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is iiioht clearly
placed in coo trust
moral degradation. 8o, also,
nod error are presented in tbeir
farms when contrasted with
and truth. It la then that
veal colors of the ene are brought
light in all tbeir spleodor and
and thoee of the other in all
hideous deformity. Aa the
of a boastful landscape, dec
with the richnea* of vegeca
ornamented with Sowing vales
yellow crops and rippling steams,
to gratify the eye after
none barren desert which
of the laborer baa never
•o mast the' contemplation
tabid adorned and embellished
every good wj>M and work,
purified by the stream which
from the throne of God, afford
gratification to the moral
of man, after redacting upon
wreck of neglected
this, contrast for a
the character hf the Apostle
that of Lord Byrea. With
does the
erof the farmer shine,
rough the lead which was
Of bis labors,
oarer the whale mural world f
Hoir* jmdnaMy mas he attached to
the cause of his DivlW Master, and
with What seal and dMigenee did be
labor to execute bis commands! He
little for his own temporal
his own lifo even, could
he bat advance the kingdom of Him
him from eternal
enmamUed by perils,
to the most Excruciating
human natorh CRti bear,
a rnormar fetlfrmn bis lips,
tfetoiuetd, yet alwfays rejoid d.”
him every virtue that can reootn-
religion or adorn humanity,
forth is the usnst promiuent
And whenever the go*»-
Jeans Christ shall find its
infioenea of tjbe great ajio*-
thegentiles : will be frit,
g far and wide like the
«f a spreading tree, whose
leaves are scattered from
to the end4 of the earth
healing of the nations,
ben we ietdrt to inch a
as Lord Bjrion, bow great
trast! Paul sought those
which came down from heaven
the world j can neither
i I
f
S
take away
too ; be
V but it was li
the tem
aenoe was
deaeyihaa ever
**»■*! reed that
Wbwrfr-ka have
in vith iting and
H
of
Pctbads
that
lyron sought
grasped at
that of him
of Ephesus,
bat Its ten
toward “tbe
to death.*
more
g the {nor
land than
other author
the branches
the youth of
those of an
t tived. Li „
o{ tb«i deadly upas, spreading far
" holding out the frnits of li
and corruption in bright
■8 for tbe
r
‘ glowing dolors for tbo temptation
£ of “ young and uhwary. It is
i bis eye was wont to dart from
ean “ & heaven, and f^otn heaven to
but be beheld that heaven
*ithoi t s God, and that earth with
at a; Creator. And*tw be walkwl
“Jifi the wonders df nature and
^ of gebitw, instead of being a
mere idle spectator, he
studied tbo language of tbo
landscape, and to somo
formed “toogwes hi tress, am
in rauning brooks;” bat a
did not And, an he might hero done,
“sermons in stooeo and good ia
everything.’' And altar all hla in
tense labor, bis life bos been bot
little better than “the idiot’s tale,
foil of sound aad fory, signifying
nothing.” He
**Draak •vary cap of joy. heard every
tramp
Of feme; draak early, deeply (bank,
drank droughts
That common millions might have
qoeoebed. then died
Of thirat, heeonm theeo was not non to
drink.”
And after having worn down bis
luoMtahwod pb} steal eoaotitalioa by
his unmitigated and uninterrupted
iiceutiottOUeasL, be make# tbe enmild
and open cooteosioo, in tbe Inal stage
of bis mortal career:
”My days sro ia tbo yellow loaf.
The dower* and fruits of lovo ore gono;
The worm, tbe canker, aad tbo griof.
Ars mine alone."
What a cootrmat dura thia
to tbe words which foil from
lipe of tbe apostle near tbe door of
his eveuttul life I With no upbraid
ing* of onnacieoce, no painfril fore
bodings, bot with o Arm aad un
shaken confidence ia his God, he
exclaims: “I am now ready to bo
offered up, and the time of my
departure is at hand. I have fought
a good fight, 1 havo finished my
coarse, I have kept tbe faith; hence
forth, there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which tbe laid
the righteous Judge shall give me
at that day.” Frahhjl
The JadgmeaU of fri
Great rantion most at all times
be exercised in inquiring into what
are mfppofd to be the judgments of
heaven. The Great Teacher, who
has given us sooh enlarged sod com
fortiug views of tbe Divine guardian
ship, ia careful to warn us against
tbe influence of pnfradiro mad pa*
si on iu the interpretation of tbe
proceedings of God towards our
follow-men.
Suppose ye that these Galilean*
were sinners above all tbe Galileans,
tieranse they did such things t 1
tdl you nay ; but “except je repent,
yo shall all likawiee perish.” Or
those eighteen ua whom tbe toner
of Siloam fell and alow them think
ye that they were "inner* above all
uien that were ia James Ism t 1 toll
you nay ; bat “except ya repent, ye
shall all likewise perish.'’ Tbe error
of tbe Jews manitest!j consisted in
yielding to au uncharitable temper
of mind. Tbe same error, proceed
mg from tbe same spirit, is still
exhibited. if aa individual baa
always been- suspected of soflm
secret crime, an extraordinary re
verse of fort one is thought rnBomit
to establish it. If great and appa
rently lasting prosperity ia aaddmly
changed into unexpected adveraity,
it is thought to be in righteous
retribution for some act of fraud or
riiAbouestj; and men begin to search
for cases iu which be defrauded the
orphan, or overreached tbe simple,
or gratified bio own selfishness at
the expense of tbe public good. It
is not at the time wheo prosperity
is disposed to smile on |be individual
that these insinuations am made sod
pass current; at these momenta,
men have not the corn age boldly to
face tbe culprit aod denounce tbe
crime; bat, like cowards, they wait
till be has been laid prostrate by tbe
hand of soother; they ooly perse
cute whom tbe Lord haa already
smitten, and hasten to add reproach
to misery, and insult to suffering.
But still we may in some eases
confidently discover the judgments
of God. There ars certain physical
evils which proceed directly»from
sin—as tbe poverty which follows
extravagance, and tbe disease which
springs from intemperance and other
vices; and we are only referring tbe
effect to its cause, wjieo we connect
the twe together. In other oases
also, tbe eoooeocion being always of
a moral or religions character, may
be so visible as at once to earn pel
every man to discover tbe overruling
arrangements of heaven, in making
physical events encourage the good
or punish tbe evil. But ia all each
cases both facts mast be ascertained,
and each on its own inckfiendeat
evidence, before the relation can be
discovered. We must not oooclode
that any given deed is aiufol merely
because it ha* been followed by esr*
tain prejudicial cousegnenee* But
when the deed ia proved to be siufel
tbe two together, for it Ieohs as if
God had connected than. Wears
net to nmMi that anj Individual
has bees guilty pi secret or highly
sorely bscanss be
to
was tbe error of tbe
and tor nbish they
Bet wh
ividence, In hare
I aad When the ala steam to
led to I
ia
appointed by God
Disc
bare m
with every event in the post life of n
• ha ahto In determine
ad eon tem plated la may
God towards him. la
is naaihat to the man’s
friend, or to the world at
when into!
to poverty
lends to
mr
--I
oeaae
HuirjmiTasgft TBT THB?a
bt aw a. a aaurron.
and decay of tbe
dey by day.
to
By i
literal]
Bet th
ad
iie.
heiy, and
me th
elr
Uy
V
hie
la all
intimate
la easier I
of the jedgmento el God
to oarnetrea, then ia
to others, when they
to theen Being oar-
solves acquainted with all the lad
dent* of ear pad life, wt may trace,
a connection between deeds which
we have done, aad trials sent spon
ue—a connection which no other la
intended to perceive, or so mock aa
to snapeei. While aflkf too out in
no cnee prove tbe existence of ain
not otherwise established, yet It may
be tbe mesas of feeding
afflicted to inqairw whether he
not ia his past life
some ain, of vkfek thia la the
meat or cam. Hem, as In many
other cases, tbe rule fe to be strict
in judging oeretivea, aad alow in
judging other*—lb. McCook.
An
had
bis preaching.
bet
to
m
this fact in bis artnd, hi
to tbe inquiry. “He did
at alt,* was tbe reply,
•town and preached a
moe right ia the midst of
eat f* we fear that this
la
if those who mo
j»»t those
“He
to be
to
Tbe prejudice ■ gainst
preaching arises from two
Tbe first fe tbe aversioa of t
to G«nTa revealed truth,
this troth fe otatrd dortnsalty, it to
stated cleariv and ixmtMili i sjm!
tbe point pwroee. It fe bard to ktok
against a pointed truth. Men do
not object to have the truth
fog ain, death, and bell
poetically and seatiiaeotally,
in this form it gives no trouble; bat
when it fe stated plainly and aeon
lately they wince. Sfeo are never
convicted by a poem ; they are by h
doctrine..
TLe *eeood otyectfoa to doctrinal
nrearbiug springs from the nalaral
fudolcnce of the Unman mind. It
costa more mental ♦ ffort to listen to
a well-reasoned sermon than Is n
flowery ooe that starts from no pee
adses aad comes to oo cuaeiaston.
We do not believe tbit it Is a com
plrte definition of sin to may that it
fe la rinses, bet is safe theology he
any that every sinner is lasy. When,
therefore, dear and logical state-
meets of ehrietian truth are mode,
they require an effort on tbo part of
the hearer to follow thorn led be
ginning to end. This effort he to
unwilling to make, aad instead of
mpeuting of bin ain and foraakiag it,
he decries doctrinal preaching. »
Bat the fruit Is not always la the
bearer. The preacher ia often at
foalt. The clergy are effected by
their congregations. Finding a dm
indinatioa ia the congregwtioe to
listen to cogent preaching—to “rea
soning out of tbe Script*res”—tbs
minister yields, mid shrinks from the
plain end
baa Mdd
which be to
be took hi*
ft man
this hr
blood
the bo
fethe
It
He has
r fe bisdtowt
likely fe fra to get the var
a very differ
that of the lawyer.
tftBnght of a lawyer
tea
hfeflhi
Goa Id
of feoi
kb
of the trial of
Mr.
legal knowledge from
that Aad yet
esatnee to
They not only
feet
irey to
ex;
i
to which they I
—a short fair
Gfirw /.
text
f
The Family
A
to the bosom of n family moving in
a high circle. Be bad spent many
yearn la foreign lands Be was
intelligent, moral, pleasing fe his
manners, a
km. There seemed only ear
berk. Be
aad not reioctaal to
bfe sentiment.
The boar of hailj prayer Arrived.
The d
tirsly,
net to
the
Mr.
> no
> fe
kl)U
>oo
tied
aa the Word of God,
The Bible,
t
He
listened, bat it won to him aa idle
tale. Thee they bowed the knee ia
prayer. He hesitated. He never
bad knelt; aboald be do oo now!
Bui he thought, as s gentleman, ho
coo Id not bo singular—ho mast con
form to those sfwaod him. Bo be,
too, bowed the knee, bat os be did
so be felt (t was to God. Then, too,
tbe coovicttoo, “There fe, there moat
be a God whom I ought to worship,”
flashed spoe bfe mfad with lrtmtoH
bfe force. The long toot impreoatoo
of sarimr yean returned. , He rote
from bin knees a new man. One
family prayer was the means of
bringing a anal to life riareal.
A root having
w «
nat tell am
I I am excited
I know that t
of Ota*
. I meet ary. I weald
ifed^sto^mniMfeJto
style i
“the I
tbe
ffb
Me
rtet
>to
»ff*
child
sequel
troth,
Mr.
i us
Mr. L.—Ahem 1 Wall—but what
eaa a aw do to my ofeuotton f My
eldest daughter insists tost we are
•U ltkeiy to opam to want for our im-
And than my second
about to lose caste in society, to be
degraded a* unfrshiooable aod atin
gy. Than I am virtually between
two Area, and there is no telling
which way to tom. In toe mean
time, however, it moat be under
Stood that we do not ignore the little
•inter. That would be a fearing trig
in. Dear little cherub, I hope she
ill console me oo my dying pillow;
aad, could I once get a little ahead
in the world, I moat endeavor to do
better for her than I bare ever yet
done.
Mr. F.—I entreat you, Mr. Leech,
to begin this good work forthwith.
Yoar little daughter fe modest in her
pretensions, aod her claims might
be met at onoe. Whilst yoar elder
daughter* are rtasmrooa aa to which
shall hare toe Boa’s share, I en
gage that Him Benevolence win be
content with tbe tithe of your in-
Mr. I*—Tbo titko 1 I caution yew
not to mention tost in toe bearing of
bt augers, an leas yon would have
two furies about your earn.
Mr. F.—Please tell me bow mock
rent you are uncustomed to receive
from yoar tecaatsf
Mr. L.—Tbe customary rent baa
been one third part of the crop, bot
aoaie laud lord* begin to demand
more, and I am aa needy as any pf
them.
Mr. F.—And yet, aa God** tenant,
you refuse to pay him the one tenth
part of yoar income 1
Mr. L.—Please remember that 1
am compelled to keep op fences and
(my taxes on my lands •
Mr. F.—And in taro it behooves
you to remember that God sustains
yoar person every moment in health
and vigor, aod npoo tbe Aeids be be
stows gratuitously, light, beat, aod
an atmosphere charged with frocti
fying nutriment. Think, too, of tbe
dews and shadows of heaven,’bat
for which yoar toil would be ail in
vain.
Mr. L.—That kind of preaching
might be well enough, provided 1
were in a situation to oomply with tbe
*t if misted requirement
Mr. F.—Bat why ha
reduced to and
At tbe beginning of our eon
tioo you complained of the
aa being unfavorable of late. And
who orders tbe Reasons f Hear the
apostolic recognition, “Nevettbeleaa,
be left not himself without witness,
m that be did good, and gave«
rain from heaven, sad fruitful sea
aeon filling our hearts with food and
gladness” Yet, aa a scourge for dis
obedience, be often withheld both
rain aad dew, sent blasting and mil
dew, seat catapillar, locust and
canker worm. Tbe same band rales
toe seeeoo* aad toe ineeet* still, aod
with like discrimination.
Mr. L.—I know. I know, bat
con I dot
Mr. F.—You eaa return to the Hue
of duty by tbe help of God’s
And the cell is, “Betara unto me,
and 1 will return unto you, saito the
Lord of hosts” He even calls upon
yoar incredulity to make trial of his
faithfulness Tbe proposition is,
“Bring ye all the tithes into the
aterebooae, that there may be meat
in mine bonne, aad prove me now
hnwdth, aafth toe Lord of boots, if
I will not open yon the window* of
ben sea, aad poor you oat a blessing,
toot there shall not be roem enough
to reosive It.” Now, brother, do yon
really believe this little portion of
God’s word I
Mr. U—(X courts I do.
Mr. F —If you did you would take
np the gauntlet aad make aa hoaeet
aad a prolonged trial of the divine
fidelity. Year frith fe shoot tbe
same aa that of a certain “lord,”
mentioned In A Kings vii: 1-2. To
the people shat up ia the jaws of
famine, itlieba, as the mouth of the
Lord, premised plenty by tbe next
day. The startled courtier, where
creed It was to Miore a thing token
yew mo it, exclaimed, “Behold, if toe
lord would make windows to heaven
might thia thing bef Boob fe tbe
measure of your faith in God’s prom
ise by Malacbai. i
Mr. L.—1 guess I mast consult the
girls in rotation to this matter, and if
• • • .
[Untied
My frieoda, do yeai
old Scythian custom, when the head
of a boose diedf How he was
dressed in hie finest dreae, aai set
in bfe chariot, aod carried about to
bin friends' houses; aad eaehof them
placed him at his table’s bead, and
all feasted in bis presence! Suppose
it were offered to yon, fe plain words,
aa it fe offered to you^n dire fiaele,
that yon should gain this Scythian
hooor, gradually, while yea yet
thought yoar edf alive. 8appore
toe offer were this: You shall die
slowly ; yoar blood shall daily grow
cold, yoar flesh petrify,’your heart
beat at last only as a rusty group of
iron valve*. * Yoar life shall fade
from you, and sink through the earth
into tbe ice of Cafes; bat day by
day yoar body shall be dreored more
gayly, and set in higher chariots,
aod have more orders on its breast,
crowns oo its head, if yoa win. Men
shall bow before it, stare and shoot
round it, crowd after it np and down
the streets; build places for it, feast
with it at their tablet’ bead aQ the
night long; yoar soal shall stay
enough with it to know what they do,
and teel the weight of the golden dress
on its shonliers, aad the ferrow of
the crown edge oo the skull ; no
more. Would y6u take the offer,
verbally made by the death angel f
Would the meanest among us take
It, think yon f Yet practically and
verily we grasp at it^every one of us.
in a measure; many of ua grasp at it
in Hs fullness of horror. Everyman
accepts it who desires to advance in
life without know tog what Hfo fe;
only that he fe to get
md more iootawn, aad
more fortune, and more pobftie boaoA,
aod—not more personal soul. He
only is advancing ia life whore heart
is getting softer, whore blood warmer,
whore brain quicker, whore spirit is
getting into living
Ruthin
Heajuno ahd Praying —How
have I beard f How have I prey
ed f Was my heart humbled by tbe
diaoorerire of mn from the Wordf
Wm it refreshed with the promises
of grace Y Did it lie level under tbe
Word, to receive the stamp of itY
Was it in prayer set and kept in a
holy bent toward God t Did it
breathe forth real aod earnest de
into bfe ear, or was it
A Christian who lived in very com
furtable circumstances, in one of the
New England States, had a sob who
turned out very badly. He disgraced
himself, aod brought shame aad
trouble on his family, by bis bad
conduct Like the prodigal sou, he
left hi* father’s house and went into
a far country. He wandered away
to California. There he went farther
and farther in wickedness. He be
came intemperate, and a gambler.
He plunged into wickedness of
every kind. For yean his father
never heard from him. One day a
friend of the father was going oat to
California. He said to his friend.
“If yoa should meet with my poor
boy, tell him his father loves him
star. While he was in California,
this friend made many inquiries
about the young man. For a long
time be could bear nothing of him.
At last he found oat where he was.
One night he went to see him in the
wretched place of sin where be was
spending aiost of his time. He called
him oat, and said to him, “John, I
am very sorry to find you in sack a
place as this. I bring s message
from yoar father. Bfe wished me to
tell yoa that he lovss yoa ri2L*
The hard heart of the wieked wan
derer melted under thoee words of
kindness. like the prodigal, he said
to himself; “I will arise and go to
my father.” He did so. He was kind
Jy received. He became a changed
man. The loving message from a
kind and tender father saved him.
And that friend who carried the
sound of his father’s words of Tort
was the means of saving that young
man.
It is easy to
ooudema preaching. Bot
design is good, aad the*
and
tion can be offered agaiast fe.
That preaching, wkic
text habitnally^without
^^ a. ^ . .1 md ^hom a real
vUvO ro ivp aocinoai hjiq
connexions, which are oAsa re in
structive and so iUncwtative of the
subject, mistakes to a great extent,
the end and effort of prmehing. It
indicates a lasy mind, or a defective
style of study and sermonising. A
man may preach this way all his life
aad know very little of the Bible fe
its connections, and his people will
know still leas. ‘
The sermons which tench beet and
remain most dtstfoetiy aad longest
upon the miodi, Fare there well
weighted down with Sqriptnre, and
spread out widest with Biblical ulus
tratioaa. Whole sea* of toe fittest
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