THE K I NG ' S BUS I NES S God be mefciful to me, a sinner. (Luke 18:13.) Hide me under the shadow of thy wings. (Ps. 17:8.) I am thine, save me. (Ps. 119:94.) Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. (Luke 17:13.) Keep the door of m y 'lip s. (Ps. 141:3.) Lord, teach us to pray. (Luke 11:1.) Make me to go in the path of thy commandments. (Ps. 119:35.) Not my will but thine be done. (Luke 22:42.) Open thou mine eyes, that I may be hold wondrous things out of thy Law. (Ps. 119:18.) Plead my cause, O Lord. (Ps. 35:1.) Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake. (Ps. 143:11.). Remember me. (Luke 23:42.) Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth. (Ps. 141:3.) Teach me to do thy will. (Ps. 143: 10 . ) Uphold me according to thy word. (Ps. 119:116.) Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. (Ps. 51:7.) Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed. (Ps. 25:3.)—M. G. K.
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often fails to evoke harmonious miisic from our cold' hearts?” a» Why Do You Preach? A Spanish artist was employed to paint the Last Supper, I t was his object to throw all the sublimity of his a rt into the figure and countenance of the Lord Jesus; but he put on the table in the foreground some ornamental cups, the workmanship of which was exceedingly beautiful. When his friends came to see the picture on the easel, every one said, “What beautiful cups!” “Ah!” said he, ,“I have made a mistake: these cups divert the eyes of the specta tor from the Lord, to whom I wished to direct the attention of ¡the observer.” And he took up his brush, and blotted them from the canvas, th a t the figure of Christ might be the chief object of at traction. Mr. Preacher, is this your purpose as you stand before the people? F ire Low In addressing the multitude, we must remember to follow the advice that Cromwell gave his soldiers, “F ire low.” If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we can stand a chance of hitting their hearts as well as their heads. In addressing angels, we could hardly raise our eloquence too. high; but we must remember that men are not an gels. Would we warn them by our elo quence, unlike Mahomet’s mountain, it must come down to them, since they cannot raise themselves to it. ' It must come home to their wants and their wishes, to their hopes and their fears.—Lacon. Jjg j& l Be sure to read the 2C adv. on page 4 0 1
BAPTISM SIGNIFIES Obedience-—Matt. 3:15. Confession—Acts 8:38. g Cleansing—Acts 22:16. Appropriation—Gal. 3:27.
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PREACHING HINTS Warm Instruments
A musician was tuning-up his instru ment before beginning to play; and the onlookers noticed that he held it to the fire for a few seconds. In reply to an enquiry, he said, “I can’t get proper music out of it while it is cold.” “Ah!” mused the questioner, “ is ¡that the rea son why even the Master-Musician so
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