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Religious. Discipline. : |ve it] as the result of some ce in teaching, that of a college depends, in ^ very tyrge measure—C hail al- said txcluxirely—on ij* beiug verst d. It is just here that college are sadly doffoient. Tfeiw&ut of discipline is tfe'ir talu* or ulnerublo (H>int® Their r facilities may be unexoeptiou abip-tin ex ;ry resjiect tvw ink- il/amt i$Je eatl Dwhients, large ami well cheinieal and philo- itus, the most ap- d and aecomplished itiful grounds and spa -they may possess all i*t utterly fail to arcom- eud projMised in edu- wliiei i, Milton says, is to “fit a »|»erf<rm justly, skillfully, and ins^tdnimot sly, all the offices, l*oth privet! and mblicj of (>eace and war.” 1 of lending forth, annually, men < f well cultivated minds £h a: taimnents, pro jin red to with success in a Inmost any ^on o' life, they dejijenerate ilaees of fashionable resort, literary loafers. ignorum-e instills. well-1 ine«l with logic not Jii* ow n, irrof tongue perform* tfe*. nthpl- *-> * on a graduated dnarey' btfrer hand, a selti ol. well c f pretensions cnmjpnra *be, never fails t«> attain Bieanure of success. Some he e. to-day, have I esijrd, I of the oelelirated school mgto i, in Abbeville District, loiiductcd by Dr. Vfatldell, present distin .of the University the 1 in U( esty, iUkd nished of ;Alis- Hi Bated in the mit Htiof a 1 forest, the hnildinjj w as of oupretending charm* ter, not el, but constructed of lopj; and yet so Sdeuru- tiie discijdine, coniliiifjd of with sound instruction, that ■fit* who received their skicntion in this qnuiiit i » witliDiit exception, c hghest i»ositioii in the 'arol|na College, beaming off « the class. It *\ as here •rdlaw, one of the mostjdis- ed ornaments of the bench; tin ioeein parable tiwyer; jlhe inimitable at thor ot Scenes Lega re?, the HcCaulay ; McDuffie, m nee was never mrpass Mhoflb, the statvsimai and whose political sa- ahuosb prophetic — here, rude and unpretend iug log fhes* master spirits aid the " u» of their, greatm^HH and I would say not! iug in t of Dr. Wadlbll as Lht it is the uinmiinous y of all that had ti e good [to be brought up at thcHeet uioc eni Gamaliel, t int; bis r success iu t acjjjutig hly due to his skilly 4s a nan. He was, e nphati- 1 command ; nearing * 1 ke the Agaiuemuoii of Bwti'dekor te, an air of $naj- uipreased the b< holder, jftify the young, wjith>ad- | n ^ awe. It is not a thfn, whether disci pliue is for not. It is uni rersully Hu t, without it,*no advantages oflssfnl. Like the gresm Way tree, it may nourish fur a season ; but tlus ■MftbbUKto of prosperity is only the liectic flush of consumptiou. Admitting, as all must do, that discipline is one essential feature of every college worthy the name, it will be found, I apprehend, that the ideas generally entertained on this subject are exceedingly vague and confused. Iu what does this grand desideratum consist! To answer this question negatively : it does not consist, wholly or chiedy, in ’the in fliction of punishment, in emitting, from time to time, the formidable •ontonne of Oxeonitnnnieaticui. The most valuable discipline is prevent ive. instead of waiting until the offence iiI committed, and then visit ing the guilty with sudden retribu tion, it anticipates the overt act, on the familiar'-priueiple, that an ounce ol prevention is worth a |mund of cure. What would be thought of the government which cx|M>ndcd all its ingenuity in bringing the guilty to punishment; without Itestowing a thought on tin* prevention of crime ? Would if not be justly regarded as defective in a most essential feature? Nay, ns gnilty of unparelonable folly and inhuman cruelty ! Such a gov ernment would speedily lie branded with the contempt and indignation of the civilized world. Now, a col lege is a State in miniature, and the policy of making discipline consist exclusively in punishment is just ns absurd in the one ease as in the other. Discipline is made up of a thousand influences, separately in considerable, j*et constituting, iu the Aggregati*—the font rtatnuUr—an al most irresistible force. A kind Word, n smile of encouragement, a nod of recognition, a little assistance in solving some intricate problem or knotty |H>int in syntax, insigniflemit as they are, have a moral |x>wer incomparably greater than all the pains and penalties ot college lawx The isn't UowjH-r, in tin* u 8rcund Book of the Task," has given a most beautiful picture of Uollege Discip line, which should Is? engraved ihi the heart of even teacher in charac ters of adamant. In this incompara ble portrait, the attribute of severity J Is so shaded and softened as to lie almost im|K»rceptn>le, while the qua! ities of love ami tenderness—the miti* xapientia of the ancient moral ist—are present!si to view in the most fascinating colors. thumb * to pay to the giest. If be would not aronse the spirit of opposition, hire almost as frightftil screws. But my remarks are conflne<! to I the jcmlousy of power, which slum colleges, in which, 1 am happy to j hers in the breast ev«i of^“the school say, the whole system of j boy with bis ssteliet, snd his shfaing has been wisely abandoned as derog j morning face," and which nmu^ests atory to the character of both stu itself • amabuli*—from the very nur dent and professor—as prmlnctive scry—be must tem|*er the exercise of great and almost immixed evil, | of anthority with gentleness and and lastly, as failing utterly and j courtesy, laying aside, on suitable ignominionsly to accom|d^h the end | occasion*, the inaigtiia of office, the pro|>o«e<l. It was intarpreted by | «w«»nl, the sash, the eftaulettes, and the students as inducting a want of assuming the familiar character of confidence on the part of tlie Far ! friend and corn | tan ion, men at the nlty; tlie inevitable reanlt of which j risk of aacriftriug a little of bis offi was, that the College was converted ; cial dignity. He will thus roocil into two hostile csm|wi, the occu late his youthfol aub>*cts, who (Mints of which “looked daggers" | always know how to appreciate con whenever they chanced to en ’ deseenakui, and never presume h|nmi 1*01111 ter. | it unless he lay uaide, at the same AH such theories of government time, his dignity of character. lie liave lieen fortunately ex|^o«le«l. A j will eiiliat tlie affection of love, the more rational system has been intro I dnce«l. Students are treated as | worthy of confidence, ims|iaMr of j anything mean or dishonoraldr, ac 1 tuafeil by the sentiments which distinguish the gi'iitleman—“ the noblest work of G01I.* Tin* natural I great controlliiig pnnct|4e of the moral universe, aa gravitation in the natnral world. Obedience will then be not reluctant, but cheerful—not occasional, but uniform. College government, instead of being carried ‘Hi by s|»ie* ami syco|»haiita, will lich school, j other be (>erittaneu ly jjiuv 11 “In 1’olh‘^i‘s uml halIs in aneient days. When kwrniua, virtue, piety, and truth Were pwriuua, and in«-nleat*-«l with rare. Then- dwelt n sijn- ealhtl Disei|»liiM-. His head. Not yet l*V rime, remipletely silver’d o’er, lh‘s]M>ke him |tiist the ImmiihIs of frmkish youth, „ But strong for sen in* stifl, am) unim paired. His eye was meek and gentle, ami a smile Play'd on his lip* ; nod in his xfw-'-rh was heard ■ , Paternal aweetness. diguity ami love. Tlie oeeii)iation din rest to his heart Was to encourage goodness. He would stroke Tint In-ad ot modest and ingemtons w orth. That Mush'd at its awn praise, and pressed tin* youth » (’low tohis siile, that pleusert him. fs-am- ing grew Beneath his rare n thriving, vigorous plant ; The mind was well informed, the |*as- sions held Siilsudinate, and diligence was choice. If it e'er chanced, as sometimes chance it must. That one among so many overleap’d The limits of control, his gentle eye Grew stem, and darted a serene rebuke : His frown was fnll of terror, anil his voice JHiook the delinquent with such fits of awe, As left him not till penitence had won Lost favor buck again, and closed the breach.” Of late there has been a manitest improvement in the matter of discip line. At no very remote period, the conviction was almost universal that students, like so many “dumb, driv en cattle,” were to l»e governed by the fear of punishment. Hence the rod; nud ferule were in constant demand. Aud here I desire it to be distinctly understood that I have no sympathy with that mawkish sentimentality which would wholly interdict, in the school or family, the use of these time honored imple ments. IJuqtieaiiouably, there is virtue in the rod, judiciously ap plied. But the genius of the nine teenth century, aud 1 might add, the spirit of our holy religion, ns well as the precepts and example of the most consummate teacher that ever lived, who was meek and lowly in heart, are diametrically op|>otted to that cruel aud unnatural system of discipline, which made the school- house a dungeon, the teacher a jail er, ami books implements of tor nature, I am const ruined to believe that snch cases arc cxtrrnicB rare— one among a thousand. A phdortophieal |*net. with his ar costumed terseness, has said: M Mm nittst Is- taught ss though yua taught them net, And thiajr* nNknwwu |go|MMp<i as thing* forgot." This is e«|uall> true in imcniwwl There* is nothing of nbtrii human nature »a more intrderant thnti an assumption of siqierhuity, ami cw|u- dally in th«Mie who are chargvsl with the admiiiiatratioii of govi-rnno-nt. While all recognize the no|MirtaiH*e iUni necessity of subordination, yet tin* latterest re-s«>uUiM*iit never fsda to la? provoked by tin* display of nfocial ariogaore. Th«* whmUbh of a right to tax the colon tea without representation, might not liave rr suited, for a century, at U*aal t in the ilisiiieuits-ruieiit of tbw British Kn pin*, had tin* government of that country , instead of adding insult to injury, manifested a spirit of conrilt* lion and imiii|ironiise. It was the remark of an eminent AiiH-ne.ui Htutesiuan, that the cutonies “went to war un a |wlitical mIMtruction." It would have lieen nearer tin* troth, |M*rlta|ie, to say that they took up arms iu viudieatioii of their srlf re s|Ms*t. It was not so miwh lieeausr tliejr lilierties had lieen threatene*! by’ the haml of arbitrary |mwer, as 011 aceomit of the haagbty, arrugaat aud ini|ierioiui teuqier mauifesteil by the British C'ahterf. Tin* prim-iple of onr nature* is applicable to smalt as well as large tioriiea j a little run monwealth of seltool Imvs, as well as “an old ami haughty nation, |wou«l in arms." In the case of tlie former, the spirit of resistance is provoked not so much by firmness in niaiutaiu iug dist-ipline, as by weariug, on all occasions, a magisterial air, ap|a*ar iug in awful state, “while Sophs sml Kre*shmeii tieinbk* at bis nod.” ; Tlie necessity of conforming to this principle is so manifest, aud generally appreciated, that thorn* who occupy the most distinguished imaitioiiM in society, are, tjr wnwitafr reiy the most affable ami nnasaoruing. I ap|H*sl to those ^neralde ami dis tinguished men whom tlie State has clothed with thejudieial ermine, and whom their public duties have pre vented from honoring this occasion by their presence, if the very neces sities of their }iosition have not coinjielleil them to cultivab* tlie spirit of buiiiility. It was tb« sen timent of one, whose knowledge of mankind was almost intuitive, the groat |suit of human nature*: "There*'* malting an iirmme* a man. As modest stillness sod humility.” This is em|>liatically troe of tba groat, who iu order to conciliate their inferiora, find it necessary to affect their virtue, when they do not |mmscss it. Tlie position of a teach or is comjisrativcly humble; it ia not his to awny the rod of empire, to command tlie npplsaae of listen ing senates, or road his history in a nation's eyes; but in his little territory, be is entith*d to the some deference which itieu are nccostomed result is, a better feeling |>revails ; beemm* alnnist a smeewrr—so gentle on Imtli sidea; a sentiment of am j in its operation as to lie scarcely tual esteem, with a disposition, on felt, shier oliedience will he (lie spun the one |uvrt, to use the * utmost tarns ms itn|mlnr of a grateful and imssihle leniency in the exercise of, confiding heart. Kvery stndrnt win dis4-ipliue; ihi the other, to yield a j la* animated by that ehiv alnms sen cheerftd submission to all necessary ' timent so well charsetertze*! by restraints. It sometimes hap|ieus Burke as a “proud submission" that the coufldettee of the Faculty ia ( lie will feel that obedience, m far ntms«>d j that all their efforts to ben from bring the |»roof of a mean or efit the student meet no return save dastardly spirit, ia manly and hon indifference, or that ingratitmle m|k He will learn to regard the which is “keener than a seqient'a |w*raon and authority of the Faculty timth but for tin* honor of Iranian j as almost sacred, eotHfed to the same submission ami reverence which he owes to a venerated father. Instead of regarding them aa bin natural enemies, who delight in re straining bin freedom and imposing nncron* tanks, be will contemplate them in the character of timefactor*, who are using their bent exertions to qnafffv him fiir an honorable and nsrfal earner. Hneb was the ay Mem af disrtpbne pursued with so murk snoress by Arnold, of |<ugbv, known ns the “great Ktigrish «rhnolms«(er ” “His hold over all the pupils,” writes one of his arholsrs eighteen years after leaving him, “perfect to I > natontshml me. It was wit no mnrh an enthosi astir admiration for his gen ins. or learning, or eloquence, which stirred within them—it was a sym|Mtbelie thrill, caaght from a spirit that was earnestly at work in tlie world, whose work was healthy, sustained, nud constantly ramrel hwward in the fear of Ibid—a work that was founded on a deep sense of its duty and its value, and was oon;4ed with 4 such a true humility, snch an uuaf ferted simplicity, thst others noold not help leinf invigorated hv the saute feeling, and with the lielief that they too, in their measure, mold go and do likewise.” Bat why go sbnmd for cxam|iles illnstr.itme the |Niw«*r of iiMirul mflm'iicr, w ben the history ot r«locatmn in onr own country afford* many equalty in structive? Sm li wa* tlie secret of that wouderfal, sad almost mtraeit I*hi* ascendancy s«s|nired over the students of the Mraith <’aridina Col lege by the brilliant ami gifted Max- cv. Like the ancient Mariner of whom Coleridge sings, he held them captive with Ilia glittering eye—an eye that alternately flashed with the eomiscations of genius, or I warned with the softer fires of k»vp and ten derness-ail eye whone gentle re- proof, nays the eloquent IVtigra, was snttcient to intlmhlate “the most riotous offender.”* It was moral influence, no less than tlie power* of a commanding intellect, which made the administration of Janie* HL Thorn well eriipnc in bril liancy even that of the eloquent and accomplished Ms icy. It was this which enabled him, on ooe occasion, to prevent a disastrous collision be tween the stmfonts and municipal authorities of Columbia, by rushing between the o|>poaing parties when in the act of firing upon each ufili«*r. exclaiming, “Young men of South (’u red ins College, follow m<* f” ami lending them Imrk in triumph, by tin* magic of his personsl infill- eoce. But there ia one name |>cr eminent in arms ami letters—a name to which all uiankiml unite in paying homage —a name synonymous with whatev er ia amiable or exalted in human character; need I say it is tlie name of Kotiert R. Lee f In accepting the Pneskfoney of Washington (Village, ho afforded a most beautiful ami striking illustration of the tuemora Ida sentiment uttered by himself, on another accasiou, that “duty is the •ublimest word ia the language.” In this comparatively humble sphere, bow taitbtolly and successfully be lalmred, is known to all the world. And how did he govern the lion drotla of y oung mhn who flocked to Washington College from almost every State in the Girina ? Did he appear in ad the pride, pomp, and circatnstance of glorious war? Were the students compelled to stand at an awfol distance ? Not at all—no man, in his intercourse with the young, could have been more affable and uiiasanming. It was this very cirmmatanee, indeed, connected with a knowledge of his transcendent abilltfoa, that gave him such un boumfod 1 u Hurt ice over the students «»f W ashington College as to remfor the exerefor of disoi|>line, during the latter yuara of his admintstrattoo, almost entirely superfluous. “In the ‘bscjpliiH- of the ( olfoge," say* I»roC Joyncs, an homiml associate, “hia moral influence wan supromt*. A disciplinarian, in the ordinary sense of the term, as it ia often most uu worthily em|»lo\ed, he was not—be was no seeker-out of small offemwa, uo stickler for formal rogulatious. In hi* construction of Uolfoge rules, and in bis dealing with sWmnm gen orally, he was most liberal—in hi* estimate of motives, and in the re quirrmeot of pnuripfo ami honor, he was exartiug to the last degree. Youthful uidiarrothmi found in ^im the most lenient of judges; but false hood or meanness had no toleration with him. He looked rather to the principle* of good conduct tliqii to mere outward acta—he was most arrwimkwM in exacting a pro|*er obe dience* to lawful authority, hot he was always the last to condemn, and the moat juat to hear the truth— even in behalf of the worst offender, lleme, is the use of College punish mruta, he was cautions, fortm-sjlag, and foment, but he was not the less firm in his demands, and |irompt, wheu need was, in his measure : hia repamf was stent, yet kind, snd often even melting in Its tenderness, and his sppraJa, alway s addressed to the noblest, motives, were irrosist ibfo.” F.iprfHtwr, the mother of wisdom, hsa deMKMistrated the v sst siqienor ity of this system of diaci|iltne. The result* have hern most gratify mg. Colleges, instead of fowng mere hot bed* of vice and (•roltigacv. Air at mm rim ('mttlinmrmm, in the expressive language of Cicero—open gates, aa laither rewi|«iainfil, lending dowu to everlasting fienlitioii and despair, over which might be traced, in lurid dhararterw, the terribfo inscription of llwnte: /«**>>*Sr «fw< Hpermsrw cm rb'rmtrotr, "All hope sltstidon ye who enter here.” Are now regarded with pride and affertmn. as nurseries— not of infa- mon* < ’utaltnea, Imt young men of noble rharmter and 'high asfitni j I ion a. Work W r e live in grace* arc than the word. Earnest for activity There may be a passive grad's, infirm, the aick ‘Wuarar. My Ood to Than.' It is a w«irk of s long life to Imwiuic a ehriatiau. Many, oh, many a tim«* are we icunplcd to say^, “I make no progress at all. Tis only a failure after failure ; nothing grow a* Now look at tin* sea w hen tin* (loud is coming in. (to and statul by the sea 1mmc*Ii ami yon will think that the flux and reflux is bul rotrogvwaioii equal to the ad vance. Hut k»ok again in an hour’s time, and the wlmle ocean has ad vanced. Every advance* has been beyond the last, ami every rctrogade nuivement has been an imperceptible trifle less than the last. This is progress to be estimated at the end of boors; not minutes. And this is Christian progress. Many a fluctna tion, many a backward movement, with a mail at time* ao vehement that all seems lost. But if the eter nal work be real, every failure ha* been a real gain, ami the next does not carry us ao far back as we were before. Every advance ia a real gain, and juvrt of it ia never lost. Both when we advance aud wheu we fall, we gain. We are* nearer to God than we were. The flood of spirit like has carrfod us up liighcr ou the* everlasting shore*, where the waves of life beat no more, aud its fluctuations end, and all is safe at last. “This ia the faith and patience of aaiuta.” *8e* Dr. LaBcatk:'* South Caro!ias ColW-gr History 1 Bap- (If of tb« Wgn* it not for the scorching drought, we *liould not anprcciste the roftewhing shower. With lens conflict, w# would have leas victory ; with leas trial, less joy. A word of kindue* spiken In vain. It is rv en w ln*n dropped springs op a flower. s is seldom s«*ed which, bv chance. age when the active more* prominent “Work” is the mm frifoat are calling in the Church. Let all the member* l* at work for Christ. Each Iras a gift; let It lie used with energy. This in certainly just and right, when work- is put in contrast with ease, indifference and idleness. Hi!dh is a sin. If it tie a fact that the activity of many a church is limited to a few men and women, we need not wonder at the frequent cry, “Work, wofk, work,” as if these were the thre*<* condition* of suc cess. Hut there is danger of overlooking a very powerful element of good. Work may be put in contrast with (katiemv*, calmness and suffering. slur cast ti|K>u the The sorrowful, tlie may be led to *up- poar that they aft* doing nothing for the Master and hi* Church. The truth is, God's will i* not only to be ikNie, but also to lie endured. The patient ewlurance is a work for Chriat. Not thf external work of Jeans, but hi* vicaruMt* sufferings must affected tin) boart* of men ; not bis deeds of obedience to tlie law, but his death for the guilty is the chief theme of the gus)M*l. The apiMUfo* preached a suffering Christ. The crons tells of hi* |ia*stveneaa, aad the world li.is been moved by the l'assiou of the Lord. Although tin) apostles labored with all their might, there was some thing in them mightier than their active doings. Their “Acts” were ahw endurances. They too suffered. It was whew some of them were endurtug *tri|ie* aud imprison menu, that men took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus. Then their Christian (f»irit and character were most manifest. If actums s|ieak kaulcr than w. »id>, end 11 raikx** s|»eak more* effective!} than act hmi s. We know little of wfiat Abe! (lid, but «t know how he died; ami he yet speaketh. The eloquent Paul had a wondrous po*crj in his speech, his pen ;uid hi* irawli* 1 working, but did not his sufferings contribute largely to the results produced? Tin* i**opU* knew him as a tnan of bodily iitfiruiiliro. The man who had lieen soiMirged, stoned, thrown to wild lieaat* Ht Ephesus, ship wreeked on his nitssHiiiary journey s, ever in (icrils of all aorta, ami always lMtrdem*d w ith enough to break down the kernels of thoir day. waa among them, and tlH*ir ifearts were touched. They listened to his preaching with a sy mpathy w Inch made reaivictimt for less difficult, A religion that had it* active (Miners crowned with such |Missive grace*' must lie true, Indy ami divine. He who can pa (•cully «*ndiire wrong may fe* accom plishing more real good than lie who is solely proclaiming the right. There* are fe*re* two U*ssous. One ia. that the aclivejaml |iaasivc graces should lie united' in all efforts to benefit otlnHw. Perhaps a jierson has lal«ore*d hard, and he womfors why then* .ire so few visible results. He has taught children, he has en treated his iioighliprH, has urged the guH|M»l. and still tley do not lM*lieve; they are* aat coirierteil. Now, per- luqiM, the failure is due to a lack of patience, gentleness, meeknotw, firimiramv, siibmissiiHi, and unsei- fisli, nnamhit ions finvo. Did he sow in t(*ars! The gentleness of Christ ia to be imitated by tlie Christian. Or, to notice the second lesson, otM**« good iiiflueiidc ovt*r others mayt lie chiefly tlirougfi suflering ami self- denial lie can not go into the liighw^ys ami narrow alleys to work; he may be an invalid, uuable to t<*aoh in tlie more public modes; the cares of home may prevent active effort; aud he may lament that he does so little for, the gospel. But lie should not fall into this mistake. This quiet life iway be throwiug a light into all the neighborhood. What spirit is manifested in illness, or amid hoine-cafe* ? This deter mines his influemx*. The teuqier of the suffering <’lirisl will always work good to others. Tin* great Jonathan Kdwiirda was prt*uching with all earnestness, and yet a sick girl I»roved the mightier preacher. One by one her friends railed. They saw illustrated 011 the j (udlet what they bad beard from tin* pulpit, aud they felt their need of such a religion. A revival was the rt*sult.—Interior. While Moses fa* tending his sheep, God uploaded to him. God never graces the illlc with his vis ions; w hen lie find* ns in our call ings. we find bis mercy. him in the tokens of “What is That to Thee f Follow Them Me.” Applicable to how jnany is thfe plain reproof and direction, original ly addressed to inquisitive Peter t Tell me, says otie, of the origin of evil. Why was siu (lermittod to mar the beauty of creation, occasioning tlie fall of so many angels, Iranian a|M>Ktn*y, barbarism, war, ignorance, malignity, wretchedness and suffer ing ? Why was it not ordered ffiher wise? Explain, says another, how God can exist from eternity without be ginning of days. How can He lie everywhere at the same moment ? Show me, says a third, the con necting link in the chain uniting the divine purpose with man’s free agen cy. How is it that God chooses beforehand, and man also chooses ? Pertinent the reply, “What is that to thee T* Them* particulars are not for us to comprehend in this world. Onr inquiries mnst lie limit ed by the Bible. The things that are revealed belong to us. Here is found all that we need to know. “Follow thou Me.” Meriting the same reproof is that prying curiosity prompting one to in quire, not after his duty, felt after events in the distant future. When shall the eyes of men be o(M*ncd to the deformity and danger of error ? When shall the scourge of intent Iterance cease ? When shall popery disap|>ear ? Tell me, when shall the world be evangelized ? When shall the long night of sufierstittoii be sue needed by the morning of the inilleu- ninm ? When shall the olive-branch of fieace every where tell the glad story that the implements of war are changed into those of husband ry ? “What is that to thee !” Attempt not to draw aside the veil hiding futurity. “Follow thou Me.” Duty is ours. Let that engage thought, stimulate inquiry, quicken effort, control conduct. The thick shades of error trill be dissipated. Intern perauce shall yet hare few if any victims. Popery, so long an element of disturbance, intrigue and crime, shall !Miss away. All ove* the earth the truth will prevail, releasing the nations from the laxidage of Ha tan. Bat tehen, Omniscience only can tell. “Follow thou Me.” Aiqdicabfo is this reproof and di rection to those refusing to join the Church fes-auae some of tlie members foil in properly cxcnqiitfying their profession. Talk with some as to the matter of obeying Christ’s com mand, “Do this in remembrance of me,” and they answer, as though it was conclusive, “There are those iu the Chnrch not consistent in their daily life.” Not to lie [Mlliated are such incon sistencies. It is sad that any, from whom better things might Vie expect ed, cause religion to lilted. It is a matter of regret that the standard of |>iety with numbers is so low. But “what is that to thee T" Is it good reasoning to say, others neg lect their duty, therefore I will .ncg foct tny duty ? Duty to Christ is a |M*rsonal thing, irres|M*ctive of the course others . (Hiram*-. One’s obligations to unite with the Church docs not dc|K*nd on the (Miint whether some fail to honor their profession. “Follow thou Me.” Each person has his ow n (mrticiilur duty to perform. Christ should l*e followed immetliatelg, without auy delay; /rw/y, without reluctance; fulUf. without one reserve; constant ty, without variableness. Thus fol lowing Him, oue will lie led into green (»astures ami beside still waters.- ger. -& C., in Amertcaa Mensem “To what may we liken onr tempt ations, and tlie way in which we may rise above them ? I have often thought that they resembled the rocks which rear their jagged sides above the waves when it is low water. No vessel dare come near them, and even the little boat is obliged to pass amongst them with the greatest care. But after a while the tide comes sweeping into the liay, and buries the rocks under a flood of water, so that the largest shqts may rifle In safety above their Jeeth of death, together with the lightest skiff. In our unbelief we often ask, How can I hope to resist the inauy enemies who constantly seeiu to be seekiug my destruction ? But before long the influence of the Holy Stdrit will come, bearing ns in safety like a rising tide over the rocks of temptatiou.” The ear that bcarctii the reproof of life abidetb among tlie w ise.