The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-04-21 00:00:00

The Palen)Mei said they had fret considered whether they SERMONS ON TEMPERANCE.
should unite with Dorchester ; but they feared having too
On Sunday last, sermons were preached in all the
cumbrous an organisation.
, churches and chapels of the town, excepting Trinity
Mr. Macke ask.' what vital forces we an set In motion I Church, and the Roman Catholic chapels, in favour of
Have we life in ourselves, which brought into contract with temperance. The preachers were: Rev. Talbot Greaves,
others, will do them Lowell If we can Jinn we are doing work at st, Marys Church; Rev. J. Stephenson, St. John's
In our own sphere, communicating the energy we posers, we Church ; Rev. R. Bolton, Uloucestcr-stroet chapel ; lice.
shall do more good than by extending our limits. Ile would . ,I, liar4l,:r Bank-buildinga chapel • Roe. C. Churchill,
be pissed to see Dorchester united; but Ord would be mere wind Wesleyan chapel; Rev. W. Lewis, Hope chapel;
pleased to see all Weymouth drawn into ono common band of Rev. • . Dobson, Primitive Methodist chapel,. Rev. W.
brotherhood-oyear). The coldness Mr. Nerve hag witnessed 11. Junes, FreeMothodist chapel; Mr. John Utter,
amongst Sunday schools does not exist amongst us; we have Wesleyan chapel, l'ark.
never had a period in which to many hopeful ittstances Of con. wt. iielars curial.
version have occurred, and the teachers are anxious to bring
The Hector took his text Dom I Cyr viii, IS " Wherefore
lambi to the Saviour's fold. If we get this before us, end the
motive appears for preatanction, teachers will not shrink from If meat make roe brother
I make in' brother to offend." In the
brother to offend, I will cat tst nosh while IN;
,
the necry
work' e teweted thee this Union will in """ course of his sermon he maid. -The circumstances under under which
end scoompl h the results asked by Mr. Neave. world dealeth,
U, e Apostle Paul in the wisdom that was given to him, made
Mr it ge }l"°T w" esceedindlY Owl to hear the remark' this revolution have to since penal away' but the principles
made by Mr. Rebate is to gratifying restate in his school, and underlying it, are world-wide and time-laring in their interest.
wuu lap to say that that state of things was not °burbled tu, We learn In the previous chapter that there was a controverey
that s'i ' but he could tell ''f Just such happy results in in the Corinthian church in regard to marriage, and we must
another school in the town belonging to another Union, with admire the singular evetehandeditees with which the apostle
which he was connected. This showed that Sunday school deals with that question. There Were certain Christians who,
work is not in such a depressed state be formerly. In his not altogether denying the refute'ss of marriage, attributed
younger years he remembered feeling very niuch the want of ,eri„r sanctity to ‘alibacy, and the swede ably showing
such an organnation as this, for he hat Ito Illcalls of knowing the law fulmar of the married date, at the seine time gives Ids
what they were doing in other schools, and should have been Judgment that " for the present dieter's" (for it was time ei,
very gild to get hints. As to Mr Nesse.s suggestion, it might icreeeution and trial) it was better for a nun not to marry.
Ise premature ;it might be possible to strain a little too much ),, this e1e.,..e. boother premienl question is brought forward,
after an extental union, but it wae better to let thing.. come at Led he g,,:ele with it is the sante spirit a candid learner,
largo nwtn iniftle•nnde e piece. Locomotion l'e",..mlotion " es_othee ',. d'incuitY in There were certain persons who held that mvst oderod to idols
.-.ee unions; -....t0.....m00ar nnetit occasionally have a meet- wee not fit food for Cluiddims, and there were others who atukl
lug with Weymouth Ile could re-echo the with of Mr. Itobens .„ a
1,..,b0 It without any sin, but not iestisnal with en.)••ylog
for all Weymouth to be united; be hoped they were really all their own liberty, they indulged it to the °dent. of "the".
alone heart, yet there were little differences quite senor, The e,,,,,,,tie belonged to tb..l 1k 110 could see ito conscience in
sceondargl.and Inferior things; but which we could not shake the awe, It was not for him to try to Make all persons of
deffo;,...w,ere ei;iiieliniffethreoLt na,i.,,,,d.i. mild haatiten,zelut:erohatpsule u.liug,ttbt hie owe ~ny of th4,l, 1.4
.• be .vw vhbv there wcro many thing"
more important than uniformity; Liberty was creator; those
uniformity. Yet if anything could be done to bring thee who could not est must hate faith in the good faith of those
who lose the l's°l.klus "nit inns closer e"ntart, he shout.' who could eat, 111).1 those who had no emulate must not taunt
be glad, and he thought some plan could be invented by which those who hsel. Above all, they nits, take heed lest by any
we omit ecatsionally interchange Christian sympathy, perhaps means this liberty became a stumbling blear to there 'rho are
by a united prayerAnecting.
.......fl.k'l kk
that,
be thought it w."tdd weak. 'This old quarrel corms up again in the pergola lay, In
be more alembic to were ......n our own rempeemve unions, the
putting aside all thought of °mutation, or anything antago- eicessionoci not by persecution, but by the prevalence: of
tarn In any way; but both doing the work of our tool and inteititterance, som us eof felt that. It was good for the present
Wooer The Chu of En rch gland Sun Institute day School Institu has learnt distrent, not of our church only but of our nation,
to abstain frees the use of that which we see ett coninionly and
elli.t.l side by side with the Sunday School l'nion for years, a, fatally abused. It may be we have run the danger of Cud-
thy,. are very friendly, there is need for both, and work for ening Christian liberty. Other, on the contrary, not able to
both. To attempt to anudganiate then, would not he necessary see why they should cease to use stimulants because others
or handy advisable. Ile hailed this eunday School union abuts: them, are in danger of overlooking Christian charity.
which is iimugurstod to-day, and trusted that It, as well Abstainers and nen.abetainene both of us, let us ternight
as the Sunday School union to which his own School belonged, endee,„or to gather a legion from the practical, common-genet,
would be deeply blamed of Clesband be the means of cresting • and enlightened Judgment of the apostle Paul, and may It
edinetirii*tualr Ira:46:tunic of miniktarirn in
nll who YarennZg....rlc'e'red faorul'hrnrietlnnnlllie Lterse....tiod.d
atuabsolvuendusLudepiriti notwilloifnfoactr.
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had • very high idea of Sunday School work, and did not think to ~,Aloe_ifou the ',with" guards chrW,..n liberty. secondly
it should he undertaken in • light or carder spirit, and he bow he enforces Christian charity. In the first place how be
had urged that only those should be accepted as teachers who invbrds czybilbb liberty. bia example hoe the more fear
are arilltuallf Interested, and' • imbued uilb 'b. IPlrit °I beware he Ahmed said in neither one nor other of these wet
. . .. . .. ..

_ interes—, deeply imbued wree
Christ, for spiritual work mu only be done by spiritual people
The more work we do for Him, the more we may copse to
receive his bleseing, and those spiritual forces which bed been
referred to we may expect tome poured down in answer to our
prayers- (applause).
11e Rev. J. Been said If.. Ellot's remarks would do more
than • dozen letters to asholv there I. real sympathy between
the 'minus sections id the Unbitten church. Viben they first
startal the Union, they invited all the schools in the town to
Join ; but the lephreopalims preferred to work on In their own
way. He thaw ed Mr. Eliot most warmly for hie remarks,
and the Lind feeling which he expressed, and which they
reciprauted. With respect to Mr. Neave's remark., he premed
the question whether we could not loin with Dorchester in the
Union, leaving each school to work on in Its own way ; but
having a quarterly Conference? A. to Mr. Entine" remarks, it
was insiortant that the hest people should avid their children
to the school ; they Mashed all dames of children to be brought
in.
Mr. flames said the Sunday School Union Ova,s cordially
co-operatal with the Sunday School Institute, and they had
many renaendarances of kind and friendly conferences. When
etrtniehteedSulteadareey School.,
theleettlee
teUnion and
ththrheeerelne7ittuLetieehetdtallyferged
the
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go
end
tell
the church members they must help the wheel, and leather,
must help the church to spread its Influence, and evangelise
the neighbourhood.
Rev. W. W. Fulness mid a difficulty of forming a large
union &nee from the teachers being same of the poorer ranee,
and finding • difficulty In getting leisure to travel even se far
ea
Dorchester. Hie great practical difficulty In village work
metres
itoee fifereel
ththeoseseewrhhoefhateel bltheirlestneuetanitteleeintilltndatitgewnfte;
Is
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get to the preparation clams them who most require the
maunder.
Rev. L. Olives feared Mr. Heave, of Dorchester, had drawn
a red herring scrim the scent, for instead of discussing Mr.
Braine's paper, they had been Recurring whether Weymouth
should swallow up Dorchester or Dorchester swallow up Warp
mouth. What is wanted is more spiritual power. Ceti, es
sone diet,, the French say' that is generally admitted, and
he was a little auspicious of the spiritual excitement, which
will par away, and we must still go on with our work. We
want the Are; but we must take care to supply the Its with
fuel, we want material, and he believed the redeem* of failure
is not the want of earnestnees but the want of what sustains
the earnestness. We should best present the life of Cheat, by
giving • picture of Him, es he ap on e earth. It
w bra a geed thing to get the children th
U realise the scenes
themselves. A perty were going from Jew. to Jerusalem,
and when they came to the turn of the mad, and saw
Jerusalem, a sarcapten said "What? lhat Jerueelem in the
Bible! You ere not going to take ma in like that." The
whole thing had given an unreal, mythic impression, and we
must present these nutters as real. Knowledge without sanc-
tifying is a very poor thing; but sanctifying grace without
knowledge is also • very purr thing. let we present the whole
thing as real, and Mattel of continually relenting Come to
Jesus," till it has no meaning at all, let us bring the whole
before the children, Leal we shall get the Are come down. He
wished the Unbm if the Church of England schools and the
other Union could meet nerether and discuss various practical
eublects, among then for instance the question whether we
should use eatechienu. Saone of us novr-a-days who had not
been in the habit if wing catechisms had got to doubt whether
they would not be ueedul, anal we should like to have the ex.
perience of those teachers by whom they had !mg been used.
Mr. Maass replied, rind the Conference lasted till a quarter
of an hour before the Buie for the tea. This was well attended,
end in the creel g public meeting was held. There were
present 011 the platiorm, the ministers nientioned before,
exmc the Dorchester UMW. 11,11t1 It, addition tile Rev. .1. Fowler,
Wetleyara lnter.
The Plasistar said that they were met es interceded in the
religious Meteor:lion ad the young. We know something of the
importance of training up • child 10th. way he should go, and
we believe minewhat In the promise attached. He trusted the
good done to those premed would be diffused. It was is,
possible Air any friend of Sunday echisle to deny that much
good had been gotten, and our friends from London would
admit that come enceuragenteut had bean given them fer their
mining Mum. lie hoped every father and mother, brother and
sister, would feel they are lidentsted in the ...rt. They
hoard • note id warning front Mr. Remit It !tee that tire
tiovemiumt oilumtion shall riot he merely a secular elmation.
lhe state cee help very efficiently in secular aluention ; but it
cannot aid in spiritual elm:stein.
Rev. I'. liesise spoke to the officers 1 the union respecting
the Maths devolving mein them. They had a President, a
committee, anal npresentativer fnam each school.
leothieg in a wrion will interfere with the internal errangentent
of any reboot 'lb. London Unkar are red dictators but
eilfigeetent Let the reprise:natives now be present at every
meeting of the committees, to tell of the wants, tee., of their
richieds. If they wanted lite-arks, let then, apply for them, let
the churches and colateregatione (=deli them with funds. The
ammittee Intuit provide • visitor who will go from school to
school, belting at theta, and looking at the Imas. They must
see the attenilmoce are totalled, and the average mem* off.
Al, Infant t Imo room is required, and a gallery its it, fer the
infants to red comfortably, a large black hostral and chalk,
hyaline in large letters, some good bold Melons fair illuetra-
I r nue of the teachers are se up to their work
thug no, dimeatity Is for the parents to keep their children.
There next am there who lute arrival at RH age, close to that
ad manhood who mmt lute a amarate clam nem of their an.
lit a etre in Birmingham were a number of young aim, eight
aif ahem had been prize fighters, •11.1 the tmeher taught ono/
the meertruction of the banal, anal asked if Lod Almighty made
that wonderful hand Just to double up mad 1111ke • list of. In
this way iwttior class. arc held together. The visitors should
go into every school in the town, whether belonging to
Episcopaliairs or others. The lariats should enquire of the
children where the lesson is, and ask what the
teacher said about it. Let them Unwraps
Bons for the scholar, to ask the = If they
have children whom they do not send to school, let them
not deprive the children ad their privileges. Parents cannot
if they hare MAJIV flee such butructlon as is at once
suitable to the oldest and the youngest at the manse time. The
Sunday School Union has a large immber of heal unions in the
United Kingdom, in Australia, Canada, and the Isles of the
South Seas, anal is in ...letterer:tuber with them all, to sorer-
tam n their wants There are 59 gentlemen on the m 1111 l tittee,
all engaged in professions or teal.; but none of t 0.,.. are
paid for their services. They nuke grants to new school., of
Melte, if required • of Mamie at one third or half prim, and
the funds are Waal by the preens on the books they publish,
There are many schools in Holland, France, Germany, Italy,
supported lay the Union, and doing much good. Father
Gamer in Rome Is assisting in tatclaing the panic in the lochs&
there. The Union hells the publication of religions books,
Mustratal, in Italy, and it, Switzerland lor France. The l'ope
In one of hie encyclical letters Mated that he trembled more for
the result of the teaching 14 the young than for all the preach-
bag a all the ministers on the Contilient. In Milan he head
the priest leeching the children that the patron stint performed
all kinde of miracles by Ms own power; but that to. Masai
Jesus never perfonned a Miracle without asking the Virgin
Mani' if he might! Inn new the Wald...inns mate down from
their mountains, the Moravian restomeies mete, and they
taught the people the doctrines of the Bible. He told an
anealiate of a hardened young tailor, who was converted by the
reinembrance of his teacher as a Sunday school in the Isle of
Wight, and Concluded by asking them to labour that there
Might not be • school out of union in the town.
Rev. L. Beset sad it bad given biro great pleasure to tame
down and sm the starting of the Sunday School Union. The
sight of the eft alone was a treat to • throughiguinkweeckney,
Led it was meet refreshing la come and hear the era ng and
✓ibbing, anal especially when we have • range of hi to look
at. It was riot ,poreble for a nun to live unless he seer some.
thing lu7 Muth greater than himself. In London there is
nothing at all like the infinite except the strip of blue sky over-
head. But in London they have the moral fortes at work, and
among than the Sunday school work. One of the most
glorious instencee of self-control in a people wee that of Lanca-
shire in the time of the cotton famine. Though the ports of
the Soutßaere closed, crammed with tattoo, and It only needed
to throw them open, to rescue the people from starvation.
Though the pee* were clemming (starving) yet no voice
arose fr 1.13 L•11/3ffiell.ee in favour, of • wee for the South. That
ornerim, of pelmet we, mainly the result of the Sunday
sells,' movement, for that wee acknowledged by • stateentan
who was not at ell sentimental Speaking to Sunday school
teachers, he believed there was • natural genies for the work,
the real Sunday school teacher is burn not nude A poor can
. _

In which bellmed liberty for others would he himself
exercise It. He most zealously withstands all claims of
superior sanctity for celibacy, yet be himself would not avail
himself of this liberty of Inarriege. In like mama he Is
perfectly pervaded of the lawfulness of ening the meat that
had been offered to idols, and not for one moment will be allow
abethience from meat to be forced as an obligation upon the
Christian conscience ; not for one moment will he allow a mere
external thing, such as rating or not eating, to drume a
religious significance. Ile says In the words before my text
-as oonc.erning therefore the eating of those things that are
offered in secrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing
in the world, and that there is none other God but one. . .
Howbeit there is net in every man that knowledge ; for some
with conscienoe of the Idol unto this hour cat it as a thing
offered unto sit idol, and their conscience being weak, is
defiled. But meat cononendeth us not to God, fur neither, if
we cat, are we the better, neither, if we eat not, are we the
worse. And this noble vindication of Christian liberty haa
more weight bemuse he himself had no intention to avail him-.
Ned of the liberty that he calm, for others. Therefore it nub
not be said that it is from any pereoual motive that he is
striking for liberty. My brethren, for more than le years I
have been • pledged total abstainer, and I have no intention
of ceasing to be one; therefore I do not know that I have any
personal Interest in the lawfulness of using stimulants, yet I
would be just as jealous for Christian liberty in this muter as
if not an abstainer. "Meat commendeth us not to God; for
neither if we eat are we the better, neither, If we eat not, are
we the wens." As I read the blvalpturea I do not anywhere
read that wine is forbidden to ordinary men, under ordinary
circumstances, and I don't believe that the lawful use of a
stimulant U necemailly wrong. And if any attempt were
made to force total abstinence upon the come-knee as a law, or
to substitute It for if. spel, I would at once repudiate it as an
attempt to Infringe my Christian liberty. It may be needful,
brethren, that we should defend Christian liberty, because there
always will be lemons of despotic natural character, despotic
coiacience, Intellect. and wage, who haves great contempt for
the scruples of ahem, who are very Immitlent of the *Mimed
of those who annart sea as tar and as feet as they themselves.
They show by the manner in which they dictate and dugmatim
that there Is nothing so intolerant as • superior intellect,
except the fancies of a superior intellect when severed from
Christian love. Life in the presence of such persons becomes
either a quiet unquestioning submission, or a constant struggle
for freedom. You often find them by a mere scrupulosity
making the way of God's tommenduventa, which U exceeding
broad, very narrow indeed. One evil remit of this is that
elite they pay tithe at mint, anise, and murrain, the weightiest
matters of the law are forwottole, and men who strain at • gnat
swallow a camel. Brethren we must le exceedingly careful
how we impose upon the coiscieues of men any rule which God
lo has t enjoined, however we may be persuaded of its outflow
It is, I am pervaded, by refusing to infringe upon the liberty
of others, by bringing reason to bear upon their reason, by
refraining from all dictation, that we shall beat win over to
our aide those who regard total abstainers as of all men the
most Intelerant. Once attempt to enforce that which trod has
not moon...led, and there is always a lugs of liberty and a
toes of influence, and jou meat not be surprieed if a sudden
submbeion i. followed by a sudden outbreak end bearing
down of all barrier. There is a wide region of ludiviclual
liberty in which each person is to be left, freely to develope his
own lchristian course. If into of strong nature and intellect,
with deep convictions and intentions would only control them-
'elec., a little their views would be much more
readily alvamod. Christian character and example have
• quiet amimilating influence which hardly ever fails
unbar it is thwarted by irritating interference. The apostle
here throws the shield of his protection over liberty of con-
science in another place. home would attempt to fetter that
liberty, and you will And be attempts to Inculcate the manse
mutual respect and forbearance hi the lath chapter of the
Epistle to the Romans. "Let not him that eatuth despise him
that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge
him that esteth •' for tied bath received hlm. Who art thou
that judged another man's servant to Ilia own master he
otandeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up : for God is
able to make I ' stand." tit, let us, brethren, make IS liberal
au &Rowance to both patina in tide contrarily, let us believe
that the heart. of abstainer and non-detainer arc under the
authority of Christ, and that Ilia supremacy may be equally
recognised by both, and that both may be equally anxious to
put away the evils of intempenuito out of the land. Having
sail this much, let us me, brethren, how the apostle enhirem
Christian charity. To the strong, to thaw Who have audit-lent
stmigth to ece that there wee no moral aigitilihnnou in this
eating or not eating, henrys " You have an undoubted right to
cat ; but therefore it dots not follow that you will exercise that
right. No living eau has any right to birel your trends ; but
you may bind your wan." What you rattle to rbi itloor the
call r.f authority you may nevertheless very properly J 4, at the
call of charity, and al he very beautifully writes" Take heed
lest by airy imam this liberty of pools Irevonte a stumbling-
block to Omni that are weak. . Through thy knowledge
shall the weak brother perish, for whorl Christ died ?" When we
sin ro;ainst the brethren and Wolin,' their o,llaCielice, we idu
against thrist. Mark the :moult fnou the exercise of your
liberty ; for you it way be perfectly lawful to eat this meat ;
but Your mi.% liray crOladdun a weak brother, to wh it is
not Lie ful, bi eat also, and thereby to sin. Are you prepared
riak such a catastrophe se this? I will maintain my liberty;
but I May not comnit to have my liberty converted Into au
altar upon which I will sacrifice nit brother. "If meat make
toy hroUser to offelitl, I Will cat no flesh while the world
standeth, lost I make my brother to offend." Dues his leir-
suasion that it is sinful fur him to cat embolden him to do
wrong because 15,,, doing the same? That would 110 a ral
obliquity. • sin against the light of his own conviction, and I
nimt take hoed lest by the exercise of itiy liberty, I viola/den
not my weak brother to fall hitO oil. by running into it attend the
light of his conscience. I am free to judge whether I should
eat or not ; but love imperatively forbids 'me to eat, for by
eating I put a stumbliogialock tor an occasion of failing, into
my brother's way. So the apeette says, you remember, in the
epistle to the Romans, in entitles language, " I know and em per-
suaded, that there is nothing unclean of Itself; but to him that
teteemeth anything to be unclean, to him It is unclean.
Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died." Surely
It is well for me that my conscience in Strong, that whether I
eat or not, niy own peace with God onside undisturbed. If
It is one's own personal convenience that is alone to be con-
sidered, there may be unbounded liberty, but by the second
great ONIIMand "Thou shalt hive thy nulghour as thyself," I
am bound to give no offence to the mind of My weak brother,
and so to occasion his falling into sin, by running counter to
the light of his own conviction. I will fully assert my right of
Judgment Upon the absolute merits of UM quesUon ; but I may
not sin in the very way in which I maintain the prim.iple. It
Is enough for me that my liberty givers peace to my own
coriscience, but I should be most unthankful if I wade this
liberty before the eyes of others to the offence of the weak.
You can leerily iniamne a more rare and beauteous oombina-
tine of qualities than are here seen in the apostle himself. lit
himself the etrengeet of all men, the nest indulgent, with
soy disturbance of his own enlightened conscience, he e-nild
freely partake of all nistnitur of meals; yet he would eat no
meat became in the weave.t brother he saw one for whom
Christ dial, one inn whom body is the temple of the Holy Ghost,
end he says "hoe :neat destroy not him who is the work crt
Gut." Surely • little self denial is not too much to maintain
the variety of the object for which Jesus laid deem His life •
surely I had better tar eserifice my own liberty by absteining'
from that which it may be lawful and innocent to ms than nil,
the slightest risk in the world of leading my brother to Indulge
In that which is fraught with sin and danger to Alia Each
man is still his brother's keeper; in a curtain we are aJI
responsible for the Christianity of those aroutne, and while
there are many things which the light of gospel liberty nay
allow, I must retrain from them 11l darld inflict mond injUry
On my fellow nun. A free Christian myself, I ruy
enter into festivities, and even beer tualuvony to (.31rLit, and
knee a vour of good behind. But then I must pause to ask
whether there ere not many young believers and weak
Christians, who if led to the premature imitation of my example
would Inevitably pensb in such an atasranhers in which as
Medians they could not breathe Sureiy it would he an
unlawful, unhallowed abuse of my Christian liberty if I were
to use the thing, that are even lawful In themselves if by
doing them, I might get ethers to do these aims which have
a deleterious effect upon their character. And does not all
this apply with ten-fold form to Um ath ect before us
There are thousands and tens of thoemsanrls in this land
of ours, for whom Christ died, who are near and dear
to aotne--daughtem their fathers' pride, eons the obJects
of their mothers' prayers, our Christian brethren and *dere,
grim are weak in this reelect—strong • in eve— " . . . • .

Who could not read or write thought he must be • teacher in
the Sunday school. They gave hlin the infant clam, mid he
actually learnt to read and write from his acholart—flaughter).
In his class one man takes 240 Inhale, and he keeps them
Interested for on hour and a halt! But we may get good use-
ful teachers, capable of doing good work for Christ. But If
middle-clams persons of average intellect want to be good
teachers, what are the qualiAcations I First, there must be
personal knowledge of Christ. Yet, If • person wanted to be
teacher, and yet could not positively say he was • Christian,
he shonkl be sorry to of ear. The mere fact of their wishing
to teach would be some sign they ware Clirlotians, and the
keening would have an influence on the teacher himself. But
there must be a personal knowledge of Christ; we cannot
ketch what we do not know. Then there must be the force of
chemise, that which gives weight behind, and then there is
an immense force in the won's. It is of no use to tale about
the sie.trunsi .4 religion with a face that looks like vinegar,
~or to speak of the gentleness of Christ and at the sometime
wise a child and shake it. Children are sympathetic, chiklren
and that very soon flint out what curt of a man one may La.
Let us very careful and observant of ourselves when a dog
runs away from us, and let us be particularly careful when
children got out of our way. The ability to know what another
I. feeling is at the bottom of all Christi .n kindness and
onirkay, and It Is • very valuable thing, aud
be striven for in a teacher. The apoeUe Paul welcomed this
capability in a wondedul &Wee, and the good kunday school
teacher will feel intensely the grunt need of other persona. If
We do not feel that intensely, is it because we have never felt
it for ourselvai? An English ship was sailing along, when the
• crew espied a distrusted, waterlogged ship. Boats were got
out, and the vowel boarded, and the crew were found nearly
all dead. One still lined; he waa taken away in the beat; he
was obeervol to try to amok. Lad at last they heard the
whisper, "There is another man r If wetted the Intense need
tbsof
the abner, With What earnestness shall we tell '4 tb, lower
of the P.s-boor? The,, there Inlet In, •vmpathetis
r;Unr:idyloilechnif ortnreijith:,.:
chri.t. It hi wonderful what power we should gain by feeling
unto the end of the world." Perini. the explanation it
' ancenlotalisni is to he found in the desire of men for eonethitangible, and when men ogerod neo.ethii,g a. the ng
men Inapt unto it.
us, all the mists
lot., the lark,
Chnotlan church :If
waf-e,....4.l‘,:;:eile:th:deitpli:77r:,:totyitifm.hrprones...will
too much like ruth all
the ,l,,uhte of erlia're"..waywn'tkditnancy7k's:.ournlghe boy knocks at the door
and runs away ; the servant looks out, and there is no one
there. Let no ray and wait, and pray and wait, till all tho
angels csinic and see 4113,1. a. the matter. lie we tire of wait-
ing Let us remember how we kept Mint waiting, waiting.
lle prayol that even to-night some woukl keep the Great
Father waiting no linger; but would at once accept the
nusasige of Ilis love, and go forth and tell the little children
of We) mouth {applause).
Mr Rocks§ morel • rota 01 thanks to the deputation.
Mr. Cossets, the_seCrentry of the union "1 , 4•oo.the vol.
Kr. Biala and Mr. BURSA returned *unto, lOU the saner
hotrod be would be tattled to bentiful Worpoesui spin.

Aar perhaps In everything
else, in Intelligence, In affection, In honesty, In high principle,
but weak In purism', In resolution, to whom the one of
stimulants is fraught with danger—whose conscience lowed-
ously forbids them to use them. This is a fact which lam
sure 11.1 one here will ever torn moment Fairway Or contradict
And I ion lure again that no one here will deny this truth—
that them is not a pour drunkard in this country, a wreck in
body and soul, hastening down to • miserable grave, who at
one time was not trembling In the balance, and by a very little
infhienee might perhaps hare been decided against the vice
which has now become his bane. I would simply ink you this
question. Do not you think that if that man, histeml of being
cast among society the habits of which encouraged this ,' sin,
had h. id. 1,4 east aasoog those who from love for Jesus, and
for them for whom He died, voluntarily abstainod from
the use of that which is a temptation—do not you think the
evil might have been averted, and the soul saved Remember
bow mighty for weld or for woe example is, remember how much powerful an agent it is to say to a poor temptial one " I
abstain for your sake; abstain with me"—than simply to say
"Abstain for your own sake." Remembering how hopeless it Is ever to expect the strong evils which anlict humanity to be
removed by the giving of good advice, is it too much, is it
Infringing upon the liberty of Christian num, to my to them • -
7' For mind destroy not the work of God. Take heed loot by
this habit .f thine a vvimk brother perish, for whom Christ
dial." My brethren if all Wit:ems in the Lord Jtsua were 1.1
by the love of Him who died for them, and for the most
degraded and fallen of our race, to renounce altogether, except
as • medicine, the use of that which is so fearfully abused,
smild it not be, not merely a glorious testi umy strong
protest against the evil by which we are 'aecUrso.o a
but would
it not be also one biessed means of removing this sin? oh,
brethren, I would indeed urge upon Christian men, a grave
candid consideration of this subject. Will any Christian man
InnWor me "ice ! but this would be too great • surrender,
boo paMful a sacrifice to ask of toe!" What! will any
Christian men stand upend tell meths/ it is too great a sacrifice
for Christian men to give UP the tine f stimulant.? I appeal to
righteously, and godly in this
Christian men, by the very grace of God taught to live soberly,
11,-sent evil world, will you tell
Inc that for you to abstain in too painful arms:rifler,/ fib!
then what • fearful hold ads habit ham unconsciously attained
upon youreelvm Areyou not confessing that you Cluistian
Men, are the slaver of a carnal appetite? Instead of walking
In the glorious liberty of Christ you are walking in • vemslage
to which enalaves you. Then I Milt aitorthor change my
style of addles, to you. I mast my to you Abstain, not for
the sake of example to others, but for your own sake." For if
but feel that that which is openly destro ng others, is
secretly and surely undermining your spirit by. Brethren,
the sacrifice of abetainhig would be an painful, no I cannot
If In thing. lawful Christians must be prepared to deny thettr.
melees for others, if I may say to the mod moderato user of
stimulants, abstain for the wake .4 your poor brethren, how
meoh more linneratire the obligation to refrain from tbe use ,4 that which is unmixed and undoubtollv wrong. My friends,
there are thousands and tens of thousands in this land who
roars or lees are the slaves of intoutperan_ ,cs within the
Cbrbrtian church are many prolassadly mamlo
M oth=
akin Um gup to tar 7 WiglatilitPami9a,