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worship of him has been recognised, by traditions, customs, and laws; where his name hath been pronounced with reverence; where his altars have been adorned with the free will offerings of a grateful and an humble spirit; where his temples have resounded with hymns of praise; where his wrath hath been depre.. cated, his favour implored, his agency felt,. as it were, in prosperity or adversity; among such a people there never has been a complete universal instantaneous bound from habitual belief and habitual piety, into unbelief and im piety upon principle, nor among such a people, will there ever be an unlimited range of action, and a continued succession, of triumphs, to the dark and chilling subtleties of scepticism, or to the wild and daring dogmas of Atheism! Why then should we be dismayed? Mighty are the waves of the sea, and they rage horribly. But in heaven above, and in the earth beneath, and in the water under the earth, a voice there is--far mightier."Dr. Parr.

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UNREASONABLENESS OF INFIDELITY.

"TO reject the Gospel because bad men pervert it, and weak men deform it, and angry, men quarrel about it, and bigotted men look sour on others, and curse them, because they do not agree in every tittle with themselves, displays the same folly as if a person should cut down a tree, bearing abundance of delicious fruit, and furnishing a refreshing shade, because cater. pillars disfigured the leaves, and spiders made their webs among the branches !"-.Bogue.

CHRISTIAN ZEAL.

"IS there such a thing as Christian zeal? And if there be, how shall we distinguish it, that we may not, like the true disciples, mistake" our motive, and imagine ourselves zealous when we are only proud and vindictive? There is such a thing as Christian zeal, and it is easily distinguished. Being the offspring of knowledge, and nourished by love, its great object is inward purity. To distinctions merely exterior it pays little regard. There is in it an ardour for truth, not that men may be either allured or terrified into a verbal profession of what they do not in their hearts believe (the grossest insult that can be offered to truth) but that they may attain a rational conviction. The interests of truth it. self it desires to promote for a still further end, that by means of it love may be kindled both to God and Man; that by means of it tempè. rance and justice, and piety and peace, may flourish on the earth! A man thus minded will not sacrifice the end to the means, nor do à false, unjust, or cruel action, even for the sake of truth itself. The persecutor (supposing all worldly motives totally excluded) is at the best in the eye of true zeal one who for the sake of the form of godliness would extirpate its power, and trample upon all that is most sacred and valuable among men !"-Dr. Campbell.

RELIGIOUS REFORMATION.

"WHEN shall the happy time arrive, when all prejudice and bigotry shall die away; when party spirit, discord, and animosity, shall be heard of no more among christians; when

every mind shall be open to receive the truth as it is in Jesus, and every heart be filled with love to God and man? When shall primitive Christianity in all its original purity and native simplicity, become universal? When shall it be that all the professors of the gospel, shall convince unbelievers by their heavenly tempers and holy lives, that there is something truly divine in the religion they profess? God of infinite love and mercy! carry thy gracious designs into effect, fulfil thy precious promises: let the sure words of prophecy,be accomplished, that all the earth may be filled with thy glory, the people become all righteous, and live to. gether in peace. We are waiting for thy salvation, O Lord!" Wright.

PIOUS YOUTH.

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"THERE is not upon earth a more delightful, a more heart-reviving sight, than that of a number of young persons, spending the prime of their days in such a manner as to enable them to remember God with comfort. Go on ye delight of our eyes, and joy of our hearts! Strew with the fairest flowers the path of life. fume with the purest incense the altar of devotion. Prop with your kind assistance the steps of old age. Let filial affection pour oilinto the lamp of parental comfort. Remember your creator, and depend upon it he will ne ver forget you. Remember him to day and to morrow, a sweet sense of his love will cheer your spirits. Remember him in health and in sickness he will make your bed, he will place underneath you his everlasting arms, and even in death give you consolation. Remember him Ju youth, and in old age he will remember and

support you. Remember him in this world and in that which is to come, you shall find he has not forgotten you. In that world your true life will begin, immortal youth will bloom in your countenance, immortal hallelujahs rise. from your tongues, and immortal joy and im provement dwell in your hearts."-Butcher.

AVARICE REBUKED.

"MANY talk of Poverty, but Jesus was poor. In ordinary cases he was sustained by alms, in extraordinary ones by miracles. When he came to die he had no personal property or landed estate to leave. All he had to bequeath was his wearing apparel, and even this never came to his mother, they parted his raiment among them, and for his vesture did they cast lots. What becomes then of riches? Are we such fools as to fall down and worship this idol of general adoration? Does money produce, does it imply worth? Silver and gold I have none, says Peter, so then a man may be an apostle and moneyless. Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the son of man hath not where to lay his head; why then a being may be the brightness of the Father's glory and the express image of his person, and be des titute! But, alas! all this will not keep others from thinking money the summit of all excel. lency. O money! money can add charms to ugliness, money can transform wrinkles into youth, money can fill brainless heads with wisdom, and render nonsense oracular; money can turn mean. ness into virtue, and, falling like snow, can cover a dunghill, and give it the appearance of whiteness and innocency !"...Jay,

PICTURE OF MAN.

AN infant is brought into the world in an helpless, irrational and almost vegetable state, he gradually improves, his reasoning powers expand as the body grows. His first step is to the vivacity of childhood, his second to the ardor of youth, his third to the wisdom of manhood. Here he remains stationary for a time in the full vigorous exercise of his rational powers. He then begins to feel himself infirm and inactive; inactive; disease and pain impair his frame, the eyes grow dim, the ears grow deaf, and the other senses be come useless. He feels a growing distaste to the enjoyments of life; amusements, soci ety and books lose their relish, he bends towards the ground, from whence he was taken, his feet no longer are able to sustain their tottering load, he sinks upon his coueh, the blood ceases to circulate, the pulse ceases to beat, the eyes are closed, the whole body is cold and motionless, and the worn out machine refuses any longer to act. He is buried in the earth, and is gradually resolved into his constituent particles. And shall this body again live? Shall this dust be again animated with the breath of life? Nature in melancholy and despairing ac. cents answers in the negative, but, thanks be to God, we hear in the Gospel a melodious and animating voice exclaiming, I am the resurrection of the life, he that liveth and believ eth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die Jardine.

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