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The Heavenly Worn||^^|
Ik> a beantifut and glorious
where we shall tin*l all the
of earth and m>ue of its
ah all he no sin. nor tho
remits of sin, auflfefing, |>ain
b* Ood shall tvijn* away
fy-oin where- our pyre, and
we sh«d again iioftaesa only
* oaee poshesaed it thi« life,
ami glorittM form. 1
rur to illustrate this. 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
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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
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h , jv- r-» ! « ^ — f
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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
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•k. Co1 '
,d remd*
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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