as to change the character example, by death or some as more or less, according to Being resigned to it at all. st entire and happy acressure of a sorrow which therefore, infer, when the loss of a husband. or the depth of the suffermay be perfectly so. It does not wear÷a ning, the resLessthe melting tenderness Joes not destroy sufIt takes away reitself. But in De sorrow, not by di- roa-but mourn, Co on, there, and So, with a...s anguish and bit scordially and hap12s ever us. That sriget as much as we may, I now ging we are, and THE VIDA PÀ loðnuse for reisige we planned and designed I. DIE POLISI CA is wàch is or in our present position, in a WIT VE LIT NË AL Ah, whey and what wy Śl be ten years TICE. HEMs Lar ca sa ia upon our own szemes un Zimms far as a h Secide whether we are 1001 II DE SWEPROČ IN LE DE Vercors å seme and death which 23 VI TUDI IS A Whether we still fost on a little longer. A thousand years dence we ou“, be where and what he pleases,— Styring Sue Dekans of happiness is be may prepare for us, or suffering the pains which ha nyttes mecbution may provide for aginta which cannot bear his gentle sway, Let us learn soon the lenares, “Thy will be done."" He who can say this always, everywhere, and under all circumstances, is safe and happy, let what wil befal him. His soul is enveloped in a protection which no sharp arrow can pierce. He cannot be hurt; he cannot be wounded. His experience in life will admit of one change,—from joyful happiness in glad hours, to sad happiness in sorrow and tears. Whatever the change is, it will be peace and happiness still. Let us all learn then to say, "Thy will be done." PRAYER AND FASTING. This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.-What kind? A kind of hard, inveterate devils, that get into the heart and stay there. They used of old to take the form of lunatics, and often cast men into the fire, and often into the water. But they have changed somewhat their mode of operation, and having become more refined and quiet, more cunning and less tangible, are far more difficult to be cast out. They know better how to keep concealed, and how to act without violence. They used to inhabit only the hearts of pagans, and men dead in trespasses and sins, but since they have tried successfully the experiment of going into a heart empty and swept and garnished, and set up an establishment there, they often steal into the hearts of God's own people, yea, sometimes seven devils of them together, making no noise, but all so quietly and gradually, that the poor deceived heart does not even know their entrance. But when they have so got in, it is sad havoc that they make with a man's piety. They fill the heart with tombs and desert places. they cast out its warm affections, and introduce habits of coldnessd conformity to this world. They go so far, oftentimes, as to make secret prayer and family prayer to become a mere form and a burthen, and the word of God a sealed, unattractive book.Sometimes for a season they get so completely the mastery, that there is nothing in the heart or the habits that can be called secret prayer at all. But when this is the case, then generally they are on the eve of some daring and riotous outbreak. They will take possession of men thus secretly mastered, as if they were swine, and will make them run violently down the steep places of their passions into the sea, and perish in the waters. And they who do not go thus outwardly lunatic are none the less to be pitied, so long as the devils stay secretly within them, and wander from room to room, eating up all the piety they can find, and destroying all the soul's spiritual power and comfort. This kind goeth out but by prayer and fasting. But a man who has had these devils a long time, gets entirely out of the habit of such prayer and fasting as are requisite to overcome them. They are like rats, that stay and thrive in houses where there is much feasting and good cheer. Where there is little prayer and fasting, they have all things to their own mind, and grow strong and multiply. Then it becomes more and more difficult for the man that entertains these devils to pray and fast; but yet prayer and fasting become more and more necessary, if he wonld ever get back the command over himself, if he would have the Lord Jesus overcome and band and cast or to devis and the Buy Spirit enter and make tn near: & cameras DWI Dan and peace abode. in al semua cones that there is te grecest necessity for then by reason a te su declining state of the beat, then they are The mos. Edin mi dicat sa viisting and prayer, when them are may deris. Ant sometimes be whole church gets MY SUCI & SAH IN YOU MIn a easy move a mountain with a Dodam, e se caʻa ruttu testing and prayer. When there has beer & innr nering af wordiness comfort and ease, when Ephrain it prosperry has za sectier of his lees. If a very difficult thing π disturi nim. The mere annointment a a day of fasting and prayer wii noc de 1. The mere jorma, sorernance of a day of prayer and fasting wii nxc de L. No, now though there be a good atTENÚENCE OF SUCE & Gey, and gant nrgy-meetings attending it, and good Chestians going wrap ter dinners, and congratulating themselves that there is once more a fast day in the church. Oh Do the vill næ àr L. Mary amar may go without his dinner to figmen the deris, treat them all back again at supper. Oh Do mess the insting comes from the bear, and the heart weeps and prays in BROTE, DER & DAching gained. Real fasting and pray er is hard work, What the eris in the heart have grown quietly and unparserved, and mare in undisturbed in a period of worldly confm. Aias: a man has a backle on his armor, and labor and tug, and strive, before be even fals Linse in such a state that he can begin to pray and fast in earnest. Depend upon it, ye Christians who have been fasting and praying, because such a season has been appointed, that your work is dat commenced in the observance of sach a day. I is a season given you to start from, not a journey gained. It is a signal, at which you are to enter into your closet, and so at your door, and knock, and weep, and pray, day after day, day after day. Now, if you begin to do this in the observance of a set day with others, you are indeed doing a great work. You have adopted a fast, such as God chooses, you are engaged in a work which the Savior loves to see, and if you persevere, the devils will give way before you, and the Holy Spirit will fill your heart with power, and peace and joy. But doubtless you must do this as an individual, and not in reliance upon church meetings. You must do it for YOUR OWN HEART, and not merely because the church needs reviving. The church does need reviving, but remember, it is because you need reviving. DR. CHEEVER. |