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is vuUiiued every Wednesday
Ottrvtifi- i inlnUti-ihintu th.-.i-f.
ood and srrt'at man denarted - tu
his eternal rest not with peace merely,
but with extraordinary triumph. He
returned home from his parish duties,
ou a midsummer day, exhausted and fe
verish with a cold. Ou the ensuing Sun
day, respiting, after two days' confinement,
the admonitions of his friends, he went
to his ehureh ; It was .he last day ol his
Before he had read
i lar in the service his countenance chaug-
! iA l.. t,t.,o .:,i. . l ...
lie naaaciiPU nii.ii liiiuiuuKX, auu tuil.u
f5 ver annum, tu ttarauie.
lei?i'. lr sir-st insertion, aul it) ee;(
i . a .re ! r ea.-U subsequent inscitieii. scarcely procwc:.
' r .'Ju Tra' t i
,ft.cr.
i lie congregation was
l-k M.". halek-V., N. C:'
ifv-:t. Hl:-ry of Mei hodiu.
K v. J -U it lTe'!w-r.
,. -ember. 171, John Fletcher
lio-auiiiiet
through the crowd, and entreated the dv
jug man to desist : but- he seemed to
! know it "was the kit time," and persist -j
ed. The windows- were opened, and a f -
iv-ruica iiini reiiel : his sermon surprised
his hearers by its mote than usual pathos
and power, and "an awful concern wa-.
awakitu'd through the whole assembly."
ic."-eudinvc from the pulpit, he walked up
. i fc. A I . - ill " 1
V. -.rv J-.au.iiet wove nmiTicd lu uie communiun taoie, saying as lie
l,' the Apostolic Cutis- 1110 Wins oi-the cherubim, ooloie the
mere'-seat. tSeveral times lnl he sink
exhausted on the sacramental table, while
the eoTitj legation wept and sobbed aloud
at" the siiit. Uaviiihf stVu 1'Lrled throurh
a service of foiir h.)ur.' diua'ion. he wi
supported, while: u(tcriiHr bfUidietions on
tho jjeopie, to hi chauibcr, where he ftdl
iii a iiAioii, and never a.ain went . a-, but
when boiiic 1 1 the grave. ' f or sevcial
days he suile.'el niuelt, but with cunlin-
Fruin ihe SyuiLrn i"LrI;ian Advi-:i!f.
I'.iinliai ("oi vevoiulence Jio. II.
DtiAli Uro. C-: Vou seem to be satis
fied with ni7 account of consecration, but
then you say ''does not one have tw make
such a consecration before being ;.?;-uti-J
? " I readily admit that iu many
respects he does. Vou will observe, how
ever, that! took man in his state of a-1
mil -i i ;, ... IV-.,.. i'...t j ,t u:... .... 'i i
i . ! lli;ik!r-.r
,t..-L J- 1 . - I I I. i.-- X j I .
lib jJMilll VI f mi hl VitllOl!. iUlV,
. 'J7'.: til' liie L.')i:iluii
Tiiu-t .Society.
Only a Sten.
K.'US 1
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H was late one evening, when, on reach-
ing his dwellinir, the writer was informed j
that a petsoii had called upon him to re- j
Of its iav!, without aiiy mijjrivinj? ;
And yec iu this slij.pury world of itrii'e,
In tho stir uf lnimaii bustJe so rife,
lliere ate d.-tily founds tbat us tLiit life
Is dviu. m.d deuth ia livii.g."
There may be '-but a step between v!
and death," but a step between you and
ab
1 l::r,.-.. v,A)., M;U!i..f. ; Jt iS l PoMtote that aeath may he
1,11 I w ' Mil'.: A .it I . 2 1. 1 1 . 1
i rj,iat-: tuaa wuu vwry prospect ol loutf i . , , v uvo"u; 1
v i ii ri"iira n.iiF h.t .n. . A i .. - . l
swi.f v.mi- ,.,.t ;f ,.,...1.;i,t, veiy L.tuspevt 01 ioutf , ' . --- y -
.1 -vc r. r:,. r:. :.r"r. :. ; : i of en-v ,-obu;t in ivae and Ui0 ra.vf be the
t.i niv, uut ui ucmai a .tuuu iiciecil f ; . 4. - i 11-, i . Ol oe'li"' t.eftlo-i .iirof.-i"
.mand.c.v;,-,.,, 1W wl, i Rtl"unS JU ljfa?ih- cely u year had 1 l "tl .Ir'; ,
regard them as synonynus undoubtedly ,,1 top,, had bin aw- fah;Id
uistaue dieir true sense. Regeneration k , . , ' ' ,J, , . j i-it may be first asked, may a man be pre--shoiness
LVun ; sanetilicalion is holi- tL t!l t u ?2 """ ! Iredto die ? This Lasubiect on which
:i a 0r-iie h,-ft i ting the Ap
t -r a woild of uu fallen inltatttants.
v.:.. i:i the ttiust sense a religion
d. Ai Ut a yenr afterward l-'ieteli-(
i v. ivt. io t. U.ii les Wesley, who km
ill - (clie-iv of a happy mirriage :
i.u::k en fr ...-nr bint about es:tujdily
i;, tl,..- I 've ot t'hri-t and his Ohun.li.- -j
, we d- 1 w .s afraid at Srt to .-ry
i- I . i ot" loC HiuMei, lor new lnafi lea peo
l ie' do noi at f!?--t know each other ; but
ini; no., livtd loui -tcc-u m ii. lis iu my
i. v, atati', 1 ' tu t' H 'oU l'iOVid'iK:e ha-j
n ;ied a piii.e for ioo. and that my wite
- far belter to u. : ihan the i-hnieh to
i; r i.-I : so that It' the f: ralicl fail, it will
l "
in- ni .;ni'"-
i u-r.-b m and his wife were both more
:ict lye than ever, in Christian usciuluess,
in. ing the lour veais of their happy un
l.,n. 'They opened new places of reli-'
ioii-i '.vor-hip in Madeley, and among its
ruihborinir hamlets lie erected a chap
A and. -uloxdhouse in Madeley Wood, in
order to k-uvc Met!--dist services iu the
titMi, if anv ehnn&. after his death
uld ex'dude them Irom its church ;
IirNS III ii'i,I,'3 I III 1 :.T'n..i- .i; t i.l rilin
cinlf ot " ;r,riil lii ,-m.1..14w1 .-: i.A I ejl,lliv . -oappmess and
L. i.i,. . .r. t... I"'1 ,fi the work ot 1
tl ji ii" . , lliai.ii:)l l.iUu-, Watch IUO' tllC
.-.n ..I,. ..... t. ... ii . ! iormed. a hastening gave way
-ab ij uii, ajfO ".iiyi'ic Ml ilSCil, Olii. 1 HO :
other
suc-ccftS. Whilst
i.s I'l oies.sioti
niaeinii til"
immcuse stones. of which the
people are often greatly mistaken
A t'ou letted Farmer
Once upon a time, Frederick, King of
Prussia, surnamcd "Old Fritz," took a
io.i v,a full 1 V i ' . . 1 . i i piilti .... 5 .-.I .Air . . 1 v
thcr exhibits ,. ,,y,-e of periee-i , 7 V-' ' V P ?" ! ' v 1 , ' f l .
ion. Sanetitiea'tio,, h, rlo- ,1,1 W J T sa?a" Lnd he was throwu to I bis acre by the wayside, cheerfully Slug-
, .
urd
raisv
up.'.n
us
is iove ,
him up.
he i'asned
IK
and iuiuiediately ub-cuent io the origin
( t uudav schools, he established them
V'.'i ):i,;!.lTi'nna.lr utmctioU. Aceoiu- t '"blin- expectatioa the issue of every ;
U l 1 .iJiini .1
b'iout . snout aloud . I want a uiui" oi
praise tt go to the emds of tbe earth ' "'"'
cried the sinking tmn. A visitor a-ked
him if he lluuiirb.t iiod would not raise
Mxuno- toe up in the resnr "
On I lie next iSu'iday a sup
plicatory hymn was sung for him in the
ehureh. A brother clergyman, who olli
ciated on the occasion, says that, there
can be no description of the scene; the
burst of sorrow that attended the suppli
cation ; the saduess and even consterna
tion that prevailed through the villaire
which had been consecrated so long by his
holy liie ; the running to and fro of mes
sengers with reports cf his condition.
The members of every i'ftiuily sat to
gether iu silence that day awaiting with
ment, means separation and Jt ,' -utiuiu-
Thus the vessels of the temple were said
to be .sanctified, because they were ssj-r.
rated from everything reputed unclean,
and di-di, trftj to the holy service of the
temple. In this sense every one who is
justified is also satietified, lor in his-asc
we see s -psira ion and drj icul i)n bur h
-s not entire sanctified. Now ii is clear
itif.'li iJteg:'-U-
--. ni u fiiisr ;
I is a
1 Ti 1 1 1 i i I
Though not a bon w
broken, he was so reaij y irnm-d inter-
liaily that recovery was hopeless. There
Ii.i !
"v "v ) "'' lite jji.iu j'oi , si'.jl I't.S - vua i iiuut-.i i loutl y l.ililjl i
fife win gradually ebbiog away, lie lis- 4 '"Xo, sir," teplied the farmer, who
teiied, fTuge'rly ami tbanU'nlly, whi the kneA' not that it w3h the King, "1 am not
wi lier tried to direct Urn to theixniour : rich as that ; I pJotii. for wage-;."
and on his rising to go. the young man j '"How much do you get a day I'-"' a:--keJ
I"' " 1": 1:' s i'i I .i.ir'.t tli'.r !. vt nl 4 ,,..ii. ! Lii k hin'
almost
itig bis melody
I'ou niust be wi ll otl
tue kin''. '-Does this acre belom to vou
free iVom pain ; bur his ! 011 which you so induct riougly labur '?
tiutt. in tne hour o. justihi
eration, we are mererv .
whereas, he who is cjair- s
1'ather in the Lord. In the one, Hho
llf.sh which iu-telh against the Spiii;' is
Hiif'dued, but still exists : in the other.
il w j s i
uc j
1 ,
ICi-itlt
that 11-d
t hVsh. Willi tue atieetioiis
and lusts,"
one ase,
rl,. if-;
is i j ueifhd and dead. In tu;
all its roots uf bitterness are t
We admit that in the hour of cur esoou
sal to Christ we comers a tr. our all to God.
Hut, in the darkness of that hour, we
have a narrow, circumscribed view of our
hear is and the requirements ot God's
law. Hence, wheu the li-ht of convert
ing grace shines 'in to our hearts, we find
more rouse for self acca&ititnt than we
did when we were ia"r out. in the regions
of moral darkness. And here we see the
wisdom of God in the economy of grace;
for (od saw that if he permitted the sin
ner to see, at oue glance, the length and
e. !;j o.-.-e i a ot-.- tre t nar n? won .1
1 . . ! nrt'
a tuiie ioiier. i. tie eon v erf a H
eonfiuued ar lun-.' as if Wa- faC-ro
s.rable, and a prndso was iven
shoiil-i iut poi.t iiiferer be vp-if', w
should receive aiioihcr visit curly on the
niorrow. A litde after iuidnrgit; b
er, he bivalhed hi, last.
That Was not the only fatal aoeident
i ! ii
"Kiy.hr. j;ro:;.-itcn;"
aid the i.a-tiiJ.-r.
"''his v.t much,
Od
n y
i along with this :''
A Mrauge Thluj.
Ry many itis confidently paid that there
is no hell except in this world, and tlat
all men at death o immediately to heav
en. Were it so, I could rrjoico in the hep
pines3 of my icllow-crcaturen ; but it is &
doctrine involving several etraoire tLiorM,
winch l briefly suggest.
It is utraoij that the dinners of the an-re-diluvian
world, that the guilty Sodom
ites, and heaven-daring Pharaoh with hi
host, were speedily translated' to heaven
by lite and tiood, as a rewardof thoir wick
edness ; while -Noah, Lot and Moass, with
the Israelite.;, a.? jii:fm?nt her r -ty,
were doomed to a continnance of their
trials in this world of sorrow.
It is strap-;e that the apostles, LnowIi;i;
I that no man's soul is in danger, wouhl
have lelt such .solicitude and made such
painful exertions for tho salvation of men.
It 13 sf'o.T. ' that tho persons whom tliey
addressed were offen o deeply alaxmd
under the soothing doctrines ox universal
salvation.
It ii atravte, that if Christ and the apos
tles held such doetricefl, they should havj
employed langusgv such as the preachers
vf future punishment would choose to em
ploy to expre?s their tfentirnents Ian
gvuit-e wiiith htts actually lel sovon-eightLi
of all who ever lead the New Tectamrfct
to ))eliev that they tauphr the future our.
al dimriatin ...f li who d.'e withov! zc-i.-version.
t . i .-. f 1 t !; ti rn,f!i .) u i;i-.t O-r 1 nV. -.i.T.l rr 1 .-.
old man' said
ubJur t'AVr.tv cei:t
'U5t along and have cooicialio
"Hw is that?"'
TliO I'aiiaet' mju'c 1 and said :
''Well, if i must rcil vou. two rosehsn
which iiad fiappeiied on lhe same 'works.-i are lor myself and wife ; with two 1 pay
Rul a few sveuks ficfore a carpenter, em- y debts; two I lend away ; and two
ployed ou the temporary wood-work of j 1 give way J'or the Lord's sake."
one of the arches, fell to the uround only i '"This is a mystery which I caanot
....... I .1: . . i' 1 ' 1 i " i' ,1 il.,. t.t
1
one of the arches, fell to the ground only
a verv short distance from the place where
the occurrence took place which has just
been mentioned, and was taken up dead
or dylusr. Ou the Saturday after the
solve, replied the Kmc
' Then T will solve it for you' said the
farmer. "1 have two old parents at home,
who kept me when I was weak aiid need-
former accident, a poor excavator, like- ed help ; and now that they are weak and
auied bv hi- wife, he preached iu many
. -ii'i'-. ; :i-i.i ,-;i.,
labors left a lasting blessing to the Meth-
At V esley s Conleren-
lere
their
ie
his
wdist societies.
;u we shall have occasion to notice,
Fletchers counsels and saintly example
harmonised discords, and were received
by the assembled evangelists as those of
a messenger from a heavenly world.
Tai!v. as he approached the grave, lie
appeared to be nearer that world, and its
serene light seemed to shine perpetually
ii.i.n him'. Few men have defined better
of the doctrine Faith; and the remark
iie.vbe soberly ventured, that perhaps no
man has ever better exemplified the "life
ef laith" in his daily Christian walk. -Faith
in the atonement as the sole ground
, i ..;,it,i il lifti f.nd in the eift and abi
ding presence of the Holy Spirit, a th
ivr,. .,' vpult of the atonement, was
habitual theme. The dispensation of
the Holy Chest," as the prerogative of
the Church, he dwelt upon in the pulpit
and in conversation continually. He liv
ed and died in the assurance that this
. i . ,t.. Si.irif trns limited in
prevaieuvo . '..- .
the world, onl,) bee Aiise the laith oi the
c'iiurcb., 'regarding it, was feeble, and
tint the 'rloiious wonder of a J'enteeos
; d t'hureh"' would yet be seen among
.,,.1 Thu.-. lull of divine life, he was
.,! course iuil ol charity. He shared
V !. v' liberal views. "God forbid,"
i..- vwote, ' ibat I should exclude from
)uy brotherly nlfection, and occasional as-i-raiiC-'
any true minister of Christ, be
cause he casts the Gospel net among the
i'.eshytcriaus, the Independents, theQua-L.-rs
or the Haptisl If they will "not
v.i-.u'me -o..d luck iu the name ot the
Lord 1 will do if to Ihem. They may
exeomumnteafe i 5f their prejudices
j.ro.npt them t It; tbey may .mild up a
v.ail ot partition between themselvesnd
we; but' in the s'renglh of my God,
whoc love is as boundless as his tmmou--i?y.
I will leap ver the wad.
His charities to the poor continued to
exhaust his income to the last. His wife
eouallv liberal, assures us that if he could
f ii . . ir-nn tif rinn hp
1 i l.-mi In ot smaii siou i...
the siek, he would
find a handful of
was i'om out to see
express as much pleasure over it as a tui-
;r would in duse-overmg a nag oi i..u.-u
He was hardly able to rcnaii
oick iieiirfihors had
" - -- . .
trca..ure.
i.:.-. j;..-n.v U sriine
ii.? ti 1 1. 1 ' - " .
not a part of it. Ou iiundays ne provi
ded lor numbers of peoplo who came
Lou, a distance to attend kw ministra
tions : and his house as well as his church
was devoted to their convenience, Le-in-
called upon by a poor man who fear
ed (Jod, but who was reduced to great
difficulties, be took down all the pewter
Gom the kitchen shelves, saying, -lhia
will help you, and T can do without it;
a wooden trencher will serve me just as
well " During epidemic aud contagious
diseases, when others fled from the sick
and dying, he flew to them, offering his
services to watch with them by night as
well as by day.
Renson, who knew him many year,
says of him what Hurnet said ot Leigh
ton "I never saw him in any temper in
which I would not have wished to be
found at death." Wcsky rooks of his
perfect courtesy ; "it directed his words,
the tones of his voice, his looks, his whole
attitude, his every nioxiya.
hour.
The poor who came from a distance to
attend the service, and who were usually
entertained at his house begged to see
him once, more. They were allowed to
pass along the gallery, and to take, through
the opened door of his chamber, their
final look at his beloved face. He died
that night. "1 know thy soul," said his
wii'e, as she bent over him, when he could
no longer speak ; "1 know thy soul; but.
for the sake of others, if Jesus be very
present with thee, lift up thy right baud."
Immediately it was raised. ;'ff the pros
pects of glory sweetly open before thee,
repeat the sign.';' He instantly raised it
a;ain, and in half a minute a second
time, lie then tnrew it up. as it he
would reach the top of the bed. After
this his hands moved no more. Breath
ing like a person in common sleep, he
died August 14. 17", in the fifty-sixth
year of bis age. "Many exemplary men,"
said Wesley", "have 1 known, holy in
heart and life, within fourscote years;
but one equal to him 1 have not known;
one so inwardly and outwardly devoted
to God, so unblamable a character m ev
ery respect, I have not found either in
Furope or America, nor do I expect to
find another tucli on this side of eteruity."
Weeping aud lamenting ''thousands'
bore the remains of Fieleher to thegrave,
singing on the way :
-v"itli heavenly we.ffns he h-s f..ug!t
The haril :s of lib L.nd ;
Filii.-li'd lii-i onur. alid keit tlie tAith,
Aud xaia'd the creat reward
wise laboring but a short distance from
; the spot where that accident happened.
was covered in by an unexpected fall of
earth, and before he could be got out he
Vas dead.
Jvvenfs like these bring death verv
near to us, and oui-ht to i mores us deen-
I., .i, .. . I. . ., . . "I. . . 1 J . I. 1 . -. ! "''
xavv, ou toe ooe u-uu una tu Uep.a W a,d powefjui!v with the ConvlCtVll that
he would be driven into the 'whirlpool ; niaku u, blii t1):il thl
uespau . neuee me law or pi tejreti iui
is stamped here as well as everywhere
else. We admit, farther, th-r, if the.
justified believer would prove true to his
foir, and a-parate himself irom re it
ni'K'l n Ul.ll llll It ii. ini'llL-fl tj;i'. iiiivs
it.
re may ue out "a i
t 1 t 1 I 'I 1 A' I
srep n?rwtH-!i us ahvi-uvutu. i raiu. xx
. . . i
f. oouio ars; eiiLiaueu tu euipioyuieUT.s
more dan serous ttian oriiers. and
To such persons
ate ex
posed to peculiar peril.
this acknowledgment i.s especially mi i ted ;
but it is quite possible that to many who
, . , . , ' f , . i i'Ust. cxiiect it, tiiere uiav tc but a step
which the lustiued stare nevesoues. he i . t i i ii " r
, , , J, . . . , pta, us between tneui and death. How necivsa-
would hace the first pnncipics oi the doc r thclJ jt tUat we sh,Hjia ,oek an irn.
tiuo d Christ and go wimedty on to ei;Ht,; rrc,paration for that solemn
perfection, i ou see, thereiore, that tee ! f iv-.Lu i.r.U n m.,
, , i - i:ui l v i.'viuii j u iun vn n 'jli ii i uai ii
Danger aiul Vanity oi' W t a'lh,
A person lately deceased, and who pos
sessed a speculative acquaintance with di
vine truth, had, by unremitting industry,
and carefully watching every opportunity
of increasing his wealth, accumulated the
turn of twenty-five thousand pounds. Rut
alas! he became mgrossed. and entangled
with the world, and to its acquisitions he
appears to have sacrificed infinitely high
er interests: A dangerous sickness, that
brought death near to his view, awaken
ed his fears. Conscience reminded him
of his neglect - of eternal concerns, aud
filled liim with awful forebodings of fu
ture misery. A little bofore he expired,
he was heard to say, "My possessions
amount to twenty-five thousand pounds.
One. half of this my property I would
give, so that I might live a fortnight lon
ger, to repent and seek salvation ; and
the other half I would give my dear and
only sou."
r
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Liittle 'I'iiiiis.
l.ir.. is Y.eide n of little things
who travels over the continent must go
step by step. He who writes a book must
do it sentence by sentence. He who
learns a science must master it faet by
fact, and principle after principle. What
is the happiness of our life made up of?
Little courtesies, little kindnesses, pleas
ant words, genial smiles, a friendly letter,
good wishes and good deeds. One in a
million, once in a life-time, may do a he
roic action ; but the little things that make
up our life come every day and every
hour. If we make the little events of
life beautiful and good, then is the whole
life full cf beauty and goodness.
, . .., . , . . ... . . j is on every account a solemn thing touie.
. , litis seatceJv po.isilae to think and speak
the former so as to make his consecration
eot i . .-pond with the tont$ given. And.
for the want of this, thou-und in every
communion have never brought forth any
fruit to jej t etinn," while others have
turned again to the yoke of bondage.
Hat while we make the work of grace in
the heart a pr jre.xsr.:,. work,- we would
noteonfiiic that progress to the laggard
inarch of science, the- progress of which
is only "numbered by chronological eras.
The vast held of Christian experience is
explo led by fa .'.', rather than by physi
cal leiearch; and therefore it is, when
man enters its regions, he may soon run
its length, explore its depth, and scale its
everlasting attitudes, and be "tilled with
all the fidlHCS of God." Rut. still the
work of piogr-es ion goes ou ; far as he
moves on tourds God and Heaven, there
is an i.iiuiense and varied landscape of
blessings opening before his raptured gaze;
beyond it. stretching forth, a boundless,
fathomless infinity
"Ah oca 11 of h aiur f.wer.
Which neither knows measare Kor eud'
Such is the Christian's privilege : a b?es
sing which oil may possess. And.wJl
they continue to "creep, when they Tuy?T
expand their wings aad soar." Willthev
ccuteniedly sit in the mere twilight of
spiritual enjoyment, when they may ba.-k
iu the rays of noontide splendor? will
they abide lingering" in the outer court,
when they may boldly enter into the holy
place, and feel the out-beamings of the
divine glory? or will they yet skim on
the mere surface of religion, when they
may be
'Plunged int-t the Golhead' deepest ge'a.
And lyt in flis iuiuieusitv'" H.
of to be Ministered I nto.
We hear often about the condescension
of the high towards the low; yet how it
all fades away in the light of the life of
II im "who, though he was rich, yet for
our sakes became poor." We arc com
mended sometimes for the few spare hours
which we give the poor; but ;whafc are
these to his gifts who always "went about
doing good," who sought not " to be min
istered unto, but to minister;' aud who
closed all by "giving his life a ransom
for many V
Hay don remarked about his pictures, "i
was never satisfied with anything I did
until 1 had-forgotten what I wished to
do." With the example of Christ before
us at which to aim, it will surely be long
before any of his followers will be able to
say of their work that they are satisfied.
of it with the seriousness which it de
mand ; yet hov. lightlv itis often rcgar
ded !
We do not. wish to overstate what we
have to say, or to indu'ge iu anything
like exaggeration. It is quiie probable
that the majority of those who read these
pages to ay live for many yeais to come ;
that the young witi attain maturity ; that
1 he mature may reach old age ; and thai
even the aged may add a few years to
their already lengthened tt;ii"u of life
Ail this is profitddr, but fdy probable.
Vou cannot tah-ukto with certainty on a
day or an bioir. Who has not sometimes
stood and looked Aviih mi rig led wonder
and fear oh men moving about, on some
need help, I keep them; this is my debt
towards which 1 pay two groschen a day.
lhc tmrd pair of groschen, which I lend
aw.vy, I spend for my children, that they
may receive a Christian instruction; this
will come handy to me and my wife when
we get old. With the last two gro-sehea
1. maintain two sick sisters, whom I would
no he 'oNtpeiled to keep : this 1 give for
the hold's sake."
'The King, well pleased with his answer,
said :
"I .rarely spoken, old man. Now I
wiil also. give you something to guess.
Have you ever seen me before V
".Never," said the farmer.
"In less than five minutes you shall see
me fifty times, and carry iu .ur pocket
fifty of my likenesses."
"T his is- a riddle which I cannot un
ravel.", said the farmer.
"Then I will do it for vou," replied the
A
j so little distinction between the righteou.i
j , ' 1 ftti the vtickcd in thi.'i hie, it JI latac-i
j i snali e none iu f itturti
Ii is Miou'je that the iraa who die u
tftc very not cS iaiquity, ua the m$cJf
should have no poniihmeut either in tLi4
wor!d or the next.
1 1 is strange that all who believe in Uui
versalism. when involved iu distress, do not
make their escape by self-de&tr notion, and
enter at once upon the joys of heaven.
It is sitavgc that a ejbtem of religion,
designed by its Author to prornoto the re
formation and holiness of men should tend
to loosen their obligations and rehx their
morals and piety, as CJuiversafisia is kuowu
to do. -
Those are some of the strange tkin&H
involved in the doctrine of universal sal
vation. Having attentively considered
them, will you not deem it & ifraxge thing
that any man, having the Bible in hit
band, reason in hi head, or gmea in hii
neuii, hould be. - 'Jii;eioao."?t
: ing.
perilous
height, calm.
Kelt-possessed ,
ft.
se-
very eouh..loheo ol their se-
Kj.ghr,
. 1 -
cure then
entity - and thought, r there is indeed
but a step between you and death ; a
single false step, and you sire gouts ! "
And yet it will be frcqueutiy, though not
always, found-, that when, uifortuhately,
aecid.-nts have, happened, they have ;sii-.-.eu
from umelhiug enurelv uuforesctin.
Thrusting liis hand into his pocket, and
counting hirn fifty bran-new gold pieces
into his hand, stamped with, his royal
likeness, he said to the astonished farmer,
who knew not what was coming :
' The coin is genuine, for it also comes
from' our Lord God, and I am bis pay
master. I bid you adieu." ijeer.iau
llef'Oi ) ud 3fe-v-Sen ge r.
'IYus-1 in ihc J..vd.
How many times are we commanded in
the Scriptures to tne.t in the Lord ; and
how many times are persons com mended
for doing if ? Vet it is most diiheuk to
do at the time most needed. When eve
ry thing is prosperous, then trust is easy
enough ; but when things go wioi, when
the times are out oCjoint, then we find it
very difficult to let the Lord have his own
way and put implicit trust in Him. And
yet this i.i uur duty. We Diiimt iake
care of ourselves. We are ad helpless its
Utile children. We know not -a hat is for
our gocd ; aud if we did, Wc could not al-
..... .1 , . 'f 1 .! . 1 . v . . .. t ,-. 1 1 1-.-.
and against which no precaution ejuld . J ., , , , ' . .1
i I il ...d. .i i.ih.. t 1 .l-.-.i- f.i t...jt '.'a Iron
aw been taken.- ou eu;-er thu railway .... . m . , . J
, . . n ,. . ' 1 1 I hero is u-io! Jier. God coiiiUianoi us to
train. All seems perfectly safe; but! , . ,, . . . ......
1 .3 is- 1 do it. lie tells us not to lean on our own
lucre comes some unexpected collision, j , . . - 1
(. - ,c, - v 1 . ,1 unuersianuiug ; not- iouum-ih ioikv:i
suinc irigntlut crash, and in an instant . , .,.. . , 1
I O 3 ...... ,1. . T. ..... ... I ...... t ... . ! , r ' . .1 1 il-i 1-
numbers ol those Mho were so trantiud ! . J ' . . ... ... i .
I . 1 - iCi -r rtltoilil I. . in 1 . II. a ,1'ltl I' I! ;ar 11.
j ... o. .... -.. ..... : 1. uiisc i a iirucioi
auu so me 11 0111 aoio cuenmou aie lauucu- 1 11 1,
..... An 1 I fiiio tute :irn ul 11s. iS'inoi.s now ' he
ed into eternity, j he emigrant vessel, i . ,. , ,
filled with glowing hearts;' looking for-; nUw1a ,0'day tnaea?,r, u' t",11
ward to a distant shore for that success Wll "ml iir lla to !d- ' 1
which they have not secured in their nu- j I er feps hd S-Ule oar ,! A m.
tive land, leaves ihi port with a favoring ! !l ,,e slluuU1 Ulii "''here it ,s ,ia,k -"M
breeze and in gallant trim, when sadder- j 'ouesome, vet to be res .gned ; and to
ly, perhaps at' midnight, there arises the j tnut H-lni ugh it be dark and we can-
alarm of fire, and every sou! Perthes. not see aueau. nat peat-.e and comiort
"Kxtreme eases!" vou sav iVrhana we snouM have lulls hung.
they are. Well, then, look at ci renin- i
,..1,;. .1. ..,1. t ,.e ..... uence in man.
stuuees initii ma uii 11 u' uii ui us. ;
lu it VioTnnd fh i-!infrii d' i-'Ali'il.ilii-tii-il- !
as vou pass along the street, the title,, '; f"oir "l0lU
loosened by the tempest, shouhWall from j
It is bet-
- i . ...
t ur ro rrusr m tf;e ,iird than to rut eotii-
1 -
a. e mat leai ine uoru,
! trust in the Lord : He is their heln and
1
rhe roof ot the building, by the side of
which you are walking, and smite you to
the earth Hoc-snot the desolating pesti
lence sometimes visit us. not seldom sweep
ing away those who were least expected
Il Vat' HAVE ANY TiH Mi 'J !', l-
rr. 1 here is no lesson which people
men, women, ami children have more
need to learn than this, do what they have
fo ilrt :lt iinciv Vmitirr rrir.h r-;ir;iii.t iuil-
to be its victims . Is it an uncommou (;aate ))eneiU of the Valt of
thing for a m,n to have within htm the ;t win hiU5.u theni all their lives long
seeds of some fatal disease, the existence like an ineubus. 0lir advice to Wv8 and
01 wnien ue scarcely suspecreu, and it
hrifet Dying icr us.
In the reign jof Kussem Khan, of Per
sia, twelve men were robbed and murder
ed upder the walls of 8nir&7. The per
petrators could not for a long time be dis
covered ; but the king resolving to icsJce
an example for the gake cf good order,
commanded the cfiiccrs to persevere, Un
der heavy threate, until a matter which
so much concerned his ovu rcputUioiT
should be brought (0 light. At length,
by accident, it was found out that a smili
branch of Kureem's own tribe ofZund
were the guilty persons. Their criao
was clearly prov ed, and, in spite of pow
erful intercession, all actually engaged in
the mutder were condemned to die. Tbe
circumstance that they were of the king's
own clan made their ca?j worse; they hsd
dishonored their sovereign and ccuM not
1 e -
I . 1,, I'.Tr ! t'.l Tl
. wi 5 1 , 11 .
When the prisoners were brought be
fore the monarch to be sentenced and ex
ecuted, there was among them a youth,
twenty jears of age, whose appearance ex
cited universal interes-t ; but this wan in
creased to prim when his lather riL-dud.
forwHrtl and demanded, before they vvrt
led to death, to epeak with the plluc-s.- -P-ei
mission was easily obtsiridl, :;cd be
addressed the monarch as folLws r Ku
reciii LLaii ! you have sworn thiit Iheso
guilty iii'1 11 shall die, and it is jujt they
should sutler; but I, who am net guilty,
come here to demand a boon of my chief.
My con isjoung ; he has been dc.JuJL-d
into crime; his Iif b forfeited; but he
has haTdly t tasted of the sweets .-f exis
tence. We is just betrothed in marriage :
1 come to die in his stead. Ba merciful I
let nu old worn-ont inttn pciLh, std sjr'j
a youth who may long be useful to his
tribe; let him live to taste of tke wafers
Hud till the gnmud of his saccr-tors V
The Shah was deeply moved by this bj
pcal: to pardon the ofience wns imfowd
ble, for he had sworn . the Koran tluit
all coueerned should die. "With feelings
very diifeient from our ideas jof justice,
but congenial to those of the chief of a
tribe, he granted the father's prayer, ax.d
ihe old man went exuitingly to me. t hU
fate; while the sou, wild and districted
with grief, loudly called on the prince to
reverse the decree, to inliict on Lim the
doom lie irerit-ed, and wive ihe life of hia
ged and innocent parent.
How much greater wm the loTe of the
Lord Jesu-7, for "while uo wce yet nin
ners Chrirt died tor u-F." and how dep
should be the gratituda of those in whoso
ctead he gave up his life!
Our Fa 1 her.
Oh ! the unspeakable privilege to have
him for our Father, wbo iathe father of
nil intuits at,d the Gol of all comfort.
io not "think he can shut out a bleeding
1 1 r. a. . a. . V
o. wnien ue M'aieciy susueeieu, ana u j h s : jf lh have . ,lxt a smart soul that Comes to Him, ana refuse wu
has grown, and it has hurried him to his A'-u i,,;lir o,i .,nJ to bind un a broken heart that ofler-
.1 . a ,f , , 1 , iioui ,1 it oin iu V.V i 1. 4it w . 1 - A
grave ; ;vre mere nor a thousand casu- ; nu mM over tlav. lu onr husi- j Itself to Urn,
I t, i T C c ? u Werriness,ifwehada bovwno must be buy,
all liable, and any one of which may cloe I we aij ur,,a . v W all to
7 0
work while he, did work, aud make a bus
iness of if;; rtd then, if ho must, stop,
and mak-e a- business of that too,
unexpectedly onr term of earthly exia
tenee :
' 'Tis a ?tern aad startling tbing to think,
Hew oitsi uiortalit stands on tL brial
puts itself in talis hand and
-n'reats bio help. . Pot h he require pity
of us, and dotn ne give it to us, ecu u .
not infinitely more in himself t All tht
3 in augcls'and men.- is but an insensible
J drop to the ocearr Lighten-
i