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The conduct of Christians, in their discourse with one another (as well as in all the other offices and relations of social life) is so frequently dwelt on by the writers of the New Testament, that we could be at no loss to add "line upon line, and precept upon precept" concerning it; but we have a still more powerful lesson conveyed to us on that subject in the same book, by the example of Christ himself. Among the many points of internal evidence, which, in reading the Gospel history, we find witnessing in beautiful agreement to the truth of Christianity, few, we think, are more important than the character of uncompromising faithfulness maintained by its divine Author in his conversational intercourse with His

disciples. Though poor, and a wanderer-often in the midst of enemies-yet do we find Him, with faithful and watchful diligence, rebuking every fault as it appeared in his immediate followers; never holding forth a single excitement to the vain or selfish feelings which yet lingered in their hearts; never accepting zeal in His service as a substitute for mercy to His enemies, or approving any protestation of love to himself, however strong, when put in the place of that humility, and self-distrust, which must lie at the very basis of religion in the heart of a sinner. It may well be said that we shall vainly seek amongst all the histories of friendship upon earth for one so intimate and so endearing as this, -so full of tenderness, and so free from flattery; but let us beware of supposing that such an example was given without a moral purpose, and let us not look upon it so often in vain. May he whose office it is to guide and purify the hearts that truly desire His presence, assist them to retain this lesson of the Saviour, and may we each lift up in sincerity the prayer of the holy Psalmist, "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer."

is, therefore, a generous, consoling, and supremely true doctrine, which discovers to us our impotence, that it may declare a power-of God-by which we can do all things; and that is a noble Reformation which vindicates on earth the

glory of heaven, and pleads before man the rights of the mighty God.

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But no one knew better than Luther the intimate connection that unites the free salvation which cometh of God, with the free works of man. No one shewed better than he, that it is only in receiving all from Christ, that man gives freely to his brethren. He ever presented, in the same picture, these two procedures,-that of God, and that of man. Thus, after having declared to Spenlein the righteousness which saves us, he added: "If thou firmly believest these things, as thou oughtest, (for cursed is he whosoever doth not believe them,) receive thine erring and ignorant brethren as Jesus Christ hath received thee. Bear with them patiently; make their sins your own; and you have any good thing to commucate to them, do it. Receive you one another, said the Apostle, as Christ also hath received us, to the glory of God. It is a wretched righteousness which will not bear with others, because it deems them evil, and seeks the solitude of a desert, instead of doing good to such, by long-suffering, by prayer, and example. If thou art the lily and the rose of Christ, know that thy dwelling-place is among thorns. Only take heed, lest by impatience, rash judgments, and pride, thou thyself become a thorn. Christ reigns in the midst of his enemies. If he had desired to live only among the good, and die only for such as loved him, would he have died at all? and among whom would he have lived?'

Human Inability.

D'AUBIGNE.

THE inability of man,-the almighty power of God,-these were the two truths that Luther sought to re-establish. That is but a melancholy religion, and a poor philosophy, which directs man to his own natural strength. Past ages have made trial of that strength; and whilst, in earthly things, man has attained admirable excellence, he has never been able to dissipate the darkness which hides God from his soul, or to change a single inclination to evil. The highest attainment in wisdom of the most aspiring minds, or of the souls most eager after perfection, has been to despair of themselves. It

A Mother's Grief.

DALE.

To mark the sufferings of the babe
That cannot speak its wo;
To see the infant tears gush forth,
Yet know not why they flow;
To meet the meek uplifted eye,
That fain would ask relief,
Yet can but tell of agony,—

This is a mother's grief.

Through dreary days and darker nights
To trace the mark of death;

To hear the faint and frequent sigh,
The quick and shorten'd breath;

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ALBUMS are coffers, where light thought
Is treasured and amassed ;-
Records of moments else forgot,
Embalmments of the past;-
Mementos of full many a breast
Whose grief no more can wake;
Of many a hand whose icy rest,
But that last trump can break!

The heart-the mind-O what are they
But Albums, where are set
The marks of many a changeful day,

Long passed-remembered yet!

Where characters bright, bland, and fair,

By joy's light hand are traced:
But where full many a page, by care,
Is blotted and defaced!

May she to whom this verse is due,
Light trials meet, if any—

Her hours of gloom may they be few,
Her sunny moments-many!

Children with Jesus.

ANON.

YES! there are little ones in heaven,
Babes, such as we, around the throne,
To whom the King of kings hath given
A glory like his own!

Jesus! thy mercy, rich and free,
Hath suffered them to come to thee!

Oh, let us think of them to-day-
Their sweet and everlasting song:
And hope to sing as loud as they,
In the same heaven, ere long!
Jesus! may this our portion be!
Oh, suffer us to come to thee!

Those blessed children, in the sky,

Went from this sad and sinful earth: How were their spirits raised so high Above their native birth?

They came to Christ; and so will we: Lord! suffer us to come to thee!

To come, with humbleness of mind,
With simple faith, and earnest prayer;
To seek thy precious cross, and find
Peace, joy, salvation-there!
Oh, set our sin-bound spirits free;
And suffer us to come to thee!

To come, while we are young and gay,
While life, and joy, and hope run high;
To come, in sorrow's gloomiest day;
To come, when death is nigh.
Lord in that day our guardian be,
And suffer us to come to thee!

Tears.

ANON.

No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from beauty's ears,
Not the bright stars which heaven's high arch adorn,
Nor vernal sun that gilds the rising morn,
Shine with such lustre as the tears that break,

For other's wo, down virtue's manly cheek.

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