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T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S place. The true Church outlives them all and «ees them burled', each in his turn. It is an anvil that has broken many a hammer in this world, and will break many a hammer still; it is a bush which, often burning, yet is not con-’ sumed. This is the Church which does the work o f Christ upon earth. Its mem bers are a little flock, and few in num ber, compared with the children of the world; one or two here, and two or three there. But these are they who shake the universe; these are they who change the fortunes of kingdoms by their prayers; these are they who are the active workers for spreading the knowledge of pure religion and unde filed; these are the life-blood of a country, the shield, the defense, the stay and the support of any nation to which they belong. This is the Church which shall be truly glorious at the end. When all earthly glory is passed away then shall this Church be presented without spot before God the Father’s t h r o n e . Thrones! principalities, and powers upon earth shall come to nothing; but the Church of the first-born shall shine as the stars at the last, and be presented with joy before the Father’s throne, .in the day of Christ’s appearing. When the Lord’s jewels are made up, and the manifestation of the sons of God takes place, one Church only will be named, and that is the Church of the elect. Reader, this is the true Church to which a man must belong, if he would be saved. Till you belong to this, you are nothing better than a lost soul. You may have countless outward privileges; you may enjoy great light, and knowl edge— but if you do not belong to the body of Christ, your light, and knowl edge, and privileges, will not save your soul. Men fancy if they join this church or that church, and become com municants, and go through certain forms, that all must be right with their
souls. All were not Israel who were' called Israel, and all are not members of Christ’s body who profess themselves Christians. Take notice, you may be a staunch Episcopalian, or Presbyterian, or Independent, or Baptist, or Wesleyan, or Plymouth Brother and yet not be long to the true Church. And if you do not, it will be better at last if you had never been born. A WORD TO SCHOOL TEACHERS Teachers of science and philosophy should teach science and philosophy and not make their conclusions a basis for veiled or open attacks upon the Bible. They should be honest enough to show the students the difference between facts they prove and the conclusions which they draw from unproven hypoth eses. If they would do this, they would not be guilty, as many of them now are, of destroying the faith of their students in the Revelation of God. If they are incapable of discriminating between the two, they are unfit to teach. Their text books are, so far from containing final truth, usually either revised or replaced by other books every five or six years. Such teachers are wont to say the Bible is no text book on science. It is not. It is God’s Revelation to man. But neither is “ science” designed to teach theology. But it presumes to do so. The way a lot of unbelieving school men use anything they teach as if it was more authorita tive than the Bible shows that they are in their hearts, enemies of God. They respect each the other’s special depart ments. But the most callow neophyte professor often feels wise enough to. ignore or flout God’s “ Department.” The Christian conscience of the people in the various States must apprise it self of the facts about such teaching and take steps to make it impossible, both in State schools and in denomina tional Schools.—Western Recorder.
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