2 CTÎTÎTSTIAV ■ fifty Mai Contributions. The Church at Ephesus. xs BY S. H, UEUKIX. , . V ’ » V w ■ « —— r~ . • •*/ directed him to Nineveh to warn them of their wickedness, and, con­ trary to duty, he paid his fare and took ship for Tarsus, \v|ien the mighty tempest of the sea alaruied thecreW^t^^y'called u^irrircrr gods. The shipmaster found Jonah in the sides of the ship, fast asleep, and said: “ O, thou sleeper, arise, and call upon thy God.” When the tempest comes .Upon Us we may ib» ww Ar1“1 K,“J " " have lieen sleeping in a vessel bound for Tarsus. It is a journey of our own choosing which we seek to make*at our own expense, con- • ■ HKOALn • iTj'hihaij.. ... . “ Awake thou that sloepeat, Arise from the dead ; Shake off the dull slumber That circles thy head ; In our last pa]>er we could not finish the first part of Sec. 2, of the particulars lh the apostles exhor tdticn. Let tfs demote this one\to. Of death’s gloomy night didt pdrpose including the thought ■Wil l 4 v »t the »iaia g............... —----- f rom verses f3"td"2irWMpr^l!7"" “ Of Christ, the ♦ true light.’if ' " Our author declares that all these Or those of Dodridge : reprehensible things before men “ Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve, tioned are exposed by the light And press with vigor on ; _adikh .i.nake>dto^ trary to the one which God direr- A heavenly rac« demands thy zeal, fore evil doers hate the light and And an immortal ciown.” shun It. See John iii: I!), ’20) ted. 3. Sampson was a giant in Therefore,™Awake you who sleep “ Doctor I Want a Spade.” llild arise from the dead, and strength. No bands would hold A good minister, now dead, once Christ will shine uj>on you/* Walk him ; no power of tlte Philistines could overcome him, yet after slay ­ accurately, not as fools, btit as wise preached to his congregation a ing thousands he lay down in sleep iiu itty uuwii in öiwjj , pOW 'powerful scrmoii founded upon tfie men, employing the time. See and the "dëîîcâfc TMihilF '.lïFëUHïïr ' ““ of Chri-t, “Why stand ye words Matt. 7 : 24, 27. The days are evil, ilirjust, uncertain. It is by active' the hand that cuts away his here all the day idle C (Matt 20;' efforts that we may understand the strength. To enjoy the blessed 6). The sermon did good to many, * J Lbidi Hot by istimufy- power of the Gospel of Christ we among whom was a lady who went ting with him, but filled with God’s must stiinTl amt waHf in its'digTit; to the minister Hie fl (o' i icxF~day, spirit. We are gratified with as active, energetic meii. But -its ami said, ‘ Doctor, I want a spade.” spiritual songs; singing and mak­ light shines in vain to those w ljp Dear reader, are you looking for a ing melody in the heart. “Thank sleep away their days in careless spade I Do you need advice as to how you shall work for Christ, and ful at all times for all things, offer­ indiHcrence to its mandates. 4. The alienated world is dead in the good of souls ? Such advice ing our oblations in the name of sin or sleeping under its torpid in ­ we will try to give you. Jesils, ’’uhject t** each other in fluence. God’s call to arouse them Giving money to the cause of ■reverence to God.” JJluuL .4padu.,.wlHi.Avlux;h< .A&akulliuu. J^.uuaulu.-.lhroiigb. the. sleeper,” is a metaphor full of Christ. (See 2 Thess. 2.' 14). It to work. Dr. Coke, an eminent philosophical thought. This quota­ first awakes men, second demands missionary, used to say every gui- tion or allusion of Paul is found them to arise, watch and work. na that was given to carry the gos­ in Isa. 11 : 1. He uses a similar When the prodigal son “ came to pel to the black population of the expression in Rom. 13: 2; 1 Cor himself” he may be said to have West Indies, had been the means of 15: 34; 1 Thes. 5: 6. Sleep is wakened up. In that condition he converting at least one soul to here used to indicate the condition was able to consider his destitute Christ. What a privilege for rich or state of peril of these in sin, or condition and remember the riches Christians to give of their gold for perhaps those who are slothful, of his father's house. This he the producing of this sublime re­ careless, or not fully arouse«I to could not do while carelessly riot­ sult—the eternal salvation of hu­ their opportunities,-, duties and ing away his means. But the man souls I But the poor Chris privileges. The illustration is highest or lowest place in Ms tian can also work with this‘'spade.” striking iif its relavency when we father’s house would never have The two mites which the “ poor remember that it is a state of inac­ been enjoyed By simply arousing widow cast into the treasury were tion, of inability, of elusion and and thinking of them; he must accepted by the " Lord of the tem­ peril. Indifference, and idleness arise and go; so men must become ple so now while it is an act of — hnsuls xin which prostrates all our a rou x od not -only- enough to think •eoHdeseettsimt in the G re at Bern" powers. Down to sleep, dreaming, of a better life, but arise and seek to employ in his cause the “gold - is the opjiosite of awake, up. and to obtain it. But while this is true and silver ” of the rich, lie accepts watching. In the former we are of the sinner, let us remember that with pleasure the offerings of the unprepared, unarmed and in danger all these Scriptures to which we poor for the carrying out of the of surprise. A great army in this have referred were addrysseil to the plan of salvation, for the eternal condition has been . broken and djsciples of the Lord. That it is benefit of lost souls. “ Where are slain by an inferior force which made to them in view of the vices you going so fast <” said one youth would have given them but little which they are to shun, and the to another, as they met on West­ trouble had they been" awake, virtues which they are to faithfully minster bridge. TlmX reply was, ready and watchful. Jvmw com­ practice in life. These are set be­ “ I am going with fny father’s din­ manded all to watch. Mark 13: fore us in this majestic exhorta­ ner, for we are building the House 3, 7; pnd this can not l>e done tion in all their intensity and fer­ of Parliament ’ I he boy’s part in when prostrated in careless sleep. vency. It is painful to observe the erection of the great buildiim their absence from the character of was not much, but he could -say So wake up, get up and watch. 2. We find this fully illustrated many professing Christians of our “ wo are building ” the house, for it It may be that very few was something to feed those who in the history of Jonah. God day. ‘ i J I» 1 f S «X • >•■ ( xVefe actually engaged in the work; ,| iliiil sd efefj pecuniary eontnbm tionto the cause, of Christ, iiôdrèffeii small, will do something towards the erection of that spiritual tem- .j, pia. iugcmfwdb' Wîd âAERgg joy of angels, the reward of the Redeemer, and glory of God for ever ! T1 le__ pious instruction of the young is another “ spade ” with keep tlltmf iil uHmtUry its they should.' Will’d riadiiig tills sfeclibii of ? Paul’s exhortation to the Ephesians'sing Bro. T. ^1. Janleson’s beautiful song.(page 259, Revised noble labor Robert Raikcs com­ menced when he gathered his first class of Sabbath scholars in the city of Gloucester ! He is £he In-nrfaeter, ttot of Britain only, but of Europe and the world. Hayden the great musician, said that he was never so "conscious of the meaning of the word sublime, as when lie heard the -chool children sing the Old llundreth Psalm, un­ der the-^idnio "of- St Paul's -eat he­ dral. What a noble fact it is that more than two millions of children are found in our Sabbath schools, ■„ g ratuitously taught by hund r eds '»»f!=== thousands of male and female in­ » structors. Readers, why can not » you engage in this.goo*I work ( If you feel the love of Christ glowing . in your hearts, go to the »Sabbath J school, and tell of him who said, . “ Suffer the little children to come | ' to me, and forbid tlieiii not; forpf I > .such is the kingdom of heaven.” Visiting the sick is another . « “ spade ” with which to work in the I- Lord’s vineyard. One does not * need great intellect or eloquence in i-.* order to use this spade. You can surely call upon a sick person, ami if he is poor, carry with you a little tea, or nourishing soup, or a nice white loaf, and tell him of the sym­ pathy of Christ and the infinite mercy of God. You are guilty of a great neglect of duty if you do not sometimes visit the afflicted. What does the apostle James say ? “ Pure and undefiled religion be- fore God anti the Father is thisg to visit the -wi