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Divine Method, qf Extending Beligion. 97tliis great joy. It is true that this blessed pvivilege ov to use not the wrong- speech, bnt the right; notis neglected, or timorously nsed, and with but little the rough self-vighteous tone and the sound ofgrowth; the kingdom is to be extended in many tures; and of couvse there is no need for one toways—^by writing, by preaching, by quiet living, speak personally to another in order to convey theby suffering—but through aU these it wUl be found, literal iuformation of Gospel truth. But afterif we examine closely, that the personal element making all such allowance, the pvinciple remainsof influence permeates and lives. The gveat that whatevev one possesses ov attains in spiritualpreacher of the desert points to Jesns, and cries, things he is bound, by the vevy law of the life he" Behold the Lamb of God," and the pveaching has veceived, to try to communicate to others whotakes effect. But how small would be that do not feel and possess as he does. Nor is iteffect if it reached no farther than the flrst much to the point to say that we ought not to behearers of it. It led to Christ these fivstdisciples intvusive ov rude in our spivitnal zeal ; that wethemselves, and then the power of personal influ- ought not to take familiar liberties with humanence and persuasion makes itself felt. One strong spivits for Christ's sake. No, each man's personalspirit,and another, and anothev still, is caught and ity is a thing- so sacved and awful that we oughtheld with these covds of love, these bands of a man. to approach it with reverence, and stay our footIn this way, in little more than one day, Jesns has as on tbe threshold of a holy place. Nor is it tofive disciples. Surely this has some instruction the point to say ihat injury has been done in cerforus. It shows ns what a sphere opens at once tain cases by a forwavd and officious manner ofto every believing man. He has discovered the speaking on sacred subjects. I have seen some ingreatsecret; he has fonnd the peavl of gveat genuous and susceptible young people wince andpvice, and has sold all he has to buy it; and yet tvemble, as if an iron hand had been laid on them,without losing it himself, (vather making- it so and then kindle into ivvepressible vesentment nndermore fully his own), he can offer it to his friend; snch rough spiritnal tieatment. But are vve tohe can enrich his house; he can find,at least he can evade a duty by such excuses as these ? Becausetvy to find, a brothev, a sistev, a neighbor, a feUow- unwise speaking is worse than silence sometimes,workman, a fellow-man, to be a sharer with him in ave we to keep silence always ? We ave to endeav-or slow results. Theve is veason to fear that the theological phraseology, but the calm, earnest,direct sense of this obligation in the minds of wise and winning voice; and on us, as Christians,Christian people is not so strong as once it was. vests tbe responsibUity of findingout what is theThere never was so much evangelical preaching, best way to draw those around us to the Saviour.never so much public teaching and work for Cbrist it may be, aftev all we have said, the way ofas theve is in ouv day, and perhaps fov this vevy simple directness. There ave some whom plainveason, we abate and slacken the quietev and move dealing suits, and who do not vesent it; some perpersonalefforts.sons who have not much delicacy either of natureWe desire to discriminate heve, and to consider or of culture, and who wonld not understand thesethe great difference in the circumstances in which cautious and considerate approaches to the subjectwe stand, compared with those of the fivstdisciples, of personal religion, which would be appropriateTheir example cannot be proposed, fovmaUy and in other cases. And if this be so, you must takeliterally, for pur imitation. In Christian famiUes the direct way, if you are to be faithful. Youat least, we are born almost in the Kingdom of must say, " I have found the Saviouv, have yonObvist; we ave, many of us, nursed amid divine found Him? Let me bring you to Him. He is thethings; we know fvom childhood the Holy Scrip- Lamb of God. He taketh away the sins of the