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AND WHAT AGREEMENT HATH TllK TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS:-' Perhaps it will help us to render a more .sHtisfaetorv answer lo. these two questions of St. Paul's, if we first study the iiulividtml characters of the Persons and thing's mentioned. Who is Christ ? and who is Belial^? Christ is the eternal Hon ol God ; co-equal with the Father, infinite in holiness, most •gracious,-. loving, merciful, and wise. 'J'iie record of His life un eartli. wineli is attested by all the evidence requisite to establish its historicul truthfulness, reveals a Person clothed with all the attrihMtcs i)f Deity. Was he Omnipotent ? He raised the dead to life. Was He Omniscient? He told men their thoujifhts, before they ulleved^ them. Was He Omnipresent ? He saw Nathaniel midor the ll;»- tree, when His bodily presence was not there. Was He sinless y_ His challenge to sinful men was, " Which of you cniiviiiceth Moi otSIN?" Was he Merciful? Ho had compassion on the starv- ing:, and fed them, ou the sick and healed them. Was he Ijov ii);r ;-'| Hardened Publicans were drawn to Him, and little chihlren delighted in His company. Was He For;ii\ii)ji' h ih^ prayed lui; His murderirs, *' Fath'^r. forgive them."' Was lie Wise ? J; never made a mistake in .Judgment, and never erred in speech nr in deed. Study what part oil His life you choose, you eamiot liiul unything|that is inconsistent wiih His claini lo ije Divitie. Hi life ou earth was a visible expression of all the perfection of the Invisible God. •' He was the brig-htness «>f the Father's m'lory, and' the express image of 11 is person."' i What He was, still He is. T!ie eternal (iod, infinite in holinesi.-^, most gracious, Loving, Merciful, Wise. He has His throne in t!,e| heaven of heavens, but by reason of His (hnnipreseiice. He dwells* in every soul tli«t believes on llim. By His Spirit in men, He or- iginates every holy thought, anil every God-like deed. All good t actions are directly or indirectly traceable to 11 is presence anunig' men. As the Sun is the source of light, and heat, and colour, so Christ is the great central source of all that illuminates man's dark mind, of all that warms his cold heart, and of all that lends beauty^ to human character. , Wherever the name of Jesus is revered, and trusted, and lov|d, human lives are transformed, civilized life becomes elevated, and - national honour and credit are increased*. In line with these bless- ings are a hundred excellent results of a beneficent nature, such as^ a humane fellow feeling for Suffering, and Orphanage, -nd helpless Old age- These assertions can all be proved undeniably true, by a- comparison between countries where the Bible is supreme, and coun- tries where Heathenism or semi-heathenism reigns. Now let us consider the character of Belial. The greek word used in the ormi- •flt?- ft "%' r wiTir m TiiK answer lo. individtml nal 8on ol fjrracioiis,^ t)j. wljicli historiciil ribntcfl {)f ile. Was ly u I teredo n* the li^^ J siiilesH y_ iicetli Moj I he starv- L()\ ii)pr i*'! chihlren raved Ini: se ? Jle. speech Ml miot liiu i!ie. II >ii of tilt florv, and' i holiness, le in t!.e [e dwells^ I, He 01- All I jiood f ■e among' oloiir, 80 Ill's dark s beauty id lov|d, ted, and. se blefis- , such as ^ helple.8>s L'ue, by a - nd coun- V let us lie orisi- i-i»- nnl is BELl Ali, which word requires m) explanation, and I am so| that the translators did not print the name ju.«t as it stands in •^reek testament. BELIAK, is the title that I'anl jrave to the dej and he was repeating? just what the Saviour said of him. " He a Murderer from the bt^f^inning", and alioie not in the truth, becai there is Motruth in him. When he speaketh a lie. he speaketh his own : for he is a IjIAIJ and the father of il. Th's feature of 11 ehttracter, he manifested in the (iarden of Eden, wluVn he deceivj the woman with a falsuhood ; and it is still the leading" element all his plans and seductions to ruin men. This Ik'liar tempted Christ to do evil in the wilderness; inHj enred the Pharisees to kill Him : he decoyed Judas Iseariot to b tray Him : he sedueed Peter to deny I Mm ; he jiersuaded the disd pies to desert Him : he snared Ananias and Sii})phirfi to lie unto GihI he urg'ed Herod the (iieat to murder the infants in liethlehem to lif the Infant »lesus ; he allured Herod Antipas lo belieatcis not excepted. H scruples at nothinu" that will help him to accoiiiplisli the ruinofnu and the filiing- of hell. \o man is too good, and no relation in too sacred, but he will u.se them if be can. even thoug-h murd^ must be committed lo win his point. A wicked W(uic, a diabolic* plot, a J'^'ench Kevolution that shall make streets rivers (d' blood a massacre of half a million Hugenots ; atlord IV'liarand his I'alle angels great cause for rejoicing". For therobv they ])erpetuat(j the: hate to (tod, ai.d wreak veng^eance on the Lord's taitliful proplt After that brief g:lance at the characters of Ciirist and flelial, ask everv man and woman here, vea I will ask every soul in thi| town, '• VVflAT CONCORD HATH CHPtLST VVITH JU:LrAL 'r Where is ihe man that^n discern the least similarity in thoug:ht word, or deed ? One IH|ng of Heaven, and the other Prince o| Hell. One delights in amng" men, the other delig"hts in damning them. One is ever surrounding us with influences that invite us tc do rig^ht, and the other is ever compassing" us with inducements tc do wrong. I' (Jhrist in llio way to Heaven, tlie TRUTH oi' liotl, and tin: LU^'K of the soul, whereas Belial is the way to liell, tlie embodi- i nn'iit o! sin, and tlie death of the soul. C'hrist loves men, is Mer- cifjil U) them, and wept over their wickedness ; Helial hates men, is eruel 1o tliem, and rejoices in their iniquity. Christ exhibits the natural beauty of holiness, and reveals the nativi; u«j;liness of sin to men. lielial misrepresents holiness as a misery-making- thin*,'', and throws an artificial gilt over sin, and tells men tliat ancient lie, that sill n-akes them happy, (^hrist is gathering: souls into His Church by a multitud': of wayn, ans womiiJi out of deg:radation, and purifies the atmosphere of Legislative halls and Judicial benches, as is the ca.se with (ireat Rri- tiiin. The other sinks nations into the lowest forms of Immorality ; lieiirades woman, makin:.;" her a mere toy and slave to uum's lusts; and makes the will of a Tyrant the law of the people, as is the cas;' with Turkey. Christ is ever striving' to keep his people pure, v.lioUy gi\eii u;) to the great work' of savmg' .s(»uls, of beneficent worlvs among the ])oor, and degraded, and suHering. Jielial is ever trving" to corrupt the p.'ople oftiiid, to draw their minds off the gi'at win-k of the Master'.^, to urge their attendance at the theatre, the dame, ami the Card tabK>. Me strives with all his mig'ht to g:et the 'IMieulre into ihe Church, and to get the Church into the Thea- tre For he knows that it he can get the Theatre into the Church, thf Church's Spirit mil Power will be gone, and she will become a Xurserv lor the I'heatre, and if he can get the Church into the The- tttre. h'' kr.ows that immorality will have a glamour of respectabil- itv thrown over it that will most efVectivelv; allure the unwarv and • ' • I 11 * *' mexperienced on to eternal doom. lam not repeating what I have read in novels, nor am 1 a mere echo of some one else's experience ; I speak that I do know and tes- tify of what I have seen. I am not an old man, but [ have had a good deal of personal acquaintance with this RJCLIAR, and can say with Paul, '* We are not ignorant of his devices.'' I have known Ciirist ior several years, and caji say wijh that great Apostle '' I know Whom I have believed.'' Now I. ask you again, men and women, \)ld and young ; }ou who have intelligence and common .sense perception, after a very limited comparison of these two persons, *'\VHAT COXCORl) HATH CHRIST WITH REIJAI.:^" I will venture to anticipate your decision, when I say, that I do not believe there is a single Father or Mother in this town, who is hon- est "A child cisioi it Til and till' ; eiubocJi- 1, is Mer- ttes men, libit.s tile of will to in},^ and . lie, tlint s Cliurcii id die ve- il Is illld JMllifrd iiijr theyj villi tlit^ irtli niay-^ ^ ol'cter- il purity, pliere of reat IJri- lorality ; '.* liLsts ; i is the o pure, sneficent is ever off the theatre, it to g-et le Thea- Church, ecome a he The- lectabil- ary and a mere i md tes- iiad a L'an say known itlo "I est with tlieir Consfienee, wlio regards the moral welfare of their children, and who is willing- U> abide by the i'«)n»eqnenee8 of the de- cision, but what they will say, "TIIKUK IS NO roNOOIll) liKTVVEKN IJELIAL.' CJIUIST AND Then it is settled that Christ and llelial, are in every particular as opposite as the Poles, as ditliercntas White and lilack, and as unlike in characters and purposes as iieaven is unlike hell. That they are the headships of two dif'erent dominions, in which are two distinct classes of people, that are in continual warfare with each other, and will be to the end of time. Now let us consider th(> Second text, •' WHAT AiiUKKMENT HATH THE TK.MI'LK OF (U/l) WITH H)OLS.?" I think the best way to pursue this question, unto a right and satisfactory answer, is to adopt the same metho«l we did in the study of the first question. So let us first tind out WHAT IS THE TEMPLE OF (JOD. Does this Temp!.' consist of a number of buildings consecrati-d to sjicred purpose.s ': is it true that any one denomination can say. '* Wo are the Temple ot (lod r'' No, and why ? Because the Temple of (itxi, is nt>l a hie-.irchy, nor an Epis- copacy, nor a Presbytery, nor a Conference, nor an Independency, but it consists of all those who have been saved by Christ, in what- ever l)ody they may l)e, as Paul saith iii the same verse, in which he asks this question. Spcjikinu" to tjie Corinthian Christiuns In; savs. •YE APE THE TE.MI^I.E (>F THE EIVIN(J (rOI): as(Jod hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them : and I will be their (iod, and they shall be My people." It is not dead stones, nor «lenominational limitailons, that consti- tutes this Temple of God, l)ut the souls liedeemed by the Plood of Christ ; souls regenerated and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and who have vowed eternal !'J!egriance io the Son of (Jod, as King" ot kings, and Ijord of lords. The Apostle Peter uses the .same figure to .set forth the character of true believers. '* Ve al.«o as lively stones, are built up a Spiritual House, an holy I'riesthood, to otter up .spiri- tual sacrifices, acceptable to s, 80 much bewitched by her, that they have nctually pnd'erred her artful and ha^'^nivd old countenance, before the allo«:elher lovely far-u of the iiord .iesua Christ. Danc^iny is a wealthy idol, upon which the world heaps some of its most aristocratic honors. The (^arfl- ^ table, the Billiard and Pool room, the Trtrnival, the (Jircus, the Haco- couvse, are all IDOLS, because they lead men away from the true (iod, to worship frods made by man> hands. Now the question of the Apostle is, "WHAT AGKKKMFAT IIATU THK TKMPr.K OF (JOI) WITH IDOLS r" This question can be answered intellijiently and satisfactorily if we consider the Purposes and Desi;jfn3 and Ends lor which this Spir- itual Ttiupie, and the World's Idols were created, (lod says of his peo])le, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them " Why? That lie miould ho so ahominab'y dirrnpt, that the ■ Almijihty ^vould destroy man fv:hter.s reached Zoar. .Jesus said to His Disciples also, " Ye are tl'.e li<;^ht of tlio worll." Spiritual darkness, the result ol JL'lial's work, surrounds nil the unsaved. Christians Jiave received the Light of heaven into their souls, and are to let their lijiht so shine before men, that they soe- inji" their g"ood works, willi^lorify their Father which is in heaven Christians are commanded to be blameless and iiarmloss, the sons ot God, without rebuke, in the midst of a croo1»ed and pervers.^ natio-i, amonj*- whom thev are to Shine, as liiihtsiii the world, holdinufortii the word of Life. They are. columanded to present their bodies a liviii::- sacrilics, holy, acceptable unto God, yieldinir their mem hers as instruments ot righteousness ; thev are commanded to have compassion on the perishing, making- a difference : and others save with fear, pullini; them out of the fire ; hating even the|«rment spotted bv the flesh. They are commanded to do good untP all men, especially to those who are of the household of faith. In thtt Avonderful prayer for His disciples, Jesus said of thosy who form this Temple ot God, " 1 pray not that Thoir fihouldest taU froi woi be Tin less ed r sou lol, yi'ii 11 ir»». The I with Its iap« loiil iinpr.dunt . fiiniilios, 'erred lier >ve1v fiifo on which 'heCar-'l- ^ tlie Hftco- thn U'Wii lotoiily if this 8j>i!- Kivs of liis s'? That eir li\ea. read and lira, a rc- roHus savH ChrisfiaMs MijinUiiid ! akoii out that the 18 Ho do- into the and his worl'i." s nil tho I to their illfV soo- heaveii sons o\ ■} Prtlion, iiur forth sacnlic^, nmi«nls on the pullini; lie flesh. to those n of thos3 pouldest take theiu out of tho world, but that Thou shouldeat keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even m I am not of tho world." Christians then are saved, that they may rave others, or bo instruments in God'^ hands, of leading souls to the Saviour. They are to feed thfe hun^'rv ; clothe the naked : to visit the father- less and widows iT> their atHiction, and to keep themselves unspott- ed from the world. This is the sublime mission of that j^reat company of Redeemed souls, called by Paul, the " TEMIM.E OF GOI)." Now let us consider the* purposes and ends of the " IDOLS, " we have before enumerated. The Saloon exists for the sole purpose of makin{^ money, and blood-npiiey at that. Its proprietors are as a class, the lowest minded men in creation, being in numerous cases ex-convicts They are the Murderers of husbands and sons, deiiant of law, and when law gains the upper hand, they will murder B?en d Minister, when he stands in the -way of their infamous business. TiiRt Brcwtr's pistol, which in July If'HO, flred a bullet it^to-the brain of the Kev. (leorge C. H.iddock of Iowa, is a true translation of the foul policy, that actuates the liquor vendors in" their soul-de- stroying trade. This idol having hundreds of millions of rconey in his cotters, can and does buy up tho votes in Legislative halls, thus corrupting the nations roprosent.^,tives, and soiling the national hon- our. He bribes vot'-rs at the ballot box, and sends a current ol hellish power through every community, where he caii get liquor into the plnce. He delights to make ho;nys wretched, children orphans, and send men hurlin;; into iternity, drowned in the fire- water of tho distillery. Thj liUnatic Asylum receives a large num- ber of his victims, and the Jails would be comparatively empty, were it not for his dark worlc of destruction. Every Theatre is built to make money. Th.ose who build thea- tres are n.ner God-fearing spiritu illy mr.idcd people. Those who own theatres, and thoa- who carry out theatric il perfoi mancer, aie generaVy rae;i of sor lid mi 'ids. A Public IlaU, and an Op^raBojse built with foot-lights, with space above for folding upcurtains, with spaces at the sides for shifting scenery, with robing rooma tor actors, and private entrances into those robing rooms, and on to the stage, without going into tho Auditorium, nro entirely and undeniably TWO different phices. VVhoaver built a Theatre for the Public welfare Y Whoever built an Opera House to purify the morals of the rising Youth ? Every iran who builds an Opera House, with .all the facilities for theperfor.i.ance of tragedies, farces,drania8,knowR that thost? who play parts in them are as a rule impure, immoral and shameless characters. And he becomes an ally with them, in the curse which they leave in every town they visit, by his havinor provided a housa with all tho arrangenisnts tor theatrical perform- ances. Is not that Logical ? Men of intelligence, judge ye what I say. V/hen a converted Actor was passing a theatre iu Brooklyn. New York, in company with Dr. Cuyler, he said, "BEHIND m* 8 TWOSE CURTAINS i.IEis SOJX)M." And with such an ftbund- anc« of evidencf^ that the *' Tlieatrc as it in'* is such a demoralizing power among tociety, where is tiie man who says it is not a minin- ter's work to fijrht this devil of the nineteenth centurv I' If Minis- ters do not wage warlarc ngainst this idol-p»wer, WlIO WILL? Some people take oflence wlien we oppose thjs abomination, as if we were nghting men. No, we are not fighting MEN, hnt the DEVIL, this DKLTAU wlio iisen the tlieatro ns one of the infernal Hgoncies to rum muIh. One Minister said at onr meeting on the liith of this month, that the propriett)r8 of the New Opera Houso were going to lie very careful as to what kind of performances ohal! take pltu'e in the New theatro. Well, you all know that nothing hut the scum of the American S'.ajlte, ever comes to Yarmouth. And if t'le l'ropriotor.s ol the new theatr.^ .select only high-class tleatricals to apjK^ar before their foot-lights, the probability is, that the robing roomn will never bt; used, for tiie rapid transformation of Actors. If thoMu same Proprietors, are willing to lose all the rent- als (ff tmvelling tln-atrical companies, because the moral tone of their plays are not up to a high standard of momlity, then they have departf'd Irom the traditions of their elders. And have assumed an attitude of self-sacrifice for the public weal, that is remarkably exceptionnl in the long list of Stage Proprietors. And if the Owner of Uyersoii*M Hall, be not a christian man, he will be very glad to receive all such rentals, so willingly sacrificed by the high-minded officials owning the New Opera House. But \ while lam in Yarmouth, I sliall warn the people and especially the | Young People, that theatricals of a high or low type, are opposed to man's highest interest, are a:) obstruction of the ^eviVs to the pro- gress of the Gospel, and are .demoralizing in their eflects on human characters. What shall we say of the rest of these IDOLS? "Some oi yon know by painful experience that Ace (.'ards, Imve kept many Vroni yielding to Christ, (lamos with thesi bits of oardboard, have brought men into association with some of the vilest of ohamc- ters, who have fleeced them nf their money, and allured them to freoiient gambling dens. If all Ministers would fire some bullets of Truth at this card-board Idol, and thus get him out of the churches, one great hindrance to the Salvation of Souls would be removed. But while professing Christaus bow before his shrine, who can wonder at the fewness of conversions in our midst. Now for that old Idol, the DANCE. ' What is the secret of her power. I will tell you what I think. Nearly every man is desir^ ous that his daugbtev, (if he have one) should learn to play a Musical Instrument. The Piano is generally selected, as being the ntost popular, and *of easy access. This young candidate for mu- sical honours, is of course a Sunday School Scholar, and has had her mind imbued with sacred thoughts, and sacred music. Her new music teacher takes her through the Intervals, Clefts, Scales and when she comes to '* playing a piece," it is the *' Fashion" almost 9 invariably for the ti^acher to select a piece of '' WALTZ " mui«ir. Ad the pnpil Advances, hauler '"WaLTZRS" are preM*ribed, and expensive ones too. And 1>v the time the pupil is out ot her teaeh- er*H hands, she can play nearlv any, and probably every piece ot '• DANCIE" Music, that is dapced to, at any of the" l^ancinj? Parties/' This training in scarcely anything but ** Dance Music,'' is used very zealously by Belial, to imbue her mind with a passionate desire to excel all others in dashing off a waltz. As she has had her ear educated to the sharp and rapid music of the Waltz, it is only natural, that she should desire to use her feet to the same exhila- mtiug sounds. Dance music exercises a sort of inebriation, over the spint of those who are continually under the sound of th^ Waltx, until some vouiig pecfple are so fascinated by this wine of Appollo, that they may be rightly called " DAI^CE DRUNK- .\UI)S. " II girls never learned to play Dance Music, in nine jiaiia or.t of every tun of the present number of " Dance Drunk- ards." they would never have had the desire to dance. This use of waltzes by Music Teachers, is the greatest feeder of the danco, and it is used by Uelial as the most effective snare in con- nection with dancing. And until it is abolished from the courses of musical instruction, our young people will always be led into temptation. Let not Music Teachers think hard of me, for making these remarks, as they have no reference to their profession, which is a most honourable one and almost as old as the Bible, but 1 say these things in the interest of the rising Youth and desire only to protect them from the first principles of the pernicious dance. [c is a fact,' that can be endorsed bv many here, that when a Yonng Lady is asked to play a piece for the entertainment of a few friends, almost invariably, the first notes that flow from the piano are those of a Waltz ; and that is generally some old stable piece, that every young girl has strummed from time immemorial, until some of us are heartily sick of hearing them. Whereas if you open a hymn book, and ask' one to play Irene or Magdalena or Ewing, there is not one. in twenty ot the present pianists, that can play one of them through without making mistakes in the time, or the emphases, or in making their touches of the keys harmonize with the spirit of t!ie words, to which the music is set. I have been V>ained again, and agaih by the incompetency ot young ladies to piny a grand old tun"* of easred music in fine style. And have been displeased by the fact that nearly all can dash ofi a Waltz, with ease and grace. What a result for all the money spent on their musical education? Christian fathers and mothers, 1 beseech you to open your eyes to the secret strength of the dance. It very largely lies in your power, either to remedy tl^ evil, or to perpetuate it. I am per- suaded that ther^ are musiAeachers, willing to exclude all Waltz and Operatic music from their lesson» to your daughter if you request it. And if you kindly and earnestly point out to your daugh- ter, how such music leads into temptation, to which many have 10 yielded and been ruined ; and at the same time prove by raferenee to examp!e8 that 8acred music elevates the mind, is associated witli the most sublime thingfs in this world and in that whicii is to come, I am persuaded that she will not turn a deaf ear to your advice. And moreover your work of trainin«2f her in the Avay ot truth, and winninji^ her admiration of all that is pure and holy, will be g-reatly facilitated ; and you will have the comlortin«r knowledge tliat you have struck a mow at this "Dance-idol," that will hasten his demolition. I cannot ot course expect the meidbers of other churches, to give heed to my teaching on this point of great importance, but I do look for the hearty co-operation of the members of my own church in helping to remove one of the most insidious and dangerous obstacles which unintentionally is placed between the young soul and Christ, and most effectively used by Belial for their ruin. Therefore I plead with you, to commit to the flames to-morrow morning (and it would not be sacrilege to do it to-night) every sheet of dance music in your home. Then shall I, and then will you, find it very much easier to save our rising youth from the snares of the evil one in this direction, and we shall fii:d it less difficult to win them to Jesus. I trust that when I next visit your home, you will tell me that you have cleared out every relic of ink and paper, that belongs to this old '• Dance-idol." The renowned Petrarch says, '* The dance is the spur of lust, a circle in which the devil himself is the centre." And here is the substance of a letter from a woman of great ability and strength of mind, of unblemished character and national reputation, written in response to a request for her opinion on daneing. When in her teens, she was taught that it was right to dance ; her parents danced, her friends danced, and she was permitted, In dancing she was brought into contact with those who were unworthy and impure, and gradually her mind became corrupted, although before the dance, she was innocent of any ot the corrupting associations of the ball room. Illustrating afresh that old Scripture Proverb, '• Evil communications corrupt good manners." The passion for dnncing, was fed by reading Romantic Novels, until the reticence, characteristic of a pure young Girl, was ex- changed for a boldness that robbed her of all her lady-like graces. Thus her carnal nature, whicli is enmity against (.Jod became painfully developed ; her mind became a cage of evil birds ; and her mental faculties lost their brightness and ability to pursue her School studies. All this robbery of her womanhood, coupled with nervous prostration that threatened to undermine her physical constitution with perpetual weakness, was the natural result of dancing. All this was going on, and the same painful and de- grading experiences she found to be shared by all her School com- panions but one, while no one said to her, " You do wrong." For- tunately she was saved just jn time, to re-begin a nobler life, by a kind hand that was stretched o»l to save. And she neyer recalls J 1 ! 1 J I 11 tho-^etlaysof danger,without feelings of honor at the awful end that iiii^ht have overtalien her. 8hb closes her letter bv saying, '* iMavried now, with home and (Uiildren around me, I ran at least thank God for the experience whio'.i will assuredly bo tlie means of preventing my little daugh- ters from indulging in any such dangerous pleasure." Mothers and ifathers of young daughters, the remedy is in your hands NOW, and woe be to your gray hairs, if you neglect to n8t» it; for it -will s«.on be beyond your yower to atl'ect either your daughter's desires or her destiny. For she is growing up into womanhood, and soon her habits and her deeds will assume a per- manence that will be almost as hard to change as the spots on the leopard's back. Therefore ere the die is cast, I beg of you use your efforts in the direction I have pjeaded for, and no regrets can possibly follow in their wake. While sleepless nights, and sonow- filled days may succeed your neglect of duty. I appeal also to Music Teachers, especially those who are Chris- tians, to join ud in this crusade against this idol of the worldly, and the giddy and the gay. You kn(nv that there is a wide range of choice music, clean and pure, that will serve all the purposes of tuition, without the use of dance music. And I beg you to initiate our girls into the spirit and grandeur of tho.«e sublime tunes, tbct have borne many a bean's thought aloft, when wedded to holy words in the Sanctuary of the Lord. You will thereby be render- ing a dou4)le service to God and humanity ; for yov: will link the girl's mind to associations with heavenly realities, and you will be fitting her for usefulness in the House of the Ijord. And her future home shall have in it, one that fill the atmosphere with the elevating influences that always belong to sacreci song. You can do as much as any, to save our girls from being imbued with a pre-disposition to join their giddy and godless seniors in the 'social party-dance, and in the Public Ball Room. The remaining idols deserve full and honest exposure, but as the limits of a sermon are already exceeded, I must postpone dealing w ith them in detail till another occasion. Now that I have laid before vou the true characters of" THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND IDOLS" I ask vou the question that Paul put to the Corinthian Christians, " WHAT AGREEMENT HATH THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS '-" Who will dare to say there is any ? What agreement is there between the living church of Jesus Chi'ist, and the dead Idol-temples of Belial y Between these two, there is none ; there NEV ER WAS, and there NEVER AVILL BE ANY- Worldly-minded professors of religion, sometimes ssek alliance w ith the idolators who bow at shrines of Belial, but their conduct only proves them BASTARDS and not SONS of the Lord God Al- mighty. In every denomination there are some who got into the church, J. E. the earthly organization, without being converted to God ; and when these go back into the world, true, they bring re- 12 pvoach on the All-Saor*»d Name, hut tliey prove true, words written over eighteen hinulred years ago of the same ela?s of counterfeit eiiriiitians. See 1 John, 2. 11). '* Tliey went out Irom us hut they were not of uh; lor if they ha