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tosh we
will live od said “the
the west of ast-
fe asd the crash sf Worldslive,
it is the tool, that mysteri
in us, that
laws, can
hrsre the ravages of time, and dtty
eves the inexorable hand of death.
Is there, then, anything in a mate
list world that can be compared in
raise to the soul ? Nothing, abso
lately nothing. Yon might ss well
ampere the vapor gracefully float
iif apes the mountain’s side with
the gigantic orb of day careering in
“•My along the pathway of ages.
Eves each analogy would be imper-
tot The vapor and the son are
tahMaterial substances and differ
j toy is the degrees of their dura
*»«, bat this spiritual essence, the
n^stistefces the illimitable ares of
etanity.
Storing, in an absolute sense, is
’■table, that is not abiding/ AU
"tonal things change and die,
^ their limits in time and can
Dot tasseeod their nature j they can
to, therefore, be estimated over
**““$ the tool, a purely spiritual
f» ^sensible to the influence of
and beyond the possibility
| °f tocsy. Who, then, can tell ns
I to worth of the soul, estimate the
| T ”J°® °* Uiat which millions of ages,
ail material things have passed
tWl f, will only have entered on the
tnfwey of a being that knows no
e ^- and Washes with the rosy dawn
»monring to which gray evening
I'ttvtreoaesf If such is the nature
I. Uleio to,i» it not absolutely cer-
|wu that those who are bartering
for any material thing as
pleas - re, honor, learning, any
?Mite and perishable, are making
“** disastrous and foolish bar
rel
felem€llt of inestimable
*ta soul is its wonderful
C* . MKl mibiUtk*. It is en-
»re ''I** 1 ? °* thought
1T**’ »nd this can not be predi-
natt ° f lDatter ’ ^“Wne a °d group
ifanHf l 040 tbe mo8ti ®*qn>»ite and
fnl form *, still they are pas
, ^bont the capacity of
aod acu ° n * ^
tr unA *** <rtc of ex Q ui *>te symme-
^ f*dmnt for its beanty,
intrinsic value only as it tells
ill** nobl© powers and
>rtZ° rkm * D &>- Cl **P » ^
fu 10 **** Wftr,n «mtarace, and
it * »k d ** death it8e,f * Look
1 “ an ®ye of love, and be-
th ^Poorive ray comes back
it uaTt Garble pnpiL Speak
pienos hf* tbe mOVi,,g I’ ower8 of
but 1 no pent-up emo-
aDd ml * hty
breaat aild >tir °P
Bver y thing Is cold
tw£l eM ’ without feeling, with-
^ntiful thing iu-
x npon, but without the
Hoot
strips the eagle in his hearse ward
flight, and tor heyomd the mu
to system, nuiii it
boeadaries of all malaria
and bolds converse with to j
Ida ttoroecw the Ihflu Its
tale, to ii Hi
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OLD SERIES, VOL. 5™N0.231
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to the
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the day,
to
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I tot with the minority, which, to dno
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4 tof Itoer aid We here to ate
it Ihas te the sftraggto af hto ww
ad hf right, aed aet hf aright,
to the end ths right
the Htoy igtrtt of than ha«s the aright"
prefir risB «g
tor a
of (ho
It flr the toe
afl
The
dad
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'Nha hash af mm hemihty. tt
^ tt
soat wfth hs
how fearfhOy great its eafneittos tor
action or eadursoce beaoem. Why,
it can lore with the ardar of aa
angel, or hate with the malignity of
a fiend. It to capable of Mtoa that
exceeds the raptures of aagrto, or of
misery that transceods the torments
of “the damned cast out.” Tha
elements of heaven and bell,
reader, lie cradled to your
now, indeed, comparatively inactive,
bat ready, at God’s flat, to start up
into intense activity, deciding, at
once and forever, your destiny for
happiness and bliss immeasurable, or
suffering snd pain oooaammate and
exquisite. The powers of the soul
are fearfully great, its sensibilities
awfully acute, its capacities appall
Ingly profound—beyond the grasp of
thought. Next to tbe Inflntte, tha
grandest thing in all tbe universe is
the human soul.
To yonr estimate of the soot, add
another and a glorious item, tomee
t*Hty y and tell me now, you that can,
the sum of iu worth. “Immortal
ity,” said tbe sainted Davies, “what
emphasis, what grandeur in tbe
sound! The highest angel, if the
creature of a day, or of a thousand
years, wbat woold he be I When
his day or his thousand years are
past, be is as truly nothing ns if ho
bad never been. It is n Utile matter
what becomes of him; let him stand
or fall, be happy or miserable, it to
jnat the same in n little time ; he to
gone and there is no trace left of
him. Bat an immortal/ a creature
that shall never, never, never cones
to be, that shall expand bis capeci
ties of action, of pleasure, or of pein
throughout an everlasting duration 1
What an awftally important being to
this V* Such n being, reader, thou
art. To that spiritual nature of
thine, to those grand powers, mag
nifleent capacities and acute sens)
bilities add this gkwiooa Jewel of
immortality, and now, thy soul to an
infinite (hetor, a thing withoot an
end, a grand and moat precious thing
without an end. Do yon not tremble
at yourself f Do yon not revere yoer
own dignity f Made in the Imago of
God, and for his glory, barter not
away thy birthright to a glorious
immortality tor a little perishing
pelf!
To yonr estimate of tbe souPs val
ue, forget not the price paid for its
redemption. Said an ancient preach
er, “Tbe worth of soul! who can
estimate itf Angels, in heaven ! ye
know it not—ye never toll l Devito
in bell t ye know it not—yoor suffer
ings are never nt an end! Son of
Godt tbou knewest ill for thou
didst pay tbe price of its redemp
tionP
Header, before God, which to the
greater value, the world, the whole
world, with all its varied stores at
goods, or this great spiritual, hnmor
tal, blood-bought soulf Bow wfli
you to profited if you exchange th#
one for the other f Bam t
•e Dtvtoe
very Ary.
It
an aed God.
to stop (to Lord dam as* toe * f
There to eo ouo tiling God has
mare ie*peeisdiy sad dtotleotiy da
thaa this, that he will hara
far tbe cry ef |ow aha da
thair rim “Be that
lii$ fti nt n KiMiHl
“He that tarweth awsy hto s
buftnof the law, svea hie
•hull ha shorn laaliaa.* It to
ally aed signally hto own
psopto la whom God sposln an
plainly oa this matter lie tells
that whoa ww ate haul slid Asa to
him sad ate eacieaa at heart, t
oblations new vain atmi uuf
to aa tettotolfi*"
nearly, allowed ala at aay kind
to aa efliectesl hindrance te the ra
vival af God’s work. It to a gift te
the Holy Ghoei. It shots (Mb asr
Hl9HmiillflB : I
meetiogs bs of
and at graht
toi
ton, •» ton Mtoriih
gjLmmS tom MtoMflfilssi fli' B t ilTfl
os •« God"* tose sw *y tom aa, snd
mtot ss k|mm fli^n jmsa memM fi
to another aar-
the tova af tha
l*y lb# r of th#
pervertlag sad pane
, m m I Wft t lUftltiftb## Gwt kftd
(Mage at Gad, from sarin at raise
{ 41 I |luu| Ulj B1 tweet t to
sslsain troths of God era an have
fieriy rressed the thrashatd af the
i} that thrnsta ie the wustd, sad
Hi
Oai
tor a
of tha meetings is s
iaiqaity, so long so
God. Bis toco to sot with holy sad
gjggtoflflflahl toflggggggtoflfl ii giftAilftt
hrigattif la their
The sad, ilrseilfnl, daagsroaa, aad
ovary way wont footer# of the ease
to that wo may he sera fag oa la
aw Alt w llrinlftftl hliftiiftML ud amt
know that wn are eo ekaeiog. It to
hflfiMplafllhd mm trMh. Ww
have te do with that of wtoeh It to
enrittoe 1 ‘docritful above sll
—oar own heart—with too
•ebtorfogea, flattertoe sad lying rw
fogaa Wo hero la da aloe with
territory at the
to go is the suet
ty, reflaing away tha grnsmmsi sf
hto temptation*, aad hriagtag all Ms
dark aad dwrilish
npoa as in the lea
spirit. If we met
of this matter, la
oai aad pal away every
ww meat hara aa
la the closet with God. Thera moot
ha deep ssorchlngs sf hsart, the
Holy Ghost taking the torch of troth
aad leading tha wag. If we Mann
davit that the aaapktam at sasral
•in to aatoaaded, we
rk af Ih
If wo km
ll
of itself
, aad la
md God
It to
It to Itos
or oka. O, m God’S
to to aa swftri ski 1 It
Gad a Mar. It has
' jSdjjb I
Mas aad gram It
SHF Jose* in Urn haasa «
to aed
with a
Gad
ferity
Great
to tha
_L, fV^l
m sot e
aa of
grow net
Antova
the orilhmi
AM sUmy the ravra
How eomptotrly K to
at prrfcrlly fitted to hi# aatore aad
wasds aa tha wiagto fitted far fijriag.
the Ms tor owtoenring, the (sst for
watolag, or the witch tor the keep
lag trf tries. It to afepkod is man la
old eg# with It* fasftrmltria. to middle
Mpr la Its eaksa pries# . to childhood
mu! 1 esit^li, la ttotfilfl , (ilitiseltk,
r<ot<«c, to torrary eremtarir of the
susk*sm tfl hilu hkOft ^ A
rsc# " sit# »# mas— waseeier ano
ohoover—the Ooqui hi adapted to
naaii eariod tn him kasaasa ha to
rick, and this sloes eaa giro him
haatoh ; hits i, sad this can give Mm
Hto | la the dark., aad this gives Mm
tight; two demand, and this atone
Ih Imi
t to porplex^othsre.
Satan’s seed The
ms a glass, wherein
at I waa in Adam
rhat I have besoms
it I can aad should
od, finally what I
Jity. Tbs first will
pore love of God,
cs that flows from
i view will work in
lelf; mortifleatioa of
ity, meekness, aad
Arid will plant in
and the
k tow to
and seek eternity,
its consists all our
r Ltfiarmrs
JL • I/uafrrfT,
aad this
and this
ton
and the river of Ufa,
wtt
thr skies, the Gospel with ows
la rime rasrhes owt to am
to toll flflfito* aad
tsadsd into mm I
if hra the
of that whkh to to coma. The Qua
mw 1 wtoPW w P
of an
by the
•bed
lays
of Chriafs
with a
i to the
UfUag her rail, aha
ww late the dash grave, aad
II all with a atom, oarafhL,
MMfitom Wm thinks of Its
mmSoGl Aarm* shw
Pto pfllVIl nBWmmkJf y mtoPQ 9%
the revolting
there. 8hs U
pangs of dying j af the awful mo
gptrti ham will ho dipt, aad thr soul
a stranger late ss
; she thinks of all
«lju mmd la triwmi>k shout*. “O
death, * hero Is Ihy «Gag f O grave,
ohara to thy vtodary r Thanhs be
to God, oho glvoth ns thr vtokery
to a
' of the Church
loms for believing,
e purest snd strong-
Ind constant quick
re. Weak natures
>wer that strength
old bs soothed and
throngh wise and
ry. Unity and mn
should bs things
u For tbs church
icred circle, where
earn, and timidity
gs, snd loneliness
[)mpanionship, and
ught Christian con
ddly passions be
e to a royal benev
crprsts tbe divine
sacrifice, which
is Redeemer and
i his true disciples
ife of Messing. A
to develop and ce
soul life has missed
Featured its^profes
me atmosphere is
npathy and love, as
of mellowing son
lying showers. But,
a there largely for
#e outside its own
to go abroad for
to come home for
. It is a poor testi
bean when it can
save eq/oyabfe ser
id prayer meetings,
ies. These it needs
Bntiterwto work
it It should look
e hopeless, tbe ig-
•us, the profligate.
rectify trade, ele
coarse, and shame
gism. This work
o those who can be
os. There to very
it will imitate the
too closely. Such
eee done in behalf
dangerous sad the
are not very liable
faith. These prove
prove its faith to
g, masterful. Thus
tn who aiw forced
stop their cavils,
as the demand for
working ebrtotiani
iow. Never before
o ready to eooept
proof of a divine
g about doing good
bed sad needy, to
ich convinces sad
same tune it gives
to the faith, dears
ideas the wiatg of
tod seem eleee at
at with peace and
ag. Let our church
lircct and resolute
; of service in the
A, nod their mem-
ore of the Christian
r sanctuaries and
1 to cany about a
only three toeewe,
it The first leaf
xt scarlet, the last
day ha looked a it,
hat it meat, some
iy : “Here to the
kowa my sin, sod
Then coatee the
ne of Jeans’ blood,
d weep, aad look
mes the whits leaf
dark soul washed
non tain, and made
you have
God will
should
there to not
work all day for
ie down at night