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ONE LOBD, OHE FAITH. ONE BAPTISAI”—EPHESIANS IY i'SttPifir323ttDlT. JAN r ARY *71871 OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-NO. 170 asii" DOW, vktt m fbrt>Kld*n « U mont desired. Perhaps 1mm! It not been IB publish np ery frjpay BY i Tor the command, “Thou sbslt not eat,” there would have been do de sire to eat. The woman taw the tree that It was food for food. 8be desired It; and the serpent, mom subtle than any beaut of 0»e field, with soft, persuasive tone*, said: “Baf, ye shall not rarely die; mt t and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. She took the fruit, did eat; gave it to Adam, he did also rat.” Thus, by man's disobe diene*. came sin into the world, and death by siu. Bo, front that day nntil the present time, affstn, all dla becan*e of siu. As then, so now, God's laws most be obeyed. !fo Widows of took, without the first payment surface, no golden fringe fff glorioos tradition, no stont staff of historic evidence from which to ware f Do 4 without these yon oaa not less and tranqail la the near so time, so spiritless, so cold au affair aa free relighm, or any religion which has not the warmth of a human and the power of the divine nature beating in itf I tell them, Xay. I aa surprised that any shook! Original. ha is a condition to die who has lived in the practice of some known •in, and is (he oaMm of mm known dot.. * Is he la s Condition to die who hae woes thr mask of hypocrisy, which wffl now drop off sod expose him in his trae character f Is he m a condition to die who, by artilce, sutoir drofing, grindisg the (sets of the poor, k# snusord gala hes, Friend* end Children ; I wound with delight as I cou- Iste the importance of the ion that has called us together. Hue it may seem uniuiportaut aider myself fort on a to in being d the humble means in eulist- bo feelings of many of you ia ^ of our Sabbath-school. It is no ordinary feelings, then, that Ijartake the task, the pleasant of making a few remarks) re la . 1 sod damn him If retained f It rs qaisr* ns to live in the exercise of brotherly kiodocas and rbaritj. Of all »f do* for him, nothing pleases him morn than this; this we know hr will acknowledge la the day of judgment, and why not ia the day of death f HI rased ia he that cow sidarrth the poor) the Isnl wiB deli v or him in Umeuf trouble ' The land will auwagtbfb hfm upon the bed of languishing, Umm wilt maks all bis bed ta debuses 1 Many are praying for him; the widows and the totbrrirm cry, and their cry rntereth ‘the ears of the Lord of accommodating? The nubile ser pent's tongue iu hdeti's bowers was m»f more seductive, " • -i« io rou**d» r, iu the hghl of God's word, what is our cvudilkim and tha ewmhtoun of the World beguiling than are the oily too goes of those who mix for gain, unholy gain, those fiery, nHnou* drinks. tt> this tree now before ns, bung , Ibeae little presents which gen- s friends by their liberality have Rod ns to obtain, nud for which rul, in a suitable ipAuucr, return thanks at the Hose of our fes- Look not thou npoti the wine when it Is red, when it giveth its color in the cop, when it rooveth itself aright. At tlie Inst it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder” Break not •ot walking aikri walking after lb* It n ;oi( os my heart to see children, }iecjally young children, engaged studying the Scriptures^ learning that loving Saviour who, when i earth, took them in bis arms id jplessed them. Whilst be in- ted the aged, he also called the uwg; out of the mouths of babes id tn klings Goil perfects praise. Bnf to onr tree, and: a few thoughts "taudard iseellaneous Works. e m given to the filling exuHingty, **1 did aat draw tW dew batiding ; and he mightiest ititeneet—(hr as the infinite exceeds the finite. Adam, our natu ral head, disobeyed ; because of (fiat, 1 we die. Christ, our spirit ns! head, obeyed; by that we may The. ft is ( of ffiir f%ri*t wc wish to speak ; to thi* Christ we aim and hope by Owd*s blessing to lead these young children, that they may remember their Crea tor in the days of tbefr ydwth, h# made partakers of tlie grace of God as It is In Christ Jesus, and have a place among the saints ffi Tight. Whilst oo earth he" obeyed, hi every respect, the laws of God and man, until, by the determinate * counsel and foreknowledge of God, he was by wicked hands taken and brought before the Jewtsh coancff, where he was wounded -for oar transgressions, braised for our iniquities ; the cb«* fisement of onr peace was lab! npoa him, and by his stripes «rc are hesbvL He suffered tor you, for me, fbr nH whom tho Pather had given hfm; when in the agony of hit soul, hs sweat as ft were great drop* of blood. Complete satisfaction to God's law was rendered, everlasting righteous ness brought In, when on the eroaa be cried, “It Is finished,” bowed Iris head, and gave trp the ghost. Ha died like months rose like God. If the hosts of hell rejoiced at the Hall of man, what shoots of Joy were heard in heaven when, as our coo qtiering King, he borat the bars of death, triumphed o'er the grave) led captivity captive, ascended on Hgh,< and received gifts for men. For this we labor, for thfa Ws pray, hoping at times almost against hope, that these little children may so learn of Christ that this everts at ing righteousness may be theirs; that be may give unto them tbe wedding garment prepared for Ida people; that aa chosen guests they may go into tbe marriage supper of the Lamb. \ And now, in conclusion, may the name of snob one present be written on the Lamb’s book of life, drink ot tbe crystal waters proceeding from tbe throne of God, and pluck golden fruit from the tree of life, whose tbe earliest objects of our recollec tions. Host memory runs back with some of us to childhood's early days, when from the scorching heat of a summer's sun, we sought the cooling shade of some wide spread sugar- tree, walnut, or perhaps a lonely pine, through whose branches the psssiig breeze Is ever chanting a inouraful dirge to the moments aa they swiftly fly away? And ob 1 how tiriftlf do the moment* pa**! Then* too, who does not love to look at those grand old forest trees that |ave braved tbe storms of cen- toriwff They carry ns back to that ptW^af time to which the memory of mjm rntincth not. There is the tempting ajiple, the delicious peach, and btbers, familiar to every little boy and girl. From the Bible-we learnl that trees were brought forth opon| tbe third day of creation which you are doing seems small, pat yo*r heart in it; do the heat you cafi wherever yon ore, and by and by God win show yon when be, has pot that work. And »h©n yon< nee H standing ia the great structure which he la building. \ on w til rejoice in every single moment of fidelity with which yon wrought T>o not let the eeeming Tlttlenees of what you are doing now damp yoor fidel ity. What If yon are la an humble place, and no ana sees you, and hears yoo ? What If yoor name does oot get into the newspapers f So much U»e better. Why does a “man wont a pillory 1 Is It not better to work without praise than with It f Work well; work with nil yoar afrength; nod work where yoo are nntil God calls yoo litghqf., Work > no well below that he can not afford upon) the third day of creation. And God said, “Let the earth bring forth rises, the herb yielding seed, and the t ree yielding fruit after his kind, w bo< e seed is in itself upon the With trees „ It takas little religion to dp nape men; nud as fur pu>ty, they dug mass >*5*. altogether. If bf^ ffgypf lbs actual »b*mr ul mu, they cars no uti iber. Thai it is ihcfr dnlj to boo- esrtli: and it was so. •reconnected some of our saddest thoughts, and yet some of our bright er hopes hi this life. God formed man of the. dust of the tionk work was done. •‘Blind Factory, WM. . That it is or God, to assist iu building up the kingdom, to war agnioat iaiqnilj and to pmparc for a world of blessedness beyond tbe grave, never oocnrs to “And the God planted a garden eastward len, and there he pat the man They go torongh the world un scathed, nnbUgfited, like dry, onre- fally kept bulbs in life’s herbarium. As years pass these hearts seem to shrink and shrivel, and grow older, mustier and moldier, never unfolding in fragrant beauty for any eye; while here and there, in some sol itary heart, so rent by trouble’s sharpest knife, so burned by sor row's hottest furnace iron, that after years of cahunitiee of the heaviest pressure have passed, as you open the leaves of life, you’ll find spring ing oot of tbe broken, burning heart, balmy leaves of fragrant sympathy, and joy’s sweetest everlastings, per. fuming all life's surrounding pngus. _ _ _ 1 jgroand made the Lord God to ' every tree that is pleasant to sight and good for fowl; the of life also in the midst of tbe Md the tree of knowledge bod and evil." Id this beautifbl len he placed the man whom be formed; nor did he pot him p until he had provided ail things I have heard of n grant prenchei who objected n have kin sermon printed, “Because," said ha, “you can not print era* That ahoarva- *i’ua bead, -ml was bringing eat with bis chisel svsey filanssat of tbe hair, as tor as it could be done ia marble; and it was said to him, “That figure is to go up a hundred feet, and is to stand with its back to tbe marble wall; and who win ever know wbat work you pat there f But replied be, ‘The gods will know," and worked on. Bow, do not hesitate to put yoor best work in the lowliest places; for If other folks do sot know it God Philanthropy Is not religion, hot there Is so rvUgjon without philaiM tbropy. Hs that is bdiflerant to the poor is no Christian, no matter what l for his "romfort and happi There were birds with pjp bright to please the eye, their •ongs (o delight the ear, trees Xith fruit to snit every variety da. Of all the trees of the God reserves but one—tbe How to ears for tbe poor is another qoesriou. It to to hs dooe not merely by feeding the hungry apd clothing tbe aaked, bat jut more by h« of knowledge of good and evil, s time passed, but Adam was •> God sniff It was not good dm so to be; then he gave him fo help him dress tbe garden enjoy its delicious fruits. There bis commandments, that t have right to tbe true of may enter in through tbe j the 1