, 1874-02-16

nna ehen proceed to tito production and doyolon.,
ta ,o"t q tS lo of the spirit which waa lost ly
lonlthy first then glve aoundn%oss % to tic iuo miud 1
Up to tlio spirit Mt A0Hhe, tle, tHSn ton2 'GMo Mo-
LINZ Wonla bo impract!cable; for tl,o
smp,o M 1oasor TINT all tho disorders md lstros-
nrotn f., tho want Of that higher life Of tic srit.
Iho want 81 tlat ia tho root Of tho whole cvl;
a.d hence tho first thing to bo done is to supply
1nie. Aonco nt'r eayior'a decided worla to
aa,. Miooaemta l. Except n mnn be born ngain ho
THIS higher lifo is aon,otimcB put for the wlolo,
springs from 1t.
CLrisf. whom thou Inst Bceu
That Ia tho gorm OF tho wlolo. Tic whole
ile u ~ contained thcro. III a. certain aoso, then.
it is true thas tho lifo which jesus Christ gives
~ ls spiritual life, US distinguished from 1fe In
its ontlroty, for II ia tho spiritual 1lfo which is
ttnal life implanted BY tho Holy Spirit, that tho
entire now ltfo is developed. Dit though this
spiritual! life Is THUS tho foundation OF tho
whole, Y ia not really tho wlolo, md
m!nt not % takon as tho whole; for, rs the
ordern will disappear from our mortal nature,
and thon, when thoso disorders shRll have OIL
tireiy Disappeared tlis poor diseased body sl,all
ne takon down, alld another built mp In Its place
ALEu 14bA OfElJ oGol u 4ILt 1EDul 0fgE4
taint OF pollution froo from .overy rolnnant Of
nlamo. Aud then there will bo furnished by
Him who doeth all things well a home, anl u:
acole, and circumstances fitted for tho doyelnp-
glorious. perfect life. And hero it. is whore
Heavon comoa in, simply aa necessary couac-
9uenco Life is tho thing; fitting sphcre fol-
lows, Of course.
~ Such i2 tho process and aoyoleopme,t of Il tho
llfo WHICH God given us through 1tlB Son. Tho
spiritual lifo Immediately tlcil gradual raiaing
mud rorfccting of tho whole lifo especially The
moral natllre, md tlunlly tho exultaton anil gto-
riiicntinu Of tho wllolo-tho life Of HOMO, tho
fo Of INTELLECT tho Life Of heart, as woll as tho
Now toll mo honestly, is not this NIL you can
possibly dcare Whnt better could yon have or'
oyon conceive? We'll, indood, may, tie Apostle
my to you who are tho children Of God by fath
IN donn GhTiHt }1 3esuz "All thngs are yoar" Wo
Upon tho Lord sE,all not lack my. good thing"
1t IL not n moro rhetorical question which tho
Apostle aakB when ho aaya:
uo that spared not His own Son. but delivered Him
giyc lie al thngs2
Tho gilt Of God is etornal life through Jesus
Christ, our Lord. Who is t1loro TINT would not
lavo IT, Who III there that would refuse 1t, and
turn, around to tho bcggarly thlngs which tho
world Offers.
ObBorvo, however, In conclusion, TINT you
must take 1t III it III offered. We must tako tho:
spiritual life and bo cHntont. and wait for the
rest until tho time for it shall come. And VIC
must witt upon tho Lord. We 1nust trust in
Him. You must not giro yourselves up now to,
tho qualification of your senscs, to tho neglect
Of tint spiritual lfo which III tLo foundation
on which tho. Whole structure must 10 built.
Without tho knowledge and enjoyment of tho
Creator it is impossible tint you can rightly
creature to the crcator.
Seek 50 the Lord while IIo may bc found. Call 80
upon Him while liz may bp found. Seek 70 first tic
nglon q Cod md li!s Righteousness. and all theso
things shall 10 aldcA unto you.
Arc wo prepared for tho life VIC nre spcnlking
o1? We do not ask. il you aro prepared Tor
death. There is much said in common talk
about boinE prepared for death but you lind
very ittlo, if anything ut al, Of such thing in
that can tl,iuk of ut NIL like it, namely, tho
cxhortntion Of Amos, reforring lowoyer, not to
dcath, but. to the invasion. Ut the Assyrians,
viewed Us coming Of God to Judgment: " Pro-
and not doatll the Scriptures. sot loforo us at
that Tor which preparation must be made.
There arc SONG whose ideas Of religion aro
always in contact with death. TLoy suppose, or.
seem to suppose. TINT 1t is u pous thing to bo
cemeteries, and funerals. You lind nothing Of
the kind in Scripture. nothing 30 unnatural,
nothing SO unhuman. It docs, Indeed, tcacl, US
to look forward to tho future, aud inyitos us to
uWGl1 GIL TUG luLu[G DUE IL III not, tho uG3tu.
but tho life OF tic future il
calls us to contemplate. Wo, aro
Indeed taught Tint doath is inevitable; that it
is portal through which oven those who love
the Lord must pass to their eternal home but,
then, wo aro taught not to glory in it, or togloat
over it. or to brood OH It. or eynn to trv ia M.
custom ourselves to tho thought OF it, but rath-
or to triumph over it in Christ; to look forward
to the lifo, the entrance Of which 1t yaiuly tries
to bar, not that We would 10 unclothea, but
but clothed, that mortality might bo swal-
lowed up Of life."
ask you then, not arc you prepared for
death? Alas alas! We aro nll by naturo pro-
parcd enough for tliH Wo are dead in tres.
passes aud sins, aud ovon what life roma,ns in
us seems over roady to die. But ask, aro you
prepared for lfe--tllat life which is to swallow
up tho mortality of those who loyo tho Lords
appeariug-a lilo not Of sinful nloaaure-but Of
holy ioy1uot of solf-induIgeuco. but OF loving
actiyity-a lifo whose highest honor Is
the service of the Lord, whose great
est joy is tho loyo of tho Lord, wlloso
heaven Of leavons is tho proseuco OF The
IT not, and we foar there are somo,-thero may