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The ition is uae grand cohering tof Deity, and this Home fuu- tfcougbtj, tmlv more frilly appears again and again ■ltiplicity of fofu**; from blwie* of gratis to the nak of tho forest, and from it reptile to man gift , reason B\ the unyielding When yon were laniily rngugol in the exectifTon of a plan, proceed- • ing from the pure, henevoleut and philanthropic heart ; when you prosecute*) your work with satisfnc vion and skill, and it proved a nnecesa in your hands j when you observed the joy which it occasioned others, and you fervently thauked God for having considered you worthy to be bia co worker, was not all this a presentiment of that glorious activi ty iu heaven of which it is said} "Thou hast been faithful over a few things; I wilt make thee ruler over many things* When your soul was lifted up to God iu soleuiu admire t»ou ; when the feeling of his itumrdi ate presence Ailed you thoroughly aa you were engaged in secret medita tion, or in earnest, childlike prayer; when yon thought of. sought, desired and experienced nothing due than God, and wheu all your aspirations and affection* were centred in Aim, and by him alone satisfied, all this useful minister* of his age. This was in the old dins! When people prey more for their ministers, there will he. better preachers ami tar better hearers. The captious, fault Anding, oosapUiumg merebci* of church**, who are never satiated— who, if they hare aoiteag sine to fret them, will eomplaia of the suiur of thn min talar's hair, or of the us of his central, nr of the say he pru* bnt rarely seen in the place whsos prayer in went to be mate. Wn have known n x eloquent, and pan la which a Uufe lat fether. as In came np Ihm the bap »«eial waters, the sReraate \ er**** of the hywo, called from ita qpentog words 7V Arts fcangaw—. Tf* k»w»w how the prudtgatr African ne\er osier materials of the earth. (WdfoaM hut very imjK<rfectly ex* thooghta, only in the name * »♦» bill a happy autidpstloa of that as the soulptoi. who first bl«‘s*«*‘<l arr'nut. In . that beantifn! hriH idea iu world, of which the Hat tour dr dared: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for ibex shall see God T represents hAs idea iu hie subsetfnontjly designs exeeate iu marble or ivory. Tbig heavenly world. .tM^Dsetl of Am r and w rail, sud t licsc are abic pim»’ the 1 ceesHvn thoej ~ which wever. is I mate IK t«> cx than synutx, ounkl what ■KMT'S tbs more tlwB wr*wa; aw they are, thn took the I try.—/* K*r. y. Jfwrrgp, |A Thn he ndihed by hm will u youtli thus into the naost illastrkins snlnt of the Western church, how he M\sd long ns the light of hi* own gcoeretkiu, sod how his works have been cherished and rend by good men perhaps store extensively than those of any rhn» tian teacher since the Hf the for,* thn n conviction of It m a prioripir ex oeptlog whet <*hriet has done and relying thereon for salvation, be is accepted aa rightKitis therefore, atid treated acoonlingly. His sias are not finnloited or justiAed—no, nev er; but beiug sttoned for, kr himself i* iusuned. We css not any he is rterdsnd as to make thr tenth opera pardomd. which Implies lie Is ac tive upao the sued, the heart, the cepted. wtolh* hi* sins have not been llto, the whole man. A signal exam atoned for—-but juttiJUd. fiix sins pie of this is famished in the choice being atoued for, there is and can be and conduct of Mnsns. Jehovah t*o ground for <x»mlemustioii. lie is had told Abraham that **»n him and * ft cioar and innocent as if ltavtng in Ms seed all the fhmlllee of thi never sinned; van, he stnoda iuAn he biassed.' that the fitly higher and more wour upon An lost where*a it is ■ hardened the heart si Idsli as* . “la A to thn Hebrew rerh which Truly, there an* blrnstvl momeuta already iu thi* lift*. A certain ciui nent diviue of the church ha* said :! AuguaUns's yooth bad bran ons of * reckless vlf indulgent* . Ur bad of God. “The experience of my soul at time* 1 ploughed into the worst sms ol the _ e divine I is of such a character, that, if It 1 Heathen world iu wturh he lived; he employs to |»ortr.iy |hi* better ' would coutinue, it would tie nothiug ! Had adofHed wild opinions to justify VJ 7W are irnnr* than mdre images elm* tbau eternal felicity." And ;vh, hiasiancH as ^re posaeor ' strange to say, that in the* xery Uk* substance, the reality moments the tliougbta an* exalted as far as it is iioaefile for us; hemi*enward, and tbe eoaverretiou is it. 1 According | tliroctdl mvoluutarily U|a*n ilw bet glew of his bettei m-M and <»i (iwii ter world. ! agam*t these evil katuu •3 life to |Hwm*m* is idea, then, sstiiuaie the de given of «term*ilUi/e in the They; represent iftctoal life as a paradise, a U-autuiil planted by tbe hand of GimI, ke the Arst. save that in it no tree of knowledge and ling Serpent; aud as a new m, a City at* God, into which unclean and common shall •, whose gates are of pearls, mansions are of precious whose stn*ets are of pure these sms; and tbaa, tkoagh his parents were nhrudianA be himself remained a heathen in his manner of life, though out without some strug or Gad ll it be to he vm him, i, n nation I in giving birth to no less n age than the Mon of God. Mo Hewed this. H* regarded the ms. Nor to the of Egyptian staves, the coarse, forbid of rags and chains, at thongh in bondage to they were yet tbe IxinP* He had aa that thongh wonid yet rise, them come the hope of light and Mavioor of the , this all iwlrct rij of now He ' Christ Her his security. This law is satis- Aed. and no longer condemn*, yea, being so Itomirably and gloriously fulfilled, it is highly exalted'thereby, and becomes advocate for tbe be liever's aslvatiou. In the esse of the lost it is never fulfilled, but forever broken and dishonored, and God thereby. But not only is the law for us, lmt (iod is no fully *atisfied aud glorified by i hrisi * iulfilltoetit of •■h* | tlw law that lie thcicfore detuauds our hmIvhIhsi—yen, ha* said none such diall perish, but shall have 1 eternal life. The beliver is satisfied with Christ's appropriate aud all , i ■ s8 .ja . as breve banners; the winds, at they wrestle even with his tangled lochs, shouting their watchword* the great bine heaven above thrilhng with voices, flashing with lights, wherewith God waa calling immortal man to life’s brave struggles and grand rewards; and yet he a dtoeenl amid Nature’s harmonies—a Wot on Nature’s writings—a spirit fallen from life's high places; something meant to be n man, but now only a wreck—a desolation! So he seemed to to be oof | safhcieut work, -uid feels that through I of God. lluse be not suffer to bt born Wind f lhma be not m bws to ones* into the world ! f Hues hr nut softer in* I to (kofrey ban .. fbrw ft any that iWhlrf (nwi too, had set before the Israelites the land of promise, a rent sod an isbentuner. Moses believed this, likewise. He believed that Christ he has a title clear to moos in tbe sky . It is dear the angels are on his side. Beside*, the Must is iu a higher stair of being. Itaasoti made him 9 You »iU prove: nf God. to In the lit “Ah! think iu\ nook w Uud mitsir As to protect and for you can Wbiieou this earth, poor, dark ssnifhtf What then in youder fairer sky. Where beauty, (dory never die. And in thane blessed msnsiou* bright.* The Word of God ’gives us tbe blessed assurance that tbe blcieiitigs iu store for the itenpls of God, in that heavenly world, infinitely ex ceed the greatest blessings and su joy men is of earth.—Lother* m <8 •errrr. ^ ten be struggled, and often he foil;, MUferrd the p iSstous uf n bat be had two ud'iuilagu* which Umu uaiand axil results, agam aud again have saved souls heart* to hr from rein—ad van luges which no uno ] psora tint d uf so aiid whose suu is the glory of ; ns a benutiful grecu meml people Should Prey for ioh Christ, the good Shep — will l oudttd his (aeary aud : lu all tin* range of objects of in followers to fountains of tereeitMon there are uooe more needy and living waters; aud us a subjects. I’aul. with all bis splendid il banquet where tin* lost gift* and rich graces, besought chns- found audi living nod, pose on Hhe busom of his where the hepveuly king 'nA dele bra te the marriage of his the prayers of christiau a Brfcle^ the Church. Tljey iiuforui as of the refreshing coolness after thdi excessive heat and burden of ■ L C i H P% IRS r - ; ' 50NA8R0 h , jv- r-» ! « ^ — f . h -■ • - ef golden crowns and harp*, palms in the bauds of of God. of garment* of purity and of a hew name in Mfihsndaj. i They iiermit us to the long processkm of the re- and blcHsI washep souls, who tian* to pray that utterance might liegixen him. that he might opeu his mouth boldly. And if i'aul needed hat miu- isterw can do without themf They need all tbe grace of the private M (SI I . oi i Jew ; HACKEE'S Blind Factory, V’ !fFT|j l STON. S- C. ni ICC, Enrop«- ie Euvo* •k. Co1 ' ,d remd* * 1 the right discharge ol all their high spiritual duties. And tbe reflux in- tinence of prayer lor a pastor upon tin* jieojiU- is very great. One of the greenest spot- uj»on earth was the |»ari*h of St. 1'eter’A I>nudee, when the lovely Ml'kjTW was iu fYwm Zion “With singing j pastor. He thus records, in his with evorlastnig joy diary, tbe spirit of |»rwyet which heads,” entering into the prevailed umong his people: “Many y for which they often so prayer meetings were formed, some longed, while nu earth ; > of which were strictly private, aud now We hear them exclaiming j others, conducted bv |u*rwiMis uf noiac __ *‘How amia- j Christian experience, were opes to thy fallen lades, O Lore! of; peftsaia under ixaiceni at one aa- now the sparrow hath other’s houses. At the lime ol my a house and the swallow a * return from the iuU«ion U> llie Jews, for herself: one day in thy I I tonnd thirtf mimt such meetings w better than it thoosuud I held *rrei/y, in connection with the of earth.” That w hich will congregation." Oh. that this Ituauli- tuteour happiness and bless | fill iustimse of c«eo|»e.ratioii with a there, pure aud pious souls 1 minister by the iteoirh' prevailed in '* alreatiy liebeld lutfje below’, in all out churches! When shall this pattern be imitated f This is the earnest nett* of religion. Ministers will nev**r labor iu vain among such people. With such a |*ei»ple to pray for them, holy MXJbeynes might be greatly multiplied all over tho church. Will not professing ebriatiuna (loa der tltis I It is narrated of tlie Kev. bulomoa Htoddanl that, soon after bis settle inent iu Northampton, his people became convinced that he gave no evidence of seriona piety, -i They out inithe opeil air ami per- i lox-ed him much, and greatly ad- how every surrounding object, i mired hia tsU-nts, and did not wink *3»®djoy and life ; how the early to pail with him. Their reeouran waa like a cloud <|f sweet smell- i Pi |>rayer. A ilay waa ael sport by the people to pray for hia con version. .Seeing the people going to the church, he naked a plain man on his way there, “What ia going ou to who enyojra them t*ad how many of ( naft thing* I* nut us do eujo.' themfj can pane too, .Hat ws would highlx : he mmhI a g.aal mv«hm, who , the iinaftni vkU wefK lot him, and praxed Aw him, NN» t*k« thr w«ad ao«l warned him; and ga«v him that <*u \ wren a* “Thn la adxice which ouh a mot hi* i can give, I'ha tank's hraik* ami ' forg«»tlaN for the moment, lmt re , wgs imikiiig ui |h«i mrnbrfwl aftrrw .udw And hr had -«uh the attrihatr* <W gout) friends, who watched aver} mat. and msttxfal. aud a real tot the peupir highci than the brute with instinct, his country men, and faith iu t'hnst makes him tar though then totting nudet thr lash, higher than man. At Aral lower woold one day “ht nndm their own tom, augola, by grace for higher, vioew and fig trees, in “the land And as Christ assumed our nature flowing with milk and femey," Mid ami through toe direst woe raised it to Hu throne, so born of God, through the Spirit, and accepted in the bekned. we are raised with him that the spiritual seed of Abraham wonid have what the rent of Canaan I) piked, thr complete, unending rent of heaxrn. Believing this, he woald twi Hu throw-, and as beiit and hex e nothing to do with nlofolorw or i joint heirs, share iu honors and gfo • , their Hhds rather “to sot who were to than to If town Urnr op|M»rUttiitx to thought, and to OMBMMfeto bring Mm ’•etter Far all the to hia ol (he Gospel, si! reus mwi « x be per to the inner. If he reisoto them all. hr ins thr clearest light, tramples kindest Invr. and nothuif M h d*MM t«a him than has brum-. And now the vriais ol his hre« door Theu tbsst- arr remain lift* wa* come, aud U shall I* de i U g just two ways in which that man scribed iu his own wools. Me was , may he punished. Istlher be may si it lug with hm fneud, his whole soul j be cot ufi. and awol ami hudv both better self. In ibt* state of struggle and failure U* runic to the olj of Milan, when the chiistiau com meal , ty «a* ruled by a utau ol lamr nl sg most ci|ual to that which hr himself - on a l ter want- won—the ich-brulnd Am tn christiau, and, in addition, grace for •hsh««i with the xwdsnor of his ( mat into hod. «r hi* phranml life rot all their high inward conflict—thr con Ant of break nw) hr spared, while hm mnrwi and tug away from hm nvil habtla, Ironi spintnai Mr max his evil sasuciates, to a life which ^ In mint ease toe seemed to him poor and ptodilrsa, i warns. Charaoh, msSeml of and bardeusutoc- Htlently the two hi hwri hardened, might friends sat togthci . aud at last, vuy s . have hewn nut ofl at that Augastun, “when deep rwAcctiou «■as .el tmm li had brought togviaet »fld hsnpusl up but twstand ui thw find snd» t«d his all in.x mtsetx in the sight at my , pk> rl •lUrtMV to thus cxelode lot. Here by the elastic energy ut this dixme pruM-spir. he looked dnectiy and stead fs Mix at G«*i and l»od*s prom me. Ihrungh faith's celestial tele ■cope he saw Calesftane. and through thr long vats of years be saw the Messiah. * Ur saw heaven, thr home ut Abraham aud h*s children ; and The babbalh is for man a social necessity. There is something plans ant in the scenes of the donaeato circle. If there be one spot ou oar sin stricken earth where, mm than any other, the khwftier feelings are developed, the timdsrast affecuuu-* of our hearts are costumed, and the genUest sentiments of oar nature are cultivated, that spot ia toms. U wake* up all the teodaresft mason* lions of tbe years that are gooe, and kindles the brightest anUcifMtMMiw of those which are to uoaic Nath iug of earth can be compared foi a moment with the happtneaa of the loved and loving oues ns they gather around a common board and a com fireside, with bosoms swelling with afferuon, and with eyas beam lag with joy, under the tdt union which foods them in toss which the world’s coldness only seems to mak<- j firmer, and which nothing but death, if this itself, will ever be able to ■ever. What touching memories are there—what animating hopes—what tunXionw what fiend endear gladdening expects tions—what refining and ennobling interchanges of thought and feeling! But let us not confine our view to such restricted limits in looking at the privileges the day of rest con fere upon those who are in their places of business all tbe week. ** The cheerful Sabbath belL. rir*. Yea, more, tbe Triune God, angels and the law are now all pledged utnl interested in man's oou Uuuing so high aud highly focused. ( ^ n hr plensaut t*i T~ a ~ , “ ri****"*— ** j n«oe. moat like th» voice of o« who frixu the for off hills proclaim* infinite, and the finite saint can not ltooywd np j exhauM it through eternity, so there is a double security of enjoying eternal life through t'hnst our I>onL Thus everything is ou the side of the saint, aud everything agaiust the si inter.—('krit. Okoevrcr. Is Cams to Himself.' A uiaixellonw sentence it is. In thus iihokhag things invisible, be nth them as visible *bc Greek tuc thought is stronger. He retonied and entered own selfhood, he passed suiroundiugs, and lifting be stood /see to face with into his from all the veil, his' own spirit—hi own wasted, forlorn, de generated, yet still grandly gifted and immortal self. **Uc came to himself." Hitherto U put an • I * hiie on railh. to waa m represciifotioiiM at ieaat. The on which tlie oi ly begotten o! G<xl 8|H*ut thirty three years, vbici he toiled aid struggled ssftered aud die 1. certainly H to be afoe to givs expression iue thought, even though that be ever sn , imperfect, todtvidual’s p<-fsonal expe- 'wjH tdktify to th^i truth, o® ou a beautiful spring uiorn- affor having enjoyed a refresh- •od hivigoratiugj sleep, you ni(*nne ? an.se from the valleys ; jw the delightful moniing brseae tbe field ol jireeii grain to bow the chiuift of the distant barn, there arum- a mighty -tons < grirf bringing a mighty ikssii of j tear*." U« left hi friend, that to might weep in suliUKk, to threw bimaeil do*u umIci a fig tree in the { Vow would nut have objected if God garden (the spot a still pots ted out had soft uff to* naftnrwl life, and in Milan,} and to cried m Us: fotto* given him so mure sms of rspasd ne*» of hi* spirit, **llow lougl how aoce i for thi 1 dons eve*? day . long T to-morrow ? to morrow ! Why Thou yon ought not to obpmt to hi moral and vpii to k, ami part with hiaglx power ft kmgiy ttenure*, without a mar ir«— kd>y»ow* HrrmU. uot unw t—why i lhen yon ot , God's waiuag f itual hie, fet done fax Mm that mold tto (rath ol the bout an chd to iny Bn I was speaking ami weeping •• the uustritKW of my heart," to ♦•when, to! I heard from a seighhor ing Isas' a xotoe, as of a ohild, ebaotiug aud oA repeating. “Take up, sud read, take up and read.' lu , •lastly my cusuuuiauss altered; I stepped Sixth began to think w bother chihireu ia . “1 do srt my how is play wars worn to stag spuh words,, s symbol that the pat fort* tto rain boa. theft Wtow 1 l, God He root ftom Mm tto temporal de light* ol is; the wneptre and the crown has ao Imauty to hts eye MMHttlid hr the Holy flpxrit. and he become su afflicted He that to asighi to a glorified L He rvfsssd to become the j of Pharaoh's daughter." “He he bad lieu ■ mau “beside himself," (he repnmcb uf Qhrwf" ‘h»ut of his mind,” acting without To tom 1 wu* no reprooi-h. Faith reason—bewitched by tbe spells of him to “Siiwrr it and Us glad wane strung sorcery, moving in tbe sotnuamholism of some wild and wretched dream. But that dream is uow breaking. It is as if a spirit had returned from the sphere of the disembodied, to look upon the reali ties of tbe immortal life. He looked ujhmi himself. the! llcsawbimsuhas.be had bueu: u foil young child iu his mother's Is modems him ; tto dsx il ( arm*, a beloved boy, his heart bound- has; all mtoUlfrnt brings ing, his eyes flashihg iu the exuber his etna, act life of his father's home: a young j* His man rich iu money, in friends, in i by | mmm> toiug agtonat his infiuitoiy glo social mflueuoe aud poutioo. in ap Oar | ntnw and perfect C reator, and kind (diaocesof mental mad moral culture, »oak and fomnUfsl Benelm tor. render them in *|»arkliug gems of thought, in ■aid, inftoitriy heinous and deserving ot go'.dett, glorious possibilities, entor- •» aa infinite pxuuahstout. But aa the he < Aam aisfol ereoturc can uot hear aa L too God nor could I to haw heard the like, tto, checking my taats, 1, so as to dspopatofe tto rasa, tokmg it to to a ssmmund | the litoral ■■■ -l from God, to opes tto book sod i the first chapter I should find.” Kagvrty he ratarned to tho | I i agr too ia the tabetic weight of penalty, to must endure a iftmssHj ; and as to retains his stotul aaftura, sad will to for- I br***x* t, *f more must be- fur 1 there lag the vuisms uf Kt. 1‘aol * K pm tie* which to hadjuri begun to smufol prior to the iuud, | to tha flood , gmlty. to if the suiaer (the law r) Urea ia a Gospel laud, and he ofler of Christ and solve 1 reed th eyes first fell: on whma my ia rmfrap sad have study. "1 opened it, aad m sifoara, should never agaiu to overflowed. | taw, and rejects, oh! bow iuftaitely If thure wore rom drups and saa- greater bxoases his gxuit aad de- served paaisbaMou For what ia vtotaling the law (awfril as it is) to wfleetiag the Lord of gtoxy *ud »hat tfhl from the sogreat salvation which be purchased foil ia a shoo at such a sacriflue! Iu oom(mrisoo, ('hnst said, (as if law alas had lifers tto flood, is produced hp Don uf the rays of H drops of water which er. Hot the Hi bis 4 tliaft God q n»f is aad But mmi ps oa tie Lmrd Jmm Ckrif, ^ b(*ll!s nuinglel hsrinoniouHly { day f” *‘Tbe (mpis, sir, are going to sad make so* pmsrifos /m th* jUmk, ”llb the sweet rtong |»»f the lark iu | pray for your conversion.* Smitten to fulfill ikt lm*t» Ikertftf. Nu further meadow ; sir! as ou thus walked to the heart, to snid, “Then it ia «*ould 1 read, uor need*-d ij for ia- ac«M»m|paiiied by some ktud time 1 prayed for myself." He wear stautly at the end of thw seatence, how aj song id praise came to his doeet, and the people to the ^ • * rwii iafiwsd into n»y •poutunemmly lifoin your U> church. They forth met at the tbrouoH*^ 1 * ^ the darkuea* of doafo x*u f 1. All this xvlmt the an- of grace for the sanm oifoct; aad, t • H hod away. ^ up '•er me ut of tlio^ unending Sab- while they were *peakiug, they were We need not fallow the story fife i <’wee«l the Ionise, as He dill ap- > above, and the unticipariou of heard and anawered. There was thsr. We ksosr how hr broke o!T > pliee btvad aud wiae ia tha UMhf f j° v °* eternal praine, of which itj no question as to bis aooverekm" all his evil oou rare: how hta declared; “Iu t)iy presence is afterward. He Islmred snsoug them , hoartftp*seed; how he sms ot j°y, mid at thy light to* half a century, aad ilmisnaiilf I hr >h> —it 4feAr~~~‘ <*hd axe pleasures- foceverui<ae." ranked among the moat ah the raiahow im j faded away) “If I bad uot oosre and mg upon life amid the aobh* arena of a great commercial city. lie saw himself as be might bar* been aud hoped to be: ia the full career of suooessffil manhood, eyre flashing with intellect, and eloquent with genius; walking bravely, grand ly among the multitude, a leader, a benefactor; a socoesssful, honored, triumphant career; a frill-grown, majestic mau. He saw hiiusrif as he was, a wretched outcast—his brow matted with shaggy hair, his dark eyes sunken aud heavy, hia fare bloated, his eloquent lips swollen, his lofty form bent and crouching and covered with tattered rags, shrunken, wasted, fchnahing, wallowing iu the mire wherein unclean beasts wallowed, unto them, they had not had muoohing the unseemly husk where tidings of good to Zion." There faithful icmembraucers scuil forth their inviting tones to the sc eluded multitudes, uot do they send them iu vain. Responsive to their musk*, the willing worshipers flock tbe roads of tbe quiet country, wend ing their devout way to the house ol God, and the ten thousand streets of city, town and hamlet, that slumber in repose, are filled with the living currents of devotion, in one harmo uious company, age leading child hood by its dimpled hand, and phil osopher aud artisan, and wealth with its rubes, and poverty with its rags—all pressing to the house ot' praise, preaching and prayer. Aud how shall there be a measurement of the might of that influence which bears upou there crowding myriads ms they are congregated in their chosen place* of devotion 7 What other agency could serve as a sub stitute for that which is now making them to feel that God is no respecter of persons, and that earthly distiu< tion* and divisions are nothing be fore the throne of Him iu whore presence all are ou the same level to die and be judged, s^od be &vcd or J*s fori, and that the rich man should not boast ot his riches, nor the wire man of his wivlom. nor the mighty mau of his strength; but that be that gtorieth shook! glory only in the Lord? Verily, is the Sabbath the world's groat leveller. It exalts tbe valleys, and briug* dowu the mountains aud high hills. Nothing does so much aa it to make men feel their equality, in spite of the adventitious rircnm stances of life—nothing so much tends to make them irapect and realise their true and proper dignity. And nowhere on tbe wide globe, It seems to ws, has it a stronger claim to oonridera tiou, in this view, than in oar own free land, harmonising, as It moat intimately does, with the spirit and genius of our republican iastftfttkms, as well as tending to elevate, purify , dignity and adorn society in every thing that pertains to it. -Yet every toy in reven, at feast, One bright Republic shall be known. Man's world awhile hath surely oeased Whoa M proefeto* Ms aam! Six days way rank divide the poor, 0 Dive*! from thy banquet-hall; The Mvaath tha Father apea the dooi. And holds his feast for all." uusdiatriy after the flood, toll that w , f to tnr»M It to thi special ore, jast sut p K^ecUag Christ ia the iofin- on tbe swine fattened. A beloved a* ha applied the twalxa *toaea aaittelx awfoi crime, and the doom is to, son! a spurned menial! a glorious (to nhilflnia o* Israel had ink for beneath devils and lost moo, forlorn, ruined, feat! , that cm not to guilty ol lie looked into Mmsatf, bpuding pnaoe waa accustomed to a crime. It ia adding ’ Ok under hia degrading tank, lying piote«.af hfe fotfe* Sqpoer and water in teptioa, Pi—r “death anto death,” mod “aeafe bis { dowu in dreamy real iu sty and pen. l>. old |hto| HO fur aaw m * m Aad all this iii tto midst of God’s Christ four, bright woddl aumssftr Mila ohimi his ao .-ill around bin) wavjgg