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 IN THE ENEMY'S LINES. 
 
 BY A VIRGINIA LADT. 
 
 t i° n ? y T ay a few eyenin g s 8inc ^ ) ^ the house of God 
 I heard a lady accost a soldier friend with the question : 
 Where is your mother ? "In the enemy's lines, " was the 
 reply. I doubt not a cloud was on the brow, and a darker 
 cloud overshadowed the heart of that son as he thought of 
 one whom he loved so tenderly being in the enemy's lines, 
 feoldier ! where are you ? You are nobly defending your 
 country against an enemy that has trampled upon her 
 right*, deprived you of your home, and despoiled you of 
 your lnhentencc. But you too are "in an enemy's lines." 
 Does no mother's or sister's heart ache for you ? Yours 
 is an enemy more subtle than those now invading our land. 
 He is trampling upon rights more valuable than your 
 national ones-— the rights of serving your God. He is 
 seeking to deprive you of your eternal home and to despoil 
 you of your everlasting inheritance. Will you not enlist 
 under the banner of the King of Kings— gird on the armor 
 that He who rules in Heaven offers you, and drive that 
 enemy from his stronghold in -your heart? Intervention 
 is tendered you— not foreign— but that of the Friend of 
 
 TTi 8 --"?^ 11 the mediation of the Son of God, who has 
 shed his blood for you. His terms are not hard. Put 
 your trust in him. Give him your heart. Love and serve 
 him. Assert and maintain your right 1o a home in 
 Heaven— to an inheritance incorruptible and undefilcd and 
 that fadeth not away. 
 
 "Seize your armor—gird it on; 
 Now the battle will be won ; 
 See 1 the strife will soon be done. 
 Then struggle manfully. 
 
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Though all earth and hell appear] 
 Who oan doubt or who oan tear ? 
 God our strength and shield is near 
 We cannot loee our cause ." 
 
 "REMEMBER "—OR THE BULLET. 
 
 His country was in danger. The spirit of the patriot 
 was stirred. A youth of eighteen had gathered his little 
 all in his knapsack, and was about to bid his mother fare- 
 well. With tears she said to him, " Will you carry this 
 Bible V With deep emotion he answered, " Yes.'' 
 
 In all his marches over mountains and valleys, that 
 Bible was never forgotten. In a hard battle, when many 
 fell at his side, this young man escaped alive. After they 
 had taken up the wounded and had buried their dead, he 
 took his knapsack from his shoulders and sat down alone. 
 As he thought of his spared life, he thought of his mother, 
 and of his mother's Bible. He took it out, and on looking 
 at the cover, found it had been perforated with a ball from 
 the enemy. On opening the Bible, the bullet fell out. 
 Then he had a curiosity to know where and at what pass- 
 age of Scripture the bullet stopped. He turned on and on 
 until he found it stopped at the words in Eccl. 12: 1, 
 "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, 
 while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, 
 when thou shalt say, I have no pleasuie in them." The 
 young soldier fell a weeping. He first thought of his 
 mother, then of his Bible, then of God his Creator and his 
 Preserver. He became thenceforward a praying soldier. 
 
 When he returned from the war, he had found the. Sa- 
 viour precious. And Oh, what a meeting it was when he 
 met his dear mother, and showed her the Bible that had 
 saved his life in the clay of battle! And what was bettor 
 to her than all the rest, she saw the sweet passage that the 
 ^1 let could not pass, the passage that had saved his soul : 
 mber now thy Creator in the day? of thy youth /' 
 
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 THINGS TO THINK OF. 
 
 u What will it profit you, if you gain the whole world 
 and lose your own soul f" 
 
 " Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart 
 cheer thee in the days of thy youth ; and walk in the ways 
 of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know 
 thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into 
 judgment." 
 
 Think of the end for which you were made : to glorify 
 God. 
 
 Think of the end to which you are hastening : to joy or 
 woe; heaven or hell. 
 
 Think of the value of your soul : it will exist for ever. 
 
 Think of death : you must soon die. Time is short. 
 
 Think of judgment: God will give to every man the just 
 reward of his deeds; to the righteous, eternal life; to the 
 wicked, eternal death. 
 
 Think of hell : the worm that never dies, the fire that 
 is never quenched ; and try to escape it. 
 
 Think of heaven : eternal happiness and joy ; and en 
 deavor to obtain it. Think of these things. 
 
 A LASTING PEACE 
 
 Reader, peace ia a blessed thing. War is an immen&a 
 evil. Peace ought to be prayed for night and day by 
 
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 who love their country. But after all thejre is only one 
 peace which is lasting, and that is, the peace with God 
 'which faith in Christ gives. 
 
 There is no happiness compared to that which this peace 
 affords. A calm sea after a storm, a blue sky after abiaok 
 thunder-cloud, health after sickness, light after darkness, 
 rest after toil, all, all are beautiful and pleasant things. 
 But none, none of them all can give more than a feeble 
 idea of the comfort which those enjoy which believe in 
 Christ, and have peace ivith God. It is a peace which 
 passeth all understanding. 
 
 It is the want of this very peace which makes many in 
 the world unhappy. Hundreds have every thing that is 
 thought able to give pleasure, and yet are never satisfied. 
 Their hearts are always aching. There is a constant sense 
 of emptiness within. And what is the secret of all this? 
 They have no peace with God. 
 
 It is the desire of this very peace which makes many a 
 heathen do much in his idolatrous religion. Thousands 
 have been seen to mortiiy their bodies, and vex their own 
 Uesb, in the service of some wretched image which their 
 own hands had made. And why ? Because they hunger- 
 ed after peace with God. 
 
 It is the possession of this very peace on which the value 
 of a man's leligion depends. Without it there may be 
 every thing to please the eve. and gratify the car — forms, 
 ceremonies, services, and sacraments — and yet no good 
 done to the soul. The grand question that should try all, 
 is the state of a man's conscience. Is it peace? Has he 
 peace with God? 
 
 Reader, this is the very peace about which I address 
 you this day. Have you got it ? Do you feel it ? Is it 
 your own ? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you 
 shall ha?c lasting peace. 
 
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