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Faith in Christ.

An aged widow who had attended
church for many year, and had heard
much sound preaching, few weeks ago
was sitting listening to the Gospel of
the grace of God. Gods Spirit used
the word and carried it home to her
heart, and showed her that she was still
an unsaved sinner; that although she
had been very moral, and very careful
to attend to all the means of grace, she
was condemned already" and that the
sin question had never been settled,
though she had for many a weary year
been fighting and striving, and doing the
best, the very best she could.
She was condemned already" not
waiting for the judgment-day to condemn
her, but CONDEMNED already" where
she sat. What availed her doing the
best she could? Guilt hung over her
and told her she was condemned, she was
accursed. In great anxiety and tremb-
ling she came running to me at the end
of the address, and with deep sobbing
and tears exclaimed;
"Sir, 0, sir what am ! to do? I've
been trying lang, lang, but | find it'll
no do. o, sir what am | to do?
"Well, here's Jesus did it all
long ago-Jesus is mine. "
"But is He mine y
"God so loved the world that He gave
Jesus
"To me- Is that all?"
Yes.
"Then He's mine-my Beloved is
mine, and / am His"
She said no more, and asked
turned round and almost ran
meeting, clasping her hands, a
with an inward peace, and me.
she went" My Beloved is mir
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sweet praise sung. Not there shall 1 be
able to draw near to God, where the hu-
man medium binds my soul as it goes
after God, "even the living God.' And
if I go out upon chase after eloquence,
or popular preaching, or originality, or
sweet music, my heart will not be in a
state to desire, supremely, communion
with God, spiritual refreshment, growth
in grace, and the many blessings which
they receive who "wait upon the Lord"
rather than upon men. Perhaps the
evil of vagrancy is too difficult and sub
tie to be cured, but it might bemitigated
in the community very much, if all
Christian people would unite with and
regularly attend some church of Christ
in their own neighborhood, and if Chris
tians, when away from home, would re-
member that the primary object of at
tending the house of God is to worship
Him who is Spirit, sin spirit and in
truth" alo5
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soul cannot taste in the present world.
You could almost thank the reviler for
his cruelty, because it became the occa-
sion of closer communion with God than
you had ever known in a time of pros
/ perity. You have seen child more than
recompensed for the pain of some elder
brothers blow, by the deeper plunge that
his tears procured for him into his moth
er's breast.
Nearer, my God, to Thee; nearer to TheeI
h en- though cross it be that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,-nearer to Thee"
1t is not that you go to God to justify
yourself and soothe your ruffied pride:
it is the opposite. When driven by
Shimei's cursing into the presence of
God, your first word in the Fathers ear
is, "Lord, although Shimei's word is
false, Thou knowest more evil in me than
my enemies suspect 1t is not to hide
your sins that you run into your closet
and shut the door; it is to pour them all
out, and get them all forgiven. When
you come out again, you come out serene
and strong. God is able to keep what
you have committed unto Him. Asmuch
Of your good name as He needs for his
Kingdoms cause, He will bring forth in
to the light; and the rest-let it 60.
The favor of men is tickle, at the least;
but in his favor is life, in his presence is
fulness of JOY for evermore.
Now, of the things which we have
spoken, this is the sum. The tongue is
an unruly evil, and there are many of
these evils in the world. What, then ?
When reviling tongue is unjustly let
loose against you, shall you unleash
another reviling tongue against it? No;
that is not proitable-is not safe. When
that gust begins to beat fiercely on your
side, so hold your helm and trim your
sails that it shall nightly help you home.
A seaman in the middle of the Atlantic
does not waste himself in getting angry
with the blast that beats against him, and
attempting to strike it as hard as it strikes
him. Passionless he marks its direction
and its force; bent on one object, he re-
ceives it so that it is compelled to help
him forward, and when it has pressed him
another ships length nearer the haven,
he allows it to pass unheeded.
All things are yours, Christian, if you
have skill to take possession of your va
ried wealth. and energy to employ it for
your own advantage. "All things are
yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Ce-
phas, or the world, or life or death, or
things present, Or things to GOMEZ" Or
for in this royal deed of gift it is implied
that power is given indefinitely to add to
their number-friends and foes, riches
and poverty, love and hatred, good words
and bad words, kindness and cruelty,
blessings and curses; all things are
yours, for "ye are Christs, and Christ
is Gods"
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Perfect Peace.
Perfect peacel The peace of God that
passeth understanding!
Jesus, the vision of thy face
Hath overpowering charms.


Jesus, the vision of thy face
Hath overpowering charms.
When the city of London was helpless
ly reeling to and fro from the violent
shock of an earthquake, Charles Wesley,
standing up before his congregation at
the foundry, exclaimed, in state of re-
ligious exaltation: "We will not fear
though the earth be removed, and the
hills be carried into the midst of the sea;
for the Lord of hosts is with us the God
of Jacob is our refugel" His hearers
were trembling with terror, expecting
each moment that the walls of the build
ing would fall Cries and lamentations
were heard on every side. What sub
lime spectacle! A tottering city, and a
soul triumphant and perfect peace.
The name of DR.. Arnold of Rugby is
familiar, and its associations pleasing.
Placed at the head of school that pre-
pared many pupils annually for the Eng
lish Universities, and possessing pow
erful cast of mind, both as writer and q
public speaker, his influence was extern
sive, and his opinions were eagerly sought
by cultivated men.
He is approaching his forty-seventh
birthday. His name has lately been en-
rolled among the faculty of Oxford: his
measure of ambition he declares is full.
Fame, position, competence, an affection
ate family, and delightful rural home in
the most picturesque part of England, all
are his. Your eye kindles, but shadow
overcasts your mind, as you think, as
Johnson said to Garrick, on viewing the
splendid apartments of nobleman, 'Ah,
David, David, these are the things that
make death-bed hard"
Reverse the medal. He awakes one
morning, and finds that the hour of his
transit from earth to another world has
unexpectedly arrived. He is attacked
with angina pectOris. The violence of the
first spasm subsidies. He lies still, his
lips moving, his eyes raised upward, as if
engaged in prayer, " and all at once he
excIaims, with religious fervor, "And
Jesus said unto him, Thomas, because
thou hast seen, thou hast believed; blessed
are they which have not seen, and yet
have believed. Another spasm, and
then he says to his son, "Thank God for
giving me this pain; suffered so little
pain in my life, that feel it is very good
for me, and do thank him for it" And
so the strong man, at the meridian of
life, and in the midst of his honors,
passes away.
Perfect peace
O, ye, who forecast the probabilities
of the future, and see sorrow, and disap--
pointment, and parting, and anguish, and
death-listen: 'EPeace / leave with you /;
my peace give unto you; not as the
, world giyeth give / unto you. Let not
your heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid.
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Our Translation of the Bible.

The heavy charges against the author
ised translation may have certain
amount of truth as applied to partic-
ulars. There-are passages inaccurately
translated; the sense of the original is
at times missed or confused, or even re-
versed it is also occasionally obscure
and unintelHgible. Verses could, with a
little care, be picked out to support each
of these charges. But to make them in
the general as characterising the English
translation is grossly unjust. 1t is as if
we were to makesweeping charges against
the character of an individual which
might each be sustained by some isolated
fact in his history, but which would be
utterly untrue and libellous as descrip-
tive generally of the character Of the
man. 1t is well known that with all the
emendations by scholars of our transla-
ton, it is only very few passages scat
tered here and there that have essentially
changed their meaning. There may be,
indeed, certain books of the Old Testa-
ment, especially that of Job, where the
original is often obscure, and where
changes of Importance may be suggested,
but scholarship has as yet done little
more for the Interpretation of such
obscurities that it did three centuries
ago. AS to the greater part of the
Old Testament and almost every part
of the New, the changes effected in the
essential meaning are few and far be-
tween; the emendations are generally of
character which affect but little the
main purport of the text. 1t is, we be-
lieve, grossly incorrect to say that the
knowledge of Greek and Hebrew pos
sessed by the pious translators of 1911
was singularly superficial and incomplete,
and incomparably inferior to our own.
OF course there are discoveries of more
recent research and criticism of which
the learned of that period had not the
advantage; but to speak of the scholar
ship of England in the age of Bacon
and Milton as superficial is absurd. The
knowledge of Hebrew, and even of
of Greek, was far higher in the English
Universities of that day than of the pre-
sent, as shown by the admirable trans
lations of ancient authors, and the nu-
merous works of highest reputation
written on classical themes. Which of
our English scholars can approach Milton
in his thorough mastery of the ancient
languages, in their spirit and not merely
in the letter In minute, fnical, pedan-
tic scholarship, we may excel, but in
that mastery of the ancient languages,
and drinking into the spirit which alone
can fit to translate them with force into
into another tongue, the English Univer-
stiles are far inferior to what they were
in the golden age of English literature.
Our translators have generally seized the
meaning of the original with a power
that NAV be felt, and have given it forth
in pure and vigorous classic English,
such as scarcely any writer's can attain
to in the present day.
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Vagrant Hearers.

"Who is going to preach?" L over
heard gentleman ask this question from
the sexton of city church one day this
summer, and upon the question being
answered, the inquirer started off to an
other church to ask the same question,
and if the answer was not such as he
coveted, to continue his wandering in
search of a preacher who should suit his
fancy. Now, in one view of the case,
the yagrant hearer was perfectly justi-
fed in his wanderings. He evidently
thought, as too many good people do
think, that the chief end of going to
church is, not to glorify God, but tohear
agreeable preaching. There are differ
ent ideas, too, as to what is agreeable,
for that which feeds one is very distaste-
full to another; and hence there is great
chance for vagrancy on Sunday, if all
who are unsettled, or strangers In a
place, wander until they find satisfactory
spiritual provisions.
The question of every Christian on a
Sabbath morning ought to be, not where
shall L hear the best preaching, but
where can [ worship and serve God most
acceptably to-day? If l am stranger
in a place, where shall 1 be able to draw
nearest to my Master, and in what place
of worship shall l be most likely to fine
him? Certainly the answer will not be-
in that place where man claims the
greater part of the attention of the au
dience-where more is thought of the
periods of the orator, or the solos from
the choir, than of the Word of Goo
which is read, and the Being to whom
the eloquent prayer is offered, or the
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HELP FROM ABovE.-A number of
boys were slowly walking home from
Sabbath. school, and speaking of some
remarks to which they had just listened.
The subject of their lesson had been
g The Sin of Profanity and their
teacher had tenderly and earnestly expos
tulated with her class, some of whom,
she had reason to fear, were not free from
the shocking habit of swearing. As
they were talking, one of them turned to
a boy by his side, bright lad of four
teen years, and said:
George, how did you leave off swear
ing? I've tried and cannot; and / do
not see how you did it.
"Ah! Johnnie" was the reply; "you
don't seek help from abOve. l never
should have left off swearing had it not
been for the prayer, "Lead me not into
temptation. God helped we when |
asked Him. know He did; and He'll
do the same for you"
You do not swear, | trust, my young
reader; but Georges advice will suit
every other habit as well. Go to God
with it, and you will be made more than
conqueror through Him who hath loved
Won
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AuitstAold aTprds.

A WORD FOR LITTLE GIRLs.-Who is
lovely? 1t is the little girl who drops
sweet word, kind remarks, and pleasant
smiles, as she passes along; who has a
kind word of sympathy for every girl
and boy she meets in trouble, and kind
word to help her companions out of diff
ficulty; who never scolds, never contends,
never teases her mother, nor seeks in any
way to diminish, but always to increase
her happiness. Would it not please you
to pick up a string of pearls, drops Of
gold, diamonds, or precious stones, as
you pass along the street? But these
arc precious stones which can never be
lost. Take the hand of the friendless.
Smile on the sad and detected. Sympa-
thize with those in trouble. Strive
everywhere to diffuse around you sunshine
and joy. If you do this, you will be
sure to be beloved.
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whose word thus comforted her in early
womanhOod is with her still when she is
old and gray headed; and she can crate
fully speak of her eleven children,
"nursed for Him, as all walking in the
ways of God on earth, or taken away to
another home, into which sickness and
death can never come.
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To BE ALWAYS intending to live new
life, but never to find time to set about
it, is as if man should put off eating
and drinking from one day to another,
till he is starved and destroyed.
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FOR ruE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
ONLY BELIEVEl

Go wash in Jordan (Naaman smiled
That cannot heal my sore,
ALBANIA, Pharpar, noble streams,
Might aid me some what more
Thar waters could not once avail,
Nine is a grievous hurt;
prophet, for an Israel pool
My loins had ne er been girt.
Most YEARLY I've joumeyed far
My burden to unroI,
And shall mere washing seven times
Make this poor leper whole
Nay. man Of God, some greater thing,
Some adequate relief
For how can Jordan's strsitened tide
Assuage a mighty griefg''
A moment prde-a moments pause,
Mans self-imagined power;
And Naaman humbled, washed-Obeyed,-
Ind he ,ras clean that holT,
All thus /, is, thou troubled soul
Dream uot 70 buy the gtt sf God
BY sacrifice Of thine,-
Remember tbs with such a thought,
The Hindoo seeks his shrine.
O9b belicre. as doth the child.
Full seven times believe
And peace shall be thy portion here,
Thou shalt find strength and comfort near,
And heaven at last receive.
ANNA.
Monterey, Va, Oct. 1866.
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Theological Education.

For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
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A MEMOIR FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THF
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1866, IN MEMPHIS.
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How to Behave When MisrepreSented.

BY REV. VIM. ARNoT, D. D.
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Monterey Ta., Oct. 1866.
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'' Go wash in Jordan (Naaman smiled, ,
'' That cannot heal my sore,
ALBANIA, Pharpar, noble streams,
NErhl nd me some what more
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