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Tb* Bible Immortal ■ |WWk Hawkins t Dreher, Editors. I vor, 6—NO. 41. OIE LORE DUE FAITH, Oil B4PTISlf’-EPHESIAJTS 17:5. “.j;. 1 - 4 iSShasrafe ■■ ’y ! ■ *»* _».; ! ' £. sfi,... jjrjy CHARLESTON. S FKifAY, JILY 3. 1874. *'• .if.: i ; ■ iw.fn. ’ • ; "|«W ■W-ifr.llp: iv>: • *T , T 9 Terms; S2.00 a Year. rgim Hi. JH ^r- { '**■ • onginaL t. For the Lathe mu Vtaitor. from Sslsm, 7a. June 18th, 1874. tiw promotion of hi* glory in the „* I *»•*» of tbe Lutbera*. Oh a pH, in tliMe part* we need »uch at* tion a* we aim to make Roanoke I OMfogx, end recognising the *>»<»«*) ty we will go forward tnietiog la tbe Letter writing from j at this time constat* Urge- aiHl ousts of tbe Commence- ****** Kb » ri > 1 tkiege. iof ROANOKE COLLEGE, eU Ike NMMii of tbe ere none bringing with many eujojmeaU to all Dot I tbe papers the task of fur- joa with extended notice* descriptions of the oc* we will content ourself with iug to you some general concerniug what we have baud. l lie «wrcieM fArouefre*. These of a most interesting character it. In feet, there could be evidence of the truth of tbe prominence which wa# to these by the community. Baccalaureate sermon, by Dr. ; tbe address before the Y. Au, by Dr. Diehl; the address the A. A., and before the societies, all, were of very and impressed the large present most favorably, •hlttioo to these, tbe contest In itf, and the exercises of tbe bating class, furnished proof of scholarship and high liter- attainments. It has been our to witness quite a number Mur exercises, bnt none passed so much eclat as this; none ae much enthusiasm or gave general satisfaction. Koanokc stands higher to day in the of all who were present ever before. Au unusually Bomber of straugers and friends e distance were in attendance, til as not a few distinguished Isals, whose presence*, as well the favorable impression made them, will serve as an excel advertisement of the institution, has been hut one subject of 1 conversation duriug tbe past and that was these exercises. Ob Monday night after the contest tbe medal in oratory, tbe college was illuminated with ten Chinese lanJems. The soft light of these funcy colored m t* threw a magic beauty over y - bewRtjful grove and its fine walk*, hi bear was spent most delightfully , WWMfifidtog to excellent music, “ d| by way of variety, iu visiting veil lighted society halls, which like elegant parlors. The illu •"•lion, was a new feature, its and popwhmty will stamp it “"•partof the regular programme, l«s*t we hope so. Owing to rain • Tuesday evening, the lanterns wld not be used, much to the rr- sn-t of all. Th* prospect of the institution a* •^dieBferf by this Commencement Is nothing so cheering to the ^•di* and (Nitrons of Koauoke Col- ** M Ihc decided evidences of S’Nrib that are manifested. This was signalized by much ^ than ordinary promise. We ** noticed some of these signs of f^ing prosperity. They ean nut ^mistaken, and constitute the tide, »l«ek, if taken «t tbe flood, will r* w> to lor tune. You will notice ***** very short abstract of the flings of the Board of Tros- ** wel1 »* that of the A. A., 1*7* geuenil movement is about •Jl maagorated looking to the lib- vudownnent of the iustitatiou. tttasui-o is not a forced one, does it claim notice merely from magnitude. “There is the sound . * f )Ul ^ * Jear< ^ * u tops of the .L ’ that which occurred in of Samuel, indicating tbe L^hce and will of the Lord. His wts are heeding it, aud hare set bestirring themselves for this • In 1S78 the quarter centvry of gljvf College will be celebrated, k *7 thne '"*■ purpose aiming to m i°*titutiou endowed in tbe a* ^^X),000. Large and liberal fer Ik** 6 alr<5a< ^ boiug inaugurated ^ «• attainment of this end, and Ofe efficient indirect prepara- i'eed l>e desired than the suc- t dtCoinineiieement through which *J* ve j° st M. Public sent! lifting effectually prepared ^ Jti Hiagnlflcent enterprise, and whmg plana, of which the short af, d despondent uever dream, “etog instituteil. And the con- . abon that will be especially in- iw. '"f to Y° u > dear Visitor, in this ,0Il > that this work is un in the fear of God, and for Itord. With faith «H things are. •Ibis, and w» gink to abnw «mr felth In tbe providence of God, <mr iostitu tion has gained such a high pine* to tb« public favor, wn would presume upon that mhI seek to ru-dedleate It to tbe divine glairy with enlarged powers of iaffnenew. We knrrseT* „ ^dth In the Boeeesu «f this eater- prise. Ou«n b is «| mandtug a high standard of tion. ing be controlled by the Slate. The church should bn able to fbroiab tbe highest advantages for tbe eeqntri Uoo a# knowledge, and knowledge to be panaaueotly useful sad tteneil oial most ha aaoetited. All these can be beat provided and —saved by institution! controlled by the chunk. It is therefore an enlightened and comprehensive view of tbe high ends of edneation ae eootretled and di rected by the church which has prompted tbe antboritien of Roanoke College to take sod. liberal ute |M towards toorewetag Ms efficiency— We ask for the eutrrprier the pray •rs ami eltorU to the people of Uo«l and <»f tbe friend* to edoewtton every where. We can not otoee this oontmunka tinn without expressing to you tbe sadness that possesses ns whoa three annusl partings ere over fh» much interest is concentrated io the few ©losing days of those exercises that we forget the approaehiug neparm tion. Ami when it eu«neu the “goml bye” is spoken so hurriedly and with happy home scenes «nd rennion* so f irid before tbe mind* of many, that ws remain onoonerieus of the foneii ness that follow* until forced to re SB»gni»s it in nor walks through eoi tMuMFUB wstfiit *wt-.* » *. --^s. : ** Ps wwrv# «Rww Iff! CsbM walla. Aud not only wt, but all around on, realise bow much life and enjoy uicut are thrown into our lawn by those from whom we are just *ep arated. We will anxiously await their return, not forgetting to follow them with warm wishes for their happiness, and when their and «nr reunion comes you have a promise of portidpating in the enjoyment from Habold. any mere to my hmawa the last time.* -Rffi,* *dh| ftm alt down •U the eveulng and try «• lewvn HP “Me,* ebe wdd, “no, I played with |k»A* There was a grand Let bm aa« fall tola It IJudwIM not *wpp|p the piser to o«r uveeeaary exettfona. Mindy hard, and than |«ay. i believe with re- «w«d to egmo texta, you w«U sever reM their shores and trend their gveen nod fruitfel wdl. except you do aa many a sailor has W"‘ will about it, hot |«*wer In prayer. M« urnts must think i foil «t* pewyee t* a vise, and most jeh* engage In It, bnt tw Idle to «w|«p<MBe | real toAwewce with OJL wpH» the * vents to dd|y they think us to he sense as to stand It which will not ‘ ‘ 77— rr «- ,; """ , OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 301. M dooo by foil nvev. U hi ate praying over it, how it wttl on Vtolltnftkoe; how It will .mile upon yon, and talk with yen as a eton taiketh with bin friend, nimh the Tahnr to pvayee, and ymi wili eee tim truth ahio4og with a Ught bright cr than the aan. Yon may sen mock with yonr eyes wpnn) »>u« yna will givet Wo to ms Selections. Pnjtr. »»•*■■* <ruui> ■ Prayer mm inHrmetmr. Htndy and meditatr, to coarse, but prayer fat tbe master key of truth. A certain Puritan, In a debate with another, wan noticed to take note* very frequently. At the end to the discuaskm, in which be had behaved himself very wisely, bis opponent asked to aee tbe piece of paper which contained his note*, and, greatly to hie surprise, ho found written apou it, “More light, I*mi 1 more light, I xml !* some score* of times. That was the prayer ot the man’s heart, lie non Id not at first see bin way through the other man's sophisms; bnt he foil that he was wrung, and prayed for light to bu able to see the other’s fallacies, and light for himself to aee into the truth. Often ose that ejaculation, “More light, Lord 1 more light, Lord!" 8o, when yon get a text into which you can eee no further than if It were a mill stone, pray till it tores into glass. v T1»e author of a book ia the most likely person to explain it, aud he who wrote the Word I* the truest expositor to it. Ask the Holy Ghost what he mean*, and he will give you wisdom and not upbraid yon. Rot that I recommend pray ing without studying That would be absurd, since God will never do for us what we eon do for ooreelve*, and it we refuse to n*e industriously the power* wo bare, certainly the Holy Spirit will not miulster to our idleness. Yon have heart) the story of tbe gift at school who was always behind In her olase, while her little friend ipm always al the top. She said to her, “My dear, bow ia it you always know yonr lessons so per fectly^ U I think it is,* sab) the little Christian, “because I ask Jeso* to help me.” Her friend thought that an easy matter, and tried it, but the next occasion she was a* ignorant of her lesson as before. After class she suirl to her little nd vlser, “I did What yon told mo; I asked Jean* to help me, hot I did Ah irritable Brash* ws man who rs upset by »|n*Ji that Wow* upms a very small boat. Mob never breo able to broom* they bar* euwtrel ihemstowa. Tb InHM up a patient, muntil yna mast lay UMkaala in Miaul prayer. Has* you nwvei notfoed bow easily tluaga go all Jay if your morning prayer boa girded ap y aur Infos I for Mot then Uafo umce said, “I utotes that if 1 mrgfoot prayer in Urn smutting nothing goes right all day* Raw that was not uuly beraasa Mod chastened him, bat beoaaoe he kiiasnif was not in a At cuodtifou to take thtaga tightly. If a man dose not put os his shore, it wiU not be at all strange If he Dads the road* hard la hfe feet. Prayer mends the reads most b * «mlp|MLflM»of rrea Is srtoai|Tht Efovssly Saocr af ^ XarUily tkaa they | One to ths most glorious vision* to ia tbosa I John ia the Island af Patmoe was H »«dd ? that hi which he saw the throne of It had aay J God, a rainbow about it, in sight bto like aa emerald, and before It a eea to Ifo glam like unto crystal. Is the midst to | of the throne and round about it •t s door were four beings, the countenance* foM to which probably typifod, In that to J a lion, the dispensation to the patri 1 ***** ***** the flood; in that to an the dispensation of sacrifices and preparation for the great t; In that to a bran, the incarnation to Christ, and s new erm af spiritual and intellectual know) *df* j aad In that to a flying eagle, the ewtft, universal and irresistible conquest* to the kingdom to God in the latter day. Aad round about the throne were four and twenty neats; aad upon the seats were four and twenty elders sitting, clothed la white raiment; aad they had on their heads crowns to gold. Them four aad treaty elders, npoa their seat* or “thiaaee," around the iqpet three*, suggest to the Christian ministry tbs grandest |»oa- fo prayer ritoe incUesfoet to labor and cuds if oar forty Father, ibreagh a Ifiag to voare. have asst with as equally attack so eoeuiy octcr, or i fthoukl assail >ua. Your wiU be wiu* or hetiisb ta pro|Mutiu« a» >«u have prayed. Tbe hr*t thing to do with a vfofoot rnuii wbu at tack* you is te set a* rheodote Hook says he did to a bob who insulted him in the street 5 “/ Ut the feUtm afoas ««*j srrsrrif." Prabotoy no pumsbmeut i« so severely felt by a aUM who wanu to quarrel, belt take your amiams opprolirt.ms words ami Ueut them ss Uasskmb did tbe U-Uer to ^Mewo askant*-, “spreml it before tbe UmL* It m wonderful fore, in tbe light to Usd, a great ileal to what was said wfK gr*M power as aa k*u* u* **m K aad much asore to it Will Isreom* imriectly cuMtempUEJe. ll irritated yaw before you took it to Ibe lb nun.', but you sssdo at it now. Sustaining grace bos lifted you above U all; you even coant your- Self hupp., to be rvokuaed worthy to suffer fur Christ's sobe- I'rayer will also bring you a*t«u»l deliverance in cost** toutoel etooiway or any other a**t»«lt to Satan, la Ed*n -w I'mfmm* Ltfo 1 rrmsmber reading to hi* la-mg nretised by • vile ptrtnn to a wa to whudi to course be was perfectly ienueewt; but as lie w** intdel to rouimiUing the sin where Urere cobM tm ao lirethrea, if you to rettgMsa, *afi|l at * !■ a Is swi Awb i »• ui , ** bSF auka — —- t * wwals t*Wv w wl* aft hols frti lias ta imi snd y«u -h.M find * fi Ijsre Akfiasba'S S A— „ g A . - m n m iff ofWfii pi Vila X’Gmr migkUtf nntu him ^ I* ^ ’ i ^ binds sit classes. They demand to each.tbe amplest service which abili-. ty and opportunity will allow. They assams that there are ample tanks for the occu|mucy of all hands and tbe enlistnient to all bearls. And so, whoever ignore* this idea of ac tive service for Christian ends cither overlooks or rejects one to the vital elements to true church member ship. For want to such tabor the inward Dfe is weak and fluctuating, aud tbe forces to the Gospel tail to take hold to lbs community. Religion does not flourish in neglect. It mast have aftsatfoa, eare, culture. Left to it- •df or to circumstance* it will have but a sickly ami doubtful life, if it doee not wholly die oat. And faith fnl aad definite effort ia what brings H nutriment. Thus is it nnrtored. The heart is kept warm. Wke gentle sympathies gain the mastery over The joy to a loving life ta found. Tbe heart is stirred to prey by the interest it feels in the object* it Is reeking, and by the felt need of dirine help to supplement or. taag ta many mat to beat that they |ha| milled tbess to heave*, aad they of joy, lVny year empty rhaprl full; pray yaur sleepy awaha# pray your otod- ifikfj ilxfWWkfol 9 a S'resuv mw-xMw * tato fcnmr,a*Ni erenrr* It was arid to ) way ml up the tad the hrarta to tha ware** talw brew; he prayed too bring, aad ilh; he prayed heart* to the rich, sad so (lag the word, which oI course would ha ea fjMIMfhfoy UMstt ;ieop)e ta he ssdfi dent. Oa the ether Ipsad. there would hn always some who would doubt him. lie was grimly grieved about it, bat ha laak aa ether mesas than rvwMtmr to ihul ta tmtar. mmA In on almost i tierediblv short time eontrilioo, and confessed that tha the base design af injuring a ssrvnnt of God, and begged ta ba forgiven S,, vi ^iw aaar S.^. /.ft om 1 a iwn. _ jja-MiuM-jifl B , m. Ww w MWifiJl Kl rawNHNiMrawMiy wWm w Ilia |>TTa > ariw^v lyilMiFi m iHrw ll« A HV AltiMpt Mm tomrnri tib tlw hew s i.» *<« Jt v ^ jr fiTd.Mails a WmrW Sftg Iriff LIMw I JRAffriMPra g mummom kiss - kMbkb flka ~skron* of Owl, sad ask tha Lard in make your *»-4 sejk YiftigXifl d ftSkSiiid mb*Iwm lx mm 4| ka Jlftl III I »Ap ** fia'sews-re* *v"rsre Mai I tie* MkfigffiH mHF ware vvsii* at ansaday If yea want a thing well don*, tbe olrl tiro verb an vs. “Do re wrea *f*r*r**y wr*s seaw wesi ww y «Breel r; out me assess# or your reputation will he best loft to or. The Lord Is tha to Ms servant*. Aa many die whan ash ia cool a poo them, so do calumnies die when prayer comes ta contact with them. 4 M.Jfi m, t i .» S-fooSife SUBSkflt'SuM' SVBIiSWSSMa A nu io I ihii i»ri) wr conwi to as an the greataal Wcseing to ohr work, because ia nnik res*, f avillcn* may m3 _llta *|s. 4 l araevtUtittmi^ irestsi i •<* sfwwra* film *»§-** m » Jft Mat »*• |F»al J WW y *ad eifomiriffd notlwm fe. Lit thr mum* lm trad to as, sad we shall not live in vain. 1 Let as out, however, tm ploy pray** with s view to ear owe work alone, for uafraW'ittindu'd MiettisaliiHM raui vvw a we see rmev wt w^eip«reBapp*y l ,*'**ne™ w.wwe* net he aeoeptabfo with Gad. H. prayer* reuiutd m* of the story the Virginia plantar* who owned a stave ta partnership with one to bis f'ksh t ? v | ta nkSt-sI luasi iiii* a mfofedLYt *!* ■» fo, sfi I^mSw mPkPkwg * vwswd '* 1 ! ^ was aoKSMtocned to wind ap hie pray - era by my tag, *<) Lord I In thtas in whhb *mm Adi j/ ffidT I Vttiig ng^iii ** W Wdkjllgigfo riM tow*y • pray for Metbodtaat, aad Bap tist* for tltor utR miami >t saihn>* and I*reshy tertaa* for their tavorUe ana frntecBily, 1 would urge them to get a little farther than •• Hires my half af INampey .* 1 Hava I not arid * i.<Higtr» It only * remain* that ws repair al I ehiAkWriL hihI t bfft eonehmg tmiiiuiM of It K ta many cams, more amy to commend a tUrtos than to practice it; bat io this instance I tl^wM osclmia ly find tarn dif&calty ta prey ing to God than ta netting forth ta my fol- low-men Ih* xcelU-rictes of I may weary yna rith my _ tion*, but I shall not wanry my God with my patittaae—Gfirfoffoa af Week, r tbe kingdom of Urn Lord They *re oca th* 01 the Jewiah priato- bood, for the vision Itafoags to the t"hurcb at targe; aad they are not lb* general membership to the rknreh, for these are rcprereetnl ta the great mulUtade which no matt ran n am for. rhdhed ta white rubes, and having (Mtlms in their band*. They are the ministry to the church to all ages; to thorn twforv and to those after Christ. It ia they who the gulden howls full to which aiWthe prayers to the mints; they who start the new song, ami lilt the ancrijitioas to pcaiae to Him who mak* them kings aad priests to reign 00 earth. » How cmapletely all enrthly digmt- Jfo* vm.wi fodbra the Jhaame mil an earthly office whtah Oa»! so exalts ta heaven! How light its prraect aflliottans com;iared with tbe weight to its exceeding am! eternal glory 1 How spiritually minded, how patient, how ftothfal unto death, should they be whom God calls ta its duties here! Ilow rcataaa shoe hi they be for tbe load to host#—to maintain tbe honor to His Cfaareh, to reuse it to dera tion to his cause, and ta choose and train up from its sous a socceesioo to witnesses worthy to Ills name!— /V|jJparf#’rfo ■ \iomtklm tfrMrrf He is the true, wire, and efficient pastor who best succeeds in enlist lag all the members iu Christian So . hum E.vmrnixu.—Ho« oa rfehiag ta real jwayor! Every good aad every perfect gift oomath from ; and kiw ailUl these things God mya, M l will be taqatand to ta do them far ymtf Let not people, then, imagine that they will have them without prayer. It ta a Cato that praying person*, young and old, have good and perfect gifts which thorn who do not pray are stronger* to They bava, spirttoally, >w*it and garments smellwg to myrrh and atom sod camta, Urey tm kept In perfect peamaw They are more tha* conquerors, while tbe prayer fore go about ta It ta ss«l to see bow small s part to the tutsW" »* toitirekcu are •—j • *>.1 rdfoctivw worker*. A lea Uiiac tin* harden*; the rest *U idly by ns thuagh having no special re sponsibility for the taaittteaanee and promotion to religion about them. They go to the meeting when It ta quite convenient; pay a little money, to] pctltsps, whew the necessities which #xi»t are pressed on tforlt attention ; tty to avoid ojH'ii scandal in their kntrmmrse with the world; attend lb* communion service now and then, and *«» a great amergrncy eon sent to render some aid in the Sab bath school.* Bat they lay out nb definite plan* for work, and seem to Miller no »|«ecial stdf*reproach even shea iniquity ta coming io like a Atiod, and they lift neither hand nor prayer to restrain It. WHO* they stay they make additions chiefly in the way to swelling the tialk and number* of the church; when they go the chasms they leave are rather pby sired than moral. Tbeir presence neither cheers the pastor nor stroagth- ens the lirethren : their sbnenoe doe* not iwrcepUbly lesson the spiritual power to the body to which they have been a nominal part for years, “ifoare, bnt scarcely felt; gems bat hardly missed,* Is the brief record which, set against their names on the church book, would not nnfairiy epKomise tbeir tetigtaa* history. Now that ta a state to things which need not and ought not to exist Christ'* call ta for workers. He has chiefly reproof for tbe idler. **I will make yon fishers of man.* “A* ye go, preach.* “We are laborers to gether with God.* “Occupy til! 1 come." “Quit you like mesL* “Be thou faithful unto death.'' jMi words as them, meant ta sat forth the real qualities of the Christian life, suggest tbe idea of euefeUy planned, resolute, perwtataot, mod taxing effort They protest against mi i 1 ih^snti rswim rarest f re ■ krkimti tori* fFqtajwwv ftUDIfUKDMMI ilSCI inuOiHiiCNk mkWtff inetat oa having * definite meaning put into life. They apply every the law which I jOrs «.4» mm* lie done, fonros the special espacitiee and adaptations, and then orgaoires and directs the forces of each soul, and keeps them thoroughly busy. If he foil here hi* sneoeas cou never be more than partial, aud iu promise may issue tn a cheat. Many to oar charob member* ore ready for such servlet; are even waiting and loaf ing for it, though only half knowing what the) went But they need guidance and encouragemeut; they expect it; they should have it Each new-corner within the church circle should understand that church-life means service not leas than sympa thy ; girtag, even more than taking. And there should be no season to ■risw lass sMsri tn uflovr t fosaon ta be anfoaroed or drop out to tbe tbought.—Morning Star. Whit Faith Should Be. The Israelites marching up to the edge to the Red Sea till tbe wavee jwqtcd before their foot, step by step, are often taken as an illustration to what oar faith should do—advance to the brink to possibility, and then the seeming impossibility may be found to open. Bat there ta another illustration in the Xew Testament more sacred aud striking—the women going to the aepolohre to oar Lard, With true nature, they did not begin ta way stooe r And faith itse'f could not help them; but love did. A bond stronger than death drew them on, and “when they looked they saw' that the stone was rolled away." We may bless God that he cau put into men's hearts impulse# stronger than reason and more powerful even than faith—such impulses that, if they are going to himself, they shall find that “he ta able to do exoeediug abundantly above all that we cau ask or think." Reason, faith, love, but the greatest of these ta love. We can not help thinking of the in stinct iu the young blade of gras#, which proose* post the bard clod- its great stone—and buds itself in the midst to sunlight and Spring.—Sum Jl €I«Yy Ye Hat* Dome it Usto Me —A pleasant incident of vacation has been brought to my knowledge. In one of my families there ta a young lady who spends her summers with her parent# on a little form not far from the city. Well, she has a class to poor children in the Sabbath- school ; aud what does she do but take them all out to her beautiful summer-home, and have them spend a week or ten day s with her. The same young Jady ou coming back to the city' finds among some poor people whom she ws* In the year 303, when that last great effort was made by the Empe ror Diocletian to extinguish the Christian name, he sent on the 23d of February bis legions to the great church to Nioomedla. Wbeo the doors were forced open and the soldier* entered, they searched and searched with diligence, bnt they Reached in rain for any visible sym bol of the Deity whom the Christians worshiped. No banners, no cruci fixes, no images to the saints were to be found in any part of the building, noble though it was, and towering as it dkl, and as historians tell os, above the very palace to tbe Cottars. But as they searched they fell upon one record—upon one object ou which they proceeded to vent their bitterest vengeance. They lighted upon the Scriptures to troth. Tbej committed the Bible to the dame*; aud wc all know, my friends, that that last great effort to Satan to use Pagan Rome as au instrument fen* annihilating Christianity was simply directed to the extermination of tbe sacred book. Now, it strikes me that there are two very Important lessons here, in the first place, do we not learn from the anecdote, or test to the Christian Church—ta the seta supremacy of the Holy Scrip tures of God f But there ta another lesson to be learned from that little anecdote which 1 aenture to bring to your memory, and that is, that Baton was wise in his generation when he bade emissaries to Pagan Rome direct all their efforts to the suppression ot the Scriptures. Yon will remember that all the edicts that were fulminated at that time ordered the demolition of tbe Christian sanctuaries, that they called for the degradation to officers even in the highest posts to trust about the Imperial person, if they held and professed the Christian faith; but the virulence to all this animosity was directed against that little book which has for so many years, with God’s increasing bleating, circulated to the uttermost parts to the earth. And why 1 Because the enemy knew well that so long as the Scriptures remain, full as they are from Genesis to Revelation of Jesus Christ and Him crucified, the church will over and over again reassert her existence— Bishop of Carlisle. Coke Ukto Me—McCbeyne says, I suppose it ta almost impossible to explain what it ta to come to Jesus, It ta so simple. If you ask a sick person who had beeu healed what it was to come and be healed, he could has given me light in this matter, and look iug at what my own heart does in like circumstances, I do not feel that there ta anything more in coming to Jesus, than just belteviug what God says about bta Son to be true. I believe that many people keep themselves in darkness by ex pecting something more than this. Some to you will ask, “la there no appropriating to Christ f no putting out the hand of faith 1 no teaching the hem of His garment! I quite grant, beloved, there is such a thing, but 1 ds think it ta inseparable from believing the record. If the Lard imrsuades you of the glory and power to Immanuel, 1 feel persuaded that you can not but choose Him. It is like opening the shutters of a dark room—the sun that moment shines* in. So the eye that is opened to the testimony of God reoeives Christ that moment. once relieve* the mother of to the baby, * and saves the baby itself from the disease. Ought not her name ta be enrolled among the at work I* Who may Fervent Prayer.—The river that runs slow, and creeps by the banks, and begs leave of every turf to grass to let it pass, ta drawn into little hollows, and spreads itself in smaller portions, and dies with di version ; bat when it runs with vigorousness and a fall stream, and breaks down every obstacle, making it even as its own brow, It stays not to be tempted with little avocations, and to creep Into holes, but runs into the sea through full and useful channels. So ta a man’s prayer; if he moves upon the feet of an abated appetite, it wanders into the society of every trilling acoident, and Btays at the corners of the fancy, and talks with every object It meets, and can not arrive at heaven; bat when it ta carried upon the wings to pas sion and strong desire, a swift motion and a hungry appetite, it passes on through all the intermc diata regions to clouds, and stays not until it dwells at tbe foot to “ "VUWMHW «M> *w» * <*v **»*V j ** — — — —- estimate the result of those two act* j throne, where mercy sit%jsnd 'thence of lor* f—Christian at Work. I sends holy shower# of refreshment.