Religious Miscellany

Tu be ivsiciin] wlieu 11 Ís betlde, l'alienl wIkmi favors are dentad, Aml pleatil willi favau ven ; Moni Mircly tlils is -isilorn'n part, 'J hls ls that Incensé ofthe heart Whoae firagrance breathts to Iieuven . - ('otlmi. When no ono expects to hear anything about personal religión it is of'ten the best time to mak(í a deep and salutary impression. - New York Chriaian Advocate. Quarrel not rashly with adversities not yet understood, and overlook not the iuercies ofteu bouud up in them ; for we con.sider not sufficiently the good of evils, nor f'airly compute the mercies of Providence in things afflicted at first hand.- SirThoa. Browne. When Jehovah sets bis Abrahams to praying, he has put in uiotioo otie of' the central orces oí the uuiverse, w hose orbit and momenium can no more be "gauged" by scicnco tban it can weigh a thought or cheoiioally aualyze au affection. - Uhristian Intel ligencer. The i'eeling of every soul that turns to God is a convincing proof' that there is light somewhere, and that which is bright and clear. All our experience in lite goex to show that the better understuriding we have of God's dealings, the more satisl'actory they appear. It is the God back of nature whose presence and power we feel in her repose and reHtfulness ; and our lives resting in hiin may share the same peace which broods amoog tht nunmer hills, and raakes tliein, to the weary worker, broad pathways up to heaven.- Cbristian Union. It is a man's relations to liis God that must adjust and determine liis relations to his fellow creatures. The symmeirical po sition of the points in the circumferencc arises Prom their oomtuoo relalion toa center. Set a man riglit wiih God, and he will certainly be set riht with his neijjhbors. - J. A. Alexander. It is the glory of' God to conceal a thine, but not absolutely f'or the sake of' concealment. He does it only until a mind and appetite for truth is prepared, to make his revelations to. He gives us a dim light and sets us prying at the wall.s of' uiystery that he niay créate an appetite and relian in us f'or true knowlpdge. '