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U appears that divisions am) Ijnteuuoii* arose at on early period ^oag tbe Christians at Corinth, -ley were employed inj tin pro* table about tbe superiority of i I .n ^ who lain)red for their spiritoal ^ Paul bMftlU it i» true, aa a hoseu vessel, laid tbe foundation of jp church while others built there- yet, if they confided in an arm liah it would avail them nothiug. God who gave ^ iai rmue— we <mv ever. dpw to learn, jin do minister, therefore* nor church, sect. aor party, h«i4 te proaimr ritboot eum^ug npof tbe mind weeds of this same apostle, “God that X should gforv save in caoas of Jesus Christ ’ lie ia Otb foundation, though there gpdgf many and lords mauy, theories uud sjjstema, pur- to be built upou Him * exist only in tbe mind* pf enthusiast* aud fanatics, who, to Mtoblish preconceived opinions, have certain passage^ ©f Hcrip- to smt tlieir convenience. Far adhere to *ysterna bream wish them to be true, than u|>on of evidence and reasou. belong those who rr _ Christ as tbe source of light and truth, and also those who eau see ao virtue or merit in bis suffer - h. These two classes iu tbe language of owr They are not sufficient to give that knowledge of Uod, and of his will which is necessary an to salvation. Therefore it pleased tbe Lord, at sundry times and in divers manners, to reveal himself, and to declare Ida will onto bin church." Supposing I reason had pointed out the ne cessity of some plan whereby «• might be reooaedtd to God, who would have thought of thus being reconciled through the incarnation, tbe suffering* aud death of his Son. This is the great mystery of godii ness, and something which the exalted intellect ooa Id never Lot nature be quieted to the and it must remain mleat. It at fords no solution to “iiow can the guilty counequence* of sin.'* It, therefore, ye will throw away the light, and are determined to grope on in dark ness, what do you hope to substitute in its place f if a more perfect aja tom can be given let as have k, sad then we shall feel more disposed to deoy the absolute necessity of s di vine revelation. No other system ao completely and perfectly harmonises, to say nothing of tbe necessity of a mediator with tbe principles of moral ustare. The in his word sre suited in every way to tbe wants and demands of the soul. Iu tbe uatand world we And that the eye craves light—wa crave food, we crave society, and God provided the ntewiin for satisfying these^and now we ask, does not man crave a religion, and precisely Much a religion as is unfolded in the * waul repent ot act f According to auob a principle, | —— order sod justice would bo at an i It is a blessed sod surprising thiiq| and, aad tbe essential distinction that this word, redemption, a ith between virtue aad vine destroyed. such healing nod sweet associations, Is Mammary to obtain I van be applied to timr. We know again in your memory ; live it over in tbe pain of your penitent thoughts; brood over it to learn w isdom from U. This is tbe redemption y form tbe subject of oar present Gospel of Christ f Any other of tbe salqect would leave v eternal life, hut this is not the whole ef the matter. Unless the penalty which justice requires be paid, the inheritance can not be obtained, though it may hr sought with team Bat it amy be aaid that forgtveneaa upou repentance simply, would din piay tbe infinite mercy aad love of God, that it weak) awaken gratitude and thanksgiving when we consid ered, that though deserving of pun* tab meal, yet God in bin mercy was willing to forgive without the utter veukou of his Boo as s so hail tats for the alas of his people. To a reflective mind it would prove the very reverse; for it weak) not only show that be had us regard to jest ton, bat that he did not cherish that exceeding hatred to siu which but holiness would lead us to infer. Bat as the case now stands, both bis justice sad mercy are clearly re vealed ; for while heaven and earth might sootier pass sway than one word of his law fail to be enforced, his love aad merry is aaparwlrlled ia giving hm only Hon as s propitia tion for sis. Suppose forgiveness had been bestowed as the fruit of repentance, would it have displayed that infinite and bemud less lore actually revealed in delivering up his owa Bon to the agony ami death of the cross ? This much, at least, ws are safe ia idflrtuiug, that this ulcs ef forgiveness is very different from that taught in the gospel, sod coo sequeuliy mast br false. It is hard for men to believe that they bars nothing to do in tbe work of bon. It is a strange idea fur braliqg nod swart associations, go you redeem time by tasking it be applied to time. Wa know bear for yon aomelhtng else than the that tbe anal can br redeemed; that j evil with which it waa freighted. So however font k may be, however far it will roam to pass that thi* time * guoc, it in still suitable of rodarnp j (mat of year life will sattoe yon to tion. Kvm the past can be in a have wrought the will of the flesh, measurs retrieved through the re Suffering, yon will cease from sin. drmptiou ui Christ Jeans. Christ is j In this way you will enter into the a propitiation “far the redemption ofj «,i.k1 of Christ, and through follow skis that are past, through the for | ship ia his suffering have fellowship lwartu»oe of Gad.* age; aud it is at ooce tbe honor and the triumph of the missionary w ork, that it is rapidly raising tbe con . verted women ot heathen laud* to a similar level.”—Arfnonre. , , | ‘ Slag. I have just been atleudiug several delightful revival meetings, conduct ed by tbe most earnest evaugelicai “school" of tbe Orthodox Quakers. The preacbiug was excellent; tbe prayers were fervent The cross of # I# L We will first examine that syx infer that there does aol exist the which would lead us to deuy name adaptation and fitness of things necessity of a divine revelation by tu the moral world as in the natural, ig Christ as the true source It would prove that while he had violate tin* taws of the light and truth. Me has highly j feUy provided for the material world, ****"*♦ *“d then prescribe the dished us above tbe beasts be had »M»rtly, if not entirely, neg by wb* h be must be reconciled, perish in giving to us faculties , fected to make suitable provimoa ‘ Thus (be murderer would twcuom acquiring knowledge ami the for tbe noMmt of his works. Tba “"* )"> J«d*. Bat to >wer of asiug it, but that he has uniformity sad harmony observable advance to p^itivs proof, the ap imparted it iu such a degree as to fo nature would seem te point te pmntmeot of a Mediator is too fender ji jcevjdfition uiiuscessary ws a like economy with wpri to ama ciearijr uught ia Smpture to sdnut if^re slow to admit. The light ef tia as moral agent*. Thus nature, in of doubt. lie la universally spokeo tore can not %e> despised, but can stead of leading us away from God, | of ** the Iagh‘ of tbe world, the lamb of God who was slain for us, ami our Mediator who hath reena died us by his blood. Paul affirms that Christ wss once offered in bear the sins of many, and onto them tbst look for him sbsU he appear the second time without sin unto vslvs But is theta sank a tl deeming time whan uoos | anything be ronealveil of luely out of iraeh, than 1 aad like the years hetuta joined to a past afeguity f by a river's brink, and that flow by as me can fin Uma omen goalie gam Bat there are sennas u. deaption km affplmd I of our lives. It k It bears fruit, ury may be bfossaA Tha Ufono and sweat. Wa and substitute goad for our past expenetier aad l it, may be n-iisemed fn ness, or the mmistrstioc and weak doss, aad burr of bo Wk not kmgihen out ooe ama when it ooms». ear recall it is gaav, w« son do whi aad u amy be bei hesa momanto b fra 14 af wmdom. All to na of tha grant jum we have spent, aad that before M U tk with him ta hU salvation. This J«»«* Christ was the central object seems to be the meaning of the spo* of •‘ttrweUou and power. Bat there tie Peter when be says, “Fora* Wrt » on * P*** ia tUe P^ocioas modi as Christ had suffered for os in , ointment of the services. There was tbe flesh, arm vourselvea likewise “° “service of song.*' with the same mind, far be that hath Xt is unaccountable that a com in tha Ikmh hath ceased P*iij of Christians who have learned , that be no longer should *° of Christ, should never live the rent of his time in the flesh ** v « discovered that U»ey ought to to the lasts of juen, but to the will j “•**»* ** one another" (or ooe with ef God." American Vrrrryrr the other; in psalms aud hymns aad ... - .. spiritual songs. God made ns to Women sing, as truly as he made us to snule or tu weep. The Creator put “What wumen these Christians | this musical gift into man—not for haveT exclaimed the heatheo rbeto j tcvsOa, but for life’s religion; j miwu Li ban ua, ou lesruing about not to make sinners more jolly, but Anthaaa, the mother of John Uhrv- to make his anuitu more joy ful. like auslom. the famoas “golden m«iuthod r j «v®0 uatund gift, this ooe ha* been preacher of the gosjtel at t’onstanti ; stok-** by the devil, who not only nople, ta the fourth oeotary. An tbe inasic for the house of revelry, bat i at the early age of twenty, lost bar has baud, and the tree forward devoted herself wholly to the edoes I kmi of her sou, refusing all offers of farther marriage. Her intelH getter and piety moulded tbe boy's character, sad shspad the destiny j af the ama, who, to hie swbseqoeot I ponitiou ef emi he has a finger in arranging the mask: for the Hob bath school aud the sauctu ary. It is bad enough that some chnatum professors should turn their parlors into Uill nstma or dnukuig saloons, without taraiag God's tern, pfe into an opera house. never forgot j The Bible is our Bonl of assy. It I! what he owed to maternal influence, is not only our fountain of doctrine. > the he God, there mg af Ume after M has i nr pa ichor, aud tha seal af eteniky is oa tha door. These a i for it, burst mg the harm af and rtdling hark the door. Tba la the wisdom u ileoce, k would be no overstrained j ■niftw to say that we owe those rich bootthesof Chrvaostoai, of which compensate for that of tbe Gos- a* some bare foohakily affirmed, il! If it were sufficient, it would serves to establish us ta tha movie necessarily be coufinni to a few who I bad the leisure to devote themselves to its study. The teachings of na- ture sre not so plain that a fool may not err therein. Nor ran we com prebend its wonderful laws by a sin gle effort which would be essential to adapt it to the human family. What then, shall we take some ones ifm died t But whose shall we have, for Hume and. others are not ■greed f Let a* cease this fully and put the matter to te*L What says history! The world by wisdom knew not God. This, if nothing else, might convince one of tbe tin- reasonableness of the infidel’s posi- tioo. From tbe noise made in the world by these foamed pretenders We inijjiit expect .some excellent fruit, but the more nearly we up proach aid examine tlieir doctrines, the more perfectly convinced are we that they produce nothing bat worthless leaves. How extremely ; simple sod foolish were their notions ooncemisg the nature af their gods l 8ome of their most renowned wri ters have irubrmed us tliat tbe gods are always dying aud entering into life again. Another believed tion that a revelation wbm neuesaary, an*l that not so much by its imper lections as by tbst perfect uniform! ty of principle ami design pervading the whole. We might, iu addition to these feet*, argue the im|mrtanor I tkm “Hr suffered for sins, the juffi iuteeprrterw of Brripture still make great use, to tbe mind ami heart of Aatbuaa. Nor was the mother of Chrysostom skme in ika chnsuon fidelity aad wisdom. Tbe atodeut of church history will at ooce fed! to misd the mother of Theudoret, who need to take him, in early child hood, to receive the Meaning sod mMruetKM of holy moaks; and who thus seenred imfirNwimi which |3 tbe ia tbe air waa Gotl; another gave di- |viiiity to tbe sun, moon aad Mars. • Pythagoras made God a spirit, spread over the nature of all things whence souls of men wefre extracted, »hd Aristotle made God tMe heat Uot heaven. Do these absurdities provoke a smile f This is the win doui of the world. It does net mend tbs matter to say that infidels of tbe present day look upon these facts as tbe fruits of snjienitition. WHb the buap of divine truth to guide them, they way easily explore these re- ijjgioim ef darkness, but could they e'er have discovered these errors without such a guide? And as we i great iuijierfectioiiH in their no tions concerning a supreme law- yi'er, the Same deficiencies may be found iu their code of morals. Here lies a difficult problem for tbe exclu sive naturalist: How does it hap pen that, with all your display of w ‘sdom aud foaming, your teachers and adherents have falleu into the greatest errors uim>ii subjects the ! most momentous ami iu>|M>rtant ? Surely it is not unreasonable If we th » fctee by its fruits. But ,f it be admitted that the light of aatore and tbe worlpv of creation « o so fur manifest the goodness, wis uom and power of God as to leave inexcusable, (Boo,, ji; H), yoQ I of a revelatiou from the advantage* received in having many diflicnltie* removed, aud subjects imperfectly known clearly taught, as tho doctrine ofojhe immortality of the soul, but the principle# atooady mated are auf ficienl to remove reasonable obfeo- tions. It ia evident that we are created religious and moral beinga, aud tbe Gospel of amr Lent Jesus Christ set* forth those doctrines and principles upon which depea da the perfectioa of oar nature, aad there fore Ht in the only /•mfirths, tbe only soorre of light aad truth.— Every other system not built upoa Christ mas* erambfo rata. Infl delity, Atheism, and Skeplfekwn are j destined to oMivioa, aad it aiay be nuid of them, that tbe place* which now know them will soon know them •hi mere. i 2. We will now briefly consider the second class, who reject Christ in a more important sense by deny ing the rirtm of kit atonement. Ac cording to this clues, if Christ suf fered at all, it was simply to ooudrm us in the truths which he had re vealed. It wan not tbe object of bis mission to offer a sacrifice for sin, but to teach more clearly the way of life, aud leave an example of pa* tfence and endurance. This kind af reasoning fe becoming very common, ami it waa ao longer than yesterday that I beard this opinfea plainly stated sod defended. Many portions of our Western country, X fear, are Incoming thoroughly imbued with these heretical doctrines. Let us seriously consider this matter iu the light of Scii|»ture. Does it not plainly Mfttriii that he died, not to leave au example simply, but for our tins, and root again for oar justi fication f And yet, according to these blasphemers, tbe Almighty might have avoided all tbia trouble, since nothing mote is necessary to obtain salvation than re|K>ntanoe. “Let us reiient of sin, and tliere fe no need of utoneuieut.” Now, lie- sides, this being contrary to Bcrip- ture, it is a violation of everj prin ciple of law and justice, la tbore any such a law even iu tbe imperfect governments of meul la tbe robber or midnight assassin freed from tbe peoplty <4 the few because be m*j for the nnjwst ; he gsre his life ransom for inn ; he redermrd us from tbe curse of the law, bet eg made a curse for as: be ham bled himself and became obedient unto death, even the shameful death of tbe rros*." Can anything lie plainer than this? and yet it fe called figura tive language! It would be well to aolicr how prone these object* m are to deal in figurative speech Here fe a metaphof teal atonement, a meta phorical Saviour, and oa other sub jects we find tbst they have a metaphorical hell, a metaphorical heaven, aud e«en thing out suited to their doctrine, by some wooderfal change is instantly coaverted into a metaphor. Beware, feat these met* pbors exist ia the brain, and not in the Bible. Ws have now finely conakfrred these two classes of objector*, whole views are alike sobveesiv* of the most in»|»ortant and clearly revealed truths of our holy religion. If these objections are without weight, we have an additional testimony to tbe doctnue of Bt. Paul. “fHber foun dation cau no man fey than that is laid, which fe Jesus Christ.* He must be tbe true foundation of tbe visible church, and of every believ er** hope. Hearer, if such is not the eternal rock upon which you are building, your hopes are vain, your refuge a lie, and God will utterly Consume you in the day of his wrath. i — — a ^ m In the year 1M2 the H4th Psalm was song Oa a remarkable occasion in Kdtnbarf; an imprisoned minister, John Doric, had been set free, and was met and welcomed on entering the town by two hundred of his friends. Tbe nnwilier increased till be fonud liimself in the midst of a company of two thousand, who be gun to sing a# they moved op the long High Street, “.Vow Israel map •ay," etc., etc. They sang in four parts, with deep solemnity, all joia- ing in tbe well known tune and psalm. They were much moved themselves, aud so were all who heard it ilfi THAT UTSS IX Hi*, and looks for happiness hereafter, fe like him that soweth cockle ami thinks to fill u, bin «w> «*•* m W# say never effaced, and which had their part in making him, in certain re qtecta, ooe of the beat students sod expositors M Hrnptare of bis time. Tbe fttoos Noons wilt also come to mind. who. by prayer and holy example, wot) her husband from heresy. Their fink born soo she car ned to the oh arch soon after his birth, with tbe gos|ie!a pieced in bis hands, and there solemnly dedi rated him to God. That son of con serration waa not allowed to forget the fact, ills mother nonstaatiy re minded him of it, and ao fortified her boy by her prayers aad instructions, that when be went as a youth to Athens, aud waa exposed to fill the temptations of seductive paganism iu that metropolis, be was tree to Christ. He fe known in history as the distinguished church teacher, Gregory of Naxmuxum; aud be was wont to speak of his mother as like Hannah in the Old Testament, who ottered her Samuel to the I xml. And faded le ytefcl ua aay good aud per manent results. And thus time may be nwfeemad. that ia, good results may be put ia the pirns of tbe bad Out of tbesr wild fields overgrown with weed* and stubble fit to be burned, where not a sweet scented flower grows, and no fruit bus been matured bat apples of Sodom, wis ilom coo yet glean a harvest, a pea Heat, belie*tag soul may isarw lea- sons with the cost. Take, for example, wasted tame, tfese for wbtrk you have aothtng to •how. Ia what sense can yoa re d«wm the time yoa have waited, which has done nothing for your health or harness, yoar knowledge or influence, that by self-sacrifice bat j entered into tbe well being of others? In the seose of recalling it and liv ing it over again, it fe beyond y our reach ; but in the sense of recalling it to hold it in the grasp of reflec tion, and learn by it, and make it j *urely no oae will fail to think of bear fruit in Ume to come, it fe still Monica, the mother ot Augustine, present. Make then throe wasted i * hose faith and petitions bad such moment* teach the value of time, and bear tbe fruit of wise and solemn resolve for the fat are. The deficiencies of one’s past life may reveal to him what nothing else can—the special weakness ot bis moral nature. One’s habitual «fo ferta of character, therefore, may be tbe mirror in which he shall see him aelf aud know what manner of mao he was. To learn this is worth what it costa. A man redeems tbe time past of hi* life, when he see* bow he loot it, and beholds in it the image of his weakness. With some, their neglect of what are called the lesser duties fe their great failing. They neglect their minutes and so lose hoars. Tbe spendthrift of time may regard frag ments of time like particles of sand saud grains, melt and trauamute them into glass, and he shall have a mirror in which to examine himself. Bo shall a man redeem time be has lost, when in the solemn review of it be puts it together, aud it becomes a looking glass to him, and be ex amines himself before it. You may redeem tbe time yon have apeut ill siu and lost iu trans gression. Did sin ever comjieiisate you? Was the good it promised ever realised to you? Did it not decaive yon tbeu, and fe not the memory of it painful to you now f v* ia* <*> *■ *> Uv « illustrious answer and reward, in the final character and work of that greatest of tbe Christian fathers— eminent alifie for his personal piety and for his la*lmg influence, through his writings, on the church of *ul>- sequent ages. “The strength of the church haw always been in iu women; from the time when they loviugly minis tercd to the Baviour, in life and at death, met with the apostles for prayer, prior to the Pentecostal bap tism, aud were the comforters and liel|*rs of Paul iu his missionary labors down to the present day. They have so lived and worshiped, have so exemplified the virtues of the wife and mother, have so illustrated the beauty of holiueas, have so trallied for the church its uoblest Witnessing;far Christ The early martyrs of the Christian Church received that muse because they, in an especial manner, wove witnesses, as the term signifies, for the truth and power of that religion for w bich they suffered. They boev a faithful testimony, and they sealed it with their Mood. Tbe dying words of the first" martyr, Biapheu. were a confession of his hope in Christ Though not called to testify ou tbe scaffold or at the stake, the foi lowers of tbe Saviour are still, if fsithfhl to their land, bis witnesses. They sre living epistles, known and read of all men. In the private walks of life, far mors indeed than in public, in tbe unguarded infer- course with daily in th. sentiments arowffil, fit tbe acts i*jr formed, in tba spirit manifested. fefifi a** or shooM be, oou- riantly engaged is beorfeg witaM* to tbe renewing and sustaining pow er of Divine grace. Nor fe it a daty merely, hat shewld be regarded as aa inestimable priv ilege to be permitted te bear festi BHMiy to the goodness and merry of a pardoning God. That sock rebel*, as wo have been should net only be received again into allegiance, Imt be made to others the messenger* el of ltiviae clemency, is an act of amazing condescension. How few regard it as an unspeakable bappi- aad honor to ••stand up for are upon yoa; yoa eye* uot, it yon scattered ; but let' him take these - men, that they have compelled the admiration of the worldling and the skeptic. Many a man has found that tbe last link which still bound his uubelieviug mind to some intel lectual faith in Christianity was the remembrance of bfe mother’s piety, or the daily vision of tbe purity of his wife. The eulogy of Libanus, prouounced upou tbe Christian wo men of the primitive churches, has lost none of its meaning in this nineteenth centurg. In ebasteness of morals, general intelligence, social culture, self denying benevolence, and genuine and unaffected piety, our Christian women arc tbe floor of the bat oar fountain ot devotion. Mark how mock there fe in it to sing! Mark, too. bow much there fe ia it to make us sing! Out of its sixteen hundred chapters, about two hua dred are mainly lyrical. Borne of them axe aiere lard gwsbes of melody. Others are -tender vongs in tbe night" for (.xid's children of sorrow. Others are spunn>uftiu£ bailie hyiaus fe he chanted by thirst* soldiers as they wind up their for tified steeps, or hurl themselves on the foe. Cromwell want into the Are-clouds of Worcester aad Dunbar singing tbe war-psalm of David. Latimer mingled the sweet songs of victory with tbe crackling ot the flames at the martyr’s stake. The whole range of sacred music fe in the Bible, from tbe magnificent Ora torio of the 14ch Psalm, to tbs lark like carol of the 44kb. The sweetest of all is that plaintive nightingale, the 23rd Psalm. Through how many s dark, weary hoar of trial hath she poured her celestial strain ! To mil boss this has been n song in the valley of the death-shade—a prelude on earjh to tbe “new song" iu the Paradise of God. For one thing fe lucoutcstible, aud that ia, that we shall simp in heaven. Even our be loved brethren, the Quakers, had better take a few leseoos by way of rehearsal ou this side of the pearly gates. If God gives tho gift ot song, then all his redeemed children should ex- o.rfee it. Let everything that bath breath praise the Ixwd. This fe a service never to be delegated to hired proxies. It is a shame for a whole Christian con gregation to lie sittifig mute and praising tbe Lord bp attorney iu the music loft. A genuine revival soon banishes this moostrons burlesque . of devotion to its “own place." But I am running into a discourse tea voluminous. I end with the key note at the outset—sing ! If tbe prayer meeting grows languid ring • If revival joys till the atmos phere—ting! If Satan tempts you to anger, to last, to despondency, to despair few#. And whatever else yoa fail to teach tbe lambs of tbe flock in tbe Sabbath-school, don’t fail, 1 entreat you, to teach them to ting. “Lot those refuse to siug Who never knew our Goff. But children of th© Heavenly King Should wand His ptwist* abroad!” flier. Thee. L. Copier. D.D. n i————— —■ i Desperately Wicked.—There are few things ao little believed and realised us the corruption of human nature. Men fancy that if they saw a perfect person, they would love and admire him. They flatter them selves that it is the inconsistency of profeesing Christians which they dis like, and not their religion. They forget that when a really perfect man waaon earth, in the person of the Son of God, He waa hated and put to death. That single fact goes far to prove the troth of Edwards’ re marks: “Uncoil tarted men would kill OK, if oouW get M pft.” would, escape their watchful gate. You caa not diveet yourself of infill- core. You are giving evidence either for or against the Master yen have vowed to serve. Bee te it that tbe testimony of yoar Ufa faring no reproach upou the cause of your Kedeemer, and improve whilst it is yours tbe opportunity of w*tne*-4ne for Christ.—Pres. Banner. The Family Prayer. to the boeom of a family moving in a high circle. He had spent many years in foreign lands. He was in telligent, moral, pleasing in his man tiers, a most interesting companion. There seemed only one drawback. He was a decided infidel, and not relnetaut to make known hfa senti mem©. The boor ot family prayer arrived. Tbe custom of years was not now interrupted. Tbe members of the family gathered together. The Bible, os tbe Word of God, was brought forward and reverently read. He listened, but it was an idle tale. Then they bowed the knee in prayer. He hesitated. He never had knelt —should he do so now? But he thought, as a gentleman, be could not be singular—be most conform to those around him. Bo ha too bowed tbe knee, but as be did no be. felt it was to God. Then, too, the convictioo, “There is, there must be a God J ought to worship," flashed upou big miud with irresistible force. The long lost impression of earlier years returned. He rose from his knees a new man. One family prayer was tbe means of bringing a soul to life eternal.—O. 8. Presbgterian. ffsaring Home. Fear not. tbon that km be at home. A Tew steps more ami thou art there. Death to God’s people is but a ferry-boat. Every day, and every hoar, the boat pashes off with some of the saints, and re turns for more. Soon, O believer, it will be aaid to thee, aa it waa to her in tbe Gospel, “The Master is come, and calleth for thee!” When you are got to the boundary of yoctr race below, and stmid on the verge of heaven ami the confines of immor tality, then there will be nothing bat « the short valley of death between you and the promised land; the labors of your pilgrimage will have nothing to do bat to entreat God as Mores did—“I pray Thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly moun tain, and Lebanon.”— Tepladp. The “assurance of fifith,* bringing a sense of present pence and epjoy meat into the soul, leads oa to the “assurance of hone,” looking for irard “nntil the day break/ For • there day and night, sunshine and shadow, light and darkness shall have merged into one eternal day. “Hiy sun shall no more go down." “For the Lord God giveth them light.” “He shall bene the light of the moroiag when tbe son riserb. “Thej^rd *41 be their crolnffiing