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001,1 MBIA. S. c . FRIDAY. MAY 17. 1872.
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OLD SERIES, VOL. V—NO 192.
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Religious,
;«m£K£CT^ —C
'for the Lr
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»n»n Visitor.
had been her portion, hot nbe waa
PM weary of the w orld as some mi* i
— 1 — ■ ■
W't -i- 1 1
ItaMlth.'
n;
t have only a
ij act seas to
i« m drtiit
to paw* ti|ion
it in peace,
love; ill* to
to peace, uuo ivUst know how
i weary. Among her blcssiiiqi were j. U ia vary difficult, in uar ihwegiiU
| a godly huabaud and denoted off oi doolU, for ae U> rennh the atMe m
aprmg. but, above all, the pence of which the apuaUee and diaetphw
God rated in hat heart; her life lived. Paul wrote o* death and
showed forth LI is praiee, aud the Ch net* corning with gkming detail
light of hie countenance rested upon I io hie eerly rpiatteo;
hei
bear with
the sou of
tl liis own
, he loved
then your
hear many thiiifPS None are per
1 have faulta-j-each man in
bordeu on others, foul love only
the weight light. If you
not bear with yjrar brethren,
cau yarn breth
font It is written
fli-v: “A* ho had
hidi were iu the
to the end.”
u which are in the world, uud
them to the end. Love ia
itis inexhaustible—
Kres aud is born a£ain of itself;
the more it diffuses itself, tire
iKdRpWP ne who loves
more than bis [brother. Is uot
y of Christ, who died for hia
Have you given your
1—give also youk life, aud love
give you back ail. I tell you
truth, the heart of nlm who lovea
a Paradise on earth! He has God
himself, God is live. The evil
loves not; t»is eyje, like the eye
a serpent, fascinates aud attracts
Jj to devour. Love rests in the
‘ of pure souls (ike a drop of
* m the chalice of a flower. Oh !
you knew what it is to love! Vou
tk*t you love, and many of your
nave uot fojntl enough ttf
|sustain life, are naked and homeless,
while you fcjave all in abuudauce.
Yen sa> that you love, and numbers
of sick lauguish ou tl^eir beds with
out help; many unhappy oues, who
weep with none to sympathise; little
|chi!dreu shivering with cold, who
go from door to door, begging
from the rich a crumb from their
and obtain it not. Yon say
at you love y^ur brethren ; aud
hat would yon do^ then, if you
ed them ! Aud verily I say unto
, whosoever being able succors
Ins brother who suffers, is the i
iy of his brother; and whoao-
ver being ab|e, feeds not liia brother
[trio is famished, is his murderer.
Cheerfully *bo served God, ia hia later apiatlra, that he
waiting for the word of the Master torward to awatiug wuh tk
to call her to an iuhrntaucr incut Jrau* Chiiat, awl death wi
raptibla, which thilath net away.
Lord
Fur the Latheran YUiuur.
, U> lu». W» thiok of it aa a |
| phy auhftml late—religiously.
clothe it with God giving
—Cknstmm lla/Jy
Ths Blwf Otrl of Dtfoo
Uaujt j
of tbs fair
enutv of i
tolapewd
ft
W# I
from villaga to
village hi my aatlve France, ptoach
teg ia the open squares the kingdom
of God, and distributing the Bible
the change aa
V lea dais Minot WW bapi*eoe«l
to take up a scatter pap<'r, published
in a neighboring town, and edited
by a professed Christian. Judge,
then, of our surprise to And iu the
editorial column*, a notice that
somebody would iu a short time,
in the said town, give instruction
in daaWap, accompanied with the
reconum-octetioa that parents |mtron-
ize the saiil dancing master, by sew!
ing their children to him lor instruc
tion. If the editoi had made no
pretention to reiigiou we would not
have been so much surprised ; but
for a Christian editor to recommend
dancing, wecoufcss we were aston
ished. How a Christian can recorn
mend such an iirengkms tking aa
dauciug, to an enlightened com am
nity, we fYaukly confess we can not
tell.
The modem style of daneing, we
are told, is derived from the ancient
Pagans. They were very fond of
this amusemeut; bat they were not
enlightened Christian*, and were uu
.icijoaiuted with the rales of holy-
living. The most euligbteoed of
them, however, had oo a»|a*thy
with this Vnlgar amusement. Cice-
of lhJ—, I entered a little
wide kitchen. I
ful music.in the soulf The exorediug ry,
rich ness of fHendahi|w in lifo v.e have
Ml. Thro* friem!ships, sod the en
joy merit of them, lielong to youth,
hwf they ought not to die out of old
age or mhldle life. Tbi» follneas of
love no cau facl iu roapect to the
laml Iran Christ There are those.
w|»o walk in the most intimate real!
sation of the |>cewei»ee and Wire of
a HCr of faith. He U always
with them j n«-v< rtheleas, wr are to
see Him as He is. N>w we sew Him. ^ ^ M W(wkJ
ate taught, that it is a cunanmma M wo imagine him to be. -As He , ^ _
look
the risk j *he dim lights will be ktera, or ss the JJ
•o great t we Ami tl is an awfal thiug j risteg son in the morning lie will y**? ?*. .
to dm. || involves eeparatftba from j \ K nearer, dearer, and non
the desired things in this world; the —there will than be a d
letting go is ban!—the heiug ua compared, to whmh this ia aa a torch
clothed, as (he apostle rails it, is to light to mid day.
os bard. lint iu the primitive church —
they had not threw tboaghu and **I B
Mtega. Dying to them was going ——
to sea the Lord. There ia a graend
A little child pent up m a city the church has lost
home—in narrow quarter*, with few early power; that it U no
ptev things—in straightened cimtui vital
a gram I father and grand days
achieves Hs ancient . .
m half DIM dna.nrt of lh.tr palptl. *»«■ >*
an eloquence that All up their empty
henrhea: aih! depend spun Intellect
aal pya>tcohw»r* to -apply the apirtt
uul warmth which alone can give
life aud comfort to the human heart.
Art is invited to oooporaP with
rhetoric. Whatever an met mm do
to ;ir»% idr elegant churehe* ami ex
quiMte uiwmc. ia <l<me ia the bo|M
to draw hi the atirwetanns of taab
Faith
Its
T
Dijon, la its
beautiful . . .
, , saw a middle sged woman ironing,
a boy jret too young for labor, and
a girl of son ssventcen or eighteen,
of a a west, serious aspect, platting
straw. Hhe did wot raise her eyes
j aa 1 entered, sod oa a nearer ap
I |«erre*ved that she was
l*oor sight lean Marie I how
if of its 1
the
I
mother living ia a large farm boose
in the country. There Is the big
bam—ell manner at things in the
barn yard, and tin- wide Acids about
the house. He has socii liberty,
such a wide range. Xoa the days
aiw never long enough. The fraud-
parents never scold if be plays all
the tiose. There are no tanks, no
stndy—all is pleasure, lie comes
book to the city, where he he* to go
to school, and do this sad that.
t,»( II .M « AuuMoUr 01 hl " * bo W"! «** ».»»• rf «««■
" y j blind. »»d nd In brr ho. bNnd
1 n—T •“. W Wr ••••Mr \mt
his sight
longing, a
Spring come
parents say
round again, aud his to the house of God.
to him: “If you are a vast uf the fart that
good boy, next Jane I will take you ('atbotie 4‘horrh
to yonr graudpa's again.” Ilia im gvegatteo.
lark* a
, aginatloa Alls ap that prootiwr with piwwasioa*. her uitnaed
delight aud ecataey; he rrjotees ia it | altars, even thing bat her faith: aad
’ hope by imitating a dying aywtrm
coocruirate* all that la heavenly for u» inaugarate a Hvteg one. “foci
the hand
and
VO saki, “Ko Man will join the dance ^ * (bat’s the place where thought l».»pe by imitating a
unless he is either drank or craxy.* *
And Scipio said, it waa inarh to ft ^oy uu earth, aad that represrata ety” h invited to
be regretted, that in his day, the the feeling of the early diaeipka about maid of religion
children of .esiawtabie parents wvro j d>lBf> j, mrBll| Ul r , wu4 be mitk MlTO , ^tc
becoming fond of tbc dnnor, »bco ,h r Und fnnrcr It van I be coming 11« ifc. Ini I
their UMOT looked «|«H. it n* (of the Hon of man. The lho««bl «m not .I..,.
•tnut
degrading. Reason taught these
ile to
>er dashed by any uncertainly.
For the Lutheran Visitor
The Beauty of Holmes*
’ i
David prays that lie may see
tbc beautv of the Lord, ami that
* % 3b, p
it might rest nu him. Holiness is
'beautiful and lovely in itself, win-
uiog the worldly to stand still and
wonder. It is a manifestation of the
of Odd. The heart is so
desperately wicked, tbsit it is a mar-
wben it thru* to any good, and
i the
ami the
in n
^ All ap the eh no. h of 0**1 by
iM II wan a disgrace ami | 'ftwre tn mlj one stlntton to doubt the pilgrim l*atb leml to Vanity Fair,
tin to dance; bat botli reason and j j,, ^ U { HM alr** wonts, aud that ana On the other hand it ia remarked
revelation together *eeu» to le insuf- ^ doubt ful; it was with Tv that our reoted pen* are locked
Hcient to teach »>mr, w ho ought to t to ki* nafoitbfhluews as a chit* against the stranger, and that only
tiun minister, lie said. “I Ibcie- he who can afford to bay the golden
for*- no raw. etc., le*t that l*> any key that onl* Its tbetu.
kuow better, (hat dancing ia dim I
graceful to a chriuliuu, sinful in the I
sight of God, ami degrading to any
j oue who engages in it. aiul to any ;
c.uuntuuity that tolerate* it. Atiaii- ]
done«l women were generally tl»«
dancer* among the Pagan*. And
dancers now are iterpetnatinga prac
tice originated with such character*
as they would how idnsfa to W aaso
dated with.
Men.
free |wwa, and «
mtbnrred dour* a
when I have preached to ! adnmuu«Hi
I myself should be a nssim
tcayf With eoatacy ami exhiteta
tion la not the way the church looks 11 bnrehr*
q|m>m the queatina ol death today. It ia i
That ia not apt to be the say nwu of God
look ti|M»ti it imkt. Oar Ion* nar which al
fain
tberet*»re, «i
rr maiAdeat
ill serwte
at thus that the church
ran rr acquire the power
ia
lean* of
rnrei ved
en aa trropmmible
aa abc had never
longing far God's
of v iafoa—aeiaod upon
w Mind girl; not that she
to aoe the Mae haaveoa, or
the golden light, or to look upon her
mothers sweet araile. or gasr Iu
her brother's laughing eyas; no, not
(hear, bat she longed to lead the
blessed word of Jean*.
Tier*- lived at Dgoo a man uf
God, s ho had gathered around him
a tew hlwd. whom he had taught to
road and work. I sought him out.
told him of Marie, teterrated him in
bar, and aooa made arrmugeatenta
that she should come every morning
aad rear*re aa hoar's instruction.
I also peaeared for her a Bible with
raised letter* for the Mind. Yon
should have man her delight aa
she started off next morning, a warm,
bright August morning, one hand
forked ia her little brother’s, and
th* other fondly grasping the prr-
okmu Bible, to take her And lesson.
Alas, poor Marie! It require# a deli
cate teach to distinguish the slightly
rained surface and tbu nice outline
of the letters, ami her Angers aero
hard amt callous with the constant
putting of straw. Again and again
waa Hie effort made, twit to no pur-
!H> ’ j t'hn*t ia not so large as to excite an d»y«. N'ot by eloquence, nor by
ecstatic leeltag. that it hi latter to sortel attrartioaa, nor by ntnalhrtir
Partkmais. Sm>| III nM*. ^ , llh , hri ., th . rk.rrk nf CkrlM
tan* *(tk the ie**Hgeeee nml. ra.il t |j Vl . t y r) , ,,«,• in .ny .irmti'pnt m tt. .11rngib: tel by a *h*w
BMsIern society. A .> . - * * .1^ .* .a U
d« to it. The
its rosy tiut*, (
from
It is now routined to con»-
wbo kni>w its secret wiudDitga tetinenienf of mmlcrn woriety. , u„ n . is no strait -Unit it. Wrncaror im orantlan the divine Spirit; _
*in acknowledge tlris to be tbtie.! krmo gentleman or lady of tV high ^ M for »»ar*Hves; ami even if new indwelling of God in the hearts
Uoliuess leaves its lpffm*ss on tlie|Md typ»* will tint da aoe, because it B j, ,^) t jmmI we believe he tatof his pcofde When the tire of an
'xxiy as well the w»nff It shim-s ‘ *» H disgrace, anil sinfnl. A reading u, b«-u\eu. hi *|Nte of all the anient piety Has gone oat and left
pke” light through ;» trans|»urcnt, a|,< l intelllgeat population i* n«»t a ympi^ni awslitiaw <f Ills, we ay ^ mAMg Ml the aahti Of a eoftd wt*-
<Agect, giving to the human f«ce Its dailuilil one. The Mghcdt^fffffhr^ atK | fo,.; it i» a |»ity to bate hiot die. t m«»mali*u> or a s|*»ritlra* orthodoxy
dHMe beauty. It is tasting. Time 1 wrnt ot our *v>nntry has scj*nrated Fhir heaien must lie verv |«o»*r au«l on th*» altar, it i* u**t a new altar but
jfrteheess of youth,
ihanspareucy of skill and delicacy
iof feature, will tbott^L slowly yet
’sorrfy change with tin* advancing
iitide of yearsbnt whjere the springs
f* action are holy, tlieni aris-s a
strange and most attractive beauty .
form may betnl, Irani make its
arrows, or disease ivaste. but the
; barren to our thought! Is «*m man j w ora tire from on high that ia need
paratively few jienmtiw. Ami thi* h*ssl ot *n»-h a pattern, that we are t w| to kindle the sacriffee. roll back
bocanse it is cniunfiaily '**lg*r, eoutent to have it no bigger? Are tin* thh* of roretouanea*. which ii
and cmanttelly stoftet. It bus ih» uf- Wf Ml well fed hen*, that we ha\r no hlotatry , ami re-establish in power
finity with tip* highest culture. or 1 dhqsmiliou U» taste angels’ f*>od ? Is the religion of the *mm* true (rod.
with a sonml telesf morals. Keen every thing *u good here, are our so The Philurtiue* belw*vedtf they oonhl
worldly gentility no longer espouses
ii asserts its snpreijiacy.
Gf the many instances which mem
recalls, I will mention one which
iresstil
vividly imi
of a Yady who b
I Iwte pions life
’death hadHHH
me. It was
I I lost a sister,
d triumphant
friends every
ranee of her immortal haiipiucss.
SSC*^*'
laid in the qriiet
pe lady I speak of w
gr^ve, aad
a mission
bf comfort to a frieiijd iu affliction.
Two
strangers passed
street. In
; and
her in the
youth she had l»een
wbtfftf pave attraerted
tint years had made a
Benffe inroad on that sweet face,
was no gaudy attire—a simple,
only,
I
• wbfaaii only, idressed in the
of woe. Yet Mur the verdict.
P^of the passers-hiy remarkt**l to
the other: “if that is not a good
°®*n, there is no reliance in pliysi-
, gaomj'. w I saw lier when she bad
turned from lier vis t to the afflict
friend. The glorit ns hojic of the
. lever made her ^>uiiteuanee to
ltie. X 0 murmuriig, no tears;
; v eye was lustrous with feeling,
i 11 angelic smile of jierfect re
iu God rested oil her lips. The
^ 0, *e had left her for a little
j °®^j gone iefoce, aud had
p to r ** 8t ’ to happiness, and to
| alofle ofh farge family
\ ,^ ryive d- Many ohi dten, a small
r3f% M ^12 ‘Vted daughter
rial «ondtlkMM mi good, that we have
its cause with it* former ardor. > ^ tMV< i | W gy pito tin* purer |>re*rocc
And if it did nt»t receive the couu ^ p at | 1< , r j
teuance. now ami then, of some j flow little ari- we ohmuIoI in the
worldly minded professor of religion, <|calh of thu-r n e , ovtJ . NTb< . u i1m .
and the Imtatering tip of a few cam go
try new spapers, whicli arc paid far : a , |f j r | Bn
advertising, dancing maatera «tUW
ere long have to starve, or change
their employment.
The influence then of the daneing
master and of the tfunsi Christian is
day previous (his sister had hostile to virtue, and to morality
in it* highest sense. ^nT** 4 ^’ <*>*u-
manitie* where there is most dan
cing then* is least vtrtne. tt often
leads to the seductum and ruin of
the innoaent. It is an ill preparu
tion for dyiug mortals. It may af
ford a momentary gnitiflcation to its
devotees; bnt it will afford them uo
pleasure in a dying hour, or when
they have gone to perdition through
its influence, to reflect upon their
momentary hilarity with the patrons
of the dance. 1 8ioma.
Body awd 8oui..—“Two things a
master commit* to his servant’s
cure,” sailh one, “the child and the
child’s clothes.” It will be a poor
excuse for the servant to say, at his
master’s return, “Sir, here are.all
the child’s clothes, neat and clean,
but the child is lout!” Mnch so with
the account that many will give to
God of their soula aud
h<»me to God. men mourn
i aud pine, and womlet at the tayste-
rious providence ! I think the iuj*
fen i*. that anybody is bora, and,
that vre stay auav trow.heaven so
i *
long! Dying ia more to U* desired
than liviug, for dying ia to be clothed
upou 1 If one ha* a desire for a
higher life, and kuows, that here our
, experience ta one of mtefortune, and
trouble, aud conflict, and that death
| calls us to a higher life, a nobler
manhood, than it would be longed
for. We must have cliecrfulneaa uu
der trouble, patieuve under pro* oca
tion, and Christian faith lor the sol
vation of tneu. Oue of the uiost
powerful exhibition* before the
world, is this w illingness and joy at
dying.., It should be like.the Yale
of Temple, full of uightingaloa, fruit*
and flowers. Such au exhibition
shows the power of our faith. This
wake* men fed, however, they live.
“Let me die the death of the right
eous, aud let uiy last end be like
hi*.* • • VJET?. * * *
I live lu the ho|w of seeing Christ
iu a sense iu which I never have yet.
There is mischief ia the literalness of
■■■■■ ■ bodies at the
r eat day. “Lord^ licit* is my taxly ; [ incu’s expectations of seeing Christ
wi/iu, uric ie ‘nnij y ,
wa* very grateful for it; l neg \Ve arv U>
focted nothing that belonged to its
mw in him Iffrt, com
•buI, that 18 lost and emit »»*) for 1 . ,U * u . ,. W L f“
ever. I took liule care and thought hot had tyjeudahip and th| thought
■
capture the ark uf Gwl, Israel could
no longer pm ail sg.unst then; aitil
they were right. Sow, no leas than
of old, tin* power ot farad i* in the
ark of God: when 'this m taken
away it ia invincible no Lniger.
Faith in Clirbl constitute * the look*
which arc at once the glory and the
strength of the young teuamxi.—
When tin* trcacheions I folds Ii baa
ahotu the skeptug t Lurch of these,
it ia a gtent ia aiieugth uo longer;
it* power has gone.
Men wonder at tha power uf so
August me, a Chrysostom, a White
Add, a Nettletoq, a I haiwars, a
8|Hirgwou, and study thoir rbatonc
aud vainly hope by adopting thoir
methods to secure their power. They
forget too often to study that which
aloue constitute* the true secret of
the power of the pulpit; the earn
eafue** of a genuine faith born of
the Spirit aud fed by the word of
God. if the church and the min
istry have a living and a life givia*
faith ia Christ, if they ao believe in
him that they cau impart their faith
to others, the pew will not be empty,
nor the churches weak. Wherever
the foantain really flow* the thirsty
people will crowd to drink.
**Oui Gospel,” say* the Apostle
l'aul, writing to the Tbeasaioamoa,
“ram* not onto you in word only,
but ateo in power and in the Holy
G busty . ami in much asauraixte"
T^at jpower which cornea with the
U<%,rGh£>t aud with the strogg
tailh, can j ‘
c^mvb wgji its
One day she sat alone, sorrow fully
chipping with her tittle knife the
rough edge of the attaw, a happy
thought occurred to her. Coakl she
not cut away the thick hard skin
from her Angers, ami then it would
grow anew, smooth and soft, like
the rosy Augers of a child ? And
so »he pared the hard skin from her
fingers, heeding not the pain. W hen
the reading leawdh was tried again,
warm drops trickled from the bleed
ing Auger* along the sacred line. It
would not do. After the firwt hitler
oeo* of her disappointment. Mane
ntrove hard to be cheerful. “God
had o|iciied the* eyes of her mouI,*
sin* said, “and ought sin- nut to
prais* him f*
And thru the new Wilde! ah,
aurely she must carry that Itsuk;
some hsp|»ie4 blind girl aught be
able to pluck the f ruit from thi*
tree of life, and Aad healing ia its
blessed leaves. And hold tug the
dear volume to her beatiug heart,
she knelt by her white oat to pray :
“Deat and blessed Jesus, who forest
the poor, and opanest the eyes of
the blind, 1 thauk thee that thou
hast uot hidden thyself from a pool
blind girl. And mace l can uot rend
thy heavenly wonts, 1 pray that
thou wilt whisper them into my
tool, that my Spirit m *> »ot be
dark like my poor eyes, ft can see
with my heart, dear Jeaa*, and thou
knowest that-1 love thee and love
thy book;” and she touched the
open Bible with her Ups. Oh, joy!
To the soft lipa the slight indenta
tions of the raised surface are clearly
perceptible. With a low cry of joy
she passes line after liue across her
eager lips. She turns the leaf; the
Ups lose not their power. It is all
clear—all eaay bow ; the lipa coo
do what toil-hardened Angers could
not; she can now read God’s holy
Word!
A twelvemonth after, 1 visited
Dyoti The old kitehea bore its old
look, but what a beaming, happy
foee wa* Marie’s, a* she aat la Iter
r*d« duut bet *u4*C«f S'*" *»
her ww
Oh. it «** tuU o( light to bci
it not
Trtn- faith hs* respect not simply
to the truth * i *out Jeans. Uut to Je-
*n« Himself It is to a Hrinf person
we malt “trust,” not to a doctrine, a
fort, or abstact truth. The knowl
edge of the truth, as it Is ia Jesus,
1* precious, just as it lead* to the
knowledge of Jesuit Himself. When
we truly know Him, we can not but
tront Hint, knowiug ouraelves to be
lost and perishing, aud Josuh to be
the only aud all sufficient Saviour.
“f believe that Jeans died for an
Derm, and that He is the only 3a
nr,” said a wife one day in my
bearing, wondering at the new found
“lieliering* wWrh Ailed her Husband
with peace and joy. “O woman T
said he, “the devils believe that, and
they only tremble” The faith that
leads the soul to trust all to Jesns,
believes that too, bat rests not there;
it Ktrsightwsy flees to Him, lays
bold oo Him ; cries, “Iiord, save me;
undertake for me; say unto my aonl,
I am thy salvation * Then, io the
e^enuM-utal knowledge of His love
and power, of fits truth aud faith
fulness, the believing sool takes up
the glad language of assurance.
“The Lord Jebm ah is my strength
aud in v sung : He also i* become my
nalvalfott.” Yes, He whose name is
Faithful and True, is Ooe who may
indeed be trusted. He ha* never
proved a broken reed to any fainting
Moot who learned upon Him. None
wa* ever ashamed who waited for
Him; and no poor lost one who
came to Him for salvation wa* ever
cast oat.
lfosr reader, come, taste aud see
how good He ia, and how blessed is
every one that trusts in Him. The
woman of 3amana told her fellow
citizen* about Jesus, and many of
them were thus led to come to Him,
aud (wove Him for themselves; and
then they said, “Now we believe upt
Itecanae of thy naying, for we have
heard Him ourselves, aud know that
this is iudred the Christ, the Saviour
of the world."
The faith that leads to appropria
ting Jesus, is the only faith that saves.
It is uot enough to aay, “I believe
that He is the only Saviour, and that
He is able and willing to save." Have
you made nia yours by accepting
Him. by committing yourself to
Him? The profession of faith that
leaves the sool a* carries* and se
cure in am as ever, or as heavily la
den and hardened as ever, is no faith
at alt In ooe case there has been
no frit burden to roll upon Him. in
the other, no real rolling of the bar
den which wa* weighing it down.
Just in proportion, as we truly trust
all to Him, oar souls are Ailed with
joy and peace iu believing.
The believer trust* Jesus with
faith which is the 6ubsUuoeof things
hoped few, the evidence of thiug* uot
seen. He had learned 1<* rest calm
Iy oo Jesos, whom not liaving^cen
he fovea, aud in whom, though now
be sees Him not, yet believing, be
rejoices with joy unspeakable and
full of glory, receiving the end of
his faith, even the salvatfou of bis
soul. (1 l’et, i: 8. ti.)—•Word* of
Truth,
Jacobs* Lad deb.—We may re
gard thin vision a* in some measure
typical of the Lord Jeans Christ.
He i* certainly referred to in the
premise addressed to Jacob; and
when be *|waks iu St J (din's Gospel
of “the augels of God ascending and
d cm-ending upon the Son of Mau” he
seems to have this ladder in his
tniud, and to view it as au embleifl
of himself. Just as that communi
cated between heaven aud earth, so
does he. Through Him and him
alone, angels come down to us with
blessing*; . through him mercy and
grace descend; through him the
Holy 6iunt is giveu. He is the way
also from earth to heaven. By him
onr prayers ascend to the. Father,
and by him may we ourselves do the
same. Far a* we are from God, he
cau bring us nigh. High as the
heavens are above the earth, he can
raise us up to them. And he is wil
ling to raise us op to them. That
ladder may be climbed. Its top is io
the utmost heavens; it rests on the
throne of Jehovah; bat its foot
stands on the earth, aud not on some
distant inaccessible mountain of it,
but here by our aide. Christ has
opened for ns a way to God, and
there is not a sinner here, who may
not this day enter it as freely as be
may outer his own door. Through
Christ we may see^Gqd; throo*
Cfari# we may Uf4 God; ia GUnst*
‘pofcutfJ’R through jus human tehiti
ipft up jtetNb.jml ***** m
* *
In this age of wonders scart-* l.\
anything is too strange to be expet-i
ed. What would have filled our fa
tbers with surprise, strikes ns a*
only a matter of course. The w hole
order of things, farming, building,
traveling, printing, everything is so
changed, that if some Kip Tan Win
kle, who died fifty years ago, should
return to oar world, he would have
difficulty in identifying it as the om-
he had left.
Even oar churches are not au ex
eeption to the great law of change
which has been at work. Then, in
such sacred edifice*, there used to be
a plain pulpit, a little green screen in
front of it to conceal the precentor,
high backed, and hard-seated pews,
plainly plsslsrsfl ssilings, good old
tin-jdate store*; sow, all the arrange
meat* and appointments of chnrcbes'
are on a scale of the highest beauty,
convenience aud comfort. Nfcr i*
this all; the pews, by a sort of tere
grapby. have got to talking.
TYie pew just before mine, io oui
church, speaks very softly to it* oc
cupants, but by close attention I cau
bear what it utters. Last Sabbath
t said to the father of the family,
“O what a wandering mind you
hare! Shame! here you sit, and
seem to be listening to the preacher,
but all the while your thought* are
roving like the fool’s eyes. Remem
ber yon will have to account for this.
You say you can’t help it, but you
can. Don’t you Ax your mind intent
ty on your business during the week f
How is it then, that you can not lis
ten to what is said to you about your
undy ing soul f Oh, if you are so
absorbed with earthly things that
they hang around yoa on the Sab
bath, and prevent your receiving the
Word of God, this is a fearful state!
Soon you will have to leave secalai
interests; what then, will they profit
yon, if you have neglected to pre
pare to meet God f Don’t let them
cheat yon oat of heaven.”
At this point the sermon ended,
and prayer began. The father bo*
ed his bead and that was all. “There,
now,” continued the pew, “why do
you not stand up in this holy exer
rise, and show some reverence to
ward the glorious Being whom you
profess to be worshiping? You stand
in your office or counting-room often,
for half an hour, why then, can’t you
stand a few minutes whilst the man
of God is sending up petitions to the
heavenly thronet Oh! disguise it,
as yoa may; it is laziness and a
want of proper conception of the Di
vine jiresenoe- and glory that keep.-
you ia this self-saving posture. The
day will come when yon will-bitterly
regret this trifling with the holy or
dinance* of the sanctuary, and influ
coring, by your example, your fami
Iy to the same.”
1 hiring all the communication from
the pew, I could easily see that the
man was more or less uneasy. He
turned, and turned, wiping his face
with his handkerchief, and changing
his position every few minutes -evi
dently indicating that he wa* not
satisfied with the run of thing-.
What will be the effect upon him I
can uot tell. But would it not be
well for him to hearken obedienth
to the kind voice that is floating
around him, before hi* eur is deafen
ed in death ?
-Of
Pbayke and Blessihg.—When
the sun rises, there is light Why.
I do not know. There might have
been light without the sun. and then-
might have been a sun that gave
no light, but God has been pleased
to put &ese two things together-
sunrise and light So, whenever
there is a prayer, there is a blessing.
I do not know why. There might
have been prayer without a blessing,
for there is in the world of wrath ;
and there might have been a bless
ing withont prayer, for it often is
sent to some who songht it not.
But God has been pleased to make
this a rale for the government of the
moral and spiritual universe, that
there shall be prayers first, and that
then there shall be the answer to
prayer.—%srystm.
Repeated Afflictions.—I fool
that they come not as the lightning*
on the scathed tree* Masting it yet
store; bat as the strokes of the
soalptor oa the marble block, form
ing it to the image of life and love
lines*. Let butAhe divine presence
ha frit, and no lot is hard. Let me
hat aoe his hand, aad aa event is
ore