brought on the Church in every age is incalculable. The loss of souls which it has occasioned is fear&l to contem- plate. A teacher who does not know the way to heayen himself, is not likely to lead his hearers to heaven. The man who hears such a teacher runs a fearful risk himself of beii^ lost eternally. "If the blind lead the blind both must fall into the ditch."
If we would escape the danger against which our Lord warns us, we must not neglect to prove the teaching that we hear bv the holv Scrintures. We must not beheve aters say them. "We must not iirse, that ministers can make dl to mind our Ijord's words are of Mse prophets." (Matt. nber the advice of St. Paul 1 things." "Try the spirite ' (1 Thess. v. 21 ; 1 John iv. our bands, and the promise Ohost to all who seek it, we lur souls are led astray. The excuse for the darkness of the 1 indolence, or superstition, or
distrust the teaching of the over him, however unsound it re his minister's portion. If », they must not be surprised
1 these verses, that those toho lid strive to be of blameless life. ison by a practical saying. He
of a man finding fault with