its thought flashes illumination upon the true path o has yet to inspire him with the disposition to follow own kindling example.

If the pulpit would be eloquent it must be enthus must put itself in full and deep sympathy with the tr ters, with the promises it reveals, with the prophetic delineates, and especially with those who hang upor It is no place for stoicism, or for the rigid severities. cal speech. The minister has not to deal with ma abstractions which require the steady, uniform and exc ercise of pure reason for their development. His then vital in importance, and to him it is given, if he will them leap with life. In his own kindling eye, in his ed countenance, and in his glowing words which brin phetic and unseen into view, he may incarnate his the may make, through this enthusiasm, the feeble confid up to the verge of vision; and the dim eye, wearied w ing for deliverance, shall behold chariots of fire haste heaven to the rescue at his bidding. Faint hearts gr in such a presence, and trembling limbs are nerved mi the race of virtue.

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nihilate the chasm between selfishness and duty, betwee ward and the spiritual, between man and God.

From this imperfect view of Pulpit Eloquence it w ferred that the conditions on which it depends are rathe than external. Men of a certain stamp are, of course necessity, eloquent in speech when they speak at all thinkers, good rhetoricians from taste, independent and astic, they open the lips only to let eloquence find an a the outward world, for it is the native dialect of their b And so, too, it may be seen that this power is to be not so much by an attention to outward forms as by inw ture. He who aims at eloquence merely for its own sak in the true path to the goal. By being artificial, it with spontaneity, and in doing so it will lose the loc strength. He who is possessing himself of higher and thoughts, who labors effectually to develop them cl others, who is nurturing true independence of spirit, and ing enthusiastic in his vocation, is most effectually cont to the power of his utterance. Such a character will any office, and commend its objects powerfully to the symp all men. And, carrying into the pulpit a character which a man, and especially befits a minister,-carrying there spiration of the Almighty which giveth understanding direct, lucid speech which becomes the topics and the p that trueness to intelligent conviction which allows no wor uttered carelessly, but represses no syllable through fear censure of expediency,—and that zealous energy which

tunity for fresh suggestions from the circumstances, a employment of illustrations which may be borrowed is before the eye.

We have said nothing respecting the importance ing eloquence in this sphere. But it is universally fe little sympathy is sometimes expressed toward it in man can be indifferent to the manner in which i conveyed to him. And they who have sought to dep value of pulpit eloquence, and have declared agai tivation, have themselves, it may be unwittingly, so eloquent in their warfare against it. Paul was called from his ability to speak with force, and the foes of away awe-struck by his manner, declaring that never like this man. Over the eloquence of the pulpit is endorsement of Paul's sanctified genius and the Savi authority. And their powerful utterance speaks to sively, saying, "Go and do thou likewise."

ART. VI. THE RESURRECTION.

RESURRECTION means to quicken, to revive, to r the dead. It is sometimes employed in a civil sens the restoration of a person or nation in distress, as of Hezekiah and the Jewish nation. It is also used

tion of vegetation, the transformation of certain ins changes and revolutions in the moral world, etc. Y alone are not satisfactory on a subject of such vast impo the human race. Though nature teaches many practical and unwise is he who does not profit by them, yet its t are not sufficient to settle this point. The doctrine of t rection is, therefore, a matter of revelation, and from this principally, are we to be guided. What, then, does th of God teach relative to this subject?

It teaches, first, the doctrine of a general resurrectio the dead.

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It is a doctrine of the Old Testament. because comparatively little is said on the subject by the and prophets. But this is no real objection; for enough to prove the fact. Christ affirms that Moses preached th trine: "Now that the dead are raised, even Moses she the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, a God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Job who, as som pose, lived in the days of Moses, expresses a sentiment ev ly bearing on this point: "For I know that my Redeeme eth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the and though, after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet i flesh shall I see God; whom I shall see for myself, and eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be sumed within me." Says David: "God will redeem my from the power of the grave; for he shall receive me.' prophet Isaiah speaks in the following language: "Thy

a better resurrection." True, some were skeptical o ject, as were the Sadducees, who had departed from and simplicity of the religion of their fathers, and di full credence to all the Old Testament writings. But answer to a question proposed by them on the r plainly told them, "Ye do err, not knowing the Scri the power of God." The Pharisees, on the other professed believers in the resurrection, and in this be with Christ and the apostles.

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It is not incredible. "For when they shall ris dead, they neither marry, nor are as the angels which are in heaven." Why should it a thing incredible with you, that God should raise It is not contrary to reason. "Verily, verily, I sa Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." It was assumed and proved by our Lord. be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee; for tho recompensed at the resurrection of the just." "Ma this; for the hour is coming, in the which all that graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; the done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." Th sage proves the doctrine to a demonstration.

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It was preached by the apostles. Being grieved taught the people, and preached through Jesus the from the dead." "Then certain philosophers of the and of the Stoics encountered him. And some said,