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and culture, hnt tn go Cllrlstko among all thrso,

and culture, hu IN go Chrlstl1ko amung all these,
md ho Uliro and h0iv
Chr3stianity nol o'ty rorlnlla hut doman''t,
The mnh TINT hAh not Joy has RnlnotiIi'Is WRONG.
Iho ttuo Cnlrtian crieH with sweet slnRp,g
lraal,, II viii greatly rrluice IN tho l4pr'l nv
sou! nl,ail bo Ioyfui IN NV uol; sor ho hnl,
clothed mo with tho garments Ut Salvation; ho
l,htn covered no with r'bo Of rlEhtcnHhnesn
~ n bridrgroom dec1eth himself With or1la-
mcnta; an hr'oc Ado.neth hot solf With levels"
Ihoy slHll rc1Hico all tho day long" "Eo-
joice iu tito Lutd and again say roloice." Iht
iteA nf tho day that wintfs up aIi human nfTalr
In eoom, In .lie ni'n,ls IT chdreu OF tho vorl,,
QnentIy Represented 10 tho Christian by
wodding5 cfsstion t - and FIR i'rtovfaencc, ths
l,ib!o aud al LleanInEs, bld US io]o!co ovcrmoro
Friends. eoek Tie flesh and it will iii YOU wilt
pain aud sortows Aeex Tho world, md !. will
frat deceive then leavo you; but eeck Clris.
tanity.. snl II Will gtsc yon Joy.
III. Dns wo are introdncod t. sti'l 9toatcs
tue faast h.vnR ,as.oi t,e now.aado w4po,
saith TO tho bridegroom, " Eyory man at tie Le
cunning doth rot forth good wins but "len
tnon have vol drunk, shon that which is worAe
but thou last kott The good VINE until nnv." Il
Ia viii, toatbrn tleo!ostee ~ With tho shameful
orgies that aie hold At heatlien marriages. AMI
arc refolred to !o.e; the giIdcd:challce Is held
ont tlrst and. altar the destructive 'hto1icatlut
they dsinl; tho poison drogs that forotelI death.
Ii III not 70 with tho vino bcuscd out OF tla
"lue.press by Gods Son. It ooMca to US with
blessed Joys.
"Whs9 W's1 ~ ;st ts,'s y, r. s',s1s believed
vbel, bag been syos ,,ineo progressive. And I,
lat Of the fchst continually. ThIBis Qod's r,ls
in behtowtng gifts opencd tile Old Teasa-
,ncnt, and, compared with the highest lleAtlIcn
othics, It is iulead nubllne! Thero I,ead tho
principles that arc to-day at tho foundation Of
fJ,n cf 1fS{tkva ,nfI k,1,} rnI
With tito later revelation it is twilight 10 ths
midday beams! 1t is straight, dcnpito. literal
Wa mny nee Tho Same fact rhonn In thu
dsvclopmenta Of unfolding truth. Each
enablea us 10 look farther cut upon tue VIDE
| reacl,ing plai,l, Vh!ch long ago, no thonRM We
measured with onr eyes ard con'prchcnded With
our mlnds. And this shall cuntlnuD. Now &C.
| rnre tia way for richer disclosures Of the
ihoupllts Of Ood; for tho want Ia IN our capabi!.
ity to discorn the deep things of God: The man
| ner Of our growth is ofton to begin with tia
ritual and law and end In ltbcity and spirit
When 1tomanists set Gilt to oonvctt nations, shoJ
planted tho crons upon tile forcfyn Bhcre, com.
| pelleu The ruling Fiiuee 10 establish ler form
! oE worship aul tho work Vas dono J This docs
not satiBfv the herattis Of tho croas to-day. Fhs
civilizations Of tho pnat are not received as civil.
| zntlona Of the present, Behold the contest
sagIua in orr land to-day. 1t ia but the c1ett
institutions OF tho past darknaHs battling for
q
canuot sutIsr Il. and as certainly AZ thors Is
God pushing out tlese laws Of progression, mol
| trusl Fl,all fal! nur a wrong triumph. Tho law
IL visible n tl.o spiritual growth Of oyerY bo-
!iuycr It, indeed, may bs a mera aonse OF duty
that frat leads tbs aou1 10 caat ttsclf on God.
Fear may leud ono 10 discharge o, duly. hut
when ho throws coal OIL tho widows fire. brushes
tho tear from tho orphan boys clleek, or eontem-
nlntcs the character Of Liz Christ, a now and
,,ohlcr 'riIncirIs begins to Widen bis cara-
biIity, md love dis It, Affection comcs;
frion,ls ilco: religion begins to ti!i
the now deserted chambers Of his aoul ;
ho trllsts God and finds Ills promises suro !:
greater mod comca, aud ho leans hesyler on liz
nrm OF lila Nnytor. aud asks moro and receives
| Il: md wbeu ho lies on tic very broast. aud
fccls tho great !,cpyt Of Jesus beating in synps.
tly with him, lie cxclaimB, 40, / iieyer know
iUw uoo,, religion was tt{oTe,r Ay, this Ia ttus
oyau wl1ou ereat wares OF affection lavo passed
over him, Each NAV 10 more eeycre than those
beture, yet each time 10 gtraighteus hEmaeIi
when tho flood is oycrpast, aud looks into nov
features OF love In Lid Fathers face, he reads
now WLle, aud by hls experience has q now 10.
lieion better, nearer, dearer than refore.
Kplislou fonnu mo . selfish, unhappy boy
| ,,snt,af1ed with tina nteee,,t arh filted with an