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A Life “ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTI8M”-EPHESIAN8 IV: 5 COLOMBIA, S.C., FRIDAY. JUNE 7. 1871 OLD SERIES, VOL. V.---NO.-195. )n. « Vi 1:1 I is one life lesson we aro icing: That litre is a gnat of spirituality, i^'n among the in the Ijord drene Christ. It ago of meetings nml creature but, with it all, there is a lukewarmness t> wards Christ, how rare it is to meet with one soul is abeorbe i with love to |us: IIow rare to hear one say- to others, “€ome and hear, all that tear the Loml, aud l will tare what Ho hat» done for my L” The formality aud reserve ie age chills and shuts up one, idering a Loodioiuu lukewarm- and it becomes amusing to nk that wo talk $ > little of Him earth whom w > hope to live forever in heave a. Amidst all it cribs and chills one’s feelings, |is uo slight mercy to be able to “Vet we know whom wc have • t I ived,” aud can appeal to Him, acknowledge, with the heart though crea tire-failing IV •, “Lonl, Thou kno rest all things; kuowest that 1 love Thee ;" not for ten th tusand worlds &uld he give up thfct secret cling- to the Lord Jests Christ; aud we go on, with w ngled clinging conflict all the w ty—did wc say i/ficf all the tray t nuimls us of some Ah ! hut this in the present iy who scorn to hav 3 ceased from lict. They appei r to live up in “third heavens,' professing to Ave found full rest i n the Ix>rd, and be perfectly delivi red from doubts fears; indeed, we have heard ^pressed by some, “that they have ternl the full re it of the Lord, |nd, in order to he holy, they have ijnly to look to Himjovery moment, ow, wc should not And do not do- to pull them t own from their ted positiou, if such a position ere a safe one. I lut is it so ! Is ineaut that tin 'word 1 carfare Id be expunge lI from our ex- nce, and i>erfec , rest bo realized 11s side of the grat c! Is it accord g to the Word t mt the believer Christ shall he i* rlectly delivered >111 all doubts am tot; but the point lug. It is eviden n* '* ire si s better for mo to David • saying, deansed my hea ; trashed my han Ah! bat," these would say, “all %at is before the acob exclaiming, agaiusl me ;* I ’ears? We think s worth exatnin- at once, that ose who have gotie before did not ive in this perfect x-st and freedom m doubts and fe irs; for we have ‘All these thiugs ijah saying, “It ie than to live ;" Verily, I have in vain, aud s in iunoeeney." perfect rest ones a 1 s :oming of Christ. His coming ush- : I ■red in a diflei cut dispensation, even a dispensatiu 1 of peace, for He is the Prince of p< ace ; and now we can be at rest!" Well, it is curijms that the very harbinger of our Ixird did not find it so ; for what at j instance wc have in John the Baptist that a good and jreat man is subi-ct to doubts and ears even upon the most vital >oints. jrhe fa\T>red harbinger of imr Lord had pointed others to Him, *aying, “Behold I the Lamb of Ood ivhicli taketh away the sins of tlic worldand o*r blessed Lord’s estimouy concerning him was, “Vcr- ly, I say uutojyou, among them hat arc born ofl women there hath . | , 10 * risen a greater than Joliu the baptist.” And! yet behold him, when thrust into prison, sending smie of his di.'piplcs to inquire of Lhrist, “Art Tpou nc that shall *ome, or do wej look for auother V* ere were doubts aud fears, aud at, toq, even about our blessed r( l Himselt. ButWh, how gra- ioiisly dloes Je ms reply to this in- airy. He doc s not upbraid him his unbelief but says, “Go and ow John agai a those things ye do and sec f I aud then he found- upon these 1 icts that remarkable eclaration, “F ’otn the days of John ' ° baptist un il now, the kingdom 1 heaven snf ereth violence, and e violent t ketli it by force;" Lowing us, w think, that it must with holy wrestlings and velic- ent desires, vith strong cries and ars thst we realize the blessings Of the kingdi m, and that perfect jest and freei ora from doubts and fears is aill ve y well in theory, but 1 an not be cai ried out in reality this 1 u ^ e °f the gn ve. | That tfac^h ristian may be brought »f‘to a sweet 2 durance of his eternal oty in Ch ist, and a firm belief at the “cov inant is ordered in all i"gs and si re," we have no doubt, d 1 ie God, wo think we 1 | ; ur hies know what it is to realise this one's self; but, with all this, we do feel that what with enemies without and enemies within, our old corrupt nature, the temptations of the world, and a thousand other opposing jh»w ers, it is not meant that we shall live up in the third heavens and slug ourselves into gloiy till the pilgripiage of life is over; no, rather the Word tells us that we shall have to tight our way to the crown, aud contend earnestly for the faith once delivered unto the saints. Then la* not discouraged If you are subject to many doubts and fears. It can not be all sunshine here, sweet as it is to experience “the time of the sing ing of birds;" the btrls are uot all songsters we shall meet with by tin- way ; there are birth of prey as trell tut eongntere of the air, vultures as well as nightingales, aud we shall have as much to conteud with tlu- fonuei as to court the latter. And Tbs Laws of M< ! man is one, whatever God has mm! value to us only as they are wrought 1**»>' man, ooneorwa every othei oat in the soars deep cxiirrieaoe. \Ne have considered this man tu j t tf* mofi \ Q f y,,. - — 1 but his works were greater 0 f .,u noll> Ins lift thau hia life. And of hia life, his laws and regu latum* are tin- greater |s»rt. Hr was graoiler aiul mure im|MNrtaiit in what hr did, and ea |iecially in what he wrote, than in King The gionous doctrine of “justification What says the king ! by faith" most still be the great That much of this law refers ooly theme of the Christian ministry; but to the llelirew race is true, and so if 1t ever again be preached with the is it in reference to the |ioruliaritiee j power of a Luther, it must lie By the of every u»di\ iduaJ man or race. ‘ man who, like lrnlber, in agony of ttarli has its own law of tieiug Hebrew rsoe laws concern not mean that then and no us now here. I they all concern t but what lx- merely was. Ills actions! the g, nm»l law of life; uml were temporary; they concerned the lt | N IM > more sfnuigv. that when (•oil made laws for a nation, them* *1“ laws should be adaided to the pern “*• liar Hrramstandrw of that mtion, but some ot them do, and will eon than that every man and natkm corn and nfteet the liarnan raei- lor y,«mM have Ita own pernliantieaT all time, lie taught man the will |w»*ide» making man miHbrm. Ood of God; locally for the Hebrews, ha* sd*, IItJU |«. hin, diverer. lie has generally for all men. Like a true made th. prophet Uwpired by the Ood of all they are already rrgnl«te.| Hr nn mankind, he h «l a double message VH . tt | nVw •tool and utter dcs^iair of sc-tf, has found in it hts only hope. None but those who “labor and are heavy laden,” can truly appreciate the rest of Christ. And (may we say it f) is the to deliver. It was Ipeul and t* ih|m> rury for the Hebrews, who heard it, and indeed for tlieir e In Id ten ; aud yet it was also for us (.entiles, aud as these things are s*», does not the ,ur time. Von ami I. tender. t„ruu-d to them ; both were derived have a part in the law s of * f r , mi ^ The t reaUon of the Us, aud arc bound by them 111 one sense. .is thecn-otiau of the race, were alike hi* woik.—-C’Jsi htiaa ttimerr>t. telling the young Christian, -Oh! you ought to be at rest in Christ, and have no doubts ami fears," just as much us auy child of Israel, lark of tlx* age. NVe have euongli of systems and complications and com binations of svstems. If souls could Is- »-onvertml by machinery, there are pcenHaritk's in him, Md j churches now that oonlddoit; but they fail of lasting effect*, simply because there hi not the -spirit of Of ol! lie iii4iti race*, t.od L.i* tti,- living creature in the wheels." .» *me given *j»seltle laws to the lie j (n oar eharaeteristie haste to act- brew rare. Ifavl&g made tbcif pc result*, we are not always careful a* enliaritiew, of nwrw tlieir laws offl | f 0 tlx- mean*. There Is everywhere u lark of depth and thoroughness. liftlu-r put a stumbling block m the 111 ‘.» beard the thmndnr and saw the way aud bring them to inercaaed 1 lightning dash trout the top of 8uui doubt ns to their security for eterni ty ? Well, the*** are “life lessons," and thing* we notice by the way. We have referred to the frailty of Splritwaldjr la tht Ministry. Reforms are mistaken for revivals; m-rvons miergy and excitability for spirit 11 al lift*; lomhie** of profession for depth of conviction. We are btiiuun nature throughout the |»il ® - I I ant tons In more than one sense to l know that the tuftdei object* to —. l4 . . , . ... . ... . .. . . J ,, .. . „ . . . . . ! “spread the knowledge of God. (Tian- mam of these law*. becaUM- they 1 9pintualit\ is m.t a mere m-^attvei * ... . , .. . , J I . * . . , * n . . m-1* of refbrm are eat erervwh«*ri*; are so particular aud uuuaU* io «Iiaracteriatic. It d«-s m*t reatsist in tuauy thiugs, which to Una appear freedom fr«»m ei-rtain vice*. It does trivial. He looks u|*ou Uih|—if he not r«»n*i*t in a manner of life, blame « grimage ; but there t* auother thing j Wives in him at al)—a* some Iren iu the *»ght of man ; tea on It* grand being, w ho, having tuade this |***itive side is it to be * sight in the are rat but he<-a«se not fhd from “the well *4 wstet springing ap into ererta* ting lift-.* they speedily become dry. lutense aetivitv ran onlv be *ns 1 tatnod t»y intense vitality; bnt this the we have observed relative to the ( clow of the Christiau’s cheer, namely world aud all who mhabit it, just rxeelleaee of any native gift or com j •’ vtTxItT^ V* preriwh “<Aaf the dying time of mint* is same »* *»*«« "kiUful —thanic makea s lunation of gift*. It 1* n.d eo»i*titu , |hlnj? thc timr(| ,j CBlllto< |* time* anything bnt tehat one ejrpertrd j or other pare of met l»aui*«.. Uonal, n r in it* development and . f . . . . ' . .. it tconld Ae." We are «|d to look w i®da it up aud then stand* aUsd exercise in the miniyte&tl life, m it for quite a sceue of triumph at the time of the .saiut'a dying, and *0 when it pleases the Ixirtl it is no; but yet with mauy who have Iwen foremost a* God’s aiulKtAsadors for the truth, their “*uu sets bchiud a cloud,” aud there seems to be 110 glory tiugeiug their last moments. This was es|>ecially the case with one eminent servant ot God know n to -us. .His ministry had bceti jn* culiariy blessed: he had been known as a champion for the truth, and the expectation was that his end would be marked with a glorifying Of tbe name of Jesus. * Instead of which it was fur otherwise. Brought evcfctv in th until it shall have ruu down, that certainly to lie stw-n in “tnngtx-*, or he may then net it iu or«t**r again, gift*, or flety real." We may know Not such 1* our idea of G«*l. lie t* 1 the right and approve it; we may lw ever present, keeping u* tu lib-, uuui «le*iron* t4 it* *®ere*| and eiutiibulr t**nng the very hair* of *»ur brad*, to It; the Spirit of the laird may In him we every day Uve aud move, Work by ti* to the aoromptUhmcut of and have—uot had—our beiug. We every variety of good aud great pur believe that He hjt* MMnelime* ui Mpircd chosen men to reveal his will; and that, of all these chosen and inspired men, Most-9 wo* tlx- chief, (•owes; white we 00twelve* an* with out «piritna!ity. Tlii* U not the result of au exrelb nt act or *eri«*s of act*, nor the aggregate of any tmm the omen • let n* “kmk unto the hill* whence rometh oar help." If of these frail branrhe* *0 inoeh frnit is demanded, every |«ire that can ctmimnuieate from the vine the ' life giving *ap must He kept opeu. We must grasp with unflinching hand the reality of that wrlib*h we •peewlatively aecept as trae. Per sinial union mu*l uot be lost right of in foreurir jitstificatiou. Lrt us, in view of what is n*«juircd ha«l turne<! aside the «*dge at tbe moment it wa* descending on my head. -‘That lock he kept all his days as a memorial of God’* care aud love. That lock he left to tnc on his death- lied. I kept it with care. It tells me of my father’s God and mine. It rebukes unbelief and alarm. It bids me trust him forever. I have had many tokens of fatherly love in my tliree-score y ears and ten, but somehow this speaks most to my heart. It is the oldest aud jN-rhaps the most striking. It used to speak to my father’s heart; it now sjn-aks td mine." Was not this an instance of deliv ering mercy on the part of our God ! And this God is the same kind 'Be ing who gnve you life, and has watched over :iud cared for you until now . *♦ Tell the Children. Tell them what! Tell them the storr of the (-mss: hmv Jesus came into tlx- world to save sinners; how he loved little children, and took them in his arms and blessed them ; how he lived, suffered and died to n-deem us; how he rose again and asrended to heaven, where he is now interceding for us. Tell them of God, who made the world and all that is beautiful then-in. Tell them of His Book, the Bible, aud rehearse to them the stories it contains.. Do yon say they will not comprehend it ? I*frhaps they will not, yet they will Iw interested iu it. They will think of w hat you tel! them, although they can not understand it all. We have two little boys, the one aged live, the other three. We have told them of God who made all things, and of heaven, where those who love am! serve God go when they die. One day while at play, some time after, the younger boy was talking *t»d prattling incessantly, when the oldest reproved him thus: “Sammy, Practical Illustration Support Pastoral l or U. WWW IX iv. U»*. -IW W. of nl „, onr „ n . n(rt i .aflw. felk ■> (Mt ** make Ood rt*, by his name, aud tlx- un-re fact that *u|«eniaturai state of tlx- soul, ope re God commanded him to write these, led by the Holy It i* the lift • >ur weakuc**. Lrt In- found more if for the Hebrew race only, would of God in the s»ml, quickened aud 1 still eoueeiti um a* un 11; fur what t-ontinned Hy the Spirit, and nourish God has commanded for «hm- race e«l mxl deyelo|w-*I into certain tqieeiflc often “we**|rtiig Iwtween the js^reb and the oltitr.” And as lying at the bottom ot all, let u* rememlN-r that to the simplicity of a little child, lit*) wou Ll concern 11* as well a- another, form- by the word of God. Tlx- tk could not get beyond the cry, be merciful to me a sinner.' learnetl this lesson by the [laueity God or ru Hi« r a* a )»art of the humau \\ e race. Ho that even if tlu*«e books tlx-y were only for would still oaxvrtt the Lord intends to show us that He j us a * Gentiles. But there is uo an eh must have sill the glory ; that U«: declaration in any of the writings of uses a vessel of mercy as long its He Moses ; they an- not J-r tlic Hr »rew declared that of that death scene, uuwely, that i Hebrews, they grec of v itolity i* to he ux-asun-it, i not hy it* oreaaxjual extraonltnary «*nergy »»r feohlMacan, Imt hy *the «|U»ei, even tenor of the every «k»y life, tlx- dead level of habitaal god!I ues*. Ita energy in not the s|ia*inod i»- effort of an loipuUivc tem|N*rameut. if we are to In MBS of God. wc filled with the full- must first tie cup tied of self, that the one inevitable (-omlition of true life, and therefore of true power, is tbe laying down of our life that we may receive it again in Christ. 1, pleases, aud then desires to show nation in particular, but for mankind but a habitual earn«-tne*a, »pnugiug Tbe Care of Ood 1 in general. If God should have M-nt a jiartim lar message to the Chinese nation, it would still concern tis in general to know what it was; ticcauM* it would it concern us, if it refer* to 11s, ami is 11 rule to regulate onr conduct iu life. those who have been blessed by snch un instrumentality that He is only an instrument after all; the Eternal Thee* must have all the honor and praise. We remember to have read or beard somewhere of a Christian mother whose anxiety w;is that her two ungodly sons should , cv, ’ r fn ven * nu ' ,,ot co»fradi«-t witness the death of tlieir sainted father, calculating that he who had lived so near to Christ would at such a time utter expressions that would seriously affect her sons; but, contrary to her. ideas, the lather passed away under the weakness of the flesh, without leaving any testi mony of tbe reality and importance of the religion of Jesus; but what was the result ? . Truly God’s wavs t nr •> iire not as our ways, nor His thoughts as our thoughts. One of these young men, through the very mca- gerness 6f his father’s death, was brought to this reflection : “Well, if my father, after leading such a godly life, died thus, what will become of such a sinner as I am when I am called to die f" And this reflection led him to prayer, prayer led him to pov erty of spirit, and, when emptied of self and brought on his knees as a poor penitent sinner, crying for mercy, Christ revealed Ilimself to him as “mighty to save." So it is that “life lessons” and “death lessons 9 are all of the Lord’s arranging, and, as dear Iiomaiue said, “Let me die in tri umph, or without, it mutters not so sol am but His. s That’s enough for me, whether in the valley or ujkjii from a »u|>cruatan»l < oqv u-tion of tbe exeetsling sitiftilncw* of Kin, the halt- tie** of God, the value of the soul. all sick at*e<l, no he can’t take you to heaven when you die." It was a childish conceit, bat it showed that he thought of what bad been told him. -I say, then, tell the children of lioavcnly things. If they do not understand it now, they will not entirely forget it. Keep them inter ested in Bible facts, and as they grow older they will be more ready to accept them as settled truths. The smis of troth, thns early planted in the childish heart, will, iu after years, spriug up and bear preoions fruit. Tell the children. No Timk.—A man of business was *-Ilo vou sec this lock of hair f said an okl man to me. “Yen; but what of itf It k 1 the reality of heaven and hell, the Ntippnoe. the curt from the head of I no engrossed with his cares, that lie love of God, the riche* *»f grace a dear child long since gone to God." I would not rest even on the Sabbath. “lt »• not. It is a lock of my own Half of that day he spent Xrith his hair; and it is now nearly seventy clerk over his accounts. The other spirituality therefore i* inevitably year* since it wa* out from this half in a ride into the country. Mon It concern* tin, then, to know and j marki-d by eonx-stnesa. It can not bead." day morning found him tin refreshed, consider really what it wa* that re*t uponnx re assent. It deal* with “Bat why do you prixe a Wk of j hat still driving on after the world Moses spoke by the command of question* that touch the amil at every v onr own hair so much 7” - as fast as ever. God ; it concerns u*, even If it was point; and above allia tbe sfdtcn- of “It has a story Itehmging to it, I “Have vou heard of the death of only Hebrew law . Much more does the Christian Ministry must tin* cam and a strange oik*. I keep it thus | Mr. D V asked one of him at have come from him who i* the laml which is in t’hnst Jesus, the person of all men, aud whose word, where ality aud work of the Holy Ghost. itself. 1 eatnean lie evidenced. Here we sus tain not only a personal but on offi cial relation to God. \Yc are an Now this, I think it is. for (iod embassage for Christ—heralds of a two sets of laws to Moses: one for gutqiel which concern* both worlds— all mankind, and one c*i»ecially for wtiich involves the glory or God, the sun, or raiu, or wind, hung dow n my the Hebrew race. We are I wuixl by honor of Christ, the welfare of souls ; j cheek* uncovered. One day m\ the one; we muy learn lessons of “which is founded on the unutterable father went into the wood to eut wisdom from the other. agonic* of the cross, offer* tlx* great up a log, and I went with hint. I Wo must remember not only that est blessings, denounce* the most was standing a little way behind God is one, and therefore, ever the fearful woe*." It is such a spiritual- him, or rather at his side, watching same but that man is also one and ity a« tlii*: deep a* hell, high a* with interest the strokes of the the same, lx-ing in all times, ages, heaven, all-embracing in cxteut~~ heavy ax. ns it went up and came nations, and under :U1 circumstances, that God has ordained to lie tlx- down tqion the. wood, sending ofl All men are moved by tbe sonic pas ebristiau ministry. It does not ex- splinters with every stroke, in all sioim, influenced by the same mo- elude gifts nor learning. Only let din-ctions. Some of the splinters tives, controlled by the same feel- Christ be viewed as the centre alike tell at my feet, and I eagerly stooped iugs, and have the same destiny, of doctrine aud of history, and all to pick them tip. Iu doing so I The life of man is one. There aro things else in their relation* to these;! stumbled forward, and in a moment differences, there are minutiie of let truth be seen, felt and ackuow l-1 my curly bead lay upon the log. I many kinds in color, in civilization, edged in all its phase*; that is, let bad fallen just at the moment when in race, in acquirement, and so there j mental furniture be increased to the are in individuals of the same rare, greatest possible extent, but placed color and civilization ; yet in all es- j under the dominion of the Spirit, sentials, man is one and the same ! aud wc have all that is needful in lieing all the world over. Wo are preparation for the work. The ;h»w- just such men as Adam .won, after j or of God alone must bo deluded with care lx-causc it sj>cak* to toe breakfast. “Ah. no; is lie dead! more of God, and of his special care. Well, it is very different with me: 1 than anything else I possess. am so engage*! in business that I “I wa* a little child of tom years could not find time to die." Soon old. with long curly lock*, which, in after, having passed into anothet room, lie fell dead on the fl<»or. must fake time at last. He There was ax the mount it matters not; I shall lie fell from his state of innoconey. die in the Lord, glory forevermore." Tnu Bkliever’8 1’fcAOE.—Does your little child, for whom you have ever cared tenderly, and who has perfect trust iu your love and wis dom, distress himself witli the thought that perhaps to morrow you will uot provide for him, or will suddenly desert him in some hour of great need? No, the thought never for an instaul occurs to him. Ho lias ever found you faithful, and can you not learn a lesson from yoor child T Has yonr Heavenly Father ever been less loving to yon than you have been to your child ! You instantly banish the thought as un worthy.- —Christian Weekly, lie to Him 1 There may lie more knowledge in the world now, porlmps there may lie more excellence; but there is no greater capacity for knowledge, no greater aptitude for virtue now than man ever possessed. Neither knowl edge or virtue are hereditary ; every man starts from the beginning just iis every other man lias always start ed. Every man liveth to himself, and every man dieth to himself in one sense. No man can help anoth er; every one is alone, by himself, directly responsible to God. God has created every man, and to God he must answer for his con duct in life. Now if God is one* and upon to execute tin* work of God, aud the |Kiwer of godliness is tlic poorer of God. • **God is a Spirit,” autl “there is a spirit iu man,” and all work that is done betweeu God and man must be done in the spirit, must be wrought from the centre outward. They, and they only, who are rooted and grounded In the faith, quickened ami sustained by the Spirit, have vitality enough to bud and blossom ami fill the face of the earth with fruit. All who wonld lie strong for God must first be strong in him, must first have learned that apart lrom Christ they can do nothing. The doctrines of God’s word are of was coming dowu with all roe. It wa* too late to stop w. Down came the ax. I no returning to his farm or merchan dise. His business he left behind him in the twinkling of an eye, bnt the great work of life was undone. *1 have r.ot time," is the common excuse of men in busy life, when urged to think of eternity. But they must take time w hen sickness comes, when death knocks—then, when it is too late. 4 MM -OX— “I am."—God doth not say, / am tlieir light, their guide, their strength, their tower, bnt only I AM. He sets, as it were, His hand to a blauk, that His people may write under it what they please that is screauieiKand my father fell to the Sood for them. As if He would say, ground ia touTor. He could uot stay the stroke* \aml iu the blindness which tbe sadden horror causod, he thought he had killed his boy. Wc soon recovered—I from my fright and he from his terror. He caught me iu hia arms, and looked at me from head to foot, to find out the deadly wound which he was sure he had inflicted. Not a drop of blood nor a scar was to lie seen, j He knelt tipou the grass and gave thanks to a gracious God. Having done so, he took up his ax, -and found a few hairs upon its edge. He turned to tbe log he had been split ting, and there was single curl of his boy’s hair, sharply cut through and laid u|hmi the wood. IIow great tin-escape! It was as if an angel Are they weak ? 1 am streugth. Are they poor ? I am riches. Are they in trouble ? I am comfort Ar^thcy sick ? T um health. Aro they dying ? 1 am life. Have they notiiiug ? J am all things. I am wisdom and power. / am justice and mercy. / am grace and good ness. I am glory, beauty, holiness, emineucy, supremiueucy, perfection, all sufficiency, eternity! Jehovah, J am. Whatsoever is amiable iu itself, or desirable unto them, that I am. Whatsoever is ppre aud holy, whatsoever is great or pleasant, whatsoever is good, or needful to make men happy, that lam.—Hi shop Jlcveridge. We road of the acts of the jqms- We have heard an incident in ref erenoc to the practical dnty of pav ing the pastor which wc have never seen iu priut, and which is too good lose. Some years ago, au excellent broth er (now one of the “fathers," w ho is as widely loved as he is known, ami whose genial humor and warm heart will never allow him to grote old) w as (allied to the pastorate of a ccr tain church in Kentucky, aud signi fied his willingness toaccept the call. When a liberal minded brother pro posed to the church that they should then determine upon what salary they should pay brother B., a good old deacon arose and violently ap posed the proposition. He was an willing that the church should give any couuteuauce to the idea of a hire ling ministry—he wanted his pastor to preach for the good of souls, and not for the money he was to get. Brother B. was no hireling, and lie would not have him put in that |*>hi tion. But let him come on and preach for them, and then, at the close of the year, let each one of the church give brother B. ickntercr he may purpose in his heart to girt. He appealed to brother B. to know if that arrangement would not suit him. and he promptly replied, -(.’er taiuly; anything that will suit tbe church will suit me." This point being thus settled, it remained for them to fix the days upon which they would have preach ing. Thereupon the )>astor elect arose and said: “I can not, breth ren, fix upou any givcu time 211 which I can preach for you; for, if I make a definite appointment, it would uot, of course, do to disap point the congregation, aud I should be obliged to make a point to couie. But I might not at the time fed like coming—it might be too cold in the winter or too hot in the summer—the roads might be too muddy or too dasty—1 might not feel like ridiug forty miles, or I might uot feel like {treadling when 1 get there, In fact, circumstances might be such that I would not ‘purpose in my heart’ to preach for you at the appointed time. But we will just goon—you may consider me as yonr pastor, and some days alien it is neither too hot nor too cold, when the roads arc neither muddy nor dusty, w hen I feel like ridiug forty mile*, and feel like preaching, whenever, indeed, I ‘puqstse iu my heart’ to do so, I will come and preach for you. In a won!, breth ren, tee tcill put the preaching on the same basis a* the pay." The brethren saw the {mint, and at once went to work and arranged for* a definite salary. Other churches that we wot of might learn a lesson from this iu cident. UirratE^ op the Believer.— When Svdnev E. Morse was a l*ov *» *■ a • In college, not much over twelve years® old, he became {Hjssessed of these words: -‘God lives. God reigns, God loves, God frill ever live, God will ever reign, God will ever fore. Glory, hallelujah!" “In those words,” adds the New York Observer, “an al! the springs of his life—absolute submission to God’s wilj. with a sense of his infinte love, working out [K*ace anil joy, which he sought to diffuse by making the law of love the universal bond and rule." And 1 v. yet some say a devout orthodox Christian can’t be happy. He is the hajipiest of men; for he believes iu God, and all of God, with all his heart. He takes him at bis word, never doubting his justice or his grace; never questions his plans or workings. He is all and iu all, wis dom aud righteousness, sanctifica tion and redemption. A Good Day.—A good day begins with God. A wise merchant would no more think of going to business without communion with Christ thau of going to the store without coat or hat or shoes. I used to have a very poor watch, and I had to set it every morning iu order that 1 might make from it a guess about the time of day. Our souls are |>oor time pieces, utterly disordered; aud every morning we ueed to set them by tbe Suu of Righteousness. Before we start ofl’ to the store, we need to pray for patience. We will Ie harassed and perplexed. Men will wrong us, and impose upon us, and cheat us; aud before the day is past, if you have not laid in a hu-ge supply of patience, you will half swear with your lips, and perhaps make a whole swear* with your ties, bnt never of their resolutions. | he:irts.—T. De Witt Tulmayt.