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rae SEVEN STARS.
Turn now IA yoar Bible 70 the seven stars
We srs distinctly tod that they ara the min
is,ers or religion. Some Of them are large
STAR, some of them small stars. some Of them
sweep : wide circuit and some q them
sraall circuit, but 80 far a. they are genuine
they GET their hight from The great central
sUn around whom they make revolution.
Let each one ksep IA his oSn sphere The
solzr system would be soon wrecked II ths
s;ars instead OF keeping their own orbit should
So g. hunting down ether stars. Minis
ters Of religion should never clash But IN
al the centuries os the Christian church
sone of these stars have been hunting an Ed
ward Irving or Horace Bushnell or an Al
bert Barnes, and the stars that were n pur-
suit OF the other stars lost their own orbit and
some OF them could never again find IL. Alas
for the heresy hunters. The beS. way q de
stroy error is % preach the truth The best
way 10 scatter darkness is 20 strike light
There Is IN immensity room enough for all
tho starr and IN rhe church room enough for
all the ministers. The ministers who give up
Righteousness and the truth viii get punish
ment enough anyhow, for they are 1.-The Won
dering stars for whom Is reserved the black
ness of darzneSs forever But should like as
minister when | am dying to be able truth
fully " say what captain of the English
army. fallen at the bead OF his column and
dying on the Egyptian battlefield, said to
Gen Wellesley who came 20 condole with
him. Il have led them straight; did'ut l lead
them straight, GcneralF' God has put US
ministers as captains in this battlefield
of truth against error. Great at last
VIII be our chagrin II we fall lead
ing the people tho wrong way; but great
Will be our gladneSs II. whom the battle is
over, wa can band our sword back to our
+ great Commander saying. Lord Josusl We
led the people straight; didn't we lead them
straightn Those ministers who go OF at a
/ tangent and preach some other gospel are
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the heavens little while and make people
stare, and throw down few nsteoric stones,
and then 90 out of sight if not cut of exist
ence. On. brethren in the ministry, let us
/ remember that God calls Us stars, and our
/ business IS to shine and TO keep our own
sphere, and then when we get done trying Il
I light up the darkness of this world, we will
wheel into higher spheres, and in US shall be
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10 righteousness shall shine as the stars for
ever and evor" ALL tho ministers are not
ell Pecksnifs and canting hypocrites, as
some would have you think Forgive me, II
having in your presence at ctEer times glo-
rifed the medical profession, and the
les,ai profession, and the literary Profession
glorify my own. have seen them in their
homes and heard them Ia their pulpits, and
grander array Of men never breatned, and
the Bible figure is not strained when it cali:
them stars; and whole consultations Of glo
r.ous ministers have already taken theiI
places on high, whero they shine ever
brighter than they shole on earth; Edward
y. Kirk, Of tho Congregational church
Stephen IL. Tvrg, Of tho Episcopal church
Mathew Simpson, of the Methodist church
John Dowling, OF the Baptist church; Sam
Dr.. Do VIII. OF the Reformed church; Johr
Chambers, OF the Independent church, and
there l stop. for it so happens that j hav'
mentioned the seven stars Of the sever
churches
pass on to another mighty Bible seven
and they ara the seven seals. st, John II
vision saw a scroll With seven seals. and h'
heard an angel cry: "Who Is worthy to loos
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of foolscGp paper, passs them together anC
roll them into O scroll, and have the scroll a
seven different places scaled with sealint
wa You unron the scrol I'll Won como Z
one Of these seals, and teen yoG can 60 no fur
ther until you bTeak that seal; then unrol
AGAIN until you come TO another seal and yoI
can no further until you brsak that seal
then you 80 on until all toe seven seals Gr'
broken, and TIE contents Of the entire scroll
IS revealed Now, that scroll With sever
seals he'd by tho angel was tho prophecl
of what vEs to COTE ON the Garth
10 meant that tho knozle6ge - tbe fntur'
wGs with God. and 10 man and no angel va.
worthy - orcn it, but the Bible says Chris
opened Il and broke all the seven scaiS III
b-oks the first seas and unTolled the scroll
and there was painting Of white horse
ard that uenat prosperity and triumph &c
tho Roman empire, aud 50 i really csrne &
pess that Tor n-1sty yoars viTsHous emperor
succeeded eoch other, Esrva, Trajsn AID An
tiuinus. Chris. in tbs vision tTuSo th
sscond seal Erd uzrolled again and there va
a painting Of red borxe. and that mean
bioodsled. and 50 it really came 70 pass
and tbe ncx. niasty yeas were red wit
assaxzz1lo-s a1d wars Ten Cans
broko tie third sea- and Earollod !
snd there wss painting of black hors