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Foruu * eohventions, boandaries aud treatie t will be over- feaokd, the history of t iu psist evoked as a guide for the fu □ ire, and w hat has been made prophet e of what w ill be. Euroi»ean monan hs will estab lish things on a perm merit basis iu their estimation, and arrange the re lative status of the greater hnd lesser ^wers. : | ’ On the other hand, Ihe people will ’make calculations of Iheiir own, and radical leaders laugh pt the fancied permanence of the P g signiftcantly inake will oj itself. In al doubtless, will tteretl, and great sa, led. Both the know nown qualities will i and carefully « tia^atetl But there is one t kig that the statesmen, who contrt l the deis^uy of cations, an^ the pj ess, that pro fesses to understand Oie ! i»olicy of Europe and forecast pi >1mblc events turd complications in tl e future, nev- 1 er mention. They n sfrer intimate Hhat God has anyth in j* id do in all these mutations. Eve y mouarch or i statesman has a poTie; except Him. All these upheavings ir society, these mighty battle fields a id change of dynasties, are simply jaman events, affecting orily haman|plAps. Eng- policy in the last* Kussia’s gns on Turkey, an keenly ecm- «2«1 aud clearly p >rtrayed, but Empire, hat [the next beneath the there may hutch truth nnt|y exhibit- hit^ the un gravely con- 1 jod’s designs are not ;pe Surprised to see iu One would le editorials yf the daily press, all fawns to the peat plan of God to i lake all these ; Events and changes w o :k‘ directly to i the Spread of gospel tn tit,'the extt*n- ion of Christ’s Kingdo u. The King gs is left out in a posting gov- Kor when tin *, reteult clcar- 7 reveals what that de ilgu was, is it ■eferred to. From the ip Studied si- ence on the subject, c ijo i would be ed to believe that th sj looked ou he earth as an old cloc £, Which Go«l l»ad wound up once for 911, iiiul then mt it in the hands of n nu to kee|> in ■epair and tinker as le fiked j He ‘ever interfered with i S machinery, Ook no interest iu it4 movemehts. pulpit and the r ^ke an entirely di ther It is seen or insist on the exis and that it is in harmony \vitl| fit. utterances are re &°od religions sentime mind view. , they of God’s 8tloirt to Though <fd as very still there : p no statesmanship in tliein. It is very pious to talk about all jhese changes and mq|hr$bns l>eing m God’s providence, nlare wheels in y* machinery workiugptifc the prob- of tlie earth’s redim ptiou; but •Statements shonli’bhkept dnt <»binet meetings 'md couven- |i called to delilie ■‘ate on the of a continent. . tod yet the areful student of lii^ ory can see ij! ,(X ^ in 'every stage o tiationat de- ^ elopment. Reshlte i -ached after ®nch pains-taking, and rhich seemed Improve to be only s ops in carry S out a design of wh ;h they had l 1 ®* dreamed. Scheme Set on foot commercial]gain, res arches made the cause j>f scieno , tiie daring i°, Ventures traveierA seeking • fame, or to gratify a restless curiosity, are begun and ended with* outpace thiukiugof God, aud yet they ai*e all *e*n to work directiy towanU eiurying out his great design to send tbevioapel over the earth. Science ' itjoices over diseovertea op tlmj Auuirou, or cxplomlioun in Africa, or truths dug out of auvient ruins, but sees only material good as the | result Tell the meu who exhaust their clergies anti risk life in such labors, that they are working di l-eotly Cur God aud the Gospel of his fciou, aud they would.be astouishetl, or amused. H umtiwH not whether one he V sceptic or not, he may believe the Bible a fable and Christ au iinpos > tor; yet, if he claims ordinary sa- ; gaeity, truthfulness aud knowh‘dge of history, he can not ignore the effect of th© GotqH‘1 revelation in moulding society, fixiug the doctrine of human rights, and shaping Human > governments. And yet, when aud j where is it* recognized out of the Church T It underlies and overtops every thing, but is left out of political calculations altogether. Th© great central fact of humanity, it is yet wholly overlooked. One would be suprised to see it hold a prominent place in a convention of the great national pow’ers. 'And yet, what would there be extraordinary in all this! Tme, Christ’s kingdom is not of this world, but the world is a part of it. , “‘God rules over all,” i» a Simple thet: but, so far as it has any influence on national adjustments, or the plans and policies of statea men, it has no existence. It is piety to add, ‘‘blessed for evermorebut it is supreme folly to ignore the former, fur it is constantly thrust iu our faces, aud proved over ami over again. Still it is tlodged with a pertinacity and ingenuity that are amazing. Statesmen acknow letlge the political effect of a change of government in Sjiaiu, but consider the fact that Jt makes the Bible free, a mere casual incident They con ft'-sa that the unification of Italy will produce a gre;d change in khirpyt^ and is jrTuost important event, but that it allows the Gosjiel to be freely preached, is a subordinate matter. That miMX should suddenly b© reduoed to a tkx*oml-da.*s jiower, ami Prussia become a great empire, are momentous events, and pregnant with results of the gravest magni tude; but that Protestantism should ajl at once overshadow Roiuanism, *s . w a minor incident. They put Un less for the greater, the means for.tbe end. They wee only human ambi tion or far-rearhiug diplomacy work ing towards material, worldly ends, and what gut* towards building up God's k^igdom, arc mere overflows that they can not avoid, and give little attention to. They, revere© the whole arrangement, never dream iug that the overturning of thrones, the disappearance of dynasties, and all the mutations and changes that «xx;upy their whole attention, are themselves the mere overflows iu th© carrying out of God's plan. Yet to act, uot ou this belief, but on tins great fact, does not coin© within the range of statesmanship. It is left to th© Christian, as belonging s**J* lv to reiigiiflfc If the latter believe* that kings are yet to b© nursing fathers, and queens nursing mothers to the church, it does n% harm. Still, it would be simply superstition to suy that the discovery of gold iu Califor nia, and the rising of a grout Stati on the Pacific coast, fc wen* not so much to increase ouj- wealth and enlarge oar««power and swell our greatuess, as to knock down the walls of China, ami do more than all direct efforts put togctlier for the lust fifty yeitrs, t« bring its millions under the iuflueure of the Gos- Tlie great, terrible fact, -that though man has been 'cxjs-riuu-uting siu.C© the world began, to establisli lasting governments,' ne has failed in every instance—will remain one, until human governments and plans come within those of God, and take that subordinate place that boiougs X ¥ Ob, 1 ^ to them.- tuervrr. SpeAk fob Cubist.—Every word we speak for Christ is jxmring oi! on the fires of gwre ia our own heart, I and will make them bum with an ardor other wi*e uukuown. The chiis tian will find, that while, before he commenced ttiis cbtjysc, be had a ■ thousand questionings and diflfleul- ties, after he has done so, bt will .scarcely have au hour's trouble with himself. The truth seuug b> be this ; Christ is so"Kind ana miexactiug a I master, that he will not let his ser- ’ rants fight two bottles at on©ef if they Will take the swoid aad go iuto the enemy’s camp, he will keep the citadel tor them; if they wul b© .apout his business, he will set their hearts entirely at rest. irm wit''- •*“*• Lather on Personal IbAinam dr.l Holtnew .lohn xiv. 25. 99. Thin le a very consoling paseag©. Hs (the Holy Ghost) will ©ome U> you and abide with yon forsw. Mark i Ttmt < 'hrls tendom has the promts© that the Holy Spirit will Always be with her:» ami not this alone, but that he will teach and guide her to the laat day, na we confess: I believe in the Holy Ghost, and ia th© Holy < hristi.iu charrb. Iiy this is teatitted, that the Holy Ghost is with GhriatetMlom, and makes her holy; namely, through the word and the •©%< r»n»*nt. where by he tuwnrd|f pesinom feith and knowledge of Christ. These are the instrnmeuts and means through which be eonstaiitly purifies and | (Utnctifles Christemlom: hence she h* culled holy before God, uot on ae count of what we ooreelves do or are in ourselves, but boeana© the Holy Spirit is given unto oa. These are uot to In* de»|»iaed nor reacted. For they are the means through which the i-bristhtu ©hnn:It ia produced atul preserved by the Holy b|iint, ami then-fore ah© is, awl is called holy; Utliough the> are comtaou and up l>ear uuugutiicatiL, and are poawssrd by rnauy, who alutse them and de rive heresy iroui them, or have only outward respect for them, whiir, in heart, they are fltiso to them. Aad os this proud*© is so lath* regard'd, it comes to bs so despised, that men think the Holy Hpii it is ap in hea\«-n, ami we her© below mu.4 of oursclres obtain his prescui© by our life and works, if we would Iteeotne holy. Ucuoe meu inveuted moutcry, sim! said : - This ia a holy order. Ihee are hol> father*." And yet they uutde the matter so uncertain that uo ou© could or darvd, oa hi* part, to regard himself holy. This hi now a loose Slid rottcu foiimlatmu. and a vain boast, to call tbe order holy, and yet uo on© person, if they should all come together, can say, “1 am holy r What a diabaliral kind of holy order this is! A holy order which makes no person holy! Oi what service are they, then, except to utter vain boast* am! to hinder and keep men from acknowledging and mg tb© true heitneaa wldch | the liol> Ghost gives f But the Christian ran, with truth and reason, exult: I believe in the Holy Ghost, who Makes me ami uli believers holy. Therefore, 1 have a holy order, not of Ht Kiaorasrus, but of 4’bnst. wh*> makes ms holy through bis word ami aaeraiaent. God forbid, any these people of monkish holiness, that I shoukl be ao i*ohl; l am a poor stutter. Very well, Uen go, run tn !tom«s •Immse leni, or throngh all orders and ©has ters, and see bow holy you will' become. But this is saitl also, lie cause if you were yourself holy, you would uo( u**e«l the lioly Ghost; ImiI j precisely becuu*© we are all sinner* : ami impure in oumelves, tiiereforcj must tiie Holy Ghost perform bin work iu us. He gives us Christ’s word ami baptisio, aud his power ia addition, not only that wv may lie iu | a holy ortler, but that we may also be personally holy—but in this way that you shall suy, Not from myself aui 1 holy, but through the tdood of Christ, by wlm h I am sprinkled, yea,; washt*d in bupti*ui, that ia, through his giMqiel, wbidi is daily prooouweed over me. Tlieretore, such fsoimb, IhU-, and nhaineful humility is uot to be praised, that on nccouut oi thy sins thou shouhlst not be holy, fur this would be to deny Christ, and baptinm, and the ehristiau church, (wherein we come together with the go*p«‘i to baptism and iMcnimeut.) ia holy and has the lioly Hpint. Consequently, we must disringuuih. There are two kinds of holiness; or being holy may he understood in two ways. f j First, of and through oursaive*. Bitch H» flint of the mo iMxtir orders sml *M lf-ele©te<l clergy. Tliis h holiness only in word ami name ? but tn its ground false and lying, ami before God nothing latt sin ami stench. For in os and out of ns grow nothing hut nnhoUrn-ts and imparity. Be be a barefooted or any other monk or work monger, he is a condemned sinner, aeeording to his birth feont Adam. Therefore, ; I wW! neither from mywelf or for rtly sake, nor from any man know myself or boost of holincos; hut for * this reason I t»»n hofy^ thftt writhoot ■ undonbtlng fkifh ami nnswerviug f conscience I ©an say: Though I am a siwnef, Christ is holy, with hi* baptism, word, sacrament, and Holy Spirit. This Is the only true hodness which is given ns of God. * s ‘ I* iw > * at* he ' *• Therefore, learn from this text how and where y oil are to seek the J Uolj Spirit: not up kbor© th© clouds, but then© where (Tutsi points him out when Uo ssy*: ‘The Fstlii r will send tlx: Holy CTuart, who shall teach you all things and bring all thing* to your ram^SpncO what soever I ihave said tlUto yoll. ,, Tbero Cow*, he most uot M tusln Shove, but he sent down to Christians; aud he who would find and obtain him mu*t not Htam! gaping up, a* tf he soarod above lb,, departed natnta, apostles, martyrs, and virgin* Hut he is heir below ou earth, just as Christendom U on earth. For where it la, ther© is be to be also at all times and eternally j and * ©n wqaeutly is con nected with the office and govern pient of Chriotemloiu, vf word and *u©rauirtit, that where it is th«we if the Holy Spirit, and whoever receives it receives him.* Through this be operates, enlightens the heart, 1 gives the knowledge of Christ, that is, faith, and, consequently, (Him being sinner* he makes meu pure ami holy. This is our coin foe am! orndhlencc that we can ourtaiuly aud with goml reason exult and say; W© an* holy, aud auMWig each other Indy bn-Um-u; hero at Wittenberg, J<-rusalem, Rome, and wherever holy baptism aud tho g«M»pel are, eou regard each other as God*# saint*. Although w© are yet anuers »u«l have many infirmities of flesh ami Ulood, yet if w« cliog to Christ and deprn t u|mhi his Imp Usui and blood be will cover np oar sin and impurity, ami cause os to be am ounted puna and Jioly before God. Behold, In this wgjr «e are to regard and honor tlu ©hristmn ©bunh, and remote fh© filth w,‘tli which those I wive br4aulird hst who have sp plied this name only to departed sools, aud to their nob and order*, who, while they must nay in the faith, “I believe In a holy Christian rliurvh, th« rooimoaloti or ouign-ga r««ni uf taints,*' yet think they dare not Xml can not «*) this of suy firing prihm. *. * But if Wti .if* tJkrwuliws property -» lu.lv eliurch, we most no more doubt that we are holy than we most doubt that we are bsjdised aud that Christ’s blood is Him! for na If yon believe thin, you mutt also confess yottreelf as holy. For it is, indeed, the Holy flliu4 who h**to«ft upon yon Christ add hi* holme**— work* faith in > on. It ts imleed true that tbe Holy Kpirit lets Christian* oecu Mun.»Br err, stumlde and fall, and lets sin remain; xml does it even for thi» reason, that we may not have eotoplareocj it) ourselvca, as if we were of ouraelves holy, bat that w© innr teeru what we are, and :n»m whom we have holiness; else we wonhl beromr pn>o«l and rash. [Lsilrris Boris. Halt.plyicg Prtxchsrs. Pisfruor Park thus eonrlmles an article in the .latinary number of the RiNkrthtro Norm : “How dull we multiply (he num ber of preachers t By a better life In thoue who ure already pmu her*; not iu preo4*h« r* of that other land, bm of this laud ; uot hi the preach era of Ofir rinrtlham Slat©*, but of the State in which we live; not In the {ireaebera of that other sect,' but in na -4n every preacher himself, ft is tbi* rarnentneus in oar oflk-e, not merely await ©filer u.iportant fur the art* and wlriicca, for th© army and the navy. for court* nod legislature*,, for the republic; hut as an ©dire netdfinl for that which are spedh cd sb often that we are apt to tear the meaning of our « ar*b*—tbe eternal welfare ui the individual sonl. It Is this spiritual etithiishuun which is needful for even interpreting these simple Wonts of our Redeemer:— ‘This harveat’^the mysterious liar rvst of the* roses of tibarou, th© trees of the IdKri—Ha pfcnteuM*— who can msMore Its Muns aud dorabit- ily f—‘bat the lalwrer*’—how rare u refluemeut in the .work of these lulw>nvw—*are few.’ It is this godly miiul, wytiqnuluzuig witli tin- mind of Jesus, and forming the first, second, mid third iwcsutiws for adopt ing his mettMxi of supplying oar want of mtwisters: ‘Pray ye, there fore’—and with prayer rdher devices, will succeed; without prayer, will fail, and without a self-sacrificing spirit we oan not pray—‘ts the Lord of th# harvest, that be will send’— ter do not send—‘laborers'—arbat a ma>*sty iu sne-h laborers, csdled of God—‘into hi* harvest,’ for H is not our harvest; for Him earth ia the IjrmBa, and the felines* thereoffor *ti»© boas* of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord, ami the men ot Judah Preaching th* Oospsl ts tbe Poor. { One of th© evidences of the divinity of tlie gospel, as stated by th© Havtonr himself, to that It is preached to the poor. Th© poor are honorably men turned in both the Old and New Testament*. They constitute the great majority of onr race. They have the same right lo the gospel as other Hasses. It was intended for them as well m others. It is adapted to them, and they have •qweial need of its consolations and Hupport*. Ko ©hrisrian can then doubt that is the doty of the church to preseh the gospel to the poor. Any clitinTi that foils of this, neg lect* what it is specially commuiHled to do; and sooner or later its can dtesttek will lie removed out of its idaccw Home church©* are more faithful, or, at least, more stieeeonfol, in bringing religion* knowhslge to The poor than other*. Nor Is H the lea* orthodox that have been most defi ©teat in this dnty. Tbe Roman GatbolirCbueHi does reach the poor. With all her jwrrnreionH of God> truth and ohaervanoes, she does gather to her bosom all, evea the lowest and moat abject, of I’o|M»h enuutriea. Let her hare her due. It would be well if ProtCMtawts wo«M follow her example in this respect. The Cfcueeb of Hoot tend, from the day* of John Knox down to recent time*, taught the troth tn the whole jwopte, and to no country eotild be ft Hind a people more Intel Irctuxl. tiwg© moral, more reiigfoas, more energHic, than th© Scotch The Chsreh of Ragland has, la a great measure, foiled in preaching the gtuqwl to tbs poor. The most of what has hero dupe in that nouotn for the ifumsNi has U«ea done by In lYntaia, tbe poor afiivtaaily readhtei by all tha Mtuistratteas of the chureh than ta say other IYotewtaat tead. The law requires, and Oh* law Is enforced, that every one born iu the tend fasrept of Jtewieh pareuta) shall sot only profess but be taught tbcGhrfw Mm rehgfoa. Whatever repulsion we may feel to s Mtate Church end to this compulsory profession of chri«t1»«tt>, still it is true that the onmttxai |ieo|ile throng the churches of IVasste. siwl the tiersnsns are well instracted in the element* of reNgfoos kaow ledge. In this country, the work uf even geh/stiou is out ta the hands of the Rtate, or of any one denomination Tbe duty^ biading upon all deuom inationt, and ft may be wHI to in quire how they have "performed it. KpireopatiattS ami f'nitari.ws ad dress themsHve* shuost exclusively to the IntHligent and wealthy : liap tiris and Lmheratt* havn nothing to boaat of In this regard; Methodists, more than si! other* hare preached the gospel to tbe poor. Wesley com atemwd hi# ministry by preaching to the loaner rlaase*. and he organ bsetl and put lu operation a sy stem iu which great prominence was given to this object. Ilia follower* iu this country and to this day have carried oat his plan, Mid the inflococe that ha* Iren brought to bear upon the m%mn and th© good that has been ©tfected a«MM9g th. m by the Metho diet* is inealctilahie. Hot what shall we say of Presbyterian# f We vrlHi we could write that they are pre eminent for their foithfolnees and iMfceews in this work. But we are constrained to say that tbe Presby ter fou Chureh is not the chtrreh for tlie |hkw in this country. We do not mean that the masses arc entirety negtetted, ur that much lias not Iwen done ia particular laoMlire; but we do mean to say that they are not folly reached. Nor is this for tbe want of ehristiau arol or Uherality mi the part either of ministers or puople. But tbe fault ts in our system, which does not make ade quate provision for the religion* instruction (4 th# |>oor. Presby terians ©arty adopted In this country, ami have always adhered to th© principle, that, as s general role, a minister should look for hisaupport to the particular congregation to which he preaches. This, in a single sentence, is th© caas© of that Presby terian inefficiency which tbe intel ligent among ns see and deplore, and which is attributed to a hundred snare©*, bat seldom to the right one. Th© evil is not in onr Gulvinistse doctrine*, or in aar Presbyterian government, or in oar educated ministry, but in th© want of a right scriptural phm by which to operate. W# have done much for domestic missum* in the agricultural districts, aud many of th© uneaml for in largo cities have been reached by city inifMtonN and chapel*. Bat we do not have a system that Is feasible nud gcnaral—applicable to the whole church, gathering up tfo widely diffused talent and benevolence and zmij and oonaentrmthig them with all their fore© upon the work of preaching th© gospel to the poor. JSTo local cborob, however intelligent or reakms or wealthy, that segre gates itself from others, supporting its own iNistor and caring for the floor in its immediate neighborhood, and that ©limed* its main strength in this home work, coo have th© ideasing of th© Master or f&ly de velop© the grace of its members. What the Presbyterian Church has don© for the niasaes in this country has been in spite of its plan of every <‘burcli supporting its own ministry, aid not as the result of its ofieration. The hiteliigent seal and charity of both tnwiMtors ami |>eopI© would ran over into th© region beyond, though there wiu no channel opened out through which they would naturally flow. The j»oor can not support their own preachers; if the gospel is brought to them, it must be by those who derive their support from some other Hource. This support should be furnished by the church at large. We will have more to say of this matter, which is in the highest sense a ‘qweaeot troth, 9 and involving the very life of our Presbyterian Church and the beet interests of millions of souls. W© claim no originality for what is here written, but have derived ft mainly from an article in the January number of the Princeton fierier, by Ih\ Hodge, which most excellent article is a reproduction from the writings of I>r. Chalmers— J. O. L-, in mdjffcru* and Index. How a Good Work Grew. It was in the early twilight of a wintry* morning iu 1825, that the ageut of the Tract .Society, then ex- i*thig at Boston, entered tbe store of Arthur Tnppac, silk merchant in Peart street. New York, to confer as to uniting the several Tract So- <*1©tie*, of this country, in - one na tional institution. Tbe prayer* and non use! of oilier* were enlisted; four gentlemen gave 140.000, to which $15,000 more were added to erect a building in New 'York where it might tronaart it* business. Hath meu as the Her. l)rW Mil uor, Knox, Eduards, Spring, Som- tnen and Bntnmerfield enlisted in it | -the Society was organised, aud the work was begun without a dol lar in hand to rapport its benevolent design. Its founder* put their own shoakiers to the work, in labor* and contribution*: tbe Christian commu nity aaw that a blowing was in it, nod gave such a vigorous co-oper ation, that in eleven years it hod eleven hundred branches and aox- Mferiea, which paid to the Society that year #49,000. It had then is- sued 50 volumes, 750 smaller book* and tracts, and ita receipts exceeded $100,000. In tbe earlier years, im bibing the spirit of Harlan Page, the effort was, by soul-saving labors in tract visitation, to reach ©very ammible soul iu oar own laud, or among tbe heathen. Then came the special outpouring of the Spirit in 1831, followed by effort© to in taxi ace the Society’s evangelical volume# into every family, north, south, east and west. , Rev. l>r. Phuner at the Sooth, Seely Wood iu the North and West, and afterwards Rev. Mr. Cook, Secretary, and others labored in this volume circulation with heroic, un tiring energy and success; the col porteur system wa* introduced in which hundreds of laborers drew out the co-operation of iiastors and peo ple till multitudes were reached and blessed. Mr. Jonathan Cross, labor ing in the Southern States, especial ly among the neglected millions of the great Alleghany range, reported four thou*ainl souls added to the church in Uiohc States within a sin gle year, mainly in connection with tlie Society’* labors. AU thi* was done by drawing ont voluntary Chris tian oo-operation, not only in giviug, but tn persoual distributions and la bors for the salvation*of men, thus strengthening the hands of all faith fu! {tastora, and extending the Gos pel for and wide in tbe existing mor al desolations. p >/ Be great was the interest awaken ed in the churches generally, that rite sbntribnrion* distinctly desig nated for oolportage and received into the Society’s treasury hare ex ceeded $680,000. <C- The nahre than $3,500,000 contrib uted to tbe American Tract Society by thirty thousand life director* and P life members and others, ha* been given for the express purpose of car rying on this great spiritual work for the glory of Christ in the salva tion of men at home and abroad. To this great end all ita energies most ever be sacredly devoted, aad the cordial and prayerful co-operation of all the friends of Zion is earnestly invoked. -Kf; r-te Swallowimg the Bible. A colporteur, who was traveling through Ireland for the purpose of circulating the word of God and tracts, was one night hospitably en tertained at the boose of a gentle- man near the mountain* of Kerry. On the following morning he and hi* host, while looking together over the wild and beautiful country around them, observed a shepherd tending some sheep at a little distance. “There is Peter,” said the gentle nan, pointing him out to the notice of tbe colporteur, “he is one of the shrewdest characters that we have in the district* This remark made the colporteur curious to know something of the shepherd, aud he soon after went to where he was, entered iuto conversa tion with him, and gave him a tract in the Irish language. Borne weeks passed, and he and Peter met again.' The colporteur inquired how he had liked the tract, and Peter’s strange reply was, u l have swallowed it!* “Well, Peter, if I now give yon an Irish Bible, will yon swallow that also r “Yea, sir; but I won’t be in your honoris debt for it; JPU bay it from you. What’s the price, sirt* The colporteur replied, “The price 1 ask is this: when God shall strike the light and love of it into your heart, that yon will teach six men like yourself to love the Bible.*' Pe ter agreed to accept it on these terms. Some time went by, and the col porteur, accompanied by an Eng lishman, hod occasion to cross the Kerry mountains. They set out on this undertaking just as day began to dawn. They had not proceeded far when they saw a countryman ou the way before them, and the colpor teur recognized him at once as Peter, who also knew him, and exclaimed, “Is it you, sir! Your reverejoe is welcome so early.” " “Thank you, Peter; what are yon doing here so early 7* “I am doing what is honest, your reverence. I am paying for the book.* “How is that F asked the colpor teur. “Come on, sir, and yon shall see.” On they went, aud soon reached the top of the mountain. I was now broad daylight. Peter led them to a haystack, and behind it were six Roman Catholic men—far away from the eye of their priest, who would keep from them the word of life— waiting for their friend Peter to teach them to read it Was it only the wooden cross, which the Cyreniau was able to bear after him, under which the Man of Sorrows wearied and feinted f Was there not in Gethsemane a weighty cross, reaching from earth to heaven, burdened with the sins of all people and nations, which"a Father’s hand was pressing down upon the should ers of the Saviour so that he sweat as it were great drops ,of blood, and the still night air trembled with the cry of his bitter agony f And again, when the work of torture is com pleted—no angel having bid the knife be stayed, as in the case of Isaac—there goes out with His life the cry, “My God; my God, why hast thou forsaken me f and He in whom and through whom so much has been promised sleeps iu the tomb; and despairing disciples mur- ranr, “We trusted it had He who should have redeemed Israel.’’ Faith whispers faintly to a few, “God will provide.'’ And in the resurrec tion, without which all prophecies, and promises, and even the death or Christ itself, would hare been of no avail, through feith tbe cross tri umphs. There is a cross for every Christian —something which rends flesh and soul—and Jesus has said if we bear it not after him we are not worthy of him. But let us take up some lighter thing in its stead and mag nify it, nor shrink and falter when the burden seems heavy the way long. Boon feith will be lost in sigh t, tears in praise, grief in joy, and crosses will be exchanged fin; crowns. Let «* not complain, nor claim merit for cross-bearing, while discharg ing duties which should be esteem ed among onr most precious privi* Utter? ■ >■