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The Christian Sun EiUDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1880. D. B. Dunbar, —-Proprietor. Rev. J. Pressley Barrett - - - - Editor. nvn pmwcrpi«Ks. 1XN Lotd^fepua (Mtot i* the only of tl^Cbwryh. 1.—The name Christian. to tb’e exclusion of . all party, or soctarian names*--— - —Tlie%Uoly Eible, or tu© Scriptures of the O. and New Testament a sufficient rule of faith and practice. 4. —Christian character, or vital piety, the only test of fellowship, or church membership. 5. —The ripbt of private judgement and the ; liberty of conscience, the privilege ind doty of THE HYMN BOOKS Are ready for delivery to purchas ers. Send in yonr orders at once.— The Committee lias ordered only one thousand copies printed. Prices: Bound in cloth 70 cents. In sprink led sheep 90 cents. In fine binding 81.25. When ordered to be sent by mail add 5 cents for postage. Names of churches or individuals put- oh books for 25 cents extra. Pastors are requested to act as agents. Address : «T. Pressley Barrett, Publishing Agent, Kilflblk, Ya. EDITORIAL NOTES, Help for the education of yon tig ministers is needed now. Rev. M. B. Barrett will, preach at Sharon Christian Church, Camddn county, X. C.. third Sunday in lie cember at 11 o’clock, a. m. Do not fail to read, on our first page,the letter from the Sunny South. Also the aitiole on “The'Future,” by one of the fair daughters of Gates county, N. C. jj^Rev. Jtio. T. Kitchen, Franklin, Va., is chairman of the Home Mission Committee for the Eastern Virginia Conference. All business pertaining * to tills Committee’s work should be addressed to him as above. The love of Christ coustraius some men in their aefmiis to deeds ot mer cy and benevolence, but the love ot money coustraius others to deeds ot seltishuess and sin. How sad will the judgment be lor that class. Brethren, be patient. The fine bound Hymn Books will be ready al ter a short while, we hope by Dee, 5. We have none el'any binding on hand now. Will be ready to supply orders for any binding in a few days. Did yon fail to pay your missionary mouey before Coniereneef If so, do attend to it at once. Don’t let it be said that you are in the way of the success of the blessed missionary cause. Pay up, and do so at once. ‘•News from the Field” has been a little scarce of late— we hope now that our brethren are through attend ing annual Conferences lor this fall they will write ’ofteuer. Keep us posted, bretheu, and we will post our readers. llev. W. It. Brown, Heart, N. C.? says that after 76 days of suffering from .ague aud fever be has begun to improve and hopes he has broken up the chills. We much regret our brothers sickness, but are glad to know be is improving. He member, at your appomtmont iu December, you a*'e to take up a col lection tor tlie Superannuated Fund. Do not neglect it brethren, aud when .von get through at all your appoint ments, report promptly to the Treas urer, sending him what you have col lected. We regret to hear of the death of the Rev. T. H.Fenton, D.D.,LL.D.,of litgst Hanover Presbytery, which took place at the residence of our good brother, Deacon H. T. West, Sussex county. Va , last Friday, Nov. 19, 1189. He was a mau of line abilities a id a line preacher. For years passed he has been fn feeble health. In Sep tember last when Bro. Newman left Spring Hill Church for school, at our suggestion Dr. Newton came to Sus sex to fill Bro. Newman’s place for the unexpired term. He preached at Spring Hill, Uuion (in Surry) and at Holy Neck iu Nansemoud county and made inauy friends. Wherever he preached, he greatly pleased his hearers. When his time was out he was too feeble to return to his home. He remained at Bro. West’s where he was kindly cared for till his death. His wife has been dead some ten years. He bad no cbildreu, we be lieve, and so died among strangers, but among Christian strangers. Iu the Christian Sun of October 1, 1589, appeared a beautiful poem from js pen, entitled “Another Reapeth.” t is largely auto-biographical. It ill pay you to turn to it and re-read >lt is most touching. Hay his ibe sweet in the chambers of the bands, eternal OUR RICH MEN. Hardly a u»stb passes that we do not e>ee it stated in some of our «i< changestIjat acertain brother has be queathed a gift of much valno to one of the vaWous enterprises of tho de nomination Vo which he may belong. Thisgiv'.fi ajiowerfnl stimulusanden coutjugemeufc to the machinery of the whole organzation. But we havemot yet had the pleasure of making iv ■similar announcement for any broth er in our church. We have been led to consider why this is a fact.— Is it'because we have no wealthy nieiil No. We have them, but they have not shown themselves by snch liberality. Will, they do it in the in turef That is a question. We be lieve they will. We have already beard that such a thing is in contem plation by one of our wealthy Nan semond farmers. May God give this brother grace to do snch a noble tiling. We would in moderation urge our people to -think of this matter when making their wills. You, broth er, sister, think of it. God has bless ed you in this world’s goods. It may be that you have not a million of dol lars. But you have enough to pay your debts, and then you might give each child a certain portion and show your gratitude to God for having blessed you with these things by reserving a portidn for the benevolent works of your cburch. ^>ur schools, our mis sion work aud our publication inter ests all need just §ueh a stimulus. It would greatly lift up these enterpris es, if some brother would give a lew hundred dollars to their support. Bro. A. is worth ¥2000. He lias two children and owes $500. His children are educated aud able to do as he did, to work for ft liviug. No’w let him nay his debts, give each child $5t)0 and them bequeath the other $500 to one of the enterprises of his church. If this should be done we verily be lieve God would bless the money giv en to the childreu so that it would do them more good than the other $500 would havo done them, had he ^giveu it to them. We have strong faith iu this fact and should God ever bless us with means we hope to put this faith into practice, j We believe'there is a Christian duty in this matter that cannot be disre garded with safety to the soul. Cov etousness is denounced as a great sin in the Bible. Beware of its sinful in fluences, dear reader, aud do not tiy thus to cheat God. Cheating God uever has and uever will pay any per son. Like a liberal soul oucc said we should be afraid to die rich. Did you ever think of the responsibility of dying rich f Did you ever think of the responsibility of dying and leaving more to jour children thau you had when you were like them ? Think of these things and divide your property between jour childreu and the church. Otherwise you may cheat God. A LIFE TROUBLE. The human race is subject to trouble. It has many forms. Most men meet at least one of these, and some have a greater portion, meeting many all through life. Noue are so hurtful as Despouileucy. The mau who has the misfortune to bedespon deut has but little to hope for, either for himself or others. No doubt many have fallen victims to this evil, aud the consequences have been terri ble. The Christian at Work says of the cure for despondency: “The best way out of trouble is the old fashioned way of going to work. The moment you do this, you are in that order of thiugs whepe Provi dence is pledged to assist yon. Go to work, What you want is to get out of yourself. There is a wonder ful tonic in working for others, aud perhaps, on the day you feel least cheerful, if you go forth on some er rand of love, the sun will shtue be fore you are aware of it.” Truly we beiieve that is good doc trine. Men get to studying about I themselves, their misfortune, trouble &c., till they, see nothing except through the mists ol a gloomy future. This state of things hastens despon dency cud tend to weak the man part of our being till soon we become men tal aud physical invalids, and then we have.developed a life trouble, oue that will throw gloom over ourselves and those directly dependent on or associated with us to the last day of life. The only hope of deliverance is to break away front it at once. This will require courage aud a manly ef fort-,•■•but it will repay whatever it may cost. Perhaps there is no way better calculated to make this effort than by doing something for others. Uelieve the suffering, encourage the doubting and so forget yourself. We tbiuk many cases of despondency might be cured by undertaking and following earnestly a work of benevo lence—for the good of others, in some of the many fields open to us all. Are you a stiffener of this character, ? dear reader I Then make haste to : free yourself, as though you had been . entangled in the fetters of some dead-* ’ ly serpent. Despondency is a great; and powerful enemy from which every person should flee with all pos 1 sible speed. Try this remedy. Gow to work for the good of others—for/ get yourselfaud think more of your Saviour—aud the needs of your lei- ■ lowmen. M BATHERE —“What thoughts [>ose that his own views of the teachings are wholly correct, no as to present truth without any ‘admixture 5f error t”—Dr. Rroadus, in Religion* Herald. And yet some men favor a “wall of partition” between^thern and those who differ from them on points ol' doctrine about which good najejn have differed iu every age. DoubffJ less some thoghtful men do believe that their views of Bible doctrine are free from error; but what, a mistalfej, —“Let ns recognize in all humility that some whose tenets are, so far,as we can judge, less sound than our own, have yet caught more of the Christian spirit and received a deep er impress upon their character.”— Dr. lint adits in Religions Herald.— But one thing is strange to us—it is this: How our Bppttst brethren can recoguize the sif5e fruits of Christian ity iu the lives of others, and yet de ny them the privileges of this Chris tianity, as for instance, the right to partake of the Lord’s Snpper when ever and wherever it is reverently spread for the glory of Cod. Will Dr, Broadus be kind enough to ex plain this matter for the edification of cne of His admirers, and others, too. —“It is a blessed thing -for Chris tians of different persuasions to work together on common ground, without sacrifice of distinctive principles, and without making light of each others’ jonseje ntious convictions.”—Dr. Broaditsl in Religions Herald. The iromulgation of this idea is a distinct ive mission of the CHBtSTUS /HtTRcn, represented by the SUN. VVc thank Dr. Broadus for giving lounteuaucc to this part of our dis ;inctive mission, and so eucouraging is iu our efforts in this direction. We hope the able pen of Dr. Broadus vill give us more help ol this kiud, .caching Christians that it is troly a Messed thing to work together oh torn men gronud, and may we add, igaiust a coiiunou foe, regardless of lifferences ou minor points of doc ,rine. Oh, glorious privilege! —“If the gospel eau bless none bnt hose who hold it in perfect purity, rho can lope to lie blessed t”—Dr. Vroad its in Religious herald. Then low charitable ought we to be to vards those who differ from us, see ug we arc all imperfect and full of rrors iu our views of divine truth. Co our own Master, we stand or fall, tud from this stand point we ought to egaril eacli other’s views and labors. —It is said, upon good authority, hat “the Human Catholic priests iu talr tell the people that it is a great >eril to have the word of God and a ;reat bliss to be iguorautof its teach ugs.” Ah! what miserable blind eaders, leaders of t he blind. —“VYuat 13 most ueeaea in tnou sands of our chnrcbes throughout the South is the missionary spirit. They are perishing for the lack of it. That spirit would tiill such churches with love, and zeal, ond joy, and enter prise. O, brethren, God has given His Son to the world, and the world to His Son, and His word canuot fail; but He will not useacold dead church in bringing to pass His gracious pur poses.”—Religious lleiald. This is true of many of the churches that claim to be lights On a hill. But what a mistake! Such churches are not lights—they are only a sort Jack o’ Lantern showing themselvesiu the darkness of sin. —These three {pointing to three candidates for membership iu a church) I went ofteu to their homes and begged them to come to Christ, said one, and his eyes were tilled and his face was bright. One of our ex changes remarks that this is the Apostolic way. When Andrew is found, he brings Peter; and when Philip is found be goes iu search of Nathaniel. “Let him that heareth say come.” —It is said-that England expends more money for drink in four mouths thau the whole Christian world has given to foreign missions for eighty years. What a commentary upon Christian (t) England! Will not the people ot Ninevali rise in the judg ment and condemn England aud mauy of the rest of us T —It is said of tbo late Bishop Dog gett that “he shunned the sin of scan dal and never put a microscope over a pimple to make it look large aud like un ugly and lingo nicer.” This cap might suit many of mis if we would wear it. Let us pur.it on aud try it. v —Dr. W. T. Herndon of Morria vtlle, N. C., is ohe of the noblest lay men aud most active workers iu the North Carolina Conference. He is a great friend to the missionary cause. Long may he live to labor l’o.r this blessed work. —The way of life is rough, but when the end is reached, if we hare been faithful, it will be well with us. Bov. 0. J. Balaton makes in anoth- • sr columu a request of the ministers jf the Christian Church, South. At ;end to it at once. BBNEW yoqf subscription to the JUN.-! (yon know heathens pray gods) Ijpr the benefit or tl male servants, who have opport miil^fto iitteiul wo» thiukjtW^haiHtiivns of about the sp^f ard-worked, to. ’ b« ng Dear reader, God will it hands an account of your of those who serve you in inestic affairs. If you treat though they had no sodl by ing any provision for them ship God you may be sure you doing, displease God. Tlio l.fcit.heaj manifest an iuterest in the ina‘fervp can you, would you do loss! t God forbid, and encourage yon iu common with all of his true children to do your dtaty.’* ' — Bible Revision. The American Committee on Bible Revisiou have completed the English version of the New.Testament and have transmit ted the resnit of their labors to Eng land. The British Committee will meet in this mouth for final action, it is expected that the revised New Testament will be issued from the University press of Oxford and Cam bridge in February, 18S1. The American Committee have given their time without pay to this great undertaking for eight years. The necessary expenses have been provid ed for by voluntary contributions. Auy friend who will contribute to ward these expenses $10 before uext February will receive a memorial copy of the first University edition of the revised Now Tostaiueut hand somely bound and inscribed. The money must he sent, to the ltev. I)r. Sch&ff, President, or Mr. A. L.Tavlor, Treasurer, Bible House, New York. We should be delighted to have such a copy ot this revised edition of the New Testament. —Opening Outward. A house was built on Mount Palatine for Marcus Valerius in honor of victories gained. Ike doors of other houses at that time opeued inward, but lie had his constructed to open outward—to sig nify his willingness and readiness to listen to ail applicants who sought his assistance. So it is with the gates of prayer. They open outward—God is willing to hear the ear.^^pKnitont who seeks at his hands a o. /png and that all may be encouraged to , come, tbe’ljatcs of prayer spring open when ever a petition goes up to God from a heart which does not ask amiss, but humbly seeks to know and do the Lord’s will. How many become dis couraged nwtheir work because they imagine their prayers are unheard, while really God is leading them in a way they know not. — Wise rulers fill their granaries in time of famine, and thus teach pru dence to the pool. The saviug band is full and beneficent; the squander band is not only empty, but unjust— Starke. Truly this may be partly correct, but we know some who seem to understand the act of saving, aud their baud is full, but not beneficent. However, we regard this class as not far behind the other class in dqing harm. The lull hand encourages cov etousness, while the squandering hand is so disgusting that it warns spectators of the danger of following its example. —A Complaint. Many church mem bers complain of the management of church matters. A few control ev ery thing, say they. Wo do not ques tion this statement, ft is often very true. I5ul a necessary distinction must be made. The members who con trol ale the members who work. The members who complain in this way are the members who do not work —take no part iu tbe work of the church and of coarse they do not control any tftiug. The failure to control is their own—because they will not work. —Sunday School Lessons for 1881. Tbe International Sunday School Lesson Committee held its anuual meeting to arrange the lessons for 1882 in Chicago, 111., Oct. 20, 21.— Tbe lessons for 1881 are from the gos pel of Luke aud portions oi the Pen tateuch and were arranged a year ago or more. We wish to say something of the study of these lessons in the family. We have long deprecated the sad lack of Bible study in tbe homes of our chnrch members. Many a week has no donbt passed in pro fessedly Christian families without one effort to stody God’s word. It is a most easy matter for a half-hearted or a lukewarm Christian to neglect this;great duty, In a life like ours one may neglect such' privileges and inties withoat intending to do so. Every Christian family ought to study the Scriptures—they ought to have a system for this work. As few wilj ikely make a system for themselves i y. It Christl • your 'of life. S^&yjug ut lume or visit s’. go to flie Sunday B go. For Beaus’ sake, wfsake of your soul’s sa® .u(T>tiflty*the Sunda^f ,ou—study the Bible, lio >)UU °WU V this half way state. Be ft rifiioi* Christian, a scripture-searching Christian, and God will jour the aid your labors, both to the good ofyo^rown soul^nd to the good of other!. Make the start. # Truly the worlds iWP**dnesai Some must follow the ijfclittaiion of their depraved natures,! no matter what the cousequences and surround-. ings uiay be. Sara Bernhardt has1 come to New York. She is /known as a woman iu bad repute, htu'iug no regard for the purity of her cMfunoter, and yet thousands go to the) theatre to witness her per form nudes/ thereby encouraging her to live in her sins without regard to the iuui|o|:il influ ence she is exerting by /shameful life. We eoiuuieud the l«i|>wiug to the atteutiun ot our readerj. aspasia. f The papers tell of the /arrival in New York of Sara lie r nh aril t, distin guished as a tragedienne,‘notorious as a woman of bad character, a wo man not ashamed of her jfius, rather proud site can live above! public opin ion. fearing not. God nor regarding man. / One hates to tisa language that is applied to her by somo/ol' the public prints. But'there is tyb use mincing matters when the morals of the com munity are at stake ; 6o here is what ‘•Xh&t we find ip the Independent i particularly dirty, imprudent hnd of fensive French strumpet, Sara Bern hurt.” Suppo*rag jfc®^er character, ■what ought the public ua^t We may guess what they will do—loose men nud careless women, and women whose highest pleasure is to make themselves popular with ften irres pective of their morals—these will go1 and hear Sara Bernharht. Why not! They say: “We cannot regulate the morals of the stage.” There will be plenty of excuses. Not only are the public iuvited to visit her profes sionally, but socially. Agaiu, why not! “If we are to find out the mor al character of persons before we vis it them whom coaid we visit !” Pleu ty of excuses, you see. As in the old heathen times, men rather pre ferred to visit such women, so agree able and pleasant were they 1 High toned, virtuous women are not after their style. It is likely therefore, there may be euough of people to give tone to a class of society—those who have ammassed sudden wealth and are at the top of the rich pot, who will visit this woman. Those who visit her uot will be called prudes and langhed at. It will give us uo suprise theiefore, if this modern As pasia he all the run, and be regarded as the greatest genius of-the day, whom everybody ought to think it an hSuor to know ! Wealth at the North has increased at such a rate, all the evils connected therewith growing accordingly, we mistake uot if Sara Bernhardt is not the lion of New York add other cities of the chantry. Aweady New York is craz ed: and the crowd go and -hear her applaud to the echo I Was not Per icles a g;;eat man f Did he not for sakd bis wi£ that he might take up with Aspamal ^as uot her house the centre $f the best society of Ath eusf Was she not visited by Soc rates f Dtjl they not condone her vices because of her high u-.ental ac complishments I They do' the same to Sara Bernhardt. There is an old l'ashioued book which says : “Her house ineimeth unto death, gQd ber paths uono the dead.” But who eares fo| this Book I So three thou sand welcome her the drst night.— timtliern Churchman. NOTICE secure a photograph I desire to from every u.».ow» -0—D —— Christian Church, South. I have ar ranged to have them grouped togeth er. brethren iu the iuiuistry. ^ea^e jeud me your photograph by jf December, as X desire to picture completed by the 15tt lary, 18Si. 0. J, Bals Box 11, Suffo Our young . >assed through gi tgo ob bis way to ... lates county, N. O..0 owfr. when they fail to see a beam in their/ own. Why,”my friend, If you couiij see your own heart a* Gogtfees' it, a(ui then see the heart hfeMMphe at whom you have been liurmSHgones for mouths and years, you w(^®per baps hide yonr race in shame^an^cry ufteteftn, unclean. I believe wnly there are those whom we condemn, #hose record is clearer of blots than oars. I do not know of any better evhleneo of an unclean heart than uu <cleau words. Aed when I hear one speaking unkindly of everybody, aud in this wayArf®ing stones, I settle it n my o«Hbd that that man’s heart is not tflkf iu the sight oV God I Want no bef(pf evidence, I repeat, of corruption, of unclean/mss.i I fre quently find myself deal/ug ia., har,s]i and unchristian criticistn, and when I tfo I feel condemned in the sight 61 kGod, and pray for thdft charity which I would have otherg^xtend to me. RaGod our Fatl in heaven, dealt witliVs as weild-Til with one another, hovr wVuld the* (;nse stand. M'jffrioud, there isMn*w Jhh ill yonr heart than perhaps %.vf imagine. Viewing it from your fN^n siftndpeMii. it iney look so me u i i a t e1 eJbtW Bat take the Bible aud the light 61 The Holy Spirit, and look at it tbroi»li these, and you would shudder Sit ihe deformity, wretchedness aiid .sinfulness seen therein. 1 Dear friend, wl.llc mncli has been done toward demising these hearts of A TIMELY SUGGESTION. To the Journal of Industry, Ral eigh, N. C., belongs, the credit of the following wholesome and timely thoughts ou a most important sub ject. The government of an enlight ened country, as ours professes to be, should take steps to relieve itself oi the disgraceful sin alluded to above. We never yet have heard a sermon on cruelty to animals, and perhaps it is not necessary to devote an entire sermon to that purpose, but it does seem that the matter ought to be made promiuent in some way.. Let the press give attention to this mat ter, urge upon the Legislature the duty of protectioug our dumb brutes from the other brutes that reign over and afflict them.—Central Fnotestant. “We need a society iu this city for the preventation of cruelty to animals. The manner in which dumb beasts are treated here, especially horses, calls loudly for reform. Every day we see on our streets old, lame and rrw-boned animals being forced to to draw great loads, and beat un mercifully whenever they come to a place where they are obliged to stop from sheer exhaustion. Again, it is a common thing to see drivers’ With sticks, barrel staves, etc., dealing heavy blows upon these unprotected creatures, simply because they failed to give them sufficient loud to sus tain them. There are others who. while driving well fed horses, just slash and cut them and then jerk them with all their might iu order to “show off” in the presence of others and have it said that he is a “bad.; driver.” There are others of our country frieuds who bring their animals in the city early in the morning ‘and hitch them, leaving a little proveu der for them, but never thinking once to water them nutil they get to some distant branch on their way home. All this is wrong, and we thiuk thecity authorities ought to iu tarfore by prosecuting Huy who may ; be guilty of such treatment, and byi providing public watering places iu the city for animals.”—Journal of In dustry. This advice we hope will be heeded by owners and drivers of horses who read this paper. HOME MISSIONS. Another Conference year lias com menced and now let-every minis ter pod church put on new zeal in this great and important work. Let each minister see that there is a soci ety kept up in uis church. if all the miuisteriofjour chnro| will arise and go to worker this ggjid enterprise, ite .will see a gtorioilSrestilt arising From their nnijld ei%ts. I will have sore to say_ bject hereafter, f CtiS^iBwra. 's Bt much. ■ ,lOne pint in, jgtworthy ■ «»a ga ps of val BOOK T MM tjn as B. Mary Henry A. field St.s j We have*! in einmiitinf much interest y<% al used ytm may'Odd mucj your school. Scud foi! feofiiBNEB’rf Moi , ber is on our table wij eating lie Glimp doubtl Peter interest.. An articlj Duck,” w;o fail to see* and in fact we regard the space it occupies 1 zine. However, other ue make up the deficiency found in this oiH^ Scribner is a great favor ite.. We ale quite certain that the read er of tlifc, if he does uojt already take it, will find a rich treasure iu The Illostoated Christian Weekly, publi^ed by the American Tract So ciety. It is intended to counteract the influence of the sensational and corrupting pictorials Which are so fa tal among t he you tit of oveu ‘good families. ? it isfsuperol.y illustrated with the finest wood engravings, enriched by clioicecontiibutionsfroin many of the best writers of the day, contains first class stories for tlie youth, well-con' sideteu editorials for the thoughtful, able notes on the International Sun day school Lessons for teachers and scholars, and a trustworthy outlook on thftnews of t he day. Do yen want ;,il this and much morel T'ben let The Illustrated Christian Weekly liud an entrance iu to your ljome, and your heart will be warmed and gladdendd by its very presence. Giving as it does twelve pages weekly, with about four hun dred cuts yearly, elegantly printed on fine paper, and at the low price of $2.50 per year, postpaid, we do not think that for quality orprice it can be excelled. Sample copies sent free on applica tion to the American Tract Society, N. Y. Good Company, Springfield, Mass., is qpe of the most readable magazines of its'fclass, we have the pleasure to read. It is cheap at $2.50 a year. The Bible Students’ Cyclo pedia, oe Aids to Biblical Re search, written by A. C. Marrow in a popular style with an introduction by the Rev. Dr. Buckley, and pub lished by N. Tibbuls & Sons, 37 Park Row, New York. Large 12mo., 400 pages. Price $1.50, or $2.00 in libra ry sheep. Illustrated with valuable maps and engravings. The scope of the volume is certain ly a notable one, since it answers in a lucid and comprehensive manner nearly every perplexing question in the Bible, and conveys a Vast fund of information iyofc easily acquired else where. It will make a nice Christ mas present to your tviends, pastor or Sunday school teacher. Get the Meaning.—The Bible is indeed a deephook when depth is required—that is to say, tor deep peo larly for profound persons; on The contrary, much more for shallow and simple persons. And, therefore, the first, and generally the main and leading idea of the Bible is, on its sikface, written iii plainest, possible Greek, Hebrew or English, needing no penetration or ampliBcaton^ need ing nothing but what we might f ivo —attention. Bu t this, which is in every one’s power, and is the only thing that God wants is just the last thing that auy one will give Him. We are delighted *to ramble Away into day-dreams, to repeat pet verses from other places, suggested by chance words; to snap at au cxprssion which suits our par ticular views, or to dig up a meaning from under a verse, which we should be amiably grioved to . think any hu mau being hud beeu so happy as to tlnd before. But a plain, intended, im mediate, fruitful meaning, which every one ought to dud always, and especially that which depends on our seeiug the relation of the verse to those uear it, and getting the force of the whole passage iu dne relaitou— this sort of significance we do not look for, It being truly not to be dis covered, unless we really attend to vhat is said, in^Mad of to onr own wlings.—Jtu»kak. Modern Paintcrt. pie. But it is notj^^JfSndei Send v end yon I we will
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