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4 A m) 8 meat to the housclioM, /or they wii Lo feasting on your good works, ano you wil! not be eating the bread ol idleness, von will be using industry. And von will not fear snuw m tlie houseliold, for all the household wil V)C clothed witlt scarlet (your wannest lovey Then will the heart of your hmsband r-afely tru.st ill you ; for he will know* your faithfuli ess. Tlien will your husband be known in the gates when he sitteth among the Eld ers of the laud. ]"or your love Muli ever S]>eak forth in the counteuauee of Iris face ; ,so all who look upon liim mav sa%’ he- is blesscl. And may flu- (iiod of Heaven in mercy remember you ; and be ple i.-^ed to comfort you with Ids heavenly presence, and cau«e his glory to sliinc forth on his vreak vessels of mercy, and ]'ut songs of jwaise in yonr nion.h, and cau.se you to speak forth in Sjiiritnal truth—the unsearchable riclies of his goodness.— Mav lie make yonr every burden light, your ways the ways of pleas antness, and all your jiaths 'peace—is ll'.e prayer of your penitent Sister. InZZIE A. l>Ult>'ETT. 'S I MX iirthe Church to miidster to him in • ■arnal things. 'Me .should not liave I ■arnal notions and views aliout that, uid feel that we have a right to with- lohl more than is meat. Thepreach- ‘p should give of a ready mind, that is, lie should preach of a ready wil ling mind, for he has freely received, for it is a pure gift to him, a free gift, not a conditional one. He diould take the oversight of the flock willingly, of a ready mind. 2>ow su])])Ose lie should have a gift to preach but gives grudgiugly—feeds scantily —can he excuse himself by saying that he does not have a willing mind to preach. He ought to have a wil ling mind.—It would he aain in him to have any other sort of viind be,ddcs a willing one. For him to say, I will not preach for 3'on, unless you give me so much mone)' or some money, woitld be sin. He ong’ht to feed the flock just as readily, if there is not a cent of money received by him, as if a large amount were received. Now, on the other hand, the Bible also gives directions to the Brethren who are fed iti these Spiritual thiug.s. Let u.s thiuk of that kindly. M ■ are exhorted to give of our worldly .susstaiice to our Brethren that preacli tons.” T!ie Scriptures tell now we are to give, that is o? & ready mind, for God loveth a cheerful giver. Vv'c are not told tliat God loveth one that eheerfidiy withholdeih and refa-idh to covet mou'-y, nor use deeeitiul pleas to obtain it Iroin our Bretiiren,for tliis among otlier things I love the Old Bapti.'ts ami j;aine to them. Mb likewise have u(,ble-heartc;l Bretiiren who iiiiiiistcr to o'ur sciwint; of their worldly substance of a read}' mind. I love thiis disposition al.-o. l.'t'l each of us, preacher nr.d hearer, make a self-ease of it, so f:tr as we can, ami do to, ami for each, what we feel we would have do;ie for us were we iii their places. Imt us 'pray for our preachers that titterauee may be giv en them, and tlie word of tlie Lord be vlorificd. Let us abound in the o w'ork and the labor of tlie Lord, and thus bring our titlu's and of ferings (what is required) into the store-house and see if God wil! not pour ns out a blessing that our hearts cannot eon tarn. J.v't us call on the name of the Lord : “That our. sons may be as plants gro'.vn up in their youth : that our daughters may be as corner-stones, polished after the.similitude of a palace; tliat our garners may be full, affording all manner of store : that our sheep may briiiff forth thousands and ten tlion- sands in our streets : that our oxen (preachers) may bo strong to, lab-or: that there ho no breaking in nor o-oin'-" out; that tliere be noeomTilain- & O ' ing in our streets (E'liurclies). Ha}ipy LAtl-at ])eople that ’ in such a case; ve^'iiqmv is that poo])!e whose God n Psalms 144; 12, 15. FEELINGS THE GUIDE IN i5i:ty ? Mo sometimes hear Christians say, when admonisiied or impressed to dis- ch.arge a duty, “I do not feel like it.” Sometimes, when tlie fatherles.s anct the ^yidow should be visited in their affiiction, or we should visit the sick land help the poor, we excuse ourselves bv .tsaving, “I don’t feel like it,” and till)*) neglect our duty. Is this poor coi4’up'i feeling of ours the guide to religiou.s duty? The man that sel dom feels likedoing good to otiiers the oftener feels like doing tliat wiiich is not, good to others. We must be disposed to something, and if it be not to good, it is to evil, we mean good works which are proSta- Ue unto men ; and letting our light so shine tliat our Heavenly Father may be glorified before men. When the time comes lorpreaching shad the Cliristian be guided by his feelings, and remadi at home, if hc' does not feel like serving the Lord. The less he feels liim .nerving tlie Lord the more he .should condemn such feelings instead of following them. One is offended witli lus Bretlier and wiK not seek recoudlia- tion because he does not feel like it, shall he encourage tliat wrong feel ing? AYe pi’ofess to have no confi dence in the flesh, and that we should denv self, and take up the cross and follow Jesus; and sliall we, in . snch evil hours of unbelief, wlien onr vile natures are rising up in nnwiiling- ness to serve tire Lord, yield, to these bad feelings feeding and strengthen ing this serpent i,n our bosoms, and w« will not try 11 seek peace 1 c -■auso we ou not fee! like it? (d i we cover one fault with another fiui’t ? .Mii.s the covering is too ,‘^lvort, ;..e !)('(] too nan’ow. One lias felt like blc.-siug the I.ord lor Ids Clii’istam lioju', and, in U 3 flr.A love, lias ]rrai.‘;ed the lawu for. salvation and de.sired to be !>aptiwwh but !ias suilered tins liappy hour to ]V!.'S off aud lia.s not glorifiwi Ci d ill uniting with tlie (.'buTcli, aUliougu that is the accepted time and dlay f hi.s salvation, and the preacher sh.onii! luive sai;i to him as Ananias saiil lo Paul ; “And now why turriest t imi " arise, and be buj>tu:ed, and was!) away thv sins, culling on tlie name of tiie Lord,” Act.s 22; 16, which was spoken to Paul at tlie very time he heiievedi, Tlie question is m>t wltat your feel ing;? are, hut what Ini]m's,-'iou,s liavo vou had from the Jjord of what you ought to do in Ids name. We ma}' neMect dutv until the fkPng.s ni'c very l>ad and miserable in conse quence of our rebellion. Then again shouid our chief and leading purpo.se, when we atte.’iipt to serve the .Lord, be only to buy a little peace of mind? iShould wc refuse to do our duty just as long a.s we can, and. when we are afraid to longer rcbi'l tiien, at the end of th-o lash, come, m and render an unv/illing obedien-ee, not b-ecause we wi.sh toservethe Loixl, but because ve wa.'it a h.ttic peace oi mind?—No! Me shouid falte ui> our CFO.S.S in the first love and t"y to iteep fove m vre iia'ce left the first love, we shoukf repent and returu to it by (.iomg the first works. If a father, having two sons says to each, “my .son, work for me to-day,” aixl one refuses to wurk as long, as he dares to (to so, uutii the fear of the lash compels him to come ; hut tiie other, l)cc;uise he lo've.s iu-> father, goes at once and serves n:m, being constrained, by love and not driven by the fear of the lasli, wldelv son v.dil the father manifest more love for ? You eaimot hesitate lor an answer. “Jesus answered and said unto liirn, if a man Io\e me he will keep ray Avords; and my Father 'will love him and we tvill come unto him, and make onr abode with him,” John 14;. 23. The Lord will and does mani fest himself in love and goodness to- the willing and obedient ser\';mt.— AYe should perform our duties to God and our'fellow-man because we love. and fear God, and if tve do tins we will have peace of him. AAdio has peace of mind, wdio is liighly favored: of the Lord? Those that'walk up rightly—blameless in the gospel. “B’ut whoiso looketh into the per fect law of liberty and continnetii therein, he being not a forgetful hear er, but a doer of the Avork, this man.- shall be blessed in Ins deed,” James 1; 25. The word of God impressed on iis by the Comforter is our guide—■ and when we folloiv this, peace will he- the effect. Onr poor flckG changea ble feelings are not the guide, but th.e^ Holy Ghost guides us into all truth _ Therefore grieve not the Holy Spirit,^
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