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Under the patronage of distinguished Medical Men, and the following Clergymen :-Rev. the Hon. F. E. C. BYNG, M.A., Vicar of St. Peter's, Cranley Gardens, S. W.; Rev. R. W. FORREST, D.D., Vicar of St. Jude's, South Kensington, S.W.; Rev. W. FRASER HANDCOCK, Vicar of St. Luke's, Redcliffe Square, S.W.; Rev. H. W. WEBB PEPLOE, Vicar of St. Paul's, Onslow Square, S.W. DENTAL NOTICES.-Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from Nine till Seven. This Institution was originally intended for the benefit of necessitous gentlewomen only, but has since been extended to servants and others, thus affording persons of limited means an opportunity of obtaining artificial teeth, ete, of best material and workmanship, and with all the most modern and scientifie improvements, at less charge than often paid for inferior dentistry. As it has come to the knowledge of the Directors that the objects of the Institution have been much abused by ladies of position participating in its benefits, it is now earnestly requested that none other than those for whom the Institution is intended will in future attempt to avail themselves of its advantages, as the other three days in the woek are set apart for both ladies and gentlemen. All consultations free. For further particulars apply personally to H. F. PARTRIDGE. L.D.S., R.C.S., F.S.S., Consulting Dental Surgeon, or address to Hon. Sec.. Major G. HOLLAND, R.A., as above. Estab. 17 years. N.B.-The public are particularly cautioned against unscrupulous imitators, this being the only recognized Ladies' Dental Institution (registered according to Act of Parliament), THE SWORD AND THE TROWEL. JULY, 1885. Success in its Relation to Obedience. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE TWENTY-FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE PASTORS' COLLEGE. BY PASTOR ROBERT WOOD, OF RAMSGATE. N view of the nature of our meeting this morning, I have earnestly sought the guidance of the Holy Spirit as to the subject upon which I should speak, and I trust the few remarks which I have to make will not be out of harmony with the earnest spirit which pervades this assembly. I wish to touch upon success in our service, and to view it in its relation to faithfulness to the Master's will. Mr. Gange, in his paper yesterday morning, said: "We all desire to be successful in our work." This, doubtless, is true of every sincere minister of Christ. Sometimes, in the magnifying of other matters connected with Christian service, the desire to prosper in the work is discountenanced, and it is insinuated that success or failure ought to be a matter of indifference to us. But this is erroneous-unphilosophical as well as unscriptural. It is contrary to the law of our being to imagine that we can engage heartily in any undertaking and at the same time be indifferent as to gaining our end. No man ever had his whole heart in any business without being intent on prosperity. "The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul." Alluding to this fact, Richard Baxter, in his pungent book, "The Reformed Pastor," says: "No wise or charitable physician is content to be always giving physic, and to see no amendment among his patients, but to have them all die upon his hands;" and if it be so in |