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8.C., FRIDAY. DUMBER 15. 1871
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OLD SERIES, VOL. Y.-NO. 171
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Ito refeUas of fern Nil to God a«4
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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
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