Epworth League

ScKUTtma Readiko.- Jolin xvii. Christian unity I How much bas been written and spokeu and aung and dreamed npon this subject! How diligently men have songht a baf-is of nnion, and after all seeking and resolvmg and debating have separated more hopelessly than before ! Will mankind never be united? In some things they alwaya iave been one. Iñ other naatters they 'neverwill be and never ought to be. Unity Kbíí nniformity are entirely different mattes, yet are of ten oonfounded. An old motto isa good one to rernomber in this connection, "In essentials, unity; in uonessentials, liberty; in all thiiigs, charity. " The diffionlty ia men see thing through different eyes and represent in themselves all etages of mental and spiritual progresa and development. Yet each wants all others to do as he does. Modes of worship must conform to the taste and prejudices of the one or the few. Belief must be such as the one or the few have discovered of the great realm of trutb. Conduct must conform to the ideas and conveniences of the few who set the ttyles. All this il a nniformity of death and not a unity of life. So long as men live all hope of Kuch conformitysto type must be abandoned. No compact, however eolemnly made, can keep men together in these things. No laws, however stringent, can repress and hold in check the ruling forces of nature in the development of diversity in the individual life. Each must nnfold his own life somewhat differently from any and all others in the universe. Unity, if it ever come, must be a nnity of spirit in a diversity of manifestations. Let each one study anew and with deep thoughtfnlness thüs prayer of Jesus the Christ. "That they may be one, even as we are one," contains the essential principie of it all Compare with this Paul's teaching regarding the unity of the spirit in the different members and offices of the church, and we see the utterly unwarrantable nature of much of the striving after union of the present time. lío beauty without good health. No good health with impure blood. No impure blood if Foley's Sareaparilla is used. Trial size, 50c. A. E. Mummery, druggi9t, Ann Arbor. Sincerity is the first requisite in all our relations with God. Imitation virtne is valueiesa. Vice and 6in are real ; so all virtue must be germine. Sirnulated piety is hypoorisy. A make believe religión will land one in a make believe heaven which will prove a veritable heil. Posing as a Christian never brings the favor and presence of God to a soul any more than masquerading as a prince will make one heir to an earthly crown. Upright intention, downright, wholeBouled earnestness secure the inheritance. The quantity of a person's devotions do not determine alone his religious valne. Quality ïnust also be taken into account. Eepetitions of prayer are not displeasing to men or God if they be the outpouring of a burdened heart deeply in earnest, absorbed with a single deeire and importúnate till the petition be granted. Then the langtiage becomes eloquent by reason of its sameness. Bnt when the repetitiou is xvilhout depth of desire, it is worse than wearisome ; it may become abhorrent. Gazing rarely finds treasure of any kind. Looking may piek up some accidentally. Searching finds treasure, even when hidden. "Seek and ye shall find." "Ask and ye shall receive. " Put the soul into it and the great "Over Soul" will beax the cry and find yon.