follow. Christ's apostlos, Christ's ministers, must teach, not by word only, but by holy example, and that continually, perseveringly. They must teach all thinga whatsoever the Lord oommanded; not merely this or that favourite doctrine, but the whole range of Scripture truth. They must keep nothing back, but "declare the whole counsel of God "-the doctrine of the sovereignty of God and the met of human free-will and responsibility; the doctrine of justification by faith and the necessity of good works; a simple reliance on the merits and death of Christ, and the absolute necessity of holiness of heart and life; the doctrines of grace and the doctrine of the sacraments; all the truths of the Christian religion, all the practical duties of the Christian life, must have their due place in the teaching of the Church. 4. The Zaat promise. "Behold, I am with you always." It is a repetition of the promise made before his sufferings : " I will come again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from yotL" The Lord had come again. He would never again leave his servants; he would be with them always, all the days, all the appointed days of the world's history, to the consummation of all things. Not one day would he be absent from them. 'l'hough after the Ascension they would see him no more with the outward eye, he would be with them by his Spirit, dwelling in their hearts, present always, every day; present in the administration of the sacraments which he had ordained, giving by that presence virtue and efficacy to those outward visible signs whicli. without that presence cou!d convey no inward and spiritual grace ; present in their teaching, guiding them into all truth, filling them with zeal and ardent love for souls, giving them the eloquence of deep conviction, the inspired eloquence which comes from the promptings of the Holy Spirit; present always in the daily life of faith and obedience and self-sacrifice, and that for ever-unto the end, not only in apostolic times, but present now; present with us, if we a.re faithful; present as surely and certainly as he was with the apostles whom he had chosen; present with those who have succeeded the apostles in the ministry; present to help them in the administration of the sacraments, in their public teaching, in the daily ministrations ; present with all faithful Christi&ns, and that all the days, at all times, in joy and health and prosperity, in sorrow, in sickness, in bereavements, in the hour of death; present always, guiding, teaching, comforting, encouraging, making all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who a.re the called according to his purpose. The Church may well say "A.men" to that gracious promise. "Amen, even so come, Lord Jeans; be with ns always according to thy blessed Word; for without thee we e&n do nothing, and in thy presence is the fulness of joy." LEssoNs. L The soul that sees the Lord falls down before him in adoring worship. Oh, may we see him now by faith, that we may worship in spirit and in truth I 2. If we come to him in earnest supplication, he will draw near to us, he will remove our doubts &nd perplexities. 3. All power is his : in earth,-then let us obey him and imitate him in love aad reverence; in hea ven,-then let us trust in him in the full assurance of faith. He e&n prepare a place for his chosen in the many mansions of his Father's house.
HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 6.-The tJaca111,t tomb. Jesus did not only appear after his death, as ghosts are said to have appeared, startling nervous people in haunted places. His tomb was left vacant. His body had disappeared. This is an important fact in regard to the Resurrection. L THEB.B IS A l!IEGATIVE AS WELL AS A POSITIVE EVIDENCE FOB THE BESUBBEOTION, The positive evidence is in the appearance of Christ to his disciples; the negative evidence i.a in the empty tomb. If Jesus had not risen from the dead,men could have pointed to his sealed tomb, could even have tom it open and shown the corpse within. Why did none of the enemies of Jesus do this? No effort appears to have been made to take this simple means of confuting the preaching of the apostles. Yet it wa.s m&nifestly in the interest of the Sa.lducean rulers of the Jews to have follo'l'l'.ed this course. But if the bod1 of our Lord was not to be found, what bad become of it? _ His enemies could have had no interM in hiding it-quite the contrary. M, RenaD <m. nvm.1-2O.] THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. 1355