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Mi^ had val Th« \ ' %U ^mm^ of (iDntemitg. . < '^ iftrBi ' r ^AOOAi I. 6. — " Ye bAve town much and bring in littlo ; 70 eat Irat je hare not enough ; ye drink but ye are not filled with drink ; ye plothe you, but there is none warm ; and he that earneth wages, earneu wagea to put it into a bag with. hole*. Thus taith the Lord of Hosta conaider your waya.*' ' ' Thuaipoke one of the brare' old Hebrew propheta— one of the fldthM and fearleika ones wlio of old atood up for God and right* •onanesa, rebuked iniquity, and called to repentance. The calling of the prophet was &r.from being an enviable oae. He had often to tell men bitter, unpalatable truths ; to hold up their sins before their eyes'; to denounce fiishlonab}e respectable wickedness, in high places, and to warn men of coming judgments. And those who were disturbed in their j^Ieasaiit pursuits by^the Voice of the prophet, fpeaking in thunder-tones, loved him not. He was despised, hated persecuted,' sometimes stoned. Too often, tlie only wages of the preacher of righteousness and the rebuker nt sin were exile, the -dungeon, or the scaffold, '^et did these heroic men front the people in the name of the livuig God, and addressing alike the long and the - aulgect, the rich and the poor, told them of their sins, not in wrath , or hatred, but in, pity and lore. They spoke because the inward lire burned — because behind them was consciously the Awful ' Presence,— because the word of the Lord waa as_"a fire withinT their bones," and would not let them rest. They looked far h'cnce for their reward, and were content to get their heavy task accom- plished. AU who are sent by God to do the prophet's work ttiU, must be satisfied w:ith the prophet's wages. - The man wUGI^ttttered the words of the text, was one of those eonrageons preachers of tho i^ghteousness to a people who needed it sorely. The Jews, on their return from the Babylonish Captiv Ugr, after all their experience of God's mercy' and friTOur, torncd asi^e, in selfish indolence, ttom. the hfgh and glorious work God had giveo them,— that of rebuilding the House of the Lord, and- making Jerusalem once more a "praise in the wholo earth." — Thej.fbrgot God and his work, a^d went after aelfish enjoyments. \ .m. » ,/ / ,/. ' ■• • p •sa worldly |»lnf, »o«*? fr«"* ta heavier disasters. The burden of the prophet's exhorUtton wKs, ••'Thus sidth tbe Lord of Hos\s consider your ways"— and thr promise was given that if they rej ways, and returned to Ood's work, moved, the lc%dl^ earth would ^eld He§Tcn would gladden them. i^ ^'condidon of* the Jewish natidA, and in Ood's d^alinigs witl^ i^^,' wt'liuay see, is in a mirror, our own circumstances, and God's w^^s ifith onrselr^. l^y brethren, w^kJuTo assembled this day, ^ thecal of our Oracious Sovereign's sRp^esentatiTe, for special Kliimiliaiddiii an'd prftjer. In refereq[ca to tl^iose heavy calamiUes that srahoiirjpmsUig on the people of this colony. Of the wisdom of •nch ifoonrse ther^ can be but one opinion\amobgearneit^ christian men, wlio believe in a superintendinCT ^^vo^dence, and a God who bewi ai&d imawera prayer. As a people, our soAiings are at this aritiaattBt grairt. A crisis of the gravest s{|p[niflc*nee has arrived. "tvU after year, our fisheries, onwhiohtb^^ people are dependent ftr llieir daily bread, and on which our prosperity rests, have fidled to fiindsh the usual returns to our labours, yTint, withatt Its at- tendantevils, tun invaded large classes of th|^ community ; many bwANill vt9 at Uiif moment injriMolute destit^tiuQi and dependent inted and turned froni their evi) ten the calamity wouli| be re- ler increate.Mid tho smile of. t y sm^ I- lDdalf«ncM; tnd footunaad tM la their latU aad pltMurei.-* yet in mercjr, Uugbt them tluf It Hit i and that all tii* labour of , ifould come to nothing. Tbf nd the earth. as Iran. Th* fcrdl' I the drought blighted the com and ibour wai rain. Wl^en thus hum^, 1 them the meaning of theie cal- lod of their remoTal. The prophet teir blighted hopes, and their want en qod. and the high mission he md for low and selQsh ends had berefore Cfod hUgbted their pros- . (return— "Theysowed much to^ A^tjenough ; they dnmk but were and the w»ges were put •* into a ba^ d want and poTorty came. But all . hiditaent. These calamities werf) I ^inous career, aqd •»▼« thetn tnm ten of the prophet's exhorUUon Mb consider your wsys"— and th» eptated and turned froni their otI) rk, then the eaUunlty woult| be re- rieldVr increase, and the smile of, '■ ■{ - ■■ ^ ,. ■ \ \ ■ ■ - nati6h,aiid in iGtod's d^i^ngs witl^ r, our owjaeirciiinstances, and God's iren, w^|JMve assembled this day, areign's^frepi^esentatiTe, for special )q[ca to tl^iose heavy calamities that if this colony. Of the wisdom of tne opinion among earnelt, christian m^g FroT^dence, and a Ck>d who a people, our soflbiings are at this ) graTcist sijpiflamee has arrired. on whioh thii People are dependent loh our prosperity rests, haVe fidled }nr labours, y^an^ with all lU at- classes of th(^ community ; many a »lMolat« destit^tiui), and dependent f »n pnbho chsrlty, tor their daily broad. Many more are snclarlns, lort privations and hardships in silence, rather than make known their wanU ; and those, once in af^uentor comforUbfe circumslaticci, ^re ahard battie to " provide things honest in the sight of all men." Th« rich as weU as tfie podr » tiie employer as weU as tiie ^ployed, Ibel the pressure. The mei^ who have «^ so*n touch,"— made large Inyestment of tileir capital-" brlog in i UtUe," and the labour«rs earn wages and •' put It Into a bag wltti hotes.-* The fact ' that between a third and a half of tixe entire rerenuelof the country ^, during tiie last year, been eipended in pauper r^Uef, shows the tatentand seTcrity of tite preralent distress. Pat^riim, like a plague, Is spreadingin tiie community, destroying maWy energy and ^ eelfi«lianoe ; paralyririg industry ; degrading and demortUxing those to whom God has glren healtii and strengtii to pr<)Tide for tiielr (rants. The heart aches to see tfie numbers in our s^eU and at o^ doors who are asking for ft morsel of bread, and these, in panj tnstadces, ndttiie sged an^ infirm, but the youn^ and robust. Indwhenwe remember that aU around Us, there are homes where bqhl encanjpt itself In tiie empty ^-place, and bl<*ws, in our tatting blasts, tiirongh the broken door, and paralyzes .the naked ihnbf. and where hnngertfkea tiie strong mad by the throat, and lOigbta tii* Ufe of chUdhood ; w>d whpre apathy and blanjc despair fehmti»*heartordriTe men to drpwii tiieir sorrows in drunken Htwpetortibn-rirhen we tiilnk of all ti>U, U It ironderftll \ that #• ehenld look to tiie ftature wiU» sad and »nxious hearts ? Itli tfta*. iliat. M a people, we turned to God, confessed our sinj, and d^ed for mercy and deUrerance. It U tinle tiiat we ^' tionsidered our W«. •0 a« to discoter wherein .we >»♦« done >mis| and what we )^ to wpentof. The present prisUta mlpM caU to e|^ man tp pause, •nd V» fci4uirtand consider why, as a people, ti^ sulTerlng ihfu. And ilndirig h3l^ slnfal we have heed, let us turn f the Lord witii genuine repentance andsorrow, wt^ hdmble* and sincere confesstea i(f imr siiis. and einfest prayer tor forgiveness and grace through Jesns Christ. But tiiat rtipentanco cannot be sincere unless we a^J ^lerfly wiUltigtolooK into the tarufli of tilings. We must not try t^ dint our eyes to what conscience pronounces wwmg— to delude oiiri_ leJTM wifli flimsy exctites of expiBdiency or necessity. We tnusfc xetam to God with a spirit o^ honest determination to " ceise to \ aoevBand toleamto do well.-, We must be wiUing to fcorrect \ ihatU, wrong, to tpten^on^hatU ui\iust,todo all tiiat is lawfii* |(ml|!^»whateveip)eiheconte?ipt we incur or the «ac?ifl^e i^e ' m/ \ iP /. ttiuit make. If wo do not turn tb tho Lord thu«, *nd ''Coniljrl* ear wiyi,** our pritjrcr* will bo but a lolomn mockery, and our humiliation a more "bodily icrvico tliat profltoth little.? It would bo a very crronoous concluMion— ono ontiroly unwar* ranted by Scripture — did wo suppose that tlioso suflbring tho hoarleet oharo of our calamity aro alone or chiefly guilty. Wo ar« seldom If eror permittod to Interpret calamity aa 'a mark of indi- vidual guilt. Tho New Testament warns ua against tliis. The eighteen upon whom tlie Tower uf Siio&in fell, and tho victims ** whose blood Pihite mingled with their saorlAces," were not sin- aera aboTo all others. But it is no less true that when a calamity fldla upon a nation or a community, it is a ||>roof that as a nation or M ft community they have been violating, in some form, tho Divino ' bwi; and the punishment i» designed to arouse them to a sense of their sin and to arrest their cransgression. ^ There can be no national ' tnffering but n law of Ood bos been broken soifiewhere. By tho decree of Qod, sin and misery are linked together. It is in the nature of every public sin, that it must have a double retribution : Urst, that which flOls upon the Individual that commiU It ; and aecood, that which nndermlnos and destroys the common-wealth Uaelf. There la a private judgment and a public judgment. The Mol of ruler or citizen, law-maker, law-keeper, or law-breaker, must render up an account of its personal stewardship ; and likewise tho ' coUectfve body called the nation, whose great organized sin Is made ' tip of those personal contributions, las to be reckoned With accord- ing to the laws of the Eternal Providence, by its loss or Its progress. Its ruin or lis glo^. And how fearfully does it augment the lespon- ■ibillly of pnbllc conduct, that the downfall of a nation drags with it, into the common wreck, such hosts of suflbrers, tho guiltless with the guilty. Just as surely then fu the Individual wrong-doer ia poiiished, so surely will the country or community that persists in ^oppressloit, iitjastiee, eruelty,. or any public wrong, stand at last be- fore the judgnient-'aeat and be weighed in those bright tudance* tl^t >. never rust, nor swerve, nor break. „ ". ' As a eommunity tISBn we have sinned, and thomth judgment has beea long delayed and long threatened, yet has It come at last, certaii), as doom. Jost to the extent that every one of us has trans- gressed, to that extent are wo roapcnsible for the pdblic calamity. Let every ono look into his own conscience and reckon up tho amount. And the Almighty God, who reads all hearts, kuows how ■ppslling the iniquity we, as a people, ought tbi9 day to sonfeis ">> [f w« do not turn tb the Lord thut, ftnd ''boniider ' prA/cr< will bo but a lolomn mocker/, and our lero " bodily icrvico that profltoth little." • rcry errono^ui concIuiion-*-ono entlroljr unwar* ipture — did wo luppoie that thoio tuflbring tho of our calamity aro alono or chiefly guilty. Wo aro ponnittcd to inturprut caliimity aa a mark of indi- Tho New Tottamont warns ua againat tliis. The whom tho Tower of Siloiun fell, and tho Tiotima Pilate mingled with their I'acriftcei," were not ain- othen. But it ia no lets true that when a calamity tioD or a community, it is » j^of that as a nation or ty they have been violating, in some form, the Divino punishment 4s designed to arouse them to a senso of arrest their transgression. There can be no national ' law of Ood has been broken soifiewhore. By tho , sin and misery are linked togotlier. It is in the r public sin, that it must have a double retribution : h fSilla upon the Individual that commits it ; and hich undermines and destroys the common-wealth M a private judgment and a public judgment. The citizen, law-maker, law-keeper, or law-breaker, must :coant of its personal stewardship ; And likewise tho called the nation, irhose great organixed sin la made rsonal contributions, lias to be reckoned iHth accord- of tho Eternal Providence, by Its loss or its progress, ;Io^. And how fearfully does it augment the respon- ic conduct, that the downfall of a nation drags with cnmon wreck, such hosts of sufferers, tho guiltless . Just as surely then fu the individual wrong-doer is urely will the country or community that persists in istiee, eruelty,^ or juiy fubllo wrong, stand at last be • jnt-'aeat apd bo weighed in those bright ^ancea t^f swerve;, nor break. aity titen we have sinned, and thoavh judgment has jred and long threatened, yet has it come at last, n. Jost to the extent that every one of ua has trans* ; extent aro wo responsible for the pdblio calamity, look into bis own conscience and reckon up tho the Almighty God, who reads all hearts, knows how Iniquity wc, at a people, ought this day to confess bftibro Ilim f What forgotfUhiois of Ood,f~whAt tqgratitado M^ wards tho Bountifi^l Oiver who has confsrroJ so many inorcist upon as I What reckluns waste and oxtrava;{ancu In rcirurd to thi bounties of His Providence, among all olasios t Wliat a fVi-jhiful •mooBt of drunkonnoss— what profiinity— what abuses of tlio day Goa baa given us fur rest and worship I How have we made gold our god ; pursuing " tlio lust of gain in the spirit of Cain." Eager to oe rich, we have forgotten justice and mercy : we have failed to remember our duties while we, have been eager enough about our' ' rights. And on the other hand, indolence, extravagance and dis- honest selllsb greed have abounded among those who had to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow. And new God Is taking away from as thaf^ on which we l}a«i sot our hearts, and for which we were living. Our , money " put into a bog with holes'* dLiap- pears, and when we look for it it isjgone. Ills wind blows, and tltere la a blight upon all tlie labours of our hands. The Iron hand of ~ poverty graspa of. ■,, We would not, by deeds of love and mercj, buildup our people as living stone* in His spiritual house, and win them to the service of God ; and now wo must build for them poor ' houses, or find them the necessaries of Ufa in their own dvrellings. May God have mercy upon us as a people, and "pardon our Iniquity for it Is great."— Our own souls aVe blighted with spiritual drought too, aa well as our outward circumstances. We have foigotten God, and the heavenly rains and dews have been suspended. But when on this day of special humiliation, we are obeying tho Divine injunction to "Consider our w^s,". we should inquire whether there Is any special sin which our punishment points to, and la designed forcibly to press upon our attention. Wo should not be satisfied with mere generalities — with cpmmon confessions,-^ bat consider specific cases of wrong which bring down God's dis- pleasure. TjM^ao-it has long seemed that there was something ' radically w^nP-something on which God could nut smile, in tho ' aystem on which the grekt bttsiness of this country is Conducted ; '.and I fbel that I should be unfaitli^ul did I not refbr to It, on thia ■okmn occasion, when we are in God's presence, considering our 'ways. I refer, of course, to what is known here as " tlte credit sys- ' tern"— which all honest, right-thinking m|n confess to bo thoroughly ' bad in principle and 'ruinous in practice to all involved in it That ia really the plague-spot ; tho blight on our industry, tho worm at the root of .our prosperity. ,M 7 of you know tliis better than I .-?*■ \ X. / |r II ie ( M quite adfBpient to demoralUe au^d ^^f troy (my. peoplei a^d to counteract dl the, aSo^u of educationlfita and rell- ^ua. feacbera to eIoT»te thbm. Tbe weeda growing up in auclil ■oil wotild natv«lly choke the growth of religibn. And tl|en,,a[ii^k Jboir.^< IHrina lawa ato. a«]/«aTeiifiDg— lo one, .la ^a |ong rod itpolita Iqr a«cl| • ayat^m'. ' The «apltaUat puii pHaUkji, atiei .« An4 Jutk «■ •Uvtry la ruin- , ao tit* nun ikhd lua aoqolrai] adraooaato hint oil hia Aitura r Umto b« al^acttttaa 4ntidna of the indolent and dia^ I rogaeiy; actifitj and thrift, Itjr thrire, ^|i«r«*a lyatemliko o deqioralUe a^d deiftxof $nj. f ta of e^iocationlf^ts and rell- le weeda growing, up in aocH- > of relight. 4ndthen,a[ii^k Dg— lo onOf in t)ie |ong rod alist paid mii0, at length/ ifW / ^ l^llhMt liltiraa i.iadolant, raokUit bcrrowarf can hardly be «si peetail lo make good pajrmoou. Ilia moral naiurq U U^rad ; and •taa4lf« poor ratum In aueh a cifae of proflta la dunlad bin. Ood'a lava are jierer broken with Idipttaltj. tliaao reidarka apply to ih* ayatem ae a whole. I knowtbaiv •N oiaay nob|a ezeeptlona In itf workltig— ■aa/laataoeea In wble^ , tight and Jaatlee rule In the tranaaotlona between man and nan. ^ut the nativ* tendency and |ranaral reanlta of the qratem are aueh aa I have deaoribed. Were ' Ita history written, i) would anfold aome etartllng dladoaurea. I am well aware that thoae who are Involra^ ta thla ayatem did not create It, amf are. not aeoonntabM for Ha 'ttlatWnfle, II la the creation efyeara and generatlona. Itfcaabeen^ handed down frqm tho who haye gone before oa. Ita pemidoua fflbcta have goha, on acouft^uliytlng for Ibn^ yeara, and In ear m^ent aUllbriilga w« ava reaping the bitter jRrulta of aeeda aown Ung auie*. iTelther can an indlvldnal, if ao dlapoaenay it ia '*th«beatpoHcj.* And if f^oneatpi^Ugiooa meh were to ael thamaelYea to deviae a remedy for thla Crying otU, and laying ' aalde aelflahneaa, ^ere abcerely to aet ibout ractli(^g ' what la frxong.-a difl^nt qratem woold apeedlty pfeVall. Our buiineaa q»«a, by no fknlt of tbeira, are (he Tictima of a vidoua ^atem : bpt ihei: *'• accountable for continuing and (ranamltting K to> D)«lr ab^aaora, From thftta the remedy muat com*— qot ^m the pdor and fgnorant. He would be abeaafkqtor tphlacountr/ who woidd atrilE'e a death-blow to the ayttem. Wonld to €|od thai hbd^timtb-bTingmep would ajpeak aaf tin tbia anlijcct ; forth^ ajratem lia to wdrked Itielf into otir bdalneaa t^aosactlona that ou^ edoadmcAa ara deadened, and we $f nnconacioua of]ita deadly arOa. Hera la a theme for the polj^ and the prtiaa, in incul- cating prietioal righteouaneaa.' WiU not qur generoua, klnd- haarftd men of boaineaa take (he 'matter Into aeAoua eonafder- ationir Mora charitable, gefaerouaiqep are no whera to be found j no good eauae ippeala to them in rain. In kindneaa to their poor BirethieB, %U1 thay pint help to iir^ them fSron a ayitaia thai ia :^ '•^'V' ""^'JC* ■>:.■" . '■ t' I- i working woe, ami of wliicIi,'to-iUy, we see tlio Jlro re»ulu? Nay, in inercy totlicmselves. will they not wusU their hanihof a nictlmd of buiyncss upon which thoy cannot foci tliat the -npprohatlon of Hcaren is resting? (God Is caHinf us to "consider onf ways," in tiie atern language of calamitous eventd. If vrj^jdo not " hoar tfie rod" - now, repont and turn to the Lord, wo may well dread more direful caiamitics in the days to come. On this day of our humiliation, wc come into God's presence , M humble suppliants, to confess our sins and ask Ilim to remove t^e judgments that are now pressing on us, as a people. But do ' we ask Him to workmuracles in our behalf ;— to suspend or alter those great laws whicb regulate the .unirerse, and on tho regular- ^ ity of which its veil-being depends? Do we implore Him to re- Terse His moral laws, and to let us go on in wrong-doing with impunity ? Not so.-'^^rhe taiws that regulate our fisheries are just M fixed, and tn variable as those which determine the movements of the planet, or watch over the comet in it3 flight through space. ; Fmyer does not contemplate the abrogation of nature's laws, or the anspension of the moral conditions under which' we live., It does not imply that means are to be dispensed with ; but that we • are to associate with prayer the right use of the right means. We are to pray for our daily bread, but we are also to work for it. We are to phiy for health, but also to obey the Divine condi-> tions on wibich alone health is given. If -^e neglect the ..right means, our prayefs will be inefficacious. So far from implying an i|iterference with the secondary conditions on which the universe is governed, prayer Implies a right attention, to them, and when sin-> cere. Induces and enables the' soul to act rightly in itlation fp Gk>d's qrdinaiiceB. God can hear and answer prayer,'in a thousand ways,' without interfering with the order of his universe. For example— ^e answer to onr prayers this day, may come in God's suggesting to. our minds what are the best means to employ fbr the removal of oiur troubles. When we come thts day into God's light, " wa Bfay see l|ght clearly;" the mists of sin and of the world may be reinoTB^. We come, by prayer, into contact with *' the Father of i;igfat^— the source of all intelligence. We arb in communion with the Spirit, yrho understands the cause of all things. Is it not then ■ NMonablc to'siu^qse that our minds should receive impressions as to the true causes of our afflictions^ and the right means for their removal ? In this way the ben answer to our prayers may cdme , 4' ;*•*>"— ^ •^-T. ■y.-^'^.^^f^':'.'" ft li,"to-ilay, wc »co tlie Jiro rctutti? Nay, Till they not wustli their liandi of a method ihcy cannot foci tliat tlie ^npprohation of J is Cttllint' us to "consider ont ways," colamitoas events. If wsu^o not " hoar 1 turn to the Lord, wo may well drood more lara to come. uiniliatipn« wc come into God's prescnco confess our sins and ask Ilim to remoro tow pressing on us, as a people. But do ' racles In our behalf ;— to suspend or alter regulate the .universe, and on the regular^ ig depends ? Do we implore Him to re- nd to let us go on in wrong- doing with 6 r alth is given. If ^e neglect the .'right le inefficacious. So far from implying an tndary conditions on which the universe is a right attention, to them, and when sin-i the soul to act rightly in Itlation tjo Ck>d's u and answer prayer,'in a thousand ways,' the order of his universe. For example— I this day, may come in God's suggesting le best means to employ fbr the removal we come thts day into God's light, " wa lie mists of sin and of the world may be prayer, into contact with *' the Father of intelligence. We arb in communion with ids the cause of all things. Is it not then ■ it our minds should receive impressions our afflictions,' and the right means for 7 tho beU answer to our prayers may cdme, ..i'. f # in perAtet accorJance with the tstablished order of thlogi ; and wh* would, in such a case, dare to say that there wa» not a real answer to prayer ; or that prayer did not thcft- "move the hand that moveii the world ?" Moreover, no means cuuld avail nnles> God rendered them efficacious. If then, in deep contrition and ■odly sorrow for sin, wd bow down before God, and then go forth to act put t^e conviction of duty which we receivo this day in prayer, happy shall we be, and blessed shall be the arrangemenf which brought us together. Then, indeed, our prayers wiU pierce the heavens, and draw down the blessing. But If we lefive behind «s, in our sanctuaries, ^« impressions the Spirit of GoA awakens when there, and re^|8||to'' our old ways and our old sins, there will be n».4mswer vTouit.prayers ; they will pass off in tfav smoke of mire sentiment. May the Hearer of Prayer then shef Divine light into all our sglib, and give us hearts hicUned to obey His righteous Uiws. May, He breathe into our hearto • spirit of justice, mvrcy and love, and, while this day we obey the voice of 9od in His Word, as wollasthedivinest instinct of our own souls,' in " cAlling upon God in the day of trouble," may He who is <» « veiy present help in time of trouble" hear and deliver us. ;v i^. • Let me say a word or two as to the condition of the pdor at'«ur ^wn doors. We profess to take the Bible as our guide through Ufa ; and in that holy book there is no duty more frequently or •mphat|pally insisted on than kindness, to the poor. If those of us, whom God has blessed with abundance, dn not manifest practically eur sympathy wiUi our destitute and suffisring brothers, by relieving their wants, our prayers^ this day cannot rise to Heaven with ac- ceptance. Hear the divino^wofds:— "Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to louse the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou scest tho^ naked that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself fVom thine own flesh ? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and ihtaie health shall spring forth speedily." "But whoso hath this world's goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuttest up his bowebof compassion flrom him, how dwelleth the love of God in him V Give then, my brethren, as God has prospered you ; that is- the true test of Ubcralit7,--aot the sums you subscribe, but th» means you possets. The widow's mit« may be more in proportion to her means than the large donatio a of the wealthy man. What- vi'^ «,,n -IveE "let him give not grudgingly, for the Uti *''T Crfu Igi or • Lctli give .itb a genial look .nd ^ ; joTttlt a «^«^"f"^j;'^;, ^i„y, ,h. gift. an.l stir\ gratitude, m'- Mnd heart, ana that viii uouimw i."v a > » Va».iwi nre vour iLr that the poor children of want, gaunt anJ b^A, are your in wretchednese, see Hie n-^tWa voice. DoubtW the best ione. of poTetly "cognue a *>;»^" '^^^^^^ ^^ilves ; but ,f.ircharityUthatwWchM^ps^^^^^ ^Uerethi.1- ^Wf^^^^ Jr^ thfabode. of p^ 'l^obr-fooa '''?:^'''f'Zii.rJl^^^on, thecrlf the poor. teSa of »traw, from the depths or siarvu . , J^.thebeavensandreachestheearo^^^^^^^^ . L hearts «.« more to practical kmdness. l^ ^t^"«»'«°r K^a^y^of our people are in want, no „embe.ing mem- J^ "^^^y^^^. \, rn^nej is scarce, the deadly «•«"« ^ •* T'Li^uSy 1<^ in price- There is no necessaries o^^ ate ^"^^^ ^^ suffering. ar# borne ' ^""^ ^ *!^S^." --ri"»tances with true christian