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Religious. 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.”
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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 *, *. - *