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K>ok not behind thee, neither stny t!n>u in nil the plaip ; escape to the mountain, lest thon tx> eonsntoe^-" The loiterers had ik> tame to Jok*>. Ah-Oady the heavens aliove the Jor dan valley were beginning to gfltlh'i blackness; already! tlas tokens ‘of e of fire ;were Tlie eoiil- 4* uni ?ring tlie swift-coming dqlnge lnarshalling in tho airi maud Avas instaut and Escape for thy lift*! In that strangely liuj every iurj>ewit«Mit soul inay fteje his own likeness. Y<>n nr«< in a Ltmte iif sin, my unconverted friend } and very one who retnains there;is as mrivof spn itu.il a»d eternal n he dwellers in SOdom were bf destruction. The comiuii , yoti to-day is, “Escape for thy I hfe.* It is an otfer of love, for it joints 1 a ni )nta. in, i the in- th con- irtlde timfA* ivinu uta- but the way; ’it is rt command r^jrlete with the divine authority, offers repentance ns a “gift cgmaaanda Irepentance ns - a Christ invites to the mount Tefuge; and yet Ootl tdnnnan to flee to him wlien lie solemn majesty, “Escaiie foi Ide.” .1 ' To these pithy, pnngent syllables eohverges the ra iu fr' vine injunction ie volume, entreaty. 1 if k first duty mirrows to this ft li|s— kscapk 1 Act at ouee! Dehfr hot an instant! Quit! sin fit first sin that comes to band. \o the cross of Christ fit on Lot bad really done nothing he had reached the mount of Into safety, so the awakened has taken no vital or effeetiv Your until he has laid hold on the The time for this The only day Saviour, step is note. mentioned in the word of “to day.,” Tbe^ Bible morrow t in it; behold, day of salvation.? No ever saved on neEs to-morrow Is in 2. Your cscap? to Jesus mi only be prompt, and determined. it moat be 6r not thee!” said the ’ they knew that tlie the gay and guilty tc to 32 their attractions heart of r Lot Therefore ward longings, worrid be saved, habits and old companions db not stop divide your tr acted bet tec and falling Your good ened: yottr strength carried a an or node, the whole heart is.hot tion, yon town wool on the eye I his hot must be ‘ you behit drate yon en^ely, Trtiu will going on to into impe: the will be f weak- habits fjb ^ tt teJH’ only! accept mhol* salvar ijr it - ' was on 1 perished.. « * yet she hail i and she the dear and if y search never fieeure it. too, Lot’s road to safety; ^vfelwpost — longingly towards home* of her iu anc was), really desirous to her” and perished. Her fate is all the more sad aud sickening because she perished in frill view of the mount of reftige, aud on the straight road to it. : ! • This is the ftite of millions. They are awakened, but not saved. Ever>* revival leaves behind, it scores who are awakened, and yet not saved. I have often wished that I could ring these four solemn, thrilling words as an alarm bell through ev ery congregatiou. Under faithful sermous, in days past, you, my reader, were probably awakened to serious reflection. You walked home from the house of God thoughtful. You wept, perhaps, in secret, and prayed for mercy. Yet you were not converted. You did not “cut the tap-root” of cherished sin ; you dkl not flee to Christ; you did not submit to him. If you were to die to-night, the melancholy epitaph on your tomb would be, u A*mtened } but not sored ~ 3* There waa a third direction given to the patriarch Lot by the augel messengers: “Stay not in all the plain!” No matter how attrac tive the plain might have been; though it were enamelled with roses, uml fragrant with spices, and goldeu with the barley-ears, it was a place of danger. The plain teas under the curse. “Stay not tlierein.” 1 have seen an Rwuktened man give up a certaiu^cvil habit; but he did not come to Christ; he lingered in the plain. I have seen another man la*take himself to ehnTch every Sabbath, inste-.ul of sqnauderiiig the day over his accounts or his news- pnpers. He took one good step, but no more;, he stayed in the plain. Another has asked me to pray for him, with tears in his eye*. He seemed tb be escaping for his life. But, alas, he would not quit his favorite sin ; lie still “lingers iu ;he plain” of sin, much murer to Sodom than he is to Calvary. I talked with a friend lately, who said :• “1 omjkt to bo. a Christian; 1 mean to bdat some time; bat I am too busy just uow to attend to it.” That man will probably be lost. He is tam pering with God. He knows that lie must reach the cross of Calvary or {lerish; -and yet he huger* in the plain—digging for more wealth, and yet digging his spiritual grave. A lady said to ns not long since : “1 would join the church to-morrow if 1 could only go to the theatre and dance and play whist as often as I like.” DU1 any one ever reach Christ or heaven w l»o bargained to take hts fill of sensual pleo&res on the road T With this spirit no one was ever yet converted. Kind render, if you say, “I will seek God as soon as 1 have made more money,” von are bartering with the devil. He\ will chest yon oat of heaven. ki yhat shall a man give in exchange for his soul V* If yon say you are waiting for more eeliog, I would reply, obey Christ at once.* Faith saves, not feeling. Thousands have felt, and have wept, and yet have perished. You are only safe when you reach the mount of refuge—the cro«6 of Christ You are only safe when you have secured the pardon of your sins, and given youT whole heart and life to Jesus. “There is no condemnation to them which are w» Christ Jesus.” They “are kept by the pqwer of God, through faith, unto salvation.” Es cape, then, for thy life. Look not behind thee; neither stay in all the plain. Escape to Calvary, lest thou be consumed. “Ob, yet a shelter you u»ay gain, A cover from the fiery rain, A hiding place, a rest, a home, A refuge from the wrath to come.” Sweet Intimacy with Jesus.— It is recorded of Bengel, that he was much given to intercessory prayer, and that be had power with God, and prevailed. One wl»o was very anxious to find out his secret, watched him, unobserved, iu liis hours of retirement “Now,” said he, “I shall hear Bengel pray The aged saint sat long before hi* open Bible, ami while perusing its sacred pages, aud while comparing Scripture with Scripture, the hour of midnight sounded. Nature seem ed at length exhausted. He folded his arms over the open Word, and looking up, gave utterance to these words: “Lord Jesus, thou knowest mp; we are on the same old terms.” A few moments more, aud Bengel’s weary frame was resting iu a sweet slumber. 7 - . wm yefc she if “looked I behind Hope to tho Had. It is not too much to say that the very worst condition of this present life can not take away all of the believer’s hope. Nay, such a con dition can not take away any of hi* hope. God lias never told ns. to expect good from this world. There fore no matter what we lose or fhit to get here, it should not be at oil a thing of consequeuee with us. Why be disappointed if we have not that which we never had spy right to expect f God does not promise ease, or pleasure, or gabs or freedom from trouble at any time during our life. Not until the dark valley is passed, and the dark stream is creased, ami “the holy city* is in frill view, do we become partakers of what is now only a promise for the fhture!—“God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sor row, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain.” That which we are to realise at that time, is the hope that maketh not ashamed. It is not in any way dependent upon things seen and temporal, aud is therefore a hope which the world can neither give nor take away. Bo then if we, according to our Lord’s express prophecy, have tiib illations in the world, or And that our experience is Just of tlie same kind w itli that of those who have gone before who through much tribulation entered the kingdom of (iod, let ns not conclude that the light and joy of life nre gone, but “iKqie to the end for the grace that is to be brought auto as At the revelation of Jesus Christ.” Gad i* now Allowing liis people that he re members them unceasingly. “Whom the I Ami loveth, lie chasteneth.’’ And the ( hastening proves that he has not uttered against them that most awful of all sentences—^Let them alone”—and so taken away hi* mercies forever. Therefore we mast not allow tlie low, sordid, narrow ideas of liniuau nature to sit iu judgmeut upou our great Father’s dealings witli ns. Tlie world often indges these ileal rugs to be hurtful or disadviMita- grous, and he w bo has no confidence ; in God agrees with the world. But 1 our faith can afford to disregard the opinions of ignorance and unbelief, aud to aocefit the great truth that ernything which God does or per mits is assuredly working out. the greatest happiness and highest g'sxl of his people. This truth is, like him who ever lives to maintain it, “the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.” It is actual history— a history too which is repeating itself in every believer’s life now. If we look to the past, there among many others, is Jacob, saying, “lie have ye bereaved <^f my childreu; Joseph is not, an<4 Simeon is not, and ye win take Benjamin away; all these things are against me.” But did not time prove that “all these things” were for him I Our present is to be brought ts the like result. And the future is ra diant with glory, seeing that those who are uiade “partakers of Christ’s sufferings,” shall, “wbeu his glory shall be revealed, be glad also with exceeding Joy.” Let us remember these things, and all cause of complsint about the present condition will be taken away. For if God’s people would when Israel was delivered from all enemies, and not one perished either by the sword nor by the water* ot the Red Bea, so shall it be in the end. When our time of service is over, snd the day of our full deliv erance has come, though we will see terrible thiugs os this world is con sumed, and hear terrible sounds as (he heavens -{mee away with a great noise, yet then as now, the word will be given us as unto the Israel itos—“Stand still and see the sal va cation of God.”—Central rian. Christ’s Gifts. *. Christ, the Mediator, divested himself of the glory which he had with the Father whea he came to earth on his mission of love. Uav lag finished his work, he ascended to heaven, where he was re-invested by the Father with all authority and power. When oar conquering Prince led Baton, the arch traitor, bound to his chariot, lie was not so much elated with his triumph as to forget the eaptives whom he hod released, but made su opeu and giorioas display uf his victory for their encourage menu “Having spoiled priucipali ties aud powers, be made a show of them openly.” The da}' of Ids coronation was great day for all his saints. It was a day of receiving present* aud •ending gifts to the poor. He who took so mueli pleasure while here ou earth in his lalmr* of hive, took more delight iu heaven in the gracious diatrilxitiuu of his gift* “When he ascended up ou high, he led captivity captive, and gave gift* unto men.” The apostle here, uo doubt, alludes to the custom of au eieut kings ami conqueror* who, in the (lay of their triumph, diatrilmted Diuuiflceiit gifts among their wddiers and subject*. When David brought up th^ ark, “be dealt to every one of Isrnd, lioth man and woman, to every one a lout of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.” Iu like uianuer Holoaton, at the dedication of the temple, feu*ted all uho come to that *olem- uity during seven days. Thus has Christ bestowed upon us hi* most precious gifts. He has given us life and health, riches and honor, indeed all temporal bfeaniiig*; together with the graces of the 8]»ir it.—Banner of Peace. OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-NO. 106. ■*e From many years’ observation nod experience I uin convinced that many good and true men in the ministry, of excellent oouvermrioual talent*, foil to preach the gispe! effectively and interestingly because, when they attempt to preach, read in a reading airs of the orator, s leak iu an ortifi cial, declamatory, manner. This is i Preaching the gospri, as to manner, should always be diction possible, f should preach to, over, Hil dressing their them, look thei and talk to them ii plain, luminous !au| Is the way to re* the up with the thoroughly filled logical digest may go into his out his they read, aud one, or put on and unnatural great mistake. the plainest convinced we ud not for, or men, ad to persuade ia the face, ooodSe, simple, And this Christ and the h *-u t nla/io ljki IU el JH1M 4 j Hrl heart wanned sd his mind a scriptural, and then he t with or with casting, him self upon the Lord 1 Aw his blearing, may hope to prenjfl a serin on that will not be dull, or^ to sleep. When preach the gospel, carefully looked lull his bearers you attempt to brother, having otecr the subject, and adopted a good, logical arrange incut, and turned and prayed the matter over, until mind are thoroughly surcharged with the subject, you 4*X *afr1y ignore your behrt and your manuscript*. ami to the mole* aud bats sill artificial airs, and tones, and attempts at playing the orator, and speak iu your plain cat, simplest, most venmtfoual uisnucr. this, you will find concise and con If you will do that you have *r suddenly become effective, interest ing, and even eloqurut to your |ieo- ple. it is amsmiig that good men can ever become dull iu preaching the blessed guspe 1; snd they never would, if they cot Id stem be eman cipated from the mineral>le bondage of professional sirs snd tones, snd tell the utory of tl le cross In s plain, simple, natural and esniot manner. Men always bee<x ae interested when they flud them**- ves addressed by one with a full heart and a Inmiuous utiod, talking earnestly and affec tionately to them, Their minds are at once pat into sy mpathy w ith the mind- Polar Star.—-If religion be the star you sail by, doubt not of good voyage; at least you are fit of a good •if only not forget to look to the result to which all of their trials ore to bo brought, they would not haye so many tears, and not so mnch mourn ing where there should be joy and hope. By these very trials God is upholding us; keeping us from sin or curing us of it; holding ooar feet when they nre ready to slide; and saving odr souls when we are ready to perish. Strange and mysterious his ways often be, but we moy trust them now and always, for they are safe. Man’s works sometimes get be yond his control, or are destroyed by the smallest obstacles opposing. But not so with God’s works. If our world ia constantly rushing through space at the rote of 1,000 miles per minute, we have no cause for fear. Our God ia with ns. can estimate the might Of that pow- The man who er by which lie sustains and controls, not only one world, but worlds be yond numbering t There is no con fusion, do jarring, uo going astray. God is doing all of most perfect ease. And the which enables him to do this is the same power which is working for the salvation of his people. Only those who do not trust him, Heed to I. Just as it was of old Oar | The best evidence of attachment to any cause may be seen from the sacrifice* that are made for it The m#re profession of devotiou amounts to hut little, unless we show what we are willing to give up snd do. The testimony of the hand is strong er than that of the head—actions speak louder than word*. Language that talks dollars and gives only dimes, ia feeble and uncertain. One’s life should not be all theory and bo practice. There must be works as well os faith. Christianity is a Divine reality; it means something. It is an object worthy of being sought. Bat in seeking it, many sacrifices are to be mode. The professional cfaarac ter, to be mieressful, must be willing to forego much ease and pleasure. His beet efforts must be put forth. The Christian, too, most make many sacrifices, any Ml speaker, and and hearer trav sympathetic when the ] and artificial topes, seem to be rim nest iu his naturally takes learner, but of witnessing an feels that he is there not act, bat to look « criticise the iicrfcjrm AH tbb mast preachers of oar talk—ye*, that ia the of speaker together iu to the end. But with airs and does not and ’* work, the place not spectator Vbo is exhibition, >6ud he feel of the Bible. ] The liberal* are not the only enemies of the Bible. Those who wrest the Script are* are equally hostile. If wicked men could tear out a verse or leaf from the Bible as eorily as they could wrest, reve lation would have coroe down to as tu more mutilated than some of the dangles. What shall we say of Barouiua, one of the princes of the Papal ormyf He takes issue with the Apostle Paul, aud virtually charges him with being guilty of either a grave error of judgment, or pasMioimtely acting toward Peter, when he himself was ia tho way. Peter hod dissembled—and for what! Tlie Jesuits would reply, “For God’s greater glory.” Hence Baronins boldly denies that Peter was to Iw blamed, bet should rather have been praised, This reminds us of Dr. Priestly, the Liberal, who main tabled that the Apostle John en tirely mien uric rstood the meaning of the Bpirit, or intentionally inserted his own thoughts. But the celebrated Beliaruiine takes aj far bolder position. He boldly denies that Cephas was the Apostle Peter, but one of the seventy. If these coses of wresting the Scrquure to shield a patron saiut surprise us, we almost weep to see such a man as Jerome main taiu that Paul was not in earnest Hi* words ore simulate non serio see sensiaee fnod seripit. That will do. Peter did nothing wrong, and Paul knew it. His account ot this matter is only a juke of St. Paul And this Jerome i* the man whose Latin translation of the .Scriptures Rome prefer* to the original. This is the man who, at Bethlehem, once i vision saw the end of *11 come, and heard the last sound. Nor did that j die away, but a* long that (iungor of tho jud was heard sounding Bm-Ji an one con Ghost, and makes mere miKtokc of If tb*- fathers of the Romish sect, thus spoken and taught, shall we be surprised if/lulian should affirm, that Paul catf**] Peter a hypocrite! Romanists fiimxt, of neemrity, wrest the scriptures to teach Penance, Porgutoiy, -etc., snd we need not expect other enemies of the Lord will foil to follow suit Here we the secret of the Libertits? ha to Inspiration. m li 7. ft . J The Rev. Dr. Patton, of New Haven, has carefbny examined every text hi the Old and $pw Testaments in whifh the word occurs, aud is led to the following conclusions: 1. That dancing was a religious act among idolaters as well as wor shipers of the true God. 2. That it was practiced as the demonstration of joy for victories and other mercies. 3. That the (bmeea were in the daytime. A That the women danced by themselves; that the dancing was mostly done by them. - j -< v 5. No instance is recorded in which proiiiiHCuous dancing by the two sexes took place. 0. That wbeu the dance was verted from a religious service to mere amusement, it was regarded disreputable, and was performed by the “vain fellows.” 7. Tbs only inatonosa of dancing for amusement mentioned are tf tfcb worldly families described by Job, the daughter of Herodiafi, and the “vain fellows.” Neither at three had any tendency to promote piety. 8. That the Bible ftunrUbes not the slightest sanction for promis cuous dancing as an amusement, an practiced at the present time. The i dancing professor of religion must not deceive himself with the i to pres- J sion tlmt be is justified by the Word i of God. If he still hold* on to the practice, let him find his justifica? ion i from other source*, and Say frankly, t “I love to dance, and am determined to practice it, Bible or no Btoto.” * * • •* -v.\ ? The Worth of one SouL / 'G ti iugs iin)*et note lived it morn his ears, the Holy Actor’s foible a A In all their inlto on rqpui with Christ’s tampering Dfviuity, it with tlie God inspired truth. Their course is and force aud < it, effective are men who word—talk to the people, snd they talk in plain, simple, concise language, and the people understood ond appreciate the talk; amt this is the secret of the great pulpit-power of such men os Prof. Ftooey, Newmou Hall. Henry Ward Mr. Knapp, Mr. others, who are thunder in the and Reflector. , Mr. Spurgeon, Earle, and many found to be sons of pulpit— Watchman our Saviour : “If >me after are, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.* In afibniit- ting to this self-denial, the Christian often complain*. The minister of the gospel, in many cases, feels that he is called upon to endure more thau all others. Indeed, this is true both of the ministry and the laity. • But what arc the sacrifice* which christinns are called upon to make compared with those which the men of the world are constantly making! Wbfit do sinners sacrifice f They sacrifice health, fortune, character— yea, not only their temporal, but their eternal interest*.—Banner of Peace. say * To-morrow may We do not live never come to us. in to-morrow. We can not find it in our title deed. owns whole blocks of rout estate, and great ships on the sea, does net own a single minute of to-morrow. It is a mys tenons possibility not yet born. It his will with lit* under the star of midnight be hind ti»e vale of glistening constel lations. V' Carry your good things, to Christ, he wm keep them; your bad things Christ, be will them. Tee Departed Boi l.—Heavens! what a moment that most be when ex|>ire* on our lips! 1 Tell me, ye who in nature and in new world are we tlie lost flutter What a change ore deepest read God, to what borne ! Whither has that spark— that nnseeu, incomprehensible intel ligence—fled ! .Look upon that cold, livid, ghostly corpse that lies before you! That wafi a shell, a gross which held the earthly immortal that lias now left left to mu pi, perhaps, through illimitable parities to conception, Ten thousand mind as it oon moment between lx is a moment big ' hopes and mat ion that solves all contradictions, Great God! w receive new ca fc, new * powers of lies of beatitude. rush upon the plates tlie awful life and death. Jit with imagination, it is the conaif op all mystery, hich removes all destroys error. a flood of rapture may at once burst upon the departed souL The nnclonded brightness of the celestial togiopo, the solemn secrets of nature may be divulged, the immediate unity of the past, forms of imperfobafie beauty may theu suddenly disclose themselves, d(flighted son**, in immeasurable buratin and sr downward until tJ “orphaned* race, tion of John 14-18. leave ns an true tnuisla- Preach Jesus Christ minister in one of our large hod prepared preached, a* he supposed, a most convincing sermon for the benefit of an iafluen- tial uk uiU'T of his congregation, who was known to be of an infidel turn of mind. The riuuer listened un moved to the writ-turned sentences and too earnest appeals; his heart was unaffected. On bis return from church, he saw a tear trembling in the eye of his little daughter, whom be tenderly loved, and he inquired If yon professing Christians, in the voyage over the boisterous ocean of life, would strctrii forth your hand, your arm, made strong by the omipo- teut power of God, and pluck one weary, fainting soul from the engulf ing wave, what an fecouccivable ' lustre would be added to ynnr crown t of immortality I What on ample recompense you would receive for the trials, and temptations, and suf ferings through which yon panned, J to think as you lie down on the bed of death, and see the portals of heaven open to you, that by .your . efforts, by your instrumentality, one soul ha* been saved from perdition! As you cast your wistful eyes toward the golden shore, and inquire, “For \ what have I lived P the ministering j angel, hovering near, would point \ you to that one robed iu white and singing everlasting praises around the Eternal Throne. That one which you, by one kind word, by one loviag deed, or by one earnest prayer, arrested in his downward course and directed to the haven of rest. Only | one redeemed by your agency!—only \ one upon which you eau fix your r dying eyea, and feel that God ha* j’ given yon that as a - seal to your > ministry ! Oh, it wees enough whea we consider that man is worth oil God’s material universe. It is worth a lifetime of toil and self-denial to accomplish the redemption of ome human soul.—United J'teebyterion. the The child informed him that she was thinking of what her Sunday-school teacher had told her of Jew Christ. “And what did she toll you of Jesus Christ, my child f” he asked. “Why, she said ha casse down from heaven and died for j>oor me!” and ia a moment the great tears gushed from eyes which had looked upon the beauties of only seven sum mere, as, iu the simplicity of -child hood, she added, “Father, should I not love one who has so loved me T* The proud heart of the infidel was touched. What the eloquent plea of his minister could not aeoouplish, the teuder sentence of hts child had done, and he retired to give vent to his own feelings in a sileat but peni tent prayer. That evening /bund him at the praying circle, yhere, with broken ness of spirit, he asked the prayer* of God’s people. Ip giv ing on account of liis Christian ex perience, he remarked: -“Under Gbd I owe my conversion to a little child, who first convinced me, by her art less simplicity, that I ought to love one who had so laved me.” - Alway% Happy.—Au old writer out*pares Job to a musical instru ment which, however struck, gives the same sound. Whoever struck him, God, man, or devjl, the uofce wo*, “Blessed Lord.” „ . The Whole Chx'BCH at the Prater Meeting.—What on en courncement it would be |o many a discouraged and almost worn-oat pastor! What a testimony to toe world that Christians werain earmwfc in their profession, and toot they loved communion with God! How would il make sermons and mean** of grace frill of interest, life and power, that now seem dull and lifeless 1 How would it promote growth in grace, ami honor Christ, and quicken seal, and increase spirit uality, and make the-* church earth like toe chursftttin Let all the eburcli be regularly at the preyer-meetiug, aud afl would be faith fol, aud active, and nseftd; all would be a help to the pastor fifid to each other * all tqrid -feel the power of the gospel i* their own hearts, and thus be burning sad shining lights; and roeh would take knowledge of them took they had been with Jesus ! See to it, Christian reader, that you do your paft toward having all the church ialway* at the prayer-meeting. *■> ' * * < on heaven! 71 ji - i The Truth CoKidEHXB^31ti great teachings of Je«us concerning God aud roan have been verified the experience of sixty, of Christian wen and women. ' They have guided them to God; they have rescued then have created human hearts; they the fear of death; be the Rome of tlie soled the sufferers uadcr the burdens of life. *4 un; they and to** in hare oon map