for worldly associations, pleasures, and pursuits; sorrow for the spiritual lan- guor of the churches; compassion for a world without God, and without hope. These graces are themselves salvation. Nothing can substitute for them. Seek them, get them, cultivate them, though it may mean crucifixion. INSTITUTE ITEMS. The second anniversary of the Insti- tute was held on Sunday evening, April 3d, in the Immanuel Presbyterian Church. Owing to sickness, our es- teemed and - greatly beloved president, Mr. Lyman Stewart, was unable to be present. This was a real disappoint- ment to Mr. Stewart and to his friends. So much of the success of the work has been due to his prayers, wise counsel and continued interest in all of its wel- fare, that his absence was keenly felt. The superintendent presided. Mr. E. A. K. Hackett and Mr. S. I. Merrill of our board, assisted in the program. Brief reports were made by the super- intendents of the different departments, illustrating the extent and phases of the work. No attempt was made to give any statistics. The blessing of God has been upon the workers and the work. The great growth and splendid results have been attained under the blessing of God through the instrumen- tality of competent, capable and devot- ed workers. The hand of God has been upon the enterprise for good; it has been prayed through so far, and we are expecting by God's good grace, u the Lord tarry, to go on to still better things in the year before us. The epi- tome of the year 's work is expressed in the following figures: Thirty-eight hundred classes and meetings. Two thousand conversions. Mr. P r a tt has been with us in the Institute and has rendered valued ser- vice, He is now engaged in work in Rohuerberg, in the northern part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are engaged in meetings in the west end Congrega- tional church and meeting with good success. Mr. Hadden's class in Anaheim has grown greatly. As many as 200 have been in attendance at some sessions. The Long Beach class maintains good interest and, in spite of the several changes in location, has not diminished in numbers.
Jude scores apostates, deems it meet , To fight for the faith and f a i t h f ul prove. And last, speaks Christ's Apocalypse, Of world-wide woes; the Mellennium; And Satan's long and dire eclipse; Even so, Lord Jesus, quickly come! The Sum of the Books. Thus in the Old, of books, are seen, And in the New, alike divine, There thirty-nine, or thrice thirteen, Here twenty-seven, or three times nine. A WORD TO THE HEART FROM THE HEART. God's Word is Truth. It classifies men as saved, and unsaved. If to be saved is infinite bliss, to be lost must be infinite woe. In which class shall we write you? The question \is too serious to neglect. I beg you, do not cling to a false hope. It is better to be undeceived now than THEN. What were more miserable than to wake, at last with a lost world, and an apostate church, the sad victim of a vain hope! Not all names on the church-roll are in the Book of Life. As the confluence of two streams obliterates their distinc- tions of clear and cloudy, so the con- currence of church and world blots out their distinctions. The current sets strong in a downward direction; it is only the live and vigorous fish that keeps to the clear water. Judge not Christianity, nor your own part in it, by the kind that prevails about you. •Tudge it by the Book, the Apostles and Prophets, the Lord and Exemplar Him- self. Do not mistake your civility, your amiability, your morality, for Christianity. Salvation is a positive spiritual force, whereby the heart is at- tached to Christ, to Christians, to the church; and the will is moved to the practice of piety, the pursuit of holi- ness, the propagation of the faith. None Need Be Misled. The sure signs of salvation are: a sobering sense of sin; a sorrowful self- judgment therefor; a sincere confession to God; a resting in Christ for pardon and life; a prayerful heart-yearning for righteousness and true holiness; a fraternal feeling for Christians as such; loyalty to the Church; pleasure in its fellowship and worship; a sense of responsibility for its good name and growth: cheerfulness in contributing a due proportion for its support; charity for all, malice toward none, unselfish- ness; self-saerifice; a growing distaste
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