Christ, and therefore preachers often take it for granted that their hearers know them well, whereas a very large number may be virtually ignorant of them. I feel sometimes overwhelmed with the respon sibility of those who stand up to preach to men who in a short time must be in eternity. To the preacher Christ is pre cious, yet he frequently only speaks of repentance, of the danger of delay, of the blessings of religion, of good works, perhaps of faith in the abstract. These are all right and good, but these alone will not save. The men before him are dying. This may be their last oppor tunity of hearing any message from G id. Oh ! why does he not give at least a part of his sermon to tell how the Lord Jesus came to seek and to save the lost, and how He procured this salvation with His own blood 1 ? He has said, "I, if Ibe lifted up, will draw all men unto me. " Surely if all who know Him did indeed thus lift Him up from Sunday to Sunday, wo should nut hear so many lament that they see no fruit of their ministry. — Letter to a Clergyman in Times of Blessing.
A COURT DAY AND MINERS' MEETING AT SKIPPERS POINT.
Emigrant Life in Otago.
