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We apprehend there are. not many, arc of no account vyiiateGT. Their viewed by mortal eyes, and the
Our gifts are valuable to God, overanxious for this event. Dr. W. ideas are of too late origin to be Veit of blue shuts out its Lams
P. Mackay preaching to some the religion of the race. The bene- until immortality shall fit us for
* not in proportion to the amount of
iloliitfs ahd cents Which they may British officers and «ddiers one day, fit received from any or all of them the revelation.
We here sojourn in tents, pilgrims
eoiitaiH, hilt according to the depth inquired,If Queen Victoria should is riot .equal to the shelter of
hl love Whicbfhliy expiTfs aiidthe issue a proclamation, ami placing it Jonah\ gottnI t 'J Iley spring up in to the better land, but each night
amount of self-sacrifice which they ' in the* liaiids of Iler drniy iiiid navy k night ami aye withered in a <biy, We pitch 4L dmr’s march nearer
manifesto Weighed by this rule should say, ‘ I wish you to go into •ami aHbid fid abiding comfort to home } and when we reach the city
rtlie AvidJw^”hiiW~dut-\velglied all -all_ the world mih I pwielkim it. to the traveler opprCriClfrith noon fair how striking will be the_con-
else in the treasury. This genera every creature,’ how. long do you day’s scorching heat., But the will'd irast between the New Jerusalem
tion have almost lost sight of the 1 suppose it would take to dfr it ' of • God endureth throughout all and the cities whose builders were
principle nf flctlbH v.’lcl^ D^vid Do you think it would require 1800 generations. It hath existed in our but men. Beautiful for .situation
Those men, accustomed world <d.* thousand years, ami will and the joy of the,whole earth shall
manifested when Araunah offered years
fr'llo lielieve "be that whose Builder and, Afaker
to give
him 4. the threshing floor in- ‘I to ols'ying orders even at flic peril abide forCver, <111'1
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struments and oxen to offer to God.. of life, smiled at the ipiestion ;-and ' its teachings will enjoy rest ttitd i.sGml.
Are U'C anxious for the possession
“ Nay, but I will surely buy it of after, he had'concluded one of the life after the voices of the conten
of the unsurpassable treasure ?
thee ut that price ; neither will I officers said to him, “ I think we tious shall be stilled in death.
When David was’fleeing from the Shall we, like David, say, “ Give it
oiler burnt offerings ulito. the Lord | could manage it in alxiut eighteen
wrath of- King Said he came to me i” In otlnlr matters we are
my God of that which dost cost me months.”
Let us give the Gospel to the Abimeiech the priest, desiring 1dm anxious to obtain the superior
nothing?* There is a growing dis
position Oil tilt' part of the church -jierisliing. Give sermons, exhorta to give him a svv’ord.” The priest article, if it be but tlie food, we eat
or the clothes we wear. Shall the
to induce the world to assist in tions, ptayei's, books, papers ami ^replied that lie had none j^ve that
tracks. «Give bread to the hungry of Goliath, with which David had best knowledge, (he best rest and
bearing its financial burdens.
cut off the gi/B'Cs head. David re- joy, .the most U-autifid and only
The Lord loveth jat^heerf ill giver; clbtla's tf> the naked, and give all to
plie«l,firer’e is none like that, (<ive eternal home, the only Savior l>e
ildt otic tha^ gives grudgingly or. of Christ—Ah'.
it me,” With .that, sword in ffis Otir* I God extends them to’ us in
necessity, .but willingly and abun
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Unpur pat sable.
hand ho-Avould constantly keep in his own loving hand, even urging
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lidfid the victory which God had .their acceptance Upon us. May we
the blind, the clothes so poor you
lav hold of ami J.'ujd fast the
him over Israel's • foe, and
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couldn’t possibly wear them your • We have a liiatcldess Savior. I given
precious treasure’— Ex.
self; not the money that'chances There is pone like he who "hung thu- I k - would be kept couragt oils
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■a mi t r ustfu l am i.able to jure« »uiplisl i The Chri*rtian Life a Conflict; -
made upon Hie cross^was buried-and rose’
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One wlro invented a new worn Irous victories.
for pefsdnal
The peaca»which the Bible offers
-There is money enough in Christen religion for friT'^avee-pUiiivv of—the-, But the' warfare of the jieopLc of
Goti with carnai wcim mmJ tMmdvdJ..1? Pv*tce 111 war. When through
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dom to spread the Gospel through people, ci >in inainvd^ot die^slfiw pro 4
ami a spiritual equipnent
aWK-nWt^r^
the entire world within a twelve gross of the same, whereupon lie ;
Go«l,
his enemies l^ecome ours. By
i'ul for the conflict in which we
month. TlujlV are I'floligll able- was told it wollld.be vastly helpful
engage, and for this nothing is so our very act of submission we are
wiHild
allow
him-
bodied men and women to accom to his cause if lie
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efficient as the “ sword of the 'Consciously enlisted on his side to
plish the task in a very small sjiace self to l>c crucified, buried, and then
Spirit, fridi h is the Word of God.” tight tinder Christ’s banner against.
of time,.and if some should fall In shoutd rise from the dcad r^- *La»tgtt- r
Goliah's svvonl in7iD vfrti hand ac ’ all forms of-evil ht tlie woritl, the - -
martyrdom, or a prey to the age is not adequate to the task of
complished naught, but in David's llesh, and the devil, and are . there
diseases ’of a foreign clime, there portraying the power, work and I
possession it was powerful ; even by pledge* I to-a life-L>Hg struggle
would lie plenty of otlmi-s to fill character of the Son of God. In
so the Wold in the hand of scoffers with th«* powers of darkness. The
their places, if only the-sftirit of blank amazement we listen to his
and infitlcls seems liereft of its past is indeed forgotten and blotted
self-giving to God were prominent. vvords and mark their inijditv
power; but when noble men like out from the ltovk of God’s remem-
Even those who claim that a power, yet can only exclaim,What
the apostles wieLI it, in denfeMstra- berance ; but our natural corruption
manner
of
man*
is
this
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Disease,
proclamation of the Gospel ” of the
tion of the Spirit of God, the effect remains. • Both our own hearts and
kingdom to all the world must pre and death shrink abasliud at his
the society in which we move are
is marvelous and great
cede its establishment, are loth to presence, devils leave their hcart-
now
the scenes of never ending con- "
The icsl and peace which* Jesus |
make much real sacrifice for tlie alxxles, tears give place to smiles
gives are invaluable possessions in flict with sin. The Christian is
accomplishment of the w< rk. Mis u | m > ii faces upturned to him for help
quality ami ipiantity, frft superior • therefore of necessity a wrestler, a
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sionaries ofthiscliiss are compara ami consolation.
-runner, a soldier; and the*church
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Many false Christs have arisen,
tively few in numlier, and in general
of Christ is an army militant here
world giveth does he give unto us, ' on
earth, -marching under the great
••".y poorly supported. A few but their works ami power have
-very
but
freely,
abundantly,
without
Captain
of our salvation,-and con
noi >le souls there are who would been naught, and their names even
money or price. Tl»e clear waters tending, as he contended, “ against
suffer even death itself to rescue are only known to the careful stu
powers,
that burst from underneath the principalities,, against
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the perishing, but the masses walk dent. But -a knowledge
cross satisfy the* thirsting, aching, , against the rulers of the darkness
after the lust of the eves
and the Lord Jesus'Christ hath spread from
of this world, against spiritual
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restless heart, as nothing else can j wickedness
in high places. •
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to
pole.
The
most
horribly
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flesh. They never get enough to
El,h
do.
Accordingly,
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vi.
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eat, drink, chew, snioke’and wear, pPofane arc as familiar with it as
For hardened ones a resting place
pose we are exhorted to put on the
and consequently seldom cau spare with the alphabet.
Beside that cross I see,
armor of Go«l. The graces which
1 here cast off my weariness—
'I he word of Go«I, tlie revelation
anything for religious or benevolent
compose the perfection of the
No
rest-like this furjueJl
pur|>oses We know of a man who, i he bath ma«lc to man, contains all
Ijeliever’s character are .thus fitly
The
mansions
prepared
by
Christ
compared to ‘ the panoply that
though able, refuse«.! to give any- 1 the’excellency of knowledge. The’
no
architect
can
excel.
The
beauty.j-secures
him from the fiery assaults
thoughts
of
the
all-wise
God
are
as
thing for missionary purjioses lest 1
ovil
mill the
tlie evil
evil one.
one
Of
evil
and
This ar-
he should hasten on . the great far
1 al>ove the mind of man as the 4 of Hie city, its streets, rivers, fruits Imqr we must, by prayer and the
The and Howers ..surpass in Liveliness
catastrophe (the eml of the world), heaven is above ■ tin; cal th. '**
use of all appointe«! means, put on ; v
of ti
and gramleur
the works ...
for he knew that Christ had said l>ook of Mormon,
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Xi of tlie
. past.
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aud never put it off until every foe
throne in
thp t 1 I >e van«|Uished
/u • ± be
1 *■ Lord
, • 1 i and 1 Christ
when the. Gospel was preached in * Mahomnied, Umintlicoix
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all the work I the end should come. ' Robert Ingersoll’s religion of reason,' midst thereof is far too bright to be ' indeed.— Monthly Tract.
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