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HtiB part of owr work. iliP other BJilo of it we ,♦ — : — .know nothiug about. What a myuteiioud TO tni5 iNDKiOLKN-r ouiiEn oir oi)I.-kku,owhI''^^"'*"; " "'''"' ^^« we observe.! ; we nro- UKUVKUKD uV TiiK itpv. V vv.,.»,..!«^''^'" <""'i««'; woare made hiBtrunieutp in TUK UKVi K, WALLACE WAll'H, IN ST. ANOnKSVH CaURCII, BTUAT' I'OBl), ONT., ONTSAmUTU APUIL 13X11, 187U, jsome caaes. We are called, with, the con- HPut of onrwill, up to n certain point ; uiul then, fceyond that, we seorti to bontteilv [hcIpleFB, not knowing? the iiijltiencoa tha't BCium-T:— ^''FKiKNDSHip; tovB,^ AKP TRi(TiT."'iiro fihcil off the Hides of our. oharactfr, and ^HiM.U8TnATKDBVtjiK(()Vi:NA>.TOKnAvii»'tlio iD(.liri!ct i-rtBulta or the moral ineanin^js ANi>.jn>jAnrAN."AVT) DAVID RAID, IS TriEjtK'f w!ia{ wfi ftio (loinir. So tiieiv i^ an uiiii'i- ANY VET THAT IH LKFT OF TUK HouHR OF Iciitianal !in(l Uncoii'icioua 'lifo.^ There is a BAuii. THAT I MAY KiiKW iu« KtNi)NKs.s,piut »>f (.ur lifp that IH lived on purpoao ; r.ftd . FOR JONATTrtN's SAKE." — 2 .sAMtTKL IX. 1,'tbi're is II j'^art of our life wo know nothnij^ ■ ' ^-^ >— ... ^ , • Hl)(<:it. Tliero is a straight lino ; and. sml- ' , Ideiilv it sweopa olT inWcurvings. "J^^pman" We are to undersfand that D^vid was inljvelh unto liiruself" Jh afar dooper ecnge great jeopardy from Sani, the Kiii{' of ftrael. Minn ii< tisuiiUy tittrAhed to that paasfl^'e Dj^yid himself was \'er.y sensible of the pi,ri)|;[:i!-.v)K>y wa's not Jivili; unto Ijimself, lie of his condition, ao mnoh so{ thiit he grnpli-iAun doinj; a poor kind of thin.'i witlh.nt icHHy^descwbed it to .JdDathan iu theBt wortlB— "aag^y soul liveili, there is.but a ^ step iietwten nie and death !'* David was , anxiooa to know , whether Saul was at all mollitied towards hirh. So the two young men, Jonftban arid David, i^ado a little prifitiy or rerspective in" it, yet lio wns thp telcijrnghbotvptn two lienits. Aly brethivn . this cligut to invent iifp with somcthiny viiry soleinn. '" ,. Hero w» havn lite cHpouiidl of a vohlc poli- , .cy." What wa9<.th'j pQlicyof JoiiaUam ? Ile^ plan or covenant betwe...u them, by whix!h|fMpouEed the cimse of right aKoinst mitjlit. they were to-test the present condition oflDavid hadno resources. Saul had every the King's mind. The dinuef was prcvidedlthinjc; and Jomithnu said, "I know tliat ho »8 itbual ; Saul took Wb ftcoustomed seat; is the kij3g, that ho is my father: aiid that bat David wa» not present. But Saul had'ho lins lilo and death uium his lips, so for self control enough that day to Bay- nothing^is t!:in cxistoucviis concnnicl, i>ut in tiie . about the absence of David- The next jdaynaino of'tbe eteriial right I (!efr him !" It is things were established in their usual order, out «[ this iiobl,' jfoticy that diiafeliowsniir and BtiJl David was norpreseint. Saul nowjhns spruiig. To quote from yonr manual, lost self-cpntrol so far as to ask Jonathan "Tmo the name w a singular one ; but wo wj»y David, the son of Jesse tho Betblehe.johot^o it. not. It caineto us, attached to an mitet was not in his place? Jonathan, ac-ihistiiuticn which, for many yonrs, in nno- cording to a prearranged sciieme, made ,re-!ih' r touutiy, had fulfilled itH ^i-cnt motto, ply. Saul than lost BeU-coatrol, took up s/Fiiendt^hip, loye and truth,'' by visiting tho javehn, and hurled it at Jonathan ; andlisitk, relieving,' the distressiHrmid Iniryitig "Jonathen. arose from the table in fierce an-jtho dead. ' IlencP, BinWiilar as that ii ime ger, for he was grieved for David, becauselia—vea odious as it may sound to Bomo— it hiB father bad done him shame |." jhas been rendered dear to our hearts by the , N6W came a very beautiful little incident, gionous deeds of benevoleuoe and ph'ilaa- JonathJtnwentoutof-the house, and took thropv performed under it, and by thegroat hia way into the field, % appointment, tookimoral and religious principle associated wiMi a little lad with him, Bhgtsomffarrowa. call-iit,>4intil its singniarity is' lost in its moral cd.ont to the boy words upon which bimselljvalwe and beauty. ^To us, Odd-Fclloir ia an and David had agreed, and David, knew! honmable name. AVe love to wear it, and that anfter was detertnined ncuin^t kir.^ U • but the lad know B uncongpious workers in society. Wo do mind, \ou must ac\aini spook like an hoiis^t ^now the full measure of all that wo artlmnsi ; %'ou nniHt do all tlie good to mankind doing. What are you doing, my little feUthat is in your power ; you must i;cvercuco low ?" "I am picking.up arrows for JonathaiilGod ; do to vour neighbor as you wouL\ havo tho King'o son." - That is the end of hifi'him (ktamto vou, and keve that mea should be weiehed a« well as rnrobe'red^ I would rather have the support of on>man of « certain kind than the sup prft of ten thousand men of a kind directly opposite. If I could not have tliem both, I say, "give me that one man. If Qod.be f r ns, who can be against us?" At one time ° .Tonathan was up and David was down.. Now David is up and Jonathan's family in down. . .-.../ DAVH) AKD JON ATH AK. ' «nd guileless, and |(6r putputea of mutual nefit,. counsel, and sympathy. Two kingly *':-^M. And David remambers the old covenant,\BMn{icing Johm.th&n. which Jonathan "cansed him tp to ewear, afld strife, the tr^aohe nKain, because he loved him, for he loved him AS he loved hia own soul." As yon have orten beard of two soldiers before ROing into battle makina; a covenant that if one id pbct tbe survivor will take charge of the bodyi tbe watch, the mementoen, and per ihnpH of tbe bereft family of .the one that dTesj en David and Jonathan bad made a coverant, and ndw that Jonathan is dead, David is inqniring about bis family, thai he may show k^ndtfcaa nnto them for their f other Jcoatban'a aak^. **Is there yet any that is left ot the house of Baul, that I may show him kindnesa for Jonathan's sake;" There are many topic* which the text eqg I. It iuppliesus with an illustration of the nature and power of true frieiidsJiip. — No one cMi read the First Book of Samuel without being Btmck with the pure and faithful love which David and Jonathan bore t^ each otber. Commencing on Jonathaii's part with admiration of David's bravery and prowess, there were doubtless points of re ecmblanoe between them, in temperament, InislliKence and character, nnd, when once Height together, their aoula were "knit to eieh other" a> the soul of one man. Bo^h ' v^re ireneronB and upright mien, brave and cbarageouB. Their friendship was formed nid in yoatb, when, if eyer,^ U>e beait is tenderly hearts swore fealty to each other, and thei^ loyal affection survived all the Varieties and reverses of fortunel. In the battle, it is noi the blade of Jewjelled bilt, ,but of truest temper, tbatis pro^f against the blows winch <^ fall with lightninjg force. And in the dijT' of adversity it is only the true heart that re- mains firm. Tha sternest of all testa were applied toJonathaii's love, but it was neither ted by tpe fire nor broken by the sword. It was'-wonderfull, piassing the love of woman." Thi|S sang David when lamen- ting the death of his friend "the b«auty of Israel,'' in anode the noblest and most pa thetic ever ntterrd by genius consecrated by a pious and beau l:f ul fried(|Isbip. Fpremoi among the influences which tend to ib; ovir character, and which make the hues in which our after jrears are colbured, ai-e the friendsbipa thai we make in esriyynfe. A false step then h ay lead us in tbedownward path forever, anc: a wrong assodation throw a shadow on our life which may deepen 1ind durken till it resi upon our grays.* It is impossibh tpsay hdiw much David was indebted to ^hc brave/gentle, and self- Aifiid the tumult and tribulation, the perpetual waviiig of^the ted hand of war, events that went onoareering amid blood and dust, and the thousand influences which pervade the cam] » and the court, and vhiob tend to harden qr to enervate the heart of man,, the memoib of Jonathan must have been to him a sayng presence, an inspiring motive to work out for himself a true and noble character by grand and heroic deeds, in.the midst of So maoh that was hollow and false in the daily life of the men that surrounded him. 1 Most man have bad their Jonathan. We can all point to some aibong tbe living or the dead whose wisdom, sym- patliy, and love rmponded to the yearning, of our h<4art in some critical juncture of life; whose aaily acts, or measured words, or broken hints, were, to us as a new rev- elation, a motive or an impulse; whose 'in- fluence is present with us still, and will surr vive the last analysis of life. II. It suggenti tlve mcrednem of a promise. — When" David's life was in imminent peril from the deadly Hatred of Saul. Jouathan interposed and determined to achieve bis deliverance. The ijisk was great; but.fae baou lu «lcoling me aa your aftornnon than water" Jonatbltn aaya, "Right iHiteaober for thia ooe uccaaion, let mo \\9o thicker than blood. David ia no reUtion'what you youraelvea have put into ray trnniln of mine phyaioally ; but Djyid la an injured for the purpoae of Baying, give up jour man. and my father i» the individual who ia' father, rather than give up conscienct), injuring him, and I anap all tiea that I mayjrighleonanHHM, truth, purity. Do not muke go and stand by the Hide of God and prO-ihis Rhame public, if you can avoid it, l)ut elaim myself in favor of the right!" Gon-ll^jpvorytliinKW ^^"''•^ down, rather ihau bider no ties where righteousness is in ques- tion. Th«re are aetiondary rights, and there uro primary righti. You are your fatberV child, Bkid, you aayyou ought to be filial and obedient; The spirit of righteousness ■ays," No!" " Childrqn, obey your parents —in the Lord. That is the explanatory qualification. Whatever your father tells you to do; if it be not *' in the Lord," you have a right to resist it. Whatever your govern men! tells you to do that is'not " in the Ui(( spirit of i y,'lUogusucK8 shuil be priuved or quen«;htsd' "Cnsiiyo not the Spirit, queuch not the Spirit." Inasnmub as you have liad bitter exuorienoe of this kind of uonduut from your fulhur, see to it, tiiat, in your turn, you give your ohildren the beuelil of • ripht example. / Jonathati kept his promise >and died in the faith. From the tlrtie of hid death thei-w is a liipse of sixteen years beforo David propobos this inquiry. Why this delay? Lord," you have a right to protest »gainBt,,Jte,a80n8 of state, the prevalence of Wur^t, and toicesist to the ntmost. . I fear wA' are political disijuietude, thedanger which men- serving some sub-gods, Bom« 'underdeities.Uceti his throne, and the multiplied onj^ngu- some li;ttle proxy kings, and forgetting th* intrnta of Lis rostlesa life arA urged One Btemal, Absolute Buler. We are >\n excuan meMuring ourselves by false standards and not by the one great judgement. Will yon do wrong for your father's sake, and call it filial obedienee ? There is only One Father. Tins term "father'" Jthat We U8«», wu use only temporarily and with qualifications. One is your father— God ! Let every tie be broken, let it go so that you serve Him who is cloth- ed with righteousness, and who sits for ever in the light! Bhall a man say, "If it hod been anybody but my father, I certainly would have taken anothet oounfo." I Mk you what is the question in eontroversy V a() • Let them be admitted to have iheir weight. But the duty of the man' catl, uever bn merged in the duty off^ho stateH- mau. The obligations of a 1?m|m9o ure as strong npon the conscience iRfl||cini; Ma private citizen, a blesaiog is p-onuun':ed upon him that " Bweareth to his own hurt aud«hangeth not." This BenieOn, however, can have no application to the mnu who rashly and wickedly covenants with another, to compass an end which in itself is wrong, , o;^ which, if right, is to b<« compassed only by illegal or immoral means. Such a comr misdemeanor, and p4ct id, in law, tt misdemeanor, and iti if itbe aouestionofmerepolitBDess'.civiUty.lmorals, a crime. It cannot, therefore, be honor due to age, attention required by thelbinsjin^; upon any man's conscience. Thnt ordinary courtesies of life ; then I honor yonjwhicli we h^vj no right to proyOwe wi- wia for honoring your father. Bat if it be a bav« uo right to fulfil, but virtuous yows moral question, a quesiion as between right Ure bindiuK lor ever, and^ " in keepmg of and wiong, yotir father ceases to bavean.v.them there is arotit reward." / .*, plarra upon your conscience if so bo, Ji> III. It supposei ml tjw side oj JJmid n lAdicate a course that is'foul or questionable. irr«/«r/«i and benevolent heart.-^ lie sought The question is not between " Blood and information, ^or he wished to do a kimlness; Wtttor, the quottion is between blood an.t Had he been a selfish man. or nugrate/ul, Qod Ibloodaud rIghteoUsnes.'i. physical kin the old friendships would have been fcrgoiteii Bliip' and eternal alliauce with tiib virtues and the promise bnjkmi. Ia there yet aity- and honestiPR of the universe. Are any of of the hmm of'SauVfYt>l Saul had been hi» yon at this moment detained from « obi^foh, "partridge on tlie mountains". Tliis hatred where the truth is not spoken, because jonr of Saul he might have set off against the father has a pew there? Kept from the love of Jonathan, found the balance equal open profession of Christianity, because and cried quits with the whole family. No woar father would feel annoyed if you Baiwpop wottldhav© Warned him had he left the 1. 9itt^it o boane oi Hatltl to p#fUb. 9itti)it] own hi'arl coDiloitn'.e'l liiin, and lil«t<>ry ^ouM liiivi flxoil a hriitnl iiiion liU iWfir^y. Tv» and |w(>nly yi'aiH of a oli»)iiu<'r*tl mii hivl not blotlcil oiU lilt) focollinition ^f JonivthanV KiK HflorjlioinK Uivo, uriil tliyj jilon, "for •loiialJinn's fako" had jxivver wi^i lij^i sUll (Sratitii'le i« oftvn tUo Bprini,' of frrJ oi-ouh (luedH. Hliuw kiudtiuss to oiio nml Jou hinkrt him by the Rfcl f««'l kindlj to othi-M. Til') h'lrd aiid crufil nwlfchnona of riidi }una odds null to the bittoriio^a ot povptty, • Tl»e (rozun lionrt llnit dooj not thaw a* nit'ht ot human iiiiscry *ill Bond an icy ohill into the heart of the iniscriiMo; and (K>d km*\v8 tluiy do not M«ed that! There \tf onf to whom w*- all owo an I inUnito d(rbt of (;nitititdA and hiv*. l''act) tofaco with death imd Ihu imiihc of nil), Ho Bnt'rificed liiw lif« to savy oi'ip. " (Ireatcr lover 1'tg.li no man than thi^, ilpit ft limn lay down lii« iifo for hie fri< lul^.' But (i(id coniniendeth his love toward ns iu that whiln wo wore yet Hinncni Christ d'un\ lor UH. A Sflotch pr«'acln>r hmi thti follow iti;t circiiraBtanoed con\o under his obnerva- tiou: 'There WBB ft poor \yomaTi in the parish, w]io wa^u about to bo turned out iiommsH Hho could npt pay Lc.r rri>t. Oa«' iii;;lit alio hrard a loud knocking . ot tiu (loi>r, ami h1i»i nmiloflo auBwnr, and continued to ImMo l.erp* if. She waa fri^hfoued afnioat lUTjto dentil, She aaid : "Thnl'tf the olJHjer itf tlio law coino to, throw, mo mit cf my home." A fuw dayi afii-r ft tJImKtiftn phil- •DthropiHt mot her iti thn etroet, and aaid : "My poor woman, where wore you thiiotlH?r nii;ht? I'camo round to your Jioufo topay your ront. Why diiln't you lot mo in, wore you ai home!" "Why" alio replied, "v/as that you?" "Ye.« that was m< ; I euuio to pay your rent." "Why," nhe .siid, "if rhfidJiad any iiloa it wmh you I would Lavo lot you m. I thouf^lit it was an onieer coma tc cast me out of 'joy liome." Oil ! fioul, fliat loud knocking Ht thy jjate to-diiy ia not Iho Sao • riff coihc 1 1 pur. you iu jtil; it is the b-j'it friend you over had coineto go your security. Yon shiver with terror bocauso you thiu]£-it' ia wrath. It is meicy. Keo.liz^ this won- derful h)ve of Clirist, and you will iiuU awlf. denial aud self -burrciuder a poss: bio thing« and but tbe xiataral return of love for love. He 'Whrt 18 born of God and conatrained by YID AND JONA THAN. wboio naui« waa !(ib*. Aud when they had oa'led him unto David, tb«t King Btld unto . • him, art thou Ztbn ? And he laid, thy ler* vant 18 ho. Ami the King laid, I* tb«ro not vet any of the houao o( Haul, that I may show thn kinduoHH of (jod unto him ? And Z.iba said uuti> the Kin^, Jonathan hath yet t Bon, which ii lame on hia feet. And the Kiu){ aaid unto him, Whore ia be? And Ziba^aid U'lto thu KinK. Hdhpld he is In tho huuBo Af Maobir, the Bon of Aramie', ih Lodebar." What on iliustration have w» here of tho pi ovorb'-t-"OurfathurB have eaten 9our Rrapen, and tho chiidreu'ri toeth are aet on edge." Father*, wlioso only ehtail is ^uilt and a cur«u muat nut bo Burpriaed if rovofaeH come upon thoir familio<), and their xjhildron live to execrate, their tnera^ry. The retributions of Pnividonoo are gtorn and ox- ictidf{. That wnjeli i«i oailod in .Scriptaro "tlie bloody hounij of Haul" was brought to rain. A fragmont remai|n8, a mutilut>'d frncmenf, like a nliatiered column of a state- ly palace, once the prido Rfid glory of the iautl/' A lame youth is diBdpvered, the last and only member of the l^onee 0f Sanl iti an,^ senRe worthy of this kitidnesB ^f David. liut tlie fact thai, one was fpund isiuBtrtic- tive. Every boneRt fn(tuiry,1like th^of the text, is sure to meet with already response.. pjRrneHt, willing workers nr^ iiot oashieref} by tho (ireat Master for want of work. The sum (.f human misoty in always eqiuil to tho sum of human ayrapitiliy. There is no sup- eriluity of virtue in iuo Church or in the world. Charity nejHi never run to waate for wart o^u oiVject on which to exercise its power. ''Ho whoi seejcs will find 'ohun- datitopportutiitiis qI doing good. Davicl no sooner put tlw «juostion' than alamo youth wHa diflcovertid who needed and deserved his. uttermo.st kiiidntss. A$ u rule those ob- jects of .«fympatliy whieli are only to bo found wh^n sought ar.o worthier than those whieh obtruaivtly thrust tliemsolvcs lu your way. ''Tiio ))oor yo have fil*aya with. you." " To do,tiiM^'trti>l "io eommuuioate forget not, for with sncli Rierifices Godia well plenied." Y.AcMon in taken. — "Thoa King David acnt, ami fetched him out of thebousouf, i\f achir, the aou-vof Ammiel, in Lo-debar. Now when Mephibosbetb, tbe son of Jona- than, tho aohof Saul, was como nnto David, the l*)vO of Christ ia couscidUB of an inutant hetell on his fiite and did reverence. And enlargement ot sympathy. The beart that has room for Cbrist has room for all whom Gbrist loveit, and its instinctive yearning ory ia — "Are tbere any to wbom I can bbow kindness for Jesus' sake ?" IV. J7/(' questioti it amTpered. — "Aud there vras ol the bouse oT «Saul a servaut my table continually." Davi»l said, JrlephiboBbetb ! And be an- swered. Behold thy servant ! Ad'^' David said dntu him. Fear not: fori will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy fatber's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul tliy father; and tlmti shalt eat brtad at \ V DAVID* ANP JONATHAN. HtM !• flrM an M» of Mlf-dauying Jut- wUHog, purponlng in thu pr our id- npon the guilty. In law, tho patrimony ofidividualdolngH with tho «roria treeominttti. the home of Haul bHd paaiod to David on Uurate with ourdoiiro for iiiforrnation ; toba hia acccHsion to tlio tLrono. Thi« l.',outeth judj^ment, thrtl Hoekoth llu truth, aiid^ I ic ill pardon it." (-fvr. v-.l-, What a view this Kivea one of tho njediative power of poodntBHl I'ow it Btits the heart 10 feel that ti-n righteous would have Baved Sodom, and tliat one would have aavod Jer- uaalom; that "/or their mixe" God would nave 8uapendt'd judgment, and counted the goodnesa of tho tow aa of more wdglit ihiiu . tho wickodnoBs of tiie many. Uood nion ara thoBult of the f-arth, th(h Juaua, even as Mephib >ahetli regained, tbroiirfh Jonathan, all tbitt be bad loafe by bia father Saul. But tbia Uw haa a in/ipfy human A \woinan wboae face waa iineil with angniih tet>p rooted aentimopt of pity. They are Mtrangrra to the poetry of aympntby. They aro plain, profaio men, but buaioesa'doing pbiiantbropiata ; plodding, earneat work'-ra ; going ahoni doing good, in a grand, unRon* and aiu Btood at the bar, oonviote*! of felony, laoitma way, never thinking of toward or and pnt in, aa ii plea for raiUgatian ol ptui |thaiik«, but ailently obeying the workinKa of iabment, the f>iet tbnt her tbrejs aoua had|an inward power. What ia that aecrut but a little While before been alain while power. Out the love of Ohriat which, aeizing fighting for their country, two in tlie Crimea; the heart, haa revolationiaed tneir whole and one in India. The law haa po con- j being, ao that. " for tlio aake of Gbriat," roieqee for auoh a plea, ba| the huniaD!who "thongb Tie waa lioh, for tbetr aakea b«art of the judge could npprc^te ita U.ttt^jHn becamo poor," they will dar« and fndiiro and be abowod kiudneaa to tbj» miserable what uo other force coald iodacs tb«m to woman "for the aiM them. The aaver of a klndneaa or charity. In one caae it may'holy life llveit after death. The body, when ■pring from benevolence ol foelinK. For|duath ia upon it, makea baate to afe eorrnp- there are aome whose ayotem of nervea ia 8o:tion. Wotma destroy it. It mouidera into aqtive, and ao harmoniously attend to tbeidnat. The world ia full of grayeaand sopuU wanta of bnmanity, that every aorrow the>,c-urea, of mortal atrngglea, of bitter partinga, behold reverberatea the more keenly on their OWQ organization, 10 that iBaiiflotively thev haaten to alleviate the pain, the aigbt of wbioh oaoaea them angniah. Or it niaV re- bqH from the awakening ot axiociated feel- ing*. I can imagine a widow in her lonely home, rocking herself to and fro, as she Ua- tena to the raging of tho billows and the nionrnful guat^ of the atorm, dreaming a a wakeful dream of ber only son at aea. A^ vailor comes to her door to ask for altt|i. Seven words tell his sad story—" a f»tQ«r leas boy and a shipwrecked maiiner." There he itandtrTMAlUng by every word and l^ok . the imige of ber own child. Who oate im- agine hia being repalsed in snob an boar of wonder, danger, and love? Nay, for tbough bbr heart by nature waa aelfiah and |ha'd, the thonght of her J«inathau at sen wot Id soften it with pity, and she would ahew kindness to the stranger for Jonathan's sWwn .Or it mny result from the action of remj^i- om principle. Np better proof of the power of relii{ion oan be given than ^hat it substi- tutes benevolence for aelfishneas, and com- pels, by iho inner life, the greedy hand of last looka and accents, of death-bed coun- aels and atifled farewnlla, aa thoagh it wern note a dying chamber and now a pi^oe of burial. Yon dig into the oaverned tonibs of a by-gone age ; the bones of animals and' iho sh<^lls of fish nre there ; but not a It-dce ot tlie bumnu beings who once peopled the globe. The bist&ry of the lower animals is written on the rocks. The -sandstone, the alabaster, and the chalk ^ell ns of th«;*ir strnoture and their babitp. Bat it is not so with imn. Man's history is written in tho day of bis life — not iti the mnrble toinb. in deeda of heroism, self-denial, and beniti- eenoe, which serve, to all who oome after, as an impulse and a motive ; or in tbiS oeai>elesa working of bis brain, putting down the false and the wrong, or building np the true and the right, wbiob shall endure tbrongh nil generations. The best and greatebt men liave often been leaoo tbe cbaraoter of the benefactor. All. benevo- lence, that it should be judioionsly applied, must be baaed upon information aa to the object, and, that it mfcy bring happiness to the giver, must be based on hia love of the object. A gift beatowed without any infor- matioti' about tbe cause, mnat^ only have brought annoyance to the soul 'that gave I do not know what better men can do when a thonaand different persona eome wishing a dollar each for unknown or, at least, uncar- cd for objects, than to say : "No." I have . studied the wants of India or of the sewing girls, and I would rather pour my thonaand dollars along that chanrel of my own infotioiation and feelinc, than to soatler my property and love out upon the four winda." One reason all char- ties ao annoy eacb Qitizen may be found in tbe faofc tbas ht gives .at tbe dictation oi upon (he authority of ioBe oM. ti e le U ef by the light and in the love of his oWn bos' oin. Each man'a heart sprcada over ao many objeota that ita love nowhere ia deep. Home one faid to an P.ngliabman of Ameri* can education, that it waa •' very bro4d," Hnd called fortl) the fear from Ibe Kngliab- man " that aqeh a broad atrcam might be aliallow." I'erhapa each one'e charity, by nnreading over to wide a field, boooniea ao aballow iu thought, and alau weak in ila io* fltienro upon ihe benefactor. Some oh|eotlo the aeorecy of our noble order. But we could not maintain our priu^|^ cipleainvtolahtawitboutthia. The hlstor|w of the -worul'a charity, written from the daya ben tbe Roman and Oreek friends and faniilies were wont to enter into a aolemn compact to atand by eacb other, and by each othet'a children, abonld ' daik days come, tbe history of tbia love, from Ihe story of the poor Bamaiitan to tbe marble asylums hidden among the bills of olJ Home,— this story of Ood'a love, aba- dowing itself in the human spirit, all the way from tlie iir«t century ot human life on . the Olobe to Ihia nio«teenth ceptury of our Lordall show tbe need and importance of tbia Bfc^eoy. But again, many will com- plain that thia Society, and those of a kin- dred nature, have not alwaya wqm and maintained these noble featnrea. Tbe re- ply muet alvaya be that all ideala keep far ahead of the faets. Fiota arei alow, defee- . tive things, as well , aa stubborn tbiugB. Painters, and Sculptors, arilft t>««*» ooMine « the trtte womsii or man^ but the fwal fact al- wara lags far behind. There baB been no Beatrice, no Kvangline, no John Halifax, no St. Louis, no Wafbington. There have been beautiful approacbea to each of these forms of body and aoul; and when the mind neeathese beautiful apiH-oaohea it jumps over the intervening, apace and leavea the actual * ITO* *" the ideal. All human inslitutiona are like these peraon- . al ideas, better in theory than in fact. The Church of Ghriat, or Odd-Fellowship, or anj other institution, in marching through BOBl a world aaoura, must share in tbe general imperfection. Their facta must^ag behind, their theories, just as the real Waabington or tbe real Beatrice moves far b^ind tbe one of the poet, or painter, or biatorian. A stream, leaving itB rooky springs, however clear, beoomea colored by the landii tbrpngb which it must pass. Flowing tbrongb ibe wQcda, its issues stained W deeayinglea^M; flowing tbrongb earthen nelda, where it baa no rocky banka or bed, it beoomea a yellow MiBloqn, to carry ita ataia for tbonsandi of t -'-'A. 8 _ mileii. Govetnni'ont «nd Uteratnre, ami Incguage, and u»-t, and hcncif* pnr Society alio, are dee|>ly eolored by their long BaVIO and JONAtHAK. riow •mid thn RMb of baniBh infiripity It ia time o to a Vntf sednesa above end beyond that of huniarity. In view, Uiereforo, of the ine- hnman eonaitinn, yon will not dare sMKht this gr^at equalizer of religion. That virtue which gave ChriK^t His holu ofand eduoation, >nd b<»ppineB8. Tbey that light and which now enthrones Him in the world's love and worship, is-a virtue of which nio human heart can emnty iti>elf. without leaving the soul Only an empty uru where have ninot share wi|^ those who have not- thi» is a vast law tb^. enters earth's durknesa and makes it radiant in the light. And you will not dare rob yourself of the divino cun- dowers mi^tit have been. The wonderful 'racter which a cbaritablo hfe will bring. thiB atmoepbero, man is deeds charity hfts done for the multitude do not surp>i88 the tnarvcllous transforma^on it baa always marie in thoKo who have done the deeds. Wilberforce not only di'liverod alaves from bondage, but, in the same ins- Educated out of only a brute. "In Faith aud Uop,e the world will disasrce, But all mankind's concern is Charity." V' • '^■ 'i ■»? -.■•> 1 j"" ./ .%'• *l ^ V, '• i; nf %^ '«'■> fc^