth are given, either that be may 1st mad* ripe for th* wpoymist of kin H ntf*! iuitKilixa, of tkit kt may be made * to satyr* for dtvtos wrath and Judgment. HiU period •t beat is limited to bat a few days, wliU'ii (k*UriUikt> yn |imU\ hIu.U to Beth, re suM 7L> With s^Z the ttore te just approaching; job, te sow at hand. Th amah, 1st me adlress th# tenguags of th* prophet; •‘The (right te to spent, the day te at hand; let re than'ton east «i the nark* of darkness, and tot ma pat ou Ike armor of light.” The silent hours go fleeting h>, and te 1 the gtorteos sou appears, ami with bte brightness Ms the safldret heart with inward joy ami delight; but turn and behold, reversed, th# eve mag ahadsa, w hteh sets tbs apprtateh of deeluatog day. Mueh I* ths sourer of life, even wtien our pathway te strewn with the cteilrqat flowers. Rising ftvuh te holy beauties from mom's womb, with all the ardor and vigor of youth asd rhfldbreil.HtoauaB at hte | declines and atofca to rent with the the i scary sun, to rise again te renewed sh^ll drink, or wherewithal yc shall be clothed ; for the life is more than meat, and the body te more than raiment.” When many would have their con sciences iiwukened by the various and manifold dispeusationB of Divine l’rovktence, they arc suiotheretl again nnd lulled into a state of quietude, by inordinate care for worldly emolu ments. IU riches, its honor*, it* wealth and its cares spring up and choke the seed of divine truth, ao that whatever impressions of a se rious nature may have been made upon the mind, they instantly vanish and give place to the vain comfort* and soul-deceiving pleasures of the great destroyer. Going on in the ways of vice and iniquity, they slumber on in worldly seenrity, ever forgetful of Him who hath redeemed them from destruction, and who hath crotcnetl them iritk loting-kimtlnemet and tender mercies. Hence the lake- main, when winds temjiestmms hsuve | glory, or stub forexcr ia th* cudteas the liquid ptam, it breasts fur a mo night of eternity. White the path rneut tin* lofty surge, Ujt suddenly,, spring, now riorifed i* her robe* of unable tv tula the mgiug billow*, it. living green, spruk* mild words' of rushes with the swelling waves upon ! comfort and pence; \et bat for * the hidden recks, mat theme retreat- usimeat, sad the lading leaves of iug with one overwhelming Mad 1* { ckauug Hummer shall tell th* *p- buried beneath the liquid mountain, | prourhing eml of frail humanity to rise no more. Bo when the storms, To reap * Joyfol harvest, begin now nnd tanimate at passion assail them, the work of working eat your naira which te to the saal ftait, rill fear and trembling, toot at w hat the pilot te to the vessel, bring ‘ test you should take np the lament* unable to steer aright, or resist the , turn t “The summer I* ended, the ummtfoblc demands of a corrupt na 1 harvest te part, a ad I am foot as ft.’ tore, ia tossed to an fro upon the Iter togoarseirm is rigikmneon; re sea of lift, till complete shipwreck te made of their destiny. God bus even given nnto them bte word sad (lie light of his Spirit, « hereby they are Forewarned of dangers unknow n, lie has forthcr offered to them the weapons of a spiritual warfare—the shield at faith and the breastplate of righteommesa—bat, intoxicated with unhallowed pleasures, it is as a sword in the hands of a madman, which they have wrested to their own condemnation. Hence, 3d. The ext ream folly and thought lessncre of such a course. “What meanest thou, O sleeper r Admit ting that it were JHisalble to attain to tho highest degree of happiness and Miss iu the present lift*, by fol lowing the evil suggestions of • die prated and corrupt heart—than which nothing can be more aboard— yet the simple foot that they are of abort duration, is sufficient to show the folly of such a course; nod hence, should be sufficient to direct warm newt and indifference of many our thought* to the higher and j»rofrSKiiig Christians, with regard to tho things pertaiuing to Christ’s kingdom; hence the numerous drones in the church of Christ; bonce the freqncut neglect of that all-important duty, of offering the morning and evening sacrifice to Almighty God in grateful remembrance of past mercies and favor*. What beastly ingratitude to tbh! How strong must be the tics that bind them to the perishing object* of earth ! How estranged from that principle of original holiness implanted iu the soul of the Creator! Kveu the inani mate thing* of earth arise and eoa- demn us in this respect, when, with a living voice, they proclaim their Maker’s praise. Behold, in the bright morn, when the searching eye of heaven darts hte light and illunfiU nates the lower workl; or, when rising from the boundless ocean with resplendent glory, ho clothes with liquid pearls the fading flower. Read its simple Linguage, when It lift* its drooping head and Mis the air with riclt perfume. How expressive of tho goodness, glory, ktvo and benev olence of Deity ! Sny* the poet: “Many a flower is bora to hlush mu And waste its sweetness on the desert air. This we deny. It te not lost, but made to show forth the infinite [tower, wisdom, goodness and love worthy claims of Christian rerrt*- A like motive shoald prevail respect to totnre rewards and punishments. The certainty of God’s righteous judgments npon the wick ed should lead oa to reflect upon wbat will as assuredly be our condi •tion, if we continue the children of disobedience. That vie* must re ceive the reward insisted upon in the word of God, to evident from its reward even in ths present stole. In the physical world, so soon as we have transgressed any law of our being, we receive tho pcualty Inflict ted by nature, bodily pain, suffering and death. The same te tree i* Hu moral world, wheu we hare violated any law of our moral being ; or, which te the same, when we have violated the just commands of th* Almighty. Now, since At te plain that vise te punished to some extent In the pres ent state, and sinee it te equally evident that virtue te rewarded, what saltefoctory* evidence have we lor the belief that it will not aunt with a like recompense in the future 1 Should it not, therefore, he th* part of wisdom and prudence, to act in accordance with the precepts of di viue revelation, and would it apt be tho part of unpordouabl* 0* to remain indifferent with regard to throe thing*, seeing th* probability in merry; break ay peer fatlmr ground, far it ia Ham to trek the lord. till hr roam and rote righfiaasaam nyoo yon. How long wltt then sleep, O sing gardf When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep f 4th. After that God has awakened the carries* and unconcerned from this state of indifference, he enjoins upon them a sacred and important duty : “Arias ; rail upon thy Ood.* A mm|Jo conviction that the com aiands of God’s law are rigtteoaa. holy, just, good and true, is to m pan™"*, unless it produces a per maneut and lasting impression apuo the heart. Not a few hare been awakened, and have been ere* moved to sorrow and self-abasement in view of their sins, but uegtectiug this instruction of the text, have agutii been led in the paths of the destroyer, lienee the power and efficacy of prayer ia socurtng the pnuinw-d blessing, even salvation and eternal life, through the merito rious suffering and death of the Lord Jeans Christ, sad final aeropt- auce with Ood. Aa this connection, as to the In which the ehrtatten prayer Is rendered effienrioas, throagh the to- teemawkm of the flon, te out accessary. What b needful for M to know and believe at present te, that this te the divine and appointed means by which we are to secure pardon and forgive- neat of ski, tognther with the 1 costumed ia the covenant of The esbnrtotfon of the prophet i«, than a prophet bath aaM, “Behold « stand ut the door and krendt; If any aura Win open auto me, I wB» go In and sap wttb Mm aud be with m It to the flrrt step toward tr ami vital godHness In the heart J it lathe Strongest evidence of h renewed nflnd. Many professing Christians herein aandcnra tbemartvsn, by t neglect of till* important duty. But such only have n same to live, white they are yet dead. It te * sorest asd frequent Cause of S sleepi church; nor ran wc, oa individual members, expert te malt* pragn to the divine life while we aegh this sacred asd impertast dqgy. To secure the nilvattoa of our own aai —Umt we stay ao* the work of t Lord prospering ia oar hand*—it is to wreatte with God in /#*c ths dh rare for ths i of gnflt, wreteftednea*; 1af R to the tefinitc nferey of a* all-wise Creator, and then w* jy cherish th* strangest hope that At request* wiO be graciously an swvrod. _ . How urgent and frequent the eslts at hte many l “Look nnto me aff ye ends of Ike earth and be ft saved, for I am Goff and besides me there Is nans atee.” “Hu, every ana that k, earn* ye and take of tire of life freely.” Hrtvatte* is ftveij efl'-n <l tlirongh the blond of Christ. “Ask and yc sh*B rrortre, and ye shall find, knack nnd it ante yon.” “Arise; thy Gad, ff as foe that Uad wfff think apt* ea, that W* perish A s» ore rot’s del*y may place He He wtU snap Be really mesas H. He wlH gat sheet H forthwith. Only he will not make so abrupt transi tion. He will go into no extreme*. Be sees so harm In an Innocent game at the table, only he will not gfihffile again, at leart not to the extent be has don*. He can not see the harm ia a social glass, only be will art drink to esoaas. He floe* nut intend to be a fonsrir about it; he is a reasonable, moderate man. By the time be has had the social (teas or two, Ma idea of excess is modified. Aa he advances, aa floes hte hariasa of areflamttan, and sues* atm seems se for sway that he seems to himself safe is gwteg farther, until be is hi the mire again. He te drag gtog the halter. Bwttsr break abort ofl; if fhe thing k to be quitted. Sever drink agate, yoong man, if the fire baa ban brewing ia your ridns Hover touch the dire, never strike a ball again, If the foarinatkm that held yon te to be shaken The caricature of the Cbrtetiani*ed mg marry b unknown. How per ! cannibal, longing for n Mt of a sire a shoakl hr Ike time allotted to little boy, may be Uogbed at, but it u|km earth. The good qorea ha* a serteu* and suggestive. ride. Rhilelh, npon a dying bed, ex The clergyman te known to this claimed: “Oh! Oh! for «M smasent * writer, who, aa ho toils right aran at time to perpars to meet my God.”' ftdly throagh a tore ten thon* 1 ] and world* would not repay thee far pas* by the n k th* Christian's hope. “Ia the tor# they erect I indnlgenre of a thaaaand tarts day* he wi are shoot I* take the mire* not oral It n oa leap tat* a world at avertaat hngen at a tag retrihut loo-* Be asraknted then, O ran-leas *nd osgndiy shiner, and bit of property, until to a forgiving Ood hi the same non* ■ ti .I Ire a, a are I ffoiit Are “* - - * - ■ uu IS HkimlSi IH >ur iatynilir*. Throw thyself with all your guilt and vfleues* Into thr arm* of (hte forgiviag There shall yore wooadt i and virion* it hard to mdga. In earlier drunkard. How he for the lissom -mod pickpocket to to aa expoaed will conquers t - may arise ia the come of time, in the chorth, which are not forbidden, because they did Mt present theta setvea tB the day* when the Scrip tures were given. Under the one at these canons they have place, bat they are rigidly excluded under th* other. The one doss Said, “Show ns anything in the Word that condemns Site. The other said, “dhow me sny thing in the Word that eojotna this,” and for their adherence to this rate they had much abuse. They were America, radicate, ravoiattonariaa, rmt- flans, and wbat not f Their worship was called bald and their service meagre and unavailing. But they escaped at leart one dagger—they did not drag the baiter. Paritaus ia Kogland possessed of culture, knowledge, and refltfoment, (though commonly otherwise paint ed, for their enemies bad the field of history all to themselves,) and Pres byterians te Scotland, were not per fect by any means, but they were neither cowards nor took They did not always discriminate among the applications of their principle, bat they had a safe principle. Arid it saved them trouble on one aide a* least. They cams oat fairly and (folly. They have their own tempta tion* “each M nrd common to maa,” bat there is ao part of their system of which the old Prorefocmatmt could say, “Holding tbte you are bound to go further. Inexorable -■ logic requires that you also bold with os in a great deal mote.* 'Every time (ff reOgiooa enquiry has been a time of disturbance to th* mercy, dog* * copied! iug and evil mi Brave* ! whaUy. • te communities that retained th* nnfor- old habit. How iartioctivety would bidden. The old master of human doable tp, an n little provocation, 1 conscience has always been snatching the fiat of a man who used to be n j nt the baiter. And then a discussion brute only a little higher than the! arises about cutting it a little shorter, mt In the Maud at Jenna, lifts her everlasting portals high, and (is ths pure In heart behold their (M* battles be enjoyed and (ft persons to forsake mast forsake it utterly and Or. With the inflammable mat- gathered hi their natures, they safely come near the fire. and people can nut exactly agree how mueh should be cut off, and some are afraid that if the process sow begins it will never stop, and so they will not begin at all t The communities that refused *11 * ft te of na asc to tmtnrrt gunpowder bat *foat is commanded, are «Wi na to go off quietly ; or to beg kerosene all perfect, bot they will bear com- i. I and gentle explo I‘rover !■ hare *H of one, and the wisdom of amny; the wit in staring te p*(h\ and aoa denaed form wha| te approved of by the judgment at esu firmed by ths ohmreattaa at the umflritaflr. They are te onmmua i In tbiugs (Urtiuetivrl) raiijpoaij th* halter te often dragged. The God and eternity become real to him hi to do something that will place him In a right porittaa to Ood—thdt will and* the past—in some measure Bible-texto are to devout peopte iu : modke atonement. Hr believea be things religtoua. Indeed some of run do this. Aad if, with advaaciag them are ao widawpread iuid withal light, it begins to dawn upon him ■o weighty, that they pass for "erred there is much of the irrevocable qnotorious. “«Sod temper* the wind lHU g for which he can make no to the shorn lamb," has again and atoeemeat, mid be recur* to Christ, again been clothed * itk the antbor he thiaks of Him as a Helper, not as By of limptretioo. They are M a fricqd in need who Bible texts, loo, te their use, for bow | wiB ^ ^ tbe balance, not a Redeemer who pay* the whole. Aad even wbeu the dream of making [Munson with their neighbors. And they will be none the wore* for keeping the position Of the ohleu time, all the imputations upon baM and meagre worship notwithstanding. “For the thing* that bath been it is that which shall be, and that which ia done, is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under tbe sou.’—tier John Sail, D-JD. often a sentence which in tbe sacred 1 discourse would end with a terse srripture quotation, at once giving It point and authority, te cendnded te tbe forcible secular talk, with a popular proverb, into which j* tapers off graceftally as the whip due* iato tbe bU of wiry knotted whipcord, which makes the stroke at ouee graceful and inrhdra. Thera is an Bngtteh proverb which answer* to tbte serve* some study—“Tbe horse te not dean escaped that drags hte halter.” How vivid the picture is to any bucolic mind ; and the most healthy mind*, like the mast healthy bodies, gather their atrongtb te the country. The vehement young ani mal has been tied up by the head, aad the instinct at freedom ia too strong for the situation. Chafing aad togging, he at teat breaks the bond ; but it yields not at tbe head, but at the stake. By and by he te to be caught. You may sea the raptor with a tempting morsel for a hone, cuaxiugik* held out for bte shy iu- spoctroM. U« gallops around a little; halts; trot* a Ut; halts again. Hte ears are rentleaa, his eye now flash- iug, now Inquiring nnd corimw. He te xuspicious; yvt Ike bfcradtehmento at vote* and gaatoro, and th* goodly steal are not without tbsir force, nnd oblivious to the trencheron* halter, h* allow* the approach of tbe captor. It ish pretty subject foe Bore Bon- hear—ff her hand* are not ffoU al ready. At length tbe halter 1 * end te reached by the wity human actor in the aeeoe; It would not do to pro Token midden leap by stooping foe It ( bat it te all the soma to ant foot npon Mt, astfl hold It fart. Ah I poor yoong edit! you m not clean ro raped; you dragged the halter! There te a good deal of halter- dmggtyg taooi^f men. Held, fog example, .fcf a bad baWt, • high spirited and ret feeble nature, j* reparation has been broken, *ud when the Redeemeris work has been accepted, bow oftsa doe* the human spirit revert to it* original aad criati- nal srif-retiance. “I am afraid to hope, there is ao oiach evB in me.” Then if you were sensible of a little leas evil, or a little more good, yafo hope. Aad your hope ti xindrd not oa the sal Qtlrnry, but on the victories of self, Of the inner changes (hat evidence true firith te Christ I do uot now ■peak, but of that subtle •rtf-right xuusers* which te coostsntly and practically ssyisg te rise heart, with theolpgy and grammar both qura tionabie—“I foal safe, for I feel ao guod> When any proferateg rhrte tian, however true and sincere. Is tn this temper, he drags the halter, and is for tbe time at the mercy of hi* lues. H* is off the only ground where a sinner can stand—the per fect righteonsneas of Christ He te laying aside the “fine linen dean and white," and putting on the “filthy rag*.* Ho te dropping that plea which waa never urged te vain; aad ha ia taking up the Pharisee’s dox •ly to hirnscU, “I test twice a week, I give tithe* at all that I possess.’ When the Reformation struggle reached its dimax, and the work of reconstruction began, two diverse method* were adopted. “Let u*,* said ouc set, “keep nothing thta te f»-bidden in God’s word.” This did not satisfy another tot. They said, as have nothing but what te ,ij, fand ft God’s word.” Tbe two cations look very much alike, but they really differ. There are many thing* which it would be idle to .TfH-t to find condemned Th God’s wotfl. It baa no anachronisms. It doss not denounce tbe incautious use of fire-arms, or rebellious printing; foe neither powder nor printing The calamity which I stand hi dread of, and w hich is, next to tbe w ithdrawal of the Divine Wearing, the greatest a church can suffer, » that thejiaing talent, genius and energy of our country may leave tbe ministry of the gospel for other jwo- freskmn. “A scandalous mainten ance,’ Matthew Henry says, “makes a scandalous ministry.’ And I wifi give yon another, equally true: “Tbe poverty of the parsonage will develop itself in the poverty of the pulpit* I have no doabt about it. Genteel poverty, to which some min- istera fire doomed, te oac of the greatest evils trader the sun. To [dace a man in circumstances where he is expected to be generous and hospitable, to open hte hand aa wide as bte beurtrto tbe poor, to give his family a good education, to bring them ap ia what, te called genteel Hta, and to dony him he means of doing so, te enough, but for the hope of heaven, to embitter existenee In the dread at debt, in many daily mortifications—meeting, per haps, some old acquaintance, whom he dare not ask to his table lest hte more prudent wife should frown upon hte extravagance—iu harassing fear* of what wiQ become of hte wife aad children when hte bead lies in the grave, a man of cultivated mind aad delicate sensibilities has trials to bear more painful than the privations of the poor. It is a bitter cap, and my heart bleeds for breth ren who have never told their Bor rows, concerting under their cloak the fox that gnaws at their vitals. [Pr. Guthrie. (iiacK.—Grace to live from day to flay an iocraaringty Christian life, without bring inordinately anxious about the morrow; firith in Christ aa the only and all-sufficient saviour for m; and mere success ta imita ting th* example of him who te Lorfl and Master, are, and dtast be, the great aim of every ehrirthm, and if reached and reahred, will prepare him equally for death ufflift—Pr. Go*. Wilma. ’ prayer call fur Tbe returns of returns of praise. fi-' i m m m II jla|-na - — . "-S