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'u£m -y->- i » \ w '‘ * • fob. ^ua ****** #t*Mi 1.,*. , W / <l| | J »Hh Twtifi Usd* » IGller, Editors. 4* 5> J. °Aptk, Ittwl- ■ "Ml **0*1*. *><*£; »MW tt*V '<1 itMf tlkihuT* fits "MU itch tfc >J| VOI, 6—NO. 4. OWE LORD, OHE FAITH, OHS <’<>U MBIA, S (’.. FRIDAY] APTISIt”—EPHESIANS IV: 6. Terms: $2.00 a Tear. ■■■MMgL.j OCTOBER 10, 187.3. OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 264. QMifliludcatiozis. r'.'J.na "■ *•* ' Ifoc the Lnthersu Visitor. 51 form of Concord. r , Jkrstr'i History of Protestant alp m Thdogg. M !j)i 0 fOendoded ) 4 IV that Hr. higad ■TiH« mi ialww i,ai tie moaefc bond TV «*d' ll & «#! fl^Klo •»?« »<*• to Ijre entire Lutheran Church Ljj f (eiipublicdeclaration over affilB particularism, and at j^loldiaete pnrtieolartom to it, 3^ two ways were represented ^ lower Saxons and the Sua Jg. The latter, with Jacob An the head, proceed from J j.u a of one whole Lutheran ftwtAi*** * ee * c to set n P 11 rt,n,mon decisive of the internal and invested with and princely authority, fljjatb*Lower Saxons,and among ^a Chemuitx, first and foremost pi at Pinging their most impor i one by one Into a good i to doctrine, cnltns, and or *rf life, in the aasnrance, that ex 0^ wataai deliberation and inter I** sited of themselves create or the necessary amonntof uni ,r *ttew which was evidentlr eon- the extent an<! power of fe wprsttcities of Lower Saxon v. d which, although Lutheran in dkKj, had somewhat of a repnb- HM oast Chemnitz was in the jjfhsisg not favorable to the under ffky of Andrea. Nevertheless, as ifemttel princes like Duke Julius fraud Elector Augustus fr tealonsly interesteil them imin the work of conconl, inclu hfthe whole Lutheran Church, Pm Andrea could only achieve his d in the way of free negotiation te the separate national churches, llmaite attached himself to the which now in ortler to common starting point, duel all Lutherans held to be obli gHwy> kid hold of the Augoatana d k* apology with the declared ^Wiaking its trim ■cukf, and of deciding according fitosietfoversiea which had broken te This was not accomplished totalartificialities, and very tnach, what is peculiar to the tatof Concord iu Chrtotology, the Sapper, and in predestination tel sot be proven to be in all **to the necessary deduction from k A^nstana; it has also assumed ffa sen exclusive attitude towards h Reformed, than the older Lu te* Confessions, aud the Mela rich tewi schools (Phillippists) receiv a severe blow, not iudeed teset their owu fault, since they wjptocaiviuistically) during the «e of their ascendancy bad been 'whig in openness towards their Lutheran princes. As far as k authority of the Form of Coo- breached, in those articles of doc which Mdanchthou was **** w te least more friendly to kjfefcimed as in Christology and Supper, his type of doc- te proscribed. On the other * it mast nofc be overlooked, as we 'katodly point out, that io the doc- te of Free Will, of the Law, of 8in, and of Predestination k***»s giveu by the Form of 4 ®kwi that direction to the church- f kviloptuent of doctrioe, which, only step by step, led in what ?*Mti»l to Melanchthon’s mode ^tatoiie. This mode of doctrine JJJfteed also through Melauch- ^tefo, like Christoph Petrel, Pen* 41b. Haideuberg into the J**® 4 ® Reformed Church, in which Ste Predestinarianittui was not k take root in the beginniug, not for any length of time. ** hkewise not to be denied, that gTr^ kevetal decisions of the ^ ^ Concord were unsatisfactory ffsmatore, the work neverthe ^ llt ® whole exhibits jadicioos- . kk moderation, and ever)* ef- •tau*** ^ ““ktain the ^ pessibly extended range of within the indicateil to render it acceptable kfefe.P* rt * e », a* also the it ai^quired. is not to b<j aseribeil to the conopul- employed at its iutro- Ant miistly to its intrinsic JrfiNlh bo 8urts jjjg in C ii na ij on ®akted in the Lutheran kok one-sidedly in the aouudness of the to distinguish be Kerogma, between , - », nay even ® mslwskni of the con- "WfcL a ° d Xhe ^'“ion ot the H °o«fii»«ati<M* nml an to sough the Form of Cun- '^ U,ch «»gbtUy farthered the (lertnan tendency to contemplation, ■ay to intellectaalism, and fivm«i thus alremly the bridge, which led over from the freshneas ot Ihlth of the time of the Reformat**! to a new echo lasts: theology on evnngfi gal territory. Bat neither was the Reformed Church spared a similar In Onfr right. Yon are Cod or a m. Yon o«w Yon nrn Jt*£ i LmIW - If yon eon this whole sat^set aright, as aa It ton has—aud In this In 1 tneettnhla cenelnaion, yon will he a more general chore lily law of ex htwnght la aay that, white yon rand Iatenee made knows to aa, sought hy this, yen are either It ter heaven at a so-called dyaodiM ganeralte- It! fit ter hail. If rtghIsoms, yon will go Ik thy Thete mo ismi) ways in wbteh n minister may rocaivg harm from hit paople He may be injured hy their K I haws known mioisu rs to so | Miffed ap, «Wpm ial»y yonng that they began ta tWnk Ikay IMMift or combiue itself together Into n com pact unity within itself over agaitw* the ltomiab, aa also the LatberauCon frnaion, and te create la the Mart Decrees a sort of work of for its internal >1 *f yea will go where the wmkrd tetere Thare is no middkug Bring \ there m fa* m middte bat which dnaa not axial. la n, hi aam white in the and wmaawai it with this was not ger of stagnation of Mfe connected That te the gre«>gneatten. atlcmeot oa both shIcm There are oah two w» • by whuh ofily raodlAad by the este* I ygg eon he made riyhteans an an te tenoe akte by the aide ef the two evangelical Coo tension*, bat cblrfiy also by the circaaistance that tba Form of Conconl was not adopted to Bat, on the k^t» i 4-sa -A a tu. m im iRfimi pj UP spprwotatten of Mo a. - hkWf t ■ t-r may i a large part of the countries of ibe Lntheran COn tension, as In 1 ten a < art, Holstein, Pomerania, Anhalt. Ifaaae, t , , . . the Palatinate of Zwetbracteo. v , / Brunswick, Nuremberg, ate. | the Dort articles on their part ander going a dmihu experience Yet thoat* who dnl not adopt it cookl not I** denied the Irather an essential character, since they retained ter themselves their greater freedom upon the Vmsis of the older Conte* stem*. Selections. Not Vary food and Not 7«ry Bod. “Fmai what yon have said, Johu, it seems you think yenraelf a preitt fair kind of man.* 1 “Well, Mr. P , t will tell yon my opinion about that exactly. 1 don’t think I ever did mock that was bod ; nor cau I say that I over did a great deal of good. I think yon may call n.e a middUmg mas." “That te jour opinaia, John f But thte’t yon think viutx MmTriiawe Ihfi he accepted Clod On# is, to satisfy Cod for all (ho •ins you hare .naumitted agaiaat him, as wen as for the evil solar* which gore them birth The other te, to Aim! s eateflta* ta wtehed criticisms la the preaeac* of iddrew 1 believe thfis te one why there te lo tittle rarer by the ■Nil Ms ser iM Mi the ride on whtefii ant of the are made in this eritieteteg If n man te not a Beecher or i he It ao preacher at all. I* of temiJIr* destroy all af the adhnoti by their Now, |m the firet «f three «ay% you know in year heart that for yon fightreoanea* in th* sight of Ood i* ImpoasiMs But by the wmaH th* great ami caa be obUioed For Ood, ant williug that we shookl perish, has appoiated last saeh a agtmtituu, in the petnon of hi* awn Boo, “that wbosoeew belteveih in Him shook! not perish, bat hav* everlasting life.* John 3 1 lit Jeans enm* to die ia the at* olnn*f—to bear not only ••mm that la AtUnt* Tha writer stood reoeuUy at th* tolrife of a dying saint, lie was an aged pilgrim—on* who had joor a*y*d almost a oeutury upou th* wmry rand of thte early life. Ax th* last sand* of s life, ** long and vifortMM a* hte had hoca, ran slowly enfe tha patient, a* te usual, was f«U of toasing* and waarinwa No post tinn oonld b* made oomfortalde, ex* trip* tor A time. Of many wants, preiaoUng many (ten those who him ; hnt no want was so or so argent m hte desire tor water. W ham all appelate Car torn! mad every thing else had (sited utterly , th* maeiag far water was t a* ever. The m than over to ger and thirst are unknown, was tor a tefte dgi gf meter te real hte perch •d tongwe, -< Thare was nothing unusual ta this rtereg genera* tea r never r a , hat the children grew ap aagadtv and •repthmL Whs* can we expert where pwreata apeek Kgktlr at a minister’s laharet Rrhften eift always he re sported by rite voting la proportHwi te the resfwvt they hare km ttesw - 1lf whe pmipegete tk Thoesaods id d of the • hddren in »ha* imnlij feme hrea tb« curse tor tense and Steady by hav* had a like Drith of the TlMUSom- Thi* beantifttl extract, ffprn Dr. Holland’s new booh, Arthur Bourn castle, will be read with deep and tender interest by many whose ex jierienoc it truth fully portrays: “I stand iu the darkened room before a liute casket that holds Urn silent form of u»y first-born. My ana te unwind the a rte and mother who weeps over the lost treasure, and can not, till tiara have their way, be comforted. I had not thought that ia> child could die—that my child oould die. 1 knew that other children had died, but 1 frit safe. We lay the little fellow dose by hte grandfather at last; ue strew his grave with flowers, and then return to oar saddened home with hearts noited iu sorrow as they bad uever been nutted iu joy, sod with sym pathies forever opened teward all who are called to a kindred grief. I wonder wher* be is to-d^y, in what mature angelhood he stands, how he wilt look when I meet him, bow he writ! make himself known to me, who has been his teacher! He th* Water as aa torn ef ail hvtag they l« ammal 1 all hare water ia was like me; will his grandfather know him 1 I never cau cease think inf of him as cared fbr sad led by Ufr than te th* | the same hand to which my own la Urns world, at yonthfu! fingers dung, and as bear txtet without it,! teg from Hie fond lips of my own t ia the well t which the lawr has iremoeucnl span the sinner faresu<*• of his ate*, bel also the judgment M* the evil trainee whirh he committed there Aud now, through his atoeiug death, - all * that believe are justified from all F thing* * rJ*An 3:3*; Arts 13 : 3fi > • if yra», reader, bettev* ta rhrb* H verily a* yawr mihafitate sed y«mr • Bavimer. “yoe are,* at thte meateat, **iag “rempfrfr te li< sad myded te Aoothet way tu wfelrh yua may do ism,* aad ia him *s gadtleas ferikre him great hares te to keep him *o Oral as if you bed aevrr sraaml, yaw |«rar that he can eat \m% book* aad 'll TV# ceadiUen ef Ilf#. Just so soon a* of year tomr mipply of water faffs, Ufa ateo way' *• to t a* fiy uspeals^ w ith ffeteart from hte otosktef or anff that creator uaa give* to ell things that here lUe aa fur the alo of water. They ell thirst tec after it tfemr a at a re craves it t aad. vhea deprived ef it for a fettle time, they psae away aad Iirfuih Aad hrace it te that *11 Hriag tfaiags are an carefrily provid tel with the orgaaa aad atrwcUiiw to **' "l** ■ totoi readff} te which it wpruug T rtglitevNi* thnmgb hrfiretef te CVisf. beep ap with the age, aad he a awe •®W*) «f t “Certainly l do, Mr. F—; for Whoever, then, heReve* ta the value reeaftsl preacher, without hooka, te Kwy ^ b ** l4r ** lrw * 09 old John is not so void of sonar re of the atoning death te CMA give* Wh# orffovtag the Jew* to make hnek *** ** lh * nut to know teal." Him the whole glory te Hte reive vNfeawl straw Meey team preach *° mrr ***rj little reottot “Well, John, what tlo you sappusr Ikm», amt |h»u aside etcry thought <>( or* are oat ride to bay two geeff * ** *** °V m kongry Hi* own work* m pioea doing* re j twrai* te a rear, avid yet they are having any merit before f*ral Reader, are \u* a Merer or 1 ntibehevrr ! Are you sat ml or aa , * rt * ***** Iwsdis Me no cam saved t 4*mT* record ta, “fie that measly high It does him pnafflre belie % th on the Boo Ufk everlaaliag **"* It to;" ate, w ( U have at aom* fatwre ■— -**»•—- -* Thx -rocked toi-v causes n man to be grawl T “Goil, of course, *ir." “And what do yoa think cansrs a mam to be bad f “The devil, usost certainiy j for God uever made anything bad.' “Bnt, John, what ia the cause te a middling man V „ “Well, 1 sap-pose * “John, I perceive you have got fast there. Yoo any God ia the cease oi a good man, and Satan is the cause of a boil man ; bat yoa aay that you are neither / Yon are mid (thug. Doubtless, John, yoa muat have bad a cause that marie you wliat yoo are. “Bnt as there ia no middle being between God aud Baton, and only the two revealed causes of. food and evil in man, then I am at an eiceed ingly great lore to know what has been the great moral caaae that made you middling r “Why, air, I have Loan! a great many folks like me saying that they were middling, that ia, neither good nor bad; bat really, when I think of the matter to the way yoa have pot it, I begin to he somewhat doubtful whether I am right Yet, I assure yon, sir, I do not think I should be called a bad old man* “John, did yoa ever sue a middling gold dollar I Or, did yoa ever see a middling hank note T “No, never, Mr. ; they are always either good or bad. Bat I have koowu some bad one* pass fur good ones." “Well, Johu, if you never saw middling money, you never saw mkl dliog men; that ia, as before God. God ia a Being te perfect holiness, infinite parity, and be judge* ae the earth, «« an o| ^ ^ ^ tth to dnak ia the daw aad rtprclcd to hr" reoast km iwvwrhrra * ,p ** to«m,aad to absorb tha tv. t. hi ml *4 m «B*n m.r« ■*’**"* m* " mm K* 1V« tro. rites when certain <**odi(ioaa hav* born fulfilled. If you rey you far Itev* on th# Boo, Mid yet do not hritov* thrisa a mums lot ail Urn 11,< mr or anv other aoarca. Bo, aiau, do all the saiara) tribe* dnak ia water coeunaally with th* air they breathe. They find it more or lew* in *v*ry particle te food they swallow. Aad, besides all this, Most te thcri are still compelled to it daily ia larger rjuantitiea Uk,4t IUU h*td MrrluhH. ~ * ■— "*• •• «-**r ••»*** a"""'"* * mreohrre,' said Jaasra Therm!I, aa from the running brook, the flowing life, (hr. ym dfekmr ikta tmmi ... ■* p " » : II i, U4 i/ 4. m* trOf "T-T \ lrl.,r, ,, 0,«. ...W, U. n .. r.. •/ *fe-( r *» few1, “ .. J*“ IbU d««l.l br th. WHt fe^Mtobl “ “ . TJ". J‘ •abject to yoa, if yem desire ta ho i - , * „ * , «.fe r»i re h>m — J«-*‘-MS‘*«*re* You ever, loa are \ >*w can middling, sod three ia aa way te fareng mad# gvMad hut hy that way which I have endeavored ta IwMnt oat And oatoaa you m# thou marie good—nntoaa yon are horn again, aad ash a new creature in Christ Jr*n«, you wUI ho eternally Inal. Itot if yea bettor* ia ( brim a* year sabatiiace, who hare th* dread to! punishment te year ate. Urea pan or# sf red. Now, do yoa Imfecre tfelri if yoa do noi, yoar f*i«h to ate th* f»»th that th* N#w Tritam*at #a jria*. Bat if yoa bettor* this, then refotow te your pcamrat solvatioa, aad tot the btaaredaori wfetofe yoa aojoy appaar ante all am, that Goff may ha gtorifiad by yoa 1 tor “te him are y* ia I’hrtot Joaaa, who te Goff to mad* oato aa wisdom, aad right- d aaoteMtoattoa, aad re ft Got. 11 m. ha Ood t If Cferite te God onto aa all this, wo are m This if cording to a perfect staodanl. To be accepted te him we mate be per j every thing that toe fectly fitted for his approval. He | tf Christ la made all this onto #»« can not adopt middling racq^ mhI call dear reader, yoa wifi ate aaly ho them good. Yoo must be either renewed ia the more man aftor hto righteous or oorightaaaa—either i imaga you wiB ate owly tori happy, «r A 'mulshing 1 man but yogr oat ward frail wM MTS has no existence in God’s right. Bov apoad with yoor inward ■ stare, and friend John, I want yoa, when yoa tha iaffaanoe te yoar wtoe, holy, aad go boms, to think seriously on thin [ happy life will bring glory to Goff matter. ‘You can not servo two yoor Faihor — Tha Winasm. masters.’ At this moment yoa art I r*s«r - either serving God or Baton. Yon trito yoa that th* can not bo a middling man. You btighfete ita 11 guff is mtj crystal can have no middling caaae, ao ae „ 1 —*-».. r- jj middling Ufr, no middling death, tonflr.i • ml ma it is with »Ud no Huddlmg tinting r soul* that were c»mi black 10 th# Hraitor, as 1 have said to John, so dafftomoata te rid, hy Ih# power te 1 ray to yoa. You are, at this mo I God’s grace, thev are mad# Godfe L etharwiaa by a “Oaa day my soa aoot in aaato te Umbre, aad ia tha Ite was a stock aa laiatrd aad bant that 1 apek* sharp ly to him, ra> mg, ‘Yoa hav* a bad bargain thare, tod) •tick will ha af»aa mm to aay n* “•it's all tiorire,’rephod my ate tha toast vtiri by my *1 paid tha »M prtna tot it as the rate. Depend upon it, aa Irea grows for noth tag. Wait aJrit) don't fret, father; tot as krep a took out; tb#er's oaami^aah. sao^mim^aaria^^maims tfsma> ho * ^w aHw^^aHri ^mammrwr hv i o »“*^a #few “A little urn# altar this t had a la hoikl; a gaoor bit te th it a as, and prtely It was fiatebad 1 tfea tara to it, sad ate a stick ia tha yard would At. I thought te the crooked on#, and fetched it. Many a hard day’s work u«ald her* toiled to prepare a Joint Ilka Ik It reamed aa if the tree had grown aside far this very purpose. m *Thaa/ arid I, * there's a pkaes tor th«> crooked stick after all! Than there's a ptoea for poor demon Thor ralL Dome Imrffl show him tha ptoea tola which ha map fit to torild- lag Thy hoavoaly toaipto. Thu vary day I learned that what God give* ms ha gives are tor Hto glory ; aad now aad as milallar— I aa I won. oaa as OHtos thoro was a work forme. Than ton work tor you; God for yoo to do, aad da It F* river, or ia the vast oocaa itself. Ilea apt aad striking then la the figure so of tea used la Bcriptotre, comparing this irreprearibl# thirst tn all lit lag creatures for water, with that yearalfff oi the seal for the perfect pear# aad happiness ia the God who made it! “As the hart imnlteb after the water brooks, so I>aa4ath my anal after thee, O God My aoal thirteteh for Ood, tor the living God; whoa shall I come tore God,* is the too ot all who have aay right ot tfea spiritual neore rilies of their os tor# Aa ail nature peats aad thirst* for the vital eto meat te water, ao does every tm- paat hr a free and ommaatoa with the great God who gave it heiag. In him are all its spriags. God only is infinite, and, riots, he aloe# oaa tetohfb satisfy the cravings te an immortal : was a mind llxtiT Ba 0f tfJM 0|||y | W# are to “call a pea Than, again, aa ia the uataral rater to the orate abundant, firms ®»d univoraallv distributed do meet; an also, to the realms te free, sovereign aad infinite grace, sales tkm w made to flow like a river te life aad love within the reach te all who are spirttaally athirst. Whoso ever wifi, may eoora and take of this water te lift freely. Multitude* that ae mao can number have al ready quenched their thirst at this Bto giving fountain, bat it still flows as frill, sad Ira*, sad satisfying as •vor. None iu any age ware ever sent empty away who came truly thirst lag for them living waters. None are aver naked whence they came, or what prvee tfemr oaa offer; if tfeey am simply tekwsf, iruU ifrgnrous t-> have ibis great want of their spirit osl nature sstlrilsd, and are will In to accept this as the gift te free «ral that, is drink sad lira, drink te the river finil# bidden to henceforth own to ft they shall b* with tha father the story of bis father’s event fill Mfo. I fee! how wooderfal has been the ministry te tty children— bow uracil more I bare learned from them than they have ever learned from me—bow by bolding my own strong life hi sweet subordination to their helplessness, they have taught me patience, self sacrifice, self-con trol, truthfulness, faith, simplicity and (rarity. “Ah! this taking to one's arms a little group te Sonia, fresh from the band te God, ami living with them in loving companionship through all their stainless yearn, ta, or ought to he, like Hvtag tn heaven, for of such to the heavenly kingdom. To no one te three am I to the me before the world had Coached him with a stain. The key that shat him tn tfea tomb was the only key that coaid unlock my heart, nod Ite in among its sympathies the world te aorrowiag men and women who mourn because their little ooee are not “The little graves, ales! how many they are! The mourners above them, how vast the in altitude! Brothers, sisters, I am one with you. I press yoar hands, I weep with yoa, I trust with yon, I belong to yoa. Those waxen, folded hands, that still bread, so often pressed warm to onr own, those sleep bound eyes which have been so foil of love and life, that sweet, umnoring, alabaster face—ah? we have all looked upon them, and they bare made ns one and made as better. There te no fountain which the angel of healing trouble* with hi* restless aad life- giving wings so constantly as the fonntain te fears, and only those too |ame and bruised to bathe miss tbe blessed influence."—Jf. T. Observer. Instant hi Prayer. Speaking of prayer, at the anni versary of the London Mismonary Society, Mr. Spurgeon said, “Ob for more prayer! I had an odd inns tratraa of Ita power the other day, ia Italy, la hotels there, there are little ivory buttoas to tbe wall a poo which yoa imt yoar finger. They com mu nicate with electric wire* which ring tbe bells down stairs. A friend came in to tea with ns, and I pat my finger ou the tattoo, bat nobody aame. ‘Now,’ said my- friend, *1 will put yon ap to a wrinkle—keep year fioffer on the batten. If yoa pat yoar finger on it, it riogs tbe bell; but if yoa keep yoar finger on, tfea ball will keep ringing down stairs.’ Well, I dief so; bnt even then the waiter did not cum#. At length my friend said, ‘We have a oqppe o? bad rooms here; h will go into one, and yonr friends into an other; let ns ring all three bells, aud then we shell not fail to fetch up all tbe waiters of tbe hotel.’ So we pat onr fingers oa three buttons, aad kept them there, and 1 warrant yoo, that the passage was soon fall of waiter* tumbling over one an other. They thought that the whole house was on fire. We simply ex plained to thorn ***** riugfog te one bell did not do, so we thought ue would ring all three, aod found it a capital plan ; bat if they would aaly oome more quickly another time we would do it do more. Every man that prays, rings a bell in heaven! If two of you agree aa touching any thine conocmioa the kifladoa. it shall be done unto you. There ia no resisting it. If every man and wo man here would begin to pat their fingers upon the bell, the electric communication between earth aod heaven, it would awoke the very angels aad bring them down with unlaid hlraaingi open th# church and upon the world.” UMHVMmi snO <r»w*r 01 three am I more indebted than I — bod> wfto went awa^ wSlff f tfi a town in Bavaria tW# was a little, tumble-down charch building, where the dake, as often aa he came that way, used to go in aad pray. If, on coming oat of tbe chapel, he happened to meet any of the peas ants to the field, he loved to converse with them in a friendly way. One day he met an old man with whom he fell into conversation on various things ; and, taking a liking to the man, be asked him, in parting, whether he oonld do anything for him. Tbe peasant replied, “Noble air, you can uot do anything better for me than you have done already.” “How so r answered he. “I do not know that I have done auything for yon.” “Bat 1 know it,” said the old man; “for bow cau I ever forget that you saved my son f He travelled so long in the s ays of sin that for a long time be would have nothing to do with the charch or prayer; and sank every day deeper in wickedness. Sometime ago he was here, and saw you, noble sir, enter tbe chapel. ‘I should like to see what he docs there,’ said the young •man scorn fully to himself, and he glided in after you. But when he saw you pray so devoutly, he was so deeply impressed that he also began to pray; aud from that moment lie became a new man. I thank you for it. And that is why I said yon can never do me a greater favor than you uavc done me already.—FW>* tkeGermdM. Hi «mfei Begin all with Prayer To omit prayer is to go to battle having toft oar weapons in the tent; to to go to onr daily labor without tbe strength imported by a morning meal; to to att*mi>t the bar where breakers roar aad rocks hide their ragged heeds without taking oar pilot 00 board. If, from a sense te weak crass, Moses on Sinai's thunder fog, Ifoshiag, quaking mount, ex claimed, “If Thy presence go not with me, let os not go up,” well may we any of the world, with its daily trials and temptations, works and warfare, Unless thy pretence go with os, let os not go down. There fore ought men, unless in very rare circamstaooes, always morning and even to pray- Thus, like soldier* on the morning of the conflict, we grind oar sword* for battle with the world, the devil aod the flesh; and thus, when the day** combat to over, re tiring to pray, we apply a healing ointment, tbe balm oi Gilead, to th* wounds of conscience; and thas, as a begrimed workman on ooming home repairs at even-tide to bathe in flowing river or swelling sea, we reeort to prayer to wash away (fin’s dally guilty stains in the fountain of Jreos’ Mood. That whiah to mote pure to man is moes divine: “Blessed are the pore in heart, for they shall see God.” That which to mote tender to Goff to meet human. “Lib* a* a father pit- fotfe hto ofeilffreo, so the Dwd pttfoth • t h:it tear Him " * * m .... •■••aswrsaw a*#*— * w Constsu.lni>g Lovk.—God’s meth od of hiudinu souls to obedience to similar to his method of knnninr the nhurata to their orbit ft that to* by flinging them out free. Yoa see no #hfd n kroping back thoan *thining worlds to areveut them from baste- tog away from their center. They are held to the grasp of aa invisible principle, which we call the law of gravitation; and it to by the invisi ble bond of love—lore to the Lord who bought them—that ransomed area are constrained to live soberly aod righteously aud godly, ‘^eith er do I condemn you: go and sto no more.” Such is the method by which Jesus bound a chief sinner to obe dience. He trusts thte hto free gift of pardon win generate a love in the stonerfe breast, which will eonattato tom, like the tow te gjtavity,to keqp the tow.—Amok •* • to* .• *■ 'VM' . • ## • ^ .. CHOIST IN THE Hsabt.—Let men be ever so great enemies to Christ, yet, as soon as l(e sets up Himsclt in their hearts, they will love Him, serve Him, and suffer for Him. te