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ennhl»<t to trerri aright, and escape
the dangers which laii <m n^ici
luwl, uli dImi the jooruey. |ht
uiunt anil* the y oqpg mew ami maid
ens, fur guoil *T evil, and Mend then
out iuto the suifei to labor aud to
love tugvtin i, or to *truggte and to
hate u|Hirt. When the UoaarhuM
Imaven Honda over aod the twins Call
iuto tlir home, hgamaft stand by the
bedaidr to encourage and consol*
Aud when, «owo is anting, the Uoont
are cloned and tlie shutters sre faaien
eil j when a chair whteh has atom! at ■
the table year in apd year out, is
annul lm*k to the wall; wbOu Urn
old slock iu the corner ink* no
longer for one with whom time ia
at an end.; when he who was the
strength ami reliance Af the homo
neat Ilea sleeping iu tint uppei chain
her, white os tlie tiowera about Mm,
and aw aslant oa tbo putei'lrm dark
uAa, and shall cross the well worn
t lirvshuhl only ooce wore, aud for
ever, then lie must step iu ami way
thorn- words of sympathy aud corner
1st ion which only he 0*11 say. All
lift- la in his hands, from the cradle
to the grave, even though the rock
lug of that cntdte stay reach into
second childhood, ami Um life be
yund here, which goes on iu always
increasing but never ending rye Ira.
Therefore, t think it will bo to the
boueiic of the church if you lilt up
his hands; aud the lilting up of his
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. COLUMBIA, S. C M EON ESDAT. AUGUST 17, 1870. •'
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Religious.
Can rani oa of Children.
nr ukv. ixDttw a. bosak.
There is a practical error very
couuuou among (bid’s people. 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
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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.”