1, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he with him also freely give us all things?" In alling the scenes of our Lord's humiliation, garden, the hall of judgment, the cross, his bu-and connecting therewith his victory, accomshed in his resurrection and his ascension, we I that glorious must be the issues of this conflict which the Redeemer engaged for us; and that ght must be the results of the conquest he has lieved! "Thou hast ascended on high, thou it led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the rd God might dwell among them." The conaplation of Christ, as the gift of God to our en race, thus expands our conceptions of the ine benevolence, while the remembrance of the ice of the Redeemer, manifested in his voluny abasement, gives the assurance that his love 1 never wax cold. The mind that is filled with ch thoughts, and daily conversant with such mes, naturally reverting to them as its most ightful occupation, cannot but be visited with › gladsome influence of hope-even the hope of ry. Never can a spirit that is truly persuaded God's goodness in sending his Son, and rests humble acceptance and admiring gratitude on e finished work of Christ, resign itself to desnding and unworthy suspicions; but rather must cherish the hope,-The Lord will perfect that ich concerns me; "when I awake I shall be isfied with thy likeness." The good already stowed ministers the assurance of the good prosed, and bids us banish every fear.

Again,-Christ in the soul is the hope of glory, cause in that expression is implied the blessed ume of mind to which God grants a perception future and immortal benefits. It is that which not seen that is hoped for; that which is not e object of sight or grasp; that which is realed-promised; that which is not of the earth, t laid up in heaven; that which relates not to y external or visible elevation here below, but the soul's expansion, and perfect purity hereer; to the body's being raised incorruptible mortal-glorious; to the restoration of the ole man to the image of the Redeemer; to our ing for ever with our Lord in fulness of glory d happiness. Now, in order to the enjoyment such a hope, a certain state of moral percepn is essential. Speak of these things to minds nt on schemes of ambition, or engrossed with rldly calculations, or polluted by unhallowed sires, and you seem as one that dreams. Were u to tell them of some plan of realizing wealth, rising to distinction, or enjoying sensual pleae, you would present objects with which they ld without effort enter into converse; but to ak of hopes spiritual, heavenly, is to bring ange things to their ears-things with which ey have no felt relation-about which they are anxious of whose value they have no effec1 persuasion-after whose possession their tes and desires do not go forth. Such persons, refore, while they continue in this state of

mind, cannot enjoy the hope of glory; because their perceptions are otherwise directed and occupied, and their tastes and affections far differently possessed. Before the hope of glory can lighten their minds, the burden of sin must be felt; the vanity of the world, as a portion, perceived; and Christ embraced, as he who is to come to restore man to his true dignity and glory. But, whenever it can be said that Christ is in a man, the soul is in this state that it can perceive and lay hold on this hope, can enter into its preciousness, and welcome and hold fast its glorious prospects. When Christ is in us, we are in a state of hating sin, of aspiring after holiness, of love to God, of desire to be like him and near him; and that is the state to which he grants the happy experience of this hope of glory. See this illustrated in Stephen. Christ was truly in him. He was a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost. How noble and dignified the attitude he was enabled to maintain before the Jewish council! They disregarding even the restraints of external decency, when they heard his convincing defencewere cut to the heart, and gnashed on him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly unto heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, "Behold I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God." In this case, doubtless, there was much that was special; God favoured his servant with a miraculous vision of glory, to sustain him in this hour of severe trial; and it were folly and presumption to look for such direct and palpable communication of supernatural light. But the fact of Stephen's being supported by the sight of the glory to be revealed, assimilates his experience to that of the apostle and other Christians of his own day, and to that of believers in all times who have endured, as seeing Him who is invisible; while the circumstance that God granted him this sustaining vision, as being his faithful servant, having Christ in his heart and zealously engaged in his service, is an illustration that it is only when Christ is in us-in us by his grace, drawing our affections to him-that we can be upheld, filled, made happy with the hope of glory. Nor is it presumption in the humblest believer to think of the case of Stephen, as affording him encouragement to expect that, into whatever scenes of trial or depression he may be called, the God of hope will fill him with all joy and peace in believing, that he may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

In the last place, the truth that Christ in the soul is the hope of glory, may be illustrated by considering that the principles expressed in the phrase "Christ in you," are the seeds and commencement of glory. Christ in us is indeed the hope of glory: but it is something more; for when our souls are indeed filled with dependence on the Saviour, with love to him, with likeness to his image, with ardour in his cause, then is glory begun-principles are then implanted, which are

destined to grow up unto perfection, and yield a harvest full of bliss and grandeur. When we look on a true believer, particularly if he belong to the poor in this world, and has had little opportunity of extending his knowledge or polishing his manners, we may feel as if we could not speak of him as Paul spoke of his Colossian believers; yet that man, humble as he may be, is invested in truth, and in the sight of God and all holy angels, with a greater dignity and lustre than belongs to the highest potentates; he is a son of God, an heir of glory, a joint-heir with Christ. "Beloved, now are we the sons of God: and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know, that when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." These are the dawnings of that life that shall never die; their life is hid with Christ in God, so that, when he who is their life shall be manifested, they also shall appear with him in glory. The holy love, and peace, and joy which have been lighted up within their souls are principles of celestial character-principles which are never to be extinguished, which carry in them a feeling of their stability, and minister the conviction that they will grow and strengthen unto perfection. There is, even now, a real glory wherewith every believer is encompassed; his body is still the subject of disease, and weakness, and pain, and will ere long be the prey of death-his external condition may be sorrowful and despised-still he is possessed of what only deserves the name of glory; he has moral excellence, a mind delivered from the darkness of ignorance, a heart washed from all unrighteousness, an understanding enlightened, a will renewed, affections raised and purified by the Spirit of holiness and truth. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. In the felt excellence of Gospel principles-in the blissful influence of faith, and love, and holiness upon the soul-in the calm which they shed, and the moral elevation which they impart-there are traces of their high origin, and of the glorious termination in which they issue: and thus the very having of these principles in the heart insures the hope of glory; and the more that these principles are confirmed, the higher does that hope rise in peace, and joy, and triumph. Christ in you is the hope of glory; and the more that he is in you, the more will this hope abound and prevail. Blessed truth, to which multitudes of redeemed spirits, were they heard on earth, would bear their testimony; and to which each of us, the more that we are persuaded to receive Christ into our hearts, that he might dwell there by faith, and rule over our affections and purposes, will be able to add ours. May it be given to us all to know by experience, for it is only thus it can be known that Christ in us is the hope of glory.

If then, my brethren, you would possess this hope-if you would have it powerfully and con

stantly present to your minds-the way of obtain ing, securing, and keeping it in vigour, is plain; it is by realizing that spiritual state expressed by Christ being in you. There is no royal road to its possession; no path that leads to it, but the path of the Cross; no method of enjoying it, but by going, as poor and perishing sinners, daily to Christ-growing in knowledge of his grace and perfections, and becoming more and more like him in the spirit of our minds and character of our lives. It is not the teaching of man that can light up this hope in any soul; not the eloquence of man that can impart it to a desponding brother; not the affectionate solicitude of a benevolent heart that can convey it to the weary, disappointed, and forlorn. All that man can do is as an humble instrument, to set forth and unfold the compassion and power of that Saviour, whom to have is to be possessed of the hope of glory. His work for us is the ground of this hope; his work in us the cause that any are given to enjoy it. To Him repair ye, in the exercise of penitence and faith. Receive Him as your Prophet, Priest, and King. See that it be true of you, as a description of your character, that Christ is in you, and then it wil be also true, that you enjoy the hope of glory

THE JEW.

HE is mourning alone, for no kind friend is near,
His woe-stricken spirit to comfort and cheer;
Nor ever descends blessed sympathy's dew
To refresh the sad heart of the sorrowing Jew.
He thinks of the land where his forefathers lie
Beneath the warm smile of their own eastern sky,
And he wishes, perchance, he were laid by them too,

For earth has no house for the sorrowing Jew.
He thinks of that holy and high honoured fane,
Where Jehovah would stoop to hold converse with men.
He thinks of the glory Jerusalem knew,
And thinks of himself-a poor sorrowing Jew.
Oh hushed be thy sorrow, unheard be thy sigh,

And hide the warm tear trickling down from thine eye;
He thinks of the glory Jerusalem knew,
And thinks of himself a poor sorrowing Jew.
Yet woe to the man, though a prince on the throne,
Who shall mock at a people God stills calls his own!
For He, whose great name is the Holy and True,
Hath sworn to avenge the poor sorrowing Jew.
Rouse, rouse ye then, Christians; if Christians indeed,
Your hearts for the sorrows of Judah will bleed;
Ye will mourn for her temple, her glory laid low,
Ye will mourn for her son, the poor sorrowing Jew.
Oh! think ye, with fear, on the curse and the woes,
Jehovah has threatened on Abraham's foes;
Oh remember that He who was offered for you,
In the days of his flesh was a sorrowing Jew.
And thou, blessed Spirit, whose life-giving power
Alone can the fect of the wanderer restore;

teach them their own pierced Messiah to view, And bring to his fold the poor wandering Jew.

CHRISTIAN TREASURY.

ELNIE.

Sabbath travelling.—I have been struck with the indiscriminate manner in which traveliers use the seven days of the week. One would suppose that the law

had made an exception in favour of travelling,-forbidding every other species of secular employment on the day of rest, but allowing men to journey on it. They that would not do any other labour on the Sabbath, will nevertheless travel on that day. The farmer who would not toil on his field, the merchant who would not sell an article, the mechanic who would not labour, the mistress of the family who scrupulously avoids certain household occupations on the Sabbath,-will yet, all of them, travel on the Sabbath; and that, whether the object of their journey be business or pleasure. They would not on the Sabbath do other work, appropriate to the six days-that would shock them! but to commence, continue, or finish, a journey on the Sabbath, offends not their consciences in the least. I am acquainted with many persons who would not for the world travel to a place on Saturday, accomplish their business, the object of their journey, on Sunday, and return on Monday; but these same persons will, without any hesitation, go to the place on Friday, do their business on Saturday, and return on Sunday! Now, I would do the one just as soon as I would the other, and should consider that I desecrated the Sabbath by travelling to and from the place of business on it, just as much as by accomplishing the object of the journey on it. According to the theory, that it is lawful to journey on the Sabbath, a man may so arrange it as never to be under obligation to keep a Sabbath.NEVINS.

“I am the vine, ye are the branches."-A Christian, for the sweet fruit he bears to God and men, is compared to the noblest of all plants-the vine. Now, as the most generous vine, if it be not pruned, runs out into many superfluous stems, and grows at last weak and fruitless, so does the best man, if he be not cut short of his desires and pruned with afflictions. If it be painful to bleed, it is worse to wither. Let me be pruned that I may grow, rather than cut up to burn.-BISHOP HALL.

be taken up with the glory of the earthly structure." There are various means of maintaining and promoting a spiritual mind. Vain company will injure the mind; carnal professors of religion especially will lower its tone; we catch a contagion from such men. Misemployment of time is injurious to the mind. Avoid all idleness; exercise thyself unto godliness; plan for God. Beware of temptation; the mind which has dwelt on sinful objects will be in darkness for days. Associate with spiritually minded persons; the very sight of a good man, though he says nothing, will refresh the soul. Contemplate Christ; be much in retirement and prayer; study the honour and glory of your Master.CECIL.

Sin weakens Faith.-Bold sinning doth afterward make faint believing.-FLEMING.

Study in Faith.-We are apt to make study an employment too entirely secular. We are apt to consider it as something wholly apart from religion. It is one of those subjects on which we do not permit ourselves to converse freely with our heavenly Father. To apply to him at every step for assistance and counsel, would convey to us an idea of presumption. We are afraid to trifle with the majesty of God, by expecting that he will take an interest in the mere earthly improvement of our intellect. But in this timid reserve, I perceive no marks of genuine veneration. Reason, as it is the noblest of our faculties, so it is the most capable of being conducted to a high degree of perfection; and God is glorified in the perfection of his works. When, therefore, you cannot confidently look for communion with God in the exercises of your understanding, the hesitation proceeds either from the absence of religious motives, or the infirmity of faith. If you are seeking to cultivate your understanding with a single eye to God's glory, you may so conduct each one of your literary employments as to enjoy his presence all the time you are engaged in it. He will not despise any thing you do for him. To study in faith removes every perplexity and temptation. M. J. GRAHAM. (Memoir.)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

THE LATE REV. ALEXANDER WAUGH, D.D.,
MINISTER OF WELLS STREET CHAPEL, LONDON.
BY THE EDITOR.

PART I.

THIS excellent minister of Christ was born on the 16th of August 1754, at East Gordon, a small village in the parish of Gordon, Berwickshire. His parents were of upright Christian character; and his father was nominated an elder in the parish of Gordon, but declined to accept the office, both from his own deep impression of his inability to discharge its duties, and also from his dissatisfaction with the violent settlements which were at that period too often sanctioned by the General Assembly. So keenly did the good man feel on this latter point, that he deemed it right to quit the Established Church and join the Secession. The character of Dr Waugh's mother is thus briefly delineated by him :

"Through life she maintained the character of a godly, modest, and inoffensive woman. Her devotions were regular and fervent: the law of kindness to all was on her lips; but towards her children her affection was uncommonly strong, and her religious principles directed her affection into the path of tender solicitude about their eternal welfare. By prayer, by exhortation, by example, and by many tears, did she study to advance our knowledge of the true God, and Jesus

are in, what are the reigning principles in your sts, what are the motives you are influenced by, and the ends you have in view; whether you are inI what you profess, and what your outward appearwould indicate,-all is known to Him. To comda Saviour one has no love for; to preach a Gospel does not believe; to point out the way to heaven, never to have taken one step in that way; to ene a saving acquaintance with religion, and to be an e stranger to it one's self, how sad! how preposus! Tremble, O my soul, at the thought, still e at the thing! Better follow the meanest occupathan enter into the holy ministry solely or chiefly erve some secular, some selfish design. While I ld be far from setting limits to the Divine sovety, I am afraid it but seldom happens that a peris converted after he has become a preacher, Was a Judas, a devil among the twelve?-what if should be one for every twelve among you? Lord,

I? is it I?—is it I?

The effect of such an address must have been almost powering. The most profound silence reigned in class-room, and the whole audience were dissolved ars. Under the wise and judicious instructions of Brown, the subject of our present Sketch made in the knowledge of divinity; and, to progress plete his acquaintance with Biblical criticism and esiastical history, he attended, during one session, able and instructive prelections of Dr Campbell of deen; at the same time availing himself of the ares of Dr Beattie and Dr Gerard. It was at the e of the session to which we refer that he obtained degree of Master of Arts. Next year he was licenso preach the Gospel in connection with the SecesChurch. His pulpit appearances were at once itable to himself and acceptable to the people. In at two months after receiving license, Mr Waugh appointed to supply the Secession congregation of Is Street, London, then vacant. This he continued o for ten Sabbaths to the high gratification of his ence. On his return to Scotland he was appointed upply, for two successive Sabbaths, the congregaof Bristo Street, Edinburgh, then vacant by the h of the Rev. John Pattison. Here his services e also acceptable, and a large part of the congregawere disposed to call him as their pastor. In the ntime, a unanimous call was given him by a conation in Melrose, Roxburghshire. After calm decation and earnest prayer, he accepted of this call, was ordained to the office of the holy ministry at vtown, Melrose, on August 30, 1780. The conration over which Mr Waugh was thus placed was 11 and poor, and he was under the necessity of reng at his father's, which was distant about twelve ourteen miles. His people were remarkably ated to him, and hung upon his lips from Sabbath to bath with intense delight. As an instance of his ity in reproving vice, we may quote the following

cdote :-

One of his people had travelled all the way from vtown to his father's, where he usually resided, to municate to him an unfavourable report concerning her member of the congregation. Some friends g with him, this person was requested to stay and with them. After dinner, he took occasion, in a lar manner, to ask each person, in his turn, how far ad ever known a man to travel to tell an evil report is neighbour; when some gave one reply, and some her: he at last came to this individual, but without

waiting for his self-condemning reply, or unnecessarily exposing him, Mr Waugh stated, that he had lately met with a Christian professor, apparently so zealous for the honour of the Church, as to walk fourteen miles with no other object than that of making known to his minister the failings of a brother-member. He then, in a warm and impressive manner, enlarged on the praise of that charity which covers a multitude of sins; which rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.'

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While Mr Waugh was zealously labouring at Newtown, the congregation in Wells Street, London, had not lost sight of him. The impressions made by his brief ministrations among them still remained, and they invited him to become their pastor. The offer was a tempting one; but, weighing the matter calmly, he deemed it his duty to remain among his attached flock at Newtown. A second call, however, was tendered in a few months, which was again declined; and in the following spring a third call was laid before the Synod, when it was decided that Mr Waugh should be translated to London. The station which he was now called to occupy was one of great difficulty and responsibility, and his mind was filled with deep anxiety; but he knew well that he was not called to go a warfare on his own charges. "The joy of the Lord was his strength." Entering upon his duties in such a spirit, he proved himself a most laborious and faithful pastor. He had three services every Sabbath; and during the week, besides his preparations for the pulpit, he spent much of his time in acquiring that vast and varied information for which he afterwards became so conspicuous.

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Little more than a year had elapsed after Mr Waugh commenced his labours in London, when the mournful intelligence reached him of the dangerous and (as it proved) fatal illness of his revered father. ing the melancholy tidings he hastened to Scotland, but, alas! he was too late to witness the last moments of his beloved relative. On this subject he thus speaks in his diary :

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"It was six hours after his departure that I arrived at Caldron Brae; where I found my dear, my excellent mother, with my brother and sister, dissolved in grief, yet wonderfully supported by the consolations of our holy religion. This was on Sabbath; and on Tuesday following, according to the usage of the country, he was buried in the churchyard of Gordon, and his funeral attended by a large and respectable number of the friends of the family. It happened, providentially, that the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was dispensed on the following Sabbath at Stitchell; the solemn services of which were found strengthening to our hearts. And now, blessed God, when my earthly father is removed from me, do thou 'take me up.'. Under thy wise, and kind, and powerful administration, I shall enjoy more safe guidance, more tender care, and more sure protection, than from any created relation I could ever receive. I look up to thee; on thine arm will I terwards receive me to glory. Be thou the husband of lean. Guide me with thy counsel while here, and afmy widowed mother, and the father of her children. Bind us together with the cords of love, and enable us to soften and to smooth the rugged paths of old age to her feet."

Mr Waugh had not been long in London when he sought and obtained the friendship of Mr Newton. The following is a characteristic letter from that eminent servant of God:

"REVEREND AND DEAR SIR,--I heartily thank you for your acceptable present of your ordination sermon,