Year: 1865

He who ondows hospital, thinking to win f,yo
! with God through this his muniGcence rom. Tl,,
the Egyptian monarchs. pyramid forbis san,Icbra
| but leaves his soul without one secret nhapbe,
wherein he may be safe from the scet OF eternal in
| dl2naton. We would press this matter upon yor
with all the fidelity that lis importance demand
The soul is not to be saved by any the most cotl,
| giving of aims, sea and land may be cyuras.ed
| and the limbs be maceraed by penance aud thf
strength worn down by painful attrition. and III,
wealth be avished in feeding lhe hungry aad cloth
| Ing the naked; and nevertheless the wrath Of Goo
be no more averted than if the life were passed il
| bold contempt Of His name and attributes "OtheI
foundation can no man lay than that is laid which i
| Jesus Christi and they who have entered HEAVIER
eh5ed that lofty eniuenCe not by piles OF gold and
| SILVER which they c0nsccratcd 10 jehovah not by
accumulated deeds of legal obedience but simply b,
the cross Of the Redeemer putting faith in the blood
and nghteousness of Him who died the iust for th,
UNJUST that Itc might bring Us unto God H1clc,
Sermons


Is the world amy better for YOU? Wiu it mis-.
yon when you are gone? viii il acknowledge, when
you arc removed. that the widow has lost husband
the orphan father the needy mItnifcent friend
Or viii It be glad when you are gone AS one thot
Suhted, starved oppressed Or despi5al il? In other
words, are you cumberer of the ground? Or arc
you fruitful tree, the planting Of the Lord? Letuz
ask ourselves this question. at the close of each wear
Each year seems to fly away like successive ,issol,
ing views. the last faint CLEANS Of which are all TO
surylyc the Saids of time sparkling through the
hour-slass more rapidly as they approach the end
Each day leaves sunshine or shadows upon our
hearts; 1t makes upon each of Us impressions that
form together character which stretches into eter
hity, and lives forever in unspcakabo ioy or pines
lorcy er IN unutterable agony and wo. If we have
i'st past years oh let Us seek to redeem the time by
making a holicr, intenser. nober use of what re-
mains. Redeem the time the future years are
open' waiting for you to pour into them what will
make them or mar them as far as you are concerned
AND II years shall pass over US and leave rs with
gray hairs and five shall drop into our graves with
out some real living, personal hold Of Savior. sal
Eatlon. glory, happiness we shall discover chat no
such terrible avengers are in the regions of the lost
as lost opportunities. There is no Calvary in the
realms OF misery; there is no shadow or sound of a
SAVIOR where God hath forgotten to be gracious
Cummings.


The untold myrials Of our lineage rose in the
resurrection Of the new Head of our race Never
oh never, would the shcetcd reliques of mankind
have walked from the vaults and the church-yard.
never from the valley and the mountain would there
have started the millions who have fallen in the bat
iie-tug; never would the giant caverns Of the un-
iathomcd ocean have yielded up the multitude, who
were swept from the earth when its wickedness grew
desperate or whom stranded naiicS have bcqueah ed
10 the guardianship of the deep never would the
Gsioeatcd and decompoSed body have shaken of its
diShonors and stood out in strength and in qyurlctr
bone coming again to bone and sinews binding them.
aud skin covering them had not He who so occupied
the nature that he could act for the race descended
~ ma proves and his purity into the chambers of
death. and scattering the seeds of new existence
throughout their lar-spreading ranges, abandoned
them to gloom and silence till fixed and on coming
day, appointing that then the seeds should certainly
terminate into rich harvest of undying bodies and
the walls of the chambers falling fiat at the rumpet-
blast OF Judgment, disclose the swarmiug armies Of
the buried marching onward to the great white
throne. ."-MelrH.


ACCESS oF GOD EVERY WHERE.


They who seek the throne of grace


iInd that throne in every place:


1t We live a life of PRAYER.


Tod Is present every where


Ia Our sickness or our health,


In our want in our wealth


II VIC look to God i'll prayer,


Hod Is present every where.


When our earthly comforts fail,


When the foes of life prevail


iiS the time for earnest prayer


TOD IS present every where.


Then my soul in every strait


10 thy Father come and wait;


lie Will answer every PRAYER.


God Is present every where.


-.iaaa.
Such was the group which, upon the banks Of
the Lake Of EibcraS, passed around Jesus The ar
i'tocracy was represented by ax-gatherer and by
the wife Of a steward The rest consisted Of fisher
men and simple people. The beautiful climate of
Galilee made the existence Of these honest fisher
men perpetual enchantment They preigured
truly the kingdom of God. simple, good, happy
rocked gently upon their delightful little sea or
sleeping at night upon its shores. We cannot con-
ceive the intoXcation Of u life which thus glides
away iii the presence Of the heavens: the glow mild
yet strong, which this perpetual contact with nature
gives, the dreams of these nights passed amid the
brilliancy of the stars. beneath the azure dome Of
the illimitablc depths. 1t during such a night
that Jacob, his head pillowed upon a stone, saw in
the stars the promise Of an mnuInerablc posterity
and the mysterious ladder by which the Eohim
came and went from heaven to earth. IN the time
Of Jesus the heavens were not yet closed nor had
the earth grown cold. The clouds still opened over
the son of man, angels assembled and descended upon
lis head visions of the kingdom of God were every
where, for man carried them III his heart The clear
mild eye of these simple souls contemplated the uni
in its ideal perhaps the world disclosed
lis secret to the dIvnely lucid conscience Of these
fortunate children whose purity Of heart made them
worthy one day to see God.


Jesus lived with his disciples almost always in the
open air. Often he went into boat and taught his
hearers crowded upon the shore. Sometimes he sat
down upon the hills which border the lake. where the
air is so pure and the horizon so luminous The
frhful flock went also cheerful wayfarers receiving
the inspirations of the Master in their first flower
An innocent doubt sometimes arose, gently scepti-
cal question: Jesus, with smile or look silenced the
objection. Al every STEP i'll the passing cloud, the
growing grain. the following ear they saw the sign
ofthc kingdom at hand they believed that they were
soon to see God, and be the masters Of the world
their tears turned into joy it was The advent upon
earth of the universal consolation


Blessed, said the master, are the poor in spirit
for theirs is the kingdom OIL heaven.


blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be
comforted


Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the
earth.


blessed they which hunger and thirst after
righteousness, for they shall be filled.


Blessed are the mercfu for they shall obtain
mercy.


Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see
God


Blessed are the peace-makcrs; for they shall be
called the children of God.


Blessed are they which are prosecuted for right
eousnesS' sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
His preaching was sweet and gentle full of nature
and of the perfume of fields. He loved flowers, and
he took from them his most charming lessons. The
birds of heaven, the sea- the mountains the plays Of
children, used by turns in his teachngs.-Rcaan


MISCELLANY.