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C. or will exhibit such obedience. No going out of the soul enlarges it, . man, therefore, cun bo justi fled liy the works of the law, because uo man him done all that the law re- quires before it can pmnouuce a sentence in his favor. The time was, in the jmat history of tuan, wlieu justifleation was at tainable on the ground oi a right- eonsuees wrought out by himself. The eomlition on which nulvution was originally uffered wna perfect obedience; and if tuan had rendered such obetlieuce, he might have claim. Original. Christ our Justifleation. Christ is the author of that right sousuo.sk which God accepts as the ground ou which lie justifies the ungodly who believe in Jesus. In the aet of justification, he delivers them from tlie condemnation of sin, ami confers on them the adoption of sons. This privilege is conferred in consideration of u righteousness which lolly satisfies the demands of his immutable law. This righteous miss is sometimes called the right, eousness of God, because it is that which he accepts ami rewards; some times the righteousness of faith, because it is received and appropri ated by faith, and so remleml availing to the actnnl justification of those wlio rely on Christ as a propitiation for 'sins. It is the lighteouRness of Christ, because be provided it; that is, by hisobedience unto death, be met the claims of the law nml delivered from its penalty all who believe in liim for salvation. Theucc his name, “The Lord our righlevnjmex*.” He is made of God unto us righteousness—the author of our justification. fn the Scriptures the distinction is constantly made lie tween our own righteousness, which is of the law, and the righteousness which is of God by faitli in Jesus Christ; be tween that righteousness which is obtained by working, and that which is Obtained by lielieving. Tlie Jews, Tahl says, being ignorant of Goil’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, would not submit to the righteous ness of God. They persisted in tnfsting to their own rigliteonsness, which consisted in their imperfect obedience to the law; and this in volved a partial refusal to accept the righteousness which God had pro Tided in the perfect obedience of Christ, whom he had set forth as a propitiation through faith in his Wood. They songht to obtain justi fication, not by faith, but by the works of the law. The Ajiostle, on ^ contrary, renounced all depen dence on his own imperfect works, and thankfully accepted the right eousness which God hail provided in the merits of his Sou, who is the end of the law for justification to every one that believeth. “Not having character, justification by complete There is such a thing as “waxing obedience is not jiossibie. As soon fat” to our infinite rain, just as some might we scale the heavens, or go brants arc spoiled and matte urn-ion* down into the abyss. We Uave and even mischievous by too much sinned and come short of tlie glory I food and too little work. Oh ! the of God, ami so have rendered a sen- horridue** of luontl obesity. It is ! teiice of ueqnittal ami reward, on 1 gross, godless, dninning. Thnv is the ground of law, utterly impossi ! no danger in receiving ever so much, hie. For those who have already in beiug ever so rich, ever so wine, broken the law, tbe legal method of; ever so ilistinguishetl | if as we justifleation is in its nature impnu-ti- 1 attain these, we employ them fur cable, lienee tbe necessity of some God nml humanity. Only ao can a other method of justification, differ life that the world culls |>raapcn>n* ent from that whicli is by our own be a life really Messed. To succeed righteousness or obettk-m-e. , lien’ we must begin with our first A not her wethisl has been revealed, mquisitioiia ami vmtionally Ini'reuse What is it 1 Tin- gos|iel says: “We! ©or activities ami contributions us are justified by his grace thruogii the our ability increase*. The godly rcdonqttion which i*by Christ Jesus.’' habit will make it easy and even We arc justified by his blood. We delightful. Like all other things, it are justified by liim from uli things, will bo bard to Iwgiii it late. »y own righteousness, which i^af ir tlr the law, but that which is by faith of Christ—the righteousness which is of God by faith.” Dnr own rigliteonsness can not avail for our justifleation, because it does not meet tlie conditions of the la* of works. The only condition ioU acceptance and reward known to the law, is entire obedience. “Not the hearers of the law are jnst before °«d, but the doers of the law shall 1 be justified.” To fulfill tlie right eousness of tlie law, our obedience nrost extend to all its precepts, without any failure or defect in tbe of oiuiMteu or commission, and must proeeeil from motives which the Searcher of hearts can approve. It promises life only to those who • °bey it perfectly, and it* penalty is attached to crery gin. “Cursed is every one who ccmtinueth not in all Iking* written in the law to do them.” <Jne s iu effectually debars tbe doer of it from justifleation before God on the ground of his own merit or obedience. If the promise of life were to he fulfilled only on condition “f entire obedience to the law, then *orild it never liavo a fulfillment ; inasmuch as no mere man ever did' to tbe liberal, laboring aouL Tbe blesses it, as the water drawn from a well leaves graater coolness and j ileliciomnMs in ite depths. The whole universe Is in motion; nothing ; is siade merely for real; every thing is shtuiag, flowing, ripening, yield lug, sustaining, beautifying, cheer-1 ing, comforting, or something of the kind. We fail to diseern the Anal j cause of eur creation, if we live unto ( ourselves. If grace has renewed our ' souls, then must grace hare ite flrait,; or hraven’s higheet purfioee m our ed eternal life, on the ground of law, salvation is defeated. We were not as his reward. But the ability ami opportunity to make the attainment of eternal life in this way, mau has forever lost. lu our present cir cumstances, nml with our present made Christian* solely for our own sake, but fur God's mke and the sake of soots. We mast never pause. “Work here, rest in heaven." The more we receive, the more let na do. We urv justified by his obedience. Not by works of righteousness which we have donu are we saved, but by what Christ lias dime to secure for t uk acceptance with God. He came to Have them that wen- lost. Find The Sabbath Tlie following testimonies sud ex perieuec*. not i»f the clergy, but of statesmen, philosopher*, aud men ing the broken hut iinmiitalde law . *'‘le reputation ill legal, medical, standing in the way of their salva , H,orarv ".mii.en-ial «*'. bearing tiofi, be fulfilled It, and answered its «' * cmsiiieraMe demands on them Dv the vicariaoa j at the perm-ut time,may m-t sacrifice of hims. ll. As a divine and ^ '‘“interesting to our reader. : volnutary snlsttitnte, lie boro those - Rundajr had not l« n ol*rn«l sufferings by which bo olrtaincl for ** “ ,Uv of 'he last thrm* lii.s iMiiple a di«charg<* from the pen- w 'turiea, I have turf the smallest allies of Urn law which they had Jou,, ‘ lu *' r broken; and bv his olmdicueo for *“• “ l* 0,,n,r •"«* them, be oMaitmd a right to tbe **** “**" we w *- rewartls of eternity wliieb m*ver could have been acquired or estab lished by any obedience of their own. It is written: “He was made under the law to redeem those that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons”—redeemed us from the curse of the law by being made a curse for us—the just one suffered it; the room of tbe unjust, that he might reconcile us to Gotl— lie was made sin for us, that we might Ik- made the righteousness of Go«l Lord .VecanUig. “There is uo religion without wor ship, aud no worship without tbe Sabbath."—Count Montale mint. “The more faithfully I apply my sell to tbe duties of the Isird's day, the more happy and shots*ful is my business daring tlie week.”—Sir Matlkrte Hale. “A corruption of morals usually follows a profanation of tbe Hab- Isith.”—Ttlurtmtonr. “The Hnbbwth as a |>oUticul lusti Its foundation upon a law in mini's nature as fixed as that he must take food or die."—1M. Willard Verier, of .Voc lort City. “As a day of Prat, I view tbe Sabbath as a day of rompeosation for the inadequate restorative power of the hotly under continued labor and excitement One day lu nevmt, by the bounty of Providence, is thrown in as a day of compensation to |ierfect by its re|mne the anlmsl system.”—Join Rickard ftrw, If. D n of jMiadou, England. Int I ‘rente, one of the great secular journals of Paris, has said, “Kngtand owes much of her energy and char acter to tbe religious keeping of Huoday.” Wbyr can not France follow bee, as the Halil mill was made for all meu, aud we neeii its Messing, f The present Lonl Chaneeltor of Kngland statnl at a public merting, “1 am glad to say that our Sunday in IsiiHion is not yet like a continental .Sunday. IxsAing at the question from the lowest point of view, it is the especial duty and interest of tear ling men to illsconragc all stteuqit to interfere with the seventh day as a day of rest; for, once let the Parisian system nunc into vogue in this country, under which tbe acaf fuhls of pnblir buildings were ns crowded with workmen on Sunday n* on any other day, and they would have to work seven days for the pay now received for lit' “Ho far aa my otpervatina extends, those who are in the habit of avoid ing wuridly rare on the Sabbath are those most remarkable for tbe per feet iMM-formaiMT of their duties da ■ ring tlie week. I have a firm belief that such persons are able to do bumc work, and do it in a better manner, in six days, than if they worked the wbnlcaavru.”—Joint’. Warren, U.It. Vrtfnmtr io tie Medirol fWlqr •/ liarrurd f aireruitf. “A very profound and worulerful reform has jast lieeu la-gnu in Paris. The priuciple sbopw—iucluding those of nearly all tbe Ituen dr*|M-rs, bo sfors, silk uierccra, ami vradera of ready-made sp|«n-l—will hcorefetth lu- cloacil on Humlaya The tner chants have tal^eti this slcji of their ow u accord, amt the employ cea ap HuMsith has a tendency to degrade; oopied iato his poeket-boek on the the tone of morals lu the community: { spot; aud, in his next picture, ap yet lees censure can attach to those : peered with a life and vivacity and men wlio are compelled to labor for | natare, which no strength of memory their dally bread, thaa to owners or imagination could have supplied, ami employers who require the aer-1 There is a certain wise way, too, vies to be i>er<r>naed.”—J. Durand, I m which he slum Id accustom himself Omural Superintendent of the Little to look down oa the jiarauita of all Miami, Columku* 4t Xenia Railroad. 0a s Minister'■ Onalifyiag Hiauelf for When a young mhiister sets out, be should ait dowu aud ask himself HOW UK KAY BEST Ql lUFl HIM KKLK POR Ota OITKX How does a physiriaa qualify him self f It is not enough that he offers to fori tbe pulse. He must read, j and inquire, sud make experiments, aud correct himself again ami again, j Uc must lay in a stock of medical 1 knowledge before he begins to feel | the pulse. The minister is a phyaMau of a for higher order. lie has a vast field before him. He has to stady aa infinite variety of eonstitntions. He la to furnish himself with the other men. No man of eminence in his iirofcasion Is destitute of such a partial feeling for his profession, though his Judgment may remon strate with him thereon, as an un founded partiality. The minister, however, is required ao to view all other imrsutta. He aloue is tbe man, whose iifln and protrusion, in all their |iaru, are raised into dignity importance by their direct re- to Eternity. For Kternity be schemes, and (dans, and labors. He should become a philosopher also. He should make experiments ■ on himself and others, in order to And out what will produce effect He is a flsbonnaa, and the fisherman must fit himself to his employment. 1 If some fish will bite only by day, he I must fish by day; if others will bite . «»lj by moonlight, hr moat fish for knowledge of the whole system of { th e. by mooulight ne has an cw He ie to he a man of MM , gi»r to work, mul it must be his meet If ooe thing foil, he j assiduous endeavor to work his eu gine to the full extent of ito powers; end, to find oat its powers, is the remedies, and expedient must know how to apply another.! Many intricate and perplexed cases | wiM come before him; It will he die toward success and effect graceful to him nut to he prepared jgsy admirably on the for such. Ilia patients will |>ut many organ, if you will allow to them that questions to him; k wHI be disgrace tfe-fe'ia no dUferanee between aa fol to him net to tie t meimird to ocgiu, and a barpaicbord, but they answer them. He is a merebau! Uave utterty miatmkea its powers, embark ing ia extensive couccrna. A fomhinattou u the unrivalled excel Httle ready money in the pocket will | rf tWe urfpui; and then-fore be in him—he was deUveml for our| ,u,io " «f incsiin.aU,- value, iu.lr offences, and raised again for onr I J* r,ahn to • vta » “ justification, Hint is, that we might lie justified. All who arc pardoned and saved are j untitled by un act of merry from thi- throne, and solely by virtne of the satisfaetion thnt was made by- Christ. They are accepted, not on accouut of tlieir faith, or repentance, or anything else dime by them, but on ncconnt of tlie righteousness of Christ, which eousisU in his complete obedience to the law—liis passive obedience, by which the is-nalty of tbe law was exhausted, and his | Glorify.”—.1 dam Smith. “Haudny is a ilsy of aremmt. and a eandid arcount every neivuth day is the best pre|mniti<m for the great day of oreuniiL”—Lord Kaueu. “I can truly declare that to me tlie Hubhath hns lieen invaluable."— Wil liam Wilberforcr. “Give tbe world half of Sunday, nml you will find religion has uo stroughold of tbe otlu-r.”—Sir Walter Scott. “Where tliere ia no Christian Hub both there is no Christian morality; not answer the demands that will he maitc U|Mm him. Home at •a seem to tbfok it will, but they ate grossly deceived. There must lie a well ! furnished am suit at the banker's. Hat all is not gold that giittera. j A young minister mast learn to sep arate and arirrt his materials. A, aura who talks to biiuarlf will find I out what sails the heart of man; 1 some things respond; they ring j agaiu. Nothing "•tin* nature is: lost 'on mankind; it is wurth its I weight in pfil, for the service of a minister. He most remark, too, j what it is that puxxlea i.ud distract* |irai to tbe gisul will of the |mWic I the mind ; all this is to In- avoided ; to aid them in maktug the measure ; '* »*y w rar the garb of a deep re reneral."—Wnt York Timm, June Xti. sratvh, ami great nraiueu ami exfen IMS. 1 rite learning; but it is nothing to “I have lung been of the <qiinion , ***** **** mankind. . that it is to the iutermd M tim rail I important eoushl ran only display its powers, who studies the chords and stops la all their infinite variety of resolution awl comismitiou, rather thou the rajiid motion of his fingers only. Hut all the minister's efforts will I *» vanity, or worse tluui vanity, if i be have nut unction. Unction must • tmm dowu from heaven, and spread 1 s Wor mto relish aud feeling over his miniW. And, among all UK- other mean* of qualifying himself for ; his oflh-ef tbe lhbh- must bold tbe first |dare, and tlie last also must Iw given to the trord of God and j prayer.—CoriL Ths Burs Way. rood ami steamboat companies to sosprnd <qierstioua on the Hukbath, as it lirmoratiara the men and makes them reckless, and m u the raanr of many accident*. I believe railroad roaipunieu wouhl be much more pros pen na if Holiday running was entire ly snspemhsL I snp|iase there are em|4oyed on IIm- railways of the What are the best means to secure tlie prosjierity of the ehuroh f Let us re mem tier liefore we try to answer rratieus in making s srrmou is tol Uds inquiry, which is so often made •I term harm a* it as much as poasibie. hi all earorstiwsa, that unless the The sermon* of the last century wen- I*»d build the city, the balkier* like their large, unwieldy chain. I Ubor in vaia, aud unless be keep it, Men have now a for more tree ides the watchmen wake ia rain; and let I of a chair. They consider it as j* | «lno never forget that it is tbe piece of furniture to rit upon, and Lord’s plan to use means for the they rat away from it every thing accomplishment of his purpose*. He | that emtiarrasaro mid mtrau.bere ife.| bouora his servant* by making them Coiled States, on the Hsbliath, thirty ,l rr *l ,, *' v " “ n *“' h «*«ve»hm sml; co-workers with him. It is, tberefore, tboiisaiHl n*ii.’—X Ruth, Hu per in I wm«iom to know what is not trndent of the Richmond, Frrderieiu j l*“‘ *«*» a sermon, as what is. i & .i ii to be active oliedience, by which Its juu «“I without this, free institution* cept.i were fulfilled. According to j «*» long be sustained."—fustier this jnetlusl of forgiveness, the ili- | Mr/san. vino law ia vindicated and lumored,' “The louger I live the more highly the threatening is executed, tlie ve- ! G'e Christian Halibut h, racity of God preserved, anil bis I th *' ittwteful do I feel to- ' wnril those who iuipn-as its iuqior- knrg A IWuwr Railroad. “Many years' experience mid ob- smation more aud more enoviuce me as a railrnail man that cveu ia un economic poiut of view there ia ilo more profltalde rale for us to fol low than ‘remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.’*—CoL Goo. A. Mer rill, Superintendent nf the Rutland dr Iturtiaytvn Railroad. “From experience I know that la no vain question ; this inquiry as to the best means is pertinent. Home A young minister should likewise J persons seem to think the sure way look round him, that he mav see l ” t4 > ■«*<*« u *” services of a first what has surrarded and what has j «'fe»s preacher who will draw. Vs not. Truth is to be his rompouion, <»"* ehnrchee often make inquiries but he is to clothe her ao as to gain <*«"■ j«*t such ministers. Tbe people lier orarmi. Troth must never bow eousistiwies sre confident to fashion or prejndiee ; Imt her garb; Rmt a man of this description will may be varied. No man was ever | Ikrir pews ami fill the aisles justice as well as his mercy illus trated, while tbe believing, repentant sinner is SAVED. ‘‘Thunks be to God for liis unspeakable gift.” J. Christian Work. Work is the law of the Christian life. This idea is very forcibly pre sented fn the following paragraph | forces should not suffer, nor tlie from tbe Hortkireatern Chrietian Ad- cause they defend be iinjieriled, by tnnee on the community.”—Dauiet Wrtmter. In a general order, tanned Novem ber 1-1, l.stK, President Lincoln com manded that “Sunday labor in the army nml navy lie reduced to the measure of strict necessity. The dis cipline and character of tlie national vocate : “All the rivers ran into the sea; yet the sen is not full: unto the place from whence the rivers come thither they return again.” is the law of tbe uuiversc. God bestows bis gifts not that they may lie kept but diffused. If we keep them, mid nre full, where is the room for more, which God is ao anxions to bestow 1 Whnt would the sea gain by refusing to part with its vapors ! It could not be fuller, and ite waters would become stagnant, but now they are ever being lifted heavenward and pnrifled, to lie re turned again in showers that fill the streams which pour their freshness aud abundance back again into the sea. Fullness is often satiety, and satiety is disgnst, but it is never so tbe profanatiou of the day or name of tlie Most High.” Attorney-General Botes, of the Cabinet, wrote:. “The religious char- Motion' actor of an institution so ancient, so suered, so lawful and so^Deeessnry to the peace, the comfort and the re spectability of society, ought alone to be sufficient for its protection; but, that failing, surely the laws of the loud made for ite account ought to be ns strictly enforced ns the laws for tbe protection of jieraon and property. If tbe Sunday laws be neglected or despised, tbe 4aws of person and property will soon share tlieir fate aud be equally disregard ed.” “The Sabbath mutt be observed as a day of rest. This I do not state as an opinion, but knowing that it has borers, uieclmuien, managers, etc., will do more work, and do it better, to six days than to seven. Further, if we habitually ask our aieu to break the Hnbtaith, it will not be long before they will break his law to other respect*, by defrauding, vtef—J. P. Parley, Superintendent af the Dubuque dr Sioux City Railrvid. “In nearly thirty years’ experience on Western aud Houthera Railroads, I have never found it Necessary to ruu HiimLay trains, except where connecting or competing lines ren dered it so. I think men perform more work in six day*, rearing every seventh, than when they work ever)' eminently successful in his ministry, who did not make truth his friend. Hurh a man might not are her, in- <leed, in all her beauty aud propor- day, also think meu are more reliable and trustworthy ou roods where the Habboth is observed, thaa where the day of root is ignored.”— E. 0. Ramey, Superintendent of the tksis; but, certainly, he saw aud loved her. A young minister should remember that she does not wear the dress of a party. Wherever she ia, she is ooe and the same, however variously men may array her. He, who is ignorant of her prominent and distinguishing features, is like a musician who plays half score: it grates on every well formed ear; aa fatal error amis no corresponding vibration ia the renewed heart. Truth form* an immediate acquaintance with such a heart, by a certain fit uea* aud suitableness to ito state aud feeling*. She is something dif ferent from the pic! nre whk-h a churchman draws of her. A di# ■enter minors her perfect figure. A Frenchman distorts her features to ■me way, and an KngiUlimsn in] Selma, Rome dr Dattam Railroad. “I do not believe the running of Sunday trains is profitable to the company; and that it is a positive violation of IMvioe law, none can doubt”—Hon. Abram Mnrdoci, Prta idrnt of tke Mobile d Ohio Railroad. “It is for the interest of the com pany to allow our employees the rest of the Habboth.”—E. B. Phillipa, President of tke Michigan Southern «b Korihern Indiana Railroad. “The want of cessation from labor on the canals, railroads and steam i-out lines of the country on the another. Every ooe makes his own cast and color too essential to her. Koowiedgr, theu, and Truth nre to be the constant aim of » young minister. Bat where shall be find them t Let him learn from a fool, if o fool can teach him anything. Let him be every where aud always a learner. He should imitate Gatos borough. Gainsborough transfosed Nature into his landscapes, beyond almost any of bis cotcmporarios; because Gainsborough was every where the painter. Every remarka ble feature or position of a tree— ev*ry fine strata of Natnre-wga with admiring listeners, and so make the ebni-rh treasury overflow with greenbacks, which are never to be despised in the management of eerie siastieal economy. No matter whetli rr the preacher is exactly orthodox or not, if he is only right smart, he will do; to foct a little suspicion af heresy will give him a reputation for originality, aud people like indepen dent thinker*. These men thnt fol low to tlie old beaten paths in which the fathers walked a century or even three centimes ago, are miserably belli ml the times. Indeed Hhey are likely to be declared old fogies out right, for they hold the very same doctrines that the Apostles of Christ taught and the martyrs of Jesus died for more than eighteen hundred yean ago. Such preachers and teachers are the merest old fossils in the judgment of some modern theo logians, whose learning is indeed prodigious. Now, a preacher who can raise a laugh at tbe expense of these laggards behind the times, will please a great many people, who have both money and intelligence, aud will, no doubt, win golden opin ions from all who like to see a man dealing, not with the issues of the post, but with the real live questions of the day or the hour 1 Others, however, deem another mode of operation more likely to effect its object They regard the cli .irob's best estate as secured most effectually by the erection of a mag nifiequt and costly edifice. Every thing connected with the worship be to exqnisito taste. The preacher must have a fine presence, agreeable countenance, and a voles of great compass and sweetness. He most avoid all unpleasant topics to tbe pulpit. He must bo a polite preachdr. Disagreeable doctrines must net be broached. His sermons mnst be eminently practical and foil of the love of the gospel Tlie idea of frigfateutog people by harsh ex pressions or dark and threatening allusions to a future state, most not be entertained for a moment. Then the choir and the organ and organist must be simply the very best that the money can command, and these factors bring given, the church, to their ojrfniou is safe. Its prosperity is sure. We know a more excellent way. Hoeh churches there are, and they are deemed prosperous, and are the envy of uot a few who would be like them if they could; lint we would rather have lees of the pomp and vanity of worldly show and more of the earnest spirit of men and women who love Christ and His truth, aud are willing to work that those who are stranger* to the grace of the gospel may find the way to the cross at their Saviour, and rejoice to the blessed assurance of pardon and peace. That church is most pros perous, the members of which love ooe soother moot heartily, and are ready to join to any good work that will advance tbe temporal or spirit ual welfare of their fellow-men. The church which understands its mis- won is one which deems all work honorable that will make men and women and children better in all the relations of life, and that wiU add ty the Mm of human happiness, and assuage the sm row which it is power- less to prevent or to heal; and to this cud every member of the family of faith must be brought to fed that religion U not ouly a personal, but a very practical thing; that it is a life of love, and therefore a life of obe dience; that it is living for Christ and doing and suffering for Him, whatever work or trial be imposes, joyfully, because it is His wilL Ia such s family there will be no idlers. Whatev er is dooe at all will be well done. Then* will be no collision. Why should there bet Are they not all living for Christ f Is not the voice of each one, and is not the teotimouy of the whole household one and the same—“tbe lore of Christ eonstrsineth ns !* “Tbe sure way is to seek just such a spirit of devotion to the service of Christ The church that bos ob tained it is blessed with true prosper ity, no matter wlierc its members worship, prov ided the place is the best they can procure; no matter to what class of society they m»y belong, provided only that they are all the friend* of Jeans; no mat- ter how the worship is conducted, provided it is decent and devout; no matter what language they speak, if only it is the language of earnest worshippers, who worship God in spirit and in truth ; their assembly will always be honorable, and their fellowship will be desired by all who love onr Lord Jesus Christ in sincer ity and in truth. Better than all the costly trappings of a gorgeous ritual, and all the incense of the music of the grandest cathedral, is tbe sacri fice which they bring who have learned to praise God for deliverance from the power of sin, and to offer their life as a continual thank-offer ing to him who died for them and rose again.—ChrieHyp lateWyeaeur. -CJinVfty j A Moras 1M TUB I’antsy,—When I used to be nanghty to any way, or ont of temper, grandfather would call to me, “Mary, Mary, take caret there’s a mouse in your pantry!” I often would cease crying at this and stand wondering to myself what he meant. I often would run to the pantry, too, to see if then really was a mouse in the trap, text I sever found oue. One day I said, “Grandpa, I don’t know what you mean. I haven’t any pantry, and there are no mice lu mother’s, because I’ve looked ever ao often.” He smiled, and said, “Come, my little girl, and sit by me while I-tell you what I mean.” “Yonr heart, Mary, is the pantry; the little aius are the mice that get to and nibble away at all the good, and that makes you sometimes Cross and fretful, unwilling to do as you are bid; and if you do not strive against it, the mice will keep nibbling until all the good is eaten up. To keep the mice out, you must set a trap for them—the trap of watchful ness, and have for bait, prayer and firmness.” '