3. A well-cultivated Mind, 4. Congeniality of Sentiment and of Feeling, 5. Energy of Character, 6. Suitableness of Age, 3. A sound Judgment-4. Prudence, 5. Similarity of religious Sentiment and Profession, 303 - 303 3. Prophet-4. Priest-5. King-6. Mediator, 353 7. Advocate and Intercessor, 354 8. Friend-9. Elder Brother-10. Husband, 355 V. The Christian Graces, 355 1. Faith-2. Hope-3. Charity-4. Joy, 5. Peace-6. Brotherly Kindness, 356 - 356 YOUNG LADIES' GUIDE. CHAPTER I. THE CHRISTIAN'S MARK. "Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."-PHIL. iii. 13, 14. WHEN young Christians first obtain peace and comfort in Christ, they are prone to think the struggle over, and the victory won; yet they have but just enlisted under the banner of the great Captain of their salvation, in a warfare which will never cease till they shall have obtained the final victory over sin and death, and entered into the joy of their Lord. This mistake often leads them to be satisfied with what they have already experienced, and to cease that "constant, inward strife and earnestness" which they exercised while under conviction, before they found "joy and peace in believing." They see such a heavenly sweetness in divine things that they think it impossible they should "lose the relish all their days." This be |