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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!
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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.
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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