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Qrl WatmofQutetnesi.J tPwtv— 1. "a little while." %'!':!!"', •';T" "''''"'> llowetl, a, a river :jS3»s&Kro.. Then r^d^ac'j SitTCS' "? T"'- And hail «ghr» verd a ■ /?"&°',fr' ^Tcf^aSf;:S'^''^"P"=''er taking ' B«ide.hem,CA!;tS£^ "■^ SrSltff^?!? t °" fto. failing, *f *"■' 'hrBr«,Sjl\'''*'r'''8 '™P to" trim ; "i ":.:i°J?_ Himself the m and »,w, 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« 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. I Jebciipturea ADDRESSES ON SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS-I. lea, he Apoetlea ag you waa , 19. f the spirit, ,"iii. 6-17. hough Ood i, be ye re- Gal, iii. 5. h is come orth fruit, "Col.i. 5. I ill coun- TRUTH ose things Jhrist, the ission and is to be " born of w sinners our sins, say to us, re." n as the upon His at honor leir trust 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 ; yment of 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 ?'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 \^'''' ?^^^ '^''^'''^ ^^ """ "" ^'""'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.« 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'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,og ^^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. (? i J. 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''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„ ^^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"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 17 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 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 33 I 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. .'•■ 'i 'J i....; 94 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;,', 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 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. I FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD. „,, , - .lolm viii. 29. yon aro to »*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 ^" ^^^^'^'«»'«' 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 •..,! 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, Hhnnifi 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 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,.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''°"-" 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™". ' ' "" '^*""='«' «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] •a' *■ i:- 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 — " .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« o. 1 .•u,l,ly." Tho Holy Spirit 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. 11 "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 3ndk 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''*^" ^^" 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 13 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^ ■ r- J- 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, 'hri,st for ? all ajrpi'ar one may > that Jie ' also to th God." hat is it 1 5 founda- >le, every 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 15 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 ' 1 •'■ ■-^^" "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" «'"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.] 19 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■ 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^. ■X 20 "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. 1 U ^j :5 i ::| ^:^l 22 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. ans lean hard :" rhee; ins ncl strength, — a, lide, F. K. W. 23 "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 ? '»■ P # % A ,1 •if; ■i 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. (99) 'f .| ... ■;:'! •, '-• , (:; i> IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // k /. f/. 1.0 I.I £ us 12.0 •UUU IL25 mil 1.4 1.8 1.6 V] <^ /2 ^l. Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ■1>' V '^ «j>^. 4gs.\. Wc^ %yz^ t* % ^^ "^^ ^ <.\> I 2 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. ] 1 f Leaflet No. 9. 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. (101) t ■ ''..Pn i 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. (102) 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 (103) i! \ ' 1 i', ■} iP 1 1 ■M 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,