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Dew. ■ ■ II r k % i! i » r * The references to dew fry the Old lament writers are very frequent, people, simple in t nates, and, from pastoral habits, in close com with nature, would be neees impressed by «o interesting a The situation, too, of Holy Land, favored its constancy •bsmlance, and thereby strength- t^e impression which it would *0u the west, stretched out ~f* long const line, the warm Waters blue Mediterranean—oo the >st the Jordan with its sea and s Lw rapidly evaporating nnder the ^ dry winds of the desert—within o ranges, wooded hills and sloi>es, in infiuite variety. t there was a dependence this supply of moisture in the of the “early and latter rain, from the lessons of their history teachings of their theocracy, i Koagnitionofita* the gift of Provi toce. We might well expect, there fore, that ita gentle character and re freshing nature, its rapul exhalation would be feelingly apprehended and «aed again and again by the proph «te m euconraging and warning the psple of Qod, and in the splendid foreshadowings of the future which pined before tbelr eyes. We might «tU expect that the sweet singer |f Israel whose eyes were opened to sM that was lovely in nature Ihouhl sing of the “dews of Her Dew u the laotstui* ol the air by the cold surfaces of bodies and precipitated upon them. The relation which the quantity of humidity in the air bears to .the temperature of exposed surfaces therefore determines the formation or absence of dew, its abundance or scarcity. The quantity ol muibture in the air is variable and its capacity for It is also variable—increasing sud decreasing with the temperature of the air. As the beat of the day, therefore, advances from inomiug until afternoon, the * atmosphere about us greedily absorbs the evapo ration from laud turd water, l»e- ! coming stead$p rootster, though to our senses it may seem very dry. Bat at the approach of evening, should the temperature be reduced, its capacity becomes so enfeebled > that it will yield its surplus to any surface exposed, of a oertaiu number of degrees below its owu. This temperature is called the dew point, and varies with the condition of the atmosphere. Science has furnished os with hygrometers for its ready and precise determination. But the temperature of the contained water, when the outside of a silver or new tin vessel is just dimmed with inois Aure, indicates it as exactly. If'the dew point for any day is high, al most ever} thing wiH bo bathed with dew at eveuing; if k>w, only such things can be refreshed as can radiate heat enough daring the night to rink them to the dew point—such things are the grasses, shrubs, sud the succulent leaves of our garden vegetables. In early morn, the point ed leaves of growing eom and every tiny spear of grass bear a drop of . tool, transparent dew, the remains of it* banqueting through the night, whilst the furrow and dusty high way lie unrefreshed. Such poor con ductors of heat can not cool off enough for dew, except when the dew point is high enough to wash the very face of nature. Among tmperfect conductors is wool; hence, ( »ideou*!i faith in the issue of his contest with a> Midian was strength ened by a miracle, when “the ground being dry around, be pressed water .from the fleece.” Water, too, is a P°or conductor, cooling so slowly uever to reach, under ordinary circumstances, the dew point of the day, ami therefore does not precipi tate the dew. Tennyson’s • elioric ^ong of the Lotos Eaters, whilst rich in rhetoric beauty, is not equally so in scientific truth : There is sweet music ben* that softer fall* Than petals from blown roses on the grass. < >r night detrt on still waters between walls i -*f shadowy «ranite in a gleaming pass. Lot poets area las nnto themselves. Other couditiong for the formation dew remain. Thp atmosphere may be surcharged with luoistnre, *ud the surfaces exposed may be j|V themselves the best radiators. a canopy of clouds hangs overhead, the heat of these surfkces will be reflected back, keeping them 1 tor ft* deposition. Again, as this deposition requires a sensible forbids him to enter. The time for its beginning, winds may 1 bsa been designated and remove the incumbent atmosphere On chargee have been given, lx*fore it can discharge ita dewy venerable bum torus his free freight, bringing in another portion feat toward A -a—— The pool is right, a |{ | springing critiota U The Monos beheld a four had ahd ‘ he was mot allowed thaw he knew I heart. Ihirs He demand dinripleship as the condition of (mrticlpation in lute which | His lore sod aalraiion f If I deny f!tui, hare I sold the true Hod and I I pmi*m which is removed too sooo in its turn. Many portious of the earth are eutirely dependent upon dew for the growth of their vegetatfou ; even in lands watered by rains, dew plays an important part in sustaining plants between showers, and a vital one in bridgiug over the plant diaUesaiug droughts of our Sonthern summers. The seeking out, therefore, of those who have pleasure thereiu of the works of Providence in nature, gives to the heart an added charm in the references of sacred writers to this phenomenon. The “Dews .of Divine Grace f what a fulness of meauiug sad comfort in the expres sion. How suggestive of that rich supply of spiritual food which God has prepared for hia people! How is this grace applied Y Not as the storm comes, with its pall of clooda, and the flash and roar of heaven’s artillery, but tenderly and gently to every sad and broken heart which turns to Him. When does it come T lu the eveotide of the soal, when its busy cares, its worldly plans and passions are Unshed and Still. What a lesson of man’s responsibility is slope } he pursue* his westward way but the earthly type of the letter, ; There is a pause. I'pon the tmri to the ridge; the goodly laud berets the beavealy oaaotry which be and ‘too of that dark and doubtful soul ou his view; the magmUcent peuo all the fathers sought. This view of there arises the disk of the Bun of rains dlaokwes itself to hia * weeping Canaan was the pledge of hia speedy Highteoasness, with its calm, sweet, guar. Doubtless, tor that Ural sod entrance of the land of pore delight, warm light. The tempest is hushed Ume in the flesh he looked earn and heuoe was the view of joyfhl I The moment of resolution has come. • i and long. Then came the aod,' autidpatioo. I Hi* fin ran, eoutrart noon the ram , or not, let them go to him wetr, and rest their souls eonfldingfy hi the embruee of bis infinite love: then tbelr doubt* will vanish, they will be satisfied with,what he has done for them, and pence wHl - take tip its blessed abode in their heart*.—Cm. l\e*bftcriOH. Why! •stly around which fur us bangs the veil. *‘6« Moors, the servant of the Lord, died there,'’ earns up all w« know. L Of the several reflections sag ■ested by the aoooent of the dreth of Moeee, the first Is that death came as the pnnishmout of ala. Does'this seem hard t Stop! It was God. Meats, If only ouce, had yet siaoed ly. He hi God, whose servant sad live ha was; ho had ops viaedly with his Ifps ; ha to sanctify God—to act ia with t of tied the “Thou shalt not brio gallon into the land.* Let as leant that God la holy, and must be sane tided—jbsmI he regarded sad treated as so. (Mu oflfend* him. No easi nenee of Bin fingers contract upon the ram Who of u*» does not raougnias the | rod. The muncles of bis arm swell, precioasoess, for bimaalf, ami for With flashing eyas, oomprewsed lips, those he leave# behind him, of the {dilated nostril, and planted foot, he Piagab experieuca 1 Who would md draws back the weapon, sod dashes 1 giva muck to be able to say, la viaw of approaching death, M 1 stood oo a spiritoal height I look over aad heyoad the valley. In no dellriam or illusive ecstasy 1 behold my hams. My Gud la there} my daviour ia there. I a I kaow my fall aalrstkiu ; I triumph fc and jay in the osffninty; I shall aouu ( he there. Coma, Lord Jeans, come (j quickly f Well, hi* sots who ahull stand ou the prospect before his 1 * given to them for w! * prepared. But m it with one dire stroke into old wood en Jugmnuatha. . agon ns t ha takes it qoicUy. O, glory' be to God on high! The spoil of Hatau is broken. ia God. a treads m brace* here, in the man the Why inn 1 query of many another preeioa uoines aod goes, sure to be very not convened f A as one and revival of grace Some seem to dc- Paula. They heed not the culls of Divioc auercy, be cause God does not come to them as be came to Paul j casting them upon the ground, and Minding them silk a light from heaven. These bad been a season of revi val in' the villagr of B—. Many were led to Christ. Among the i Be Mill. There are certain seasons when it is our privilege to commit oor afftirs into the hands of God and be still. “He that believeth shall not make baste." That is, be shall not be it: coufusiou, running hither and thither, as one who has no resource. ,IIe shall stand still aod wait for Dirin< teaching; not like ooc m ho is insen sibie, bat as one* who is dependent. God says, give Me tiaac, and trust, aad you shall not wait in vain. Kr cry dark aud mysterious provide in *« is a special season in which we should stand still, in the way laid down. If your way ia hedged about with thorns—if yon know not where to fetch your next step—yet this rule will hold good: “Be stQl, and know that 1 am God.” Bay to Him, thy way is in the sea, aud thy teoUtep If taught! The spiritual atmosphere exeuee it. about u* may be laden with bices- severe, it ings, and even “very nigh to every , eye* and one of ua," yet to render theiu avail able, the cells of the heart mast j if be opened, must be turned heaven mingled with it ward, and emptied of all worldli- ^ Again Me ness and vanity, lu the kingdom |(JJf ^ rr ^ a | t of grace, as iu nature, the mutual fn fcj, conditions are equally . inexorable. __.l v Man nnsi ac*pt, or U>lin ( , “tfc. Ll .1 tol throng heaven over you is stayed from dew,: ^ ltlfilfl are they who have also been pre ' pared for !l The aajiug ia true ! that God give* no man dying grace until the dying hear, bat it aoeorda j with hia methods that the amn who 1 ‘ has obtained the moot of firing grace 1 should have the uori of dyiog green. ■ To tire a life of non*deal nod joyful 40 00i I natiripnUofi of heavua ia the surest «f rin. menus of dyiog anrii a death. It a 1 the heavenly mind that dnU and th« heuretiix home.—f*res t w . - aic not known: bat they may In- unuilier .a. tbe .laugklef ol »fcei triutML . . suodi.g «U1I i, M *„ ; . faithful mini,trt. A/ter l»or f 00 '' ym, fuaui) the tunk 1 .! wod.rbri. veraioo, .hr «a. beard W mv that ^ do . whiIe bnrkmi. «hc had dim.«ankat lb. caU of ataml allmit before ottr King. «. Ih. aua Cbriat lor a long time. mm|djr be i th „ W( . , Ua |, u< d< cauae .he had eipei teheed uo aoch ^ wl „, , hm H , , lu . *«*•*»'*»■ «>• "«* ercam; tberefw Ood had mightilv j •. *^ exalte,! him. latter into my ebaei !,t all that arc .lauding hack. t**r tin the indignation br* oeer,m.t: beartaiiug a. to a choice be aB though God would tsav^.f will take u Cbriat aud the .urW, lcaiu tW|( jD „, „, T rwl1 , ed, and | and rict can tfemient. i chris with gases ou <*f died without orc his labor. This of a and tbe fruit.* earth ia stayed from The Death All f Till quite lately no site bad been tiled ou as tbe probnMe elevation from which Moses surveyed the Promised Ladd. Tbe region east of Jordan and the Deed Bea is tbe > home of some of Inhinael's true sons—roving, lawlere, plundering tribes—and few explorers have been able to i«enetrate that wild land. To one looking from tbe westward, the ! mountains of Moab ap|H*ar as au even wail, ami seem io afford uo; Pisgab height. Ad<l to this that it ha* been doubted whether indeed the view was |»os*ible. iu its wide extent, to fauiiiau vision. Some held, as Stanley, that it was a view “to be imagined rather than actually seen. Tbe foreground alone could lie clearly discernible.” This, how ever, fails to take account of tbfi ^underfill clarity of tbe Eastern atmosphere. It ia matter of teeti- mony^that proapret* fully as exten sive lie clearly within tbe range of sight" from some of the heights of Lebanon. It is moat gratifying to know, not simply that tbe view was possible literally as described, but that tbe veritable poiut from which it was had has, within a few years, been closely spproximated—indeed, sub stantially lieeu discovered. The in hospitable land has beeo suffl« n-ntl.v entered ; tbe war like appearance of tbe mountains is not so far con firmed by the reality as that there arc uo eminence*. Mr. Tristan fouud, near Ileahbon, a highest point, which meets all tbe demands of location, aud actually yields tbe prospect out lined iu tbe sacred text. This identification aids the iroagi- • nation, and gives greater vividness to the mental portraiture of the last incident in tbe earthly life of Mosea. The people of Israel were encamped in tbe plains of Moab. Their chief, advanced in years, retained all bis powers; his eye was uot dim, nor his natural force abated. Wonderful man! The Hebrew babe, wept over ami committed alike to Nile currents aud providential titles; the Egyptian princess’ adopted sou, tanght in the lore of that mysterious land; the champion ot his oppressed country- men; the fugitive and refugee: the Midiauite shepherd, in training by contemplation and Divine comtnuni- North of the place where 1 lived' in India lie* tbe district in which is situated the greet fompfo of Jsgnu j | tut ha, the w mind “Lord of the i world.'* A few. year* since a Brak* i min lived there. He may be still liv- i tng. I bate 11*4 not heard of his i death. Hie torwfotber* worshiped St I ’ that shrine, and £ did he. A fhrifr 1 1 of which the U»rd had said he would t|a|l trr 0 Ufcl ta j| H give it. Rat just s* the time of crowning success draws near, God ».«. “So fcrtbor? ibo. mu.t li.| mtl .,«' ta . llM |, avUa , Jig hrrr- And ho* oftrn H n n-|*«l |W ^ «>• W. .. In ,W W o»,b. 33rtimB public Is nefoctor wot permitted t# their serrkse. as the he was *u fieri ug for their efforts were conwlnat, w ried, were self sacrifleteg. to the owe eomaws bailment of the in rejoice here in his out; in the minister who ho* labor cd. but into whose tabor*, now that he rest*, others have entered to gather the springing harvest that never gladdened his eyes; iu the parent whose teachings, and prayers,' snd tears, ia his Vtfo-tiON*, sermed without avail ou the wayward chii dtvn that siuer have lurnel to thrir father’* God. Moses did are sod know, but nut here. Wo most leorw the lesson to labor diligently, frith folly, belie\ ingty, sod leave rrealts to God. & Hoses’ death is a type, in kmehneos, of all dying. After so far tioa ti Re begins to reed it. His haughty faetarcM eootrset into an indignant my iu this load from time Mumeaional, is no gud f What other sod blasphemous thing will He reads ou. There ore or these Tbei ore amis* ok . skillful archer. They stick tost. He can not pluck them out. lie tries to 1 escape from the Iruth that baa be gnu to noise apou his soul; hot it follows him, like bis shadow, by day ; it haunts his dreams by night lie ia constrained to examine further. something from this. Do uot wait j for a voice from heaven, aud a sud- deu Aaah blinding y uur eye*, exjicct- iug, what ha* never been allowed to mortal sight, to look upon the faoe , of the Almighty. IVrbaps at thu very niomeut aouie brother is pray- 7* * nie lag that you may now heed the ibta like agin; small voice" which calls you to wu their ^ folding arms of the 6a- Lh» Uml rtoQr Determine to throw down ^ enf that barrier, prkh* of heart, aud ac- *** erpt the saving, Mmple invitation. ' 1 ** m “' “coma unto me.” t hr Hko a. amn doomed to die, will as read ^ * * pwr » Uy accept a reprieve from tbe hands 1 at of a child that bears it, as from the . i than Ling that granted it. Why do you it mould ^ fcetd that simple word come,! io aaaert than waif lor thuuders, aod boj*r that jiuhtiiiugs, and darkness J Only hold the scale aud the swonl, and will maintain niv jiower. Beware how you outer into vain conjecture- and say, This or that would lie bet ter. Rather my with Habokkuk. “I will stand nppn my watch, and set me upon the tower: aod wit! ware It to see what He will say unto me. and what I shall auswer when 1 am reproved." As servants we are called to stand in a certain place: wc are called to stand waiting, but expect iog. A thousand eases will occur in life which haste will mar and ruin: while the biq who stands still, in God’s way, has a prospect of making his way through the deepest water*. —Cap*/. He gets a New This, like a millstone round his neck, rinks him still deeper ia doobu sud dia- treuses. X question now rises pal pebly before him: is Jsgauaotba or J ltn Jesus the true object of worship f Tlio uo not of a Kit Of OU bey could teaching* e actions re might itundHMU lurk* ia ol God** doue, or t ah their tin, whose different open the fetter* of a slave, and he a man who had tbe reputation of accept* hi* freedom as gratefully, as j being “mighty in the Scripture*.* 1 be would if his master had come , was ouce called upon for a eontribu - to lum with a flourish of words and tiou to a certain worthy object He of music, telling him that the day of was a man of considerable means, his freedom had came. but just then happened to be owt of Heed the yleut promptings of the busiuess. His reply was, “This is a Spirit calling y ou to freedom, w hich noble cause. I wish I could do some is freedom fn truth, because it is the freedom purchased by tbe tiou. “Humble yourself iu the right of tbe Lord and be shall lid you up.” “God rcristeth the (iroud, but givelh grace to the humble.*" “.Sub mit yourselves, therefore, to God."— America* Metoenga. “Fight the Good Fight of Faith.*' of as tbe what avails Ps bed, in the departing hour, of weeping friends ! How hr down into the valley can hnmoa oom|wa»ooahip extend? No, no. The soul must treed the silent path aloae. And yet not alone. The Qod in whom we live, and move, and bare our being, the Father of all spirits, is present with the bwman spirit then —present in love, or in severe Mtrangenees. Moses could not have felt alooe, or with a Divine stranger, is pretense of the (toil with whom he had talked face to face. You, dear frieod and rentier, must die alour reeewtiaMy alone. You moat eater eternity alone—alone with God. Would you have, then, “the kisses of Jehovah, r and the preacoee of infinite love? Learn to know God here aod now. Heed bis invitation, “Come, now, and let us reason to gether * Then your sin*, though scarlet or crimson, shall become white, like tbe snow aad tbe wool, and it shall be no terror, in dying, to be alone with God. 4. And finally, Mooes, in the cir ruDistances of bis death, is a figure of confident and joyful an tie! (tat ion of heaven. “There 1* a land of pare delight. Where rninU immortal reign; Infinite day exrlade* the ui|rb». And pleasure* hanish paht. There everlasting sprint abide*. And asvwr witberia* flower*: Death, Uks a narrow rea, diride* This beavealy land from our*. we could thoroughly scrutinise their mental habit*. I nuppoar we riiould find them perpetually engaged in self iu- The agoay of doubt grows store it* tease. He cao not endure it He proceeds to nettle the question after a fashion of his own. He procure* a ramrod from a tiepoy, mud sharp cu* ita poiut. At twilight be »tewl* up toward Jagauoalha** frowning pile. He skulks along, like a « ulprit, under the nkadow of its lofty wall*. He eaters the inner shriwe in the dismal rues image. If I eaa i plunge this whetted inm iato Jagou uatba'a middle. I shall ascertain whether there bs a gud inside of him era of this sort ? It is very oh\ iou* or Bok What a struggle takes place that they must cease to search for ib this mao's heart! lie fights with assortuce by ouc invtliod that they ia him self a battle. *och as no gladi have adopted: they have been pm ator#rei fought ou the sands of a wing it for many weary y cars, it may Roman amphitheatre. He riautla 1 tie, and all that they bare gotten for Every true Christian kuows by assurance experience that it is uo easy matter th Christ to walk by faith. What need have ee of our tbe best of u* with iucrca&iug earn bt wbetb-] e.vtnes* to cry, “Ixad increase- our *re afraid faith!" We note only a very few iter, there- thing*. Ammig things seen, to love thing for it, but I can not. I am uot making any money, and can hardly manage to live ou the interest ot' what I have salted down.” “Brother," said the solicitor. “*c have often naked yoar opinion a* to the meaning of sooie passages ot Scripture, and never failed to get an intelligent auswer. Wbat doe? Uk- Saviour tneau when he says. “Bell that xt have, and give alms?” The good brother was silent. The passage oectned “hard to be unde, stood.” It woald have cost him a hundred dollar* to have exfdained it satisfactorily, aud the applicant was obliged to leave without either d gluoaiy. tire unseen: to be in the world, and exposition <u- monev not of it; to live t»eiow, and yet to dwell abov e; never to forget onr home yonder in tbe sunniest hours of onr home here; to obey the apos- ’ trospectiun. They at ocrupied with ditocciintj tkemneire*. They chrry self examination, (an im Iterative Christian duty,).to a hurtful extreme. incessantly • tolic injunction, foi' them that have wives to be as though they had uone; for them that weep to be as though they that rejoice to be wept »vi, not; for them as though they jortnl foe wool llis Jo. God. Mjr mother taught ms oo. My fothsr was wise and learned, sad he toW me so. My forefat her* sit | whole of this great this temple os Its I image as its deity. If be will trample me aodw transfix me with Tbe Brahmia’* km cation for the fntnre, suddenly ap jiearing in the laud whence he had fled, as the appointed and accredited leader ; shaking all Egypt by mighty miracle* of calamity, and conduct ing the exodus; speaking to God Bnt face to face, and fasting forty days To rroa* th» narrow m j ou Sinai ; receiving mud impairing And hnger. shta*Hag on th* briwk^ the written law; captain in all tbe weary desert wanderings; aod now on tbe border of tbe promised poo> section, which tbe Divine prohibition ghouMfright mj Hia lipa quiver. Ilia teeth trembles io hia flaccid He la about to give up hia Then, creeping up over the low data of this man'* soul, come* tbe slow, bat sore flood tide of a resist less thought. “That crudfled Ooc! Hi* ia a wondrous story. Did He Mifler for met Did He weep and bleed and dtaf Was ft for me? Why daaamy hfloefijn thaob when I toioh cf j|? (n aH their ;»aius, ia only dissatisfaction with themselves and darkness iu their souls; and It may be safely said, that to go oa as they have been doing will only ensure the same sod results that now oanee them so much bitterness of spint. Thef need, therefore, for a while at least, to let self-examinatioo alone. Tl$ey have been looking within so long, that their minds are morbid, Htid/flilA, which is a grace that finds all ita life in looking oat upon Jesus, has become dwarfed and weak and sickly; if therefore they would have their faith decided, and clear, and accompanied with assurance, they mast stop this suicidal process of alwgys eanvaatiug its claims, aud direct It to the Croaa. They ac knowledge that assurance cornea, not from tbetaselrea, bat from appre hending Cbriat as a complete Re deemer by Ctitb: let them then at oooe pq* tfcs found doctrine into a Now wliat is the remedy tor doubt - * ixjoiced not*: for them that buy to be n* though they possessed uot; for a king to remember that he is but a lieggat at bis prayers; fora l^ucaius at the gate to remember that he shall be a king in glory; to believe that God is kiud wbeu his hand is smiting aud this fledi *uiait- iug ; to be content that Christ came down into our garden, aud plucked tbe sweetest flower iu unblown bud or blossom, even to place it iu his own bosom; when the screws go into the coffn-lid, and the mould rattles hollow on the boards, to rise to the scene whore the spirit shines and sings in glory—these, and snch like, I grant, are no easy things. Faith, indeed, has a hard light of it, but it shall have a grand vic tory—a rough passage of it, but she shall have a happy landing on tbe eternal shores. Angels are there; Jesu*, with glorified saints, await the believer*s coming. To those who mourn departed saints, we say, “Weep not.” Happy are they who are anchored iu the desired haven; they ore with their Lord—they ort* at homo—they are at rest in tkeu | The text deserves careful study. It certainly means something, and those who are continually investing, snd buying, adding farm to farm, and honse to house, and laying up treasure* on earth, and aH the while contriving to keep themselves poor, and pinched, and penurious, ami pleading their indebtedness as an excuse for their covetousness, would do well to examine the Scripture most carefully, as it is one of those words which Christ has spoken, and which, whether received or rejected, shall judge us in tbe last dav.—The Christian. sr v^s.-av? z ss—fsk; ss t*«>. K agd jp not this better , to battle bora with tt* % froqbW ***! i J ohm. titifirictocy , til xshl\e.—Theodore L. Cuylei gives, through the Independent, four “recipes” for securing sunshine in the soul: 1. Look at your mercies with both eyes; at your troubles and trials with only one, . 2. Study contentment. In these days of inordinate greed mid self-in dulgence, keep down the accursed spirit of grasping. What they don't have makes thousands wretched. a Keep at some work of useful ness. Active Christians are seldom troubled with the blues. Work for Christ brings heart-health. 4. Keep your heart’s window al ways open toward heaven. Let the blessed light of Jesus’ countenance shine in. It will turn tears into rainbows. The author of “Nearer, my God, to Thee” has sweetly sung: fir® iso*. to me or < not]