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vice. If you have been ' indifferent to him,


Ulay you he won to his altar. If you have


desp ised him, may you leurn to stand in uwe


of him. I f you, lire placing your chi efgood in


the mer e creature, ' may you . soon d elight to


pillce it in th e Cr eator. If you are the slave


ofsin, may you become the children of his


righteo usn ess. If you are beset . with the en­ticm


ents of a cor rupt spirit, may you be dec


terrell by the thought, " Thou God se~ me."


If you would do good, but find evil present


_~ v i t h y ou, may you look to him for grnce lind


streng th. If you repent before him in du st


and ashes, O muy you call on him formercy­without


a doubt that he will give you sal vation.


' rryo u are struggling against tem ptations, tri ­als,


an d besettiug diffi culties, mny you seek


and find his aid. I f you are weighed'down,


broken- hearted, afflicted and distressed, do net


despair- hope inhis favor ; for he will he


y our Father. If you are wronged, inj ur ed,


pe rsecuted hy your feilow mcn, who hn ve


pow er to tyr an niz e on ea rt h; end ure ' l~ n with


: patien ce, forbearance and hop e i your cau se is'


I with God- who will in clue tim e " briug every


I work into judgmen t with every sec ret thing," "


I to abase the proud, exalt th e humble, aven ge


.. I the injured, punish the guilty , and es. tahlish


, , I immutable liolin ess and peac e. To Him be


) the I glory, world without end, Am en.


_ i fUE PRACjICAL CHRISTIAN.


__ ':' U , lUen don , October 1, 1840.


megistrutes,' exce pt wh en th eir l: equirements


co nflict with God's laws; wh en we are meek­ly


to end ure th e pe na lty of disobedience


" threa ten ing them not." We believe th at pll­re


nta l authority is th e ouly humun authority,


approved by God i and that christians ar e to


render a llegia nce only to: G od, . not to mun-'


hence we may not employ violence iu restrain­iug


sin or promoting holiness among men j


nor take any part in military se rvices ; nor as ­sist


in the execution of pen al e nac trne uts ; but


bear a ll tuings lei' Chris t's sa kc, boldly testify­ing


again st a ll str ife ami sin, wh erever th ey lire


fou nd.


o:? Se vera l couuuunicati ous from our


brethren, of conslderuhle len gth , have 10111,'


been ou hand, whi ch we int end ed to have pub- ,


lish ed before now. Their ~ ihors will not


think we ha ve discarded ' th~~;. They' sh all


ha ve place soon. We ur e full ' of'umuer, and


liop e we ulways lIIay be.


o:: T" Noti ce of Confer en ce i';. our next .


tu:: 7L ett ers and Rem lua uces omitted thi s


No.


COMMUNICATIO,! N,. S.


mil itary tacti cs ; stand to YOUI' arm s, and give,


if need be, a pra cticul illustrati on, that by tile


sword you see k ' peace, the peace of Ireemen ;"


How unlike th e teac hing of J esus is thi s


parngrnph l Upo n what prin ciple of the Ser­mon


. on th e l\ l ouIll, is it founded? Oh ya


Masters in I sra el, ye are wanting in heavenly


wisdom. Do ye not ye t understnnr] th at it is


" better to tru st in th e Lord, than to pUI confi-deuce


ill princes P" .


On e mor e nota ble ex traci to show the war­spirit


of the lights in the Church , and I close.


" I ' prefe. · the pulpit to an y othe r place, but


wer e any , power to iuvade us , if eithe r my ex­ample


or wo rds wer e neecled, I would with th e'


utmost a lacri ty app ear in the tented field. I


would pl'lly to the Almighty th at he would de.


feud " the right; anII I would rou se th e splrlrs


of my follow - citizen to the contes t. It would


he our sac red du ty to do all in our power to­keep


any foe lit a harmless distan ce i and'


sh ould he still per sist in npprouchiug our coasr


I tru st that some 11a\' 11I hero like the brave'


and ga llant Perry, on L ak e Erie, will se nd the


hearHltirring news, " We hav e met th e enemy"


and they lire ours." " '


This, dea.: reader, is CllI" istia71ity as it is. ­Oh


let us labor with renew ed zea l, bea ring nil


reproach pati ently, for Christianity as it should'


be. ' G. w. s,

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