earned and carefully kept. There stands a drunkard!-Three is the continual years ago he had a watch, a coat, shoes, and decent clothes; now source of life to him."-Howe. he has nothing but rags upon him, his watch is gone, and his shoes afford free passage to the water. There stands a drunkard; all men,' in any "All things to and here stands a teetotaler, with a good hat, good shoes, good sense but the clothes, and a good watch, all paid for. Yes, here stands a right sense, is teetotaler! And now, my friends, which has the best of it?" nothing to any man."-Tupper. The bystanders testified their approval of the teetotaler by loud shouts, while the crest-fallen drunkard slunk away, happy to escape further castigation. C d vi. 24-32; vii. 6 But for wh. we should not hear of Acts of Par liament concerning certain "Contagious Dis eases," and the licensing of har lots and brothels. c Ac. xx. 28; 1 Re. v. 9. 18-20. filee, etc., including its usual concomitants-gluttony God to be and drunkenness. without.. body, without directly affecting glorified in it. But every sin indirectly affects man's present welfare. he.. our body and body, a debilitates it; note the physical consequences of this sin. spirit body.. you, keep the temple pure lest the heavenly guest de-a Pr. v. 8, 9, 11; part. ye.. own, to act as you please: seek to please the owner 24-27. -God. price, how great the price. Its greatness indicates the body's value, and makes it wholly the Lord's. glorify.. body, by chastity, temperance, etc. spirit, by piety, devotion, praise. God's, who created and redeemed, and is pledged to glorify. Glory to God for our redemption required.-I. Our state"bought with a price." 1. By whom? 2. From what ?-(1) The slavery of sin, (2) Satan's power, (3) God's wrath, (4) The curse of the law, (5) Eternal torments; 3. With what price? II. Our duty" to glorify God." 1. The duty itself; 2. Its extent (1) Co. vii. 23; Ga. In body, (2) In spirit; 3. The reasons for this duty.e-Obligations iii. 13; He. ix. 12; to obedience.-From-I. The relation we stand in to God as His 1 Pe. i. 18, 19; creatures; II. The law He hath revealed to us in His Word; III. The blessings of His providence that we are constantly receiving; IV. His love and goodness in the grand work of Redemption. The soul is the seat of true religion.-The Rev. Mr. James, speaking of the nature of true religion, says, "Until the mind is e Bp. Beveridge. rightly affected towards God, there is no religion, because He is f Rev. C. Buck. the direct and primary object of it. It is something perfectly "Intemperate independent, as to essence, of all the social relations. If a man was wrecked, like Alexander Selkirk, on an uninhabited island, than others; where there would be no room, of course, for loyalty, honesty, whereas other kindness, mercy, justice, truth, or any of the relative virtues, the sinners claims of piety would still follow him to this dreary and desolate some profit to themselves." abode; and even there, when he should never hear the sweet Socrates. music of speech,' nor look on the human face divine,' he would He that falls still be under the obligations of piety; even there one voice would be heard breaking the silence around him, with the solemn injunction of Scripture, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.' Bear in recollection then, my children, that God, as He is revealed in His Word, is the direct and primary object of all true piety; and Fuller. that the most exemplary discharge of the social duties can be no substitute for that reverence, and love, and gratitude, and obedience, which we owe to Him.” CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. ii. 9. men hurt themselves far more secure into sin is a man; that grieves at it may be a saint; that boasteth of it is a devil." 1-3. good, not morally good, but expedient in the present the marriage distressed state of the Church. not.. woman, in way of state matrimony. nevertheless, etc.,« let ea. one marry who cannot a Alford. b Macknight. this period so strong that Augustus live a chaste life without. due benevolence, the proper duties involved in the nature of marriage. c By the Jews, he who at the age of twenty had not A symbol of expediency.-The chameleon is particularly noted married, was for its singular faculty of changing colour voluntarily, which enconsidered to ables it to conceal itself, by adopting that of the branches around, have sinned; the tendency to celi- and by the peculiar structure of its enormously projecting eyes. bacy among the Although the movements of its head are limited, on account of Gentiles was at the shortness of its stiff neck, this deficiency is amply compensated by the wide range of its vision; each eye being able to move enacted about in all directions independently of the other. Thus, while laws to counter-one of them gazes upon the heavens, the other minutely examines act it. See Hor. the ground; or, while one of them rolls in its orbit, the other remains fixed; nay, their mobility is so great, that, without even moving his stiff head, this wonderful saurian, like Janus the double-faced god of ancient Rome, can see at the same time all that goes on before and behind him. This mutual independence of the eyes is owing to the imperfect sympathy which subsists between the two tubes of the brain and the two sets of nerves which ramify through the opposite sides of its frame. Hence, also, one side of the body may be asleep while the other is vigilant; one may be green while the other is ash-blue: and it is even said, that the chameleon is utterly unable to swim, because the muscles of both sides are incapable of acting in concert.-Hartwig. Carm. Sæc. 17. d He. xiii. 4; Ge. ii. 18; Ep. v. 31, 32; Jo. ii. 1, 2. "Of all the ac tions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people; yet of all actions of our life, it is most meddled with by other people."Selden. S. xxi. 4, 5; Joel ii. 15. b Thus it often happens that in a Ex. xix. 15; 1 4-7. wife.. husband, she belongs to no other man. husband.. wife, to whom he exclusively belongs. defraud.. other,a by neglect of fitting matrimonial duties. that. prayer, the claims of religion should have the pre-eminence. come.. again, in the E. the women had apartments allotted to them. Satan.. incontinency, that this neglect may not result in sin. permission, advice generally. commandment, not as a Divine law universally binding. would . . myself,d having self-control. but.. man, etc., men dif. in physical constitution, in mental and moral power. Our divorce courts neglect on the one side is put in as a plea for sin on the other. c2 Co. viii. 8; xi. 17. d Ma. xix. 12; 1 Co. ix. 5. "Those who marry women of their spouses, с The happiness of single life.—I. Exemplified by Paul,-freedom from earthly care; entire devotedness to the service of God. II. It depends on special gift,--the gift of continence (not conferred upon all), associated generally with special grace. III. Must not much richer than be inculcated upon all,-would violate the ordination of Provithemselves, are dence, breed mischief, and, very often, immorality. not the husbands A mercenary husband.. -"Dr. Franklin, with a party of his but slaves to the friends, was overtaken by bad weather on one of the West-Indian fortunes they islands (which they had put into on a voyage to Europe), and have brought."- took shelter in a public-house kept by a foreigner. Upon their requesting that more wood might be brought and put on the fire, the inhuman brute of a landlord ordered his sickly wife to go out in the storm and bring it, while a young, sturdy negro wench where reason stood by doing nothing. When asked why he did not send the girl rather than his wife, he replied, 'That wench is worth four hundred dollars; and, if she should catch cold and die, it would be a great loss to me; but if my wife dies, I can get another, and, perhaps, money into the bargain." Plutarch. e Dr. J. Lyth. "Love can hope would despair." -Lyttleton. advice to the unmarried Golden Grove Serms., Bp. Taylor, 219 f. 8-11. good, expedient, bec. of effect of persecutions, etc., upon families. abide.. I, unmarried. if.. contain, live chastely. better.. burn, than sin, or be troubled by unchaste desires. command Lord, this, a law of God; not human advice. .. depart," a for insufficient reasons. let. . wife, the same law applies to both. a Ma. xix. 6; Mal. riage is best."- pro the ends hateth to-mor row; but let rea On choosing a husband." Young woman! if a rich young man asks you to marry him, and has no occupation, or trade, or calling by which he could make a living if he were thrown on his own Pittacus. resources, you may give him your respect, but give him the "Marriago mitten.' Whatever may be a young man's qualities, if he is fond should not be -very fond of going to the theatre, 'refuse' him. If a young mercenary; but man shows by his conversation that he is an admirer of fast horses, and is pretty well acquainted with the qualities and time of the best racing nags of the country, when he asks your hand, 'give him the mitten only.' If you ever hear a young man speak Solon. of his father or mother disrespectfully, contemptuously, do not "Let thy love be encourage his attentions; he will do the same of you, and, in to the best, s0 long as they do many ways, will make your heart ache before you die. If you well; but take know a young man likes to stand around tavern doors, at the heed that thou street corners, and about 'groceries,' cut your hand off rather love God, thy than place it in his; he is worth only the mitten.' If your suitor prince, and thine country, thy can tell you a great deal about cards; seems familiar with a multi- own estate, betude of tricks' which can be performed with the same, and is fore all others: for the fancies himself an adept in such things, let him win all the money he may of men change, from others, but let him not win' your heart, for he will lose and he that it' in a year, and leave you a broken one in its place. If you loves to-day know of a 'nice young man' who will certainly heir a large estate, who is of a 'highly respectable family,' who seems to be at home as to the usages, customs, and proprieties of good society, and yet who is indifferent about attending church on the Sabbath day, who speaks disparagingly of clergymen, who talks about religion in a patronising way as a very good thing in its place,' particularly for old women, weak young girls, and children, never marry him should he ask you. Such a man can never warm a woman's heart; will never twine around it the tendrils of a true affection, for he is innately cold, unsympathising, and selfish, and should sickness and trouble come to you, he will leave you to bear them all alone. Idleness, the having no occupation, will always and inevitably engender moral and physical disease; and these traits will be more or less perpetuated in the children born to such; the brunt of these calamities has to be borne by the mother, and, in the bearing up against them, how many a noble-hearted woman has sorrowed, and grieved, and toiled herself into a premature grave, may never be known, but the number cannot be expressed in a few figures. Therefore, my sunny-faced daughter, if you do not want to grow old before your time, to live a life of toil and sorrow, and then prematurely die, give not your hand, but only 'the mitten' to a young man, however well-born or rich, who has not a legitimate calling by which he could make a living' if he were by some fortuity left penniless."-Dr. Hall. · 12-15. rest, of dif. religions; one party a Christian, the other a heathen.a brother, a Christian man. wife.. not, a heathen woman (whom he had married bef. his conversion). let .. away, the same rule to be observed as if both were Christians. unbelieving. and.. woman, the same rule in her case. sanctified, separated fr. other women by the wife he is married to. and.. husband, same rule applies. The marriage is to be held lawful and binding, and not annulled by a change of religion on either side. unclean, as if born out of wedlock; or, belong son be thy scho olmistress, which shall ever guide thee aright."-Sir W Raleigh. "A beautiful and chaste woman is the perfect workmanship of God, the true glory of angels, the rare miracle of earth, and the sole wonder of the world."-Hermes. "Man and wife are equally concerned to avoid all offence of each ginning of their conversation. Every little thing can blast an inBp. J. Taylor. other in the be fant blossom.". on divorce a Wordsworth, Macknight. Ge. xvii.7; Mal. ii. 15; Ac. ii. 39; c Ro. xii. 18; 1 Co. state- when a ing to heathen world. holy, hence to be objects of Christian prudent wife is solicitude. if.. depart, on any pretence. Bec. a believer is not to band even to the depart. bondage, is released fr. bonds of matrimony. but.. last moment of peace, it is not for Christians to leave others, but to live with existence."- them in peace.c loved by her hus Phocylides. d Anon. Christian baptism.-I. What is implied in this statement, "A woman's best "Now are they holy?" This assertion is an acknowledgment of dowry is her virtue, modesty, and their virtual church-membership. II. The bearings of this docrestrained de- trine on the baptism of infants. By this act of baptism the зires."-Plautus. Church-1. Expresses its own evangelical faith; 2. Recognises the children as belonging to God and to Christ; 3. Testifies its "No man knows confidence in their present spiritual safety; 4. Pledges itself to what the wife of train them up in the culture of the Lord. III. General inferences man knows what concerning Christian baptism: 1. It is only an external sign; 2. a ministering Where persons are not baptized as infants, they should not afterangel she is-wards be submitted to the rite except as intelligent believers in until he has gone Christ; 3. As to the mode of baptism, it may be performed in any with her through the fiery trials of decent, possible way; 4. It may be administered by any one this world."-qualified or appointed to represent the Christian Church; 5. It Washington Irv- should be consummated by an early admission to the Lord's his bosom is-no ing. relative duties a 1 Pe. iii. 1. b C. Simeon, M.A. "Marriage is the best state for a man in general; table; 6. The duty of those who were never baptized in infancy. 16, 17. what.. wife? thou being a believer? save, instrumentally, by example, or precept. distributed, gifts, lot in life. called.. one, to serve Him in his proper station. so.. walk, in the obedience of faith. ordain . . churches, such precepts of universal force. The importance of family religion.--The duty of persons-I. In wedded life; II. In whatever relation they may stand to each and every man other. In-1. Their own families; 2. The Church of God; 3. in proportion as The world at large. is a worse man he is unfit for the married state." Johnson. b Advice to a pious wife.-A lady in Germany, who had been a sincere follower of Christ, but whose husband was still unrenewed, was very much afflicted on his account, and told a clergyman "Sole partner, that she had done all in her power in persuading and beseeching and sole part, of all these joys, him to turn from his evil practices, to no effect. "Madam," dearer thyself said he, "talk more to God about your husband, and less to your than all."-Milton. husband about God." A few weeks after, the lady called upon abiding in our calling a 1 Co. ix. 20. Ac. xv. 1, 19; Ga. v. 2. c Ga. v. 6; vi. 15. d Jo. xiv. 23; 1 Jo. ii. 3. e Lu. iii. 12-14. fF. W. Robert son. "No man must take up or change any calling with him, full of joy that her prayers to God had been heard, and that a change was wrought upon her husband. 18-20. called. . circumcised Pa a Jew bef. conversion. let . uncircumcised, not to renounce, or deny it. let.. circumcised, as though he must needs be subject to the law. nothing, as affecting our salvation. keeping. God,& moral law is binding. abide.. called, reception of Gospel does not release one fr. civil, or political liabilities, nor alter the secular arrangements of life. Christian casuistry.-The Apostle's decision concerning-I. The sanctity of the marriage-bond between two Christians; II. The sanctity of the marriage-bond between a Christian and one who is a heathen; III. The non-interference of Christianity with existing relationships. He lays down this principle, and then unfolds it in two ways: 1. Ecclesiastically; 2. Civilly. Example of confidence.-M. Legouve, of the French Academy, out sufficient tells this story of his body-servant in Paris. Some years ago, he cause to call him let it be known to his baker that he wanted a body-servant. He 66 such cause he sinneth Heb. received fifty applications a day, none of which suited. One to it; but when morning, while hard at work in his study (it was about five he hath o'clock, in the winter), somebody knocked at the door. He opened if he change it it. "I am told that you want a confidential servant, sir." "Yes; not."-Baxter. and you think you are the one I want: you have first-rate recom- "No man fouls mendations, and lived, I dare say, ten years in your last place." his hands by ex"No, sir: I am just out of jail." You may imagine the astonish-ercising his own calling." ment of Legouve. "Just out of jail?" Yes, sir. I loved a Proverb. woman who required money. She pressed me every day to give "Moral greather more money. I gave her all I earned honestly: 'twas not ness consists not enough. I thieved to gratify her covetousness. I was arrested, in doing great tried, convicted, and sent to the penitentiary for three years, ing little things things, but in dowhich expired last Saturday." "Do you think that a recom- with a great mendation to a place of confidential servant?" "Yes, sir. A mind."-Jay. man who loses his character in an hour of folly will be on his By work you guard against temptation, and will strive to regain his reputation. get money, by Besides, I know, that, at heart, I am an honest man." There talk you get knowledge."was in the fellow's tone such an honest accent, that Legouve took Haliburton. him at once, and has never since repented it. 21–24. care.. it,a be not over anxious ab. it. if.. free, if you can lawfully obtain your freedom, do. freeman, intro. by the Lord to liberty of the sons of God; freedom fr. sin, and its consequences. Christ's servant, is higher in station than a freeman of the world. price, see vi. 20. servants, slaves: do not sell yourselves into bondage. wherein.. called, whether bondsman, or freedman. therein.. God, and serve God in that condition.c a "The Apostle could not in stronger terms express his deep conviction of the small importance of human distinctions, than when speaking of what seems to great and generous minds the most miserable lot, even that of a slave, he says, care not for Abiding in our calling.-I. The feelings which the Gospel is apt, under peculiar circumstances, to engender: 1. There is, as we all know, a great difference between the states and conditions of different men; 2. To the natural man these distinctions are an occasion of much murmuring and complaint; 3. For a season, it.'"--Godwin. even the Gospel itself, instead of removing this feeling, is calcu- Intended to lated rather to engender it. II. The conduct which it ought correct disorders rather to inspire. A man, on being called to the truth, should among the Chrisabide therein with God; that is-1. In submission to His will; Corinth, who 2. In dependence on His grace; 3. In endeavours to promote claimed their His glory.d tians slaves at liberty on pre that as in Christ they were on an equality with their Chris tian masters." Never satisfied.-A young person once mentioned to Dr. Frank-tence brethren lin his surprise, that the possession of great riches should ever be attended with undue solicitude; and instanced a merchant, who, although in possession of unbounded wealth, was as busy as the most assiduous clerk in his counting-house, and much more anxious. L'Enfant. The doctor, in reply took an apple from the fruit basket, and pre-e Ep. vi. 5-8; 1 sented it to a child in the room, who could scarcely grasp it in his Ti. vi. 1, 2; Tit. hand. He then gave it a second, which filled the other hand; and ii. 9, 10; 1 Pe. ii. choosing a third, remarkable for its size and beauty, he presented 18, 19. that also. The child, after many ineffectual attempts to hold the d C. Simeon, M.A. three apples, dropped the last on the carpet, and burst into tears. "See there," said he, “is a little man with more riches than he can enjoy." 25-28. virgins, Gk. unmarried persons of either sex. I celibacy and .. Lord, by special revelation. judgment, opinion, advice. marriage mercy, and Divine teaching as one form of mercy. faithful, a Re. xiv. 4. to God in the precepts I deliver. suppose, declare as my Lu. xxi. 23; |