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BY r.KV. TIMOT11V EVEI'SIIAM.
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uarKs were
jntrouue-
tory to a diseour-o preached at the faneral
cf a worthy gentleman and gallant soldier
of Capt. Smith's Company, -ioth Hegitcent
IN. C. Troops, who died after four days'
illness in the hospital at Gldsboro', from
t:o eSecu of vaccination.
It is a sad occasion vrhich ascemhles us
tr. Jay. A few short weeks ago, and one
whom all or most of you knew as relative,
frier. 1. neighbor, or acquaintance,, was with'
h- aeeustimed health performing the
active and exacting duties . of the patriot
soldier. But note he sleeps in a soldier's
grave. The reveille shsii no more sum
mon him to duty, nor tattoo warn him to
rest. "After life's fitful fever he sleeps
woll.v And although God did not renuire
that his life should be offered up amid the
il :rd; of guns and the wild roar of bat tie,
yet his life was none the less sacrificed in
the cause cf human liberty and in defence
cf our homes and our liea. th-stones. If
tie rude clash of hostile arms "had not
been beard disturbing the sweet peace we
h.i-i so Ion;- enioved. and if this cruel and
relentless war had not been waged against
us, ar d threatened with swift destruction
all that is dear to freemen, "William C.
Payloii were doubtless now ataong the
living. Now more than twelve months
Since, impressed with his responsibilities
as a citizen and regarding it as his solemn
duty, he entered the armies of his father
land, to defend our common liberties so
fr -ifiv eTsr:angeret, and has sriven nis uv
m-me to c-woll the long list of victims wno
have fallen in the citadel of our nation in
rin'T'. cf f!iit.r.K-td l.i
cutrageu law, ana ot civil
ar?d religious freedom.
And oh, my heavers, what an immense
debt of gratitude wo owe to those citizens,
who giving up the many comforts and the
dear associations of home, have at their
country's call laid aside the habiliments of
the 'tizen and the implements of peace,
and clothing their limbs in panoply of
war. Lave firmly grasped the weapons of
destruction and gone forth with conscious
rectitude to suffer, and bleed, and die.
The memory of our friends and neighbors
holocaust to freedom, should be always
tnJeissherishod by us. And whilst wo
sympathize Nth the bereaved, ana mingle
our tears in sorf??; because of the huge
i-aerinee require, letUs resolutely and de
liberately determine, that if need, be, wo
will emulate their noble example, and in
defence of the graves where our dear
Oio3 sleep ) in defence of our ancestral
homes; in defence of our hearth-stones,
our wives, our children, and the altars
which we have. erected to Almighty God,
we will ?Ieep too with those who have al
ready perished for the priceless heritage
of our forefathers.
The character of our lamented friend
is well known to this community. As a
son, he was obedient and reverential; a9 a
brother, he was kind and affectionate ; as
a friend, he was constant and sincere; as
an associate he was pleasant and amiable ;
as an acquaintance he was sociable and
urbane ; and as a citizen he was honest and
honorable in all his dealings with his fellow-men.
Upon entering our patriot army,
he was submissive to discipline and always
-A the po.t of duty. Said an oSccr of
his company to me ; " lie was equal to any
sohlier we haJ. Ho never shirked any
service was always at his post, and some
times performed duty when really phys
ically incapacitated." But he i3 off duty
now, and yet his services should not be
forgotten. They may not be written in
th vse historic pages in which, for the most
part, the deeds of General officers will be
recorded, but should nevertheless be in
scribed in ineffaceable characters upon the
tablet of memory should be graven deep
upon a nation's heart. Remember, my
hearers, that wherever the true soldier
dies, whether amid the hissing cf shells
and whizzing of bullets, or whether at
home among dear relatives, or in the sad
hospital remember, that lie dies Jor yon ;
that he dies for personal liberty; for hu
man right ; for that which is just and good
and sweeter far than life the deliverance
of the land of his birth from the iron heel
of despotism and ruin and degradation.
For such a soldier there should be woven
a chaplet of glory and honor, and the recol
lection of his services should be never
forgotten.
The brief illness and untimely death of
our friend, suggests most forcibly the
rransitorincss and uncertainty of human
life, and reminds us that we too roust sooner
or later die. That this melancholy occa
' sion may be improved for the Leneflt of
(he limnr, I have selected for our consid
eration these words recorded in Job 14: 1-2.
c i 1 1 1 i 0 n s .
Simplicity of Truth.
' I witnessed a short time ago, in on
of
ova- high courts, a beautiful illustration of
the .simplicity ami power of truth.
A little girl, nine years cf age, was of-
ure 1
as a witness against a prisoner who
wa;: i'U trial for felony euuinatted in bcr
it I" ci "r- 1-onse.
''Xow. iCmilv "
d the counsel for the
prisoner, upon nor t iiig Oiicreu as i wir-
nes, '' I desire to understand if you know
tbe nature of an oath?7'
" I don't know what you mean' was
the simple answer.
li There, your honor," said the counsel,
addressing the court, "is anything farther
uemonstrate the Tali'iitv
ur
o ejection
iillS Villi
rejected.
not comnrcheuu Uio
nature of an oaiii. '
"Let us see," said, the Judge, "coine
here, my daughter."
Assured bv the kind tone and manner
of the Judge, the child- stepped towards
him and looked confidently up in his face
with a calm, clear eye, and iu a manner
so artless and frank that it went strait to
the heart.
" Did you ever take an oath?" inquired
the Judge.
The little givl stepped back with a look
of horror, and the red blood mantled iu a
blush all over her face ami neck, as ho
answered, " No sir." Sue thought he in
tended to impure if the had ever blasph . m
ea. " I do not mean that," said the Judge,
who saw her mistake. " I mean were you
ever a witness before?"
"He handed her" tbe Bible open.
" Do you know that book, my daughter ?"
one looked at it and arswen)a.
sir. it is the Bible."
" ies,
" Io vou ever read it?" he asked.
" Ye,', sir every evening."
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. V'ciLl VVU ICI1 uic niiau lllM UllJlU in I
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" It is fhe word of the great God,
answered.
"Well, place your hand upon this Bi
ble and listen to what I say," and he re
peated olcwly and solemnly the oath usu
ally administered to witnesses.
" Now, said the Judge, "you have
: n j. -'i
7hrt will befall vu
tru'h !"
you uo not
f foil th
" I shall I e shut up in the State prison."
amwcicd the child.
".Any tiling eke ?" asked the Judge.
"I shall never go to Heaven."
" How do you know ?" a.ked the Judge
again.
The child took the Bible, and turning
rapidly to the chapter containing the com
mandments, pointed to the injunction,
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor." " I learned tba'e," she
said, " beforo I could rend."
" lias any one talked with you about
your being a witness in court here against
this man V inquired the Judge.
"Yes, sir," she replied; "my mother
heard they wanted mo to be a witness, and
last night she called me into her room arid
asked me to tell her the ten command
ments, and then we kneeled down togeth
er, and she prayed that I might under
stand how wicked it was to bear false wit
ness against my neighbor, and that God
would help me, a little child, to tell the
truth as it was before him. And when I
camo here with father, she kissed me and
told me to remember the ninth command
ment, and that God would hear every word
I said.."
" Do you believe this?" asked the Judge,
with a tear glistening in his eye and his
lips quivering with emotion.
"Yes, sir,"-said the child, with a voice
and manner that showed her conviction of
the truth Was perfect.
" God bless you my child," said the
Judge, "you have a good mother. This
witness is convpetent," he continued.
Were I on trial for my life, Jand inno
cent of the charge against me, I would
rrav God for such a witness as this. Let
her be examined."
She told her .story wi-.1i the simplicity
of a child as the was, but there was a di
rectness about it which carried conviction
of it-3 truth to every heart. She wa3 rig
idly cross-examined. The counsel plied
her with infinite and ingenious question
ing, but she varied from her first state
ment in nothing. The truth, a3 spoken
by that child was sublime. Falsehood and
perjury had preceded her testimony.
The prisoner had entrenched himself in
lies, until he deemed himself impregna
ble. Wit.nes.-es had falsified facts in his
favor, and villainy had manufactured a
sham defence, but before her testimony
falsehood was scattered like chaff. The
little child, foiywhom a mother had prayed
for strength to be given her to speak the
truth as it was before God., broke the cun
ning devices of matured villainy in pieces
like a potter's vessel. The strength
that the mother had prayed for was given
her, the sublime and terrible simplicity
(terrible I mean to the prisoner and his
perjured associates) with which she spoke,
w3 like a revelation from God himself.
J.Ui.
larr-ntc Mir: or.
Bad Luck ia simply a man with his
hands in his pockets apd his pipe in his
mouth, looking on to see how it will come
out. Good Luck i3 a man of pluck, with
hi3 sleeves roiled up, and working to make
it come right.
ovev.
This expression is now upon every lip.
"When the war is over" we are ging to
do thus and s. Isn't there danger here?
Arc we not finding in this formula a mis
erable excuse fef not doing what ought to
be done now ? There is a wretched ten
enev m our nature to prcciastmatc to
put ofc' till to monow what we ought to do
to-day. The slightest possible pretext ex
onerates ouv conscience, and wo iypse back
into self-coin placcncy and lio contented,
when every rcaci)ah!e and religious con
'-hi oration urges us to be up ?nd doing.
Here we have an excuse which is palliated
to .the conscience, and we hedge ourselves
am
it, in
the spirit of a man who
has a stronghold that cannot be reduced.
When the war is over we will bend our
selves to our duty with tenfold energy.
When the war "is over we will rise to the
rer-formnncc of our various obligations.
new vigor and zeal. We can't do it
now, the pre.'ture is too great, the crisis 13
too immense, the emergency is too fearful,
we" car.nor think of anvthing now, but the
J war and its tremendous issues. True, we
i have no minister in our chuich, but we
! can't get one until the war is over, or if
' we have one, we know it is difficult for
! him to support his family in these bard
j times, but we can't raise his salary until
j the war is over ; we arc making no con
j Iributions to the great benevolent opera
; tions of the church now, but we will dou
ble our efforts when the war is over.
i All our energies and resources are swal-
lowed up in the great national and politi
cal crisis, which has come upon a:-', and
wo must wait ; when the war is over wo
will correct all these evils and gird up our
loins and work manfully for Christ and
His kingdom. Many an individual, cs-
.-r 1-1- T rV
peciaiiy among our soldiers and omcers,
tays, I know I am a sinner under the curse
of God's law and exposed to Ills wrath,
but I can't repent now, I am foo much en
grossed in the affairs of my country; the
enemy must, be defeated, the war must be
ended, and when peace and independence
are achieved, then I will repent and turn
to God.
Alas, what infatuation 1 what blindacss
and foiiy ! The divine command is to
" seek first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness." This is unconditional
and absolute, no pressure of circumstances,
individual or national, can excurc us from
rally to the standard of our liberties and
fight to the last man, and the last dollar
for oar country; but we must not forget
Chrihfc and His Kingdom. This is the
first roat obj et beforo us, and he best
serves bis country who best serves his
God, and does most for His glory. Who
can tell when the war will be over ? and
who does not know and feel that when it
is over, we shall then be plunged into the
very midst of overwhelming anxieties and
absorbing interests ? That will be the
culmination of our national crisis. It will
require all wisdom and patriotism proper
ly to adjust our national affairs, and if the
war should end to-morrow, it may be years
'before every tiling is settled and arranged
as it ought to be. Let us not deceive our
selves, therefore, with this vain pretext.
God never devolves upon us more duties
than we can perform, while we ought to
devote ourselves and all that wc have to
this great national struggle, let us not
neglect the claims of God and the inter
ests cf His cause. The two things are by
no menn3 incompatible ; the one will furth
er the ether. It will be no easier to dis
charge these duties when the war is over
than it is now. If our church is without
a pastor, let us get one now ; if his salary
13 too small, let us raise it now; if our
contributions to the great interests of
Christ's kingdom have fallen behind hand,
or ceased altogether, let us 'revive and re
double them now ; and, dear reader, in the
1 army or at home, if you are still in your
sins and exposed to the wrath of God, we
exhort you to repent and believe now, be
cause "now," and not when the war is
over, " is the day of salvation." You
may not live to see the end of the war,
, though it should m close next week, and if
' you do, you will find more difficulties 'and
; discouragements in tbe way then, than
when yon lead tese lines. " Behold, now
! is th i accepted time ; beheld, now is the
uay oi salvation. Cor. &o. 1'resbyU-rian.
True Eloquence.
Eloqtmnce is the child of knowledge.
When a mind is full, like a wholesome
river,, it is also clear. Confusion and ob
scurity are much oftener the results of ig
norance than of inefficiency. Few are the
men who cannot express their meaning,
when the occasion demands the energy; as
the lowest will defend their lives with
acutenec-s, and sometimes even with elo
quence. They are masters of their eub
' ject. Knowledge must be gained by our
selves. Mankind may supply us with
facts; but the results, even if they agree
with previous ones, must be the work of
our own mind. To. make others feel, wc
must feel ourselves; and to feel ourselves,
wo must be natural, D' Israeli.
Righteousness of Christ.
A writer of former days remarks, that
" The gates of heaven fly open before the
righteousness of Christ, as certainly as tbe
door of Lydia's heart flew open under the
hand of God's regenerating Spirit. By
nature we are all weavers and spinners.
We shut our eyes against the garment
ready wrought; and like silk worms, we
shall die and perish in our own web, if the
Spirit of God docs not unravel it for us,
.and lead us to the righteousness of Christ."
When the War U
."-iFt tgjgl.H III I HIM liai3g-egfcKEa
Too l.mc.
An impenitent Dinner wa3 recently
brought info the near prospect of eternity,
an J the terrors of -God's wrath tell npon
him. His fikr.ds sent for a minister to
come and counsel and pray with himj but
tb.ough be s'ugWL earnestly to lead him to
eyas, it seemed et
avaa.
hortation was met by the mournful plaint,
" It is too late foo !ale!" The minisfcr
spoke of tbe mercy of God, of his long-
suffering under provocation, and of his
gracious assurance that lie has "no pleas
ure m t
ro ..;
i of t l-o wicked, but rather
that he turn fro in Ids way and live." A
fitter groan w;v the first response; and
then, as a look of agony ecnvaVed his fea
iuies, he deliberately ssid :
" My case is beyond all this. There
was a time when God's mercy might have
reached me. In after life I often felt the
need of religion, but I could "not bear to
give up the pleasure of sin, and I quieted
my conscience by resolving to spend only
a etc years in sinful indulgences; then 1
thought I would marry, and promised my
Belf that when once settled down in life.
I would without dolay give my heart to I
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At twenty-lour -I married, and then
again conscience reminded me of my vow,
ma cs;umed us imme .laic tnik nicnt.
But I was too deeply intoxicated v-lth the
cup of earthly joys to listen to the faith
ful monitor, and I said, 'Go tbv wav for
time also.'" .
" Then dUiefioa came, and I was brought
to the very borders of the grave. In bit
tor agony I sought the mercy-scat. ; and
again I promised that, if spared, I would
at once repent and lead a new lite. God's
meicy spared me; but with returning
health came renewed cares about my bus
iness and family, and the great business of
life was again put off for a moic cenve
rdent season. That ccason never caaie ;
serious thoughts and solemn rc-dut'ons
have often visited me ; God's messages of
wrath and of mercy have been sounded in
my cars, my broken vows have clamored
loudly cf my guilt, and again and ag:r n I
bare promised myself that to-morrow I
would repent. Thus have" I paired forty
years of the most aggravated folly and
guile- God's mercies and judgments alike
unregarded; and can you wonder that he
now foi snkes the wretch he has so long
ai'd Art rv-iflnfclu fiMT tv'tli ? ' TTf- "? just.
As.y destruction is the work of ray own
hauds, and I must seap the bitter fruit to
aii eternity.
JsOSt,
lost !
tor
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And thus he died, a. other fearful ex
ample of the danger of delay, and the vi
tal importance cf living in preparfticn to
meet God.
Members cf the Church.
Consider for one moment, how members
of the church are spoken of in the Scrip
tures. Moses told the whole Isrealitish
nation, "Ye shall be unto me a kingdom
of priests and a holy nation." St. Peter
says: " Ye also as living stones are built
up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood."
And in another place : " Ye are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy na
tion. And to the same effect St. John
" hath made us kings and pilests unto God
the Father." What a spiritual character !
What exalted privileged! Every member
of Christ's church is unto God a priest.
Not that it is for him to assume the minis
terial office, but for him to be holy; offer
ing up spiritual sacrifices, sacrifices of pray-.
cr and praise and good works to God, con
tmually. How is this being done ?
Arc
Christians at all awake to their privileges?
Arc they not living too much for the world,
thinking far more of their life in this world
than of their future home? Priests of
God, awake to your responsibilities and
your privileges. Let your eye be fixed
upon things above. Southern Cliurc
man. A little girl called upon me to attend a
funeral. As we were walking along, I
fmd Who is this that is dead ?"
"Sarah Ann Evans ; a little girl."
" Ho'.v old was she ?"
" Seven vears old." Wc walked on, in
silence.
" You kno w." added she, " that she caw
the angt U beforo she died."
" Ah," said I, " did she go to Sabbath
school ?"
" Yes ; to the Carrondelet in the morn
ing, and to the Lafiyette in the afternoon."
Arrain we walked on.
"They think she has gone to Heaven,"
said my little guide. " They think so, be
cause she saw the angels they think."
Still, on wc went to the back part of the
city. .
" She- smiled before she died," added
the child ; " and the smile is on her face
now. She bade them all good bye, and
kissed the baby."
" What did she die of ?" I asked.
" Black vomit."
I found the child in the coffin, with a
smile on her face; and the caraiages at the
door.
" You had beHer make the service as
short as possible," said one, standingjy
the door.
" My friend," replied I, putting my
hand on his shoulder, " let us take timo ;
better shorten something else, than the
service over this child."
There are some that live without any
design at all, and only pass in the world
like straws on a ver ; they do not go,
but are carried-
Mount Tab nr.
Mount Tabor stands a little in advance
of the hill country, with which it is con
nected only by a low spur or shoulder, its
hesis being the plain of Esdraelon. This
is the reason it baa been fixed upon as
the thicc cf TraasfiguTatioa, though it
is nolmectioned by name in the New Tcs
tainof i. The words arc : ." An high moun
tain ;artj" vihlch some suppose to refer
to thl position of the mountain, and not
to the remoteness of Chi 1st and his disci
ples flom me n. The .ides of the moun
tain are covered with clumps of oak, haw
thorn, and other t:ecs, ia many places
overrun with the white honeysuckle, its
fingers dropping with odor of nutmegs and
cloves. The ascent, by a steep and wind
ing path, occupied an hour. The rummit
is nearly level, and resembles some, over
grown American field or "oak opening."
The prv.-ss is more than knee deep; the
trees grow high and t-truug urn. i byre arc
tangled th'ckc-ts and bowers of vino with
out end. The eastern and highest end of
the, mountain is covered with the remains
of an ohl fortress-convent, once a place of
crreat strength from the thickness of its
walk.
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The day was hf.zy and sultry, but the
panoramic
very fine.
w from
Tdount Tabor was
The plain of JSsdraelen lay un-
der us fike a vast mosaic ot green and
brown-jasper and verd antique. On the
wc?t Mount Carmel lifted its head above
the blue horizon-line of the Mediterranean.
Turning to the other side, a strip of the
sea of Galilee glimmered deep down among
the hills, and "the Ghor, or the valley of
the Jordon, stretched like a broad gash
through them. Beyond them the country
of Djebel Adjloun, the ancient Decapolis,
which still ' holds the walk of Gadara
and. the temples and theaters Djerash, fa
ded away into vapor. Mount ITcrmon is
visible when the atmosphere is clear, but
we were not able to pec it. B. Taylor.
" ... ft
Access to Gcd.
" However early in the morning you
seek the gate of access," rays the Rev. Mr.
Hamilton, of the Scotch Church in Jjondq
'' You find it alrcaav or en: and howe
deep the midnight moment when yo'i finJ1
yourself in the sudden arms c f death, the
winged prayer can bring an jni.t-.rnt fit-vie.
And this, wherever you arc. It needs nol
.
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or p-dl off yorr shoes on .c cme holy ground.
Coi.ld a memento be reared on every spot
from which an acceptable rrayci baa pass
ed away, and on which n prompt answer
has come down, we should find J-horaJt-sham-mali,
" the Lord hath been here,"
inscribed on many a dungeon floor. We
should find it net only in Jerusalem's
proud temple, end David's cedar galleries,
but in the fisherman's cottage by the Gen
nesarctt, and in the upper chamber where
Pentecost began. And whether it bo'in
the field where Isaac went to meditate, or
to the rocky knoll where Jacob lay down
to sleep, or the brook where Isreal wrestled,
or the den where Daniel gazed on him, or
the hill-sides where tbe Man of Sorrows
prayed all night, we should still discern
the ladder's feet let down from Heaven
thclanding place of mercies, because the
starting place of prayer. And all this,
whatsoever you are. It needs no saint, no
proficient in piety, no adept in eloquent
language, no dignity of earthly rank. It
needs but a blind beggar, or a loathe3ome
lazar. It needs but a penitent publican,
or a dying thief. And it needs no eharp
ordeal, or a dying passport, no painful ex
piation, to bring you to the mercy scat;
or rather, I should ray, it needs the costr
liestofall; but the bl:od of the atone
ment, the Saviour's merit, the name" of
Jesus, priceless a3 they are, cost the sin
ner nothing. They are freely put at his
disposal, and inconstantly and constantly
he may use them. This access to God in
every place, at every moment, without any
personal merit, is it not a privilege ?"
The Missed Tree.
When ;n oak, or any noble and useful
tree is uprooted, his removal creates a
blank. r years after, when you look
to thephil3 which once knew him, you
see that somcthing is missing. The
bran cKeV' adjacent trees have not yet
supplied tjfe void. They still hesitate to
supply thff place formerly filled by their
powerful feighbor; and still there is a
deep chajm in the ground, a rugged
pit, which shows how far hi3 giant roots
once spread. But when a leafless pole, a
wooden pin, is plucked up, it comes easy
and clean away. There is no rending
of the turf, no marring of the landscape,
n vacuity created, no regret. It leaves no
memento, and is never missed.
Brethren which are you? Are you ce
dars planted in the house of the Lord,
casting a cool and grateful shadow on
those around you ? Are you palm-trees, fat
and flourishing, yielding bounteous fruit,
and making all who know you bless you?
Are you so useful, that were you once a
way it would not be easy to fill your place
again, but people, as they pointed to the
void in the plantation, the pit in the
ground, would say, "It was here that the
brave cedar grew ; it was here that the old
palm-tree diffused his familiar shadow, and
showered hia mellow clusters ?" Or are
you a peg, a pin, a rootless, branchless,
fruitless thing, that may be pulled up any
day and no one ever care to ask what has
become ef it ? What are you doing ? What
are you contributing to the world's happi
ness, or the church's glory? What Is your
business? Dr. Hamilton of London.
TL.ers ii? God-u-j Here.
A lady, with her Utile boy 3nd bis ru.'"L ,
wa3 rcceidl ;
sorco ueuths st a
lashior..i!,'e w.-ueriUg-pucc. ae was a
professed Christian, and when at hcvic,
was accusti r. ci it utier.i church regn1--ly,
and to Lvc, outwardly at least, co;:; ';--tently
with her profession.
But at ti c S-rimrs .hs hsd been l.vs
strict, mingled more iu gay toclcty, ard
partaken with rq pr.rcnt eagcrnefs ia fash
ionable amt'scmenta. Dcr little re-,,
-
though but Cxiv y-our3 old, did not f.'l
observe the cht-n-c, uvA it soon badj-!
effect upon hi- p met c:iar
When
told one cvemnir ' ' J:n:d it
1
n
uif.tbi 'a
knee. r,i! rni h".; iu d
r? ? br-ti 0
rctirim to rest, he closed h: .yes fir cm?
moment, and then opening thorn, jumped
up, exclaiming, " O no, mr.mma, 1 mus'nt
pray till we go home; there's no God up
here, you know."
W'i-.st. a ror.roef -- tint crrim l io'i.rr
rr t x-i 1 )i 1 1 t V--. -.- Ti n, . : ' . .
infant child, ;.T:d what a h- --i ( j r.-cii-cal
ij.SJv'jlty ha, she been v..-ii.-oiif;r?-i?i;
instilling into hk Kusccptlbio mind. Hi.
many profc ing Christian.; ll.us pract'e.'.!
ly deny their Saviour before their chil
dren, and ir.3tc.vV cf lend in thr.'r litib;
ones to Jesus, teach them to doubt hi:
very e::ktonce ; insto! or feeding th.is
with the bread of d;vin? truth, pokon or
starve them by the iufisence of their own
example. Where should there be consis
tency, if not before cur own households:,
in the presence of those fev whom God
has made u? in a ?rat iaeasarc res nous."
blc? The little ones around our knee
be in the main what we mike tlieiu by our
daily example; the hou-ehold servants
who minister to our daily en in fort .look up
to us as t heir guides rnd modck ia the
practical duties of religion; and both
will judge, not only our os n sincerity, bsL
the clr.nacror.of the religion wo profess,
not so trueh by our uronU a.s by the tenor
of our daily lives. If the latter be incoa
sktent and worldly, to our households we
deny Ckrift, whatever professions we mak-
to the contrary, and at our hands may be
required the blood of immortal eouk.
Aun i tit-, en i s LVtckr.l iiinj.
Amusements a-rc among the filet of the
steps taken backward bv th.-sc who forsake
Chrkt.
Open apostory from the faith often tak.
Jfo - in in ft wine rla."". tl,r acvi.
ball-room, the daneo, tha frivolous, guy 's-
scrubby.' Here lukowamncss and ibi nud
ity rip-en into nvewed ncf-dect of the soul.
These are the doors tluoc-i which desert
ers from the S:iv:cur go out from tbe num
ber of Ills pc:p!o into the world agnin.
So fell Solcmon. He gathered to himself
" the delights cf the sons of men." (Ecei.
ii : 8.) As the immediate context chows,
ho sought their amusements. And thu.i
the enemy led him captive. So havo
fallen iniilicns less wise than Solomon.
When men waver between the church
and the world, amu3cmcnt3 often deciclj
their choicc-r-decide it against the church
against God and their own souls. Back
sliding is like the whirlpool, in which Ibo
waters run round cr; I round the clrcl-j
narrowing &3 it rears the vortex, the ra:
tion growing swifter and stronger. Iu
many,. many casc3 the outcrmcifc cirelo cf
this spiritual whirlpoDl is worldly amu.j
mcnt. It carries men round, and bears
them on to the inner and mightier circles
of open vice whence they arc soon hur
ried into tha vortex of eternal-death.
Let not this fact be disregarded, nor
the just conclusion from it overlooked.
Amusements arc among the first steps
which those who forsake Christ take in
their downward ?,nd fatal course. Can
they then be imiocenitc and safe stcpa
for tts ?
19 the Matter Settled?
" Is the matter settled between you and
God ?" I asked solemnly cf oac whoae
declining health forewarned us to expect
her early removal from this world.
"O ! yes, sir," was her calm reply.
'How did you got it settled ?"
"The Lord Jcsuj Christ settled it for
me.
"And wLen"did ho do it for you?" I
inquired.
" When ho died on the cros3 for 1:17
slna."
"How long is it since you knew thia
blessed and consoling fact ?"
The answer was readily given, " About
twelve months ago."
Anxious, however to ascertain tho
grounds of this confidence, I asked,." How
did you know that the work which Christ
accomplished on the cros3 for sinners waa
done for you ?"
She at once replica, "1 read in the Bi
ble and believed what I read."
And now, de?r reader, have you read in
the Bible, and believed what you Lavo
readJ&SJt; is written, " Christ Jesus camo
into tbe world to save sinner. (1 Tim. 1 :
15.) Does tui3 bring eomlort to your soul:
Do you believe this faithful saying ?"
African Logic. An old farmer one
who feared neither God nor man had hir
ed a devout negro; and to get Sunday, work
out of him would always plan a case of
' necessity cn Saturday, and on feunday
morning would put this case to the in-jrr
conscience. One morning Sambo proved
refractory; " he would work no more on
Sunday." . The master argued with him
that it was a care of " necessity" that tho
Scriptures allowed a man to get out of a
pit on a Sabbath, day a beast that had fall-
nrt in Vna m'soj'i ' ro tn?r.rl itift W.irlr.
"but not if ho spent Saturday in digging .
for de berry purpose."