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rr ' "FP VISITOR i»y ■ ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPT18IfEPHE8IAN8 IV: 5. SERIES VOL 2-NO. 47. COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27,1870. OLD SERIES, YOL. IV.-NO. 100. ■*> ^isilur IS rBBUMMB EVERY weonesday . • MV RUDEJe MILLER. TERMS i Tbk Utukras Vuirgii is furnished tt tahnwi* ut fiS.-W per ymt, It jmid in athniH*. 0WBW"*’ , ,Ulir <VaIs id W?'" 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Bnyl , iiml arrive • i isemcnlfo aA ■' ' V**-’ t'-'T* ttrr From tl« Luti-crju Obeeerx r. The Baptism of Children. Hie. impropriety of baptizing chil- ilren in print it, iu preference to the iwimiuMtmtiou of the ordinance in tit atecmMie* of the chitrrk, in a ante jeet frequently disrussed in synods, conferences, ami elsewhere. As n Latis-nro ininiirter, we take for grout eU, tlwt the chihln-n of iwireutn, who ate meinU-ra of the chnri ti, ore tin- jiro(ier nnhjects of baptism. “Fur,” saya the Afaistle l‘eter, “tin- pnnnis*- i» nntif you, ami to your chiklren, ami to all that ore afnr off,m>ven as the taint <«yr God shall tsill." (Acts ii: at).) Tlic same promise holds good if but one of the parents lie a pwe feased believer. (1 C'or. vii: 14.) -faere is, thwWiiri!. «t controversy among us whether snelt should or should not be admitted to this saered ordinance. In this all true Luther ans are agreed. Tlie subj«-ct turns OR tin* propriety or impropriety of mluiiuisteruig tills in primtr houses rather than in tin- assemblies ot tlie church. For, when the people refuse to bring their children for baptism to the church, when tltere is no valid hindering cause, it must be because tliey prefer that it be *hme at home. tVe will now assign some n-asons why we hold it to be improjier to baptise children iu private residences I rather than iu the assemblies «»f tbe ebarclt.* I. Tlie church is n Divine institu tion, to which have been committed the word ot Go<l,aml the admiuistra- tion of-tbu saem tuents—Haptism aud the Lord’s Bnpper. It, th«-n-fore, ae «o«ls with nMon, that as these treasures liave lieen committed to our keeping, we should keek, by tlie utmost diligence, to keep them Ru- ered, and to administer them in the most eftleieiit manner. The minis try has been appointed for the sake ■of order, aud the church asui-mblies, from time to time, for tlie public worship^ of God, and for tbe celebra tion of tlie sacred ordinances, by which example others may be in- dialed to love aud serve God. If these sacraments cease to be admin istered in public, the church will «ease to be visible, and will degen erate into a mere society, or sockd order. Besides, the clmrcb has a right to witness the adminstratiou of its ordi nances. For this she has called her pastors and teachers to officiate in her presence. She has a right to know icho nre admitted into tbe fold. She has ]mwer to admit the worthy, and reject the unworthy. When bap tism is administered in prirate, it is often to doubtful snlijeets, by which the ordinance is brought into disre- pute, and the cause of God made to suffer iu the estimation of those wiUi- 00 f- It also encourages arrognuec— the parents themselves, after under taking to judge who should and who should not bo baptized, thus holding a rod over the appointed ministry of the rhumb. They sometimes take the whole matter into their own hands, and force the minister either to bnp ti*e »11 who send for Izim, or cause him to give offense when be refuses to baptize doubtful subjects, out of which grow discord aud alienation, hy which not only his usefulness is impeded, but often also that of the whole ehnrriL Hut when the ordi ’•twice i« ftdininisterwl in tlie assem oik's of the church, iKxording to tlie discipline, all these troubles an avoid ed. lienee, to baptize in private, rather than hi the public assemblies of believers, is a violation of order, and the A|».>tle I*uul says; all things he done decently and in ordtr.* II. Private baptism has a tenden cy to foster wrong views of the ordi nance among the people. Tills should by all means tie avoided by teachers of religion, liaptisui is often neg lected until some dangerous sickness overtakes tlie child, when tbe minis ter aud medical doctor sre sent for, (lost baste; the one to help the soul, the other the body of tlie child ; and thus this sMnsd ordinsnoo, whether viewed as the seal of tlie coccmint of grace, or us the initiatory rite of the elmrrh, is brought into disrepute by a want of solemnity, prcinn-atiou and proper Kjvinsoiw. What Induces such tleltty, ami such dangerous neglect, twit an iniiirofier view of tlie nutun- and design of tlio ordinau«-e, which ignonuice is Aud* red by )irivate bap tisma. Some pmviits are atkamrd to bring their children to the church for haptism, esjiecinHy when the ordi imitce lias been jierformcd frequently, which is often tins ran* iu sanctified wedlock. To be ashamed to dedicate these little «m to God in baptism, in the assemblies of the ehureh, is to be ashamed of Christ, for he says: “Of *uck is the kingdom of heaven." III. Private baptism imposes an rxtn amount of labor U|khi the pastor, which the ehureh has no right to impose. Our greet coiumis sum, ns ministers, is not to baptise, but to preach the Giaqiel. Home lasqih- seem to thiuk that all a min inter lias U-cn called for is to ride through tin- country to Imptizc chil dren ami bury the dead—for unite- licvers the same as fiir believers. Thus tin- minister’s attention is fre quently diverted from his legitimate calling by a stiiblmni prejudice in the comuinuity. IV. Private baptism is* eoutrary time luaioml custom of tbe cutitvll. Ill tin- ewly history of the church, it is true, baptism was |>er- fornied, ns iu the case of tbe eunuch by Philip, w heuever there was water eouvenient.* Hut wlieu eliristiame began to multi|>ly, and tlie assem Mies of saints inereasetl in unmbers, they begun to crc*-t eliitrches, and to secure etmvcnleut jila*v«s near the ciiun bes for Uiptism. Ttu-sc were either sc|iunite buildings, often very costly, ami calhsl bupHutryin, sr, us in the Vlth century, fonts within tlie ehurrlies, where the congrrga tions were wont to assemble. In wine of the chapels in tlie ('atacomliN of Itonu-, baits have been discovered, showing that the lwptisia was administered in the public as semblies, and tin- inscriptions on the tomlm bmnd there show that ehil dren were the subjects of it. Tlie Lutheran t'bun'll, lieiug bis torieally and doctriually etiintectwl with the ancient ehureh, cau not but adhere to the tiine-lioiiored custom of baptising her children in the pub lic assemblies of tin- believers. Tills has, also, becu tlie custom, but aornc of Iter chorehes have pmctindly ifc- parte*! from it, and thus injiiroi her effh-iciicy ami Iwr dignity. There fore, tbe sucrament of baptism should be administered, whenever possible, iu tbe assemblies of tlie eburch, ami all the churches sbonkl be exhorted to return to this time-honored cus tom. Wwrimu Mights. A voice from the sick room snys s It 1iel|ied me inum-usely, last night, iu my pains, to remember the text, “Wearisome nights are appointed nnto me.” The i*lea that they were no accident, mi bhimler of my phy sician, but appointed by my best Friend, this was strength to me. When all were sleeping, and his eye saw- my weariness, then I was sure that, for infinitely wise aud kind reasons, all was arranged ami pre pared for me. This stilled my soul. Tills Is our life-lesson. Property takes wings—friends fad ns—good schemes miscarry—plans of useful ness are thwarted by most nulooked for intervention*—liealtli gives ont action gives place to suffering. Where we w ere cheerfully going, we eon only wait God’s will Darkness and doubt shut us In. For many days neither sun nor stars appear. But afl is well} these things arc appointed unto ns. Only h-t us be lieve this—let a calm faith recog nize the gracious Providence which shapes all onr ways, and we can then endure until the dawn shall bring light and joy.—ry-mhpterian. “Prvscb Urn Word.’’—» Tiw. IT: S. This is a |>urt of Paul's moot solemn charge to Timothy as a (Kvschsc of the Goupul. To preach ths word weans to preach the Goopui, tot its doctrines and IU precepts, and all ita leugth and breadth. Thus instead of being a field too narrow sad cou ti nod for the human iatelleet, aa some would bare U to la*, is ample enough and various enough for an augel. It is a field vast as the universe and va- rions at tbe wonders of God. The Bible is suotlier universe of itself; beanie comprebi-uditig the one phuHil Tlie deeper we go Into it, and tlie further we cast our vision over its ever ex|MU«ded limits, the more we are amoced and delighted at the vessels** rise of iu novelties, the Umitiess expanse ot iu domain. We therefore pity the preacher, muck more bis |*-ople, wlmse |Miny studies and mental travels have never reached tbe great fountains of Bible thought and suggestion, aud who borrows Ms sermons from tbe newspapers, or hangs them upon the skeleton of mere neighborhood gossip. t S. -To prosek the word mean* to |ifei»<-li it iu the free, outspoken man ner of a public crier. It does not mean to read it. The Greek language, like the Kiiglmh, has two words to express the two oeta of reading and preaching. Tlie word to read la nexer nsed ns synonymous'with the word to preset. Tbe Gospel com mission is not to go ami read, hat preset the GospeL It is not to read, bat to preach the word. Preaching consntts nature. It gives fri-isloki to her wings nod! energy to her powers, ten enslave* men. H limits them tunny great jirineijdes which lie i di als. The author of Hebrew* this method hr the sierra tlx And say one wba has at ployed this method at tom vine truth, tom boat instructed him at If to Sad how many great principle* may he tUostrmted hy the same historian! events. But it Is to 1m toured that storing the memory with passages of Scrip tore and IHnatrsting subject* by fre quent iHtrenees to Bible tarts and history, to going out at date. That psth-tiee and piety which, in spite of the labor and difltenMy at it, per sisted In treasuring sp m the mind large pnrtinns of Msripture, seems unfortunately to he becoming obso lete. Ami yet it is of tar greats* importance than other things upon which great lalmr anti marl* time is bestowed. God honors his own Work.—Ohmrrar mad ftosMinsto. Mniijilrei *f 1 Of all its opponrnto Home moot hated ths Vnudoi*. To biuil out of the primitive ('hristiau* to the stake secwcd to give sirwugc satiidactioa to their modern petmrrutorw la Heptrmhcr, UMW. P.qm Pius IV. sod his holy college guttottod st Home to witness one of their fox onto s|ierta rim. A pile hod Ucefornisnl in the square of Hi. Angx fo. scar the bridge over the Tiber. The |>eoplc ssaeai bled in a great throng. Tbe con- dcmiM-d. s |mk- and fn-ble joung man. «oa lc*l torth , when Mi.ld.iilx lie began to apeak with sack rare cluqisiH'r sisl foreo that the |ieu|ilr UaUo.il; the grew align and troubled, ami the inquisitors nnh-red „- I tlw Valid.us to be sUuugled lest his | vtore might bo hc.irxl above the flu me*. Pius IV. thtmssu the ai.ir (be to be thru*u iuto to tbeir asuiiiiscriid ami shots ont all 1 , „ ... those awuk.nii.ig occurrence, which l * r *° r ' aud so often uri*c iu s congregation, surd j which often lilt high the flood gutes of tluNtglit, feeling nml |«»xrvr. 3. To pit-nch tlie wonl means to ilo it in nU its wealth,, its womb-**, its blessings ami ltd ritftMlre. airfilt' ms that- mil be done iu the abort space of hninuu life., That ia the divine rwiumiasMMi, ami tluit is the life Imainea* limited by the rnmmis- sioti itself. Aud yet this doc* not liy say means cUmc the svenae* of knowl edge which nuty be brought in from other quarters by the skillful hand of tlie ministerial artist to adorn, to illustrate, aist to strengthen ’tin- great Gospel picture which be h bringing out before the eye* of his audience. Tbe great, im|u-rial pk ture itself must la- tin- gisqnfi, stub- its surruumlings may he rich sod bcautifid in the tints, idwdiugs and draja-r} drawn than otis-r a.-hls of knowledge. 4. To preach the Word due* out in.-mi to take a unit to Irotu the llibie, and then hid it fiuvuelL To preach the won! means to ex|ioui*d, to show connect ion bctxxeea t.-vt and cuutext, to refer to tius-a, pliHi-s, }M-rauns aud r i ml mat a lire s—it means In c.iUiparv Heripture with Neripluie, nisi confirm and filualriite one part by nimtls-r. A fair mol ajipivpiiatc anMMiut of Hcripture should never fail to mingle with every discourse par)*silng to he derixed from the Bible. Tlie most wutulrrfttl thing ia tbe ministerinl rhann-ter of that great man, Dr. John II. Maxim, was the amazing facility, ami still more sms sing uppropriatoiMM with xrhtrh he .ported Hcri|>tnre. It esme fiooting into Iris mind wit boot effort, and seemed to take posressitm at him. Tlie (Mwasges which be needed arms ed to lie along the line of kX» dis course, ami to be lilted and swept along upon ths current of his thought. Tliey seemed to come to gether by the fame of tlie adaptive attraction of teat and anfoeet. This was one of tbe great elements of his power, sad one of the great masteries of his great preaching of the Word. And while tbe quotation of Hcripture may he spoiled by Ha very exuberance, and (hmbtfhl ap propriateness, a doe amount at it and on appropriate use of ii in n sermon, ought to be tlie sternly Irnbit of all who preach the Ward. Noth ing ia ao likely to ad bare to the miml of a Christian cougregatiou as those appropriate texts which support tbe strength and give life to a sermon. These will sometimes remain jnheu the sermon is forgotten. Another thiug may lie hinted to the young men who sre expecting to preach th« Wonl. Ami that is, the frequent employment of Old Testa meat facts, histories and circa m- •taucca to confirm and illusUutc ..I | the Tiber. The martyr w as Jnlra Lamia I‘as cbsl, a young |mxtor of great rlo quenti-, aha had bm. eallnl from yficncvu tu a mmjgwgnli.Ni of Vau .lam iu Calabria. TW post at tlaa jyr bad a singular eh.um for the brilliant preacher. lie was brtrofh od to a young girl of Geneva. Wbm be told her at hi* nail to Calabria, “Alas," aha cried, with lean, “so near to Home, aud so for from me I" Vet sbe dal nut ujqamr lua generous resnixe, an.I he went to his danger on* st si mu. Her. bis el-iqoenor suun drew a vide attruiiuu. lie courted by his Imldm-ss the crown of ainrtynlom. lie was shut np in a deep dungrun, was rlaniard with a gang of galley slavey was brought to Ihune where Paul had suOrrmt, and was naprownied in n hmg cum liucMM-nt. 11 is is-rneeuturs strove to induce him to reenuf ; but no briln-n nor trrruni anuld move him. lie wrote n last food rxbartatioa tv Camilla Unarm, bis betrothed ; bis duqumer was braid for tbe last time I* be was atrougled Is-fure tin- —Huge of Lovirsre. 0*a*ross CbristissKy Now. * but Christianity makes a gift to the pour, it ran out afford to park off tbe msaurot prod net* of the tree, and say Is them: “Van sap puur, sod you con eat this worm- coles fruit.” When Chriatmoity gives to the poor, it is buoud to give them the beak it fore, when you build mission* for the puur, build them bettor thou your own ehorrhea. Wheo you apea reading-reson for the pour, make them inure samptcoas than the rvoOiag-tovam which you open for ypurarires sad your children. He mure grarioa* to the |nwt than you are to yvurarlves. This is the spirit of Christianity. He mure kind to them flntu you an- to yoursrives. That is the true inspiration of Chris tionity. Aud when meu ahull nnth-r- stolid this, and begin to endow mis ohms nml reading none for the i>our —inagiiiA.-. ntly endow Un-si, so that they will go ou working hundred* sad hundreds of years—they can affunl to rent fruta their laburatal go to heavni; for being dead, they shall speak iu the things tliey have door, and carry com fori and euv-our ageaieut sad rehixatioa aud knowl edge to those w ho most need them. A man might well jdsce before him iu life this single uwbitiou : “I Will main- fiiyst-lf so well off that I shall have enough to build a kind of home tor the poor, ao that when my family •hall he scattered, there shall be a larger finally whom 1 have blessed.* Ob I bow poor the vision of a life of pleasure reerns in comparison and 1 contrast with these munificent aud ' ndfcle war* of Mft —lktektr. ■a i i* ... . iaf mua ; If we need higher illaatnttions, not only of tbe jiowar of natural olgect* to adorn language sad gratify taste, l*ot ptxnif that here we find tbe highest conceivable bCMty, we would apjsul at once to tbe Hltde. Thom- most opposed to Its teaefciaga bare seknowtmlgcd tbs beauty of Its Ian gunge, and this is due mainly to tbe exquisite use of natural objects for illastnuhm. It docs, indeed, draw from every field. But when the em.'Uoual nature is apraJed to, the reU-rvuoe is at uove to natural objects, sad throughout all its books the st»u i aud flowers, and gems sre prumiucut aa illustrations of the brgultrs of religion and the glories of the church. “Tbe wilderness and the solitary place shall he gtad fur them, and the desert shall rvjoicr and bfossu mountains and the kills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the tree* of tbe field shall Hap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come np the fir tier, and instead of the brier shall come up the myr tle.” Tbe power sad beauty of the saute objects appear in the Max four's leaching. Tbe fig and tbe olive, the sparrow and the Illy of tbe field, give )ierulisr force and beauty to tbe great truths they are used to Illustrate. The Bible throughout ia remarkable ia this respect. It is a collection of hooks written by snthors far removed from each other ia time, placr, and mental culture, hut tliroachoot tbe a hole, nature is exalted as a revels ■LiuaCTOI Temporal sad fiyfrltaal Darknam. There ore rimes orh.-n tlie Ix-liever, in the midst of temporal t-uiliarroas- tortito, feels that “the caudle of the lswd does not shine ou” him. Hia way is hedged in ; his feet are token in the net of sore |M*rptexitiea. HUa.ll be, therefore, conclude that the mer- oisn of the Mont High are “elean goo* forever,” and that he has been root out from tlie covenant of un changing love t Aa well might the novice, borne on iuto the deepening darkness of aa occasional tunnel u|mmi onr routes of travel, argue that tbe ran lias been quenched, that tbe day la dead, that light shall never more visit his yearning eye. ▲ little while, iu both eases, and the shroud of shadpw drop* away, and the glory of noontide cm bathes earth and sky, sad Um- soul rejoices all tbe more iu “Tbe I '*• splendor for the momentary ob scuration. This image, too, suggests a further thought for comfort and for counsel. If the traveller ia to go forward on his way, the gloom of the tuniM-l must be encountered, just because the road moves ou a place too low to escape it; if the level were higher, that apace would be as bright a* tbe spaces before and after. And ao it ia because the soul, through neglect of heavenly aids, rises to no loftier sphere- of expe rime*—falls wilfully- beneath the bright* of faith to wldeii it might attain—that temporal embarrass ments Wring with them these spirit ual bewilderinjpi—these seasons, of rioad and eclipse ou (he path to ^ uf God. Its beauty and safe j eteronl life. Only let tbe soul soar limity are appealed to to arouse the , ****** tbe summit of privilege and emotions, au*l to reach the moral and promise, awl tbe inner light of “joy religious nature. No language can »° the H««ly Ghost" will turn the be written that an perfectly sets forth , "I**' <* feared, or want JUt, the grand and terrible iu uature, and j ‘"to day—that day which beams its forrrw, aa wv hear, when God *«■ tlie fact- of Christ, whether answers Job out of tbe whirlwind.; "*vu by vision in heaven, or by faith No higher appreriatioa of the bean «*u earth. Yea; there ia always trfoi, awl of God aa the aufbor of «w sin of life or heart, some umit- beauty , was ever exprtsurd ihaa ted duty, some mean* of grace abmwd when oar Haviaur mid of the lilies «r disreg;inle*l, when “the comfort* of the field, “1 say auto you, that, tbe Holy Ghori' {mss from the even Solomon in all bis glory was t feurt tike a “Sinking Creek* or a not arrayed like one at throe;" and "hori River* from tbe Undseapc. And If we betake oureelvca to the h “If God the fold.’ su riot toil ascribing the Saviour in penitence and faith, the element of beauty iu every leaf awl. Greek will rise again—the Kixer will opruiug hud to the Creator's skill be foaud—the disa|>pearing stream and power— Prtfr—tr Chadhaurat. ; «t comfort w ill break out afresh, ami , , , the dry and thirsty jilare* Iweome ia lut uf ' broutiftd with btoasouiing >w| foil j -if fruitage. Oh, let ns so look to Krv. I»r. Vtoto. rrorutl, tourel ** ..... | the storms of this mortal state be- Hr. (tatalwh (ireurii ia hia rhun-h ns, and know always tlie cheer at Glasgow, and writro as folk*** hia smile, the gtodness of his to the Ecaafchat; j mdvariou. We rnsy. Why, oh why, It was a begging arrwou, with a ’»* we not! Bk-ssed Suriour, pity view to paying off the church debt, "»<■ help ns'.—CknMnu Index. family Cares. awl consisted of a close cvjiomtiua uf tbe eighth aud ninth riuiptrr* uf 3 Gurinthian*. Kxocpt for ths Iwief Ask the father and the mother, Statement of the iqierial rase at the Um roffiu of th«-ir first rtase, it might have aervsd for any , Uira and only child, whether they ordinary Hsbhatb aerxire. Wl,at Uxc child atu boni. Axt the efferi way have Ism on the (Im-xu the same quesrion in aftei jMS-kct* uf bis congregation. I hod vcar ^ ,l, rn that little life has come no mean* of jwlging; hut certainly , u a of gold ninaing through they folios iil him with the cloaest attention, ami with open ilibkw throughout Um> hmg, awl most beau trial awl thorough siwlx sis of 1‘aaTs sjiprol to the litmralit.x uf the Goe iuthhui Glturx-h. Hack at this evi dently fo^two (aria explanatory of this me* hod of |xrenuuting the case. The one is the home Heripture train tog of the thutehmsu; his briog aursml to the ounL The utfo-r to the Hodrh jirem-tow’s habit of os- poritory preachhig. 1 have heard to the last two Hnbbatb*. three ai-rmoim from three of the ablest divines of Hcothind, and exary ooe of them waa su exjNMitery disowirs*. This ia the (-cutrat thought of Bcotthih prroch- lug, and ft ought to be of |wroriitog every where; that the minister is aa interpreter. If sm li preaching ia not mure to Xujrae among us, the fault to quite as likel) to lie iu the famiUro as Iu tin- miuiaters in tto- chnroh. At, Ike snutr Gate I do nut briicx-r that our theological students, os o rule, go forth to tlieir work with this hie* up|M*rmuat to their minds, that their priucqad roration i* the toterpn tation of the word. TV- teudeuey to to look upon expository preuckiug rutlier as an exception; as something which is to be occa sionally practiced, aud success iu srhirh ill, in s great measure, the fruit of S s’lOcisl gift. Depend iqaiti it this idea is false, and w orks mis chief. It require* done study and bind wott to bo a good expositor; but so fax os it to a special gift, it ought to be tho gift of fcverv man who realises ia himself Pattl’a Idea of ti« successful minister,.“A work man (bat neodeth sot to bo ashuiril, rightfully dtrtiiaf »*e r*r* of inriA” tto-ir exiM-rieuces. If they give an affirmative answer, I will be silent. No, my married friends—you who will shriuk from accepting the choic- cst jirix ilcgc* beotowtil iqiou you —you see wrong; aud if you live, you will arrive at a period where you w ill ace that there are rew ards aud jHiuiahmciito attached tu this tiling. What is to sustain you whsu to old age—the charms of youth all past, desire extinguished, and the jpaaaliopper a burden—you sit at your lonely board, owl think of the straugeni who are to eqjoy tlie fruit uf your most fruitless life I Dim are to feed the deadening affectious uf year heart, and keep life bright aud desirable to it* close, but Uic little ones whom you rear to niau- liood and womanhood t What is to reward you for the toils of life, if you do not feel that you—your thoughts, your blood, your iufinewc —are to be continued iu the future! Do you like the idea "of ha\-in’g hirelings, or those who are anxious to get rid of yon, about your dyiug boil t Is it not worth oomertiiiig to hax u a family of chihtreu whom you have reared, lingering nlxout your grave, with tears »m their cheekw and blessings on tlirir lips—tears/or s great loos, sod blessings on tlie hallowed iaflnene* which has trained them in the path of duty, and di rected them to life’s noblest ends! Dr. Hchuff gives the following antithesis: Ths principle of Protestantism is evangelical freedom in Christ, its aim to bring every soul Into direct relation to Christ—Romanism puts the Church first aud Christ next. Protestantism reverses the order. Romanism says: Where tbe Church is puean'ing thereby the Papal organ- iration), there is Chrifct Protestant ism says: Where Christ to, there ia the Church. Humanism says: Where the Catholic tradition is, there to the Bible and tbe infallible rale of fiuth. Protestantism says: Where the Bible is, there is the true tradition and the infallible rule of faith. Romanism says: Where good works arc, there to faith and justifica tion. Protestantism says: Where faith to, there is justification and good works. Romanism thrown Ma ry and the taints between Christ and the believer. Protestantism goes directly to the Saviour. Hotnanism I proceeds from the visible church (the Papacy) to the invisible. Protest antism from tbe invisible church (the true body of Christ) to the risible. I tom on ism works from without and from tbe general to the particular; Protestantism from within, and from the individual to the general. Pro testantism to a protest against ty ranny of man on the basis of the authority of God. It proclaim* the Bibl* to be the only infallible rule of Christian faith and practice; and troches justification by grace alone, aa appreheuded by a living faith. It hob Is Christ as all in all, whose word to all-sufficient to teach, whoso grace to all-sufficient to save. Its mission to to realise the universal priesthood aud kingship of all believers by bring ing them into direct muon and fellow ship with Christ. According to 1‘rotestantism. union with Christ is tbe only true basis of the communion of saints; while Ro manism makes visible church anion the basis of union with Christ The nearer we approach to Christ the nearer we approach to each other. Tho nnity we seek is a free unity, that includes every variety of types ami forms of piety in their fullest development; not a compulsory uni formity, that restrains or destroys individual freedom. la tbe matter of religion, there con never lie too much feeling, but there often to too little thought. Tbe heart ran not be too much affected, ir at tlie some time tbe juilgmrut is ia formotl, Ute o maeidtee trained, aud tbe will disciplined. * Outside Worker* A thought for them to reflect upon : “Is Mr. Hsyes a Christian !* I asked a friend. “No, he is an outside worker, like myself." -•Outside worker! What dp you mean by that !* “Ob, Hayes and I hare classes in the Sabbath -school, because some of the Christians want to go borne aud get a warm dinner, and they ran do uo better than take us for teachers. Ttu-u we sing iu the choir, and some times, to help along, sing in the prayer-meeting. We give something towards the miutatrr’a salary, etc., etc. I d**n’t know how they could got along,” continued my friend, half jokingly, “if it were not for a few outside w orkers." “Outside of what T* “Why, outside of the church.” “Why m>t roue inside f* “OU, I’m not a Christian. I can’t do that. I think I can do as much where 1 am." “Do! that is not the first thing. It to fie what is right. Why not fie a Christian; then you ean do from lover “Oh, I don’t know. I con not yet. 1 mean to some time.” “When r You shake your head. Ah, my friend, do not stay outside too long. Home foolish virgins tried that, aud they serer got inside.of the door. It waa shut, and they had to stay oat- side forever.'* Beware, lest you be left ottUide of kenren.—Ad ranee. Tbf. Son Either we have an immortal soul, or we have not. If we have not, we are beasts; the first and wisents of boos ts/1t may be; bat still true beasts. We shall only differ in degree., and not in kind; just as the elephant differs from the sing. But by the concession of the materialists of all tbe srhools, or almost all, wc are not of the same kind as beasts; and this also we say fron our own consciousness. There fore, methinks, it must be the pos session of a soul within ns that makes tho difference.—& T. Coier- *** V; 'i'- V A