works and humane deeds cannot avail before God; painful self- denials cannot be a substitute for the Son of God as the propitiation for sins; doble character cannot re-instate man in the lost fellowship of God. It is equally the great mistake, viewing Christianity as a code of ethics or the revelation of noble ideals, to draw comparisons fa- vorable to the systems of morals of non-Christian nations, and claim that their teachings can form as perfect a character and produce as good fruit in the individual and national life as Chris- tianity, and that there is therefore no need of the latter for such nations. Even if this were true, there is no more redemption for such peoples thereby, than for similar moralist is Christendom. Let Prof. Max Muller testify: "I have devoted as much time as any man living to the-study of the sacred books of the East, and I have found the one key-note, the one diapason, so to speak, of all these sacred books . . . the one refrain through all, to be salvation by works. They all say that salvation must be pur- chased, must be bought with a price, and that the sole price, the sole purchase money, must be our own works and deservings. Oul\own Holy Bible, our sacred book of the East, is from begin- ning to end a protest against this doctrine." Christianity is a redemption from God, not good works of men. —Institute Tie.
A Solemn Message.
T HE following words were uttered by the retiring Moderator of the National Congregational Council: "In this era of doubt and debate, we would utter no un- certain sound. We would speak in distinct, affirmative terms re- garding the things which we hold fundamental. We would ex- press what we hold to be essentially evangelical Christianity. Once more the center of theological discussion has shifted. Now,
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