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What to it f For manifestly clirin
Uaus can not leave this earth till
God oalte them home. In very sumy
thiiMre they most act hi caramon with
The following interestin
uvjjry^fw
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it of BO MM <» Uy «*g I
gi> e» up in despair I *, 0
was exceeding!) anxkrta shorn toe
In saving toe “weak brother who
stombfoU" Tbej know that they
are settiag a bad example when
they aar or offer the poison-cup.
They know that they ate throwing
their Influence on the aMe of the
tippler*, Yet, because it Is “gra
teePto partake of wine or punch,
they do net hesitate to taka a drop
in the social circle. Perhaps they
thrust the decanter before some
weak, temptabfe friend to his ever
tooting <Umnution. If “the drunk
ard shall not inherit the kingdom
of heaven," what right has a pro
femed Christian to ask to he admitted
to heaven, if he have helped to
make a drunkard of his neighbor !
I fear that God will say to the pioas
tempter—“That man’s blood will I
require at thy hands." Paul acted
with a truer spirit of Christ, when
he nitemt the noble percept, “l| is
good not to drink wine whereby ay
brother stsmbleih."
. Brethren 1 let ns prey for the
grace that pinch**. If it “gore
against the grain,” all the better.
If it wounds our pridfe ao mack the
better. If it makes us look singular,
let ns remember that we are com
man«1ed to be a “peculiar'* oroide.
have never had to straggle with the
numberless temptations that beset
the youth of our day, mho have
grown old in too service of toe Lord.
If they would take o young book
slider by the haad sod say, “Try
agaio; never give it «p; pray to toe
Lard; don’t be In despair hsoonas
you foil onoc, or oven twice. If
Batau is too strong for yon, I will
help you to put ou the beautiful
armor of the Urd, ao as to withstand
nil the asaanlta of too Devil," there
would be fewer eaaca of stray Iambs
ami loot Sheep for the church to put
ou her garments of mounting for.
Not long agu, some church mem
bers were talking of the defection of
some jocmg persons who had in
dulgaA In the IWriflity of the rnanoti,
aud their conduct was discussed and
censured to very harsh terms. At
last I said, “Have you guue to tbesr
young people aud told them of their
folly, how to amend; showed them
the wrong step, bow to take the
right one T Did you Ustru to bear if
even a faint coll for help was raised
when the news came, a boy or a girl
overboard into the world ! How did
you act! Did you hasteu to their
reacne f Did ydh even pray for
them f* No answer was returned,
and the conversation stopped.
This is an age of demoralization.
Said an old physician) to me the other
day, “Something is wrong; people's
minds arc bewildered aud entirely
unsettled as to the boundary between
Right and Wro^f." What! thought
I, is the line of demarcation so
faint that the difference between
what is right and what is wrong is
lost ami obliterated t Many are the
forms of the evil spirits who tempt
In m moment of
my Father chooses to give. If 1 pot
myself into connection with God, 1
am only responsible for this end of
the celestial telegraph; not for the
cod that lias in the Infinite bosom
j w • # ”W ‘ ff | Jar m
of kive. I mast receive just what
God aamli, t “Thy will be done."
But trying messages are not ao
dreadful as to have the telegraph of
prayer utterly out of older through
long disuse, and the soul cut off foom
communication with Jesus. Friend!
is thy connection with the Divine
Hearer and Giver broken off T Then
to your knees!‘ To your knees!
“Pmyar va appointed to convey
The blastings God design# to give:
Long s* they Hr* thonld Christian* pray,
child’s welfare. Each will be witting
to make personal sacrifices for her
child’s advantage- Wherein, then,
will they differ ! In this, that while
one will act from Christian principle,
the other will act simply from the
impulse of natural affectum. The
Christian mother, white desiring the
|p be xkmtifed with the writer's
appointed when the lady would spend
a social afternoon with toe writer
and his tonify. there being ao doubt
that toe interesting young lawyer
would, If property invited, pun Ihr
parky at tan. The interview took
place as was m per ted, and in the
full flow ef talk, someth lug was da
sijpmdly introduced torching the
efartetian religion. Contrary to the
r x;«< luthit) of his relatives sod
(Heads, this interesting gentleman
yet seek for him an interest in eter
nal things. The other ^ will seek for
her child only temporal advantage,
and train him only for time. The
Christian mother tons will be aepa
rate from the world in toe controlling
motives that guide her conduct to
wards her child.
Or torn to business matters. Urn
worldly man aims simply at making
a fortune. His motto is; “Get
money; honestly, if yon can; but at
any rate, get money." The Christian
man moat, of coarse, use the same
general means in the transaction of
business as the other. But just so
for as he is under the sway of Chris
tian principle, be will, even in bosi
uess matters, be separate from the
world, by acting from different mo
tives. He will consider himself a
steward, simply holding in trust the
property of another. He wffl aim to
glorify God in his bumness relations.
And so, when there may chance to
be a conflict, Christian principle will
carry the day.
2. There should also be as actual
reparation. This should not be {in
the sense that toe Christian should
withdraw from the society of his
fellow-men. That is impossible, and
would not be desirable, even were
it possible. Christ prayed for his
disciples: “I pray not that thou
sbouldest take them out o( the
worhl, but that thou shooktest keep
them from eviL" Such a separation
from the world as involved a with
drawal from his fellow-men would
not be found conducive to holiness.
The history of monastic institutions
make this point abundantly dear.
But there are many worldly prac
tices from which the Christian ought
actually to separate himself. He can
not indulge iu them, and preserv e
unstained the parity of his piety.
“Cun a mau take Are in his bosom,
and has clothes not be burned f Cm
one go upon live coals, and his feet*
not be burned F The point of prac
tical danger here is, that Christian*
will not yield full and implicit obe
dience to the voice of conscience.
They parley with temptation; they
strive to steer a middle course, or
to make a compromise. The difficul
ty to the vast majority of cane* is
not that chrigtiaus do not know
what art worldly pursuits. D is,
rather, that tony hesitate too long
about coming out from among them
t>«l Central
mm years ago, I was criming the
ii in * sailing vessel The day
calm and beautiful, at d all sail
set to catch the gcu to breeuc
*h was wafting ns i poo our
sward way. Many of tl*e pas
£!» oa board the brigy were
ring themselves w.it.jMpg the
rs aud the gentle roll jowl swell
ie ocean i others were footing at
tool of fish, which, {very few
was said, but cawfkfry confessed he
waa dMIrteutly tuque used on that
faL If yeu were set to keep a canary
bird on the open palm of year hand,
you would understand what is meant
- TUI a few days age* said be, “I
•Hook! have brought forward my
preliminaries, and before the three
hold of Christianity ware passed I
would hafts Insisted that liter be all
rartsfertnrftr answered, but at the
Satan. Breve okl Dr. Winner—who
went home the other day to glory—
waa once the most singular man In
the village of Itbaoa. He dared to
stand dom. * ,
O, for a |»ew Wptiam of self denial ?
O, for a new training in that Iremm
which oar dying Master taught us—
which apgsltes aud martyrs ccte»d
trtpn tha pet sou cells aud kindled
L..*!.., $ topm
bn* with Train*
I »H points North
euti, were leaping urf into the
stowing their silvery, shining
to the light, and the i darting
again into the water. All was
ity and tranquility. Suddenly
what they are now—hat on ;
expiriqawo during a raviml m
iu days gone b>.
(»eanine evuverskm brings a
into a new state towards Gdi Old
things have passed away ; he is a
new creature. Bat he must ton
smutty encounter a strong under
e s cry, “Man overba ir<
imrir Every one atr
rfeet “Where! whereF
the starboard," answjur
ft. The boat waa quick*
manned, and eager eye f
gallant crew as they l*ei t
sad palled Lustily for tJ
‘XiH Is oiiiwim also*.
Not l« the flesh wrU hie.
S*i4 to the world heacrforth •hell »
Our and hehur rive.
‘No longer b* uor life
A ««-HUh thins or Talk ;
For us, eeew (tree, to Mve h% (VtS
hundred ti
the youug to dip.
forgetfuluess, they y tekl, and it takes
at least six atej* forward to retrieve
one backward step. This they pain
fully realise, und are grateful to those
wbo tend them an encouraging hand.
Let us. as members of the chureb nf
God, nse all the lueaus in oar power
to save the young—those wto rlip.
Extend to them the friendly aid. and
we may be the means of saving a
smd from death. B.
frwmvit iwnahif Tike a mftl race
Lfotwards the aid state of mrreption.
No reoewed heart will “keep sweet*
without a great deal of sotting with
► their
poor
seen
l of a
again
white
grew
whose head could
distance off, first on
tfeo lost to view, «
IWo-
mig on another
not cry, “Help! hel
aud more distant.
. it was found that
nturTH I§PF.
flGHT, 8mp'L
u t Freight and
r I waver, our eyes far watch
oor purses for liberal giving,
boy had missed b
.lien into the sea,
Anxiously aud tea
d the progress of
to his rescue, am
to ortrurives more (a his hanaft an
pert, as we think of a dear sbnrwt
friend. Pirtwre him in his daffy
duties, occupying himself qnletfv at
JonephV skle. In self denying pa
Hence, while be waited his Esther**
time. .Subject to his parenta, tW a
voice ei ylag In the wilderness drew
him from the shelter of home, to the
desert* sod HlK the sea side awl
the mountains, wherever there were
The prevailing sin of the day ia
self intinlgence. It i* eating Kke a
canker into the life of many of oar
charebes. It leaves Christ's minis
ters to address uinpfy j»ews ou un
ple:«s;uit Habbaths. ft rob* CTirisCs
treasury to keep up a showy “turn
out.” If it hang* a bough of pro
fession over on the rhnrcli side of
the dividing wutl, yet its roots are
deep down in the soil of the worhl.
It is ojfien ready to deny Christ, but
seldom ready to deny self.
The most )M>|»a1ar doctrine to
preach In these tiroes, and the hard
cst one to practice, is the <dd fash
ioned fl | Historic doctrine of self denial.
This is the grace that iiiuchea. The
dafTt battle of Christian prfncfpie to
with that artfhf, subtle, greedy sin
ner—self; and the highest victory
of onr religion is to follow Jesus
over
aud both oor hands to hard work to
do Christ's w ilk a*d to pull sinners
'when a
it cheer came ringing over the
announcing their » iccchs, I
yoq it was answered fniui tlu^
nth bod “hurrahs," amU/thaiik
from tiie more thon^ifnl of
assengere. Wlien the bmit re-
fo.we were ail rejoice 1 to find
he had snstaiued no greater
ge than a thorough wt tting, as
is a good swimmer, an l, owing
‘ taiunicss of the 4»y, nul beeu
to keep himself atiqat until
Of oourae, T do not mean that a
wan will not produce more in a week
by working seven days than by
working six days Bui I very much
doubt whether, at the end of the
y ear, be wit! generally have produced
more by working seven days a week
than by working six days a week;
ami I firmly believe that at the end
of twenty years he witt luive pro-
duoed less by working seven days a
week than by working six days a
week. The natural difference be
tween f*ampatita and Spitsbergen is
trifling when compared with the dif
ference between a conntfy inhabited
by men snuk in bodily and mental
decrepitude. Therefore it is that we
are not poorer, but richer, because
we have, through many ages, rested
foam our labor on* day iu seven.
That day to not loot While industry
to to sprawled, white the plough lies
in the forvow. While the Hxohange to
hat l keep my body under.", Ur
asm a phrase draw a from the Iwxor’*
cult Urol*, ami t^a literal Inundation
of ti to—“l brume »\ bod)—1 give
it a Mmd y let 1 myself should
bv a reprobate." Paul had such a
terrible dread teat bis evil propen
atttoa should get the better of him,
that he oousUitfly heat* dotrs with
steady and stimfy blows the unruly
apprlitc* and passfoiUL If such waa
thr necessity bud upon the great
siHwtlc, who of us has a right to
cow fool hardy sod self con0<icut !
The moment a chrudmn begins to
feet, “tFbat do I care! let others
afraid—»H>t 1 ." the moment a
rhrtotiatt feels *e, he ia as near to a
dUgntcofoi fall Of boastful Peter
waa in Pilate's ball
But granting that y on were poor
made alh c, kind, reader, «w jw« alive
isy ? If so, bow Khali you keep
iifwT. ~ ZT ,,
first of all ouaoea jm*e»- the
ment for the geest (Wrsuwer swd
Help»T.
We eaa not work the miracles of
our Master, bat as hi going shout to
do good he ever sought the Father'*
glory, hi that path we may follow.
Feebly, stambbngty. dformiing him
hot “afor
tog my .iMriNwraamuont. Ha said he
fed not (temre to gb e am pom, hut
by his question, to rail my attcatoun
tp km u ^
“Not unto \ toot11U* agos" said he,
“I was, as you are, doubtful of the
Utltits of ehriatuuiit); but wrar «ir
i is frtenda
e evening, aa i
ched t he stdtiti
p fading twilij
tty dccpeiM*d
■*, 1 waa tiiinkii
ie day, and a I
issed tbriugh
this wise. Tbi
»reh, with its
and Prayer a!
like the worh
» are sailing foi
ntc prtfwoft^prs
of the churcl
me are watcl
(png for home,
lazy, and so|
ting and fail r
right *uto
*mtt »t»K>
g jof the
M. tints
ti»e
fg of the
few other
yMj
iny mind
is ship is
toils of
!) Sfiread.
Ifffoll of
r the port
I hire like
L I Some
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rk, Philadelphto
fiu’turers. *
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is own inven«ro>
er iMtnunepto
i of these instiu-
1 byanymtoto-
[Ways on hand,
best makers, at
nv4tsinute: G« n
off,* I rot still ftdtowing.
He who bus the love of Christ to
bhn, must have a love for souls, and
ia work for them, the hmgeot life
shall And no tact. By some metre*,
In some wtff, according to the ahtftfy
that God gtveth, yon may work.
If sH etoe disappoint*, prayer, the
mightiest power that rarth eau yteM,
will never foil.—Am. Mmomgrr.
J uow tUmk UiflorasUy
to ivsipou) with some
the rugged jsith of self-denial.
"Tlrto is mainly to be done In the
little every day acts of life. T!»e
great occasions that demand sublime
sacrifices are feft ami rare.
The Christian who suppreootn wit
ttcistn, because it would burlesque
hla religion, practfoes self-denial
When be speaks out a bold and
popular word for the right in “fash
ionable society,* be to realty taking
tip the cross for W* Master. All
genuine acts of philanthropy are
born of the noble principle to deny
keif, and to honor Christ hi the
persons of thoto for whom Christ
' The missiou school teacher who
sallies off through the driving storm
to carry his goepel-ltiflf to a group
of hungry children,‘fe an example
of this. “Why should ’f sit by the
warm Are on my sots to-day f Cbrito
wilt look for ore among my class."
The seamstress who drops her bard
earned doBor* into the Memoris!
Fund collection is realty enthroahig
ht*f foiviour ffbo4*e hetkelf * i fl i
We can not emphasize too *ti oiq^y
this grace which pinches selfish ness.
I care not^ow orthodox U a man’s
creed, or bow eloquent may tie hto
prayers 1o pnhflc; ff be lm* neier
learned to say “no* to the demands
. And yet, from all these worldly
things; from those that are evil in
themselves, and uo less from those
that are evil in their tendencies, or
evil as practiced—the Christian must
resolutely separate himself. It will
do no harm for him to err on the
side of too great strictness of inter
pretation. That will be ou the side
of safety. The danger in these days
is all ou the side of too great laxity.
bod gfua further than ever before i
bad don* in this mag. Coratog home
i »kiud. lata at aitoL on Lha feu
It is on the side of conformity to the
world. What the world, rushing to
destruction as it is, needs more than
anything else, is the trumpet tougued
proclamation of its evils, and of the
value of the religion of Christ, which
God> people would make, if they
soul with God. Prayer ia joat ,pa
vital to P0‘ Spiritual life as water ia
to tie “woatbly raasOtitose Wycu
age now dripping from the refreshing
of the piteff^ Prayer is the oou;
dnit pipe bciwrao mj soul and besf
on. It to the outlet upwards for
fcises bis faint cry j
* rt then f t Should
wrigbta are wutohtesa—to repairing
sad winding up, Mb that be returns
to bis labors op the Monday with
dearer Intellect, with livelier spirits,
with renewed corporeal vigor.
Often the believer t» Christ feds
would come out from the world and
be separate.
And for Christians themselves this
is the way of peace mid comfort and
safety, ft Is the way of oMiatae.
Hear the voice of the Lord : “Come
out from among them, and be ye
separate, saitb the Lord, and touch
not the unclean thing, and I will
receive you, and will be a father to
you, and ye shall be my sons aud
daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
* —Jirravnjfc* •
mate Jim were both Methodys, tin
one of there tofldcl drops art)’ this
Way. Jim Inrned toidet, and used
% badger me about attending prayer
meetings; but one day f« the p4t, a
forge rub of era! came down upon
Jim** *re*wl. Jim thought be was
kiffril, and, Oh, mrei? but bd did
boffer end cry to Oud." Then turn
fogfo Mr. Bradlsngh, with s know
ing look, be »aW, **Touwg area, there I
to ndw't ffke cob* of boa! for koorfc
lug infMelit.) o«t of a aun».’ g
Of ouariw Utt eoRter curried the
audience wfflk J
of this soft, la S question that to
volves the quratioo of mau’* imaser
tal Wing! yfberr every thing ia at
stake, aboil t bargain all ritWp
inquiry ! Wlllfliny Wmding my own
eyre, *fodl4 laugh at that which, if
tear, will teugb mo to score is the
day of judgment! These qoeeUous
tt ilMpr nfl Jte nteep quistly.
ia the same condition with the house
keeper who laquiros, M J wonder why
the water does oat ran today f
Tbs plumber to soot for, aud he soou
explain* thf diflteulty. “Year pipes
are fatten np; the ounuoctios with |
the rraervofo fo Mopped." .Via* for
tiro Christian who has hrokco hi#
of spll Mtt^dfffl^
■ntifit
With all his Intel Jig
'ait. tit uUitu tem
mawMiaa *itb (’brim ’