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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR.
“ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTI8M.”-EPHE8IAN8 IV; 5.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 2-NO. 42.
COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1870.
OLD SERIES, YOL. IV.-NO. 95.
IS PUBUSUKD
EVERY WEDNESDAY
BY
RODE^miller.
TERMS t
Thk Utherak Visitor is furetabrd
ta (■barrils t's at Ft-W 1st year, if iwkl
their Widows, ami Stu
dent* id Theology, are <• harms 1 #2.00 per
«« # paid in liuvaiice.
■' rje Tlnw who do not osy within three
moatlis of tlw time their year beicius,
a ill in every ruse, lie charged fifty' ceota
aUihckmul.
RATE* OK AliVERTIsIMi :
for one square (oue inch of niiiimu):
find iaaerdou fi 7J
One month.. * SO
•phiee mouth* * «*
Six mouth*.-,,...... * 00
Twelve month* — 10 00
Oa advertinement* of three square* ami
upward* n dwcount of 20 ,n-r rent., of
Sve nquare* slid upwards, 30 per reut.,
of ten square* ami upward*, 40 |ier cent.,
oad of one-half column anil upward*. SO
per ceut wiU lie deducted from the aliove
obituaries, wlieu more than five line*,
ten cent* for eight words, iwyalile in
advance.
Punpage—Five cents per quarter.
tV please remi-mher all busine** H-t-
ter» should lie addressed to
Rev. A. R. RUDE,
Columbia. 8. 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.” '