blessed for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper and bade many : and sent his servant at supper-time, to say to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.-Luke xiv. 12-24.

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee

that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.—Luke xviii. 9—14.

And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold.-Luke xix. 8.

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery: and when they had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.-John viii. 3—7.

After that, he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash

my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should betray him: therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master, and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.-John xiii. 5—15.

love one

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.―John xiii. 34, 35.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.-John xv. 12.

Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.-John xv. 14.

These things I command you, that ye love one another.-John xv. 17.

CAN any believer in Christ deliberately think upon these and other similar teachings, and not be apprehensive that a great reformation remains to be effected among his followers: a reformation not less important than that which rescued us from the errors of the Romish church? How does our Protestantism compare with these precepts of our Divine Master? May we not be indulging our complacency a little too far since our escape from Rome? Have we not stopped the progress of a reformation which had far to conduct us before we adorned these doctrines of our Lord and Master? Where is yet the exemplification of Christianity, even as it may be looked for on Earth? There is reason to fear, that while, as Protestants, we deny the infallibility of the Pope, we are setting up one of our own. There is no greater enemy to the progress of truth than self-sufficiency. Spiritual arrogance is not rare among Protestants. "We are right, and you are wrong," are assertions dealt out with unsparing frequency and energy.

28 A WARNING-WHERE ARE THE CHRISTIANS?

But, in the present condition of Christianity, should not Christians qualify their opinions with "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief!" When we are divinely taught that if we had "faith as a grain of mustardseed," we could perform miracles, there is surely meaning enough in this expression to warn the followers of Christ not to be of those who "trust in themselves that they are righteous, and despise others."

The precepts of Christ-how striking their point, their power, their purity, their simplicity, and their vast comprehensiveness !— These exhibit Christianity; but where is its exemplification? Where are the Christians of whom it may be said, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love to one another,"-such love as Christ himself prescribes and characterizes? If no such exemplification, and no approach to it, can be found, may we not fear that this is the barrier which now stays the progress of Christianity? The world needs to be convinced