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WAR AGAINST EVIL. PRACTHES.


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o Jerusalem, which shall never hold their
peace, day nor night. Isaiah 62 chapt.
g verse. - @'tr '+5s''
The highest type of mar on earth
is the true humble christian. He
may be as poor as Lazarus-as desti-
tuteTof the goods of this world as the
leuly Nazarene. His name may be
cast out as evil; yet he Is All heir TO
an Inheritance incorrnptible, unde-
filed and unfading. He is child of
Coda smember of, the family that
vies around the thrope of the Eterna
in the heavens. Thopghs d sdenizen
Of earth and surrounded by all the
evils of this frail life, he can look up
and call the Mighty God, FATHER !
He can, claim Jesus for an elder
brother, Che Holy Spirit his com
forter; ard when death shall summon
him from time, he will have angelic
messengers to conduct him into the
lpalace-royal of the Universe, and
Introduce him to the Great Jehovah
and his attendant hosts, who will
crown him with diadem that shall
endure through the eeaseless cycles
of eternity. He has 'foretaste of
this while he dwells in the fesh-an
assurance that these great promises
can never fail. He feels that he has
come unto Mount Zion and unto the
city of the living GodA -the Heavenly
Jerusalem-and to Innumerable COM
panyi of angels, to the grand assembly
and church of the first-born which are
in Heaven, and to God, the Judge OF
all, and to the spirit of just men made
perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator Of
the New Covenant, and to the blood
of sprinkling that speaketh better
things than that of Abel. In COM
parison with this blessedness, all the
thonors of earth; the king on his
throne swaying the destinies of ma
tions, of human beings; the general
tgloating over the triumphs of his
bloody conquests; the statesman,
proud in the accomplishment of his
aims; the man. whose Golfers are filled
with the gems of earth, who fares
sumptuouslys every day-all these
pale into utter insignifeanee. Tht
wealth and henors of earth soon fade
away. So does the rich man. The
king on his throne holds no exemp
ton from that ancient decree, "Dus'
thou art, and unto dust shalt thor
return. In the grave all distinction:
Iare buried. The worm feeds upor
Ithe rich man and the beggar alike
How vain, then, are all human con
Germs. How weak and feeble is man
A tenant for an hour or day, ant
lthen he calls around his couch the
few friends that are steadfast, and
as his eye glasses with the chill o.
tdeath and his fieeking pulse grows
fstfl, lovingly, longingly he looks il
their faces, and by strength of th'
feeble hands bids them a final fare
lwell. - In such a moment, if his lif'
has been devoted! to the service o
his Master, he can lean bis head OIL
the Sayior's breast and breath his lif'
|out sweety; hut if not, then witt
trembling and fear, as the darkness
of death gathers about him, he cal
lexclaim, ''alone! alone!! alone J!
mo friendly hand to guide him
Fiends must then attend his depart
ling spirit. Gone forever beyond tn
pale of mercy. Who would not shu'
such an end? To save men from
this awful doom Jesus came.
lEDown fromltl shining, courts. above, q!
In ioyful haste He fled-- lIif = e.
Entered the grave in mortal flesh,
And awelt among the dead. T.
4 TLis bring rs to Consider the i'm
portance of that scripture that "Good
mess is profitable unto all havin'
promise of the life that now is and o
that which is to come" But tn
most weighty of all the evils of thi
wicked age is that of unbelief. Th
churches are filed with men an
women who, having a form of godli
? ness, deny the power thereof. This
. in part. is due to ignorance OF th
! teachings Of the Holy oracles, an
this ignorancesls duealargely to world
E ly-mina aedness and that apathy whie
|. is forcibly expressed by the wor
laziness. 1t is not due to. the want
/ capacity, for we unhesitatingiy sa
with the great Jefferson that til
: teachings of the Christ are within th
comprehension of a child. Men q
lnot feed upon the sincere milk of tt
!: word of God that may grow thereby
{ Instead Of submitting themselves
Il 1.-THE guidance of Him who spoke
= Imam never spake, they are setting q
: standards of their own, by which the
,stpropose to measure themselves an
!, all Others with whom they come !
.e tcontact. Their blind. guides hay
!. forssken the plain road marked o.
sstby the King. and. have invaded IL
domain of speculation. This want I