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preach and pray, and on what it shall be
silent; what doctrines it shall promulgate
and what party interests it shall espouse,
and when all shall be found obedient to
the mandate, then will be the date of this
divine institution. M God had not inten
ded tha#he freedom oC the pulpit shotffd
be entire, he would have appointed a cen
sorship over it. But as he h^s instituted
wHch office, let no oneclaim
MAKE HOME HAPPY.
It is a duty devoltwig upon every mem
ber of a family to lerfeavor to make all be
longing to it happy. This may with a
very little pleasant exertion be done. Let
every one contribute something towards
improving the grotmds belonging to their
house. If the house iff'old and uncoraid
Portable, let each exert himself to render it
better and morg pleasant. If it is good
and pleasant, let each strive still further to
adorn it. Let flowering shrubs and trees
be planted, and vines arid woodbines be
trailed about the windows and doors; add
interesting volumes to the family library;'1
little articles of furnituff to replace those
which are fast wearing out; wait upon and
anticipate each others wants, and ever
^have a pleasant smile for all and each.
' Make home happy! Parents ought to
teach the lesson in the nursery, and by the
fire-side; give it the weight of their pre
cept and example. If they would, ours
would be a happy and moreWtuous coun
try. Drunkenness, profanity, and other
disgusting vices, would die away: they
could not live in the influence of a lovely
and refined home. *
Does any one think, “ 1 am poor and
have to work hdrd to get enough to sus
tain life, and cannot nd time to spend in
making our old house more attractive.”
Think again! is there not some time eve
ry day which you spend in idleness, or
smoking, or mere listlessness, which might
be spent about your home? “ Flowers are
God’s smiles,” said 'YVilberforce, and they
are as beautiful beside the cottage as the
palace, and may be enjoyed by the inha
bitants of one as ai'the other. There
are but few homes our country which
might not be made more beautiful and at
tractive, not to strangers Only, but to their
inmates. Let every one study then, and
work/to make whatever place they may
be in, so attractive that
absent bn
a:.
The Eicellenee of CJm^,
What is sin? Sin is the transgression*
of the law. What law? Theiaw of the
great Cod, with whom we
What is the la\i^ It is con
Ten Commandments, and is
*y our blessed Lord: H-Tl
liord thy God with all th
with all thy souJUand withtall th
and with ajltl^ mind; and thy neighbor as
thyself.” Have you dorie this? Have you
loved God with all your heart, soul, and
strength? Have you loved all others (for
this is tjiffttteaning of the word “ neigh
bor”) al yo|rself ? Oh, no; whethfr you
know it o? not,*you have sinned. Hap
py those whoare convinced of this! for
they, and they only, who feel that they
are sinners, will apply to Christ as one
who is “ mighty to save.”
And oh, what a Saviour he is! How
fifll of pity, of loVe, of power! How kind
and gracious a Master? How tender and
faithful a Friend! How wise and safe a
buide! How almighty as a Guardian!
In solitude, what a Companion! In af
fliction, what a Comforter! In tempta
tion; what a Refuge!* In death, what a
Support! Seek him now, and so seek
that you may find.
The TWO Crowns.-—The crown worn by
the Queen of England, is said to be com
posed of velvet, ermine and silver hoops
and balls set with pearls, rubies, emeralds,
sapphire and diamonds; and to have cost,
in round numbers, something like half a
million of dollars. If the price it
taken as the standard of value, it-m cer
tainly valuable. It is composed of such
things as the men of this world highly es
teem. Add to this, that it is the token of
royalty, the highest earthly distinction
conferred upon mortals.
But valuable as it is, and highly as its
possessor o? Wtfters may esteem it; and
high as is the distinction of which it is thb
sign, there is another crown bf-higher va
lue, because composed of better materials,
pmrehased at greater cost, and distinctive
of higher honors and sublimer relations;
we mean “ the crown of ^ife” worn by
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