war of opinions fiercely raging. Truth, we know, shall triumph, for the battle is the Lord's. "Let not him however, who putteth on his armour, boast as he does who putteth it off." But let each in his place be diligently at work. Quit you like men, give place by subjection, no not for an hour, that the truth of the Gospel may continue with us and our children. Resist the efforts of enemies within and without the church. "Take the sword of the spirit, the word of God." Rome fears that weapon; but while you love and pity, and pray for the deluded Papist, you must, fearless of all Rome's artifices, wield the sword of the Spirit, the word of God, faithfully; and inscribe upon your banner "No peace with Rome." We, your ministers, call upon you to come to our aid in this warfare. An army without officers would fall into terrible confusion before an enemy; but officers without an army would be able to effect but little. Let the Lord's army (his church,) officers and men (ministers and people,) go forth boldly and faithfully with Scriptural weapons, "to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints." Dear brethren, we, your ministers, need your prayers; your help; your influence; your personal assistance in every good work. Our hands are apt to hang down, as the hands of Moses, when Israel was fighting with Amalek. As Aaron and Hur held up the hands of Moses, so do you try to uphold ours. My young Christian friends keep close to the Church of England; be what she exhorts you to be, and in earnest prayer seek a supply of the spirit of Jesus; "so that God, even our own God may give us his blessing." Be of good courage-the life of Jesus has ever been manifested in the support that he has given to his waiting people. Be of good courage, dear brethren, and may his own words sink deeply into your heart, to gladden and comfort you: "BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO." "Now to God the Father, &c., &c. THE BIBLE is a Collection of Tracts, written originally in different languages, countries, and ages, by different men, who were moved by the One Spirit of the Ever-living God. The teachings of the Bible respecting the material and #piritual affairs of men, were given in various FORMS—such as octrine, law, and history-suited to the progressive conditions f the race. The PRINCIPLES embodied in these forms, were designed for te permanent guidance and government of the world. The INDUCTIVE METHOD of getting at truth may be, and ght to be, more frequently and faithfully applied to the IBLE than it hitherto has been by its professed Expounders, The following Collection of texts relating to the same bject-a state of social life-is an exemplification of one, at ist, of the first steps in the application of that method to * Word of God. While this little Book contains solemn lessons, in the very rds of Scripture, respecting the mutual rights and mutual ies of Classes; its principal design is to teach the POOR N, that, however hard his lot, there is ONE BEING Who ws his wants, feels his sorrows, and judges his cause—THE D OF THE BIBLE. |