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Jerfmiah, 52d chapter, aj id last day ff life. verses, an account is jg i«j captivity of Jchoiachin, ; of the Time when aci, King of Babylon, liltcsl is head, and brought him l|>rtl| of Jprisort, speaking kiinllv setting his throne al>o\ e 1 the hat were with him in . Bkbv- cha »ging his prison garu lejjit^; d »is giviug him a eorti every day a portion, tin his death, all the days the Holy Spirit nnfoh worcli of holy writ to the under dfnd ing t(otb of the writer and and them a blessing to eic * the King of Babylon s (vur to the King of he hdl b ‘efi in captivity thirty yea rail Before the “King of Ulis people expcriini nfa'lty ‘>1 oi c ‘vi|l, l»|rt- the grace of the Ixrrd Jesna Christ from the priaon-honae of ain will be exalted to a throne, (t Bam. vfli). What a change foi Jehoinchin— one day in a prison, ^and another soatosl on a throne! What dark and dismal places grace fl^ds poor sinners in! What bright and glorions places it raises them to! Those now in \ I heaven were onee in the dark prison houses of sin. Adored be the ever blessed name of the Tvord, for His rich grace! Jehoiachin’s prison gar ments were- changed. When the Lord delivers a sinner, He gives him a change of raiment. His filtlA- gar ments'are taken awav; the man’s life is changed. A man can not walk ih the sweet enjoyment of Gos pel liberty with the prison garments on. No, the liest robe does not well match with fhe prison garments. It is in vain for a person to profess he has been delivered fYom the gnilt and power ot sin, if liis prison gar ments have rnit been changed. The garments Jehoiaohin wore he did not make himself, nor did they cost him anything, being free gifts.* Bo “the best robe* the pardoned and justified sinner wears costs him nothing; it is “a free gift.” What a high privi lege to be covered with the rolie of Christ’s righteousness! How costly and durable ! After his deliverance, Jehniachin was favored with communion with his deliverer. **Ht spuke kindly Tht Christian Conflict 11 j' ^ ^ — i M niggle. Tli. hot forth to a lonely, unaided eon 1 offe< tively or «o wetL” On the dark background of lto ) flb t; for Oue mightier than he, is 1 '««»** **n»|awt that philosophy asj This is the kind of preaching which man history, among heroic forms of M ith hint iu preaenee and in |mwer. <dndk»w nnd inauAcietit which runs we need in oar church**, a religion demi gods, monarrhs, migi's and l*o The “rlond of witnessea" bending ^uniter to the native instincts of the that is not only proclaimed from the eta, stands one on which the modem above him, are not cold, nnintermted IMm *- l’hiU»»w»|»hy olijivta that pray- [Hiipit, but fmm the |iewa; that goes world has alwaya turncil a gax«* of^spectator*, but watrh with intent wIitaAi in low a«tlnoi>omor]* Jl with a mail into his counting house pity ami admiration. It ia the nip ayes for the hour of victory. And '*•*"» <tod. What if it should tive gladiator, amhk-nly caught from t wlien lie falls tin* tumult of rejoicing "l*!**™ that the current philosophy the endearments ot home and conn m , vaia, exultant clamor, for there it«»*lf u guilty, ami that in a far tO’i borne to an ignoble death | 9 ami refoldn( in the prewem-r U^valer degree, of preeiael) the same on the Koiuan amphitheatre. The „f The n*)utem of death feub 1 that the view of God which shadow of his stalwart form even swells into the triumphant hosanna, *bat plul«M*o|»h> assumes is the least ptive of sin goes Fraytr a* a Question of Philosophy, j iu arwnea where none can preach so Now let your hope of heaven rest, ™iv >"• »*.!«,! — 'from the foundation, firmly upon him, and yon -Unll And it growing np into strength, and becoming more and more oa anchor to four toul, both rare and $tcadfa*t, entering into that tcitkm the veil.*—Cm. Praby and prevents him front driving sharp terrian. bargains and o\ erlooking jietty acta ot dishonesty ; which goes iuto court and sU,\s the lawyer from defending injustice and fraud for the sake of *Thine Byw art upon Me.’ yet eclipses the glory of the Osars; fend the smrs of the ixmtliet hm and the lmpeleas hravcr> of hia lust f <m -vermore the emblems of victory, eonrtiet is preached from many » ||« u Isartie by the < aptain of Halva modem pulpit as the of cliristiau courage. fame <»r fee; which is generous, and j ml* <| us (A, the newt crude and uuphil J also just; which heeds the sample, . °r J*** <»•* iphir.tl of the NrnflPjrlnll not J of Christ in social life, and sacrifices j mAx . u n 4trar , , ^ selflshnesa, aud is a living witness to Human language is exhausted iu the saired Scriptures to convey to I us a proper seuae ot the intimate ‘ our a hm« haute*! i u*w ot divine iiM-tbmla j aidtlslineisa, aud ia a living witness to j tjl” u to hia haiMiacting bouse; the | oprratkmf It ngutb Godaajtliat prai-tical |w»rtiou of chriatiaoity [ .. lainiier over hint b» Is*re, aud tin* a weehaniriam| the world as a mo rmpectiBg which th*-re is, j« ihap^. ' . J”. . 1 ^ Imlt^l shore is a dreary grandeur duMta , H i which be is carried is ‘‘hiue, which «mce srt aguing, obeja muiv HkcpUctsm iu these days than I ,R . "? n *!? t 10 “ 1 in the about all pqpft sacrifice, whether on Faith. He figtiU mi atmh Imttle, with automatic regularity the iinimlae in relation to doetrinea. mind of every one. “The eyes of the battle-field or the arena, that h *»,,»* vslm-lesa victory, but relies iwperted «*» it—-IIm* law in its «vnsti Wl»«n the church proves to the ' , to a “ d t ^ rouphout not fomul ill the sacrifices mpiin d |L, n the n-tideriM SH of linn who ia tethm—aiid admits of no change. It j world that Christianity ia au genuiue i * '! 7. , e * rth ' ^ things are by t hristianity. It wuh a loft) mightier than all adversaries; he P’ **es <>«mI afar off, a|mut from the hiiiI far nsu*hiug a jaiwer that it will . ^ struin ot courage in which the he- jirtitrc*, a. cn»wrmwl nHnji»»-Mr, into v ' M rl«l. whn*li he gv»\erus b.v its owu u|*root NdtldiuuiH, aud change not j , n e . ven , -» -i* ' - - - »m • Imnifttu, tut* rb rtiig only to repair only the belief, but the habita of aB ^ right, for justice, or fur fmtriottMtn. j^*Wbn. .trivtnr away the Atsmhi bawd. * »*ljnst when the hm^ Iimiiimu is its adherents, aud proves it b> the' uiisustaiucal by any consriou«nc*M of Divine rectitude, ami feeling the Iiojk* of iuiiiiortubty in their hearts only ua a dim yearning. We can not, at this day, adequately a|que date the spirit in which they H\e«l and suffered, either as victcra or T»oqBl»h«l. rmj otu-a rtrimlo <My n dru, of w«U-r .1 > llu „., ntrb MM »..nl of n-JoKing or rr , a , lh< . lightv neean thrvMigh tl»«- «lvke, and ns slowty wearing a little channel. Duly one drop! Yet if that little child in her morning rumble h id teg s«'i*p»d It, who ran tell wlrat the jliiribJe rr*nlt* Blight have laen ? Only a strsv *ni»be.m»! Yet |s*r 4 n in uri iiu peace” tpw|r«|s of evil,” maifinig everlasting mve. makeft acqna ijjt^d with His favor, th 1«1 ca di re by the devil at b some i »fthem cvep more than 'seven yio rrs. Tl»d fp ug of Babylon had a feeling towards Jehoinchin la* _ displayk it in the way relate*. Be fore tljci “King of Saints” m; nifirsts His gfa*i‘ in calling His pen has ‘(thoughts of them,! md not Of loved thi m with an everlasting W>v|*. Whil< in captivity, the Kin# ofj .lu- dah v tv likely was ignorant of what was piiss ng in the mind of the King j r , i 11 ; of Babylon about him. Before the I«ortU people* are quickened, : lia’w ignorlnt they nre of tin* purpose* df lie towards their IneritAis | 1 • -j The tijne for Jehoiuchiu’a relfras< ; * or daiyt ranee was not determhied by hi|ise f, but by his deliverer. So the Bora has a set time to favor ZionJuitjme ajipointed by liimMf, Whenliy will say to His prisoiR*i», pining from the sealed bps of thos*- fatixl ones who have left no sjUatde of theirs oil the page of histon — unto him.” How cotid(*s( > einling!— simply the fad that they fmigh^ and Bo with the delivered sinner ami his died. A\e picture with a thrill of gracious Deliverer. Communion with admiraHou the euidive's uitqiu'iich God is a fruit ami effect of delivering able courage aa he entered the gin grace. Hi< deliverer not only *|mkc : tering arena, ami gazed with call". , , i,, ul „t m . lv unto him, but it ia written, he “spake Indifferent eye*, on the thronging thron-h the |«-jfv brum h< * of ^inn- kindly unto .him.” Oh! the power 1 faces of senator, soldier, and Gasesr, Lj|^ w-«wm|. kfsned the aoa>eoverrd Of kind words; especially the kind b»r where Inti |1—WW he w. where the thiv violet grew, and gracious wor*ls of Jesus when ‘lie. It was tlieirs to sit in mitioub ^ m | of |« ujt> spoken home to the heart. Bless !•*»! splendor, gazing on this awrtal IL () | ( ,r« |y fun*; |rr< Imikt. Hus dear name. He knows M how to struggle till tin? I»UmmI danced iu L #w ^ mune wretch sj»eak a word in sesison t«> him that qni«vkeiusl pol>e*through then hoavj , ,*1* gf«d«k*oe»| some sfr- is weary” In the margin it is, “He veius, as his own waa sinking in Hm )tl |rt spake goo*l things with him.” Not *ands of the areua; and lii^ -i Otdv a g»*ti»!e (men*! But b«*w greeting from tin- fair earth muivt Iw (nanv brows hath h fsniwd. their sbont of exaltation over his L„ w „ mny Vorts rhermi bv its get, fall. For him there was no promise u,. • of i^m-e in the hereafter; no heaven f| tMv , (y,,,,,. flm ^ a shining in the distance, whh its Urean ache in that rhMV heart, and radiant Uhrist staml.ng on the right qmvwTlttg ., mI tearful eves band of God, waiting to receive his ^ h „ v fHf iu t tnly a Mrnih- * But it rhierwl a i«n A* ii heart, hihL <-n^ n<lernI a rav # w .. » (be pres* n«.vr of Him, “ hU«M wImu t In* ■- » .HI —.■>■!*, nw. |.m* ra n my roe i ,, - Ufi .. _ . „ HmU th*- dm of the warfare mar; '“‘t of pur. Dit ind more phil«M«q)h- j lives and cvmduct of Christians, tJie ] , 1U ^ ’ Take* iMujiH-r sad q«rsr from the failing i* al to think ofGod as the imuisneiit, ! inilhnaiiiai will be at baud I 2? , , th ^ hcart * and re,IW * .11 .rflif,, ..Hi .h, u..i i. «o „v«Oh>w ' la f ”7 “ d ' igl “ “* ^ rei--- as the manifestation of that lifet infidelity and rebuke suiierstition, ! T> ,? ** . to think *»f him. m»t As a|s*rt from his aud every otic that bears the name 1 , U ^ ° , 686 works, but a* a Spirit pervading and of ( lm*t way contribute their quota. n } ^n° er8 ° 1 e lm f I—« -»»>8 then, ami «w-he in us _.V. Y. (W | l ^ U °* amon « 8t | us walk and talk and act as though •» • • i they had no conoeptioo whatever of The Inherited Kingdom the awful truth conveyed through them! They seem utterly wanting hand, Ami pnehim* an eternal |»srr.* \ i*rethf$rriom Hummer. • WWW • Only. and we in him—ami 'prayer as the j f«*!t contact «»f ,*r spirits with hist I If thi« view is the tntc one. then the ' •|d«Mir»M whether G*»d Is exonible is ' already answered. AYe may lioldly any that even genuine prayer alTo b the Deity iu (iropofiioti to the faijh the folios rrs of the Havionr will feel us thev listen t*» tie* words of wel- a wonl against hirp. Wlfat favor! If Jesus s]a*aks tor us it matters little who speak* against us. Jehuiaehiu did cuitiunnlly eat bread* b*‘fore liis ilcliverer all the davs of liis life. He »ecmed to have a gotsl apjietite for fissl, after his deliverance, and plenty to supply «pWt* Only, UUUUd him. the Kent the apjietite with. 1‘rtson diet wiil Erinnys seemed to hover In and .ait not- do for one who is risen with niuoog the gay sjie* tutors ; v»nly l«r Jesus., Jehpiaohiu fed in the pres fore him lay the joyless as|*h«-l*! d« it ism it. 1 ! ,rM . vfr j come lamiing from his throne at tin- l« H |M«s»tive fitter in the univerai- *if things. Th** eternal Will—the axis «*t * reuti-in—l«,w« ami dip* to human entrentv. The noth! **f sfurits. sul*- Mginj! -md centered in tbsl. is n»ov«d bv it a* the **-j i* in*ive>l bv whatever stir* within its <!c|*tha. Tlie motion may hot ,»-a* h t«» th* oni wanl. v isilde tcft'dl whirl* the jiraver <-otit**ui|*lates. It may want tin* requisite force for that u^iMiwm.itin’t. But everv prv,\- er, in t*n»|w*fii«M« t*» tin- fovve that ia ,» it, tends t<> tlial result. I**rec that ia in it ia the measure of faith whirh msptrea it; which works Hi It an«l bv It. Faith is the ho hi we have ot the towlliead. Faith is a is»w**r which s*ays tHimi|n*C«*ftce. It »* wo figure of Hftereb. «*r <»rn*ntal exnmrrrwitou, wt*«-n .l«*wu* says. “If No UUh to w «Ulc h« «v« bMO | alWHtoft]le pTO * n0 e of God n ,v.v«l will. »och jn ** that whtd. aDd ^ HU „ to ^0^ thdr livei* and to take account of their • doings. The preaence of a good man will restrain vice and iniquity in mul- l..,t yt bl. «ed of my t|tudr , vbo wjll< . wb( . Q ^ bnt Frthrr, iahoril the kia^das pr^srod (iod js )bere , .^, nw iniquitT ^ f.. r ,.m fn.rn the fouD.lation of the ^ „ f T4njtT , ^ „ n „ it „„ «orM. hver, elau*. » full of pro w|th , ^ roI1& , wta* madne«« . i..a. truth j .1 present let ns dwell „ jn thejr heart , , ku ud "l"‘" one alone. It sets N>f,,re us fo| , T , u H , that pUnteth the ear, the portion which stall he Riven to 8ha „ He bf#r , He ^ fonnttl <*"“■ who sir fhnsfsj they shell , bf eye He not see T Shall t.kmt a hoyti-m. . viitir words be weighed and the Ian- Te he a Km- is th.- highest oh guage of sin be restrained because a fellow creature's ears are open to your voice, but no heed be taken of Him who “planted the ear!” Or, enee of the king, and on what lie had freely provide*l for him. Meat is eaten in the felt presence of the dear Saviour, w hich Hie world knows nothing of. It is usually a (ceding and feasting time when the Isml's meadows where “the souls of (Iu* slaiu were thick aa the flowers of Spring,” prisoue*! forever in a *(* -*» luted Hades. »*f hope. | T«hdv a ject of earthly ambition. To reach a . throne ia esteemed the higheat point ! \nd the 4 earthly elevation. Aa the world view a it, a erow n is the richest orna ment the liuniun brow can wear. Aud will not the soug of the re tbs-iiHal Is* unto him that hath made them kings and priests unto (tod T I hies not the Bedeemer say, “I ap (mint unto you a kingdom t They shall sit down with him ou hi* throne: will you walk circumspectly aud be cautious in all your ways, because y ou kuow the eye* of good men are upou you, and yet have no regard to Him who “formed the eye T”— What better proof could be asked .that “the foot hath said in his heart, There is no God T “God is not in word ! But it carried the Hr» »fh «*f slander. :t*«a.l-J i|»i£ the rharorter. (Ml |h*w if pierced he hwielv he.,rt ! Only one gfaaa? Ami how many And yet the gladiator never have filled a dnitikar*n> grave thro* drentnrd of shirking or complaining. inrtncmrw! How many leone* There was no quickened heart throb ^ uU | r ,»,^idate, ln*w many bright ye h.ive faith, all things shall Is- pa it “ "•’"■‘“T *•*"'; «“* «• Mbfulnnlo^h ! H c^dMli™ lim.i to th,-* |s»wer. We may shall have a crown of life. Wbeth- . . __ a > r , prcsenC** i« lealiztwl by 1ns isMiph His diet was given—a continued in token of idle fear; no blciich.u:g |tutieip«thm* «*( a 1 I . a. - | . * rp* « * * * * fit diet- >* J to* [rr yon er*ni- r that f article 1*9*”' Avmg hnite- Jtr kT. •Go Ueffnij]* it took Jehoinchfti by Ijmr- priae|wihi>B such favor w as • slfbwn EvihnmHlacb. The |ery and, and ftrge j scaiq on King of Zion shows His . T . ’-I I .tnpoor captiva mni|en|, n and felt in tlmir hearts, ly surjmses theai fayor Jeiioiachin uui partaker dii el iminating, as it is w rititen, “Kvi|iieindacli, King of Iftbyioa, in the first year of his reigij, lifteil up the leit of JehoiachiuJ King of find brought him firth out of d spake kindly junto him, is throne above the tbroue gs that were with him in The particular favor the King of Babylon had towards the King ofj ndali was showbill setting “his th rbtie above the thiLne of I the. King were with hiul” It may ■ '** none-wf the other Kina* bad ever ght so low as Jehoiacbiu; iS raised above^thtm. God’s I is own, aud H4 has etferti- % fixed on the person! who nliall ®°St|ter|aiuly be ’ hftedl up by it. jlojr sin siuk» thel soul! how gitace raises it! jThe fi|\bt to Jehoiachiu, am] the efld -every r uay a jKHtion. JT»e j of the calm. hen»i< brow, sothh iily believer lias his every day portion, si*t front'to front with (teath. He and it is a good thing when he is fought hi* hofM'lc** warfare, am content with liis every-day portion, muted by no prospect of fame on the ami does not wish it changed. He earth In hm, in* h**|>e of liapputc*- m was not allowed to choose Iris owu (1m* heavens alsive; **nly (he liei .te diet aud every day portion. This instinct was strong within hiiu, s d was. done, by his kind deliverer. B*> on battle field or circus hr fought the Iaml Jcsit* chhoaes what diet his people shall be supplied with, every day until the death. Ami surely a plentiful, good, i Is-nt toward the chair where the and wholesome diet it is, such asiCsesar sat iu state—‘'.l/ontnri t “the Bread of Life.” “living \rat**r,”. rnhttanl!—Those about to die saint “the sincere milk of the wonl,” j theeT It was Jin* farewell to hi* “wine that maketh glad the heart aud all that men hold dear; bis of man,” “the w ine of astonishment,” uncomplaining acquiescence iu tin “wine ami milk,” “wines on the lees ' decree of destiny! well refined,” “homy out rock, 1 *- “oxen and ratlings," gl4B and happy future Wivtnl by ita Mighting Itiflu rnrr! . i I tel y s tn«*ftml in t be quo-t rbnreh i»nl. Mini vet H •!•*(» volume-* to be atrtrkrn mim. Borne home has itet a light: ame h»*me rirrle has a ( chair !~ < tely a ehitit, prrkrtpw; yet •mi limit to thi« say. without irreveretter, that God is rooM rained by it ; tnneititM-h as itself ta divine. In this srtise it was said, ••The Hpint ttm-lt maketh ifitenewsion ter iu." lliebptnt pray*—tbul a* t isg OO 1 *0*1 —lirr. lie, Hrtfc. The Charch * Greatest Heed with a courage that never quailed. Me l. is HW* kingdom **f het*v«*n." Very touching to tin* lover of lium.iu tbily » «mp **f e*M water given of their jity is hi* p irting saluUtkm, as he |heesme»f a di« q le. tmt it t« i of tho ’ Centuries have passed since lie “brend struggh*d and iliial—<*etiturieserowtl torgottro. Then tml on. ehnstmn 5 knur* is .1 glorious a ««rk: b(i)e on ver. toi \«Hirw h» a bright reward. Only oh** soul an it*-lied from the |*»v» of sin- sod iburiwdalion, thro* ' our Iceble efforts, eonplvnl with the pr ice of God, will a*td lustre to yonr Frown «f glory. Only a lifetime! A short day in More than minister*, more than miastotisrie*. more than money, .hies the ehurrh is- vl member* tbonmgh |v |M‘rvn*|ed bv the spirit of Jc*u* < And s m*»n who prov e by their lives {tin* |*ow«*r of th*»se truths' which tninMers iwnrlaim ami miaahmaries tiivrh 1 wlrose religt*»u is an essen tially part nnd parrel of the man that it m*J only koej** hitn t*nt of u.m-h t«mi|*tati>»n, tmt enables him t«» mereiMne more, and to gain fig victory *iver th*- w«irt*l while living , ,, ... . . just as he does were there no God. .•r rav part of thb will .-onaaf ,n | ,, u( |( ig no , on , T , ^ 8nch n,,r " aa tliojp- that the charge of practical M...t of it cettaialy toll conatst of aUeUui ^ b ht . WlU not . hChtlmS refemsi MS the rb „ in la- «.a, “Ttic Kingdom of God to ^ wme who fa , ..thin you. that 4tagdom ah.ch is aad who, to the judgment ••rigf.teoo.ne~ rad tjeac and Joy ... <)f cbarjt are not whollv »- antiDg U... II,.ly Gh,Mt. Kvery Christian jn thf of it , Are ^ la- it raw «-t up with.o ha heart. ^ a flU od with a ecnae of Kut Imre, in >t« loot eatatc, it l» a 0iO(1 . g 1)re ^ nce to the „ tent sadly distracted empire. The reign i ! of love, ami holiness, aud truth, is ; very imperfect. “Without are fight- j i ings; wHliin are fears." There is should bet As they go forth into the world to meet the obligations and duties that rest upon them, do they evbr act and speak as though m «**n*(aiii conflict, aud a great deal ^ felt that the all-seeing eye of of if. Itatlhc at niggle » rat to la*t | Cmx1 wa9 „ lHIU lhcm He ^ acquainted with all their ways t Do they carry into their business and their pleasures—into all the relations of life and all their intercourse with their fellow-men—the consciousness that nothing escapes the eye or fedes from the memory of “Him with whom we have to do?” Do they, IT a gar like, call the name of the Ixntl that sjieaks to them and that of tears,” “butter of wine, and milk ed with their martyr* gnd victim*; * huh to prepare t*»r death. |*t of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Baslian, aud goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat,” “savory meat,” “salt” of grace, “a feast of fat things, of fat things full of marrow.” How soul satisfying it is when the Lord Jesus is seen by faith sitting at the head of the Closjiel table, and his precious voice beard saying, “Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved !” A soul partaking of this divinely- prescrilied and freely-given diet, at the right time aqd in dne quantities, will not bo lean and famishing ; but “fat and flourishing.” Wliat a dif ference between^the diet of the old man of siu and the new man of grace !—Goxpel Magazine. k> iaa<i< for He was jf 8 and it thosffjgj] 1 brought flelease him r wer \ succ iva* brought on fiot force liis ;lit out. race finds Hi t it brings the er tails to 1 illy deliver ttored Minis t >- whom it is Every soul ( slivered by of prii way out,; ; peoplej in 1 out o Angel Equality.—There is no such thing as caste or aristocracy among the angel*. They are as willing to watch in a lonely grave us to sing in the open sky. They do not feel humiliated In stepping to the lower round of the laddeT 'h ca t e th that rests in the dark wilderness, nor elated when they soar nlsmt the eternal throne. They shout the sairte exultant strains when a new world is made and when a lonely wanderer in this rejients and tarns tQ Qod, but the world luts not forgotten thu. martyr and victim. One of our greatest English poet* .has finely described the vision that |wu»-ed Indore liis dying eye, of a home among the Dacian hills, where hi* young barbarians were play ing, tin- fouscioua of their orphanage, while the tumult of acclaim was swelling over bis fall. Heuljiture, too, has gin! on the orator am**, aid lnhrani iu the hope of a titer hemtfter, iw*ag the weapons| ht pray it, teat we enter into tempt* tiiHi and lose tlm rich reward. —(’firwm (mm Intel It fenerr. i-hnafianx, lint we need more tan throe r*>mj*»raUvely few and 'isolated example* in the ehnreh. Every ehriMimi ought to be sneh a man. making »nr of all his powers, uml iipptHlunities, ami resource*, in the intereat of his Master. A writer in the .Yerffi Hritimh h'rrwtc say s ; “lie is a aiost worthy disciple of ligiuu aa the right use of a man's w hole self—a* the one thing vliidt give* dignity and nobility to wboi up roodurt iu tlie imliv iduol, raises thK Talent.— Mauy years ugo 1 fiseil to h<*sr su old mail afs-ak tn fie- prayer-meeting every BaMmlh given au immortality to his devoted fiiglx. II* was s »iai|4e mau, and < hnol who, like l’alimy, or Buxnm, heroism in a group—the dying fiUays had tlie some story to tell. *h Budged, or I’crth*-*, exhibits re gladiator—that lias dimmed th«»u l run i,oi w« rvcuUect all that be sand* of eyes witli unbidden tear*, hold. Imt th.-se wonis are distinctly Btrange, too, ag it may seem, the hnjiresard u|*m tey memory : i in press of this pagan martyr on the *• Glory to God! where there tejis in itself sonlnl ami earthly | religious literature of our own tiniw little giveu, there is little required; j the mainspring of earm*t ami sue is profouud. The Christian of today j ^Ntt 1 feel it my duty to use my on* ! •'cssfti! strivingw after k*fri«*r ends is cheered by the presage of Victory, htirut f«jr Jesua." < and 0 jairer life—as the )*>wer, out beckoned onward iu the path of Imp* ||„ m trm . ,, ; M that o«sx>rdmg to i aide ajid wNthiu man, w hich, lifting by this hopdeafi hand that fought our talent*, privilege* and opjiortu its own hard Istttles, unsootht**! .in<l aities, «e must give au acruuut of unsustaiuod, s*> long »g*>. Even th*- *iu stewardship. How enctoiragiug great heart of Paul; wivs rheei**! (he thought to the weak, the feeble, when he fainted iu the conflict, by the poor. Yc*, we must give an this grandeur of heroic sacrifice, and *cvxmnl »oiu«- «lay of the talents learned to “fight not us one Jhat tfltruaU-d to ua. Where little ta the air.” But while lipa fiivcu, little will lie required; and eloquent or unlearned are daily there much te given, much will be Every man who te *diligent I* husi tiled, and that teaching leafluOB of courage ami r-.iuind” mrsa, serving the Ixwd,' te a w-rmou It was pun hai devotion from this pagan maityr, \ twimful of the eoergics of life «uid the Croaa, and the title is n* com let them not miss of exalting the It te as great a mercy to be pre* truth, a witness to the comprrhen- jJete as the purpose an ove precious sy mpathy by which the j fierved in pbristian is sustitioed in hl| life long from forever. Theoc enemies are not for ever to assail him. On the day w hen lie drops this mortal flesh their (low er will <-ca*e, and ou that great day when 1>« shall stand 011 the right in ff. IV chftreh has sons- im it able liaml of the Judge, then shall the * xampfes *»f sut h piety. Its posaess* full. |s*riect, undiv id«wi reign of ho- **rs ire honored in all spheres of litiess begin, aud in every thought life. »n*i honored always os ehrte- ami ath-ction aud deuire of his heart Man*. WiH-iht-r they are *-ni:.tg«*l tln-re will be a willing homage to m trad** «»r |*rof***s»f»nal duty, hi j hi* divine told. The kingdom shall t(i ev profras to hear, u Thon God |f**liTi«'mI or in wsrial life, th«*y are theti lie fully liis, for the reign Does such a thought as this utilised alway s and evoryu hero j Christ, which is the reign of purity j rfl ^ rr into t y, e j r n ,i n ds continually, and love, shall 1m* perfect in his ^ shajve their conduct from day heart. But this kingdom come* by t»- hentomer. It te not one we win by our ow n efforts, that we acquire by virtue of any sacrifices we make, any labors we undergo, any victories we achieve. It liecomes ours by beir- ahip, by the sacretl will of auother. Ilow te this? Let the apostle an swer: “For ye are all the children of God by faith”—faith in Christ. “And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint heirs with the IxmxI Jestts Christ” The title te iiisr|Mirably linked with our vital union to Christ our living head. Io*t Christ l»e onrs by an humble < ought to be produced by trust, a dutilul submission, and tl>en upon ^ an d consciences heaven li#omes ours by a rouse ^ people. They do not feel th«- community—-and nut as a state j qnence as natimd and as necessary truth as they ought to feel it, *4 miiwl mystical, aud iu octivr life, as the sou is heir to his fatiier’s and them to dwell more uuattaiuitble. high up amoug things eotate. Aea. ev«*n more s*>. upon it and seek to incorporate it iutfingtble, .separated from contact Como, then, child ot (iod, and j Dto ^ y^y being. Let us strive with a work-a day life, appropriate 1** n*»t aa one “tossed with tenqiest ^ “Thine eyes are upon us,” to Babtsitfi days and special hours, and uot ivHuforted.” Isx>k at your ug jj %ie M seeing Him who is to leisure, *4*1 age and death beds, inheritance, “ incorruptible, unde to day ? These questions cair not be an swered in the affirmative—at least as to a very large part of professing Christians. It will not do to say that the truth of God’s presence, “beholding the evil and the good they do,” has no Influence whatever upon them. It has its influence— and sometimes, it is hoged, a very important influence. It can not be otherwise. But it is not powerful enough at any time ; and is too often j greatly w auting in its influence. , lAft te not controlled by it, and when this is the c«*e it comes short of the fadeth not -away.” pun-hascxl by the blood of invisible.”*—K. C. Prrdbfterian. Faith has an influence over all other graces. It ig like a silver thread that runs through a chain With ■ 11 tn\r iteH r'iTif I H‘mi — 1 ada|4*b<UG of OtHot’s 1 God con moke oat. You received jof pearls ; it puts sfeaogth and *** 1^17^ of 4.U«rau«.!i*irh«you Am t*MM In Chitot,Ulrralty Into other (MM.