CHRISTIAN HERALD.
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tend de better. It is high time
Blair’s advice to acquire English by
giving one’s days and nights to the
study of Addison were put up in
the garret with the old loom and
spinning wheel. Bacon, in his day,
and Webster, in ours, are' far better
models. Sydney Smith said that
in his time more was thought of- the
Greek utterance than the Greek
thought. To-day more seems to be
thought—at least in some quarters
—* *of the English utterance, than the
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unty. -
writers seem to like to play with
words as a boy
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plays with his mar-
mar
bles. But a leaden rifle bullet,
though not so smooth nor as pretty
as a “ bull’s-eye,” does far more ef
fective work—just as “ dull lead ”
did for Bassanio. More Greek ?—
well? if you want it*; Hut please
don’t forget that ordinary speech,
writing and conversation in this
country, and in this nineteenth cen-.
tury, are carried on in English.
A P lea F or T he B oys .—Miss
Frances E. Willard, in a speech in
which she made a plea for the boys,
urging that Temperance should be
taught in both public and Sunday
schools, used the following words:
* I remember I had seven boys in
my class, wild young fellows. Al
though I had taught them archaeol
ogy and the history of the Bible, I
dealt in the husk and did not pene
trate the kernel. 1 did not fore
warn and forearm against that aw
ful foe that was to befog their
brain so that they would never
care to penetrate to the sweet, nu
tritious truth of Christ. I wish I
had the opportunity to talk to some
of those who have taken the down
ward road since then, but it is now
too late. I recall what my little
sister said many years ago to moth
er when she came home from school
with her slate and arithmetic under
her arm: ‘ Mother, I really can’t
spend any more time studying
mathematics; I am too busy going
to school for that.’ I think some of
our good Sunday-school people are
too busy with the machinery of the
school to attend to the subject of
Temperance. Well, this boy in his
home just opposite the saloon, and
the family physician, beloved and
trusted, comes in ; and yet that boy
way grow to manhood and never
a word from the family doctor upon
the evil of alcoholic liquors, but, on
the contrary, the doctor may pre
scribe them. It does not help the
matter, when it is too late, that the
doctor meant well. It does not
help the broken-hearted ones who
saw their best beloved go down in
to shame and sorrow because of the
careless prescription, I am glad
vealed God’s will. (See t Cor.
chs. 12, 14.) “There are diversi
ties of'gifts but the same Spirit.
“ To each one is given the mani
festations ”—a revelation •“ of the
Spirit to profit V’ithal ”• for the
advantage of all. To one is given
through the Spirit the word of
wisdom ; to another, of knowledge I
to another, faith; to another,.work
ing of miracles; to another, pro-
tongues; inierpre-,
young folks ; let us remember them. tation of tongues; but the one and
Then you look on the front seat of same Spirit works all, dividing to
the infants’ class ; there are just as each one severally even as he will.
many boys as girls, with their little (See Rev. Ver.), “ According as
innocent faces; but I have noticed each hath received a gift, minister
that when you get into the interme it among yourselves, as good
diate class the boys are pretty well stewards of the grace of God.”
weeded out; when you get into the (1 Peter 4 : IQ.) By the mouth of
Bible class they are conspicuous for two or three witnesses shall every
their absence, and when you get word be established. John, Peter
into the church two-thirds of the and Paul testify and .agree that
congregation are women. I am spiritual gifts were distributed
pleading for the boys. They have among all, for the benefit of all.
not half a chance to grow up pure
“ The Promise of the Father"
and wholesome. Many gentle wo paraphrased. Under the reign of
men have said to me: ‘ Of'course I my Son I will pour out of my
will join the Temperance ranks, Spirit upon all, without regard to
because I have little boys at home; cafcte, who shall -submit to his reign,
and lovely girls have looked into my of every nation, kindred, tribe and
face and have said : ‘ I would not tongue—upon sons and daughters
dare to refuse to put my name on j —upon bond-servants and bond-
your pledge, for my brothers are maidens, and they shall prophesy.
getting so they spend their even The fulfillment of this impartial
ings out.’ I am here to plead for promise, set men and women, alike,
those who can not plead for them to prophesying in all apostolic
selves, who mourn over ‘ their churches
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Many
years after
strong staff broken and their beau churches had become numerous,
tiful rod.’ "—Ex.
Paul incidentally speaks of the
fact, that with covered heads,
women were praying and prophesy
0 rig in a! Contributions.
ing in the churches in general, with
ORDER, AND THE MAJESTY apostolic approval. “ We the apos
OF LAW.
tles have no such custom as per
mitting women to pray and proph
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esy without a vail upon their
(Continued.)
heads; neither have the churches
God designed that his children of God this custom.” (1 Cor. 11:6.)
should have his revealed will as a Then they had the opposite—per
rule of action. In the beginning mitting these acts with covered
of the Christian era the Old Testa heads; or we are mocked in the
ment as a rule of life was obsolete use of language, which cannot be.
and the New Testament was not A father cannot say, I do not per
then written, that it might be mit gentlemen to the table with
studied for a rule of action. To my family, with their coats off, un
remedy this manifest want, spiritu less he does with coats on. Then
al gifts were freely distributed when Paul wrote his letter to the
among all. This thought is happily Corinthians, women were active in
expressed by the beloved John. all churches; set to work by God
“ These things have I written unto who works all things after the
you concerning them that seduce counsel of his own will. I will
you. But the anointing which ye pour out of my Spirit, and they
received of him abideth in you, and shall prophesy— sons and daugh
ye need not that any one teach ters.
you.” 1 John 2 : 27. This shows
Paul, in chap. 12, contemplates
their independence of a written the children of God as the body of
revelation. The anointing remain Christ collectively, and individu
ed in them, and taught them—re ally, in possession of gifts differing
that we are coming more to see the
temptations and the dangers of the
young folks, and that members of
the church do not ignore them. I
would like all ministers and Sun
day-school teachers to deserve the
compliment that a little boy paid
Christiana in r Pilgrim’s*
Progress
he ‘ liked her the best because she
took the children along with her
to heaven.’ Our hopes are bound
one from another, as members of
the body; and illustrates by the
human body, with its many mem
bers, differing one from' another,
but all indispensable to the perfec
tion of the body—even the more
feeble and less honorable were ne-
cessary. He affirms that the wis
dom of God is in the arrangement.
God has set the members in the
body, as he saw fit” without con
sulting the will or judgment of the
members. For this reason, “the
eye cannot say to the hand, I have
no need of thee; nor the head to
the feet, I have no need of you.”
One member was not under the
control, nor at the disposal of an-
other. So in the body of Christ;
God had placed the members—
apostles, prophets, teachers, etc., as
he pleased, leaving none at the dis
posal of another—an apostle couTct
not say to a prophet, prophesy not;
nor to a teacher, teach not. This
is the same limitation of apostolic
authority already considered—
powerless to derange the divine
order and arrangements.
The children of God will next be
considered as officers of the govern
ment—priests to God—the efficient
laborers for the promotion of
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interests of the government, its
perpetuity and extention. The
priesthood, together with the duties
of the office, was typified in Juda
ism. The priests, the sons of
Aaron, typified all in Christ. These
priests before serving were con
secrated, or ordained to office, by
washing their bodies in water, then
priestly robes were put on; they
were then sprinkled with the blood
of animals; oil was also applied,
then their ordination was com
pleted ; they were then to enter
the holy place, type of the church,
tend the lamps, which enlightened
the place, which typified edifying
the church ; burn incense upon the
golden altar; type of offering
prayer, praise, thanksgiving, and
adoration to God; and eat of the
show-bread, type of spiritual food.
This was the common service of
all; there being but one grade or
class of priests under their high
priest, who was a type of Christ,
our great High Priest over the
house of God. The ordination or
consecration to the priesthood under
Christ, is very similar; first in
baptism the body is washed in
water; robes of Christ’s righteous
ness are then put on, then sprink
ling of the blood of Jesus, and the
reception of the Holy Spirit—the
anointing—completes the ordina