there is no God over all, then there will be an eruption more to be dreaded than that of Vesuvius. What mind can entertain save with horror that picture of a land which is not under the spell of the idea of an ever-living, ever-guiding God, who doeth all things well,-who sitteth in the heavens watching the surgings and controlling the upheavals of men?

No land is worth living in, where men have flung aside the Bible and its hallowing ideas. And any effort to do away with such ideas, or to banish them from the life, not only shuts the gates of heaven, but it shuts the gates of earthly progress and of earthly happiness.

No, it is not a light affair what theories we adopt. For we liye according to our theories, in governments, as in morals. If we have come into existence in any other way than as the offspring of our heavenly Father, who made us all in Adam, then we must adopt some other gospel than the gospel of Christ. Really we shall have no gospel to sound in the ears of a sin-ruined race. This is why we resent other theories, not simply because they are theories, but because theories are seed, of which conduct is the fruit. If it shall ever be successfully dinned into us, that we are animals, having no relation save through a common ancestor, then we shall be afloat on a sea which will carry us far away, far away from sight of the cross, far away from the teachings of him who declared "that as in Adam all men die, so in Christ, the second Adam, shall all be made alive."

A common humanity, having the same passions, the same woes, the same trials, having like hopes, having the same Savior leaning over the cradle and the grave, sympathizing with all men,-what would the world be, were that hope banished? And where do we find that hope save in the Bible? It was thought to be a grand truth stricken out at white heat, when America de

clared that all men are created free and equal; yet it was simply a bringing of men back to Scriptural ideals.

Tell us what views a man entertains as to the problem of life, at once we can tell the quality of his life. The ideal life is based on a recognition of these two fundamentals:-(1)-God is over all, and (2) all men are brethren. Discard the former, and we become as atheists, having no tie to link us to the eternal God;banish the latter, and we become utterly heartless as to our fellow men. If we believe that we are aggregates of individuals, not bound together by the bonds of a common faith, hope and love, then we are logical in believing that whoever attains earthly gains or pleasures, is a real success, and that all others are failures.

Never forget God is our portion in eternity. This is joy amid sorrow, light in the darkness, the voice of that hope which never forsakes a believer. That we shall sit down in the Father's house with many mansions, sing the songs of the redeemed, explore the depths of providence, and of grace, this is a solace in affliction, a song of triumph in the darkest outlook. But do not date all the benefits of the Gospel in the future. "God is the king of all the earth."

We need to be fully pursuaded, that religion is the best thing for all the ways of life, for the social circle, for the exchange, for the home, for all the relations which we bear.

Not vagueness, but a vividness, is this glad vision. "God is the king of all the earth."

"There is no joy in all created things,

No drop of sweet, that turns not in the end
To sour, of which the righteous man does not
Partake, partake, invited by the voice

Of God, his Father's voice,-Who gives him all
His heart's desire."

Napoleon said to the old guard, in the crisis of Waterloo: "If we lose this position, the battle is lost." It was even so, and worse-the army was lost, as well as the battle. We stand not only for God, but for men, as we defend this post: "God is king of all the earth."

"This book, this holy book, on every line
Marked with the seal of high divinity,
On every leaf bedewed with drops of love
Divine, and with the eternal heraldry
And signature of God Almighty stamped
From first to last, this ray of sacred light,
This lamp, from off the everlasting throne,
Mercy took down, and, in the night of time,
Stood, casting on the dark her gracious bow,
And evermore beseeching men, with tears

And earnest sighs, to read, believe, and live."

Seal this book, we have no word as to the glory of heaven; put out this lamp,-there is no clear light as to the earthly living.

As we love our God, as we love home, as we love society, as we love our country, let us pray that this grand old truth may be our experience:-" God is the king of all the earth."

SPIRITUAL MAN MANIFESTED IN MIND.

Text:

BY REV. W. T. JAQUESS,*

Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Albion.

7:25.

"With the mind I myself serve the law of God." Rom.

The true man is found in the soul, which is the center of all emotion, thought, will, and the mainspring of action. The world seems to be unacquainted with this fact, for its measurement of manhood is entirely physical. It asks, "How many pounds can he lift? How many acres does he own? What is his name worth in the money markets? How many languages has he mastered?" and if these questions are satisfactorily answered, gives him a place in its Westminster of fame. But in spite of the world's superficial judgment, man is only spiritually discerned. Three men go to a stone quarry. One is a builder, the second a sculptor and the third a geologist. The one values its ledges of rock because of the number of feet of building material to be gotten out of them; the other studies the fineness of its grain and its possible service to art, while the last turns it over as pages in the earth's history; thus the view of

* Rev. W. T. Jaquess is a Hoosier, a native of Evansville, Ind. He was educated at DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. The influence of Rev. Drs. Gilliland and McNair led him to enter the Presbyterian ministry, and Bloomington Presbytery ordained him. He has been pastor at Philo, Ill.; Northville, Mich.; The Church of the Covenant, Detroit, Mich.; and Albion, Mich.