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)E. D.l>.,
«mAm, Si C.
■'runs the l.uibswn Observer.
Pastoral
jig is {Kir
commit!
«1 to* t
ou in
lioiit* to
T*"—■
Changes.
September ^1 Still, on
ut
m
n*
for*
v f.
frequent
Lutheran Cl
t'AlSKS
1. Chief
ous view wi
* * r
the laity thj
sacred office
With them
eh
the report
of the Al
ly, at its
tVarU, l'a.,
causes ol
s in the
tolpl
irch:
[OXO TltRfLAITY.,
longtlics* if
lieli a butt
I 4
the errone
portion of
e of the Instore of the
*f the gob|4*l ministry,
he 'Otrisiin minister
is a hireling; not
0od, hut the servant
speak of “tail tug a pie;
do-a farm hind or a
;*>ine yougn gntmns,* ^e
their shame, elect
nually to a; certain “Jv
will hin* tin r preach*
year.” In su curing life
iu dispensin : with tl
influenced mi 1 actuated l
motives that; exi**diei
m
its.
&
interest. «'• i I
From the records fr>
Testament it plainly
die pastoral
to be temporary, lui
Not a single instance
was it ever
servant of
air. They
as they
tic. In
it said to
held an
tlAT they
ai Kit her
vices, and
they arc
no higher
aiitt self*
the New
icars that*
relation ip not designed'
m imminent.
I!
recorded
of the trails! ?r of a pastor from one
clinreh to another,
relation, wli *ti once
continued for life, ex
of gross im morality,
bat crime aid the li
Woken.
practice of tl e Kvangc
Church, uuti
recent date,
cedent. On
within a don uirafively
tas uni versa Iv been in
conformity \ ltli the scriptural pre
theory
juistoral
summated,
in cases
nothing
of death
view and
Lutheran
in.
fan-.
i v< r
ta«.
service, audF
them, he
field of lai;
a field of
remain in it
and assi
whence it
may take
chnrches iu
by reliable
and that
lasaiucl
1 also a
and a
regard to
this subject may be concis ?Iy stated
thus: We believe thjit, inasmuch
as God has. institntix tj
ministry, lie will call un
r, he
itil he
them
lows th
large of
less direc
tile providen
i, in calling a
e gospel
into its
he calls
them ,i
ing them
them to
cm away
»g
g
t
s t
tier, from
t no pastor
a church or
l m to do
indentions;
0 congre
•*} »
yon
ta-
gntions are not to consShlt their own
carnal, selfish wishes, but the will
of the Lord, who is the He Id of the
Church. The same ttrinc pies are
io^guide and' control ; pas ors and
congregations in sCTcillng the rela
tion subsisting botvroen iuUi !:
are, by earnest and faith fu prayer,
tp endeavor to uncertain tiie Divine
will. For none but thjb most valid
scriptural reasous, and not |til| after
mature deliberation and I devout
prayer, is the pastoral Velatfou ever
to be entered into, or evdr to be
Iroken up. By confonbing to these
plain scriptural principles Will the
Christian ministry be rendered per
tinent, the sphere of its usefulness
he enlarged, and the chfirchos secure
the peqietual favor of hca
2. A second cause is undue leui-
ency onjtlic part Of the congregations
b> troublesome memben*. There are
unruly, selfish, dominjeering men
and women in almost oi'erj^congre
gation, who are the scoijrgl of the
0 Larch and of the ariuistry o{ Christ.
^ they can not rule, they Will ruin.
Mauy a pious, useful servant of God
ba» been sacrificed to the malice
Of jicrsons of this sort, simply be
cause the congregation luul not
the eminige to “cut- oft* those that
trouble tlHun,” touring their die*
pleasure, and the hiss of their pecu
niary support, lhseiplino lu the
church Is as nes'essary ami b<>neQcial
its it is in the family nml the state,
Witlmut it mnlronlouta will multi
ply, and the worst of men will
assume control of the affairs of tiie
church. The unwe tied, that odea*
tiers will lie'planished w ill raiise
of suffrage. It is impngniug the
estreotness of their jmlgment ami
honesty of their intentions. It la
nn-deeioeiatic and nn-ehriatinn. Let
rhnr»*he* resist the denmnds find
discountenance the intrignea of Pier
sons of this description, and punish
their laid rondnel to the utmost iu
their powej\
l*astom, ou the other baud, may
provoke political opposition, In* seek
ing in their public ministrations
to disseminate their own partisan
Take as Thotfhl for Iks Morrsw.
lu the last ton veraet of ths sixth
ehsptci of Matthew, our I xml, in
lauguags which, Air stmogth and
i‘lo4pi» iice, simplicity anil pathos, can
Hot ba sarpussi-d, urges upon his
—
not hafiiieii, is the form of unlieHef
against which desns is so oaraostly
pleading wluu he says, “Take no
th«»aght fiir your lit*/' aad th«i
points to the fioWers of the Arid nml
the. bin Is ol the air us objects of
them to “walk orriariy/ ami obvnib* nru \ p v nbltsl , nf ^ urm
tbe aeowUy of enftmlng disetpltne. ^ntino-nts aie not In harmony with
3, A thiiil online is the insulti
cieucy of imstoral suppm-t. Many
congregations are criminally indiffer
ent to tiie wants and comforts of
their pastor atul his family, ^,me
their lAvti, Such pastors an* i|e-
serving of serert‘S| censure. Hut
without thu^ neither pastor or i>or-
ishiotier is to be disturlM-d mi ac
count of his political opinions, unless
. ■ . . Wod’s mre, ask lag at the muik* time,
dut» ul U-iiat In UMl .*Ak k n»t mud. Ix-tUT than llu.y r
^•Ik-tter than UieyT What doc^
that mown f Siiii^y tlwt ye are
more valuabU*, have iiniueaMumlily
greater cajmbilities, ami, what is of
infinitely higher Mgiiifiraiwc, ye cost
Hiivls ami fiowers, us well as
Master have aU Ilia force ot kiiii.h ami systems, K|niug into U*iug
of whom are eveu Ut to langnhdi . they eonfllct with the clearly
tor Ihe want of the necessaries of
lift*. They are at liest protniwNl bat
a “starving salary,” a i»art of which
is yet withheld, and the twlnnee |*anl
.irregularly. And this has been
done, and is still done,, in column
nities of wealth and worldly pros
parity* This is a burning shame, a
heaven-crying sin, calling for »even»
est repixHif. It is a gross, wiilfnl,
open violation of i^ plainly enjoined
iluty. For the Iloly rieripturcs ex
pressly declare that“The laliorer is
worthy of liis hirc, rt aud tlrnt “They
which preach the gosja*!, shall live
of tin* gospel.” ^
It alm> cripples
of the gospel ministfy.
im|Hi.ssible for a pastor to labor with
cheerfulness and sc cress in study,
ex-
proamK! teachiugs of the Iloly Scrip
tures.
7. lu some congregation* the
church Gounril rlist aud dismiss
their imstor, certaiuly an un l.uthcr
an, if not an un christian proceeding,
fraught with a great deal of misi-hief.
We kuow of instances in which *
Council, by a miyority of one vote,
have sent mlrift their pastor, without
( previously consultuig their emigre
i gittions, and even contrary to the
wishes of almost tbe cutirc member-
! ship. The right of electing ami dia-
i missing a pastor can, upon true Lu
i theran principles,* nt*vei be \estetl in
i.™ | t!»e ehnrcli Council, but must be rc-
u . 1 J fsen ed to the cougrt'gatioaaa such.
lu regard U* the thiags wf this lile,
things which we I rally, h«h1, Mid
of which, as Je*u* bcmiUfnUy ex
piv-vvs it, **Vour 1 leaveiily Father
>>irtk that ye have need.”
j These evhortoturns of our 1a*oI | Uori .
Lui r ■ —
law, iuui are binding up«i tbe ww-jit (fie word of the ( reator } hut
•cieneeHof oil who hear them* woivl* ,„ M u w as pmeliiUNil at a giwat mice,
lot liia. lu tbe next chapter he JI t „c**, he U mi object of hi* Heuv
fspeaks of tlaxa* who- he. if hu words 1 <»uly FatJier’s pom liar rare; tor,
juial do tla*in, uial of others w ho Wtu l mv ing given us bis rion, lie will
with bun freoly give us all things.
“All things «iv yours,” exclaims the
•ai»o*tU*, “and ye are ('hrist'*, and
ami do them m»t, plainly lutiumting
■that ho k»>o these insfrui-iuMis as
tla law of tile. It tolloirs, then-lore.
[that uli uuxivty and wotrtim td aimut | ('hrist \* God'*.
“I'liild of heaven, can«*t thou nv
lane r Or cau you distrust a God
so great, so wise, ns good—or turn
the usefulness
|Hil|Nt ami tei.il,-, « l.eu «*• *N ot Glory Uto ,ur
pivsseil down by, anxmty f<»r tin-
uu*uu* of Kup|H>rt. What g<K*l re
sults can Ik* lookc l for 1mm the
labor of ministers jvho a»x* left to
drag out tlicir y^ar* under the
sorrows .and bill'd mis
poverty, with an oid
that lx sirs nothing
ami sutfering f -
their lives with
Soul*.
of pitiless
age before tbelli
but destitution
In vain is tin* g»»sp« 1 )treat lied to
auy one of the sons of men so long
as tliey, like the strong man tintitsl,
krvp the gates of the castle of their
heart. The i*yt»s of the undet .»t.iud
ing arc blind t«> tin* way of |»ence.
After wearing out J Until tthrist shall eotoe nml tak«-
e.\qe**ive toil and that castle by storm, tta*n* i* im
study ami can*, they aro turae«lout
to die, as though lu* were a horse
for whieb then* is no more use. The
only wonder is that then*, are as
doing
anything fur that man
u* inhhuiuu things ot tm r> *ln> life
ii* disobedience to biiu, and ohum>
tm*utl> sinful.
Hut, practically, *UumU evury laxly 1 a .leaf t -ar to the loving ami assuring
led* tlmt by obcyiwg W the letter words of your Divine Hiytlwr, who
ic. injunct ion*, “Tttke no thought , «t this moment Im* aft power iu
►ryourUfi*,” “Take thought lor | heaven and mrth, and who knows
m moirmv, WA‘ *honhl Idl mt«* the ,d| atxmt your uiiuntest affair*—who
*i*4*ite sin of ctlwl—Mlfn and tiu- ! knows what Ve shall eat, what'ye
pru\idv'iH:«‘. ami that all our worldly dedi drink, ami when-wfthal n* AtiU
ifiairs would quickly tun to wreck ! \* Hut he* t—who knows that von
md ruh». rm* difficulty hero lie* have need tln*ae things * And
u an almost tuijM-ixe|itdiU‘ change ( alttum^h rini may not know v here
Uuit has come over our langu.igc or | loW th ;. v urt . ; o ^ ^
luring the two ccitturir* that haw «|o«« know.
la|i*cd siiuc our wmkplt of tU “Tn»st In U»e Isml ami do goad;
lipUuvs was made, Otoxc «Tj m , n.alt thou dwri! in the land, and
1h* iujum turn uU turua upon the verity thou Afadt be fed.”—Psnlm
leauuig of the word fkum^t a* ban* xxxsH:*. The mnu who does not
imsL Happily wc have a key to tndieve this pn*inlse, nnd obey the
he « xuct iin ailing of llm t>n*at ermiuiamlnient iwHixeil, can not Halm
Ihclicr iu l«uke wiv | dts, when- p, )m* n t»etl<*cer, Iiowcmw oiiIhkIox
r ® alxJ Ihi* dincples* to | hi* dngvmrir ttreyd may be.— 1’nifcd
loan the laird .ipj»t aml after -his /Yr.fyfr-rviN.
.-iiumK'tHHi, *» were terrifi. «1 and
The 5Sd Chapter of Isaiah and the,
Jew*.
The Jews from tiie hour of their
disperbiou to this very tiny do Iu
their non controversial writings, and
their Mileuui nnd puhUo pmyer* to
a heart Hcarchlfig timl, npjdy tlm
add chapter of luuiah to the Messiah. _
Tiie Targnm, Talmud,Zidur, Yalknt, l‘ifc to t*ffect this; but I have found
Alshoeh, nnd other xuiUmritlea ubtyi only one remedy, which ia rending
dnntl> show thi* (»]iinit»n of the .lew titc Scripturea. Iu perusing
ish Church iu every ngc, aud juatify tkoiI » mind experieoees its tree
ue lu tlu* UK*erliou tlmtf the non «»d jicrfcct >>y, and from this pica
troverst*! writers depart<*1 from the
▲ Diversion that never Tires.
“You ask me, my children,” writes*
Margaret Dndu-ss of Aleucon, the
favorite sister of Frauds 1. of Feme*,
and a devoted Christian woman, “to
do a very difficult tliiug—to invent a
diversion that win drive awny your
ennui. ] have been seeking all my
vetritm ex|K**itki»i fV»r no <»ther
rcnNiu than to get rid of the Chris
tiau argument. Hut we Live t«*ti
inuuy which no Jew who Cnxjuetitft
the iiawogui* can deny, unless he
lie prepared to confess that, in liis
jirayers to Almighty God, hi* Kps
*4y oik* thing aud his heart another.
ITumc in i\ remarkable {manage in the
pruyers for the lfciy of Atonement,
in whieb this 53d chapter of Isaiah
is attributed to the Mensiah iu nO
the synagogue* of the world, and
which wo U-anstale from tbe Udirew
in the following words;
“lteffire the creatiou of anything
God cStubtislicd his dwelling (the
temple) and Jittuou (the mime of tlu;
Messiah, as alluding to Tsalm Lxxii:
17}. Th* lofty armory [meaning the
temple, as alluding to Solomon's
Song, Iv: 4] lie established from the
ls*ginuiug, ltetoro any in»oi>1c or
Lnguagc. He C4muscled to suffi*!’
hi* Divin* presence to rest there,
that those who err might bo guided
sore of the mind proem-tl the repose
aud health of the body.
“If you desire me to tell yon what
I do, to Ue so gay and well at my
advanced age, it is beeanss as aaon
as I get up I read these sacred books.
There 1 see ami contemplate tiie will
of God, who aent his Hon to us on
earth to preach tlmt holy won!, and
to announce the sweet tidings that
he promises tn pardon our sins, and
extinguish our debts by giving u*
hi* Mon, who loved ns, and who
suffered and died for oar sake*. This
idea so delights me, that I take up
the l'salms and xiug them with my
heart, and pronounce w ith my tongue
as humbly os possible, the fine hymns
w ith w hich the Iloly Hpirit inspired
David and the sacred authors.
“The pleasure I receive from this
exercise so transport* uie, that I con
sider all the evils which may hapi>eu
to me through thf day t6 be real,
blessings; fur I place Him in my
heart by faith who endured more
misery' fur me. lielore I retire, iu
■ I give ■
ifiightrd, oad *ii|-|s>-eil that tliey
d e«H-u a t^rirn." This wu* the
Mini* u* is often Im-hvI in Um* Ion-
u)g*r ioi|>4*rsfdioa—a Udief
had “sofn a ylmst.” la-
many ministers
| ip
not
as then* are. nnd
" 1 I . 9 ■ .
that not more have abandoned so
thankless a work and gmie into
secular pursuits. The, frequent p;w-
toral ehanges, now so universallyJ-thov; »4>r if In* slandil come unt«> tu*«..s; and hi* wi»n!s to Uu-m iuv*
complaiiKHl of are probably 'ovog tins*, tlien that dead soul of thine “Why hit 3c troubled,nml why do Tliew
more j to this than . to any otlN*i
CtttlMV ?f; .
4. Another cause is the iiuiuciise
amount of labor u-qnirtsl of many
Th* Croqutt Curate.
■ The wirtMii is the one thing that
embitters this t**sthe y4»img lifix
Guy, vvdatikv chatty, he t<*ars Inin-
*idt away from that Hutrtnittg lawn
I»srty at ttie Hall to tiiul Ids mnnrcia
tfuurt tThemrr. He knows nothing.
into the path of reettude. Though thc MUle manner l give my soul a
their wickeduc** Ini fiagiant, yet lias co"S<'ni»\ lesson. At night I review
Im* caused repentance to proceed it, * have doue in the day. I im-
wlieu Ue said (Isaiah i : 1C): Wash P*«« l^nloH for igy faults; I tluuik
ye, el4*0n*4* yourselves.’ Though lie i-b^l _ior his ^oors; aud I lie dowu
should be exceeding' angry with hi* love, -, in his tear and ia
people, yet will the Holy* Om* not Ui “ free from every worldly
awaken all his wrath. We have anxiety.
hitherto L*c*u rut 4iff tluough our
evil iLhhI.x, \ot luist thou, O our
not brought eoiisumuiatioti
th<
sfiirit that worketh in him is tIm*
“*}*irit Hint worketh in t!w* Hiildrrn 1
of ilisolNNlicnce
Satan, »ml mad*
| that tynint of
| wanteat. sinner, fur thy
|i* that (’brist *bo«M emm* wnt*|^f-frfnd, and r,**t.ne U*. m fa.4«b«ujj- dfart uf tUimabL Them Is the ....
! possibility of hegiuning his M*ni)4>a.
HH IjPH - i* the remoter imiwisiitliiUtv
would live. His pnwaiuM* in lib*, arise in your heart* T Hen? of € .« M i M(|r n. Tbe v**n quivers in
He quicktvietli whom Ik* will, lu wu perceive tkaibu uppl*** thi* *an»r ||i„ j,u^ Aag4*rs s* the thon*ht of
him wna lib*, and tlu* life was the word to tcitur and affright, which he n,* kind .snore fr«Hn the
light of 1111 -it. When he MOM into dues m the uiju*ction U^bie at- to corner, tins rtwfar's snaSrf
Lock!
Oil us.
Me**it 1 ft our Hiyl*ttvuxM** is , al “i a 'fifth.
4-
Definitions of Bible-Tenu.
A day’s muruef was thirty three
Uuv ixusogr might have been
hi* is «h*rvive«l U> : jm traiudatc4l, for (lie wunls am the
a willing slave to t-.une ami may L- used mtonhauur. ^ tbiaks nml even tba mott
evil. What thou jibly. Hut the first thing Jesu* «1U oammompiboa of ilismmms ask Un
sn 1 vution, ] pa* to deliver them f»om such ti slate A f-illt prrttHM . of a feinK
departed from us: horror hath semd j A ^bbatbihiy’s journey was aboui
~ yai
hw
xnn eleven fret.
squires
. . the «jni4*t
of mir {Histors. 1’cople arc, now-a- a sonl, spiritual lifr is there. The anxiety about the* future. Fear, Hnskcry of the giris who wordiip
days, itnivasonable iu Hwir demands, sinner wakes up to *4ni.<M*ionsiM*Hs terror, imiitlul tiuvLsliug, auxiety hi*u is the cr«M|tiet ground, lint the
They twaut from two t<» three ser- | aad rwM*s from the .grave, over the nnd trouble, aru all expressed b> the flu^.^s art* still idle. He pace* the
moua every .Sabbath, a lecture or mouth of which lus ii-vklt-ns imltfcr- 'I'ord, and not a wise aad )»nuhmt k«, looks out of the wimlo#.
two during tbe werik, eateidiisiug, 4*u*e, lik<' a groat, shun*, lui* hern curt- and provision, so fin- as we Lave {*» M>n*ws UiniM-lf ilown ngaiu to bfr
baptizing and burying, ete., etc. ; rulk*d t aud he cries, “What must things iu opr |^«fr, for tb* uu>m*w^ thl'le, but nbtbiilg fwthi
and in additioM to ail thi* a great
deal of visiting ; and this sotnelinuts
to4», among a memb<.*rshri» sufik*M*ut
in number to employ all the time
and energy of from tw o to four pa.-»
I do to l*c sovinir AYhen I’hrist
fouuu, into th* heorf, sin is seen t«»
l*e sinful, lu (lie light of the cross,
man begins to n-|>eut: lie aei's his
sin lias alniu tin- Saviour, and he
tors, lu his attempt to do all tluit loathes it; be now aecks to lie «le-
is expected, the minister will either livoiod both fr»»n its guilt and Its
min health aud constitution, or else |N»wer. Tim coming of Christ does
fail as pastor or preacher, iuenr cwn- tlmti It takea aw ay tbe guilt of man.
sure, nml in discouragement abaiMlon Christ in tiie heart, n-veukd o the
4)1 the next year,
the word jlm the
Were we to take TIm-pp in nothing for it but exam.
uumIl-i u n-um*. it
i ami to ilo him jnstiee Im* crams in
w«nnd iciulei the sowing ot a field .| Luo® n i,d uinwctariiin spirit. He
*K 11 violatM*ix of tlmt law.of nmgi** his nuthontks Is fo»*»* him
<. lirist. with a ibstlain i>f tlieoloigirul bias.
Anxieties regarding th.- b*tun* on A biC<mt of Keblc jostU-sa bit ...it
ip the heart*uf ail exc<*pt the stolid- Sf*uigx*on. a i»og»* of itob«-rtson
carclesa ami iuUiilciviit. i>o fax follows a metaphor fioai Melriffe.
a- liny net a* apuis Lu rmwenH and i*u,. t iK*..kfg> of tiie eixupief 'mrste
industry, tlu*y »te gisoli but when j n*ctor kindly explains,
tlm tiehL Ix.*t Large, wealthy eliaiges n>«1, speak* fK'.tre to the troubled they ure. clu*iUlu*il uuff indulged iu, ! » t,ut ttw* awmnie ia put to
aud congrt^ationa either divide, and i confumuiee. W » look to him sud are
limit the field, so that the laborer lightened, nml our times lire not
can do his work more efficiently, or , ashamed. We aee the fcamUin
else let them Im* sjitisfied w ith less «h! for sin nnd for uurfranness in
preaekiug and leas vjsiting. When Urrint; lu re we wusk and me made
there is so gre^t » destitution of Heou; a* for the. reigning {wiwer of
ministei** as there is among us, it
is neither right nor expedient, that
the few we have are to prepare tiwui-
selves an early, grave by excessive
labor.
5. So-called measure* have lind
some ageuey iu this matter. In
reference to this subject many con
gregations are dividi*d in sentiment
Some favor “old measures,” aud oth
ers “new measures.” As soon ns a
pastor’s views lioconie known, the
faction differing from him will op
pose him, *od some of them will
withdraw tL-eir peC^ry t iu
order to affect hi* iv^vaL As uu*as-
ores belong to the things tii roligiOb
which are unrevi*aled and unessen
tial, In the ease where the members
of a congregation differ in reference
to them, the minority' should submit
to the decisions of the majority,
and if they persist iu rebelliou uud
neglect of sustaining the church
peenuiarily and otherwise, should
be dealt with as offeudprs against
the peace and welfare of the church.
6. Partisan polities, next, come ia
as fa disturbing element. Such is
the bigotry aud want of charity
of some, that for no other reason
than tlm mere fact that their pastor
does not cast his ballot on the same
side with themselves, they will do
the utmost to drive him from hi*
position. This .is indeed nothing
less thou denying ministers the right
l a^‘ full;” but until*tben thou wilt
be and poor, and miserable.
Or if tlion L'« indeed a living soul,
thou wilt Im? uneasy and dissatisfied
until Christ has eutcreo i l ‘*° thee
with all his glorious train, his Spirit
and his wenl. Thon wilt be like
a house without a tenant, colds
Hieerle**, dilajxidutecL desolate. Thy
heart will lie as a nest without a
bjrd—a poor, sad thing 1 Thou wilt
be hke a body without the soul that
quickens it. Hut if Jesus comes, he
will make a man of thee after another
sort Uuui that frail imago which thy
tatiier Adam bequeathed thee f, he
will new make thee it) tho image of
him who oreated tiiee* “liehuld, 1
ninko all things new,’’ saith be.
to have it iu good eouditkui. lie
dul whut he could. So Ihr *11 Uis
an \iety aud car* «--ii right, {irp-
vide.l they wen* not excessive. JLin
ig done what ho could, hi* business
th
sin, nothing (ran ever conquer tlwt
but the iuoomiiig of HiriHt. It' a
man - scarves an evil master, the otdy
way of getting rid of that kitted des-
{Hrt- is to bring iu tbe rival odveaeign.
“No man (*au serve two niMstem.”
Tlu? intnMluction ot tbe King of
fiiory, Chriik, .lesus, is the sore way
of casting out tlmt old master, Satan,
the print*© of the power of the air.
When the laird Jesua comes, bring
ing life, uud light, mid pardon, he
put* down the power of siu, and
every’ blessing come* in liis train.
O sinner! if thou couldst but get
Christ into thy heart, thou wouldst
say, “1 have all things, aud abound; not for the tiau* being joyous, tmt
nud take hold eg. whol may liiippri* vrith tindimoeent^^ ailliaisnesa.
in the future^, and of thuigs which - Hien , U MOlli , of ^,^,,1 aHf-
4re an* unable to coutnd-^thuig* .-uuaeioiuineN* with which the extern-
h im.ii lie iu t.iMl * ptuvime, not outs jKiraiuoua prophet Of* the seaside
—tlie^lM-eogicriujmioM*^^ xMlftil. « t *vun (ogetki r Ilia et uto of quo-
X until sowed hi* gnmud. with ! ►***,. j., ►
\kln-.it. Ilo \';i.s csrclul, lie look Haydn wnda aonetaa hi court |
thought, nod expended much toil Urra* OMtU mflhw, and the apostle
of tlu* “genteols” coiii|m»h«*s h( the
softest aud tttoat gorgeom of dress-
inggowns. Belore him la h;a o>»*
mon {dace book j nronnd are a host
of littls vulumeo, in which lie dip*
eiie<*forth is to qyiumit the res«lf.j m gq* M ttowers. The senti-
him who cau gl'e tho increase- ««,rg»* .Swud, Urn sntrtiisity
to him w ho is
Wood wlwai lu si km*. *«piwM«-ly oomI.
N.*r k-M« wImiu lu- imt.m-x;
K>n n*MMi from IiIh *6v*r*km hnut\ 1
Are hk-«wing» iu dii^iuise." , :u t ,
grievous to such n uun ; although,
like any and every other sfltiotion,
it may yield to him what is better
than a bouuteon* hnrveet, eveu the
fniits of -righteiNiMieas.
“Thou hn.*|t [«it gladness hi my
lliijftv” say* David, **wInk* in afflic
tion nud peril, more than la the? time
th*t Ibeijr «eru aud their wine m»-
This, beWtoVCf, pt submi*-
apdM: outlier than truob—tho grace
wbxeh Job m gloriously exemplified
. <»f Jeau Fnul, tho pathos of Isttki
Nell, are all laid umler eontribution.
Theological distinctions oiH* unknown
tq Mr. UoitcyuMtu :*s to the cioquet
To see frost, or dronghi, mildew, or j curate, but he is too mucU of a man
destructive insect* blight and destroy of the world to boivow fivui fnmiliar
tlu* fruits of bis 1st mm - , 4* certainly (junrtcr*. Old treatise** Of German
mystics picked up! ou Imokatalls
along tin* lihiue, dusty FmitOte due
tribes, “golden extracts’* from for
gotten lathers lie side by side witli
tho last discourse of 1‘ere Felix or
the newest pamphlet of CouaiL '
To weiiv* these discordant mate
rials into tho bright, iudi*tiuct, but
never tedious sermon of llm feauday,
is the least task of the faKhiouohie
Sum]ay preacher. $ Ilia minor is
before him, but the greater uitiaU
td his Hus* need eveu more than a
when he worshiiieil nod cried, “The j mirror. On* of tho most popular
laird gave, and the Lord hath taken 1 uf lamdon prcHclier* is said to lmve
Otway ; UnaseKl hr tlfr xaaie of the, famished bh^,library with a-model
laird I” .* ' ■ ' - . i>ulpit, uud.to l»av« atmlied the wave
Hut before the event is kno"n, (( j i,^ je^sted hiuid, tin- p.it^ftipi
Injure tpqqurrow comes, Jo iudulgw droop, the winuhig gesture of irre !
in donbto, «nd misgiving*, and wor-, ristiUo spiM-al in the wood itself. 1*
rimept* about what may nnd may] i
um, mul we have uouc to justify us.
11k hath dounk TIIK YUKK of Ot'Ii
i.NtqriTiKs, A!to ori; tbaxshkkb
SION, AM) IS WOf.MIKU UKCAVSK OF
<»t R TKAXSOUKSSIOX. lie bcareth
onr sins on his shoulder, that he'
may find pardon for our iniquities.
Wr siiam. bk iu:alk« bv ms
WOt*Mi, ut the time that tlA* Eternal
will create him (the ^Messiah) as a
new m ature. O bring him up from
tin- circle of the earth, raise him up [
from Beir. to nssemble ns th* second i
time on Mount Ix*bnnon, by the hand
of .1 inner*
A Dollar and a Thought.
A few days ngo one of God’s
fnithfnl stewards, it man endeaviM'-
ing to glorify liis heavenly Father
with his ulMtanu^ and lay np
treasure in heaven, made this r<? :
mark to me: - .
“I sat down a night or two ago
and calculated the increase of a
iMbr i»ut out at compound interest^
amt found that in less than two;
lmmlivd and forty years it amounted j
to more than two millions and n half
of dollars. And I asked myself
wh(*tlK*r God would Mint make a •
dollar laid np for him grow ns
r.l,tellr m 14 4teM bv tin. taw. ot, lH '' MI ,nIulc 10 »W*»*
trudeP «*v
The arithmetical calculation, and — _ . .
On tmnnb'r MmNi to tho fioKl l;,r > OT I'"'l utul * or J' v * c ‘ i, “- A uu *“
of Imok fioenee, stnwk me.
“Yes, lay brother,” said I, “we
un English mite.
K/ekiel’a reed
.nearly. .< I
A cnliit was twenty-two itiehea,
nearly.
A hand’* brciultjt was njmil to three
inches him] ti ve-eaghttm.
A flngvFM breadth was eqnnl t* an
inch.
A shekel of stiver was about fifty
cents. *1 f j
A shekel of gold was
A talent of silver was
A tahnit of gold bras tl.%3W.
A ;»iece of silvfir, or a i»enny, was
thirteen cents.
A farthing was three eentw.
A ger.ih was a qent.
A mite w o* a edit and a half.
A homer contained seventy-five
gallons and five piats.
An e{d»a, or batl, contained seven
gallons aud five pitflts.
A bin was a galgm and two pints.
A firkin was seven piuts.
An over was six pints.
A cab was flmn* pints.
Thk Foixy of Sty.—Ancient an
nalists tell its that once, in tiie city
of Marseillos, a fearful j>estUcncc
j prevailed. After other attempts had
7. y#( imiuv xv («% «*v »*
| divinities the citizens were directed
‘ to offer a liumau sacrifice a* a piacu-
.Mi tawny *»ht it. n.0 w<*d " 1C8 "’ rUI *. d “ rio «
the tick! ^ ... M - • v
was found who w:is willing fo be
thus offered at tiie end of a year,
mditiou
of Um- Lord io, ‘I^y up ter yoor- -fe br luiuri-
--rr? ^
also said, ‘He that hath pity upon arf ^{>te(1. FVir some month* be
the ]>oor, kmdoth the Lord, and that fared deliriously, and |iatnpered hi*
which he both given will 1 pay him lk?*U with flL tluit gratified the
ato other department of riieuuiwrae. sibly reai mbfo this infatuated man t
God is mote able and willing to pav If you make a choice of a life of
lu. <k-bte thou mm to pay thri™.' 1‘l.^uu* ot tho osiwiMe of an eter
\on uoohl not bar* my monoj a. » of „{ n for - # at tbe
loan wUhowt paying am interest, 0 f mi after hell, you are surely
and God is nnire noble-jaiinkHl than 1 agrering ta the eouditiaiia, and put-
How certain and emphatic is-j ting youcselvr* in the position ot
that Maroeilknfr . s ,4
man.
tlmt promise tliat lie will j*y it again!
I have not tbe leant dawlrt, dear
brother, thirty in two hundred nnd
forty years from this day, you will
find every dollar you have laid up
Vor the Lord worth more to yd a than
two and a half millions of dollars.
And then, there is this to be thought
about the mutter: if yoa pot out
yonr dollar on receipt, you must he
certain to willect your money aud
its interest every year, and every
year find a responsible borrower for
the amount; whereas, when you give
to th* poor, you lend to the land
who keeps moat accurate aceouuts,
ainl doe* the compounding for you.”
f Di\ Deems.
Tmi Hawit of r*AVRR.—The
liroiniseo of the Bible are not made
to 0110 act, bbt to the continued hab
it of prayer. It evinces more de
pravitv not to repent of a sin titan
it does to commit It at first. A
good man may be hmried away
by temptation* to commit a sin, but
lie will invariably repent of it after
ward. To deny, as Deter did, is
Imd; bnt not to weep bitterly as
he did, when: we have denied, Is
worse. One mark of a true convert
is that he continues to repent of b»
siu* after Ip) hopim tlpft t4*?y are
parddned. Tiie true Christian desire
to Im? saved from sin, and Ids hatred
of sin and repentance for it, increase
iu ]»rofK>rti*u a* hi* assurance o
heaven increases.
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