ject. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you."
The builder is honored by the work which he has wrought. So the work of Christ will declare his glory-the vastness, the perfection, and the magnifical splendor of the spiritual edifice. "He shall build the temple of the Lord."
It is always best to put our good resolutions into practice immediately. A resolution to seek the Lord at some future period, only increases the sinner's guilt. How many there are who perish between these two points "I will arise and go," and "He arose and went."
How soon the disciples of the Savior may have to suffer persecution at the present day, we know not. But this ought not to discourage the believer in Jesus; his object ought to be to do good while he is suffered to live; to do it with pure motives, and to do it with all his heart. The cause in which we are engaged is worth dying for. Better is it, yea, far better to die in the defense of a good cause, with a clear conscience within, than to live on the lap of ease, and throw our influence on the side of an unrighteous cause.
We have all the assurance which can be given that the cause of Christ shall ultimately prevail; we have the pledge of God's own word. Read the promises, my Christian friends, consult your charter.
What is required of us, is to be faithful and untiring in our efforts to promote the cause of Christ, and leave
