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dignant vituperation; it contains deep meaning.

The apostle means literally what he say diabolical. The first illustration we g contained in the very meaning of th "Devil," in the original, means traducer The first introduction of a demon sp connected with a slanderous insinuatic Almighty, implying that His command h in envy of His creature: "for God doth the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes sh and ye shall be as gods, knowing good a

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In the magnificent imagery of the boo accuser is introduced with a demoniacal a sneer, attributing the excellence of a interested motives: "Doth Job serve God There is another mode in which the fea of St. James' charge may be demonstrat one state only from which there is said covery, there is but one sin that is donable. The Pharisees beheld the wo They could not deny that they were good could not deny that they were miracles of but, rather than acknowledge that they w good man, through the coöperation of a 1 they preferred to account for them by the most incredible hypothesis; they said the by the power of Beelzebub, the prince o It was upon this occasion that our Redeen solemn meaning, "For every idle word th speak, they shall give account in the d ment." It was then that He said, for a

against the Holy Ghost there is no forgiveness in this world, or in the world to come.

Our own hearts respond to the truth of this. To call evil good, and good evil,-to see the Divinest good, and call it satanic evil,- below this lowest deep there is not a lower still. There is no cure for mortification of the flesh; there is no remedy for ossifica tion of the heart. O! that miserable state, when to the jaundiced eye all good transforms itself into evil, and the very instruments of health become the poison of disease! Beware of every approach of this! Beware of that spirit which controversy fosters, of watching only for the evil in the character of an antagonist! -Beware of that habit which becomes the slanderer's life, of magnifying every speck of evil and closing the eye to goodness, till at last men arrive at the state in which generous, universal love (which is heaven) becomes impossible, and a suspicious, universal hate takes possession of the heart, and that is hell!

There is one peculiar manifestation of this spirit, to which I desire specially to direct your attention.

The politics of the community are guided by the political press. The religious views of a vast number are formed by that portion of the press which is called religious; it becomes, therefore, a matter of deepest interest to inquire what is the spirit of that "religious press." I am not asking you what are the views maintained-whether Evangelical, Anglican, or Romish --but what is the spirit of that fountain from which the religious life of so many is nourished?

Let any man cast his eye over the pages of this portion of the press, it matters little to which party the newspaper or the journal may belong, he will

be startled to find the characters of thos reverenced, whose hearts he knows, an rity and life are above suspicion, held u hatred. The organ of one party is esta the organ of another, and it is the recog each to point out, with microscopic car those whose views are to be shunned that these may be the more shrunk from of those who hold such opinions are tra fied. There is no personality too mea insinuation too audacious or too false, f ness of those daring slanderers. I do the expression, lest it should appear to of theatrical vehemence; but I say ness, adopting the inspired language of using it advisedly and with accurate. spirit which guides the "religious press try, which dictates those personalities, w controversialists from seeing what is opponents, which attributes low motiv for excellent lives, and teaches men pect, and shun, rather than points out w sible to admire and love, is a spirit hell."

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Before we conclude, let us get at th matter. "Man," says the Apostle Jame in the image of God;" to slander man God; to love what is good in man is to l Love is the only remedy for slander: n or restrictions can stop it; we may dend shall denounce in vain. The radical cure ity, "out of a pure heart and faith u feel what is great in the human charact

nize with delight all high, and generous, and beautiful actions; to find a joy even in seeing the good quali ties of your bitterest opponents, and to admire thoso qualities even in those with whom you have least sympathy-be it either the Romanist or the Unitarian — this is the only spirit which can heal the love of slander and of calumny. If wy would bless God, we must first learn to bless man, who is made in the image of God.

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I JOHN v. 4, 5. "For whatsoever is born of God overco

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and this is the victory that overcometh the world, ever is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth Son of God?"

THERE are two words in the system of which have received a meaning so new, phatic, as to be in a way peculiar to it, tinguish it from all other systems of n religion; these two words are the Faith. We find it written in Scripture the friendship of the world is to be the end whereupon the question arises-The worl God make the world? Did He not plac world? Are we not to love what God And yet meeting this distinctly we have record, "Love not the world."

The object of the Statesman is, or oug produce as much worldly prosperity as po Christianity, that is, Christ, speaks little of prosperity, underrates it,-nay, speaks of as infinitely dangerous.

The legislator prohibits crime, the mor

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