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For the Ed if /cation, Ex/iortatiorij and
Comfort of the Lambs and^heep
of Christ's Flojk.
Edited by Benj. c. Greenman.
nnke^J'rr,J^Lr'!^°'^-^'^'''P^^'"^' ^ ^J^^" °ot want. He
W. BLATCHLEY,
St. Constant STREh-i,
MONTREAL.
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WatmofQutetnesi.J
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"a little while."
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t««H.rrr;fi^t-/-^^^^^^^
THE WALK TO EMIVIAUS.
Wark XV.. 12. 13; LuKK X.X.V. 13-35.)
1 neir converse ion infcnf e^ ^ wans,
\vh..,. 1- , intent ior speed; and oft
" Tin,- ; f ^^^^^^^> and their urgent plea
Bay IS far spent, abide with us," prevailed
The lamp is lighted o'er the simple board
And there is silence for a space; but To '
ihe Slranger takes the bread and blesses it
And breaks; and like a dream the veiUs rent
Fain had ^^Mi^f^rf::::^^^^^
C ung to Him as of old; it may nlfb'
His place IS empty, but His love is there
A calm, abiding Presence in their hearS
Jesus, Saviour, hear our cry. We too
Are weary travellers on life's rou<rrmth'
^ome, Lord, to m, and let us walk with tL..
fV.thoueallestuatntuttrS'^E H B
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Id
THE GOSPEL OF OUR SALVATION.
" How can we be quite sure that we are saved V
Beloved reader, as we are exhorted in God's word to " bo
ready always to give an answer to every man that asketli you
a reason oi tho hope that is in you with meekness and fear,"
(1 Pet. iii. 15), let us each enquire what answer does that
blessed Word provide us with, that so, dependent ui)on
God's Holy Spirit, we may do as He has bidden us.
" I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower,
and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what
I shall anmer when I am reproved (argued with)," wan the
language of God's prophet of old, and how soon could he
say, " And the Lord answered me, etc." Hab. ii. 1, 2. Sure-
ly if we too but seek it in earnest, to us it will be granted also.
First, let us note, in a few passages in (.iod's word, that
salvation can be had by us, known and enjoyed in present
certainty to our souls, and then enquire how is this rich
possession reached — this blessed knowledge attained unto.
'*' We ARE saved, etc." Rom. viii. 24.
" Unto us which are saved, etc." 1 Cor. i, 18.
" By which also ye are saved, etc." 1 Cor. xv. 2.
■{ " In them that are saved, etc." 2 Cor. ii. 15.
" By grace ye are saved, etc." Eph. ii. 5, 8.
" Who HATH saved us, etc." 2 Tim. i. 9.
." He saved us, etc." Titus iii. 5.
Here, plainly enough, the /act of God's salvation is set
before us, and that, too, not merely as a thing to be had in
the future, but reached alreadtj — the present, assured, cer-
tain and happy possession of it.
Now then may we see how this blessedness is reached :
" I am no*; ashamed of the gospel op Christ :
for it is the power of God unto salvation
to every one that believeth," Rom i. 16.
" The fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ, xv 29.
"It pleased God by the foolishness oi preaching to save
them that believe." 1 Cor. ii. 2.
" I declare unto you the gohpbl
" which I preached unto you,
Wi.ich Siso ye uuve received,
" and wherein ye stand,
" by which also ye are saved,
'' IP ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
" UNLESS ye have believed in vain.
For I delivered unto you, that which I also received,
3
How tlmt Christ died ioxourams^
Thn Q^„ fn , T (.500 Brethren, ) Paul.
< ministration of righteoumess,
L where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is lihertv " iii 6 17
co»c*7ecZ to God." 2 Cor v fs-^O ^^''^''^ « ^^^^^i' *« ^« ^«-
"Mm;,^«r.ti</*,^;nnV,b;the*hearingof/mV/i''Gal iii 5
The gospel op your salvation." Eph i 16
since the day ye \ \^^^^^ ^f it. -^ '
to them that send unto tbee." Prov Tvii 17
Lord, to whom shall we gj » Thou haat'the '
WORDS OF ETERKAI, LIFE
and we believe and are sorb that. Thou art tW rh^.t .1,
S» If '1>« Hviug Goa." John vi., 68°?9 ""' ""^
it,I;*^;tJre''rurru^,fr„z°''r^'^'^"»-^
Ihy sins and infquitiee will I remember no more "
sIt:^,:L«l-f\l*« P/7 of '---own^Staas the
•me, I will honor » " »7 J portion— them that honor
in Hinr" ' ^**'^ *'^ ^" * W *^at put their !fr^;
B. C. G.
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ADDRESSES ON SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS-I.
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f the spirit,
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Gal, iii. 5.
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orth fruit,
"Col.i. 5.
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TRUTH
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C. G.
SIMON PETER.
(John xxi ; 1 Peter ii. 25.)
The subject-matter of our chapter avo have in the last
verse read : " Ye were as sheep (toing astraif ; but are now
returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls." We
shall consider, first, what it, is for the beloved people of God
io stray; next, what ca ?<<<«« us to stray ; then, how/«;- wo
may go astray ; further, what is yielded to bring us back
from straying; and, finally, what lesnom wo aro to leaiu
from straying. In John xxi, U we read, " This is now the
third time that Jesus shewed Himself to His discifiles after
w'"*' ?® Y''^^ '"i^^o <"''om the dead." I think we may assume
that if the disciples long ago needed Jesus to come three
times to set their hearts fully at rest, that so it is now. The
Lord Jesus, after redemption had been wrought out— after
the whole question of sin had been settled on the cross-
came thrice to establish the hearts of His beloved people in
the knowledge of what He had done for them. His two
previous appearings to the disciples after His resurrection
are recorded in John xx., the first in the nineteenth verse,
and the second in the twenty-sixth and following verses'.
First of all, after the Saviour had died for us on the cross.
He comes Himself to announce the fruits for Him and for
us of that wonderful fact of redemption He does not leave
us to infer what belongs to us. H. v,..nt8 our hearts to
know what God sees in it, and us to see it with Him. First
of all, He announces Himself to the weeping Mary ; her
heart of love was rewarded well : she got the first sight of
the risen Saviour— the first declaration of what Chrislianity
really is, because her heart loved Him most. lie said to her,
"Go to my brethren and say unto them, " I tiscend unto iny
father, and your Father ; and to my God, and your God "
John XX. 17. What is that but taking them by the hand
and leading them to the ground on which He stood in resur-
rection ? Where His holy feet stood, where th« new song
was first in His mouth, as risen from the dead, there He
brings all His beloved people. The discioles were then «bnt,
up in an upper chamber at Jerusalem, their hearts sad and
despondent ; searching the sepulchre they could find only
His grave-clothes. How many disciples are occupied at that
business still! Jesus stands in their midst and shows them
m His wounded hands and feet, and pierced side, what it
J
crW Him to work out that wuurlerful ro.len.ptiou which wa8
ti«iith. Hi8 strength was dried up like a potsherd oto "
O^t'Trlr '^" ''"•'";;'•" '"'"' ''"-'^ '"-'^' ^^^ u.t irl
cost hiist,7>.uf« 18 thoirs-two fold peace, peace in rohv
meu. Look a it. " Peace bo unto you," saith the Saviour
Thou they could say what they never could before, 'mS"
Futher,"--audM this was the fruits of redemption! " What
God has ^o.«a/ together let us not put asunder." He fas
wedded Jesus' ;>/«.. of wondrous gmce and blessin", and
JemH'path with its tears of sorrow and self-den ."flthe
will given up to God wholly and entirely-andle us not
sever them. How much have we learned it so ^
?/ i r"l J^^f *°J°"' ^'^ ^"^^ '"'« t'^« I^°>-d taught 11
^v / ,,^"V"'i^'" "^"' "Sain. " Peace be unto you," "As
my Jather hadi sent me, even so 8end I you." John xx 21
This points to tlie narrow path in which He had walked
It ^r^y^ Jesus' heart was this, " Lo, I comrtrdo
{y^^lh God." Heb X. 9. So we have put together
S ; •' r" ^tV ^^' P^^^«°«« °^ tl^« Father, and His
in U n. ""fr^ ^^i '"1 ?^°^ °"*- See a picture of th L
m the case of Joseph and his brethren. His father calls
bXJ ti^r" to enquire after the welfare of you
breth en ,^thus, the one distinguished by the " coat of manv
doiTof'^f Sh"' ''';;" '' ^•V^*^«^« ^^..-became the
doer of his father s m?Z,-can-ied with him the very thin-
ha would cal out the enmity of his brethren ; so are we
sent out with the marks of a Father's love bestowed upon
us--" accepted in the Beloved"-our coat of many coufrs
and the more we wear this coat-walk in the enjoyment of
our calling of God on high"-the more shall we find tha
the world hates the Son of God. The second thing then
|Mhat the Lord Jesus Christ having thus sought t^o eZ
ish the hearts of His people as to their place, breathes on
f,t?\'vf^/'^.'' " ^rt' y^ *^« ^'^y Ghlt;"' as one riseS
from the dead as the Head of the new creation. He empow^
ers them to take every step that He sets before them in the
path He calls them to walk m. Thomas is mis8ing-.the one
spi ^'n'^'^ abo.. the other Apostles for his uWuev^
spirit ilu must tnrust his hand into the Lord's side before
he will believe. But stouter citadels than Thoma^' heart
have been won for Christ. Does the Saviour iTThatH*
will pass him by, and leave him to his misery? No
1 wliich waa
9 soul uuto
sherd, olc."
a wondrous
Jco iu rola-
ith amongst
ho Saviour,
iro, "Abba,
m " What
" He has
588ing, and
enial, — the
let us not
80 ? Dear
I taught us
you," "As
•lin XX. 21.
id walked,
ome to do
it together
r, and His
ure of this
ather calls
ather says,
'e of your
it of many
ecame the
ery thing
so are we
wed upon
ly colors ;
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find that
ng, then,
t to estab-
eathea on
one risen
3 erapow-
01 in the
—the one
believing
ie before
as' heart
that He
ry? No.
WlIKIlKVKU \VK MAY LI , THKUK Gol) WILL MKF.T LS. .Swcolcst
truth iu Scri|>tur(!! \\\>. nmy ho trying to disentangle a
niaflH of tlimidrt in tin* tunghsi' \vt>b of life, we had bettor
give it up to a liand that can pick out. the knots aud make
all smooth and jilain i'ur us. If wo want njoro than the
knowledge of redemption as to j>lace aud j>ulh, then the
blessed Lord Jesus will cuuie and appear on purpose to meet
t/iig, because He lives to set His people's hearts at peace.
Are any of us like Tlonias / IVIial shall we do? Let the
Saviour take the matter in hand. " Do Thou for me, O God
the Lord, fur Thy name's sake : b'jcause Thy mercy is good,
deliver Thou me." Ptsalm cix, 21. He will como aud olfjr
joy to u.s otir own way, aud thcni will we be constrained to
say, " Lord, we would rather have it Thy way," and He
will give it to us to the full. " SafixJicU with favor, full
with the blessing of the Lord."
The (junpel of Juhu ends with the twentieth chapter. But
just as we put a postscript at the bottom of a letter, God has
put a postscript here. There are twenty chipt'irs for poor
sinners, aud oue following iu case His children might need it.
Twenty chapters to make us acquainted with the blessed
"Saviour of the lost." We might think that we did not
need anything else, but we do— we need the " Shepherd and
liishop of our souls." We need Him to restore us if wo go
astray, and we need Him to pick us up if we fall. Such is
our Lord Jesus in John xxi. Chap, xx., 31, tells us the
Divine o/yVc/ of the gospel of John. "These are written
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ;
and that believing, ye might have U/e through His name."
Is there anyone that is not sure that he knowN the Son of
God 1 let him read these twenty chapters. Beloved fiiends,
why should we be without this knowledge, when it is there
for ml This gospel is, so to speak, God's letter of introduc-
tion to His Sou. In 1 John v., 13, we read, " These things
have I written unto you that believe on the name of the fc-'on
of God ; that ye may know that ye have eternal life '' Thus
twenty chapters were written that I might know my Saviour,
tod five (1 John) that I may know what I have in Him.
Like the servant who introduces you after you have run"
the door-bell, leaves you to the master of the house, so this
gospel ushers you into the presence of our Lord, and leaves
you with Him, to enjoy Himself:' " Aj'ter these things,"
(John xxi., 1.) — after ^;eac«, after />ott?er, after assurance,
one more look at Christ, oue more sight of '• our Lord and
8*viour." What is this,—" after these things Jesus shewed
Jent, impetuous, inerous to wt' /^^^'^^^^ i" trouble, ar-
loved, and who Io°ve,r?L Next Tl''"' ' "^f '^''' '^"^"^
podes of Simon Peter cool' pfi'T,^'''''"^"' ^^^^ ^^^y anti-
^eigha well eve.y .stop he t4e; P A"' "'"' ^'easoning, he
too. So sometimes with ^4; a ^ ^' °''^. °^ ^'^^ ^^''^'^k
christian, his heart -e coTi,H '^'fyS^'^S exemplary
slips along from dav ?od.v I T^ '"'''°''^' knows it. He
from the Lord .ndVet a 1 the Trl ''^^ '^''' ^' ^^ ^-'4
ing. "gray haik here^ancfn 1 „T 't^' ^' '''^- ^""^ ^««^'«-
it not." Are there any h^lT'' ^'""' '"^^^ ^« J<°ovveth
Nathaniel. Surely /.r^er.tr'vr'" '"r^"'^^ ^^^^*'
in whom is no nJle " jCuTh T'~i ^° ^^''-lelite indeed
islikeachristi/n vho trusts if ' '^ /^' '^'^^^ ^°°- He
the honey of nature for hf « J'eV^Tt-^^'^ '^°^ '"'^t'-^kes
he slips away, often imne cenHhK i . '^''^^^'; "^■''^^«- Thus
fully, from the Lord He t?i^ I- ^ i ^^^^t "one the less sorrow-
80 mnch praying as other peonl. a''" ff^ '^°^» ^^^hout
ple,-they winder from cS n\ "^".l^''^' ^^"^^^^^ P«o-
they and we least know it rt' '"1 ^^^^/^««der when
2ebedee,-."sons omunder ' '''' ^'"''^ *^« ^^^ ^^ns of
to back for the vindic tion of ^W "q ''•'*'''' «^«°^'«g ^•'^^k
fire from heaven as EH s » but 7 J ^'''^T'' ^'^^^^ *" "«^"
t^ay say, " I am noti ke Pet* no? T^^"' '°°- ^°"^« ^°«
nor these sons of Zebedee '' P, f ''"^'''?' °°^ Nathaniel,
wawerf disciples —DPvhnT.^ ,.. ''^™'?°° ^^^^"^ are two m?j-
.-..m discipfes present oSt^rn'""^' ^" *^^^'^- ^here were
is a perfect numbe /o >^e oh ''''''' '"'^ *^'« ^° Scripture
somewhere. Thev werHn . It ^^P^esented among them
gether to go awa;U? CW P^fer' f^^ ' "^^« ^" ^<^-
mighthavehad, if instead nfkf . * ^'"PP^ time they
Thomas, " The Lord h'stt^^ntfh ^T^'l^^ ^' ^^^ '^^^ ^o
for Him." Then they would If i ^P'"* ^''*' ^^* "« ^^«^"^
come and look them up Ind ll W . T f'''^'^ ^^'"«* *«
merias. It is not easy Twlf t? ^''^ ?''' *^« ««" of
tested by th .,e f^ylays.'ir^ C'-"^^ *^'^"- *° ^«
iiig.- «o with ourselvpq Wo7>^f V-. '^ 'lounawant-
neighbors of things -.troublltha?-? ^'^'i 1^° ^^^ *«» «»r
better to have feft wS God T 1''°"^^.^''' ^^^^ "^"«h
P-chi.gthegospel,^llfe1ften^ ^^ aSsTl^?
" call
I
anybody had got anything,— just liko the little girl who has
sowed seed, going out every morning to see if it is growing
and thus preventing it. Then we are sometimes troubled
by something that some one has done, about which we would
like to see them more troubled. We have urayed about it,
confessed it as our own «iu, ])ut the evil, apparently, has not
been remedied. The Lord does not do things fast enou^di
for us. How tlie forty days test us ! Here they tested the
fideJitji of the disciples to Christ. What does Peter say ?
" I (10 a jUhiiuir Was there anything morally loromi 'in
that? No. But Christ had called him fr- n fish in^, com-
manded him to "/eaw his nets and fu.. Him and He
would make him -AjUltei- of men." Peter going back to his
hshing then is a picture of you and mo going back to what
God has saved us out of— something of the icorhl which
" Christ gave Himself to deliver us from " Do not we " 'tq
a fishing?" In what way i/ou do, I leave to yourselves and
the Spirit of God working in your souls to decide, and seek
for myself the same. How unlike was Peter at this time to
the dear servant, Paul, who had '' suffered the loss of all
things " for Christ, and said of them, " I have counted, and
do count them, but dung that 1 may win Christ!" He
had stepped into the counting-house, and he never stenned
out ^^
Now what? What have we ever gained by our failure^
Let the Bible tell us. " They ivent forth, . and that night
they caught nothing ' Sometimes when a Christian is
following his own way, everything seems to go on swim-
mingly for a time. " When the south wind blew softlij,
supposing they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence ,' '.
not long after, there arose a tempest,' Acts xxvii. Do we
not take pleasing circumstances sometimes as an indication
that God is with us 1 But mark! When Moses had all the
glories of Pharoah's court around him, he stepped out of
these pleasing circumstances to the brick kilns of Egypt and
•' to suffer affliction with the people of God." Daniel also
was holding an important office in the court of a kin"
What does he do ? " He jjurposed in his heart that he
would not defile himself with the king's meat or wine,
Jiext. he p-rui/s. There is no way to hold to his purpose
but to pray, and he stood to this " purpose of heart to cleave
unto the Lord," even to the "den of lions." Every thin^
has seemed sometimes to open up most auspiciously when
we have been following our own way, but, ixs well we know
girding on our harness" is not "putting it off" in victory'
We may have a veritable tempest anrl P.^ v,
to our hearts, " Fear not, for f am wiflfn ""'^\"'' '^^^^^
niayed;" and a^ain eve ytl in/f i, j *'"',' ^« "^^^ ^^'^
not with, us, leavin- us to w^,/ . noonday, and God
selves. Thus they ?«. L w J i .'"'.u''*^ '^^^^^^ ^O'' onv-
nofkiy." „,3 it'^norot ^bei so vitS'"'°'^.''«^«^"°h'
been following our own way T AuZ\ '' ""''"" ^'« ^^^^
'^'y^^, toil, and «o//..^.<,T^^darknei ' n r' ^"°"'° ^'"^^ ^'^^^
recompense. How oftPn T 1,0 I ^"^ weariness and no
This is thedark Wklroundofl.f"; °" '^'' '''^ "^^-l^-'
'««r«/«v was now come jKsnf '*"?■ ^^""^ ^^^'^^ the
W^A. is that on the shor^Tr. '''^ V' ^'^"••^•" (^«'-^« 4.)
darkness? The Lord Z^t'uhJ.n^Th''" ''"^f^' *^^«
going away from Him in 1 TT , They were all night
them. His whole hrrt wo in? T/'^' ""''^^^ Soins after
Surely He had heard theJ-h mtere.ted in getting them back.
-yin J, " Thou £t Sse7 mrfndT"'"^ ']f '^P'"''"'
a bullock unaccustomedr the vok. / '''?u '^^^'^^'^ as
shall be turnPd," (Jer VxJ]r( £"" ^^'^'^ "^•^' ''^^ I
they are with Him a^ain ^' ' ^' ''"^°^ ''««'- »»^til
her^o^dau7htr ''SdLl"hf ^f f. '' T''^" —ring
her character-her name c^!;! ^'Vi'' ^'' ^^^^^^^'^^^ ^^^^
mother's only reso?re .t^ if rod tiT"'"" ^°"^- ^he
writing-she could only pray a^^^i ?7' "''^^ °^ "««
she could bear it no longer and?f :'^«/'d pray. At last
and searched hither and fh'fH.-- " * '' '^''^''"^ ^'^y'
she had her photo, raph tilt 'V''' ^' "" ^"^^ ^^^^-^rce
cards these wLs of a mothtl I "^ .7.'?' ""^ *^« ^'^''^ ^^^ the
She asked permiss on wh^^b '' ^^^•''''•^' ^^^^^ '^'^^ ^•''■'^•"
in houses of iTl fame' H«r T' ?r'''*' *^ l'"^ *h«'" "P
them, and God turned bp. •^'^"^.^t^'' strayed into one of
looked at it until shelaw tb^'' 'f r\' photograph. She
exclaimed, C God Zl '""""^l ^ ^'"° mentioned, and
will go ba^k t7he?a4fn " 'TdT^ 'T' "^ ''^^^ ' *^^^ '
I say she was received bv a bv„ th f.S^' ""'"V^ "^'^ ""''^
not in vain ? And is it L\M *^1*^",^ nought her, and
Does He not say to is " I Hn 1 ' ^.*?'* '^'^"^ '^^^^ ^'^ «« ?
I will surely have i, " tZT'^^^ T'"''"' '''"' ''^'■
derer. He has onlvfnt. ''\'^''** *'^'*'<^ the wan-
arms of W ^f?^i'. ^^rsJ""'^' ^°' '« "^'^ ^« '- '^^
clean breast of it; as" pe^pre say. ^^. T^akTwiti't'" T'^' .^
He will receive us irraciouslv «n^ u u ^ ""''*''* *°d
the calves of our lipa" (^atj)*'''* '' '^"" ^« "^^^^er Him
It
'^ U8, saying
be not dis
y, and God
ien for our-
they caught
en we have
Bn has been
ess and no
)ad myself!
It when the
" (verse 4.)
hroug}) the
i"e all night
foing after
them back.
1 Ephraira,
astised, as
me, and I
rest until
'ecovering
ation. lost
one. The
s no use
At last
itaut city,
' resource
ot of the
fiee 6till."
them up
one of
)h. She
ued, and
? then I
■nd need
fier, and
i to U8 ?
hfie still.
tie wan-
e in the
make a
rda and
er Him
like the Lord asking us. What did you get bv wanderin^^
from me ? d,d you "prosper in the fvay T No, Lord, vve
reply, and that word puts us back into the enjovment of His
^Z\ rT\l ^''- A vestige of blessing or real joy
lllL "T » '". 'iP ""^ ''^'^ ^°' Lord. The disciples
find vn„ f Jr' *'''° "l^l^ -''''^ ''""y' ^"^'^ H« ^^iH «oon
wor/ fl, f v'S^r- ^J;''^ ^'^'""S of theirs was no easy
which He says it is easy, and my burden Z/V//*/." fhev did
Tl-^f^i ^Ji^^'^'i^^ "«t again-they had' only o«e~but
Jesus tells them the very spot to cast it. Xow- it is filled
with a multitude of fishes, and yet it does not break. Not
even, thread for Him - invest our all in devotedness to
mm Happy thing for us when we fish along with Christ'
Let us now eave the rest of the disciples, and look at one
of them spocially-Simon Peter. The 11th, 15th. 16th and
nJnnnlT'^r?-""*'^/ ^" '^^ remainder of the chapter, are
brought him where he is. He had "gone a fishing," not
l.A^ '^ ! Pt^'"''f^ ''''^y' ^"* ^^«o '"^ ^ "^oral one. The Lord
had said to him long before, I have something to tell you.
Sa^n wante to get you into his sieve. But Peter was not
plfii l!^ ^ V -^^PPy '' *^« ™^" that /eareth always !"
devH" In ^' r°.¥* " *^^ ''''^^' <^he flesh and the
hZ .f '!^SMmded. The Lord's heart yearned over
him, and said Oh,- that Peter know his own heart! Peter
bosoVnf ^°°^„*^' '^ H^"^ "^^ ^^^"^ " J^'^^i^g on the
bosom of Jesus," he must be riddled in Satan's sieve until
all IS gone except the little that Christ has put there-
thatZlfpr';. ^: i? l^"^'^ *^°"* "°t^l ^^« J'^^-dly knows
that he 18 Christ s at all, but not " the least gi-ain of the pure
whea shall fall to the ground " Do not^fear the reLlt
Christian, if you do get into Satan's sieve, though fear surely
as to getting into it. If you go in, you will come out, and
you will come out with all that was ever in you of pure
wheat ^ The chaff only will be winno.ved out. When^S.'
lioodea aisciphne is accomplished, Satan cannot shake ano-
therstroke The Lord will take you out, and restore you
oj His grace. *'
Soon as sorrow's work i?
'Tis He who sends relief.
.ne.
8
^^'^:^^'z:^^^^';:i^ '-'• .^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^>-^'
Lord luxd said to him in d I. .''''" ^"^ *° ^'^''^^h-" The
son-owful, oven unto dtl>'LV7 ^^^^^ ^ ^«^*^^*««' " ^ '-^'n
you come and watch and wLeoviJh'' H'^'f ^'^"' ^ ^'^" ^^^
They went to sleep threeSs a/T' /a '"' Jid they do?
"What! could ye uotZlchTith^ '^ ^1' ''"-^^ *° ^^^^^
the 6e.-if He can of thp.n f """ .'',"^ '^^'"'^" He says
awake, but they coudnot%^^ ''"" ? ^''^^ '' ^'''^^^ '^^P
^-"^./Vith me^ r y te,7pSio?^'"^ "^^^ ^^^^« --
°"ivh'/rr;^ -t aiiprxv^^ "^^- '-'' - ^^^-
TheL:M:;rLi,;::^;:;;^:-XT^^^'^^^^ ^«•^^^^•
forward to " witness 'good ^Lron^bf"^"p■r'''«^
"answered not a word insomnph ?. . .t^'^ ^'^'''^^' ^""^
veiled greatly." Peter ^oe in S o^' ^"^^'''^' "'=^^-
curses. It vvas a si ppeCxo.d fc ll'S'f "'"^ ''-^^^ ^^^^^ ^°d
If we do not take oKt I ' n fu'"' 7u' 'r^^^^^Son.
of the Lord which is cl a, dTp^^; '^' i!'^*"^ ^ ea,_.f,.,,
soon have cause to fear ^ettvl'^ ^ """ f^'^-'^^ will
watched, ;iy,#. when he sho, 1 1 hT n^"" '' '"'^"^'^ ^ave
when he sl/ould hav Ifessed h m' folf ""^Z f'"''' ^^rist
when he should have been Hn««^ I'^x;*'-^ ''"""•"'«/«'• ^/
turned and looked on IW This W Z''"- ^^' ^"'^
pluuation. It meant, " tru "t mp P«f "^^'l °"^ «««d ex-
learned that you cannot trust ySself.''"' "^^'^ ^^^ ^ave
" (fo^" srj^: d^'i^r tri:;:^^^ ^ v--^
you, etc.;" and further n, , tTT ^ ^® ^'^^^^ before
" The Lot'd is risen ini;ed and h.?f^''""° ?''' '' ^^'-■
;■ He was seen of Cephas,'' Mark xvi'TTl '' ^?'"°^''
1 Cor. XV. 5. Then the vn,.;n, ■ . * '' ^"^® ^xiv. 37,
already, in comjan; wiSh oZT ZhT'"' ^^ ^^^« ^^^^^^^^d
out! Christ's 4nL;_' ,;;^^^^ ^« «een through-
Now aiier this fish n^ scene on ?'<f °^ ?*«^'« ^o^^I-
Lord says to Petet f mus" settle thif' ^.r^'^^"^^' *h«
eays," Simon, sou of JonSTovSin ™^"'' ^°^- He
Peter replies. You C^I W °^ "?' "T ^^^^ ^^'«^« ^"
Lord used a strong word for ovr! ffT ^^^ ^°"- The
one. In the end! the W.5 t?J ^.^l.^^^^r uses a weaker
even that'/ At last, when" probed thri« T ' "^^ ^'"^ "^^
says in effect, Nobody would tink that T 'i''' .°^''' ^'''''
down underneath all this, you know tha? n ""'"^ ^"'^ ^ ^"<^
not that all that we can say^r treltV tl, K£, ^l
i
told the T^rd
death." The
•bedee, " I am
YOU, I will let
t did they do?
says to Peter,
f"^" He says
to have kept
^ou have co«-
left me alto-
:in8 io fight.
jhter," going
Pilate, and
•vernor niar-
ith oaths and
•avoUingon.
fear—" fear
i"— we will
ihould have
mies Christ
'sus afar off
The Lord
>t need ex-
you have
tie women,
eth before
3t to him,
Simon."
xxiv. 37,
>^e noticed
1 through-
' — inter-
ns soul,
'srias, the
ow. He
n these V
HI. The
a weaker
you say
>r, Peter
cu; but
still. Is
iren, we
have had enough to convince us that we do not love the Lord
ZZi \^'''' ?^^^ '^''^'''^ ^^ """ <l'''t ^ve love hmtm
so tar wdl He go in restoring grace after us, to bnn" us back
cJZT" H''"%T^r' ^*>"" ^'""'d like to know W you
can walk wdhout faJhng. The Lord says to Pet.-r - Vmilv
verily I say unto thee. When thou wast youn' tl'ou St
IhaUhe power of Christ may re,t x,fol ml." " Whm am
weak then I am glroag " (2 Cor. xii !) 101 Tf „V i^
strength like Simon Peter, but let us give ourselves ur to
ie we a?e itl; 1°' ''rJ'. ''?i"'' '" ""at, hut ».i and
hZLZl^^-^T" *" ™''""'' '' '"''■'' "" c^tourselves in
I shTw:""""' "" ""'""•-" ""'■' "'"" "'« w. -t
eves on"r,»„" sTn'Z-r P»">r-" ^■"'' ""'' y°"'
;ng,andhe « aWsSh d 'of •the'^'ScrFat T"
«e says, leave John to Me, your business is to follow Mej
10
"Follow thou Me," (vovsq '>'?^ H^,.. fi • • i
-e shall at last hea iTrn s;wto l^^n^^^^'l '^""'^' ""^
>// of thy Lord " Tho r nnf I ^°V'', ^^'^^ ^"*" ^ho
us from ioiiK ; fi.l, n" T ""P."' "°^'' ^'^^^^ day-keop
from Hi„f An In. v°~'** "' *''"" ^*«^"»' ^"^'"^^l «way
Himface^totcV' f i '^^^^^^^ r^'^" ""t" ^ve "L
likeness." ' ^ "'"^''^^'^ "^''«" ^^« avvako in His
B.C G
"For »his we're pressing onwanl still
An.1 in Uiis hope weld be '
More sul.jecl to the Falher-s will •
iien now much more like Thee'"
JESUS IS OUR^SHEPHERO.
Jesus is our Shepherd, wiping every tear,
I< ded m His bosom, what have we to fear »
Only let us follow whither He doth lead
To the thirsty desert, or the dewy mead.'
Jesus is our Shepherd, may we know ilis voice -
Even when He chidefh, tender is His tone •
None but He shall guide us: we are His ul'one.
Jesus is our Shepherd ; for the sheep He bled.
Every lamb is sprinkled with the blood He shed
Then on each He setteth His own secret si^n
They that have my Spirit-these. saith He.'"; mine.
Jesus is our Shepherd : guarded by His arm,
Though the wolves may raven, none can do us harm
If we tread death's valley, dark with f..ZZ!^^l"' '
We will fear no ev.l, victors o'er the to^b '
ouglit home to
mother Chris-
'• I may lot
low Me until
08S. What a
» accomplish-
w Jesus, and
thou into the
It day — keep
turned away
Jesius onlif "
Jtil wo " see
wake in His
d.
mine.
fiarm
CSi,
Shepherd Calls.] •, « - »,
1 tliCaflet-No. 1.
" THE COMPASS AT HIGH MAST."
Crossing the ocean you have noticed, perhaps, three coni-
pasees, one " fore " another " aft," and a third ''at high mast!"
«Pefk>ng to the quarter-master as to the need for all these
to ^ f / ^'''r^i' '°^'r -^"^^'^^^"^^ ^^^^''^g ■•' purpose,aro not
to bo wholhj rehed on, because of their being surrounded bv
• 'loLTf ? "^^tals which diverted the needle from its true
action of turning to the polo. The third, however. < aloft '
bvlf^r. \T\i^'l '" *^ ^'^^ ''' '"^'^'^y^ ^^P«»d "P0° *"d
by It regulate the two lower ones—it bein^ far above the
range of counter influences." ° ^^
For the people of God, how significant the lesson-much
we have that will serve to help us on our heavenward jour
ney in the mt»e.<r// of those who amongst us may answer to
the fore compass, an,l much also in the fellowship of
others who may come m m the " aft" one, but to steer an even,
steady course, such as God would have His people, we must
apply It further: How dear to us often are those whom
wnnlJ'J "' '"^ ?'' T'''^ *'^'' °"^ ^^«««'°g' a^d while He
would have us value them "highly in love%r their work^s
itl\r ^'%T^' "'" '• " ^^°^« ^^^™ ^^^^ow, consider-
IpLwi . A *''^'' conversation : Jesm Christ, the same
A^o^^ v.-i^'^'T' ^«^^n«d I'y theloweronestolook aloft.
tfX,^ 7i r '' "^^^.^ *'"^y P^'"* o^ tl>« confession of our
laitn J believe m the communion of saints," yet dear as it
niay also be to U8,at will not serve to steer our course by
Pvnr,,!^"!*"? ^'"^J'^"^ the heavenward course to ;ail to
Uypru8--the place of nature's ties and home attachments.
reaukL !f/ ''''.u '^'*?'" '^"^ ^« ^^^ o^Jy t^^« unfailing
mfst W? °'^' Ef *^7"y ^*^'" ' "^^ ^'ke the compass at the
masthead, so is He for us at the right hand of God " As
we^a;^,^.^ Christ Jesus the Lord," so are we to 'W^
fl r/u^^*,*^ *" ^y Him-set Him alway before our
faces, and thus shall we "find Him at our right^hands" tSat
we 'may not he moved " Whoever then w"e may be ri^h
m "receivin"' wifli all r,ia^^^„„ .. — ».- v m • ^ "° : » ,.
thflra ic >>„+ ?> 1" ■ 6'"^ ••-""' w^ to hold m reputation,''
where 'mIii\*? '^J^^f m, -the Lord Himself ; and even
broken o ,r ?Tf \^''^- f ^^'" "^^^ ^' merAxpted and
broken, our fellowship with Him may still abide. B.C.G.
HAVE YOU NOTHING TO GIVE p
wiS^r Jc;il;:f ^- I'jnosoH.. of .uch hu„.„
tion. Ho kno^v uotE of" sw-' ""'/'? ^'o'Ht of revela-
limuy camo to hour him°hoconM ,"'" ^^'"' ""^^ t^'ough
tl.03o truths which he ].Suf ? " ^/ ^'''^' '"^ ^'^'^"^^'"rs
which caunot "ivo dv n^ „ »^ ""^"''*' *='"' discover and
Yet ho W.VS JoJ'ed a'fl f, ^r^f ''''^ ''^P« ^^ ^t.;!;'
It was their practice, fro „,e to f'''"r^ by hi« disciples,
some token of their af "c on 1 i *° JT'^""* f'>"» ^^ith
prompted them to ,ive to l'^ v^rL^'^l^lt'^^^' >!■',"" ^°-
It IS recorded t'<at m. ^., "^ ■ ^^ ''"'^"' abi tv.
Plulosophor wereUlrtin'fiu-nr/'^ ^^-'I^^- '^this
ouo an,ong the rest hold back IJ . T" ''''^"""S'^' ^ut
>ema,n silent, his eyes filledu-i h I "" ^'^'""'^' "° ^^uger
self at the feet of hi n/alter he ovH '''' '?^ ^^'^'^^^'^g ^^^1-
aiid destitute, I have buf ' ^ hi "tf '""""'' '.' ^ «'" «« Poor
^^^^:iii:::::^^^ ^^r -ds of this poor
"ght to your service? Yo,J:l^\^;\''>de^
poorly remember or love flim u '• i''*"^'' •>'«" '"•■^y but
earthly teacher. So tj/" V /f/^^'^'^f^y «»'-passes any
of heavens cannot contlin so / "•' S'^'^^ness, the heaved
i^elf; 80 full of wkd7>rthxt u '^ ^^"^ "«« i8 iove"
that He is the FriendT J^VllZTr ^S'' \ ^ ^'•««'"-«*
^OMT hear His words Ion' a^o to r "^ ^'1 ^^««'P^««-
thing to this heavenly friend as flfrf T" '?' «'^«" ^ny-
Have you ever said, L the Whenl I'^^fr x^^ y^""- ^«^^« ?
I can give you : it L myS/ to stl '^' A^^^'« ^''« thing
"^ydays." May it be inCd^me T ^°" *^ remainder of
who " oflfered ken^elvT^yfmZif "J f °^ *^^^ ^^^S ago
unto the Lord." Judg^ v 2 A p"^ ^^?.^.g^^« ^A«/«.e/^e.
"ThP r„ , ^- A J, 2 Cor. vm 5; (Adapted),
And all His gracious merov o,»«
Tender Graiw.)
I
[Leaflet— No. 2.
EP
t":h Immnn
t of rovela-
nifl though
!* followers
s'cover, and
or eternity.
* disciples,
t him with .
their Jove
bility.
'los of this
"ings, but
no louger
^ving him-
'n 80 poor
''K'/xel/, to
this poor
^nd has a
'»!iy but
isses any
B heaven
is love"
yraciom
pies,
itten for
Id if r
en any-
r love?
8 thing
ader of
ng ago
tiselvea
tpted).
GOD'S SALVATION.
Exodus xii.-xvii
Thern are thrco diflVront c]am'.H of ChriHtinns .soon here.
f rn!:, vl '"' Q tl""' ^""^'' -'"''""'""t. 2. Those delivered
troin Kgyj.t. 3. Those crossing the desert
You have not yet started toward heaven if you have not
owned yourself a poor lost sinner, for that is the very fir,(
pom we have here. "The Hlood of the T^ml," or the
"judgment of God" was the tale told in Egypt
Many thank r,o<l, know the truth of this, and are able
to say, l,o,ng now jn.tlfioA by His Blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through Hin," Rom. v. 9. But another point
Cro8s.no TiiK liRD Sea. After being saveJ by the Bloo.l of
the slain lamb from judgment, now they are in danger of the
foe wlm ,s pursuing them . Here they are completely delivered.
1 Trmting m thv Hlood; 2. Senm, the sahmtion of God
Are there not some of you here that really trusted in
«Z- '/i T; ^^^holo host of things-lusts and pas-
8ion8_"tho hosts of the Egyptians," following upon our
covered all the Egyptians, so we learn that Christ's death
has covered over not only all our sins, but ourselves as well
—all we find within us. Just here they failed, and it is
where we do too. Don't we often feel ashamed o ourselves
?retHn! """a ^""^ "^'^ ' ^^"^^^ ^'^'''^ circumstance sets u
fretting and niurmuring as though God did not love us at
will llV •' *° S"'* "™ ^°^ ^«'' <^ircumstances, m
fnr T?^ heart too and gives us the privilege of witnessing
for riim into the bargain Next in order comes
.. MARAH and ELIM.
stan^eslnrn^'f ^i'^'^'J-l*.^! Pn'°° through bitter circum-
he ITei T^i *" °"^ ^^'f ^^ ^^^"^ *° «^««t«° ^^'^' then
stoD there tI ' ) '-' P^'''"°* circumstances, but not to
Chriiirb. ^^ ^r^* "3'^* *° °^* their /oJ^ from God.
that hi' i, IP J^'^'-^^d to get your food from God yet?
nWf^f !-?*?,'"°J° ^^'^ ^°'^d to satisfy vour soul-
plenty to satisfy the flesh-then that God has snm«tbfno f^r
imVS"'' !5l^* ^J"' *° ^'^^■'^'^^^ ""P So we haveTo pick
up Chnst, and the place we find Him is the Word of God -and
hen we need reminding that the time c' gathering was
''earlp in the morning." « Suffer the wore exhortation "
You may be saved-delivered-not in bitter circum Jnce's,
m
get up in the morniug and S ,^n ?? '"'""° ''' ^^^ ^'^ "ot
find if you don't mak? it tl.rfitt h.W H""", ^^" ^'^1
«ure to make it the last, and ha ?? *''*^ ^"y- ^^^ »«•«
Before the sun ^ets un „,Uhn "'^"^^ '"^"°« ^^^ «t all.
S«ncea,8ee thatVou"fot "it^r.^T "r^ ^''" '^^^ ^o'""
His Word, heann^g Hifvoic: "it "' A tL^T'V"'' ^^'^^
REPHiDiM, or IS TUP L ^ f'irther,
Thoy actually douSd th" '\T 'rT ^'^ ^
were forgiven, i»ved on of Lyi bn' 'l^i ^^"'^^ '^'y
among then, or not. " Then cST'a 7^''^?^' ^°^ ^««
Ismel." When Christians doub fhat fh '"/ ^^^^'^^ ^'^^
along with them in their n«H. Vk 1 ? . ^^""^^ is goin«
up, Directly the ey s get f £e tt'. "/ '''•««^'^«^' ^"^ ««?
«aying, " Is the Lo.(l amon° us or ^ t^^P'^'*^ ^'^ ^''^'^
sense of the Lor.l's presence'a d ol r^^' '""/^ ^« ^o«« the
coming, it will bring yoTdownsoZv/hT' '^'''' ^ ^"'^^^^
to do or say something that wiUd.slnn .t* ^r°" '^'" ^ «"re
shame on Him and ^ou bret '„ ' A' f^°''^' '"^ ''"^S
IS to turn away to th^Lord a'once wL ^?'^ *^'°«' ^^en,
up on the mountain ton and thl ' 1 .?•'' ^"'"'^ ^'^^^ ^oses
His Spirit in you, like Jo hua ^^^^^^^^ "°^l the power of
tian cannot live in sin, but nia^S / °.^«»"«0'ae. A Chris-
the very lowest sins i he dTes {0 i" ? 1' "°1 ^'^ S^t into
The flesh is sure to get the Ste^of 7b«Vr*i^ '^'^^ ^^d.
put it down; but if you look ,n to u?^ f'oht if you try and
you, you will find power over Sefle^r ""'^V P^««*^">g ^^r
In the 16th Psalm we^et a m.n , I' '''',^^ ^^ overamer.
on God-the Lord Zlfl^r S^^' 't?'^ ^^^ ^'« ^^^
and keep down the fleshlkeen down ^ ^^^ *° ^^'k
that rises up within us, ?s founfi herrL^hT"!"""^' «°^ *»
and Joshua. The Lord help u dear rhH f •'''°'' °^ ^°«««
murmurers or complainers ^ "f« f Christians, not to be
"I will never leave' thee nor forske tW '^ ^°" «^'''«^-"
us what we need. The beat «pVZ ^®- ^^ will give
//t;.._to be happv in the L^rd 'p ""1 ''° P'"*'"^^ '« hy our
believe we have'^om^tS^g'^'^^h wha? rh""' "^""^^^«"
when before the judgment-seat to 1 ^°°°"'' ^^ ^i» be
was converted througli seeint iur ct 'T' ?■''' '^«''« 'hat
here because I used "t. wS 1' 9"«^^° ^^^es. "j ^^^
I could not help seein'^ von h^/^ ^^° "^^''^ near you;
I had not." ItU't^^long Worrw.'°! l^ ^'^^ y^^'^^
If He does not come before mo/nin^ Z^^^ ^Tl' ^ ^"«^« '
of manna early, for the journey of fhelv ^"' '^' T' ^'*
•^ ' J. D.
Wfttorg of Quietno.xs.l
[liCaftot-No. 2.
THE HARVEST HOME.
That bot}, he (hat ,owoth and he that roapeth may rodobo together."
From Oio far-off fields of earthly toil
A Koodly host thoy corao, '
And Homiils of music are on the air
Tis tlio Ronj,' of the Harvest Home '
Tiic wcariuofls and the woopin",
Tlio (larkiioss lias all passed by,'
Aud ii glorious ami has risen—
Tho sun of ctcrailj.
We've s«en those faces in days of yo^^
w hen the dust was on their brow
And the scalding tear upon their cheek->
Let us look at the laborers now'
Wo think of iite life-long sorrow
And tho wilderness days of care,
Wo try to trace the tear-drops,
Bat no scars of grief are there.'
There's a mystery of soul-chasten'd iov
Lit up with sunlight hues,
Like morning flowers most beautiful
When ^vet with midnight duos^
There are depths of earnest meaning
In each true nnd trustful gaze,
Telling of woudrons le°9ons
Learnt in their pilgrim days.
And a conscious confidence of bliss
Ihat shall never again ramove
All the taith and hope of journeying yeani
Gather'd up in that look of love.
Ihe long -waiting days are over :
Ihey ve received their wages now •
ior they've gazed upon their Master,
And Uis name is on their brow.
They've seen the safely garner'd sheaves,
And the song has been passing sweet
J^ hich welcomed the last in^coming one
LJxi'l doun ill tneir Saviour's feet. '
Oh! well does His heart reir mber.
As those notes of praise sweep by.
The yearning plaintive music
Vt earth's sadder minstrelsy.
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i
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And well does He know each chequor'd tale,
Allthe lights and shadows tluit crossed their path
in the distant pil;,'riiu laud.
The heart's unbroken anguish,
The bitter sighs and tears,
The long long hours of watching,
The changeful hopes and fears. "
One had clirab'd the rugged niountain-side—
Iwas a bleak and wintry day,
The tempest had scittorVl his precious seed.
And he wept as he turn'd away.
But a stranger-hand had watered
That seed on a distant shore,
And the labourers now are meotino-
Who had never met before. , "
And one— he had toiled amid burning sands
Wnen the scorching sun was hi^^h
He had grasp'd the plough with°a'fevor'd hand.
And then laid him down to die.
But another, and yet another.
Had filled that deserted field,'
Nor vainly the seed they scattered
Where a b/othor's care had till'd.
Some with eager step went boldly fo"th
Broad casting o'er the land, '
Some water'd the scarcely budding blade
VV ith a tender, gentle hau i.
There's one, her young life was blighted
By the withering touch of woe,
Her days were sad and weary,
And she never went forth to sow.
T^it thtre rose from her lonely couch of pain
c\h ery nl. pleading prayer ;
r>. r. )f%ihi on many a radiant'brow,
/.r I. .iote reads tH oiiawer there :
iTeisi sjwflrn and reanapg .,„ nseetiag—
A rejoicing host they come I
Will you join that echoing chorus ?
Tis the song of the Harvest Homo I
d Uih,
their path
ide —
9od,
mds
i hand.
im
A JEWISH RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN BESSARABIA.
.aS ti;;r[.^:Sowi;n ^zii "-^^^^^^^^ •« ^ ^-^-
culture of hr^ peon o T) " , m"'\"°" ^^' '*"'* *« ^'*«« the
forcibly brought bcforn fh„ ^^'^.'V*''« ^'»'«» newspaper so
of by Abraham, Mose? ;nd D^v H f V^ ^'^'"^ 'P^'^^"
whom tlie JrwH hav^T nxn • ^ ' ^°'" *^'« crucifixion of
land made des^ a e T js T'' '''' ^»«derer8. and their
RabiDowit^ was not nrn n f i^ '"'Pression on the mind of
nu-ssionaries but ont ely : tb«^7°^ 'f "'^^^ °^ 'Christian
it carried nlii^^wUh .'t Vt^« ^/°'''°/'l''""^''*"°««•^' ««d
I'opo for the people's -eturn S T^^^ ^'^'°« ^^^^ <^^« o^'^
acknowledgmlnto ueh facts In bT^ "^'"^^-^ ^^ '^«'^
moment thinking, of ininJn^/v, 7?i. • '• "^"y* '"'^^^O"* for a
tism a nlnn T.f?" • J°^°'^g the Christian Church bv ban-
hes in the hands of nni. i . !v> t .7 *° *^® ^^'^ '««f^
'■ndeed, that tie centre of , ^^Ij^^ J\^V«-" I* niay be said,
'^0 . oL. Jesus oTbrot^r-'^Se^^r^? "'' ^^'^^^^ ^°
Pioved, as a matter of fact to nna ^^u""'''^ ^°'<^« ^*^«
tion among his persecut.d I? f «««««« ««ch powers of attrac-
awakenedlhe heS of allin tJ''°v^^'* ^^f^ ^^^« ""t o^ly
residence-but of nianv al r Kischmew-his own place of
More than 2;' flrs^^n^ J^Xlf ''"""^'^-
under the title of " Th^ tm !- J°i^®^ ^n one communion
Congregation "and by som n?T^ '^'T\^''' '^««*'»™«°t
celebrated aJoordL toTi'f ^"" *^^ ^^' ^^^over was
Kabinowitz^ ^ ^'^"'^^ expressly drawn up by
In orrlnr fn in.io*^i_
Singular ffiovemeiirof thn' W- 1!"^'?*^'^ *'^*^ "*'"'« o^ t^is
'«««-f .hf,o'?h A^Sf KSeSrilrot^i."""-
Lord punished them\v h t^ niS of'! ^T'' '^^ '^'^
they apposed Je^us rim\ .n i ^ i ""^ '^''^' '^^''^P' «« that
preLtr; Brby heir utS?^U°"^^ ^^"^'^ *h«
of God, the rirr^^ottZirfS'irVK ° f ''™,'
Isaac and Jar^ih will <„i,„ .:^ ""' ^'^'^''^'-"ore, Abraham,
branches whlTAavLn torn i;,.^-^''." "'' '^^^ ^^1^^^^^* ^^e'
a place m the leading journal of the day. ^
I am, sij-, your obedient servant,
p- 7 ^ ,, J- H. TiTCOMB,
£Wio^ Coadjutor for E.g. Ch. hi Northeni
Homburg, Aug. 20, 1884^ ,„^ cZl^ljuroj..
REBINOWITSCH THE JEW-
found dead. Investigation si;S Jit hphfr,' '''^' "''^''"''y
No clue could at the Un rbrdiLnvJr i r""'^ '''''"' murdere.i.
and had been raised an ovlhoZTlL n,u "'^ '•^»'ff»>u& man
became convinced of the d vin^ nature of 1°""' ^IT' ^''^^ '^'^
conversion, however did not "x^phH t/,h ^.'^r''<!'. ^'''''^'- This
come to abolish Jud^i n and ubst uL^'r "rV^"' ^^'''' ^^^
of Christianity. M. RebiiowiLl"' i^Sl' Si!ii'd' th7 v-'^T
mission was only to relbrm the religion 'f ihl /" , ^"'''s' «
new lease of life for the "oirni r f nf„nt ^ '''''J'^''"'^ »'^^ '^'*
the doctrine fo. some time v^^hconsideral'l^t ^^'\ P?''^'''"^
a new sect among his Hebrew brT'rrpn?nn''?l'''" '^"""^^^^
belief the " Religion of Ne w Wr' u''"'^ '^'^"'"/ ^"« ''^''ormed
christian authofiiies of kVhenev thi ^"7.'^''^'"':"^ ^^ *^«
murdered by the orthodox Jews Rebmowitsch was
1
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Waters of Qaietoess.]
[Leaflet— No. 3.
vvisdoni of
art, and the
«ep, so that
in uutil the
■her uations
to the pro-
>8ius Christ,
.1 the good
U3. lii. 7>,
union with
the C/hrist
vhrist; and
111 of God.
And we,
ith in the
Abraham,
3plant the
oil/ root —
salvution,^
ihe throne
cts, which
ad which,
vorthy of
' Eurojje.
le city of
recently
lurdere.i.
identity
ous man
ago he
it. This
irist had
religion
Christ's
give iia
eaching
founded
eformed
I by the
ch was
THE SERVANT'S PATH
IN A DAY OF REJECTION.
Servant of Christ, stand fast amid the scorn
Of men who little know or love thy Lord ;
Turn not aside from toil ; cease not to warn.
Comfort, and teach. Trust Him for thy reward :
A few more moments' suffering, and then
Cometh sweet rest from all thy heart's deep pain.
For grace pray much, for niach thou needest grace ;
If men thy work deride,— what can they more ?
Christ's weary foot thy path on earth doth trace ;
If thorns wound thee, they pierced him before ; '
Press on, look up, though clouds may gather round ;
Thy place of service He makes hallowed ground.
Have friends forsaken thee, and cast thy name
Out Bs a worthless thing? Take courage then :
Go, TELL THf Master ; for they did the same
To Him, who once in patience toiled for th«m :
Yet he was perfect in all service here ;
Thou oft has failed : this maketh Him more dear.
Self -vindication shun ; if in the right,
What gainest thou by taking from God's hand
Thy cause? If wrong, what dost thou but invite
Satan himself thy friend in need to stand?
Leave all with God. If right. He'll prove thee so ;
If not, He'll pardon ; therefore to Him go.
a
m
Be not men's servant : think wluit costly price
Was paid that thou mayest His own bondsman be,
Whose service perfect freedom is. Let this
Hold fast thy heart. His claim is great to thee :
None should thy soul enthrall, to whom 'tis given
To serve on earth, with liberty of heaven.
All His are thine to serve ; Christ's brethren here
Are needing aid ; in them thou servest Him.
The least of all is still His member dear ;
The weakest cost His life-blood to redeem.
Yield to no " Party " what He rightly claims,
Who on His heart bears all His people's names.
Be wise, be watchful. Wily men surround
Thy path. Be careful, for they seek with care
To TRIP THEE UP. See that no plea be found
In thee thy Master to reproach. The snare
They set for thee will then themselves enclose.
And God his righteoUs judgment thus disclose.'
Cleave to the poor, Christ's image in them is ;
Count it great honor, if they love thee well ;
Naught can repay thee after losing this.
Though with the wise and wealthy thou shouldst
dwell,
Thy Master oftentimes would pass thy door.
To hold communion with his much-loved poor.
" The time is short ;" seek little here below :
Earth's goods would cumber thee, and drag thee down ;
Let daily food suffice ; care not to know
Thought for to-morrow ; it may never come.
Thou canst not perish, for thy Lord is nigh.
And His own care will all thy need supply.
J. J. P., Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks.
ice
Dan be,
thee :
given
m here
les.
'H CARE
i
ie,
ie.
shouldst
ie down ;
$ERKS.
Tender Gnus.J m
O [Leaflet-No. 3.
*• FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH."
"The Word which Jesus had spoken."-(Read John ir. 46-51)
scrfbel ""x^vTr ' •"' ^T^ ]^ *^« Circumstances h re de-
SV T. , 1 "■"' ""y "lo '»'ne to Jesus have w<,„»
to .in. ; ?' . °u'^' '"'' "^ <"" I*"J "''"tea it. Therwant
the faith by which we are " accounted iii«f '» t?5 • n
th.ir depthnl Zyare fa^Iyri'-'LlS doTf"^ *"
of day, °0 J^„g«'PSf /Ja"" L'lrwell •• S It^^.
thus we find it " Ta/-^ ut w^^^l T ^^*° *"®™' *°<*
Shte anrn«?nl ''v '• °"'. t^ °^« *^« do'^ubts and uL
supreme wZr V? i''"!,^f "'«" ^«^°^« *h« «o«l, its
4 i''rn7/a"r ;^^^^^^^^^^ ^S? ^^h*'^TJ
unbelief broken. t}.« inn. J J."iS_^ /*^^^« \ *¥ «?«" of
of our hopes rearh«f1 "rnii'i"" ^-^^==^^8 received, the haven
been donfLTwe exDecl/?'"'^'"'^?.' ^^^" nothing has
picture. The man could iv W^ '^"'' "« ^^ *^^ "^'^t
step toward m^gon no «^' ^ ^''^^ "°* «««« hi°» take a
P wjwara my son, no sxgna or tronrfcr*" has He shewn
6
n.o to aasuro tlmt Ilia 1,1.88111^ is boHtuw.ul ; but It, sa„s it
18 f^.r m« uui kuow.n. ue.d it, I j.ust tuko lli.n at His
word, ,in«l Ko home m tlie a.s.sumno., tluit it ih, simply hr
ca,..e He says it." Tlu-ico ha,>,.y nma! no an-.l ia eavon
could do more, or bottor, und yot it i« witl.in n,ucl, of 3
equal yw.th h,m_ah! would it wo.o, mothinkH I Lv om
say, .f Je«u« would only say .,> ,»nch to my poor b Xt ami
lot me know tiiat Ho had npokon evon to m., 1 am sure I
would be content., and ank no more ; but oh. I cmuo Ll
1 .8 8oI xVo beloved ouo, fearing in th. vJry prasonco of
the " perfect ove that cast, out fo!r--overloJki.rUo Pre-
cious balm that heals, in thy very anxi.ty to feel 'thy
wounds are cure.l_thu8 it c^u.nol be. Jle .speaks in wonh
Ike hesc. « My «w/.- is done, heaven's treasury is stJoked
thereby for a//, and ^.« may draw ; I know thy W thy
MHs, deep, cnmson-dyed and aggravated -thy cold ind S
ence- hy proud and rebel heart-all fki. nuno eye rCs
and yet 'tis nnue to say " fohoivkn"-/ sax it- and t£
must be enough-«,ora .1 cannot give, el.so fhe glory Lt is
inme I have g.ven to another. Then ;est, believe, tLt now
Z r ;; 'T ^r. ^'^ "7 ^^"''^' '^"^^ ^-" t t;ue in the
face of ««-thy distress, thy sin., thy unbelief. It i, Jo
He hassatd it, T rest in that, and believe Ilim a^rainst all
my heart can say, and Satan too. " The /o,t" [^ "s lie
save, and I am that. The.avedave but the fast with Chris?
for theirs ; /by my sins. He by His grace, have met md
now I pnuse Him. Within the blessing fl'o.vs, for W/W
the eye ,8 turned ; and all heaven is en^.i'Jd to bleif thf
confessed but believing pauper at its dJo^ VVe 2 b^
cause He ytves-lie gives because w. take. He can delight"
His heart and we, too, ours. One interest we share-His
ove kistound Its outlet in us, and our hearts have found
their rest in Hun. But is all now reached ? Blessed ruth
It « not. and it «. No more demands on us ; faTth has en
hroned /7m now, and He will rei<,n alone, and rotn?o"
bless We take Him at His word and He wil -nve us morl
We looked off ««^. Him. and He will rewa d'' b^ Z^^^^^
His blessing mto us. We believe what He has LS and
now we know ita truth in what He doc... His love mXea
haste t^o give us what we have not .^ked. since we have
given Him His own, the glory that is His -we take ffis
"* rir°: T ■^" " ^'^i'i^y ^^^ ^^^ «"«» who take home ths
t.urd that Jesus speaks, and rest upon it. believing hT and
(hu8 He returns His answer in the conjirmation given! ic.o
He sai/n it
im at f/is
fiimply ltd
in liunvoii
Ii of us (iH
i hour Olio
lioiu-t, and
un sure I
iiiijot /eel
resonco of
y tlio pre-
fool tliy
in words
is stocked
need, thy
I indifibr-
) surveys,
and this
ry thdt 18
rust now
e in the
It is so ;
:ainst all
says, lie
.li Christ
let ; and
toithuut
'loss the
take be-
dolight
re— Ilia
3 found
1 truth,
has en-
oiyn to
18 more.
Jouring
'd, and
makes
have
ke His
\. &a to
ne the
m, and
B.o.o.
Khonhord ChIIh.
ri^aflot— No. 2.
TELL THE LORD SO."
«frn 'l'"''";l:««;Iook,„g,d,irk, small houHo in ono of the
8troot« of Salfonl a handful of people wore ^^ath.r" to-
gether t wa. a cold winter's niiht. an.l a foj peno atod
hrou^h the crev.c. of .loorn and windows. ^Thero wa.
1 tie or no hre ,n (ho grate. The roou) was almost haroTf
furniture; a small table, a few chairs, and a little straw in
the corner, that was all. The mills we're stopped and amino
was beg.nnmg to tell on the faces of these people
Abel T5arker an.l his wife had invited a Lvf friends to
tnese pool ioIkH could keep one blessing. Thev could
treasun, up on Su„<lay night «c'.me 'Vo,./../.'!^/, 3. '• t
mon- T/Vai ^^^ '"';'"'" «^""'» ^^""> ^^e day's ser-
mon, and as Abel Harker knew that many of his nei'dibors
ad not hoard preaching because their poverty comp lied
horn fo part with their decent clothing, t occifrrXo him
that If hocouM tell them on Monday: whl his mLorv
was fresh some of the Sun-lay's sermon, ho mi^hTS^
though useless ,n the mill, be' working at home" la his
comfort, and then this little group of people knelt in nraver
Ono after another found ho had some petition o mike or
8ome bloss.nj; for which to thank God; when at Xst one
Tn voiSot ''r" '^'° *° "^'^y- The sound of his
ZUv \„ t '^ ?" '""'"««' ^""^ ^^'^ding across to Abel
Snnof'si J r''''"-' "^^^'' "^^°' ™t must I say? I
cannot speak ; have got no words "
The^^il^"''''.'' ^'^^'^n^'-^'J ^•'^«k, " 7 ell the Lord so."
Ibe tongue so stammering, the voice so faltorin^ found
courage to pour out his simple petitions, and readT uttemnce
Strar?rLr;t%^ ^'r' r^^''^ '^p^^^^- «*-o^' ^-- "S
i^nnsuan s hear floived the expression of his wants in words
no ';?wToS;' bTVb '''^ ''''''' unpolished'lcclTdld
uot grow courtly; but there was real livinn nraver Ho
Mv friend, wbaf d^,*/ «f „_„, . _
dveffnJs fi rT*'"° ^°"/ thanksgiving, do you truly
lou t And In nrll ^/'!?'"^' ^^'^^ y°" know'God L given
you T And in private do you kneel down night and morn-
%
PI
tm
8
IH,
ing, saying your prayers, having been taught to do so? Or
do you really pratj at all?
^v^Vn^A^^ no blessings for which you specially have to
thank God? Perhaps you have escaped some threatening
danger which lay hidden m your path, till a seeming chanci
''z/zi::i'j''' '^''^ '-''''''' --"^«^ ---.
Have you temptations lying around you which you dread
the want of strength to resist manfully ? " Tell the Lord so "
Do anxieties sicken your heart, while your attention must
be given to every day's business ? You have, perhaps, an
absent son. or husband, or brother, or friend, about whose
"?'fr.L' w"''^"^^' " '^^^'^^' '^^^^'^^'^^ ^-^ ^-^-'
Have you some secret besetting sin which you cannot hide
trom God, and which you find often conquers all your cood
resolutions? " Tell the Lord so." »u^ourgooa
Tell him as you would confide in your wisest counselor
as you would whisper to your best friend, the griefs that
trouble you, all tne secrets of your heart, your little as well
as your greater troubles. You gain courage by confiding in
him. You will loyo Him more when you can trust Him more
Jfou will serve Him more truly when you know the unspeak-
able comfort th«ire is m prayer.
'' Through ^m»_thati;, through Christ, our Mediator
and Advocate-." we both (Jew and Gentile) have access by
one Spirit unto the Father." Eph. ii, 18.' -Seeing then
that we have a ^eat high priest that is passed into the hea-
vens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
For we have not a high priest which cannot bo touched with
the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted
like a« we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find
yrace to help in time of need." Heb. iv, U-16 " Pravin^
always with all grayer and supplication in the Spirit " Eoh**
VI, 18. -'Praying in the Holy Ghost." Jude20. "Con^
tinue m i?m.v^r, and watch in the same with ihanksyiving:'
C<0i. IV, ^.
"In everything hy prayer and supplication with thanks-
giving -et your requests be made known unto God"
Phil. IV, 6.
" This is the confidence that we have in Him, that if «rn
a*«auytlimg according to His will, He heareth us; "and "if
we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that
we have the petitions that we desii-ed of Him," 1 Jno v 14 15
80? Or
have to
I
s
Tender Qnwg.]
[Leaflet No. 4
MUCH IN A LITTLE.
Three words gave him settled peace with God- chased
away his doubts and fears-gave him a new object f or h's
heart-turned him " to serve the living and trirGod''ls^
hira " waiting for His Son from heavPn"'-un ocked the vZt
dZlZ " ' "\P-'^-- Word, and miedt^ hea f wTh
Word Ho; 7^7/^ «°jr^«'t°° '"°^*" ^^ *^« ^^Sht of that
Would to God that I could hear them too, and posS
i^^ilVVnf' '" '^-P^y do I -«ed it-yea, Lrr
t/nnyg ? You may, my unknown reader, for these words
were spoken by " Him who spake as neve/man spake^Jnd
r" ult an7wi?i;irj^ °' ^"^^1°^ '' "« ^" *^-« ^I-'ed
results, and withal they were for sinnen, such as we are
lost, ruined and undone " '
the'^Jswer^^-Ti?' '°^ ^°^,! '^^ y°'^f»''ther ask. and now
tje answer: "It is finished " are the words; the «»mZw
he Savjour, Son of God ; the time, the hour of Hifa^Jnv
upon the cross ; the objeci, that we might know ffis work
was done-redemption wrought out-peace madl-God °Io^
nfied-salvation free. Beloved weary one, believe now
these -gracious words that proceeded out of ffis mou^h^
m which they were uttered, meditate upon the object for
whujh they were given, as He has elsewhere spoken-' these
things I say that ye might be saved."
My friend, to whom I have referred, had lon^ nassed
muster among the so-called religious-held office fn he
church, was nominally a Christian,%ut still unsaved, and a
it TmivT'"' ^S ^°^' ^"* d««P'y desiring to possess
fame ^ '° ""'^^ ^^^ ' ^""^ '^ «°' "^^^ ^^e issue be the
bv the wr1?«. \ P'''''*''' soul-assuring words dwelt up'on
by the writer, he came up after the meeting to confess the
Saviour as his, and say, " I never knew before to ntlt that
ttfe Saviour meant any more than that He was dyinS when
He said 'It ^s finished;' but now I see that it was tharnS
Wt T ''^''.^"^, d°°« ^°^ "« ^ ^e«fc upon/^ May you
heart,_dear reader, learn the blessed truth of thifiS
fullTwilTk^L?/-; I ''""^'^ ^''^' ^^'' *^'' ^'^^' a^d how
wit^txL tmTot^hJaT^^^^ '' '-'- ^^\:t::'
ii;
10
WHY SHE WOULD NOT PROFESS.
Calling at her door upon a stormy day I wa« invifn^ f
are not ashamed to pro/e... to be Mr. I .^wife afthou'h
there are many wives in this world who are untrue to thS.
all that you should m this relationship. Why do vou nnf
say, Seeing this is so, I will not profLs to be M,7b a«v
longer," as you do with reference to Christianitv i '^2
matters stand exactly alike, and yet how d ffe en Iv von
treat them : would it not be just if God saTd '' OnTnf . J
own mouth will I judge their' sSge tali?;' fnd ^
how common in this day of much profession and little re^ai
ty_of much light and little conscience: on the one hZ
" the/om of godliness, but denying the power thereof" - .'
those whoT^"'^"'^^" ^°^'^P°" the^othe ,"thel^^^^
those who, having convictions, will not act unon th/m fS
mibehevtng-those who have the Woi-d o? Shlf iu
conscience" J fl!' ^^ you. Are you «' convicted in you^
of the w« y d'-n-'v," ^i,pf. Tt' " v tt • "^^^^ *^® *"^^en
1 , - .vrf '"'i''^'="^"ee { iJien hear His voice saviiKT <'<<„«/»
t
ss.
invited to
lines, ven-
> be hers 1"
I her heart
well off as
t want to
res. You
although
le to their
cts not be
you not
rs. B. any
y? Both
mtly you
t of thine
and yet
ittle reai-
ne hand,
of— "a
i/ear/ul,
em; the
are them
t, and it
38S Him.
1 in your
d (John
'^hom he
'is side 9
ithdrew
ences to
eir own
b less to
ou con-
>d who,
le with
26 from
to Him
ik well
in thy
burden
"Sure-
brass;
\ 0.
II
PLAIN PAPERS ON SCRIPTURE SUBJECTS-l
PROPHECY is a subject to which, after more than fiftren
IS
«.inds of man; of Hi.; p'op,. ^ For 'ISTZ^^: U
drawing to its close the time to set seal to vision and' pro
^tVhels'atjtrdf '°^' ^"^ "°^ '^'^ ^-™ hS^ '-
iarf ^1"'.^°"^^^; *^®'^ '^°Sers in the minds of many Christ-
ana strong objection to prophetic study, though^sure y a
httle honest consideration would convinc^ them of their
S-rnd7rod'or '^r'' P"' '' *h« Bible is ^•
fistenV If f;?° v^°?''' ^° '"^ «° "^"«*^' d^'-e ^« refuse to
listen 7 It Fe has bidden us attend to these truths shall wa
our own wm 1^' f- ^' °"' ^°"'^' ^« «^« «<^tting up
our own will m opposition to His, and would do weH to
inquire whether we really be in the faith or not For "f
Eortiii'T t 'tl'^^t °^.^^.''t ^« - -- of His.''
xvura. vui. y. It, then, the Spirit loves to dwell on thn
In the commencement of the last of the sacred books we
to others that we do iuvsrVd^ISZ"'- """"'r"' T'*
recognise Hun aa our G JanJ our kS. the EfTw ,°n^
po»r of our every thought, worrand^ti JL' ^'«'""" ^"-
12
Nor will Heon His purt bo slow in ackuowloJmW us as
His subjects a« those who have a claim upon III aid and
protection. Ho will give us grace to help in every time of
need ; H.s covering shield will be quickly interposed whoa
he black air begins to hurtle with the daJts of the enemy
-Jis strength, by which the worlds are sustaine.l, will ui'
hold U8 when our flesh and our heart are /ai in<- His
ahuighty hand wil clasp and guide us when the las^impon
etrable gloom begins to thicken around us. and a darkSess
that can indeed be felt veils the place on which we must next
u hrough the night, and our eyes are dazzled as we behoM
S^^lXSe o/c^:^^'^"^^' "^ '^ '^^^' ^'^ ^-^^- «-tes
Secondly ; if a man read and believe prophecy, though
he may not a together understand it, he cannot at least avoid
a 8 rong conviction of the tran^utoriness of the present order
of things and IS thus mightily helped in his ofrorts to look
beyond it. We are all by nature inclined to Positivism
and for the most part act practically, if we do not ±o^
ically upon the hypothesis that things always have been
and always will be as they are ; that no changes will ever
take place, except such as may be brought alxTut in an or-
dmary way by agencies already at work
And the fact that prophecy instantly dispels this false
security is the secret reason why, when God draws back th!
curtain of the future, men either shudder and tZ su fen y
away, or else explain what they see as no literal picture of
that which must shortly come to pass, but as a figurative
foreshadowing of something which they are careful to show
18 by no means alarming, and indeed nothing more than a
natural result of existing influences. For they find it dif-
ficult to conceive a violent change such as they themselves
have never experienced. They are quite willing to talk of de-
velopment : they luve to speak of the time when preachers
will be more successful, and somehow contrive to persuade
the whole human race of its pride, its selfishness, and gen!
eral ungodliness: they delight to increase the influencfof
their own particular sect-though in doing this they fre-
quently confuse political power with the power of the
Spirit and are apt to forget who is the reigning Prince of
this W orld and present dispenser of its brief rrlnrv
Ur, perhaps, they are cosmopolitan in their°vie"w3 and af-
feet to despise the narrow-minded restrictions of sect : while
they altogether ignore the fact that they hold sufficiently
though
13
defined opinions of thoir own, and aro iinvieldinrrlv f«n„
couHof them. And so. floating with thZ o 3^^^^^^^^
rent which .8 now daily increasing in vohnno and inpotuos.
ity, they preach peace and good will towards all , en from
a benehcent God who has no idea of ever troubl nius
about sin, and predict a golden age of liberty, ocn, li tv and
fraternity. And yet if you tost^in their own cZZ' firs
absolutely indispensable condition of their Millenni m
hey will probably fail, in worse fashion than ,li 1 ovoZa
awyer to prove that they love their neighbo ms h ^them^
Such Ideas, ^hon, man will readily adopt : for thev arn
all consistent wi.^h a continuance of the p.oBon order Tf
things : they can all come to their Perfection .n^„-
But he who with earnestness and faitli looks rlnwn fi,
fcoU the a™ ground shaking .ml sfvin ""!£„;* ll°
ho loas, and, lo, all the citils of rhrmaTon, aro t„,t^^
." rnlShfr '"''""! ""* ■■ *-"° -"'» ""M- "1
ira wonted light, the moon becomes as blood : the once solui
objech around him wave and reel in confusbn like th«
breaking up and evanescence of a vivid dream A «n^ i
p zte- x^^ s ^r 'ii 5
nun cornea .he earth purified and fair a, "the g^.^ n of
the Lt ? M ""? v"""^ PiMaoIes of a noble city appear at
the foot of Mount Zion, and from the summit of the mm,„
tan r«s majestically the wondrous temple desc b"d ?:
izetel. before wh.ch .11 flesh shall co,„^ to wSip tht
For by the outstretched hand and by the strong im, nf tl,.
A mighty, and not by preaching, will lA ...oV°> ? • •
?:verh°t2r 't^ '^~'\V"<i>t last-find ;esrfrnf he"
^ne purpose oi God, and for a witness to the rest of man-
14
I;
I')! .'
5 S ('■
kind It is only as Isaiah tells xxs, wliou tl.« iu.bmonts of
he Lord are m the earth that the inhabitants if tTe world
will learn righteousness. (Isa xxvi 9 )
^.•nVrir\''T'"^ '"''''' ^^« dovJut' reader of prophecv
will be able to trace : and so. when the close of this nresS
age conies l,ke a snare upon all them that dwel upon the
face of the whole earth, (Luke xxi. 35), it wil find him
prepared and undismayed. ^*™
an^t^l-lf jf God'^"4^o"^ Prophecy reveals to us the mind
ana wuiot bod Seems this a light thing? Do wo indeed
despise the confidence of our Ahui^htv Prmfor If
fear lest we so insult Him ; lest, iS l'ine?ve t an.p o"
the pearls offered to us. And regarding then. L tSaht
how great is the practical value of tlie prophetic Sctures I
For If we are already justified by Christ, we still have need
of daily progress in sanctificatiJn, we should be ever b*^
Tdirr '".'rr *"°«^°^"'^'^ '^ the fmage of Got
revelation ^H ''^'i* ^T^'' ^''^^' "^^^^^ ^« h«ve than a
revelation of His mind and purposes in regard to ourselves
our fellow-creatures, and the earth in which we dwT !n
estimate by Him of all temporal thing of those ikible
surroundings by which we are continually affected Ind
is It not a duty to become minutely acquainted with all
this; tomeditae on it continually; to shape our wishes
hopes, and aspirations, from it; to bring oui whole mind
we either must enter individually at the unknown time of
death, or may enter simultaneously at any moment bTth«
long-expected return of our Lord and Sav^ouH ^
—Earth's Earliest Ages.
"We have not followed cunningly-devised fables wh«n
rv ?..«« \i • ^^® ^^^®^^«o a more sure word Of prophe-
cy ; (confirmed, made surer) whereunto ye do well that ve
ahe heed, as unto a light thatshineth in a dark p ace unS
thL fi'L T; """^ '^' ^y ^'^^ ''^' ^" yo"^ hearts.^ Sw^g
th 8 first hat no prophecy of the Scripture is of any prS
interpretation. For the nronhprv c&rr.^^^, ,-^\Vj r"^.^"^"®
•will ni Tnnn. V. 1 V 1 ' ' '■ 7ZZ'' ^ ''"' *" "■"" HiilU DT iho
16
ilgnionts of
the world
prophecy
bis present
upon the
! find him
the mind
wo indeed
? Let us
ranjple on
this light,
Briptures I
!iavo need
ever be-
3 of God.
ve than a
jursolves,
Iwell ; an
le visible
ited, and
•uction 1
with all
r wishes,
>le mind
avour to
prepare
to which
time of
t by the
ist Ages.
18, when
)ur Lord
prophe-
that ye
ce, until
knowing
private
B by the
I moved
NOTES OF BIBLE READINGSH.
THE LORD'S COMINO.
MATT. XVr. 28. XVII.
nn^Ji'w'rr''^ the '; bloflsorl hopo" of the lord's coming
on the "holy mount " W« may learn it there too. In the
fourteenth verse of the first chapter of his second epistle
he says that " ho nm«t shortly put off his tabernacle," and
yet assured his biethron that the Lord was coming and thev
were to " look for Ijim ." There were only two^'christians
that were ^wn- that they would die-Paul and Peter Peter
had a special revelation to that effect. John xxi. The lord
Jesus had shown it to him. In 2 Tim. iv. 6 Paul tells us
the same thmg as to himself
^J^^'r^,"'^,.'°iyM^' "^ '^"' ^^°^^^ '' not <" "cunningly-
devised fable." What people differ about a. to it is .«/,/„
lie will come, how to tc/,om, and to what end. Tho second
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is the pole star by wh'ch
the Christian has to steer his course in this world We
cannot live a proper Chri.stian life, if we do not " look for
the Saviour,"- "wait for Cod's Son from heaven''
Heb IX. 24, 26, 28, shews tho Lord Jesus in three tS^xt
positions l.rst in order, tho twenty sixth verse shews Him
on the cross, sms put away by His one sacrifice never to bo
repea ed. As to this, in Hebrews x. we have the expres-
sion no more 'four times in connection with the cross of
Christ. No more conscu'nce of sins," (verse 2), not no
movB consciousness of sin. This is entirely at variance with
the thought of many, that the value of the sacrifice has to be
applied over and> over again. We are putting a slight
though perhaps unconsciously, on the finished work of
Christ, if we regard ourselves as miserable sinners when He
has been trusted and His work avails for us. That is our
side of It. What is God's? No more rememlrance of
sins--He will never remember our sins again. " Their sins
^d iniquities will I remember no more," verse 17 When
He says that He will remember them " no more,'' who dare
f^L fw?.^ '"^^ remember them an>/ more 1 It is perfectly
true that "every hidden thmg will be brought to light," but
our sin3 will never be remembered against us in judgment
^wvfi" °.u" .""■ '"'"''^ ^°^ some distinct passage on
which to rest his sou in peace. He was pointed to the text,
TM^r nl "'''^ ^l^^*^!!' '^"' ^°*° t^*^ deoths of the sea.''
Ihink of the sea of God s forgotfuiness rolling over them !
16
more' o#mnv for sin" m^^. ^ iu \ t ^'^'/"^'^^ la 'no
ijg under foot the Son oftod, and ^S^The blolrof
tho covenant wherewith he was sanctified an Snholy thin/"
coSTf w'e'tnot'VnU? '" """^'"^ the"S t°L
the value „7Ht.>!/cZng" °" °™ '""'^ ^"■"-■■^' °f
But what about the believer's sins of evprv ^av i t« •
IX. J4, and IS the second position in wV,,-,.!, r\. ■ "^"^'^^s
i. Ihe purger of our sins," i 3
?• "An High Priest," viii. 1.
Z' StL?otSt?nt:"'t.'*^'™^i ^' «■' -^
to ™1s "clfng'atta " '«tto\h°''^."f H"--'"^
3 dead, and
he was in
which says,
About to
turn round!
ns and ini-
peace,
^re is 'no
'if we sin
3 for sins,"
aning any
Scripture,
x\ sin" of
" Tread-
3 blood of
ly thing."
i's second
lewhat of
In y'xQVf
the cross,
Hebrews
st is pre-
pistle we
2.
1," xii. 2.
fi Priest,
ppose I
J path —
xdvocaie
the sin-
le saint,
Bak and
^cacy of
■esented
or Him
3 salva-
e Bible
Ivation.
throne,
e— His
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coming again.
o -0-— We are not Bihh Christians if we are i^ot
thus. Every blessing in the New Testament is connected
with the second coming of Christ. Having the cross behind
us, and the g ory before us, we only need to be sustained by
grace along the way. The two great dates of Christianity
are the cross and the coming; the interval, our journey home
Matt. xvu. is the fulfilment of the promise in chap, xvi 28*
Some suppose from it that -the Lord must have come at the
destruction of Jerusalem. I believe that is without warrant
in Scripture. "The dead in Christ" did not rise then, nor
were "the living" caught up to meet Him in the air: -plainly
, the Lord did not take them to His Father's house then
{ x;eter says, we saw " thei?0M;er and coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ on the holy mount." ,2 Peter i. 16, 18. It is an
intidel thought, though widely entertained, that wo may
believe as we like, and it is of no consequence. Many a
Christian says there is no difference whether he is looking
for death or the coming of the Lord. Suppose that Abra-
ham, when God was making a revelation to him, had said
I do not want to know about that. Would not that have
been a palpable slight to God 1 How fitting the circum-
stances our Lord chose in which to mnke known His mind
!L ir"^?'^ ^! once led His disciples into the desert \mi
after they had cast out devils, and had come home exhilarated
by their success. Now He would cheer and raise their spi-
rits m view of the trial of the way, so leads them lust as
here to the mountain top—high above the world's din and
turmoil.
So God stops us at the door of Revelation to aok us two
questionj-first, are we washed from our sins? second,
are we, like John, sharing Christ's rejection, seeking "the
w^bTh S ""l ^' r*^T,f *" '^ "°*' ^« ^^y ^ ^«" close
w th the first chapter. We must not have a question of our
salvation if we are to understand this subject. Are we thus
the people to understand it ? God knows, and may He give
Zi^\v j^ T ^ *^^ disciples go up into the holy mount
with the Lord Jesus,— that is not only competent, but abun-
dant witness. They go to «' see the King in His beauty »-
manifested m glory. The first thing before us then is thb
Kmo Many of the Latter Day sects are all wrong about
the iiCi«^--heretical about His person, while professinff *n
«il°T ??''*'ii.**^"' *^.« A-%rfom. What can we" know aright
about the Kingdom if we are heretical about the Kinq who
IS to reign t We mmih^ saved and seeking to follow Him
ere He cm thus take us by the hand. " An high mountain
l^
18
XH
'in
III
apart," ubove hi
rightly e.7;g;d">;,"rH,':;,"";r.s, L'sLr"?.,"":-" "
with HI,,, 1 Y,I, J'„ „ " ''! ,',fl*"r^; "" "l'"" "PPo«r
glory, iloee, died L „« tawTJ ''rT''''' '" '^'■""' ™
without dying. " The rfTj Zn ' , ^''•!"l> ««' 'o heaven
representa tho first class and VU.T?u ^'^^'^^• 22. Moses
f^„* *'f^ti>, we snail Jive toMther with TTim " i<r>
fort one another with these word^" 1 tC iv IR Tl
18 no more soul-suataiuin" t iith in fiw. Vi \ , ^^^^^^
than this : that our Sav onr i. nl • t ^^'"''"'^ '''^''^ ^^ Go'i
u« to Himself th t wTe e HeTf}^''^ '°''" "'° ''^^^^^^
MosesandEli^s^.ori'^TitTntnfLV' 1 '"f '"'^^ ^« '^^'^O'"
answering to thei\ he ' "hou o ^T.^^'^S'^^^y. ^^th Him-
"^a/^/„/with Him!" Luke X 31 M.^ ''' ^-"''^ ,«' '*^^««.
talking about ''They sptVo" hLll^;-"' W^'-^r
eternally contemplating the marvels of St u 7.'". ?"
cloud overshadowed them" fll gV^- T'"''''*- ^ ''"ght
The three men irokini up iTto hS'' "''V^^°^'^ ^lory.
nation of Israel restored to^h J^ ?" ^'^* represent the
kingdom. We have had ll^i 7?" ^"""^ '^ *^« niillennial
ly scene and L co^any th rd fh"^' Tf"'^' ^^^^ ^^^ven-
laat, we see the poS o7 lhf EWl Onr^'^.^^ T ""''^ ^^ '
The Lord Jesus comes down ftn S ""^^ ^°^ conquered,
demon out. This s God wT • V ™°?^ "^"^ «^t« t^e
in Hie second coming If wdo^S'' '^^'^' ^'''^ J^^"-
must be because we d^o not know much o?T^"'^V'^"^' ''
tain apart" with Him -^ ^°°^.™"ph of the " high moun-
^i.l »i»rak^?'ht addr«'"To?d' r ■"''';'r^' ^-^'^^
lie«,»eto. He was nn 2 ^''"'■. '' " good for «, to be
darkly, but then facp fn fn^o v , ^'^^ough a glass
shall we know evraeVra:; ^ZZ' 'p°l'° P?J *«-'
about what "is good for 4 " sl ;,f,.n ""■''"''''"8
one for Thee, one fo. fiosea, ^1 r/o'/^N'^'Stl^a
1 Him." If
' the glory we
will delight
Hi (11 " traua-
The tlireo
n He comes
^0 us. Does
'Ijall appear
-Moses and
to Christ in
it to heaven
corruptible,
22. Moses
'So whether
n." "Com-
18. There
ord of God
' to receive
f he also."
'ith Him-—
i at home,
they wore
^'"e will bo
"A bright
d's glory,
resent the
millennial
le heaven-
with its;
onquered.
casts the
ord Jesus
it thus, it
?h nioun-
'ay, Peter
r m to be
King, as
:h a glass
»rt; then
thinking
in their
k. liud's
d around
Brnacles ;
Jtod calls
19
■ on?v '^7'f '^'!/^'''rV '"*^ ^'"-^ "''' °° ""^^ ^'-^ve Jesus
only Peter 8 thought was thre, tabernacles ; God's -Jesul
onI,r No, often, with souls as to peace ; tlioy w.ni to Z
S 'rFHar^an? ti "° f ^''''4 ^""-^^^ on'tlir,^„2'
/W7W (hlias) and the rest upon tl.(3 Saviour's arace But
we are taught it must be " Jesus only" then, and that too
for ever after. God took Moses o'lt of sight-'dl ou^
n^ottofor the path. Th::Z::ll'on'^ ^^^^^^^
moral ones as well. When Pctor writes of bei "r the e he
speaks of but One whom he had seen. Wo wou I not know
tWe ri'pSeTi'/'h '•' '^'1^ ^^"^^•^^^ ^^-- -'f'^i-
lesson Tfnl«„ ^' T'°^ '•"\^^*^'^ '"^ has learned his
lesson. TJn ess our religion is this -Jesus only— we aro
strangers to the blessing ol faith in Christ as our ^ 4« Ind as
he power for our path. " Jesus only" is the blessed untir
mg monotony of heavoi. ^ is tne blessed uutir-
tai^tn\'h*il disciples came down from the top of the moun-
tain the bottom. What is the lesson for the bottom~for
the stern realities of overy-day life? Pra>,er and ZtinJ
l^Zl"?'''''""^. dependence upon Ciod' fa«ting-k eT'
mg the body in subjection. ° ^
Next, they came to Capernaum, the place of Christ's most
pronounced rejection, "exalted to heivon" (in pr v le °o
thrust down to hell" (in judgment) « Thei thit rl fed
iav tribTr^ T" ; ^'''' T^ '^'"''' ^'^'^ "^t >-"^^r ^^^«ter
Jefv 1 pif "". ""t^^'r ^';^'' ^' ""'^ y""^' '^I^^^t^r a good
Je^v1 Peter wants his Lord to be on guo.i terms with all
and replies Yes. We have to learn "this lesson that we
cannot amagamat. Christ rejected with the world that cas!
iiJ: .u^^'o^^'^ '^°P' ^^^^' «^ *h« door and says, "What
hinkest thou, Simon ? Of whom do the kings of the earth
Sfhn tl'' «^ '^'" r^ ^^''^^•«°' '' °f strangers r But
although the Saviour thus rebukes Peter, Ho says " Lest we
should offend them, go thou to the sea andlL'tan hook
and take up the fish that first cometh up, and when t° ou
has opened his mouth, thou shalt find a'piece If monev
that take and give unto them, for Me and tf,ee- The Sd
rebukes him. and then cheers his heart by snying, "Me and
Ki-T" "^i"*^^^? *° ",^^ subject, I think it is an insult to such p
blessed truth as the Lord's coming to attempt to prove it
We do not try to prove to a man that the sun shfnes we
toll him to look at it and see. '
■Ill
30
not then cniov this blesspH fmfK 'V"""""®". it we do
walking in h'e po ver ofTt i^ » ii '' ^"''T ^« »^« »<>*
haa litti place ToZ hearV '^' ^^^^ °^ «^« ?-««-««"
B. 0. 0.
I
The day of glory bearing
Its brightnehs far and near
The day of Christ's appearing
We now no longer fear.
He once a spotless victim
For us on Calv'ry bled ;
Jehovah did afflict Him, '
And bruised Him in our stead.
To Hita by grace united,
We joy in Him alone ;
And now by faith delighted,
Behold Him on the throne.
Then let Him come in glory
Who comes His saints to'raisei
To perfect all the story
Of wonder, love, and praise.
Watori of QuietnonH J
21
[Pootry-No. i.
10 Christian,
ater concern-
Everybody
t mean " till
a to look for
> wrote this
f God's Son
ed, watched,
Jonven they
They have
they waited
1^ with the
'f. Reward
i done. In
one assures
If we do
ve are not
J patience"
B. 0. o.
THE UNFAILING ONE.
Thou failoflt not! thougli overyth-'ng be failing,
Tlid Burgo of t3vil ov'ry side nsBdiling,- ■
Thou art above it all, our faithful God —
Tiiou fullest not.
Thou fftilest not! above our failures, oiTors,
Tho grace that silenced once our guilty terrors,
Is still tho same, through Jesus' precious blood,
That faileth not.
Thou failest not! thou wilt forsake us never,
Christ Jesm, yesterday, to-day, for ever!
Our everlasting portion and our lot,
Thoo failest not.
Thou failest not ! our Sun is ever shining,
Sends forth His rays, light, warmth and strength combining,
through clouds t'wards hearts that sigh to Thee, God,
That faileth not.
Thou failest not! above wants, cares, and sighing,
A Father's love divine, all need supplyin;?.
Us guideth still upon our homeward road,
That faileth not.
Thou failest not! 'bovc havoc, wand'ring, straying,
A Shepherd's eye, once closed in death, surveying,
Restoies, and comforts still, with staff and rod,
That faileth not.
Thou failest not! 'bove ruin, shame, and weeping,
The en'my watching, and Thy servants sleeping,
Thy faithfulness, God, can slumber not,
Thou failest not.
Thou failest not! above man's puny lever.
Thou art our help. Lord, God blessed for ever!
Who under foot the serpent's head hath trod,
Thoo failest not.
Thou tarriest not! above world, sin, and Devil,
Soon shall we rise, leaving behind all evil.
With rapture shout, " For ever with the Lord 1"
Thou tarriest not!
22
II
THY WILL BE DONE I"
Four little words, no more-
Easy to say ;
But thoughts that went before.
Can words convoy ?
The struggle, only known
To one proud soul,
And Him whose eye alone
Has marked the whole.
Before that stubborn will
At length was broke,
And a low "Peace be stilll"
One soft >0!ce spoke ;
The pang, when that sad heart
Its dreams resigned,
And strength was found, to part
Those bonds long twined.
To yield that treasure up,
So fondly clasped,
To drain that bitter cup
So sadly grasped!
But all is calm at last, —
"Thy will be donel"
Enough, the storm is past,
The field is won.
Now for the peaceful breest,
The quiet sleep ;
For soul and spirit rest,
Tranquil and deep.
Rest, whose full bliss and power
They only know,
Who knew the bitter hour
Of restless woe.
The rebel will subdued—-
The fond heart free, —
"Thy will be donel" all good
That comes from Thee.
All weary thought and care,
Lord we resign ;
OdRS is to 00, TO BEAR, —
To CHOOSB IS Thinb.
Four little words, no more, —
Easy to say ;
But what was felt before,
Can words convey f
a. L. i«
Words of the WisoJ
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B. L. U
[Leaflet— No. 1.
Tt,-."f '^ WORD ON OBEDIENCE.
wlmZ know 'i];/ " h' ''r'^^ "°^ J'-^-t Saviour."
ie ushered Cin S^wi^tnbt^K Vl 1^^" ^°^ ^'^^ "«
nouncement/''L Tco" -n^*^ ' holy and perfect an-
written of MemLZllV 1°'"'"' °^ ^^^ ^'ook it is
Thy will, God y^Sv W • "^^^"'^ ^ ^"^'^^^ ^° ^°
was His'cons^^^'trrflct^n r::?^™ '"^ ^''^^*'' ^hi,
course of His life '' Mv moat L Jn J^ fr'°.,r '"''^ '° ^^e
sent nio." This cCLf ° *^° ^^^ ^'" ^^ Him that
stance, ''He took up^n nlTe T^'^f °° ^^^''^ ''•^«"'"-
in life He did always such Th J' °"",°^ ^ r'^"°*'" "^^ as
He sought not flTsTwrwil &?: l^m "l?/^ ^'^l^^^' ^'^^
Him, 80 that was no uLut •♦ . ^'" °^ H^"" that aent
per/ectness for 'loving H - ?'!? '"^ "'°^" ''^^^ *<> its
obe-dientunto deatrfh^deari? ^ '°^ ".."^ " ^^^^'"^
willingly doin^ it "ha!. ?^ *^® ^""o^^ ; for though
HisFa°the^%e'h.dnnw'°™'5'^'"r*^>"^ «« received of
Lord God had opened ?heniTn A« ^'' ^'"^ (^'- ^^- «) = the
thor turned awa? back buT '^1 ^^ ^'^ °ot rebellious, nei-
and His cheeks to them th.fn' T'^^i'^^'^ *° *he smiters,
face all that obedi n^irt^.r/r '^ °V^' ^''"'" "°^ ^'-^ His
for " He was crucified in S ^.T'^'T"''^ or no power,
power of God ''^; '^^'^^^^''^ though He liveth by the
obedience was the nr?.- i ''^ "' f** "''^^- So it was—
temptation 'lt\P;S^°" ^^'.^ He acted in the
tempter's suggestions and w'h ""tt ^^' ^'P'^ «^«^ 'o the
upon have gulleS' alle. J "" '^o. tempter would there-
eball give, ei.," our Lord '1^^^ l^ '' ^^""«^' He
written a^in/' aTamJerT..!^''^J'^^ ^^^ ^^^^^'^ "It i«
even of true privileTe?S'^^?"'P^'''''>''^'^'''^Pt^on
can be swerved ZZ%n 2^ ^^Portant truth I Obedience
first and only plZil a alTf T^^?""' *"^«^*'«^ ^^^ ^^e
- ike only eiefcCfLt^lTom^^^^^ '' ^^"' ''
Peter's answer k sim ^^ ^^'^ '^^^« ^^^^ Pl^^d lib^tu
obey GodSr Vhan ^en '^1"^ *?J^ "^« ^^ShTti
plead ;iW^, righte-t^e titi A /• ^^«°*«"' as 6°body,
they please. lie Chnr.W ? ^°' ^' '^^'^'^^^ '"en* wh^t
We oug-ht to '%ri;te'„^li^ ^ "" "^ ""^ ^ -'■^°'"^^;
the other. ''' ^®" ^''^ °^« > we ought to obey God,
J. N. D.
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h V
RICH IN GOD,
RICHES of His Goodness,
Rom. ii. 4.
RICHES of His Mercy,
Eph. ii. 4,
RICHES of His Grace,
' Eph. i. 2.
RICHES of His Glory,
Eph. iii. 16.
RICHES of Wisdom and Knowledge,
Rom. xi. 33.
RICHES in Faith,
Jas. ii. 5.
RICHES of Christ (unsearchable),
Eph. iii. 8.
chr^rri'^r \® ?^^ ^^ *^« ^^^^^ jesus
sakef H. t; *^'"^^ ^' 7."^ "^^' y^^ ^or our
sakes He became poor, that we, through His
poverty, might become rich."
2Cor. viii. 3.
*
■;?l-^
Waters of Quietness. J J
UP THERE.
pH ! the glory and the joy
Happiness without alloy.
Wot a sorrow or a care,
Shall we ever know
Up there !
Joyfully the severed meet
And with rapture loved ones greet •
Nought their gladness to impfir '
Partings all unknown
Up there !
Not a trouble, or a sigh
Not a tear bedims the eVo •
.Sweetest songs and music mre,
^cho through the realms
Up there !
No temptation and no pain
Can we ever feel again '
J hat the saints enjoy
Up there .'
ps our" Jesu's lovely face
J^eammg full of truth and grace
brightest, fairest of the fair '
Fount of joy to all
Up there!
Lamb of God. in glory come,
Call Thy loved ones to their home
y„f ^'i^?;^^« do Thou appear ''
-«ivc lay blood-bought Bride
ILoallot— No. 1.
-S>v^^S^^j;^,_
Up there
i ■
t
['.:•
1
THOU, NOW.
"Oiacioim Saviour Thou liast i-allid uu,,
Ciilli'd t(i trnni 'r\u:p, now ;
VVlio alou.' "I' Li u.st ait worthy,
JoHUH, only Thou.
Htran^jc (his patli of suirciinj/ t„ m,.^
Can I trust Tliff noir i'
Sad and weary, who can aid luo ?
.IiisuH, only Thou ;
"Fis Thy voico iny loving Savionv,
I will trust Tlice iww;
1 am trustinj,', c'liu;<in-c <n Thoo,
.K^sus, only Thou.
Not my trust in>,', not my ( Iin,i,'in<,',
Oh, sweet thouglit, tliut noir,
TIiou art holdinj,'. Thou art keeping,
Jesus, only Thou.
My weak hands may fail an<l falter,
Jesus, grasp them noir ;
Not my hold, but Thine, my Saviour^
Jesus, only Thou.
Tliinking not of future danger,
All my need is lunn.
Ever present, who ean moot it?
Jesus, only Thou.
All the failing past forgivoir, .
Full)- trusting now.
Self renouncing, Thou wilt keep moj.
Jesus, only Thou.
Hour by hour, in joy or sorrow.
My sweet refuge noir.
His dear love who died to save me,.
Jesus, only Thou."
It was reiimrked at a gospel meeting, wJiich was held in
some part of England, that the whole of the Christian '=. Hfo
might be summed up two words, " Thon "—'^now," instead
of I— myself. Some one there embodied the sentiment ia
the foregoing words.
1
I
Ton Jer Grnss. ]
[Leallut No, 5.
i
THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION.
r TurHTyoii Inivcrunulo sum work of tl„. rnilifv ,.f
-nv.-rsM.. to (I0.I. Hav., you truly u| .! L .ff''
l^> u Ijf,. u l,t(. ot (•oirmanuoM wiU. .I.-sus? tJ H 11
U,«l ? ^ " '''*'"' ''■" ^'"^" P'"'^' ^'itJi the Sou of
Then you must l,o ,1 child of (Jod ; for it is vrr^tov " V
-altln.^,,.,.,. njodhyfaithinChri;:^^^
I'o ahuost a stnto r>f ,.,.„ '^'?"<^^«. t'ley think it wou h
-horn aro ^^to M l" « uo? Ifr t ""r't'" ' "■>■•
quoHtion tho fulfltaeit of it! SS p mmSrA"^!, *"
Hpphtatjou to oi/r oi6'n n^P Th^ promises m thoir
liness is faith, trult c^LSce-^^^^ ^ .^^^! ^^l"
you will realise. If the word of ?oM r f J "'' "^ *"■""*'
ii must l.e tr^e for vo ZJa -f ^ *™^ ^^'' '-^"ybody,
-.c ir e tor you , and if you, renouncing ever/other
4
I
ivfuKO, have simply «akon Ja^ns ,is all your salvation and
all your .Irs.n.. y„u u.ohavku. L,.t this blossed hope cheer
you at the outset of your can-er. .Start upon your (Jliris-
tuin course With the conviction that, though only a lan.l..
you ,lo r..ally helon^rto th.. (lock of tlu, Saviour, and that his
procous words are true Fou vou,-^ " I give unto n.y sheep
etoinal hfo ; and they shall never jH-rish, neither shall any
pluck them out of n.y hands." Joh.i x. 28. Relieve the
pronuso ; believo it for yourseif; and l,elie\ e it nlimi/.s
Jiutdo not good men sometimes doul.t the reality of
Uieir conversion and salvation f Alas ! yes. I5ut doubt-
ing ,s no part of their religion, and is no fruit of grac...
When believers walk nnworthil,, of their profession, doubt
IS necessarily cast upon the sincerity of their profession.
It cannot be otherwise. Faith is victory over sin • but if
sm overcome us, in that fact, sin is our master, not God
*or knowyo not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants
to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of
sm unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness ?" Rom
»!; Iw- .-"^ "f«"""»g tliat you are living in the habitual
mortihcation of every known sin, and in the fulfilment of
every known duty, what is to hinder you from walking in
the enjoyment of an assurance of salvation ? When God
^^' *° "'VJ'?'^'"^'=« '"^ ^^'^ ^^"^'^ '^l^-'^ys; and again I say,
Rejoice," (Phil. iv. 4,) he cannot be' conuuanding us to
attain to an impossible state. God never commands us to
do impossib ities. It must therefore he possible for a
Christian to live m an atmosphere of fait! and hope; to walk
all day m the light of God's countenance and in the assurance
ot personal acceptance in Christ. Amid the rushin- and
roaring of the waters of the deluge, Noah possessed his
soul in peace. He did not run about the ark to look again
at every bolt and plank, to sec that all was wtf 1. He knew
that ark was built according to God's directions, that it
rZ 1 5 w u^ appointed refuge from the flood, and that
God had shut him up m that shelter. This satisfied him
And, you my young friend, being a sincere believer in your
precious Lord, are in Christ, the all-sulficient Saviour from
the wrath to come and «r. saved. You have "parsed from
death iinfj^ iiKi ov.fi oV,.,ii „„ „_...• , , ^ . ., -
T^k "o""- ■•"•'^•:'="/^^^^'^^<50ri.cmtocondeumauon." iSee
Jn^r/' r ; .^''^ /' '^ 'T P''^* ^^ Christian modesty to
doubt what God has so clearly revealed !
(Selected.)
SJliij.liei.1 C/ilIs. j
r sulvation and
ss(hI hope clioer
K)n your (JIiriK-
h only a laiiili,
ur, and that his
unto my shcci)
»itJi(>r shall any
^. lieliovo tlio
it nlii'itt/s.
'' ilui reality of
1. lUit, doubt-
friiit of frnio(\
oft'ssion, douht
heir j)rof(!ssion,
'(T sin ; but if
stor, jiot (iod.
•selves servants
y; whether of
snoss ?" Rom.
1 the habitual
fulfilment of
•Ml walking' in
? VVh(>n God
d again I say,
uanding us to
)mmands us to
possible for a
hope; to walk
1 the assuranee
3 I'ushing and
possessed his
to look again
|)1. He knew
stions, that it
ood, and that
satisfied him.
iliever in your
Saviour from
"passed from
iiiiiiiioii." See
I modesty to
(Selected.)
jr..Mtl.( .\„. 3.
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FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD.
„,, , - .lolm viii. 29.
yon aro to <ave L'Orv tn f)n,] t* • i°.i ^ ""'^"
.ill that SCO tl.o faJo o Hu T \ V"^ the fact that
it is not the fnPt ^1 I n '"''^' ^" '"^^ «^c'' other.
alone, and you are like Rim 7^ • • '"^^'^ ""'''^'^ ^-^^t
alone" becJuse the Fathfr "' ' t'h*^v'' IZ ""'' ""°^
give glory to God Oh • T ^ ^-th you, that you may
i^s such a^g ory o God ^fo IT""^ ''I T""^ "^ '^' ^^
accessible to tl^ Lisv of T" ^ ''""^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ l^oen
.s«,nd« nf i^Si-r '".^^ men, surrounded bv thou.
i
hi
misunderstanrl ! Here was the victory of Jesus t
Ihcre wasnot a single heart that beat "in sympathv
with His heart, or entered into His bitter sorrow or
bore His grief in the hour of His bitter grief- l,ut
His way was with the Lorcl-His judgment was with
nist^od His leather, who said, "this is my beloved
bon - whom I am well pleased."
.1,^1 • ^?^ ^^'^ P^""^"^^^ '^^""'y «^^<3n to the Father by
the bon, that in flesh and blood such a trust in God
was manifested; and this is what you are called to
and you are not called to it as He was, but you are
called to see God in Him. God has come neai- to you
in Christ, and here you have a human heart— a perfect
sympathy-the heart of God in your nature, and to
tins you are ever carried. And if ther.^ be any other
sympathy with you in the wide universe, whetlier on
the sea ot glass, or still on earth, it is only as the
pulsajtion of the blood that flows from Christ to His
members that it is to you of any account. Feed upon
it, and remember you are thus to walk in the W(n-LI —
not hanging npon one anotlier.
Oh ! Jesus, Master ! take mv fevered hands in Thi^e
and koep me with Thee. wiih'Thee, walking above die'
worthless din of human praise or disapproval.
Then shall it be in my ear the empty sound which
It IS in Thine; and 1 shall walk in sweet unconscious-
ness,— too far for some—not far enough for others —
but with Thee; putting my whole weight int.. tiiat
which in Ihine eyes is service; no longer otlering
Thee the blind, the lame, the maimed desires of t
spirit dreaming of the great things which it A^ould do
but my waking, rtyoicing energies. '
Lord ! shine upon Thy poor plant,— say unto me
With power,
"Arise! follow Me."
^^=^^
cr=f%iJ>
»*Tr5^^r*^
' of Jesus !
II sympathy
r sorrow, or
■ grief; hut
at was with
my beloved
3 Fatlier hy
rust iu God
■e called to,
jut you are
near to you
b — a perfect
ture, and to
3 an}' other
Avhetlier on
nly as the
irist to Mis
Feed upon
he W(n'ld —
!■' in Thl'ie,
1- above iho
,al.
'Und which
ncon.^cious-
V others, —
b into that
er offering
esires of a
: would do,
f unto me
ADDRESSES ON SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS.-2.
GIDEON.
l^w!t-^flhflh7oTTh'''r'^'^^'°"*'"« evening is how
i.rthe ia forfesus Chit ""'';^=' "' '''' '^''^y ^' ^od
blesses A»u, and hmv it 1 , "fT If" '" ""^"'^ ««"'' ^^^
words, how a ^a i'to feuT '^ /''''" ^"^"^^ '">" ^^^er
the m;ans o? sav nJ o?h?rs Tn f /'o?'' ''^"^^ ''«^ ^<^ ^
SM. with fear:puriing"tUen/oufottfefirV"^Vh"''^^^
9ucb a thing then as being privileged to hpfh. P^'^ 'I
s^e'r r 'TeTy?s tK*^'^'"°^' ^X-sz^
people, in the ~e^thtt\ ^f Se^a If H^j;. ^^ "^T
mstrnments of savin»» nth^rJ Z !. ™' ^^ ^'^ ^he
turning them fronu'e^er^oro t^^eT wa^s 'T,e1 1^^""
by wh.ch we ever can do this is b; l^^.U^ ^S
things h The saints at -nln?"''^*;.''?""'^^ ^^^ for two
Jesas/'and tleir-1o;^n n?WK'~"*^''' /'•^"^^'^ ^» Christ
for them. I £l eve tha if we w 'J^'"' P"''^'''^ «'^^3's
light of God's word, we should tdn"'. ^'^•^'''' ^^ ^''«
are not Christian piayeTs at all wf ^ '^ '"""•^ °^" '^^^^
Christian should KnnHnt p "%«bow8 us what every
r Giving thanks unto the FaSr^wto h.;i. ^"7" ^ '-^^>
oe partakers of the inheritan p Af . i '°'''^'' "^ '"^^^^ *»
Here are four blessed fetsfo/ wf- T""^' "^ ^'"s'^^'" ^t«-
thanking God,-.meetnJ:T, f ^^'^^ "^^^ «"g''t to be
power oldarknesMmnltt.^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^- ^^e
and forgiveness of s n^ Th .u- '^ Kmgdon of Christ,
the more aS'ei CI, rLi"''^ ^*^'"«' ^'^ "«<^ belong tj
babe. TherXf.^t, IT^S T,7, ^'^^^ ^«, ^^^^ ^eeftest
(verses 9.11). r^a c^d he p a; fo ?^Tl f?'" *^^'"'
miffbt hA oa^edi' v- -rt^ ', ^ hat their souls
ft-om the power 'of Satan? -rhl'F ""'"''f ^" ^^^^'^'«»'«'<i"
them,-thJ position of all CnV. '""" ,"''''f '^ ^''^^ «*'
-ioy it or ^ot. Ju^/t as" 5;?^^ CkSt tt^^^
.*l^^
(<
Joi'(lHn,--.that ia yo.ir possossioii. Those wcro (lod'H words
to l.snu'I. "(,o in and /...sra.s (ho hmd." Wh.-vt Hho.ild
wo p,,vy for ihon ? Our .talc. What about our ZTl
llus shouhl 1,0 (ho doop. roHl, oarnost ..oucor.i of our
IK arts. t 18 tlio wnij, ,U'ar saint-s, that puts uh to tho
prool. It IS tlioro, ns (iod says iu Dcutorououiv viii., that
Ma> Cod thou jrivo us (,„ be like His sorvaul, loner
ago, thankmg' Tin,, for what wo possess, and ijraviuir foT-
wluit wo stiU need. l>aul prays fjr the saints' at'cSo si
that tlK^ „.ay -,.«//,: worthy of the J.onl unto Ar"
pleamitj uioreasuifj; in tiio knowledc^o of (Jod " •
-strengthened with au, mujht," -unto A.,r, patintce''-!
H:!"' w^'^'^' ^° ^''" y''^''' ^'^ •'^"•^"•^' fellowship ;ith
Him. Wo may lout n vahiablo losses in the .larkos
tms'to ylr' ' "''' •^'"'""^'- ' ^'•^■^•'•^ ^'^ '''««''^«''
la ,/«r^,cs we arc iu a book marked by dismal faiUiro
it mJos.'.ua wo have Jo'iovah's triumi.h, iiv Judges wc jrct
t L'n •"/•."':• f'^^^'^'" '° l^^«^«"^ ^'•••^^ belonged "to
them. 1 Ins tribo did not turn out their cnemies,_timt one
laraol d.d evU uj the sight of the Lord." Judges vi. ].
VVo (uid HI tins book seven di(ferent captivitics-dideront
nations oppression picturing dilforent forms of Satan's
powor-a complete picture of Israel's failure. But a darh-
back-ground us the best on which to show ftr^A^ thin-rg
Israels complete failure brought out God's pe/fect g-ace
Twelve tunos He came in to deliver them, raising up unto
them " saviours." ° ^
., ^l"" '"III "«7. <^"f' » lo the particular failuro before us.
Ihey did evil in tlio sight of the Lord " The last ihw
chapters are full of this evil, but as the account L nol
fZT\7!7S V ?°TT''^'' r**''"' ^''•^•y g'^^ "« t''« moral
cast of the whole book. "In those days there was no
king in Israel, every man did that which was right in Ids
own eyes." Judges xxi. 25. How striking the lesson !
A man is going to rise up in this world-the person!-
lication ot batan. The most striking thin- the Scripture
teUs pi h.m IS, - the King will do according to hi} oZ
" -V. iiave we not often roiled sin under our tongue as a
sweet morsel -found our delight in what caused the Son
of God the deepest agony? There is no use trying to
10 (^'Od'Hwordn
Wli.'U, (slionld
•lit our vxilk'i
'uoorn of om-
lltH lis to tlio
oiny viii., that
iii out- lioaits.
Hci-vunt long
d pruying for
its nt Colosso
)rd unto all
of (jod " :
r- patience," —
llowship with
the ilarkost
) to illustrate
ismal faiUiro.
fudgos we get
belonged to
es, — that one
le children of
ludges vi. ],
ics— dillerent
8 of «atan'8
But a dark
right things,
lerfect gmce.
sing up unto
I'o before us.
riic last low
count is not
IS the mora!
here was no
right in his
the lesson !
•the personi-
lie Scripture
f to his own
' tongue as a
scd the Son
trying to
3
M-oul)lesorne po . to deal with 'n.n T' ]^ *^""'°
tl.™. too „„,c-l, |,l„co, ,vill .nigl.t ^ ^^;,,,'^''.t, iri" «'™
Ismol " pfr vvi.„» . ^"™'' "^"f' 'en; no sustenance for
'^'aei, etc. What are these unsusDoctod f».ino-a <i.„^ V
not sock hallowed spotfotlrth-?^^, " e?c -for.tli ""
.ince, bu go to the Lord Himself. (See A,„„Tv . «r
ot Ood. It 19 n mistaken thoirght nbout propliet.s
(■a^
that ihey only foretell friture events. It is not at all
necessary Unit they should. The olliee of a , ro het is to
bring people face to face with Go.l. We neve, Cr ol'l
prop et in Israel except when there wasnuhn The
priests were there to maintain communion. There t e
numcrons instances to prove this. In the failure of the
pnesthood lu Kli, Samuel the prophet was se t When
David, tH Hn<,, fcU into sin, he w vs restored by NaXn
^.0 prophet. When they got olf the track! «io„ a pmphet
was sent, and so many other cases. The Lord .lius sS bv
f? ^f "ll «r'"'''"' ""'^ t^^"« t''« woman of her snfu
n t'a t'tnr ''".r^' "«iMperceive that ho
art a pwphct, —because He put His finger on the snot in
her soul that had never seen the light of'day. How ofte^
has he Lord done that for yon mid me! ^He sc^t ufa
prophet. We wanted comfort, but he had to ,Iw noVs
rrtic '"'• tI"" n'''' ^^"^-" ^'^ l-ve not obeT
nror Jt Kitf *i '^"P^. cannot be sent till after tie
ptop et. h irst, the prophet is sei.t to lav our hearts bn 7
and then be angel to tell us the goodness o^fod's heart'
Avlien our hearts are open to receiTe it. '
Gideon was -threshing wheat by the wine-press,"
(VI. 11). He is determined to keep his whe'it fvn »iL
cneiny as long as he can. He has g.^^it off God's "^o^
hind, and he is determined not to give it up w ho.it '
struggle - Buy the truth and sell it not '^ s sTra^te
to us. The angel said to him, '' The Lord is wiUi"tS
thou mighty man of valour." We can har ly see uw
nist, sees all that He is going to make of us. In the block of
stone the sculptor sees the statue. God can see Te've^
where none other can but Ue. One thing He sfes in
Gideon, a man who cannot think of himself witho
thinkmg of God's people too. The angel had said - S
wfth J:''^'Tr''""" J'^^'^?'« '^^''y ''^ ''If tie Lrd be
Zl\ A ^^? '''^T''^ ^^'^''^ ^-^^^Pt in the plural. He was
heart and soul with his people in their dis ress. " f L!
Lord be with us, why then is all this evil befallen us etc "
In other words, he says,-The Lord seems to la ^Am^
prosperous, do we think of the thousands who have n^t
J
is not at all
;)roi)het is to
er hoar of a
fjiiliiro. The
Tliero are
aihire of the
sent. When
1 by Nathan,
leu a i)rophet
Jesus sits by
f her sinful
ive that thou
tlie spot in
llow often
!o sent us a
)low furrows
ve not obey-
ill after the
liearts bare,
Jod's heart,
vine-press,"
vt from the
God's good
p without a.
ts language
i with thee,
ly see any
I, from the
the block of
see jewels
.Iq sees in
ilf without
aid, "The
e Lord bo
l. Ife was
" If the
» ns, etc. V"
lave given
I set them
)ns. How
ou!- ivork
have not
what
we liave? The Lord make us 1
-f^i-°^-"^-j:oCi^?;;^,rr-;;l
s. ..r»^;,: sir - ■^.■-■■-.; ..
GKleoM „«t say,, " If „o„ J have r„„„d g^aco in Tl,v
tUa^ease „,y Father." C burnt oni in^lfl^a j^S
learn? The eriHlo^if V,, h. p ! ^^^ ^^^^"^ Gideon
against judgment." Tiie - fi -e of r^r^i '' '-ejcoeth
sacrifice,, not him Unf i if ." con.sumes his
V "'e, i(ir J liHve soon (4r^ri " /»
thug is needed--(in,l'. ii. i , '' ^^"^ '""'"(^
« nccuul—God s blessed word to assure us oi' the
rfl «
Vfilno ofwlmt .Tosns l.ns done for im. Thnv, ll.o sinner is
nss„ro,J MnrI; Mu. „,<,>•..,! f^M-.-uulcnr of this (iospoi RcMuion I
Do jo,i know wluM-o It cunu' from ? 'J'l,,, very hoart of (hxl
noli in mcvn, o;roat, in love, Hhnn<lnnt in iJt^tVia /.u-;,,?«r.ss
oxcmlmp; ricli in grace. "^ '
Now, wo Imvc to notice two tilings ftirther. WImt ig
tlio hon\ s «rro>ifi inoasngo to Cidoon? '« /'Var rio< " TiiRf
IS wliut (lie C.ospcl suy.. - 7V,/..^ /,... cnstoth oi.t fear ''
mo. ]f yon seek to got it, it niiKst ho God^s perfect
Icne, not yonivs,— riiAT alone. 1 .Ino. iv. 10 Tlio thivd
'"sSf Ur' " '•''?' :''f '"^^ '^'■'^ " '^"'^^ «« ^vitl. , .
Tin r V 1 T'"" T"" J"*'f'^'"^"t.'' ,Tno. V. 24. And in
^, \T •t/.^''"^'^'"'^' '''" o«'"II our lives \'s that wo ever
doubted llin,. Is (Jod's word not enough to assmV, ,,
flo 1ms told us that, for the believer, the question of s ns
8 settled; that he stands in (Jod's favor, and that L
judsrment is passed. ^
Now, with Gideon, wo have a Airthor tiling. «' It camo
o pass tlic mme. nujht that the Lord safd unto hin"
(\ei«e 2o) Iho same iup;ht that I fonnd the Savionr for
mine. He lonnd nic for ///,.. The same passage that savs,
M.y Beloved is mine;' says, also, - I an, Hil" (Jod ha
weeded these together, and let us not sunder them. Tiiis
alone can be fnll, true Christianity
That meant that you to.^k 1 lin, not only for your Saviour
but also hn- your Lord. Ev.My breath ot" our bodies, ev^ry
taoulty of our beings were henceforth to be fJis and Mis
dSr -.T./^ "t^T^ }'"''t '""'""' ^""•'^■- tln-ow down his
alta . 'Ihough there be that are called ffods to
Jr.,,. C/.n.s-/ by whom are all things, and we by Him."
1 <-.oi. vin. .).G. People are objected to as being exclnsiveH
There IS no other God but a God who is excIusiv^-no S
J esus but one who is an exclusive Lord Jesus. May God heln
ijs t. l>e betterexclusives in a divine way-fori^earii^g in gZ
with otliei-s-sepamte to the Lord ourselves. Gideon's
hoart was sincere, but he has -.ot the courage to throw
God that he lias the courage to do it at all. See what a
, stir throwing down this lioary-headed iniquity created -
Mio siimor is
«|)ol Hcinion !
honrtofCJod,
ing Icindncss,
r. What is
not." That
;h out fear."
that porfoct
od's porfoct
Tho t/iird
HO with us,
!4. Aiui in
ont) , (jlory
lat wo over
' assure us?
iion of sins
lul that his
" It came
unto liim,
ther liath,"
Saviour for
3 tiiat says,
" (Jod has
hom. This
)ur Saviour
kHo.s, ovory
is and Mis
\v down his
. . . to
id one. Lord
by Him."
exclusivc.s.
i — no Lord
y God help
ng in grace
Gid(!on's
•■ to tiirow
t. Thanif
iee wliat a
r created !
As surn as you step oil tho hoaten track thorn will he a
tn- a,M,....g the nei,d.I>ourH. TImm-,, always wilM ,.^
p(H)ph>, h()w«V(T, that will he tni.> („ iLi, "!'•;"""«»
And .. when a n.n's ways pleaH.!"!, uj ,. IZlf ri
Hs enenues to ho at peace with hi.n." iliHZlt^Z
ather even i.s on In's side,. If,, .says " iH id , ""'f ""''
h iiiMolf " \tt, I ±- ,' -^ '•'"■ I'luil plead for
mnselt. Attn- Ka vati.,n real,/,,.,l in this way firs , renent.
u nee toward Hod, then faith toward our J.onUes, ; Ct
ton assurance -yon have to stand for (Jod. Now y u ^-lu
pu^ he tru.np,,, to your mouth and give your testh.ry. ""
Atte. (caleons teHtnnony, after tin, "words of ( Ll "
Hoi, »„tLi«„" ^ """■ ''""-•"•"'■ """"- "• ««l-"'«t
O0.I Iwks oil Oiclooii'a army, ,„„I IIo s„e, son,., who havo
a Z dZ t1 """'";"'^ """'""'■ ^o" "'"' "o Pr no r
vZllv A .'" J™" ""' °"'y «""«o«voly l,ut indi-
vul ,a ly. A ma„ trusts too ,„ud, to l.imsolf, „„d Clo<l 1 as
1 1 Z?s '"till Tti *' '"""'l ''"'' "■ "■»-' "■■•""2 ^'
planted them in Canaan. God will nr.f ».,.,,«
machinery among us. ife wi lldrm tJ. *•,'? '"'"'''
Ihe hrst test is, who is n/raid of the enemy Nineteen
fakef nww ta W '" ^^ i*'^"^' «^" confession were
^Ktii .awa> to {iea\en, beoau.se they would not he fnlfVif.,!
bore. Just as one might take their boy to t lied to ser^^
bin., and hndu.g him useless there send bin home M u v
a son tho Father sends home, hecause be will n ' bo dr i i
M
8
and bear tlio yoke. Any ono who:llftul married a wife
built a hnuso, or plantod a vineyard, -whoso iieart was i-o^
sot on the battle -was to be sent back. 0>,r hous(>s arc
often more thounrht of than God's house. The face of .he
enemy appalled a larj^'e number of (lideons men. Fiut
troops and walls only Hnd out wha* is in a man, the extent
of his (Mier^y. " \\y The(. liave T ran throa;;di a troop • by
rny (-.0(1 liave I leaped over a wall." I thank (lod for all
tlie rorrowfl, tests, and h(>art-ae}ies }U has led me throu-h
Ihey have tan,i,'ht me more what ir(^ is. I desire to be
with Him that He may be with me.
But it is not only the face of the enemy that can send
people back. (4od told (iid,.on to brin- doWn his men to
the mif-'r, and He would try th(>m for him there. Htran^re-
ly etiough this drink of water has slain many a man. Illw
will they drndc ? Nine thousand seven hundred drank their
till, and three hundred lapped with their liands, and ])assei:
on to the battle, just taking a little by the way. Where
can we find a parallel to this in our case ? In our comfort-
a'.le firesides, our prosperities, God's mercies. Have we a
wite and chddren, the comforts of a home ? Are we pros-
pered m our business? Let us be careful about good
things They try us more than bad things. Not that we
s lou d not enjoy God's temporal blessings, but that we
should '' use the world as not abusing it." God help us not
to be like the 9,700 who laid down and drank their fill
God made a gourd for Jonah, but He had to take it away
trom Inm next morning because he was occupied with it
and out of tune with the Blesser. How often this has
been true to the very life of yon and me,~you know it and
1 know it, may we liave honesty to confess it— and now I
Next, how shall we tight the battle ? Gideon's men were
to gird their swords on their thighs, take their trumpeis in
their right hands, and as they blew, break the pitchers that
the light might shine out, and shout " The sword of the
i^ordand of Gideon, "—their eyes on the captain. The
earthen vessels (j.tchers) express weakness. They had not
to fight the battle. God fought for them. " They stood
every man in his place." May God teach us to win victories
like Gideon's three hundred, and to render to Him all tlie
praise : Hencefortli to drink of the " brook by the way »
and so hft up the head— pressing on to victory.
B. C. G.
.Slll'J.lKld Ull,,.]
[Leaflet- No. 4.
\rrm\ a w\(o,
iioart was iiOu
fr houses aie
(! face of the
s wm\. Rut
n, the extent
a ti'ooj) ; by
f (xod for all
I me throu-Tjli.
desire to be
that can send
1 his men to
re. Htrange-
i man. How
(I drank their
;, and jiasseu
vay. Where
our comfort-
Have we a
^re we pros-
about good
'^ot that we
)ut that we
I help us not
ik their fill,
ake it away
pied with it,
en this has
know it and
and now !
I's men were
trumpeLS in
litchers that
ivord of tlie
ptnin. The
ley had not
They stood
'in victories
Jim all the
y the way "
B. C. G.
FALSE AND REAL STAYS.
(2Chroii. xxviii. .21. ,(,,.vil,. x. 12-11 )
Tlioy are worse tii.an nothing— a (leltision -i sn-im w«
sot nothing from thou, in ,\l one b. " ;,;^cfa 1 disa,
one God will not cr,ve Ills nlor,, to unothor "_ The
world, with nil its power arrayed on-'one idc will prove
1 !>t a poor s.ibslitute Cor our (iod. Ho has a hos a iTs
AVith the hep of my God f shall leap over a wall ''
1 .re, sword wild beasts or men still willlo,- are .KTroal
1 r.cult.es to our progress if 0.ul be with „. Lea upon
n.m, and yon are safe ; lean upon anythin-r else h uli vi
J pc.-,k r,,., „ the I.o,<l l,or„re lie ,,„.|,o ,o III oa , v"
llo,„„^ed to Ood, he commanded llrera ■ nnd verv , , ,,
e;;;';,;^ t.::"/:7'/' "T '"-i ''^ """ ^-^'^^^ ^--k. - ;
mt luit the Lord hearkened. Joshua feMrin..- that ho shni
i..\8 for Its extension. He believes in the soverei-n ^v of
tluit these laws crippled and cramped His opem io^s'
H that they were only so many min sters of His o do
tiie saints of every age, " according to the will of God'
Prayerhae burstmany acloud, andputtoflight man/anS-my
Player makes the .larkened cloud withdraw ; *
I rayer chnib.s the ladder Jacob saw :
Oivos exorcise to faith nn<) love •
Bnugs every blessing from above."
" Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Let this ouestion
solve a thousand difficulties, and silence a thousand ob
jections against the sure Word of God. '^'^^^^^^^^ ob.
ii
2
THE PRUNED BRANCH.
A PABABMC.
A vigorous branch of a noblo vine rosp nn nl.nvn ti
top of the wall, and sai.i to lii.nsc f - Her 'I L i '
w ucb none has ap,n-opriatod, a pll whe'tu a . d 'S
So tlio lirancli stralchcd liijimclf lu.riio,. ami lii.Tl,„,. „,„n
»vt,u, well, Ins time will eonio ' "^
JirSor'i,::'"..'.'^'^' ""■•'• -"• '-f°- .-"'^0";'^;
of 'th^o"'" '""' "'" S"'-'!-!""-. '• .mist we expect too m„cl.
Slowly, as it seemed to the branoli, wliicli wai an lnn„l,.
can'st thou do ought for me?" ' ^ Master,
rfeli/ %!i!?r^' "'' ^'''^'"'' ''^"'^' " ^^^'^^^^ ^°"'^«t thou
,'.' X®^ Master," said he, " I would »
He It so ;" and instantly the loftv nart nf iho h..„.,^i
r?e>.S:iS?or„1l..!'" ^^"^ •"■"=" "1- r'tLe-llS
"Master !" said the branch, " 1 hid if. for Thee Thon
aidst ^rune me in Thy wisdom, and bind me in Thy love?"
W.B,
I
Tender (fiass.J
[Leaflet- No. d.
ip nl)ovc tho
is u sphere
ilnrgcd views
where n.iils
I, of course,
cxi)ectC(l to
higher, until
inloiier siij,
ill come, no
1 below will,
t not expect
3t too much
IS so lonely
rapes c.amo
to hear the
is empty."
ronght out,
iy Master,
'uldst thou
he branch
the wall,
gatherers
but a few
strength,"
and lifted
e largest,
'■^■. Thou
'hy love."
I
W,B,
JESUS WEPT.
(Rend Jno. xi. )
Surrounded by Jews who had come from Jerusalem to
comfort them, Mary .-.s Martha had done, left them nil for
Jesus. Ihe^v could condole with her but they could not
help her. W uit a picture is this of the emptiness of mere
human consolation ! Something more is wanted which
JesuH only can sup,>ly. si,e turned, therefore, from tho
Whole company of the Jews to the One who was still
outside the village He could comfort, and He couhl
help; and He could show it. Man, In the folly of tho
heart thinks it unmanly to weep. He, who is Son of God,
would show //. could -weep with those who weei ."
*' Jesus wept. ^
He wept, but not because Lazarus was dead, for Ho
was about to raise" him 14). He wei)t, surely, as He wit-
nessed the sorrow sin had brought into tlu world. " He
wept. Ihc Jews beheld it and said, " See how He loved
1?V .? ^.^'\ ''""f^' ''"•' ^''^ ^^''"0 who sorrowed, and
^t'ff^ t ?r ""'^^ ''^'^*'*' = ^"-^ ^" l""*^^«"t were per-
mit ed to see Him weeping, that when absent from earth,
as he shorly would be. His people should count on His
sympathy when in circumstances of bereavement like these
two sisters. But He did more. What no human ear could
hear, that God heard, and the pen of inspiration has re-
corded It, He ^^ groaned in spirit." He manifested heforo
rorrn^''H^;'^^"".'°"l^ sympathize with His people n
son-ow : but He- en eted into all its depths and bore it on
His heart before God. He wept before the Jews and
groaned in sprit before God. "Upholding all thinc^s v
he word of His power," Ho could yet bc'occupio f with
he soiTows of two of His people, and so enter into them
ns to bear the whole weight before God. Many around
Ma?v3?f;th'n"' «"-'>\^,t«- H<^ shed^consTec
Mar;y and Martha more richly than all the attention and
sorrow of their friends. The Jews and the sisters bewaUed
their loss Jesus shed tears and so manifested how really
«e leit tor them. His heart ^1° d''°"-"<irAri ^- fv- • -
that day, and blessed te Hi, nam;-^ is no ohaS
What He was, He is still. ^
"Who in each sorrow bears a part,
That none can bear below,"
(Selected,)
GLEANINGS.
i'l
without Cln-i,.:l"po,o"t> tlced"'"''' '" ""'"='■ "" """=»
..oU,?„s'',°Klt.°''™'-'' ^°"" =»»""" f-' -. "in leave
Yo?lr.'ur n™" "°'1'"'S' "' 'I"' «"'' bo u„,ene«.l.
J-nuli ,1, Jesus is inconsistent with every evil w-iv
cint: „?''^ S™ ";;;r a"r, '"°--' ' It^fn- still .
^;;aj.^h..,.r-.S.:S3srs:[^:it^^
olde,. he e,!derrto°<.' *, s! „ir Z»" "'^L i''"°
of .nevcy is shut ; it is too l.ato ; Le 4' isj^^f 'no i"Z ^"°''
4lt::s'<:;ttf"Stls''4;if. ':„'""■>• ^ "'i '-^'--^ •
tion out of Christ is sin in^f '•"'",""""' ""'"''"'"'■
Christ is sla™". ' ' "" '^*""='«' «<l™Ption out of
Christians should ever remember th»t il,»„
jioirour™ ;;:;r.^„tht'rp;«i™ti:;r' '"'-■'"«*"« .
,1--'
Waters of yuictuosa.]
Liatlut-No. 6,
of rightooiis-
Iie applo the
>iit Christ is
s ; all things
D, will leave
unrenevvcil.
xpcs upon a
ami care of
I Way.
it can still a
?ood, soften
od and man
is often up
iiale-fjictor.
risec.
• can bring
>w: to tho
slons ; gulp
nigh, the
' The door
> hope."
Bstion God
illii.n;ly be
imaginary
sanctifica-
on out of
are the
lid that no
ing either
A WILDERNESS SONG.
' n'/un mi/ spirU %vaa ow.rwhrlm.d wUhin ww, llua Thoa kiuiocst
my iHith."—Pmlma tjclii. 3,
Mv fioil ! wliosn ^Tacious pity I iiiav claim,
('.■illirif,' Thru ' F.ithor,' swpd, end' :.: ■ ' iiamo f
I lie .siitlcriii^'H of (liis wciik ami \ <'wy '■
All, all ai'u known to (htf I
■MIIO,
Froiti liumaii eyes 'tis licttcr ti con fnl
iliicli that I siill'iT, much that 1 ]».w\y ic. ■ ;
Ihit oh I this th()u;;ht .Iocs traiKiti c'.a.i heal.
All, all is known to 'J'huo
Each sickoninff ronnict with indwelling,' sin :
Each sickening fear, ' I n.'cr the jiri/o shall win :
ii-ach iKUif,' fioni irritation, turmoil, din.
All, all are known lo Theo !
When in the morning,' unrefrcslicd I wake,
Or m the ui^'ht but little rest can take ;
Ihis brief appeal suhmi.ssivoly I make,
All, all is known to Theo !
Nay, all by Thee is ordered, chonen, planned,
Lach drop that fills my daily cup, Thy hand
i rescnbes for ills none else can understand ;
All, all is known to Theo !
The effectual means to cure what I doplorc„
111 mo Thy longed-for likeness to restore,
Self to dethrone, never to f^overn more
All, all are kuowu to Thee !
Ami this continued feebleness— this state
Which seems to unnerve and ineapadtate,
W ill work the cure my hopes and i)rayors await •
Ihat cure I leave to Theo ; ,
Nor will its bitter draught distasteful prove,
\V hile I recall the Son of Thv dear love ;
Ihe cup Thou wouldst not for our sakes 'remove-
That cup Hg drank for mo !
He drank it to tho dregs— no drop renuained
Of wratji— for those whose cup of woo He draiiwd -
Man no er can know what that sad cup contained :
All, all 13 knovj-n to Theo !
And welcome, i.rocious can His Spirit make
My httlo drop of suffering for His sake ;
I'athor, the cup I drink, tho jiatli I take :
AH, all ai-e kuowu to Thee 1
>Tsi
rJA
THE BELIEVER^ PRIVILEGE.
"Enoch walke.l AvitlTGod. "_Gon. v. 24
£^?"^.^Vth God ! fellowship diviuo '
To TheP VL f^ '^'°^'' '=o""n»'uon hold,
Yes ell Tl "% '''°r' "f "'y J'^art unfold :
Into q*hvT '° ^"-'^''ich weary care and grief
II to Ihy bosom pour, till there I lind relTof
l^i^J n k oft^ converse sweet wLre'er I go V
With T1.1 /^ ^'^ "ly liighest bliss below :
Thy counsel seek in ever? tryiSL hour
My ill"'' •'"■ '" ■»ll«='io" abi„" ' ■
My Savio,,r-r„d. w ,o°SviSv irfr- "» "'"■
Bui on tK,cS;V° "T' ""'"'I I kDe,,,
Myjvery.i:.I;;X''Se'eTtalTer'-^
In Thee iV-l^t r'nessTlo " "'' ^""* '"^^« '^'^-n.
Thyhon^eVhonreThyGoTa;^^^^^^^ •
Dead to the world n, J iip • i • , *atl>er mine,
to %i,.t hSi-atnii'™ y™r^""" ^
K ,?"»"■•?. I/?n trample on thimZT
VWn, through the clouds of Sim,.,! ,,' ,-1
That my K,a, „ J,Sy SSyXS I
Words of the Wise.]
[Leallet— No. 2.
" GOD IS LIGHT."
into Satan's hands if I go terond Xf T U ?"' ""^'f
To talk'with sairsonThe Wn" s of^Gorr "' "f **,"'"';
spoken out of communion wiMi rr*// Ti • ^^^ ^"''^^
danger in it.^Coll. WhI ^fj. ^^'i'. '^''' '' ""common
GAIN THE HeIrT^^TW'^ONSCIENCE.
(an extract.)
eousuess which reijrns arrTcml Zl • f * .?*^^ ^^ '^ ^''ght.
through righteouS uTolertur 1,^°?','^"^ ^'^^
sms that might have been washed aw;y ti„o ^S^T^^
been reta ned ! How minv hJ^^u ^ (Jno. i.111.) have
time, that might havl b^ Utae^ to GoT' /f ^"
because we have hammered Jfhn • ^ ^"^ *^ "«'
the heart ungained-with the hLTT"""' ™'''''^'' ^'^^
unsought! ^'^^^^' ^ "^'"^y say, a/mos«
chair, and ave^otlaoIrTi*^''''! '\^^"^ the judge's
lowl/workrehavflitl^'^dX^";?"*' ^"f- ^'^^ ^^''''''''
understand that mere r IhSf ^ ^i^v' ''°'' ?"'" ^'"^ ^° ^^
eous as it may be-will nnf wrw?^'"^""^^'^'"^^^!^ ^'ght-
that .jadgmenltw: l^Tem^Lt^an^^^^^^^^^^ f «°"^?'
not touch, and soften, and sXue hV^H^ I ''^' *''."^' ^'^
tion, that, by the very facf^nf f h ^° '"''''^'''^ '»«t''"c-
be m thei; tr'ue pice 'before God '""'^ ''' ^^^^» -^ ^
among men drive him out among ?he Trees of f}T ^'T'
to escape the unwelcome voice t \?'''S^"'
w. jV. D.
i:--:'-i
BEHOLD,
his soul
which is LIFTED UP
is NOT UPRIGHT in him
But
THE JUST
shall live
by His
FAITH.
Although
the FIG TREE shall not blossom,
neither shall the fruit be in the VINES;
the labour of the OLIVE shall fail,
and the FIELDS shall yield no meat;
the FLOCK shall be cut off from the fold,
and there shall be no HERD in the stalls:
YET
I WILIi I^BJOIGB IN- ITHS liOI^D,
I WILL JOY IN THE GOD OP MY SAhYmiOK.
The Lord G.xl is my strength, and Ho will make my
ftet like hind's feet, and He will make me to walk
upon mine high places.— Hab. ii. 4, iii. 17-19.
^'"^■■■.J
,.1''*-
p
ha :
ossoni,
1 fail,
meat ;
the fold,
e stalls :
make my
! to walk
Waters of Quietuoss.] 3
**IVIY BELOVED.'
pro. 7.
(song sol., v. 9.)
O what is thy Beloved? They oft cnq-iire of me.
And what in my Beloved so passing fair I see?
Is it the heavenly splendour in which He shines above?
His riches and dominion, that won ray heart's best love.
'tis not His glories. He's worthy of them al) !
)t the Throne and Sceptre, before wl
ONo!
'Tis not the Throne and Sceptre, before which an^ols full:
1 view with heart exhulting eacV crown His head adorns:
Jiut O, He looks most lovely, wearing His crown of thorne.
I'm glad to see His raiment, than snow more spotless white,
Kefulgent with its brightness, more dazzling than the light
Biit more surpasoing lovely His form appears to me.
When stnfpd, and scourged, and bleeding. He hung upon the
With warmest adoration, I see Him on the throne.
And join the loud hosannas that His high virtues own :
liut, O. most blessed Jesus, I must confess to Thee
More than the throne of glory I love that Sucred tree.
I joy to see the diadems upon Thy royal brow,
Bn? ?U Thtcfi J'T"; "^^ ™''J^'*/ '" ^^'""^ Thou sittc t now ;
But tis Thyself, Lord Jeous, makes heaven seem heaven to me
Ihyself, as first I knew Thee, uplifted on the tree.
Though higher than the highest most mighty King Thou a^t,
'Ihl frrr -T ■ "w ?^y greatness, first touched my rebel heart;
i '7 a ""^''* ^V? ''"'" ""«' Thine arrows dr^nk my blood
But twas the cross subdued me, and won my heart to Go^
Thy sceptre rules creation, Thy wounded hand rules me :
All bow before Thy footstool, I »ut the nail-prints see.
Aloud they sound Thy titles, Thou Lord of Lords most hich
■ One thrilling thought absorbs me-this Lord for me did dfe,'
O, this is my Beloved, there's none so fair as He :
The chief among ten thousand, He's all in all to Me.
Whn wnn ! 1 ^^*fl ' r'^' ^"°'"«? '« ^^"^'1 ^'th him above,
Who wooed me first, and won me by His sweet dying love.
J. G. Deck.
pi]
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4
Where Youp Treasure is there will Your Heart be afao.
(Lukexii. 34'. )'
Blest (Jay when crossing Bodron-vill,
iliere left pvoud Ziou's crested hill
A hiunble company.
Unseen by man, to world unknown,
ilie risen Lord led forth His gwii
To quiet Bethany.
His blessing gave each heart a sense,
With penetrating influence,
Of His almighty love,
fliraself their treasure, hope, and stay ;
inen Ictt them on the upward way
To gloiious rest abovcv
O that wo "ll were fully set.
As that small band on Olivet,
On such a heavenly prize }
The father linds His own delight
To give the upper realm of light
To tj'iose whom men despise.
The Father's will that we should be
A poor unworldly company.
Wetting "is Son's return ;
Rich in His love, all else He sold,
Nor seek the dust : * nen call gold.
He daily bids is (earn.
Each hour that strikes upon the chfmci
lolls ot a traiMforiQatian time
Rapidly coming on ;
And faith the "little flock can sco
Sitting m housed security.
With the beloved Son.
The saints in glistening white array
Ihe heavenly feast in order laid
^v. J>«gW lighted hall,
Tho Master of that radiant place
to Wfill-known conde^ending gra'ce.
Serving the guests withal.
Lord may this heavenly hope awake
Our drowsy souls their sleep to shake -
Ihy coming sure is nigh ?
With girdetl loins, ,-mtI lamps alight^,
Lach bearing heart 'jo turned arigl r'
T»wai-ds the dawning sky
,■ >-'l.
Tender Grass.
Meart be afso.
[No. 7.
THE FLESH AND SPIRIT.
Why am I Thus?
How soon, after souls have been brought by the
grace of God to know the forgiveness of sins, arc they
Jed to raise this enquiry, not understanding the strano-o
enigma that if they are God's children— born of Him,
that evil still t^wells in them. And how often are
they, on the one hand, tempted by Satan to doubt
they ever were converted at all, and thus discouraged,
drop back into the ways of the world again. Or
worse, upon the other, holding to the fact that they
have been blessed, and yet unable to reconcile the
existence of indwelling evil, they palliate sin and
excuse themselves for committing it, calling it temp-
tation for which they are not responsible, and often
vainly imagining they are at last clear of it.
Dear reader. God has a " way of peace," unknown
to " vulture's eyes " (the keenest sight) and untrodden
by "lion's whelps" (the firmest steps) and if we will
but hearken to Him, He will make it known to us.
May He guida, as we now consider what He says—
1. " That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; that
which IS born of the Spirit is spirit "—shows plainly
that the true Christian possesses two natures, on his
being "horn again;' which, mark, is not a change
of the old to a new nature, but of the person by
receiving a new one. With this fact, we will see
what He thinks of each, and what He tolls us to do
with reference to them.
The old natuiie— with its relatives — " <Ae /es^ "
^-"carnal mind" — "old man," is evil and evil
continually.
THE FLESH fin onPi-tbirrl nf iha noaaarrac ir, wV-J^U
It IS tound) meaning the nature of fallen man; the
rest, our bodies, "fiesh and blood."
Wh&iitis. "In it dwelleth no good thing." Rom.vii.18
What it does. "Lusteth again&t the Sj^rit." Gal
Its works are these ; —
Mi
>.J
k.«W».«
t.'li
e
, strife, Je\Snsferc^tr '.™'- """■ "'"'■''"'<"«. wvatt;
nes., reve)iin^?and ™ ; ^7'"? ..""""l^?'?' 'I™"''""-
before, as I havs »l.l T •"* ''"' "'"'=1' 1 Ml you
wbich\i„ such u,1iZ shir" f^r p^-7' '^"^ f^^y
of God." Gai V laSl '"^""' ■ ■'« '"'"SJ"t5i
Rom. vir. 8, vunsave<l) ca7mo^ 2^;ef^'c (yocZ."
flesh. Isen^^^^uagJ^tG^r"^ •^*' ^"^^^^^^^ <^'^°
Uavenandin GodTJigkt:' '"" '' "'^'/ainsi
■• Not subject to God's /-^-j,, » u u
man was lawle^ XV ! ^^^^°'^ *^^^ ^^^« ^'^^n
God's Son earn? in g^ace toXn^^ ^'^'^
hands, and crucified and d ^. "" '''''^^ kicked
that the GosDel Snf i T ^''"' God-hater-now
-Spirit rSt ^ '''""*^"" "^^^^J ^»J provided
Him in the present • and mr?l v • ^^ conversion to
jt in what /rcu^sL^es'r^llJV^d'^^lf'-f • ^"^
law, and it breaks if n,,^ ' " ^'^ evil— under
Old MAN-our Wer^^^^^ r^l' ^"^ '^ abuses it.
What are we to do as to it?
"Mortify your MEM It-^'f''''"^^^ ^ ^--I,
''ir..^^.^.. our BODIES »S^ ^ ' ^""-S
««Alr^a„„u . ^ ^'""lES, wJiich it would use If,. - --
Jnortal flesh.' % Cor t l T """^ ^' ^""^" »^^"^f^«* ^^
• ^^ B, C. •
•T7
V'
6hepherd Calls.] 7
WHITE ArO RUDDY.
[No. 5.
"My Beloved is white and ruddy the chiefest a.aong ton thousand'.
feouK Hoi, V. 10.
It IS said of David that he was "ruddv and nf « f •
counteuance," referring no douht, to h Vu ful rinn''
ami beauty. I3ut in the descnpti;n here giColh true
Davul, the spotless purity of Hi. person, and tlie character
Iphe^v'^Th:' ""^ '^ "'"•^"' "" '^y *'- «pSi' o
propnecy. Ihese are signilicaiit words— " Wl.,>« o. 1
.•u,l,ly." Tho Holy Spirit <C3ii,,,u to se ortl, wl u,er
yame ot Mis blood. "Can you tell me of any thin<' thit
IS whiter han snow?" enquired one, who was a^di^s^
a Sunday Schoo '> The soul that has been washe Tr f
hlood o Jesus," was the satisf.tctory answer of a litt «
cluld. But, i 1 a brand plucked from the li e, bla kene^^
and consumed, as it were, by sin, can thus be n a^ewhfte
tnau snow— pure as the light of heaven in virtnrnfli I
|«ost precious blood, what, we may askrinust be tie ostt'
lal ]ohnes.s, and infinite dignity of Him, by whose bloo
hoddmg this marvellous work is accomp^lished - Yes
ndoed. one soul thus blessed would prove^he wondrous
ct icacyof the sacrifice; but what wilt thou say, nrsoul
when lu heaven thou beholdest myriads upon myrLls of
■ansoined souls, singing the song tliat is ever^iew' "'un'o
Kun that loved us, and waslu^d us from our sins in His
ri\'Satho ^^f ^'^"M'^"»^ and Priests unto God
a ever A ' " nf' ^ ^^°''>' '^'"^ ^^°"V'"ou for ever
and evei. Amen." O ! what exalted adorinV thou<.hts we
shall then have of tlie once 'owly Son of Mn W
^gly exalted Christ of God ! Iv^^at thou st ^1"2
Who, O who, la wortliy to be the Chieftiin of «11 r„J-
host., »vo the Cptain ll „„r Salvation r-M^f Song Sot'
How wondrous the glories that meet
In Jesus, and from His face shine
Wis love is eterna) and sweet,
Tis huniaji, lis also divine ?
PAUL'S VOYAGE TO ROME.
compare? tdv;il r laS^^^^^^^^ 'V^? -'^'-'' - a
violence of tlie stormv ;f.n °' ^?.™^^ ^'^ ^"<^U'« the
After a th«e he ISl^n ?' '"''"' ^'"^'^ '^ ''''^^^ <-o pass,
bein- rejected tl.pu- '. f "" *'"''*''" suggestion, vJhich
the Jalter were all sived '^''^^/'*'-t>^« /ormer was lost,
histor^^of theCiruI-chrlis et hl^ p'.^J!;^^' ^iL'f .^^ ^^«
as we know pinnno«o.i f.. Y ".■ P'^^"- ^i^Q testimony,
started Thrwav o p " '^^'^"?'^"^' f''^^" ^vheuce Pan
designed omnde\hp n '""',• M^^'^^^^ testimony was
preserve it fro^m ship'w ec^^b"^^^ '°T'^ -^^
and rnin were the clon q ^n tV jSr?„' H?.''''^^' ''"^"'^
the failure, we perceive th riSt .• , ^^"^ progress of
vation of the Church'. !. ^^'«';'°f «? 'between the preser-
faitkfulness and altt Ln ^"1 1 ^^7,' ^"' ''^'^^'"''^""^
will always find a wor^ nV^n Z'^,^.'^^' ^^^th ears to hear,"
in times ^oftLkesrlXn"'"'^.^" ^"^^ guidance for him
pieces the cor So "^^h. '' "^^f ^''^^'^^ ^"'-^A- ^'^^h iu
iarth may van h awav ^? "=7f ^'^r.^thing connected wiM,
ahideth forever f " ' ^"' ^'^ '^^^ '^''^^ '^' ^^'l «/ ^-rf
tho'^eUoTeftThat^it'u '''^^^^ '"' "^^''^ -'-^^^^ ^^3'
--Sehcted ^ ^'^ intelligence and warrant to do so.
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"THE LAST NIGHT OF SODOM."
Escape for tl.y lifo/'_tho .vords oi angels.
wefe 'a^y in" l! Sdl't"" ^^"^^ *^ ''' "^^^^^ ^^ere
from the impLdin. Lm Ta .^' '''^'-'"^^^^ *« «««^Pe
habitants warfS^th'eTst dfop'^ : SVIhl'V"-
cup of wrath to be poured nnon thirr .>^S= -ht^jf ^^'^
Him that Tent th™ tt^ bo tSh^ wTl7 f. T,'- '"
them the flres of His wrath, ^ °'^''' ''^"''"'^
Bible Roading.j
9
rxo. 2.
rejj;ar(l3 its
>i'(ler, as a
endure the
td to pass,
tion, which
the waves,
etwecn the
i" was lost,
this to the
testimony y
leuce Paul
irnonj' was
oiirso, and
ed, failure
rogress of
Lhe preser-
individual
to hear,"
ice for him
ly dash iu
Cited witU
i^l of God
inutely by
i to do so.
;her there
to escape
if the in-
the fierj
I thej re-
! messen-
to slight
e meant
> back to
e behind
NOTES OF BIBLE READINGS~2.
THE JUDGMENFsiAT OF CHRIST.
(Romans xiv. 10-12.)
Tho first point we have to look at in the consideratmn nf
Saisfc J' fA ^'t n?'^ ^'^'''' '^' J"^'g'»«»t seat of
tim^ nor"fi?^h ^' *'"'' ^]^- ""^ '^^^ ^' ^^ere at the same
Slohn v%^ '^"^' f^^'^^^.-nor to the same result.
It says "Se fh.fT' \^ ^^'^^^^dict this gene^ral view.
Him thn. =. . t .¥*'^*^ ^y ^«rd' and believeth on
tZrth It} *^T- ^"'''°"u^' ^^"^^^^^^^•o^^ in the twenty-
tourth and damnatxon in the twenty-ninth verses Tf i
rgS'wSL'^LT' ^%^,^-^^' ^- ^" ^-e thre"
i^-ngiisn words. The Roman Catholic version reads "Cometh
not into jvdgrmntr and so in all three. The Do^ay tmns
atK,n IS thus in these verses better than ours There are
two classes mentioned, and one of them can never come
mto 3nd<jment,^t\,^ ,,ave ^^ passed out of deathTnto iff^"
Ihis IS quite opposite to the thoughts of many But let
eT.eS to'' '? '''\ understands ^the ..mcTof"^ God who
.judgment. I will show you why. Hebrews ix 27 9«
I wi ill ♦ "f " 'l;^* '?:>k fof Him He shall appear, etc''
ill Ilis Dlacc A.\l :,'"''"""'• '' ' '"' appo.ntine.it, preach
place. A> he w,.j to preach, so another p.eacbes ..or
-Si
(■■>
1$
nt; hIv;:. '" ^r% ^''^ ^'^ ^^'^^ J'^^"^ «--• ^j-^wn
stn vU;. i'" ""'■ '^PP«i»fci"«>'t, or not? Lot us
stiwly ir,s cross a few n.iuut,«, ain] ■;,,«. .sins He i«
br;;::!itr'- ''"^" '^ ^"'-^ ^^^'^ -^^'^ ^-^' ^''^> - --
"Ood will not iiaynient <(wi(v domand,
(>/i'r at my bfoodiiig siiroty'a hand
And then /Njain at mine."
P'ople say that Christians are all to bo juclffod -but
hey say so because they do not fully l,elieve the G^pol a
tut last two verses of Hebrews ix. present it. What then
fstkeZurf' ?T' l--the.n/Then..;../:t!^:'^,g
mJlt lef to I '^r7'''P^''''^ and gone to all eternity^
S" Deaf. T "! , ^l ''"r^'" "''''' ^«^""d God-^
back. Death I am not looking f )r, as I may never die
Judgmen .pent itself upon H m. 80 I am looking for he
One jho bore my sins, death and the judgment due to me
tnat not a nngle true believer will ever be judaed in
Mount Sion, . and to God, the Jndm of all etc "
theTels'tT^'f^ -y promissory note, a'nd / havVnot
the means to pay it. Meeting .urn, I tell him my case • he
takes out the note, and strike's n,y' signature off if So
not fear the paper then, nor the d .of payment I have
met the m«n that „.lds <'e note, ud all i settled So
every one that coracs to Christ now lias met helcJ"
)^r wiirvof"^' :'"^' ";' f '°^^ ^"^ ^-^ ^j- j"d;;tt
seat. Will you mee^ •'.. Judge at the /?.'^«»„ . ^seat or
tho ,„.rcy seat ? If at the Judgment s.atf you will be I''
-If at the mercy scat, saved. Heb. x. ] , 2 tells us of o
2'irhirbnTr""'"'^'^^' "' ,t ' ^- '^'^y ^^'i---'- »-«
sm in him, but his sim are all washed away. God sa vs •
The, 1 a„d i„,quiti ,ni I rememiL no moi "
J±leb. X 17.) Do vou beh.ve Him? When Almi-htv
God declares to us that the feeblest believer thus f^s
clear as the One whom he trusts-when He says "no more "
shall we^say "any more"? Tn the face of the worlTthe
flesh aiKl the devil, put this word, God says ''lo onr '
and God IS to be believed. Our wm-st sin is that wT wUl
11
301110 flown
t ? Lot us
sins He is
' can never
Igod, — but
Gospol, as
iVliat tlion
, the sting
I etornity.
lincl God's
never die.
iig for the
ue to nie,
fact then
'udged in
"ome unto
' all, etc."
have not
case ; he
it. I do
I have
tied. So
le Judge,
judgment
t seat, or
II be ;().s'^,
s of ' no
purged ?
does that
, because
. Bid 1
iever has
od s, ,.i :
) more."
Umighty
us is as
lo more,"
orld, the
3 MORE,"
we will
not hcliovo IFim. Thus there is no more comnnice of sins
to any that know the value of the blood of Christ, and no
more remembrnncp. of .sins. Ko there is no more offn-hu/ for
flui." Heb. X. 18. If it were possible to get our conscience
unpurged after the blood of Christ has cleansed us, we
never could bo saved. Ho can never come down to dio
again. If any sin could come on us after being once
cleansed, it could never be taken off". Sonie have the erro-
neous thought that the blood of Christ ,ust be re-sprinkled,
—a daily application. The Bible hoa no such thought!
The b'ood of Jesus is on the imrcy seat Ijefon* God, Gotl
says lie is satisfied with the tlnishetl work of Jesiis. In
Heb. X. 26, we have also "» more ancrijice for sins" in
connection with the apnHtat<^ the wilful sin of trampling
under foot the hlood of Chri.st. It is impossible for the
man to be saved who turns his back on the sacrifice of
Jesu What is Satan doing? He lulls the unsaved, and
troul, the Lord's sheep. If He tells you, dear unsaved
one, u. it you are not quite lost, do not listen to him
You, deal 'Christian, that you are not quite saved, "he is
a liar a' i o father of it."
I was for ye s a child of God, and afraid to believe
this,— afraid to dit the Father's blessed will, because my
own legal heart would not allow me. In this I listened to
the father of lies, instead of the Father of truth. In
Romans iv. 7, we read, " Blessed are they whose iniquities
are forgiven:' Many a one v. ill go that far, and say,
les, when I was converted, all my sins were forgiven"
But ask them, what about their sins nice? Verse 8 says •
"Blessed is the man to wnom the Lord will not impute sin ''
Does that menu what it says? It does. Let this word
possess our souls. It is just as impossible for God to put
sin down against the fe. blest believer, as for God not to have
raised His Son from the dead after He had glorified Him in
the work of the cross. The glory of the Father raised up
Jesus because He had done so perfect a work. " In Christ"
is like a small boo! put inside of a larger one. The
smaller one cannot be seen at all,— it is always and only
the larger .ue that is presented to view. 8" God always
sees Christ alone, and all His jieople beauteous in Him
Does God then, not care what i lis people do t Yes, and
they will get the rod on their .icks if they transgress,—-
"do the .bomiiK.ble thing which He hates." But He hag
no charge against them in Hk court. So with many of us
m
m
IS
that God is tnie'' It iVn I 'i*"*'* ""* ^'^ '"« «^'^
"Clean every whit, Thou sai.lst it Lord,
himll ouu su.s{)i(,ion lurk ?
Ihine surely is a faithful wor.1.
■^"d J''ino a (iuiahod work."
Has sin tlien never trouble.! me? Ycq nnri fi. i
^:^rt:^\rK:;;-i;f^f-r"
put down againTtV^:^ 'VCX'sSd^X^^ r:'^ ^^^
What does God d'o? Ho says He T""^ . '' .'''^P'"^"
people that condemn theLehS ^s TuiC Th t"" V"^^
It all "nere is nothing like ?//"Z'" ^^,^ '^'^P''^"^?
^m^Ahavemettosrether »-iV//;/.^r>;,J; i ' ^'^«^'V/ and
each other, wfy 'Er T "^^,^^^^^^
what? Godsays7'<PoS L;' TT^'''''' ^^''''- ^«-
m^.*e of what n y Son hK, In: ^i '^"''" ^^ >'*^" ^^" the
«^Vm..,andyou?wftL^you'r'su'^"" ''^ '^^ ^^ ^-
said, " Please, xLher Mamm„f . ^Z '^'^'^^ ^'^""«
tion if she takes cot \f nT ta^^^^^^ ft consump-
the teacher, "if you do f he « I i ''^'.' P^,'^ce." But, said
and there L not rmtk''rga1u f y^^^^
over her face, but at last she looked up and s2d ?< T 'T'^
any way yo^c will know that I was not " " -rf If '
''Just One suffered for the uniust" OnVl. '"t *^^
stood as the sinner On H;« ifi i, , ^^'^ "='"0^'' J^sus
met ALL CUB Zs Wi?a then ) l^^f' ^.T ^^^"^*^^"'
He had committed every one ^f^,,^ '.^*'^ ^"'^ ^« ^^
that we never thou^ht^of tol hnu'"'^^.^ ^ins, that
Lord Jesus so that He could notlJ^^^t^' tj^^.^f J^«
guilty sisters place, and she went free" iT • ^^^
who trusts Christ is as clear before God asif ''T r"""'
=lnetlltirtillC«£¥^t^^
Abraham ,raye,, or ..,, or^X^'S ht^^hZ
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flono all thpso, and rightly too,) that " it was ooimtrd to him
for rightoousaess," l.ut tliat h« " hrlvrrd God." Thousands
l)my who would bo saved on tho spot, if th«y would hut
listen to God praying to them " to bo reconciled to Him."
I visited a man onco who was dying from intemperance.
He said to me, You will make a prayer with me, won't
you ? Sick people often want a little dose of prayer or
religious consolation, and many are thus lulled to sleep by
religious opiates. Knowing that was not God's way of
saving souls, I said to Him I should be glad to pray,— but
what am I to pray for / 1 suggested a few things. Shall
I ask God to send His Son to save a sinner like you ? Or
to send a message from Heaven to say that He will pardon
you ? That is just what was done for you 1800 years ago.
Shall I ask God to send you a message of forgiveness of
sins ? 1[.; has already siiid in His word, " Through this
man is preached unto you the forf/iveness of sin3." I said
to him further, " If I understand the matter aright, God
does not want you to pray for what He has already offered
—but Hii has been praying to you for 40 years, and you
have never listened to Him yet. He did not believe it,—
but I read it to him, and here it is for you. " Now then
we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech
you by us ; we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled
TO GOD." 2 Cor. V. 20. God helped me to shew him that
he had a quarrel with Him, and the Gospel message was,
" Be ye reconciled." I left him. The next time I came, he
had listened to God praying to him. and was saved. If
poor sinners praying for blessing would only stop and take
heed to what God says and offers to them, how niuch better
It would be for them. Blind Bartimeus received his sif^ht
when he did this. '
Every believer received the full due of all his sins 1800
years ago on the cross. " There is thexefore now no con-
demnation to them which are in Chr'st Jr^us." Rom. viii. 1.
" God . . . condemned sin in tJie flesh," verse 3. WJmt is it
that troubles me ? " Sin in the flesh." What did God
judge 1800 years ago 1 That very thing. Rising in the
morning, God often brings some portion of His precious
word to my remembrance and I see there how God has
condemned sin, already judged it. Am I not foolish then
to indulge It ? But not a sin is charged in the Court al ove
against us. " Ble od is the man to whom the Lord loill not
tmpute sm.
' • I
Ht
U:i
' ,1 't
Rome, and is saved l?u7w itInJ" "^"^'^^ '-^'"^ -"«^^ *«
-y«> "Receive inn. ^/^^^-''^ii^l^^^^^^^ ^J"'--",
^vas seen in Paul He w;,/f. i ^"- Onesunus
What about the ,.;..fheCdo,o?' "Tnl •^;i^' ^^ *^^-
thee, or oweth thee ^ough '^^^^^^^^^^
How glad Onesimus wouTd be to ht .?• T""' "'"'''^^'"
heavenly .^,c/. are theva?so thnt n ^ ^^'' ' "^^ ^« ^he
is, so are we in this 'C i » wT ^T""'^' " ^^ Christ
Where are they? iClus say'^< tuil'T ^'""^^ ^^'^^ ^
we^urirsjT^^^v-^o^S'onLK^
^t to be. since .e W tS itLJSVl Ar
-/-H^e I'yir;: rt:'?,^f ^-'-'P-* l^OOyears a,o,
2 Cor. V. 10 answef^tll J^^'S^^ent seat of Christ fV^.
before the j^^^^ ^Z ^oft^t Z^ ^""^^ ^^" ^^^^^^
rmtve the thimrs done in Z, < ,' "' "'''"'■>' o"" mv
WJ; do,., whelL'Ti:t« t'b:r''S'°r ''»
1 Cor. ni. 9. " Wp nr„ /a R*^^*^^ a^^o to
Every Christian here has fclit'J} 77 *T*^'^''' ^^^'^ ^fod."
Jesus Christ. « ^^^w if anv ^ f^^'-f '-^^ion. What is it ?
tion gold, silver nrecill'X ^"'^/l "Pon this founda-
-n's^..v, sh5/;:TarSf:sT''fe'tr'v^' ^r^
riec are it, because it shall be revo S k/ « ^^'"^ f''^ ''^^^"
shall try every man^sJr^ of w^f ?l ^''^' ^"^^ *^« ^^e
13. ''Cold,siW,pr.Xsston-'' t'? /'•" ^^''^^^ ^2,
be burned; ''w^Jdhav ^.'^n' ^^^^^^^^^
Now, let n/e read tt fil^e' th v!' ''' '^""^^ ^^^'^^ ^•''^"•
I read it that way to a von n! ."'"''''' '^^ *'^''^^^*« ^««^."
view the n.ore Xikin/ "ig s "fd' *' ''if', ^"'^ "^'^^'^^en
of thinking exactly""!, that 1 ' ^''' *''1 '^ ■'"^*^ "^^ ^^^^
so, the sooner you give it un thJC """^ ^ '^''''^''''-^ ^ "
you at the Judgmfnt slt^ CW^^^^ lifter for
wr/ tt' cir -r *^' -^^ -- thanVn t;^^^« ^" ^^^
ev^ tlSl i^ tr::?.^^.^-7tSL^^^^^ -^ ^-
will be made manifest should Z hh tl '''^*''' everything
stubble burned down to t 1 boHn^ ^ ''''^'' ^^'^>' '-^'^''^
"-ent when the ^aviou^ tll^rtl^^.t^ilf b^
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1 Philomon.
Lnd gets to
' Pliileinon,
Onesimus
just as he.
th wronged
i9 account."
'As is the
'Ms Christ
lail)/ sins?
'e wronged
unt." Do
lio]y wo
xl's salva-
jears ago,
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all ajrpi'ar
one may
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th God."
hat is it 1
5 founda-
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lay shall
the lire
?rses 12,
it cannot
Jiat can.
it ought
^. be lost."
mistaken
niy ^vay
ng? If
tter for
s in the
?oat of
he sees
ything
'■y, and
!*e is a
will be
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ihen.'^^ He will thank God that "the foundation standeth
sure,"— that that cannot be burned; thank Him too for
Inirning up all his work, and that, if he did not understand
the meannig of the word love before, he understands it
then! What he thought, perhaps, splendid works may be
all destroyed ;^ and much accounted little, " abide the day
of the Lord." Perhaps I kept my temper under very
trymg circumstances, and nobody saw it,— the hours I
spent on my knees, of which nobody knew— all that will be
jewels that He will not put into the rubbish heap, the
"gold, sdver, and precious stones" which will not be
burned. Things will be turned upside down at the judg-
ment seat of Christ. The feeblest believer as ihe strongest,
wdl then see that all that saves him is the finished work
of Christ, and that all that can be rewarded is the fruit
of His grace working in us.
What about our works, I may be asked. The reward for
everything that we did will be over and above being saved.
Suppose that I have two sons, and I promise them both a
reward i£ they do their work well. I give one the reward
i promised because he worked faithfully; the other loses
his, but still has the same old place at the table, is still
in th- place of relationship as a child, though he has lost
ills reward as a servant, because not faithful. The one is
hot ay more my son than the other who lost the reward.
He li my child like the other, but as he was a faithful
servant too he gets a reward also. Think of the penitent
thief in heaven, and say would it not be folly to ask
whether he will be at the right hand or the Ir/t 1 It would
be arrant folly ! God saves people on earth as absolutely
as if they were in heaven already. What do people tell
us ? That if men have all this, independent of their works,
though surely as producing them, and believe and know it^
thoy will commit all kinds of wickedness. It is a lil)el
upon the grace of God. Is there no other motive to keep
people's souls right but the t^iror of helH The man who
serves God, only because he is afraid of everlasting torment,
never reaUy serves Him at all. Tlie ninii who said, " T^nrd
I knew that thou wast an hard mew," is the one that hid
his talent. Jesus say.s to Bartimeus, "Go thy 'wy,"— and
he turns sharp round in the track to J'olhnn Jesus i^' the way.
There is no power to attract us like "enjovment of His love.
I thoroughly and utterly disclaim the idea that to know
that I urn saved wholly l)y the finished work of Christ leads
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to tho commitfcal of sin Tim ,v, i
^^ill I'e careful to walk ;o I^V'T ^^-^.^W^' *'"« fact
conscious that it has clln J / ^1 ^^'' ^^''''^^- ^he cliild
to soil them. Lt th^o, Jwl ' l"'Vl "^" ^' '""''^^^ "«^
socareful,--willsav Vhl^ ^""^ '^''^y ^'^^^^ ^'" ""t be
seem to thinr S'robI,''''' ^^ ^ ""T"^' ^ost Christians
a few r«I..s wit^;hrturof ^^1,^; o^^ ^J^^^ "-<^
sonsider W it^.tr/ r:i l^^i,^: ^T '^''''
He may come "whose reward is with Hiln' f^ ■ '"'"
man according as his work shall L^ lU^^^l 'iT ''""^
"Lord, haste that .lay of cloudless ray!"
B. C. G.
Christ, what burdens bowed thy head •
Our load was laid on Thee ;
Thou stoodest in tho sinner's stead-
To bear all ill for me.
A victim led, Thy blood was shed ;
Now there's no load for me.
Jehovah lifted up His rod—
Christ, it feel on Thee !
Thou wast forsaken of Tliy Qod ■
No distance now for me.
Thy blood beneath that rod has flowed :
Ihy bruising healeth me.
The tempe.sfs awful voi.e was heard
Christ, it hroke on Thee ; '
Thy open bo.soni was my Avard'.-
It bore the storm for mo.
Thy form was scarred. Thy visage marred •
JNow cloudless peace for roe.
For me, Lord Jesus, Tliou hast died
And 1 have died in Thee ;
Thon'rt risen ; n,y bands are all united •
AndnowThoul^v'sti), ,„e
The Father's face of radiant grace
Shnies now in liglit on me.
It ■:
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careful not
will not be
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Sliepherd Calls.]
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[Leaflet No. 6.
BIBLE DIFFICULTIES. -1.
Apparent discrepancies of Sci-ipturcs furnish to the
diligent reader the strongest confirmation both of the facts
themselves and of tlie Book that records them.
They also have a finthor end to serve— to lead us to
search and compare indii.stiionsly the Word of God in its
various parts. Thus, then, tiie Bible itself, so far from
shrinking from criticism and inquiry, courts and commands
the most searchmg investigation ; "and where this is done
in a reverenlial spirit the result will generally he the same
as in the case of the Bereans, " Therefore many of them
UKMEVED " Our search and research .'n the Scriptures
will always be rewarded. To use a commercial phrase for
it— 1< imys. Those who already believe will llnd their
faith strengthened, their gratitude deepened, and their
intelligent interest vastly augmented ; whilst by this prac-
tice many of the most inveterate haters of Christianity
have been converted— they have opened its pages to mock
and have closed them to pray. Happy and glorious
change !
(Judges i. 19.)
" He dravc, out inhabitants of mountain, but could not
drive out the inliabitants of valley, because they had
chariots of iron."
He plainly refere to Judah, and not to Jehovah wlioso
power had been realized in the case of one class of
enemies, and might assuredly but was not in the other.
See Josh. xi. 4-9. And why? "With Judah faith was
entirely wanting notwithstanding all they had seen of tho
Lord's doings. Unbelief paralyzed their arm. Had they
looked to the Lord as Joshua did they would swept
the valley just as easily as they had swept the mountains,
despite the " chariots of iron " ; but looking on the heaving
billows of horses and steel (as with Peter, M-att xiv.).
their hearts failed and they began to sink, though walking
on terra firma, God had promised to give their eriemic"
into Judah's hand ; but he failed to rely upon the promise.
The secret of the failure was simply mistrust of God I
God was with Judah, but Jddah was not with God.
" Them that honor me I will honor : and they that
despise me shall be lightly esteemed." So Judah found it
^H^teJii Calls.]
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to liis cost ' M\- I I
I-O"!; tliem .St hf 'T; "?. '"."" '"' "I'ol'y with t|,^
f f-l.oa,,„,„e,s 1, ' n r tn't ;"";,„■ °, T ™''°'=' "'
Shall wo triumnh ovp.. 1 ^'"'^^ *<^' ^I'l' clehverance ! Sc
of the Lord losf onMenJe'tL "can f '^ ^'^^" "^ ^'-^^
IN THE Lord should be their mnn^ "^^ ','''^'""°- ^^'^'^'^^'^
o/ Ilia might." ®" '""^^'^' and "in the pon-er
"Stron^M,. the L„ni of Hosts,
And n, 1,1, ,,,j 1^^
's^loH-''''""''^'''"'^-"'^ trusts
iH more than c()ii,|ucroi-.
^'^^\V!;;''7'|".Hisg,.catnngl.t,
ofGodshill be no e tbt .'n! '"''^^ '''^^^ °^' "'« I«rae
-'f ^/!3. Let not the ; iS iel'r^ *'>-^^" "i- th^t
that this expedition inisca- fiV '''' ^"' '"^ '"anient
I^ords side/ For onTan: 'tin d^?"' "^ ""'''''' «" ^^^
fo.' the work. Look at thn hiT -'"''^ ^'''«" s«mcient
cl^erib; they heave like, T,,,'?^'"''"^' ''<^«t of Senna-
fierce as wild beasts, and fon Is L.f ''' '\ /•''"' »i"'fif"<Ie,
the matter before the LoJcl a d 11^^ ,, "^^^^'^''^^^ spread
God had no an^nS^ T''^' xu^s^tx'.V"--^^-
no swordV'o wCt '"'I'l ,^ ^^ "' ^ '"«°-'"- ^^ fil,,
what? That the God of M/"^ *° '^'"^'^ that night.'
serenity of His n.ajes'; ? ^N^Tl „oT l^r''"-'^^''^ "° ^lio
that night that the an4l of th"« T i ^^ ^="»« ^o pass
m the camp of the Assy^ant . ? 7'".' ""^ «»^> «'"ote
five thousand; and wt ?\r^^ ha^f'; '""^ "-^'nl
-rose up in the mornin^ { elold ti ^"^'^ ^^ Jerusalem
Assyrian warriors; were all en i o "^ ^'''^- •" ^«^^000
l>eIoved of the Lo.:;! ; tl^rfL your S^'' ""'' ^^'^^'-en.
''Drawni.hnnJ^">T'"-"^^^^'
«nd His promise" is' '"* "'^ *"^'t»"on and command j
I WILL DRAW NIGH TO YOU.
♦^_^s „ (Selected.)
Tender Grass.]
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PEACE.
[Leaflet No, 8.
'' The counsel of peace was between tliem both." Zoch.
T.;i »• Z''\^^'T''^ ^y ^'^« ^'^tlier and the Son to-etber
Sf£ t;^m ?', "<^^g'-awl, how 8iraple,-clown from
TthLh 1.?' ^''^ "-'-ince of peace" came brincrin<rit
(Luke 11. 14) was it welcorae.l? Alas ! no. There was
no room for Him in the inn," and none for Him in The
people's i^arts ontside. So next, we read' - He came
St? "no 'Z:\i''' ' '^Tr^'" ^-^"- ''>■ Was that's
lauitr JNo, but theirs. They would rather have the
Roman yoke, and their sins, than peace by - receivhi^
I im/ Jesus must go back with tiiat peace So Hh
eS'-rrisV'o^r '^"^^'^'•^^ nio^r'pea^e'^
of a ^that rn.l . m'"^""' ' s.ns,-paid the full penalty
or ail that God could demand of us. Now God send"a
own H.S gospel to tell us that " peace is made "Do yo,
set to your seal that God is true? ' Do you possess tin",
.Kais ago-- lou know how common it is to ask peoolo
If they have made their peage with God." An olcf Su-
tleman had lost his son. Some one, who was not cerS
f he had died a Christian, said to th^ father tha he hoped
his son had made his "peace with God" '' >W ^^
«ake sir," was his. repiy.^ Supposing tit h. had not
heard hun correctly, the persoi repeated his remark a
second and a third time. At last the old gen leman said
• 1 lu , ^^^y, otherwise, are on good easv tormc
o„Sfli!f !L*!!°„?°f '1'"'™".-'} "omclj. duties of life
v^}^c ■' ""^ ^ aOusu iur uie greatest of heaven'o
blessings to comf in. The discharge of duties Int aro
fuly known and easily understood islhe first qualific.tfon
for the comprehensiofj of ihe deenest flml ?r?na f^^
Masteries of our being and dertiny'"'^ '"^'^ ^^^"^
-'ffN^|j^.
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"ONCE PURGED.
" There is a wide diifevence between a consciousness of
sin in me, and a "conscience of sins" on me. The former, we
shall have till the close of our career, the latter we should
not have, if " once purged." The reader should seek to
understand the distinction ; many do not see it, and hence
they think it right to be always occupied with their sins ;
but when God's full salvation is laid hold of by faith, we
learn that botli the sins of our life, and the sin of our na-
ture, were all judged, and put away as to God's view of
them, on the cross. To know, and to believe this oa God's
authority, is to be ' once purged ' and to have no more
" conscience of sins."
" It is very needful to distinguish between perfection in
the flesh, and perfection as to conscience. To pretend to
the former, is to exalt self; to refuse the latter, is to dis-
honour Christ. The babe in Christ should have a perfect
conscience, wl)ereas St. Paul had not, nor could have per-
fect flesli. The flesh is not presented in the word, as a
thing which is to be perfected ; but as a thing which has
been crucified. This jnakes a wide difference. The chris-
tian has sin in him, but not on him. Why ! Because
Christ, who had no sin in Him, had sin on Him, when He
was nailed to the cross."
SACRED MAXIMS.
ITe alone is truly wise, who is wise unto salvation.
Proud hearts and lofty mountains are always barren.
They who are too poor to trade iu the world, may buy
abundantly in God's market.
The trees tliat are moat in the sun, bear the sweetest fruit.
The children of God have mu; a in hand, and much more
in hope.
The faith that unites to Christ, separates yrom iniquiltj,
Grod's promises are as certain as his actual performances,
A man may well bear his cross patiently whilst on the
road to wear his crown.
To tell a Christian that he runs fast, may soon make him
stand still.
Waters of Quietness.]
21
[Leadct No, S.
LEAN HARD*
If YOU LOVE MK, "LEAN HARD."— Miss Fiske, who
has laboured so long ji a successfully amongst the Persian
women, writes thus :— •' I was weary and longed for rest,
and, with no support, it seemed to me that I could not sit
there till the close of the service ; nor could I hope for rest
even when that was over, for I must meet the women
readers of the village, and encourage them in reading their
Testaments. I thought how I would love to be with you ;
but God took the thought from me very soon, for, finding
that there was some one directly behind me, I looked, and
there was one of the sisters, who had seated herself so that
I might lean upon her. I objected ; but she drew me back
to the firm support she could give, saying, " If you love me,
you will lean hard." Did I not then lean hard ? And then
there came the Master's ow7i voice, " If you love Me, you
will lean hard ;" and I leaned on Bim too, and felt that He
had sent the poor woman to give me a better sermon than
I might have heard even with you. I was rested long be-
fore the services were finished ; and I afterwards had a
long hour with the women readers, and closed with prayer.
A little after sunset we left, to ride six miles to our home.
I was surprised to find that I was not at all weary that
night, nor in the morning, and I have rested ever since,
remembering the sweet words, " If you love me, leanhard."
Child of My love, " lean hard,"
And let Me feel the presence of thy care ;
I know thy burden, child ; I shaped it.
Poised it in Mine own hand, made no proportion
In its weight to thine unaided strength ;
For even us I laid it on, I said,
" I shall be near, ^nd, while she leans on Me,
This burden shall be Mine, not hers.
So shall I keep My child within the circling arms
Of Mine own love=" Ilere lav it df>w!!- v.rw f— r
To impose it on a shoulder which upholds
The government of worlds. Yet closer come
Thou art not near enough, I would embrace thy care
So I might feel My child reposing on my heart.
Thou lovest Mc ? I knotu it. Doubt not then
But, loving Me— lean hard.
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Softly and gently these words were l)roatlictl,
To the loved one, thus first addressed,
As she sat on the ground in a far-o(T land,
Whilst her weary-worn frame craved rest.
The Persian offers her firm strong form
As a living prop and stay,
But the pressure so light slicws that she who leans
Fears lest she too heavily weigh.
Love wants the whole burden upon herself cast.
And deems it a deep joy to bear ;
" If indeed, then, j-ou love me, lean hard, O ! lean hard :"
Is her tender, importunate prayer.
And the Holy Comforter echoed the words,
In the depths of the fainting one's soul ;
And she felt that her Saviour's love required
All her cares she should on him roll.
My Saviour, these words bring a lesson from Thee ;
For, alas ! I as yet but half trust ;
I know not what 'tis to take hold of strength ;
Thus often fall prone in the dust.
Yet He who has borne the dread load of my sins
Will surely my weaknesses bear ;
He who takes up the isles as a very small thing
Cannot sink 'neath the load of my care.
He bids me to lean my soul wholly on Ilim,
For without Ilim I tremble and fall ;
And with deep thankful joy I obey, and respond
To His loving, compassionate call.
In quiet repose, like a babe on the breast,
Would I rest, gracious Saviour, on Thee :
I am weakness itself, but Thou, Thou art my strength, —
Thuie arms everlasting clasp me.
Oh I teach me at all times on Thee to lean hard,
And shew thus how truly I love ;
Keep me close to Thyself ever bound to thy side.
Till 1 lean on Thy bosom above. F. E. W.
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"THE PERSON OF THE SON OF GOD."
His Person lent a priory to all His course of service and
obedience, which rendered it of unutterabh; value. Nor is
it merely that His Person nifide all that service and obedi-
ence voluntary. There is something far more than its
bemg thus voluntary. There is that in it which the Person
("my Fellow saith the Lord of hosts") imparts— and who
•can weigh or measure that? We know this full well
among ourselves. I mean in Kirul. The higher in dignity
— m personal dignity— the one who serves us is, the higher
the value of the service rises in our thoughts. And justly
so, because more has been engaged for us, than when tho
servant was an inferior, more has the heart instinctively
learnt, that our advantage was indeed sought, or our wishes
and desires made an object. We do not forget the person
m the service. We cannot. And so in this dear mystery
we are meditating on. The service and obedience of Jesus
were perfect, infinitely, unmiredly worthy of all acceptance.
Hut beyond that— beyond the quality of tlie fruit— there
was the person who yielded it, and this, as we said impart-
ed a value and a glory to it, that are unutterable. The
same value rested on the services of His life which after-
wards gave character to His death. It was His Person
which gave all its value to • [is death or sacrifice, and it was
His Person which gave its peculiar glory to all He did in
His course of self-humbling obedience.
■" Thou art the everlasting word,
The Father's only Sou,"
God manifest, God seen and heard,
The Heavens beloved one."
Worthy, Lamb of God, art Thou,
That every knee to Thee should bow.
J. G. B.
How sad for any one to be called to go home v/ith a
quantity of things to settle! Blessed to "be able to say,
" What little bit of work the Lord gave me to do, b donei
and I am ready at any moment to go up to tht Fai , er's
house." Would you like your coming Lord to take vou by
surprise ?
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A BALANCE SHEET.
" For I reckon tliiit the siilFcrinh's of this present time are not worthy to
bo compared with the glury which shall be revealed iu ua."— Uom. Viil. 18.
Dk.
"the SUr»EUIN09 OF THIS PRESENT TIME."
In labours more abundant. In stripes above measure.
In prisons more frequent. In deaths oft. Five times re-
ceived I forty stripes save one. Thrico was I l)oaten with
rod.s. Once was I stoned. Thrico I sutFered shipwreck.
A night and a day I have been in the deep. In jourjieyings
often. In perils of waters. In perils of robbers. In perils
by mine own countrymen. In perils by the heathen. In
perils in the city. In perils in the wilderness. In perils in
the sea. In perils among false brethren. In weariness and
painfulness. ,, watchings often. In hunger and thirst.
In fastings c >)!, In cold and nakedness. Be-sides those
things that rr v-jthout, that which cometh upon me daily,
the care ut *)', t!:;; churches.
Total,
"light affliction, hut fok a moment."
Ch.
"THE QLORY TO BE KEVEALED IN U9."
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle
were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered
into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love Him.
That He might make known the riches of his glory on the
vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteous-
ness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me in
that day ; and not to me only, but unto all them also that
love his appearing.
When Christ, who is our Life, shall appear, then shall ye
also appear with hiiii in glory.
And so shall we be ever with the Lord.
Total,
" AN ETEKNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY."
MOMENT.
•P GLORY.
Waters of tjuiotncsa.] 1 * [LfraHet No, 9.
HE SITTETH O'ER THE WATER-FLOODS.
" Th'3 Lord sltteth upbh tlio flpoJ ; yea, the. Lord sitteth King for-
ever." *' Who is a atroiig Lord llkd unto Thee ? or to Thy faithJiLlw^H
round about Tlieo? Thou ruhjst tlio ■tytif-i/n^'; of tho sea: when tho
waves thereof arise, Thou sUllrst them." Ho m.tkcth tiie storm a
calm, 80 that tho waves thereof are still. Then arc they ^lad becaus'-
they ho quiet; so Ho bringeth them unto their doBirod kavcA,
I's. xxix. 10 ; Ixxxix, 8, 9 ; cvii, 29, 30.
He sitteth o'er the water-Hoods
And He is stronp; to save :
He sitteth o'er the water-floods,
And guides each drifting wave.
Though loud around the vessel's prow
The waves may toss and break ;
Yet at Jiia word they sink to rest,
As on a tranquil lake.
He sitteth o'er the water-floods,
When waves of sorrow rise ;
And while he holds the bitter cup,
He wipes the tearful eyes.
He knows how long the wilful heart
Kequires the chastening grief,
And soon as sorrow's work is done ;
'Tis He who sends relief.
He sitteth o'er the water-floods,
As in the days of old,
When o'er tire Saviour's sinless head,
The waves and billows rolled.
Yes, all the billow ^ passed o'er Him,
Our sins — they uore him down ;
For us He met the crushing storm— r
He met the Almighty's frown.
He sitteth o'er the water floods ;
Then doubt and fear no more.
For he who pass'd thro' all the storms,
Has reached the heavenly shore.
And every tempest-driven bark
With Jesus for its guide,
Will soon be moored in harbour calrriy
In glorj' to abide.
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BE STRONG O HEART.
^JJ!^? ^i^'^^ff saith tho Lord and work: for I am with you Mv Snirit
remameth among you ; fear ye not." Haggai iiVi, b. ^ ^
Be strong to bear, heart of mine,
Faint not when sorrows come ;
The summits of these hills of earth
Touch the blue skies of home.
So many burdened ones there are
Close toiling by thy side,
Assist, encourage, comfort them,
Thine own deep anguish hide. ,
What though thy trials may scena. great„
Thy strength is known to God,
And pathways, steep and rugged, lead
To pastures green and broad.
Be strong to love, O heart of mine,
Live not for self alone ;
But find, in blessing other lives.
Completeness for thine own.
Seek ev'ry hung'ring heart to feed.
Each saddened heart to cheer ;
And where stern justice stands aloof
In mercy draw thou near.
True, loving words, ajul helping hands
Have won more souls for heaven
Than all the dogmas and the creeds,
By priests or sages given.
Be strong to iroPE, O heart of mine,
• Look not on life's dnrk side ;
For just beyond these gloomy hours
Rich, radiant days abide.
Let hope, like summer's rainbow bright
Scatter thy falling tears,
And let God*& precious promises
Dispel thy anxious fears.
For e-very grief a joy will come.
For every toil a rest :
So HOPE, so LOVE, so PATIENT beav^
^ God doptJ' ,.j thinrja best"
Teiulev Grass. ]
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THE NEW NATURE.
h you. My Spirit
Equally plain as tlie fact that when we ai-e bom
into this world we possess a fallen old nature is it
that when we are " born again" into the " new creation"
wepossessalsoan unfallen,nei<; nature;— in other words
are " made partakers of the divine nature." But it is
not nearly .so clear to many that while this is true,
there still remains within us the old one, unchanged
in its character to the very end and incapable^of
any improvement : and that only as we walk daily in
the judgment of it, and nourishing our new life by the
Word of God can we walk happily with Him. May
we now see what He says with reference to this latter,
realizing as to all our path as God's children— know-
ledge or pixictice—we need to pra^j, " Ord£r my steps
in Thy Word," Ps. cxix. 131. The names of it and its
relatives are 1. " The Inward Man" (our new nature).
" I delight in the law of God after the inward man . .
with the mind I myself serve the law of God, (Rom.
vii. 22, 25), shew^ing its character. " Of His own will
begat He (God) us with the word of truth" Jas. i. 18.
" Partakers of the divine nativre," (2 Pet. i, 4) i. e., of
God, as its source — the fountain of its being.
" That which is born of the Spibit is spirit (Jno. iii. G)
contrast to the flesh, and as it is alone produced by
the Spirit, so He is the only power to sustain and
guide it " CHRiSTliveth in me" all its life is Christ,
as the babe vitally linked with its mother, first in birth,
and afterwards in living. To it, Christ is all, and m
ALL. 2, " The New Man" (our new standincj), "The new
man, which after God is created in righteousness and
true holivessT Eph. iv. 2*. " Renewed in knowledge
after the image of Him that created him : where there
is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircum-
cision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ
OS nU and in all" Col. iii. 11.
" THE SPIRIT " (our new poiver.) " The S^nrit is life
because of righteousness." "As many as are led by the
Spirit of God they are the sons of God." Walk in the
J^plrit, and yo shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh." Rom
viii. 10, U; Gal V. IG.
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The believer then having this new nature, seen in this
new standing, and with this new powei* is no ldn<^er "a
debtor to the flesh to live after it," but is " made free "—
" dead to sin " by Christ's death—" does not practise sin
becaitse he is born of God." 1 Jno. iii. 9.
, ^ The life and nature he possesses is contrary to " the flesh "
in all its feelings and desires, delighting in God's law which it
scorns and break*, and sorrowing over the sins in which it
delights. Its power and energy is the Holy Spirit, just as
with the flesh it is Satan, the Evil Spirit. Eph. ii. 2 : Rom
vii. 22; Gal. v. 17.
We, who possess this nature — if nourishing it as God
would have us, not '^grieving the Spirit" are made "more
than conquerors through Him that loved us." (Compare
1 Pet. ii. 2 ; 1 Tim. iv. 6 ; Eph. iv. 14, 15, 30 ; Rom. viii. 37.)
When otherwise we have indulged the old nature, and hin-
dered the growth of the new, " let us search and try our
Irays and turn again unto the Lord," remembering the words,
•' If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous." 1 Jno. ii. 2.
" Only acknowledge " our iniquity to Him who says : " I
will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely," ar.r] >iow
surely will we realize the grace that would have /; is
restoring us to Himself.
And further, by even this our folly will He teach us that
the life He has imparted to us is one dependent upon Him-
self the Giver — that the new nature being His own is holy,
and must ever be a mourner where sin has been allowed,
and take His side against it in splf -judgment and true
repentance. The Spirit too, thus " grieved," is only then
able again to take freely " of the things of Christ and shett)
them unto us," May we realize this grace for His name's
sake 1 B. C. G.
SOWING AND REAPING.
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Sow in hope, nor cease thy sowing,
Lack not patience, faith nor prayer;
Seed time passeth, harvest hasteneth.
Precious sheaves wo soon shall bear.
Follow Him, thy bright example.
Copy Him in all His ways ;
Let thy life and conversation.
Tend to thy Redeemer's praise.
(Eccles. xi. 6. Psalm cxxvl. 5-6. 2 Cor. ix. 6-15.)
Practical Papers.] TRIBULATION.
[Tract No, 1.
IlEAU YE THE llOD AND WHO HATH APPOINTED IT." Micall vi. 9.
" As many as I love, I rebuke and cluistcn : be zealous, therefore, and
repent." — Rev. iii. 19.
The washing of a vessel supposes that there is some soil
or stain upon it which requires to be removed. There
would be no need for washing were it not for this. It
would be labor lost to him who washes, and perchance,
also serious injury to the vessel.
The casting of gold or silver into the furnace implies
that there is dross upon them to be thus purged out by fire.
There would be no need for fire, or furnace, or rehner's
labor, were there no dross. It is the dross that makes
the necessity for these. They are but means for getting
quit of it.
So with chastisement. It supposes sin. Were it not for
sin, chastisement would be unknown. In heaven there is
no chastisement, for there is no sin. Angels know nothing
of it, for they know no sin. And ih the coming glory
when " all things are made new," there shall be no chas-
tisement, for there shall be no sin. It is only where there
is sin that there is chastisement. There being such a thing
as chastisement on earth is just God saying, "I have
found iniquity there." And God's sending chastisement to
an individual is just his saying, "I have seen sin in thee."
But more than this. Chastisement implies a determi-
nation to get quit of sin. It is not merely God's saying
there is sin upon thee, but also His adding, " I must purge
it away ; 1 cannot allow it to retnain on thee." It is God's
expression of His deep interest in m, and His paternal
anxiety for our welfare. To make us clean is what He
seeks ; and this He is resolved to accomplish at any cost.
It must be done, for He is holy. It must be done, "for He
loveth us. Sin must be got quit of, whatever pain or sorrow
it may require to affect it. What is pain if it expels sin?
What is sorrow if it purges .•\w?.y the evil of our ways, or
a lifetime's gathered dross?
Jiut chastisement is something more peculiar still. In
one sense, it may be said that all the woes and wretched-
ness of earth are intended to drive men from their sins.
God is thus speaking to all. He is thus warning all. ile
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is pleading witlinicn to turn from iniquity, and seek His
face. He embitters all sin, — He embitters all pleasure, —
He fastens sorrow upon everything beneath the sun, that
He may lead men to repentance and salvation. In this
general way He is addressing all. To every sinner upon
the broad earth Ho is speaking and saying, "Turn ye,
turn ye, for why will ye die." Every pang that shoots
through the frame, and makes the flesh to quiver, is a
message from God. Every sorrow that shades the brow
and saddens the eye is a message from God to a sinning,
suffering world, they si)eak to sinuei-s not only of the
holiness of God, but of the exceeding riches of His (/race,
and of His deep and affectionate interest in their welfare.
But, strictly speaking, this is not chastisement. Chas-
tisement is something more special and peculiar in its
nature and design than this. It is the strictly 2Jnf^^rnal
dealing of God with the members of His own redeemed
family. It takes for granted the family relationship. It is
a family word,— a household name. For thus the Apostlo
teaches us:— "Ye have forgotten the exhortation which
speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not
thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art
rebuked of him ; for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,
and scourgeth every so7i whom he receiveth ; but if ye be
without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are
ye bastards and not sons.'" (fleb. xii. 5-8.)
There is then a necessity for chastisement. It is part of
the children's portion here. It is the family discipline, and
no member of the redeemed family from the beginning has
ever been without it in some measure or form. It is one of
the family badges, and as such has -been worn from gene-
ration to generation by all the children. Not that they
are a sad and wretched company. No: They "greatly
rejoice, even though now if need be, <hey are in heaviness
through manifold temptations." There is no joy like theirs,
no peace like theirs. Yet they have sorrow too. There
is the tear in the eye, even when the calm smile is playing
round the lip, and peace is shedding the ..lerenity of its
sunshine over the countenance. Their life is often as to
most outward things, a sorrowful one ; but as to what is
inward, it is full of peace. Tltcy are forgiven ; and that is
peace. 'Hiey are " accepted in the Beloved " ; and that is
peace. They are " delivered from this present evil world " ;
and that is peace. They have a rich '•^ inheritdnce in
heaven"; and that is peace. Yet have they "fightings
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without and fears within " : they are " sorrowful, yet always
rejoicing ; poor, yet making many rich ; having nothing,
and yet possessing all things."
Yes, chastisement is their lot on earth. It is " through
much tribulation that they must enter the kingdom of
heaven." " Many are the afflictions of the righteous."
Now, iclnj is this. We are sure it is not in vain. God
sends no needless sorrow to any of His children ; He
'' alllictelh not willingly." It pains Him to do it, if wo
may thus speak after the manner of men. Why, then, does
He aJjHct ? Let us inquire into this. It much concerns us
to understand this aright. For affliction misunderstood
by the sufferer becomes doubly bitter and piercing. It
then becomes not only unalleviated, but unprofftable sor-
row.
Chastisement springs from love, — the deep love of God.
Let us never forget this. It is love that fills and presents
to us the cup of sorrow. Whether it is of mingled or un-
mingled bitterness, still it is love that pours it out :— the
bitter as much as the sweet. The love that lets the child
alone to do as he pleases is foolish love, if, indeed, it can be
called love at all. But the love that restrains and chas-
tises is deep, wise, tender love. It is from the very bottom
of the loving heart that chastisement comes. Chastening
love is, in truth, the deepest and most self-denying of all.
Hence it shows us how much God is in earnest with us.
It shows us what pains He is taking to bless us. It is in
affliction that wo see the strength and the earnestness of
the love of God. This of itself may be enough to lead us
to acquiesce in His dealings as all right and wise, — to say
" it is well .," " it is the Lord, let him do what seemeth to
Jlim good;" "shall we receive good at the hand of the
Lord, and shall we not receive evil ?" But still it is well to
inquire more particularly into God's reasons for afflicting, —
the ends he has in view in bringing us under the rod. For
thus we shall not only be more fully satisfied that " all is
well," but also learn particularly the lessons which God is
seeking to teach us.
1 . Tribulation proves us. Wc really do not know our-
selves till trial comes. Of many a sin and many a weak-
ness we are utterly ignorant till aflfliction brings' them out
and exposes theni to view. It was for this end that God
led Israel into the wilderness to " try them and to know
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what was m their liearts." Their desert-trials proved them,
that ,9 put them to the proof. And when thus proved
what iniquity was found in them that had Jain hidden and
unknown before ! The trial did not create the evil ; it did
not make their hearts worse than before. It merely brouaht
unfelt, 1 ko a sleeping serpent. When Israel was thus
tried, what worldlmess came out; what unbelief: what
rebellious murmuring against God; what atheism and
;^olatry; what self-will, self-confidence, and self-pleasincr J
They could not have believed that such wickedness could
pvil -l" '"li'f '"' ^f ^^""^ '^ *^^^"' ^^^'^' di^ ^ntain such
evil, It could have lain concealed so long. Yet it never
came out till then. *
So with the saints still. God chastises them that He mav
prove them and bring out the evil that is within. And
when the trial comes what a difference it makes ! The flesh
?f.plf w."""' ''. ''"^ ^^,*^^ ^"'^^' ^"^^ f«''thwith arouses
on^ •♦ Y. '\'^^^ "Sleep, we did not know its strength
?p..fM ^f^ ^%M,"^ "°^ ^'^^* '^ '^^^ ^^^" ^^kened up, how
fearful its sti 1-remaining might ! The wind rises the
. storm drives o'er us, the billows heave, and soon w^ find
dirt" Vhin^i? ''^' ""^Jt'^ ^^''''' ^^^^ "P ™'''e and
dut. When all was calm, there seemed nought but puritv
and ripple folded over ripple in the brightness of their
transparent green. But the tempest stirs the depths, and
all IS changed. So often with the soul even of the saints
ill Its hours of tribulation and storm. The hidden evils
come forth. S.ns scarcely known before display them-
fZ^\. The heart pours out its wickedness.^ Ha™d
thoughts of God arise.. Atheistical murmurings break
out. Questionings both of His wisdom and His love are
muttered. Distrust and unbelief assume the masterv
And what a scene the wretched soul presents! All this
was jn us before, but we knew it not. It was needful that
we should know it, and hence God sent the trial to brinff
It out. And thus we are led, on the one hand, into deeper
views of our own exceeding sinfulness, and into fuller dis-
coyeries of the abounding grace of God. We learn to
prize more than ever the " opoa fountain ; " and to shelter
oureelves with more confident security under the winag of
the righteous One. °
_ii:hus the Lord proved Job. He let loose the tempter:
He sent tribulation. And straightway the hidden evils
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of his heart como forth, —iinpaticncc, unbelief, solf-right-
eoiisness. Then when the Lord has showed liim these
tinngs, and led liim to deeper views of sin, when He lias
searched him through and through, and made him to " abhor
himself; ' then He leads him to the '"blood of sprinkling,"
and sheds down anew the brightness of His gracious
countenance, filling him with the "joys of His salvation,"
and hfling up his head for ever.
II. Trihnlnfionjmrgeans. To be proved is one thinn-,
to bo purged is another. It is good to have the evil
brought out, but it is better to have it taken away. The
heat of the furnace burns out the dross, and leaves the o-old
or sdver behind. "Take away the drosn from the silver
and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer." Prov.
XXV, 4. Now this is God's wish and aim. As He say» to
Israel so He speaks to us, " I will turn my hand upon thee,
and purely ;»/rr/« <nra/y thy dross. %nd take away all thy
tm. Is. i. 25. And, again, '^ When the Lord shall have
washed away the filtii of the daughters of Zion, and shall
have pimjnl the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof
by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burnina."
Is. IV. 4. "^
Now there is not only much in us that requires to be
taken away, but much that will yield to nothing, save chas-
tisement. Other processes of discipline may remove a great
deal, yet still there remains behind very much which no-
thing but trial and suffering will purge away. Some parts
of the stone to be- polished are so hard and rough, that
heavy strokes are needed to smooth them down. They
resist every milder kind of treatment.
In some, vorldlimss is so strong that chastisement is
needed. In others it is simplv love of the creature In
otliers it is pride that needs to be abased. In others it is
seljishness that needs to he eradicated. In others it is stub-
bornness and stoutness of heart. In others it is the desire
of the " honour that cometh from men,"— man's love, man's
approbation, man's smile. In others some idol needs to bp.
i)iokeu in pieces. In others some creature comfort needs
to be taken away lest we should settle down and be at ease.
In others strong passions need to be broken down, or a
froicard will needs to be bent and subdued. These are
some of the evils that need to be purged oiU of us. For
the accomplishment of this, sometimes the trial is short, but
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Sharp !^»'l P?ii>lec], going into the very vitals like a sword.
tZlT" w-/,' • °"^^' P'-otmcted, J,eavy, bruising and
cuislnng .,s *vith its weary ever-pressing weight. Differ-
«o^o''''"!?f ''"■^ i-equired, some longer and some shorter;
some a sudden stroke of the rod, others a continual -thorn
nen ho. oh' ~'T' "" ^"''"^ '"*^'"fe' *^«" ^^ ^^'^ <^i«eased
membei, others a long-runnmg issue to carry off the deen-
seated malady. Yet all is wise and all is rjracious. LoTb
18 the prompter m all, and perfect skill is the director of
each operation or each blow. To - deliver us from evil,"
and to make us " partakers of His holiness," is God's one
ol^ec throughout. Oh! deep, deep mus't be the C
which takes such pains with us. Jt is love of which we are
SeaTw f TT^'^:- .-?^'*'" ^'-^ ^« that God should so
deal wi h us ? Surely if we are not worthy of comfort and
prosperity, much less are we worthy of affliction.
III. Tribtdntion Rebukes U8. " As many as I love, I
rebnke and chasten." It is God's way of pointing out what
He sees amiss in us, calling our attention to it and con-
Cnil'^th . ' '' !^' Z^^' ^^ ^"^"'g' " I have so„^.ohat
lagainst thee " or - I have not found thy works perfect
before God." The rebuke of God is a solemn thin^g I
cannot be called anger, or a frown, or punishment; all
these have passed away ; from all these we are delivered for
fi r 1 ,i ; there is something in the rebuke of God
that should make us stand in awe. He rebukes the world,
Li i trjl^bles and flees away in terror. But when he
rebukes His saints, it is that they may draw near, "to
serve Plim with reverence and godly fear." A parent's
;Snt^V""''n^^ ^^"'"^ 'hild, how much more is the
rebuke of our God !
He administersmany rebukes,some lighter, some severer,
lo the former especially we often give but little heed.
Ihe touch of transient pain ; a few days' illness; a slicrht
indisposition ; a passing weakness ; some common domeltic
care or vexation; the severance of friendship; some short
parting from one we love ; some unkindness where least wo
oS^mI ' — ' ^^^«PP?^"tm^"t «n ^hich we were not
oai.uiatmg ,— tiiusu are His fatherly rebukes. I do not
here speak of the sharper and sorer ones, for we are not
Z^^^ to overlook them. They force themselves upon our
notice. We cannot mistake them. Hut these briefer
commoner, slighter ones need to be pointed out; for thev
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arc 80 little recognized, so much undervalued or unheeded,
as if the hand of God was not in each one of them ; as if,
because they were so slight, so mild, so gentle, they were
not to be owned as the laying on of a Father's hand, but
casual things, coming and going, we know not how or why.
1 feel that this is a much-needed admonition to the saints
of God, for the point adverted to is a much neglected one.
Our continual tendency is to overlook any alight ailment
or trouble as not wortli noticing, and as not coming from
God. We are thrown into a raging fever, till our life is
despaired of; and in this we do not hesitate to own the
finger of God. We take a slight cold or sustain some
slight injury ; and here the finger of God is oftentimes not
perceived at all. The gentleness of the rebuke makes us
forget that it comes from God ! .Strange ! Should not its
gentleness call forth immediate thanksgiving? Should not
its gentleness be accepted as a new token of paternal love
and care ?
Ah I it is thus that we provoke God to inflict heavier
blows. We compel llim to send the heavier chastisement
by our inattention to the lighter. We make bitter trial
absolutely necessary. We bring it upon ourselves. How
gently God rebukes for a while ! If we may speak after the
manner of men, He just hints or whispers His reproof. He
is most unwilling to chastise with severity. He tarries
long. He tries other means He sends milder trials, that
we may be led to self-searching and i jntance, and thus
He will be spared the necessity of infli. tmg a heavier blow.
But we trifle with His gentle rebukes, till He is constrained
to lift up His voice and speak in a tone which can neither
be mistaken nor overlooked. Oh how sad that we should
thus, by our heedlessness and perversity, draw down upon
us sorrows which God would fain have "spared us ! Let us
learn the meaning and the use of small trials ;— of slight
rebukes. Let us count none too small or slight for our
most serious thought. It will save us much. It will teach
us many a blessed lesson in an easy, pleasant, gentle way.
IV= Tribulation arousea up.. W^e often fall asleep,
dwell on the world's enchanted ground, and often, ere we
are aware, we are soothed to sleep, forgetful of the quick
passing time. And while we sleep, all goes wrong. Our
faith waxes feeble ; our love is chilled ; our zeal cools down.
We lose our earnestness, our boldness, our energy, our
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a stroke before .ve are thoroui:i,nit,s^^^^ ' '^'" """"^'
cned by severest olstiso'S T^ ' "') '^' '''"' "^'^^'^-
case, lest, beino- In on f!" V f ^ "' ^'"^'^"''^ «^ ^'of' «»<!
by sleep wmdr,^v"e cost M^^ ^S-^''^' be overtaken
almost a broken heart l'lced.ng,~,t maybe,
easiness, or dro:' fs do n^r ^Sws' ";?;/'-^«''"^ "-
eaints seem to catch the torif Tv ^ '.kI "^S"" '^
mg mirth with the most mirthr,! P f- "/^^I'^.V' mak-
foolish, singing the CdCo.'i^^iVr';^'''^'! ^''^ '""«t
its idle works as if if« f.-L f • ' '''"^•^'' '"'^ J^'ning in
notforbiddintCgs Amrf hof '-^"^/^s pleasures w^ere
Of the world's ?ni"'eL,''nR,'e JI^^?^ '^"^^^^^'^^
deportment to lose that soIJ^if, o'^^^ V ''''^' l^^. and our
Cometh saints. Wetrt^^^^^ be-
!l!
Cometh saints. We crot 1^7 '"'j' ?^"""«"ess wnich be-
• »vc get Jight and airy; we wive wov *«
the current of
Indulged in, won among the children of God. Our words
are not " with grace seasoned witli mltr We forL'et tho
admonition 'Met no corrupt comnumication proceed out of
our mouth, but that which in goo.I to the use of edifying
that It may minister grace to the liearers." And this
beoomn! !f tr' "' ''^^'\^' ^'■''^"' "»^«" "«• Seriousness
becomes a thing reserved entirely ror the closet or the
sane uary We -grieve the Holy Spirit," who canno?
dwell ungrieved amid levity and mirth any more than S
profanity and crime. I do not mean that the saint is eTer
are" not' ?hn''™'"V '° '? ^'"^'"•^'- ^•'«"'" ^'"' '"^lanchoi;
are not the inmates of a soul that has tasted the joy of
".'^nrVri '-^ ^""^'"g„^il'> --^ reconciled God in blessed
light and love. No. He rejoices '» with lov uusneakablG
and full of glory ." But still^ as has been wJll s^'icf ' Wrio
mfo?Hrr"VT' True joy is deep. It is the waking
of the heart 8 deep springs. Mirth and levity are not
A 11*- r ,?' "''-' ^^"^ ^^'""^^''"^ ^"'^ «">1'^3' to deserve the name.
All IS hollow. In coming to him who is the fountain of all
gladness, the samt of God bids farewell to gloom. Tribu-
lation he ma3' have, but not gloom. That has left hira
foi ever since first he knew the Saviour and opened his ears
o the -joyful smind." Peace is now his heritage. It s
no so much as if joy were abiding in him as if he were
fnto him'L-'f/i • ^ '' T^ '° ™"'^^ "« 'f J^>' ^^'^ poured
Inll r • '"' ''^"'^ '"^^'^ ^^""^ l^°"""g itself out into a
vessel of joy ; so deep, so calm, and so abiding is the
gladness of the redeemed of the Lord.
But still it is not levity that is their i^rtlon ; it is iov.
And this joy is not o.dy far superior to this vain mirth, bJt
It 13 utterly inconsistent with it. This levity is as much
an enemy to real joy as it is to holiness and spirituality.
inn M k"u * ^"^ T^'^. °1^^ ^^ ^^«"^- Go^ c«n»ot suffer
it in his children^ His desire is that they should be holy.
Ibis element of earthhness must be purged out. They
Z". \^f^^ '°1*'™" ^"^ thoughtful. For this end he
sends affliction In a moment, perhaps, he smites him to
the earth; or by some more slow but withering crushin^r
calamity, He purges out the foolishness that had wron^h"
fhZ 'T 'tf"V""'o.«* ^ci"S- iiis Pnrpose is to make
them thoughtful, serious and solemn. And what He
sends to them is fitted to make them think, and that in a
way in which they have never done before. The blow He
inflicts lays them down in the dust. It in a moment puts
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sin and suffer ncr«j 'rh«„ u„^ .•' "^*" '"' 'Viin all its
SeKSr?tSf-X^S=
evaporate ; realities oor^X uZT'LaftZX
TS,?r"- /'/'"'?'''"'' """ ">*« "« light and v^,r
"I" is: risi-Kii, H '"?- ~
Jah:-da?o'firfj£;-:ra:riTitr"^^
ance are seen in a iiew 11^ It i^nJ^ T '"'^ ^^^""P^'-t-
was prized before. " ^'"^''^ "^^ ^^' '^ '^^^er
Wo cannot do without it. Of neoesqifv wn «,„ f
p™fVkt^;"'' ,"^°"r. cHe, frrsf d:;tir^'.t"°^
nissed „w?;- ' WK P.'*""^, "O"- A3 a mere form it has
If away. What new life, new ciicrffy, new c'lroeS
sL"kir."'a„'d'°tT'" •'^''"''" •' " ■' ^''^' -™-t
I .!r?« ^' . ■ " ''I"' """"o' "nd '»ords wherewith to
g.ve uteance to ,ts desires. The '< groamngs thaTeinaot
11
There is new nearness to God now. It is close dealing
with H,m now. New arguments suggest tliemselves where-
tToLoll! ^"r'' ''f'"' ''^'"'"^ "i^' "^^^ ^^^"»ts disclose
themselves God's lulness and our own emptiness are
brought before us so vividly that our soul's longings are
kmdled and our heart - crieth out for God, for the livino-
God, as the heart pauteth for the water-brooks," so we are
made to pant after God It was David's sorrows that
quickened prayer in him, It was in the belly of the whale
that Jonah was taught to cry aloud. And it was amono-
the thoi-ns and in the fetters of Babylon tl Manasseh
learned to pray.
Such are a few of the blessings that flow from chastise-
ment. Only a few have been mentioned, yet there are
many And this the saint knows. Each sorrow brin-s
with It Its own train of blessings ; and thus, though " n?t
i^hteousness?''''""'' '' '^''^'^'''' ^^' ^'""''^^^^ ^'^^' of
But in all this we must see a Father's love. We shal
lose much of the benefit of trial, perhaps all of it, if this is
overlooked. It is out of the deep love of " Him who gave
for us His only begotten Son" that sorrow flows down to
U8. Let us ever rest on this. " He that spared not His
SL '-^l^o freely g,ve us all things?" And surely the
blessings of chastisement are among these " all thin^rs."
.^•. ■ things work together for our good." Love can do us
no v,,:ng. fliat is a blessed impossibility. In all that it
to nl? f "Tr-'f '' •' "''"'-^ ^f^'""^^ »«^' «'^«n"el-^ in which
to pour 1 sell into us, as well as deepening and enlarging
the vessel that It may contain tlie more. Every sorrow
not only is the proof of love, but draws after 'it larger
streams of love. It is love making way for itself because
the place is too narrow. The inflicting of the wound is
love; much more the healing of it Surely all is love
Ihere is no unkindness, no harshness, no inattention to
our leelings, no needless cause of o-ricf
tion'^"'w ' ',' '' i\ ""^■\ ^^'" '°^''^' ""'^^ '^^ ^Jtl'«"fc afflic-
tion. We should neither know ourselves nor God. The
depths of IIis varied love would be as a sealed spring.
He wants to teach m all His love. He is seeking for
occasions to show it; and if He cannot find them, He must
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12
for this? S n r^^^^^ ^J"^ "i^^" ^« «»" "im .mA.W
Him for this? sLiwp onTV'".^ '"^^'''""^ ^'^«"g»^t« of
have new streams of iZT '^- ^ "'"'^^ ^^^"^ ^« "« to
hasopenedv Shall w!; ;T" "\"P°° "« ^^"^^'> «o'-'-o^
is mo?e of the Fathe": ht^t v ''"" '''^ "'"^'^ «P^"« "P ^^
me^LXs'" We^mr'"' '^' 'T ^""^ ^^'^^ «»^-«tise-
love which sends us chvi'^f'ilT' ^' "^^ ^^ "^^^«"'-« ^i^*^
draws the cloud orsorrowov^''','"^?^ ^^'^ ^^^'« ^hicii
measured or weiJhecl ?nT ' ?' '^''' '' *°^ ^^«P ^o be
be seen in eveTX' t^a^ H/h."'f '''' 'V""' ^^^^^''^ '« ^o
His chastisement. R.i^ hestows ; but most of all in
affectiona : h:rt;ndXhe7ir''i''^f ''''''''' ^^' ^«^
fare, to make us holtl' T 7.' ^T^^' ^° ^^^^^'^ ^^^ wel-
crown hereXr H ' ^"^ ^'^ *^^ ^^ ^he weight of our
thrwhS^o^els^^eU^Thi^' f"" ^"^^'"^ "P-
in its truest kindest form ' ^8/«-«, -paternal love,
triStifn'.'" ^Th7Sd n 1 "^ ^^^^"i' ^^^"' *« " ^^-y -
ours to ^foVy in it 'S' P'/^^Pf '. ^"^'^^^^ to it, but it is
but it is o'^.rs^to" '%re In^s^'tT TH '^"' ?T ""^^^ ^' '
We are not y^ovih7utt pL T !!?' ^*^^"^^>^ «^ ^ffl'^^ion.
us to prepaL7s'foVH.?k.^lt" Yefn/d^' ^^'^ T^'j
He will continue to do qo f ^ h •' 7 ^^ ^"^^^ ^^^ ^n^^
through much tribulafion t . if '^''°''" ^"^^ ? f^^ ^^ is
Andinthis"Sus''^eafWv •"• ^^'f^ '"*"'' ^'^« Kingdom,
if need be! we are h hZy^f; ^^""'f^ "^^ ^^^^ ^ «^^««n'
tions, that the tr''oiTfT^'^'•^^^^^^ '"^"^^^^^^ t^'"!^*^'
than of gold tha np^^^lff . r° "'^'^^^ ^^^^ precious
n^ight bf flncTurttt;^^^^^ '' 'Vi "'^^^^^^^
appearing of Jesus Christ'-l Pot rcT?" "" ' "' ''''
O Lord, through trihilation
Uiir jjilgrim jo„,.„i,y ]i^.
Ami watchfu] enemies;
.Midst never-ceasing dangers
We through the .loscrt roam;
As;;/7j/;v;/*^Tiereand*/m«(,.ns '
^\ seek the rest to eome.
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Shepherd Calls ]
[Leaflet No. 7.
3 the riches
Mm unkind
houghts of
le to us to
lich sorrow
pens up to
\ chastise-
easure the
ove which
ieep to be
Ifare is to
it of all in
it be, how
2 our wel-
:ht of our
ing upon
rnal love,
' glory in
but it is
inder it;
ay try to
us know
;ely wise
ffliction.
ins with
►. And
br it is
ngdom.
season,
;einpta-
recious
th fire,
at the
" FEAR THOU NOT,'^
(Isaiah xli. 10.)
And the Cause of Fears.
1. Neglect of Gods K^orcZ.— Unchecked sin results in
indolent, desultory, aimless readers of the Word, instead
of earnest, eager, and praying searchers of it. How differ-
ent with our blessed Lord !
2. Neglect of " assembling ourselves together."— U you
willingly forsake what God says you shall not forsake, you
w^rfear" ^^^^^ ^^^"^^ ^^ ^^'^'' "^"^ ^^^^^ your soul
3. Neglect of' exhorting one another."— Are you one of
Christ s saved ones-bear His name— sit at His table, and
yet for weeks and months have not spoken to one single
fellow pilgrim, about our common hope through the blood
shed, and the Spirit bestowed ?
4. Neglect of the Lord's Work.— Keeping Christ's com-
mandments it IS that we abide in His love, and consciously
abiding in His love, fears will not abide in our hearts. But
you will have spiritual ills, until you render freely, hearty
oTll' ^^^^^^ '^^'"^'''^ *■ *■' ^P""Si°g from reception of the
5 Neglect of self-judgment.—We are apt to bear about
with us sms unconfessed upon our hearts, instead of going
off at once— the moment they are discovered— " to the
fountain opened." Thus through a kind of spiritual letb-
argy— they are allowed to grow ; and where sins gather,
doubts grow. ^ '
Finally, as a consequence or combination of the preced-
ing causes, there will be found this further root of fear
viz. : — '
6. Neglect of Communion.— Inate&d of continuin<r to walk
(consciously; in the light, you are raising earfhly cfouds to
shroud the sunlight-you are placing yourself at a distance
irom trod. The child may not fear, even in the darkness,
while tlie Father's arm is round it, but cries in very dread
should that Im n\Vnir To if ryr^*- ^^ -a-UU a tr- ,
- -I., ,_ .irf„^. ,., ,j, iIktI aij rtitu i/au; iOU havo
gone to a distance— clouds of your own creatino- are dark-
ening your horizon, and your Father is not "near. No
wonder you are sometimes afraid .'—But Oh! my friend
getbackagain: get«e«r. Down in the r':,st, and With open
heart ' ' be Jilled with God's blessed Spi, >. '
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Shephwd Calls,]
Col: ii-'.t""'' *"" S«'"".-s," J„,,„ ,, 39 ; Acts xvH. U;
Heb. K.'2t '" ^■°"'' """' "■'"^""J'." Acts ii. 42; iv. 23.'
Judc 20. *'"" '■"'* "'^ ™*'"^«." Mai. Hi. 10 , , P^t, ,, 9 .
4. " Work Wllllp 'fia rloTi^ " T i .
Father's side, vou w ZT^ J^^ ^'S'^<^ ^nd by the
God; andrhen'roblrSSi:"' ^^^--^ with Vu?
tinue to invade the sanLt o^^^^^
life-- Fear not." ^ ""^ ^^"^ "^^^^^ and onward
^'.koM thee with the 4t 1-uU/ n^r^hlltt;''^ ^^l'^"
W- H. E. (Adapted.)
THE RIGHT MUST WIN.
Oil, it is hard to work for God
lo vise and take His part '
Upon this battle-field of earth
And not sometimes lose heart.
Thrice blest is he to whom is given
The instinct that can tell ^
ihat God IS on the field when He
ip. most invisible.
Bl^t too, is he who can divine
Where real right doth lie,
Aiid dares to take the side that seems
Wrong to man's blindfold eye
For ri^ht is right, since Gor! is God
And right the day must win '
To doubt would be disloyalty.
^^ ^'^Jter would be sin ]
Waters of Quietness.]
[Leaflet No. 10;
WORKING AND WAITING.
Father, 1 know that all my life
Is portioned out for me ;
Tlie changes that will surely come,
I do not fear to see ;
I. ask Thee for a present mind
Intent on pleasing Thee.
All things work together for good to them
that love God. jiJ^^^ .^jji 28.
care upon Him ; for He
2 Pet. V. 7.
Casting all your
caieth for you.
Now the God of peace. . , .made you pcr-
Je(-t ui every good work to do IHs will, work-
ing m you that which is well-nloasing in His
sight, through Jesus Christ. i/f6. xiii. 21.
I ask Thee for a thoughtful love,
Through constant watching wise
To meet the glad with joyful smiles,
And wipe the weeping eyes •
A heart at leisure from itself, '
To soothe and sympathize.
Forbearing one another, and foi^iving ono
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Co/, iii. 23.
Let nothing be done through strife or vain-
&.'i 1"/ "' «^^'lif ss of n.ind let each esteent
other better than themselves. Look not every
man on his own things, but every man also ou
the things of otl.ers. Phil. H s\ 4. *
1 would not have the restless will
That hurries to and fro,
That seeks for some great thing to do
Or secreij thing to know ; *
I would be treated as a child.
And guided where I go.
Be uot caniwl about with divers and strango
doctrines For it is a good thing that the heart
be established with grace, Jlcb. xiii. 9,
.vJ.V'h'*)'"'*?'u*'"'^"'^ *«^^h ^h«« in the way
\\ Inch thou Shalt go. P5«. xxxii. 8.
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2
Wherever in the world I am,
In whatsoe'er estate,
I have a fellowship with hearts
To keep and cultivate ;
A work of lowly love to do
For Him on whom I wait.
^intoTon r.'*"' ^'° it heartily, as to the Lonl, and not
unto men knowing that of the Lord ye slia 1 receive
chHsrtriif23\if^"^^= ^""^^^ -- ^^^^
I ask Thee for the daily strength,
To none that ask denied ;
A mind to blend with outward life
While keeping at Thy side ;
Content to fill a little space,
If Thou be glorified.
^^L^.ff.^-' •'^»""^i^«t for thee: for my strength i mado
perfect in weakness. 2 Cor xii 9
VoVr^chilliri^^ T"' know how to give good gifts unto
>om tluldien : liow much moi-e shall your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ?
T, . . Luke xi. 13.
liners beset our every path.
Which call for patient care ;
There is a cross in every lot,
A constant need for prayer ;
But lowly hearts that lean on Thee
Are happy everywhere.
Be careful for nothing: but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your rLuests bo
' ^.tT^"" ^"'^'^^ ""t« God. ha. iv. 6. ^
Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. Frov. xvi. 20.
In service which Thy love appoints,
Ihere are no bonds for me ;
My secret heart is taught the truth
That makes Thy children free ;
A life of self-renouncing love
Is one of liberty.
By love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled
i one ^^•ol•d, even in this : Thou shalt love thy neigh
hour as thyself, Gal v. 13, 14 ^ ^
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty and
but TS: 'Ylf'' ^% ""4^ "°* « f°'g«tf»l hear r
he Lord, and not
I yo sliall receive
i servo the Lord
fulfil the law of
strength i made
good gifts unto
your heavenly
that ask liim ?
Zwfo xi. 13,
> l^y prayer and
•ur ro(jue.sts ho
Prov. xvi. 20,
law is fulfilled
ove thy neigh-
)f liberty, and
rgetfiil hearer,
1 be blessed in
tVordsoftheWise.J 1 [Leaflet JTo, 4.
THE CAVE OF ADULLAM.
1 Sam. xxii, 1, 2 ; 1 Chron. xi. 15 1!).
It is true that those who resorted to David in this cave
appear to have had no cliaracter to lose. They were either
themselves debtors, or companions of those that were. But
the day of Saul in Israel was like the world, a scene of
apostacy and enmity to God. Either God had to act in
grace, sovereij^ ^ace, or full destructive judgment. And
grace can and will gather the harlot and 'the publican, or
receive the discontented and the debtor.
But then, observe what this company became in the cave
of Adullam. They resort thither as men wifhont character,
but there they Jiiake character. (See Scriptures qiven.)
Fellowship with David has power and virtut. lie was no
debtor, though he will receive d(!btors. His distress was
that of rt(jhteouHnn88, and not of \^ro-g. He had won a
character already, though he would now, in his " den and
cave of the earth," receive those who had lost their's. But
in his company they become new men, and do such exploits
of virtue, as give them honour in the day when righteous-
ness is exalted.
David's receiving of such is the condemnation of that
world out of which th(>y gathered to him. His making of
them UGW creatures,- or their becoming such while with him,
is the vindication of that separated place to which they thus
gathered.
How easy is it to apply all this to a greater than David .'
When Jesus receives, He receives in grace. It is no ques-
tion of previous character with Him. He gathers " bad and
good," as we read— those found in the lanes and alleys, the
highways and hedges: It matters not in the reckoning of
the Son of God. Not that He countenances evil, or can
brook it in His presence. But He will not sanction the
self-righteousness of the world. He will receive sinners,
and eat with them. But His presence has its virtue
virtue to write a new description under a man's name as here.
Such is the mystic power of this separated place in the
Wilderness, or of Him whose presence and company mako
it what it is. And what do we covet to bo but such Adul^
lamites ?— men who having destroyed ourselves, in the ruin
of character and of circumstances have fled to the Son of
God, and with Him, and through Him. and under Him,
have acquired names and dignities which He will own in the
day of enthroned righteousness, J, G. B.
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r *
I' -■
1 w <
I
ill :f
. FROM THE LORD.
-___==i£|!i!ffj^^^day of decli"-
"THOU DIDST H7
vv^oe IS me now I
hath added^rieFto'l^v «
1 ^..i 4. , ^ ^y sorrow •
I fainted in^my sighing. '
Tur r i.!'"*^ "° '■est.
THE LOF^DSAITH THUS-
,. , Behold
that which.^i have buiit
Break down
that Which 1"have planted
X Will
■t-'iuek up even
this whole land.
And
nr^«f fS^kest thou
SPRi^^'^^^ for thyself.
SEEK THEM NOT
for
r ^xrni I • Behold
"^'"^^u?.7h'itPo°r3r""^^'^'
but
.„ thjj life
will I give unto thee
'" «" P'aces whitCr^hou goest."
Jer. XL v. 3-5.
ITION.
)rrow
[US;
5h,
It."
Waters of QiiiclnesH.] 1 tr^fiallet No. 11.
ALONE, YET NOT ALONE.
"Ami Jacob was hft alone, and there wrestled a man
with him till the breaking ol' the ihiy."
I'm left alone. No friend is nigh
Who stoops to listen to my sigh
Or marks my spirit's bitter cry —
I'm left alone.
My heart is faint, my strength all gone,
My spirit troubled, there is none
To help or comfort, no not one —
I'm left alone.
Alone in darkness, deep around,
A desert, where no rest is found.
Where snares and dangers me surround.
_ . , ^ , I'm left alone.
It is the ivorrf/ I know it well.
Who makes me thus alone to dwell.
He has some word that He would tell
To me alone.
" And suddenly, when thoy had looked round about
they saw no man any more, save Jesus only."
I'm not alone— My God is nigh !
He knows my thoughts before I sigh.
He hearkens to me while I cry —
I'm not alone !
What though I'm weak, in Him I'm strong ;
My spirit shall rejoice ere long
In Him who is my strength and song,
In Eim alone.
In darkness I His face shall see,
In desert He my guide will be.
From snares and dongers set mc free
And bring me home.
To His own home, where welcomes sweet
Of love and joy my heart shall greet,
Where I shall dwell before His seat
No more alone.
Till then, where 'er my path be bent,
O teach me Lord to be content
With shoes and staff and desert tent
With The* le.
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The
THE PILGRIM.
s:^^s.lyS\:7S-.."'-',on o.o„.
•ing o'er my l,e;ul ; ami
Lik
iio thuiKlors roar abov
loud
?x^i /"^f G, I stand
jny hand,
homo
^e on bewildered ; Fathe;, t'ako n
And through t .loon^ead sa^^^^^^
♦vniie \et I lournnv flii.o...,i. .i •
10 (roiil
ecp lue froiii
Jonrnoj through tliis hind
^vanderin<.•. Father! Ink
IS pierced nie, and m
liKls mo press forward F f I'.nv V , ^ command
A..UI.jH,g,,t,,og,oo,,,Ioac,.,:,fe.,'iL„
Close to ufo'gato r^I ,M'lako';; 'T t"" ''»"
' % child!"'' """ "^ «'""" -'
'"•' S '.\ "; rt^:' T »■"»' »<I stand
Mv
With
(1,34)
My child.
cloud
;ancl
liaiid,
soul
tljoni
oni,
coinni.'vnd
' liand,
light ;
lit.
d:
lalt stand
3 gate
' sweet
od
stand
iU(L
Tender GrasH.) j [U-aflot No. 10.
DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH.
('Ill I. Lul.-i.' i, 78, 79.
"Ood said" (in tlic l.o,i,d.min<r) « l,.fc there l,o liu/>f, ami
there was li^ht," whm " th.> ."urth Mas without form and
void, and darkness covered tiie faeo of tin. deep " Thus
were the tirst rays of "light from above " let in upon a
scene ot rum, and disorder, and darkness, well suited in-
deed, f,o picture to us what the condition of our sonh is as
Gods eye surveys it, when lie is ahout to bring us " out of
darkness into Jlis niarvelloui light."
But this//-,s^ light was not to cheer and -ladden anima-
ted nature, nor to set in order the existim,^ chaos ; f„r of the
tormer there was none in being, and as to the latter it must
first be seen as if is- -nmde manifest "-ere the same
mighty word that discov(>red it, placed all in suitcnl order
tor Him wLo is th(, Fating- of lkuits, in whom is no vari-
ahleness, neither shadow of turning."
And thus, bciloved reader, is it" as to oursdve,^ and the
ways of that same God with us, and the action of that same
word-then in His creative power, and now in the '^ richea
of His grace ! His word comes to convict and test- ere it
dehvers-to make "all naked and open unto the e>es of
Him with whom we have to do," ej-e giving the " light of
the .knowledge of the gloiy of God in the face of Jesus
<-iirist. Ihe entnmce of it giveth light," 'tis true, but it
IS not joy, but misery— not freedom, but our homlane real
ized— not peace, but anxious fears— not. the faith that
gives us toj^see Jesus," but to judge ourselves— i-iot looking
off unto Him, but looking tvithin— not joy and gladness^
because "sorrow and sighing have Hed away," but, " Woe is
me, ior I am undone," "Depart from me, O Lord," not
Gods appreciation of the "sweet savour" -f the cross of
Jesus (burnt ottering), but His holy judgment of our sins
(sm ofiering) that first we learn.
But all this is transitory, thank God,— along the way
and not the end of it~our necessity, not God's delight and
joy to impai-t. "
As the patient's need is carefully learned by the skilful
physician, so ours must be, ere the healing balm be known
Jesus comes to us wlwre we are, ere lie leads tis where He
ts. He has compassion on us, and teaches us to have com-
passion on ourselves, ere He "binds up our wounds" with His
precious "oil and wine." He must hr> ak our hearts about
tJie sms that once bore Him down, ere His hand can hiyxd
(125)
f^^'^rre it can bo^t ' irt ':"'.: '"" '^ "'"I '•'• "•""'-
"i'Kli»in,K every man " , m H. T . I"" "'^ "''>'"-" tlu-.s
^vhat the nutun, o / t ,,k. ' '"■''/' '"''"^ '"' <<>''" "«
^m.^.^'^M/'^his'^'r""^ f!^'"" "atju..., fun ;:^
;'liKhts%.onnootc.lw .2 ."' ',« * M ""^'- o^ other
His blessed wavs w,>. J n '^'"' ^''''"'« tl.e order of
'^«^... and ^., ..;;;&'^i;r ;^;:;?^ ^^^ ^^^^ >- '^'^
ri^rii!-::^olt^:s:l u:'rr:f^^y 'i^ ^"^« --nd ...
And surely the le sons so n ! ' '""' !"!' '^'"''''^'^'^ ^o us.
given, as to thLgroTL^ th^^^^;r?"^'^ ^^^^^"^^ ^"^ ^J'^'-
"s. OS to things of heavin /i'''^ ''''" "^^^ "^t I'^iw^l for
notice that hS >ld TtirLf ""Y" . ^^ain, let us
these glories of '« the Wen"" seU " ^ ,''h^'^'''' ^'.^°^'"^««
^vith us, as first we i rn '"mid T" ^^"^ ^^^^^^ «° i<^ i«
the shining in of thr^^timony ^ '^God ^^l^'""---'" »>y
««r^, lost and ruined in His si^ht » n^ . I * "^^ ''''^ "*^"-
rays of His glory as tie Sw, J » 'n T' f^^^^^^^ds find the
upon us, bringing ^acean7r"^°^ '^^''^ "^ i" grace
we learn that^H?s^?dorv ^1;^^"^ ^"^ *^«^^' ^"^^her,
well as cheer and gffl. SUV''^? ""^! ''^^"'•"'«' ^
us t^ loam it-the hZ t hat ti ."^^^^ ,^'?e« '* unfold for
and makes nmnif^st tst ttert' '7"^^ ''''''''''' ^^P°«««
low to set right all thlt is nrn ^' f'^ " "^°"« " ^i" f^I
swering to ^/.^ntn^rLd T''" i° ^' ""' «°- ^his ..
humiliation and self abhorl J"?S'^'/^it of ourselves in
His word unon us ^ir""^"^^' ^^ich is the first action ot
Then the set^; abTve^tr'eT' ^t "^^"^ ^^^^^ -•
upon the scene where A.XF ^ ''^^*' ^° «^i»« down
givin. th. ^va,t;;;;^rLf^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ -> ^d. This
God has S6 r '>6 ri-.l.t l.„„j t II- ^ "'® °"« whom
ens, meet,,,. ., r i , ft " It "'^Majesty in the hoav-
. (1261 " '"^'y-^^est among ten thousand."
B. C, G.
ADDRESSES ON SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS-3.
ELIJAH.
1 Kiii^'H xvii, . I, unci V. 17, Is.
Tl.(.solastv(r8,>Hu»v(|MMmlyrrtVmin.,Hav..on.-in l.„!<,.'s
-osiu'l, Nvlnd. wo havoi.i tJH, New Tohtaiunit to l-:iii„h ■ I
I.HVo .v,ul 1!h u for (].. ioHuvvi,.^. .vasous : " Klias was a
man "uI.j.tc to /dr passion, as w., arc," au<l tlic, inotivo
ponor .,t all Ins woM.N.rlul lifo was this, timt l.„ was fou.ul
;'l".'" '"V;'"'''^- '^"" ""^' wo arc fol.l is t'.at ho nmrd
IwKc. ||„ ...u'omitorc.i all tho (liniciilti.s uidi wlii.h'wo
ai-o surromulo<l, was a man .,f like w.ab.oss u ill, us, and
yi'thi'sfnn,/,.,r(,'na a/aw in tl.o .larkosL (hys of Israel's
■•'l-s.tasy. Why? |..,.„u,s,. ho ,o-ayo,I, sot,;,ht (lo.l's face,
not 111 yam ahf,.!,. iu .Ici-onduiico upon Hi,,,. Surolv I his
smul, nnpross our hearts. It is ^oo.l for our souls to fa<-o
these histories M. the hook of (Jod, to see how Divine power
c^ould sustain a man in the nii.lst of tho iiir.st torril.l,. trials
Sonic one may say, "Klijah di.l not live in o..r day ; those
wore tho days of nuracles, .tc." We am apt to think' that
they wer(. days of special favour and privih-e, and that it
was ,n some ways easier to do (Jod's will then than now.
It wo knew our Bibles Letter wo sliould know tliat all tho
nngel.c visits, etc., are far suri.asscd l.y wluit we have in
Lroda wriftm word, and ^^ His Spirit al.idin- with us fr.r
over. Let us look at this. Much evil is recorded in these
Looks of Km-s. The climax is reached in the preceding
c|hapter. " Omri wrou^dit rrU in the ey.vs of the Lord, anil
did |rom; than all that wtn-e '.cf„re him." " Ahal., the son
ot Omri, did^,-*; in M,o si-ht of tho Lord ahocr. all that
Aveiv hetore lum, and -it ciuue to pass, as if it had been a
l.ghL tnni^r foi- }„„, to walk in the sins of Jeroboam tho son*
of ^ebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of
J'.thbaal, km- of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal
and worshippe,l hiin -' lUit (hat was not all. " In his days
did lliel bml.l Jencho." In those <lays of darkest apostasy,
when the kmos of Israel surpassed in ini.juitv all their pre-
decessors, there was a man t.hat daml to build the city on
wJiicli (,od Imd ,.roiiQun(..d m .Mrso. 8uch ur.. tiu. days lie
us, ((ays ot the darkest rcli^n'ous apostasy, days when kings and
queen, st.-pped dovvn from all that (Jo.l had entrusted to
them to pn.tane His holy name. And t.u.n a man rose up
to defy God to His face, and built up a city wliidi He had
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BeStth.^^^^^^^^^ So God
tJie man who lean, hard oii the n ? i"^- «?''*^"" ^''^^ ''« f«»'
Wesson to b. learned is al^soluto / "^/^^^^''^^y God. The
««ttzng of heart by the ^os ''J ?rr' '^' ^"^^- ^^'^»^*
learn this lesson ! That wHl %! ,S "'"''^' '^^ ^''^«^^" ^o
^;^«« on the living God on one side T i"' *"-^"'^'^t' '%^'^'*^^-
other. And if Divine CceetTdf'^"'' "^'^^^*^'*^'' "" ^^e
years ago, why not no^^f If b" p,-' l?'^''"^ ^^"^"^^^^^^^ of
passions with us " whv w i \ ^^-J^^' "^ "'an of like
o/mjah? Cai IbfJ?^^"-'f ^^^^^-^i^^i^y^ lord God
: «o that I can go on day bt'dn' '"■'^. ^''''' ^^'^ «« wi.l me
p-y, glad ti/t //: kTL'^^^^xi't " ";?' '^^^^^^' - --
May we see. Elijah's birtrancfearW ' L "" '""^ «^«^
^"- It IS not so with h,•,^r«. u- ^ '*^ '^^<^ not record-
-orld. We like?oI l\h °Sti:-T"^" '^ ^^" - "h'
l™ of our heroes. But tl^l '^ circumstances of the
-gn^ficant as its record^ God7oeTn%'' ^^"P^"^'^ ^^ -
Elijah's early life. He bursas on ?m '^^''* "« <^o k^o^^
^hades of night, a man, a fdl 1^ ^'^' ^ "^'''^^ "^ the
W nothing before but that ]f "f"' '^^ ^^^om we
of (^^W." ,^;,, were they t Peo Je'o 1.'^' "^habitants
Jordan,-not Canaan proper not ft ' ^¥ ^''S side of
people of the Lord. G?S "'Tlu ^" !r^^^ P^^^^^on of the
first came to. Two 2d a ^ 1^.^ '^' '^'J^'^'^'^ of Israel
down there. That was a mSake Th'^^fl '^""^ '^ ^^"1^
to the enumy, and were carritrl !" -^ ^''^ ^ ^eady prey
They answei- to a lar^ ZZtchrT''''''. ""''''' '^^' ^est^
ty IS not very distinct. They nn^fl "' ''^'°'" Christiani-
to see to, "-they have to S ^"\^ ^ave some great "altar
traditions, ordinances, rite ?nd 1. ' ^^^*' '"^^^' *'^^ other,
really people of God, but the co J "I?""'' ^^^^^ "^^y ^^e
are not very distinci their lives '? 'f^*"'^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^oat
testimony ^^...V/.^. fheylre on the ""* ''^^^^'^^^' "«^ their
If we have not yielded LT.i , V''^ '""'e of Jordan
t - liue c>f deni:!Zn^':^;:^^^y to God,-not sej;;
f-od off from the world mav (' J "' "' ^'"P^^ °^
essonnow! We must^Xin hef'",' ".%'^ ^'^^^^^ the
the lesson of ./..,,/, .mcK Z^,,'^n.'^^^^^^
over many of as who seem to bo n ^^"^t "^''^^'t woep
of ^>le.sing. we might enL ^ '"'Tf' '^"' "^"P ^^'on.
^ilead, may God arouse ou ' "^ '''''^"-' '"onilly to
Jordan ! Ly we W '^^"S^ ^ f "« *---
(128) "'''' ^'^'^tl should glory.
^nc]. So God
s up a man as
ace can do for
ty t^d. The
(^od. W]iat
L»e known to
light, depetui-
"dience on the
hundreds of
man of Jike
he Lord God
He with me,
>ssed 01 com-
e know His?
not record-
men in the
ances of the
3ture are as
IS to know
teor in the
f whom we
inhabitants
ong side of
tion of the
sri of Israel
■^e to settle
'eady prey
•e the rest,
^hristiani-
5at "altar
the other,
y may be
their coat
nor their
Jordan,
-not seen
>eople of
^^arn the
'n, loarn
I'ht woep
op tiiiort
fall}- to
s across
1 glory,
Ju<lah, tJ.o 1..1 trZ o . T^'f^'j^'^'^^: to find then, in
glad to know t h^w. 7'' ^n r"''^'^ ^''^''- ^ ^"»
and n.akos In "a man of cJ" "" ""'' T^^^ ^^'^"^ I^""
/u.^isi.d (iii. i7):":r o';^'H^:Td;'TTii;^^--N^ 'v
was once said to a colored person dn ^ "\ ^^- ^^
are saved'' " Th'tnl- rnrl T f " ' , ^"" know that you
nothing to back him ^"0^,1 "i'; ',"T"'"-^'r '"^"
co„rt-„o weight „„r i„fl„el ^ . ' '^:^ ""/'"r f
clinlloiigra that wicked king, and i 1,i ' ?i, ! ?■ ^^ ,'"'
ment of God is upon hi., head We ,1^ . "' ""' J"''?-
what W to this, 4at snltaS hi^T w ' •" ,"1 ^"'''''
,^»„., f„,. a look hehind'theic , HeTJv'f lad
been m the presence of h^^ Pr^.l u i *RAYED,--had
the throne o Go i itsdf and to°'r "'T«'' '"■"' '^ '»■"=''
it .night withhoh? *i: ;.: t'th i[r„:l?r" ^trG„j'-'
to°re'i^"Z^S;'7GocK^ '"' "'^ T"' -™"''^t '' '
aodvowerr„ne1vS^d'';^rtiLtCH?:L''";'""
Next, wliat was Elijah's ix-LrW .°A, tL T in', .
I.-ael Hveth «,/o„ X» / *, J there hall tt be™ "^
nor m,n these years, but according to ZyZ^r fZ ft
been ui God's presence nnd «« t„ i* "'' "''<'
he has to J„,^TL:"1.':?. t 5™''' """"^ kft it. H
go out in testimony, he still c
«^ od of Israel 6«/bre whom I stand. " I ] [ke
Luth
ler said, " When I preach, I
an Roy u The Lord
to think of that.
Ha,,; tW Vea^hrwhrs:::'';, ifcoT'^a IV^' "^ r i
of Wfe. Elijah does not "hi^l^hrw'he ' - °' '"" ■""'' ^
can taper down
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li
-P-se;!t '' l,li „r ^";,^r--^ t^-^ '^- and C
I'nngotJi thee into a 'Z k d 1 7 T/^'" ^^"^'^^ ^^^y <'«'l
(^'-- 7). '' For Can i v-S"?.r' '' ^""^^^ ^^^^^ ^'''i«'"
^f t as the ]and of E yn f on . 1 ' ^"''' '" ^""''''^ ^'' i«
, thou .sowest t],y see^l^and \v 1 ."-f ^" f''^""^ ""*' ^^^'^^e
' prden of ],erb,^ Ct l^l.^wS/' '''''^ ^^'^ ^-t, as a
i« a land of J,i Is and .,1 ^''^']^^'^\y^^ f^o to possess it)
tlie eyes of the Lor nvo/ ^"'''' *^'>' ^"^^ ^'^'^•^'^/'^ Ar •
i« instructive to see that pL ^^"'': ^'''- 10-12. )~It
^^o^v have in On-is a K.l,^"'''^"; "'^ '' l''^^"''^' of what ^ve
\- -Inch we haveli,^:^f P;,;'^-^-^ «o^' alone, a land
hut everytliinc. if ;>, "? '^ °^ conununion with God
^m>^ cJe fo^^aLr ;ri':r;yr;;tT^\^ ''';^- '^^^'-^^ ''«-
go up to keep tlie feast of ll Y '';'^''' ^^->'P^ ^'oes not
J-klthe...v/fronJ ea vtn ^'T"^''l ^"1 ^^°«'^ "^^ witi.
J-r instead. 8],e h^^^ h 7 ^' ? ^;:^;r' ^'^'^ Pl^S-s
RIVER IS mine aim T hov. , i .f\.^^^"^^ s^^^ says, " Mv
pIc ^peakeve.; lay t'^'d'^^'v^''"^^^^^^^^^^^ Just'as peo^
under cover, so^o s^e ak^ ProvH ""^Ir '^•^'"'^' «^ ^^^^
Cause,-all 'as a mS^y'^^'^r-T ^ !''''''' t'^« G'-oat
But they do notwanf ^h^v"Hi;^to^"^" '''^' -^^«^'-
l>nngs its blessinir but thov T,!, 1 Joo near. The river
does the mie rise s still VT'^^' ^ts so^crc. Where
discuss endlessly. So ft k iittlp"' "'J '"'""^^ geographers
thei.. blessing. ^Ihey nev" r^tCt ^ ^'^'^^^^ '^ ^^^
land IS not one thnt l,n« o '^'^'^\^\up to the source. Our
known and «n4re i fo^^f :t,';;"''-,T'':'; "'" ^"^'^'^ "■.'
o.v«- it, j.„t withal n, l«,Kl™,.t,,t' ',1' '','''■' ^'f ""■■' "»■»
live out of communion witl, r,7 "" ,"'™ *° "» "f ^'e
and fertile valleys, of 1 iH , L^l u 1 '?'"' "' '^"""t hills
God. The oiuld of Go »„""/' '"*■■''• ''"' °f dopendenee o„
most miserable creature h the wo id ""o" '"f f^'™ ''' "■»
that it Avill
ip]e reality,
iiies,s(!iigors
''W and rain
'i-d tJiy (Jod
of water, of
'•uul hilJs,"
ossess it, is
out, wJiore
foot, as a
possess it)
tf''r of the
■areth for .-
'^ositininjr
0-12.)-It
'■ what wo
"P, a land
witJi God,
VJiat does
t does not
not witli-
it plagues
>'s, "My
st as poo-
of God
lio Great
-m good,
'lie river
Whore
graphers
pt to get
'e. Our
irco ini-
^r'.? care '
ii« if we
ilit hills
!ence on
H is the
known
ooriiigs
^I'ld iior
id dew-
's back
6
to Him Wiien blessing does not come down upon us, when
the word no longer yields us sweet refreshment, somethinL'
has gone .o-o^i/ in Israel. Its mountain tops are no longer
fruitful. Its fertile valleys no longer yield abundance ; the
God of heaven is holding back His blessing to turn His
peoples hearts to Him again. Elijah says "that is the
only thing that can be Aon,,,—smito. them, stay the heavens
trom their due and rain, and thus turn them back to Thee "
1 ut here is a serious lesson,--after all this, the preacher
liimsf^f has to be preached to. After preaching to others,
we often have to be put through much exercise by the Lord
about it ; He says. My child you have not learned this les-
son deeply iov yourself. "And the word of the Lord came
unto him saying get thee lience, and turn thee eastward,
anu bule thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jor-
dan. Entrusted with a message from tlie Lord to Ahab,
Ehjah now receives one iov hhim'lf Let .ne study God's
bles.sed word to keep my heart in communion with Him
and then It God's message comes to me for othrs, I can
de iver It. If I hnger near the door of evil, if I am in
fellowship With wl-.at \\.^ has condemned, God will hold me
back. 1 could be allowed, in any bar room, to give a tem-
perance lecture ; if afterwards I invited every one to drink •
the testimony given agaluHt it is nullified bv' acting with it'
_ llirce short words in the beginning of 'this third verse
ring with no uncertain sound " Got the hntre "
Is there any thing in the New Testament like this? Yes
And on hearing it we may see that ^^■o have ,!ot half broken
with the wo.'ld yet. Then it was, " Get thee hence." Now
J.et every one that nameth the name of Ciirist dennrt
frov'-imquity. This does not mean merely the wicked
world around us, the circus, the horse race, or the wine cup
VVe may truly say we' are not in Sodom, aiu! yet there are
other vvayHin which we may be in the world, and connected
w.th mupiity Just as Abraham, called to be a strangc-r in
Canaan, and having to buy the little bit of ground in which
to bury his wife, was surrounded by Mesopotamia, E-vot
Sodom, and the land of the Philistines. ' *J'l >
Abraham left the former, kept clear of Sodom, but lie
e.it down to Egypt, and then to Gernr. and twice denied
Sarnh his wife. Do not think b(
th
wic/.-'d v.orld that y
'HI mav
natiiml or rrli(ji„n:-i one.' ({od
cause you have given up
not be swampe.fl in the
i'(Uiiinr ill tiie land " fi
■om going down to h
■av(; us when there
IS "a
^gyi)t to enjoy all
f
>' *'
* i'
f It
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6
I-, ■
f ■ clown tJiere, he for^^ots his ne mI ^'"^"'f i *^''''' '^•^^tliui?
: Egypt. Anotlior has T.rn.T^ ''-""'''^ ^^« ^^'^^^ ffoue to
I -1-iiy occupied wirbiHsriiS"::;/? ?'^°"^'^^^« -«
5_^as gone to Egypt, jf ,ve im ^ If. ' ^? ' ^'^ ^">^' ^tc-he
Egypt, take care t]Kat we h. e nrr"''^ '^'''' °^ «*^^J«"^ and
are told of the onwar rmai^, of ^"''' '" ^''^^'^^«»- We
reljg.on--that8criptur ""hehhd'li:??'' '5. «^^^"^« -«l
i^ahylon of which God savs ' ri <^'.'"e« "-^/^r,/ is the
Thus we are either n S;\.,^Sv.7^ ^{ f-, My people."
"atones" for the new W, t ^'^l' ^^'^''y^-". or hoiing
could understand the Bible h^'^^^^ ""^^'^^ he
have an hour with anotht Ch i ; 'f ^^'''' '^ ^"^ «"»M
advantage, «'as the J3ible unlo t ^^V' '-"1'^'^ '^« '-^ ■^''•^-t
does not for me." «i^JotLs for hnu,' ho says, ^^^^^^j
-plain the bo5. of^ZC'Tk-'" ^^' ""'^^^'^' '"^ to
that I nugi.t find the wj ea "o uts of 1"^' "'^-''"^'"^ ^'" ^^-^
to Jam, 1 believe that it isTiiT^lur^^ "'''''^'^ •^'^"'' ^ ^'-^^^
for Cod says ^' scali^ n<; ■'' ,>u ho ,''';/"' ^^ ■'^^^'^^^^' ''^^'^^
l^ot be understood by eor, one but r'' . ^' *''"^' ^* ^''^'^'
i« given." Matt. xiii. n'^Ret' i ^^ ^'"f /'^^ ^^^i«»' it
rented at tJie door, as if an Z\lo]' t ^"'^^^"^-'^go is prc-
Port, sir." Now ht us see if ?' '"" ''^ '^^^^ " ^our pLs-
two things : first, a n" n n u 1 1 -'^'"/*'^'- ^ '''^' ^^"'^ *'^
secondly, he mu.t Jbll^^T^Ztf ^'""] ''''^'^''^^^ ^-^"^I
(Rev. i 5-9.; Ho ^^.tedV^J^^T 1 ^''' ^^'^^^^^
expounder. Re would ha^ likeTto t. ^T^"?^'! '^'^^^ ^'^
of the beast etc., but I felt thnt T , . '''"'"* ^''^ i'orns
ium first, and enquire as to m' rr'/'^^'^J^^ the door with
Would you like to know w ;t '"'' '' ^'"^^^^'•
you cannot unlock tho I5ible ? T-U ' 7-"^ ''?'^ -^^^ that
W and turn thee ..^./..a r^' Wl ' '^'''''' "^^^^t tJiee
hack on what he knows to be wron^ /'\ ^ '''^'' ^""'« J»«
;vlience %/./ ariseth. M,, ii^ '^^^7, ^'« turns to the place
turn our back on anythh" H)'r fro "l '"''^V^'^' ^^-^^^'^ ^^e
to be sin. ''lu (7^/, ,• ,. ;^, '" ^' "^ e"'i(l us that we know
d stran^T'ors] **
and, iiostIin,i?
lias gone to
tiioughts ai-o
buy, etc.— lie
)f 8odojJi and
^bylon. We
^ science and
' — tlmt is tlui
My people."
") or Jiewirirr
p wi.sJies Jie
if lie could
1 be a great
S'lys, "and
prsation; I
nted me to
■iirt to (Jod
soul, I said
saled Ijook,
••lie, it can-
wJioni it
ipre is pre-
"^^our 2)a8s-
^ok ]<iin to
s oins^ and
's Saviour
*ii nor its
the liorns
door with
d.
.you tliat
(^^et tlieo
tunis his
'lip place
when we
^ve know
1 for the
e people
1* souls,
ohn will
not say a word about hinm'lf. They ply him with questionj^.
lo every one he answers "No." Happy John! ho hid
lm>wy] and put the Master in the forfM,Tound. Was not
that morally grand? Jle hides behind' his Iklaster The
messengers of the Pharisees say that they rnu,t liave an
ansvver. Well then, he says, I am a voice, I say simply
\vhat is told me. ^ ^
;;Eytlio brook Cherlth:' Cherith means ^^ cuttinn oifr
Uijah bas to sit down thei'e, and learn Hryarafion,—
cutting ofl" That is just wliat we do not like to learn,—
tlie "cutting otf" that is "l.efore Jordan." That little
brook must dry up if there is to be no rain for years.^
J'.lijah does not ask to be excused, because it will. He -roes
m siinple dopmdonrr. on God, doing what God tells him? sit
beside a brook that is failing fast. I5ut what about Elijah's
(^odi He is still the Umn<, God~<^ does what Ho vAll in
the anmes gf heaven, and 7ione can stay His hand, or sav
unto Him what doest Thou '•? For .ujhf, all Elijah has is a
liuling brook, and ravens to bring him bread and Hesh
nionung and evening. '
And what aliout rarnis ? They ar(! the l)irds that we
are specially told God feeds; this marks them as specially
dependent on Him ; and these are the vory l.irds tak(>n to
sustain His servant. "Who provideth for the mvni his
food? when his young ones cr,/ unto God, they vnndpr for
lack of meat." (Job xxxviii. 41.) " He giveth to the beast
Ills tood, and to tlu^ young ravens which rry." (Psalm cxlvii
J.) God will not fill Elijah's cupl^oard for a vholr day • he
has to have his food in the morning, and vet again in 'the
evening. We may suppose that h:iijah begins to think,
God does not like His people to ha/e a stock for the whole
day, and he looks straight up to Him for a />v'.s-// supply—
conmuinion in the morning, and communion "in the evenino-
Elijah says all I have got is up there ; to God I look, not to
tiio brook and the ravens. . Are v^e like Elijah? If not
may God help us to b(^ ! If we are, we wil' know that
there is a hvin<j God. W^e ,vill not need any tJiiie.' collat-
era to prove that this is God's holy book, we will huno
tJiat It IS His word, be^-ause He has spoken to ?.,s-, and wo
nx-Q.cdhome with ]Wm. The same lesson that I con.menced
diencG to
Him I am 1<
tence
until I get liome to Hea\
arnmg yet, and will never 1)e done lear
miiir
en.
After a while the brook dried
V}>.
Just what we said
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f ; -
IH:
f >•'
J!
hf
r
.^^'om Elijah .stood ? HoLuT ' '^' ^'^"^« ^o^l, bei'orc
^-. no water as wJieu tjfere is 1 '•'"'' ^' ''^PP>^ wl,;,, tW
..on^aad power is . '11:^;,'^-^^^- -^^ '^^ -'-«
-Next he was sent to Sar^Jn w """^ '"'^^^"^ 1 «tHiul "
This was a tremendous test ^n T l''^' "'"^"« ^he cr.,ci t
to be debtor to the ^,race of V?"' *" ^ '^^^^^ ^^^ the fe-^^
Hfcione 7'r' ''^iosolate /n;/T^'"^^P^"*^-"
:r^ pne, and she now out "oofi ' ^^''' P^P of her
t^ie last oakc for JiorseK an/ ''"- '^^ sticks ''to n.ake
out trustinir God , '^ ionics out hri.d.t 7-1 „:
nrno. I '^ * "'iix'servedlv w.-v-i / ft"^- ^le went
shall prov-e lii. "' '^^^'^ the Lonl //;" th(> Lord
foil, „„Hi t,,„ !,„,,, ' J"^,' ■ «;tl„,. »,,„„ t,,„ J Jh«
'»6' OocI, before
4>Py wJion tli(!ro
('cret of coiniiiu-
whom 1 Htiuid."
lis the crucible.
of the Gentiles
. -'uicl withal a
»''i hope " than
■' Pi'op of Iier
icJ^s " to i„ake
f^^e. God was
file fortli a ves-
'it. He ^vent
iminuur "he
te of the city,
«'iy, favours
he ^'oes to get
very xcrge'of
hii'i all she
hroac!," and
h<;d the last,
then draih /
L fJeath knell
'lufort, "As
'"' .^'avo hiju
the living
occasion to
not, go and
'^?V''/« cake
'lau's soul J
:'t, at least,
' much o!i
ft for tJie
tfi' ill this
ti!" Lord
\ and we
•) "The
"se of oil
th." On
■-'/.; i)o
Lot lis
^K'ndfal
-'hI savs
lot faii."
C'X'-r '"(<"T ^T Pr^""^ P'-^^''-^'^'^ fo'- our souls is
aP n.al wasted ^ :;^ ^"t^ ^- ^^ ]^^^:^
,,^r V, , Y'-"""»« ami 1-rovidmce and of her co.i«,-!V>i«^
in H, 1 " "* ''"'i '".'"■'; ■""« »">•. "'«1 «od comes
'5/6 /row ?we rfmrf, and she says to Elijah " Nc^^.^r )>,. //„•
Avhether Chrisf rn 1 • ^''"^ ^"^ I^"''^^^^ *« know
our .,,. ,,„„o,t.y, ,.ope„t and confelfti™ a™."'.? ^m
B. C. G.
HIS HEART AND HIS HAND.
Do you seek solace from Christ's svnipathv n<. r^^^^o^. ..
inore than you do from the interf,rencroTS;ll "t
His heart or .His hand which comforts you mos If Ho
had not coine down and walked beside us in all ou circum
tances down here, He could not have sympathized with u^-
lie could not have nuade v.. feel His heart for us He i i"ht
have stood at a distance and l.tve stretched out ^^I^
S sa 'to P ?"^^. ,?"'« ,['-^'^ ''"-^^ -^^Ikecl on the waters,
and said to Peter, "Come" to where He was. He walked
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walk ! It .as His ] J J . H. .r. r "'^'^'"'^' ■'^ ^''^^^
^"•ave If He wore to con "l 'i ' ' "''T ""* "^ t'^<"
outof ovcTy pr,,s,suroof he Itl n. ''''' ^"" '^^^ ^^''^ ^""'"'
tlm.^s forVou, you l^nt^^^^^^^^^ onUn-
umtiuy„u/^,oo/jL r t^ "" ^^^. "'^^3^ ^ solitary
stances; I.ut if you arc -oJirvec '^^^^ ""''^^'^^ «'^«"'"
-His .sy,npat],;;._-you I 'vo nn ] ^''^»'^"^t<.(l l,y His /...,.,
prsonaJly/andVo,f J^'^^H i^^;^;^"'^^';^^
cumstaucos with H n ^ irenru^c,s ; so that adverse cir-
the disciples, or on tJie Iz^s n f'"'^, ^^ ^^'' ^'^^^^'t. "ke
solitary Adin. in PaznZ '^' T^ f '" .^^"^^' ^^'^'^^ *« be a
perfectly relievo the hea f" It k Fl"^?''^' ^^'"^^'^ -^""o^
rehev-e; ,„a this is 1.:^^^^ 1 wtn no otl'^V"^^ '^^'-^^ -'^
would know how to draw noar and hf' '"'"'' ''''^'^ ""^
Purely company is l)etter t}J ?! ^""'''^ """^ company,
only here that^ Ho t,T ^nn tT '^J- ^' '' ^^'^ «^^™w
ofGodinthojoysofnmn^^^ ''"' ^""^ '^^'^ ^^ ^^"thing
out;i;nr ^:!:^.;;;&:r f^°^^ r-^ -'^^^ ^'-
m the second miracle at Cana ^^1, 'T^'^ '"^* *^'^*' ^'"^
sorrow of the father; and w£/he 3akl < T^"' ^1^*^ *^«
the hand of mercy won tl,« I, ; f . ' ^"^ son 1 veth "
of his house. ^ " *'^" ^'""'^ ^^^^ f'-^ith of the father and
-uS^ le^^rlr^r;^^^ /^ ^--^^ his heart; you
He is beside you ^el^^^^ZCZ circumstances ; Vr
become more sensible of His bein^ K ^"'^^"^^^ '^^^^^ if you
Himself has ..one throu^J T ^ beside you, and that He
could endure, you wilu? yoHo^ r ^ T"^ ' «^"f ^ ^^
His sympathy— in His ho/.T i • u ^*' ^'^^ ^ solace in
J»and could oLin fm you bI Uor^ interference of His
wanting the Lord every momeio, ^/r' ^'^ ^'' """^
every moment, than itT^^rot^i^'J ^^ ^'^^ y^^
where you could draw on th"n.^I'[roudf brightest scene,
and where according as you "ivid °'-^°"' ""•''^y"^^^^*.
would be able to appronri to f ^7'' "^ ^'^^^^^l^' you
Seek to learn and J^^'t ^Z^^Tl T^''^ /-'
in you, and you will fiJ thnf' i' If ^'"^^ *^^"'^st takes
follows you, and n ake ^in L '^'' '^V'?^ "^ ^«^^^1' ^e
that gladden the city o7 Jod. ^''"' ^'''^' ^^^^^ *^« stream '
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anrl wept jis
''"g ill that
'•s out of th('
>y His //an,/
h JiU'l order
a solitary
Viid circuMi-
>y His //f'n7'i
;ewith JIi)ii
f'r of eiijoy-
i(lvers(> cir-
les without
fleserfc, like
m to he a
*^5''' oannot
y that can
t could or
company,
ith sorrow
is nothing
hich drew
that, but
into the
n livoth,"
ither and
art; you
ices; for
id if you
that He
otlly one
olace in
5 of His
ear you
'' scene,
>yment,
If, you
d you.
; takes
el, He
stream
11
DISCIPLINE.
"0 Lord, hy thesis tiling's men live.
And in all tliese tliinf,'s is tlu' lilV' of my spirit." — Jsinh n-.r.ri-iii. 10.
Porpora, one of the most illustrious masters of music in
Italy, conceived a friendship lor a young pupil, and asked
him if he had courage to persevere with constancy in the
course he should mark out for him, however wearisome it
should seem. When the pupil answered in the atlirmative,
Porpora wrote upon a single page of ruled paper the Dia-
tonic and Chromatic scales, ascending and descending, the
intervals of the third, fourth, and fifth, &c., in order to
teach him to take them with freedom, and to sustain the
sounds, together with the trills, groups, appoggiaturas and
passages of vocalization of different kinds. This page oc-
cupied both the master and scholar during an entire year ;
and the following year was also devoted to it. When the
third year commenced, nothing was said of changing the
lesson, and the pupil began to murmur ; but the master
reminded him of his promise. The fourth year slipped
away, the fifth followed, and they were always at the one
eternal page. The sixth found them at the same task ;
but the master added to it some lessons in articulation,
pronunciation, and lastly in declamation. At the end of
this year the pupil, who supposed himself still in the ele-
ments, was much surprised, when one day the master said
to him, " Go, my son, you have nothing more to learn,
YOU ARE THE FIRST SINGER OP ItALY AND OF THE WORLD !"
Ho spoke the truth, for this singer was none other than
the celebrated Gaetano Caffarelli, who was born at Naples
in 1703, and died in 1783, the above anecdote of him being
recorded in Fctis's History of Music.
Such an anecdote as this, like a parable, well illustrp.ted
the Lord's ways with us. As CafRirelli was told by his
master, " You have nothing more to learn, you are the
first singer of Italy, and of the world," so we in the higher
sense, having learnt our lesson, shall find to our joy and
amazement, that we are perfect musicians. And oh, what
a song will be ours ! such strains us no car ever listened
to before ; telling out, as they will do, the praises of Him
^rho is infinitely worthy — who was slaiu — who has redeemed
us froM death by His blood, and with whoui our God and
Father has assigned to us, poor creatures of the dust as
we are, the nearest place to Ilim, the Son of His love, in
that circle of glory and blessedness, of which He, in "that
day" (2 Tim. i. 12) will be both the hght and the centre.
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12
'TOPULAR WITH ONE."
^•■'.Vii.u. '' Whose" I nil, I u I T '""' *■""' -'<"■'■<''' '■"
live Is Chiisl " A ''""" ^ ''^•'■^•«-" " I'or iro t„
years I'Cvot: Sir- ?7;^r';.^!^-^''^-^'-
i'-'-^-'Mo take l.is Inst , .Tv on oVll'-''\ '''"' '" '' ''''^'''y
blaster, ^.,i(l pl(^Msantlv T ,?/ ' "1 ^.V' "^'''^'^'^ ^^'''i^
'« made (luwu nil •'i;^^ l ^h ,"^ ''""^' '""''^'"f.' l'i"N as
before thoyoot past" Is i,r'' ""'^ •'"'' «''"^v tlaun
very lu.pnlarari ml' h..:''i ,'''!''' •^••"' '^ «'>^"> ^o l,o
tl'ut put n.o l,o>v t s .dlt.., " J'^^'r'^'"' "•'■^l' tl'o man
"Ah," said this doai n-i „,] •• ''■"'^' """''' ^"'^ ^'^'ly."
this world Ja^opin.^lo , no I.n . ;? '^"''' «'^ ^''''^''U
J^«trai,ht patL wo ^^hf ^^'^ '^^^'•^'^^''''••«^' ^vimt
Man." May this bo ou nnbiro; „ ^T''"' ^''^^^ «»«
Cospel enjoins. - 1^ orec^^ .^^^ ^'"^ °"'>^ «">'^it'>'^ the
^vhetherathonioorabson tbo^i'n 7 "^'^ ^^^^^"'no.s,
(2 Cor. V. 9., R. V ]^ran/ woU-plcasu.g unto IJim."
cannot please the world • and if J 7"" ^'^^'"'^ ^^"" ^e
cannot please Ilim iLreL j ^^ ^IT ?^^'^''^^^«
ambition? ^""^* ^^ ^'O^lj which is your
FOLLOWnvIE!
-^oorrfivi? ai7f„irS!o,i;^^T' '" «■'•' "•".-to
"10, lot him follow nie " J cn„nn ' n ^ '?"^^' "^^"^ '^^'•^0
cing every impedimo ,? ] amTe o,r ,"''•''" '^'^"^ ^•^»«""-
followfng l„-s n^astor t is l.o /^'"o^^''"g- T.ike a dog
and cost what it n a •' o ?ol n.^'lT ''^^ ^'^ ^'''"'^^"^^ of"
the sin^ple detern>i,K li jn th ?" ithoV?^'" ^" ^"^"^^ ^^^''^'^
any force, can I)rovont n o fm„ ?! ' , • '"''I' ""'' ^'^'"'^^ "or
;oart. I aslc not an o y n , l^"'-'- 1''°.''^.'^^^^ of n.y
this the wav7/cMyont'^'^/N. ; ,1 '"^'l^'^ inquire, -J,;
only the scJnt ; does h'e no 1 'm toT' ' f' ''^ '^^^
man soi'vo nip in< i : '"'M'"t nio to shame? " jf „p,.
shall al^o mHon: 'IV^^ P;;-; --^ -'--o I am! tlll^l^
«i.V I'ather honour." ft is hov> , T?'' ^"'' ''^"'^ «''^^II
(Jecoration takes place. ' ^''' " I'ononring"-tho
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"iiii, rmd (o
\vlio, kiiuw-
I .uloi'icd ill
' I''or ini; lo
'•'» <br tliri'(!
'<i OHO ox-
" a raihvny
I'vico of his
filloii IVoni
a vorvcoM
"^' liim, us
iliow thoin
■it'uni to 1)0
li tlio man
lii^ roply."'
I'ist, wluit
■"'ith one
^ntlon the
MIUTIOUS,
to lUm."
ilim we
world we
I is jour
f^aj— to
an sorvo
rononn-
ke a dof
Iving of,
>w with
ICO, uor
'' of my
>, "Is
og has
If any
1 tliero
n shall
'—the
Hhcpl.oril Calls 1 1 [UnlU No. 8.
" I LOVE TO POINT HIM OUT."
An Incident.
A gentleman, while tnivcllin;!;, came lo n river, which
ho nuist needs cross before he could reach his destination.
Joe Brown, a colored boatman, was accustomed to ferry
passengers over the river, and the boat being ready, the
gentleman seated himself in the bow.
Joe stepped into his place, and taking up his oars the
two glided swiftly along. There were sloops goinf^ up and
down tl>c river as they did every day, when th^ winds
would carry them on their way. Sudilenly Joe drew in
Ills oars, and springing to his feet pulled off his ragged
old straw hat, and with his hand shaded his eyes wliile he
strained his sight to some object on a sloop in the distance.
"As I'm a living man," he exclaioied, "that's tho
Captain I"
The gentleman, started out of bis musing, followed the
eyes of Joe, but could distinguish nothing but the forms
of three or four men on a sloop in the distance.
" See him, sir ? " exclaimed Joe. " Don't you sec that
strong, kind-looking man against the mast," urged Joe.
" Perhaps I shall see him when the vessel gets nearer."
" I wish you could see the Captain," said Joe, in a tone
which seemed to imply he might if he would but look.
" "Who is the Captain?" he asked.
" The Captain ? " said Joe, turning upon him a look of
surprise, as if he should have known.
" He's the man that saved me." But quickly taming
his eyes again to the sloop, he said : "I can't miss seeing
him while he's in sight," and gazed with an intense
earnestness.
The sloop did not come very near, and passed by with
no apparent signal to Joe, who stood as steady as a mast
in a ship, with his hat in his hand and his eyes still shaded.
As the sloop sailed on, the figures of the men became
hidden, and Joe sat down again to his oars.
"I told you, sir," said he, "that he's the man that
saved me."
" How did he save you, Joe? '*
"He stripped off his coat, and jumped into the river
and caught hold of this child with his strong arm, just as
he was sinking into the great depths with the ropes around
his feet, lliat's the way he saved me," said Joe, growing
eloquent with emotion.
. (139)
'm
; ;;yvs for hiu, iC ,.: e C^ ' "^ ,, 'r-""f ''^'^'•.V '--^'^ !"«
«^n,y days witl.ou anv ,vu n ' ^'7"*' ^"'•'^" ^''^
^^^^ lie a,l(lo,l rathor sa.ll :/r '" '^"''^^'f' ^" «ervo hi,,,,
cm. He runs hv l.or, ' ^^^>' *'« <'^o«e hy liin, ... r
«^^'^y«, and / iie r«^;.'T ;\ '"""^1. I watch b 1„
«'ffger can do." ^^ '"""^ ^''"^ ""^ It's all this p^^
'>y'^tt%'ftj;Si;ss''o?tr' " ^'"•'^^'■""' was doo|,Iy moved
tenderness of ^^^Z^^' -^'-^ ->.l nt tho^^n:!
.^^m lincl snatched him fomt ho '''"''' ?"" ^^^'^«^ «tro .?
Why slionld he ever fo,- rnf i > -P^ «^ '"^ ^^^ernal death
«f .';ni"i, whose Lmfit aLvo^' ^"'""'^'^^^ «^ P^h ^i^,;
Christ Jesus." ^ '^ '^^'°^o every name, the Man
Po^^Ketl:,£t irt:^^ ^ ^'^'^^ ^'- - too? What
we loved to ^^ polm H m o„T^f^ £f ically true of us tit
that will keep us in this al nf ^^}'' '" '^^ ^»ly thing
known and in a ceitain vvav fniov "i^T^'^^'-trnth my b?
18 not our object, " o l S ^^^^^^ ; ''"' '^ ^'^rist IIi,nself
Pyer us. O tha there it^'T^ ^'-^^an will get power
Holy Spirit, an ever-hici^Sni /"'''^"^'^^ '" ''' ^^ ^l^e
«o we might in our evi y da vllf '/'' ^'^''' "^'"^elff that
^pri?." - 'Sirs; .L^^X'^^i!
How blessed this is ti,« t i •
Again, look at Peter and ?^""^ "^"'^ "len the speaking
f bold testimony, and tho u" '" "^^^s iii. TJ ey ^ave
iedge of them th'aVt Vl^dTeen l'^^ T '^^^^ ^^^^^ ^"0^!
Aga n, look it «?fn^i ■ .^^ ^ith Jesus,"
the Holy'Grost,1ooSup lt^ f' " «^ ^-'ng MX of
the glory of God, and Jesus "If ?;."^'" ^^?''^^«"' '-^ncl saw
tomed to the glory, he sees tht Ji .'"^'^ ^'''"'"«« '-^ccus.
the Sn '"i' .^" ^'^ testifies : ' I L hM "' "^'-^^ ^^^^3' i«
the Son of Man standing on the iSh ? T'T^ ^1^^"' ^^^
I have not lon^pr ..t ' J^ i'^'lf' ^and of God."
ftitudv these fi.i.o,^ f'x ■■^" ^" tnveii on this hnf .v
ee."
.V ')rcatli he
<1 work the
'>« CMlOliprl,
serve him.
'J him us I
ch for him
■ this poor
I'ly moved
tlepth uiul
iimih'ating
so strong
^lal death.
' poiiitin^r
tlie Man
? What
f us that
Illy thing
niay bo
Himself
ct power
I by the
elf, that
It."
Baptist
Lamb
nd they
eaking.
?y gave
knovv-
• full of
k1 saw
accus-
ory is
h and
if you
'j you
WatxTsof guictiasM.J
1
[Leiidut No. 12.
DISAPPOINTMENT.
Our yet nnfiiiisht'd story
^^ Is tending all to this : —
To (iod tlie greatest glory,
To us tlie greatest bliss.
If all things work together
For ends so grand and blest,
What need to wonder whetiicr
Kaeh in itself is best !
If some things were omitted,
Or altered as we would,
The whole might l)e unfitted
To work for perfect good.
Our plans may l)e disjointed,
15ut we may calmly rest ;
What (lod has once appointed
Is belter than our best.
We cannot see before us,
But our all-seeing Friend
Is always watching o'er us.
And ki»ws the very end.
What though we seem to stumble,
He will not let us fall ;
And learning to be humble
Is not lost lime at all.
What though wo fondly reckoned
A smoother way to go
Than where His hand has beckoned.
It will be better so.
What only seemed a barrier
A stepping stone shall be ;
Our God is no long tarrior,
A present help is He.
And -.vhen, amid our blindness,
His disappointments ftdl,
We trust His loving-kindness,
Whose wisdom senrts them all.
{^i^)
They are the purple fringes
Ihat hide his glorious feet :
They are the fire-wrought hinges,
Where truth and mercy meet.
By them the golden portal
A ^ ,?''0^'^<^ence shall ope,
}Su ^° praise immortal
The songs of faith and hope.
From broken alabaster
Was deathless fragrance shed :
Ihe spikenard flowed the faster
IJpon the Saviour's head.
No shattered box of ointment
We ever need regret,
For out of disappointment
J^iow sweetest odors yet.
The discord that involveth
ThfiS^ startling change of key,
The Master's hand resSlveth
In richest harmony
We hush our children's laughter.
When sunset hues grow pale ;
Tlien, in the silence after,
^i^ey hear the nightingale.
We mourned the lamp declining,
rhat glimmered at our side ;
Ihe glorious starlight shining
Has proved a surer guide.
Then tremble not and shrink not
vy lien disappointment nears :
Be trustful still, and think not
lo realize all fears.
■ ' ;. '^^^^^ Dulioia ner rise,
Uur I-ather's love revealing.
An angel iu disguise.
(1412)
Frances Ridley Haveboa
L.
WopJsof tfte Wise.]
[Leaflet Jfo/
" BE YE STEDFAST, UNMOVABLE."
1 Cor. XV. 58.
If our hearts are not close to Christ, we are apt to get
tvcary in the way.
All is a vain show around us, but that which is inside
abides and is true, being the life of Christ. All else goes J
When the heart gets hold of this fact it becomes (as to
things around) like one taken into a house to work for the
day, who performs the duties well, but passes through
instead of living in the circumstances. To Israel the
cloud came down, and they stayed ; it lifted up, and on
they went. It was all the same to them. Why? Because
hacl they stayed when the cloud went on, they would not
have had the Lord. One may be daily at the desk for
lifty years, yet with Christ, tlie desk is only the circum-
stance ; it is the doing God's will, making manifest the
savour of Christ, which is the simple and great thing.
Whether I go or you go— 1 stay or you stay, may that one
word be realized in each of us — ^' stedfast, unmovahle ! "
Jn whatever sphere, as n atter of providence, we may be
found, let the divine life be manifested — Christ manifested.
This abides, all else changes, but the Mfe remains and
al)ides for ever, ay for ever.
Not a single thing in which we have served Christ shall
be forgotten. Lazy alas ! we all are in service, but all
shall come out that is real, and what is real is Christ in
us, and this only. The appearance now may l)e very little
— not nuich even in, a religious view, but what is real will
abide. Our hearts clinging closely to Christ, we shall
sustain one another in the body of Chritt. The love of
Christ sliall hold the whole together, Christ being cvcr}'-
thing, and we content to be nothing, helping one another,
praying one Ibr tlu; utlier. I ask not the prayers of the
saints, I reckon on them. The Lord. keep us going on in
simplicity, fuUilling as <he hireling our day, till Christ shall
come ; and then " shall every man have [)rais.(> of Ood '' —
praise of God I Be tliat our object, and may Cod knit all
our hearts toiiether th()rt)U!2hlv nnd cicnially.
J. N. !).
n
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■ I 11
•.tmmttmfm 1 ,11 .,
THE PRATER OF FAITH
and
THE ANSWER OF GRACE.
And
JABEZ
was more honorable than his brethren ;
• and
his mother called his name Jabez,
saying,
Because I bare him with sorrow.
And
JABEZ
called on the God of Israel,
saying,
OH THAT THOU
wouldest bless me indeed,
. enlarge my coast
and
THAT THINE HAND
might be with me,
and
THAT THOU
wouldest keep me from evil
that it may not grieve me I
And
GOD
granted him that which he requested.
1 ClIRON. IV. 9-10.
i ^ " ' ' II III I iiK
ITH
ACE.
'ethren ;
abeZ)
orrow.
iliVaters of Quietaesfl.]
1
[l^iRiit "So. 13.
'■ested.
c»
WALK SOFTLY."
' I shall go 9 )f tly all nsy years."— Tsa. xxxviii. 15.
WafJc Jinftfi/ ; for tlie Havionr says,
"<)li come, and Ie„^rn of Me ;
Pm (fi a vifpjf m\{\ lowly mind,
And lost I'll gJTc to thue ;
Tlie mwk 1 iove and those whose hearta
Are hiirnlil-e and -contrite^
■Shall richJy know my gfrace and love,
iFor they are my delight."
Walk softly ; for it well becoraeg
A siniiner saved by (jrace,
And one -vtQie'ho^jes ere long to atand
Before his Saviour's face ;
5t well ijecofueth «aeh an one,
With lowliness to go ;
Tor grace excludes all boasting pride,
And self-importanee toa
WaJk softly ; enemies abound,
«Gn either hand are they ;
And snares and pits to catch thy feet;,
"They thickly .round thee.Iaj;
Upon thy lip.s get cai-eful watch.
And " keep thy heart " secure,
Lest tail thou niayest into sin,
In seme unguarded hour.
Walk SGftly ; 'tis an^vil norld
'That thou art passing through ;
It hates the Cross, and hateth Him
Who iiung ijpoa it to©.
And thou, i>rofessiug His dear Jfame,
It watches narrowly,
And tests, by how thou waUrgt kexe
'3!he truth that thou may'st say,
(10>
Wulksofd,, ; recommend tlie arace
^Vhich ,)ut uway thy sin •
^^iwv< the doctrine of tlie Lord
And KJory for Him win •
in meekness, love, and gentleness
Pursue thy l>lc.st career.
And precious fruit to Jesus' praise
-in rich abundance bear.
Walk .o/tl!/ ; not t.^dai/ alone,
^^'''^k softly mT<r/,^,,y.
U a k softly, wheresoe'er thou art.
And ever u-«^c7/. and ^m//;
:Butiook to Christ for strength,
And thou Shalt walk the streets of gold
in thy blest home, at length. ^ '
===== ^* ^•
PURGED OR STAINED-WHICH P
who'a;:".:^e?bVtre £^^^ ^f'^ ^--b-, the,
are stained ^ith the guil of ' , T' 'l''\ ""^* ^^^««^ '^^-
question for any one fo put tot imtl! ' ^^''' ' ^^^^-'
ment is the effect in the lul ^Ml m *''^'''^^- ^^'^Hndg-
to repentance and confession, which m.tsr J.^^'^ lead.
I'lace before the soul • so that n ^! ^"^ "' ^'^' P''0P<^'"
is faithful and just tV W-J '.i^" !" "! «V^'"""""^' "^'
unrighteousness; thus restorin tb^ I i '^'""'' ^''^"^ '''il
>vith Himself iruhe i ght ^ ^^'' ^''^''''' *« f^Howship
Kl<ii
Were we sin.ple and snbi«cf to Q-- , „ -
Oliost could and wo.ild nrnHui i !. ^^'^P^^'J'e. the Holy
only reason Av4,y Chrlt^ans lift ^^ '"' conviction. The
uniud.ed flesh p^-evaiktrr " " ""'^^^ '^ ^^'^
(148)
the Spirit.
render Grass.]
[Leaflet No. 12.
race
ss
se
'f gold,
A. M.
CH?
namely, thos(!
md those who
hat a solemn
jiulirment, of
I. irJi'lf-judg-
CiO'1, jippiied
1- Tin's leads
n His proper
3iiemeiit, Ho
ise from all
felloMshi])
', the Holy
ction. The
is because
THE LORD'S SUPPER. WHAT IS IT?
It was instituted as a memorial of the dyintj love of
-lesus, for all who believe ou His mime.
"The Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was
hetrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks He
.rake it and said " Take, eat ! this is my body which is
liroken for you ; this do in remembrance of me." After the
stme n.ann.-r, also, He took the cup, when He had sui.ned
saying "This cup is the Xew Testament in my blood tliis
.In ye as oft as ye drink it in remembram-e of nie For as
..tt as ye eat this brea.l and drink this cup, ye do show the
J-ords deatli till He come." 1 Cor. xi. 23-26.
Although the Master did not directly specify irhen or
hn>r ofhn this was to be ob8erve<l, in the Acts we learn that
the .spirit guidtul as to that. At first thry broke brea.l at
home, .iMily Acts ii. 4(;. Afterwards, "'on the first day
oi th(i week. Acts x.x. 7. We cammt fail to see iL
iippropriateness, sin.v it was " In the end of the Sabbath as
It Ix'gan to dawn towards the first day of the week " that
He rose from the .lead. Vas notice, also, from this Scripture
that other sei vices were subordinate ; fhh was the main
feature Intelligent worship implies a slain victim, by
whose blood we draw near to (;<m1 It is the '' bloo,! of Christ"
that leads into the "holy of holies" to meet Cod, and by
Its v^rtm our sins are put away so that we can do so
arceptabln. In His death we h^arn something of the eternal
ife springing therefrom for us ; our life originating from it :
life from drath.
This ordinances keeps before us the fact, that since the
fall, by which life was forfeited, true worship mmt have a
sacrihce. The ceremonials of the law have been fulfilled by
( hrist, m the offering up of the body He took for this
jmrpose, and the shedding of His own blood. In the presence
of the emblems that set this forth, we may '' offer up spiritual
sacnhces, acceptable to God />;/ Jestis Ohrtd," even " the
fiacnfice of praise to God, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks
to His name."
:N^othing else can at all compare with this heaven-born
privilege. ' Do all God's people know its power its claim
upon their hearts? Alas ! how feebly does the church respond
to this key-mite of love from God to man !
The Lord's supper, too, is the expression of the com-
munion of saints. •« The cup of blessing, which we bless, is
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*»■■
i)'
2
It not the couimunion of the blood of Chvi^i ? ti ' u
>vhum Ch,it lied iv,^ 1 ") '^^'^"^^^'r ^^^'^ ^■''"'■^•'' '•"
to see the oneness of 1 o 1 nT^^' sonu- of its members l\u\
one of anothe Vein. 1 • /, v ' '"""^ *"^'"'">' ' ^'^^^n'^ers
^..embers o tle^Kdyof K^^ ^'^ -^'^ ^^J"'^^' '''"^ •"'« «l'k^>
out of the fui^e r^h 1^ 3 ^ ^;"|""a ".^'-- "PO" K'-e;'
>vith joy, they overflow vit 1 ' V'^' .^''"''*' ''"''' «"^'^
praise. ^ '"'^^^ ^^'^'^ ^"^ J^i« i" thaakfu)
(Selected. J
etcJfe.Tv')^°^^^^^*^^ ^^^"^'•^" ^^^ WI thia.0., „„t. the Lo.d>
A song in celeliration of victorv h, .„• * x. .
accomplishment of the counsel of r^ I T f ^^^ ^'^'^
^y/>^cv.//^y for „3. It ao ordi Hv fl ' ^''"''' ""'' «''^*>
wilderness, which is no mrt 1?" ' "" '*^'^°"»^ '^^ tl'.
His ways but the ci^s^stJl J^ ^' rr^'> ^>"^ ^^'^i^- o''
(vs. 5, 16) and the conoms of r ' '^T^'" ""^^^^ ^'"t" ^^^
Sanctuary in he LnTrd hf ^fTr".^ '^'' '^'^'"^ ^^^ ^^ "'"^^
time, we hear of the Loot's roUm ,. V '>• . ^^'^ ^'^''^t
His Throne in Jerus.n em A rTr'" "" •'?':'^ Mis house, «,.(>
counsels of We'L-^s irrsrl J^'V^'^^^'^^ «^ ^«'"'«
Bivine carol tal-Ttion for T ^^T ^'^""'^ ''' '» ^hi.
for God in'thei Ssf Joirr'"'^ r^^^^^
enemy dashed iT Xes tb. tI i''^''^ ''^ ^''^''''''> ^^o
tion 'subdued. The^Tun 'l e 1. T "''r T^'^^^^ '''^^ *^PPo«i^
ever and eve;t L Cw b iSl '^.'"^'^ .^^"g V
the fact that, thoi4h they^anL^ tb/" n^"^ s^guilieant is
^.pon resurrection gro«nd and ?h n. l'^'^'''''^''^ ^^ ^vas as
about it. JS^ot a notecr^btK "'>\^^"-\««"g "ot a word!
enemy sank as ^s^^ :::^2'^ ::^ }^ ^^^f^
this a sweeter son
::l:r:.:t-^-^^-f'^^^'Z,
g 13 reserved. Rev. v. 9,
with
Shepherd Calls.]
ist ? The breitil
of the body of
', and one ho<it,,
i Cor. X. U;
the Father aii-i
'wsliip with thi«
the church for
1 Uiomhcrs /'aii
it. All are u{
ther ; mom hers
I ''ind f>re ah'kc^
ce upon grace;'
learts are ill led
1 iu thankful
(Selected.)
g untt the Lord"
w of the fuU
irael, and ali^o
•(.'ount of thf
but rather of
enters into it
m HP of His
Hi«Kinji(loui
contemplates
, for theiirst
ishousc^ 011(1
ires of God's
B us in this
a habitation,
loJiness, tlio
y all opposi^
King for-
iiguiticant is
5> it was as
; not a woni!
vanquished
; but when
s and wliiclx
f>f the sea,,
erberate in,
along witU
[Leaflet No. 9.
' .1 i
"READY FOR EITHER."
Thf) Missionary Union has adopted a device, found on
an ancient medal, which represents a bullock standintr
between a plough and an altar, with the inscription, ^^ Rm,h,
for etfhcr. 11,,; whnle history of Christianity has proved
that Its great object cnnnot be secured without' both the toil
and the .wr/AVv^ Says the Apostle, ^^ I :fill np that trhWh is
helnwl oi the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His body's
6ake,which IS the chur. h." In the agony of the atoning ,«acri,
hee, Jesus bad no sharers. I'.ut he has left, unexhanste.l,
enough of the bitter cup of His previous toils aj.d trials to
remind II is f(.]lowers, amid tneir great work, what their sal-
vation cod IliM. A readiness f.,r hard work on the one
Jiand, and fur sficrrHrcs on the other, can alone evince not
only our attachment to His cause, but also our hm to Hm.
ChruVs sufferings as God's >n'tnr>.<<} or martyr—
IT-^'o/" ^|«fc';n« word in Scripture to express botli. ) Mark
Mil. 31 : The Son cf Man must mffer many things, and
be rejected, and be killed, Ao." Ch. ix. 12 : ''Must mifer
many things and be set at r; .uglit." Lsaiah liii. 8 • "He
IS despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorruiCH and
acquainted with yrie/."
Paul, in following him—
Acts ix. 16 : "1 will show him how great thines he must
sujer for my name s sake. Col i. 24 .• " 1 now rejoice in my
snPrwg>^ and hll up that which is behind of the afflictions
of Christ in my llesh, &c." Thil. iii. 10 : " Fellowship of
Peter —
2 Pet. i U : " I must put off this my tabernacle, as our Lord
Jesus Christ hath showed me." Jno. xxi. 18 19- "Thou
Shalt stretch forth thy hands and another shall gird thee
and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake He'
signifying by what death He should glorify r^A And
when He had spoken this, He saith unto him, ' Follovf me.' '"
Privilege for us—
Rom viii 17 : " Tf so be that we mffer with Him, that we
may be also glonhed together." Phil. i. 29 : " Unto you
behalf of Christ, not only to believe on
it is
vGn
Him, but also to mffer for His sake.
Who suffer with Thee Lord bolow.
Shall
reign with Thee above
Then let it be our joy to know
This way of peace and love."
&'i:-
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Ni:
II
ENDURE HARDNESS.
1! TIM. ii. 3.
more 4^UiZ:Z n "'" ""'":'?" ^"'"'^ '"'"" '«'
1.^ «- ,„„ ,-,;,:i';,t ;;',!;,"f„:';::r:;:,„i:r -" '"- '---i-.
liM b„i.,i oiisuuc,! ,1 r,„ "■■>ll'«'l "1 l..wlin„M IU„„I1.1 hill,
liis toil, with r „ L„: ,^ t wnge,l |,h,c„a with the peasant at
■"oaneat lowios ehi fof C , ' ''"iVV' ' "'"' "'" I"""'"-'".
»re no*;:r;'!,l'''''H:;:,S"'ii';;'''r' , T''" '""""■' ■■' i''«»--'.
-%n,„,i aiainat shi";!;, ?■„;?,,:;;;-«' -j.i ;-..vou,- b^t
be a qmet ijiaoe to lav a wf-n-v l... i i . """^'f • l^^''iliili s kp may
alnp, po ^r ; "toif ' "' ^<^q»-nted witlx economy, hard,
labLuffor &/ ' S urn Ulj b! • /h'T*^"^^^'^ '^. goocf honest
aiKl tlie shams liS .r?. ll\ if' ^^^'^ ^"^^^les, the phantoms,
prop],ets were ,>o tli'e nos iH, u"' ^"" ^".^ ^""'^ '"'^i"- ^^''^^
poor, and the Sm .'f P I'll ' «'^'repoor, the saints have been
to share tlleir h.t. '^ ''''' ^""''"'^ "^ *^^^'^'" ^^l- ^a content
Chrbt'^^tunt-'^t^^^^^^ 'trh^ ^^V^^" ^^^« ^^-« "^ •^--
rejoicing to your soul ' A ni ,' '^"'^ 5l'«trf««««, as a joy and a
nient, hT.n.e^ thirst cold « T'T'l'^' ^^'""^ ^'''^^'^y bereave,
tlian the se'creV ^t or tt onen '«) '^"''"'^^'l^" ''''^'' *° ^^^'-^
con,esonallwhf deSsedanrrf kT',"^^'^^ '"™*^^ "^ ^'^t^r
pain, a„r^."rdeathr;ir'''r '^'"'H»■ »"''»"«■" "11 'onow^
ro-'„ -'£B»-"^^^^^^^^ '-' «"^'
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our own souls,
Practical Papers.]
I . ract No. 2,
from homo,
ts of life, 1)0
i iiccotnpli8h
b(3 a soldier
''s lot are far
I mid iridiil-
iii eiidiinii^r
;i'il. Uriah
ivid was at
•^ house-top,
sed, adored,
iroiind hiin,
ill his secret
J peasant at
'he poorest,
it have the
•f pleasure
ia your best
h's lap may
uson, aJiorn
irs of brass,
, could tell
3 dalliance.
>my, hard-
3od honest
phantoms,
uin. The
have been
5a content
of Jesus
joy and a
, bereave-
er to bear
r or later
nd indul-
hJia. We!!
II sorrow,
wm God,
juilt and
GROWTH IN GRACE.
We are taught l>y tlio Spirit of God, throu-li the Apostle
Potor, ever to feed, as new born babop, upon " f/ie sincere
7in//,- of t/wn-nnr—cwr to come, as spiritual infants, to that
precious word. Jn another sense, we are expecttid to grow
and become i/ounr/ victi, and men of full stntiire in Clirist ;
but tlie active life of the soul in receiving the truth of God,'
is compared to that of the new-l)orn babe — " As new-lKirn
babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow
thereby." We are placed in this position by the Spiritj'^that
we may grow up in Christ.
J hit if we are to grow hy means of " the sincere milk of
the word," it is not simply by e.xercising our understanding
upon it, nor even by much study of that word. We need
the teaching of the Holy Spirit, and therefore we must
exercise ourselv-es in godliness, " putting away all malice, all
bitterness, all hypocrisy, all envy, all evil comrman'cafions,"
that the Spirit may not be grieved. If the Christian
cherishes these evil dispositions in his heart, he cannot
advance in the true knowledge of the things of God.
Accordingly, he is called ever to place himself in the posi-
ti«n of a new-born babe, before receiving — in the sense of
his weakness, his littleness, and his ignorance, and in sim-
plicity of heart too — the nonrishment of the word of God.
It is by this means that the Lord ever keeps His own in
simplicity and dependence—" Grace and j)eace be multiplied
unto you, through the hnotvleihje of (iod and of Jesus our
Lord." But tlien the knowledge of God always humbles ;
the more we know of God, the more we perceive our own
)iothingness--" If any man think that he knoweth anything,
he knoweth nothing yet -as he ought to know."
Just as the child constantly receives nourishment from
its mother, so ought we continually to feed on the spiritual
food provided for us — the wo^-d of God. When we have
received this word in faith, we become strong, — we grow
thereby, in the knowledge of God and of His grace. \he
Apostle Paul, having heard of the faith of the Ephesians in
the Lord Jesus, prays " that the God of our Lord Jesus
Chri4 niay give nnto them the spirit of wisdom and
revelation, in the hiuwledge of Him ; the eyes of their
understanding being enlightened, that they might Jcnoiv
what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the
glory of His inheritance in the saints," &c. " Hav
(153)
ing
n .«f
I-
'
I; I
i ■ :
.' '■■'
2
comes to the f.alxj in Christ u-iM. if. ' '^^'^''y
pre.sentH itself, ar.l i. re 'L-L V "7"' '"^P"^ '^■'^^""r ; it
I nny study it a^ai" I^^^'^ ; ^ i::;;^ ^^/^ ^'•"-"
;-viU^^^^^^
pruS'Mrtr:^r:L^£.^^'"i^ ^° "^'^« -- -.,
i"g from ilim ^^1. ■'"'V^"f ^^ I"''^«'"-« »^i'n I'less-
si.^ere milk o [ho word" d!;."' t '^" '«;? ^'"•^'""^' " ^'^«
God^^'lstr:: tM:r:r^:^^^^^'^-^ °f ^'- truth of
of God," iu the power of t; ^ ^ ^ '" ■ " '^''''^ '"' '^'^ ^^'-^^--
i3 to keep siLL Le Z T'"'""°"7ithHim,ourduty
happy condition It i, „I ""'°' "' '" '^""^"'^ «'■»"» that
be kept.o; Tia by tastiL.L''"'""^"- "'"■"' "'»' ""^ -^^
tUat He will exe«,tC:: "n II" •'°'' "' ^''^f """''
does not assume that »ttilX toTardsrhe'cE? '"" Jf"
lias revealed Himself to us as " thTn„ T / S^ '=''""• He
-are plaeed in a PositiortrenJ^J^Htloll.^""-" "'^
the ""■.'•'SU'ei'," ,:!,'» '^'r" i'"' .''■«-— f
know The/th!, T '"" ''''""' heart is this,— " I
thrrtedr-!:,e isprthe'w"''"'?p"'r"-' '" °- "'i'
not obtaininrtha ThU f °' '''"'• '■""^ »■■« ^""ed at
feeling i no°t manifeS Z^^'T' „" ""^ '""I'"' 'bis
destitute o, in'toTl^^rl 'go^S ^ ZZ e:''T\='
"f!i.TirtreG 'r- srv"-^ -ampirc^-'th^ ; rs^,s
riG nmnh i»..fl.«« ^ i . ,'' "c»ci
much rather expected to b'
what does the father
(154)
e I'eceived as a hirel
enters his mind.
say to him ? what
mir
but
are the feelings of
3
flis word, ami
il to comfort,
f^'Oil always
•or savour ; it
)f /lis funics. "
v>t coiiunuu-
— -'it least at
le wise and
Y of a inaii's
ro him hless-
t'siring " th.;
''■/t th!/ mouth
ust come to
the truth of
i tlie oracles
im, our duty
n^ lightly a
hinders our
teach that
limself.
ts as to bo
e from that
lat we can
010 good the
■ judgment,
es ; but Ho
istian. He
(jmce," and
't'ousness of
this,—" I
I our will
i vexed at
3 that this
altogether
:apacity to
r prodifjal
of return-
his mind.
ling : but
eelings of
hiBhpart?—"?.rinf^ forth the best robe, and put it on 1
and put a ring on his liuud and si
iim,
hither the fatted calf and kill it, and 1.
merry : for this my son was dead and is al
IOCS on liis feet ; and bring
lost and is found." \{
ere is grace— inie grace.
It was the same as regarded the Samaritan
*'t Us eat anil be
ive again ; he was
poor adulterei-s, being ignorant of Him wl
the only Son of the Father, full of
her
and
consequently the only one wl
her wants,— the Lord sfiid to her, " if thou k
gift of God, and who it is that Paitl
Woman. This
10 was speaking to
gracf and truth,"
o was capable of supplying
' newest the
to th
(i
, . , ., - ,, iitn to tJiee, liive im.- lo
drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have
given thee living water."— If thou ha.lst understood what
grace is thou wouldest have asked it of Him, and He would
have given it thee.
It is not only in the case of an open rebellion against
(.od, and a total rejection of salvation, that this blindness of
tlie understanding as to grace is seen to prevail. Our natural
heart IS so alienated from God, that to be happy it love»
anything in the worhl-the devil even— better 'than the
grace of God. When sin and its odious character are revealed
to the conscience, Ave think that God caimot be gracious. If
Adam, when he discovered his nakedness, had known the
grace ot God, he would immediately have gone to Him to be
covered. But no ; he knew nothing of God's grace ; he saw
Ins condition, and sought to conceal himself from God
nmongst the trees of the garden. This is what we do : the
consciousness of our nakedness before God— this feeling
apart from the knowledge of His grace-induces us to flee
ironi His presence.
But there is something more as regard the Christian.
As Leiieying in Jesus, when our consciences come to be
exercised, and we feel that we have to do with God in all
things, instead of a clear sense of His grace (which leveh all
our actions,) and of the continual service of Jesus in the
house, ever washing our feet, we are apt rather to have a
deep feeling of our re.povHthiUty in the thought that we
must perform ajl that which God requires, in order to be able
tn motif l-lii. ■n-.Anx^^.^i. ,r t- . .
to meet His judmnert of u
. . , , ^ ■'5 according to our works. There
is indeed a great deal of truth in this ; for it is necessary
that that which God requires of us be performed ; but the
evil IS in thinking that if we do not find in our.^eh(s that
which IS pleasing to God, He will condemn us.
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cum>„i;^;^~ ''";;- '7''" "»'■-■■■. l'i» '•"n.liti„„ i,s
n„Ml:;7,;i;:;f,:r,:X':;;JxX::SS"t"'"'
lexpurii^n™ tliiit the I,,ml is/,,,/ .„„| i :' '<" H en
And why did he ,,p,,,,|. ,, ,, ' ,-,7"'" ' ''» f''e >^ u nnrier:'
the Lon i« ..rncioiK K "•'"' ^"' '''""^' ""^t that
I ain unabJe to s-,v fh-.f r- i" u ^'^"""^ '''••'"' Christ,
that, as a si!:;. ;^i t ;:f -;;^^f---' '-t l can say!
because H. is just " ^'""^ ^^'^ preaeiicc,
'";i „w^f c^'ir:"^'" -f'"'' '''•-'i» .^-'-
soon as 1 believ, that .J
(156)
«^''/ «/V that mi, sin is greater than God.
evt that .Jesus is \\\p. Sim. ,.f n.,.i t ._
us is the Son of God, I see that
"' tint (jmrr
lit" •■oiitnirv
tlliit 0(1(1 niti
iiTtcr having,'
f no 118 to 1h
n no need of
3 that sin U
condition i.s
(ling but gm
id niflo thnt
•'<h He may
need of siii,
om." It i.s
r ; for then
CPSSiiry tlijit
\ c'oiiflcious-
drive nie to
r<i i-H, wlu'ii
^iiifid man."
'",i<»ying th(!
r, vvJien the
' tears, and
ia man were
would have
is a ninrier."
^v not that
the justice
low Christ,
t J can say,
i presence,
is toward
3 revealed
>
r did, that
ecauae the
!'•"• charac-
mderstand
?V r/reatpi'
"^od. A9
[ see that
Ocl has eomo to me because I was a sinner, nnd that it was
impossible for me to go to Him.
Can man answer to that which the holiness of Cod
requires? hxperience has resolved the (,uesti.,n. The
brighter the light has become tlie more it has shown man
(lis darkness; and the stricter the law has been, the more
has man s determination to do evil l)een brought out And
then It was, «'when wo were inthuif stnnvith, in an accep-
table time," that "Christ died for the ungodly ;" "when wo
were yet sinners, Christ died lor us." See, here if, grace
here is goodness! Cod, seeing the blood of His Son, is
Batujh'd, nnd if I am satisfied with it, J glorify Cod.
The Lord, wh..m I have known as having laid down
His ite for me, is the mnw r,or<l with whom I have to do
everyday of my life ; and all His conduct towards mo is
based upon the same principle of grace. J)o I Avant to
learn what His love is?--His mw.^ teaches it me, for He has
given Himself forme, in order that all the fulness and all
the joy which is in Himself may be made mine. Hut I must
BtiU learn as a new-born babe, '-desiring the sincere milk of
the word, that 1 may iji-ow thereby"
_ The great secret of progress is to .template the Lord
in His character of grace. How j.recious it is, -how strength-
ening, to know that at M/.s moment Jesus experiences and
exercises the same love towards me as when He was dyiiK'
upon the cross. This is a truth which we ought ever to beaT'
in mind. Suppose, for exaiii; 1.., that T find an evil disposi-
tion in myself which is difti-uit for me to overcome ; well,
I have but to present it to J.-sus, as my Friend, and a virtue
will co.ue out of Him to strengthen me. Faith, and not
simply my efforts, ought always to be thus in exercise against
temptation ; my ef forts are always insutHcient. Trne. strenath
connstH til the faith >rhirh one hm in the Lord's goodiiess. '
But tho natural man in us always denies (jhrist as the
only source of strength and blessing. Suppose my soul is
out of communion with (Jod-the Titural heart says, " I
must remedy this before I shall be able to come to Christ"
But Christ abounds in grace, and since wo know it, wa
ought immediately to return to Him, such as we are. ami to
luimble ourselves deeply before Him. It is only in Him
that we shall find that which will restore our souls. Self-
ubasement in H
pre>ienre u true humififi/. If
acknowledge ourselves before Him to be such
wo
we shall find that He will si
as we are
!iow us nothing but grace.
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. .C lit
': :]■ if '
' '1, 'I '
i ' !. ■ I '
. ' :| i
' I If
6
of Christ as God Himself Tt 1 1 I *°.,"''""; ""'"«'"''
*ength_„y co„soir„„i„,y :;" -'iTi ij ^■""" •"■'
Ood de,i«>., and ,vi„ ddi^ht^.^iAhof/n-^'^™^
&rdT«'^rj;;ai^^^
has been crucified for iiie^-who Lli. ^^"' ^^ ^^^^
™ X* .. ., c, ■: ,.-r;ts,: :.vr„r„E
what gives consolation to the sunl IrZT ' "
m the nrest-nre nf f.„i j , , "^«aid Jesus now as
takes pleas ,0 „ inr^ T, - '"'r, '^"'' J' '""^««'- ^od
rests, ind ;;.',', est Wer ' I),;" tl, .7'!''""^" ">"' ««'
rss:ifirr,,:!™ri?r-^r^^^^^^^^^^
Jle An.,, n,e., in Him, .,„.//; ;„..:^„,t'^"*''^'™ "'««"«'.
re.ts","%ll""'"T''°' *''°'"'"'' •''"' "I'™ 'he earth. God
Ch rre , '■ and 1, '^T'' "' '"'"'' '' " H™J of His body the
1^. "he'pree''nc'"f^r ,:';';:'»'' 'n""' '"t" ""'^p'^'
ahuut Jesus ~ i-npimc^i, i,i g^ 6- thonyhts
tlie iiatiifal
ith '« Behold
f>ml he that
is God who
Mot a man,
istr Being
ne though ta
I find my
i— in Miioni
now my joy
I am well
>th;" and,
»t Christ is
s He who
ins in Hia
> nie like-
niay look
this world
> that. If
'und both
This ia
IS now as
'd. God
that God
ng borne
nited me
from on
d, having
precious,
h. God
Jedy tile
appeal'
procures
ly think
in US as
ich God
thouyhts
we are
sinner when he is instructed by the Spirit, can understand
as well as the met intellectual, how that Jesus is precio m
ot the life of Christ than all those who surrounded Him.
ihisthief was taught by the Spirit.
foil ^V^'V!'^ V^' '" communion with God our faces will
tell It, although we o.irselvcs may know nothing of it
tl''skin"nn • ; ^'"'\ ^'"^ r'^' '''"'' "«^^^ «"PP^'««^ that
the bkin ot h,s face shone ; he seemed to forget 1 i nself • he
was absorbed in God. If Jesus is precious "to our souls-
our eyes being fixed on Hiiu, and our bodies occupied in His
sei.vice,-we shall be secure from being ca/ried away
by Jie vanity and sin arouml us; and this will likewise
hearts Whatever I see in myself, which is not in Jesus, is
sin. It IS not by considering my ])aseness, it is not by beinrr
occupied with that that I shall be humbled; but it isW
looking up to the Lord Jesus, by fixing my attention upon
His merits. It is we 1 to have ,lone with ourselves, and to
be taken up with Jesus. We are authorized to for<^et
7itZ'T'V"'"-fr' T~-'' ^'^^Set .//, except Jesus
It IS by looking at Jesus that we are enabled to renounce
all, that we obtain power to walk as obedient children
His ove constrains us. If there were but one command!
ment, we should not have strength to obey even that.
fnh??^ f ' ^^''^i ??"^ "' ^^^^' *'^ ^^^^'^ «"^1 realize the
elorof°rn?'''T^.'^' ''''' i''""'' ^^'' well-beloved and
elect of God, so that we may be "changed into the same
linage, from glory to glory, even- as by°the Spirit of the
^ May we beloved, in sounding the truth of God hav-
JoLl'T'"' 'Y tv^""^ -%^-o-."^e constantly
wZ fh ; ' '" ^'^'\' ^'■''''''^ ^he sincere milk of the
word, that we may grow thereby."
Barren Knowledge. -The knowledge of doctrine which
does not endear the the precepts of God's Word to ub on'v
hardens the heart, and loads to every degree of evd -The man
who knows the ductrine, and does not honour the present illn
the most awful state of idl-f Selected. J Pre-ept, is in
(159)
f** ,
t-l
n.i'i,;,"*'.
8
"ONLY A LITTLE WHILE, SIR."
"Weli^ M(.l]y," said the nuW L'oin-r „n f. n
apple-woman's stand "<lmVt „. V.- ^^. '^ ^" ^''^ old
oild, disnial days r ' ^°" «^'' '"'^^ «'^^'"S hero these
^ And the hot, ,lnsty days," .aid he.
Its only a httle while, sir," answered Molly.
And the rainy, drizzly days f said the J„,L
;; It s only a httle while, sirV' answered M ^
And ^ our sieic, rheumatic days, Mollv V' said the in l
It's only a little while, sir," said she. '"'^ '^' ^''^S^.
And what then, Molly?" asked the judge.
J trl:::n.^L^^-- -^^^^ -ams for the
people of God"answprml iU^"~ii ""']" '^'"""'s lor the
' n,!j the trouiir.^^ o i„ 1 .:i'';r""i"".'''™""^ -
fret ,„e. m only „ liulo while'^V » °" ' P'"" "
i^ the Wran] it'' fli^r' ^'l'' '"" ^'■'' " ^'"^^ Christ
in a little wl.ile, sir." ^' '"" *" """ "^H^ >'" in
me,;;™!;i ttir''° *°' """ "■"" "" '"" ^™^ '»"«'"
iu..«eX^^ "■'..."... the
God's Word Animvp a», „ j i • .
years past has not ^^^^nLf:;^ ■'^T'""'' /"'' ^^^^
the Bible his one study am ife "J V.l ';""' ,^•*, '"-'«
oan take with him"-tt I^o.!^,I^f^^ ".^ \ ^'* ^'';
earth-passes away, and cannot serve us then ''~'^
¥k
Tbe secret n{ nparr ir if /n'n i>i i
occupied with ..£;,] ]'^ T'"''" ''-"'^^'^"^ ^'^ to f'e
vvithgood ^'^"'^'-^v^^- «"<J always to be occupied
(160)
J. N. D.
Tender Grasa.l
[Leaflet No. 13,
tt
to the old
ig horo theso
ly.
id the judge.
ins for the
I devoutly ;
I't pester or
the judge ;
5ince Christ
1 I am His.
as He is iu
ever taught
!," said the
nd we are
she.
for fifty
but made
II that ho
[ else— of
is to he
occupied
S^. D.
THE TEST FOR^OUR HEARTS.
ot our Lord ? was tlie en.juiry of one taught by Divine cnaoe
to "/../•/., n,m," of another, with whom he was h^m-n.
the privdege, g.ven of (Jod to His own, in " spoakin. of "n
one to another ;" and as "the Lord hearkened' ' w^t n J
His heart have felt at the reply given • '^ \o T m «f .1 T
leave hor^I'". l"'' '• "' ' '''^"' '"^'^ '^ -^"^^ '''''' «''^>rtly to
leave he to take a journey, expecting soon to come aiin
nd wh.le awj,y, on being asked of your return, she r. d e '
' I do.i t /.../v. .nysolf ahout f/n',e tln,,,^ what wo it
make you feel as to the atfeelions of her h.artT
The reply t.) this has 2iot vet been given-ean you <nv^
, .lea,, render, or can / ' rM.ether.or no, the /.w4n,;nd
iw kJ'' U ~~7 ',"'f^ ""'^' ^''"'» '''-^-^t left thy
ni,^t loi.e. Kev. n. 4. ru^ad th s pa^sfi-^e and noto fh..f il
:u;:H:ir'^'t '^"''"' '"-^ r-^^^^ -'^ ' -'
that there IS no wurd for it in th., S ■ripturcs as th.n^ wer..
g..n us o ( od. Yes, hdoved Christian, \. havJ^S ^^
as tl e/ , an.l must needs - r.fmnt .n<l dothe».i! works "or
.ds. he soon set asule from holding a light for our ab ent
Lord d..wn here in this world. ° " aoscnc
What, think you. is it to Him that we have wnr.h and
..Z-.S. abundant, and are quick to discern evil -u.si,;- "
ams and feet and eyes for Hin.. when He has lost our
hecuU] Ho nmy so.m, and doubtless will say, " Who hath
ecpured M... at your hands, to tread n.y courtt ?" as to much
how much He knows) of what we call Christian, and ount
not Itself, but Hun-the love th:.t lahoar., absorhe.l with
lsobject-^the/^,>.that_.a/^. because He ^aits, k ovvi J
he hour of His tarrying is best left in His hands) is wh^t
His eye seeks o hnd, as He searches within us. Is it so wi\h
us, or has H.s last loving appeal, «' I will come again ''W
no response in our cold hearts, and soon when He co nes
F;r^.<Kr"'"l^ "'^'"" "^ from slumber, must need"
i>o, \\ hat .^ could ye not watch loith me one Houii ? Alas '
Usage of His beloved ones becorao blackened as a coal !
R C. G.
(161)
:■' n
-'t
:*|i}.''.
i,«i, .,""
1
BELIEVERS.
m ,.,0HT, CI "I m", '','"' '.'"'■"'"n™ of the »„i„te
power of , lark n,.sf. Col i V, Tr,;, I , ''■'''"•",™ f"'"' '''«
of God's ,l,,,r S<;,, (tl i 1, ^™ "'"■■'""■»'"" '-■'"""'-"
Kpli- i- vi. Saved 2 Tinl i <) t> ^ *1 "' """ J*"''"''-''.
word applied to the tyj'oj E p^v 30 ^%, "•^''^?' ^";« '^^^
behevpr has etoriml liL a,.'i ^- ^^- J'-verv
ifi; V. 24; : 47 for ^r^r? r^^^' •^"^""'- ^'>
is God's ch Id John in II 1 -^'\'''™ "^ ^'"^^ «»•! «o
as his life. Co i i 4 •" John v' 1? "'• ^'/' ^^ "'''■'' Christ
ent.r into the ho) est,; Hob x ,9 ' h" n •'/" f^'''' ''
:nost to succonr wh^n to^j^J, Heh^H 18 ' if ^ fi '1?'
Christ as his Advocaie witli tlu> Vn+K -i; ^ ." ^"^^' ^'^^
(the term Father showfh ) '' /^ ''" '^ committed,
although con™„n h , 1 ^^'«^>'^"''^lnp has not censed
FAITHFUL, tie r tir ti^n n nl^ "'>^""Pt«^0. and as Hb la
pledged, John H ? S / ?" "■•' ?? ^"'"^fe' ^"'^s i« thus
SIN for us bv Cod tL tnf 1 -^ ' P"^ ^^'"^'^t was made
i',-.. ii .:t -rsr^Sf^tet' t-rs
Christ died, not only as the belinver's "^iv pp^pph >, ^
the believer's rkpresfntativp. ,; "^'^ 7^-?e^^^er, but as
died to Cn.l „„^ .ITJ-lf "^^"y^- ^^^'^J-y ^^ehever has thus
ow LIVES IN Christ, having
Christ's standing before
{i62}
God.
forever, for-
ncitietl with
lis ends liis
id seated in
6. .Justified
3, 23 ; V. 1.
)f the saints
of God in
ED from the
fio kin<,Ml()ni
le Beloved,
wl with tlie
Indwelt hy
ff, Heb. X.
fixation), I
'ist. Col. ii.
^'LESH, atid
'11, ^vas tho
1 ^vith ALfi
esus, Eph.
>. Every
'hn iii. 15,
od and so
Ifis Christ
iiliorty to
' his High
1-16. Has
)nimitted,
ot ceased
as Hb is
OS is thus
le case of
xxii. 24.
borne by
. ; 1 Cor.
ViiS MADE
s judged
the cj'oss
"f, but as
las thus
, having
Shepherd Calls.] i rr a x xt
^ 1 [Leaflet No. 10.
THE SAWDUST CARRIER.
^vhelalmnsHdf ''"f%.' ^''' /'* '^'^ ^''''^y ^'^ ^ ^^"'«" village
^itra Jr nil " P'"^^^' '''\' ^^"'J'^">'^'' '■" c.n.ection
witli a saw-imll, one person's work there threw him more
m n,y way than the rest, and as I watched him gig h s
rounds, J thought there was a lesson in it for me H s
Zr 'T '"^ ,^^'^P'^^^ "^ ^J'« ^"'1^ "f Uie boan (eallei
but ,ng..) sawdust, &c. At one time he was XliVe i ]
omis of these at the houses for fuel ; at another llu!
ho sawdust along the street, making i^ loc^ a 1 oka ul
bnght; and then again, putting it in front of the d ■ a
hen all tins was .lone, occupying hin.self with in. p
ny hoKs or vacant places he could find around. As 1 eVl^
about hKs Avork, and 1 n>et with him again and a ain I
remarked « You seem to distribute your lo-uls a round":le;v
^vhere, and he replied, "Yes, I pit them wher ver 1 Z
hnd a place, or where I think a little is needed. Th s set me
thinking, as I was about sitting down to n.y morniX a li^
ot- ^n^?'"^'^' ^:/^^^«^- --^Ple it was foru"s Z
ch d.on of (,od in the ministry of His AVord. In some
nee s.t'.r/^""^' ' '''''\^^ P--"t n^'od and of The r
ecessity to lay up in store for themselves u good founda
tion against the tv.e to come;' as in the case Sf those wl;
^.quosted loads of fuel for present use and the ppro" l^in^
the way of the Lord more perfectly" in which we wa k
perhaps Dot always expressed,'but a little exh t. on 1 i k f a
nice clean load of sawdust so helps to bri<diten an «lf nn
matters that soon another wislies hfs way l^ette d ^ and
hus tliey are " provoked unto love and Jjood ^7. ." Then
ag'ani, there are differences between people, points of
character in each other that offend, and he^v;ySe'^■ch
SDirt:„l"''^'"'^"r difiicultand obstructed, needing some
suvice of -caring one for another^' is so much needed
each according to our little measure looking not o our own
hing. I, t he things oioiker.:' How a little of tlu div'n
hie of 1 Cor, xiu. that - hear, all things, believes all
gs, hopes all things, endures all thi
"gs," like the cart
those eshaSf' ?,"' "I'"' ""■ ^'"3 ">'» "xi l"»>rt= »(
laose estiangetl from otjiers. B C G
(163)
II* 4i
* '
"THEREIN ABIDE WITH GOD."
1 COR. vii. 17-24.
,i 01 in,, ,l,vu,H \\ „r,l as the sl.ai'i, sw„r,l of Cod's ,S|,irit
Christ's " fc,„,4v„«,." ,,„ '.I o : ,1 , "■';;''" "'"•
tnitlL, tl,nt l,ere„i w» may hear Him savin- -Hit ,rtos, ?
"ri^r! '"''■'"'"■■"■- h;,.i /„,.,. sLiF'thy p'™ r„
l,v , '? ; "~ "T ""'J' ""■ "^"H"'" »« '"this 1,0 I,... ,„?
fh« T ^ J • V "^ "^' ^^^^ ^-'''i^' occasions in whipli
th c"e or-M,': "I'T "■''"',"""' "'" -'-"'Stance n
tiiL case of t},o unb,!lievii,s h,isl,a„,l or wife l,.av„„ il .
rjtlmr, or t!ie n,an whose viroinitv ha ,v„„i,... .„ •
m marriaga_or the wife, whofo In^ha . '" a, Vl Wrt^
t.. marry again, as to which, in oach case the fotl ^ ^
■berty An,I yet withal, there is again S g i,ul, ' ,;::k
,, °' ""' ''""'» absence—that tlio " fasliim, „t iZ
Korhl iKrishetl,.- m,\ we are to learn to "„„,>?, *
it." Then .. „,,r abiding » is not o be f ^r ?„ fS
(164) ^'' ^'
»>
so of the
the above
(liroctions
(•o))im(m'/n
f doeniecl
•cy to ho
1 national
MKJisioii — •
'•'" given
now it is
<? the ttOD
Vs Hpirit.
1 th(j rest-
at would
IIS l)y the
hall fiiul
'Hi is the
vanta it
Christ's
are ever
lis <i;raoe
s divine
t'to shalt
i wa vea
i heeded
''A" find
n which
5, as in
ing the
" iise it
give up
liberty
I allows
e check
time is *•
of the
ihti^itKj
'orce of
take it
G.
Waters of Quietness.] i ^Leaflet No. 14.
THE VALLEY OF BACA.
'!•
I'HALM LXXXIV. 0.
The vale of Eaca di
- ireary is and wild,
And yet the j.ath of every heaven-horn child ;
Ihere wdl not stand before the throne of (Jon
nne, who this vale of sorrow has not trod • '
Jjot one who there in vestments wliite appears,
\Uose sleepless couch has not been wet with t.;ars ;
JVo, all have I aca's vale of weeping known,
Through tribulation each has reached the throne.
Ask those who now their pahn of victory wave,
Conqrors through llini who died the lost to save,
it vow they murmur at their former lot
Or wish tliey had escaped one mournful' spot ?
^o, you would hear each grateful pilgrim tell,
Ihat vale was bJessing's richest well :
The pools of trouble, filled with heavenly rain,
turned into myrtles every thorn of pain.
Think it not strange then pilgrim, neither faint,
Much fess indulge ,n murmuring or complaint.
It what you meet with on your heavenly road
Is hard to bear since all is planned by God '
His child to train in wisdom's lioly ways
And form a chosen vessel for His praise '
JSow we are slow those ways to understand.
J»ut Jet us hcnv beneath His mighty hand
Sure that His wisdom over all presides '
His power controls, and love unerring guides.
He tiiat adorns the lilies with their bloom
Gives the frail grass its ber.uty and perfum'e,
V. a ches and feeds the songsters of the air,
Miall he not much more for His children care ?
Has not His word at all times faithful stood,
Ihat all things work together for our good ?
Reeded each stroke and thorn, and sigh, an.l tear,
Soon shall the needs be of them all be clear •
JVow let us drink the cup and meekly own '
lather, not mine, but let Thy will be done."
''A little while," the desert will b
The dangers past, the trials felt ....
Prom day to day, from strength to
x>.earer and nearer to
' ei-,
no more
our lather's home.
strength we come.
Jesus, Himself the weary road I
,t-..i
las irone.
(165)
^^^K^^
n ■
±i
IK'^
T
^^^^^^^E|;
- '1 '■ .
irk
(i
"»s ev.„,y f S' 7f H "^ ''"'"'■■"''■'■'■-•''''■J'
With w„;i, ," t , , W ' ■- J"'"'""^ '"'"' i
K.iint not 1., , ] ' ""'•* overeorue."
The dark, es cha, !?»„ " """"='' ""'«•
And GodVZ htd Si' ' """' ^'°"<"-^ ^''i-.
O soj,n«. far the lowest pla ,1' "fold" ""'^ '
E'en thou,* I onl-,) r ''"'"'""'Psr to be,
Each faithfu p^i f Cn 7'S- ^"''^"^ ^
Shall there appeal ° ad 1,?^^ ^/^^ ™'^'J^ty grace,
He is their 8un fo nh .t ^T ^^'^^ ^^ ^''ce :
And chee their ontt;>?t '^''^^'^^^ '^ "'"'^<^'
'OoD of all oTcl " eiV ^^''"'"^^ warmth and light •
The suited graSfoT,Vf'"''''^^ He'll bestow ^ '
The " God nf ,^ ^^^^ '""^^^ ^'^^<^w,
Will crt^v i? ^:f[;r;tr'r--''°^^"^^'« ^--^
ills waielitiil "ortdnpoo oij rr- '
Through time's shorr;Lt„"r.P^"'^^'r P^«^e ;
is the man,
.-",r <*uu tnroiigh eternity
-ord, who trusts in Thee.
(m)
J. G, D,
W6rda of tUe Wise.]
1
[Leaflet No, 6^
throne,
-Guide,
)iiit',
ke,
be,
nsfc hold,
wear ;
ere.
iss skies,
iiimned eyes.
ite:
THE CHARACTER OF OUR SERVICE-
LIKE XIX,
grace,
e ;
t,
1 and light j
!s tow-
on e.
ty,
G. D«
rius parahle of tho "Ton Pounds" takes the Divine
economy up from that moment, and carries us throu<'h the
present af,'o, until the secon.l coming or King.lom of Christ
Upon His rejection, He went into the same "far count. y"
(heaven , leaving not an earthly i.ortion beliind Him to the
care of Jewish labourers, b.it talents, under the promise of
His return in the full title of the kingdom, then and there
to reward them. And the parable, as well as the history of
our present age, tell us, or will tell us, the end of this. A
very full view, after this manner of God's great plans, these
parat.Jes give, coming out here in the most artless and
liatural Way, in the course of this action. But is not that a
tender thought which is suggested here- that the saints are
in this age eft to serve their Master in a place, where,
after fullest deliberation, He has been cast out and refused?
iheattacns of it have said they will not have Him: and
service, therefore, to be fully of right character, should be
rendered in the recollection of this rejection.
And again, if we thus learn the nature of service from
this parable generally ; from the history of the " Unprofitable
feervant, we learn the sprim; of service. That man did not
knowf/race- he feared; he judged Christ an uHs/eremani
his best calculation was to come off free in the day of
reckoning ; the bondage of the law filled his heart, and not
the liberty of the truth. He was not a Zaccheus who bore
awi,y in his soul, from the joy of communion with Jesus and
the certainty of his love, a readiness to give half his goods
to the poor, and a })urpose to restore to any he had wronged
even more than the law exacted. He was no servant. He
served himself and not Christ. And so does every one who
does not begin with knowing that Christ has first served
A^"''. ]•"/ ^"* ^^ ^° ''^ '''® ^^^^''<^e of grateful love,
G^m/'^/-MZlovc!--how happy the thouglit! Paul served in this
spirit. Ihe hfe that he lived he lived by " the faith of the
bon of God, who loved him, and gave Himself for him."
Grateful love ! in the sense of forgiveness scale 1 and made
sure to his soul, accounts (under the Spirit, surelv,) forlruit-
fulness in Paul ; the want of that,-ignorance and disesteem
01 It,— in the unprofitable servant accounts for his barrenness.
J. G. B
(167)
\\l
COMPLETE IN CHRIST.
Our life in Him can never be forfeited.
Our righteamness in Him can never be tarnished.
Our pardon in Him can never be reversed.
Our justijlcation in Him can never l)e cancelled.
Our acceptance in Him can never be questioned.
Our peace in Him can never be broken.
Our^oy in Him can never be diminished.
Our rest in Him can never be disturbed.
Our hope in Him can never be disappointed.
Our glory in Him can never be clouded.
Our 8un in Him can never be darkened.
Our happiness in Him can never be interrupted.
Our strength in Him can never be enfeebled.
Our purifu in Him can never be defiled.
Our comeli7ie88 in Him can never be marred.
Our ivisdom in Him can never be baffled.
Our inheritance in Him can never be alienated.
Our resources in Him can never be exhausted.
'Patera of QuietneHs.]
ILeallot X.J. 15,
ST.
ished.
led.
tied.
ONLY TRUST ME.
(Makk v. 30.)
<Oiily trust MiV! T)o tlin sliadowa
Darkly o'er thy piiMiway Jio '{
'Was thcrf! (!vor cartlily shadow
That coil M hide the(< from Mine eye?
Dost tliou shrink, and fear, and waver?
Look upon Mine ontstrotchcd liand,
Waiting thro' those shailos to loud fcliec
Onward to a Ixstter hud.
'Thou art weeping o'er thy sorrows ;
Dost thou ever think on Mine ?
How I toiled and liow T suffered,
iJore each sin aiul grief of tliine :
Toiled to wiitlhe rest befoitj thee;
Died to, give thee endless life ;
Yet thou faintest, yet thou fearest,
When I call thee to the atrifa !
ed.
'Ojily trust lEe : I>>st thon ask Me
Whfl the way sho»dd 1)6 so rough '/
"Tlion Avilt know the iie<'d horeafter ;
Here, My uwrd must be euough.
When I tell thee all is working"*
I5ut to lualie ■Uiee meet fo-r lleaveu,
Wilt thou not acc'jjt thy portion.
Take thy lot bj wisdom given 1
There's a place within My temple,
For long ages kept for thee,'
I must fas^Iiioji tliec to till it
Thro' a bright eternity.
iFrom ths n.uarrv I have hewn thcf*
L'ngged, hard, aud sin-deliled :
if auist chmige, and I must cleanse thee—
Would'st.thou stay the work, my child ?
(J71)
s
m
2
-A«k'-tnnt: 't will. no„U. over •
^Sf. Low ev.rv pa,.,, was „..,le.l-l "
IVrnc ''I^"■'''■^'^'''•^■'''•^''^'''«t;
ii-verv tt'ar ill.. I t.;,.i *^ "»
•fc-very tear and trial past
IH
Only trust M.> till tluvt honr
VVhen thei,ee«lfortnistiso'er
.N.n;er w^o,.^. ,|ay« to /,et the«, '
^oversmtoLarinthfernore;
iVe er change or pain to grieve tl.ee
Prom tl r' , ^^'' ^''''^ *^'^" •'^I^^"/^
i roni thy aide no mor.! to puxt.
CAST THY BURDEN ON THE LORD.
(CuAULOTTK Elliott.)
My ach„,B, „,,„i,l„.,l hoart on TLe" repeal
Why »l,„„ld „j^ ,,„,,.,,^^^ ,.,^j^, ^
TlioM ,l„st not .. ^.jUinglj, „jni,j „ ^„j ^^.^^^ J
Jfy lovely g„„,I i, «iii,„^,, j„ ^__ ,
T^ou,h of n,y,:^eir'a\fl"ltj:\rfrJ:' "''»"■"
■on art n,y portion stilL-Tli^VTl,™,':,'; a„,I art lea
reiultT <Jra»iH,
ll.«'allet No. 1 4.
TO THE LAMBS OF CHRIST^S FLOCK.
I>KAU YouNo CirinsTiANH:
T would lik(» to call your attention to a nioco of
])oetiy in^ tins little Look mWM " Onhj TruM M,." and
it' any of tlie nwlers of it have sorrowfr; ;„ ^'ts or
arc l..'i^,nnin^^ to ta^tc tlwi waters of Mann,, and
shrink from their hitterness. i tnist t .e . n.av find
the Hweet eojnfort that T once found thruii'h it* n hen
my heart was tlMed with sorrow. My d ' • -aother
had been ill for a lon^^ time, and altlioij.rl, she was
jrrowin^r weaker every day, yet I could itot -ivo up
hope ot her recovery My constant p.ayer was that
Hie mii^'ht 1.0 restored to health ai^^ain, and I tried to
think this would he so until one ,lay tl... doctor said
Nie IS sinkm;,' fast, and will not he with you lon^ " I
lelt the truth of his words, and they fell on my heart
crushinjr out all hope, and fillin^r it with bitter ..rief
instea<l. As I stoo.l look inc. at the pale face of niv
mother, so very dear to me, I felt I never could bear
to part with her, and unless God answered mv
prayers my heart would break with sorrow In
walking acims the room, mv eye caught the words
Only rru.st Me," which lay on the table, and I
picked up to read that which a few days before I had
copied to send to a young Christian wh«» wa.s an
invalid. My HeavenlyFather was going to teach me
the lesson first I had trusted the Lord Jesus as mv
feaviour, and had started to follow Ilim where He
might lead Now when sorrow had come, should I
shrink back fearing to trust Him ? Could I not oet
closer to Him now, and let Him lead me on through
what looked .so dreary in the distance ? For some
days the struggle went on in my heart before I could
v-j -J rath,^, ir u Is III,!/ will to take her rdve
me submission to Thee." That prayer He answered
tor when He took her, I could bow to His will feel-
ing He knew best. Now looking back I can thank
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M I
ilil
It '
tat^,e?, patio:' gtc'l'oll'il^. "" '"' '^''''™"'>-
Saviour, and ,vi»l, to fullow H ' t^',-''''''''^ «■^ y°'"
.n 1 b ar you on :„ftff r";, "'i '"^ -"'"'d J'""
He kepn vn,^?, ;m ** ly His iQve anil power will
^^^^_ E. S.
».na^:;uilfe!'tzxstt!;E^l-s
Tri'st re
Jehovah is^ev^^I^Srl^^^l^S^th ah/ p "^ '^^^ ^"^^
Sliepheni Calls,]
'. Hi
[Leaflet No. 11.
ials have met
rned more oi'
of the tendei',
ny Heavenl)
id in writing
^va,s one that
■haps some of
ly in a feeble
isns as your
ip on sim/>fi/
iler to folio \v
)i'oken, some
' beliind wlio
journey, do.
e the sound
path ; but if
ly lead yon
feet ; and in
you, take it
His will to
i to take it
the lesson,
1 it. And if
d feel faint
Is side, and
round you
-power will
?h the wul-
E. S.
aee, wliose
b ill Thee."
the Lord
t of Ages»,
SEVEN HINTS TO YOUNG BELIEVERS:
Beloved in the Lord:
If you have been led by the Holy Ghost to own
the Lord Jesus as your Saviour— to know that, for
His sake, your sins have been forgiven— allow me to
exhort you on one or two particulars.
L Let Him, not the instrviment used for your
blessing, have all the praise; for He alone is worthy
and His servants would be " carnal " indeed (1 Cor'
111. 1— (J), if they allowed you to think of them, when
the praise and adoration btdong only to Him.
2. You have been le<l to see, at least, that vou
know very little of God's word : so all of us should
candidly admit (1 Cor. viii. 2). Then search daily to
tind in the Scriptures a deeper acquaintance with the
1 EitsoN to whom you are brought. You know what
the woi'k has done for your conscience, now learn
about the Divine Object for your heart. In this day
ot contusion and lawlessness, the saint of God needs
as ever; to be commended " to God and to the word
ot His grace " (Acts xx. 32.)
3. Loud talking and much disputing ill become
followers ot Jesus in this day. A quiet, consistent
walk, in whatever relationship of life we are found
will weigh much more. heavily. (1 Pet. ii. 12.) '
4 Make it a habit, when you meet together, to
avoid the gossip-tendency of the day. The Person
ot the Christ, as shown to faith, by "the Holy Ghost
in the word, should be the only theme. I^his will
exclude slander on the one hand, and creature -luorshw
on the other. ^
0. Next to thus living consistpntly before your
relations, persevere in prayer to God (Eph-'vi 18) for
them, and watch a favorable opportunity to speak to
them. J, his needs wisdom. (Isa. 1. 4 ; Pro v. xv. 2:^)
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)\
I*'. >
6. Wait on the Lord to enlaiYre your hearts
^wards unconverted persons. To such as you now
watch your opportunity to connnend a Joe] QoZl
tract or book. Respectinr, tins, von should ^7
your privde^o to lay hy, as the Lord prospers you
for the scattenn. of what you believe, ^acconiVro
Gods wor,l, ,s the truth to help souls. So also
in.tead ot wastin-^ money on needless thin<.s look
a ^.n :n7~;^9^"""^'^"^^ ^''' ''-' ^^^^^^^
7. I vvould lastly add. that you should mo.*
earnestly find out what is the nLd o le Lo ,
respecting, you ni these last days. To -atho ro
men-.to aid in schism, would b'e simply^to 'o co nV^
to the truth ,n John xvii., Eph. iv, 1 Co^- lu W
It you are willing to do nhaf i. righ the lord 'vvili
make plain your path (Phil. iii. LS-21) B J l! "
every samt of Go<l should feel that i\J'Jl.T^
dition of the Cl^rch-(;o./': Cwt ^^^^X
anything but what it was when '
All were of one heart and soul
And love to Clirist Inspired the whole ;
when no names, and sects, and parties severed nrao-
tically., as to outward testimony, the " One Bodj^"
round HiAi. Soon after His ascension the Holy Ghost
oapti^ed the believers into One Body (1 Cor xH Tl^
but H s' "a' 'T' 1 ^ -^— V owLd no olhei naml'
Zi n .f"*^ 'y'^^" "^ c°"^«« a<.ain it will be to
gather all the smnU, f vom Adam's time to the mom.nt
He comes— to whom ; -Himself. "'uminc
May our tnie love, in Him, be manifested by u^^
to all whom He loves and who love Him Ma^'
abundant g-raee. mercy, and peace be your? from God
our father and the Lord JeJus Christ
Yours truly in Him,
C. J. DAVIS.
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Practical Papers.]
[Tract No. 3.
your hearts
s you know.
nfooH Gospel
ould feel it
losper.s yon,
iccorijinfif to
■*• So also,
hint's, look
tlie Lord's.
louM most
f the Lord
ther round
ITO counter
or. xii., &c.
3 Loi'd will
But surely
'eseiit con-
t^ caith, is
THE POTTER'S BROKEN VESSEL.
Jerkmiah xviir., xix.
ired prao-
Body."
i gathered
)LY Ghost
r. xii. 13),
ther name
vill be to
e momtint
>ed by u.s
rn. May
from God
AVIS.
I feel and jiid-re very distinctly that there is a special
(•hnracter in this present lime through \vlii(;h we are passing.
The great jjovveis which are destined to fill out the action of
(.'hristeniiom's closing day, are practising themselves, each
in its several sphere, with great earnestness and kill. I
mean the civil and the eirlesiasfical.
I do not douht Imt that, for a season, the ecclesiastical
will [irevail. The voman is to ride again for a while— a
prophetic symhol, as I believe, signifying ecclesiastical
supremacy. And this pre.«=ent moment is marked by many
efforts on the behalf of that wliich takes the place of tin
Church, or of the ecclesiastical thing, thus to exalt itself;
and she is so adroitly directing those. efforts, that success may
speedily await them, and then the blood of the saints may
flow aiiesh.
The civil power, however, is anything but idle. The
wondrous advance that is making every day in the cultiva-
tion of tlie world, proves great skill and activity on its part.
It is largely boasting itself, shoeing what it has done, and
pledging what further it means to do.
At this moment each of these powers is abroad in the
scene of action ; and the minds of men are divided between
them. In some sense they are rivals. There is the tornmcr-
cial energy, and there is the rdigions energy : the one is
erecting its railroads and making its exhibitions ; the other
is extending its bishoprics, budding its temples, multiplyi'-,'
its ordinances, and the like. The attention of the children
of men is divided between these things ; but the saint, who
knows the cross of Christ as the relief of his conscience, and
the reason of his separation from the world, is apait from
them both.
I doubt not that the civil power will have to yield the
supremacy for a time, and the woman will ride again
though her state and greatness will be but for a little ; for
the civil power will take offence, and remove her.
If we, in Cod's grace, keep a good conscience towards
Christ and His truth, we may count upon it, that no iidierit-
ance in the earth is worth, as people speak, many years'
purchase. If we consent to become whatever the times
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V.
lord, the to„„,i. of ,,„ Lor,t arrtiter''°iir['';:;'t ;:
iiappy aays which lay in tue distance, bevoad tho m-P^onf
corruption and the approaching judgment. ^ ^'^'''"*
.no..y „, t„e purchase of Ha,^,„oers fi'eM '(T xxxi )'"
Av.lll'nf ^j'^'^'^T T^' ^''^ ^'^^'^'^'^ "P *^»^"' ^amp under the
^Ihi ^V'[^^"^^^«'^' b'^^'^"^^ of t^e arrival of tl/e E..y, t hii
hold to the conclusions of f a fh ri.;; T 'T^'^ '^'^^
dooined ofGod in nghteousludginei;;:^"^' '"""^^'^ ^^'^«
],Vl,r Vn /' '''?"' e^^hibition of a soui walkin- hv the
tar as all accommodations of social lifp pv^.,,! li Mi
moral of the scene, in the eve of f ith ,, n • ^ '^ u^''"
(J 78)
« 1
ml tliat, to(3,
tlie spirit of
laily ohservji-
sceiio around
I was indecid
id I)econie "a
Jill pie of tlic
e knew that
le looked for
the present
^• af,'ainst it
lated for liis
and in the
laid out his
sr. xxxii.)
vv over the
I's certainty
of closing,
rve another
be seduced
d proniisinf'
p under the
e Ef^yptian
people into
would still
salem was
ing hy the
it throu^^h
and even
-'ancing, as
But the
vious than
t ripening
:hibition.
I that at any
i; Lortl ill tJie
that
There is something of rivalry in the different
are in
L'ti(
st at
powers
present. The secuL. „ ,.„
icligious are apart, to a great extent. Each has its respective
worshippers. l?ut, ere long, confederacy will take the place
of rivalry, I believe. The world must, even for its own
ends, adopt religion for a time, that man's svstem may o^w
solid, as well as extended and brilliant, and^proyiose itself ae
that which has earned a title to conform all and evervthincr
to Itself. "^ '^
Separation is the Christian's place and cnUinr^—C/iiirch
separation— separation because of heavenly citizenship, and
oneness with an already risen Christ. Abraham's separation
was very peculiar ; it was two-fold. He was separat(!d from
the 7tatuml associations of Mesopotamia, " country, kindred
and father's house," and from the inoral associations of
Canaan, or its iniquities and its idols.
In the thought of these solemn truths, beloved, may the
Lord Himself be more real and near to us ! May the hope
of ills appearing be found lying more surely and calmly in
the midst of the affections and stirrings of our hearts ' All
M'as reality with Jeremiah, to whom 1 lately referr.^d. Thft
present corruption was a reality to him ; for he rebuked it
mid bewailed it— the approachimg judgment was a reality to
iiim ; tor he wept at the thought of it, and deprecated it—
the final glory was a reality to him ; for he laid out his
money ui-on it. He had occasional refreshments of spirit.
His sleep, and the dream that accompanied it, in chap, xxxi
was, as he says, ''sweet unto him." It was a moment oil
the holy hill" to him 5 for a light from the kingdom, or
the glory, visited him. He had, likewise, revelations, and
be could speak and write of them. J!ut not only as thus •
refreshed and gifted in ei)irit— he was real and true in moral
power. He testified against this "])resent world" unto
suttering, and laid out his money, his expectations and
labours, on " the world to come."
It was this whi(di completed his character— and all
woiild have been poor without it. We may speak of Christ,
and teach about the kingdom— one's own soul knows it well •
but to witness for Him against the world, and to be rich
towards God— this is to fill out and realize oilr character as
saints.
We may covet these elements of the Christian character,
borne of us, if one may so speuk, are but //a// Jeremiahs. We
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h
'*••
i^i
can iJk. of Chrisf ; l,ut
tcarh
al)out the kingdom: bu
can wo sxff,;' for Ifini ? \\'
cn?i
I' can we ku/ out oar ?nortr
IJut r have anotli
.(>\
upon it ?
word on my heart, just at pre.e,.tnl.sa.
aosig^ir;i:L:^\i-t-,:;^f--'f ^
covenant, they were St II wit n-n' '""^''' '''""«'^*^ ^^^'^^
Divine i-klcmuMits nnl H,nf V. .'"'""^ '•'"■ '^^'^'i ^^ the
In ,/oIui Jkptist's tiii)(> Tsrnpl ,-- ^ i -
character of sdcouildeZl' U ''/''""^^ '" i'^^' '^ike
^vouiu .say, -Thr/( n^S^^^ ,," "' "''^'^'^^^^'^ 'lay they
ford, are^hos '-'rte 1)iS.?:1''^^?/^'"I''«^^ the
have Abraham to our %L^' ^ r, t *'?^ '^'[^T «f ' " ^^e
^vouhl r,.-ain teach th-;.- hu thon I' i "'' ^'^" 'f^''^'"^'^!',
could reach them. ' "^^' '"^ covenant, judgment
of God being tiiP^h^W^f "'"••. '^'"^^ ^^'''' ^'^t''^''. '"'''
the Lord,a,.?ain aU an^v^ ''"' ^'^ i^no^y luny
judgjnent. '^'"'' '"^"^^^ t'^*^"^ of the coming
All this ha= a lesson foi. our karnim.
isr::!:'''Tz:: T^'::!^'^^^^^^ ---t place of
She boasts in the ll ', .f ,'" '^"^'/'-f UnfaUllf nines..
Sl^e says, '^ sit a n ^ ;^\^'''' "'^'■'!^,^'^"^Jition be vile,
no sorrow;" thou' 1? 1 /a^ / nri? ^^'^^^/^^^ «J'aIl see
stain her. (Jiev. xviii 7 ' , ' ' ""f '^' «'^onunations
like that of the pro„h/t' in n Z' -^'V' ''" '-^""ther action,
the unfaithful one, t fat tl dooul':; ^I ' l 'T' ^' ^^^'-'^
the millstom, east into theUlr^a^f '^^ ^"^^'' °" "^
ihi3i§ for our learning
t^.Sdr:rST:i;:SAr'"^-''^^^
reliof, in the way of .nee for .2'"' ""' ''"^ to bring
-^yc..demn/si:^^-;^!i:^i;Lnn.es^^^^^^^
^r^ ^::s:^f ::^ii^rz\ -jr^'VM''^ «^--''«- He
but never to His .stewat^ls T? ^' ''"'^V'^''"'^' ^'^•>'»- -^i- 29).
•^^ly Steward that ev;sfoc''nd'''"'"'i '^^'"•'^^^ ^^ ''^^
the .o«.W.W/ piac^^,? ■' ;,"^ ""«^^«'-«d for himsei/. \n
(180) ^ ■ '^ '"^ *'"' '■"'^i^^^t' «« in every othe..
fim? "VVo en?;
out uur man,- 11
r have anothcv
'iii- xix.. was
'Tought ii;Lo
'! roach of the
'ould overtake
1 in the iilie
ih's (lay they
eniplo oi" th.?
J said, " Wo
iko fForeiniah,
int, jadgiiifnt
Israel still
ir father, and
e know liow
the coming
:ient place of
\faithfnfncss.
tion be vile.
»d shall see
bomination.s
other action,
It teaches
vessel, or of
not go into
it to bring
Gospel j He
vards. Ke
)in. xi. 29).
respn 'hi*
ii'ist V iAik',
hinisei:, ;n
very otiuei'.
'U
if e if) the moral contradiction of min Tn tt *
l)..t^cl,a,,te, „bed,c„ce is declared .0 be Ur^^vll^lZ, of
» »aiH x( 1., and His Israel's b ess n^s under T)pt,f %\ t ^
When flhp ia f^ 7 , ^•;/ "'*r' -• '' ^''^^^'^ ^^^^ overthrow,
iviii. 21 ) ^''' '^^""^ "^ ^'^« ""ll^tone. (Kov.
of th^l'r'l'TolirM ''"' "*r" """'■''"<"' '^■>' *° '-'"'"ng
uie woKi, It only the more dist net v declares whif «1.« u
.n, w,lne«. her more advancl ri.eL/st, hf/ults t
ot (.od. J.ecause this boast is deHauce Jt ,•« „ J <• -fi •
;o. I,„t ,U,,av„„al of Hi, rigl.tatdtutho i ;. "°'l °"\,';'
Pi- of bein^^i^rr tri^™-:f i^irp^^r;^^^^'^.-
ad ? say«,;'l8it as a queen, and am no wi.low"
V ally orrhe "n "f'^H-'"^" ""' '^T '"^^^'"'^ ^--^ - tl^
hand'of the .ngel. """"""' °^ ^^' ^'^^ '^'^^^^^ '" ^^e
thi,'?''"i '"'i\f^'^ *I^^'^^^ «f l^osts: Even so will I break
tins people and tins cty, as one breaketh a potter's vese I
that cannot be made whole again." (Jer. xix! II)
inovirir!,Tir''''^''"° ^? '^"^"^^'^"^ which cannot be
moved et us have grace, where})y we muv servp Tn,?
acceptably, with reverence and godly fear."
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..' .1
A WORD TO THE WEARY.
Isaiah i, 4, fi, 6,
Kotliing can be more toucbing, more wonderfu], than
tlio manner m which the person and the," first coming of tlie
Lord are presented in this remarkable chapter, which requirea
not mtorpretafion, but study. ^ x ^^uuts
Johovah, who disposes of tlie heatens and the earth at
Hks pleasure. Jk.s earnt how to speak a word in season to the
^veal7.and heavy-laden, takin,.; the place Himself of low ine s
and humdiation. We see Ilini, the Lord Jesu., her s eak
ing on H,.s heart, full of tendernes. and deep sympathy
M ditating on these verses. I turn to you who arc weary of
life s duties and cares, and would ask yot.-Does it cheer
you to read of such love ? Have you entered, in son e 1 ttle
'iTj *Tk ^^^ ^^?7 «'-e very sweet! Are you Weary/
Ihe Lord has a special caro for i/ou. Do you wake in L
.norning burdened ? The Lord Jesus stands bj you si "
iZ T V' ^"""^ ^"^ ^""'"^ y«" ^^th on first awakin.r"
He knows all that each day will bring with it. He ay^ '■
Poor weary one, lay thy head upon My breast- be not
discouraged; I will be with thee to-day ; thou hast 'sorrow'
1 know them, and I onh/ know all that is in them • but m
Mo 111 charge of all, and go and care for others fo^g^t/^^'
thou "r- "Sn fr "'" "" ""''' ^^"''^^"^^^ -'^^ - --'y is
thou art burely you cannot resist that look, that voice of
rVl ^'''fy^^'' -^" l«y -" -Inch troubles WipoTtl^
boulders of hm .vbo waits to bear the whole : then w tl a
gb stop and a hg^it heart you go to your duties, iioUb k
^oiroffi..e'nf'' "' ^f"""^'-'?" '^' "''^' '^"^' ^--^ -- -en
n >oui office or your shop, or in the midst of vour family
gh ing the paths of otl^er. like a sunbeam, and bear mf;
burdens of other, because you know that yours are borne fo
>c . I IS not nnu-h the Lor,] looks for ; but f/^af, however
bttle, which IS done to Him and for Him an.nnc/n.s tr ed
ones, une look, one word given by us wb;n'"walkin in
re'r'Xet' '''^uT'' ''r^^'^ ^^- poor woun^deS
\,g2 ^ we not all known how it has cheered our hearts,
lat I sliould know
encth morniiig hy
tiderfu], than
omiug of tlu)
hich requires
the earth at
season to tlie
f of lowliness
, hero speak-
p sympathy,
^ru weary of
oes it cheer
1 some little
we look at
you weary /
wake iu the
y your side,
•r su tiering !
le is feeling
st awaliing !
He says :
ast ; be not
ast sorrows,
m ; hut put
irget thyself^
IS weary as
bat voice of
u upon the
hen, with a
, not think-
ou are seen
our family,
bearing the
e boi'ue for
it, however
,' His tried
walking in
r wounded
our hearts,
when cast down, to receive even the grasp of the hand
though vv.thout u wonl. «o„H, cannot .,U, In t'.ll " n
show fel ow-f..ehngs. The /../• of sy-apathy ! who 1
known Its power when tho heart has f.lt Lre nd Si
Ve weary ones, pray to forget self, to lend your ea to to
:"Xt h't" i^'^'^r" ^'" '"^'-'^ -ys^vhe.MH.!:,.
tTrolfn T 7u-"^""' ""''thus you will loarn ho^
i 1 t TV'/ \^r '"""' '''''''• '''' "^'^^•'■' '-^-luainted
ding, how ready He was to give His sympathy, thou^di 111
had to say, «M looked for comforters and foun<r none."
..1 i7''' "^^' vJ ^'^"^ ^''''^^' "l''^"^'^ "i'»e ear, an-l I was not
ebe hous, neither turned away back," .tc Perhaps tl n^y
be read by some of you who are restless, wishing to ^o oul
he path you are in, the path in winch God has piU 3 ou
If so, see m the verses ,ist .,noted the contrast between th^
perfec man and yourself. Remember that the Lord's p
on earth was not one of ease before His three yca'^o p^^!
mmistry. He probably worked as a carpenter,-'' Is „ofc
this the carpenter?" (Mark, vi. 3.) Think of this - I is
very striking, an. wondrously beautiful. He willin;iy lid
he work His Father gave him to do; and all this is el-ded
for our instruc ion and encouragement. Does it try you to
be m business? Try you, perhaps, because you m.ist^con e
in contact with ungodly men ? Do you think that He who
was on eartt, the Holy One, the spotless Lamb of Cod. know^
ot your sorrow 111 this ? He smiles in the midst of a one
where all was contrary to Him. Must it not grieve Him to
see you so unwilling to bear the trials of th^e path which
God has marked out for you ; grieve Him to see you daHy
hi king from your little dilRculties, and not quite willinf.
to ake up your cross, wli«n He patiently bore "the cont a°
diction of sinners against Himself ?" Is it not tliat you are
occupied with your own comfort, desiring ease for yourself
wSrlo U'"/ " ''^' inconveniences^..; InL^fof
ettert nnl f ' f 'r ^?"/ ^'^^ "^ *"'^'' ^^""^'^ ^^ "^t be
better to look to the Lord for power and blessing in it ? Live
Christ there; and whether in your business or your home let
t be seen by those who are " o^' he world " Lt you lave
^jething .vdiH^h they have r- a sustainment, a^a^]^
wh ch they know nothing. E,t if thev see you burdened
ooking sad, they will have reason to \hink^ittle 0^^';
profession-of the happiness you say you enjoy. They will
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mM..^
m'>
K
W^
y
8
■ *
tliiiik the ^faster you servo is x). hard ' isk-master, tl.o rel
,y<ni talk iiliout a yn\ Il.iiIim
thoiif^'ht of this— tlioii-hf, tluit.
OTIC
(1 of
H
nve you ever
th
o- -J"it, instend ot oivmjr tjit; wori.i a
layonUileniipic-ssiou of Christianity, you are misroprcsentiiK'
It/ You do 80— nay more— you dishonor Ciirist wlien the
worJ. sees you so (h [.ressed. M-ssed he Jlis name! in .spite
ot ajl our laihire, lie lias given us lVmw\f "- culls us
friends. He tells us the secrets of Hid heai.. May wo
answer to this love-- Let us aim," as one has said, "at
i,'etting the neur place, leanin- on His hreast." He will
wash our feet, and lie will make us ht for Jlis service- oidy
M us see tr. it that we are empty vessels, "ready for the
Master s use.' The time is short ; soon the Lord Will come.
Iliero will he no more opportunities then for s(.rvin<' Him
amidst J 1 iiful circumstance s. Let us prize the present
momentof A' ilderness service, of sharing "in . . tribulation"
and ' in . . patience." He ?n7/come and gather all His weary
ones ^ to Himself. He ^cill give us rest. "There remaineth a
rest V^a shall cease from '^ our work ;" but in that day shall
ue have the reward of " the works," . specially of the "labor
ot Jove. Will any reco-nize us as those who helped to
cheer them when fellow-pilgrims? Let no opportunity of
sJiowing luve pass unimproved. Many come Inirdened to the
meetings.. Do we know what it is to care for them? liearin.^
them upon our hearts before the Lord when we sc the
trace of care ; or comforting them if able with the comfort
wherewith we ourselves are comforted of Cod. ^Vo own
Christ as the Head of the Body, and all fulness in Him •
also that from Him "the .hole '^odv, fit joined to-rether
and compacted by that whith every joint supplieth, according
to the effectual working in the measure of every pait, maketh
increase of the body unto ^^o edifying of itself inl-.e"
llius do(,s Christ minister t- the members of His body
through the members. He has given us the living water
?«us "a wellof water springing up into e, Hasting life;"
and He has also said, "He that bel' eth on Me, as the
fecripture hath said, out of his belly sh < 'on ivers of livincr
^vyiter." May He grant it to us, tl th shall be no
hindrance in our ways, no hindrance ui our hearts, to this
living ministry by the Holy Ghost.
Av
(184)
Slii'i)li«rcl (_;ull8.]
I^eiirtft No. 12,
H
', tliP reli^'ion
vo you ever
; tht! world u
(reprosoiitiiif,'
ist when tlio
im;! in spite;
"" culls lis
t. May wo
as said, "at
." He will
iorvice; only
ady for the
d will conic,
crving llim
the present
triludation"
II His weary
remaineth a
lat day shall
■ the "labor
' helped to
ortiinity of
lened to the
n? ])earing
we sec the
the comfort
Wo own
ss in Hi HI ;
3d together
1, according
art, niaketh
If inl .e."
His body
ving water,
^tiiig life;"
Me, as the
rs of living
lall be no
rts, to this
"LET NOT THE SUN GO DOWN ON THY
WRATH."
Hahhv Grekn and William llaker had Ix-on good friends •
but >t came to pass that they one day disagreo<l, un.l thoii'
disagreement ro.^o so high that they quanvllcd
Now as it wants two to malv.. a ,,uarrel, they were pro-
bably 6.M a htt e in the wn.ng. There is no dmiht that the
.lispute Ingan l>y a hasty wo.d <.r two spoken l.y Green
which did not rece.ivo fn.m llak.r "the soft answer which
..rueth away wrath," but ra.h.r a sharp, stinging reply
which made (.recn wuhm- Then h,, retorted, and linker
>ecame angry. A littl. g.ntle, quiet .^pfaunfi ,, would most
likely have set everytlung straight again ; but neither of the
Jnenils was m ;; mood to explain.
xvu-^'' tI'";' '' f •' '"'.^''^ '""^ '^^ '""■ f''i«"'l-^l'ilS i.^ it?" Slid
W.ll.ani IJak.r bitteily, after a long-worded contention.
rrp.n ' 'rf""^'''^'''?'"""' ^'""'^ .you," answered Harry
Green. • I you can't bear being spoken to, you had better
Imd soin(d)odj else to go along with ; that's all."
"I can bei.i being spoken to as well as you can, Green "
-aid Baker ; "oat I don't like being crowed ovir, and I
don t mean to be c, wed over." And so they parted
The worst of : .., that Green and Raker were nhndiau
men. They lm<l gone to ' -.e house of God in company, had
taken 'sweet counsel" .ether, and had shaivll in one
another8joy.s and troubles. The next worst thin, was. that
their quarrel had been^.verlieard by their fellow-woiimen
who were not Christians, and it had been good sport to them
each otheT ^""^ " ^'"^''''' '" ^^^'''^" "' ^''^''' '^"^°'°^ ^^^^^
" It is a bad job," said Willi., 1 Raker to himself, as he
went home from work ; -I never could have thought that
Green would have used me so badly."
Singularly enough, these were just Harry Green's thoR-hts
as ho took his way home. "It i. a bad job," thought he T" I
never could have thought that Baker would have used me so
Harry Gr-en was walking in bi, little garden in an uncom-
tortable fraiix; of mind, as he \\uuld have «>.,•,! c;^,^pi
other hecould notsef • le himself toany thing; h. could tliu^kof
nothing else b. ^ this dismal quarrel, "I cai^uot oolp it,"said he
to himse f ; "i would have given any thing for it not to have
Imppened. hut if a man is so touchy, what ia to be <1
<lone r
(185)
I
At thnt moment a dnrk cloud passed l)etween tlie earth
and tlM,'8im, castinK its nliadow and its dull ovor Ifarrv's
gi.nlen rnnmu^ hun to Icok np. In u n.on.ent ov two, how-
ever the eh.ud Inid paHs-ed way, and the sun was as l»riLd.l
as hetore. It was very ni>ar fi«ttin«,' time.
It was a happy circnmst.'.nce which made Tfarrv Hreen
look up at tlie sun, for it bn.u-ht a text to his mind ; m
rather, I should say, (lod's go-.d Spirit ]i.ad,^ use of tl.e sun
and the cloud for this purpose, 'i'he text was, " IJo ve in-nv
and SMI not: let not the ,S7,« po ,Iovn t.pon your wralh •
n> ithrr (jivc i.hwe fotJw drvH" Kph. iv. 20, 27.
The next minute, with his luvt firmly fixed on his head
JIarry Green was striding toward AVilliam Hak.r's cottage!
William IJaker was sitting in his cottage, telling his wife
all about he .p.arrel; how (Jropu had begun it, and how ill
(.reen luu used him, and what injurious things (Jreen ha.l
said, and how their friendship was broken to pieces; when
looking out of his window, what should meet his astonished
^|esl)ut JIarry Green himself, coming right up the garden
,„.," ^^''' ^'"" '^^^r seo anything like that now, Mary ?" sai.l
^\ dl.am to Ins wife. - If this does not beat everything [
ever heard oi ! IJarry has not had .p.arrelling ..nou<d. but
inust be coming to drag me into it again," groaned" he, in
oiUerness of spirit.
"Don't quarrel with him, William," i)leaded Mary "I
M-ould not if 1 were you. Just tell him you don't mean to
have any more words. Remember, William, what the lJi])lo
says : Le ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down
upon your wrath : neither r/uv place to the devil ' "
Mary had not time to say more before the door opened,
and in came Harry Green, holding out his hand too.
Ihe sun is almost down, William," said he
In another minute they were confessing their fault one
to another, and to God in humble prayer.
" t?'^ ^'**''^" t'^ni'>le3 when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees."
Thus happily ended Willianx Baker's and Harry Green's
nrst quarrel, and their last.
« Ee ye land one to another, tcndpr-heaned, forqivinq one
another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgivn you "
l>ph. IV. 2>2.~~8dected. ° ^
(186)
Tender Ornsg.]
[Leaflet Xo. 13
3cn tliR oartli
ovlt Iliirry's
or two, how-
vns as hright
inuTv n roc 1 1
lis liiijid ; or
!0 (if I lit' suti
n<'y(;in<,My,
r'our wrath :
on Imh Iktk!,
ii'v'a cottaj^L'.
ing his wifo
and how ill
I (Jrecn luul
ecHs ; wlit>ii,
8 astoiiished
I tiie j,'ardeii
Mary ?" said
iverythinpf I
■noiiirh, l>iit
tilled Jie, in
I Mary, "I
n't mean to
It tlio Hiblo
m go down
»
)or opened,
00.
r fault one
rry Green's
"giving one
ivcn
you.
TWOFOLD REST,
( oMK unto Me, all ye that labour an.l aro heavy laden,
and I wdl !,n,,- you rest." Unit xi. 28. It is^.erfe.-t
glare : no restriction ; no setting the .I.-w i„ the i^Lnnst
seal of honour. Uut '< Cuni.- unto Me, ,,// y,. that labour."
.'•nvor (..ut.le, ,1 u.atters not ; do you laJ.our ? Are you
miserable (an you find no ....iifort? '' Conu, unto Me all
ye that labour . . . ,,nd I will ;//W' you rest." It i.s with-
out condition or ,,„aliheation ; if the nee.ly but go to Jlim.
(.>m,e unto J/.." This is the proof of the Father's drawi,":
-tha I go to J..s„s. " All that the Fathergiv.th Mr shall
'>on,e to Me ; and hin, that en.neth nnto n.e 1 will in no wise
east out .lohn vi. V. "Take My ,,./. upon you and fmrn
or .Mc . toi 1 am n.eeiv and lowly in heart, and ye ..hall find rest
unto your souls; f«,. My ^.„1,, j, ,,,,^.^ ,,,,, y^^. j,,„,,,^,^^ .^ ,. _„
iviatt. XI .J, ,\0. (Jrace does not leave men to do as they list
|>"t makes its object^ desire to do the will of i'.m] So
immediately after saying "I will giye yo„ rest," lie our
Lonl, ad. Is, -Take My yoke ui>on you, and loarn uf Me for
1 nm meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall lind rest unto
your souls." Mark the dilferenee. ],. yerse 28 it is " Con,o
unto Me . . . a,„l I „.ill jrive you rest." There it is )>ure
absoue graee; but, "take My yakc upon you . . .\.nci
}C' shall tind rest unto your souls." lie is saying, as it were.
etlect w 11 l,e. finding rest to your souls. AVhen the sinner
goes HI his wretehedness to Jesus, the Saviourgives him rest
}ea, without money^ and without ju'lee." J5ut if that
soul does mt follow on in the ways of Christ, he becomes
miserable, and loses tlie comfort he had at lirst. Why ? He
has not taken Christ's yoke upon him. The tenus on
^vhich^ the Lord gives Vest to the sinner are, " Come unto
Me, just as you are, " all ye that labour an.l aro heavy
.T,- ^/lie tevnus on which the believer finds rest are,
J ake My yoke upon you, and /earn of Me ; for T am meek
and owly ni heart." The Lord thus secrres Tiis dignity,
and keeps up His moral government over His people. TheN^
are more disturbed than any, if not subject to Christ, thev
can neither enjoy him nor the world. If T b.nve -mt CV
n.l yet am not bearing Ilis yoke, God doe?
happy. AH else is false happ
I sliould be
true enjoyment for our soul
dep
■ got ChriKt^
oes not intend that
jiness. The only
s, now that we have got Christ.
ends on taking His yoko upon us, and learning of'nim
bound to Him as one that ^e hav
worship.— \V. K.
e evermore to serve and to
(187)
It '.li
The little foiir-y
strayed far away ■ from h
AN INCIDENT.
ear-old son of a clergyman in G-
about half the way he trudged happily on tl
ome one summer afternoon. For
^f,i •„ , ••' - ---''^S^''^ '^■'^PPily on through the streets
ofthevilage he.ng diverted l,y the houses, carria..;s an
p nple ; bu , after having turned into an unf;-equent;d ro
vith scarcely a house for a long distance, the little fe low
began to be afrau . Ho went on and on 'till the occ, p n I
saw the httle wanderer connng up the yard, Ins hat han^l.
f om the hack of his head, the big tears ollin. do v " i^
cheeks and he crying between his sobs, '' I w.r^t Zw
to take hod ot my hand /" They ran in haste to naeet and
comfort the frightened boy, an<l assured him therl
a|. . h.m to Ins home, but, while they made ready 'L do o
the anxious fa her arrived, and, too gla-l of heart to chide
his child con.lucted him back. As they went h uue n.
HI hand, the father enforced the bitter lesson of his u in
ng upon the dear boy, and he, penitent enouuK oo, 1 not
repress his joy at such ddlvr^anc., and went pra tlincJ a om
Dear fellow-pilgrim, do we not see herein a picture of
ourselves, when having, in an evil moment, tunied ou
back upon our Father's house on high, we have stay
away, easdy forgetting, in the busy serenes through which
we passed that we were straying, till bv and by t1ie lonoli^
mss and strangeness of the way began to appal us, and vv^
longed for our Father's voice and our Saviour's presence
crying out in our fear for some one to take us by the han H
Terchanco our feet have been arrested at the abode r,f tho o
n sympathy with our grief and the Father's yearnin. bve
Wio Father Himself v^Mh a void in His own heart which only
^. (amazing grace ! could fill, has come out after us, ami^
as He has gentry led us back, has graciously enforced the
teirfnl r-r '"' y'-^'^^^ring, while we have listened with
tearful penitence, and grasped more tightly and with deli<.ht
the hand which was " stretched out" for our deliverance
God grant that, not so much to call us to retrace oyu
steps as to lead us on in one undeviating course to glory we
rrmy hear Him say, "I the Lord thy God will hold Thy nV^ht
hand, say^ing unto thee, Fear not, I will help thee !"-S. K^.
Waters of Quietness.]
[Leaflet ho. 16.
in G ,
'noon. For
1 the streets
rria,t,'oa, and
iifiiitod rnati
litth fellow
['- occupants
:p'1 out and
lat hangin_<f
■ <Iown his
t somehorfj/
1 meet and
ho.y would
y to do so,
I't to chide
I'Mue hand
lis wandei--
oould not
;linj,' along
'ather held
picture of
irned our
•e strayed
j,'h which
tiie loneli-
3, and wo
presence.
;he hand ?
e of tho30
ling love,
possible,
hicli only
' us, and,
jrcftd tho
ned with
h delight
anco.
)'(Zce our
glory, we
thy right
-S.E.P.
THE VOICE IN THE TWILIGHT.
I WAS sitting alone towards the twi]i<dit
AVith spirit troubled and vexed, "^ '
AVith thoughts that wore morbid and gloomy
And faith that was sadly perplexed.
Some homely work I was doing
For the child of my love ant? care,
Some stitches half M'earily setting,
In the endless need of lepair. °'
Eut my thoughts were about the " buildin^ "
Ihe work some day to be tried • °'
And that only the gold and the silver.
And tl. ^j precious stones, should abide.
And remembering my own poor efforts,
Ihe wretched work I had done.
And, even when trying most truly,
The meagre success I had won :
" It is nothing but ' wood, hay, and stubble "'
I said : " it will all be burned "—
This useless fruit of the talents
One day to be returned.
'•And I have so longed to serve H-m
And sometimes I hum I have tried •
Eut i). sure when He sees such buildilicr
He wul never let it abide." "'
Just then, as I turned the garment.
That no rent ^'hould be left behind
My eye caught an odd little bungle '
Of mending and patch-work co"iubined.
My heart grew suddenly tender,
^And something blinded my eyes,
With one of those sweet intuitions '
That sometimes make us so wise.
Bt^ir child ! She wanted to help me
I knew 't was the best she could do' •
I.ut oh, what a botch she had made it—
Iho gray mismatching the blue !
(189)
ij^--—--
And yet— can yon imderstan.l it ?-
With a t.Mi<l(M- «inile and a Umr
And a lialf-i
1 i'elt she Juid
ompassioiiato yearnin
Ji'own more dear.
'rn
Th
len a sweet voice broke the «il
ence.
^ And the dear Lord said to me
Art thou tenderer for tlie little child
J-iian I am tender for thee T
Then straightway I knew His meaning
f5o lull of compassion and love,
And niy faith came back to its Kefiure
Like the glad retur
ning dove.
For I thought, when the Master-Builder
Comes down His temple to view
lo see what rents must be mended '
And what must be builded anew,
Perhaps as Ho looh, o'er tlie l>uildin-
He wd! bring my work to the li.rht''
And seeing the marring and ])unglinc/
And how far it all is from right,
He will feel as I felt for my darlin'cr
.< T^ \ '"'•'^ "^^' ^'^ ^ ^^''^ for ''er, "^
Dear chdd ! Slie wanted to help me,
And love for me was the spur.
''And, for the true love that is in it,
The work shall seem perfect as 'mine
nil Kfi/^>r>n,,,, ,'i -Ii- »
'o>
,' service,
And because it was willin- ...,„„
I will crown it with plaudit divine."
And there in the deepening twili<rht
I seemed to be clasping a hand"
And to feel a great love constrainin<' me
stronger than any command. ° *
Then r knew by the tlirill of sweetness,
Iwas the liand of the Hlessed One
n^M,'''T,''i ^'"'^"''^ ^'"^^« ^"^^ 1^«W me
lul all tiie lalior is done.
So my thoughts are nevermon^ gloomy
My faith no long,-:- is din., *''
But my heart is strong and restftd
(190)
And
nnne eyes are nut > Him.
Mes. Hebrick Johnson.
Words of the Wise.]
[Leaflet No f.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE CROSS.
often cl^Ue a h.!;^!. V:r::^,.^^: J- 7 ^'-t .ould
m tl)e midst of it all. What ca I tin M ' ^^'"]«".^'^^1
The goodness and wisdom I t '"L in /V'f •■'^''"■
+K^ I "' . '"'^"o'it*' ot Uod confound me wlien T «nn -wi
wth ,t „,Kl ti.en .sutfei,,,. ,„„!«■ it. My ,la"t"i''T'"«
>l. JJ"t 1 .„ a iitll,, f„Hl„. , .'." "''■" ' I.'"'^'"' over
p„i T 1- „ — '" ""''" ' Tie wnat is noTvpr o
J".2rl\ .)ud-,s who cannot occupy them.seives wFtl, L'l f
ae.p.«e.| a. the world, and woX qu^rn Ih ce 1 y le^ l! I?
-vo ,ts way, and goodness the v.clin, of IJ^t a ful^
thought load.s me to see in a nearer view wl,«t .,. ', ,
'"gainst (lod and <^ood ( )h wl?.t V '" " " ^''^^^'«^
fnend denies, thcT:: Lst X. f thet^il! '"'V"^^'
lionest flee. Priest- .et to Jl "'"' '"^"^ '''''
fnlnr,. ,.1 1 "^^'^-^"^ ;^^t to Jiave conipassiou on i-morant
J.nJuie, plead fuuously against innocence T,> ;
^vaslunghis hands of 'comlen.ned u ."^e ^ '? ^^^^'^
absolute y alone and the u-nri i ii """"^"''^: <J"odness
enmity, again t' If i l'" . T'' f"'"^^^' ""^^^'^'^^'l
M'ay and not have God, and t / ^ o clo^^i t ^ ' 'V^''' f '
as man is concerned The ...mn f • , '^ '''"*' '''^ ^'^"^
God. But oh . he^Tis ^t T^:L ;i rjr''' t^^^
from mv^.^lf '/ r... t * ""' ^ waiit. (^i [ where can I turn
:F-=^::s 'S •s?=•!S"
(191)
Ii
■f.
r
"m TIIEE DO r PUT MY TRUST."
''ALL THE DAY LONG."
DAWNING.
t 'i'^ Prr?^^"*^*M^^ dawning of the morning, and oried • I
hoped in Thy word." I's. cxix. 147.
MORNING.
"JMy voice shalt Thou hear in the
mormnl,^vi^^r , ^"^^ '" *^« "''''*"*'»^' « Lord ; in the
^^y^^»<J will I direct my prayer unto Tliee, and will look up."
NOON.
,« 1 !j^T"lr?' ™o*'"^'ig' '-^i"! at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud •
and He shall hear my voice." Ps. Iv. 17. »" '-i^ aiouq ,
"ALL THE DAY."
long." Pr?xfr24'°'''*"*''^'' ""^ ^''^ righteousness rt^i Me day
EVENING.
HffJn"^^* "^^ prayer be set forth before Thee as incense, and the
lifting up of my hands as the eoening sacrifice." Ps. cxli. 2.
NIGHT.
, f.heG^dVf'^njtL^^^r-xlti.'""^'''"^' ^-^™y prayer unto
MIDNIGHT.
"At midnight I wiU rise to give thanks unto Thee, because of
Thy righteous judgments." Ps. cxix. 62. because ot
f h« t" ^I'P"" *''^ ?■«".'? of the sun, unto the going down of tlie same,
the Lord's name IS to be praised." Ps. CAiii. 3. ""^ s'^ne,
;t."
[ oried ; I
ird ; in the
look up."
;ry aloud ;
U the day
3, and the
:. 2.
lyer unto
tecause of
the same. {
Waters of Quietness.]
[Leaflet No. 17.
C(
REST IN THE LORD.
tr
8ince thy FatJier's am sustains thee,
«r, - Peaceful be:
When a cliasfceninor hand lesfc.ainis t!.oe
Know His love, in full completeness,
>iiiN the measure of thy weakness:
it He woun<l thj spirit sore,
Trust Him more.
Without murmur, uncomplaining^
T , , i" His hand
-Laj whate%'er things thou canst not
rp, , ^, , . Uiulerstand ;
Though the wor <1 thy folly spurneth.
from thy faith in pity turneth,
feacM thy inmost soul shall fill,
Lyinrr still.
Like an infant if thou thinkosfc
OnUUl^^ 1. Thou canst stand,
Cliildlike, proudly pushinjr back
r, , The ottered hand
Courage soon is chang^yl to fear,
Strength doth feel,leness appear :
In His love if thou abide,
He will guide.
Fearest sometimes that thy Father
\\ru .1 , . ll&th forgot ?
W hen the clouds around thee gather,
A 1 , Doubt Hini not
Always hath fJm d— !l-i f i...-./ "®'^-
Always^ hath He comfort spoken :-
Better hatii He been for years,
Than thy fears.
(195)
VUf f.
Mail
Therefore, whatsoe'er botideth,
V TT- , n ^^^''^^ ^^ day,—
Jvnow His Jove tor thee provideth
Good ahvay.
(^rown of sorrow fjladly take,
Grateful wear it for His sake,'
Sweetly bending to His will,'
Lying .'^till.
To His own thy vSciviour o-iveth
Daily strength ;
To each troubled soul that liveth,
l*eace at length.
Weakest laniks have largi'.st share
Of this tender 8hepher<i's care ;
Ask Him not, then, ' When V oi' ' How ?'
Only bow.
"Though He elay mo, yet will I trust in Hi.ri."-JoB. xiii. 15.
BREADTH, LENGTH, DEPTH, AMD HErGHT.
(EPfi. 111.)
This does not refer to the love of Go,?, because thar
pa,.dh knowledge," bohh'ng us hy that fact with a closer
em brace The other four we ma// he ;,blp to con)prehend.
''BmuWi " takes in the woiiderftd scope eontaineil in tho
truth of the union of manhoo.l with Deity, linkiu" all
creaturehood to (iod, eron angels having a new"an.{
abiding Jink with Him for thut j)resence in a ereatureV
forin.
''Length'' shows the pitrpose» of God,//w?» eternity t^^
eternity. "^
''De]}th" is the cross, humility and obedience even
unto (feafh which this alone can measure.
^ " Height " is ii, risen Christ and our place in Hiro, show-
ing out the whole heart of God pent up, until the eternal
outflow of love could thus hear up the happy abjocts of it.^
Tender Grass.]
[Leaflet No. 10,
GOD WITH HIS PEOPLE.
r day, —
,vay.
till.
igth ;
ngtl).
£o\v r
— Job. xiii. 15.
T/iiiu ait with me.' - Psi.
xxiii. 4,
EIGHT.
because tliar
with a closer
i>prehfni(l.
itained in the
, linking al!
a new ami
a creature's
'i eternity t^^
Klience even
1 Hiro, show-
1 the eterna!
ihjects of it/
r wa.<? n(»t tlie green |.ast.ureR and the .still
watei^, tlio
«e anointed head.
he ..veifluu-,ng .up-that cans.d David to sing thi.s .sou-r „f
.■.mupli and to f.ai- no .vil when he walked thmngirthe
alley oJ the shadow ot .lealh. These were all ,,m. of his
y His love ; hut God Ilnn.r^ is belter than all His gifts, and
)av.d s cup ran over, and hzs heart ran over .till n,ore ;hen
P^od, hu '< the God_ of all comfort " lli.n.elf is fa- niore To
the soul than anything that He gives or that Ho takes away.
And to t^ach His people this, God often does take away
earthly comforts from the.n-liealth or wealth, friends or
home-and when they can no hmger thank Him for these
outnard blessings He draws near to them Himself, and
makes them feel that they can never thank Him or , ra se
Hnn enough. This was often the experience of I)a"id
and more often when he was in tro.ible than when he was
on the throne. - Oh how great is Thy goodness, which
11 ou hast laid up for them that fear The<> "How ex
cellent ,8 ihy hiHno-kmlness, God !" " The secret of the
Lord IS with them that fear Him :" " In His favor is life."
AVords lika these reveal the source of the Psalmist's
highest joy ; the same which had strengthened his father
Abraham wheu the Lord came unto hju) and said-<' Fear
not, Abrani; 1 am thy shield, and thy exceeding great
reward ;• the same of which the 8«m of David Himself spoke
u hen He sanl, they " .shall leave me aloue ; and yet 1 am
not alone, because the Father is with me."
I^t u* not rest content with hearing of this Joy and
knowing that others have po.s.sessed it, not onlv in ancient davs!
mt in every age ot the Churc h. " Lo ! 1 am with you always"
s Christ sprom.se-.apr,uuise of inexhaustible duration--to
he clauaed by H,s Church forever, and therefore now, by
^.iirselves, as well as by holy men of oM. Let us seek to
Hiake It our own by living faith ia the Pro.ui.,er • -Th«
> .11 mj dear reader, have found out for yourself the truth
'''j/.tn 'ir i' •[;"' ^'"'^ '''i\ ^''^'' '^'' ^^^''^^ of «'>«^^.
Jiehoid, the half was not told me 1"
M97)
THE SHADOW OF THE APPLE TREE.
The attitcde -f s„nl set forth in this ]ove]y i.ass.-xre i
01 o ,c wJ)o has found a jKirtial rest— r..st for a dav i
«.o nth or a year. The soul that has really fomu es^' ii
C]m«t has found a rest >^■hich is dicrne in its characte an
etornann Us duration. "I sat dou-n." Pr.ciot.s atUtin
The e IS no more toil for the .Inner. Plenty of toil for to
.a.^^-plonty of toil for the servant There i no J
abouv in th« hnck-kilns of Pharaoh, hut abund ir ,
And observe, it is " under His shadow." It is not und.u
the shadow of n,y doings, my feelings, my frames my expo
vZhi; '^"'^"r": '' '^'' '^'^'^'^ ordinances howovx';
valuable ; nor of doctrines, however true ; nor of instilu
tions, however nnportant. All these things have the r
proper pace, and their proper value; but we had bILr no
venture to sit down under their shadow; for, if we do th^
>vill prove no better than Jonah's gourd which spram?' up n
UiRJ^T lliMSELi^-Christ o7^/.y-Christ almv/... It must b.^
"I, ii.y veryself, "Satdown," found my sweet repo 1. 1
resting place, my shade and satisfaction, "under His sCo ■
Ihen all is right-right now~Ti<rhi/or ever.
And, let me ask, how much shade does a soni enicy that
krd IfTsifl "' ^'?'^ ''f '' "'"^^^ as Christ t
attord. Jt I 8it down under the shadow of a tree or a rn.-l-
enjoy,ust that amount of shade which the t .^ or ::
rock ea" atlonl nie. So, when the soul reposes, by faith in
e shadow o Christ, the whole question is ifow ii
shade can He furnisli 1 Faith knows the. answer
tmual . , 1 the shade, and yet never out of the sunshine.
i
Sheplierd Calls. 1
TREE.
I'>vt'(l aii)oii(f th.
nit «as tiWfct tn
ncr over Jtit w;,.
J' ])assaj,'e is
the uttitudf
T a (lay, i»
•111(1 rest ill
aracter, ami
IS attitudo !
toil for tin-
is no iiioiH
iiiidiince (if
labor comes
s not under
s, my expo-
s, however
of iustitu-
have their
I better not
ve do, they
'lang up ill
it niiist ])e
[t nnist ])e
repose and
s shadow."
enjoy that
Christ can
or a rock,
■ee or the
y faith, in
low nuich
> be con
sunshine.
r.oafk't Xo. 13
NONE OF THESE THINGS v^OVE ME.
" I iiAVK l„.en wi>d,iiijr, y,.ster,h,y nnd I-hImv, that I nii^dit
'^oyoii, bun;; east doun a little by m n.attrr tbat has hap-
pened to us, and I want to be ivally able to say-'V/.,/ noL
of th.s, thnuiH n,ovo n,,:" So said a dear ehild of ( Jod, upon
wbo.n two of „K called one evenin-r t.. enquire of her welfare,
and then slit' wmit on to relate the eir.iuiistaiices ,.f theii-
IrouhJo : ti,,,,, ,ors„ haviiirr ,,i.i away and broken the wa-.ro'n
am son„.wbat lu.rt her husband, who, bein-^ an unoonv;;te.i
"an, as leehn,^. ,t hanl, "j„.st as they w-re ^..ttinjr able to
.ay oil son.e of their <lebts," as she told us. Ve sT.u.ht to
turn our sister where wo often needed turnin^r ourselv."s-to
lliM who cmfurMh those that are m.s-/ r/./rw," and who
Kivesthe assurance that in au. thin-s ^^h. caMh for vh"
W as she assured that it had not come bv chance r'"as men
l.!i''.Tr' ^':f,^"'l""7 ,'""•'« «f J'fi'-. and toU.is she responde.l
nKhtly-'H) y.s indeed," "but then:' and her face Ihaded
^vlth sorrow as she lurther said, " to think utter all the Lord
has done forme that one should be put about by these
thny, when we know that Hi. hand is orderin- all for us »
Andso^we " talked together of these things that had hap-
pened ; and as we did, the "Lord Himself drew near," and
gave the ehe,.,- and comfort of His love, as well as Rebuke
for the unbelief that doubts Him.
And now beloved, may not we enquire how is it with us
as to ihe.e things ? Trials and difficulties beset our pathway
-part of our heritage below (aiid how rpeat a part as to
things seen ) is sorrow and travail. "In the world ve
shall have tribulation." " .All i.,at will live godly shall
^'^V:T'f"\^- '/ ^^ tF'''' ^'^ "« "" ^he behalf of bhris
to .n^erfor H>, sake. There is the fiery trial to try us. which
Me are not to count strange. Divers temi,tations we fal into
y the way-yea, as to " flwse afflictions," L are to know at
we are appomted tlwrmutn." Surely then, in view of Tt a
we may exc lann, wlio is sufficient for these tinngs ^ red. Las
Elijah of old, "that the journey is U,a rj, rat for xT'' iC
hemn is a nmrvell.>us thing, a man of like' passions with nl~
thltul ' '"'"^ ^";r"- journeying t<. the same rest- learn rn.
nfffic Ls Th'"H T 'p'i ^''^~ """ "' ^ '^^'^'"^ ^'-^y P'^rtaker of
affl ctH.ns- the H(,ly fJhost witnessing in every city that bonds
and afflictions waited for hiu. : and yet ..yi^--^^^!:::'^^^
t,u,a,, nun; rnc And now, he would take us by the hand and
ead us upon t],e same happy ground. - And now, brSei I
bui'id vou ^' 'a t''' •"'i.l''ir-' ''^"'' "'•^"•'^' -hich is ab! to
tl ,v?f H ^ \^ Y- •^'- ^^'^^ ^"^ "^hly reali:.e it so for t'>,
glory of His name ! Amen. B C G
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fl
•i^iwfi^i .
Ill
tl
I K'MOW THEIR SORROWS."
Exoru:.H iij. 7.
TllKsio words wrrn mldtcss,.,! to M,,s,.3 wh.-ii the Lonl
callo.l hm, from tlio huriii.i^r l.ush to -'• ui..! l.-ml His pHo,.!,.
out of L-vptian I,oiMln,t,^,. " Tl.-y rri..!," and •' ( ;o.l \uL\
tlit'ir «nminii-," and " rem em ho red His covenant" Uv
knew their sorrows, and thou-h at lirst Jle .li.l not npu,ar
to hoar tliuir cry, in Jlis own good time He sent them a
deliverer.
May not wo also draw enmfort from thes« words?
Snfering chdd of (Jo.l, yo„r Father knows >,uur sorrows-
and thoiijrli you may think Ho hi.U;s His fac.^ for a season'
the sun is Imt "^behind the ch>u.l,'' and tliy Saviour is still
the same : He chan-^'eth not.
The di.seii)le3 " feared as they entered into tho cloud," and
so often do we. Wo fear and tremble at tho thou-ht of
siif}enn;,r for CMirist ; l)ut what else are wo to expect ? " «' In
the world ye shall have tribulation." And shall we tremble
at a Jittle sutlenng for Him who gave His life for us ? No •
rather i(!t us " ivjo/a- tlmt we are counted worthy to suffer
(Pliil V'^oT" ^"'"'"''^^^''"^^^"^'^""^^^^^•^'■Hissake."
" (iiven r By xAunu 1 By our Father. And " the cup
which my Father hatli given mo, shall I not drink it?"
Am I to escape tho cross and gain the crown? The lord
Jesus Himself was made j.erfect through sutJ-.u'ing ; and sliall
ills servants es,;ape it ? Has Ho not told us that the servant
IS not great(,'r than His lord ?
Wo are at school here; this is not our home. Our
J^ather is training us by these very trials for our place in
heaven. He sits watching over us like tho roHner. " When
Ho has tried me," says Job, " I shall come forth ns -oM "
Ihou hast tried us as silver is tried." " I have rrtine'd
thee, our Lord says, -but not with silver ; I have chosen
thee m tho furnace of affliction."
Sulfering saint, is your heart ready to sink within you ?
Do you ask Why am I called upon to pass through such'.^Yv;
waters ? " Whom the Lord loneth He chasteneth." Ho laioi,
your sorrows. " Ho doth not afflict./-/v>;M the heart, or grieve
the du dreu of uuMi." - His compassions fail not." Ho is
touched with the feeling of your inhrmitios. Oh, what a
tender heart our Jesus has '
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'n the Lunl
1 His ))eo|i|(.
'' < 'Oil luMid
milt." Ilr
not ai )})(;( I r
iOIlt tllC'Ill 11
l'8« W'owU ?
Id' sorrows ;
or a sciiisoii,
aour is still
cloud," .and
Ihoiil^flit of
)ect 1 "In
vvi! treiiiblo
• us '] No ;
Ii3' to sulfur
r His sake."
d " the cup
drink it?"
The Lord
; and shall
the servant
oine. Our
ir ])la(:fl in
" When
I as f,'ol(I."
ive re H nod
ive chosen
itliin you ?
I such ilac.p
Ho knofa
fy or grieve
Ho is
h, what a
ADDRESSES ON SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS-^.
ELIJAH (2).
(I. KlM.S, XVIII.)
The special sul>joct now hcfore u-s is our relationsliip to
tho iror/tf around us, — how (iod wishes His people to order
f/ifir V(vjx with ref,'ard to tho world in which thov are placed.
In chapter xvii. we viewod the relations of' the Lord's
jieople to the Lord llimxpif ,- now wc; nre to learn tho les-
sons suitod to koop us in th(! path of sfponifion frt m fhfi
iror/ff lo Him. Then we view<'d Klij.'di " AA/Zz/r/ himself,"
now we have him " gfiowimf himself ;"— then, in tl'ie presence
of ^;o'/,--now Ix'Tire men, and tho eHocts of tho lesson
loaiiK'.l in that pi.'sonce. Wo have had the inf^riml, now,
the I'j-hrixil There are two sides to this also,— (nir ndu-
tions to tho iror/f/ !\t lar^'o, and, in a more special wav, to tho
liroi>h'of i;,„l The hrst of tho*o will on.'ia-^o our attention
now. '(Jo, >,ho,r 1hiix>'lf\mu, Ahah; and I will send rain
upon th.! earth." (vs. 1). " KHns was a man sulject to like,
passiciis as wo are, and he praiird earnestly that it ritiht
not rain; and it rained j.ot on the earth hy the space" of
three yeais and six months. And he iinninl <ujain, and tho
heavon <,'av<! roln, and tho ear h hrou,i,dit forth her fruit."
Jas. V. 17, IS. T would notice that this last text conies in
heforo Klijah had had his communications fioni (iod njiveu
him ill ch. xvii. 1, and here. He had been hehind the scenes
with God, and viewod all in communion with Him, and .so
"he prayed that it mi^ditnot rain." "Surely the Lord (Jod
will do nothing but He rcmdHh II/s scrrchmio His servants
the prophets."— Amos iii. 7. We might think it a serious
thing tr) pray thus, but this man's heart was established in
the knowledge of (lod's.will, and right with Him, and so
could do so with confidence of heart, fearless as to the results.
He knew how (Jod viewed niatt« s, and he viewed them in
exactly the same way ; the language of his heart's fervent
desin; and the end of all his actings were " that this people
may /nioiv that Thou art the Lord God, and that Thou hast
ttinu'd their heart hark at/niii." Thus he prayed for them
in praying a{fai7id thein, and his song was of jvfhjweid as
well as mercy, and yctliow truly ,.f " mercy /vy^y/c///;'/ against
judgment." It is a great thing when we learn to prefer God's
feelings to our own. What we most of all need to learn is
the time to keep and the time to cad aicaij—io emhmce and
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cut off with an unsi.Vrl, ' ,""."' 7'"'='' ^^'^ o'l-ht t„
(Bent xi ir. " ;"• "^*' ''^'*''nm ..f Jl,s ,„„„| , iii.,^^,, ,,
discipline. iivi/tuti'V/;'^,''^^'^ "« ^"«'» tl'is extren...
i>mj may he • h • v«, T' '*'^ ^'^'"'"'^'nlments tnat our
of the Z r ' ""' '^"^' "'.V/'^-^"*'«^-s-. as tho waves
l^^lijah is thus hehin.l the seenos in rh-in w;.-
llOWn /o/r/mfHf ■ in ,.!,.,,. ... '"'^ ",■ ^'" ^^"•' Tallin''
• 'Aink'f an. witLthpi ''"'"" ''•'^'" ^'''^■^■'"■"'A
vail with Go" W '' "^'"""'vV^t who coul.l thus ,,re-
thusinconununirw . ., "^ ??"""»'' "^ ''^ ^''"' ^'"''t '^
Does not thi.s show th'.f vv,;..,. <■; , ' hmiv'f/, us?"
heart, and thus "I in" vi:/'" "^^"'' °-^ ^'^ ^^^^ with God'.s
J^ow, witli all this heforo us T wint to .1..,
solemn contrast to it Tuf ». • ., ^'"^^ ^ ^^^^
ace whose pi, ture i is tl • t U.e'-"' '^''l "''"'''' '''^^"'-^ ""'i
We have tL distillt^^u'^ho t' ^':': ;7hU ol""'^ ''^"-
God's presence wieldniu- .,|l thn r.\, ' <^ X' '^ '^ '""" "»
of a nian out of oJ^ mTu >n wi? Hi:/ ^'V i/.'"*^''"'^' ^'^^^^
n that hour, and thorou.d ^. nr.rt te't'.'' "''' '"^'''i"'">'
X>ivine will. Have we not ofrm ;"" '^"'"''""^ °^ *''.,
inthopreseneeof . moth..? •'" ^'"" ^'''^'''"'P^ '>»'W/)
there .1 h^^Ui^L' f^U: ^^^^X^^^^^ ;>^-vo'l tl J
here. We find «ood photo Jlnl.f ^ Ihus ,t ia
We have two n.^. he I^He^ y'^'' /'^ ?'^'^'^^«•
in the secret trainin- nia -e w tl." P ' ' T'"' '"'^^ ^«^'^
Unhappycontrastw hhmLM tthel' T\ "^'''^^''^'^ ''"
court,-a man who ^vJ Zl I '^ "^'^ ''^'"^'^^ '» Shah's
the pictures graphically clear ent V.t l <;"• I't^'^f give us
"itc, etc. If ;vo
'•li wo shall find
li wo 011<,rht t(.
^m\ with the
on tlln XiMTct (if
•i by His w,)|.,|
'Is of His |i('()-
1 this extrcMiKi
fiuwits tiiat nui'
'■ as tho Waves
• xvii., callin^r
Iowa h/essiw),
irselvos, beset
oiilil thus pre-
'h^! ah the
a 8011I that is
say that '«if
limMli us T
ne with (Jod's
draw a most
'1' cicsoly and
I" flraws here.
f^f a Jiian in
another, that
is testimony
I mint of the
laps onm4f)
baervod that
Thus it is
n the IJible.
had been
Ohadiah, in
50 in Ahab's
'he name of
h are to be
long them.
l>lo^^ . . .
'"*iil lest ho
^vo men we
ter give US
e<l, and in
to tlje Qn^
%
in the sense nf onr own half-hoartcdnrs., « /:w U if j r
Have you ever IhoUKht of the circumstnnces of that nan
u.ijM..e,,t Ih.slim., I„,t the lost co,,,,,,,,,';,™,!,;, „ h„,l n „,L
to tlie king ivne n most solenin iii(l.,ii,eiit ■111,1 fl,i» ai 1 1
not fo,,.otto„. ]!„t he ,0.. i„ L ti t ^l 1 'utd" Wd'
dM„. w,tl,„„t „ „„„,„„,. to pronounce II ^,1 ^/wl'
3,.W,e, of .enioo; »o„,e ,ve like t^hT' vi.h'' ,, 'Zi:."
to, sniiply t,™,„« «•» like them, not be™„se thev are Z^
<™s, but tl,„t it .:, ,„,,eea.,l„ for our^elve.'. A^it "o Hh
to Tl ' i::"" M ""'.'■•"■''ins to fi'nther hi, „,.,t when he "e
10 Allah at either time. With Klii^.l. " /" / ,'•",.
,uu,e,.ua his sfa, as weiL Vn!!;^ be'' i'S ::^\^'^
our ministry is to do any lasting g„od ''' '^
"And Ahab called Obndiah which was the ^vernor of
ns liouso. (.\ow (Jbadiah feared the Lord -reatlv )" Lw
the man Nvho has got the favor of this idolal ous kin/l T
;""•; whom he Scripture declares '\f.arnl the lord f,tt'
Is this possible ? Yes. Though it is indeed tnu T , t t h
?; :;4"i=';:i:i:^Si-zttrh,^' Sr3
^9n:::th:;-h::rr;-,:t;.^^£ ;
v-i t the l'a.sov.r tor generations, neglected this and tint
and worshipped at high places, and "yet despite a Co i
blessed theni. ()u. hearts, if we know tlini a/ , Jl r"
'I'o.n Him to be the - Gc.l of nil ^jrnce." Let us ee i
.;mnlar thing in 2 Kings, xvii. 24. We read "An: tl.
Kmg of Assyria brought men from iJabvlon 't'. .jt tl v
v::;::r27 ""T^i^r^ ""t"' r ^'"^ ^'^'^ ti^reof:-' ' v^:;^
1'y.i
■beit
/w did they do so? Weseadlurtl
every nafeK.ii made g»xls of their own
ler.
'H
■Si'"
rii
ow-
so tliey /mret^
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t 4
the Lord and An-rrd their omi qods, etc." Tforo we aeo tlin
ovx^xn ol Samarita»isw,-~i\w. rdi^rjou „f tli«, po.ir woniim
Who saul to .our J.or.l, "Our fathers w.,rsliipp,.<l in this
mountain, and yo sfiy that in .Icrusalcn. is the placf- where
wen ought to worshi],." It sliows a solemn anial-anuitiou of
divine things witJi what is contrary to (Juil and ..f the
world. It shows how people who mingle things in thia
way swamp all their testimony as to re})re8enting (iod ari-dit
He says " .1 am God, aiul there is none besi.le me." 'J'here
13 no more terrible bughear to the world than to be cxc.hmv.,
yet the only God whom the lUble reveals is anexrlnsioe God.
He says "lam the. Lord;' and that excludes every other
bo if vve h.ul "Love the brotherhood" m the liible, it denies
the right to the christian to belong to any other brotherhood,
and y«t alas how many ,lo. I'.eloved friemls, let us face
this matter. It has the trail of the serpent connected with it
yet this principle of mixing things every where obtains. This
IS what people call cluiritif. They will give you the privile-^e
of doing with your Ma!<ter's goods what you have only a
right to do with your own. If a man injures me, personally
I iKive the right to forgive him, but when the trnth of (Jml
is in question I have no right to swerv.. a hair's bn-adth
from the track He has lai<l down, and woe unto me if I do !
VMien the little captive remnr -ame back from
]>abylon they were olfered help by th ainantan«. They
sam V\e will give you a helping hand." " No " they
replied, " we will serve our (Jod rt/r//.." Had the Samari-
tiins no connection with the (Jod of Israel ? They had this
bond we have seen-had been taught to fear Him, but had
they told the truth upon themselves they w.mld have said
they did not fear Him ei,o,:oh to give up things opposed I..
Him. There are many alas ! like them, who want religion
enongh to scare away the lions, to get clear of the fear of
.ludgment, and then be lelt free to enjoy tlie world Such
IS Samantanism. They would like to know relief from
their sins, and then they would try and enjoy the world out
ot which our Saviour died to redeem us. May God deliver
litus 11. 14.) Jhns here we bave a man who puts together
two things that are most incongruous-the service of
wicked Ahab and the fear of God. To „,a!<e up for his
M'antot /idr/>f>j to (;o.l, he is a generous man, kind, amiable,
and gracious. He would pay back some little interest for
What he has got from God-" he feeds the prophets by
'0. We seo the
po(ir woman
i|»|K'(l ill this
3 place where
Hl.^'iuuatiou of
1 iiiul of tlio
iiii<,'s ill this
g(»o»l ari<,'ht.
iru'." 'J'hcrc
) bo cxcl/itii'vii,
xdiisioe God.
every other,
ible, it denies
brotherhood,
s, let us face
3cted with it,
)tains. This
the privih^ge
have oidy a
'« personally,
'/•«/// of (Jod
lair's breadth
nie if I do!
back from
itans. Thev
"No," they
the Saiuari-
hey had this
lim, but had
Id have said
s opposed lo
vaiit religion
the ft-ar of
)rld. Such
relief fi-oin
le worhl out
God deliver
(Oal. i. 4 ;
•uts together
service of
e up for hid
»d, amiable,
interest for
irophets by
fif y Ml ,1 crtve." Will we say that that is not r,no,i f No
ye 1,1 vi.nv thereof, how pcutinent are the wonis " To ami
s better than saer.tice and to ,rKA,<KKK than the fat of ran.;-'
At the judgment seat of Christ all f/ncf will go into smoke
non.pare.1 with what is our simple duty. '"o/.v/" i the
hrst lesson of a soldier. How\strikingly is his en orced
in .Numbers. •' (}od says," " Number m/ peo pi " I "t
them ready a,i,l so it was. All christians are there qn-e
sented in athreefol, way --;..vW., A....V., and menofZl
I.e., all christians alike have W/e to draw near into the
hood When those who may be really God's children slip
nto the Idea of having people to ,Io their reli,ion for then ,
and tl.^ there must bo a certain class to bapti/e and a.lmi !
ister the sacrament, as it is called, they slip back in n
J^ulu^.n, f.r Peter addressing all clu'istiails Tys " Vk a o
a holy priesthood. ' Passing further, christiim's are not
only priests, but Lev.tes also to serve the tabernacle-!
Uds interests in the world. And they ore also men of
u. r-each m his own place-the christian in three aspects,
mat IS the next t'dng? We have the strange tr al o
jealou,,/. If we are God's priests. Levites, and men o
war we must have the bitter cup of the cross put to ou lip
to hnd us out,-self .lenial. Can we take\ip th t afl
which requires t^^ns ? I tremble as J view it, and'yet I tl
I cm truly say 1 earnestly desire it.
How vividly i„ contrast with ail this is Gbadiah ! We
can lum ly lei the color or texture of his coat.-speaking in
-)ld Testament language, where a nnm was con.manded not
to wear wo sorts of thread in his clothes The viney rd
was not to be sowed with minghd .v.v./, nor r/.n.e . "to «
worn mingled of woollen and linen, nor ,,/..,///., to b^ done
XV ^\r T'^r, "''■' ^"«"^'"'''- J'«v. xix.' 19. Dent,
nf i w , "'' particular about what people wear,
Der;o\r"' \}'\''l'^'S^r''' J»«t as (Jod did not first
speak to Moses direct from heaven, but kimlled a fire in a
bush to arrest his attention, an.i Moses said, " I will turn
aside and see this greao sight." Have you ever turne
nside to see what M/. means about the garment of wool W
and nicn, etc.^? Is iL n-t that we must n<,t be in Aliab's
cour and on the I.rd's side too. Jf we are for the b.rd
e It be be plainly seen, so that none will have to puzzle
himself to know whether we are or not. First, we need
(205)
ill
li* <
■AH :
'm
H i
to beWiu-0 of r.iihgloa .sm/. What a lot of mixcl flecd 1< ftnu „
iHing iiiixwl ill tlio Biirliienta w,.rli l.oiv 1 , , f ., ""'
o .v.ar „„.«,,,, hut tl„™ i, „ ,|i,tinct „„o ta Sh t » ',
^«^^;^^;;:;^,;: -i'L'^^::;wi;Ti-^ £---■
His own. ^"'^' '"■" ^^"^ Lord's statutes for
.ehos,4L t^";:4 ^ri^lal/'^ne'dct ^^tn^lj^^
g.le»d , And J„lK,.l,„|,l,at Su,l to tl, "ki„I° ,f ^ " !']";; ',
without exeix^ise t,f conscience, hov"evVr and he Ik, H^
«o to speak, andSmw e h s to ,.v lif ''" ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^'7'
...tterUnitke hin-self .^.^'Ln ..S/ ^s ^^ i^"'^^?,:^ jl^"
tnectually yoked together with unhelievers '' od's c m m .m
alliance with a wicked kin, o o s "of "'' "^ "f ^'"^
•Where the christian is yoke witli the ' •■ ^
(20(i)
unbeliever lie al
not
so.
ways
(1 flood i« ftout),
liat govern uuii
» is fii forced a-'
89 togetliur " in
>t hiiid to ruail.
and the woilil
ind liDen " ii(,(
di.itiiictnt'.SH is
tiiony his life
of (mxI every
re at tJie very
now wliy tlu'V
found ill thi.-
t'1118 are set up
iristiairiry aixl
may ))c a tiiiit-
which ti) Wfiu
that causeth
- ih the UDto
I's statutes for
3 it illustrated
ii'd year thaf
the king (if
^'ants. ' Know
) and tjike it
'<! he said to
It) to IJanioth
lel : ' / am <(!i
J»y horses.' "
really believe
e 'I Jehosha-
fl's rod, that
1 not entirely
he asks the
iy should go
umaelf away,
iyer over the
" Be ye not
i's command,
which should
'east, Ahab.
icuijig one of
s in making
? up saloons,
atiinity with
I vvould not
i could not
I' doing so.
]T''' '"F.i» uri,„';;;^i •„ "t\™"'' ''" '-''-k a,„i »<,„t
< hroii. XV we I,j,v„ d, -^ '^ ^*^""' 'iKainst t. - In •■»
tl'ou help the'u .; d ly a.' d'' o.^" ,:" •'^I'/'f'-'I'i.at, shoul.h^t
•Jesuitism that is tVbe , Zn!'''l^ 'I "^ "^ ''«^«^'« ^ '^'^''^t
HancfciHes the »..7.^s " TI ' T^V 7 " t''" ''"'^
I'-use /» /...,.., ]., ],,,3 fc,, ^ f . ehoshaphat returne.l to his
With Ahaxiah and u.ad.^ si « uTX '""'' ^f " "" •i"'""*^
Lord It n,ay be said tha e 'sli u ,1 of T"'' "•''^"/' ''^^ *'«"
H professedly ,.//,//,,,, ,,1,:,^;" ',,;'" '""^ ^'«^« J'»"h><1 Ahab ia
'-'"nmerrud on^. Ahab's son ,>,"'" '" ''' '"'"' l»'-«'l>o«ing a
<'<^<1 »>y the l)r..phe«'vT .';:''''"•,;' ^"'"^ ><P'^'M.n, yet
thyself\.itli Ah zah ?hV / /"'/ ^^TT"" *^'"" ^»'^«t joirfed
l>usi„ess t..-day ? Mosfc m v ^H "f ''\''''^ '^''' ^'^''^^P^^ iu
^^•J'""> they enter int« nUcuh i, !"• ^' ''^r''"^-'" '^'^ "'••^» ^i"
will break our works if ^vei'S Hi! r''}"^'''" "*• "'^^^ ^^"^
with the w.n-ld. Then we Lv. . ] *^ ' j'^'^^ "^"'« ^^y "^H'mce
joins himself with Ahl's"; ,^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ho
reUifia,,., nor a comm^'/v;,// v,.t,. i ! ' \..^ '^""'^ ^^ is not a
with Jehonuii andU o li ,^'^i%. \'''' '^ ^"''^"''*' ""«• He joins
f"J but for the Lonr mel^ r" :'^''"''' '^^ '^'"g "^ Moab,
life. Solen.n testimony . F r«t b '"" T'f'^ ^''^^''^ ^^'^t l"'
what he considers the work of th«"T"'''f "-^ ''' ^'^'^P ^^''^^ '^^
think it does not matter about Imv'"^' •>"'' "« P'^^I'le now
echoolteachei-B, etc wheni f ^'^vmg unconverted Sunday-
<'-!• May Ood oi,en <t eye t<" u"" -"'^'"^'^ "^ "'^ «'«'»* "^
to abhor evil from our im.ufst s "ll ' T^'^'T''' ^"'^ give us
the mind of God for Hi" rnkTo i>. . " *^^'"/^^"^''ly athwart
"lore light than Israel iL and jf J ^'i"'-~ ^*^ '»«« given us
wrong, so in the da^s of^ristl n i'ty ' '\T' "' '''''''''' '' --
/My,/ together with unbelievers"' 2 V^ ^.^ "*** «"«/».(/^/
speak with tlie voice of G,d t^ us ^i " V{ ^*' ,^''««" «'^»-^l«
edge off them V We will Cd sr.vt t^'^^^ ^« ^i^te the sharp
that the passage doJsTi t^il f'^v 7^-« -^o will explaii
.Tudas must be allowed at tl e T .^r ^. , , ^"'^''^""«'-<«^^ people,
festedas the traitor/' tt tres^^ ^ '^^^'^ ^^'^"^ '»i»i^
till the harvest. And true Iho T l'"" ^^"''''^ ^''"^ together
^'^f>.,:enn the OA»..ror in J/-'':!?,::,^'^'^'^ .«'^>'« ^^^^Y may, but
our Lord shows. A
„,,«• ■_»-■-. in uiiiu sunei'f
■utfer II, his ;i„„,„, a„<i ,„ t|,j L.
Chur,
plaUiiy ;ia
not
HI ilia tiuutid, and so tho T,>,.,i „ i. . ■•-•"•' '.o «< jiu nc
I'.
is cle
(207)
8
■'•Iff .'
i ' • I
then that ne unoqiml y.koH can })o allownd in (Vn-htiauitu
How oHfi.Iy ,.,...i.lo |..t tlu'<nH..Iv..H <Iow,i ulxMit M.iH m.ittcV
Mi.yHny It rt.f...n .mly t,, pc-plo onnung ...it uf lioatlK'niH...'
amj tli,-n (•...npl.un that, they cuniiot iiti.K.iHtan.i tl.o Mil.l,.
C.o,l Hayn «' ( ;-;»'■'.<'/;• an.I Uu will l.„ a Kath.^r /o ,,8 if wo o/«.;
Hmu. wh.Io H. ,s the, Father „f „s ero Ho pn-KontH tl^.m.
(• amis. Kv.M-y man thon in Ahal.'s t..nrt ia tinKo.l with ,vl|
thi« Inhappy (M.a.liah! Ilnirin- Ahal.V v.-ico, ,I„in.,
Almbawil an.l osi.(.usin« Ahah's intnvstH, HoarchinK to tin.l
water for tlio hoaatH h.. ronu's acioHs Kiijah, rather " Klijah met
Jmn. I rue, he " ih h, ih- mnj,- hut it, is „„t, the "way of
f.ods conu.ia.i.ln.entH, and if ho nieetH Elijah, it i« not "that
they ae(«k one path, walk t.-sretlur as .,.,n;,f, Liit a men, ehanee
of circumstaneeH, as it were. Do tlu,y nnhron-^ Kliiah te.stH
Jnm and lead.s to ^reat searehinfr of heart, and it drivea him
to tell in vnid.eation of himself what he has heen doin.'
()hadiali, thouirh th.. S.Tiptiire Hay-s ho knnv him. asks '* Art
tlioii tliat my loni KliJah T Show.s liim jrreat respeet at h>ast
wo would think, hut mark the withering worda of Elijah in
reply, " 1 am, k" h'll (hn lord, boliold Elijah is here '" He i.s
one "1 siK-ha position as regards Cod'H te»tim..ny and interests
whom Elijah oan scareely ..wn, and he administers in season
this solemn rehuke, thy Eoid is Ahah, the tr.,uhler of Israel
and tlie dehor of .Jehovah's elaims. Hia rei>lv hotokeus liovv
nh.ng w'lth ;;thu friendship of the world, whiehia enmity
against (,od -spiritual adultery, true brotherly h>vo and ec.ii-
h.Umoo in the fainily of ( Jod cannot exist. His heart is uneasy,
and he fears Elijah s message will disturb his iirosent easy rela-
tions with the king, jMid endanger his life. " Did you n..t hear
liow 1 hid an hundred men of the L(,rd's proi.hets by fifty in
a cave and fed them f which, though a praisewortliy act, to
EhjaJi meant, did you not hear tlmt I lived at court when Jezebel
slew the prophets of the Lord ? He might have said in reply 1
did not hear that you have Irft that court where .lezeliel
triumphed— I did not hear that you had protested against the
ini<iuities practised tliere, whicli forced the Lord to feed me by
rayons, while you were eating the fat of the land. You were
safely sheltered there, while we had " no certain dwellin" place"
on account of fidelity to the truth of(.'od. You enjoyed tho
king s fav.tr, while "we both laboured and suffered rei)roach " But
NO, Elijah, in the (]uiet dignity that a faithful life imparts, did
not reproach his failing lirother, save to lay the seriousness of
his i)o.sition upon his soul, and leave it with God to give it effect
He assures him of personal safety, and of the living God as his
own confidence m meeting Ahab that day. Beautiful exponent
or the words :
Fear Iliin, ye saints, and ye shall then
i.;»vo uiifhithf eht' to fear.
Make you lli.i service your deliK'ht
He'll make i/uur wants His oare.
Beloved brethren, which path- will we choose ? Will we be
as Obadiah or Elijah ? The God of Elijah still liveth. B.C.G.
(208)
Shep-ienJ CuUa. ]
in ('liriHti(tiiitij.
it tliis iiiiittor.
•if llClltlu'IliHIll,
iimI tlu> Itil.l,..
'" iia if wo (ilifi/
prt'Kcnl-H tlii'Ho
tiiit^iul witli all
V()i(H>, (lltilljr
'anliiiiy to find
cr" Klijiiliiiit't
U)t till) way of
, ifc \H not tliiih
a iiu'rt! c'liaiuio
'^ Elijali toHf.H
1 it (IriveH him
H hct'ii doin^'.
ill), asks " Arh
i'H|i('ct at least,
Ih of Elijah in
horo I" Hi) is
' and iiitt'irsts,
stcrs it) si'uaon
ihltT of Isracd,
htTokriis how
i<'li is I'Jiniity
lovo an<l con-
nait ia unoaay,
sent easy rcla-
1 you not hear
'ts by fifty in
vortliy nut, to
t when Jezebel
aid in rejdy, I
vhere Jezebel
I'd against the
to feed nie by
<1. Yoii were
welling place"
I enjoyed the
Bpro'aeh." Hut
e imparts, did
seriousness of
' give it effect,
ng God as his
iful exponent
Will we be
3th. B.C.G.
1 ff.oallet No. 14.
A FEW SUGGESTIONS.
1. INfakc it
till' pla('(( of meet
iitcH liefurc (Ii,. ij
pnisc, or nieditalion ; aa
■•] ■V"['-'"/ vniut (if p„.ssil,l,.) ahv„y, to
'"^' ill <liit' time, I
1)1)
ir>
iiK!, and to
'•'tter to |j„ ,1 f,.\v „„•„.
•^jx'iid tlieni ill secret pr
lyi'i;
-";i-fti,..». „,,,,,.,;,,, (,,„]-„;■,;.■;
'■"M"ll- j„ )„to t.:ri,l, 1,. .Ii»tlv,cn|„;
C
'-'Iso a yeiKMal iiiii.i^lrv ;,. i ' i ■ ^' ^"'^ *''*'•"*' '^
.^^^^•; Ul all th.M^rs be .lone unto edifying." (1 Cor. xiv.
you';an;a!;d^e;;;:u;::z::'!''^/;r n^^'rr' ^'-'" ^^
]-siblo. (lC,.r.xii io-au'w 137 ' ^'''"'"^^
B. Take i.eed not to condemn or hinder a weak or youn.
xercise of his L'ift, h - ..•'-*>
lathor to oncouraKe and h<=lp him ^h
expense of truth : both
tl
''iH'l each nieinl ,.
(lloin. xiv. 10-19.)
, however Kinall. Try
It do not show love at
x'f ill the body has it
are to be exorcised togetho
-s o
\vn special place.
(209)
ir.
i V^
I
each sa nt for Jesus' sako Tf tl « • i """^"^'^- ^^'^Vf
«"y o„e. ,,„,y f„r"Lt"™ ;, «, .k'tti'v : S"'"'"' ";
iioni. xu. 9, 10.) ^-ntu. xiii. i-j ;
voi/AVf fl,l?fi^''/'"f"^ ^^''^^'''■« '^° "«t show lovo to
you , Jet tins rather lead you to show Jove to them MnnV
13. If you find your interest in Gospel work abatin<r
sure that soniet.hin.T i. „„. A , '^ abating,
be sure that soniethin-i' i;
wi'oii-: iio to (Jod at once about
ix. 26 ; Heb:'.,iii 17 ) ■ '^ "''" ""'"'' '" '""'»• (A«ts
(210) W. O. S.
li'
fi1)Io, ronioni I in-
to sliow forth
'pnition its tlii>
•'XllDltillioM he
lead oii<,'lit lu.t
PS is. Thou^'h
ivMing uf the
of tlie Lord
ns tho speciiil
Ifi) appcius to
42
XX. 7
I's wlio conic
nothcr. Love
inniiifested in
that
one, and
t'b. xiii. 1-3 :
show love to
them. Afani-
His love, and
20-32.)
! the scriptural
'lie personally
vcnesa ; pray
(Matt, xviii.
vork abatinir,
it once about
,11; 2 Tim.
n individual
'ar before the
r. V. 10.)
' continually
. ii. 13, 14;
except with
lifts not full
e time, or to
uls. (Acts
G. S.
Tender Grass.]
"NEVER LONELY.'*
[Leaflet No. 17.
niw:;!'sri:;i!,:r'''--7-''-
f.el wearv." ' "'''^'' ""^ ^" '"'M'y that I seldom
"I know ]u,t lit te t^^ ,1 '^V^*''' V7•'/:''■^'^^'''"'•^•
-•'1^ atatin^ctlnn^S ;i::t Z/ir^' ''^
«o p.-ac,.f„l, .so happy." ' '^' "'"^ ^^^' "'"J^^'« i»o
n'pbed ' «'(S;t'' i";' ''"'^ '"r" "'"">'« *'>"« ^ith her, she
1- I wa His ih 1 d"// '"', ^^'["1 ",''•'" ^''"^ ^-'''^l «" t'"-
Jesu; m; Fri^:^ -^1 Co^Jl r • V^dtt'"'^ "'^^^
"ijself, and used to y^t in / , ^"^ '''^'^^ ^^'^ V^^^n
I lave' llin^df''/ ,;S/; ^^^,^^7'^'"'' ' •>•■' -''
Dear f.dlow Ph.,- *• /""company, //i^- presence.
o. ;orc'^t^k:r.:ra"ra rtr^ Jr ^"'-^ -™
.(211)
-^^
?
I
'I
.»
1
\u
But is it wnstcil tiiiic? Ali nr> »t;. .1 .
us 10 sock a rrst 111 Chnst Ifin.s.-lf. 'Ti<. tlnm ,.,.,. h-./i
BU8t.m, an.l .iH.or Mis w..„rv ouvh ' '' '' "" '"'"
nH.^h)^"t"f'on,:!''''' f- ^'"'' '"^ "^^ -P-ienoo.I t),n
His smile 1. ^ll. a,.,l ..uiet rll^ts th' tir"""^ '" ^'"J'*>'""''
'• S') Hiifu, .SO calm, «„ s,,tin(lu(l,
Tho soul that cliriKH to Tlieo
It IS thus wo lo:un the excee.ling tenderness of our
I^eloved, and prove for ourselves that if 7/7 with u
cheennj. us with His love, even a hed of wcakn^s and
weariness may be a place of peace and iov '^''^''"''^ «"^
May ^r« thus learn to cleave to jj,',, „ot only on the
ICh of SufrerillL' hllf nm.M H..> .l..;i.. . .. ', , •> "".''"0
■^ ^^^°- " '^ f<"'ffGt those procous wordq '< HV//, .,/ " " "^
voii:?t A*:!^ "^'I'^rr f:;r' t':,*^: »", ^ ^r r
iMtead „f being .eariod an vox«U^ h L., f II ^ '"'^' """
hnunte-i- oner h«n?! • '"'n"*" '' ^'^'''^ys ^''"fci"^ vvifl,
--aute„!.., p.perx hand to give us lull sujjplies. "
(212)
"Our never failinpr treasury, filled
With boundless storee of grace."
1U8 we Inirii
InV'l up, iiml
llll'SS «ll>Ii;^r('S
<nn Kiitli.r
lll'W Ho CI II
eriftuieil tli(^
'8 of ppcci;!!
li'.-« \VM linvc
Ui t'lijoy.-.l,
iiTi', covered
itisficd with
il and lov«tl,
loss of our
8 with us,
fikness and
nl}' on Iho
tiirnioil of
we t/e can
i or do the
'livind, our
bring forth
lis us of it,
;th may be
ing this nr
^/Jirist iiloiie
I our need,
sents Hini-
Jffers to be
o hear our
:• pity, that
i weakness,
land in all
88, and fur
inu from ua
liting with
Wtttern of QuiotneM.J
I
[r.euflot No. 1
SOON TO BE WITH JESUS.
On : soon to bo with Jivsus,
Wh.'ii overy pan^r shall coaso,
And luituro'js pain and weakness
Givu place to sweetest peace.
Yes, soon to bo witli Jesus,
hi you bii<rht home of day ;
i)hl bow my sj»iiityenrneth
To leave tills bouse of clay.
This liouse so full of weakneaa,
So broken down with pain —
But f^oon no panjv nor sori-ow
H
Shall
ever come a^ain.
Oh ! soon to bo with Jesus—
Him whom my soul adores,
Far more than earth's poor pleasures.
Or its unboundetl stores.
My strength when lienlth is failing,
^^.y .V^y i" time of grief ;
And when in trouble sinking,
He gives mo sweet i*olief.
My lips may lose their power
His prociousness to tell ;
But ah ! my heart is happy
As on his grace I dwell.
Oil ! soon to be with Jesus,
Who sufibred ir my place ;
When r shall know the fulness
Of His unfailing grace.
Adorable Lord Jesus,
Who answer'd every claim,
I know of nothing sweater
Than Thy most precious name.
(213)
By day when pain is rackin<^
% night when «Ieep has flown,
1 think upon the goodness
And grace tliat Thou hast shown :—
The Jove and sweet compassion
^^->xtended unto nie,
When in iny wayward folly
I wandered far from Thee.
in thankful adoration
My Lord, on Thee I gaze
And whilst I how in worship
My heart is filled with praise.
Through Jordan's deep dark waters
My Lord has passcl hefore
And in the path He opened '
I pass to Canaan's shore.
Oh ! soon to be with Jesus
The lowly one who trod '
lim desert-scene, declarin^r
Iho wondrous love of God !
In Him my soul is happy
And6.v^i7ulamblest-
}J-Ti'^''T "^*"^'«'« weakness.
With Him I soon shall rest.
Oh .'precious Jesus, ket^ mo,
TT .M 1.'^'?"^"^' °^^ Thy love,
until the happy moment
ihou calleat me above. q q
deatll""' ^" *'" ^'^"^^^^^ beloved brother (B. A, Ij.) after hia
(214)
VVords oi the Wise. J
t Leaflet No. 9,
MIGHT OF NOTHINGNESS.
" God looks for hiicrlit now, not in doin^, Imt in
•suttenng- as one of our poets Imrs .said in prose " The
u-resi,ti/jlevyht of vothingnessrio take scorn in a
fZ'p "i ""tr^y '•'^"^' ^'"* Christendom has departed
t oiTi U)d. rhete 18 no triumph .o ^^reat as that of
suttering, ^,d.en it is God's own people who l)ave
departed. Nothing gives such power to do and to
sutter as the certainty of what the will of the Lord
IS We have all, as children of God, as bright and
bnghter opportunities still for victory as had any
Ihe only victoiy He values is one won under the
shadow, and in the power of His cross." J. N. D.
"Our business is to be with Christ that" our life
soul a, e then deep-deep as God Himself ; it is fed bv
What IS pure, by what binds it so directly to Himself
that everything acquires a strength Which it is ini-
possible to have otherwise. A well-nourished life
thus becomes a Well-filled life."
"The Christian is like a lantern; the Hcrht is
glasses (the fl(.,sh it it interferes) will prevent the
light from shining forth as it should. The treasui-e
IS in an earthen vessel, and this must be only a vessel '
we must he dead, in order tliat the life of Jesus may
be manifested in our hiortal body," j. ]n^. d ^
ir. it' ^^'"'^i^n Pf fent was speaking " evil of another*'
n the presence of her children, who were unconverted,
when one of them turned to her, and said. " And those
are the people you want me to be one of f" " Oh "
replied the inother, " I ought not to have spoken before
iz^j^ntn:^'-'' "^-^-—Mothj;^
Verily, " If any man offend not in tvord, the same is
apeitect man, and able also to bridle the whole body "
THE BELIEVER'S IDENTIFICATION WITH CHRIST.
1.— Crucified with Him q.,i jj ^q
2.-Dead with Christ C0l.ii.2V
3. -Buried with Him Rom.vi.4.
4.-Quickened together with Him Eph. a 5.
5.-Risen with Him.. CoLiii.!.*
6.-Joint-heirs with Christ Uom. viii. 17.
r.— Suffer with Him (2 Tim. ii. 12.) ... . ««
8.— Glorified together. „ „
9.-Reign with Him Tim. ii. 12.
10.— Caught lip together with Him 1 Thess. iv. 17.
11. —Ever with the Lord
with Hm hit ff. n' ''^"''^' "^ '''' ^"'■'^ J-"« Christ
with Hm., hrst at tlie Cross an.I forever afterwards -l„ever
parting company with, Him ! 80. likewise, he is no no
ulentified with the first A.lam, having parted his clpanv
for time and eternity ! -(Gal. vi. 14.) company
Waters of Quietaws.]
[Leaflet No, 19,
"THOU REMAINEST."
" Thou remaine.str Oh ! how precious
Are those words in this dark da}- :
All thin^^s here are changing, fleetino-,
Bear the stamp of sad decay *'
Strangers coming— friends departing—
Tkoa <lost ever with us stay.
All ! how slow our hearts in )earnin</
That with Thee no changes art;,
Tliat no sins of ours, nor failure, '
Thy set purposes can ntar ;
But Thi/ thoughts than ours are higher
As the heaven from earth is far.
Man's brief days will soon be numbered
^ Ended as a tale that's told,
Earth's fair landscapes, heaven's sweet azure
Like a scroll together rolled —
"They shall perish— rA«?i, remainest "
Whose outgoings are of old.
We should perish likewise, only
We in Thee have found our part;
And our names are graven deeply
On Thy changeless loving heart
1 esterday —to-day — for ever—
Jesus !— still the same Thou art.
" ^^'''y-^f"^'^'^^^^-" Lord, we thank Tliee,
All Ihy promises are sure ;
We w^ho know Thee, we who trust Thee
Find Thy mercies aye endure.
Thou, Thyself, unmoved, abid<ist
Gracious, holy, just, and pure.
" ^iT *'«f «^^^««<-" Lord, we know Thee
_ Whom heaven's hosts adorn imr own *
(Once on earth the meek and lowly)
^ Seated on the Fatlier's throne ; '
Thou are still the same. Lord Jesus
Thou the only r^angeless One ! '[a. e. a. s.l
(219) '
-I
■?!
2
««
THOU REMAINEST.«
" Thou remaivest" in the tunnoil
In the daily din and strife ;
Comes the thought tike leavea of healing
He my way, my truth, my life; ^
Turn we to Thee in our sorrow
J md in Thee relief and peace.
Yesterday, to-day, to-morrow,
A ever qan resourcea cease.
We may mourn Thou wilt not ohide us.
Thou hast still abundant aid ;
Well we know whate'er betide us
iin "^^ ''''^^"^^^ htessiug made.
When the props we hmg had leant on
Leave us. taken up by Thee,
I^othing checreth like remembrance
dhou remainest " true t'ojc me. '
FIVE ''LOOKS.'"
An aged Christian once said he fnimrf i* t,^« * , ■
spiritual good to U constantly 'taki™°/,'Ckr"' \t
first look was, "^^ Inward " to "lin.»K£ „ i \'. " ■^"*'
show hi„» tha evil of li heart T^ ? T"' ^™' ^'"^^
r ^^/r' " *" ''^'^^ ''^' ^'^"^ -'^'^I help o7detv Jt wh ;
oved hirn so well that He gave His Son^d'e for Lm To
fourth, "^ BacA-wavd " to the sacrifice n{ i\l%l f^ /
Calvary, to his own long cLt S LlU^f 1* . ^''^ ""''
which 1^. with hin> unti,r U' ledt' L^' a^'^pf' ^
p^- r ''*';r ^^^ ''^'^^^ "^^^-"^ " S the Tsf that
remaineth for the peopfe of God. aruJ th. ^Z.H., ^f /'^"^
for ever. " " ' """"' t'"^''^"^^ vi Jesus
Dear reader.-., what say yoii to all this ?
^2^
-labor of Ifjve^
Ht
Tender Grass.]
[Leaflet No. 18,
I,
healing;^
ide
USi.
t on
escary fcn' his
^s . . . Th(!
ve him," luul
was "^ Down
• Tlie- third,
ver^ and who
3r him. The
11 of God on
i(i the grace
accept the
;he pest that
nee of Jesus
of Zowev,
THE ONE SACRIFICE,
For ,r;r«< did Christ app«,r ? ^at was the in,rpof« of it ?
TlH^e were various objects iu the Divine purposed to he served
by Chnst " com.no i,, the flesh." Hut U.e Ine mentioS u
the text wa« so mmi.asural^iy the most i.i.portant, that ^t
?n d L w ; f '"'"'"i *l'«t.ng»i9lH3d, as when the a,.ostle
said he was <!«t(*iained to kuow, amomr the r<,rinthi..n<r
uothu.g save « Christ and Hiu. n-^ifij^i c'r, i 2 cS
^ir:nU'F:S:^ ^t' "^ ^'^^ ^' <^-^- and';.;;eS'u:^
%ullof th* Fatl*er; He wa^ a great Prophet; j-ml He came
to set a holy examine that we should follow i . His st«^^ To
these ends there are so«,e who would oonfine the cS„ of
Chm^ or make them the chi.f object of His appearing But
* hie t'^rjl,"^^*/^ ^'^^^^^'^ «J^'--'' ^- it declares^
"To put away sin." By sin is here nn^ant the whole evil
an tl>e world through the full; both Uie natui^and t e
Th?r?r'"''^ *" ptifc away the /-trrse of sin f^m the world
The WO.W was onee all glorious, as it eame from i\^ \^ut
ot the Creator, acnl was declared to be very good. It wat sin
H^nch niarrejl ite beauty and darkene<i itf^ory. By a
death e«tejed, and sorrow and pain and woes unnumbeL^
«11 those thu^s induded under the curse of (J Christ
.ame to remove this curse, and alrea.ly He has ^,e^n to eS
at. As yet we see not '^M things put under Him S/^i «HU
2T *"-! 1"'' "'■^''"- ^' ^'^ ^'h^^^« creation "ill ^ ne L
and tavaileth in pa„i together until now." T>„t a« su^X as
Chr,et roee tnmnphaut from the grave, having conm^^^^^^^^
death, ^ ^,re w,ll be His return with n.ighty power tXnS
Xr^.^''^ \^^ -^-"-ran.i'g,onS^?trrh
- ; j- '«'eo,dtng to (,od's pronnse," (which cannot fail,)
look for new l»eavens and a new ej^nh. where,» .U^.l^
iigfiteousu^^s." 2 Peteriii. 13.
frnf n'*'***T'l*'' ^"^ ^""^^^ *''^ <^<^^^demur,tion of «iu also
■^Ml the sentence of coxidemnatiou crests. Christ ctme tl
2
i<»
J.U
m.ii
the /<n'« „f sin, as lol Is (he !» " 'f "'^ ^'»' -?""; of sin
that He n.ightae«tr y t r.i:^'r T ?''^' " '"Hmf.sto.l
men's heart?, as well Lin ^1^].,'^" ''^"' ' " ''^ --ks in
app;^',^'^t\^t<.i^:^'rrs' ^''^^^'^'^' ^"^ «^ »-
appeared to ,,«t away sin- the LL- «"'^:«f' ."""atn-n. Christ
of it in the heart. If th "t o 1^1 '*'' '^r" '''^ '''f^'' "'« ''-'
conclude that the conde .a ,nuw' ''",*; 'f'^''^^ ^^'^" "■^'•"■•^y
rtMnoved ; and we have s .t^h' ^Vl^ "^^'" ^"^^'^ '^1«" »^^'eM
"new heavens and a ^'rh J^^^^^^^^ -f the
The way by which Chrst npe'r^ rigM,euu8ne«s."
the .«m>V. of Himself. iTwas bv Hi, ^'"*^ ''"^''^ «'" ^■»« '"V
hearing tlie wmth of (Jot! f,rr us th.f ';'^'^""'"« .'^ «"«-se, anil
removed. He satisfiprl Vk T • ' . '''°'" "» the curse wis
full atonement and SaU^n^^T^'JirJ "^ ^-^ "^ J'^x'- Me «.!£
redeemed us by His own nr^- "'^«;•^«»■lfiee of Himself. He
humiliation, hL deatr^'Crs If 1 '''" r^*-^""^' J'-
And the price was of infinite vub.rS P"/V'/'^ ""^ ''^ns'""-
-it was suited to our case and «^;«'"1''^ "^ ^'« ^'^in« nature
also the nmn ; in the '' Sness of i f f' T't^, ^''''''' «« ^''-
ponding victilnslere kUlei ard nfultr^^^'*^ f'" ^^'"« ««^''-^'-
. bols represent this as well 1 ?hp hT 'i'"^? "■ ^^P*^« '^'"l «y'"-
" He was wounded fo7ol tri^Ltstn^ of ScriptJro.
our iniquities ; with His sS. f f. "'' \ "? *^« ^^U'sed for
made sin for us." "Re suflS 7 ''''' ^'*'^^^'^-" " He was
«od." " He put away sL bv th^ J %""' f."/' *« ''""g »« to
The death of Christ tL £ « '"r t.''^ '*^ Himself."
motive and effectual p^^^^^^^^^^^ """^f ' i« also the great.
B.n from the heart an^ lif^ NoS^ burtf"^' putting awty of
crucified, and that for us cantv.il !^ ^^'^ ""'^^ *'^ Christ,
cies of our corrupt and fdlen nature T^-""'^''^' ?^ tenden-
enabled hy faith t<> realizrandtofiV. ^-^ 'f,,*'"^^ *^'«» ^'« '"'^
Christ's having appearS in th w i "',^5*^ remembrance of
HoeftbctedH^obTec-r- i s uirih*^' H^'l^^^^^ ^^>"^' ^"'^ how
in the fear and thf 've of G S ^V^''"' ^ T ^''' *» ^'^"^
Son of God, who loved us and^.: H '"^,rV ^'''^ ^''^'^l^ «f the
"The graceofnn/tK!. ."•:*"?, ^'^^<^^ ^J'^self for us. " Gal. ii. 20
ungodiinessand^l.rldiylSs w?Z»n7*'^'^^^^^
aid godly in this preset woHd.K*^ ^
and the glorious a^^)T)S,m of tL "1^^''".'^'*^ ^^*^''^<i hoji
Jesus Christ." TitiT Tl iV ^"'''^ ^"'^ ''^"'^ *'"'■ Saviour
coiulemnatioii in
i>f if,, aI«o, as Wfi;
>y thv lint) of' sin,
'. its binding over
«t_^ " luanifostud,
; " liiK works iii
tical end of fJis
illation. Christ
tilt' life, tlio /or,
tod, tlion we uiiiy
'1 Imvo also bijoii
tJSsodness of tlio
1 rigiit^f(jnsnos8."
way sin was by
ng a curse, anil
IS the curse was
<'««1. He made
i Himself. He
3 suffering, His
t'f our ransom,
is Divine nature
because He was
that sinned was
"He bore our
shedding of His
I'S.
irist's vicarious
The Bucrifioes
3 while corres-
ypes and syni-
>n of Scripture,
vas bruised for
'•" "He was
to bring us to
nself."
s also the great
uttingaway of
iew of Christ
»' the tendeu-
when we are
nembrance of
hat, and how
^ led to walk
3 faith of the
." Gal. ii, 20.
that, denying
', righteously,
blessed ho])e.
our Saviour
ADDRESSES ON SCRIPTURE CHARCTERS.-,.
KiNdH XVIII, 17-10.)
^.HML!T,:.;zj::i^:;;::i^^^fA. ,,i.tory .,.t.ts
''■•"' '-f'n.,. us his I a i , ' r r '■;'"■""; ^"^^■'"^' "^'-^'-'-^v
•-<^ret of ( id's its'; ,;::'/' ■'"•' '': '\' "•"'•I''- Th'e
C1nlstian\sstre,.,|, Tl;^, Tr^ '' ^'"^ I>'"^-" "f the
ix'in.'inh.s in n world (I " i' "'"' "^'^ ""'t Divine
"The LoKl W.y Hi noo, '., r.T,' ' i""""^' "''^ P^'^ple.
^'""" -'^''-<1 unto 7, ^ntion ''''•'' .f-VAA/.... toJanl
«M<1 (his Elijah Moul.l no V r •Z'''''^'' "'' ^''f'"' '-'iJ^re,
-'^;v.v.., iiuXl; z b^^r "^r^r ^ '"* ^"^' ^'"^' ^
would have them " //^.,r m/w i , ^'l^' V''''>''' '''"'^ ^I^
nnd nn.st also o^^AyZ^J^ ^ ^^" ''"' '^''"'"^•='' ^'"
their sins, and thus wll "'^'' ^''^^'^P^^ ^vith them for
fJis nu-rc.;, be fr tVdt ;^Jir'" """'''''' '''"'' -'«t upon
*i"^n'. All thirFlil 1.^ " ^""'".^'^'^ "^'^*' "'"'-^^ toward
I'oars witness tT- I St r "^' "" ""I '"^■"^"^^^'^J^^ <Jay and
^•/.../..r. «.r fo t L^^o^ "judgmoni that
without mercy," d.ic althi h'"'''. "^^^«>'~".H'<i^'"ient
nno^t be brought to pa^^s ih if Fr -^'^r '^^^ ^"^^^ '»"^' «^t
of God's testimony /Z'nron * ^'•J:'^"""^^'^ the perveriors
and display thoi^U t^' milt r l' '^7 ^'?t ^"-'
""'• they with Him and ike /) ' ''' '' '"'<^ ^^''^ t''^'"!.
their vanities ancl va n 1 e.iTt ^^ 7'. '''"'■•^'^' ""^ ^^''th
"n-swer, and (Jod .say "';''. ^ " ^'"^' ^''''^ ^''^""ot hear nor
to do as (;o.l ha i den ml in T '" f f '''^'"'^>' '^^ ^"^i^^^
-1^ anything a,vordi.^ ^ H wil "."^'''r '''»' : '' "«
"■an! Ur.tilthen he^' bi Ifi^ , /^"^^^^ "«PPy
possesses his soul " knowin.r tLf t T '. ' "'^ '" patience
iHs, «ml that all h i e"^ o ^^^ '-r.l's, not
over, Elijah invites tl. ' ,eonl« L ,'" "^' '''"'*• ^his
'-P-HI, and in the most '^ J" J""', ^l! "f^^'* ^^^^
liesses
tliroiigh th
iroil's thoughts of H
t'li- iniquity, and hi
tbem thus aecoiding to ///
■■^own simple faith in re-rard
tistate into which tl
•'-' niind, rather th
iirieant act wit-
en
ing
IS people," though fall
icy were sunl^en. " H
an in the low
i
e repnire.d the
(223)
' <l
il-v
"'■'•'■' -> '• -- •""' ^^ '''"""" unto M,,,,.. all, I I
will hfr.^s III,,,.."
''A-, x.v. 2t. KiirtI
tl;e nauM.s ,.f the cliil,!,.,,, of [s ',^1 -' \ ;;!'^";^v,.n with
whun, were th.; «,,„,„ .lanu-sof h ' '/ ^''" '"''"•>''/>/"/'',
still and in n hi^M, ^^ v'w '^ ^ '^ ^''"'''^ 1'""'^'" ^^''''"
«>o,jhh.r ox,uvssi,.K th« ,)lace S "J ^ 1. ^''^^ '^'''^
Son. Sol. viii. '(5. Thor..?l H '''^''i'r '''"'" ^''''"•^•■'
before Hun accord n. t I t|. ^Tr^' 'i ^^"^^ ^'^ «<^'"»
And it is not once "mlvM I •-;f''''ti'>n of vvhat (;h„«t is
plat, of the ii^rp.'; t "r:r""'f'"°"^:''''-'-^ »-ast:
tliem from their nla, , T « '. ","^ ""^'""f^' '^""I'l ^'^'su
robe that th " Ai .• Pr .tT:. ''^"" ^"'" *'^^ ^^P'-^^ -''
destroying the robe i so f I,- r "'"' ""l'"««ible wi.hunt
«>'« piece" " the two !w./ ?. '^ T''"" *^ '^« "^«^^« "« of
-d,es Ihel-eof, n Uot ^^ thereof >,V,; at the two
<'bHins of pure go Id at he e d V f'^^ '"''f"'''' ^^"^ ^wo
^^vreathen chuint to t e uch ^^ /'« «^'r''««) to/../., the
br.'a.stpJate by the rin-Is t !^^^^ / "'^f 7 «'"^'i bind the
looked from the epho.f" And I.: '■ *; ] m "" '^'"^^^tpl^te be wi
that it b, nit ;r/r^ T "^'""'r^'^^'^^^ttheholeofit...
attention is th s cLl l^ f '" .^" "■'"•^'' ^ ^^ish to call
of His people o„ ' h Z,!;!;;'!^^^ HKlissoIubly the nan.es
Priest, aJulLlinke.l us wiH^^^^^^^ T^ ^'"''^^ "^ ^^•"- lli«l'
Cbrist. Be it note e • „ !" f ''"''^' ^""' ^•^''■^'•^'«-^- "^
^-■e-to the very''feeLl|:st h- ZH^^ '''' T'^^
Satan, no wc-akness nor faih-r- n >n V "? '"'''''^'^ "^'
the place where lie \v^^ ITt V'V''''^ ?'^'' take us from
J*J"ext. I
Ills set us. T/uit
is where (Jo,!, smi
'.Lav. xviv fi q 'vt, ^ , , ^o ivn^re ii(,
. xxu 5 9. l*ie. /«,e/.-« loaves of shewb
II.S.
read that
«>f whifh Ho li,.,i
<mto Mh'c, and I
tlio (,vil)t»s (,f til,.
' fllOIVlI l»('Mrill;,r,,|
« (livilH-Jy ^riv,.,|
«r in tiiriiiii^r {,,
<xviii. 9.12, 1;,^
iV'st stood l),.f,„.,',
'>''i"l ; tho tr/ta/r
tio'iH : 1. (Jp,,„
' <'|l;rrUV(!|l Willi
tlio hri'dxtitlut,'^
I, "M« hrloiHul, nj
xl's piioph. Iiavn
Jicaven heariri;^-
is htat-t ! TJir
■'lie (jovftnimenf
Iioart, the seat
tliiiio hmrf:'
CtO(1 aro 80(Mi
what (;iinst is.
i" Scripturi}.
!»«!s and bivust-
ng •••ouJd erasu
" the ephod oc
silJe wiihout
3 made as of
«^v/ at the two
And two
io fiustt'n tile
Jail bind tiio
^^iphiti be iKif
3'1 ■ . . shaJl
lole of it . . .
wish to call
' the names
f our High
offj'ctiom of
His people
110 inalici' of
iike us from
(joiI. sms U.S.
V bread that
a
^^to'Srin^nir^f^ra^^ ^!'^'"-- pou.d
f^"'''"'*!,.- expressin.. the alii Vl'V;''''''"'' "''^"'''•''t'' "f<^T
;';-« in andl.aH .lo . 'W I. t' ,:"'"" ^'■'"^"■""<") <>f ^ha
'•'"--I fnthH. (;an we nt nd a n T", '"'" '"'""' ^''" «'"""
Kraeeofiiod HJh n,.no|e i , ." "'^ ^'"' ■''••v.-reiKU
t'n.refore, the priHoner of I ; , ,,, I 'V'"'"'^ "'"^ -^ '= ^
;"''"'^'. I-a us 8ee what or ^ u' '"'":"::'""t'Vo of that
k^'q) the .,.//,, ,,/• f,,. .sv, •,"".'; "'"p '"• *■ '•:-«lnivouri,:g lo
""<" ^-//Z -.lone -V V . . ': '""' 'If ':""■'•• 'J''"'-- i«
-'"' /'V'M'V^.f all, U a, ; ; ,r'' '-■/-/'/--. oneV,vJ
^"" ''iJ-" Kph. \v :SQ ' "^^' '^"•' ^'"<'"X'' "Ji. m.d in
-"tn.dueed unies^i^rt:^ v: -'---^P'-
<'od makefl no mistakes VVh<7 rr ^ "' '"^P-'it of
l'<'..ple's so„|,s_vvnrks on th.Mn \ T '^" ''"^ ««ves
^''-•i^ta body, of His f|,,H|;, ,J \'/;;'.'''« "« «« '.H.mb.rs of
!'"« J^ody. This is indepen It f u . ""'' . '^'^'•'^'^^"^ '"to
'« a work wrought *>^^u l,V I "'"" ''""'^ ''"''•• ^t
True, we are responsible ?; '•.•.•'' ''"'"r^"'^''^'^ "^' "«•
Kmee that we eeei ' 'jl ^ "l^'T' '"•'■ ^^ ^"^ J>ivine
I'l'^ce that it is inipZ ,;,, to ^.t o.'/; f"^ t.'"^ /'"'•^ "« "'^'^ ^
Hay that Christian^ shoulurlZl ^ ^ '"^ '^''^'« ''^'-^ »^'t
«'•«• The Spirit's takinrtl,e «p n ' r^T,' ''"y'' ^'"''t tl.ev
onning then, into one l/v I 1 T^ ''" '^'"^'^ "^ ^^•>d and
^^ ;Iesus Chnst died '£ t^e^ ^i „rrl'^^\ ff ^'^
■'•^; 1 Cor. xn. 12, 13 \ r /. "'«'" '^f^ one. (.John xi.
them mlo nnotlie,.,_,„a|,e v„n n !'[ , f"" "'"™ ""'""mi
me another k,„d. It ,» lomiT, m •?'" '^'"'i'li'n, and
iparatod
each
v«v.u oilier, and give a nraefu...! <^ • 1 . . °^i'""iiou irom
«ay8 His people L o«f Did rfr' ^^ I^ f^^ ^'-^ God
I>id Got ,ke 1-
•aul
one I
(223)
•:l of
a Christian nnd Petor nnother kind ? No whon th« n„ *•
of c.rcumdsion name up th.ou.h toacl^ f r " J.r". '""
tlu-y went to J,>ru,>,hm to «1.ftl« 1 a •'^'^""«'«'".
^^'aiii, there is a wider si.Iiimv — '<rj/^« J n>,} ./ " i
Peopl. c:,II Hi,„ Lord-whe . th Vv n it '.: ?' "'^^^'''"
"parked off by /..vV/... „„, , .omn.,. c ^ed U, '^IS "^
Christ finitv TnhWA/a o,.i. """"" i-rff^'i— the/ae^/i ot
tho H,,,y cf,;„.J::;;,f';iJ!r ;:;';;;-,:.;;t-;;.-^. -t i.,v
7^ro^..^7o;^ which u.nv 1... reaj „r f,J., .'',.., ^ 1 "'"'
p;.h..,n,h.r.a..dwat.ha;i;:l:;-Ji:-^^
^(\\ T ^^""['••'e .u,il. 11. 10; Aota xv . 29 • 1 Tii.i ,\.
10.) Into the first circle the, 8mrit of P ,1, 'f ^""- i^.
I IS not o be to u. as a more cobweb of our ndmls but ,"
tninar we have tn nni nnf t* -i. ■ , , hihkis out a
controverted thit fio,l T-r;., W x " oannot be
of God ,]e,c.„.le,l at Poll,"' H /":""="'',/''' "i° '^P'"'
1 visible anH invTsib"" ^ul*/^ ''• ^^^'." ^^.'««^ «f t^o
uod that is not to be acted out
(226)
There is no truth given \
in our daily lives. What
is
hen the question
from Jijrtisaletii,
ly such thiii<r fis
tsolntft d.-nial of
mtioii of lsr,„.i
allow jKiy siicli
-could allow iio
1 niort) can (Jo,!
^ human ffn/i.
owniiif,' human
tou^'ht of then.
to clearly what
fart of the oni>
ier verses what
•'f,/'tr.," when,
"is naiiic, ai(>
—the faith of
<luc(((l. not hy
It hy his own
hy profession
itwartl aij^Mi or
nnooted with
iikI Preserver
; 1 Tiin. iv,
•uts a man, —
and into the
i particularly
'»•• X 16, 17.
ninds, hut a
h a straw to
d one Body."
oannot be
• death and
IV tho Spirit
•ns fact that
for His Son,
t of (iod to
ihe midst of
peak of tho
th given by
. What is
to kerw it If it cnmt^ no ^^'^^ "^ something
we afe Chrstans at „1 1'"^";" '""^ ^"^'^^'"" ^''^thef
to f,„„ m into "oia ■' d..,,v f,',, "' '""'' "'" ^1''"'
eau,,. ll,e Apusth, appeals to his brethren bv th /,> i
Supper as an emblem of the one bodv > V\ ^'""^ "
nre one bread and one bodv- fnr\.. i, ^ "" "^'"« '"'''"■^
one brearl " T)nl 7. r '^•' '^ ^'^ '""^ «^' partah'm of that
tl.B I.or,l «ll, w«i heVrJ !, r " ,'™'?' ' '"''« '' 'hat
P™c,|,l„ tl,„t it „,allo,.8 ..ot«i,h°l,„„:; '4 „■,,'' ^Th'""
put then,splvec Tf thev - f C
lev
then
as such and will judge them outofth
IS servants, he takes
Ti.ei« n,u,t i,c a deeper ,„; 7/,,r°' 'T" T" "'"""'^
-.a Wicked, when He" W Xtldl::; aTtS"""'
thful
lavo
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Jk
m m
I'
m
befn tljpjr Satuonr ns well an Lnnl w„ u
".1.. ••' " I--" till ATXt\\Zul' "-nfr ' ";
took .hi.lan on tiin." irroim.l l.n ...,,. V^, ' '"" ^'•^''''
not suspect hi,n as^ ,r u t''''". * v^'"' ''''"">'•'•'' ''"^
to hU own placr 'J'lu.s U. 1 f . ^^^ '"" ''^ P-Tclition'
low tl.at p.o,Io are Joft a . ^^ ^^Ct^T' '''"' "^
sides, to .liHcipJi.io us, whon if nv u .IL , ^'"""■? '" '""'
HowouJ.lsiftout the l/v.ocrit's a "^a'^r the J,o„l
they «c.t anionjr .„ ,t T jt I ...fl'/'^ ^"^^'y l^'^^^' '•
P-cticul expr^ion of the! one ^ iriL '3^^ ' J? J^ • '
tabic, whoro Ho p,■(^si,J,,s ^an it hn / i /' ^^' ^^''^
that Hi, „.i„,„i,, ,'„„i ,;;,:■„,';: , „ , ; "ic t » '"""-"
^■•ikedvvith all His brpH J, . /,'''"'' •^''" "'"'^ thus
one, and its n.un"" ,t "oXt i"^ t "' '''Z''' "' ''"'' ''^
>vomen stampe<l with t i i ?.'''' '^*"'''' "" '"«" "'"^
by nothin, il. n i n vitl ii ' "s ''," '"'?'' ""' '"■^••'^^''
affect the people ,,f (' n 1 Inn . /I. r ^'"' ^''"•'' ^^■««t'^
lF/,«< did God a] w t L T^u""'- ^^'"''^: ^^«"t- -^•■i>-- 1-3.)
how much reali y he e V :/ V;ri "'I ^"-^ '^" «"^ ""^
does He allow seducers now to ' ''^' ' '''"'''■ ^^'''>'
To test people ,til T . ? . u T ''"'■■'^' ""'1 ^^"'•^^'-•" ?
take us over then. T1.,V % °'' ^'"^'^ ""t power to
of Israel away to^^heTtdsth?" ""'' "^ ^^'""' ^''« I'^P'^"
Why? BecaI.l°Godift' 'S I
>ein.^ exclusive, that is why weTre to t ;, °'m?'"^''^^
'ion. ,;<inr, of the forp-f ^ ? , ^^^^' ^hen the
gods. Now people read this, that
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any one who enticed them to
an
serve other
d the other thing— give
ave iio right ta
ifl. The Lord
'«' (lisriplns (lid
iwlvr fairly out
" "f ptTdiiiuii"
that we should
tioii iH oft,.,, t,„
thorns ii, our
earer the Lord
e.irly ^tuge, i,"
pper Oieii i , ,
<J,y. At Hi,s
for a inonieiit
''» oonuim,,.
not throw th«!
iad we break,
feet us niorcly
»'eek. Those
ize<l as linked
If you then'
you tn-ft thus
roh of God i.s
[I as men and
I and marked
' trufh was to
ut. xiii. 1-3.)
To find out
'arts. Why
and worcse" ?
il on account
';>y it is only
]'• not Wort ,
•ihnist sai i
Walls are
f what is in
lot power to
V the ))eople
rken to him.
od Himself
When the
nimals hush
' stone with
serve other
thing— give
Natan ever tell l?i,.ti ."*/"' «""' "' '^ ^ ^''^ 'li'J
The hiss of t ,,;..'' ':^'' '''"« ^^"^ -^ --■ truth?
^<'">'^' of the V i vol '"IT "'!'' '"'^ ^'^ ^^''^'^^''" -""-
J'reeiousnessofI ••,,JL^7''''^'T''.^.'"^''' "'"' "^ ^^'^^
ii'- ^a.d to tl^ wmm "":'^:j:^'7 ,/- - "-t lie in Kden.
ont of .vv..y tree o } ! . Jd n " i\ 'T\ '""'' ^'" •'^''''" ""^
deny what (Jod had a? , 't at hs") "'" «^. "''•^^ '>l-"lr
come to-pH.«8 And iuZ /• , '^^ ''" "''>''' '^ ^^""''l not
•'from tii; :hn,:ii ;■' at rVhH ;'"V" ^-'"^^ "^
a))out (}o.rs p... pie as ' TL ,1 cT^' , ^^« "'''^-^ '"'^•'^'l
and^ayitisatli,, h. ""TV^^ ' '" '*''«'-■''"'// '•«^''«'/."
.7 i» a inin;^' t/iat cannot ho rca ^cil until th „ . V
heaven ; about the /rntfi/ of th )>-. i r / i ^'"'^ «''' ^^
all that away. If T flow tiW 1^ ^ ? ^'""^' ""^ «^I^^"'"
Boon have no effe t ^,n , ' '"*" ''"7 '"'"^ ^'""^''^ ^''^
then, to all -Ii.- :;;n.^i:i;t\jtrh!:;;;ri^
teaches us iir t w o t e.t IT'T /'"' '"''""" ^'^y' ^t
be listened to Tf a m ,, ' ii ''^ '"'''"'I- '^^^'y '"'^ ''^^ ^o
brin. the .^.. /«.;/• Ch^^TZ'U'^'Z ^""? ''"^^ ''"^^ ""^
a u.m n,ay .lenv the e f f l' T '•'" f '^'"' '^'''"'- «"* "ow
glory and H , ,sll « 1 '" ' ;^";i."'^ "^ .'^'^'^U' ^^^' ^^-"""^'l
all Ilis ;wrin al /f ^'"'•t'nu of all blessing for
trouMeslimref abo titMr;;'^ ''T' '"^ ''^'' ^^''-^^
heart of the Lord . c,,h ' ^ r""" n-' •^^^''^^ ^' *''^
in the house of Hi ,,d " ' A^^ '''^ ,V"" "^^^ ^^"^'^
gt grip what ood'stnuniliir;: ^r-':^- ,:^^
aflections-orvoui bL, i «"« having your dearest
pods. If he does so " t 1 'T'l rf "'''^^ • ^"" '"^ '''"^^ ^^''^^
he die." ]]y a^d bve J w I ^'^'f, ^'"^ ''''^' '^^"^'^ ^^'^^
I'nneiple^, La tlat Hi n^T- u'^'T} ^^^^^lished the
tribes, flis people am now H^ ''^' '^T^"^ ^''"'"^'^^ °f ^'<^'^'>''
put with reLZ:; u fa arsel;;^!^ ''^'^ ''f '" '« ^«"^«^
a city in Israel If God Pn.,M ^^^'^' ,f " ^'•^^'"a^y J^«'-«««, or
independency in ti e nat on of""r '"7 ^'"'^^ " ''^^^^^t as
thought of i V. n"ll"V'/ >,"^'' >^ «°"W it be
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pie comes before lis. God wn« leading His people into Canaan,
and Jencho wns devoted wholly to tlie J.oid. No nuin waa
totouchapirticle of it. (Josh. vi. 18.) Achan did, but
was he alone wrong ? No, but God had a controversy witli
a//( Israel. God .said, '' hrael hath sinned." Thou-rh we
may not know wliut is wrong among us, God li..Ids us
responsible for the low moral condition that allows it there
in Acts V. we see that evil did not get in,— the power of
the presence of the Lord in the midst of His people kept it
out Now ho^y often our conscien s have to be stirred np
to put away' the evildoer. But not only must there
be thQ exdmion of positive wickedness, but also the
rec.gn,t,on of the feeblest child of Gud as a member of
Christ 8 body. We must not put up a single barrier that
will exclude the leeblest child of God that is seekin-
to walk in holiness: Who can say that God has formed all
the various associations in which His people are now found
in Tiew of such truths as these ? '
Let us look at a principle of the palmy days of Israel—
the reign of Solomon. (Heads 1 Kings viii. 22-26, 33-48),
J his shows us that then ami even if in a fur country the
people of Israel were still to regard Jerusalem as their centre
JNowmaywesee how a man acted in one of the darke^
times~a time when we might expect every Divine principle
to be set aside. I refer to iJaniel and his conduct in relation
to this very matter. (Daniel vi. 10.) The people sou-ht
Rome charge against him and said thev could not hnd nnv"~-
except as regards his God. The king made a decree tha't'no
one should present any petition to God or man, except to
himself iJaniel " p-ayed as a;oretme." A Divine p-tnciple
IS established under .Solomon, an.l now here is a man who
js determined, if it is a Divine principle, to carry it out, and
he looks toward the blackened ruins of Jerusalem
, P ^Iri'-.r- ^' ''-'^- ^-^ ^'"^"^ this last pa..nge
we learn that Hezekmh was about to - keep the passover"
which had been neglected for ages, and the proclamation
was sent throughout all Israel, summoning the people
to keep It at Jerusalem. Posts were sent with letters
and divers of Asher, Manasseh and of Zebulun
hwnbled thenweh-es" and came there. Earlier when Judah
u u J,. !! T„in r,=-acti u,ji;/ai: against the leu vnbes to brins
the kingdom back to Rehohoam, God said, •« No, thu thin?,
is/rom me.' .Not of Him as its source, but from him in
discp.^np ^ et what does /art/, do in the case of Hezekiah ?
into Canaan,
No niiin waa
han did, but
rove'-sy with
Tliouqh we
>d liolds us
0W3 it there.
ho power of
uple kept it
be stirred up
must there
Lit also tiie
member of
barrier that
is seekinji
8 formed all
now found,
I of Israel — •
'■26, 33.48),
country the
tlieir centre.
the (iarhed
ne principle
t in relation
ople 8ought
find any,' —
:ree that no
, except to
le princij)h
a man who
it out, and
1.
ist pap^age
e passover"
■oclamation
the people
'ith letters
Zebulun
len Judah
es to bring
thU thin (J
>w him in
liezekiah ?
9
Holds to the fact that there are still tiveha tribes, and sends
a message to all Israel, inviting them to come up whore (iod
had set His name,— back to the only spot where God had
authorized His people to gather. Could he confine his
invitation to a small circle ? No, the mess^g.; must be sent
to all Israel. His messengers may be lauglied to scorn, but
he can take no account of this. Israel had twelve sons, and
the posts must be sent to all Israel. Later still, the prophet
Kzek. XXX vii. ir)-22,) was told told to take two sticks
(answering doubtless to the two staves Beauty and Bands
j)icturing Israel's hleHHing and union, Zech xi. 7-14), and
they were to become one in his hand,- Israel's hope of
future restoration and blessing in their land. J'aul standing
befcre Agrippa said. " Unto which promise our twelve tribes
instantly serving God d.y and night, hope to come," Acts
xxvi. 7. Who couM find them Imt God, and the eye of
l.uth that sees witli Him ? It is as if Paul had said that is
(»o(ls thought al)out them, and I .staml identiHed with it
James addressed «• the twelre irihm which are scattered
abroa.!," greeting. Thus tracing IVom Exodus to James the
thought uf Israel con isting of twelve tribes,— when we see
the prophet setting up twdce stones and declaring that (rod
IS " otte and there is none beside Hitn," and that (iod, the
God of Israel, it does not need that we have much spiritual
discernment to .see in it the oneness of (Jod's peoj.Ie, but it
does need that wo have a little hmvt to walk in Hdelity to
the truth of it. Are there not things now that answer to
Jiaal and Ashtaroth 1 The world has a thousand snares, and
no snares are so subtle as those tiiat come under the name of
the Lord Himself. Tins is the day when " men call bitter
sweet, and sweet bitter," but "what is hiqhhi esteemed
among men is abomination in the sight of God." It i.s
better to stand /;// God, though it forces us to stand aqainst
the whole world.
Now, I would give a pr'vUeal bearing to all this, and
may God help us not to shirk the truth ! We have seen
thdt pymciples established in palmy ilays were carried out in
the darkest ones, and may the lessons for our hearts be
learned by ns ! 1 Timothy pictures the Church of (;;od in
order. The first chapter gives God's lihran/, tho Iniv th^
gospel, and the faith ; second, part of the furnishinq of the
house of God, -^prayers, intercessions, etc., and regulations
wit.i regard to the conduct of Christian men and women •
third, the ojicers of the house of God, bishops to oversee
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their spiritual wants, nnd deacons thoir temporal ones, and
soon. In chapter ,ii. LM'aul «n,v., " If 1 tarry lon^ that
thou niayst know how thou ou^ditest ^o /W/ar. thU'irm the
house ot U)d, whidi i« tl.o Ch.n-ch of the liviii-r God, the
p.ller and ^^round of the truth." How 8n.rKootive is that
verso! Paul writes Timothy a book to su^:^.]y the gap
How spiheant that it should he passed on to us i Now
Inl.; ." ;V'f ^''- "r ^•""' "'" '"'^^ ''■'"•''•V tl^n-endcnt on the
! , '^J^r: '"''^ '*>■ '^ '^'' ""» ^^""*' .H>«t where Timothy
stood. \\ have got all that is ne.ded for our h.hnvwur i,
the house of (iod. the pillar and ground of the truth."
^-'^^tT^;>!!//r^, thoroughly furni.hhuj to e.vor„ qood wovir^
Jn Uie hrst ep.st le mm^ departe.l from the faith in this way
and that, bu. stdl the house of ( lod itsolf was left unci an^nl
In this second epistle, of the very man who was 'the
messenger of the Divine testimony, it is s,m<!, '^all they
winch are in Asm be turned awav fnm. me," (i 1,5) Ho
only tells of one n,nn,-()nesiphou.s-who wa. "not
nshame, of h,s eha.n." Happy Onesiphorus ! Ho was not
ashamed to stand by the truth of (iod, though found in poor
old de.^n.p.t 1 aul w.th a chain on his wrist. It is not nluch
to stand for ,od in palmy days, but 1 tell you, brethren it
means something to be identifie.l with (iod'^testimony when
Its munster has a chain u,.on its wrist. Sou.e have owned
with thankfulness to (iod the recovery to ns of the precious
truths of H,s word which had been lost bit by bit Thev
owned It and owned it heartily, and di<l not shrink from
the absolute separation it involved, God hanorM them
and thus gave them back their precious Uibles once more
When God raised up such some fifty years ago they found,
so to speak the word of God over again. True, people had
J in their houses l^efore, but how little in their heart i, as
the joy and rejoicing" of them-~M« word of God's qvace f
>ow what are we to do? If Ivijah said, '• I will not
recognize .liv.sion, I say before you and before T.od that
God IS one and Israel are ^-y/^s/i-fi," and stood by it, should
jre not do the same ? It is wonderful to see this grasp of
faith Ml that day. Poor i<lol«trous, scattered Israel ! What
but the eye of faith could see that they were still one to the
eye and heart of God ?
nnrlY'^fl*- 1" ^" ^"^ "^^ ' ^''"^ ^^ ^ ^^<^^^mxA clashing
and conflicting voices all claiming to be alike right, and
pmople would vindicate the whole of them to get along oom.
fortab y with that wUb which they are connected. Th«
"al ones, and
ry long that
hi/nf'lf in the
inj^f God, tho
'Stive is tliat
\y the fTnp.
) us ! Now
ident on tho
ere 'I'iinotliy
hchdvintii' in
' the truth,"
Qnod woH ''
in thia way
uncl.ari[rf (I,
10 was tho
"all th(.y
i Ifi.) Ho
was " not
Ho was not
uid in poor
s not much
hrt'thren, it
mony when
lave Owned
he piecious
l)it. They
hi'ink from
orr'fl them
once more,
hey found,
people had
r heart J, as
)'/'s (/race f
I Aviil not
Ood that
it, should
is grasp of
1 ! What
ono to the
d clashing
right, and
ilong com.
ted. The
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Spirit of (}od can only make us Christians and nothing else
He does not want us to he inventing nno cart, like David*
He..ys_l»jekton,y.W to n.y Spirit, an<l the «.," of
my Son We see that in the Hrst days (Jhristians had but
one centre., ^o matter what M.ey helieved ahout < y ad
meats, they gathered to tlu- person of Christ. .So if a per" n
Inn ism^rtt '"; '^f^^'-^'^'^P - ^o what I believe' ho,^
ba t sr or the Lord's conang, I would purposely say nothing
al out It. 1 hey are not th. centre. Xuf.pose we take thia
Boh.nn ordinance or the preci„us truth of \L Lord'sconnn^
an. put It as our centre, re.piiring everv person havin°
nave we done ? Taken an ordinance or doctrine of .Scrin-
ture, an.l put ,t where the Lord Jesus Christ ou-d. to be
bupposo the sraelites had taken an, of the citi 1 o Israel
except Jerusalem, and made that their centre, they would
have stepped down from Divine principle, wron^Jd them
selves and dishonored God. God says "Seek not I Si
live" w/^'r'''^"^''',^'*^-' but "Seek ye Me an.l ye s
live. What can we .lo ! Men say do you ever expect to
tt ^at '" ^^? '' ^^^ \ ['^y^ "--' b"t I can'nK-nd
the woild by one,— I can seek the true path for myself an.l
rhL?t^'- ^" '' •' ""r '^ "''' '^«^''' J-'- Christ I saH
18 high treason against the Head of the Church to own any
other name or authority h.ut His to govern us, and y.^t hovv
true of ns ;Oiher lords have had Jominwn over us." Th re
may be difficulties, but they will be such as Scriptu e
recognizes and the grace of God provides for. [f we own
irnkT 1 '"' ""', ""' ?'^ ?'^^''"" P"'"<^ ^'«J ^^'il^ stand by
llC^^i T. ^"?l" f i''"r^ '" '^^^"^^^'^"^ '^ the time of
Z^f\J^''''^^^^^^ovthe precious sustaining of Kcrip-
diffiVluv w''' T? r' ^'r' '^' ^' «"t '"to all kinds of
.1 X^iv l^r\V"^f ''''^'' ''^"1<«" ^l"^-". but mark this
a?^'«T. r fr^'"-f""'^'^"'''"^^^'f <^'0«1 stamleth sure,"
hi tl r ^'T'^ ' ^''"'" *b'^^ ^'^ ^''«-" it is not sai.l
.. e that ,.•« are o .lec.de who are Christians and who are
not. It brings the matter dose horn.; to ourselves " Let
everi, one that nameth the name of Christ .lepart from
i.nqu.ty." 2 Tim. ii. 19.) We thus tin.l tliarEli h^
vin.licating the fact of Jehovah's being the sovereign Lord
le present state of things. W
of Israel is c.tnnecte.l with tl.,.
lind now human d.jgmas and d
everything set up in .leHance of the cl
Jesus Christ, all sorts of tl
ecrees. human anything and
aims of our Lord
ings set on foot to supplement
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rifi
12
K t
t
the presence and i)ower of the blessed Spirit. All ^orts nf
bettrn" '^'i'" \^'f' '^''^'^'' '' '^''^^^'^ -'^ -^'^'^ « '1 a
on . th'th '" ^^' h\« ?>ve„ u.. As (Jod has a Churd.
on c. th, th.^n w. need Il.s help to owh ri and li.-k with
be tr.v,„g to form a second unity. Have 1 to wake a unity
ou of rny hve_ fingers ? 1 n.ight tie them together, but tl>at
tTen h •" 'T"' "f "".'^^- ^^"J^I'^^^ ^ «'j^'^'t to one of
wnnn \"^' T' ^^'"" ^^" °^''""^^ f^'""''"^' tl'e hand. Then
in JJ vin h'- '''"^r'''^?"';''^^^^ '^"•^ either of these principles
in Ihnne things is but losing sight of God's unity. The
fingers are o«« because the hand that holds them is one
;: • ""J 'f* "' ioxm\x^?^ unities, but endeavouring to keen
LVd"bv'Hi'^?r"VT'^^'^ "1 ^^^^^ fonned, and thus t^
elrnestlJr r'^"'^^' ^^'^:/'^, ^'" *^ ^'"•"^''.V. simply, and
mav £ ^"m"' '''" '^'"^^ '^^ "^^ ^" ^-'^'^tever weakness ..e
hi Lr • Y ''i'' '"''"' '' '''^ "'^^' ^''^''« before, that which
he has given back to us of His precious word and yield
oft../m... to It n)ore and more.- Mav we prove worthy
siiccessors of those of whom we have read ir/days of oW
whose s:and for the truth of God involved ^cost and
suttering, and of such known to our.se] ves with whom it has
and well-balanced charge as to like zeal, but such zeal as
"Mfurr7"r''"',V"* "'"^ ^^^« is alone our one and
can find It f we tru'y 'want it, but He wants us Med as to
how much It IS so with us. May we disclaim all that is nit
of God, and take our steps humbly and firmly, content to
say in view of no approval being given us by others, ''Yet
smvly my ...,•• is with the Lord, and my>.>,,„.«, ^ith n-!y
I'Od ; And the issue of all how bles.se<l, the man who this
day in Israel s/.../ for (Jod and hou<,.d Him is now n tu
Him for bles-sing ! Thus it ever is, and thus alone can " we
asmve our hearts before Him." At first, God's rnswer may
t^^^^'^' ^;V^/. cloud out of the ..ea like a mal
h<m1, yet when we have "gone again 'seven ' times,"-" let
;;«,.^.« have her /..r/W7 .vW,, " how surely will we realise
the abundance of rain" and '■ (he haml of' the Lord upon
u , / '-^JA'.^/ nyvitb strength, and making u,,r vay p.rfd "
May he (iod of Klijah be ivuiized as ou.; fur hIs' name's
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Shepherd Calls.]
[Leaflet No. 15.
SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE.
^fl^^^^n:^:.^'''^^^^':,!:^^ tho„sha,t.o: I Win
underbtandir,tf : whose mouth liuist be hoWin wif^ K^'*''H'*'v,":"i^'• "h"* have no
near unto theo.-Pbahn xxxii. 8, 9 '" ^'■"*'''' '*'* *^'«>' "^ine
Under the l.Iesse<lne.«8 of transgression forgiven sin
covered, and iniquity not imputed, cc;^nes in a nw order of
guu .m.e-the ,..V/a... 0/ t/>o eye ; even the eyl Him
Mho 1ms "justihed us freely by His -race through tl^
redemption which is in Christ Jesiis " " ' ^ *^''
He H msel beean.e their r,nv/e. Israel needed guidance
ad Jehovah went before them in .a pillar of .loud b daV
and a pillar of hre by night. He thus went before Uilm to
search out a resting place for them in the wilderness ?his
surely was blessed gnidanee-in strict keeping with the
character of redemption then manifested-a shadow of f^?
deeper reality-but it was not ivtelli^ent guidance The e
was no communion of soul with Jehovah ''needed appri!
hend this guidance : " The cloud of the Lord was inL
nght of Israel throughout all their journeys "
J3ut now the very end of redemption is to bring us into
communion with the thoughts and ways of God, and such a
Sr ".Tt' '' I--\-"lJ not be suiteble to ou?
Uoeth He goes and comes at his bidding, but he knows
not the reason of either. Such a charac er of obedfen^e
Avould not suit those vyho know the blessedness of tiTns'
unust. Ihe obedience now suitable to the saints is intelli
<m^toh.Henn, ''understanding, what the wil? of the Lord
18 -- proving H,s good, and perfect, and acceptable will "
of a s"nt"r' Iir?'-'T"^"" 7''^ '^"''' '"'^''^^^ t^'« «^"^l»«t
we b in" iiud. i 1' ' '"'^'^'^^^ this communion that
nay icitli us. I,ut we are as the horse or mule, which have
no understanding : we do not understand the'w of God
because we study not the guidan-o of His oyo ; we a e led
SoiHl"f?b''T*'"; "'''1 "'^^ ^'^ '^'^ ^l^i'-'t. ' VVhe rev r he
S pint of the Lord is, there is liberty. We walk in a la c^e
I'lMce, when we walk before the Lord. Lut how ofln do
we turn each one his own way, and then God his His bit
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and rullo for us. Tin., Ho. i« wont to use for his memie, :
~ iiecauso thy ra-o a-ainst me, an.l thy tumult is couu-
up into mine ears, therefore will I ,,nt my'hook in thy nosn
and my/.n./. „, thy Jips, and I will turn thee bar/,- L the'
way which thou earnest." Alas ! how constantly do we as
bridle to turn us back l,y the way we have come. Who is
there that has not to confess, that the rv,fd path, which
wouM have been readily found, had heed been ^iveu to the
guidance of the eye, has been reached after much painful
and humbling' discipline ? Amid.st the manifold proofs of
present conscious weakness, this appears very prominent-the
ittle conhdence which ..aints have of spiritual guidance i,i
heir several paths They walk not as those Consciously
ed of the Spirit Amony many, indeed, such guidance is
ot acknowledged even as a principle; />rot;/r/.«^/a/ guidance
(If so it may be called, for providential control over circum-
stances, or our own waywardness, can hardly be called
guidance) ,s alone regarded. Hut even where the principle
of intelligent spiritual guidance is maintained as the privilege
of the saint, how readily do we take hold of provi.lential
ordering as our ground of action ! Hence we tread uncer-
tainly or we follow the steps of others : but this is walkiu-
by st{,ht and noi by faith, and arises from the habit of using
our blessedness only a. a shelter, and not as that which
introduces us into the presence of God. It is a beautiful
description of the Thessalonians, that their '« work of faith
and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesua
Chiist, was in the stcjht of God and our Father "
Every work of God is good-the Holy One in the midst
of us will do no iiuquity-and - all things shall work
together for good to them that love Him "-even those thin-^s
which at " present are not joyous but grievous," only Hk
time IS to be waited for, and His tva/; submitted unto-that
we seem not in our hearts to be displeased that He is Lord
J. O.
I« ,1^ any luirm to let my daughters dance ? " said an ind.dcr-
cut muiiwT. ■■ lake care of your daughters' hearts, and their fed
^are of themselves," was the reply, and the Scripture
ly heart with all dilifirence, for out of it are the
\\'ill t,ak<
saith, "Kee
issues of life.
(i236)
Watera of Quietne«s.
er circum-
an infinlcf-
(fieaflot Jno. 30,
"CONSIDER HIM."
Art thou of tlie desert weary ?
Weary of the " little while—"
Weary of the darkness round thee,
Weary of the nijjht of toil ?
^ Look up— consider Him.
Art thou weary of thy sinning
Against llirn who loves thee so?
Weary of the ceaseless struggle
With the flesh which drags thee low?
K'en then, renieinber Him.
Bernembor Him, God's wrath enduring,
1 aying the price which thou didst owe ;
And thus by death, thy life procuring—
J hy joy— the purchnse of His woe :
Oh then, remember Hjm.
What beauty do they see in Jesus,
As <' sitting down th.'y wntched Him there ? "
Vo they consider His j)erfection ?
Alas, thei/ know not ffc in fair.
Let lis consider Him.
Ah ! let us sit, and see Him bleeding.
And as we watch, think what we were ;
And %vhat we are, by grace that saved us,
And still continue watching there—
And tlius consider Him,
Consider Him— His body broken—
His precious blood poured out for thee <
Consider, in that wondrous token. '
Bis love— His deep, deep love 'for thee.
Amazed ! consider Him.
Consider Him— until beholding
Him as He
We'll learn to know His d
is," and face to face.
And aU the fulness of H
now
ness
leep
perfection
grace ;
And still consider
lis
Him
If
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Hi
'n
f !
ft-*'
THE STAY UNSEEN.
Oh, Holy Saviour, Friend unseen !
The faint, the weak, on Thee may' lean,
Help me throughout life's varying scene,
JJy faith to cling to Thee.
Blest witli ooiuniunioii so divine.
Take what Thou wilt shall 1 re|.iiie,
When, as the branches to the vin>>,'
My soul may cling to 'I'hee ?
Far from her home, fatigued, oppressed,
lliere she has found a place of rest ;
An exile still, yet not unhlest,
While she can cling to Thee.
"Without a niuruiur I dismiss
My former dreams of earthly bliss;
^^y joy, my recompense be this,
Each hour to cling to Thee.
What though ti;e world deceitfid prove,
And earthly friends and joys remove,
With patient, uucomplnining love.
Still would I cling to Thee.
Oft when I seem to tread alone
Some barren waste with thorns o'ergrown,
A voice of love in gentlest tone
Whispers, " Still cling to Me."
Though faith and hope awhile be tried
I ask not, need not aught beside :
How safe, how calm, how satisfied,
The soul that clings to Thee ?
They fear not life's rough storm to brave.
Since Thou art near, ami strong to save •'
A or shudder e'en at death's dark wave, '
Because they cling to Thee'.
Blest is my lot, whate'er befall.
What can disturb me, who appall.
While, as my strength, nry rock, my all,
(238) Saviour, I cling to Thee ?
Words of the Wise.]
1
[Leaflet No. §.
The eanctification of the Cl)nrcl. ia of n very ppcnliar
order I rea<l the Lord sn.yir,-, "for their sake* "l sanctify
inyself tliat they also may l>e sanctifinl thron-h the truth."
ilU3i8f.ill of meaning. He was separating Himself alto-
gether from the world. He was leaving the earth for heaven.
Jn that sense He was sanctifying Him«.elf. He had always
been 'holy even in the mother's womb, "the holy thin«"
^as holy then us He now is holy in the highest heaven.
J>ut when He said " I sanctify myself." He meant, that He
WMS about to take a new relationship to ns, to sit in heaven
and draw His saints there to Himself,
And this constitutes the high and peculiar order of the
Churcli's sanctilication.
I aak then, can the Church help the~world in its purposes
and expectations ? Can the Church join in schemes that set
tlie advancement and the beauty, and the cultivation of the
. . .u u'' ''"^ '^"'^ ^'''P' ^ '^"^ •« that possible ?-How
could that ^be consistent with her peculiar sanctification 1 The
■samt ,s to labor in the earth for daily bread.-Jle is to learn
lonest trades for necessary uses -He is to befriend others
n their need -do good as he is able to all, and to be ready
to eve^ry good work. But how can he purpose to cultivat;
and advance the world 1 or join in the expectations of those
^'ho make the world's desirableness and beauty thetr ohject 1
Christians may be holy in their behaviour and in their
personal habits, and in the moral order and keeping of their
houghts and words, and without watchfulness in such mat-
ers we cannot be right-but Christians are not sanctified
with thdpecnhar mutifieaUon that i, proper!,, theirs, and
for which Jesus laid Himself out when He said -for
their sakes I .sanctify myself," if they are wnrhlbj, orseek the
cultivation and advancement of this present scene of human
action.
The law deman<Ie(I holiness in desires and thourrhts To
be sure it did. The rules of society demand rectitude in a
thousand given c^ses. Conscience imjK^riously exacts moral
conduct of us. But Christ not cv.ly does all this, but looks
for a sanctihcation in His saints of a high and peculiar
oid^v—separationfroin the world became He w in heaven.
T .i' ^ ^'^T ^ beautiful party on Mount Zion in Rev. xiv. 1
in the midst of the corruptions which in the day there anti-
cipated are to cover the earth, that elect company are distin-
guished by then- being with the Lamh."
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**»90M06«^
THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
Lord Jesus, I have nought io plead
In earth beneath, or heaven above ;
But just ray own exceeding need,
And Thy exceeding love.
The need will soon be past and gone,
Exceeding great, but quickly o'er.
The love unbought is all Thine own,
And lasts for evermore.
Waters of Quietneas.)
[Leaflet No, 21.
"MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE."
O for a finoly-tnn6il ear,
Tl.o Slieplionls voice to hoar an.l know,
lioth when it speaks distinct and clear
And when it whispers ,s ft and low. '
O for an ear to list its calls,
Vyiien sounds it in the stormy hour-
Antl when its accents jfrently fall, '
Like dew upon the fainting flower.
An ear to hear each warninj* word ;
To hearken lor each j?racK)us tone
And when the " stranprer's " voice is heard
lo know It from the Shepherd's own.
But O ! when doubts and fears shall di
The pathway of the Shepherd's choice,
Air ^^ ^^^^ '"°'**^ ^^^^^ ^ Him,
Who best can fiear Uis guidmy
ra
voice.
Tis they, whose path is safe from harm
i IS they who know the good from ill •
And strengthened by His mighty arm, '
Are strong to do His holy will.
Then grant me, Lord, the listening ear,
And grant the Heaven-directed''eve -1-
The faith that waits Thy voice to hear,
Tile love that keeps me ever ni^di.
"Uh little heart of mine! ahall pain
Or sorrow make thee moan
When all this, God is all for thee
A Father, all thine own."
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SINCE I BELONG TO THEE.
Since I Ldoi,.,' to Thro, my Savioiir-Ood
AH vimf 1h. \v..||, I.owcv.t mu-h my road •
JIowev.T ilavk my wny or prospc^cts" be, '
All, all la light, Hjnco overiult'd by Tluie.
JVeblost of nil Thy flo.-k, Thou know'st me, I^rd ;
IIeli.h..ss uu.l wuk, I stay upon Thy uonl ■
III all my wo.'.kn.'ss thia is still mv pk-a— "
lliat Thou urt miue, and /btdoug to Thee.
Then come wlmtover mnv, I «m secure •
Thy love unchaiiKed shall to the end eii'dnre •
J rail though I am, Thine evt^rlastiiifr ann
bliall shield Thy chiW from evei-y breath of hainK
Thy loving eye shall guide where'er I roam,
lliy Holy Spirit lead me to my home •
Thou wilt not let Thy feeble flail one stray.
Thougli dark temptations oft may crowd my way.
In sorrow's saddest hour. Thy strength my stay.
My darkest night, Lord, Thou canst tun/to day •
J he most loved here may sometimes changeful be ^
Thou changest not." and " X belong to Thee." '
Then may the life which now on earth J live
^0 spent for Him who His for me did give •
O, make me, Lord, in all I will and do, '
Ever to keep Thy glory in my view {
And when my course is nm, and fought the fight»
Life 8 struggles o'er, and faith is changed to sitht.
Then all triumphant, I shall ever be
Safe in Thy home, for I belong to Thet.
« Fulness of Joy," with all Thy ransom'd there,
Jn J by loved presence I shall ever share •
With them I'll sin." *hi>
_ ., " ^''ve tiifit made us free,
Ihe grace that taught us we bylong'd to 'J'hee.
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C. H. t
U^aflft No. I a.
Tvntler Crrnn.] .
THE CROSS.
I.— ON MAN'a PART.
of ciJl"" '"'""- "'" '""""<" "«•■ <-""!""■ «..<1 murderer
4. The „„<M of hiiraai, enimly ,„,i„.t r.„,j.
ft. The ,;„.,„,, ,,,, ,,f „|| „,,„„„„ ,..j|
6. T1,n ,„■»</ „f il,e w„rM', „.1«| ,. ' "^ "'"*"•
act" f 2:^ tiTi:: tr" '"" "'^ '''™ -^ •'-'^- ^u
n. — ON Satan's part.
1. The masterpiece of the dovil's cmff t/^ «^f pu-; ^ x
of th« world and jit an end to Him ^ ^^"'* °"*
and man*^^^* <^«^-^-^e^« of the usurper's hate against God
Jeado', theVtf iTth^ 1^' ^^ '^^'^^^ -^- '^ -«-
4. The m./* of the ways of God, with the devil
I"— oiT Christ's part
Hh.].e.f^;, fcU'r if'?^!«J '''^- "'- He cffe^
3- By tie blood of Hi, oroM He n.Me „„„.
unt^'deJtb •■""" ™ '^'' •''"""' "' Hi. Wf«-t "aMieno.
/. 1 he place <)f tJjfi Si/..»i ^^f Tiyf -^ .i , .
|i!
Ji
H
V
'vH'
^^H
' iv.~oN god's pakt.
1. The n(/p< of Divine love to the world.
t). It 13 tlie new ''meeting place" between Oorl nnri fl,<.
behever where sin and death aU judgnient are no ^0^' '''
Himseir''"' ^^ '^'" '^'"'^ "^ ^^' ^*^»' ^''^ '•''^'^^^^ "8 to
v.— THE CAOS8 BETWEEN JEW AND GENTILE.
Jew and oTntneTadel'r "" """"'^' *" ^'« ^^"«-' -^
2. It broke down the middle wall of mrtitiov ■ Pliriof
having abolished in His flesh the enmity P'"'*'^''''' > Christ
peace. ^' '"^'^' "' ^""''^^ '^^ ^"'^^" ''"^ *^^^ '^««. «« snaking
4. He reconciled both unto God, in one body.
rWM I^^'^:''^^':^ ^^^« ^f^r off' and them that were nigh have
(both) through Him access by one Spirit unto the Father
VI.-THE CROSS AND THE XAW OF COMMANDMENTS
US, LSS/oul'^"'-""'^"^" °' °^'^^"^'^^^«' ^^^^ -« «g--t
• ^1 X Ht*"*^^ "^^^ ^^''^*^ ^as contrary to us out of the wm, nnil
3ng It to His cross, and triumphing over them in it ^' ^'
the bodjirof ChrS;' ''"^^ '^ ^'^"^ ^'^'^ -P--'^^^^' -d
VII.-THE CROSS or CHRIST TO A DISCIPLE AND HIS LORD.
1. It is the only way by which he can follow Christ.
off w , ^^'"^^ ^y "'^"^^^ ^e denies liimself. and eoes
after Hun who made the path, * ^
VIII. -THE CROSS OF CHRIST BETWEEN THE BELIEVER AND
THE WORLD.
1. It is that by which he is separated from the Wurld bv
Its own crucitixion to him. wuria, dj
2. He maintains, bv hjs nwp <lpnih i-n fVi^ - »i 1 i,-
'coneiles us to
EVER AND
ADDRESSES ON SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS.-,.
ELIJAH (4).
(1 Ki.v<is XIX.)
<''^' '' &^'"p/u,rl ^u^a I ;!T ''t-'"// ^rnce, that of
''^ar^our oitJ.c lost." Xt ,, ' '^ ""'f'^ T ""^' "'^ ^'^ '^'^
fn cl,on.c tl.o love of a i^"^ u' :^'T '^T' '" '"'' J"'
Jesus, having, Joved His own l"l • '[(^''r/astmr/ love;"
then, unto the nuV' \Zl V"^ T'' "' ^''^ ^'^'■•^''. Jo^ed
'^ok upon what thev h-^vP ^ \ ""* ""''''^^tand thi.s, they
s^'cy we.e ste^l' s^of :;;• rir^Tr' ^-- H-- - if
^>'^ing./,>,„//,/ ,,,,,,, J ',;, ' '^'"'■•;''''^^'''P to ensure their
^^ontKH,- that ''luav^ ";,;!! ^:/^° ^^^ ^hin,, but the
tliis r/^w. vlurein t ' ^W " ^ n''^^' ^^^ ^'^'''th into
t<^aclK^su.stlKU,smiss'n and'hnf . ' ^'" '^'°'^' ^^ ^^«d
ti'an in the sinner, oni \"j'b t^^GoXl "/'^ '"^'^^^^
"Pon liini, because the forn ,1, !^- ^■i'«sHni,ng hand
as ^..., tliat love of ^ M ^ , . ,'"\"'^VP"^'^' ^^>^'^ '->« ^^"1
live to Him." But if God f!l '^^''"^'^ " constrain us to
i« - -e, as well a^afl ^i^^ WZT^Z H '"^' "^' '^" ^^"^^
oe .ymc-e, as He L'oes on fmm , ^ ,'^^''^' -His grace can only
^'--^Jin. (vith us 01? he .nmnd rT '', ^f^,/' '"'^^^^ "«' thus
what v:e arc. ^ ''""'^ ""^ ^'^^t //e is, and not of
prayer ^vas a prayer Tf t// t?;/ f'"'' ™"'^'-" "'^^'-^^
fli"g in the ior d, I " desi e no Z"S ^'' "'^ ^''''^'« "^7
^'a,ys." \\-e will ,ot take Pod" ^t ^^"«"-^«<'g« of Thy
believe Him when He tdls u ' nt '7;^''' *f it.-^vill not
«ii.I tlie lust thereof," a 1 so of 1 p ^''f,^'?'' P^'^^^^fh away
;lo better than our'f .rJ a .er. JS\'''^ ^au
lasting satisfaction where hcv f ^ ''" '''" ^'^'^ ««'"6
«.V'W, who warn us mt v I !"'' ''''''■ ^^'^^ think the
r-ted with Uall, havet; tf r"!J!r^.-!^' I'^-P"
for us.
J)ut tl
\y, and it will b... better
self will Trr'"!. ^'''^''' ''^ the prodigal
s^it-;viil, l.ut le;,afif. after lu, )u. ! « .".
"1 the far country to fill tl
is not a prayer of
spout all," aft
.1 ,> , , ■•"",7 ^^ <iii uie vac
the helds to feed swine, his hea
er seek in 2
;e vacuum in his heart, sentintS
rt turns toward God and he
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m
«n .,. ' ^"^^''' ■:'""«'' "y'">'^t l'":tv,3M, an.l hofore Thee
„;^V(^f /mvW .....aMAv /' " Th. pracfu^al religion o
any a LlnsUan i.s.y.v/ //,,,/. Thev beli.vc th.t God talc^s
^Tu^'Tl"! ''ryr''^"''''!'^'^ iathe£..«;
that they should stand m his favor on tlieir .^oo,
behaviour. Is f/>„t the thought wo have ? If so t « nh
we have never '< know.i the /AMer' yet. Many 'of us we e
hus tor y^ars. Practically, and a.s to our soul's^n joy„ ent
;T^...y..;-„oti:t...^^fric:;^^^
to alfe nn^'n ?7'/'" "'" ""''^^tand little of that we ar
to take up and look at now. This prayer of the nrodi-xnl i!
NOT Chnstianif,;, but the prayer of^ ^/.^../ Vo^^'J^Tce'^iof
i'wTiT: ^%^'-"Tal- n.« back on a^y tern^ Sever
tlie Father m;. and fe/l on oar necks, would He take usba '-
as lured sermnts ? Would He have us stand on he « oim^
of what «;. are ? Though we did not g.t back to tl fS's
house on the ground of what we dici, do we now l.e In to
save ourselves by what we do ? We know that ve d not
t?.e To "^ T;;"^l.f^ "^ '''''' ^^'^'''^ ' ^-' Sole y through
te agonies of the Son of God on the cross are we saved nd
on that basis and by His power alone are we W 'The
same grace that saved us at the start of our jou nev now
us to Ch ist "glorious, without spot or wrinkle," and then
f not before we will accord Hini all the praise, forever U
gh!;;" f ,t Tl^'T''. -^ "grace legun shal[r.. ' f
gioiy. 1 he Lord will give grace and qlor,/ : no aood
1 8. Ixxxiv. 1 1. If the child of Go<l sets out with a thoroif.rh
consciousness of this,-that God saved him, ud en e wa. a
Z IW ^'""^'-''^^'P ^'♦■"'■^felt repentance toward (Jod, it is
af rw rd "Vof "'? """'^ ^"""'"^ ^«'""^"^' "^ -"-^ve
witl i . f..II ''•''"* "'' "' " ^'"^ •^'"•"^''- H« took me up
with ti.e full consciousness of all that / nm, ar.d if f.,r years
past He lias been teaching ;»« I,
I did not know bel
ssoiis of my own li(>art which
oie, it has only b«en what I/e knewlo
,,, „,.,i ] .. , . ,' ""V "«cii vYUtti/ lie Kue
iir
i towed
J;-,>plo seern to think tin od Z ?f"' "^ ^'^ ^^'^'^^'^
irm-stunmt, as if He luu to h 1 f '"' "'^ "'' ■'? '^ «ort
tJint w„ J,,vo to ti,„I Hi on , ''''^' '"'^^^'''^lof, as it is
that we aro, as .v^ \^:^Z::t '^^"■"'"'' ''^^^^^^ ^^^
^t al! fro.n tha K^^ann . e^ v" V"'"^ ' '''"' y"^' ^^« knew
Ail that I have ult:;;; a o rin Sirtl"'^ 'T "P"" ^'-
deepen ni my soul the sense of H s^ ' f v"" °"'^ ^'^'"''^ to
He save rue ? ]]ecau«e I .?. ",1, i^ , i f '/^' -^'''"f : "'^'//di.i
f^od always meets me where a' ""''"^' '^> ""^ thus
^noe He ,,,, „,j.,„ ^^ ,i, :f7/;?^'' ;'^« ''«^^ to meet me, as
-!0 Unu. and notinn, ea . ev ±.. ' ^? T!^' '^'f- - «-^
grace.
"^ "<i,y, aiorie as Vfiprf
■-^^ «ver touch the blessedness of hJ
-ti^r:^r;;-,::;;;:rt;"7'^'^^
'^oremL" Many do m 1^, ■^'''^ "'"' ^^'''<'«« ^^i"« are
"••k (God's throrfe i , ulfltl •^'^'"•"•''•^"^^e of that. The
His hwnamt, ; ov la , 1 ,?'^''"f "'^.^^'^^-^t ; shittimwood
Jir.st. The manna tJpifirH n .T .'f ''"' '^'""^'^'^^^ ^^'^th
heaven;" the tables ot th« 1 u ^''' ^''"^ ^read from
'■ I ;lelight to do Tly° ill o' ;:;,?" 'f^ ^^^ "^ o'-dience!
dead stick that brou4t forth n hi , ^"'^ ^^^^''""'^ ^'"^d, the
Christ, who trod alon H^ p. '/ '" ' ">''*' ^"''i^^tes
thirty years, then took upon^Hmnf^^^^^^ /^^ ^'^''^^ «"i
«"ff«red and died for them and in •'"'^^^^ "^ '^"^ «in«.
ancJ gone up to the ri.: ' 5 o r 7 ''T ^'°'" the dead
tlie ark was precisely tie same ^'^^lu ^"^*^^'^''' the //^ of
exactly, and \hi« wal th 7^^':^ ^ f, ^'^^ .^^^^f' ^tted if
all and n. all." How many neoDr h *^",f^'"^ " ^/"-^^'^ is
l''roe, have it for everyb" y ^eTen t? ^^^ "^«^^^-««at too
How many again, too 1« / and thev ?", ^'"'*'^^' «^ ^^«t !
hope and wonder if they ev^wi wL f'^f ''^"'* ^'^' «"d
tunes sing with wounded .pi its '''"'"' '''"^ 'O'"^'
"^'^^^'^----l^now.
rfhame on us to be th
Oo I love the I
Am 1 His, or am' Tnoi'f
"i-'I or
light,
nil? redemption
th
;'S when God has proclaimed
P»t the Jid upon the aik. fello
roi>.h His beloved So^iTi:
H'-Christiun, of God
t us then
s size and
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«■?
Ks^ *J
see what it intliiia'tes ! If wn lift it
iiiannn.
:iii| II
i)IT all \s Jtiih/innnt ; tl
food ;" the tal»l(-s <ii" tl
|) as a witiu'sjs tliat tluiy had "dcspi.snd nn'rclf
10
iiron
I'* covenant, (Ind's lirokcii 1
s rod, that tli(>y had despised ( iodV lead
iws
can ho done liiit co\
er
erslii|).
^y
ind
hat
tij) those sins with tiie o-diden lid, th
""'rei/ sr'af " and " /Vo.;7 ,;/ .priuhlim, " ? Vvhenever tliat
iiu was lifteil, cui'ses issned i'oitlr
pt'oi)le died. What are nimiy doiiif,r
was lifteil, cui-ses issned forth, an<l thoiisandsi of tl
))ow ? 'J'akiiiLC the liil
oil' the ark and jieeriii'f in, or el
rake tl
10 wretchedness of thei
so vakiii"' over at
with a muck'
jewel where (Jod
r own hearts, trvin,i,r to lind a
verdict ahont it all—" A'o n„od
cannot lind it. Let us believe (iod'
18 another i)laoe to look. If our heart
f/<io(i tlnn<j" and thank God, tl
loro
%vh
Jos
've can wo turn ? AVe
s can never ho trusteil.
sus, wo rest in what Thou aii, luH
can turn to Christ and say, " Lord
Link
in what irn ar(
in<r
all tl
us
blessed basis nf God
ith our Scripture, W(! can see tho
iug already seen, in 1
's ways with His servant Elijah. II
:IV-
world at larjro and to tho people of (iod
learn what is alas ! true of
inn, our true path in relation to the
wo have now to
iis over
every soul of us, who h
turiKMl from Christ, and who of us alas ! 1
flesh
lot 1
- . Jias not — that '• no
can gloryiu (lods presence, and "he that ^doricth
lave wo forfeited
lim glory in the Lord." How often 1
our sweet place on the bosom of our iS,
iviour, and put our
eads on tho lap of this poor Delilah world ! As God
sees us, we are each, oither enjoyin
now
H
H
im, or departing from IVu w
sweet commnniitn with
lui as to ourselves and tho world
x)'^. ( )h, let us rather bel
intinito comfort He .ofK
around us, and take th
leve
e
selves through with
know what tl
rs lis, instead of thus " piercing our^
iiy sorrows " ! If you, reader, do not
lis word means, alas, I can sav for one, I do
and as one who has known a little of it, I present it to save
otliers from the agony caused by wandering from tho Lord
Je
sus Christ, Wo could scarcely
conceive that Elijah, whc
had faced 450 prophets of Rial and all tho people, an<l
wicked king, and the whole nation, a 1
th
eir
one man in the name
and nnght of Jehovah His God, could thus fail. ]jut tl
IS
les
never a day so dangerou
sson we
s as tho day of I'kforif. Tl
lore
ave to learn is, " Take unto , ou the whoh
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armour
ot t.od, that ye may be able to withstand in tho evil d
and having done all to Jond," Ho
truly stood for Goil in tho most tr
heard Satan saying to him tl
\v many a one who has
ying circumstances, has
le no.xt moment
ma It! Sooffgo.the breastplate of righte
-now wel
you
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ousness, and tliQ
the
iilcii lid, Uio
liiuls, fall, a „„v , ,L ''" '-■'"•'"■>' """'I «"<T«e
g.um,<l that c,m„„t 1,„ K«th,,rll „p „„,,;■ l',':'^ ■'1""^"' "l'"" '!'=
>""• S'.i..R riKla into I of St mT "","" r""',"" '" »'-=
Wns waiting to s-e a wl.oJe d v ..'f '^ ^'U^'.V'K «/, l.e
Tlu-e ! be our o ; ' . I^'" \'i." T^^'^^' »' «■««^^^'•/'^V fr-.m
that when tlu-y are born n nh, l! ^Y""^' ^'""'^'^^"""^ ^Jiink
nature cnunencos T .0 ' v " T "^ '^ '^''^' ''^^
Jiow is it tbat evil still xis 1 . ? '''"; ""'r'^ ^''"'' ^"^
if conversion u^^r. t er li ,i " T^ ■',^'^'^' ^''^^^^ «"*'-
"^^^'■o,or of.tfron/tlen ? S / °^ '"' ^'■""' t^^"' «'<l
«l.uw. that wh. nrr,iM o?;': iT T!"" *^''V'^^ ^'"' ^nt
tlie third hcuvcw. h^ Id /J / mi '^^ ^^^ ^^'^"" ^'I' ^o
J'i'" humble aft'n r , M S ,^'r" '" !'" «^"«'' " ^o keej,
":ieo!!t^^r"'^b^:;6\rvr
good in it, that heJospol h ^ks InT"' n "•' ^'''^' ^^' '^^
^'ocl Trying to in^X e fl "L '^1 ""f ""^' "^^ ^^
round his lieid and «vnprf,-» 1 ■ ''' "" ^^''""^^^^ going
• "-teadofbyUmn^T^'^ilS^^^^^^^^^^ it to in, pro v^
your fallow-rround '''\h^'jnr\ ^ f ^'""^'' " ^^'^^^
\.. the Lord says, and until His pJough-
cious seed of
up
sha
the W^ord enters it, the
re can be absolutely nothing of fruit
f.
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for Him. M'hen we are begotten unto a now life, thete are
two (hyerse and opposite things found in m, two entirely
disMn. and oppo.,tc nntures-liko tho clean and nnclc^^^,^
m iSoah s ark. .\oah was a sared man, but ho had clean
and unclean beasts ,n the ark with him. He has to learn to
d.s mgu.sh Inn.'s that dift'er-"to .liscern both goo,] and
evil -to take fo!lh the precious from th.. vile, to learn to
kee,j the ,w;v,vj in and let the do,e out alone. How often
Me do as .Noah did-let out the wrong bird ! The raven
(our old nature) can be quite content without Christ We
never read that Noah's raven came back to the ark,' but the
dove did again an.l again. We can safely let our new nature
out,~it will always come back to Christ.
Elijah had gained a victory, but now he unbuckles his
armour, becomes uinvat(;liful, ios(>s sight of God bein^ fur
lum, sees danger and he flees for his life "
So we vea.l of David that he slew his tens of thousands,
but after all he s..y,s, " I will surely perish one day," and he
runs on to the Philistines for pr-.tecti.n from Saul.
There are no deptJis to which a Christian cann-t descend
If he gets away fn,;>, Christ. We are nut told that Elijah
did go to grievous depths,--but he went away from he
place where God had placed him. He left the place where
he had learned his lesson of dependence upon God, and the
spliere of his testimony in idolatrous Israel. Ho wishes to
die and have done with it-would rather die than have his
wi 1 broken. t is often so with us. JJut God says, as then
to hini, that He will keep us here a little loni/to lean
further lessons of His grace, l.e more to His glory, and that
we may receive more honors at His gracious hands, and then
wd ^•^;ceive us home, lieforo wh,.m does Elijah stand
to-day No before the living God, as previously, but before
Jezebel. " When he saw t/<at (.Jezebel's threat,) he arose et"
Show me a chiM of God in the presence of God, and you
show me one that can stand before and against the whole
world,-but out of that presence who will stumble over a
straw He may have overcome the Wicked One yesterday
but this morning lie has no appetite for the word of Goil
and he goes forth to take his chances against the enemy and
poor chances alas ! we each know they are Satan keeps a
sharp look out for those praverless morning's of ours 'Hvii-
was his first sulitilty wHh 7ni;.,h ^ Ch^- --. -
. J, -, — ..iij,!,! r uaaii-e your circum-
stances. He says, and would you not like to have that crook
taken out of your lot ? You did not thank God for those trials
Off I have j^ono thus^^n Vv n tn f"^' ^^^'U'^'' at this time.
eoi.M just ,^.t out of th " t ronb wl }u '''-''^'^ ^^'^^^ ^^ ^-^
^'*^/«^ an.l of Judah we re, « i ' ^ "f idolatry, and goes to
is faithful with the Ii„t,^^ UnJ"^-''\f' '''^^' ^^^^'^ «"^l
"Ppier or more desirable rir.m./ This presents
He thinks he can be h n i.r f^n '^ *" ^''"'^"""^^ o"*^-
»o, he carries the socre of h f ,"f '^"'^ ^''«'*^^^"t- B»t
of connnunion wi^Gor Yo;:' '' ""f' ^^'^"'-'^^ ^"^ «"'
stances, but unless voursoul k , / '•""' ^^''"^' ^''''«""^-
the root that bears .^a Ian vt '""^T"'"'"" ''''^' *'>« ^ord,
where he was a little cau le o ' 'l! ,^;''''^''' '-^^^''^^ f^om
rlarkness surro.ndin.. h n in T-r I ax ' ^"'"^■"' ''^'"'^^ ^ho
pl.>ce for a street !,,„;; to L,,<u VT'' '' ^'^« ^'««t
^^ot „,uch credit to i^v n 7' '^" ''"''^ ^''•*^'^* ^'^''"^^•?
^vants Christians tha are Ihe t JiT '" "''^^^""'^' ''"* ^^'"^^
know that the best J 1 ai to , f t ' n "^^"i J^'' '''y ^"t^^'''^
city s,uare--so (;o<l kn::;;^ t'S^!^^^ ^^f - i" tho
^^^^'^Lir;hr^::^:;;::;t,t^-fff'uahwent. z...
father, had lived 1 er _.:' Iso I ""'' ,^^^^'''>'^"^' '^^^
o'igi.. we read in Gen^^^^ ^^^, ^'^'^^ -"' -'acob. Its
H young Christian, to .., t„ th; .i p p 7 ^J^"^'^''- whe,x
of hallowed «pots^vnd ,n mo i ' f " ''"'-'' '^"' '^'"'^
often for less than that ' S r I, , ^^'"^''"'^ •'"^^'^'*' '''''^ ^oo
nearer, an.l in a better u.ayt 'rvh'^tL:' ''" '^ ^""' '^''
-viii; 10.) Doubt;;:^Eliii^t lir!^!^l^- too. (Genesis
him there
also. God I.
Ebj.ih thought comfort would flow
'—■ngliis people's tendencies h
icnow
w to
as
said, " Pass not fn P.J 7 ^ ^L """ Peoples 1
Often wh a ctf f^^^^^^^^^^ Me. (Amos, v. 5)
blessed in iJttTn}''!' ?^ ".^« ^^orn the Lo'rd ha
' P^«"«bing the Gospel, he thinks h
ow he would like
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/i
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8
to he a proaclipr too. -Rut the " ministry of the Word " is n
thing that iHX'da a wonderful balance to keep a inaii'a s,.ul
right witJi God. Don't envy pn-aehers, hut thank ( Jod that
yt.u are ivhere you are, and (v/>nf you arc. and that He has said
• His grace is siifficinit for you." If (Jod has set you in Israel
(Ion t go to iJeersiieba, (Amod v. 5, 8.) Elijah's mistake u-ai
that he sought easier circumstancos,— he left Israel for more
favored Judah that yet was faithful with God, hut ahis ' to
M'hat result? I never loved the Word of (J.kI so much as
When I got all that I could of it with my pocket Testament
placed under my breakfast plate. 1 th«n thought that if I
h>vX hours oi \ii\mv^ I would use every moment in studyin-'
th« Word. But I found that I needed grace to use those
liours whenever possessed, or else, they would he of no use to
nie, but rather Ik; used of Satan to lead hk; from, not to it. 15ut
this was not Elijah's only mistake. Me has been like the
manners in Arh. We read there that " the south wind blew
Rottly after they left Crete, and thinking they had obtained
their purjwse, they loosed thence and left harbor." The south
wmd blew softly after Elijah. If the l.or.l had asked him
Elijah, are you any happier now, what woukl have been his
answer? No, Eord ! Next, he leaves his servant, s.-eks
isolation, to get away from everyone, (|uit of all but himself
Have you not foun.l it so ? You have thought that if von
could get away from everybody, you would be happier, but
you have found your mistake, ami that you would have to <'et
away from yourself to be so, for that is the most trouble to us
iiut I)ivine grace meets us rchere we are. If we do not realize
It sufficiently to walk, •' endeavoring to keep the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of i)eace," with the most trying of our
brethren, we have yet to learn one of the most serious lessons
of our lives. Not only do we need to know that Christ is our
'light and salvation," but " the strm<ith of our life." May
He grant us to know Him so !
Elijah walks over thirty miles, " a r/.v//V journey into the
wil.lerness," to get away from everybodv, and what is the
result ? That " he requested fox himself that he might dip."
It would seem from his words that he had some intimation
of his being trandated, as in asking it he gives as a reason,
''for I am not b'lter than my father.-*." He will give up the
blessedness of going home to heaven without dying in order
to miss a little of the roughness of the road, ere it be fulfilled !
So, our Lord is coming, and would we not like to be found
anion.- ^'^ose that are " alive and remnin" when he does —
le Worcl " is a
") a inaii's soul
Imiik ( Joil that
at He l)a8 said
t you in Israel,
's mistake wm
Israel I'or more
I, but alas I to
»(1 80 much as
:et Testament
night that if I
lit in stu(lyin,t,'
e to use those
be of no use to
not toil. lUit
been like the
ith wind blew
had obtained
'." Thesduth
ml asked him,
have been his
ervant, seeks
but himself,
it that if vou
' happier, but
Id have to wt
trouble to us.
do not realize
1 unity of the
rying of our
?rioiis lessons
Christ is our
life." May
ney into the
what ia the
might fJifi."
intimation
a a raason,
give up the
ing in order
befulHIled!
to be found
he does, —
looking for Him as those that watch for the morninir ? V.t
ii.is to hi'eak (own vour //•/// '...,l n,,,,. i ,.,. '
otornal satisf.etion with lii; S T '"" *^" ,F>u to
^Ve may hght against it almost every sten of tl , t- v \
when some trial befalls us, bo^in to flit an If {' '''■''}
before if we had only been ready to receive tirem M.f ? "
Lor ,s not an idle spectator of 'llis pcl^c^Je's o ows " ..'^:
all //..»• afflictions, He is afflicted." As EliJHh kv tbpr«
how much better, my child, to walk alongt- ^H J / Thn^
in„ us, that we should be mnfnrmal to the imnce of Hi.
Son • nncl nothing can turn Ilim from it. "=
I'.lijiih rata Ills cake ami rlrinks tlio water ^sh-Bn.vtl, „„1
,aS:^^!;-;i';h-!i':sr!;r:i3^^
a:Lo^r?ii::!t,---:l'9-^F?"^
that He expresses nn,l ZJ.!:'ul.:'''^'''~^^V''f''''' ^^'^ ^ove
m
ighty 1
and must " win the day," for
!ove had won the vebeVs heart, and
the wa/i'fo'o-'fi.
need, trust me, aqd be h
e says, My child, I am think
'PPJ,— "Arise and eat, h
once His
now must again
ingof«Ilyou
ll:
'ocause the
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johrneii ia too rrreai for thee. Elijah is trying to carry all tl
loiidliiinself, and forgotting that lie is not. sent on a
l-( 4
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J0llrn»-^'
111 -Mh^
at his fjN'N coxt, or a waiiiiK! at liin own chnnjrs." We havo
eadi to learn that we can no niuro cany our "daily m/v'.v than
we could onco the Aviiolo M-eight of ail our «m.v. Our Lord
eays to us, Tiu- jcurney is too great for i/ou, trust me wlieu you
learn you cannot trust yourself, and " all is widl."
Next Elijah sets right olF, forty day'^jnurnev, (about 1400
nides) IS /^.s/er^ully hy the path as the uumlx'r /WywouM
suggest to us, but alas ! wfiifhrr hound? Straight from the
presence of tiie bhvssed (;-od, and the enjovment of His sweet
and soul restoring .7m6-«, the t.Muh'r love that took account of
his need and weakness,— off to lloreb. « The mount of God:'
tistmo, but not as the "Uod of all grace," but as a "consuniiu-r
hre. IJut just so far (iod goes to get him back aguii. Morob
IS one of the names of Mount Sinai, the place where law was
given (iMal. iv 4.) There Elijah " child of grace," thou-h
he IS, has strayed, and how sad the picture— "/«//,/* /V,L
(jrace," " entangled again with the yoke of honduqe " ! So a
Christian man " fidi from grace" as to his heart's enjoyment of
thatgrace,— his s/a/«. though NEVER as to God's heart,— his
stmUing; that he abides in forever, for the " ai/t>^ and callinq
of Ggd are iviihout repentance." It never means in the Word
of God such a thing ao a Christian being lost, but that he has
stepped down from communion with God and the enjoyment
of His grace, to the ground of what he can do himself, and
thus "the yoke of bondage," as to his daily path and walking
with the Son. One need not commit any grievous sin to " tail
from grace," but simply neglect communion and " standing
fast in the hberty wherewith Christ has made us free." But
the man who has done so is not a lost sinner, but a Christian
who does not enjoi/ God's grace wherein he stands.
Well, here EKjah is found, and the mountain (Sinai)
thunders over again, and there is «= the great and strong wind
the earthquake and/m" But after all these, "the still small
voice," and therein, the tender pleadings of the "God of all
grace." saying, as were, «' Welcome back to me, my child."
IV hat doest thou here r iMy child, come back to my side
again, nothing will suit you but My grace here 'is no
place for you, Elijah then wraps his face in' his mantle,
and tells his «nd plaint of " Th>^,y," "I" and "My" but
nought of " Thon, Lord." Wo have the whole 'thing
gone over in Rom. vii.,the practical experience of the badness
of self ; and many alas ! may talk glibly of beijig through and
\iOKi) ^
II
~;i:!i:::K™;7:L,"r.T;l;"r\--~ "'-'^
m,d>m shall die with ... •" <! -r. ;., . V *" T.? t'!« /"''^T'^', and
iia
ilie temple of tli« Lord iire we."
r>„,i 1 IT- , ., , ' -• "" ''^ nipie or t 10 Lord ;^rp wo "
m"!" "r";™" ?/'^'"^\" "'^"''"« »■" '«'^rf thJ l„r
" iipiii wari?, but see that owv nraftirp no M-nii „„ •^-
cared for. „„,, suited to God, fi "b ih are Teeded '""c"L^„
jn „,„»t da,,, while c„ri„,.for„„i„„i„y^^^^^^
iduJatr, ; he did not watch and keen ri..ht in hi. .L/ i
our oa,e will be like hi, unless w. do o! N nh , » u' ^M
KS' '=';""*'''r ""I' Sod will keep „ afe ^'"
1 he Lord restores Kia servant, and says, as it were Fln»l,
sun! s S: '"" "','"■ "'"' ""' ''"" "1' ""'1 cimfort lour S'
hTveT! Hnr 'T, »'"' •"'■''l'l'"i"'ins all your fears_i
naie yet a little woik lor you to do ere I eall you hence " r,,
and anoint Huzaid *e " Wo,„l ,. . ,.'■'"' "™ce, l,o
If ".loriousin holits anfS w"' '"T? •'' K '
;' very ;„y//-«Z and full oitend'rZr^^^^^^^^^ }f'
mlZI^:^^ '^u' '>ol;Hr^the^ater.Se1,r; ?
u^ Mmt ti r";7;''' ^'""^" ^^^^''^^ ^^-^ "«- beaut n^
heaven and Tt/V^^^^^
iuav ens, and 1 hy _taithfu.h,esH reacheth unto the olou.h Thv
e\^ ellent 7^ T. / ' ^^T ^r'''"'''' "^^'^ «"<! beast. How
eh 1 f ^^ "'"'v^ }^rndness, God ! therefore the
^^ItLTT^FI'' 't% '''''' ""•^«'' the shadow Th^
wings. IJiey shall be abnn<lnnHv -r/-"..*--'/ .^ith u * 1 'l
Thy house ; and Thou ^h^t'^^et^^^^J^^^:^'^
it^•Oconthm^TIf/ • ^'^ '!^ 7^" "'^7 vve pmy the close of
and TI.,? J?lt ^ ^''"'"'', ^'^'dvess unto fche.n that know Thee
and Ihy righteousness to the upright in heart." '
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IP
Ffe
But It waa little Elijah realized all this at Hort-l) and else-
where, and how often ho with us, -our chnnj,'ed circun.stnnccB
have Mot J.cttmd us. NVo have tried Heershehn, the wildein.HH
and the shadow of the junipir fit-e. and hihtly Ijorel., and all
in van.. I Ikiu m l.iit <m,' thw<r Wit for us. and to that our dire
jiecesMty forcec. us,- k„k to Jlis j.rr,n,re ,„iah>, we will tind a
welcome there. '' Juhnn unto thy re^t. () ,mv soul," „ur
Iiearts respond, and Kiaie. "exeeeding ahnndant,"Vins tludnv
Wijah 8 fioul leviveP, lua droopiny sj.irit is encourn-.-d, the lovi.
othiH heart hums warmer, the feeble remains of his liuht of
testimony hnghten, and he girds his loins afresh to do (Jod's
mdUing. Ulfssed soul inspiring word it waa for frail man tu
hear from Him "who eharges His angels with folly," " Eliiah
I will trust you ..^7/ .'" Well n.ay we learn the lesson from^, .u'
al -graeious, though withal ever faithful L<.rd ! True He
rehnb's hut not " in His anger to l.ring us to nothing," and the
hiind that ai>f.l,ea the rod of ehastening wij.es away the tears
He must needs force from our wayward hearts. How often
Jiave in- aeted otherwise, and would fut a " D " on the back of
Buch an one, and brand him as unfaithful, and think, now we
will have to watch him every step. l?ut nothing sets one ui) on
his feet, and encourages his heart after failure, more than to
rn'.sf Jnm. J.et ua not cast our ..yes askance at them, but learn
ot Josus who was meek and lowly of heart and "go and do like-
wise remembering His word, " If 1 then, your Lord and
Sw- rf ^»f«*l >''•"'/"'-'': ^'^^ ^^«" «^'^''< to wash one
another 8 feet. I y^hmv these things, haj.pv are ye if ye rf^
them." (Jno. xiu.) Thus God restores Elijah's soulf and mar^
vellous 18 the manner of ,t. for Dixuie love has a way about it
peculiarly its own, and "His yeutlene,, it is that maketh great "
(18. xviii o5.) Ihus lirst, He •'restores to us the joy of Hia
salvatiou, and/„f„ He entrusts us "to teach transgressors
Wis ways, -allows us to serve Him as those He honors and
conhciesin ,Sol once heard of a man who was a professional
thief being converted to God ; one who knew him intimately
tried the most risky thing possible, as we would judge, to test
the real-.ty' of it-got him a situation as night-watchman in a
jewelry 8tt.re. Soon one of his old chums, as he termed them
came along and urged him to join in robbing the place, and that
If he did not he would inform hie master of his old habits.
JSo he replied, "lam tn„M, and you may tell the very
word, he knows it all ■and ye the trusts me, and! cannot violate
his trust. May it bo so with us ! Uur God increase in our
souls their confidence m Himself alone, and the realizati(m that
He who kiK.ws us altogether has yet entrusted us that we may
thus be found '' good nhvai ,1s of the wanifold qracv ofUod. " Once
,7,"oil fi^ '-^ " -^^ "'";;;:= ' ■ '"'"J"^! ^^ realized as our God, nnd
111 all the nearness of His bJissed relationship to us m Father
for His name's sake ! Amen. B C G
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Sliephfid Calls.
ILeafJet Xo, IQ,
THE BREAKDOWN OF CONSCIENCE.
^■'■'•^ in II,.. .Iir,.,l ., ?; ;,l,t "", "*"""!•" '""''"-'-y
tilr,i» l,is fo,, ,iK.,V , ■ ■ ""'• "'" "■'"" li»
i"w in ii„.h iuv,r,, ,„Lj ^, ':'''•"''■• ;''■"•'« i)i»
....„ out of i.,,,!;,: ' ,1. ,:..;; '.rzi r'"-"' "' "■" -'''^
init the work tlms .cniin is „ot niu.,.,.. ""<"<(,
ftonMhiii iVi I :' jr.ii;t';i,':M"'''''''''v'""''''""y
by which this is nor, I ,'"^/*'^e'sai\. The processes
the feasts of .},ar,tN ■ tiVrn !f k ^'T "''° '^'^^^^ »"
carry the ba- n, .' , ^^^''^^•^■^. ^vho, like ,I,ulas,
n.oment think of i^^duMV He h ^ f^ '^ '"' f"'' "
he observps thoi,. r.,..A k "' • "'\"'"^ ^^eir proceed ngs,
i..fl » ; .n '■,,?: , '1'. "!J"-'"'>'r"- "■'.''..""" I'is
ti-li fal,tl
kimws thiit tiuti
iiiKis slill aj„l sijyrj, ,„;(jj ,,J ,,,)jji,r',',l"]
" ^'^t trn eoimiiitUi s wln-je }
H't'ils ; he quietly sserv
makes niilil
'i is coiitealeil, and en
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10
protests, but they are inefiectual : he
viir>r>««-, . u- 1 1 . ' — ./ "'^ Jueiiectua
leports which he hiows are not true ; he yioids
or is proclainjcd ; ht
signs
to the force
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of ciicumstances which he knows not how to (ihan^e ; he
conceals official iniquities which siiouM lie exposed from the
housetops ; and he learns to take the easy course, until in
the end ho com.s to allow, and participate in, thiu-^s which
he once abhorred and scorned. He thus learns to speak with
a double tongue, and to do and s .y in the name of God
things for which he has neither warrant nor authority ; ami
at last he goes, as many have g.ne, in the path of an easy
formality, far from ''the way of righteousness." in which he
was taught to walk.
^ What terrible revelations await such men in the great
uay, when conscience that is now silenced shall speak and
when the voice of God shall proclaim righteousness' and
truth ; and when those who have consented to wiong-doiii<'
shall find that they have acted utterly inconsistently with
the conduct of the due who hai been redeemed by precious
blood from all the vanities and falsities which men delight
m, but which God abhors.— 7%e Armory. °
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE
WORLD.
The injunction is—" Be ye not unequally yoked together
with unbelievers." "Come out from among them; and
be ye separate." It was alleged against the priests of old, as
the head and front of their offending, that they " put no differ-
ence between the unclean and clean," (Ezek. xxii. 26.) And
Christians are now treading in their very footsteps, saying " all
the congregation are noly," and we have no right to "sit in
the seat of judgment " and say who are entitled to be called
Christians and who are not ; or, in other words, to put a differ-
ence between the clean and unclean. In confirmation of this
the parable of the wheat and the tar 38, in Matt, xiii are
quoted. These were to "grow together till the harvest," and
therefore it is urged that no separation between the righteous
and the wicked is to be attempted until that time ; but
one most important point in the parable is overlooked when
this view is taken. The parable says, ' ' Let both grow together
till the harvest." But where were they to grow ? It was in
the fieUsind what is the field ? " The field is the world "
said the Saviour. The parable then tells us that there are to
be rig'.iteous and wicked in the world till the harvest, and that
the rightenus are nut to seek to extirpate tlie wicked out uf the
world— that the Lord will judge them ac the harvest. But the
directions to the Church were, "Put away from among your-
selves that wicked person," " a little leaven leaveneth the whole
lump " 1 Cor. v. 6-13,
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Waters of Quwtneag.]
[I leaflet ^o, 28.
i
"THE SUNSHINE^ HIS PRESENOE."
°''' on'':,;Toti"' °' ^" P'-^'^"--" ''o- i' oheors me
L,ghte„i„, every grievous burden as I ho. beneath
'"'"tStr/"""""^'"""- -•<='-« -»nd earths
^"'/.o, J:^h da;. ""^ •'"™^'^' "hile rn. nearing
'" " d'^^-Tott" °' "'^ P"^^»^^ ■• -•"" I "ve fron.
"^^footip^i-air:"' "P''°''''"«' "hen „y fa„ri„g
""''^n^iruir"'' "" «'*"'^'-- ^™'"^ -• *ear«
'"t d'at\rtr "* "'^ P-"--" *'"«>"' which
"""' ^LTeSla^".'*'""" '"^•""- of -™« cloudless
But .^sure and /™ p„^essio„. nevermore to pass
■""'^ '^hanX'te"' ^'^ ^''""^''''" -<■ His faithful
Gladden^ wear,- waiting-hours, till He call .„e up
^"' shall°S.f """^ '""»""'- f- 'he time when X
"" t; Xr "'■ "' ^'"■■^' - Hi. own b,.ight homo
cm
I
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• WITH ME."
Maithkw xxvl. 40.
The shadows lay so deep on Olivet,
And silent niidninjht was on all the land,
One watcher only in the darkness craved
A thought ot'love, a touch from human hand.
He came at last to seek it, but in vain,
And sadly throuirh the darkness went away:
One tender word, one look of love that night
Had been how sweet to Jesus none may say.
Bat once again He comes, and comes to thee,
His busy worker in the harvest-tie' I ;
Can'st then not watch with Me one silent hour ?
I crave for more than busy hands can yield.
" I want the fervent love that tells itself
In deep sweet breathings of a heart at rest
Beneath the shadow of Eternal win^s,
Like the belov'd disciple on My breast."
Then in the silence let Him speak to thee,
And in the reverent hush look up and tell
The love that He hath kindled in thine heart,
And seek in that blest Presence thus to dwell.
Yea, " tell it out,"— unto thy Father tell
The preciousness of (Christ to thine own heart,
Then wait, and listf^n till He speaks again :
Thou hast in wondrous fellowship a part.
And He hath need of thee, thy love ts dear, —
Thine uttered love,— told wailing at His feet ;
And hurry not to service till prepared
By quiet waiting in His presence sweet.
— C. W. ASHBY.
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Words of the Wise,]
[Leaflet No. iO.
and,
ed
lari hand.
it away :
night
lay say.
I thee,
ant hour ?
ti yield.
If
it rest
St."
ee,
i tell
heart,
to dwell.
I
wn heart,
lin :
3art.
Icar, —
His feet :
;et.
ASHBY.
THE LORD JESUS HIMSELF.
May the Lord Hi.naelf be more personally with and before
us ! a nearer and more real object than ever I ^
F , t;: .,t8 and sings—
"All human beaiitiea, all Di.ine,
In my Beloved meet and shine."
you fri X::^^:^:^^^:^^^ s;tr
THE BEAUTY OF THE REJECTED JESUS.
I HAVE been just asking myself, how far I reallv spp " f«r.v,
and comehness " in the rejected and despised jS and iZ
assured that whi e the soul is under the power of things seeT
this cannot be ; because the n.arred visage, the tho "v cmwn'
the carpenter's son, the penniless, home^le s stranir^the One
tlie smitten form of the low-estated Galilean. "^^ ""^
]\T«v w! I ^'^"^"y i^*f'^»n«t the constant currents of our hearts
deK in'trthin"'' inore lifted, above the admiration o^or
aengjit in, the things seen, the fair shows of the fl-sh ^uoU
glances of our. hearts, of which they are so gu Ity weaken our
wo S ^ftf rea"din^ ^°'J\''?, P''^'^^^"^ ^' ^'^^^^ its'music andtft
iT. it!: readiness and skill to catch that unearthly voice vil
m like manner, decline and be impaired. '
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LIVE AS IN THE SlflHT OF GOD.
"Thou Go^ geest me."
" Endure as seeinri Him who is invisible."
l%fjY^'^\^}'^'ll'^''i--^^^^l^ed WITH Crod.-Qen. v. 24
^heydo no uuquity : theu rorlk in His uai,s.'^ -Psalm cxix 3.
i lib IS what Abraham did .--he walked BEFORE God.
''lam the Almighty God; walk before Me, midZ' thm perfect "
\ rrtiTd • , -r^ '-Gen. xvii. 1.
THIS IS what Paul did :--as of sincerity, but . . as of God
in the sight of God speak we in Christ."-2 Co, ii 17
'^^\^^hon'^^?fS^''^ Thessalonians did:-" Work of faith, and
^1:"^^''^^^:^,:^^^^ - ^- ->^^^ «/ God
THISjs ^'i«t heaven will be :-the eternal PRESEXOE of
^od. He that sMeth on the throne shall dwell among them."
— Eeo. vii. 15.
DO nothing you would not like God to SEE.
" Do all to the glory of God."~l Cor. x. 31.
SING nothing that is not melodious in God's EA.R
i:>mgmg and making melody in your heart to the LORD."
e A - , ■ -Eph. V. 19.
feAi nothing you would not like God to HEAR
O Lord, keep the door of my lips."~Psalm cxli.'3.
^TmP^ nothing you would not like God to READ
Ihou understandest my thouglts afar off.-Psalm cxxxix. 2.
Go to no place where you would not like God to FIND YOU
Ihou. art acjiininted ivith all my ,r ,;,,."_ Pgahn cxxxix. 3
^^^'?SHOwtT MeI""'' '"'' """^' ""^ ^^'« ««^ '- -y'
" Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity." -Psalm cxix. 37.
NEVER spend your time in such a way that you would not
like God to say, "WHAT ART THOtJ DOING ?"
"^ voice came to him, and said. What doest thon hereV'
— i Kings, xix. 13.
^'* WHO is suffijient for these things ?" -2 Cor. ii. 16.
"MY GRACE ia sutHcient for thee."— 2 Cor. xii. 9.
Waters of Quietneas.
[Tieaflot I\o. 23
HE KNOWETH ALL.
" IJnt Ho knoweth the way that I take."-J„B xxiii. lo.
The twilinrht falls, the nh^ht h near,
I fold my work away.
And kneel to One, who i,ends to hear
The story of the day.
The same old story, yet I kneel
To tell it,. at Thy call;
And cares grow Ijnrhter as I feel
That Jesus knows them all.
Yes ALL ! The morning and the night
The joy, the grief, the loss ;
The roughened path, the sunbeam bricrht
The hourly thorn and erosa "^ '
Thou knowest all. I lean my head
My weary eyelids close ;
Content and glad a while to tread
This path, since Jesus knows .'
And He has loved me ! All ray heart
With answering love is stirred
And every anguished pain and smart
Finds healing in the word.
So, here I lay me down to rest,
As nightly shadows fall.
Anil ]<iar« ««^-,CJ
uing on liis breast.
Who knows and pities all
— S. S. Times.
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"THY WILL-NOT IVIINE."
m <
I am not sent a pilgrim here,
My heart with earth to fill ;
But I am here God's grace to learn
And serve God's sovereign ivilL,
He leads me on through smiles and tears^
Grief follows gladness still ;
But let me welcome both aHke,
Since both work out His will.
The strong man'is strength to toil for Chrislj».
The fervent preacher's skill —
I sometimes wish : — but better far»
To be just what God will.
I know not how this languid life
May Kfe'fe vast ends fulfil ;
Me knows, and that life is not lobi
That answers best His will
No service in itself is small,
None great, though earth it fill ;
But that is smalt that "seeks its own,**
And great that seeks God's will.
Then hold my hand, most gracious Lorct^
Guide all my doings still ;
And let this be my life's one aim,
To do, or bear Thy will.
T. Xk
Tender Grass.]
[Leaflet No. 20.
I tearsi
Or Chriat^
m,
Lprd^
0.
TH£ BROOK WITH A BLESSING.
to go twisting and Sn^^^^^^^ ^ ^^'^^'^ "" tim^o
" The shortest wav^f IT t "^y S'ster over there."
Spring. "lfyo?take^a«traik'tS^^ ^he
-ill miss a grelt man/pleS'^ts ''""^^ "^"^^'*'^^^' y-
- uot ;'S-^„- ^^i:^
-urse f'r^h^s:k:raUttlffl"^ 'f. "^''''^^ * -"- - 'ny
cried the Brook : - wait « IL ^ ' ^'^^ ^^" ^ Nonsense T
^ So the poor Daisy gTewweakerT„ru;'\^^" '^-"'^'^•"
dew came she was dead ^ '*^^''^^^' ^'^'^ ^^^^ the
ler to come around your way "^'"""""'"■"*' ^
. '.ottf;Sflt^£;\t?'^'''«'™"° 0-i.and.he -uld
him in vain. P'^"™". Mil 'he flowers and leaves call& to
;vi„rgr£\t™:i^itwrs"ik:t ,•"' "r^- "- -^
to hsten, and the eratef.il hZl ^P*'''^ *f' ^^^ she turned aside
and showered thef oti Lr «« T' ^**4?^ dewdropsfor her!
down to Bhade hlT from lie ^^ntH^f ^^^ '^^^ ''^^ ^^^^
their roots aad cool tlidr W wl ^"^ u^'^® "^^'^ t^' loathe
down into the river atTastthaJ^ ' ^k'^ 'f ^ ^^^^^^ «« 'J^ietly
and th'TlfttSSatlVrr^^^^^^ the Spring?h% asked ;
-^usie and the Riv?r-spritlid '^ "''' ^'^" *^^ ^^^ -^-^teBt
praisetttSe Brtk' w'"^ "^' ^^'"^-^ ^« ringing your
ior their aakL-SiS. ^"" ^"^'^'^ ^^^ &o^eS^slZly
2
A NEVER-FAILING C 'RING.
Quite near where I liv« thero is a beautiful spririfj at
water, and I have often gone, and drank of it, and heon
refre.^hed in my body. And what is remarkable about this
spring is that it is always the same ; for I have gone to it
in all seasons of the year. In the warmest weather of
summer, it is cool and refreshing ; in the coldest weather of
winter its waters do not freeze ; its supply of water never
fails, for there appears to be be as much in the driest time
of tlie year as in the wet season ; and it is really " waters of
quietness," for I never saw it disturbed by storm or wind.
But to get to it one has to go down, and to drink of it,
stoop quite low, for it lies at the foot of a hill.
One day, after having drunk of this spring and been
refreshed in my body, I sat beside it for a few moments, and
was refreshed in my soul, as I saw in it such a picture of
the One who never changeth, " Jesus Christ the same yester-
day, and to-day, and forever " (Heb. xiii. 8), In the heat of
conflict and strife, in the most trying times, turning to Him,
we find a " cooling spring," and our souls are refreshed.
When all around us there are coldness and indifferenee, in
Him we find the warmth of an unchanging love. In the
time of spiritual drought, when all around appears to be
drying up, and no blessing to be seen, He is the never-fail-
ing spring, the supply as great as when there is blessing
flowing everywhere. And when storms of trouble and
difficulty arise, He is the " waters of quietness" to bo led
beside, for He is not disturbed by any of them. (Mark iv. 38.)
And how true it is, also, that to get where He is, there must
be that going down, (Luke xviii. 9-14), and to receive of
Him, to be in that lowly position, (1 Peter v. 5).
And now, dear fellow-believer in the Lord Jesus, have you
and I proved Him to be all this to our souls? Let us not
be CO ent with knowing Him only as the One who saves our
souls, but the One who can meet all our need, at all times ;
the never failing and all- satisfying spring, (John iv. 14).
Often have I gone to that spring of water and drank of it
when I did not/eeZ thirsty, but because I likQd to go, and
could drink of it any time.
And may this be true of us, as Christians, finding our
delight to be where He is, and to receive of Him, and nut
merely when ys^ fed our need pressing us to do £
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L. S.
ig and been
lornents, and
ADDRESSES ON SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS.-7
ELIJAH (5).
attamo.1 perfccti,,,, ,s for Tu , ' n"';"*"' "'""'• >» ^-^^
i;i^ aegree-.ot in a 1 uS lol ^^ '^^^ ^''' ^'-^^^^ °"t
dH'ine one. If this tes w^re to b« '^ ^vTr^ '^"* ^'^ ^
so-calJed minister, and even tL . ^^'^'''''' ^^'^^ '"^"y »
Christ, woidd hav^to 1 to ' n,I '''^° '""'^^ seek to sefve
these last three .Scrioturilfn .1 '^' °'''^'' ^fe'^^"' Linkincr
feet an.l entire "cK'n ^f^'';V^^^^"^ ^'^^^ the "per!
subjection of the so do ^od" mi, "h \'"'^" ^'^"-
carries the ./?.,/. within him in. K,^^^''°^' *h^<^ he
evil.-that the -o Jt'un "hi " ^tt'^.|'''~^J'^^^^^
acter one whit,— and that hi 1.1 changed its char-
night to harm hini, yet L^^^^^^^^ '"^^y ^"^l
he may walk unscath d th ou4 .1/';^ ^'""'^•^! "^" «^ ^Jod
of us have reached this noT, t ff i ^^'^'V^^'"' ""^^ ^^^^
the Corinthians the p ooffof ,' -f ''"^; J''^"^' ^^ Saving to
does not speak first of the vvondef ^^^.^^^^hiP (2 Cor. xii.1[2)
but tells them that tMhlt t T^'^T ^' ^ad wrought
all patience." So wl Jn „; u ' ^'^ ™^^ ^is spirit-" in
nnnister of God, Lt ?th'^ h^^^^^^ 'f'T' ™-^^« of tho
patience." "^ "'^* ^e heads the list,— "much
ful it\^tlC:V::^^^^^^^ ^^d how need.
for this we need oflen " in nnr^ '\ *^" ''^^'^ ^""«. ^"d
Many of us have mu h tru h ^ bnTir-*" ^""'T' ^" ^'^"^^•"
- to speak, in this corn r amUW 'n .^"^^^^"'^"^ ■'^^'''*'^'-
house full of good fnr JLTl^.'L .^^^^^ke a man with a
papering
cond
Willi
requiring to be done. Many chil Z Tr/'T' P'P'''"^
'tion. We mav h.vp. n' ?^. .'.^ .''" '^^ ^^^ '^^'^ ^n that
5K^!!\.r^h Scripture truth,
?''///,s' may never hnv*. K^n,, i V •^^'M't^ure truth, but
Imve 11,^; has n„r,It„''„T.. r'i-'". »"" "ver,, truth that
has not taken hold of
our
wo
our souls is a dead weight
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upon U.S. Truth' will either make nip top-lieuvy, or more
like the Son of God, us one '• taking His yoke and learning
of Hiui who was meek and lowly in heart." The truth tlua
hixn not taken hold of a hkiu's .soul—" truth in the inward
parts," and that he holds apart from the power of it, is a
curse, instead of a Mossing, to him. It is that which has
firm hold of a umu that gives power to sustain him in the
darkest day. " Thy word have I hid in my h«art, that I
might not sin against Thee,"
We saw that Elijah in the d.iys of his secret training had
learned the double lesson of absolute deptiwhrnce upon, and
obedience to God, and this secret training was in the immedi-
ate pre.sence of God before whom he stood. We then saw
that the man, who has been behind the scenes with God, is
the man who can stand before men for God. That v/e saw
in a two-fold way,— in relation to Ahab and his Court, and
to his brother, Ubadiah, and the nation of Israel at large.
Further, we saw alas ! the man who had learned his lesson
80 well get his eye off the blessed God. He who had prayed
in the 17th and 18th chapters forgot to pray in the 19th,
and he was absolutely as nothing— weak "as water spilt
upon the ground that cannot be gathered up again," when
out of the presence of God. Alas'! what a picture of us all !
Let us not think that because our conversion has been a
bright one, — that we have reached the right position with
regard to the Church of God on earth,— and that we have
recovered much blessed truth from under the rubbish that
men have put over it, that therefore we can stand apart from
faith. A happy conversion and a right path cannot f>-eep us
right,— this can only be in abiding dependence upon God. If
we think so, we will have to learn that God will break the
neck of our pride, and teach us that " nojlesh shall glory in
His presence," and " hij faith we stand." If we try to take
credit to ourselves— to glory in that hateful thing— the flesh,
— God will stain the pride of all our glory— and teach our
hearts the lesson " He that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord."
Having seen Elijah's traininrf and testimony, and restora-
tion after failme, and how God follows this poor unworthy
child of His from place to place, we Rh.ill .sec him once more
in communion and service. He left Israel for Judea, then
foes to the wilderness in isolation, thence forty days to
lount Horeb, where he tells the bondage of his soul, " /, even
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3
J" \ ovprybody is lo8t sidit of Jn.t r t.
whethn- it is '< ./.o,^ I . T^:i;^n "• :/^''''V^^^« very little
;f we aro .>cc„,,ied with it. A Wh. 7 ' ""'^^'''^ ^"•" "'^
;;-K. fi^^I.tin. MlJ the tin t /„ Thanl^"' ' '"'^"^ " " ^ '^'''t-
tho reply, u ^v,j,, J hale f „"/"'/ '"'^ constantly." was
other. ..that it n^akeHncMlitt"^^^^^^ "'^I^'-'-J the
h n,„oy .swoo,., or //.//./ with 1 , , ^'? ^"" ''"*^'"-«'^« a
"'Sc, whether by .W.A?/;. "^T way
'-'keourMvesnus ndf "'.'J^ ^he flesh, we on?y
fe'r.at villains that hann he saS f/'' T'> ^'''"^''" "^« ^^vo
!^aKi God «ays to ns, " J hfve ' / '' >' °"^ ^'"« ^^'^^Jy
?•• the person of Christ Mv^elv t'""'"'^''" '" ^^'« «'^«h '
,'«<opass sentence npon t ,t , '> """ y^"-- ^^'^^l^m
ri.e person whose con!li o t^^^J'"'^ «« f, ^'^^^e done."
and has Va//^'« from ,rac." H, ( '', "'^''-^^^ at lioreh,
occnpation witli the I.l.'L, I'v ^^ 'Iropfed down from
/>-^ self, as the ca e " Tr"" ^ ^'"'V^^ '^ .'7-^/.elf, or
jess-pool of iniqnity-^ldeJi^^itini in'^' ""'/'^^ ''^ '""" '" "'«
from the blessed Jiberty w£ ^'^^'«« ^'^'''« ^^ck
free, and is entangled a/ain wit .H ^^'^ J»" ^ '"ade him
I^^^Hon before us sfts asi^ie wh f v'' f'^' ?/ ^'^"^^'^^'«- ^^^^i'^
m all parts of Christendom wffi \ '^' "" "^"^""^^ "«> for
Judaism, Cl.ristians tt e kniit ,r? "''T'''^ ^^^"^ ^^
tl^ey are not under Jaw to hTZv£\ It ^'^"'' "^^^ ""'^ i"' «
tl'us in the bonda-e of it nff ' *^^^ ""'^ ^o Ze.;, saved
-ay iose aJi, and be' il at beZrTr' ""^ ''''^ '^^^ ^hey
tliat, that if they are to hJi . ^^ "*^^ ^^^^^n so far aa
t^ack at all, i/must be b^ ^^^^ .f^ ^f-ping on the
apostasy from the simpKcitv of T\ .'*• • ^'"« '' «""!%
^^'•thering blight upon t e LonJe nf"n''T!'^' ""^^ ^ ««"i-
own way of causing His LnT/f. u r^^"*^^ ' ^"^^ ^^as His
Hiin but it i3 not by " hJhuMvb^.>, '^V° ^"^'^^ ^^"^^ " to
^"t by enjoying thJ iibe ty Vj t''"th"'^^^
why people do not under^tind th! tu,^*"'" '' ""^^ reason
are given why the treasum^if tWbl^^^T", '^i^^^^ ^^«««»^
"P- . One is given in 2 Cor ii fV. ''''^ ^^^'^ «^« ^^^ked
ministration of .^m^f/, cowiZ'r ' T^"'" *° LAw,-the
ha« put us under the mn: 7' '^"^*^^f %«> whe'n God
^^'^ot'Q.Kl tounhaJiowed wa^^^if J;,"1" Fo.litutes
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th
w
1
fait and loosa witli Grid's {,'rii".i', thou the Lonl says to such
" I havo miiny thing's to say unto you, hut yo cannot hear
them 710W." Wliy wore the Corinthiiiiirt in siich a condition I
They had "envy, atrifo, divisions ainon;,' tlinui," waw.
''carnal, ami walh'A aj wfii." The third is ^\\m\ in the
Epistle to the Iluhrows. The Apostio says, " \Vh oii^ht to
give the more aarnest lujed to the thin'j,'s which wo" havo
Iioard, loat at any time we siiould ht thma ulip." (Cli. ii. 1.)
In (?trcct it is, "I am hiddini,' you look to thu state of youi-
Boula, and see that the truth does not /'• ik out." Ho octui-
piea three or four chapters tryin-,' to aw ikon thcni to a hotter
ppiritual condition, hecause they wore clin^'inj,' to the religion
of a day f^'one hy,— still holdin-,' fast to tho forms and core-
monies of Judaism.— And what has (Jhristendom returned
to hut that? Where, in the Nmo Testament, have wo
divine warrant fon vestments, instrumental music in the
^vorship of (}od, calling huildings in which Christians meet
the Hcmse of God, having a select priesthood or class of men
between God and His people to administer the sacrament
(so-called), baptizing people, etc ? Where do they go for
them all 1 To the Old Testament, to pattern by the leligion
of a day gone by — "the shadow of good things' to come'^"
''a. figure for the time then present "—" which thing is
done aumj iu Christ." Here then is a tlnrd serious ren"son
for people not understanding their Bihlcs. These things
would bear more serious looking at, and if each of us were
exercised as to the special way in which we. may be hindered
thus, the Word of God would become intiuitely daarer to us,
if we looked at them aright.
Retracing, Elijah has been tmight happy lessons in the
presence of God, been sustained by Him in" the presence of
men, been allowed to wander to learn the saddest lesson of
all his life, " no confidence in the flesh," and then that all is
grace from first to last. If you have never been brought
back from Horob, where failure puts us, you have the rich"est
lesson of all your life yet ahead,— God's blessed restoring
grace, "healing our back-sliding, loving us freely," and so
we " render Him the calves of our lips in praise." So if wo
liave a man redored to God in Psalm li., we have also one
that has found in that "the joy of God's salvation," and
that will "teach transsressors (jod's wa"s and sinner^ w"
be converted to Him." What a marvel 'of transformation
from Eh'jah sitting under the juniper tree,— a bitter shrub,
and with a heart just as bitter, to being thus set iu his old
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v^ork for you to do - 1 „ ' ^■^''''' ? ''"^^ '^it 'm.re
Koing to truHt you ti'lJ ,1 '7,'"'' '".'^^ ^^'^ ''''". ^^ut
Wo l..,v. lH.fc.,,. UH t us . 7' .>^'" '"„ne >vithout it.
->• '-.^"tho iiniJ and A .;;;^'s '^ be ^ ' ''T^^"'
-«iviiiguHour;,y.///o, •> ;/>,.. 1 '^'^"'0 "ur hearts
^s it were, Chr4 the ji H^i^- ^-T^T^"'; "'' ^'^^"^^^'•
"»<l all that his Saviour il I [, "'f''*;*''.I-t J^"fon3 J.im,
^^tasthe<<MorniuK8a ''-^U.tellV"^ "'"' "^•^^' «'
J'« i« going up to hea ; ^.^^t "^'^ ^T H' ^^''y^ ^'''
^nnhm.ud Christianity in tl at ^^v Z^' l''^^''- ^'"^ ^'^
oMryy/v,%/oo,>^elerna] ove.rf^.^^^^'^^7' ^'''''''"^' ^'"' ^'^''i'^fc
«"<1 in nil " ? Alth ' , , "' ''"'•^■~-" <^'^^'i«t " ns "alL .
^•- li'-" thai om tn ver^^r "'''^^"; ^"" "-" ^- »
^vere going to di! ^^ 1^ ^"'{Iv -''" ^-''-^ tlu^ th
^vehearitat^vH')ni:h^e'l^wi' Tl' '"^^\^'^V''"^' ''"»'!
;• We shall not .11 s?H.,r(2r:''t,.,^''^'''^' '/''/' J^'''J« «ays
''^•">''. and Me are lol.l V. 1 . ve .,1 ' "^^ ^^^"'^^'n "ver-
^""'» "<• not take the 1 |. ' " ^" ''^'^ '" ^"'^J' a way?
- -hen lie was a ; a ;!^ r,:;:ti:?1n' '';,"•"•'' ^'<^
that, like Knoeh and Flii 1. V 1. ^V'"'" ^^' ^^'^« "»
--.in nn.o the co .i i,^; ', ," ! :^ q'^'"/,'-' (t'-se "who
^v.thout dying, siKdl we row i 1 ^t'^^ «" "'' to heaven
^"ce whether wo "o o iTf V ""'''' ''''■^' '^^^<^ ^li«'^r^
"-t our Lord i;.1h a \, "thosr f7V'"''"'^^ "'' " ^«
7'"aii."! U///4 to de, we shoul " "''f " '''^'"^^ '-^"'^
^^'Wr% the Lor,, o co.ne wo si, ,1 . 'l ^"^ ''"'"'^"tJy
■'^I'oaks of it. "I an, win to , '^'° > ^"'"^ thui
(275)
serving Him, wlip still enables and " counts him faithful,"
(1 Tim. i. 12) ere he is called away. Such is the true posi-
tion of the Christian ; our Saviour is soon coming, let us go
out to ?neet Htm ; meanwhile, we have but one thing to do
down here, live for Him.. Lord Jesus ! soon coming to
receive us to Thyself, may we realize it thus, but one thing
to do for Thee, — Iwe for Thee, toaitivg for Thy return !
Elijah receives several messages from the Lord, but one
oi which we read of him carrying out, but leaving his mantle
and " the double portion of his spirit " upon Elisha, he
fulfils them.
The Lord further tells him that He has reserved unto
himself 7000 in Israel that had not bowed unto Ikal, and yet
Elijah had said, " I, even I onlii^ am left." A man is plaiiily
out of tune with the heart of God, when he says " /, onhj /."
Elijah thus restored\assured, and sent, comes to Elisha plough-
ing in a field, not the foremost, but twelfth one there, and casts
his mantle uj)on him. This would seem (as to Elisha at
'least) preuiatitre, as he does not appear to have "followed
fully" until later (ch ii.2). Elisha leaves the oxen, and
says, There is one thing I would like to do first, " Let me, I
pray thee, lass iny father and my mother I" We cannot
think of anything more excusable, yea, even commendable,
than this, giving one fiu-eweli embrace to his parents, what
in itself could we deem more fitting'? liut had he yieMed
prompter obedience to the J)ivine call, he would doubtless
have been sent to recognize these filial claims in bidding
them farewell, for the (Jod who thus chums our allegiance to
Himself says also, " Honor thy father and thy mother."
(Compare with tins, as "things that differ," our Lord's words
to his mother in Jno. ii. 4 and xix. 2G, 27.) But nothing but
Himself mu?*- be first when he calls us after Him ; how
needed and serious the lesson for us all ! »
The fir.st mark of Elijah's restoration is seen in his casting
his mantle on Elisha, and what follows : — be learns that
I'lero is " a time to gloe, and a time to Ixep, a time to
embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing." If
Elisha is not ready, his mantle must return unto him ; he
•ays, as it were, you can go back again, God does not want
" pressed" men in His service, all in His ranks must volun-
teer» a'^l render the service of a " ■wiUinc hcort," l^^e Hrsos
not desire nor value the service that is rendered from fear »f
. His wrath , nothing is Christiaii service that does not
emanate from the grace of God. The Divine call is thus,
(276)
<
11 faithful,"
3 true posi-
ig, lot us go
thing to do
coming to
one thing
oturn !
ird, hut one
his mantle
EHslia, lie
erved unto
aal, and yet
u io plainly
• /, only /.'"
sha plough-
•e, and casts
) Elisha at
" followed
oxen, and
'' Let nie, I
We cannot
niiiendahle,
rents, Avhat
he yielded
d doubtless
ill hidiling
Uegiance to
y luotlu'i."
ord's words
lothing hut
Him ; how
his casting
learns that
a time to
acing." It'
,0 him ; he
8 not want
nust volun-
' Ke does
TO in fear ef
t does not
oil is thus,
Christ set upon the throne, claiming us hy the love that
aved us, to live for Him. '< To me to liVe is Christ "s
thus he hrs sound of Elijah's testin.ony to E is^ia The
V uf If tw T' ^^''^^ -nstraineth us, etc ''"2 C
V 14). If the mantle is thrown on us we need to ar se an
and til- f tl.o Tr^vi T ['^^g^iwith that his soul was saved,
'111 ' if fMf:S •'^'f '' '''^' ?'^^"^^^^ ^^"^ fr«"^ a" Ins sins
inen If Christ is for me, I must be foi 'hrist • if I J,
rum w no died forme and rose again." If the mantJP ic
out sinners or out-and-out Christians^ He says of some 'I
ould thou wert roU or hot," not lukewarm. H vmd]
her have us really sinners and conscious of that fact ti
thus His grace may avail for us, than wishy-washy 1 of essor
of His name that only put a stench and dis.rraccM mo H^^^^^
dear name If we don't want to follow Him^ 1 d< n't
know what His love is, and had better g« b ;k to the , "t!
Oin r ?.f ■"'h'^ """^ "^ '''' ^^-"^ ami;ali:!d u^ " ^t
Can we say ni the presence of our Lord, and of an^^els me '
i^ d '"0'"^ It:"', ""^ f ^'^ ^' Christ gave /if I'i^^^
10 (to so, It He said, go back an,l have the world if von
s re ,t would we say humbly and meekly, but h ndv Z
blessed haviour, no. Thou art better than its best - ^' '
mil fn\t PI ^V^^ ^'^' '^«^'^ of command,-the Lord's
it. A,.e« ready to follow CI.^U The , itmS'rf
vir;::it.r;t;tLoS;r"-«— ^
(277)
from the- Lord, never to pass from his family, because given
to them of Hiiu, alid it joined the palace of the King. Ahab
thinks it will be nice for him to possess it, and asks^^'aboth
to exchange it for another, or sell it to him. JS^aboih replies,
m eifect, I possess this inheritance from the Lord, a steward^
ship from Him ; I cannot trade it away, seeing the Lord has
deeded it to me. What is the signiiicance of that 1 " That
good thing which was committed unto thee, keep bv the
Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us." (2 Tim, i.l4,) Oh, for
a few Naboths in our day— men that would rather die than
give up the inheritance of the Lord ! May we be found among
them, ''holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience r
How many now trade on Christianity, " merchantmen in the
house of the Lord,"-^thofie ihat are haters of the Lord feh^n-
ing submission to Him for unholy ends—" supposing that gain
IS godliness," and saying that is tlie way to make thfngs
move. Jt is solemn iniquity in the sight of the Lord thus
to prostitute His blessed name to the world that cast Him
out ! It is as true as the ]5ook of God has said it that
obedience has gone out of date, " He that <lepart.!th fronj
evil maketh himself a prey !" Those who would cleave to the
vVord of God are counted out everywhere. ]5ut we are not
to give up our communion with God'to have a better business,
or gain the public favor, nor even that of the king. No,
Naboth says, the Lord having given mo this projierty in
trust for Him, hold it I must and will, dczeljcl then plans
that if it cannot be had by fair means, it may by foul, and
causes righteous Naboth to be foully murdered, and for this
sm God pronounces the judgment on Ahab,--" h\ the place
where dogs licked the blood of .\aboth shall dogs lick
tliy blood, even thine." How men thus solemnly doom iheir
souls to tlie depths of perdition for all eternity for a littlo
gain, an, I because of the way they r.njustly treat the truth
and people of God ! And even where' (Jod is profes&edly
owned, there you will find Aliab and Jezebel on the train ;
among the so-called leaders of (^.d's people how many such
sad cases in all time in the " sheddmg ut innocent blood,"
and casting out the names as evil of tliose who will notgiv«
up their inhoritaiice from the Lord— put away a good con-
science or yield it up to the stewardship of other", because
of the fear of the Lord. Solemn indeed the lesson for us
a!!, for if wi
with the fist of wickedn
may not reach this length, liow
many ''smite
ess, and exact all la])ours " and yet
think they do (lod service. May we, beloved brethren, h
278)
ear
f
ause givon
ing. Ahab
<s Naboth
ill replies,
a steward-
! Lord has
? " Tlmt
ep by the
Oh, for
r die than
nd among
iiscience!"
ion in the
ord feign-
; tliat gain
ke things
.ord tliua
cast Him
d it thtit
<;th from
ive to the
e are not
business,
ng. No,
operty in
en piiuis
I'oul, nnd
for this
the place
ugs lick
'oni their
■ a little
<he truth
>fes&edly
le train ;
my such
: blood,"
not give
ood con-
because
ti for U8
' " •vn/tn
and yot
■en, hear
9
wickedness, to wirJi) hn )>r..,,r„ i ^ \ wuKi,, ot
oppr<,.ssed io /•... and th ve ! r^' '"' '' ^'' ^'^°
(Isaiah Iviii. 6-14) \ nev l'^'"'''^''''^'y Joko, etc."
hearts it i. T , ^ searching word for our
Ne V loTonin l?^ ^TS''^ "^ ^'''' "«■ tins u..r'.
tw word of th» i.o«i a;;d ,:'p,L,Ht wti,;;;?,';"''", '"•'
."-sage al "'74 i J h f to rXnl'tf "'""'l^'
iHoIat»u. King h.nnbla Inlel "h ' J, ™Eml 'T, '""
another errand for vou » l.']ii.l, i, i J^Hjali ! I have
not as a short tnTo be ore-he ri, , ^f ,?" '° '""' "»»'■
rfo, or m™ God's «i I f ,„1 1 °\ ° "'" •■''•°' '° «"•#«'•.
and to refrain from embrarin<r"Tl the t. me to embrace,
Ahab this message orinerf wherS'' ^'7 Soingtotell
" tTqc*- fi a 1 "it^icj, wnen his past m-eetinc w,qq
Hast thou found me, O, mine onemv V Ho c?uld teU h m
'Hhere is a way that even you can haVe hope A lab " « fn?
giveness with God that He may be feared » Tk'..
(270)
I
"'%
10
When a man walks with a bad conscience, he is not much
inclined to pray, and has not "confidence toward God" if
lie does. Paul says, " Pray for us, for we trust we have a
good comcience, in all things willing to live honesthf:' lot
us not ask prayers, if we do not seek to do what the answer
to th -n will claim of us— Xow Elijah is right in the track
where G i wants him, there to give a message to Ahaziah
and he not only gives his testimony clear and distinct— witli
•' no uncertain sound," but withal a pressing message Ha
meets the messengers of the King, and directs them to tell
lum that he wj'J not Cu.ne off his bed again, but shall sureh/
die Th3 King thinks he will soon settle that matter, anil
sends a captain and fifty m»n after the prophet. Elijah is
on the mountain-top— his course is plain and open, because
he fears God,- -not man. The man who is walking wiLh '}od
does not need to hidp behind a bush, neither does he need
to look this way and that way as Moses once, or feign him-
eelf a madman, as David, but "trust hi the name of the
Lord, and atty upon his God."
Elijah sits where everybody can see him,— not making a
single effort to get away, for in the path of God's will he
need not fear anything. Mark the calm, moral dignity of
this restored, happy, fearless man ! Here is an escort from the
King to fetch him into his presence that he may learn that
'the king's wrath is as messengers of death." (Prov. xvi 14 )
They cam3 to ..rder him there—a captain and his fifty, but
Elijah has his oru -:■ from the King of Kings and will not
go, and they are a). ..csumed by fire from heaven. People
may call these hard lines, but " Woe unto him that striveth
agmnst his. Maker ! " If we are not on God's side, by
«repentiugto give Him glory," then we must prove alas !
that He cannot give His glory to another, and must be con-
demned to everlasting judgment, as a necessity of His holi-
ness, by the very God that gave His Son to die for us The
name Bible that tells of the love of God, tells also of His
xighteons judgment upon all who receive not the truth in the
love of it. No faithful servant of God can put the one
before people and leave out the other. In these days of
easy-going, men ao not like to hear of the judgment of God
which slumbers not, and that God has decreed that " every
knee shall bow to Christ, and everv tontnie glu.Ii noufess H'"m
Lord to the glory of God the Father." °
The second captain thinks he can startle Elijah by
"* !fi'^^ ^^^^^^^^ «"^^ »^<1"'{^ a ^'ord, and says, " man
(280)
*M,
■■M.
not much
I God" if
wo liavt! a
sfli/." Let
the answer
tlie tntck
Ahaziali,
inet — with
isage. Ho
em to tell
ball sureli/
latter, and
Elijah is
n, because
; w it'll '}od
s he need
"eign him-
ime of the
making a
I's will he
Jignity of
b from the
learn that
. xvi. U.)
fifty, but
will not
. People
t striveth
side, by
'ove alas !
' be con-
His holi-
us. The
so of His
ith in the
the one
i days of
t of God
t " every
fess Him
Elijah by
" man
11
of God, come down auiokhi " Pnf ,•„.«. i ^i „ ,
owning his m\^ Hs\vnvtT n^ ''"'"" ''^'""''''"l and
So if we take our True nhcH 1^? ''""} '"'^'^^ ■^'"'"^'■"
np^"l.s die, and be as w« '. ii '''^' '""^ '""y " ^'^ ^^"^t
God looks H s litv on T T "^ u theground," unless
because we h.m i ,|Ld ' ''" "' ^"''^ "°^ i^'^S^ "«
justifies us. Hego^e ^rLS^^^^^ "^'"' ^^^
ing .he iust iud.rm nf f ii \^ ''""' penitent-know-
he^plead^f X ' S'r ^d V^' '""^ previous captains,
and' maintain th^^i.ht ^r li^ t/"'''^ ' u? ^'^ ^'^^«'
'^.orcy on whom I w ill Le me cv " h' ^ ^u n'" .^^^«
with him, Elijah," and he l" "S PrLr^w/ ^",'^7'^
to heaven ? These verv nn^r.) ^v/?o?ft will God take
thos« who j,ut TiSri" „ ; ? ™, t t'::T'°"i^"'' ^
ace some who sinxr wu.r j-i 4i .' "'" "u juugea. Ihere
^umuwnosay, W hy did Almi-rhtv God do fliJ^ ? tt •
Almighty, and He will prove His almirl? ^^ ''
again delivers tT; mS t1,aT he' si all ^/"^'s bedside, and
that God had no mercv for fW i o^\ ^° ^°^ "^^«^
have taken hintHeaCn if he rVT ^"- ^^^ ^^^^^^^
of God, and owned Hschnrs H '"'^ '^'^'^^ to the grace
sent to save a man's smfl To ^.""''^ "'""^ ^ «'^k bed is
not do so, if He could rujkteousl, sTve th n^ but^hV^"^*^
be no heaven for us, unless we submit to God o'feaith ""
10 n'^'^l.Tf '^"^' -^"^'"'^'^ mentioned, and in 2 ,;hron xxi
One last point, after all f,he«p rrrs-s-. -f • i
Elijah says: iS'ow F nm ,,„•„, '/ i "^^^'^''^H^'^ "t judgment,
one thincfto ch, yet E il F v ^K *''"^'^^'^^'' ^^"^ ^ ^^^^"^
cost of the L^ir pith ; 27n r'. "'''^'' ^^^''"*«^ *he
Gilgal, where the re^ oacl J' ! „ ? J^^^ ^P",' "« reaches
reproach of Egypt was rolled
away, Elisha
(281)
II
!f»!'
12
will not 1)0 shaken off. No, he says, i havo set out to fol
low my master, and 1 am going to rleave io him until I s-r^
Inm go up. :Next he comes to liethel, hous • of God • wiil
Ehsha not stop tliere ? .No. he likes h s ma^iter l)etter ' than
the brightest spot on earth. They come to Jericho, the
city with tlie curse of God upon it— the ground barren n.id
the waters naught, a picture ol' tli- worii when all is done
to Jinprovo it, with all its naI\\,iyR and tfh-:rur,hs aixl
wondeifi;! lacilities for transmitting siviit and sounu,— //^f
gr^mnd «.s dill barren. Poor sinners souls nch^ yet,— there
are st,.!l widows' tears and orphans' siglis,— the world is still
a place needing jails and lunatic asylums. God says, thus
l-M »m lias wrought this havoc in this fair scene, and it
neyei' 'viil be right until my Son come. bi>ck and sets it
right. Ihey reach the brink of the -Ionian— what ' will
Ehsha dare to cross over ? There is a mar. .vho will go throut^h
death Itself to follow his master. Elijah', .mantle enables them
to go through dry-shod ; so if we have faith, we can ask any-
thing in heaven or earth, and we will get it. God will say, Ask
what y..u wi 1 my child it is my good pleasure," to give you the
Kingdom. Shall we ask Him for eternal life, redemption, fitness
for heaveii ? These we have already.-" He hath made n^meet
to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light " Then
wesay We leave it to Thee, Lord. He interprets our desires.
-What will we ask for? A double portion of oui Master's
^pmt. We can have that, but never unless we leave Gilgal ~
eave Bethel,-leave Jericho, -and go through Jordan -
reckon ourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive uAto
God through Jesus Christ our Lord." Then we can have it,-
the Master says. Lhsha asks Elijah for a double portion of his
spirit ; Ehjah answers, you have asked a hard thing, but you
can have It if you watch me as I go up, -you can have it, if you
seemetheh. In a twinkling he is gone, and now the servant
looks after hini ; and rends his clotlies, expressing that his heart
misses him. The power of the master comes upon him, his
mantle drops down, and he goes back a man marked by the
spirit of his master. The spirit of Elijah rests upon him.
Have we gone down to Jordan in the death of Christ, and then
looked up after Him into heaven ; and as H: r antle has fallen,
the power of his Spirit, have we taken it up used it ? Let
us lay hold of the mantle of our Master r. . ..nd go through
this evil . ^d so that people will k . ,. 1 , His Spirit rests
upon us- r, beat of those who stumblr ..,ii, ., souls,-of whom
f{f/rT^^ r^'A. ^I'^^"" P?"P^« '^r^ ^^' ' '^'^'^ Jesus,-they are
like mm : ijud grant it to us !
(282)
B. C. G.
Shepherd CiiUs.]
<.'Ut. to fol
in til I s;if:
God ; wiil
letter than
Ji'icho, the
barren a ml
all is (lone
ra^.'hs and
)\iau, — t/h;
r'et, — tliere
jrld is still
says, thus
ene, and it
id sets it
i^liat ! will
?o through
ables them
n ask aiiy-
II say, Ask
r'e you the
ion, fitness
ule nsmeet
It." Then
ur desires.
1 Master's
! Gilgal, —
Jordan, —
alive unto
have it, —
tion of his
?, but you
i it, if you
le servant
t his heart
. him, his
:ed by the
pon him.
and then
lias fallen,
it? Let
o through
jirit rests
-of whom
-they are
C. G.
[Leaflet No. 17.
THE LORD'S^OCKET BOOK.
"Whose pocket-book is that you carrv ? " ^...-^ .f i .
His .ilso." ° ° ''°"'' I g''>»=» "lo P>"se is
"Well," saidthe man tlioii"htfu?lv "TIi„.,„ti i i
the Lord ; but your renu^rk tI?rows a^neJ X ^" ^^f"^ ^
ject. It never imon-^^,.] ,«n V , ^''*^ "'^ ^'^^ ^iib-
I am to c^y ;//criso thi not'?'v ''/' '^'''' ^'''' "°^^' ^hat
as n.y Lor ^directs 1 LT'^t ^'V^■ "^^ Po-^^ket-book,'
conf/ss Hon suHi-ever hate ^ol ' "^"if ^^ ,«"t' ^^^ I
^hich you place it " ^'"'^'^ '^ ^* ^" ^^^^ '^gl^t in
:=.;-:as: r Karl:; !!- S-r
men and women can be induced to look to PI " ?^"f.t»^»
covetousness. and th» w„H^';w;i'',e:,1lr;?e: Selo^Jf
" OCCUPY TILL I COME,"
come. ' is on V the ontomwfK -f n ■ , - ^^''''"Py tiJl 1
in the heart ^"^^^^^^^^ "^ this plant oi love to Christ
stared''' Wh^"'' *^i ^^"'^^"« 'h« ^"^^ti^n ^vith which we
^cLJI!:Z.^''''^ '' that which you carrA"!!
(283)
3
i
THE LORD T/^IETHTTHE RIGHTEOUS.
In this trial of the li^'liteous, one must first think of God's
own fhuractt!r and gh)i-y ; this He vindicates and maintains
in those near Him. (Lev. x. 3.)
IJnt it is for the profit also of those who. arc tried ; the
precious proof of the constant watchful care of God. '" He
withdraws not His eyes from the righteous." (.Fob xxxvi. 7.
Psalms xxxiv. 15.)
It is " if needs be," that ye are in heaviness through mani-
fold temptations or trials. He humbles us and proves us,
that we may know what is in our hearts— feeds us wth the
bread of faith, but it is to do us good in our latter end.
(Deut viii. 2, 16. Job xlii. 12 ) When the trial is met in
the truth and power of spiritual life, it developes and brings
out much more softness and mq.turity of grace— a spirit more
separated from the world to God, and more acquainted with
God. Trial cannot, in itself, confer grace ; but under God's
hand, it can break the will, and detect hidden and unsus-
pected evils ; so that the new life is more fully and largely
developed. God has a larger place in the heart, there is
more intelligence in His ways, more lowly dependence, moie
consciousness that the world is nothing, more distrust of
flesh and self. The saint is more emptied of s^lF and filled
with the Lord. What is eternal and true, because divine,
has a much larger place in the soul ; what is false is detected
and set aside. There is more ripeness in our relationship
with God. We dwell more in the eternal scenes into whish
He has brought our souls. We can look back then and see
the love which has brought us through it all, and bless God
with dependent thanksgiving for every trial. Such only
purge away the dross, and confirm us in brighter, fuller, and
clearer hope ; and increase our knowledge of God, self l)eing
proportionately destroyed.— i^rom " Practical Reflections on
the Psalms." j_ ]sj-^ j)
Ordinancks.— ^w ordiiianee may be given by the Lord with
poioer in it— a.a, for instance, the Brazen Serpent. (Num. xxi, 8, 9 )
But when the pou<er is gone, holding the " piece of brass," (2 Kings
xvui. 4.) becomes a snare and a trap. It must have power in it or
It 13 wo'-se than nothing. And so, let me say, of all ordinances and
servif-o. Like Mount cmai ur Horcb, it is but " Mount Sinai in
Arabia, or it takes the dignity of " tiie Mount of Ood," according
as tlie Lord adopts it or not. Likewise Jerusalem is but " a city
of the Jebusite?," if Jesus be not the life and glory of it : it is " the
city of the Oreat King "—''the joy of the whole earth," if He be.
1 he ordinances of the law were "shadows of good things to come "
the furniture of God's " beautiful house," or mere " beg-^arly ele-
ments,", as Christ used tliem or disowned them.
(284)
V
of th
your
more
Waters of Quietness,]
[Leaflet No. 24
US.
kof God'g
maintains
tried ; the
•)(1. '" Ho
xxxvi. 7.
ngh mani-
proves lis,
s wtli the
atter end.
is met in
nd })rings
pirit more
nted with
der God's
nd unsus-
id largely
there is
nee, moie
strust of
ind filled
se divine,
i detected
ationship
ito whish
and see
jless God
uch only
illor, and
>elf ))eing
ctions on
N. D.
Lord with
irxi. 8, 9. )
" (2 Kings
r in it, or
lances and
j Sinai in
according
t " a city
it is "the
if He be.
to come,"
[garly ele-
" CAREFUL FOR NOTHING''
''hZhtent'stTer S i^""" T,' ^' \ ""''' «oing to roost,
without a care foi to n.ormi i'^'',""^ ''^'K"'^ '""'««lf t" sleep
little twig, ^i:<^'s:szS^i;;:i^y ^^^^-^ ^y ^a
Oh, do not be afraid
What the morrow may bring.
The Gud who has made
Commands me to sing.
Me has fed me till now,
Each day dark or b;ight.
And found me this bttugh
Already for night. *
I'll soon go to sleep
On the twig of this tree j
1 know he will keep
Good watch over me.
And where I may be
Should the morrow appear
i>oe3 not concern me, *
I've nothing to fear,
I only do this—
Receive all from Him.
And find it my bliss
His goodness to sing. '
Po8t*fchink all my care
Could do me much good ?
Or provide better fare ?
Or find me moi^e food ?
And why should I fear.
Should aught make me shrink,
<Jr take to me care.
While He'll for me think ?
I've nought else to do
But to glorify Him ;
■His mercies He'll streiv,
And ru sit and sing. -A. Z
of tL4r t^leTbXrrotd^^"^ -<^ -'^ --
your hea. are'all'^Lmbered Fea^^LT'trr'? ''^ ^^^" «^
more vdue than many sparrows. ''li.KK vU. g 7 ' ' ^' ^'^ «^
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SONG OF THE SPARROW.
I'm only a little sparrow,
A biff' f f • ^v degree ;
M\ otv i3 u. tittle val'ie,
But the dear Lord cares for nie.
Ho gires me a coat of feathers —
It is very plain, I know ;
Without a s]ieck of crimson ;
For it was uot made for show.
But it keeps me warm in winter,
And it shields me fj'om the rain ;
Were it bordered w-tli gold aud purple,
Perhaps it would make me vain.
And now that the spring time cometb,
'' I w '11 build me a little nest,
Witii many a chirp of pleasure —
In the spot I like the beat.
I have no barn nor storehouse,
I neither sow nor reap ;
Gou gives me a sparrow's portion,
And never a seed to keep.
If my meat is aometiiiie:^ scanty.
Close pecking makes it sweet ;
I iiave always eiough to feed me, —
An life is more than meat.
I know there are many sparrows : —
All over the world they are found ;
But our heavenly Father knoweth
When one of us falls to ^he ground.
Tho' small, we are never fort?otten.
Tho' weak we are never airaid ;
For we ' . .,» that tlie (h3ar 1, .rd Ueepeth
The lile of the creatures He made.
I tb ' the thickest forest,
J- ali on many a spray ;
1 .ave ui, chart nor compass,
But I never lose my wa
I just fold oiy wings at nightfall
Wherever I happen to be ;
For the Father is always watching,
And no harm can happen to me,
I am only a little sparrow,
A bird of low degree ;
But I know that the Father loves me,
Dosr THOU KNOW His love for thek ?
Worrlsof tfte TVisf.]
fLeoflet No. n.
THE LORD ADDED.
.houW I ted "'Aet^' ° "- <^ l">-eH;;aiIy .sneh a,
be «aved, ,•.., th'o .tt"t* FC P^h ror,'" '"
^panng. To the ••Assembly" ho lonl a° edtuclT
lilt Assembly was now the " c ty of refuw" f,„.
the slay,.,, of b|o„,| .. „|,,,,,. jj, ,;,,„ b<^^e"fto th«
SU,, t their Messiah's blood could Nee!
••.■ity''of rBfLe^'r"'n^' "*' '^'"'" ■" «"'■ «•><=" the
'ity ot refiiffe tor tlie poor Jew-cuilty of His
n^^tnt'ei ot blood. When the death of « li;,.h
Priest, anor.ted with od, takes place ie in th. „ ";
JTe when the Loivl Jesus L^he ' H ' ^ •'„;
her::7ri/;,'"''"";' "" "'?''' '^'- ?«- Jew may
V a"d'™d "whl^n'r^V'*,"" "' ?•>'"«'• "^ "' 2 Sam;
I; M ' J " "'" ^''^ "as in deliyerincr „raoe
on MouM Zion with Dayid ; and the TabernS
sono-ht fK.. r i" V" " ^"---''^; ii"u every one that
sought the Lortl vvcnt out to it.
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Jhe Lord Jesus is Able
•' To save to the uttermost." Heb. vii. 25.
" To make all grace abound." 2 Cor. ix. 8.
" To siLccour them that are tempted.." .. Heb. ii. 18.
" To keep from fallmg." Jude. 24.
" To do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think." Eph. iii. 20.
" To sicbdue all things ujito Himself.". . Phil. iii. 21.
"To present you faultless before the
presence of His glory with exceed-
ing joy-" Jude, 24.
LBLE
sb. vii. 25.
.Jor. ix. 8.
lb. ii. 18.
le, 24.
b. iii. 20.
il. iii. 21.
le, 24.