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16 truths they heard must sink into their hearts and take form, and spring up, and come blossoming forth in the every-day acts of their lives. That regeneration is not the result of a moment's violent excitement, but a purifying work that, once commenced in the soul, must gradually, steadily progress through a whole existence. That the religion of a true servant of the Lord, a true member of his church, is made up of Charity as inseparable from genuine Faith as the heat of the sun's rays is from their light. A charity that rejoices in finding good in others, that seeks, (does not wait for, but zealously seeks) opportunities of serving others; a charity that influences every word man utters; every thought that flits through his mind; every purpose of his will; every movement of his life.

The piety he commended was not a lip-service, chiefly evinced by church-going and external sanctity, easily simulated and often hollow, void of all goodness; it was not the so-called "renunciation of the world," but a life full of good deeds in the midst of the world, the true renunciation in renouncing the evil things of this world.

Mr. Mildmay's congregation had rapidly increased since his marriage. It seemed as though his union with one so thoroughly congenial, so trustful yet so helpful, had rendered his manhood more complete, had imparted to him double strength, double influence, double power for good.

To his Sunday-school, in particular, Amy lent the