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 eousness and peace kiss each other? (Psalm lxxxv. 10.) Judas, no doubt, thought he had done his work so well, that his wickedness, under his kiss of pretended affection, would not be seen: but in this he was mistaken. Jesus knew what was in man, and the words of the Lord, upon receiving the salutation, "Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?" shewed that all was discovered and known. Now a deep repentance thrilled through the soul of Judas: he made all the reparation for his crime he could—he brought back the thirty pieces of silver, cast them down before the chief priests, saying, "I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood!" His repentance was deep and agonizing, even to despair and death. We have reason to believe his repentance was sincere; if so, there is no sin, for which repentance flows deeply, beyond the reach of Infinite Mercy. He went to his own place (Acts i. 25); and Charity, that hopeth well of all, now draws the veil over repenting Judas. Look well, reader! to thine own life; remember there has been in the world more than one Judas!

T PAUL says, "marriage is honourable in all" (Heb. xiii. 4); and as such, to do violence to it in any way, must be a crime at once dishonourable and sinful. Marriage, when rightly viewed, is both a civil and religious contract—civil in re-