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RginKRK : 1 bad some
say on this hehrtrcbeenujj
in a former article, and will
a few thoughts more. In
would seem to imply that
. more truth than poetry' in
subject, which is dear to
heart. It is very
H tue closing petition in the
er of every true Christian, that,
|ti»e with ns is over, we may
||o unspeakably happy as to meet
friends and connexions,
gone before, in that upper
and spend a loug eternity
t^em, where parting is no
Now this petition is mere
an insult to D«dty, if there
in the awed* and heart
doctrine of heavenly rec
How, wheu and where
e meet them, and how will
them when we do meet
this doctrine in not true f
certainly meet somebody
Bible and its teachings are
We uio>t
be alone, and Why not meet
ones, and if. we ipeet, then
ask in the name of all good
iy not recognize^ili*tn ? The
we will not is revolting to
We never rend ' in God's
Book that a soul saved in
wffl ever be alcjne. Its lan
in reference to this matter is
“os,” always in Uie plural
i the singular number; and
is passing strahge, that the
“us” does not Consist of
who have kuowii each other
* ' ■ P jj .
our friends 4ief with an
of hope that ^hey are pre-
a better world j they leave
:tory evideuoe that that
condition—ind<ed they die
away with tl ie praises of
leir Hps. If u e are so for-
to die in the » me prepared
>n, and go to the same heav-
e, and join | bee heavenly
“»it not natnril, is it not
itual, can anything ^Ise be true,
lhat we would jlook about
g ( the heavenly host of God’s
ho are saved py his grace,
to shake han^s with them
iks of everla (ting deliver
'd if we could not find them
mng tha$ vast Congregation,
and would
all that
ves, were
to their
v are also
ved will be
iei| cup will
the:
ite
would It not give ns .
u °t i make ns fear
tb( Tj a» well as
fatally mistaken in
‘ ntu kl condition?
IBfiH
ig, and we
ile ago that
^y are pained
•find their
told that the finally
happj,'
2 .full and overflo
fif* feen a little
tilis is not the
they can
wheie they hid a fall as-
, ^ °t Rojie that they would
|o tipem. Then our; bhppiuess is
I* t a * Perfect aud complete as the
represents the ] happiness of
fed to be. If the frieuds re-
had died withlout any hoj>e
en, and if they bad not given
. / ground of h »pe—in other
H ? rd8 l if the Y had d fd w »tb their
wps unrepented of—tl en indeed we
would, have expected to meet
l^ui i|t God’s right ba id, and there
** p° question but w s would bow
lumble resignation to the di-
; but as above represented,
otherwise; thfy are there in
i —
that glorious world, but we can’t
find them, and when found, we can’t
recognise them. We can hud an
untold number, thousands upon thou
sands, but ss to our dear bosom
darling friends, they can’t be found
at all.
It will not do, dear reader; the
doctrine of heavenly recognition
must be true; it is true; instinct says
so, and the Bible, from Oeoeeis to
Revelation, teaches positively, or by
implication, that it is true. Then
go oo, dear Christian reader; you
may be bereft of friends in this
world, bat it will only be *% little
while” before you will meet with and
recognise them where parting will
be no more. L.
of Sim.
The meanest thing about sin, and
we say it about all kinds of sin, is its
aolfiahueas. It stops at nothing and
considers nothing.
If the pain, the shame and the
remorse could fall only oo the guilty,
if a mau could bear the peualty of
his owu wrong doing alone, it might
seem, while in a certain point of
view it took nothing from his guilt,
as if it left him, at least, same sense
of self respect in that he alooe cwold
shoulder ail the results.
But the truth is, there is hardly
oue mau living so placed that his
wrong doing/affects himself ouly,
while the great mass are so sur
rounded that their siu brings greater
puuishment, in this world, at least,
to others than to themselves. It is
a part of Godfci wise ordering of
human life that oue should be hedged
iu from ill doing by all the ndatkios
that are best, aud dearest. God
would restrain us from sin by our
earthly loves, by the tie* of family
and kindred, by the feet that we are
parents aud children, brothers and
sisters, husbauds and wives. Ile
would restrain us by the respect
we have for frieuds and neighbors,
as well as by our love for kins
folk.
These are all powerful restraints.
How far and deep they work aud
bind is kuown when we consider
how reckless men become where
these ties are not. Ami when these
restraints are broken, as men aud
womeu break them, there comes
before us this horrible sight of the
mean selfishness of the sinner. For
he risks not only himself, his owu
happiness, beoor, name and fame,
but those of every ooe near and dear
to him. He inflicts on them a suffer
ing often which is beyood anything
he can feel, no matter bow he is
puuished in this world for his wrong.
He disgraces, shames and tortures
those to whom be is bound by every
tie of l*ve and gratitode ami doty.
A man commits some sin of dis
honesty. He is husband, father,
brother aud son. We say nothing
of what the feeling ought to be, we
take it as it is—the feeling we mean
of the world and the sufferers them
selves. He has shamed and dis
graced all who are connected with
him. He has dishonored the gray
hairs of his father, disgraced the
mother that bore him, left u life long
shame on his children’s name. His
sin works its black disgrace upward
and downward, on the old and the
young, and high, honorable hearts
will be tortured by it, as they are
now, when he is dead and forgot
ten.
The selfishness ot sin comes out
nowhere, perhaps, as it does in those
sins which, in tbeir very nature,
involve all other sins, and all shames
—lying, perjury, dishonor of parents
and friends, murder, perhaps, and
suicide. And these sins involve all
these because they are the roost
selfish of all sios. A man may ateal
to share his theft with his family.
Re may rob to do the same. He
may even murder for a purpose not
wholly selfish. But be commits the
sin of ruining another, soul and body,
of breaking up family ties, aod dis
gracing family relationships, and
making a Ufe-loug misery and agony
for innocent people for the selfish
and momentary gratification of bis
own desire or even his own vanity.
His wBole wretched life can not
atone for the suffering he brings on
au^* ooe oat of a score of innocent
people who never did him harm,
perhaps always did him good. Aud
he does this in nine cases oat of teu
where he is received as a friend,
with friendship given him, aud al
ways uuder the uame of “love I”
.....
ibis
It is the uniform doctrine of the
Bible that none will be saved bat
those who persevere in a lifo of bull
When the storm i
cipies said, “What i
this, who commands the winds aod I trial
the voter, aod lhay obey him F i U ot
And that was what the ntorm came new
for and was hushed for, to set them I «hi
thinking of him, to give them truer 1 gro'
thoughts of tho prvorat KabU, whom au>0
they loved bat dkl not understand, cars
to teach them that He was Lord of Ah,
al>, lo win thorn to a deeper trust la bon
him.
That, too, is what uor
and oar happy fortune roam for, oar
tempests and oar onlms, oar deliver
nnees. They come to set os think
ing of him, whom, in the qaht every
day coarse of oar life, «• are apt to
forget. They come to teaoh ns that
he is always with as ordering nil
things according to the good plena
are of his will; and
to trast ia him instead of
by making us fool bow utterly wo are
in hia hands.
Sudden loose*, sudden parting,
sudden dangers, overtake u*t we
never oonUaor in one slay ; oar hfh
swings sharply from vicissitude to
vkrissitndo, or hoavily from gnri to
grief. For a little while wo are at
peace; God’s lamp shtaos over oar
beads, and we walk happily by its
light; but ta a
oat, and we grope afle
can not Aud him. At i
which wo were not a*i
nay umeo or warning to
that for which ire
God
brai
and
thin
ep. But
mu of a
Ad it is
'ben uor
it to oar
reams ia
aod we
pprebeu
“Master,
perish T
with ns!
oar op-
ailed us,
* sets as
igsia we
while he
eternity,
faith foil
is u
ripintnf
»into the
RSUM he
is there
ban there
without
here we
Ami
son to exited. The d
of health aod beaatj a
baacuhi at oar feet;
roost loved and treated, tads in the
vary qualium for which urn wonkl
have becked him against the our hi;
the staff on which wa maul relied
foils us; the proapeniy vhisii •teamed
it ronid never hr moved
easy iu an |
in
tire
n miracle ent.
i surer. | will
friend or , his
‘Tray Withoit Causing ’
A number of minister* were as
sfinbled for the discussion of (lXffl
cult questions; and, among others it
was asked, How the command to
“pray without erasing" could be
complied with! Various suppoti
tioos wch? started; and at length
ooc of tbs number was appointed to
write an essay upon it, to be read
at the next meeting; which being
overheard by a female servaut, she
exclaimed, “What! a whole mouth
waiting to tell the meauiug of that
text f It is ooe of the easiest and
beat texts in the Bible.” “Welt,
well !* said an old minister, “Ms
ry, what can yon My about It f
Let as know bow you understand it
Can you pray all the time?* “Ob,
yes, sir T “What ? when yon have so
many things to doT “Why, sir,
the more I have to do, the more 1
can pray.” “Indeed! Well, Mary,
do let as know how It is; for most
people think otherwise.” “Well, sir *
said the firi, “when 1 first open my
eyes ia the morning, I pray, *Lord,
open the eyes of my understanding;’
aod, while I am dressing, 1 pray
that I may be clothed with the tobe
of righteousness; and, wheu I have
washed me, 1 ask for the waahiug
of regeneration; aud, as I begin
to work, ! pray that I may have
strength equal to my day; when I
begin to kindle np the Are, I pray
that God’s work may revive in my
tool ; and. as I sweep out the house,
I pray that my heart may be rieaa*ed
from all its imparities; and while
preparing and partaking of break
fast, I desire to be fa^l with the
bidden mantis and the sincere milk
of the word ; ami, as 1 am busy w ith
the little children. 1 took np to God
as my father, and pray for the spirit
of adoption, that I may be his child ;
and so oo all day. Everything I do
frirnishe* ure with a thought for
being about three years in New
Kn glaml > and is attributable to the
e*say writing of the pulpit, allowing
the light of fancy, history, science
sud metaphysics to play about the
text, instead of digging deep into
the mines for the troth which God
has put there.
inspiration should come from the
pulpit.
This is only the human side. The
divine aide has all aloug been as
snmed. The Holy Spirit can alone
give success to the means.
Young preachers should be willing
to begin at the bottom of the fodder.
He (Dr. Hall> began preaching at
tweuty years of age, for what would
be #500 a year ia oar mousy.
After all, great men are like the
mountains. They look about them
and wonder bow they came up so
btgb—they were thrown np. Still,
they catch all the storms, aod the
fiercest wind* blow about their
beads.
'-ft \ !>
The speaker was listened to with
the utmost atteutiou, and applauded
several' times during his most inter
esting aud instructive address.—iPr.
John HaU.
How to Prosper is all Thy Way*.
Daniel, -the man greatly beloved*’
of God, was a busy statesman. Da
rins made him his chief minister.
He had charge of the royal revenue,
aud was virtual ryler of the empire,
lint amidst all the cares of office,
be kneeled upon bis knees three
times a day. and prayed, and gave
thank* before his God, as he did
aforetime. For these prayers noth
ing was neglected. The administra
tion of iostiee was not standing
*ti!l: the public accounts did not
run into confbsion; there was no
mutiny ia the army, uo rebellion in
the province* from any mismanage
ment of hia. Kven his enemies said,
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useful. A certain minister with very'
great difficulty reached a place where
he had promised to preach. There
was a deep saow span the ground,
therefore only one bearer came. How
ever, be preached as seafoosty an if
there had been a thousand. Team
after, when he was traveMef ia that
same part of the country, he met a
man who had been the founder df
a church in the village, and from it
seores of others had been established.
The man came to see him, and said:
“I have good reasoa to rwmsaihw
you, sir, for I was once your ooly
hearer; and what has been done
here has been brought about instru
mentally through my nnimsrisa un
der that Hermon.” We can not
eetimate ear eaeeeai
the Habbath-school
turn out to be wortL p
because be may be the mtint of
briugjug ten thousand to Christ, It
is not the acreage you sow; it is the
multiplication which God gives to
the seed which will make up the
harvest. You have lees to do with
Uhug successful than being faithful.
Your main comfort is, that in yoar
labor you are not alowa, for God, the
cUsrual Oue, who guides the
of the stars, is with vi
The
Personal
Ward
of Hoary
lives prayrr.
wo
W hat IS the
meauiug of it all ? the
—“In the day of
the day of adversity,
God scads both this sod that,
der that joeo *houkl not be a
foresee that which ia to coax
should trust ta him who m «
forum it.” The sni
foil aa teach us I
iu > evu
hat chri
at , of i
lo! of i
“Baoagh, enough F cried “ w « **»*>• occusion against
hat faith thr «W divine : “them- things are H*i* Dauid, except wre find it against
|. revealed to babes, aod bid j !*»“» vuoocruuig the law of his God.”
flml as a the star sud prudeut Go oo, ,l>ttud *•*»«* *• Go* realm
sad dis Mary-MW he. -prey without eon* i Babylon, niwt Venire to prey
LrwawAgn ' and as Aw u*. my brethren, let Ginsr times s day. itome woold say
o» hires the (xori for this exposition. H»at be have beea a first rate
aud remember that be ba* Mid, <Tbe *»•» <* bmhmm to find so much
®w tnhny »rek will he guide in judgorent.*" “•** prayre. It would be nearer
ow mam Afire this little eveot, the remy was the truth to say that it was his
syartuial
not enoahtered
(J
yoa
ait is the
roauttag
Ban a
tain oar life is, and all that we bu
dear ia lifo; they teaeh as how tgwo- J hen
rant we are, bow impotent, how cta<
utterly ia larger, wiser bauds than dou
oar owu. And if we are meu indeed, Una
aod have dmooarse of reasoa, we} aod
learn at last that oar only hope of bat
peaor lies ia faith—ia know tug, aud Ha'
trusting, sad serving him who rales
this world sod all worlds, who aria the
all oar time* upon I be score. the
1 foe get is not daugrroa*, uor bef<
death dreadful, if Christ be with at, I foot
aud we have faith in him. We may
go down ia the storm, or we may
ride through sturm into calm; hat
iu either cane be saves as, and we li
can never pariah; for he that be
lieveth oo him hath eternal life, the the
life over which time and the change*
of time hare no power. “With
Christ In the vessel" we “may smile
at the stormbat do we ? AH Ibe
sorrowful change* of life ate oars,
and minister to our good, if we are
bin, eveo to the last change of all!
but it is bard for us to believe that
life aud death, things pressnt, aod
things to come, are ours, because we
are Christ’s aud Christ fo God’s, aod
all things are his. A true depend
ence oo God makes us independent
of all else beside; fearing him, we
have nothing el*e to fear.
Perhaps so many storms aod sur
prises foil upon ns, in order that we
may leant this foassou, and enter
into the settled peace of faith. When
they come, let us not despair, eveo
(bough oar faith be little or unready.
Let ns rather remember how tender the
and patient be wa* with the Twelve, I tbn
how be delivered them because they | > “
trusted in biui, although their trust . tbn
was neither pure nor strong. From tb*
bis grace to them, let us learn that
even an imperfect, selfish, upbraid
ing faith, so that It appeal to him,
may weather the storm, aod come to
know bettor through daager, aud
deliverance, aod rebake.
Christ wa* asleep In the boat, bat
be was neither disabled nor indiflbr
ent Had the disciple# bat trusted
in him, and baled out the water that
filled the boat, nod run before the
storm, sad sent their moat skillful
pilot to the helm, all would have
been well with them; they would
bhfe not needed so much as to ed.
I even lie attraction
taking so much time to pray which
made him so diligent and successful
iu buHiMMs. It was from God that
Ifomel got hi* knowledge, his wis
dom. aud his skid. This was the
secret of hi* being found by the
king teu times better than all the
wise meu that were ia all his realm.
The man must be busier than Ifoohd
who has not time to pray’, and wiser
TV* ministrr mu-4 tioi b»* the uoly
an* called
the pre because they will draw well.
? Ho you Bottle churches are run entirely by
re a chri* the orgau loft, aod may tie said to
sp again ** Wt J »** this sense. The mask* is .
the great attract ion, and vast sums who can do what Daniel
of money are annually expended d *» without prayer to help him.
“Not by might, nor by power, but
by my Spirit, saitb the Lord of
host*” (Zech. iv; 6). “Not slothful
UH A—n pi—niff no good society. in Hiniwees; fervent in spirit; sen
lor life’s
■e It asm ?
», lathe
M * People sbenki not come to a church
id leaf ti^ towvly for its social life, to gain a
‘ “ ‘ ^ paas|iort into good society
rrsyer meetings are good; bat
the rhereh must not be run in their
interest share.
The activities of a church are apt
to be exaggerated, thus ap|**aluig to
In the pride of men.
ing the Lord” . Rom. xii: 14).
gave to
But tl**
Many C'liristiaos have to endure
tb<- solitude of ummeticrmMf labor.
■ These are serving God in a way
chureli i* a bar * «hich is exceedingly useful, but not
fortitude ■raama* atnty iu diversity. complete uU noticeable, How very sweet
ence jhe *>y KrfopUou of each ol its parts,; ^ ninny workers are those little
agooy of i noder lb «* **© P«mtor. ID, corners of tho newspapers ami maga
f comma should be a living organism, with all rioea which describe their labors
sen is a ft* !»•** in hsr»ou»©us action, under an d succeesre; yet some who are
y oa walk *be gwidauee of a central heart. doing what God w ill think a great
irnare, if TV* graces should be preferred to deal more of at the last, never saw
you, lire the gift*, and spirituality above all tbeir names ia print. Yonder beloved
garment, things. brother is plodding away in a little
Red 8ea, l* the p«dp*t the stunuing style (a country village ; nobody knows any
ping oo vutgdr word for a vulgar thing); thing about him, but be is bringing
should be avoided. Such preachers *> u ls to God. I'bknowu to fame,
will preach the Bible for out-of the the angels are acquainted with him,
way Uqac*—*uch as the Witch of and a few precious ones whom he
Kudor and the like. The Bible has brought to Jesus know him well,
(being a sensible and uot n seats Perhaps yonder sister has a little
the way
shall not
sat storm
the boat,
e be still.
•airs, and
i, aod all
ge, warn
yoa shall
itself. If
•fore yon
i
d against
y toogue
i iu Jodg
This ia
ts of the
ia of
Iren the
ary; aod
eriy foil,
the Lord
they
s« eagles;
e weary;
feint.”—
ige draw tional book) being soou exhausted, class ia the SabbatU-sckooi: there is
they will turn to the iiews|iapers for nothing sinking in her or iu her
their texts, and preach about voles class; now and then a little child
uo eruptions, ship-wrecks, etc., etc. laccnds to heaven to report her
This style 1* evil only. j success, and occasionally another
The amaxiug style is aiao to be comes into Ok church; bat uo one
avoided. Tfiis runs Into Ritualism, | thinks of her as n very remarkable
ami cveutually into Romanism, worker; slic is a flower that blooms
Bhakeapeore, altered for the ooca j almost unaueu, but she is nouc tlio
siou, would say , “Rather be a dog
aod hay the moon, than such a Ho
man."
The true preacher will master aud
teach the Bible. He will lore it aod
live it»
lea* fragrant. There is a Bible wo
uian ; abe is mentioned iu the rejiort
as making so many visits a week,
but nobody discovers all that she
is doing for the poor and needy, and
how many are saved in the Lofd
This will make a preacher brave, through her iustrumentality. Tlun-
Tboogh there be many in the eon deed's of God’s dear serveuta are
gregation who may know more about serving him witbont the encourage
other things than he does, yet here nient of man’s approving eye, yet
he ia superior to any of them on the they arc not alone—the Father is
knowledge of hi* text, and the fed
ing will make him brave. He is
with them.
Never mind where you work; care
speaking the word of God, aod be more about how you work. Neves
has truth oo his side. mind who sees, if God approves. If
This will moke longer pastorate*, he smites, be content. *We can not
The average is now lamentably abort, be always sore wheu we qrc moat
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lu a lecture-room talk on the
Friday evening after the day reeom-
tueoded aa a National Thaukagiviug,
Mr. Beecher gave bis people a little
personal history, which the reader
may admire, though be may not
appreciate very highly some of hi*
developments of character iu a min
liter of Christ;
When men are well off; they ore
not apt to be as thankful as when
they have less. A* people go up in
prosiwrity, aud have more aod more,
the desire for getting more grow*
stronger ttiau the feeling of thanks
giving. 1 aiu not as thankful for
my whole bouse uow as I was fo>
two rooms wheu we began to have a
horns of our owu, i inched mwaoit
then aud thought: **Was there ever
a mau as happy as I f I may as
well tell you wheu 1 began ta preach
1 never exjiected to do much or go
anywhere. I went from the semi
nary at C'iociuuati to Lawreoceborg.
F w as very |>uor. 1 had a salary of
foot hundred dollars, aud took half
of that aud caiue on to New Eugiaud
to get married ou it. Wbeu. I got
back I had eighteen cents in my
pocket. A kind Methodibt foouiy
entertained us for a week, and then
we took two rooms. We had to use
many devices. You don't know
anything about it, you who begin
with everything, house aud all fitfr
nisbed by pa and in a. I began at
the bottom. I said to myself, Fll
do as well as I can; Fll fight the
battle of the Lord the best 1 know
how. Now and then they sent us a
spare rib, sometimes cast-off clothes,
in which T felt sumptuously clothed,
and second hand shirts. I was not
above it. though as I was a well-
developed man. and the giver a thin
man sometimes, the flit was not so
perfect. In the church, a little
haudftU, I had nothing to make my
elders out of; but all this time f wa*
delivered from discouteut ami gram
bliug. 1 might have said ; “Pretty
business! a sou of Lyman Beecher,
president of a college, in this little
place. I cau do better than this."
But I was delivered from this. .1
was glad to be anywhere. I had uot
much theology; what I had was like
armor with the buckler off. and it
would uot stick on; but I had a
realization of the love of God in
Christ Jesus, aud I cooked thaf tq>
iu every shape for uiy people, aud
that was the secret of my success,
f used to ride out to prcacii in little
out of the way places, with thanks
giving in my heart that I was per
united to preach Christ's love fo
meu. la later y ears 1 have worked
harder, and both gained and lost;
but I don't think I have as grate
ful aud tender a spirit of thanks
giviug as i had thou.
Make yottf religiou strong, it i*
then fuller of joy aud power, ami
will impress itself more strongly up
on all w ith whom y ou come in con
tact. It is the strong character that
most, moves society, ami the reltg
ious element in it will b© effective
just in proportion to its manly re
bustncfa*. An impression is abroad
that if a man wish to be lovely iu *
moral way, be must resign his chum
to sharp thinking and vigorous act
ing, aud be weakly negative in all
his dealings. Nothing is more false.
Anything short of reokles8ue*s is du
the Christian life. ' -7 : "
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