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ZEAL.-Tempered

As the Holy Ghost descended with fire, so He did descend with wind, that cooleth fire, showing that our zeal should be temperate zeal, as our Master's was. As there is a measure in knowledge, so there is a measure in zeal; that is, be zealous according to discretion, as Paul saith-"Be wise according to sobriety." The disciples were commended for their zeal when they left all to follow Christ; but Christ reproved them for their zeal when they would pray for fire from heaven to consume the Samaritans. Therefore zeal and discretion happily united together, are like the two lions which supported the throne of Solomon; and he which hath them both, is like Moses for his mildness, and like Phinehas for his fervency; therefore, as wine is tempered with water, so let discretion temper zeal.-H. Smith.

ZEAL.-True

True zeal will hate sin, yet love the sinner. True zeal will hate heresy, and yet love the heretic. True zeal will long to break the idol, but deeply pity the idolater. True zeal will abhor every kind of wickedness, but labour to do good, even to the vilest transgressor. True zeal will warn as St. Paul warned the Galatians, and yet feel tenderly as a nurse, or as a mother over erring children. It will expose false teachers, as Jesus did the Scribes and Pharisees, and yet weep compassionately as Jesus did over Jerusalem, when He approached it for the last time. True zeal will be decided as a surgeon with a diseased limb; but true zeal will be as gentle as one that is dressing the wounds of a brother. True zeal will speak truth boldly, like Athanasius, against the world; but true zeal will speak the truth in love.-Canon Ryle.

ZEAL.-Untempered

Zeal, untempered with love and compassion for souls, will soon degenerate into harshness, and cruelty of manner and expression, which will have no other effect on an audience than scolding, or even profane swearing.-Nettleton.

ZEAL.-The Want of

We have great reason to suppose that much good remains undone, because we have not boldness of zeal properly adapted to our present circumstances. We are too much alarmed at objections, too much given to calculate natural probabilities; we magnify the obstacles, we lose sight of the all-sufficient power. True, it may not be God's will; but we are to try whether it is His will: the result alone can prove it, while we cannot take upon ourselves to be the judges beforehand, but only the obedient instruments for the work of the Lord, whensoever and wheresoever He may be pleased to shower down the riches of His mercy.Butterfield.

ZEALOT.-The Faith of a

'Tis a zealot's faith

That blasts the shrines of the false god, but builds
No Temple to the True.-Dobell.

ZEALOUS-in the Faith.

We cannot be zealous in a better thing than in the faith of Christ.-Dr. Hole. ZION.-The Beauty of

The most celebrated place, and the most important in all Judea, was Mount Zion; it was the super-eminent part of the famous city of Jerusalem; it was

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"the perfection of beauty”—matchless, peerless. But that which stamps a far higher value upon it is-that Jehovah chose this spot. "For the Lord hath chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation. This is My rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it." Here He made "the place of His feet glorious:" the altar of burnt-offerings, the holy fire, the altar of incense, the laver, the tables, the shew-bread, the perpetual lamps, the veil, the ark, the mercyseat, the table of testimony, the book of the Law, the rod of Aaron, the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat, the Shechinah or symbol of the divine presence, the Lord's high priest, the servants of the holy service, the singers and players upon instruments-all combined to form what the inspired penman has appropriately and emphatically styled "the perfection of beauty," during the time that this worldly sanctuary and these cardinal ordinances were to remain in use, and until the ministry of the Levites was to give place to a more excellent ministry. Dr. Sturtevant.

ZION-in Ruins.

Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn,

Mourn widowed Queen, forgotten Zion mourn!
Is this thy place, sad city! this thy throne,
Where the wild desert rears its craggy stone?
No martial myriads muster in thy gate;
No suppliant nations in thy Temple wait;
No prophet bards the glittering courts among
Wake the full lyre and swell the tide of song;
But lawless Force and meagre Want are there,

And the quick-darting eye of restless Fear,

While cold Oblivion, 'mid the ruins laid,

Folds his dank wing beneath the ivy shade.-Bishop Heber.

ZION. The True

There is another Zion whose towers are still more glorious, and shall never be overthrown. "God is known in her palaces for a refuge." "And this God is our God for ever and ever." How often is this name synonymous with the Church of the living God! and no other spot but one can divide with it the affection of His people-no other name but one can awaken such joyful hopes in the Christian's heart. The temporal Zion is now in dust, but the true Zion is rising and shaking herself from it, and putting on her Easter robes to welcome her King when He comes to reign over the whole earth.-Dr. W. M. Thomson.

INDEX OF AUTHORS.

THEY THAT HANDLE THE PEN OF THE WRITER.-Samuel the Prophet.

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AKENSIDE, Dr.

ALBERT, Prince
ALEXANDER, Bishop

ALEXANDER, Hov. Dr. J. W.
ALEXANDER, Rev. Dr. W. L.
ALEXANDER, Rev. THOMAS
ALFORD, Rev. Dean
ALLEINÉ, Rev. JOSEPH
AMBROSE, St.

AMES, FISHER

ANTONINUS

ARGYLL, Duke of

ARISTOTLE

ARMINIUS, JACOBUS

ARNDT, Rev. FRIEDRICH
ARNOLD, Rev. Dr.

ARNOLD, Rev. FREDERICK
ARNOT, Rev. WILLIAM
ARROWSMITH, Rev. Dr.
ASCHAM, ROGÉR
ATHANASIUS, St.
ATTERBURY, Bishop
AUGUSTINE, St.
AUNGERVILLE, Bishop

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BARTON, BERNARD
BAS, Rev. W. C. LE
BASIL, St.

BASSETT, Rev. F. T.
BATES, DAVID
BATES, Rev. Dr.

BATHURST, WILLIAM H.
BAUR, Rev. Professor
BAUTAIN, Rev. Professor
BAXTER, Rev. RICHARD
BAYLEY, Rev. Archdeacon
BAYNE, PETER

BEARD, Rev. Dr.

BEATTIE, JAMES

BEAUMONT, FRANCIS

BEAUMONT, Rev. Dr.

BEAUSOBRE, Rev. ISAAC

BEBBINGTON, W.

BECCARIA, Marquis DE

BEDDOME, Rev. BENJAMIN
BEDE, The Venerable
BEDELL, Bishop
BEDELL, Rev. Ĝ. T.

BEECHER, Rev. HENRY W.

BEECHER, Rev. T. K.

BELL, Sir CHARLES

BENGEL, Rev. JOHANN A.

BENSON, Rev. CHRISTOPHER

BERKELEY, Bishop

BERNARD, St.

BERRIDGE, Rev. JOHN

BEVERIDGE, Bishop

BEZA, THEODORE DE
BICKERSTETH, Bishop
BICKERSTETH, Rev. EDWARD
BIGG, J. STANY AN

BINNEY, Rev. THOMAS

BLACKIE, Professor

BLACKMORE, Sir RICHARD

BLAIKIE, Rev. Professor

BLAIR, Rev. Dr.

BLAIR, Rev. ROBERT
BLAKEY, R.

BLOMFIELD, Bishop
BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT
BLUNT, Rev. Professor
BOARDMAN, Rev. W. E.
BOGART, ELIZABETH
BOGATZKY, KARL H.
BOGUE, Rev. DAVID

BOLLAND, WILLIAM
BOLTON, Rev. ROBERT
BONAR, Rev. Dr.

BOOKER, Dr.
BOSANQUET
BOSSUET, Bishop

BOSTON, Rev. THOMAS
BOURDALOUE

BOVEE

BOWDLER, JOHN
BOWES, Rev. G. S.
BOWLES, CAROLINE
BOWLES, Rev. Canon
BOWRING, Sir JOHN
BOYD, Rev. Dean
BOYD, Rev. Dr.
BOYLE, Hon. ROBERT
BOYSE, SAMUEL
BRADFORD, Rev. JOHN
BRADLEY, Rev. CHARLES
BRAINERD, Rev. DAVID
BRAND, Rev. JOHN
BRAY, Mrs.

BREVÍNT, Rev. Dean
BREWER, Rev. Dr.
BREWSTER, M. M.
BREWSTER, Sir DAVID
BRIDGES, Rev. CHARLES
BRODIE, Sir BENJAMIN
BROOKE, Lord

BROOKS, Rev. THOMAS
BROUGH, Bishop
BROUGHAM, Lord
BROWN, Rev. Dr.
BROWN, Rev. JOHN
BROWNE, Bishop

BROWNE, Sir THOMAS
BROWNING, Mrs. E. B.
BROWNING, ROBERT
BRUCE, Rev. ROBERT
BRUN, LE

BRUYERE, JEAN DE LA
BRYANT, WILLIAM C.
BUCCHIUS

BUCHANAN, Rev. Dr

BUCHSEL, Rev. Dr.

BUCK, Rev. CHARLES

BUCKMINSTER, Rev. JOSEPH S.

BULL, Bishop

BUNGENER

BUNTING, Rev. Dr.

BUNYAN, JOHN

BURBIDGE, THOMAS

BURGER, G. A.

BURGESS, Rev. ANTHONY

BURGON, Rev. JOHN W.

BURKE, EDMUND

BURKITT, Rev. WILLIAM

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BUTLER, Bishop

BUTLER, Rev. WILLIAM A.
BUTLER, SAMUEL
BUTTERFIELD, Rev. H.
BUXTON, Sir THOMAS F.
BYROM, JOHN
BYRON, Lord

C.

CAIRD, Rev. Professor
CALAMY, Rev. EDMUND
CALDWELL, ROBERT
CALMET, AUGUSTIN
CALTHORP, Rev. GORDON
CALVIN, JOHN

CAMERON, Rev. ANDREW

CAMPBELL, Rev. ALEXANDER

CAMPBELL, Rev. Dr.

CAMPBELL, Rev. GEORGE

CAREY, Rev. Dr.

CARLYLE, THOMAS

CARPENTER, Dr.

CARRINGTON, EDWARD
CARTER

CARYL, Rev. JOSEPH
CASSIODORUS

CATHERALL

CAUSTEIN

CAWDRAY, Rev. ROBERT
CECIL, Lord

CECIL, Rev. RICHARD

CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE

CHALMERS, Rev. Dr.

CHAMBERLAIN, Rev WALTER

CHAMPNEYS, Rev. W. W.

CHANDLER, Bishop

CHANNING, Rev. Dr.

CHARLES, Rev. THOMAS

CHARNOCK, Rev. STEPHEN
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY
CHRISTMAS, Rev. HENRY
CHRYSOSTOM, St.

CHURCHILL, Rev. CHARLES
CICERO

CLARENDON, Lord

CLARK, Rev. WILLIAM

CLARKE, Rev. Dr. A.

CLARKE, Rev. Dr. S.

CLARKE, Rev. R. W.

CLARKSON, Rev. DAVID

CLAUDE, Rev. JEAN

CLAUDIAN

CLAUGHTON, Bishop
CLEMENT, St.

CLOSE, Rev. Dean
COBBETT, WILLIAM
COBBIN, Rev. INGRAM
COGAN, Dr.

COKE, Sir EDWARD
COLERIDGE, Bishop
COLERIDGE, HARTLEY

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL T.

COLLIER, JEREMY

COLQUHOUN, Lady

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FABER, Rev. Dr.

FABER, Rev. GEORGE F.
FAIRBAIRN, Rev. Professor

FANSHAWE, Sir RICHARD

FARINDON, Rev. ANTHONY

FARISH, Rev. Professor
FEARN, JOSEPH

FELTHAM, OWEN

FENELON, Archbishop

FERGIE, Rev. J.

FERGUSON, Rev. Dr.

FICHTE, JOHANN G.

FIELD, Rev. WALTER

FIELDING, HENRY

FISH, Rev. Dr.

FISHER. Bishop

FLAVEL, Rev. JOHN

FLEETWOOD, Bishop

FLEMING, CONTARINI

FLEMING, P.

FLETCHER, JOHN

FLETCHER, Rev. JOHN

FONTAINE, JEAN DE LA

FONTENELLE, BERNARD DE

FOOTE, Rev. A. L. R.

FOOTE, SAMUEL

FORBES, Professor

FORD, Rev. JOHN

FORSTER, JOHANN G. A.

FOSTER, Rev. JOHN

FRANCOIS, St.

FRANKLIN, Dr.

FRASER, Bishop

FREDERICK, King

FRISWELL, J. HAIN

FRY, CAROLINE

FULLER, Rev. ANDREW
FULLER, Rev. Dr. THOMAS

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