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Rl’DK, D.D., Columbia, 8. C. ■■ i j i Joe Religious. in Wales.—Historical Retros pect. (jr the distinguishing features } Me|l|)disin in its early days was | jhe effect of simple, practical piety liymen. There was no special petion for nsefulnMB. There little combination with a Effect results. I There Was no to keep up “ia cause” for its sak|. Personal piety, e plight- by the Bible—strong, resolute, —marie its way eft’ectu anniBg the inhabitants. Three of i farmer in Anglesey—How- Han y, and Thomas Pritchard— d a m^sterioos concern about their mal velfare in 1730, about six be ore the electric ministry of i nd Rowlands began to tell :e in South Wales. Their becaule contageous. y ta|ked the Oospel to their Their knowledge was not sivjjk and their talents were few, thfif ?eal was abundanr, their j philanthro{iy was energetic If-|acrificiiig; their moral, per- inp social contfcct,in its blatne- IttraoDizea with the deep ei*j*y|ot their religious spirit. As ver they could secure the ssnice of minister! to preach the I, jth y opened thipir houses to tlio pet ii r the benefit of their fellow »• T ley never fcas<*d to teach m i; uj Cl ins le r m i as it in Jesas” themselves, ot were blessed with eternal i gh their instrumentality? . of the family, Mr. W. Pritch- as coftiiielled to emigrate to becanse he had been bit- r ecuted by allergy man, the Hi r of Bangof. Mr. Pritch- k i farm callen u Plas Peny- d” (“Hill fop Palaces”), near fit Hift religion was such a hiu ; where he h lid lieen before, it itra ge reports w specting it had r ! kched t leyieighborltood of his new in l>ef( re»he went jthere, It was sf itela iolemu truth thatwhoever ha )|>en to converse with him J nl 1 be ome insane ipstantly. The extern y wi s defeated, for perse<Mition N ,1 tise 1 the Gospelj and awakened osit r thronghouf the land that I m W iti naking that, tcos religius oli wo -hi. n from erb lit ed near bis county one of d stricts of the ... M Pritchard ionlpred much bis neighbors, farm a person o trai Bacted muc i business in g ai d selling shtej^. That per- y out c f sheer enmi ;y to the piety Pi itchard, sent his sheep into r hd fc and grass of liis pious jf j Sfii>or. Mr. Pritc 1 laid and his nily et lured all this mischief pa- wi hout retaliii ting, deeming an i honi r to suffer f< r th4> sake of G o pel. He 1 1 ‘a( hed in his hou “el a great com hsighborl ood. Many vvh: t it raeaut • myst« rious phen— ; d 3 bpnig ited popalatim. Tbe clcr- | J <l(iu3 U ced the prdvchelrs as the “Me prop lets spoken of in tbe Bible, who L - ■— 11 ad sermons ;; this occa- otioli in the conld not im- arose a novel enon among ported that those who assembled had the power of bewitchiug people, so that however resolute a man might be to cling to the faith of his fore^ fathers, in which he had been bap tized, he was in danger if he went to the meetings of Mr. Pritchard, of being induced to forsake his former faith. This was a testimony to the converting power of the ministry at his house, though it was given in words which misrepresented the facts. It was true that many persons be came greatly alarmed about the state of their souls to wants Ood. They were heard to curse and swear no more. They lay aside their uproar ious.^pradices, and became docile and kind. They were touml to withdraw in a strange way from their compan ions, and were heard praying earn estly for mercy. To witness such et traordinary change* at once, in old riotous companions, iu consequence of attendiug Dissenting meetings, excited the deepest alarm. The clergy had kept them iguorant, and profited by their ignorauce. Nothing to them was more alartniug than the dawn of day upon the understandings of the |»eople. They invented all kinds of falsehoods, and spread them, respecting the meetings and the preachers. They accused those who team! God of meeting together to commit adulter}', and to perform the most abominable acts. Hundreds believed these falsehoods. Many made the sigu of the cross ou their foreheads, when hearing them, as an evidence of their determination to shun the meetings. Bards were hired to 1*0011)080 songs aud to sing them, ou purpose to make tbe vile falsehoods appear to all the country as unquestionable verities. But by degrees the truth came to view, and the inventors of the wicked false hoods were covered with shame. , Mr. Rees, of Llanbrynmair, when preaching at the honseof Mr. Pritch ard, introduced tbe service by giving out a hymn, which was a metrical paraphrase of the hundred and twen ty-first Psalm, which hegius with the words, “I will lift up mine eyes onto the' hills from whence cometh my help.” His persecutors imagined, by snch expressions, that the preacher had a large army to back him be tween the monntains of CaroprYon* shire, and b? had much quietness, on that account, to preach the Gospel to them. His prayer on that occasion produced such a deep impression on the persecutors, that they wen* to tally unnerved. And the hearts of some of them were ojiencd to receive the truth of God which was preached. Mr. l*ritehard obtained a license to preach in a.house not far from Llan- gefln. In 1 April, 1744, when a preacher, Mr. B. Thomas, from South Wales, was expected to preach there, a large multitude of |>ersecutors as se in bled. They had thick staffs in their hands; one of them had on it an iron head. As soon as the preacher liogan to s|»eak they emptied a bucketful of water over him. This was the signal for a violent attack upon all tlft* brethren who had as seinbicd. The preacher was strong atul nimble, and soon csca{»dl out of the enemy's bands. But one of the brethren had a blow from the staff with the iron head. He was beaten so severely that the staff broke, and tbe iron head jerked awa}\ Home others were greatly injured by the cruel per&cutors, who followed them to some distance, beating them in the most brutal manner. This was only the beginning of troubles to Mr. Pritchard. Soon after the cireuin- stifhcc mentioned above, a crowd of persecutors agreed among themselves to do all the injury they conld to Mr. Pritchard, if not to kill him. These confederated perseentors were said to be abont two hundred in nnmber. They once made an attack upon the hquse of Mr. Pritchard when h« was from home. They imagined that a preacher was in the house. No one was there but the wife of Mr. Pritch ard, a baby two months old, and a servant girl. The defenceless poor woman was greatly alarmed when the wicked ruffians rushed to the door of the honse, enrsing and swearing In the most vile manner they conld. They ^finished all the windows, de stroyed the stalls of the horses and the cattle, aud mixed the barley with the oats, swearing that they would 4ppe ired in sheeps clothing, but ] kill any one who attempted to stop real f hat heir notions Kvere those of home he resolved on appealing to r L omwell; tbai their object the protection of the law, aud they Il'Onm. 4.1. 4 TV .1 «• . . ... ... to %■ M i , ) '. ertuni the Established were compelled to appear before the j.: 6 ’’ to tuin *hjft clergy out of bench at Shaewsburo, and pay for the as- damage done. His enemies now 1*11 these simplest01 shippers of chauged their tactics. They wcut to > Hatan appeared among bis laudlord, aud said bo was T isiM!!> was*re 'guilty of introducing dangerous ravening t dlv'es. They | them. When Mr. Pritchard came v«> heresies into the country, and that hr was an enemy to the throne. In con sequence of these fhlae acmaatkraa he wu compelled to quit bis farm. He had another in another neighbor hood. But persecution followed him thither. He was obliged to keep a large dog to defend himself against his wicked foes, (hie man bought a large knife, with the Rill intent to kill him. He entered his boose for that purpose; bnt, on entering, he found Mr. Pritchard reading the Bi ble and praying with hi* family. The man was astonished, and Mid, “If this i* the practice of these people, in the name of the great God they shall receive no ha: m from me." Mr. Pritchard suffered much persrrntioa in tbe >market* ami elsewhere from thecleigy, and the ignorant people were infUieiieed b) them. Any ruf flan thought be was at libert}' to at tack him privately as going along the way. Mr. Pritchard being a strong man, was oblige*! to show such per sons that he conld defend himself if coni|**Ued. He made one wicked man, who bail attacked him ntimer ciftilly with ni* stick, to cry loudly for him to spare liis life. He wa* again turned oat of his farm on ar count of his religion. He scarcely knew w hither to turn. He went to W. Butkeley, Ksq.. and staged tiis case, and to ask him for a farm. That good gentleman gave him a lease of a farm, and was friendly with him so long as the gentleman lived. After a long religious life Mr. Pritchard died in the good old age of seventy ooe year*. How any churrhmeti in Wales can expect Welsh Dissenters to forget all that the clergy did against good men of this character, only about 100 years ago, is something strange. Cbtirchmeo have never repented fbr the cruelty they practiced years ago against Dissenter* in Wales. In deed, many of them to this day do all they ran to walk in the footsie)** of their persecuting forefathers. The good Dissent has done, ami all tbe acknowledgement* of enlightened chunk men that Dissent alone has saved Wales from beiug a heathen principality, an*not sufficient todeter hosts of churchmen from doing all tlky can to stamp Dissent oat of the country. Revival meetings have been held lately tti the eburebea of the Establishment iu Tanlift and New|M>rt-oo r*k. Men of God came there from distances, and the Lord poured his spirit on the crowded au dience*. Many of tbe must wicked inhabitant* were savfhgly impressed. Blit the lovers of the church, as such, stood aloof. The huudred* of im pressed |M-optc flocked into Dissent ing chattels, where they expect to Aiul the “Bread of Life.” Zeal to raise tbe church aud to put down Dissent is a “strange Are,” aud is of the earth, earthy. The whole body of clergy, were they to move heaven and earth to save the church, by for getting the mission of tbe Gospel to “save sinners,” can never su<*cecd against the spiritual efforts of Di* scaler* to evangelize tbe world.— UVeLlif /irrirtr. The Lord's Prayer. Viewe«l as a whole, tbe prayer coutains only one idea, even deep longing after tbe kingdom of God, which forms the substance of all the prayer* of the children of God, for whose behoof Christ here gives us a model. But tlii* idea is set forth uuder a two fold aspect. In the first three petitions it is presented to us in the light of God’s relation to men, exhibiting the kingdom of God absolutely and in its perfectness, the final aim of God being always tbe burden of the believer's desire. Tbe four succeeding )**tilions, on the other, bear reference to the obstacles in the way of tbe kingdom of heaven, and present this spiritual longing of the children of God in tbe light of tbe existing relation between man aud God. Ueuce it ia that in the first part of tbe Lord’s prayer the infinite riches of God are unfolded : Hallowed be Thf name ; Tkff kingdom come 1 Tkp will be done ; While in the secood part of the poverty of men ia brought to view: Give m this day our daily bread ; Forgive m oar debt* ; Lead u» not into temptatiou ; Deliver *1 from evil. Lastly the rich doxology expresses the certain bo|>e that our prayers shall be beard, in view of the char acter of God, who being himself the highest good, builds op his own kingdom. If you would not fall into sin, do uut sit by the door of temptation. How ths Dowds Prats* Ood. The glory of the tawd appeared ia the ck»ad.—Exodas ni: 10. This refers to a particular rioud. different from those wt* see in the aky every da>. The children of Is rael were In the wildernesn at the time to which these wonts refer. They had left Kg\ pt and were trav elling 011 towards ( anaan, the land which God had premised to give them. Hut they did not know the way. • There were* no turnpike road* across the desert. No Huger boards were to he seen, )totuting oat tbe di lection in which they were to go; and no mile stooea telling them bow far they bail txxw. Hut God itromtsed to lie their guide, and show them the mail along which they were to travel. And the way in which be guided them was by means of a cloud, which they could are. This was not a com mnn cloud, but a miraculous ooe. I «u PI»ox«- It looked just like boom- of the clouds that we see in the sky every day. but it does not: move about as they do. It was a cloud which God made on pur)tunc to guide the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness. He hung it up in air directly over the tabernacle. Thi* tabernacle was the ehan-h made like a great teat, in which the Jews used to worship God, while they were in the wildcrncHA. Just so long ns God wanted them to stay hi any one place, he caused this cloud to cotne low down, ami bang right over tbe taber nade. When be wanted them to move on, to some other place, he caused this cloud to rise slowly up iu the air, till it was high eooagb for all the people to tee it- Then he made it go before them and move slowly along, in the dtrertkwi in which he wanted them to go. It was like the chariot in which God was riding, to show them the way, Jnat so long as the rioud kept movtag, tbe people moved after it. Wherever tbe cloud went, they followed It, aud w here ever the rioud stopped, they Mopjw-d. As soon as their tents were pitched, and tbe tabernacle art np in the ntnl die of their encampment, tbe cloud came, ami settled down right over it ngaiu. In the dav time it looked like a white Here} cloud ; bat when night came on with iu darkness, tbe cloud grew bright, and shone like a great lam)*, or fire 1 , giving light to the pro pie in their trots. When God had all) thing to kj> to Moses, the great leader of the people, be always iqsikc to him from the midst of this cloud. On these occasion*. God made the cloud look different from what it did at other time*. Instead of the dull white ap pea ranee, which it generally had. it grew bright and sparkled, jast as we sometimes see a cloud do, when the wiu is hidden behind it. This is what is meant wbru it aa\s in our text, “The glory of the Lord ap|*ranM in tbe cloud.” When Moses saw this, be knew that God had something to aa> to him, ami be went into the tab ernacle,' and ii*trucd reverently, wnile God talked to him oat of the cloud. That was a wonderful cloud; and we see now what is meaut when it says, “The glor\ of the I xml Appeared in the cloud.” But then it ia true that “the glory of tbe ixml 8p|wtr»” in every cloud that floats in the sky. The clouds are all the time doing things by which they praiae God or make his glory appear. Our sermon to-day is about the ways in which they do this. Tbe subject we are to speak about now is, hoie the Ho md* praiae (ML I wiskf to speak of three things which the clouds give us. ami by which they praiae God. In the first place, they do this by- giving us beautiful pictures. It is very interesting to go through a gallery of pictures, and see how many beautiful things painters can pnt on canvass. But God ia the greatest painter that ever was. With tbe sunshine, and the clouds, he is painting all the time, and making the most beautiful pictures. When you look up Into the bright, blue sky, oq a clear summer’s day, and see far off great masses of white fleecy clouds, piled up against the sky, like the snow irniuntains in Switzerland, what a beafftifbl picture it makes! But those clouds do not stand still like the suowy Alps. So t but iostead of this, we sae them suiting quietly and giaoefrilly across the dark blue heavens, like s moving panorama. Tbe picture is chaugiuf all the time, bat it U all tbe time beautiful. . And when the suu is risiug, or setting, and ita niy* come shining mud sparkling through tbe great of deads that bang around Jeans. Then we should be giving beautiful fdetures, and so we shall be praising God iu the same way. Tbs Church Honored. It, how charming it is! tbe blue, ami the purple, and the golden <x>lora, how sweetly they mingle all together, aud what a pleaaare It is to stand and look at them! How often. In the summer time, I “-—* have sal under tbe shade of a tree i " ° *** vc Uot ““frequently been , in thi* country, and watched the ^^k with the ado that is made by clouds as they have gone slow ly ** press, and even by the religions sailing along the sky ! “There," I PW*) wl,eu distinguished men— have sometimes said to my self, “siw ***•• former career has lieeu de- how much thorn* clouds look like a "urhlly—uuite themselves castle with its a alls and towers! w ‘ th Christian church. We do Those look like a great city, with its not **oudeuiti the publication of such fine houses, and iu tall sjecpUs *'daman ts ** are sometimes given, poiutiLg to the sky. There are noun* “I*>u facts as a latsis; that look jum like a futxml of large but * p haveaio fellowship with that trees; amt there again are others N pirit of compromise which recog- that look like an army marching to ike faiute*t intimation of con battle.” It jjirea 11s great pleasure as a sinner, or rc*|»ect for to hr able to see mo many liesutifnl ordinance* of cbriMtiauity on the things, made bv the elouds iu the P*rtof distinguished men, as a won- sky. God might have made <»nr world without any Hoads. Astrouo *m*fw «ho look at tbe ntmui through their great telescopes, tell ns that theft* are no flood* in the moon. derful honor conferred upou Chris tianity, aud which secui* to assume that in such connection the church is the party bouoml by the associa tion, rather than tbe individual who What n loss it would ttf» to tts if we ***» admission witbiu Iter |>a)e. could uot see the Is-antifii! ctond* We regard it as a triumph of truth that float throbgh the sky auy more! J ovw rerwr, of grace over sin, when And so every time we lift our eye* o)» to the clouds, as they arrange tbaaiselve* in forms anti shape* so pleasaut to look at, we can see bow the cloud* praise 4 tod by giv iug 11* beautiful picture*. But bow do the clouds make tbo*e beautiful picture* ? They do it by reflecting, or throwing back the light of thi* suu. It i» thi* which makes tbe cloud* look so beautiful. Ami thi* teaches us a very impor tant lesson. It shows us how we can make ourselves look beautiful. Jcmu* is tbe ***uu of our souls.” ever a wicked mail turns from evil to g«K*l. A* such is s proper sonree of clin*tiaii rejoicing, for even in heaven among the angels is there joy over one sinner that rrpmtctk. But we do not believe that the chun-h of Christ is at all howrrd by that half hearted abandonment of woridltue** of spirit which men in high jdaees, as they grow old. are sometimes ditqsiMed to announce— which is forthwith heralded a* an evidence of their e-onversion—of a renewal which too often, we lear, nothing bnt tbe consciousness of He t* tbe most lieautiful of all things. •!>P ro aeMnf decline, or a melancholy The Bible says he is “the chiefeat retrospection of former follies, has among ten thousand," and “aitogeCh trxmi lbt U * Au > mau » *»on rt l.o. ly." And ju*t .1* tl. *un “•“'l by adoption into< hrisfsfamily. shines on the clouds in the «Av, am! Nrt mau «“ w, * fpr honor B P° n makes them look beautiful, so* when Christianity, lau by yielding himself we liecoaie chrisUaus. aud kwrn to th< * * ‘'ling subject of it* jwwer, ami be liko Jesus, he shines on our souls and makes them look beautiful. We sometime* bear |*-o)»ie nj\ of a certain thing that “it is as ugly as sin.” There is a great deal of mean iug iu this. Sin is the ugliest thing in the universe. A sinful soul must be an ugly soul. When the *oui goes out of the body, we can not see it. But while the soul is iu tin* body, it shines through the fact*. A sinful soul—a soul that is proud, or selfish, or angry, will make the lace look ugly. . A Indy soul—a soul that loves Jesus, aud ia gentle, aud )»a in thU sense God is a* much honored by the most obscure disciple, as by the man on the eloquence of whose lip* nation* may have hung en tranced. What is tbe religious character'of many of tbe splendid men of the* nation ? We s|teak of those who are out of the church, of course. What are they but rplendid oinnrrt f Hinder* against light, sinners against the dictate* of their own intelligence. Read the eulogies U)*on Christian faith, and upon Christian morals, with w hich they sometiiqe* ornament k.u.l—will m.l,' th.- Im-,' t,mr popular banofMn-tlwir ver- look beautiful. This is true, and nobody can prevent it. My friend, tbe Rev. Dr. Buddiug- ton, of Brooklyn, S. Y., told tuc thaj a young woman came to see him once about joining his church. He asked bar what made her first think of wanting to be a Christian. She said “it was lavails** she found she was growing so ugly. She looked in tbe glass one day wbeu she wa* very angry, aud was fairly frighten ed to see bow ugly she looked. She found that the lw) temper* that she wa* giving way to, were makiug ugly marks u)»ou the face. She wa* afraid to think w hat this would grow to, by and by. This led her to thiuk what a dreadful thing sin must be. bal and oratorical concession* of the parity of Bible teachings, and the dignity of true rHigiotis liearing— their eloquent references to the Ma jesty of tbe King Eternal—their graphic anticipation of future retri- tion; am! then turn froin the page before von, and inquire into their habits of life. What shameful cor ruption of morals—what reckless abandonment of christiau principle —what utter disregard of <»od and his Son Jesas Christ—of heaven ami of 1m»1! ! And yet, if one such man signifies his desire to lay aside his habits of open dissipation, and be come simply' a church going man. all at once tire news is spread with tele graphic sjHvd. and as much ado is made in the religious world as if the messenger catisl by some infallible of “glad tidingsas if some signal honor were conferred i»|k>u the church of the Redeemer. But, by wliat process of reasoning can wo reach the conclusion, that Then she praved to Jesus to takt I I I ■ I ■ ■ •w«>- h.,.in, Md I..ak.-1..-I a .im- •ra»Shan *w«Mi- lien.” This young woman was right. What she said was true. Then* i« nothing that will help to make us look ugly sooner than giving way to bad temper. And if wo want to make ourselw* look Is autiful, there is no liettcr way than by trying to b ‘* s gvuniueness and depth of peui- bc like Jesus. 1 temx*. less fideh'ty and cross-bt*aring, There was au excellent minister in abandonment of the Rpirit and Euglaud, not long ago, w hose 11 * tuc practice of the world, are demanded was Dr. Marsh. He was very geu 0,1 the P 811 of thw * mpn than from tie, aud loving, ami kind, and gorn 1- dinners of a humbler walk in lift*! U.I i.« n u i.w f 5 w«. Imu-umio The religion of Jesus knows no dis tinctions. ft looks at character, not at position. If repentauce. deep and heartfelt, is demanded of one, it is demanded of all. “Except ye re pent, ye shall all likewise perish.” If a Saviour is needed for one, l»e is needed for all. If holy livpig is' en joined npon one, it is enjoined npon nil. If conversion—a change of heart —is demanded of the peasant, so is 1 it demanded And as be grew old, hi* face became more ami more lieautiful. It seemed as if liis religion were written in every line of liis face. H© lived near 1/oudou. One d^y some friends went ont to visit him iu his beautiful jiar souage. They took with them a heathen prince from India, who had come to Ixmdou ou some business with the government. When this mau saw good old Dr. Marsh, be was very much surprised by the ’ ,r oenmmicu of the proudest and appearance of his face. He thought nm8t ,,ot,onHl **»• of humanity, it was the most lieautiful lace he 1 Would they were all men of God! had ever «vu. It seemed to him ! a,a * ! whpu (earn to-day almost like the Utx of au angel, that some distinguished statesman When he was goiug t»ck to London actually in attendance upon chureh sen ice ; has knelt at the table of the Lord, and acknowledged in the evening, that heathen prince said to his friends: “Th a t good minister has such a beautiful face, Saviour, nnd thereniion is sup- that I most learn about his religion, ‘ ix>«ed to became pious ; aud hesu- and worship his God.* . to-morrow df his threading the dance The clouds praiae God by giving 1 with the giddy and frivolous; of his us beautiful picture* We can iroi- 1 attendance at the ball-room aud the the mistaken notions of piety which such men seeffi to entertain, and blush that the church should have so soon sounded the cymbal of tri umph at their aupimsed rescue from sin. Ths Integrity of the Bible. It is a matter of congratulation that the Bible has passed triumph antly through the ordeal of verbal criticism. Euglisb infidels of tbe last century raised a premature pa*an over the discovery and publication of so many various readings. They imagined that the popular mind would be rudely and /thoroughly shaken, that Christianity would be placed in imminent peril of extinc tion, and that the church would be disiiersetj aud ashamed at the sight of the tattered shreds of its Magna CharUi. But the result has blasted all their hojies, and the Oracles of God are found to have been pre served iu immaculate iutegrity. The storm which shakes tbe oak ouly loosens the earth around its roots, and its violence enables the tree to strike its roots deejier into the soil. •So it i* that Scriptnje has gloriously Kurmouuted every trial. There gatli ers around it a dense “cloud of wit- < nesses”—from the ntius of Nineveh and tbe valley of the Nile; from the slabs aud basreliefs of Sennacherib aud the tombs and mouuments of Pharaoh; from the rolls of Chaldee paraphrasts and Syrian versiouists; from the cells and libraries of monas tic scribes aud the dry aud dusty labors of scholars aud antiqua riaus. Our present Bibles are uudilated by the lapse of ages. These Oracles, Written amid such strauge divereity of time, place aud couditioo—among the sauds aud cliffs of Arabia, the fields and hills of Palestine, in the iwlacc of Babylon and iu the dun geons of Rome—have come down to us in such unimpaired fullness and accuracy, that we are placed as ad vantageouslv toward them as the generation which gazed u)»ou the book of law, or those crowds which hung ou the lips of Jesas as he recited a parable ou the shores of the Galilean lake, or those churches which received from Paul or Peter one of their epistles of warning or exposition. Yes! the river of life, w hich issues out from beneath the throne of God aud of the Lamb, - may, as it flows through so many countries, sometimes bear with it tbe earthly evidences of its checkered progress; but the great volume of its w ater has ueither been dimmed in its transparency, nor bereft of its healing virtue.—North British Re r icte. “I Am Hot Eloquent” This self-deceiving apology is heard substantially from the mouth of mauy Christians as an exense-for neglect ing to bring the saving truth in which they believe into coutact with the consciences of their fellow-men. The following narrative sets this matter iu its true light: > Two friends, oqo of them a pious mau. often met aud s)»ent hours in trivial couversatiou; but the subject of religiou was scarcely ever vouched. The Christiau man was troubled iu his conscience by tho thought that Ik*, could not say auything impressive enough to awakcu the other to the care of his soul. But cue evening wbeu they wen* together again, the latter was lull of talk on all kinds of subjects, the former was silcut aud thoughtful. At last he turned au auxious loo^ aud weeping eye upon his gay li icud. aud said to him iu a gentle, impressive, aud serious tone. “Oh! how 1 wish 1 could do some thing for your soul!” In au iustaut his merriment was chauged to a look of surprise and distress, and iu a short time he left the room, (tod made this simple, earnest word an arrow in the young man’s heart. His con victions grew more aud more deep and painful, till in a few days he found peace in believing and became a preacher of the Gospel. lhe real meaning of the above ex cuse is, “I have not enongh interest iu the salvation of others (it is not waut of capacity) to undertake au\ thiug for them.” A single word, moistened by a tear, may, with God's help, lead to the conversion of a soul. 4 tflto the clouds by trying uj iwlR** tlfffctiv-*'** esc Humbleness of mind is gained more by believing iu Christ than by dwelling upou our sins. Wbeu we see tho “£i‘ug in his beauty,” wv have little desuv to behold rib? ifwu