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P Growing Miniitar I j opon these t lings,” said beloved Timothy, M give to them that thy ■j appear to all.” From clear that is practicable ministers so to itpprove mdities and Attainments te to tbeia nseflilness 800tjes8 iu | their high their progress may be all their attentive hear that ill m w»y ItSVl the iloctriwM of am^miblils vslwof stsriMl Mum**, la* acaiwlol student.«d kumau iMstarcs i rugg*^ past and ootmldern bow he The whole t'hriat is to be made , satisfactory T I will muxxle my mouth the gospel been so sttoooMfolly and , llw |>rprlolllMie a, (1 f t'lirtst as a extensively corrupted as by **phdoso ^ v hmr. The increase of such views ph> lalsely so mlletl*” or l»j nil war ^,,,1 niuat more atwl more muted detluctious fhoin tnie sciemr. ,j^ r ^ IIIAM wIhi feels biiu And we live In a day, when, although j ^if w f < i, M | u» lift u|> luw vumt the progress of n*al seieiuv is mpitl, j A trumpet iu warning the tuipu false scleuw also prevails and is j tieut j who haar* (lod aa>iug U*him: fornid in precieely the positions tx>; oOlMkftitt ye,oowfert ja, luy peopK** whose office rwiuirr* btui to “»*b b for souls as they that must give at* count.** There is au ehM|ueucr of words and , st'iiUMiet'N, of figure* and ttOwcrwuf rhetoric, all eloquence, of imagiua turn; but the truest aud moat efftw*. live eloquence is that in which the assail or ixuriipt Christianity. It is 1 found iu the great questions of crea thin and In the deiKartment of anfAro polofy. The infidelity of Emerson and Parker rests ou false science; and the speculations of the New Ui viutty, aud of some who are now greatly Iu advance of what has here tofore goue undfir this general name, I w|M . Jik er' struggles to give a tiers mw are of the same chanu ter. The tier to tbe v ^*n and lei lings that fill and man Philosophy, the French I'hiloao expand Ida own heart No minister ph>, l hrenology, and Spiritualism, i| llul juq»reaMHl, ami seeking in the are all ot the same class. \ crily, dccpcarneatneaai»fld*aoul to impress iu such a da> as this, the watchuiau 0 tbers, is likely to address au mat ou the w alls of Zion has work enough | e utive audience to do to guard the |>eople against the 3,, A mimM „ lhlu gTww i of will multiplied and maltiplying forma of ltl hla discourses some ei r° r * , .. . .. . . #l tblug new to hia jwople— m*w lutho fourth tb. -tu.lv »fl tUlK11(llU awl T,„, and thus to lir eonstaully gatttiug , lias I wen guided by on unseen hand known to every member of Hia body, j till I hear what he has to say for knoaiedge that will aid him in kit) tkro* all the labyrinths of lib*; how t’hriat ia hia; be is ChristV Ood | himself.” The charity that nuflereth ••wk. he has Iswi brought Ibai darkness forbid that we should withhold from long ought to keep every case opeu ••The Helds are whit* lo the bar u» light all lhn»* grace, amaxing “fhe least of these* one jot or tittle uutil the accuser! man luw a full %«*»!,aud Ito- laborers ars Iww.” Mul gys<e. of the word of God, or one iota of e;bauee of sHf-defciuwv. Alas! the litiHka of fiflNM b arbers there are. “Aid Ibe Isird hrarkcmsl, and the glorious inheritance to which he too common method ia to aenteuee a w bo InMh addons and shdlful iu ia beard it, and a !ww»k <»f remembrance ! l« called. Hut the ministry of the tu&a flint, ami Ui*?n hear bis defense culcaliag ilauguroas errufw. iu such 1 was w rittea before Him for them Chuidi «m only he trite to the Her | afterwards. aday.lt is DO light matter for any 1 that leaked the l^tnl, ami that nal iutcreata of the children of God 3. Hut there is a third odeum, om* called ot Inal In Ihfotk of the thought ii|»ou His name. And Ihey •* it has a deep setiae of its Christ against which total abstinences given i»owers—prophetic, priestly pledges are a* needful as against ami kitigl). Weak faith here, as brandy bottles or punch bowls; and ministiy u. U> a-ml. that wo.k, m u. ha mine, aaitb the lx»rd r^ 1 Hosts, m (hat day when I make up a*> jewels ; ami I will spare them as * else* Imre, liegets doubt, vacillation J ia the daily, dirty, a man spsieUt bis own son that arrv ami impotency. A loose crrol al I of slander. God's word pats a pro eth him * Here we have tin ap|»n>ha ways carries w ith it a louse m-iim* ol hibitory veto on this crying stu. U-»a and promise of the •‘Kiug of resjtoiisilulity. It wan PaiiPs ever “Thou shalt mrt raise a false report;" kings.* Ia*t us then fellow Christian, present uousciousueiw that Ehrist ‘Mliou shalt not bear false witness as heir* «»f glory, talk more together wrought in him mightily, that ena of our eternal 1 fiber dance, of the bled him no xcahmsH ami glarlly to other avoc constantly 1 to i ions, such witnessed. 1 farmer is t te man who himself of the knowledge mwl of his owju carefully I 5 tions. Ni physician nee lin his profession, not pursue the i ium^course. both extends the principles it lint mar ed success. fourth (dace, the study of human nature demands the roustaut attention of the Christian minister. It is ou* human nature be la to ope rute; aud his success de|ieuds largely ulMHt his knowing how aoto apply to it the principles of the gosjiel as to arrest attention, to produce convic tion, and to persuade to thorough re formation. We do not forget that the efficient agent in this work la the Holy Spirit; but we know as well that (iimI adapts means to ends wild then renders tlmse means efficacious. We need to know what we can of hu man nature, as it came from the hand of God.. We need to know it iu its depravity aud estrangement from God, iu its convictious autl awaken in the conflicts of its new life against thy neighbor.” The first (wo bibits starting a l*e; the second for bids the circulation of it. Here the Bible ia a wonderful book. No aim tster, however learned and godly, e«er yet laid o(M*u all Its rich treasures of truth before hu people. And be who is himself constantly growing in knowledge, will uot fail to throw hu increased knowledge iota bu dis courses. The tutud* of men are likely to he Interested by new truths, already known, or by the freshness, conicalueas, and feeling with wbk*h a thinking and earnest mind (iresewts every great subject. There Is no reason why. a* age ad | valu es, the chrutaiii minister should | become less interesting as a preacher. Ihcoiih’ iii«I) util, lit amb a «kty, surely I lie i-ibivUhou u< I’ail iwiimw to ns w itb IU lull fwtvr—‘'meditate ou these things; gite thyself wholly to I hem, that thy porting may q« (•ear Is* all.” ' •• Ckruuaa IaUraaarwr then tWy liuM fmh<1 the l-ard, q-alr ufteu on* to sl*<M het. — iUl. ill: It. a Is this as Minch the rase as it »h«Nikl be among rkimtwm of the (ireMriit day 1 We fear not. At chtldren of *»ne ««Hiistoii father, a family of the household of God. we pass am! re (•ass each other in the omuami walks of hfe. rsmversing esrneOlly of affairs concerning our lemimrul stale. «*ur | « imnhliug tatn-mscles of Hay. yet > scam* exchanging a ward for Jesua j tail ihM nstaml aa regarsts the apostles were in the twginniug, to Mmcr, whoar dcwiuada—the doiifg of! duty of the muxalc.; If a bottle of things of this life, for imlmduaU u> t tom b her du* iple# to otamr 7 Thry the iwrfwt will «»f God—arc only strong drink is circulating at a social talk most ou the subject neoreH their are evidently the same os the “all equalled by the manner of theji ful board, it is my duty as a teetotaler to hearts T The farmer wilt entertain | th ugs" spitkett of by the Kaviour on HUment—otxvtding to the law of the stop it wbeu it reaches my plate. If “crown of Life* awaiting iu la the «|*end ami lw sjs-nt for the churches. “hrtter land* Truly shall wr hr ‘Hut (lie disciples arc not simply to ( ‘jNtrtaker is as bad as the thief.” strengthened ami cheered ourselves, Iu taught all things, but taught to To (mss counterfeit money is as bad and show to those with wIkkd we min sfcwrrry them. If the Church has tin- as to issue it. . Every slander has gtr, that fe have “l»ecn with Jesus aohmni ixhuiuismoii from the Uml to, some father who gave birth to it; and lea •rruM. it wre Mil If Ya of Him *—Oml /Vrdji 1 instruct l*er children ia all tl»e glori things of Zion, she is under ! ('•pially m4cihh obwervati«Ni to teach | Cuaimsufl j o^,, uhnlieiice iu all things. The ooe ticocssardy demands the other. What are the “ all things ”, The thiugs that are taught oousti whlrh the I 'burcli u still, aa the tHe the ground for 0« order of obe but it has a dozen or more adopted fathers who have “taken it to bring up.” It got* at last to have so many nurse* aud tqiousor* that it is hard to say trkonr bantling the little w help really was. All who circulate a lie father the lie. lien* couies iu the I la former ocrashm. ia oounection with Spirit of life iu Christ Jesus. as with the mtbdlOoti af hi* the iu* slid will tHi as of hia many i the (womiae of the Holy Ghost. *He bodily affliction*, remedies qqdmd. I aksif foori (fN mil thinfs, mmd bn my *U * (truleSM Is* , tin my* U» fwr rrwnrmbmmee, trkmtmo Ac. We all as rku ■oxsliog the Mouth. 1 decline to (xtas the decanter to my neighbor, 1 have set the seal of my at least until the infirmities of age j an* very drciiledly felt. True, the '••ft* 1 * 1,1 Hie conflict* 0( its new me t#n ( or ^,Hith must gnwluslly |s«*ui tb«* fwsl Khe(*heed. *kn gsv«- Ills under the sanctifying (wwer of the Amtk y. ^ wbil | w §„ thh nn\ bfo for the sheep f Mby this hack Holy Spirit, iu its joys and griefs, in mgy jn> morr than made up in rich wardness atmmg ebiialtaas to “speak ness ot thought, in depth id religion* * *dtea M» one feeling, ami in the more thorough ! h»ve. We have have “left all si si followed Now would it not be natural Iu sop j promti* (the gift of the H*»ly tihost) |nhm>, this being the « *< all ahsortnug theme t wiHihl hr of the I loan our Father’* House, / here mid mntn goa. This That would Is* a remarkable horse l which should never nerd a bit or hri disapproval ou the custom of driuk- ing. So, w beu a siouder reaches my it is my duty to stop it right there, and to see that it is uot (tossed e, that the «mr t » fulfilled ou the day of lVntecuut, •‘W'h animals are not more ou from my lougne to auother’s ear. rhea we met t amt the commissum fuea Into effect " r '* n# ‘ *han ore flic |ieoph* who never The moment tlytt 1 repeat a scandal H th** *iml, atom*. Hut the Holy Gb«mt abides need to muzzle their mouths or to bn j t becomes mine. My endorsement ami of .leans, { pi th# <*hurrh forreer. Tlierr ia,!*®* their timgne*. If total has gone down on the book of the lie, mm am respotisiUe for it there ia also a (md demand for total i|saui{uatit- itnd details And studies hu nan uature, the budness « f his - life to In every departmeiit of the men Who ddvote them are constant^ adding to nf knowledge, md thus so- rj;er success; rhilst those A different co ifse fail and eurityi Wl» should the its ho|»es and tears, iu the mysterious influence of. the tsdly and ita ap|s* tites over the miud, in the different temi»eruitieiit* and dis(iositions, etc., etc. Th is knowledge, the importance of which cau scarcely lie overestim* ted, must lie gaimsl partly from the Scripture*, partly from history, (tartly from |iersonal ex(>erieuce, and (vartly from peraoiMU olmervatiou Truly the study of man is a great study. thereto*#-, s nmtinmmt n-lalesi of the ! nwi *' l*Wfm dtc iH-cdtvl against the j -an things” to the rod of time. h * 1 tU,n ^ »h»cb go .ah# the mouth, l«art of the commission Hence tin* redeemm* jean mean mKhiug less than the ru ? whsUnence from the ha<l things which snhlteffw I utr I’uiitents the whole suMimc ro<n ” **' <* th *' ,aoath Thr ^ mtwvstenof the i>-\,-h»u«Kj #4 the Gospel of Jesus *‘d«*flle a man also knowledge «4 human nature. Ihill J ®f the *’russ. #s ness and 4uggi*hness, either #4* "»«»*• to surrounding h.ffu rhrmt, by thought or delivery, are not the nee era, (many tiusesan th* Holy Heb «*|,urvh rssarv results of mtvancmg years, hath day) and converse with Mias onward Not a lew ministers, UN*au*e they I*** **• the general tapirs of the day, *4 |(, r have failevl to Mml) human tiulnre while, perhaps, some ini|wr sat hie #M»|y, alt teaching will erase. “For and how to address it, have fallen into >”«**»* heart present. |*w»bahl> in we know in (wwt, a»*l we pra|»he*> in a sort of preaching time, which i* , l ,urt *lt *he wmy of hfe. best in woo j part. Hut when that which ia per most unnatural; whilst oihers, in the ' ‘hr that rhrtsttna* shnaM speak so f,„ t i% « tln*n that which is in Is it hot, then, true that no other I cowmeweaient of tlieir -ermom, ! *chhm. •ntc to anoth* e «4 the h.w af JNirt 4^ he duo* away * profession o|ieos a range of thought j m rfowlr and hesitatingly, .w < hn*t amt tlw «1<m. ot Ha King AlM ( wtirr thml W a> lw and of investigation so extensive, *0 intrislnoe their subject-* with remarks d«*as, while lh»*v i**«M engage «tdi [ Ikuoualtuiul revelation of tb»* “all the llolv Ghost in the aud henceforth it is “my (wiper;” I Thuscertaiuly is uot too strtmg a way of putting the law of (tartoerskip in slooders. The only way to put an effectual stop to slanders which disturb and dis grace social life is for every honest important, so inviting T And if iu other departments men are found to Jm 1 inistry be tlnj only exeep general rule ? to distinctly coutcml that )f ordinary talents called ■he work of tile ministry, on y improve in all that con gxxl |iresclier|v4 the go* IdInaj liecogie a (Riideilly ae L J i>rjacher in, tbcpleparthieiit, ie is btlledl and that •year of Sis life be may ncreasingly acceptable and til his physical [fowersso far s‘riously,tq in^Tterc with effort*. And if these at- ire prActicabl^, It require* t to prove tint the obli n ake them is [very stioug. an* sate in afjlriiiing that ileiwrtiiien^ might im- t o be sp great and so con b life' Why ? the profeakioir of the inistef opens a wider progress through life, will not every er *. |«.( there lie a Scriptural d»* faithful minister he constantly add iug to his stock of useftil knowledge f Whether he ojiens his Bible, or hsiks into lii* own heart—from every quar ter he ea« gather knowledge which will better qualify him for his great work. Gan the minister of Ghrist live in such a world, with sneli a work resting on tu* conscience and heart, and with .such meansof improvement ojhmi to him, without making hia “profiting” ap|>ear t«» all f 2. Spiritual life is a thing of pro gress ; and if other Christiana are ex pected to grow in grace os well aa knowledge, much more is this to tie expected ol the minister of the goM|>el. For he is required to la* “an example of the believers, in word, in conver sation, in charity, In spirit, in faith, in purity.” And if he la* a growing Christian, his “profiting” will appear in his ministry, in several ways: 1st. His views of divine truth will become clearer, and hia preaching so entirely common (dace, as to law j Much »)«rtt ifc conversing m» j things* by the Holy Ghost, the a|sjs- the attention of m««*t <4 their bear ! tb»Mg* temporal. wtiH-b fad* os the foip- u ff|#v must of necessity slsu he , h (. MM the day .4 1‘entecost to coai[daiu of God iu the hearing of man aod woman to resolve, “I will r-l to the rebgvoas nsum ■ tlnu WolstroMS snoffWs. he |vr«<leo«lyr <mm4 t j m «ulf my mo««li while she wished r loot dav • when, ami when *1 will take heed to my ways that I (lie) is before me.” Total abstinence vtn md with my bMigue. ( w ill mm: is the only honorable rule. :le my month while the wicked are ’ GhrisUati people often soil their iMfforc me." The original Hebrew religion most sadly A>y a {Kvrticipa wonl describe* an apparatus for si- tion in srandal-mougering. The very huM-ing the lip* entirely. It is not a man who would sooni to steal a dime “bridle* (as our version reads it,) but will thoughtlessly filch away his a* muzzle h|h»h the uurtily member.' neigtilmr's good name, and without a lirst tl»e Psalmist should say unwise scruple. A loose tongue is more than things or mischievous thing* he (Hits foible; it is often an abominable flower 1 -It IS no mnodrr.” «*T» ,#erpHual in the ( hurrh. The Holy conrnr, re(»h*te with fresh thoughts | I’^vwe*. “that the puf4e if tl»e world j (;) UM t «|tw<s not Uwh in any abstract, from I lie very first sentence to the know m little about the lent, *hn1 ma ^ aq. He neither lent t flea of end, delivered with the earnestness Hr is lirought so Mltlc lief##re tbeai || t mse|f. nor to ilimaalf. F»»r He of one who fears God ami intensely «|e by hi* own (s*»ple. Uewtil often % h.t II receive ol tame, oml *hsll *how sires to edify christious and save sin bli ahmit diarrhea, the v are sis it unto you That ia, since in Ght ist, ners; and thru, whether the tlelivery j wired* sml peewhanties |«ertaiumg to iIm Unj mu, G«w| only can lw* km*\» 11 Holy G«mI lie graceful or otherwise, it will hfl diffbmil ikUMfllMtin** of Huriagiflflflt I1yn1an.it ia the office of I he tloagbt aud investigation, more spiritual. “The natural man »lace, the aynlk*iin of truth ! rcceiveth not the things of the Spirit; in the Scriptuif* i* one of for they nre foolishness to him : nei- and of gr^at variety, tlier can'lie know them; for they d< ctrines stain] if dated, 011 are spirtually discerned.” It is de- »l ® Ihe infinite find eternal; j pravity that Winds the mind; and nioral principles and the du- consequently one of the effeets of out into all growing aanetiflcatioti ia increasing illumination. Paul prayed for the y multiplied cliristiaus at Golosse, that they might this divine “be filled with the knowledge of hia will in all wisdom and apiritual understanding.” Substantially the iplea, demand the careful samB prayer doea every* faithful min- 0 the thristiak watchman, inter habitually offer for himself; and ball be gnanl his people the answer to this prayer will enalde tqe former am turn them him more anil more to see and ex hlbit the truths of the goa|>el in their v dve(1 in them rnn d of daily life. *e;oml place, tl err >w by whiel availed, and the multiplied V«e which trinsgress its latter J And si ice religions tantly chang ngits forms, bi minister must constantly to meet it. tl ird place, tl eology is so PBlatetl to all the depart- lieanl with attenthMi ami with few! ing. But the progress which may and should be rootle, dc|»eml* gtrally on the attention ptud to Paul’s dms-lion to Timothy—“Give thy self wholly to them.” True, ministers have una voidably some cares <4 a secular na tnrv. Especially is this true in esse* in which salaries are inadequate to the comfortable snpport of their fam ilies. A few suggestions on this point we venture to make. 1st. It ia very seldom that a minis ter is justifiable in turning aside from the work to which God has railed him, in order to provide for his fain ily. It we preach that others should “walk by faith,” let ns illustrste onr doctrine by onr lives. Very gene rally, if we do not greatly err, the blending of God has rested remarka bly mi the families of th«wM> of his aervanta who have devoted them selves with much selfdenial to the work to which lie has called them. “./cAoroA ./irrA.” 2d. In coses in w liioh something must lie done to luppleneut the sal ary, let the employment selected He os much aa possible in the direction of the ministerial work. It ia ex tremely difflcnlt for any one to at tend snceesafrilly to two wholly defo rest kinds of business at the same G Imm* hear wilo of the the veto of silence u(*»n his tongue ;! xis. Gving lqis are an abomination and therr are many occasion* in life to the Lord. A stab with the tongue in which we wcnild do well to imitate is a* criminal aa a stab with a dirk, his example. Yet chnrrh members often thrust the 1. We (Night to muzzle the lq** .stiletto of slander (in reckless when violent provocation tempts to thoughtlessness or hasty passion) hot words. “Swift to hear, slate fo 1M tn the very heart of one who aits qrofl,” is the Bible rule. T(»o often i H *side them at the Lord’s table! wr reverse tin* script oral preeef*t. Would it not l»e well to read the ftf ixotal l> (IimImy (suit *11 h weak linfifowfor wIkmm rbn*t died m WM . I( rtlH ( | 0 , nwi , and thu* *•* IMr to h,,ar pironaIHhim, tcenth Pwlfl ocflaaioaally in ptfblic I mi! true. » Hal. expen iwcmImI ndigitNi I niakr tnsuift-M to the aaiula the Miva **"l ‘P»K*k to discharge angry iwrim lirforo a company of t’hristisns gath may not even And a plaen in o«r * terv hid from age* and geiM*rationa. iflfltlofla. The ntterances that ctx*d in Mcramrtital fellowship? We social c*micne; we talk with amnia Wither ran man us mao, teach the us the most snffiwing an* the haaty j wilt not qaoto the Psalm here; but tmu of Hie t'iriia / | things that belong to the kingdom of wr«*rtli* which leaped out under llw* it mu Uvrihly don apMi him “that SIhmiIiI this la* mv niv rktMMi | Hrarro. ||e cannot even “know «xciU*tneut of sudden anger or , bocktyiteth with his tongue, auddoeth iMother or sister! «H*! Ik»w much them. hrcati*e they are spintnally bmbi»r tongned levity. It is asUuiisli w i( to hi* neighbor, and taketh up a do we lose of the *we«q.* ami «*qi dformH-d.” * n C w hat complete fools we can make slander against his neighbor.” The fort* (4 rebgiiHi when we fail to The divine and tin* human are a,lr **>'<* in two short minutes, j sin is in taking up the slimy reptile, “*l*r«k often (MM* to auotlrei” ol (Mir iMtw, a* in f’hrist. ff>w»-(ieniMy joined j >’»*»riy all the cutting, resentful, or j instead of leaving it to die in the spiritual »«>* ami aarrawn! I lie tq|gfogl (fo ..flier of the ministry thing* we nttei would never fitting prayer for a true time. Teaching, therefore, is to lie true light. Divine teaching is esaen- preferred. 3d. Whatever else may lie done, let the great work be conatnntly u(»- pennost in the mind. Thus we not only retain our interest in the minio- tcrial work, but draw from other (Mir tial to a succe8aful ministry; and such teaching will uniformly insure such a ministry. *. ‘Jd. Clearer views of divine truth, 1 Qman knowledge, and in- i the fruit of deeper piety, will nni- 10 accustomed (to assail the formly produce a deeper and tenderer j suits knowledged that will aid us. A very suceesafnl minister, who hiwl a small farm, many years ago, told na that when he had determined to preach a sermon on Ezekiel's wheel within ft wheel, lie was considerably aided by being obliged to repair some by Appeals to jtcietice, th At earnestness in the preaching of the amatt<*rof gj-ent moment gosjiel. This David felt, when he of the gosjijd to extend prayed, “Restore unto me the joy of ledge in this direction, thy salvation ; and uphold me with at principled run through thy free Spirit. Then will 1 teach urnes of Nature and ltev- trangressors tby ways; and sinners fi the former a fords a great shall be converted onto thee.” With illustrations ipld proofs of increasingly coni of our cliristtan sympathy 1* • «, therefore, the first necessity in the strong; it binds us together as noth j < 'lunch. The s|MadleM were first ing else con. It m a comfort W» know calhstl, c»»mmissioned, and “cmlaeil that other* feel the same (foillit* and’ have lawn *|x»keti at all if we had . child of Jesus every day is: “Oh, fears which so burrow* u* ia the flesh; awl do oar hearts often burn within us as we talk of Jesus by the wayside of life, and sing together the grand song of redemption! We do not think this backwardness in chris tians is slways owing to a lack of ht terewt in the great question, but be taken a half hour to cool down, l/onl. Net a watch 011 the door of my When excited, let us dap on the |j|>s! Help me to take heed to my with power* from on highthen they I mmaU. An hour late, we can “take ways, that I sin not willi iny tonguer preached to tho*e w ho were ‘s-slled Hie brake's.” for the danger is With this (irayer should go that vow over. The powriW lias flashed, and of Christian magnanimity and broth ■ ended in smoke. Very few (versons eriy love: “I will keep my month with I (of It Jews and Greek*, t'tirtst, the (Niwer of God, and the wisdom of I God.* So it is still, “ilow shsll they bear without a preacher! And Inis shall they preach except they lw sent T" ... m M | 1 They are ambassador* for t’hrist, cause of a certain nrirrstroiae*! difll I iu that they bring to men, in t'hrist’s \ inviting the abusive assailant to “go denee which has grown with growth stead, the word of reconciliation, homo and dine with him.” Even and strengthened with strength since 1 Tiny arc steward* of the mysteries can be trusted to sjteak while the temper is lioiling hot over the blaze of a sudden provocation. It is not every oue who returns an insult as old Olive Grom well did, by kiudly a muzzle. I will do nnto another l wonld onather do nnto me.” as ’.tl the early day* of childhoml. € 'Nil 'of (kd, in that they receive from drew should lie encottragvd by chris Jean* Ghrist in trust, the eternal tians parent* to sjauk nnresrrvedlj things they give to mi'll. Therefore of Heaven and its glories; then in they must render account of their after years, when the heart Ivocoroes stewardship of the Ixvrd, and not to interested, we should see less of that men. They are the ministers of timidity about iutrodueing religions Ghrist, iu that tins) do His will, and topics In oar daily conversation. We His servants ia that they do Hia do not aav that Christians should pleasure. They are pastors in that talk about nothing else; hut they feed the Church of God; hish- true it ia, that religion should be o|M in- overseers, ami elders, iu that the seasoning of oar entire dia they watch over die flock of Ghriot;. course. 111 leriimtig and beautifying the ;mmI they are servants of the church- words of our mouths, like threads of es for Jesus’ sake, and not for hire, gold amid the dust of earth, showing All this “for the edifying of the body to men that ‘four conversation is , of Ghrist, till we all come in the from Heaven.” “They that feared ; uuity of the faith, aod of the knowl- the Lord spake often ooe to another,” edge of the Bon of God, unto a per mit now ami then, during seasons of feci man, unto the measure of the rerival, or when ronverotng with stature of the fiillneos of Ghriot. ministers, or some other seemingly Here, then, we have the whole _ _ seasonable occasion, but often ; wbeu- duty of the Church to her members, machinery having several wheels, ever we meet in the*honse or by the of the mother of%*r childreu. Every He studied his sermon whilst doing wavside. Truly a Christian will be j child ol^lb© cbarch is to bo instructed the mysteries of the kingdom of Uoaveu. • j • si * clear views of divine »C8 of the lutojer. More- truth, there U a growing perception the work, and found in it illustrations constrained to speak of the love of in ‘story of the church proves of the evil and danger of sin, of the of bis subject The teacher ought to I Jesus, wbeu be looks hark thro’ the U w hen imjM'rtinetioe deserves rebuke, it is a great thing to do it handmune- ly. A long tongned woman com plained to Frederick of Prussia that her husband abused her. “That is no business of smo«,” said the king very quietly. “Well; but lie abuses your Majesty just as badly as he does me.” “Madam,” replied the mon arch, “that is no business of yourtt. n Well said. 2. We have use for a muzzle on our mouths when tempted to say savage or uncharitable things about others. 80 many thiugs have a bad look at first sight which look totally different ou a closer examination that it is a good rale never to pro nounce a severe judgment till we know the whole facts and reasons. We are often blamed most ourselves for the acts which we did For the best of reasons and from the purest of motives. Let us tlieu apply this some principle to others, and say to ourselues: “Mast not that w»u have an px pinout jog of his coud act that is Eddie*.—Standing on the shore of a river you may notice that the wa ters near you are refluent; and judg ing by tMem. you can conclude that the whole stream is flowing hack ward. But cost your eye over the broad, rushing current, aod yon soon see that it is sweeping onward id the right direction, aud that even the eddying waters ore drawn into it, and borne to their grand destiny. A narrow view of your Christian lifr, the contemplation of a single aspect or future of it, may lead you to fear that it is arrested, or actually on the retrogade. But look it all over, take iu its purposes, its belief!*, its aspira tions, its cxOtbcts, its confidences, Its resolves, and to your joy you may find that its course is steadily toward heaeen. God did not take up the three He brews out of the furnace of Are; but he came down aud walked with them in it. He did not remove Daniel from the den of lions; ha sent his augels to close the mouth* of the beasts. He did not, In answer to the prayer ofPftul, reuiovgtHb thorn in the flesh; but he g»yc hiu» a suf- fleieuoy to sustain *, *. - *