placid stream. Face answers to face; wrongeth his own soul; shall I thereevery indication of passion is faith-fore sin and wrong mine? To have fully reflected. He beholds no common foe. He prepares himself for mortal combat. an enemy is bad; to be one is worse. And why should I inflict self-punishment for the crime of another? There is a degree of madness connected with anger. The angry man is brutishly insane. This is so wherever it is seen, whether we regard it in the conduct of Xerxes, who Hogged the waves, and cast fetters into the sea to bind it, because it broke his bridge of boats, or in its daily outbreaks around us. The above engraving is an emblem of Anger, and of the worthless causes that oftentimes give rise to it. Anger is one of the most fierce and deadly passions that agitate the human breast, and afflict mankind. Let anger ascend the throne of the human mind, and all other passions, affections, and interests are trampled under foot. A brother lies swim- But is there no cure for this conming in his blood, a village is de-tagious evil? There is. What is it? populated with the edge of the sword, When Athenodorus was about to recities burn amid the conflagration of tire from the court of Augustus Cæsar, fire, and kingdoms, given over to the he gave the emperor this advice: "Rehorrors of wrath, become desolate, member, whenever you feel angry, that pass into oblivion, and are known no you neither say nor do any thing unmore. But who can declare the mis-til you have repeated all the letters of eries that flow from anger? Anger, as a sinful passion, is never justifiable; but it oftentimes exists without any real cause whatever. Like the lion in the picture, the man is angry at the reflection of himself; it is his own image that he sees. He imagines, and this is all; his own evil temper colors all besides. The object of his wrath is innocent, perhaps as quiet as an unruffled lake. Be sure, before you give way to anger, that your neighbor has injured you, and then-forgive him. But even if an apparent cause does exist, suppose some one has injured me. Is not this enough? He that sinneth, the alphabet." This is good, but the following is better: When a man feels himself sinking into the gulf of angry passion, looking by faith on the Lord Jesus Christ, let him exclaim, "Lord, save or I perish!" The rising storm will pass away, and all will be calm and peaceful. "The wise will let their anger cool, At least before 't is night; It burns till morning light." "Anger and wrath, and hateful pride, The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Ps. li: 17.-He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall find mercy. Prov. xxviii: 13. Ox bended knees, replete with godly grief, Behold here an individual on his knees, weeping. He is in great distress of mind; he has retired from the busy walks of life, and come to this place of solitude, to give vent to his feelings. His groans break the surrounding silence; they return in soft but melancholy echoes to his ears. Above his head are seen descending particles of heavenly light; He loathes himself, in lowest dust he lies, a little in the rear stands the plow, imbedded in the opening earth. This is an emblem of Repentance. The man bowed on his knees represents the true penitent, whose soul is humbled under the mighty hand of God. He withdraws from the vanities of the world; he is sick of sin; he breaks the silence of solitude with his inquiries of, "O, that I knew where I might find him!" IIe does not, in the pride of self-righteousness, exclaim, "God, I thank thee that I am not as other men," etc. O, no! too deeply he feels the plague of his own heart. had this, and died in despair; and Dives also, though in the regions of the lost. Hence the ambassadors of heaven have invariably directed the attention of sinners to this as a first step toward obtaining the favor of God, and every promised blessing. The prophets, in their denunciations; John of the Desert, in his fiery exhortations; the Savior, in his divine instructions, and the apostles, in their warm appeals, enjoined upon every soul "repentance toward God." Repentance is the gate of heaven. It is the condition, upon the fulfill ment of which depends eternal life. As the plow enters the hard soil," You repent, and I will forgive." and lays bare furrow after furrow, even so has conviction penetrated the heart of the true penitent, and laid bare its deceiful folds, and discovered its once hidden depths of pollution and guilt. He abhors himself in dust and in ashes; he can only say, God be merciful to me a sinner. The plowshare of God's convicting spirit has entered and broken up the fallow ground of his heart; hence he brings the sacrifice with which God is well pleased-that pleased that is, " a broken and contrite heart"-and the light of Jehoval's countenance falls full upon his soul, as an inward token of divine acceptance. Through this gate all have passed who have at any time been recog nized by the Almighty as his serv. ants. The children of Israel passed through it, typically, when they ate the bitter herbs-before they beheld Repentance consists in a change of the pillars of cloud and of fire in the mind or purpose, wherein the peni- wilderness; Isaiah, ere he touched tent "ceases to do evil," and "learns the sacred harp of prophesy; Elijah, to do well." The prodigal repented ere he ascended in the chariot of when he said, "I will arise and go to ethereal fire; Ezekiel, before he gazed my father," and departed. The farm-upon the visions of the Eternal; Daner's son, who, when he had refused icl, before the Angel of God proto go and work in the vineyard, and nounced him "Blessed;" Paul, ere afterward altered his purpose and he was "caught up to the third heavwent, repented. Saul of Tarsus, when he refused any longer to obey the mandates of the chief priests and scribes, and inquired, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" repented. Thus we see it consists in actually doing the will of God. It 1s not mere anxiety; Simon Magus had this; nevertheless he was still in the "bonds of iniquity." Nor mere trembling; Felix trembled, yet retained his sins. Nor remorse; Judas] en;" and Jolin of Patmos, before the glorious Revelations of "Alpha and Omega" filled him with wonder and astonishment; and "the hundred and forty-four thousand," ere they sung the song of Moses and of the Lamb Repentance is a sacred duty; God "now commands all men every-where to repent." Why? "Because all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" and, "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.' The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. Prov. xxviii: 1. HERE is depicted plainly to the eye, This engraving shows a man running as it were for his life. On the other hand is seen one who walks steadily and boldly forward. The former is Fearful; he is alarmed at every thing he sees and hears; he is afraid of his own shadow. The distant echo of reverberating thunder strikes terror into his heart; the autumnal breeze, rustling through the Appears the shout of the pursuing crowd; falling leaves, makes him afraid; the neighboring torrent, as it tumbles down the mountain ravine, causes He can not endure him to fear. darkness, neither can he bear the light. He is afraid of company, yet he fears to be left alone. Now he is fleeing when there is none pursuing. How differert the fearless man! See how boldly he walks along. The |