ment to Christ Are of little importance, The burning of a portion of the offering upon the altar rebukes such a conception, .And similarly we learn that the punctual attendance upon the means of grace, and the regular offering of praise and prayer must not exclude the exercise of hospitality and sympathy. ' II. Looking at these two classes separately, we remark, respecting the beetowment -of the IC remnant" upon the priests, that OFFERINGS TO Goo HUST BE PRESENTED IN THEm ENTIRETY, .All the flour brought was considered IC most holy," and could not be employed thereafter except for the benefit of IC sacred" persons. A man was At liberty to offer or withhold, but once having vowed, he could not withdraw even a portion of his present. God will not be satisfied with a share of a man's heart, If it be gi'l"en at all, it must be the whole heart. And once having engaaed our- selves to be his, there can be no revocation of faculty, affecLion or time. To look back after taking hold of the plough is to mar religious dedication. The mistake of Ananias was in pretending to give the full price, and 11-ttempting to conceal a portion of it. Oh that we could make religion permeate our lives, hallowing even -our s~cular employments by doing all to the glory of God I Ill With respect to the portion burnt for a IC memorial," observe that AN OFFERING HAS A DOUllLE INTENT j IT EVINCES A GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE BY TRE WORSHIPPED OF Goo's BOUNTY AND REQUmEMENTS, AND IT ENSURES A GRACIOUS REMEMBRANCE OF THE WORSHIPPER ON THE PART OF Goo. The special significance of the "minchah" lay in its expression of thankfulness, and of desire by that. expression to secure the favour of the God by whom our needs are supplied. To appreciate past kindness is to show a fitness to receive additional mercies in the future, To remember God is to be remembered in tum by God. At the Communion we take the bread and wine as Christ's memorial, and he, the llfaster of the feast, approves the sphit and the act, and thinks upon us for good. Self-interest recommends llS to honour the Lord. To save a handful of meal would be to lose a coming harvest, and to save our- selves temporally is to lose eternally. IV. ALL OFFERINGS MADE IN THE APPOINTED WAY ARE WELL PLEASING UNTO GoD. The meal oblation differed from the sacrifice of a lamb or bullock, perhaps was not so expensive, and all of it was not consumed by fire; yet it was also declared to be "of a sweet savour unto the Lord." We should not trouble ourselves because our kind of service is distinct from that which our fellows render, or is treated by the world as less important. The mites of the widow lie side by side in the treasury with the shekels of the wealthy, and will receive quite as much notice from the Lord of the sanctuary. If a niche in the temple of heroes is denied to us, or if the eloquence that sways the wills of men belongs not to our tongue, yet may we with kindly words and manly a.ctions and loving tones do our little part in Christianizing the world, and our efforts will win the commendation of him who "seeth not as man seeth." And further, let us not be sad because at different periods we do not find ourselves able to render the same service. In the winter we may sacrifice from our herds and flocks, but must wait till the summer for the firstfruits of the field. Youth, manhood, and age have their appropriate labours. Leisure and business, health and sickness, prosperity and ad- versity, may present to the Lord equally acceptable offerings.-S. R. A.
Ver. 13.-The salt of the eo1,e11tJnt. It has been thought by some unworthy of the notion of an Infinite lleillg to consider him as concerned about such petty details as those here laid down for observance. Dut since the Deity had to deal with uninstructed creatures, with men whose ideas of his greatness and holiness were obscure and im- perfect, it was surely wise to act according to the analogy furnished by the customs of earthly monarchs, whose courts require attention to be paid to numberless points of behaviour. Only thus could the august nature of Jehovah, the majesty of his attributes, and the solemnity of religious worship be duly impressed upon the minds of the Israelites. Every rite had a meaning, and to add salt to every offering was a command we shall find it interesting to study, l. OBEDIENCE TO THIS COHHAND CONSTITUTES EVERY OFFERING A PART OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN Gon A.ND BIB PEOPLE. It was by virtue of a special covenant that the nation had been selected as the vehicle of Divine revelation and the re- vository of Divine favours. 'I'he relation of superiority in which God stands to man, <JB, U, 1-16.] THE BOOK O~' LEVITICUS. 31