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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.
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