"V. The Flood of Fire. Matt. xxiv. 37. | the joy consequent on that free forgiveness "As the days of Noah were, so shall also the which our heavenly Master and Judge bestows of the Son of man be.' The Believer's Privilege. 1 John iii. 1. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.' "VII. The Believer Unknown. 1 John iii. 1. Therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.' "VIII. The Believer's Expectation. 1 John iii. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.' "IX. The Force of Hope. 1 John iii. 3. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.' X. The Test of True Religion. Prov. iii. 26. My son, give me thine heart.' "XI. Religious Conversation. Matt. xii. 34. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.' "XII. The Law of Peace. Romans xii. 18. 'If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, live peaceably with all men.' "XIII. The Worth of Charity. 1 Cor. xiii. 13. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity.' "XIV. The Glad Tidings. Acts xiii. 18. 'Be it known unto you, therefore, men and brethren, that through this man, is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins.' "the The introduction to Sermon XII. on Law of Peace," is very beautiful.-"What a lovely thing is peace! Look at the ocean after it has been lashed by angry winds into a storm. Watch the gradual subsiding of the agitated waters. The dark and frowning clouds pass quietly away, the wind falls, the blue sky appears again, and the mighty depths of ocean gradually calm their surface, and are still and smiling. This is peace in the natural world-peace, after elemental strife; and grand as may be the features of such contention, there is surely something more congenial with the better part of our nature, in the more tranquil scene. "There is something analogous to this in the moral world. The passions of man are open to agitation. Various causes may rouse and raise them; and the mind may become But how like the raging waves of the ocean. delightful it is to those who at all rightly appreciate the moral nature with which God has endowed us, to find within, the influence of a controlling pacific principle, laying every angry passion to rest again, subduing pride, and envy, and rancour, and malevolence, and calling up in their stead the spirit of tenderness, meekness, and forbearance, and an eager willingness to forgive others, as God for Christ's sake has forgiven us.' "He who has experienced this change, knows a far superior and more satisfactory delight, than any which he could possibly derive from the full gratification of the turbulent and bitter passions of the heart. There is a triumphant and exquisite joy in having compassion upon our fellow servant, and extending to him a free forgiveness, only to be equalled by upon us. "And think of perfect peace in heaven! It will be the complete exclusion from the society of that holy dwelling, of all the workings of proud, selfish, unjust, and unkind feeling: the total subsiding of all the affections into pure equanimity; so that our capacities shall be perfectly free, spontaneously alive to all that is friendly, benevolent, and generous, and entirely and eternally precluded from the existence of even a secret wish, which might invade the justice due to any individual, or in the slightest degree disturb the harmony of the whole. Let other men, men of other religious professions, love the bustle and collision which arise out of the selfishness of the heart in its fallen state; but let Christians learn to weep in godly sincerity, over every remainder of such corrupt tendency that they detect within them. Let them long ardently for that state of moral perfection, when Judah shall no Ephraim, nor Ephraim Judah:' but when the mind of every redeemed creature shall be in perfect and perpetual harmony with the equitable, holy, and benevolent mind of God. Let it be our privilege to breathe after a promised world, where the spirit of Christ shall in all its loveliness be the Spirit of Christians; and where even the secret thought of the heart shall know no deviation from the law of love. more vex As Christ "But we are upon earth: and however we may be permitted to speculate upon a future world of peace, we must not limit ourselves to such speculation. It is the duty of all Christians to aim as far as possible to bring the very spirit of heavenly peace to bear upon the evils that reign in human society, and on the excessive passions in which those evils originate. This is a positive duty enjoined upon Christians during their sojourn in this world of contention. They are the oil upon the waves. their master and prototype stood upon the deck of the vessel, in the midst of the angry waters, and cried, "Peace, be still;" so ought every Christian to exert the moral influence which his principles, his practice, and his habitual character give him, in order to still the passions of more angry and less peaceable men than himself. He has to keep down pride and self, both in himself and others. He is, "if it be possible. as much as in him lies, to live peaceably with all men." We are limited to short extracts, but cordially recommend this very interesting volume as calculated greatly to subserve the instruction and comfort of the Christian. It is one of the neatest printed volumes we have seen of late From the Evangelical Magazine. BIBLICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA; OR, COMPENDIUM OF SCRIPTURAL INFORMATION. A new Edition, revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged CALMET'S DICTIONARY OF THE HOLY BIBLE. edited by the late Charles Taylor: explaining the Names, Histories, &c. of Persons, Places, and Natural Productions, mentioned in Scripture: the Antiquities, Buildings From the Assistant of Education. Coins, Habits, Laws, Customs, and Peculia- wish the publisher success in his very arduous rities, of the Jews, &c. &c. With the Frag- and expensive undertaking. ments; containing entirely New Illustrations of Scripture Incidents and Expressions, selected from the most authentic Historians, Travellers, &c., containing many Occurrences and Observations extremely interesting and highly entertaining, brought down to the latest period: illustrated by several Hundred Plates of Views, Maps, Plans, Dresses, &c. from the best Authorities. 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We heartily On being asked if Poets can write when they WHICH are the happy moments?-If the hours If this be happy-all of life forgot Unmeet for happiness so light, so vain, Or if it be to lie entranc'd in ease Upon the bosom of earth-cherish'd peace- Of joys like these. To them a thorny waste while That they sit basking in earth's brightest smile, Still but an aguish and mistemper'd beam It seems to them. But in the hours, when on a world unkind, Or better in her inner chambers, when, Sad penitence sits lonely with her sin, 'Tis not to be alone when He is there- Happy" "for her lone hours may better claim Than all that calls itself by that proud nameMeet moments for the heaven-taught poet's It may be then, strain Literary Entelligence. 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