third heaven, hearing unspeakable words, saturated with gifts of the Holy Ghost, he was able to lead men's souls ink> depths and heights of unseen things as no other tl.'acher was. Hi~ eloquent tongue, pouring forth the riches of knowledge of an enlightened heart, could speak of God's love to man, of hie eternal purposes, of bis pre- destinating grace, of the coming and kingdom of the Lord Jesus, of the resurrection of the dend, of the inheritance of the saints in light, in words of wisdom and power certainly not inferior oo those of the very chiefest apostles of Christ. And yet, in dealing with the practical duties of Ohristian men and women, and in teachin11: morality as an essential part of Christianity, there is a particularity of detail, a searching appli- cation of truth, an earnest tone of warning and of exhortation, which could not be nceeded by any teacher of ethics who knew of nothing else bat human condnct and the present interests of society. With St. Paul, familiarity with the highest doctrines of revelation does not depreciate the importance of the humblest duties of daily life; it rather magnifies it, and raises those duties from an earthly to a heavenly platform. If St. Paul's sole end and aim in his apostolic labours bad been to bring the daily !ifs of every class of the community to whom he wrote into accordance with the law of righteousness, and to make human life on earth pure and happy, he could not have dwelt upon those details of practice, on which the economy or society depends for its comfort and happiness, with more earnestness and particularity than he has done. The demeanour of old men, the behaviour of old women, the influence·of the aged upon the young, the innermost domestic duties of the wife and the mother, words, deeds, looks, dress, temper, disposition, affections, all comes under the constraining influence of the gospel as preached by St. Paul. In like manner that degraded portion of man- kind whose condition was so pitiable in the Roman empire, the slaves, of whom there were such numbers in every considerable household, is brought under the elevating influence of Christian motive. Relations and duties full of nought but pain and humiliation in themselves, and leading naturally to the vices which are born of degradation, are elevated at once into platforms of eminent virtue. Under the holy influences of Chr,istian faith new principles are called into life, new motives of thought and action a.re a.wakeue:l, and the low life of the dishonest, insolent, and deceitful slave becomes the arena for the exercise of some of the highest virtues of the saint. What a lesson we have here for the Christian teacher! If the parish priest, whose intercourse with his flock brings him into contact with the infirmities and sins of the various classes of his parishioners, would bend his strength in this direction, and upon the basis of the doctrine of grace would builrl the superstructure of a severe and minute instruction in the details of a really holy life, the value of a parochial ministry would be seen to the full. Christianity in the family, Christianity in the shop, Uhristianity in the daily intercourse of map with man, would be a preaching of Christ to the world which would put the caviller to shame, and which no adversaries would be ahle to gainsay or to resist.
HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 1.-Special instructions as to Titus's 0W1• peaching. "But speak thou the things which become sound ,loctrine '.'-respecting the special deportment of Christians of every age, sex, and rank. I. CHRISTIANITY IS A SYSTFlll OF DOCTRINE AS WELL AB LIFE. It is a doctrine that it may be a life. 1. The doct1ine is contrasted with the fables of the false teachers, who did nothing by their speculatio_1s but lower the tone of Christian life. A true moral life was only possible on the basis of the facts of the gospel plan of salvation (ver. 11). 2. Its soundneu contrasts with the unhealthy teaching of the false teachers. It is called "the good doctrine" (1 Tim. iv. 6), and the "doctrine according to godliness" (1 Tim. vi. 3). Every other system corrupts; the sound doctrine renovates, elevates, purifies; for our Lord said, "SanctHy them through thy truth." It is ,milk for babes and meat f9r strong men. II. IT 18 THE DUTY OF lllNIB1'ERI! TO PBEAOB THIS BOUND DOOTRINE. lt ought to be prenched: 1. Publicly and plainly, since there are so many" vain teachers." 2. lfTi/h certainty, as being the undoubted truth. 3. With all boldness, as without fear of man ., THE EPIBTLE TO TITU8. [OB. II. 1-16,
or seeking to pl881!4! man. 4. .At all tima, in selU!OD &Dd out of selU!Qn, 6. Jn ita due relatwn to the duties of religion, as the spring of obedience.-T. 0.