"The Lord shall guide Thee continually" (ISAIAH LVIII. 11).

THE

GOSPEL TRUMPET.

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"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

pure evangelical doctrines of the Bible, were crimes which were visited with the severest punishment.

UR illustration is taken from | errors of Romanism, and preach the the fierce persecuting times of the early English Reformers, when, for maintaining the cause of truth and righteousness, men were condemned to imprisonment, fined, banished, tortured, or burned alive. To renounce the

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In 1555, under the Papal authority, Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer, two bishops of the English Church, were tried for heresy;" which

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simply meant their conscientious objections to the false doctrines of the Romish Church, and their refusal to teach them to the people. In September of that year an imposing court was held at Oxford for what was called their trial; but the proceedings were only a mockery of justice,- -no attempt being made by their accusers to answer their vindication,—and on the 16th of October they were led forth to execution. Chained at the stake together, the two martyrs exhibited the utmost fortitude. Latimer, the venerable old man, upwards of fourscore years of age, displayed the courage of a Christian hero. Turning to his companion in suffering, he addressed him in these ever-memorable words:

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Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man ! WE SHALL THIS DAY LIGHT SUCH A CANDLE, BY GOD's GRACE, IN ENGLAND, AS SHALL NEVER BE PUT OUT." And by God's grace they were enabled to endure, and even to triumph in the midst of their cruel and prolonged torments; thus giving proof that "out of weakness they were made strong," STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT;" and so verifying the words of the Apostle, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.'

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The long roll of names of those who in all ages have suffered persecution for the Word of God and for the tes

timony which they held, is written in
the Lamb's Book of Life. For the
honour of Christ, and in the main-
tenance of His truth, they "suffered
the loss of all things, counting not
their lives dear unto them. They
asserted the authority of Christ as
the only King and Head of His
Church, in opposition to the usurpa-
tions of Popery; and they contended
for the liberty and purity of religious
worship, in accordance with Scrip-
tural forms and the dictates of con-
science. The story of their struggles
has been handed down from genera-
tion to generation, and the heart
swells with emotion at the record of
their
their wrongs. Deprived of their
property, driven from their homes,
hunted by ferocious and malignant
enemies, wandering and hiding in
deserts and caves, weary and hungry
and cold and naked, they were never-
theless enabled to say triumphantly,
"I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH
CHRIST STRENGTHENING ME.” They
endured as seeing Him who is in-
visible; and in their day of trial they
found comfort in His gracious pro-
mise, "My grace is sufficient for thee."

It is to those faithful men that, under God, we owe our religious and political liberties; for wherever religious tyranny exists, political oppression is certain to be maintained. Surely it is wise, therefore, to call to remembrance the deliverances they wrought, and even at stated periods

"Made nigh by the blood of Christ" (EPHESIANS II. 13).

to commemorate their Christian devotion. Let it be our sacred duty to carefully preserve the religious privileges which they purchased so dearly. Be it ours to imitate their example in jealous regard for the Word and worship and honour of God, ever bearing in mind that "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."

The loss of time is much,

The loss of truth is more;
The loss of Christ is such
No mortal can restore.

Seeking Fruit.

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MASTER comes to his garden. He turns over leaves of pear and plumtrees, and he looks along the branches of the peach-trees.

"Trees look very healthy, don't they, sir?" says the gardener, in a satisfied way.

Then they pass into the orchard. "Nice trees these, sir," observes the gardener; very choice sorts, golden pippin and

russet."

Then they turn to the hothouses: "Vines and pines look very promising," says the gardener, smiling complacently.

At last the master speaks out, half angrily, "What in the world is the use of healthy trees, and of choice sorts, and of promising plants? I don't want green leaves and fine young wood only-I want fruit. And if you can't get it, I must find

Wilt Thou use me, dear Lord, use me much for Thine somebody that can."
honour,

In winning the weary to come and find rest?
In reflecting Thy light, and in telling Thy goodness,
In doing-for Thy sake-in all things my best?

That at last, when my work upon earth shall be over,
And Heaven's own stars shall illumine my crown,

I may have the rich joy, with a glad hallelujah,
Before Thee, my Saviour, of casting it down!

CHARLOTTE MURRAY.

The Lord of the vineyard comes to us. He stands before us and looks underneath the leaves of our profession, searching for fruit. Good desires, good feelings, good endeavours, all our praying, all our believing, everything else counts for nothing unless there be some fruit. This is what our Master requires and seeks.-M. G. Pearse.

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course,

"Be not ye partakers with them" (EPHESIANS V. 7).

A Doomed Army Marching to Death.
"RAMP, tramp, tramp, the boys are
marching;" how many of them?
Sixty thousand! Sixty full regi-
ments, every man of which will, before
twelve months shall have completed their
lie down in the grave of a drunkard!
Every year during the past decade has wit-
nessed the same sacrifice; and sixty regi-
ments stand behind this army ready to take
its place. It is to be recruited from our
children and our children's children. Tramp,
tramp, tramp—the sound comes to us in the
echoes of the footsteps of the army just
expired; tramp, tramp, tramp-the earth
shakes with the tread of the host now pass-
ing; tramp, tramp, tramp, comes to us from
the
camp
of the recruits. A great tide of
life flows resistlessly to its death.

What are they fighting for? The privilege of pleasing an appetite, of conforming to a social usage, of filling sixty thousand homes with shame and sorrow, of loading the public with the burden of pauperism, of crowding our prison-houses with felons, of detracting from the productive industries of the country, of ruining fortunes and breaking hopes, of breeding disease and wretchedness, of destroying both body and soul in hell before their time.

Meantime the tramp, tramp, tramp sounds on, the tramp of sixty thousand yearly victims. Some are besotted and stupid; some are wild with hilarity, and dance along the dusty way; some reel along in pitiful weakness; some wreak their mad and murderous impulses on one another, or on the helpless women and children whose destinies are united to theirs; some stop in way-side debaucheries and infamies for a moment; some go bound in chains from

which they seek in vain to wrench their bleeding wrists; and all are poisoned in body and soul, and all are doomed to death.

Wherever they move, crime, poverty, shame, wretchedness, and despair hover in awful shadows. There is no bright side to the picture. We forget; there is just one.The men who make this army

get rich.

Their children are robed in purple and fine linen, and live upon dainties. Some of them are regarded as respectable members of society, and they hold conventions to protect their interests! Still the tramp, tramp, tramp goes on, and before this article can see the light, five thousand more of our poisoned army will have hidden their shame and disgrace in the grave!-Scribner's Magazine.

THE obscurest church in the obscurest hamlet that has been honoured with being the birthplace of many sons, or of a few devoted sons, may be more illustrious in the day of final award than the grandest cathedral in the most splendid metropolis. The day hastens in which the Lord will write up His people. It is for us to determine what He shall say to us.

If we live with God here below, we shall live with Him above. If we make the world a field of labour for God, and a sphere of usefulness to men, we shall not be in danger from its allurements and temptations. If our hearts on earth are filled with the spirit of Heaven, we soon shall enter there.

IF here on earth we do not delight in holi-
ness, we have no
ness, we have no preparation for that
world where God is to be all in all for ever