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 copy ••••••bto tor filmmf FMtufM ol ifiU copy which 
 
 iiMv b« WMiotraiihMMllv untqu*. whtch may alMr any 
 of tha imafat wi «ha rapro d uction. o» whiah mav 
 f4fniftcanttv ehanf* Iha wmmI mathod of f llmk««. art 
 Ghachad bylow. 
 
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 Coyytf tura da eowlawf 
 
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 Caitas gAof'apti'qiMi an oouiaur 
 
 CokHirad ink (i.a. othar than blua or Maek)/ 
 Encra da couMur (i.a. autra qua Waita ou noira) 
 
 Colourad platas and/or illuttrationt/ 
 Planeha* at/ou iiluitrationt an couiaur 
 
 Bound with othar matarial/ 
 Rali4 avac d'autrat documanti 
 
 Tight binding may cauia (hadows or diitortion 
 along intarior margin/ 
 La raiiura larrAa paut cauMr da I'ombra ou da ia 
 distortion la long da la marga intiriaura 
 
 Blank laava* addad during rattoration may appaar 
 
 within tha taut. Whanavar pouiMa. thaw hava 
 
 baan omittad from filming/ 
 
 II la paut qua cartairtat pagat blanchat aioutiat 
 
 lort d'una rattauration apparaitsant dani la taxta, 
 
 mait, lortqua cala *Uit poisibla. cat pagat n'ont 
 
 patMfilmAat. 
 
 L'ImtttUt ■ m<crofllm4 la matliaur aaamplatra qu'tl 
 lui a At4 pottiMa da m procurer La« dAtailt da cat 
 .aHamplaira qui Mint paut Atra untquat du point da vua 
 bibltugiiphiqMa. qui pa m ant modif lar ufw Imaga 
 raproduita. ou qut pauvant aaiftr una modification 
 dam la m^tfMida normala da f timaga tont indiquAt 
 
 
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 Pagat damagad/ 
 Pagat andommagaat 
 
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 Pagat ditcolourad. Itainad or foxad/ 
 Pagat dAcolorAat, tachatiat ou piqu4at 
 
 □ Pagat datachad/ 
 Pagat d^taehAat 
 
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 Ckialiti irtAgala da I'imprattion 
 
 Continuout pagination/ 
 Pagmation continua 
 
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 Comprand un (dat) indax ~ 
 
 Titia on baadar takan from:/ 
 La titra da I'an-tAta proviant; 
 
 □ TitIa paga of ittua/ 
 Paga da titra da la [, 
 
 (jvraiton 
 
 □ Caption of ittua/ 
 Titra da depart da la livraiton 
 
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 Ganiriqua (piriodiquat) da la livraitoi> 
 
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 Additional commantt:/ 
 Commanuirat tupplAmanttirat: 
 
 Thit itam it f ilmad at tha raduction ratio chackad balow/ 
 
 Ca document alt film* au taux da rMuction indiqu* ci-dattout. 
 
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 Ihm copy filmed h«r« Hm b—n r«prodiio«<l tfianlit 
 to th« o«n«ro«ltv of: 
 
 Metropolitan Toronto Mfortnco Library 
 Baldwin Room ' 
 
 Tho ImagM appaarlng hara W9 tha baat quality 
 poaalbia oonaldarlng tha condition and lagibliity 
 of tha original xopy and in kaaping with tha 
 filming contract apaalflcatlona. 
 
 Original copiaa in printad papar covara ara fllmad 
 beginning with tha front oovar and ending on 
 the laat page with a printad or lliugtrated impree- 
 •Ion. or the back cover when eppropriete. All 
 . other original copiaa are filmed beginning on the 
 first p«ye with a printed or iliuttratad impraa- 
 •Ion, and ending on the last page with a printed 
 or illuatratad impreasion. 
 
 The leet recorded frame on eech microfiche 
 ahall contain the •ymbol -^. (meaning "CON- 
 TINUED"), or the •ymbol ▼ (meening "END"), 
 whichever appllea. 
 
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 Mapa, plataa, oharta, etc., may be fllnfwd at 
 different reduction ratloa. Thoaa too ierga to be 
 entirely Included In one expoaura ara filmed 
 beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to 
 right and top to bottom, a^ many frames aa 
 required. The following diagrama llluatrate the 
 method: 
 
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 L'eMemplelre fUm4 fut reprodtilt gride i la 
 g4n4roeltA de: 
 
 Metropolltap Toronto/ Re f a ranca Library 
 Baldwin Room ' 
 
 Lee Imeges aulvontee ont 4tt reprodultee avac la 
 plua grand aoln, oompta tadu de le condition et 
 de la nettet« <|e lexemplelf fllm4. et en 
 conformity avac lea oondlt/ona du oontrat da 
 filmaga. / 
 
 Lee exemplelrea orlglneuW dont le couvartura en 
 pepier eat imprim4e •ont/fitmAa en commen^ent 
 par le premier plot et en termlnent aolt per la 
 darniire page qui compokf une empreinte 
 d impreaaion ou d'illu«tration. solt par la aecond 
 pl«. ••Ion le ce^. Tou^ Um autrea aiiemplalrea 
 origlnaux •ont filmic ery oommen^ent par la 
 premiere pege qui eom^lorte uiie empreinte 
 d'lmprea^ion ou d'lllu^t^atlon at en'termlhant par 
 la darnlAre page qui oofnporte une talla 
 •mprainte. 
 
 Kin dea •yn)MR>lee aulvint* appacattra aur la 
 darni«r# Image de chabue microfiche, •elon le ' 
 oaa: la symbole -^ aignifle "A 8UIVRE". la 
 •ymbolt V •Ignlfl^ "IflN". 
 
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 Lee cartea, planohaajtablaauN. etc., peuvent Atre 
 filmte i dee taux dajTMuctlon diffiranta. 
 Loraqua la docuiiieni eat xtop grand pour Atra 
 reprodult en un aeul ollohA, II e^t fllm« i partir 
 de I'angia •upArleur gauche, da gauche * drolte, 
 et de haut •n baa, a|h prenant la nombra "^ 
 
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 mtmnt ^/ ttrtnflktnin^ /nitk, brifkttnin^ kopt, nttttimUng torrow, and 
 tkt mMgnif^ng CkrUt mnd fiU- grtnl tatantion," tkt okjttt ^f it 
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 %$ in hmrtn, thiit om of them little tmen nhould 
 J perieh," Maw. xvrii. 14. 
 
 Th« 4ubJ«el (o whtob I with tu (ilnct your •(tontlon Xo-Atij if 
 tb« 8«lratloo of UbUdrtn d/lof la lofMC/. I do not, bowivtr, la- 
 l«rpi«l Om text M rartrrlog •xeluslrd/, or tvaa iiMoisa/, to infkote. 
 It AppliM to All wt*k «od lowl/ bolUrtn, m well m to tbo young. 
 Tb« eonoaotlon ia which it lUndi wttb tb« (wrabla of tb« bnodrvd 
 •bMp, oDfl of which w«at Mtr*/, puU tbit bojond doubt. Tb« tMt 
 •hova tb«t our Lord Jmur Obritl ta • 8b«pb«rd who o*r«a Undarlj 
 for tTwy toQl committed to bis ebart*. Tho ypangtft, Um WMkoit, 
 tb« •iclcll««t, of his flook is •■ dtar to him u tb« atroagtat. U ta 
 not bit will nor tb« will of oar r»tb«r in b««T«n that on* m. tb«a« 
 Uttla on«a ahould pariib. But wbiia our Lord's sutcmpnt Appiisa to 
 many adntte^U andoubtedlj inoludea obildraa ; aad itelanguaga an 4 
 spirit ar« sack aa to maka it a satubla teit for a diaeoorsa on tbJa 
 in^ot. 
 
 Tba qnaaUon than la, Ara any ebUdran dying in infancy sarad 7 
 If ao, ara all anoh aavad, or ia It traa of only aoma of tba nambar that 
 tbay ara ckoaan to aT«rlaatlng llfa ? 
 
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 ••• M«ll<i« of (Im n«ptl«l niiMrfll, «a«4ib llM 4iMlrtM »t ttapllMM*! 
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 tk« MM* »•••«« 4«ii/ «• i»Uni» lh« glfl «r •vcriMilni Ufc " !•»••• 
 
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 fbr U) mIuIu ^4 Id iImm 011I7. 
 
 0«44 Mr. Wwt«y. U kit trMita* •• la^Rt Ba^tlMi, i>«bli«M 
 kf %U a*m*f\ Oiinfcr«nc« f>/ tiM ll«tii«KlUl Ohurtk tn Ik* irniM 
 lUtM, alMfly ftvowt ik« M«ita«al ik«l (■AiiiU mhmI or4lN«rll7 
 k« Mft^ irlikMi k«ptl«ia. •• If," Mjrt k«, •• lafkala am fvUty •# •?- 
 If liMt aia. tk«« tkaj m* pfoft in^lMtt of k«|>tlM i M«liif , I* tk« 
 tr4ln«rj w*/, lk«7 Mnhot Im aikfad, hbUm Ikli Im wMk«4 avs; k| 
 kapUip. 1 1 ht ainUj b««B provf4," b« Ml4a, " lk*l ikia url(l«al 
 •«Ala «tMvw to •ftj «kll4 oT MM i »*4 ikal kMiby ik$j Mt •»«• 
 iiM •# vralk, MditAkU 10 tltra*! dMrnattoa." (Do«t. TrMU, 
 P. itl..) Fnrlhar on, !■ ■ttetnlHi ap hlaMf«m«at, Mr.WMlay urgM 
 tkAl " oalward baptUn Is gmmnfUj, In •■ «)i4lo«r]r way, a«M«Mr/ 
 to MlraUon." 
 
 Oar owa Okarak it aet aaAraqaaatljr akargad wllk koMlag aat* 
 ft>w and gloomy vl««rt 0a lk« •ukjaet of infknl MiTatloe. Wko kat 
 BOt k«ard tb« " apao-long " tUndtr r«pfat«4 Ilka a eoakoo-aoag, 
 •Bill, BO doabt, tka raUlltr kattarad Mi owb alory T OartBlaly 
 Ibart BOVtr waa a alaadar mora anfbandad. Oalvia, tka graat MoA- 
 am atpoaitor of oor ralth, InaUiad of nalng anek worda, Of koldlag 
 itiek a Bionttroaa dootrina, argnaa at graat langtk in favor of Ika 
 MlraUon of lafkat*. 8m bit Tbaol. laai., tk ,IW. •h. 1«, Baa. II, 
 wkara, ia tka aoaraa of kU argomant, ka ns«8 tka following worda, 
 M AD tkoaa wkom Okrlat blaaaaa ara aiampt f^om tha enra« of Adam 
 aad tka wratk of Ood. Now, aa It la known tkat Infknta ware 
 tltitiH by Un, it followa tkat tbay ara aaaapt tMm avarlaaUag 
 
 Aaatk." 
 
 Any aambarafqaofatloaa nlgbt ba glvao firon Bnnyaa, IMl* 
 4r1dga, 8«0tt, Dick, Hill, Oaadliab, Onnningkam, and Hodga, all 
 •iraag Oalrlalata, aad m«at of tkan rapraaanUtlTa aaa In tka Praa- 
 bytariaa Ohar«k, ikowing bow nttarly uafoandad ia tkta oalnmny. 
 
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 la MiKlkM piMM Mr ni^rf miR. «44r«Mlng btnitatf lu ik««« ■tM4«r» 
 
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 •ho 4I« In Imt^a*/ *r« iMi. U« M M*. 0«t Oo«fM«l«« wftiw !• 
 tliit M^MI kat «Mi, aai liw wofit M« tiMw, •« llMt lafbau, ^< 
 lay is jnftttKiy, •» r«g«»«mw4 •n4 i«»«4 kf CJhHtt lhrti«ih lk« 
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 « «!•««,' «tkMi vko 414041 lalka«j f * Mprokai* ."* Rat ■nnty «Hla 
 Is *■ aa«ftrr*Nt«4 lafrwiK-* Wh«« •• •!>«•* ot lolkaW 4? lii* !• 
 I«fka«r M mitX, w« MfUlnlj do not mMn (bat lb«y •rm •l«et of 
 obuMii o«l oT • iHurtkalar ag* of «la««, bat out ol tk« wholt laaac 
 ofbafaaa bataf*. Thii k tba IkHptart aia of tb« word "•iMt,"— 
 for MampU, John, whaa a44niMlin tho "tUot lady," tpaaki ofliar 
 ** tlMt aUtar." (11 John V.l».) But no una iuppoata thia iaofuaf* 
 10 laiply tkat aba had a rtprokat* ilitar. /obn aiaaea that tba lady 
 harMlf, as wall as bar itilar, waa obotaa out af tb^ f»n«n family *f 
 Adaa. /aat la tbia aaaaa la tba word uaad It <4ur Confaaaloo of 
 Faltb. Wbaa It apaakaof Idfanti dytog la Infk^^y aa «' alaot.- lU 
 obvlooi maaalag la tkai tbay ara alaetad oat of ^^ whola oiaaa of 
 boman balagt. Aa^ balag tbaa alaeud, tbay ara alt, wlthoat aieap- 
 Uoo, gifan by tha Fathar to tba Ron aa tba raoonpanaa of hia oba« 
 dtanoa aad aalhrin«, and takan ly ib« Son from tha avlla of aartb^T 
 |o b« tralaad and aartatad ia tba achool aad bona of b«av««f 
 
 Oar MatbodiM brctbran, la tketr Diaoiplloa, uadar tha kaad of 
 ** Tba Mialatration of BaptUai to laflaaU," oaaka a tiaUar om of tka 
 
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 word "^ImI." Then iha ailaUtor U dlr««Ud to pnij ihat tb« child 
 to tM baptlMd naj •' b« fouod at IMI U Ibt num\mt of tbj. fkitbfb) 
 and tUtt ahildrrn." If tka infknt ba Id tha nunbar of the alaat, It 
 nun ila«lf ba alaotf-xan alaet iofaoi. 8u tbej, too, I an hap^ to 
 ■aj, ballava in iniknt alaotion. And iofknt alaetion, I think, noat 
 ba aooondltionai alaetion, that la, not foondad on foraaaao faith or 
 good worka, batdapaodinf aulclj upon tha frae^aoraraign will of God. 
 That tha paaaaga in oar Ooofaaaion waa not iotandad to taaok 
 thatAQX <lj'o| In lofanoy ara loat, la avtdant firom tha foUowiag 
 oonaidaratlaaa<» 
 
 («.) Iniknt perdition doaa not appaar to hara haca aghatad at 
 all in the WaatminsUr Auanibl/. In ualtbar of tha two biatoriaaof 
 that Aaaaablj that hava baan pnbliahad, nor in tho taport of tho 
 AManbly'a prooaedtnga, la thara a traoa of it. 
 
 {h.) Thara if no abidance that any of that day baliarad It, az- 
 capt thoaa wha baliavad in Baptianal Regeneration. Thia wa« not 
 .tha «aaa with any nembar of that Aaaambl.r. 
 
 (c.) From the /act that anch a aentimant Hopot ba foond la 
 tha writinga of any Oalvlnlaf, while the contrary oan ba foend in 
 tha writinga of nora y>f them than in thoaa of any other eTaofa|la«l 
 , cbaroh.' — 1 . 
 
 (d.) Priortothaltimaoftha WeatminaterAaaarabiy,thaObnreh 
 of Scotland, in her "National Covenant or Oonfiraaion of Faith,*' 
 tUU boand op with ooL Coofaaiion, giTea tha following atrong taa- 
 timoay In fikvor 0/ tha aalvation of infaati : " We abhor and dstut 
 • • • (hare folio w4 an ennmaration of tha chief errora of RomaJ 
 " l^ia erMtljvdgmnt alaloat infanta departing witbant the aaor*- 
 
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 (a.) la tha Direotocy of Publio Worahip, agreed apoa by tba 
 Waatmiaatar Afaembly,\aad alao booad with our Oonfaaaloa, in tha 
 Motion oa Baj^tiam oeoar the following worda :-^" Outward baptliai 
 !■ not lo oeeeaiary, th«t, through the waat thareof, (ho iafitat la la 
 daager of damaatioa." 
 
 I hava thua, at aoiae Icagth, rafarrad to Ota oplaioai of mea on 
 tkit •akjaot.aot la order to proTO tha truth or ISUaity of the dootriaf, 
 bat to vlndloata 0B^-,8obordMt« Standard againat nnfouadad oal- 
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 >pM 1k>jura IwoBght agalaat oar ehajreh hj maaiban of aay alttar 
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 I. CkUdrtn art eapahlt of k«ing rtgtntraltd and iMdt p«rfcilr«ri 
 tif"tk« laming grae* of Ckriil in in/anty. 
 
 Tbftt llMj nt«d anoh • thorough oh«ng«, no ont will d«nj. Th«j 
 eannot b* ■•▼•d on th« gronod of th«lr nMtur»l Innoctnoj and paritj, 
 imtpoetiTelr of thaeUotiog lof* of the Father. th« radMmingwork 
 of th« Son, and the reganaratint grao«> of tha Holy Spirit." No ; 
 '* b7 natara thaj ara children of wrath, avan nu othari." «• lo Adam 
 all dla.*' «• That which It born of tha fleth la flash •* Tha whole 
 human race, Ibfaati not exoeptad, datcefided from Adam bj ordln- 
 t^tj gaoaratlon, Inherit depravitj, and ara liable to death and other 
 penal eTili. (Rom. V. 13.) 
 
 Children, then, need regeneration and laTing grace aa well at 
 adalU. But how can thej reeeUe this ? I replj, that " aa in Adam 
 •11 dlt, avau io in Christ shall all be made allTa." Our children, 
 born in sin because of their descent from the Brst Adam, are bcirs of 
 graea in Ttrtue of their covenant relation to the second. " As by 
 the olhnee of one Judgment came upon all men to coDderonation,eTen 
 •0 by tha righteousness of one the trt9 gjft came upon all mea unto 
 JasUflcatlon of Ufa." On these words Dr. Hodge, of Priaceton.par- 
 baps tha higbeat Iking authority In the PresbyterUn Church, re- 
 marks, " Wa baTe no right to piit any limit on these general terms, 
 exoapt what tha Bible Itself places upon them. The Scriptures no- 
 where eznlade any class of infants, baptised or unbaptised, born io 
 Christian or in Heathen lands, of beliering or unbelieTlng parents, 
 ttam tha benefits of the redemption of Christ. All the descendants 
 of Adam, exoapt Christ, are under condemnation'; all the descend- 
 ants of Adam, except those of whom it is expressly (VTealed that 
 thay cannot inherit the Kingdoni of God, are sa»ed." As ignorance 
 doei not prarant children snflbrlng fVom tha sin of Adam, so ignor- 
 aaca na«d not prsTant then heing sared through the righteousnafs 
 of Oliriat ; for^wbera sin abounded grace did mnob more abound.** If 
 tin sin of Adam has so much abounded as to kill their bodies for 
 6000 years, will not tha graoaof Christ, whieh inu«h more abounds, 
 fofloo to aara tbair sonls 7 
 
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 ,...,T,.?,.^ f Doth hia salration flow ; 
 
 '■ ' ■ *Tia not confined to H«x or aKe, 
 
 jifjjif The lofty or the low." 
 
 'Mi Vow lafkntt are mada partaken of saTlnf grace we may not 
 be at^l* to explain. Ood is not a bard taskmaster, reaping where be 
 ImMi ttoisoWB, or gatherihg where he hal not itrawed . FalUi , naoi. 
 •filty to iMklvaMoa In the «as« of adolto, is hot oeoeMnry io tb* e«*a 
 of inftufti, Mt in lk» laufMbge of dor OosfeMipn, " they ar« Mgaa^ 
 
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 •r«Ud ftttd Mvtd by Ohriil (krough tiM Spirit, vho wollwtli #bM, 
 
 •D<1 whtrv, aad huw h« pUM«th." 
 
 Bat viMUvflr ajilary aay tw ocaMctMi with tk« BKtd* of the 
 
 Spirit'! worklag oa lh« lM*rt of a child, iba poMibilltj of lafhat ra^. 
 
 taaaralian la provad by Seriptura iaaUneaa. Baaaal wai aallad af 
 
 tha Lord wblle ba was jat a baba. Joha tha BaptUt was UM with 
 
 tb« Holy Gboat tfm his notkar's woiah ; aad to alio Jaraalah.^ 
 
 W« raaauB, ther«-fbre, that IT thaaa " lUUa oaca" »tra ragaaaratad 
 
 aed saved, so may others be. And slnM it Is not tha will of oar 
 
 Father la baavan that oaa of then should perish they aadoabtedly 
 
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 lB*lah si^s, '* He shall feed his look like a shepherd, ha shall 
 gather the lambs In bis aras and carry them in his bosoa." Jesoa 
 earaa for all his flock ; not one of thasa shall Uek any good thing ; 
 bat specially does he naaifiist care and tenderness for tha lanba. 
 Ilsewherc be is represented as carrying the sbaap aa his shoalden, 
 bat hare the eTaagelloal prophet rapresanta him as carrying tha 
 lamba, not on his shoalders, bat in his bosom, the place of eadaar* 
 meal and warmth. On many occasloiS dl/l oar Lord's tender «od> 
 cam for the little ones manifest Itaalf. <• Take head," said ha to his 
 dlsclplear"that ye despise not on* of these little ones, for I say onto 
 yoa, that In haavea their angels do always bahold tha Ihoa of my 
 ratbar whlab la In haavea." (Matt. ZVIIi. 10.) When his dlaclplea 
 dlspnted among tbemseWies who sboald be the greatest In tha king- 
 dom of heaven, he took a little child and set It in the midst of them, 
 and said, •* Bsoapt ye be eoavertad and beeodia aa llttla childtaD, ya 
 shall mot enter iato tha Jlagdom of baaTan. Matt. XYIII. l-'4. 
 To the chlar priests and acrlbes looking with haughty contempt on 
 tba ehlldraa crying Hoa4">a to the Son of David, Jesus saM, ** H*va 
 ya navar read, oat of tha moath of babes of sucklings thoo baat par* 
 fl^tad praMw V (Mutt. XXL 16, 1«.) Do not thaaa words aaam t« 
 Imply that in baavan there shall ba " pcrftct praise** to Ood fWim 
 maltltndas who here on earth ware babes ftnd sncklliigs,— litlla onat 
 aarly torn from fond mntamal boaomi T On another occasion, whan 
 his dl8«lples were displeased at thoaa #bo bronght tbair liitla onaa 
 to him, be spoka thoaa chaaring fhmiliar words, *<saAr tba llttla 
 okUdram to eom* onto pa and lorMd tham not, for «f racli h tbt 
 Ktofldom ot OAd, • * And h« took thm or in bis nm^ «iii pm 
 tM hanttom tkMs, Md blatwd ikwn." (MMk Z. 13-*>U.) /•« i«M 
 my iaaha* wna m part of bfa flMwrBttiiaMoao* w fo<4 *«ll|^ 
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 *b4, b«Uf bit, tbtj arc mA^. 
 
 8aNlj thsM InlUDMi of «ur Lor4't •poeUI rofknl, toadormtM, 
 •nd lovt, for ehlldrtn ftffbrd • ttrong •Doout«tftin«Dt m to thtir 
 ct«rn»l MlvAtloQ If b« «liim«d tbcm on ffarib,i|rlll b« dtiown tbcat in 
 h««Ttn T If b«r« bo •noouragcd thoni to oon|i« antd bim, will b« 
 htr«*fl«r forbid tbein eomincT If on eartbi'bo blaind tbtm, Iq 
 hMTsn will h« enrM tbcm T Forbid tb« tboogbt. J«tui, oar KIdtr 
 Brotbor, hM itlll the Mme gr««t tender loTlqig bewrt m in the da^t 
 when he rejoiced in the pr»iMioftbe <'llttl« oaet," Invited them t* 
 fiome onto bIm, took thrn up In hit amil and blened them. _, 
 
 3. CkiUrtn, aceording to ChrUt'i 9um tttelaraiion, ftcloef tt tht 
 ftmUyo/Chd. I ' J 
 
 In a passage already qno^ed be gives M t^ rea«on why obildran 
 ought not to be hindered firom oonlng unt6 blm that "of suoh is the 
 Kingdom of Ood." The meanfng of tbi^ expresaioo, aeoording to 
 the great mftjorlty of the best commAntat<^rs, U< that " of saoh "—of 
 Infants — ^heaven is in a great measure ma<te ap. John Newton sajs, 
 " In these words our Lord informs us ot a/act, that the nutnber Of 
 infaoti who are efllsctually redeemed to 0od by His blood, so greatly 
 exceeds the aggregate of adult beUev^rs, that, comparatirely, Bis / 
 
 kingdom may be said to consist of littU children." / 
 
 . Such, I believe, is the true meaning of this precious passage.— " / 
 The disciples thought these •' little Ones " beneath their Master** / 
 
 ifotice, but not so the Master himself.; The presence of the childrm ' // 
 reminds blm of bis Father's hou8e,~ttie heaven from which be cam*, 
 and be says " of such is the kingdomiof heaven." 
 
 If it be Mid that the expression, |< kingdom of Ood," or " kiog< 
 dom of heaven," me«Qs the Obnreb of Qhrist on earth, still the pas- 
 sage bears with scarcely any leM forle on the ••lvatioo''of iofaB' 
 For then we have here Ohrist's warrant for regarding children 
 members of bis visible oboroh, and the queition comes to thit,4> / . > 
 poes not Obrist's recognition of ebildrea as members of his char( 
 on earth imply that he will recognise them as members of bis chnri 
 in bsaven 7 Men'may misUke as to those who are entitled to ihk 
 priviiogM of -Christ's ehureb. But Christ bimself eannot. J^md 
 tbsrefors, i bolisve bs will oot SzeUide from Um obareb in k«^a 
 those 10 whom be has assigned a place in the shoroh •• earth. / / 
 
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 dom of Qod," ths fcet that " little eMldten," as saoh, bslOflg t^ tito 
 
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 'dooiarM bim U b« • nembor of Ood'i fbmil j, —an btir of bU kingdom . 
 
 4. • CkUdrtn dying in k\fainqt mt* fffrom Ikt gfound qf eon- 
 imnation. 
 
 Thay bava original ■In, It la trut, bat tbat, I thiak, is aavar 
 praaanlad in Ood'a Word aa tba ground t>f ooadaoinatioa. Il*« 
 - ara loat baeauat tbaj;^ rcjaot oflhrad taltMAloo. fiat tboaa dyisf^' 
 bafora ihaj bare done good or 111 cannot ba taid to bava r«> 
 jtettd talTation. Sinaars wllljon tba laat daj ba Judgad aooordlng 
 to tbair worka, wbatbar thajr ba good or bad. It ia auffleNnt to ra- 
 tkr to tba following paasagaa, Matt. XVI. 27 ; XXV. 41—46 ; II Oor. 
 V. 10 : Rav. XX. 13 ; XXII. 12. But tboaa dying in Infanoj oannot 
 ba oondamnad on tba gA>nnd of tbair worka. Wa tbarafora oon- 
 olada tbat whan tba Son of Man aball aand forth bia angala, and 
 •ball gather out of hia lilagdom all things tbat ofllind, and tham 
 wbtch do iniquitj, and shall eaat tham into a furnaoa of flra, tbara 
 will not ba an infant foand who has oflhndad or dona Iniqoitj. 
 
 6« ^ CkiUrtn dying in ii\fanq/ potuu non* C{f tk$ eharo€t«ri$ti«» 
 
 Paul, (Rom. II. R, 9,) dascribtng tba lost, says, " tbay ara ooa- 
 
 iantioas, and do not, obaj the truth, but obey unrightaoasness *," 
 
 and ha tails as that to suob Qod will render indignation and wrath, 
 
 trlbotation and anguish. But ara tba sins hara mantlonad aina of 
 
 whieh an infant eould ba gniltyT In Oal. V. 19—91, tba apoitle 
 
 giras a Hat of the works of tba flash, and a blapk and tarribla list it 
 
 la Ha tells us tbat thay who do suob things shall not iabarit tha 
 
 , kingdom of Ood. But In thii long Ustof soal-dastroying ains tbara 
 
 * la not one ain of which an infant could ba guilty. I would rafar, 
 
 «!••, t6 tha character of tba lost, as giran in Baf. XXI. 8. In 
 
 thaaa And otbar paaaages of Sorlptura we have anumaratad a vaat 
 
 . ▼ariaty of ains, of which wa ara told that such as do tham cannot 
 
 , antar into tba kingdom of Qod. But yat none of these is aver found 
 
 in an Infant. Tha roaebud, finpt opening to the smile of the light, Is 
 
 n9t Hora nn«onsoioas of tba mda blasts of the #orld than tba n«w«i ; 
 
 |kw»: Mb* is nneonscions of Ummo aina of omiation or eommissloft^ 
 
 whioh nink* up the eharactar of tba loat. from the envy, malioa^ 
 
 tavt, hntrad, folly, fidsahoad, ornelty, injustiea, impiatyi amdnesi, 
 
 isnidar, wbiah ao blaakan tha Itfo ^ man, Infanta ara firaa. Tbajr 
 
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 From ilila I im lot oonoludt thai iii«j will b* Mttd Immum of 
 tlMlr lnaoe«BO«. I bov* olrcady show* froon Ood't Word (hoi tlioj 
 Mvoaiaflil notaroo ood nood rtgooorolloa. But thoj wiU'aol to 
 eoodaiBDod on th« ground of poaaaMing thoaa fbarful «borMt«rts(l«t 
 b/ whiob th« InapUrad writora daicriba tb« loat. 
 
 t. CkUdrtn Jyimg in t^firnqf mrt oliooyi r^ftrrtd Ht in tk« Scr^ 
 imrtt in Irnngvagt that i$ toothing and tneouraging. 
 
 Id KMk. XVI; 31, Ood rvbukM hU poopio for givinf up tbolr 
 «bUdr«D to Moloch, bj coming th«m to pMt through th« Arc, ond 
 thoM llttU on«i who wero •aorlfload, Ood c*lU " my ehildrtn." AU 
 roadj wo have M«n Jolus spoaking of thon m •• mj Umbt," and b«r« 
 Ood Mji " my ohildron, • Unj wo not, theroforo, bolloTt that ttfoy . 
 will BOTor bo dUowited tr east away ? 
 
 In II San. XII. 16—33, w« havt tbo aocoant of the death of the 
 flret ehlld of David by Qatbeheba. While tbo child waa lifik, David 
 prayed and fatted and wept, but when they told him the child waa 
 dead, he ceased from hie grief, and taid, *' Now be iadead, wharefore 
 abould I fkatT Can I bring him back again? I iball go to him, 
 but be tball not return to me." Nbw^ where did David expect to 
 Mod his child f CerUioly not in ihe grave. That wonld bo no ground 
 of conaolation He meana that when hia own work would bo 
 over, and hia pilgrimage completed, he would bo reunited with hia 
 child in heaven. Oontraat David'a calm, cheerfol compoauro on tbo 
 death of thia child with hia agoniaing f^enay of mind at the death oU 
 hltadnltand rebellioua aon Abaalom. Why thia diflhrence? Ah, 
 ho could liot aay of Abaalom, " I ahall go to him." He had no hope 
 of Abaalom, and, therefore,he bitterly bewailed, <* my aon Abaalom i 
 ■y aon, my aon Abaalom I Would Ood I had died for the«, O Ab- 
 aalom, my aon, my aon I" But not ao with hia babe ; be could, let 
 him go wHh perfect confldenco, for ho " aorrowed not aa they that 
 are wHhoat hope." Many a bereaved parent baa found cotdfort and 
 tBOonragoment in tbU paaaagr. A few weeka ago, » i^otber aat 
 looping with her aorrowiog huaband and family. It waa Sabbath 
 evening, and the atill aolemn ailence of the day aeemed to givo 
 depth and intenaity to feeling. Bvery heart In that family knov 
 Hia own bittorneaa that Sabbath evening, for in the afternoon the 
 remalna of dear little Jiary were uken away and Uid in tbo eold 
 '|rave,and ^here waa an empty chair at the table, and a (JMnlliar 
 teiee waa gone. While that bereaved inothor'a heart waa brcaklBg, 
 Md ahe waa giving way to immoderate grief, abe aent op a atlont 
 pet i t io n for h elp l o the Ood of all ooa a olati o n. — S he thon aakad far 
 a Bible. It waa bronght her. Opening it at a vtatarc, the flnt 
 
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 ««Ha ik«t MUflil iMnr f »•?• iImm bsAtM «•, •' B«t 
 
 ht it iMi, irlMr«fbf« ilMuld I fbttt Om I bring bias b««k •fftla T 
 
 I thall fo to bitti, but b« tball not ratnrn to ma." Iftcb iMf p«t 
 viMt osplAnntlon bo pUoaoa on tbia |r«aiork«blo «ir«unMtoaoo ; I 
 havo tlnply roUUd tho tmoi*. I would only ndd, furtbor, tlMl «lM 
 BibU b«d not b««n oponodnt tbntpArtUnUr pUMfor aoatlM b«fi>r«. 
 To 017 own mind tb«r« is no difflouUjr in th« mntt#r. WblU I wonid 
 ■brt^k ttom uaini th« Word of Uud na « lottcrj, jtt I hnvt fnltb.to 
 boIloT* tbnt bo whobaabora |b« bnln of our h««da, nod btMt th« 
 MntMt ery of • dbtrvaMd aoal, ««b and doaa, in aaawar to pr^tr, 
 diroot car mind* to a parlleular paaaaf* or word aa Indieatlag to 
 aa bla niod. And tbia h« will «lo in bia own wajr. On ib« ocoa- 
 aloQ rafbrrod to, Ood'a ap«eial galdaoea waa too avidant to b« duabt- 
 •d. Tba impraaalon produead waa nnnauallj da«p and aolaBln. All 
 (bit that wblle they eeuld not call tbair lovad ona baok again, and 
 would not if th«j oould, yal tbay eoold go whara aba waa,ttor woold 
 tba Jonrnay b« long. Boon all will ba homt. 
 
 In 11 Kinga, ob. IT, w« bava tba death of anotbar child raoord- 
 •d.. When the aen of the pieut Shnnammite anddanly dl^, aba 
 baatanad tu nWbt the prophet Kliaha. On her near approach the 
 prophet aant hlfe aerrant Oabail to meet her and to aak, ** la It wall 
 with thee T la Uwell with thy huaband ? la'it well with the child 7" 
 And aha anawered, " ttUwtU." bat how could aha aoaoawerreapeet- 
 Ing her dead child, if that child had na future and bappy axlatanea T 
 Any doubt aMi<to bar child's bapploaaa would have pravaDtad thia 
 a&awar. But good reaaon had aha for ap^klng aa aba did if bar 
 «blld waa than in heaven. 0, weeping Rachela, aorrowing baeaaie 
 your *'llttla onea" are not,laarn the lesaoa which tbia good aapther Id 
 larMl taaebaa you, It ia well with'yonr child. Jeaua baa takes I* 
 . ont of yonr boaou, and laid It In hia own ; atrippad It of those gar- 
 M'aots yo'n provided, and clothed It In white robea, waahad In the 
 blood of tha Lamb. Walking iu tba light of the Savioar'a oonnt«a« 
 a«M, or folded in tha Saviour'a loving arma, ia It not wall with yoar 
 okfld T If Haonab wlUlOgly gave up Samuel to aerve In tba tabar- 
 ■aela with Kit, snralj yon abonld ehearfblly rcalgn yonr darling to 
 lanro tiM Bavionr, and to ba tha companion of angola In tin tampla 
 set mada with hands. DaaIra rathar to go whara yonr ehlld la than 
 to bring your child back again. j„^. , . ^^,,-^ 
 
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 <0«l. V. It- 11.) who MBOOK Uu lM«th«a will b« Mv«l mUm Umm 
 wko 4M la MTlf elilldkoo4f 
 
 IwmM sot; of ooanM, prM* loo fhr a lltoral lattr^itutlea ot 
 tkaaa wordt '* all oaiiuas," ke. Th« poaaac* Ukaa kj iiaalf ailght 
 aot bafa aiucb baaring oo tba aaitalliMi of lofaata, bm takao wltk 
 •«har oonaldaralioM It la at Uttal w«rtll polntlag oat. T1mi« . It 
 taralj a eroaik of ooarort (a It. To mj owa aatad it la a walaont 
 aad blaaaad tbougbl that oat of fvary oatlon aad eoantrj aadariha 
 •aa tha oiohltuthrt of ebiidran, wbo dia ia iafkaoj, ara "oaaghl up 
 to Odd aad to bU tbroaa," twalllag tha aumbar of tha radaaaad, 
 aad eoaatitulljig iapartahahla noauaianta of tha fra«a -and powar 
 of tha Radaaaar. 
 
 t. Ckildrm M«iM <• h« inclmtUd in lAoaa pa»$agu 9f atriftmr* 
 mhiek tptmk of tkt numk*r tkmt akaU <a Imtt k« tmnd. 
 
 That tha nanbar of tha aarad will b« iaeoae^ivably graat U 
 bajoad ail doobt. In Ravalatloa, tha nambar of tha radaamad It 
 tpokan of aa " too thouaand tiaiaa tao thoaiand, and thouaanda of 
 thooaandt, (Y. 11,) avta a-graat nultltada whiah no nan conld 
 anabar." (Til. f.) Itaawhara tbay ara aaid to ba numarooi aa 
 tha drapa of daw, aa tha dnat «r tha aarth, or tha aand of tha aaa, 
 which oaaaot ba nnnbarad. I lataij aaw a ealoulatlon foundad on 
 Rar. XXI. 16, in which it wai attamptad to ha nada out that thara 
 la room prorldad in heavan for all tha iahabltanta of 11,000 •oeh 
 worlda aa onra, avan ahouid thaaa worlda ba continnad for 100,000 
 jaara, and tha Inhahitanta mulliply aa oura hava doaa ia tha paat. 
 1 tm aot praparad at preaant to paat Jadgmant on thia oalaalatlon, 
 tkevffh I think It at Itaat planaibla. All Seriptara, howavar, taaehat 
 that haa^an will not ba a aaall placa, or Ita popalatlon tha " glaaa- 
 inga of tha Tiataga." I lora to think with auuij that at tha latt, m 
 VOtaa opa haa aaid, tha nambar of tha leat will not baar a grtattr 
 ptoportloa to t^ nambar of tha aavad, than dp tha orimiaala In oat . . 
 gaola to tha whoU population of oar country. But of whom ia thlt^ 
 gftat maltltada of happy ranaomad oaaa to ba eompoaad T ThO 
 pambarof haliaTlag adnlta haa alwaya haaa « fa«r," conatltatiBg b«t«a 
 ** Uttla aoak." What a tmaU flracUon oT iha world'a pop«l»lioa l«.TT 
 day hava ifa« a Bamlaat ooaaaetion with tha Ohnrah of Ohrltt t . 
 And of thaaa hew nuuij h*Ta only a nominal I Whaaaa, flkaa, It 
 
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 wM b«b««, II t« r««llua«4,41« avarjr jrMur. If Ums all Umm m« aAvai, 
 «• iMf* MOM tlMs b*ir of iIm hiiM** (kaiktiy ••v«4 la liiflka«| m4 
 Mtiy •kildhood. And noir (f 10 Umm w ^44 Um aaalMr e< aAalla 
 who aliKM Acinm Im*« b««n a«««4, «a4 tin nunlMra Ihal ar« yat to 
 ka radaaaiad whaa t&a ftilaaaa of iha Uaotllaa ahall enma ta,-«»lMn 
 . Impm! tlMll ka raaiorad,— wkaa 8aUa aluiU ba booad, aa4 aUlaaaUl 
 fmm sii ffotf^tj ilMtt ni§»r'-imimm tiM wImIi Mrtk ibAtt l»- 
 
 aoM* IIm fardan of tha t.urd and a nuraary for b«a««n, «rb«t a flomi 
 of ligbl Aot auch a coaaldarallon throw oa thoaa dallgbifVil pro«i- 
 kat «y«k apaak of Um aooaUaaa nullUodaa ikataball at laat ^ rt* 
 daaoMid. Oraat, tarriblj tr«at,aa Um naaibar of tba loat la, bow la- 
 eonoalvably graatar tba noMbar uf Um Mvad. Il nuat aaraljr ka 
 (railljlag to avarj (Jhrlatlan hnart lo think that trma iha tary ka^ 
 flaalaf Okrlst baa bad Uia aii^orUjr of our raaa. Ak no ara baa Um 
 Priaoa of Oarkaaaa baaa abia to boaat of tba viatory. And aa tha 
 yaara roll on thU ahall ba mora and mora tba o««a. la all tbiaga 
 Ohrlat aball ba*a tba pra^mlnaoca. " lla ahall aaa of tba travail of 
 bit tool aad aball ba aaUaBad." But In ordar to tbla tba " llttia oaaa" 
 auai ba aavad. 
 
 Tbaaa, than, mj frianda, ara aona raaaona wbj I baHara that all 
 ablldraa djiag lo Infaaoj aia aavad. That aaob of tbaaa raaaoat la 
 aoaolaalva la Itaalf, or avaa that all of tham takan tagatkar aaoaat 
 to a matbimatloal damonatralloo, I do not pratand. 8U1I I think I 
 kava aald anougb to aatlafy tba aorrowlag baarta of karaavad par- 
 ••ta tbat-lo oar '* litUa oaaa" daath la galo. In mj owa alad tkaia la 
 •ot tba " akadow of a doubt" 00 tba aalijaat. If otbart aaaoot aajoj 
 Um laaM ooaBdanoe I am aorry for tham. Yaara ago tka ankjaat of 
 lafiuit aalvatioa eaaa*4 to ba to ma ona ot mora apaoalaUva l»port- 
 Maa, aad kaoama ona of tka moat Inuaaalj abaorblag IntOtaat. Aa 
 lovad oaa altar lovad ooa baa baan tabaa Awaf, tba InMraat baa la- 
 ■raaaad, aaUl aaw tha ooavletloa la atrong aa llfk Itaalf that It la 
 •ot tba will of mj Vptbmr lo boavaa (bat ooa of tbaaa ** lilUo oaat" 
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 wrr Baiaavad paraaU, I apaak aa o«a of yoonalVaa. Hava 70a baaa 
 «:J»Mr--«)ral7 triad 7 So bava I. I know what it la to alt day by 
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 I kaow *li lhl«, for I %*f Aill It all, 0«r llttla orm arc ffuna, •■4 
 
 wa nlM tliani riu«Ii. No loaff«ff wItt %k»f gU44«o ua by tbalr •bIIm, 
 
 Of aarl*!! ua with tlMlr l*f«. IM Ma ^aala ta yoa lk« taaaklag 
 
 worda of an aalaaaiod mlalatar kaowa to fm all :— ' 
 
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 W« mlM th« tmn* ul attnahlna, 
 
 Aim! Um v<>I<mi <tf maiwijr. 
 W« ntlM hac mornlfiK Uiufiitar 
 Wh«ti oarrlrtl down th«at«ir ; 
 Wa Bilaa har avafilMK |irattk», 
 • An<l antila, iHiKuilTntf oara t . 
 
 ' Wo niiaa har form at wiirahip 
 Kr<Mn har own ItttU ohalr ; 
 Wa mlaa tha iiaUnHnK fiHitau>|ia, 
 'Vhn rhoak.th* hanil, til** liair ; 
 Wa uiIm frmn Imi<I an<i tahla 
 Wa mlaa har avarywhara t" 
 
 Yatioar " llttla eaat," of whom tha Good Hbaphard haa of lata horn 
 taking *o mapj to hia fold, ara aoraly mlaaad. And It la not wrong 
 to mourn ; it la not unmaolj to waap. Jaaua wapt. Ytt let our 
 aorrow bo with modaratlon. Lot lAaai mourn without maaaiira who 
 monrn wltboul hopo. It !• wolt «Uboor " llttla onfta." Alraad/ 
 haa Ood dona far mora for think than jrou and I and all tba world 
 could do in a thouaand /aara. Tbay are now nraa from all ain and 4 
 aorrow, daogar and daalb. Tbity ara gotn whar* thara la " 00 mora 
 daath, oaithar aorrow nor erying ;" wbaia " tha Lamb that la lo Iha 
 midat af tha throne ahall feed them, andahail lead them unto living 
 fonnUlna of watara," and where " Ood ahall wipe awaj all taart 
 fW>m tbair ayaa." , Tbair happy aplrlta peaoefulljr rapoaa In raalaa 
 of glory ; the light of heaven ahtnea on tbam ; their viaiona ura ua- 
 clouded, and their Infant power*, ao fpeedtly paralyied by tba 
 rutbleaa hand of death, are now oipanding amid the untold ^loriaa 
 of the bAvanly world. Would wa, tbap, wish them back again 00 
 life'* atormy aea? Did they not live long enough in thla world? 
 It I* truly said, ha hath aailed long enough that ha* won tha har- 
 bour ; and ha hatt) fought long enough that hath obtained the vie* ' 
 tory ;- ba hath run long eiOuKb that bath touched the goal, and ba 
 bath lirad long enough on earth that hath won heaTen, ba hi* days .'. ^ 
 never so few. See that yoo make the Harlour of your^chlldran your \- 
 Savionr, tbarf^pkjor thoughts ba ao mnch abaorbed in Him that, mueb 
 
 as yon tbink of yonr departed lo^red'onee, yon can stni,s»y of Obrlst, 
 
 '* Whoa* bare I in baaren but Tba* ;** and than, after '* a few mSH , . 
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