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TramdiUcd for l.irthcnrh
“I am of them that i
VT*ttor
asked not
for llacj-linuah Ixt : L
A
•Simon rchiU»a in hia 1 Will,
l’urt HI, tlw iollo>i iu^ incident: -
A aaa aemniintetl yt-iura with a
rwfclcaa tutl y ickcil maii,Hc4io Hover
went to cLim li, hover rcvtMvetl the
Lord’* Snj M K-r, mover sjK>Ue or noted■
jw a Christian, whoao profanity was
sliocking, whose life was abhorrent,
aud who was a roviier and ijerveou-
tor of every* faithful minister *of the
[r : f <
o»ci) was to preach in
his nei^ilairhood, and 1k>; iht lared
cross.
A Ktrautfer
tliaUhc w»uh
parson. l|e ]
preadied
Paul, aiul ,a;tj
had been n
M‘> and h
went. Thj
fc the coti
tlwt ua;
phonier
the now
f minister
rshm of
f man who
ke Paul,
as Paul
and not
<> to* F®» fb* Ludionm V Mi tor.
The Goal of HumiH Aspirations.
Mow, in all »ges ami in ever? hum),
have and do entertain exportations
<*f entering uj>on a career nuiro
pleasiug ami satiafyitig than . the
present. This universal sigh is an
evidence that the present does not
unset, the aspirations smi wants of
the. huinau so id. Kiclies, honor,
pppreV ami pleasure, do not afford
“The hbss for which wo riftfe.*
b SWoiuou «s>joye<l them in am eminent
degm‘, and mam all he has in-
eribttl, “Vanity of vanity, all is
vanity.* * < -
The (‘onsrientionH ami unautiidle<t
soul, in its restless rounds in scorch
of solid gm><l, instinctively ds—
claims: l i,
• . j ■ a. ■
where shall rest lie found,
Rest for the weary soul r
Tlie fonr quarters of the.edrth ycho
back no answer j nstsoti, in -• her
onward flight, wanders throngh the
ahysa of thought, but discover* no
place for escape, and is forced to
return bearing no tnlinga of comfort.
The son! pauses and trembles be
tween liopo and fear, and as a final
‘‘And to ovary man hii Work. ’
T ojtcucd my coueordauoc just now
mid thought I would look ah the
word “do,* and aee how many times
wo are commanded to go aud “do,”
but 1 became discouraged, aud m\
heart foiled me. The list w as too
longj T eohltl not midertakc It i
then ti»nie4l to the wotxl “work,*
and thought I would examine that.
Hut the result was the same. I
had not the heart to undertake so
ted ion* a task. * i* ^
Before eon version theiv are few,
if any, such conminmls given to
men. As long ns we are in our
aim wc are told to Hidievo-4o
trust—to come—to look"—nod are
assured that by so tiuing wo shall
live. Aud well did the Master un
derstand the nature of the human
heart. lie know that by nature we
ore blind, ami helpless, and dead.
He kuew that we must Imre light
aud life licfore we could do spy tluug
pleasiug tu his sight.
But wlien we are made new crea
tures—have new hearts, and mo
tives, ami hopes— wo may do some
thing for him who has new-created
«»S something for our fellow men,
something for ourselves. Our
rwansm..
lvsort turns to flic Bible and rends,
“ There retnoitieth n rest to the» a,H ^
I>eopio of God* ‘*fho gfisun Master has a vineyard ou
d««pait* is removed, mid a* page ' ® 1,r *h» ®ml every ehrUtian is placed
after page is rrad*of this liBVHi- * j tt ti> korl. Tty work
bofil Book, refreshing stremas Ibis vinejanl we show forth
cousolation flow into the soul. ManN '.^ K ‘ yrwfoo of Ihm who hath new-
drooping hofws are revived, ami the eril *drdss Ity cultivating the j»re
distant shores of hhss are set»u ver- ♦ fottitt of this Tfneyard, we
dank with the foliage of immor hm,ur rt *° <* n,Tr Master. He
tnlitv. - j Chet is not with him is ngninst In* bit? by w riting * i smnk mf
Inspiration informs man that sn-( hi,,r ’ thftt »<»t with* d. It giv«*s life, quickness of
preme love to God and good will fo hhn ’ ^Ht-veth sbrninl. : | tlifoigl.t and activity to lit* preach
men form the only aouice of solid ■ A,,d lhoh a « ai, ‘* H '* fbr °" r owry ‘“^t “hum- tuind ctudd Inactive
good to a»mtMMol soul. | profit that we nirr commanded to and expression quick when both
Is.vo is the foundation which 4 wor,r * * T,,e ninw ‘ ,,f t,K> -Master is wcic tmd tp m B.simsrrqs f Pope
- ' f 1
Six Aeeeoee for ?retaking withont
-4-. »«*W.
man has four years in
ege, aud three iu a The?>logical
uiury, or what ie csiuivalent to
pnd can not preach a sermon
iput w rUiug it, ho has reason to
he has mistaken his culling—
to four he has never been
of God, as w»* Aaron. This
may seem a hard saying to tiiose
jybo have never tried to pi esoh
^ unless a w ritten sermon lay between
the pulpit and the |>ew. If I were
made Judge in the laud, or a Pro
fessor jn oik* of our Tlicologicsl
Seuiiusries, I wouhl instruct every
young man t«» prea« h withont • , l^otcs^ , '
and for the follow tag reasons, amoug
others that might lu* iiameil:
1. He w ould speak easier, and not
l*e *«» likily to have bronchitis or
the “elerg> man’s sore throid.* Every
one who has read a sermon, * aud
then preaehi*d oim^ known what I
mean.
ii It wouhl give him t4*c use of
his s\es, stud this is of vast moment.
There is rloqaenun in Use eye, uisl
I do not believe Paul or Luke would
bay? calietl A poll os uii «kH|U«-ut amu
if his eyes had lwen Axed u^hju his
oiunuscri|>t. »
A It is a piece of drudgeiy to
w rile sermons, that break* «U»wu and
ruins the Iiesltlt of more minisUws
than any <itl»er one thbig or klml
of fobfir. That exedlcnt nu»n, flc-nry
Stet-le Clark, U.H., )aistor of the
Central church, Phii:uludei|4iLa, k>st
* - - 4| !
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Love for God’s Word.
Bibles ate so common among us
that we have a fault some of the
value jsit on them by individuals
or families who have never seen
nu entire Bible, but only singly
books of Scripture. The. following
is a touching story of the joy of
tome of .the natives of Mudaguscar
oii receiving a oopy of the Sew
Testament with the Psalms:
Two men came one night to Mr.
Kllis, the uiisHionmy pf Madagascar.
They hod walked a hundrsd tudes
oat or Uieir way, to visit him.
“Have you the Bible T asked Mr.
Kllis.
M We have m<en -it and heard it
rvsal," one man said; “but we have
only some of the wonU of Ihrvid,
and they do not l»eloug * us-Ahsy uighrin^de of
belong to the whole family,’!
M Have yoa the word of David
* dk yos mow T osk<*d Mr. Elks.
.supplies every moral wrunt. ft pm-
l our
Th ini
tailf*' Whatever we do for u.sil to rise at'mhfnight to catHi or
vided the scheme of nxlhnptkm ; it ,,,n ‘ ' 8 for ° ,,r ovn A°°^* H ‘ rv , P» M a thongtit, and every man knows
converts apd refkmciles fo God: it l * H * n Hre ^ wo motives that shonhl the best thought* one caught tiding,
justifies and ikmetifleof H imitvn |”* to «*»<< energy But who has any ehunre to thiak,
good Men on earth iu the bond* of 1 thc v{mt - vnrr ^ ° nr D>rd. Onr'whcn nM lu* has to my is written
Master has claims on o*. Wo art* and lies before him! Yon might ns
Imly ;ifleet ion ; it brings heaven nnd
!
,or mimed in; other thin
hail, slioiild ;*ris<* with his,
pu^ off repeotaiice. God] was im r-
' cifsl; uot tb the imiM*iiit4-fit tliongli;
but only to those wlu^ repeated.
f Whoever truly repented jwoold also
receive pardon, for tho {Tsinl liud
sworn: “As 1 ijve, saif t the <srnl
f God, i liavt* no, |Measure i j the death
*, <»f the wicked, ;| l^ut that the w icked
turn from his wa^ and liv f; turn ye,
turn ye, for why]will ye < ie T*
Tlie preacher [then sp ke of the
lamentation of Cain : w ly i>naisl»-
ment is givafer'than 1 < nn bear ;*
and quoted th<^ words - if Angus
tine: “Thou !M», Cain, thou liest^
for God’s mercy is great! r than all
huumn misery. 9 And Be added:
“When you refient, andtAhe devil,,
or your conxc-iejiec ftays||ymtr sins
are too great to be forgiven,* tlien
auswtv fearlessly, with b^hiness and
aa«l courage l! ‘Thou llest, devil,
best, conscience,
mcr«y|*W greater
all Miiners.’”
man listened atten
ild tlie preaelied
itnd lH»nmI?ess grace
his by ties strong ahd tender. And
however king am) nnlmm* wc may
lnls>r, we can never repay tlie d«*bt
well tie a bird’s wings and tell U
brig, \ . . j
A The style of talking is tlw* best
tbea best;
tliou best;
Hum the guilt
The reekl
tiveiy, ami
wowl of free
accomplished rrimt liit
could
fhe ter
rors of the law could fiot do; the
# Bjffrit, which ebters tbei* hearts of
men through the prcoilicd word,
softeiml and subdued jif i reliellkuis
spirit, and lie whs converted.
He tnrnetl, tlie lermon was
fini»he<l, to Uq ocqnalihance, and
earth m active .sympathy; it btoda
aiigois ami glorified on tats together
in aiTe(-tumate nssoeiatioii; it is, in
mrlitT, the key note of all the bluss OWt * Aml »» honor J style for preoChiog. A mi sister who
in beam). ** confemsl on no—we work and i Udls to Ills rongn gntion will ncter
In that glorious world, a vast and he w « rka * vv *’ nre cixwbrkers with be m*ing thiw high sounding big
God. I^t as nut disgrace oarsclve* 1 word* that makes his congregation
immortal church, formal «»f * those \
who am all brethren, inhabits the J,UI * ^ >tr
delightful regions destined to be Its ^ irt ,,4>
eternal residence, lu tlie innimu*ra
ble. millions of which this great
asMiUiWy, this nation of brethren,
i we serve,
man liveth to
We must do good to our fetlow-
mcn. We must work and pray.
| stako, but w hu h they do hut under
hiiuaclf. i stand. Paul used great plain mss
of tpreeh; lie didn’t ns* euth-lug
wopls of man's wisdom' uor try to
s|K)il men Ihnuigh philosophy, aflor
• Dr. Gnthnw says: U 1 would rather
this khigdom of Jrtiorali, i* coni-j ** * " mn mx ** X from tl»e gulf ha- tlx} rudiments of the world. Nettle
IkwusI, lirotlierly love is the com- Iotv ’ on a rock, easting u tot) never umsl a word bi a mnuon
Hiandiug prineqdc of action.
In angtds it has glowed
brightened ever sim*e the morning
of creation dawned over tlie vast
abyss of darkness aud solitude. m In
the general assembly of the firsb
l»oni it is made a test of their
character, and a foundation of their
admission into heaven. “InuKtHuch
a* ye hare done gttod unto one of the
It-**t fif the*e my brethren” is an
nounced by Christ himself as. The
[ life-lips to others struggling In the
> uuelstroiu of death, than on his
knees thanking Gcsl Air* his own
that n child ten years ohl could not
understand ami eouipivlu-ud. J’n**i
dent Way laud said, “the pulpit is
dettreniucr.” And ail true and tie- dying of pro|irietica.*
voted followers of the Saviour do It lit'ljw to make the preacher
i
tlius strive liw tin* mhntiort of their j n ijcatly man. The tuinuU-r who f«*r
fellow-men. \N hen Philip had fun ml i years has accustomed hiiuself to
tlie Messiah, it win* not long liefore i A|Witkiug witluait writing, is temper
lie-* brought
i Aud so of
Peter to our leal as soon as he
I had foil ml him for himself. Aud
Nathaniel to tTiriat. ijmratus—always prvpand.-
Andrew ; Im brought
peculiar term of admission j and ^ woman of Baiauffia, etsivertetl
“/siwmrc* nt ye did it not,” is the I at J * noVi well, immediately return-
final term of exelnsion.
Of that brilliant world, that rtgion
where all things shine, and MVe,
and flourish, and triumph forever,
tlie beauty, the glory, the excellence
is eminently this divine affection.
All are brethren, all arc loved as
brethren.. AH are divinely amiable
and excellent friends. Every one
possesses the virtue wliieh is loverl,
and the complacency by which it is
lorwl. There every one, conscious
;of being entirely !ox*ely ami entirely
loved, ixxsiprociite8 the same love to
this sermon.
Iwul another
sermou whflef
die it shall
rlaf, s
will Man this day
and res lenfber this
i id whcii i
coin tbi t-" He
returned home, wrote ddwn tlie, sub
stance of tli^'sermon n a book,
•wl.itli be alwavfi carried alwut bin,. Ju} ’ ““ U *«T
He now ai new man, iu be«rt, nirth " m forever - >nd 1
in uiiad,
strength.
Taken sick uof long afoer, this ser-
fami this that hiafiy live recklessly,
not because th# : feel sc pure and ore
iodiffiareut, but because they accretJy
despair of Godis mercy, and imagine
tk ®t they can foot be
j *deh sinners tepent glmlly when
^y hear the blessed fospel of the
* s avi«xr of sinufers. Ifatipy tlie min
*«w. wbo IjUiMr ai
Publish,>s Ureac^lml tidings.”
can number 1 , of all nation*, kindred*
and tomyue*, n and wlrfch fills the
inmieasarablo regions of heaven. In
the sunshine of Infinite love, the
light of the New Jerusalem, the
original source of all their own
beaUty’, life and joy, all those happy
in
one harmonious and eternal hymn
to the great Author of their enjoy
ment : “Bleotting, and honor, nnd glory,
and iriidom, and thanhgiring, be unto
him that ritteth on the throne, and to
the Lamb, forever and erer*
See that ye love on* Another with
a pme heart, fervently.
I pity tlie family where there Is
in aqfo,
:k -uo€ k
mon was bis consolation^he received
the Holy Supper, aud I died gently'
aud happy, believing on Him that
jasUfletU the uqgoiUy. • ,-•■.
“Yon dp not! know, 6 toan,* adds
°W Pauli, “whfn God .will work in
You to will arid to ilo, and you
»bo«W tberaMb not dwise ev«i ua h,,i, ive ,i of m
»«pl*iwnt wnum. Wf learn ate* to attnet the aftfart* n«arf, no
protector to stand hi the breiufii and
keep back invading judgments, wo
intercessor to draw down tbo bless
ing of heaven, no good example to
reprove and encourage. What docs
an angel think when he passes by
such an. irnTigtofurdkellmg T—Jay.
e
ed to the city and said to all she
saw, ‘-Gome, see a muu.tbat told
me all things that ever I did—is
not this the Christ P Aud does not
the Master say to all of ua, “Go
home to yonr neighbors and friend*
and tell them what great things the
Lord hath done for you f* NY* arc
commumhsl to shiue as “lights in
the world, holding forth the word
of life.” And liow many j»oor sin
ners have lawn saved by a word, a
tract, or u prayer I NVe know uot
what we do when we do what we
ean !—ft. C. Pretbyterian.
“la Tma All op Lifk T—So said
a mna of wealth, ns, lying on a sick
bed,,bo looked back over fifty years
of plensnre and ease. He had loved
dear friends, ami they wore dead.
He had cherished great hopes, and
they Were uot at all realized; still
his life seemed happier than most
treasure ou earth, not 111 heaven ;
and now as lie looked hack on fifty
years, they seemed a blank ; and as
he looked forward, a dark unknow n
blank obscured his vision.
An sged Christian, just as he was
passing atfay, sabl, “I am Just begin
ning to lire.” Tills life Is not »Tl of
life—it Is only the first step.
The supplications which ascemWd
on tbose solitary nights, when of His
people there was none writh Ilftii,
survive lu no human record"; yet,
doubtless, to the end of time our
world will be indebted to tho lonely*
hours when the Mau of Borrows
tenor.
■The Jh-
would uot give answer. iVriixp*
tb«y were afraid j but Mr. KUi«
spoke kindly to iheiu. Tlteu one
ot the men put life hand into his
buuotn sad took out what neeuKHl
to be a n»ll of cloth. Ho unrolled
it, and after takiug off some wrap
per*, Uhold, tliere were a few old,
tom, dingy leaves of the Biuduis,
w hich had Urn read, pium-d around,
leut, re read, until they were almost
wuru oat. Tears caiue to Mr. KUis
«\e* whim he saw tUeio. n “Have
yoo seen the words of Jesu*, or
Jehu, or Paul, or l’etcr T asked
tlie mi**iouary. -
“Yes," tln-y sabl, “we have seen
and hranl them, but wc never own-
etl them.”
■ r r ' .•.■six.. f4 k. . »•
Mr. Kllis tlien . wenjt and brought
out a Testament w itU a bpok of
David has left no sweeter 1’moIui
than tho short twenty third. U fe
Imt a motornt’s opening of his ml j.
but, as when one walkiug tho winter
street sees the door opened for some
on* to enter, and the red light
streams forth a moment, and the
forms of gay children are runniog
to greet the 9tmm, «mI gonial music
Houuds—titough the door shuts and
leaves the uight black, yet it cm
not shut back again all that the eye,
the ear, tho heart) and tlie imagina
tion have semi. Bo is that psalm,
tliongh it Is bat a moment’s opening
of tlie went, are emitted troths of
lienee and consolation that will never
bo absent from the w orld,
llm twenty-third Psalm is the
the i*ealms. It is
small, of a homely feather, staging
shyly out of obararityf bat, O* it
haa Ittawt the air of the whole world
no respect are the purity sad
vigor of tho style of the Bible more
apparent than in its ns*
tives. They
rhetorical effect They are
•d very sparingly, and whan
ed mean in, that they express.
and glorious redemption, bat a re-
thatit
a delivers
tit* penalty and power of sin tin* It
can never more have dominion over
Tk*} footed at each other, and, >«-Hh melodious jojr, greater than the
heart can conceive. Bfoescd be tb*
day on which the Psalm was bom.
What would you any of a pilgrim
commiaaioaed of God to travel
up and down, the earth singing a
strange melody, which, when on*
heard, caused him to forget whaL
ever sorrow he hodf -jiml so the
Hinging nugvt gore on id* wray thro’
all land* singing iu the mgnugo of
every nation, driving away trouble
l»> the pulara of tire ait which his
tongue K.OVOU with divine power;
behold just sock an one! This pil-
grim God ha* sent to speak ia
every iatigoage on tho globe. It
has charmed more grief 4o jest than
all the philosophy of the world.
It baa uraiaad<xl to tlieir dnugeeu
more felon tlionghta, more black
Jim
Nothing that ia
, feet can be etentaL ^Ldmit thefenat
friction into a machine and it wfll
stop or wear oat altfmatriy, no mat-
ter-how well made or nicely adjusted.
Hone* in this an weed by which
redemption is qualified w* hare th*
Al it fe
. and
doubt*, more thriving sorrows, than
It
Psalm* IkhiihI up w ith It, and slmwcd m ^ uU MU tbe
it to Item. r has comforted the noble bont of the
. ow, said h<*, “if you will give sung <ouragt*. to the
um* your few wonU of David, I will u ^ u ^
give you all hi* wovds, all tim words j KMirw | h;,!*, a nj oousolatiou iuto
of Jesus, aud John, and Paul, > n< L tfelggtif the sick, of captives iu
IVtcr besides. , dungeoua, of widows in tlieir pinch
Hu- na-n were auuued aud tb* i tt g gf orpltans ia their loue-
lighted; but tbay wauted to see if
tlie wttnls of David were the same
in Mr. Kllis* lout; aud when they
fouin! they wore, and tlion*aud*
inoro of tho same sort, their joy
knew uo buuud*., - They w illingly
gave np their poor, tattered loaves,
seixt-d the volume, :um1 *tartctl off
h|*>u their loug journey home, re
joicing liko one who ha* found great
*|M»il. Did not .these poor men prize
lines*. Ghustly bo*pilab» have keen
illuuiiuetl by it. it ‘has visited the
prisoner aud broken his chains, and,
like 1‘etcr’s aiigri, led him forth iu
imagiuMtiou and suug him bock to
hi* bona* again. It lm* made the
dying ehri*tisu slave freer thou bfe
master, uud couaol«*d those whom,
dying, Ih* left behind mourning, not
so much that Ik* Was gone os because
they were left behind and ooald not
tlie JiihU* Y Aud had not they found go Nor is its work done. It
a treasure ?
Living Forever.
of his fellows. But ho had lived for
wrif, hot for Christ; be had lAld np hi* heaven as they have follovred tlie
‘jYouhl it be a privik-gi- to live ou
through all the yrnrs of time’s geu-
cratiou* ? to have the eye uevur dim,
the luuid never tremble, the heart
never still ! to .dread no dickue**, to
fear no death ? Well, suck ia oar
privilege. The good never da*.—
Glorious Holecisui! Christ and piety
reverses the fearful doom—“dying
thpu shall die.” Now it hi “dying
thou *liftk live. 1 ' “lie that belicvcth
in jme shall never die." Believe that
tlMDught, which overwhelm* us with
it* sUiiK udon* glory ; the immortal
life of heaven j the dependent and
relative one that to the good ia
pledged, an ever increasing iruitage
of life on earth, has its tasteful sweet-
mms. Whew we oousicler itHu it a
breadth and siguiihMnce, bow price*
less docs it maku tho years. What
motives wo find to so order our lives
that we may bequeath, when dy ing,
such influence* a* nre wortliy of
immortnlitj! IC-wc tidre “"r true
poMtion, nml do our real. work in
the world, aonls will follow us to
pious in all ages., Work flUthfully
done not only yields golden harvest
to tlie worker )ier*oually, but It will
appear «»to every generation follow
ing. Wouhl you live, reader, when
you nre Ueiwl—live a power to bless
and ennoble your tqce forever! Then
fill up the now' with consecrated
doing for Christ and souls, and the
after time will send its accumulating
harvest of good iuto yonr bosom
foFever,
, will p» siugiug to your children aud
— mine, ami to their childreu, through
Praytr Incident a j| ^ p» X i en 44io«s of time; nor will
A few Habitat ha More our ptistor i ‘t fehl «‘»gs till the last pilgrim
prroebed a aermoii that 1 had king » Rttfc, and time is cwfofl; and then
(traded. It was full of comfort ami *ha» *t to the l*osom of God
cheer to my *oul. I hod that morn- i "benefi it issued, and sound on, uiiu-
iug ]tut a five dollar loll in my pocket; gled w ith all those sounds of celes-
nud on the way home l said to my. i tiol >»y wrbich make hesveu musical
mcI/, “That m-rtMou bus door uh? so forever.—Life Thought*.
liiucli good I will acknowledge it to
morrow by Mending Mr. W. this
utouey.” Monday morning chum*, and
with it moth(*rl> reminders that new
slitM** wen* » :intwl for th* children,
and the flow barrel wa* almost
i ^ | i
empty. There imemcd wo much ut*od
of all wy five did lor hill* that the
n-Nolution nwuh* the day Itefore was
almost forgotten. On the way to a»\
office I
Do« Prayer Move God I
To this wc can only reply that
God hiiuself tells us that it does
actually produce that state of tilings
in which it is right, and iu accord-
uuce with his will to bestow the
HHkcd-for blessing.- God tolls us
that he lovtu to be asked, and ia
the re warder of them who diligently
a friend very unexpeet-1 *t*ck him. 1I« tells ns that the for-
The item vriio fe
'lic^thnt
Go fix *01111* wi-iahty truth, , jr (
(iuiin down wmic nattHloo. no mwh 1 ccn
enut i^hhI ft . ..'«*•
Teach ignorance to or cri»*f h» smile ; Bits lUornmg
Cymct Hiy friend, befriend thjr irrrate*t I uttered the
a witch xa* aiau ot norroww ^jtl» warm heart upd <iMdi<li?nce
hctl and prayed upon the Mount [ a jdhrfee, ' I..
\—fiee. J. navtritdil.
h* fitvbic, V • T ^ ~~
Hptfea a*» and bar oa Him
, who imafe thre! *gr J -»
eilly, who hail removed hi* reaidenee
from *ur place. Some mouth* ago
this friend naked the loan of ftru dol
lars, and being under‘obligations to
him for |>aat Ihvdr*, I hnad«*d it to
him, Ktytftft ^ do fio* wxmt Vou to
repay this." However, lie uow band
ed pn paying me the money. As
M»on as I nmchfwl the oOce, 1 en
closed the . bill In a . letter to n;y
minister as a thank oflV-riug for the
good his sennou had done me. In
due time the letter was taken from
the office, and opened. Starring on
his w ay'home, the pastor met a lady,
a eoiuparative stranger in tin* place.
He inquired after lier iuvalid hus
band. Tlie wan fare told a more
M-rions *tory than tiie liji*. How
e<aild he assist her! Telling her eg
tho letter he had just taken from the
office, he lifted the li<J,of the basket,
and said, “Now I want to put this
five dollar hill right hen .” The tears
trickled down the woman’s fare os
she said, “Mr. W., this morning there
was only food euungh for my 1ms
baud's breakfast. 1 have eaten noth
ing, but ho does uot know it. B’hat
we wrere to do I did not knoiy. We
have not a relativ’e wlthiu a thou
sand mile*, and we are destitute
among etraiigera. Knreliug down
this morning and thanking the Loril,
yer he has tiiught
ejPS
this d
rent, eff ect uni prayer of th<* righteous
avaih-tli much. Ho bids n* ask, &ud
we shall receive. Uia Word abounds
in narrativoa of the ia-tual bestowal
of things which bis childreu have
In-sought him to give them. Wheu
hw needy or ,sufi<L‘iing ones have
pulled the night-bell of prayer with
strong fuitli, he lias relieved them
of their distress, or removed the
ev il tlmy have suffered from, or else
given to them supernatural grace to
liear their burthen*. Ou his bod of
anguish, Jlexckiuh rung this night-
bell, aud God heard it and *pare<l
his life. In his dnup*ou at Jerusa
lem, lYtov cried unto tiie Lord, aud
a whole prayer-meeting cried at the
same time for his deliveraucc, nnd
God sent his angel aud brought the
apostle out of th* prison. Answered
prayers cover the field of providen
tial history as flowers cover Western
prairies. Answered prayers hover
around the communion tables of o«r
desreud into a meadow. Answered
prayers have made the pulpits of
Hyson, and Burns, ami Spurgeon
powerful. Answered prayers have
visiteil tick rooms like angel*, to
restore to hie; or if infinite wisdom
had appointed to the sick to die, the
sting of death has been turned to
tbe song of victory, ‘ft can uot get
on without three hour* a day of
prnver, now,” said Martin Luther in
tlm thick tit his great fight with the
Ui “
it* eooseq
of an tafiolte God, and adapted
all tii* want* of an immortal m*L
W« vend in the Bible of glorious
display* of Jehovah’s power nnd
love. Ho led the Hebrew* ont ot
Egypt wfeh n high hand. He di
vided the sea before them ; yet that
generation perished in tho wilder,
ness. Later In their history he
raised up Joshua, Gideon, Barak,
Jephthah, Samson, and many other
deliverers. By them he
mi rat-lee. But none of
dernpt ioos of the cbooen people oft
en red to them permaoeat
and proKperity.
they were invaded, oppressed and
etadaved. Erea the
torn from Babylon,
by various
autil the Itoi
strayed Abe city sad dispersed the
nation. So was it ever with the
greatest mleemcrs aud redemption*
uutil Christ came. He only
an infinite Redeemer. His only
I
a “plenteous redemption.” Far above
Moses aud all other prophets and
inspired men tower* this
brought in everlasting rigb
TnutKpendaut ia glory and
ia our Gospel
Gideon t
til tho instruments and
ditiverauce that hod gone before it!
It eradicates “the root of bitterneaa*
It cleanses tbe fountain so that it
can never lie defiled again. It builds
our fortress, mar home, ear banqnet
ball, on a rock that cad never be
moved. It so environs os with tbe
love and the power of God that bo
foe or temjWntkxi eaa ever prevail
against us. It clasps as so tenderly
aud strongly that no one ia able to
pluck na oat of his hand.
How gratefW we should be Mr
such n redemption! How ft should
fill our hearts with joy and hope I
“Now are we the sons of God,”
though “it doth not yet appear what
we shall be, we know that whew be
appears we shall be like him, for wo
shall see him as be bf—not only
free*lorn from tin forever and
but growth in holiness, in
to God, and in the ability to
of his infinite tallness forever
ever.—Herald and
Best satisfied with nothing abort of
the appropriation of GodM unchang
ing fore to you. It is only at. a*
sill give yon calmness, peace, and f
joyi * It is only this that will keep
your soul as an anchor when all ta
shifting beneath |oa Human rito-
tiona may change, fond ferae be
mfiy c
removed, but here you bare a hid
den treasure. Ob, believe this tore!
tevethu.
aaytmr
Clasp it to your heart as y
est blessing. Lean Upon it with all
your strength, and yon wifi
know its blessed power. Praise,
than anything else, assimilates the
suffering saiuts on earth to the glori
fied ill heaven. In that world, where
they rest from confession and sap-
plication, they rest uot, day or night,
but sing praises to Him who sittoth
on tlie throne* forever and ever.
Christians should not be fearihl er
agitated. A panic doea desperate
harm in ; an army and in com
merce, aud no less harm in spiritual
things. Some look more at tbe
dreaded Antichrist, than the at liv
ing, triumphant Christ*; more at the
churches, in seasons ofgreat revival, wftv0 , tbnn at him who walked on
.» wo U»vo*«. firoat flock, of bmlo ^7 m(m the ^tof-loo* tl«n
at “him who sitteth above the water-
floods.”—Rrr. S. Hoare.
riafeii
A Christian’s
is like a
rainbow, made np of drops of grief
of earth, aud beams of the btias of
licaveu. v D
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The christiau is frequently tbe
oid}' Bible the world w'ill rend. How
pad that the copy «bould be so de
faced. 1 1 " " ,> ‘
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