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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