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standing; the excellence of the doctrine from divine goodness; and the moral character of the penmen from divine purity. Thus christianity is built on these four immovable pillars; the power, the understanding, the goodness, and the purity of God. I add further, the bible must be the invention, either of good men or angels, bad men or devils, or of God. It could not be the invention of good men or angels; for they neither would nor could make a book, and tell lies all the time they were writing it, saying, Thus saith the Lord, when it was their own invention. It could not be the invention of bad men or devils; for they would not make a book which commands all duty, forbids all sin, and condemns their souls to hell to all eternity. I therefore draw this conclusion, the bible must have been given by divine inspiration.— Simpson.

HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR SUNDAYS? It is God's day. It is set apart for his worship. It is intended for your good. The body should rest from labour, and the soul should be engaged in God's service. Prayer, self-examination, reading the scriptures, and attending public worship, should occupy the greater part. But many waste it in sleep, pervert it in going out in parties for pleasure, or pollute it by reading newspapers and other carnal publications. But, HOW DO You spend your Sunday? As the apostles and primitive christians did? As you will wish you had when you lie on your death-bed? Think over this question, it is important, it may do you good. On the Lord's day we should attend the service of his house, join in worship with his people, seek to promote his glory, and prepare for the everlasting Sabbath. Rest FROM worldly employment. Rest ON the finished work of Christ. Rest WITH the people of God. spend your Sunday as you ought, and you will prove the to be the best of all the seven.

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"WHERE SHALL I GO LAST OF ALL?"-A Hindoo was lying upon his bed, expecting soon to die. He was full of thought where his soul would go after death. He had been wholly given to idolatry, and now he felt that he was not happy. A priest came to see him, and the dying man said, "What will become of me?" "Oh," said the priest, "you will live in another body." "And where shall I go then?" he asked. "Into another." "And where then?" "Into another, and so on through thousands of millions." The thoughts of the dying man darted across all these many changes, as if they were but the work of an instant, and cried, "Where shall I go last of all?" The priest could not reply, and the unhappy idolater died with no one near him to answer his anxious question. Reader, you have in your hands the word of God, which will furnish an answer to all your enquiries. Let the question of the ignorant idolator be yours-Where shall I go last of all?

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The Publishers of the above Magazine have much pleasure in announcing that the circulation has now increased to nearly 17,000 monthly. The periodical has received the sanction of nearly all the principal ministers of the denomination as one of the best, as it is certainly one of the cheapest, of the present day.

The following is a List of Contents of all the Numbers for the past Six Months:

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THE APPEAL;

A Magazine for the People.

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"Glory to God in the highest,-And on earth peace,-
Good will toward men."

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SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES.

"O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day."-Psalm cxix. 97.

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1 TuWhat must I do to be saved?

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.

Acts xvi. 30.

Acts xvi. 31.

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3Th What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what Job xxi. 15.

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10 Th 11F

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profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the 1 Tim. iv. 8. life that now is, and of that which is to come.

That deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I Matt. xxvii. 63. will rise again.

THE LORD'S DAY.-The Lord is risen indeed, and hath ap- Luke xxiv. 34. peared to Simon. (See opposite page.)

The care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke Matt. xiii. 22. the word.

God is angry with the wicked every day.

Psalm vii. 11.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his Isaiah Iv. 7.
thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will
have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abun-
dantly pardon.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
What profit hath a man of all his labour?

Heb. x. 31.
1 John i. 7.
Eccl. i. 3.

THE LORD'S DAY.-Labour not for the meat which perish- John vi. 27.
eth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting
life, which the Son of man shall give unto you.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for Eccl. ix. 10.
there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom,

in the grave, whither thou goest.

Heb. ii. 3.

2 Cor. vi. 2.

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?
Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation.
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall sud- Prov. xxix. 1.
denly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit Pro. i. 23.
unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

19 S

Exodus xx. 9.

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21 M

Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work.
THE LORD'S DAY.-Then the same day at evening, being the John xx. 19.
first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the
disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus
and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto
you.

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Malachi iii. 8.
Wherein have we robbed thee?

22 Tu What doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Deut. x. 12.
Lord thy God, and to walk in all his ways, and to love him,
and to serve him?

There is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short Rom. iii. 22, 23. of the glory of God.

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24 Th 25 F

How should man be just before God?

Job ix. 2.

Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption

Rom. iii. 24.

that is in Christ Jesus.

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Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace.

THE LORD'S DAY.-Therefore being justified by faith, we Rom. v. i.
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.

31 Th We love him, because he first loved us.

2 Cor. ix. 15.

1 John iv. 8. John iii. 16.

1 John iv. 19.

The reader will notice that most of the above texts are either adapted to the day of the week, or intended to throw light upon each other.

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