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| was preparing ti* aermon,” was
tf»e^*W4r,3>utJ l**l u°
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offcipg
*r, *t>ave a h$(, temper, anti I
can not hel^> it, and I ean uof cun
trot it. It»impossible.”
And still adhering to this opiuiou,
»fter some ftnther conversation he
§0lrt his J ' • i '' < ' •
■ The next Sabbath La Fontaine
preaded apon self deception, linl
the ndte exCtUses which men are
WnHo-mt*-' 1 -
aWhy,* said he, u a man will de-
dme that It hi impossible to control
bis temper, when be very well knows
that were the same provocation to
happen in the presence of his SON
creigti, he not only conM bnt would
vmtrtf himself entirety. And yet
that the continual
ef the king of’ kings and
kid of feeds, Imposes upon him
neither restraint nor fear!”
Thehrkt day his friend, the ma-
icif?again accosted him. ■ ‘
VTon were right yesterday, chap
he said humbly. Hereafter,
whsoever^ron see me in danger of
remind me of the king r '
And so, dufetr&n friends, do not
we need to be reminded of the king!
The cross which in oar weariness we
aw fitin to lay down, is be&ne for bis
sake. His all-seeing eyes note tbe
‘'patient continuance in well doing,”
as surely as it searches put the hid
den wrong—tbe poor and pitiful es-
/^gggpar'T :*•".*>"-w^W!.=iap»aWWWf *W-V8^Wii(M5
He is “with ns always” Shall
Uiis grand and divine mystery of the
unseen, Eternal Presence, be to us
a continual source of Sweetest com-
fort, or one of saddest condemnation !
What is the witness which our lives
are giving to that clear vision which
reads the heart, and searches out
thq inmost thought. Is it a record
of claim trust, and earnest endeavor,
and holy fhifh ? Arc ours the hands
that bear the “cup of cold water* to
Christ’s little odes, and that grow
“net weary in welfdoing V* Are
oore tbe feet that unfalteringly- fol
low tbft Lamb wheresoever be go-
eth T Are otlrs the lips whose every
word Is “fitly spoken T” Are onrs
the hearts whose earnest prayer is
continually, “Not our wills, O Lord,
Thine be done V : Are onrs the
lives whose continual service and
effort echo tbe cry, “Tby Kingdom
(omeT
If these things are not so, letr us
remember the king—remember'ijot
only his justice, but his mercy also,
tbe pity and the power that pardons,
tbe hand that helps, the rock that
is our refuge, arid the rest that re
®aineth: Remind tis of the king!
tori* (Vfe riMi notf btAy* Hie nrnreh dt
ill*its relation to thCOfbgv.
MNurWill Sidvfeet the IHets «ml priti-
dpieri Af re%ion W nualywis .HM
h and * idhhsifleafiiHi, its
they do all other 1 #*** and primeH
fUfeSf and if the 'friends of Christi
anity arc behind her enemies In this
department, they mast aspect that
the progressive thinkers of the civ
»Ujm4 w«tWi trill move ?off hU* Abe
dreamy mgiwii of error ami unbelief.
The defeuderaof tsilh must convince
»t least tbe aioce sober inquirers in
philosophy sad science, that they
m* i&UJy abreast *f the times in the
Jine’of soninhHig ami comprebtfusivo
thought, touciiiug ell the materials
end relations ef truth that belong to
the ferctmu which they would sustain
to uuivenml nooep
t^npe. Failing m this, they most
speedily lose tlmir hold upon the *o-
Ure-snd own trolling minds that shape
and direct our isodeen cririitmlrae.
AiMiuuoioiitHic end stereotyped sys-
tiSBiOf doctrinal belief rnny be sub
Madtially trim and scriptural, bnt
it wan not bn adequately adapted
to meet the Live generation in which
we are called to do pur mark. If
met! of culture and scientific arid
philosophical tendency and attain
moots, and tbe multitude urho fellow
them, ate to be saved to the
tiauge ef true faith and conversed te
Christ, they in act be dealt with as
taeo of culture aud thought, of at
lent*, of weatal ability ) and divine
truth must be eommeuded to their
OQtiSuieuces nod heurts is forms that
wriL correspond to their intellectual
habits, it is the glory of our haly
religion that, while its truths are uu
changeable, the forms in which those
truths sro to bri [wot<enUHl to the
minds of men may he fedeSnitaly
varied in aeeoauaedatfeu to tbe de
uiaiula of all Uu- advancing
A D«Uu »n4 » Thought-
-*4 .rtrmdafc
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one of O
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od’s faith
A few days ago
.'Wards, a mi
I hl» heavenly’Fatbet with ft Is
(fee and fol^iy up treasure Id
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APTI8M”-EPHE8IAN8 IV: 5.
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OLD SERIFS, VOI, V.--N0. 2HK
r'Auj p*i
puis it with
cr, and praises and Bible in
■
lhciA
Clerical foppert
»mark to me :
bt or^o ago,
heaveri, made tbf*
and ealcnlateiFt^e increase r .
H ut at oomrp4>orid {ntetrst. and
that fn lesa than two hundred
and fort)- years, it amounted to more
ttiad twd millions and a half of do)
lutgi. And I'naked mysefr Whether
ltd ■■|
would not make | dollar bud
ini-
and
held of
Owl
tip (br Him grow a*
does by the laws 6f t
Tlio arlthineHca!
etie transfer there from
benefleent^ struck ipf.
w Ye« 1 my ttrottWr,” adid 1* u wp
med har< ^y doubt ft- The word of
the Lord is; “L^y up for yourselves
treaaure in heaved.” He 4 has alio
•said : “Ho that hath pity upon the
!>oor lentfoth to tbd Lord, and that
which He hath given will He pay
him, again” The laws, operating In
the splritural world mast be at least
as certain da those which operate ia
any other department of the universe.
God is more able and wiping to pay
ITi* detits than men are to pay
theirs. Yon” would not have ray
tnouey as a loan without paying in
terest, and God is more noble-minded
than man. 1 * How certain and em*
phatie is that promise that he will
pay It again ! I have not the leaat
doubt, dear brother, that to two
hundred aud forty years from this
day you will find every dollar yon
have laid up for the Lord worth
more to you than two and a half
milTionaof dollars. And, then, there
is this to be thought about the mat
ter: If you put out yonr (foliar on
interest, yon ran*t lie certain to
collect your money aud in tercet
of human development.—Addhses sfi crcr y J oar ’ an<1 eVer ? X ear ftn<5 *
Jh. PalUrton before the Alumni of'responsible borrower for the amount:
Lane Seminary. whereas, wheif you give to the poor,
^ '— you lend to* the Lord, riho keep*
Holy Living most accurate accounts, and doeu-
the com|K>nndl»»g for you” l Jt
Professor Park on Extempore Preach-
ing. - i:
ruction, abd all
to tbe soul- I t
Christians in our 1
tain the uotiou of Ji
about giving to the
not their notion,
Ghost’s), our spiritn:
not be so dill
would flow forth
where now huodi
out. Takt* the I
with the short
your giving a j»art
and then |bauk 1
but above all Ibe
your Christian life
Dr, Crosby.
improving
that if all
would euter
aud Paul
, (and it U
[ tbe noly
temple would
.^—thousands
willing hearts
ire squeezed
my brother
too. Make
ar worship,
and Paul,
for making
pier.—filer.
| *« uo diaguieing the fact
that in this oouutxy tbe' clergy ua a
body are imorly paid-, that their
salaries arc, in a majority of casea,
(|Dife inadequate to their support;
that while a constant lax is laid
upou them by their ouugregatuma in
tbe way of thought and teaching,
they have uo sufficient menus with
which to increaee their libraries aud
reptobipb their exhausted stores;
that to order to incut their dofleieu-
eiea, they are often driven to outside
employ menu, as far instance, writing
and teaching; that wliat with anxi-
] That Eothing Be Lest.
The inaliiplyiug the leaves aud
babes so that a little would feed so
many, is a most striking proof ef
Christ's divinity. But aaotber fact
from that same history, though rare
ly noted, is aaatcely of less weight
It is found is Jesus’ asamiaad to
gather up the frag meats that nothing
fel lost What humaa bsiag asrM
have given such directions al snch
an hour t The day was far spent.
Hie disei|aes wore already wearied
oat. They had, as deans veil knew,
a bight of trial before them. Aud
yat they uiuet gather up the piece*
Pat’s Plea fer the Bible.
4 ' * —
In a school ui the fust of lrhlaud,
a few years ago, mere two boys
■fell the same age~*4fel*eu or six
Their names were Put F. aud
Philip O. F. Ihefe were many
young people is the
but Fat and tf tulip took the
lead ia moat thtogsd sod, indeed,
the visitors were often astonished at
the remarkable rsaAffirm aad appro
ef their refffien to tbe mis
question* pot to them.
Philip has he os me * missionary of
the erase in Torkey. Ws do not
know what has became ef Pet~*t
l>ccn a gooil deal
by the errors of sectarian
wilt
lerly
i Train
iv as formerly
i StotordayH.
r-Presideut.
■■'Afb"
and Religion
H ia too late in the day for iutelfi
SCBtsrea to toy that science in gen
erslis te be set aside as mischievous
or practically worthless. To assn me
8l| cha position weald be te go baek
sod take a stand among the owl^T
*&d bats of the dark ages. But it
» bapaenble that scientific inquiry
1,1 toe departments of matter ami
niitMl arid morals should Ifr^ carried
forward and leavu«4ke~'fot‘me ef re
’’gloss thought unchanged. Every
l>eriod of meiiUd activity in the his
Boffiffiy must he n period of
investigation. Audit science
Hv***»r *—*> a
tic Of »n avst) thej Will eater into
^ of religiouH thought to
that age, VV« may declaim a* much
«s we please aganiHt scientific and
P^toaophfeal lab«- «, tbedogy as
«"trirmHy t« thr simplicity of the
'*<wpel, hst,» of sM our con
***'*+> they will be carried for
War ’ f °«htAs «r tlie Hmreh, if m*
theftL^ cud<wares. r And even
e t^MdsKcoinmqpiou can i>ot save
jr people Irvin the treuiemlous re-
.. ^ tbonght, and hedge np
Z T**"* »irul of the f at Jr
eocfesiastieal authority
SS** * 'lotions of 1
in
fuitb.
- W C%rch
utauiter rfthToSpel
in an eminent degree: AH ehristitfiis
should walk worthy of their holy
Lord, but tbe minister -is required
to be an ensample to tbe flock, and
his daily employment must"'keep
steadily before him his high calling
ns a disdp)e of Jesus, wherefore
errors in his life are 'not regarded
with, the same indulgence with
which the failings of others are
viewed. But that a gross wrong is
committed in tbe judgments com
monly pronounced upon ministers
when they are overtaken in a fault,
is stjill undeniable. It is wrong to
expect him to be perfect in holiness,
since such perfection is unattainable
iu this life by tbe best of min, and
the host of men arc the least likely
so to deceive themselves as to olaiui
it. It is equally wrong to charge
faults of Christians upou Christianity
itself] as is so often done, and us is
especially done when ministers com
mit the faults. Recently there has
of scandal caused
ministers,
and spoffers have made capital of it
among the ignorant by charging the
immorality npon Christianity. All
reasonable men can see the injustice
of sn£li a charge; but still, it ml
monishes ns to take all the more
heed that the name of Christ be not
blasphemed on our account. All
Christians, and especially Christian
ministers, should, whilst they think
they stand, take beed lest they fall.
♦ ii- ■ [ — » 0*1 — 1 ' "I'!" ' I- -
W,.
John Mackintosh Hms writes to
his feographer, Norman MeLeod
“MayIt not lie sal# tbit, the move
meat of our nge Is to#aid Hfv f I
tfikuetimea fancy tWUt I eati discern
three wpo<&* in the Reformed ehnrch
es, oerrespouding in the main to
these three weighty epithets—fdrt,
re r it a*, vita, (the way, the truth, the
life.) Tl»e KeftWmiSrs themselves, no
doribt^ Had Hre stress chiefly upon
the ftlfct (rithf It w«s on this fihflfery
hud jposio iDost*astray, ohsewring the
doctrine of justification by fhUfc
■tons , The epocli following was es
sentially dogmatic #, viien
the doctors drew »p ‘wpWdwii’ of the
truth. * It was-now, indeed, Gbrist
aa veriUm! bnt the dogma token
alone led to coldness, dogmatii
sectarian ism, and formality. Happy
will it.be fogibAGhttreh. if, not for
getting the other tWo, she shall now
be found iiiriviifg dil to the tnird
development of Christ a* wfes—tbe
Ufe r which will rognlattf tbe two fow
mer aspects, while it consummates
aud informs them. Thiti life uumt
develop the individual, ana on in
dividuals the Cborcfi depends; for
hoy to tho «chooL Bit “the day will
declare it.” ,1
W# rewMNuber ow ope oocasiou Mr.
JL, WWh kuowu ill tk#| neighborhood,
visit so ffre school, lie was
Lying at nooe the know!
edge of Ike Bcriptnr% poseeespd by
tko achulars, and them fewer to ap
ply it to the stowfeoti of omferoverted
points. Mr. B- aeaaiaod the lan
guage of an opponent to tho general
reading of the Word of God.
“Ifeys,” said he, “fhat right have
you to read tho Bibbs r
“Every right, sir y ”i|aid the hoys,
“for
show the gmitoofn of tho miracle, It
would seem of importance. But
Christ expressly states the reason:
“that nothing may be loet.” Mow
(lore that ad itself at once ally
Christ to Him who sever Loses e
moment or wastes an atom.
To be wasteful then, is not to be
Christlikc. *iie said, “Let nothing
be lost.” And yet ioau> Christians
seem to think wuaiv and generosity
•\ noil) luoua They call it mean to
took sharply after tho waste of store,
sho)*, kitchen and auffery. Minetrie,
and pouaies aud crumbs are too iri-
aignifwant to be eoosidenft! by a
raau.
We lind uvoreov^r that if we would
be gwnereua, we can not be wasteful.
A man that wastes often gives noth
ing because he has nothing. A
wuMviul : .ui is usually poor. Eiohre,
when rightly gathered, come in lit
tle*. I
Kales for extemporary preaching:
The direiTtfen more fundamental
than any other is: Cherish an earn
est religion* spirit. A mfuiatmfe ex
pressions must be the fresh outflow
togs of bis own heart, or they will
not reach ^he hearts of others. A
an must live behind his sermon;
not a professional man, but a real,
breathing man of God.
This general vole comprehends
many specific ones. Among them
are the followiagft *
Think move of doing good than of
doing weH. H» effort should be to
make his sermon as useful as, amid
all his unfitness, be can make it, and
thne to acquire a kind ef relative,
while he despairs of an abedate per
feetion. Bat in order to do thin, lie
most think more of his subject, and
less of himself; more of making
other men Christians, and lees of
making himself a perfect orator.
Volumes of homiletics are compress
ed into that hackneyed saying of
Jobu Milton: “True eloquence I
find to be none but the serious and
hearty love of truth; and that whose
mind soever is fully possessed with
a fervent desire to know good things,
and with the dearest charity to in
fuse tbe knowledge of them into
others—when such a man would
speak, his words, like so many nim
ble and airy servitors, trip about him
at command ; and in well-ordered
flies, as feu wbVild wish, foil aptly in
to their qyri| < ,|)b»cea.”--/iihhoforeo
Sacra.
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Jehofada’s Idee of fiHving.
!. M M »*fi btm A-m -
a<nl
In collectiag mms y for Hie repairs
of the temple wlllcfr Athalmh and
her*sons lwtd dilapidated, the good
priest did a thing worth noticing.
He bad a chrev p\*m4 right along
side the brawn UlVar in front df tb^
temple, (tod ia the Hid of the chest
was a hofe bored,'am! iiffo ; the hole
the priest aefected fer tile pnrpoOe
^1 lOppvil vIiC \yOTH® WuTCu ^ wUC pf50pR5
brought, either a* their Half shekel
tax, or ns film dffirthg of Vows, or m
the free will rfffeffog to the totepfe
of Jehovah. Whbn T tortd this sforir,
and then read frnm PifofS Wtit
Rpfetle tri the CoHwttHtol*, «r\>on
the first day of the week let effirjr
iWtelf yon lay by hi nr 'to Store, a*
ftofl hathpreapered mm net
help thinking that giving IS fir part
worship, h / *•» , (p|« ♦
•Close alongside Ufe» grfiit ufrar,
w here the type of the Lamb of God
was offered up, wnfi tie
mp# hope to guide, In God’s sigiit it is no abstreottea J* I How exalted gfriuf to the Imld’s
* - - j < * of a L tJt ~ 't r . tiv 'e V^dfohoo aarwdteK-I *
“AU very w«U, v said Mr. B., “to
prove that big people may
aieu aud women who have
to years of maturity—but what
has that to say to little fellows like
you r,
“Tbe Word of God Is fit for little
people, too,” said Pal, “for we read
(1 Tiro, id: lo) that TbaoUty knew
the (ScripLures from a child.” •«
“But,” said Mr. B., “Timothy af
terward, you know, becaare a priest.
Your text ouly proves ^tliat young
boys who are going forward to the
priesthood should be taught the Holy
Beriptares.”
i “Oh, bat sir,” sahl Pat, with a
bright twinkle of his intelligent eye,
that proclaimed he had the best of
the arguneii^i even before the an
swer came, “wasn't Timothy (3d
Epistle, i: 5) taught by his grand
mother f aud sure, Sir, she wasn’t
a priest T— Wtsleyan J uremic Offer
■ ' ’ j* * fear* Only Bln
The ^mperwr of Constantinople
had become greatly offended with
the saintly Bishop Ohvysostom. One
day, violently enraged, he said, in
tho proospce sf his courtiers, “I wish
1 eoold be avenged of that bishop.”
Each of tho courtiers gave his
opinioiff as to whot would be tile
moat effectual mode of punishing
ne of, whom their master had so
great an aversion.
Tho first said to the Emperor,
“Banish him to such a distance, so
that yon wilt never see him again ”
Tbe second said, “Ifo; rather eon
fi scute uM hie property.”
“Throw him into prison,” said a
Wrtrfl. 1 ** * ^
“Afe yon not master of his fife an
Well fie his propertyT exclaimed a
fourth emirtier. “Why do yon not
iget rill of lifm by putting him to
death f >, * r 3 -
A fifth spbaker, however, shrewd
ly said .♦ “Yon err aH nnder a great,
mistake; the Emperor may find a
much better way of punishing the
Wsbop. For this man, If yon weto
to send him into exile, would take
bis god with btot. If yon confiscate
bis goods, you rob flic poor, not him.
ff he Were thrown into n dungeon,
he wonld bo all the better pleased, as
he wtroM then bare thne and soli-
ttefe for comm nnion with God. Con
demnrfng him to death would be to
Open the gates of heaven to him.
Ho, no; if the Emperor really wishes
to be avenged'npoti Orysootom, he
must force him to commit some sin;
for he is a tnan who fears neither
exile, po^ erty, chains, nor death, be
ing afraid of nothing bnt sin.
ety about expenses, aud the future rf, by the twelve baskets he would
of their families, they are uot only
iu a measure unfitted for their work,
but driven to constant charge, with
the ho|>e of bettering their comlitfeu;
that the consequence is a growing
restlcASiitvKM on tbe part of both
minister and congregations; aud
that the whole thiugJUas a tendency
to drive the majority of youug men to
other pursuits. This, we believe, is
tbe true stale of tbe case, so for as
it has been gathered from statistics.
TbAt it is an evil, and a very serious
evil, no one should wish to deny j and
it is certain that the churches have
never takeu bold of it w ith sufficient
earnestness.
That the richest country iu tbe
world, a country in which with or
dinary prudence aud economy, there
are a hundred avenues to wealth and
independence; in which there are
ample means for tbe greatest enter
prise, witji a larj^c margin for ex
travagance aad (ffioW'Va country la
which money is absolutely flung
away as by no other people on earth;
that here Is a profession of above
forty thousand souls, which in viewr
of its manifold relations to both
church and .State, is of the highest
moment; which is second to no other
in. point of intelligence, industry,
culture aud usefulness hut which,
notwithstanding, is driveu to every
shift and torn for the want of a
U**U imwwi«ii> in • c r t T_ mlnurm
t**b notorious, and oiMgeonT TFT^
is not a question of rolling iu luxury
at all, of not being able to fill up
immense fortunes, and to become
a part of the moneyed aristocracy.
It is a question of not being sufficient
!y paid for honest labor; of not re
ceiving enough in tbe way of income
to meet inevitable outgoes; of not
being able to support a respectable
calling, with respectable resources,
and •of standing over agaiust the
other professions, something as Fli.v
roah’s lean kino against the fat ones.
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ment most favorable to its establish
ment, and in the way least Hkety to
promote its reception. The world
appearing to be arranged solely with
rafarenoa to the reHgfea of the
Havioor, I can understand nothing
if sfiafc a rehfpott be not from Gad.
I have not read any book about it.
but in dfeyi*| alt that happrned
before this epoch 1 have always
1 have known onr Lord all is dear
to my sight; with him there is no
problem that I can not solve. Fore
give me for tlaos podstog the mm,
blind man Who had suddenly
the gift of sight Jfroe*
Jlfrrilk B
The Bible Ter The People
'A
as a
Christian Cheerfulness
Worn-out Ministers.
There is something very' significant
in the above expression. It implies
work, hard work, long^pontinued
work, work for Christ, work for the
chnreh, and work, directly or indi
rectly, for af! the higher interests of
man. Snch work is wearing. For
many, years the superabounding
vitality may supply the waste, but
the friction at length tells on body
and mind, and he who had served
his day and generation well is thrown
aside as of no further service. He
is an old borne now, and the nevj
generation that glance at him in
passing almost think of him as hav
ing always been the same spare, stiff,
bowed, slow animal, and it hardly
occurs to them that be was once as
high-spirited, strong, fleet and use-
ftrl a stead as the best, aud is what
he is solely because his life has been
worked oat of him. He is an old
piece of machinery,'lying one side,
neglected. It was a fine thing in its
day. it made the fortune of its own
er, and it brought blessings to many
a household. Few who look at it
now bestow thought enough on ik to.
recall that its present state is doe to
tbe service U has rendered—that it
is simply worn out by its work. -
We sometimes say that it is better
to wear out than to rust out. • So H
Is, especially as a minister of the
Lord Jesus Christ, for He keeps a
life long record of serrioe rendered,
find will pay well when pay-day
cones. Still, it isn’t a pleasant ex
per fence to be wore out—to be judg
ed by those who haven*! known os
hi oar prime, and to be negleeted by
tkase Who have* to have tbe fewest
friends when we need the moat; to
stood free to face with poverty when
least able to bear it; to bare to
school onreelvre to tbe thought that
the poor-house Is, after nil, the next
best place toiheave*,' and to find
that the retrospect of post sendee Is
for flrom beiug an unalloyed pleasure,
forcing ns too often to start theqoee;
tion whether we do not deserve
something better than to be ce«t off
in our old age.—watchman and Re
Hector.
, The language of the religion of
Christ truly in the heart is that of
rejoicing. “I will joy in the God of
my salvation,” said Habakknk. Joy
and (trace are the fruits of believing.
••Believing,” said Peter, “ye rejoice
with |oy unspeakable and full of
glory .1 Paul, too, doses one of tbe
best of hia epistles with the charge
to all saints, saying, “Rejoice ever
mm r—i i-|l Ii Tj | tfi ■uto—M
similar expressions in tne fftoiy'ifcsfp
tores, show in the dearest terms that
cheerfulness and joy are divinely in
tended to be among the most mark
ed charnct* risriefi, and should be re
gnrded as among the most constant
of the privileges and duties of every
tree Christian.
Yet how for is all this practically
from many that bear the Christian
name 1 Their countenance looks as
if it were seldom or never lighted up
with the comfort ami bliss of a joy
ful heart within. Their very coming
into tlio social circle is not unfro-
qpently the signal for every sign of
cheerfulness and joy to flee away as
dangerous or forbidden things.
Bnt why should snch things be f
If a man has truly had his' sins for
given, been reconciled to God, and
made to have a good hope of its be
ing certainly, ami in the best of all
senses, well with him, both in this
life and in that which is to cotne, has
ho not of si! persons some ground
npon which be may have joy, and if
he lias it, and lias it as the fruit of
his faith in Christ and through his
religion, ongbt lie not to show it to
others 1
A Philosopher s Opinion of the Biblo.
A-teamed Swiss writer (Jean de
Mailer,) was deeply engaged in his
torical studies at Camel, in the year
1782. Indefotigable in research, he
wrote to his friend, Charles Bownett,
that he had studied all the ancient
authors, without one exception, in
the order of time iu which they lived,
and hud not omitted to take note of
a single remarkable fact. Among
other works it occurred to him to
glanoe at the New Testament, and
we give i:* his own words tbe isn-
pressiou it produced upon him. • <
“How shall I express what I bare
found here t I had not read it for
many years, and when I begun it £
was prejudiced agaiast it. The light
which blinded fit. Paid in hia jooraey
to Damascus was net more prodig
ions or mare surprising to him than
what I suddenly discovered was to
me the aeoompliadment of every
hope, the perfection of all phdoaephy,
the explanation of all revolutions,
tbo key to all tho apparent contra
dictions of the material and moral
work, of life and immortality. I see
the most astonishing things effected
by the smallest means. I see the
connection of all Uic revolutions in
Europe and Asia with that suffering
people to whom were committed the
promises ; as one likes to intrust a
manuscript to those who, not kuow-
fng how fo write, can not relish it.
1 slfe religion appearing at foe mo
book ever written. It is wot for the
minister or priest: it is not for the
learned; it is for all the people
livery man has a right to read it and
interpret it for himself. The subject*
of the Bible are peculiar and grand.
It goes bank to the beginning of
things, aad forward to tbe eternity
to come. Yet it is so fimaff, that you
can carry it hi your pocket, ftsoon
cteeaeaa la ooe proof of its divinity.
Ybe variety of the Bible is won
dorfal. It is suited to all ages aad
aH tastes. The child and the philos
opber find in it food and pjofisore.
It has history, and poetry, and uar
rative, and parable, and precept, abd
prophecy; and all are of, the highast
literary merit.
Tbe Bible has wonderful harmony
in variety. It reveals God, ami
shows the characters of good ami
bad men. It reveals a Saviour, and
shows how bad men may become
good men: how men may be happy
here, and happy for ever. Tbe va
rions authors, living in different
countries and different ages, fit each
other so doaely, as, combined, to
make one book, with a beginning a
middle, and an end.
The style Of the Bible is'simple,
juuderatood. It i« a cbm
mea; and tbe most important things
are plainest It is so pore and dear,
that the child and the untaught find
it tbe best book to read from. Tbe
aged enjoy its simplicity; and the
sick can bear to hear if read.
Tbe Bt'We ought to be road in oar
public schools as a reading book. It
should be read in the family, to cul
tivate tbe taste, and pnrify tbe tpor-
als. It is full of stories for the chil
dren. It onght to be read by every
man. It will enrich his mind with
thought. It will furuish liim with
good principles. It will be a practi
cal guide in daily life. It win open
the path to glory, honor, and humor
talitv.
Good Advice te Christians.
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1. See that your religion makes
yon a better son or daughter, a bet
ter clerk, a better stndent, a better
friend, a better workman. “By their
fruits ye know them.”
2. I)o not set yourself up as a
standard, fihuu aH ceasoriousnes*.
especially toward older Christians,
who may not look at things just
as yon do. Remember that each one
“to his own Master standeth Or fifti
eth,” and not to you.
- 3. Let nothing keep you from the
Saviour. Never be tempted to stay
away from him by unbelieving
doubts, by past neglect, by present
fear, by anything.. Remember tbe
faithful saying, “Christ came frito
the world to save rinser*.” Be more
intimate with him that any earthly
friend.
4. Never rejoice iu your own
strength. Reeolations are of uo
avail/bimply as such. A child look
ing to Christ is stronger than a
strong man aimed. Be resolute in
looking to him alone for strength.
This is all the resolution you need
to make—for “Without me ye can do
nothing.* ^
5. Let this be the settled convte
tion of your foul, for without tins
all else is unavailing, all efforts to
grow in grace will be as usete* as to
build jv house npon the shifting
sands. *
Finally. Do not be dfeconraged
if yon foil in everything. If you
were perfect what heed would yon
have of a Saviour T “Ask aud it
shall be given yon; arek and ye
shall find; knock and it shall be
opened onto yon. For every one that
asketh reoeiveth,” and so forth. *11
ye then being evil, know how to give
gifts to yonr children, how ranch
more shall yonr heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to them that
ffSpt hint t”— Congregaticnattet
MW