* A spirit of adoption is the spirit of a child; he may disoblige his father, yet he is not afraid of being turned out of doors. The union is not dissolved, though the communion is. He is not well with his father, therefore must be unhappy, as their interests are inseparable.—Newton.
THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A GOOD CAUSE.
The first ground of encouragement is that you have a good cause, I mean the cause of God, and the interest of Jesus Christ. Speak against it who will, forsake it who will, reproach and persecute it who will, doubtless, good is the cause, the cause is worth contending for, worth the suffering anything that can come for it.—James Guthrie.