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16 THB EARNEST CHRISTIAN.O man of God, make haste to CLEARING ONE'S SELF.prove the power of prayer. Be encouragedby the invitations of Him A lew days ago, a very uncommonscene was witnessed at thewho tanght us that we "ought alwaysto pray and not to faint ;" opening of the Passaic County,who himself made his life of pilgrimage,pre-eminently a life of prayer; prominent and respected members(N. J.) Court. One of the mostand who hath taught us in his word of the bar, a man who, like the lateto come boldly to the throne of Horace Binney of Philadelphia, hadgrace, that we may obtain merey made it a rule not to undertakeand find grace to help in time of cases in which there was apparentneed.even a shadow of fraud or injusticeHave, we yet leamed the value of on the part of his client, made athis privilege of prayer ? - Do we motion to address the Court upon a •know how to prize our opportunity personal matter. Being told by theof entering into the presence of the judge to proceed, he said :King of kings ? Have, we learned "It has been my misfortune tohow tenderly he invites us and how commit a grievous offense againstgraciously he receives his children ? this Court, and as the offense wasAnd shall we not henceforth, by the committed in public it is no morelove we bear to him, and the love than right that I should ask forgivenessin public. Some time ago Iwhich he was bome to us ; by tbeneeds whieh press us and the joys was retained as coansel in a case inthat await us, make haste to carry which the recovery of certain sumsevery woe and every want and lay of money was sought. The plaintiffit at the mercy-seat ? If in everything,by prayer and supplication and the case was brought beforewas a gentleman from New York,with thanksgiving, we do let our your Honor in Bergen County,requests be made known to Goa, when holding court at Hackensack.then the peace that passeth knowledgeshall keep our hearts through to be collected was one of $1,000 forAmong the items of money soughtJesns Christ. Let us accept the drawing a will. • The wUl was adivine invitation, and prove in our small one, and the. charge was cer­daily and hourly experience thatGod hears and answers prayer.—Common People.—Witb every exertion the bestman can do only a moderate amountof good; but it seems in the powerof the most contemptible individualto do incalculable mischief.tainly exorbitant. My better judgmenttold me it was wrong, but Iwas self-wiUed, and began the suit.I will not so far accuse myself as tosay that I intended to recover thewhole $1,000 ; no, I thought thejury might allow a fair compensation.But I shonld ' not havebrought the- suit. In this I didwrong, and for this humbly—The very thing which some crave forgiveness. I thereby offendedthe Court, the Law and God, thecall fanaticism, is no other thanheart religion; in other .words,source of aU law, and I want to" righteousness, peace and joy ."in confess my faults so that I may bethe Holy Ghost. These must be forgiven. Again, I have at timesfelt or they have no being. AU not taken the rulings of this courttherefore who condemn inward feelingsin the gross, leave no placewith the grace and obedience tbeydeserved, and for this I crave pardon."either for joy or*«love in religion;and consequently reduce it to a Such a confession of error, neverdead, dry carcass.before heard - in that court-room,