Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-22

Christ, anu In doing gOOu 10 Our IellOW
men, will give peace to the departing
soul and fill the dark valley with heaven
ly light.
2. The experience of aged saints fits
them to give COOL counsel TO the young.
Paul's advice to his young brother
Timothy was the fruit of his long expe-
rience i'm the Christian life, and the work
OF the Christian ministry. He was well
fitted to instruct and encourage his
youthful friend. And his counsels,
which came from the teaching of a life
thoroughly and unwaveringly cOnse-
Grated to the noblest ends, trained under
the finest discipline, and inspired by the
lOftiest motives, were OF inestimable
value to Timothy. They covered the
entire ground of bis duties, responsible
ties, privileges and trials as minister OF
Christ. They were closed i'm the most
comprehensive ana discriminating terms
They were pervaded by the most affec-
tionste spirit. And they were uttered
with the solemn earnestness OF man
who felt that he WAS delivering his lasI
message.
How precious are the counsels OF q
father or mother, of teacher or pastor
when long experience has stored the
mind with wisdom, when continued dis
cipline has purified the heart from world
illness, where high conservation has lifted
the thoughts above, and where true
Christian love clothes both counsel and
warning in the tenderest forms. TO q
family, class, or a church, such minis
tries are precious indeed.
3. The faithful believer:has a right to
anticipate a gracious and glorious re.
ward.
1t was neither pride nor presumption
for the apostle to use the language of the
7th and Sth verses: 81 have fought 8
good fight" SC. By the grace of God
be had been enabled to fight the good
fight, to finish his course, to keep tn.
faith, or 10 be faithful to his Lord. And
be was justified i'm expecting that GOe
would keep his gracious promise to his
servant, and give him the crown which
was 1.-The p-ice OF his high calling"
"Bc thou faithful unto death and 1 viii
give thee a crown of life" This is God'
promise to every true believer. He vii
keep it. He must keep it. He can't af
ford so to dishOnor himself as to let
single believer fail of his reward. Tn
old Scotch woman understood this, t,
whom her pastor said, as she was OH he
dying bed:
We'll. Janet. suppose, after all, tina
God shonld just let you drop into hell.
"Ah! weel, in that case," was the de-
parting wCman's reply, He'd lose NOR
than should:
A. What an Immortality is secured fO
the memory of those who have been dis
tinguished Christians!
The rich, the famous. the noble of tn
first century have been long since forgot
ten. But the great apostle lives. III
lives in the memory of his wonderful con
version; his thorough conservation. hi
lifelong fidelity, and his Tying testimO
ny to Christ. He lives to instruct million
of believers by his magnificent writings
to vindicate and illustrate the grand doc
trines of the gospel: to cheer and inspir
the weak and tempted anu to teach dy
ing men how the sting can be take
from death, and the victory be wreste
from the grave.
And thus :all good men live. "Th
memory of the just is blessed, but tn
name of the wicked shall rot.