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’Atmiik' ONB LORD, ONB FAITI. 0»B »AFTI81T-EPHE8IAlt8 IYt 5 8.C., FRIDAY. DUMBER 15. 1871 *<*A Bo’ Ml Ut !**•• ***W m *s ' it JL ^.1 OLD SERIES, VOL. Y.-NO. 171 [ * * ,'»l ■••ilX.will I gkrrnfcwSs '•• • *«*<- •„ rrvf.-« u 4fc '•ff **v*or % * :* #k *fewLS*H 4 06 J i , gpufe >* /© v\ t h»V. -»%i\ MlXuro •! fl bl„h*p rtap^ltol.it M Dot MllMtkat Ito refeUas of fern Nil to God a«4 etftwtt.v dr; wads Hiring in oil rhurvbes mm whose iwwt and H *HS “•*** •* sdm Etftl hi J^y^l iu Ul« (iiMMil g| i * u w4,firtk MwD»iite • hURl. akidi mIumuAmI lee* than the r wliewt, mfftit have « vwre by biMii| bRfjrif to thr brace** which tonM be KM Arum t*e Tt-ry *;** where In* «m bktea. iiw r> nniij m ukti >u im* |ifu jMb lof n* by the crucifixion ot Christ i* offered mi tmn *« mwiw bfo and aromnmodattof aa they euohf be made wit boot disgrace to hi* bo»\ throne.’ Bit salvation ia fire, abao hi tel 3* Alee. Ho mompeowc ia de atandHl. * We are Invited to acre;* baaveaf Rat Whaamcr to (toe beat of part r feeling, enrtd the weary ►tllfm and rivalries of wets and «burchr*, a* err templed to iudulgr Dfe ta oar own Sax ioor Um Acnptonr*—which artUr ft HA* aft this iuuuv- fi* r no onto |* the idea that (area iaaw'rrw-a, courage, heroism, -.‘ u to bsauui ml tat rubai (tool atotoahnanna. or to Ami tar intrifertui! emir the indignation and letoitl^r that should br reserved •n»iO to! r wo* w %Hft*froef, XLPfrtA totjba suffering When am tog God to spoken of, rfeigveoa aarrice ia meant amice Islanded Um biat, ahd proceeding from Um heart, not ft ■*» a habit* or ftaoia, or iaafttort, math km from a lota of gluey, or my femil • I | I » . f w y God to uotbuig oiaa tod among ara oft bta ifkfe toft? ♦** ^ 1 M / doing an> thing. Or it mar her* •veined fS them prapoatemm* to ex- l»ect a rare (Vnin looting on a *en*e lean pirve of braaa, and they hmt imwiiw to other remedle*. The\ my hare ronreaaeit their aina, and «e)tf and |ivnjed and promiard to amend their way*. Bwt wfiatern It ia iirtng b> a pUn Uhp lianiel, aha prayed to Gml at all rtoha i or Id* rnal, a ho braved danger and death heoaaae thr lo\r of Chtiaft con dam* render a Wind of am toe ia the hope 01 patting into Um kingdom. The beat Rind to rendered from gratt lade hoaaaat to air <9 It • Where m brake a friend for a fee, or tom away fhnu a brother as if he were a tm to, receiving a kingdom, let n« hare grace ffcrfeb) We »»*v arrre Cud* Some (hint that an etpee ofGnd . b|» tarwr Ah) toll he eameal and that an an»wered, ar oepfted servant may he etjierted to hr tot tod tndiflhretrt. * lint the rera* quoted to ant ia that athtfn ? ft rfther aaamft to nr. *4«ane we hare rat thr hopeofttfe TecHrtog a Itng they did the very thing they tm Voitimamltnl to do. They who tn»ked to the arrjient Hve«l; they Who too? their eyea or looked another' way. «(ied; and tbeir death waa due to nothing elae than their own inexman tde folty and ronfempt of fiwf 1 Mp|M>iiitment. i * — do mi men* who refuse to look to riiriat for <xtr non (a ahafl rise fW I-orbed on oar waitii^ eyea, and the mists shall dna—we and the shadows flee away #1 00 thtw } J5 Igm- .... *oo perish. He waa lifted up that ttkmo Miertik att khm might not pikfti. And h* mvtoea all to look Os him and he I waa told of a pour peasant on the Welsh mountains, who, thraogh a long period of detfiniag lifo,| was sard every morning, ns soon as he no wisdom nr fltneaa in aucll pediewt fer the aihiitiM * toward the east, and look oat to see if Jesus Christ was coating. He was no calculator, or he heed not hare looked so toag; be waa no student of prophecy, or he need.hOft.hkTe looked at all; he tow ready, or ha would not have been in so ttacb haste; be waa willing, or be woald rather.bare looked another way ;«he loved, or ft woald not have been, the first thought of the morning. His MaWrftBd toft come, hot a isameegtr did, to fed dwdeUdi *bbv tor *4 ilehaarsDcs UM lower nasti Wrvsi iwto Um witohr oft Mount Ouvei, um pwtot man which Um first vmw uft Jerus* um suanft tnr hut by mm ruvenug ins city bo tins male. It is hero Uiat Or. Huai*) sappusss Jesus U* uwrw |iinrod.sad.fishsld Um aH>, smi to have sqyft vto it- Thsva M evsry uketihuaii luwi Uiu* mmrm IU * ‘The shote enah shall lw filled with . my glory.’,. The difficulties ahk^ilw jukunjh utw envouatevvd gp tu n hulinr sad purer manhood, 'ualuOkr ami more vigimau faith mGud. m “Xha aqrcasiij of lh« Holy ^pint's MfiimooG, iv ivkrenee to the worbTs ponvaroioikAs the groat truth which Use JJtod f4 Church ia teaching hts pei^ph' gft the |ftswft ds^ Us is hwcbisg Ida church that in the initial of all hia divine things, in the the uaidat of all her enterprises, skillful as aiay be her plans, mlniira bly a« »bu sovereign tuercy •* t ij'tiv/n i« v«*i ftaa iiro Jj %toto% more Unto too* 1 4 ufttdk toe smwso- rilMe spot. \ 'dMait hkhsiet, that um best topographer yf Jetuaohlh 4UU its uetguoor UOuW, • worn 1 kofi to* ideuaure to m«el U*e»♦—ou*- w uo umi Aiudled the suayect ioi years— Christ will profit Ikmftde and aaitahle pteparaftkNi anffieed far bath, toe Imaging soul wss satisfied with either. Often when, in the morning, the child of God awakes, weary sad an cumbered with the flesh, perhaps from troubled dreams, perhaps with troubled thoughts, hia Father's ae- ereft eomes presently across him, be looks up, if not out, to feel, if not Vs ia*i*iffr> a «t d*xind Jr<Hto I’hriat. FW He who am nm lie has said : “He that lielh umb am: la iwpttfr’d, shall ha rovad; hot l>« tout htomto not shall be damned. «ra* wtriHigiy iuciiumI to casflT t«ri«at mill W was aloof UM nigtor, ami iue fetor rood, lltoft life mampuai ^ruurMimi passed; and that it saw vrti tlis rsudbfttof' Ike •utuuril oi a aunt Olivet, mat tife ffity burst upon the aai iouFw view, n did A&t alter fey own htoikkkMi that Hr. i > arrange her tureen, gtOed as uift^ be bar agencies, all Uiewe apart from the Holy Ghost /teut damn from heaven, are in this «H ipun it* Iwpgpi “b inatter of men's salvation jnst noth lug, Them may bsia the preaching hwsshi day sum I a* lief ia a aign of actual fiiitfi. la N* USttSrT firklaare wt\er troubled writh unlade s khmiljf Dead wen never /ml cohL lfmsei k b# feet never ache. v lu.| 'a mud givei l- hU eye up to g«aU**anet«s and bouml has ; obtained and foot in aiu, has «u> trouble wilt iwerb Jt iinlielief. It ia only when faith about' Had itttiv ita illnmiiuMing ray into the dark of Jeada euetl heart, that the Isdrfnl presriu-. uuriwy —-r* of unbelief fe intule manifest. It i- Jf all ahr only when the trouldari soul »au say. Ufei inar ‘‘X do b**liave* n that i( aftarta hack, a »n*l aoue the a by aa of doubt which that lira' k’ ttlaiwk gleam of faith disclose*, ami ex iivirniiuti, chiiina, ”l|elp thus wy asbeli«*fr itb of the Take «feiirfigi»4 then, ptaw rloubtiit 18 who« heart. V«ix«*d ami tomentml by bhaaL* It Satan, yon have tills cowfbrt—y»> > Hvatli, da an* not ^tiVkir siile, ally' way i Ar *weni the aff your « oftllieta ami tribnlaliom* o tjivlne aoid prove liut Um d«ad calm • ei’« y;uilt, *iu ia Imfeen, and that the Spirit » jia'th, to God i* moving ii|mn the face ofth the Moat w.i|« ta, and tliai “6od, who com l^al rave, | main U d i In* light to shine out *• u to (hia . U ukne**, hath shilled in y aur he a.. JUt of the to give you the light of the know uf Um gospel a rlear exhibition of the Ir uiU, iu delivery eloqueut and but all this, apart from the Holy Spirit'a indueuoe, is but as aounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. For it is not truth that saves msn; it is ant Dfvfne troth tbst toes man ; hot It b l>ivme troth divinely applied. The church wants, tf 1 do not groatly mistake, In the present day, a Hearer and deeper apprehen sion cf the necessity of Divine power, in order that there should bo au ingathering of aoals to Chrisft, both aft home and abroad, greater than we have ever before witnessed. This Is wbst God iu his providence to now teaching his chnreh ; and when, in amtwrer to prayer, the promised showers shall descend upon the baft itage of God, then shall the wilder- afetfenAu*«*U*r kWferfe hauftiy ^ down; no feverish dreams to the vision; mo dark forooasfti the day's events, or returning ory of the griefs of y ester day. ton-, and ue aoaointfey cvtUwu luai •lewu* ooce ux*o wiium its cmutmier ou«x—mat wuicii yon uiaj oraw itfuuft Jacob’* Weil, uwtf ftjciur. 1 life to ia the good yon do f Do yoa know theft some one ia fol lowing yonr example f Do you know that your piety may unconsciously dedtoer 1 s Do yoa know that you need the prayer meeting t . . . Do yoa know that the prayer-meet tog needs yoa f Do yoa know that yon can slight the Lord's snppcrf Do yon know that Christ enjoins secret prayer! Do yon know that all year proper ty belongs to God! T'T.TZh**.. ■. louuU aua iound; to sit here and tu-jv, ami every truer* about, *o ** to gratify a Imji'^feridiwt wish. Go* uiltor the diaapimiaiUMrut ou .oacbiug it, to Bud uo open space ai .u« ‘ftrfei iaooin; oni, spreud ad round, in* remaiu* of au usi buud- lugf over who** ruiuoo* wall* wa uan to acramofte, and slid* do*a turougn heap* ot stoons and rwobteu, .of turough two or throe aoftalt ape* i.iro*, to looked down Into the uu aa the steps of a Divio* Arohitoot through the broken anafffedtog and shattered si aua-v rook upward In m flniahed suuctura JW very gkmpae yf this feeevJuag. but u> givaift op •$ tU gltirj uf Uud iu Ibr <m ,*» . if*. 1ft Lmm