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AND JESUS WEPT.

We hope ~ die trusting The Lord will provide.
AND JESUS wEPT
What a spectacle-the Son Of God in
tears! Why was He who knew no sin, and
in whom no guile was found, so deeply
moved when He beheld the holy city, doom
cd to des,ruction? Were these tears called
forth by the reflection that the walls which
encompassed that venerable city, would
soon crumble before the fierce assaults o
the invading foe, that the beautiful Temple
with its richly decorated altars, would ere
long be levellcd with the ground, that those
who thronged in mullitudes to celebrate the
solemn feasts of Zion would soon be strewcd
in lifeless heaps along the plain, or scatter.
cd among the nations Of the earth, hating and
hated by al9 No. FITS reflections were
more comprehensive, and the far.seeing eye
of God penetrated far beyond the limits of
an earthly destiny. How easy for Him to
send confusion and overthrow into the ranks
Of the relentless besicgers, or, when their
desolating hand had swept over Judea, to
speak, and at that word, another city far
moro splendid and populous would arise from
the solitude, as earth from chaos, and a
temple, far more gorgeous would crown
Marah His thoughts swept beyond the
boundaries of time and ranged through
eternity But still ifit was call of life to
live, and all Of death to die" why this deep
emotion! For on this hypothesis the doom
which rested upon the suffering, famished
multitudes, was only sweet repose, from a
life alt full of disappointment and sorrow,
the death-dealiny weapon, the instrument
which soothcd the sorrewing to rest.
While the Son of God in many instances
alleyiatcd the sufferings Of humanity, it was
not these that moved him to visit earth
For his own blood-washed people are not
Distinguished from the world by exemption
from afflictions, which is the certain inheri.
tance OF man-they are regarded as things
"tu be borne for a season." 1t was the
lost condition Of man that penetrated his
bosom aud led Him on an errand Of mercy
10 eartll-that man was lost 10 spiritual
knowledge to spiritual life and favor with
lis God. 1t was in view Of the condcmna-
tou whirh had passed upon every unbcliev.
ing soul and the overwhelming anguish,
treasured up against the day of wrath, for
the pe"dition of the ungodly, that the Son
nj God WAS moved to tears. lie had NOV
ed them to tears. He had taught them to
fear not him that can destroy the body and
hath no more power, but rather fear him
who can destroy both soul and body in
sel." He well knew that after the dreadful
tragedy of the Cross-that after His bosom
was cleft and the fountain of life was open.
ed, that many woald refuse to drink, and,
only stain their souls with deeper guilt
Then the spirit of Christ prompts to sym.
palhy for every variety of human suffering,
and its impulses excite deeper and more
pungent anxiety for the salvation of souls,
But how many wear the sacred name OF
Christian whose hearts are little moved by
the suncrings of humanity, and less by the
prospect of the lost souls eternal anguish.
With what interest the news of the ravages
OF pestilence in foreign lands is devoured,
and there arc treasures without limit to feed
starving nation. But oh how feeble is
the cry that comes to US from the distant
perishing hcathen, for the bread of life
How few are the hearts, comparatively, that
respond to such appcals-how small the
treasures that flow into channels Of that
holy enterprise, which contemplates the sup.
ply Of furnishing souls with the bread of
life, and with the meat " that endures unto
everlasting life" Even parents, who suffer
so much when disease preys upon their
child, often without emotion, behold that
dear one drinking in from day to-day, that
poison which works death beyond the grave.
And in this day Of refinement, it is and al
most objectionable offence for the herald OF
the Cross to warm men "with tears" The
formal denounce it as a weakness manifested
by the Savoiour and His Apostles, when
they contemplated the power Of reigning sin
in the human heart and tho death it works.
DEsrIsE NOT TIE DAY OF SMALL THINGS.
"A single act Of disobedience involved the
world in universal sin. A single deception
practise on the old man whose eyes were
dim, changed the line Of blessing through
countless generations: The selling of the
shepherd.boy saved a people from famine,
and placed his family among the mighty in
the land. Paul was brought before Caesar to
make his defence, and thus the gospel was
preached in the imperial. Luther, through
suffering and poverty, entered the Universi.
ty to stud law, but found in its library a
Bible, and CLEANED from its pages the thought
OF that glorious Reformation. Franklin
with a kite drew the lightning from the
clouds; Morse bound its wings, and made
it messenger TO do his bidding. A piece
of cork attached TO a loadstone suggested
the idea Of mariners compass, the pilot Of
thousands aud tens Of thousands over the
trackless deep. Lorentius, of Harlem, cut.
tug rude letters OIL the bark of tree, gave
lisc 10 tue press, whose influence is more
powerful than armies.
But we need not multiply facts. The
pnoudest form, the gayest step, the strongest
arm, were once feeble childs. The most
prolound' learning commenced with A, b,
T.. The loftiest Intellect once strove to un-