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A J . »* 335= — NEW SERIES, VOL. 4.-N0. 47. “ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE B APTI8 M"-EPHE8I A NS IV: *■ '*?'* ■m- ■'****»■■ .»<■■ - r - fWiiiMifti mi ,ii, 4, ... . k!' #.■* • COLOMBIA, S. ( . FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. 1872. •». OLD SERIES, VOL. V.--N0. 203, Religious. The Power of God ie power of (iod apjieurs in iting the tliriue and human na- in the lieraon of our I/onl pnd Je«ui Cbriat. The two n* of our Redeemer are tin mixed, divine na are is not turned into human, nor the human into th* no. One »ature doth n<^ awml up the o her, and so make a nl distinct|from both; but they two distil* t natures, yet united nnmixed, he jmiperties of fuich re preser e<l entire. What a nier of po^ er wa« this, that two res, one Myfae and the other man, infiui ely distant in tliein ves, should meet together In one ii. Here one equal with God found in tie form of a servant, and ina; or and die same subs' united in one; the e creature joiued in oe, God of all bless e4ness linked 4*ith a roan of sorrow a d acquaints with grief. ‘“The word \ as made flesh.” What cs n be more m racnlous than for God tdij become mar, and man to become ! that a i erson iiosaesseti of all glorious [crfeotions and excel- cies of Deity sliould inherit all iutirmities aud imperfections of humanity, sin i xcepte<l. God’s jhiw 1 is seen in mstaining, upholding supiiortin{ the human nature of irist, keepin« it from sinking uu the infiui e weight of divine ith that va: poured out upon him our sins, aid making.him victo over the powers of earth aud II. Hence his Father says, “Be- my Sem at whom 1 uphold.” power of < od apjiears in raising irist from ti e dead. The apostle Is us that Gi d exertcsl his mighty cr in Chris when he raised him the dead. The Lord spake un the fish ai d it vomited Jonah i the dry h ml, be rescued Daniel »m the lions’ icn, he restrained the from buruii ig the three holy chib These were signal declare •of the D line power, aiid the of the resurrection of onr glo- But 1st all these are is represented by i mis Redeeme r j nothing to v hat t em, for tlia wsis a iiower over i itaral cause , c irbing of beasts i id restrainin 5 the elements; but i the resurre it ion of Christ God ^ ercised a p >wer| over himself, he < leuebed the - flakes of his owu 1 rath, which was better thau mil- 1 ms of Nebui had lezzaFs furnaces ; 1 * unlocked th e prison doors whereip t e curses of the law had lodged c ir Saviour, s .rung<t than the ribe ( f the great Leviajth J How wondi rful 'iiould be .ra sed (iarse of the law weigh tof our 1 ius, jiith success an up conflict wi/tn tne jiowers »th aud hell. Bence he is said to raised from the dead by the glory the Father, that is by bis glorious >wer, and ban. was it that he from under the and the infinite to be the Son of od with pow ;r. ‘ * 1 /‘Because wit} in the grave uiy i*oul | Shall not be left by Thee. ICoiraptioB T1 ou wilt not permit ^ Thy Holy (!) ae t» see.” Ill ■ • U . B.J. “ re r» • I ’ 'he Bible. As the oal, ,berfoc6s.;uid entire, r|iu the acor 1 that buries itself iu exjpau ever perfect (ifo, till it becomes ‘ gigantic 1 aouai eh of the forest; die entire Gospel of redemption 'tafc in that ;er}nitial promise con cerning the ‘ seed of the woman,” vhksh, buric< 1 in the clods of a Washed Eden, shot forth its life par allel with tin 1 gjrowth of humanity. $ow it appeal s as the teuder twig of promise to E noeh and Noah; now dw vigorous sapling of the faith of Abraham; now the refrenhiug shade free leafing 011 tn the glorions ritual of Moses; not' the well known pilot’s frg.ual-tree tli it guides the course of Bavid aud Is; tiali; now putting forth ^ blossom c f plenteous promise in Hie (1 os pci 1 if John the Baptist; now bo ring the rich harvest Of ripe truit, n the preaching of the .ipostles und »r the ministration of Spirit. 1 Tiiur, through all the in ail tlie “divers man °f «iimnunication, it is one ton! the same Gospel, embodying the *a«ne great troths in its stage# of dev shipment. The Bible and Infidel Reformers There is a clear amt arukil |mr pone among our social revolutionists to destroy the authority of the Bible as a standard of faith and practice. The Bible is the sole object of at tack. It is U*ing assailed with every weapon which human cuhniiiK can devise. The declaration of h Ger man scholar is both true aud signifi cant: “One perusl has fought for Christ’s sepulchre, another for hie body and blood; the (treaent age is contending for his Word.” The aim is to wrest from the Bible its claim to-.Divine origin und authority. These men and women are trying to make the Word iff God aiqiear as nothing else than the word of man. Fur this end they strive to put the Bible into cuutradictioti to itself or iu opposition to the admit ted conclusions of science. Some times they disguise their hostility. They speak in eoiapliuieutary terms of the Bible. The> call it a ‘‘good look." They tall us that “there is wisdom in its teachings.” But they are sure to tqieak of its deficiencies aud its errors. U is simply a good book among good books, and it istriakes of those imperfections and faulty statements which bcloug to till I rooks of human authorship. There is 110 mistaking the purpose of these writers. Whether they as sail the Bible iu bitterness of s|»int, denouncing it as a fraud aud a lie, or praise the Bible, gt\ mg it a lofty place among the many ktmks of man’s writing, it is evident that their intention is to so exhibit it that men will cease to reverence it as something Divine. The see that as long as the |>eopte regard the Bible as from God, as God’s Word, there is no chance for them to |iro- pagatr their •' revolutionary meas ure*. Aleu who believe in the litblo us Divine are apt to have some very dear and fixed uoitous about the authority and binding force of law and goveriimcut, about tin* duties and obligations of citizenship, about tlni sacrmluess and stability of hoi riage, about the holy nature ami sanctions of the Christian Sabbath. Meu who lielieve that they are taught of God iu their Bible are eaeecdiugly slow, ho|**le*sly slow at receiving the theories ami principles which onr modern reformers are so busy in stating. They are not teach aide iu regard to the prim*i|4es that government and law are merely creations of majorities; that marriage in beginning aud continuance ut only a matter of mutual understanding; that “projierty is theft* and shook! be redistributed; that the Christian Sabbath is a repetition of a Jewish superstition, and which if it is to be observed at all, should be ob served a* a day for unbridled license ; all domestic spherv*, men usmI wo men would shrink away in fright The Bible would bu reinstated to iU place of Divine • authority. It would be rev encored by every faUh and affection of the heart. It weald be dung to aud defended as the citadel of man’s most posnous pus st'ssions, as holding In itself all the best Interests of hnmnntf) intmsf of the life that now is sod those of the life which Is to come.— Wmleh sms end Rrhertor. Hearing the Oespsl. There U a fear frit responsibility renting upon him who preaches the everlasting Gospel. The destiny of immortal soul* rest* upon the man aer in which be dues his work. He is an ambassador of t’hrvst, sad comes with a message of pardon and peace from God, sgaiast shorn, those to whom he delivers his mnmage, are all in open rebellion. It certainly lireomca hun to do his work earn estly, diligently sad utajerftillj. Bui if there is fheh a rrspossi bility resting u|*m the Guspnl, there mm^he a correa ponding responsibility resting spun those who hear it |>rearhed. If it is a fearful thing to |mwk that Gos |«rl in a ejuviess sod nnliffercnt mao nor. it must also be a fearful thing to hear it (wearbed ami not give earnest attention to iL It <*011*100 the «»aff remedy for the diseased *oul; the eaiy ho|s- of pardon and (tearr; the only nay to eternal life. If some deadly disease had srtard bat The rWwvf* sf Urn Bbh , (ft those flowers twa only Mr spectfied, the Hmt and iify, sad Ihw first bat Iwfer , oner in Coat it; I, fr Inn. ii*T; L In Hebrew nmr is (wsaponndcd of two words, one Mgmfying to rerer or hide, the otbre a •iadew. and an may thus be rendered the srewrinf dnhv | a the passage in < an licks it fe more properly n rear had, as tfmusg rsmf. A variety of opinions euat ss to what the Bower really Was. (fear nine considers it to U the nnmdow id Dr. Thompson says, “It ia Sharon, sad is found large, double and lamented, la naaay |mrta of W Asia. The toss is sod much < «ltirated.* Another wri ter is of upteton that the aamsmw Is intended fur the ruts, ns that sad the lily wonld be ia in w fl »|*vv* of wild vanes tn Hy ns. wSm have thought it takes hn pots, ahn shall be as the > sf a dove severed with ail- IPs. IrrMI t 13,) and in bar Head shall rias clear ns the md ftdr ns the moon, to reign Mm in his 9 in uae man in particular wo shall nsvsr forgot, not he did any my great thing, as willing ns a fortune tether, feet is, a large legacy might nan wan wealthy, and with the of his pea could have made *. The gwnm gifts whtah upon us They cost the giver nothing. They have nomooey Twine, wowkl not be collateral in hank, and yet to the reomvsr they ia Urn higher seaae. e thann money value. re which as well as a possibly gifts i that woman is greater a* politici.ia ; thiU > « tb« Un, ko«r » tth tlu- powers of ^ utinFr; of irunlinate consumer of care ami money, and should give place to State foundling institutions; that the Church with its ordinances is a thing of the far away post, totally unfitted to the wants of this culight- ened nineteenth century—men and women who read and believe the Bible a# written by holy men who were moved to utterouee by the Holy Ghost are tin* last ones to accept such nonsense and folly as this. Hence these bold or insidious attacks upon the Bible, this ridicul ing of it, or this “damning it with faint praise,” these open dcnuncia tions of it with impious blasphe mous phrase, or these subtle, silken, bat more effective attacks in the way of innuendoes ami suggestions, ns seen in many u page of our |w>iite literature. The Bible must first be pnt out of the way. The divinity iu it which docs so tdightily control human faith and press human con sciences, must be taken out of it. By some blow which will shock man’s reverence for it, or by some slow, unseen process which shall steal away their faith in it—in some way the Bible must lie dethroned from the hearts of the (teopic before these revolutionary measures ami principles can make any headway. Let the thing be understood. Let the ixroplo know for whut end the Bible is being assailed, its grand claims denied or ignored ; its trail sceiideot authority wrested from it. Let them eat oh sight of the spec tacle which is revealed for them when the Bible shall have been set a#ide. 1s t the curtain be roHctl up and the remaining acts rehearsed. Before these scenes of disorder and havoc in the State, and impurity And wretchedness iu society, ami unspeakable shame and distress in various Alt ILLUS1 RATION.—“A man is ‘•ircuinscribe* in all his ways by God’s provid iuce, jast as he is iu a »hip; for the ugh lie may walk freely upon the dec cs, he must go whither the ship bea him.” upon your body, and there « one remedy fine that dlwrasr. and that remedy was offered you, would | you refuse it f If in bandage for life, ami tail our <»ffer Was to he, mo«fe of freedom, wouhl you reject that offer f If condemned to suffer dcuth, ami hut «sr offer iff (wnlus was to he mode, would you allow that offer to puss umm|trot ed f If : you would allow thK It would be' because you did wot fully realise' your sad conditwwi aad great dan i ITT Hurely then you are rrcreaut to* your own Iml, your eternal Inter rets, if when the healing holm, found in the Ha clour’s blood is offered you, you treat the idler with imliffteeuer. ! Surely it argues a aperies of mum ty, if y«m allow that offer of |«inlou, which alone can free you from the bondage of sin ami Hat tan, ami *e cure to you the eternal freedom of the children of God, to hr carelessly rotund red by you. Minister* iff the Gospel may preach ' it with all the diligence, earnest ness, amt |waycrfulness that it k puestlde for them to manifest; they may ! spmd their It res in the most diligent exertion to secure the soli at km of those who bear the tloeprt, and yet none will be saved by the Guoprl If they bear it mrrlrssfy, cmUtjf und jrmjfrrfn*/| If you, hearer of the GiMprl, would le profited by it, you must hraf it with prsyerftt! sttew lion. Seek a friyaml Aeerf before going to hear the Gospel preached. Implore I loti’s btrssiog «p*wi him who is to deliver God*s message to you. Hear that Gospel with affew 1 turn; not with sleepy indifference. Who ever beheld men sleeping iu any other public place of rewort ex cejff a church f The spirit uf God can not oreowitwiay the GoAprl aad make it effectual to the soul of that man who Is wrapt in sleep. Hear the Gospel with self application. Do not suppose it ia intended for some one else and not fete you. You ore always mesht when the Gospel ia offered. When you hear the Gospel, to deavor to retain its precious truths. Retire, reflect, turn it Into |<rayer, ami thus cover up the seed sown, that Hatan snatch it not away. Re member your eternal peace k de I lending upon that Gospel. With out its precious truths, yon must sink down under Gist’s eternal dta pleasure. Without its precious truths y ou must be forever and ever la the society of devils, lienee, dear friends, “Take heed while you hear.”—-Thcis ffoa Instructor. GoV KTol snkhm.—The first act uf divine justice iu the infant church of Jerusalem was to punish covetous ness. Ami yet the church has never droit with this oio as it should. “Who ever heard of a man being disciplined for covetousness T asks Dr. John Hall. “For other stem,” he savs, “men are cast out of the church; but in this sin, which the Bible calls idolatry , they lire and die without one honest rebuke.* iU name from the number six; rick, which may br given away; by reason of iU tel leaves, tel petals ; ami white Urn giver has loot nothing, and tei stamina; “the mow, white the reomvre has gamed more than ness of IU petals. Hn lofty stature, * fortune. reaching sometimes to fear fete aad Walking along kiaoreh one day, a half, the delicacy uf ita color, aad acariy a score te years ago, this the uncommon elegance of all its friend stepped up to onr side, put imrts render it very attractive*- bta arm iu that te the youthful /hr. Fites. There are Hfrea te dtf preacher, and, in the oourre of a fermt colors, white, red, yellow and fe« moment*, intimated that be orange. It is ecwnmlered that the woakl like to tall as something lily is Canticles is the wows impe j wlwch would br. to our advantage, rul. the Persian Uiy. I’alxtet te» tf w c would take no oflenre. By serves, “the My sj-ken te by **> out manacr aad word, the assn tame mun was red, and diteillnl a certain Was give* ate only that we should ltqu«r; it k always brat downwards take m> offence, but, on the other and itisposed ia the manner of a hand, should be ever grateful to cross; at the extremity te the sfcia him or any uor tear for auy word 1* tW stem, sbs h has a tuft' of which would amve to auske us wiser fenres at the top; at the bottom and better in this world. * of rack leaf te this flower Hiarll “Now,* asnl he, “for years I have taia watery haasor. forming, as it made it my business to bear the were, a riry while penri. which first preach an wherever I go, and gradually dirndls very Hear and though they are always Quite unlike, pure drof* te water, ami this may yet I generally manage to discover »w what the spouse cfilk wyrrA’Ua each some attractive power, for M e are MU te the hty that aumy jigewersllv that which pic***** me its property (rvill M tk .iimst , mft 1 rntteiM IRII, KPI BQ iliril Wffff they ta thr Rate that they heated their ovens with withered tUka The “sweet Bowers* which we Bod ia Cast e t IX may he rendered learn nf perfume, and softly the rose and lily most have emitted (heir portion te fregtaarr from throve It has bees oheerved that “the roar delights not is fat anil and rich elay, bat in rubhtah, ami ruses that grow there are te thr swortete smell * That the Lord Jesws is oK forth under the similttadc te this lovely Rone of Bharon, ami that he calk kiamrlf thus, seems apparent from this Brte verse te thr enad rhSfiter te t’aatklra, although iqanioos vary ou this point, smr applying both rose ami lily to the Hnvkmr, others tn the Chireh Bnt dees It not age pear Iu be a rmpcwod commendatioo to the one te the other, thr perfect souteaction each has in each other’s eircllamrjca f The character aad properties of both flowers may be fonod ia the Redeemer and the rn- Ue who is the covering “the shadow te a great rock ia a weary land*—has proved himself thas to the souls te his peo ple, and concern tag his fragrance, It went up to God OS a “sweet smell ing savor,” and come down into our hearts “an odor te a sweet smell* While again, the gnnnenu te the We began to see that mouething was coming on the subject te preach lag, where we wens- conscious of any defect*. This friend was a dry goods merchant, with no edura tint) ia particular, bnt was a chris tian man, an observing man. and a perfect gentleman—00c te those men who coaid my almost anything to yon, and do it so nicely, so kindly that yon cook) jwmnibly have no 1H- feeliug. “Now * said he, “it is my obeerva twin that the men who sttract and bold the largest congregation* are the men whose style of prenrbing is eonveraations).* We had t«ern to college, and studied rhetoric some, but bod not recollected to have ever heard of that word tfenuy soch sense before. Conversational pleaching? lie went AM: “Now, I would my to you that the very first thing which is rssen Dal to y our success is that you never enter the pulpit without something to my.” Hist struck us as implying that uor "pulpit preparation on the pre ceding Habbath hod possibly not toco quite equal to the occasion. “Then,” said he, “say it to your congregation jnot os you would to twftity person* iu a parlor. If you were going to ted a company of rhnmh smell te “myrrh, aloe* and friends something in a parlor, you roasts," Di xlv t A, which she geta might do H earnestly, forcibly, but from her onnrnaa tn her Covenant you would not pound and srream Head. The redness of the roof at them, would you T might seh forth the ^garments dyed Our pocket handkerchief wiped in blood* te the Haviour j white aad the perspiration from our y outhfbl ruddy he k rolled, combining the brow just at that point, and wc answered him by saying, no, we would not. The last Habbuth’s la bored effort, with resultant husky voice, was just then very distinctly beauty te both Hty viewing the lily m a symbol te the Chart*, It k rosy to understand how she dwells “among thorn* ;* internal and external eoemies have samurai led her on all sides, from the hour when in Eden the earth was earned for man’s sake, and it wan from henceforth to bring forth thorn* tents, conscious that we need not lyOOK happy, H'pJfl do not frei “Now,* be continued, “when a ■reams out Ms words, we throw ourselves back in our make say effort to bear the sermon; ve actually brace ourselves up to bear what k not agreeable. Com mon people can not alwsjs tell why they don’t like the sermon or the preacher; they con not define, but this they do know, they don’t like Ik* And be went on. There was so in what he was and thistles; but the land looks down upon her in her rubbish ami •ays, as “the tfly among thorns, so is S»y beloved among the daughters.” In its lofty stature we see the Sn v tour ; in its lowly aspect, the sin mNRmi . In the fading, dying quality of both lily ami roar, the comparison holds good no longer. “I am the saying that his words fastened them loud, I change not,” he says; “Jean* selves in our memory forever: “When Christ, the same yesterday, todsy. a preacher hss something important and forever.” But hit Church In to say, as be always may hare, and her militant stats “eomrth forth a* then talk to the people with a con- a flower sod Is cut down,* (Job xW:, rersaUonal voice and earnest man 5), bet “glorious beauty is a fading nor, instead te our throwing our flower*(law. xirlfl: 4), but la yet a solves bock in our seat* with indif little while, though the has lata ! fere nee. he will met tut Ironing for ward, anxious to hear every word; the house will be orderly—still; there sill be solemnity in the ser vice which will impress wen. The preacher will not be exhausted at the end of the service, mid bearing will be a pleasure rather than a pain, as it often is.” This fri#tid, we nuiqieQt, bad never read a work on rhetoric or polpit elocution in bis life, but he uttered the truth. His words commended themselves to the consideration of a young preacher, who, from that short conversation, gaiued more knowledge ou the subject of preach-' ing than be hail ever obtained from books. He can not fee! too pro foundly grateful to that man who kindly reached out a brotherly band mid lifted hint up to a higher place. —Her. J. II. VrCnrtu, in the Mctho diet. The First Resource \ ou ba%‘c some trouble tny Chris tian motor or brother. Yon are sore and perplexed. You are perhajw inexperienced, and dislike to ask old chnsiiaus bow you ishnll dispose of your embarrassments.It may not be what you would call a spiritual pcr;4cxit> ; but what aver it is, tie sure to ask the Lord about it. Go to him first. It us his work you are seeking. It. is his Spirit that is promised to those w ho ask for it to guide them into all wisdom. If, after lay ing the matter before him, ia w ard light does not come, enabling you to see y our proper course with out advice, then the iudkatiou is, prubalriy that you are to get the help frbm some od-worker. Fpr baling asked the Lord, however, you will no doubt be U tter directed how to state the matter to your fellow, and be win U more abun dantly able to give you the required assistance. ; J We have seeu this tried. „ We have proved it. “Why, Feddy," said an indulgent father to his almost hMuo! school boy sou,, “why didn't ytmr write me ofteoerf 1 thought you would tell me, any way, when you wanted money, instead of writing to your lirothers or the girls for it f" aud the tone was justly that of aggiieved love. The boy whose wants had alway s been so cheerfully and lovingly- sup;died, had refrained from asking his father for that which be had needed, and had .gone to'other members of the family for the supply te his wants. - The earth ly father showed unmistakably that he was grieved. Better than an earthly father loves to give good gifts to his children, the Heavenly Father loves to give good gifts to them that ask him. Shall we Chris tian workers not prefer to go direct ly to him with ous simplest need, lather than complain of want, or go to others for supplies ! t . ,* ' v. / A Giving xp the Prayer Meeting. Some give up the prayer meeting by staying awray, aud would let it die by neglect: others, by discon tinuing it for a time; and others kill it ss you have been show ing us, or iierhaps it might a# well be termed murder it. An incident occurs which may be related as follows: A certain mini# ter engaged to preach in a place mu* half te his time, and the inquiry rose where they should bold their prayer meeting, as they had no very odnvenient place. After some con sultation, it Vas proposed to give up the prayer meeting; there would be a saving te expense, as it would cost twenty-five cents an evening to warm and light a room, and it would lie some trouble to hold it at priYate houses. ; “Well,* replied the miuistiT, “per haps it w ould ;. and as they were on the plan te retrenchment, perhaps it wonld oe better to have preaching only one fourth of the time, which would save considerable. On the whole, it might be better to give up preaching altogether, and thns save the whole expense, which wonld be quite an item. And further,” he remarked, “perhaps they could save something in other respects; there was the Sabbath, wrhich was now lost to all profitable labor ; fifty- two in a ydhr—what » saving, if they should no longer be kept as holy time! Then, we were required by the Bible to do to others as we would they should do to ns, which iu voiced a loss, for otherwise we might take the advantage—deceive or cheat a little. How much might be saved by laying aside the rnTes God has given us, and following out our own inclinations; strange this has never been thonght of before. To what a discovery has this idea te giving up the pray er mewling led! Will not the world have reason to bless us for the deliberations of this evening V* What effect this speech of the. minister bad, or whether the projni sition to give up the prayer matting was adopted, we are not informed. Bnt we have no doubt, in many places and with many minds, the argument would appear logical ami u ns wearable. That minister’s pro jiositions would gain many converts. But there is a moral worthy of notice—the result# of little depar tures iu the beginning, and giving up or neglecting the mean# of gface SS they come in their tarns. One who neglects his dooct will by and by neglect his prayer meeting, thro the Habbath-school, ami then will nndervaloe the Habbath service*, aud so on with all the requiremets of God’s w ord. A careful attculiou to these little things, if they may be called such, is srhat makes up the Christian life, and Christian com fort kud usefulness.—Zion's Herald. Knowing the Father. . Jesus said, “O righteous Father, the world hath not known this*: but I have known thee; and these have known that thou hast sent me.” Here are the two extremes: “The world hath not known thee: but 1\- have known thee.” And here also is, as it were, the intermediate jKnsi tion occupied by us: ‘‘These have known that thou hast sent me,” They do not know' thee as 1 have known thee. But they Are in the way of learning thee to know thee: for they know me as sent by thee. 1 am edneating aud training them iu that knowledge of thee which 1 would have them to possess as per fectly as 1 possess it myself. “I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare itnor will I desist until they know thee as 1 know thee by experience of thy love, “the love wherewith thou hast loved me, dwell ing in tbeos. and 1 in them.” -IJohn xvii: 35, 26.) 80 Jesos, “the first-liegotten among many brethren,” is teaching now to know as he knows the righteous Father through “the love wherewith the Father loveth him, dwelling in ns, and himself dwelling in us.” - The school is ill-snited in many respects to the teaching, and the scholars are not so ajff as might be wished. The school is but dimly lighted, and badly aired; the atmos pherc is too fall of dnst and smoke; the learners, also, are often drowsy, and the lesson object is seen through a glass darkly. But k> ! the hour comes when the benign Master, the loving elder Brother, leads os into the sjiaeious, lofty, bright hall of his Father’s tnatty-manstoned house, and presents ns to the Father, face to face, saying, “Behold! 1 and the little ones whom tliou hast giveu me.” Then there is clear light, un- elooded vision, a foil and perfect understanding of the righteous Fa ther, a fall and perfect understand ing between him ami ns, a fall aud perfect understanding as there is iu the case of his own beloved Sou himself. All that was dark or doubt ful about liis character and ways is cleared up. There is nothing auy where to awaken a suspicion, or sug gest a question; nothing to give a partial or distorted view of what he is, or what lie does. We see him as he is, and so seeing him, we approve, and love, and are like him evermore. —Dr. Ommdliek. - SrKAK for Christ.—Every word we speak for Christ is pouring oil ou the fires of grace in our own heart, and will make them bum with an ardor otherwise unknown. The Chris tian will find that while, before he commenced this oonrse, he had a thousand questionings and difficulties after he has done so, he will scarce ly have an hour’s trouble with him self. The truth seems to be this : Christ ia so kind and unexacting a master that he will not let his ser vants fight two battles at once; if they will take the sword and go iuto the ouemy’s c&mp, he will keep the citadel for them; if they will be about his business, he will set their heart# entirely at rest—Dublin TVact. The story of the hnman race is tli story’ of God’R topple. Unbelievin souls are the rubbish to be remove at the judgment day. Ask yourscll “Am I on that foundation, or am of the rubbish T” Do you love Christ Then you are in the temple. Tli architect ha# keen eyes, and got around looking to see that all th lives of the temple are erect, tbii nothing may give way.