child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel," said Simeon.- Luke 2: 34. There were weepers under his ministry; ay, and eyes as tearless as the firmament during the three years' drought under Elijah the prophet. By the side of my Lord Jesus allow me to stand, and rise or fall with him, in human estimation. "The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord."—Matt. 10: 25. Amen to what my Lord doth say!

If sceptics gather poison out of my "flowers of speech," they are not the first wasps that have sucked poison out of bee-flowers. It was so, also, with my Lord's preaching. Some of his hearers, after listening to a discourse full of heavenly eloquence, went and held a council how they might entangle him in his talk,-Matt. 22: 15; and others said, "Never man spake like this man.” The "kingwasp" of all was Judas; he kissed those eloquent lips, and betrayed. "Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?" Judas gathered no honey from those lips; or, if he did, it was soon converted into a poison that destroyed him.

Read over the eighth of John. How busily those wasps sucked honey out of his words,— those Pharisees, Sadducees, and the swarms that surrounded them! "Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word; ye are of your father the devil, for the lusts of your father ye will do." There you have a question, an answer, and the pedigree of his hearers. "He that is of God heareth God's words; ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God." Here was another of truth's honey-flowers. But how soon they extracted poison out of it! "Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan

and hast a devil?"

But he who changed the water into

wine turned the poison they would administer into honey again, by replying, "I have not a devil; but I honor my Father, and ye do dishonor me. And I seek not mine own glory there is one that judgeth. Verily, verily I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death." Another beautiful flower, full of honey to the believer; but the wasps dipped into it, and converted its nectar into instant and deadly poison: "Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death." Then Jesus answered, "Verily, verily I say unto you, BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM.” Flower of eternity! the morning-flower of glory! the honey-flower of heaven! the delight of angels! the glory of saints above, below! They dipped into that, also, and transformed its sweetness into a poison which so envenomed them into madness, that they ceased gathering poison to gather stones to shower the best of beings; but he glided out of their presence, and passed away.

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Had you been there, with your present views, you would have questioned the wisdom of Jesus in offering such flowers to such a waspish mass as surrounded him; for, certainly, the discourse made their hearts as hard as the stones they were about to fling at him. But, mark! it is stated in the thirtieth verse, "As he spake these words MANY BELIEVED ON HIM." You see, now, what he was about. was winning souls to himself-"many." He was in the midst of a revival just there. His preaching was productive. The devil knew it, and set on the ungodly. Thus some were softened into believing faith under his ministry, while others were hardened,- for people are hard enough when they begin to throw stones for arguments. Hud

dersfield sinners are not quite so hard as that, yet; so that I am behind my Lord, and not by his side, in this matter! Jesus aimed at souls, not popularity. He hazarded, indeed, a shower of stones; but, in doing so, he adorned his diadem with many immortal gems. Having gained his object, he quietly avoided the storm; stopping for a moment to give sight to a blind man. It is an ill wind that

blows nobody good; the threatened stone-shower brought eyesight to the blind man.

CHAPTER XI.

ONWARD MOVEMENT OF THE REVIVAL.

THE following chapter will lead the reader into the onward movement of the revival.

Jan. 14, Tuesday. - Yesterday busy in writing most of the day. Felt the effects of the Sabbath's labor in confusedness of brain and absence of gladness from the heart. Walked out in the afternoon, and the tired heart threw off its weight of care, regained its elasticity, and praised God aloud. "Faith quickens and love sweetens every duty," said an old Christian. That was my experience. But joy, like sunshine, brightens everything. It is, besides, a sort of spiritual delight, which bears the soul onward, like a ship before the wind. My soul felt very humble, however, and small, and unworthy —even a blessedness in being little in the world, and in self-estimation. Returned glad in heart, and refreshed, but trying to gird on the armor for this week's fight. There were ten or twelve saved last night.

Jan. 15. A gracious season last night to believers. I spoke on the cultivation of religious principle,—to aim at pleasing God in everything,-"one desire and one aim, entire devotion to God," as Mr. Wesley expressed it, or, as a divine in Switzerland defined it, "It is to submit one's life to a single principle and one's conduct to a single

impulse." Our world has one sun, and it answers every purpose; any more would be an inconvenience. A millwheel has one motive-power, turning it in one direction, and so there is harmony among the machinery within; but two motive-powers, driving in contrary directions, would create disorder, retard business, and strain and damage everything.

One motive-power for the soul! a constant, steady aim at pleasing God in every thought, word and action! Then, as Dr. Chalmers happily says, "there is the well-going machinery of a well-conditioned soul, and principles in full consenting harmony with the laws of eternal rectitude." But a second motive-power, turning the soul to selfpleasing, and devil-pleasing, and world-pleasing, sets all the soul out of

gear:

Many felt the truth, and took higher ground in Christian principle-to aim at pleasing God in everything, and to seek all their happiness in him; which is, in fact, nothing less or more than practical and experimental Christianity, through faith in Christ Jesus. A large number were saved.

Ten o'clock, P. M.-To-night I delivered a temperance address in the Philosophical Hall. A great crowd, a stirring time, but the place like an oven. England has been called "a reservoir of strong drink." Well, there will be , fewer by several hundreds to drink from it, after this night. It is hard coping with the drinking customs of this country, in the church as well as outside. But the principles of the temperance reformation are taking deep root; despite of opposition, they are making themselves to be felt. The old citadel had a shaking to-night; several of the moderation outposts and bastions crumbled and surrendered.