, 1874-02-16

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iitn ! T. v,antly froma1 tn nxcI,,dc t1o rn n
t,,.af t = H. s,,1 tn oynroaa;nn tlifo ~ tin
sn" IL fro,ncd N "A to oyoldo Tho idea Of lin
np strn =, H. i",w y w., a,v wc d0 mt ohtoct n
noaa ,oesJ1na sno otor:thoI for wa NAV snmo.
teao eaprGss2ml" m nrrGv tn w ,nonnn of to
,snrI ill., !" bmt wo do w;ah tn cnar1 nranst
H.. u H., In4 ~ itfo ts,,. m rrn,vca inw,, 1a nii
@ o H. Sa ,st i'.t l.; v ron,;an tn ~, l., to HnsnnI II
~ o liz ia t n: tn "vnrlastnv aenao of Tia tern,
,1at lis IL ,,rn,naod wtl,nt nny rostrjotior. with
o,,s o,,y n + nt;cn w;thn,t INV a,ontion"
ots hsu 10y xn sr,te .hut ~ ni ielItvn thot iost,.
ia Tic Chrlst tho son Of do, ad, bulayiug 70 might
have lfo.
Not spiritual life. Wo Bhull llayo that cortain,
Des nrso ~. ur,t,,r t,,,t ~ ,oov ,,.vo III.
ma ,u,.a,. :..,sa - !, r.on, t,ia mi, ,r,,,
Lne WHY t"u6o -. ~ o,.,rn,r orn, m.1.
Fuo .a5 mo' sorata,, ~ ~ ao
Mcn IN otoIeu ~ r. on, ~ intloa H., rn WI "ae
mcluaea ail tltat "e unaetstaao " nlo nna
seey, fetY gtSas uoa' tuosu. ~, ~ InJ .a8G 1an III
ns..ut H. H. y nr,.a tanu nr ~ tTo i'.o
some TINT ho% mnt. have hf' and that thou
| ngh1 NJ, navo " h'olo an"1aan"s'
| Not u aomo restricted. IN some pccuar, sense,
nut "miEh5 hayo II t., more annndanty. n Keep
thia n @ 1nd tnen r. as %at IL olerdu Ms is
WIN mo namo a. attaenoa a1a,t TO- ,u.,o
Lot lib examine tho promtao little more
nnst IT. ~ WIT s
mmorstan rl"I ~ In nv 1;fo ;ra nst m c oamIttn5
implies that our general understanding Of liro ID
nat worthy Of the namo. Why is il 1Iot worthy
81 tno naine noeauae tnGto III aoasn III ~, @aa
Iifo 4. iifo Will, Ina eath IN It ia mat wortly
Of liz nan 1 v p ao ueEt do not 10 enn that taro
IL denth nTtor It bnt We mont wllat wo gay.-
that thefo 1s doaiA III ~. Inoro ase 1ae oleMehts
o. aeeay ana aestEncnoil % 81 , mosAs ~ IT, "iu Mhiao
alo rno aees o6 aeso @ III n' ~ anas
{n tio rnornl naturo tlloro are hungry desires
which mover iind their food tloro arc lopriury
staclcs In ti,o way Of eycry onward and
| inward nnth which no skill, Gnu
cvado and M strength can romoyo
thcro is that in mans nature Witch oyor prompts
lin to sock to riso from QUO attainment to a,,-
other, from one enjoyment to anotor from QUO
riory to another: and yot thoro is that il, his
nonatitntion and in hiB condition Which oyor
keons him down and drugs lin down. md which.
in te end, alwnys roducca his attait,u,opty. Lis
And is this iifo Is it WORTHY of tho nan1e?
There IL TIM murh t1nntb In il to mike It worthy
of tin nnmo of Iifo. What aro tho cbnractoristcs
of iifo7 Arc thew not growth. progroas.
riso7 Arc not these tho marks by Which,
! in fhnso narHou1arn? Ia not hiH rrowth ci,ocknd
m Mi hnnds by dcatl Is not hin rrorross
prevented on all hands By death IL not his
ffise ever turned into ruin by lcath Truly tho
fo which VIC live n})art from Christ is not worthy
nf thn nnmoI Wo iiyo. Indeed. in Il set,so Int
It is not tic true sense. lit is 4 poor dyiu.
way." Our lifo is truo lifo no more. It Is
teath,-deatll from tue beginning, sure to end
in tlontl eternally. unlcBa auoiherr and n bettor
iifo bo given liz. It is not without good reason
thon. that tic srirt Of the living COD casts dis.
ercdit on the T Toarthv lifo Of man. troats 1T f
rs If it wore no lifo at iii and offers M
"n,,nth;ro ao n,,oi, ,,;vGor On ,r,"h not,Ias nn
much boItor, so much moro worthy OF tho
II af..
aud it il offered III Just as il We mover had any
thing lito 1t before,
Wo are nov prepared for considering what
this new lifo which Is offered us In tic Gosnei
includes. And, llrst it includes, M l have
limited before, al that is good iu Ordinary life,
in perfection. On this poiat, it is worthy Of no.
lice that q great many young pooplo hayo en-
tire1y false iaeas Of what religion is. They
imagine 1t is to giyo up all that IL
good, in order to got good things in tho
jifo to comc,-au entirely mistaken idea. 1t doea
not nean to givo up all That il truly good in this
life. The Lord jesus Christ dooa not ask it,
Religion does not contract our sphere Of lifo