A prominent characteristic of the
state of mind produced by Christian
faith is coutldeuce In the ultimate victory
of good over evil. Hero again is a
truth over which much in tho world at
large, and in the lives of single men,
may well east a shadow. "The righteous
pcrisheth, nnd no man luyeth It to
heart;" the "ungodly are in no peril
of death, but nro lusty nud strong:
they oomo in no misfortune like
other folk, neither nro they
plnguod like other men." This is
tho appearance which huiuun life
wears from age to ng. Here and
thero wo sen notorious exceptions to
the rule. Hut, ujmhi the whole, evil
seems to Ik in jMissesinn. nnd, as far as
experience goes, it U. likely to hold its
own. When a Christian Is haunted by
this Impression, which strikes at persistent
faith in tho moral supremacy of
Uh1, he turn. Ids thoughts to the resurrection.
Xever did evil obtain such a
triumph over pure goodness as when
it nailed Jesus Christ, our Iord,
to the eroas of khmne. Xerer
wns the ultimate vksuiry of
mi clearly vindicated as on tho
morning of the resurrection. Of this
supreme event. Joseph's exaltation to
lie the ruler of IJgypL David's triumph
over Sul. Israel's deliverance, in owe
age frtun Kgyptinn Ininduge, in another
from Uwt of llnbylon, were biit faint
adumbrations. The greatest proof thnt
ever was jrlveir that the world Is governed
by a moral (Sod wns given when
JoMis. the sinless victim of trlumpluint
evil, whs rescued by the resurrection
from the clutches of death. II. l LM-dun,
Canon of Su Paul's.
A lllcliir HiiikI.
