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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
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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 “
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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.