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"EARTHLY AND HEAVENLY GLOHY. ed off, he has no one to blame but himself. The person is unfaithful to himself and bis God, who suffers another to deprive him of his religious rights, and will' not be likely to be found worthy of or gain heaven. To our God we are responsible, to Hi in we must stand or fall, all that a Christian has to fear is unrighteousness and error, this he must live and labor for, every man must give an account to God for himself, there is no middle man between God and man, only the man Christ Jesus, every man will have enough to do to himself, priest as well as others, and should any man, priest or whoever tries to block up your part of the King's highway push him off, not in unkindncss but because lie is our of his place, any one wilfully intruding upon anothers rights will find his place in the ditch. IMMORTAL STRENGTH.

"And shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God." Key. 21:10 What of Earth and all its glory What of all its glittering show Soon "t'will fade and fall and wither, Soon "t'will loose its radient glow. Soon, all, soon it all will sever From the tie that binds it here; S(xm we'll see it no more ever. On it we'll shed, many a tear. TIuls our friends will soon be taken Soon be taken from our sight; Like the flower they soon will perish Yet ever bloom in purest white.

Far beyond all pain and sorrow Far beyond all mortal strife. There their songs are ever swelling Flowing on through endless life. Soon I hope to see them yonder The thought does cheer me on the Many friends have gone before me With them Til sing through endless day. J. A.

Martindale. BOUNDARIES OF LIFE, Between two breaths what crowded mysteries lie The first short gasp, the last and long-drawn sigh! Like phantoms painted on the magic slide, Forth 'from the darkness of the past we glide, As living shadows for a moment seen In airy pageant on the eternal screen, Traced by a ray from one unchanging (lame Then seek the dust and and stillness whence we came Olivek Wendell Holmes. it up again. He had the power to immortalize his mortal body; but he came to die. He gave up his life, gave, no one by su.

perior power took it, but he offekkd his' life to God (or justice) for us, a sacrifice without spot or blemish, he being pure died not for his own," but for the sins of the world. Ed. QUESTIONS. John W. Stanley, asks the, following questions: Can a person be received into the Church of Christ, without confessing with the mouth, the Lord Jesus? We know of no command, nor of any formal confession with the mouth, nor of any person, or persons to, or before whom, iiny confessions should be made in order to local congregational fellowship, (if this is what is meant,) a person is in the Church ofChrist by the observance of Christ's conditions, Faith, Repentance, Baptism.

Mouth confession, is no condition of entering the Church ofChrist, nor that of the local body. Should a person be a Christian, and go into, or leave, a Methodist Baptist Church, going into, or leaving such socities, does not change their relation to God. has God's people in it,) any, and all persons, that are in Christ by personal obedience, are entitled to fellowship with all such, wherever Christ's Church may be found, and any particular confession with the mouth in order to fellowship, the Bible does not teach, yet, to confess Christ with the mouth is a necessary result of the Christian's profession, which all Christians will, with pleasure make, through the whole of their life. Ed. A BROTHERLY HINT.

As the highway is to all men for travel, so is the railroad track for the Locomotive, sheuld any person, or animal be found on the track the engine i apt to, strike them, hurt them, and throw them into the ditch, not through any unkindncss to the person or animal, but because they are found out of place, and in the way of the Locomotive. So with the highway of the Lord, it is free for all and plenty of room for all; and should our Brother propose to block up the way or stand in the way of his fellows, he may expect to be pushed or driven to one side, not out of any unkindncss on the part of his Brother, but because he. is found out of place, and obstructing the free travel of and if he should find himself in the ditch, suffering from being push At the threshold of eternity the Christian will drop this weak, corruptible and inglorious body, and ere long will recievc in its place a body endued with undecaying vigor, and clothed with unfading beauty; a body which may mock at the power of death, and which can move as if upon the lightning to execute God's high commissions in other worlds. And the intellect oh, how it will brighten anc' how it will rise to that which is lofty, and sink into that which is profound; and never tire either in the sublimity of its excursions or the depth of its researches! And the 'moral faculties with what incalculable energy will they operate when God's spirit lias given them a perfect direction, and there is all the beauty and glory of the third heavens to call them into exercise! Is it not. reasonable that the Christian should hail the day when he shall be taken up to that region of immortal strength I would not live always, I do not wish always to be an heir to these clustering in-lirmities of immortality.

I would''' bear patiently the pains, the groans, the toss-ings, to which this poor body is but I would rather he beyond their reach, and wear a body that could bid 'defiance to disease; that could shine with an angel's beauty and inovo with an angel's strength. I would not complain of the feebleness of my mental operations; and yet I would hail with gratitude the expansion of these powers into something yet greater and brighter; I would prefer the noble thoughts of glorified manhood, to the narrow conceptions of this infancy of my existence. I would be thankful for what God has made me, and humble for what I have made myself; but I would wait in exulting hope of a complete renovation of my nature, in whi ch I shall have strength imparted to me to bear an eternal weight of glory. B. Sri: ague.

1). D. QUESTIONS. T. U.

Comstoek, asks the following questions: If Adam had not eaten of the forbidden fruit, would he have died a physical death. As Christ is the second Adam, would he have died of disease, or of old age, had he not been crucified? To the 1st, We answer yes, he would, for he was naturally mortal, naturally dis-truetable or he never could (physically) have been destroyed, had he proved obedient, he might have remained in the presence of the Tree of Life, and by so doing, he that was naturally mortal, by eating of the Tree of Life would have become immortal, and would never have died; but the mortal Adam disobeyed, and for disobedience, he was removed from the Tree of Life, (or from the means of immortality) and rein lining mortal, (or perishable) Iicnatkally perished (or died.) Mortality being natural; immortality is acquired by obedience on man's part, and is a gift on the part of God, on condition of such obedience. 2nd. The body, or physical part of Christ, was alike mortal with his fellows, and though it was God's determinate counsil that ho should die as he did, yet Christ had the power to lay down his life, also'to take.