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r«r other toumlffifencan no man lay
that is laid, which Is Jesus Christ.—<
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the third verne of thin clutp.
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
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^ 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
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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