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The ti,nk- Of Ohristian effort and presses the

che fiink OF Christian effort and presses the
rraoer toward his glorious mark. was 90
With Paul. The radiant diademi before
BIN, thst torown laid up" helped him I'd
Adfor patiently and lsbor sealousfy,
l head, heart and hand, working up
70 theie fd!l capacity, as neariog tho
( goal Of his hopes, tho vision becomes moro
and more vivid aud entranoing he cries out:
"Menccforth there is laid up, for me, crown
Of glory which the righteous judge will
give mes" 1t was so with Moses, living
aGid the balef1l fasoinations of seusaous
court life, with heart unseduIsd from its
,l God and purpose u1diserted from his
high but lsborious destiay. "Fof he had
respeot unto the, reoompense Of the reward" /"
It was so With our blossod Mastor himself,
5'"Wbo for tho joy that was set before, him,
endured the GROSS, despisipg the shame.Y
Now, my friends, you know that the prize
is something provided not By tho contes-
itants themselves, bat by another md
offered for ,hoir winning. So Paul
states that the prize Of eternal bless
edaess is "tho prize Of the high calling Of
God 10 Ohrist Jesus!". To be called from
spiritual death to spiritual life, from the
Kingdom OF darkness into the Kingdom Of
light, FROM the service Of the devil to the
service Of Christ, from the pursuit of sio
TO tho pursuit. Of holiness, may we'll be
named "high calling" It is effected
only BY tho sovereign, supernatural power of
the Holy Spirit working within us, aud
tho prize Of eternal felicity TO which that
calling leads, is the purchase of the atoning
blood Of Jesus Christ. II this be 50 it is to
easy to see that the Foundation of oil hu-
man happiness, as we'll as excellence, must
.Nbe laid deepin tho blood of the Redcomcr's 8
GROSS. Human learning may strengthen
the mind. It cannot sootho and cheer the
heart. 1t puts us at our btst only when
found in conjunction with higher rknowl-
edge--an experimental knowledge Of Jesus
Christ a. q personal friend aud Almighty
Saviour. 7fa ~
Among the sons OF science fow have
been so favored as Sir Humphrey Davy,
o noble and successful pioneer in science,
baronet of the United Kingdom, Presi.
dent of tho Royal Society, his whole 90
reer was one of rare felioities, yet in his
book called the "Last Days of Philoso
pher," he has bequea,hed to the world
Isome mournful ''consolations." With all
= his versatile powers as orator, philosopher
and poet, standing upon lofty pedestal,
with blushing honors thick upon him, ho
tokes dreury leave Of life. With well
stored midd and hollow, suusatistiod yearn-
Ing heart, he makes this entry in one Of
his last journals: ''Very miserable. l
envy no quality of mind or intellect iD
others' not genius, power, wit, or fancy; but
II l could choose that which would be
NC est delightful and believe most useful
to mo, should prefer firm religious be-
iief'te every other blessing; for it makes
life q discipline Of goodness, creates new
hopes when all earthly hopes vanish and
throws over tho deooy the destruction of
existence, tho most gorgeous of all lights
calling up the most delightful visions,
where the seosuaist and skeptio behold
only gloom, deouy and annihilation."
In contrast lot me bring before you
the death bed of timid maiden, cheered
'apd sustained by the blissful consultations of
a.Saviour's love aud presence. At the old
Church Of Newport 10 the Islo of Wight,
Victoria has erected beautiful eut.
It represents slender female figure, her
head bowed in death, marble book lies
before her and rigid finger of her small
hand points to the words, "Comc unto me
oil ye that labor and arc heavy laden and
/ will give you rest" 1t is in memory
Of the young princess Elizabeth, daughter
Of King Charles Of England. During
the time of her fathor's troubles she was
imprisoned in castle of that beautiful
isle. While there she had q long spell
Of sickness. Separated from all the friends
and companions of her youth, she fingered
in sorrow and suffering and loneliness till
death came to end her captivity. She was
one day found dead upon her ooucf, her
Bible open before her ard cold finger
resting upon the words so full of hope aud
comfort, "Come unto mo oil 20 that labor
and are heavy laden and I will give you
rest"
On! how sweet that word "rest," and
how suggestive. Just as the tired con of
toll lies down at night and rfses in the
morning, vigorous md refreshed, SO at tn,
night of do ath the Christian, weary with
tho work and race of life, lies down, falls
asleep in Jesus to wake with immortal vigor
on the resurrection morn, having run his
race and reached his mark and won hip
glorious prize. So while treadiug the maze
of life the Christian ever looks toward the
things which are before with hopeful ex-
peotenoy. but | cannot see how the soul
out of Christ dures look forward. The
sinners brightest day is not ahead, but is
passing or is past There can be before
him no glitteripg prize Of future reward,
but only certain fearful looking for of
Judgment and fury, dovouring indignation:
NO holiness, no crown, no Christ, no
hesven.' ~,
My task is done. I have said that in
the text tho Apostle sets tofore US great
law of practical piety--the law of growth