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All of them profess to believe that the Holy Spirit may convert souls at any age, ami that con version can not be too gram ; while yet they do not look for the conversion of chil dren with Hie same lively faith that they manifest in expecting the Holy Spirit to change those v. ho are of riper years. Tlie same warm-hearted believers who labor for older souls, and are, in the ease of sncli, satisfied with nothing but nuiveMR Without delay, do uot practically so fed ami aet in dealing with tin- yusing. They version, are satisfied if tbo voting give nt- tentiou to the truth, autl if they seem not unwilling to retain what they learn in their thoughts; they ilo not press home the immediate jnwraf aeeeptattee of Chri*t oh chii- im, as they would do on grown-up persons. Thus they leave their Hal) hath class or their family circle with out alarm nnd without anxiety, though there be thoreni no symptom of real awakening and no evidence of these young souls finding the Saviour. One reason for the difference thns wade in the case of the young is, with many, the misunderstanding of certain texts of Scripture—at least so we arc strongly inclined to think. 1. On© jierson quotes l’rov. xxii: C —“Train up a child ill the way lie should go, and when he is old lie will not depart from it.” Tin- person with whom this text is a favorite probably applies it thus: “Duly teach the plan of salvation to a child, and show wisdom’s happy ways to a ehild, and tliongh at tlie time the ehihl be not converted, yet when he is old, be will no doubt take the way you have taught him.” But is this tlie sense of the text T V*ry far from it. The Holy Spirit means to teach -us quite another lesson by these words, vi*., “Only Ne sure that yon get the child in (lie way while still a child, and yon need never fear iu regard to that ctuld's after-perseverance.’’ It is “Initiate the child in the way” (see the He- hrew), or, a t the beginning of the way; get the truth introduced into his soul white be is a child, and rest ••■Bred that he shaH go on oa he has begun. It is a blessed text to encourage ns to seek the present and immediate conversion of children.' ' 1 2. Another persou tJScs a figure, and soothes his conscience under a jlack of success in his class, or in his finally, by saying, “well, at any rate 1 am filling the waterpot with water ,.{J®hn it 1 7), so that there shall be the greater amount of wine at a 8*y, when at length the water ia turned into wine by the Lord’s miraculous power lit the boor of conversion.” Now this fe only a figurative application of a text, aud no argument at all. Belt, even Using their own figure, hop is It that they iWNwt expect that the turning of the water into wine should be Immediate I • What is there in the passage to which they althde to warrant their waiting on till a distant time! Was not the water changed into wine in fheir watetpots ! in a single hoar 1 Indeed, it seens that the change took Place in the very act of filling the vessels. 8. A thin! person has much to wy, in a doctrinal Ibriii, on the text M l‘hil. i: (J—<i|| e that has liegitn Aud is this utl the advabtiugv that will iM-cnie to yoa by your rcftmiug to identify yourself with OraFi. ]mh> |de ? Will you only be jmst as ym<4 us if you were u iik-iuIsw of Christ's (Tinn-k aud so (tetter t Then when- in arc you the gsim-r by the eotirsr you have cltost-u f Men usually act . , . . , wi,1 ‘ ****** <» "»• grvuter £-«! j. ^ |J—r . th. look upon the rimversioi. off bnt . 11 b * , .“ 1 " cl, r |, ut: The lActasl friMs tbr *kj the good work will perform It*— apidying the passage to feelings, im pressions, interest awakened among the young iu the course of common weekly teaching. There is no con version in such cases; but then it is alleged, “There is real interest felt, there is impression made, and so the good work is begun, and, If begnu, shall go on.” We reply, “There is a serious mistake here, for ‘the good work begun’ menus that conversion has taken .place; conrcr sion is the good tenet that begius the Christian life.” Head the context aud see this beyond doubt or dis pute. Tho Ajioath* says, “He that lias converted you, placing yon iu Christ the Foundation, will not for sake you, but will cany 00 tlie building to completeness in the day of Christ’s' appearing.” So that this text is really an argument iu favor of utir uot Wing content with any thing hi the f&rm of mere iuprcs si011s, bopeftil InteWst, con\ ietious. We must see conversion work, we must see salvation work, we must see the Christian life really begun; and this applies to tlie case alike of old and young. There fit, however, apart fto«n and ts-shles all this, a secret feeling on the port of niuuy eliristiuiis that if is not so inqsirtunt for them to lie the means of eoiivetlifig rhiMivu as it is to be the lyenus of Converting adults. But they forget that (law youug souls, brought to Christ, in very infancy, will be exercising an iulluciice, yea' by year, all life long, in all tlie ditfr-rcut stages of tlieir growth, ami at length, on rcaehiug inauhranl. will, by Hod’s gnat*, might ily move for good their circle of society—over and above tlie consul cratiou of the evils escaped, and the ill that was never done. Tlierc is, Imwever, a more wriuiw luisnpprchvusiim king at the root of this nndenalnhig of eoriy cou In renliry, many gislly [ws>- eMtdrcn as a thing to te otnod (a doubt of. They si-arcvly believe that any child’s convcrsiou, is so ileep and genuine as is that of an adult; and yet they admit that nil nmrer sion alike is the work of the Holy (Jliost, and that he doco, when it pleases Him, convert children m well as adults. Still, they habitually ig nore ap|Kirciit cm version in ehihlrcn; they have a then tlmt children imitate old people, and that there-1 fore these ayfiearunccs arc to be pnt | down to Hnltathui only, 'indenting with such persona, wc say— (t.) There mnst be ruses of mil eonveiwton among ehihlrcn. If the Word of God is to be our standard ; lor surely l’salms viB: 2, is written for all ages, and our Lord has coin ■united npou It thus, in Mutt. xxi. 16: “Have ye never read, Out of tlie month of bills* aud sucklings Thou has iierfcettsl praise T* Tims a little girTs nqdy to the qnestiou, HlVhen slionld children come to Christ F Vas excellent. One scholar answcnsl, “At thirteen.” Another, ’“At ten* Another* “At six." But her nqdy was, “Whenever tlH*y understand wlio Oral is.” (2.) Tliere is a most peculiar fitness in the Gospel being blessed to the conversion of children. Tlie same Holy Spirit in All cases UM the Gospel for saving souls; hut, in ap plying |t to children, He ilhmtrutes most notably two of its fegtnrco, rix., its entire free ness (for what could a child give to God T) aud i(S amazing slmpiteity, which la so humbling to the pride of self-righteous ihcn. “1 thank Thee, O Father, that Tbon hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast re rented them unto babes” (Luke x. 12: aud aa Jesus said this, “He rejoieed in rpirir). •'Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall In no wise enter therein” (Lake xviii. 17). Nothing was done by the babes or litfile children whom Christ blessed )>ut this, they let Him lift them up hi His arms without relist ancc and received what He gave without olfrritig Him any price hi return! ’ ‘ * • ssd pour influence fur CkriM trill oof be felt. Yoo sre haluig you light under a lawhel. Yoo own that the chon-li is the hups of the world, and yet you arc leaving it to perish. Yoo protean to bqjiere la Christ, bat who wdl ever know by your conduct that ygfi have ever gouo to him tor par ilou aud eternal life t Who will iwe oguize you as a warn, anient self nacrUkiug friend of Us cause f Is it Hot your duly to “stand up for Jo buz," and cun you do au while you aepurale yourartf friua hi* orgAuised vbnrcli t If your pur] 190c U iuo|Ueed by right iwiucijde, should not all rkristlMUs follow your example! Thru what would hucviOO of the world without a living, corveat, wurkiwg rvaugwUeal church! You say you love the church, and will alwaya siqiport it, and aUaad jHiblu wor »blp, aud |way to God ia y our bunily, aud educate y 00r children rc-llgioaa ly. Then do uot pull down with our baud a hat you arc building up with the other. IMwvhig that there is ho BMratHNi out of Chrfat, sod pro teasing to Mforo acocpted him 00 your Haviour, so hre that yoo may shoer forth Mb glory hefors all moo, aod aeort^Ho theory which is alike roM mu to lhr |io«sr of gudlmroa in year own aool, ami to tho eternal life of Ike Moots of others.— Keu. Homed Marflry. WhiUfiaM oad tbs ThmaAet fitorm. Oh oos ucraaioo, Mr. WkitrArM was ]>mn Uiug la Boston, on the • uwders of fivatMMt, |Wv< idtpoc, aod rvdrinptMai, a ben a v hi foul tetn]m»l of tkoodrr ami lightuing caan- on. Iu the midst of thr ym-rmon U at- tsmeil to bo alarmiag a height that thr vuogrrgaUuo aat 111 almost brcalk- Iras awr. Thr |irearkrr rlosnl Wis mate hook,- aud, atr|i|iiug ui(u mar of the wlugs of the drak,*mi ou Ms knees, and with an mb lei-bng and and sbw nothing hr your* theory If you can lie its good la the rharch si out of it, which you mill iwrtaialy admit, then yun will low- nothiiig by >Hiiiug it, ami you will gain much. 1. I’m h-.11 tbtrrip durian peUicip that pom tore Christ ond bis mass. By this public prvtbaaiou of foith iu jf*ad«hty istrv Irfan II I A voire af mmdr In llis Mmh, Uot IhrvBteotas tbuuOrr to IHs tors. II 'mar. rfaiMrra. Is juor Kalfarr'r msasm 1 Hide ia thr rhsiuhrrs of aty gram. TiM thr hpT rtsmn hr evsridoan. ft Aod H) n-Yrastag tan; rraor .* “Lot as datoutly ring, to thr . , ,, , , praise sad glory of God, this ky am Jcmis you gain the sprain! blessing Uh^jI^ib which be promiura to bestow ujwiu kin followers, “\Vbom» ri*r shall cun fsao me before mm, lum will I nm Thr whole rongrvgatioa instantly rose, awl poured forth the waul song, is whirh they were notdy ar com pun nil by the orgsu, in a style at pi. md graodrur and hrurtfelt de- ymi l«;rrim »H )oo, iW courae, vUiu- tUat ... nrvm nr ywa wiU tbrvwby drcUra ywMwrtf^ (mM , tU< . , I)UIB usbamul of Chri-t hud hri»A <njmm ^ yourself tbt> curse, “M hnaoevrr ahall ^ show.il fra* iilan lirturr my Father whirh Is fthi-uven.* (hi tile atlaer hand. If) Who ■rriptisa of ths Bthia we omy acvsr know. It wroo found in WratminaUw Abbey, b a me lews aod ds tries* ; bat urverthrlroa, It is tavoluable for iu A nation would be truly happy if It were governed by no other laws than those of this bleoaed book. It rooUiua everything urrdful to be known or done. It gives tnstrortmn* to a Senate, authority and direrthm to a magi* tafia. It muttons a witness, requires an im|mrttal vrrdtet from a Jury, awl (hraisbra thr judge with his sen tmor. so the lord of It arts the ha the horns hold, mmtiess it the to rule, owl I It muds honor on parcul enjorim uhrdimtr uu childn-u. It pewa-nbaa and limits tM of ths sovereign, the rulo of rater, and the authority of tho trr, commands the —liym-ts te hi Hassalay sa ths fflg(ta's That wonderful book, thr INlgrim’s Frogreaa, white it obUitu adauratiou from thr stoat fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too rim pie to admire it Dr. Johnson, all whoar studIrs were desultory, and who hated, aa he said, to rcwl through, of thr work, he said, waa one of the two lor three works which ho wished , made an exception ia flavor Pilferin'* 1 Vo grass blessing and prfitrvtlsa of thr Al mighty to all who walk by Us rule. It gives direetiooa far wnkliaga jto<l iKtriai*. It |»«nws food ami nuasrtri, and limits the use of both. It |odnt* out a faithful aud eternal gari Ilian to the departing husband 1 the -to as tlwljrff- “? . memn^ hnw 1 1111 tbo illiterate sectary extracted os w.ll Low to l«tee Ukr thte from the moat pads tie of crittea, and the moot bigoted . . id Tunes, la the wildcat parts of on pan ami ^ p ro|fr «*| u the delight of the peasantry. . Iu "* 4> every udrwery the FOgrim’s l’rogresz is a greater favorite than Jack the theUiani Kilter. Every reader know* the straight and marrow path, ai well | aa ho knows s rand in whick he hat gone backward and forward a ban- dred times. This te the highest mir ode of geuius—that things which are nut should be p* though they wore, tifiidt tin* rf opg mifnl shoald beeaum -the personal rcool kectimm of another. And this mir Hrw te Treat yonr Clergyman On'tlrfs poist “Peregrine Pickle,” In tbc 'Keart Coressuf, gluts some advice. ‘Tleiray** < • ' • «““•< ! “D«( nottebe afraid of daiag too much far him. : The best yen can do is poor pay. If toa h#d a consden tious appreciation of bis duties, no mail can cArvy about with him higher views of life or more pressing on xri ttea aud responsibiHtwo. He, woond only' to the mother, mast greet tlie llttlfe 011C, just commencing to trove) this roadway of ltfr, and aet the little feet so that they ahull be be ashamed of me and of my wont*, of him ahull the Hu* of ILiu be ashamed, when ho ahull eume iu hi* own glory, and in Bin Father's, sail of the holy nngrta.* Now, win It hot be great gain to you to inherit such n rich bleimliig, ami slum sorb a terrible curse t And this will be your lutppy romlitlon U, beliri big in ( hriwt, you (imfeMM him before men. 1 I’m trill attaek Oafs people la poa bp tbo strongest ties and biadrnt spmpatbim. Thte is nut a aaudl ben efit accruing to evety arimhrr of (he Church of GoiL lime it ia that the strong bear '.Im iufinuUtea of the w eak, and tin' coeds uf tenderewt afibetiun unite the lamily of tba retteciued. Is there uot something chewing in the thought that « are not alone in the world, but arc gatk uggil together with all that into one blcsmil bouseboU), hg\)gg one God and Father who ia above all, auilxl aa all! Now, such will be your experience if you sincerely unite yoarnrif with the Chui God. , * A if m felk tram i eg pea will reedee im tbc Obarat that peas spirit and Ufa wiU be per feet rd. Horn it is that Jeans Christ lias appointed, a* officers, g)Kmtiua, iiropheU, eviuigel- ista, pastors nnd taauheni, for tkm pstfocting of tbo saint*, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying— the strengthotiiiig aud upbuilding— of the body of Ohrtet, till all that beflrva shall come in the unity uf the faith, audxif the knowledge of the Boa of God, unto ar pOffact man, unto the measure af the statue of the fidneoa of Christ. Do yout mean to sop: that you can be-as welt prc- thruugh the siahsi he tba rarsp tarcil seermbly, a megaifirrut and briHiant sivh uf prune. Thr (irmchvr moan'd thr ilrwk and hie iHsruaror, with this M|.|ssuat quotMttou : . , .. . „ . , _ . ^flarle tho tiakrr has wrought There and tathrr: telle him with shorn to , . tears bis fathrriem rkildnm, ami U a *' CO '’ d * llv *^. *> rMa,B * -a pktt^ UO turu-adlr, wilii vktrb me whom hm viiiov 11 to trial; and 1 - 9 . * 4 , , . are mot wmciy Mnaunted. imMui«(» m (kUrr tw tUe funner, ami _ # , . * , V The style mi Bunysn is dehghtfe) m koklmiid to tbr latter. i # . V. . . rl It timrtor. a mm. to get hi. teau. •»*?», re “ dw ’ — 1 “ “Look upon thr nriahow ; prater 1 iu u ^ pr , and bow to owkr hi* will r j * ***** *'*P WM *T Hint that mmle It. Very IwwiatHW j lt a ,^ui«4* a dowry for his w ifc;. it te.tn the brightness tbrm^! It thr right wT the Aral bora, f 1 *^ mm^amrth tin- hravm about with , lml ^r, how thr irarag brawte. Vh.^ te -M s-LZHST ■ gforious cirrte; sml thr hands of! -i—h ^ |ai>pir. inrre m not aa ■iiipiasiim, c. *. in* ■«*,. «.• ; „ **,*. a. hom w si,— fV> rramlitdyr of Ihr amirca waa rwvcMs reugseatv to rrarydrfaalter,; .rvT”* i^li ulnted to anitaiii (hat < Vistnl : uvrr WM | tinwqsnuzr rmirm flblli.g Whi< b had fo.«rH prodnerd ; j It k the fowl land, the. beat book. , , k „ We have ■v * It k the firat hook, the.brri hook. T and tbr brur.lteti.ai wttli whteh thr | t .ontetes thr clwfemd mattar; *. of mere thaa good man dtemko.il the flock the Uwt InrinuXam ; .rat af !^. ^ T "**'?-* liads the gn-otmd degree of |Jc*»wr. ■ . .. w ' and saUsfactkm that wc h-e evw CTbCte dtequi — 4 „ rf It oootaiui the best law* and the ouivetoaMy rccriicd with «tnaming eyes ami hearts overflowing with trinlrriHi* ami gratitude. —fhr Jfrifi edUt. For Dote et the < •LMrrr Kalb, the German who predicted the Booth American (<ortlH|uak.w tumrtly to prugrai i,wist pwfouud myatmos that wrrc J it brings thr viwy Bitten, for every purpose of the poet, the orator and the divine, thte borne but )waned ; ami H bring* the v.wy ^ *^*^ < *’ ^ ^ j text of cinnfort to the iuqiiiriug and * IK> ^ ,u our literature ,d M-uum te. wfcta wc could an readily rtake dta.1 oso «* “ Sf^kSLr 4 tXm tmna at Urn ohd, aapoUaled R. b«M irini ins »how* thr Inngoaj*,. at) hook which shows so we« how rteh that laugnaga te te Its own proper wealth, and how little it has been impeoved by all that fa t| r to story uaml at Imokwwd cute,fat,ohm a. ' * tqWtwitol of all that i. to welt aa fommetteg. Ta • week iw-1 |||||T “ * .-eutly pntdtetMil hr .ilioiratkBe them | j ( a g mstters iu drlmte | woe u total eeUpae of the mouu eon-1 — HIH ] fWa t fa« romttanUy with thr rorttepmke thut ^ J U oil their when Julian t near «tw . ti-d, on thr LTth of March, I Ha haa aluu calrniated ck the Jewkh -utemter to A. D. ^ W J» » “T 5 “ 1 net* sahh all other gods, and da- m. .... i~i i« scrihea the vanity of thorn oad all imrcd for glory lnd*f*eiHlonUy sfj (April«.) tU. ro WM « tatOl'*dl|UB Christ’s pbw a* in aceorUtmc with it! My duur friend, cull uot in quew tion the wisdom of the grtwu Head of tlio.. Church, lmt submit to las teaching' 1 ! and Klcutify yenraclf at ouCQ iwiftt the people of God that yon may bo fitted for tbo higher life iu heaven. 4. Bp remaining amt of the ebureb Ik C. bit lack 31 faNy uOMIrm thfi thets mforded liy tlie .Evangelists of the wonderful phywieah oz-aut* that seaimpsnlrd the crudfixteu. Astrauomtesl oaleu loMsn* prove, without the shadow of a doubt, that <m tho 14th day af the Jewkh mouth of Nteaa, It rci-eala the only living and true vanity that Irast fo sack ; hi short, it is a book of laws, to show right and wrong; of wisdom, that condemn* all fol)y and makes the foolish win ; a book of troth that detect* all lies, and confront* oil error*; it te a book of lifc that show* the way fruai^vnr- of the son, aeoMspoukd, to- all . prohuWUty, by the rar»hquake when I u cooUia * °** “(toe veil «f tbc tempi. ws» rcat in tfosittee nad strange evaafa, woa tarain from tba top to the Imttom, oooirt^to heroic deed* uud «md tho earth did qaaka and the “UiMTOUcted Win. rock* rent,” (Matt, xxvli i 1ft,) wfatlat | It deaenbe* the eehnrttel, terpw BC Luke -deacribc* Um eriipm ia trial aod laforaaL world*, and the tbeee word*: “And it woa about the | origia of the aagolte myriad*, the sixth hour, (13 noon,) aod there waa Lumas tribes, and Um devilish 1# C’awpor mud, forty or fifty years Banyan in hi* verse, for tear of mov iag a iinerr. To our refined fcre-fath ora, we suppose, Lord Boeeommon’* Essay an Trausteted vane, sod the Duka fit Bnekinghamshirc’s Baasy an Poetry, appeared to be compote tious infinitely superior to the idle gory of the prcaehiog tinker. We trie te better times; and we arc net ■towid to say that, though there were many clover men te England daring the hitter half of the seventeenth century, there uere only two great raaol We mi into. One af throe minds predneed farad tee Lost, and the other the Pilgrim’* Progress.—Ifn mu toy, iu Edinburgh Brrieu. The Joy of th* lord. Borne poopla, not Christian*, fancy that u Christian Kfc is the gloomiest of liven. This opinion fas* been too often increased by the language and looks of some true believer*. The of sin, the vision of the fatare world, earn reflection* that hoboed tho coun tenance with gravity, and the spirit with MitaoM These serious seasons ora not without a rightful basis hi human nature. It in proper far man to consider hie end, what it is, to he OHMt sail ao coon;” to dwell oa the mighty totarcato te which he te personally involved. Bat these te on experience within thte of profound oad unspeakable joy. The earliest of the dtecipies of the Lsrd possessed it Abraham enjoyed this ineffhble I trace wltieh k the heart's core of joy. Mom rejoiced hi seeing Him who woo invisible. David’s harp is full of haiirii^jaKa Iaaiafe is borne up and away oa thin eeatacy of bite*. Ohrtet iqfatosa te Mm midst of the arum risen n, while true lover at God k mortals. “O Um claims ths Psalmist, “of the am whom tin k covered.* Why should they not be 1 Hk sins covered by the stoning blood of Christ, hk penes made with God, hk title dear to the heavenly mansiona—ought he not to be joyflri T The darkest day the Israel of Judah ever aaw, when they were allowed to return poor aiavea, - ■till stoves, to their city, only to And its walls broken down, and the pos sessors of their land their bitterest fora; to that darkest of hoars, erica their lender, Xehamtoh, “The joy of the Lord te your strength.» So te it to-day of all those whs pot their rightful trust in Him. Are vpe thus trusting 1 Not out of Ohrtet, but to Him. Not to Him falsely, cither of doctrine or of dirty, but truly sccefittog all hk claim*, snd obeying oil bU commandments. Come to Him, ye siuftiLooos. Exult in Him ye holy ones. Coat your- selves npou Him, ye bowed ones. Nobody should be as happy as a true believer; nobody cub be. Give op that foolish notion, sinner, that mere joy is found to your sins than to Christ. Give up that more dan gerous delusion, Christian, that the world snd Ms pursuit* ore still sourc es af your superior joy. Is Christ k supreme folfc-ity. The holier you ore, the happier. Be ye perfect, and the joy of the’ Lord shall completely fill your souL Hear that harsh treated, but rapturous Apostle, “Rejoice to the Lordr rejoice always, sad again I Bay, rejoice.*—Zoom's Herald. Traytog far M kr pour true character emit met be Tsmrn darkness over all the land till the | gious. Wc often emit the good we might do to eonaeqaoncc of thinking shout that which te out of oar power tu do. happy. Ho I said, “My friend, you are not happy.’ ‘No,’ he replied, 'I are sot.’ 1 added. ‘Yoo are sot saved.' ‘No* said he; <1 hare bean praying for it for twenty years.’ •What,' I said ‘preying for it for twenty yaws! Let wo teti you u story; for yon remind wo of tho “‘I saw a gentleman tho other day who was paraly sed oa one tide, * wheeled about to * Bath As be wo* oat one day, he aaw a poor mea sitting by the rand. . <Ohl forGodsaake,' give are a ka’paey P The rica area told hk rervaat to wheel- hire over to Um pear sum. lie did as, aod > gretlsreos hold on* half *cnn tu tho beggar. Bat the man still kept crying uot, Ok f for God’* sake, give me a ka’pneyf He was blind. The said, ‘Here, my good fallow, tohalf-Acrown for you.’ But the poor man was deaf, and *tiU he kept reBing oat for w hall iteunry. The servant wheeled the gentleman nearer, and at test be made the ; man hear, and then he th took the half-crown. ‘“Now, rey friend, this ta just what y ou are about. God fa olfcring you retention se s free gift through the blood of des a, aud you keep asking for it’ ‘What!* said he, in terrupting me, <Oaa I have salvation without asking to Hf <Of course yoh can,’ 1 replied. ‘The gift of God is eternal life, through our Lord Je*u« Christ. Believe ou the Lord Jrau* Christ, Aud the* shaft be saved. He that bdtevetii on him hath everlasting life.’ *0 air! I see it all now. 1 sau bound for glory ? He went away rejoicing.”