But to render us unmoveable--to arm us against such assailants --nothing will suffice, till Christ dwell in our hearts by faith; till his truth be /our property/; till the Saviour be a Saviour, and pardon a pardon, /to us/. A religion which has merely been handed down to us by our fathers, will not stand the rude shock of such assaults as have been named. We need to be rooted and grounded in the truth. We require a better and a deeper teaching than man's. It must be a fixed conviction in our soul, that religion does not consist in observing mere forms or seasons, however devoutly. Christ must dwell in the heart, just as the blood must be in the body, and circulate there as a vitalizing power. THE PANOPLY. On this subject we cannot be too urgent. While there is absolutely no panoply but truth, our convictions need to be reinforced by the feeling, that it is not toil that degrades man; it is not hard labour that ranks him among the lower orders; it is sin. Adam, in innocence, had to work, and that did not degrade him. But he sinned, and that laid him in the miry clay. Paul the apostle had to work, and felt no dishonour in it. The only dishonour which he knew, was rebellion against God; and if we would resist the temptations which assail us from without or from within, we need to make sure that we are on the Lord's side; that his truth is in our hearts; that it keeps watch in our souls, ready to sound an alarm, and summon us to action against every enemy. Without that, surrounded as we are in the workshop with clouds of enemies, we shall be like the willow wand before the blast, and driven of the wind and tossed; but with the grace of God in the soul, we may be strong in the Lord and the power of his might; we may beat back our assailants--some have won them to their cause. No power but truth, we repeat, will ever make us steadfast. Some invest our "cottage homes" with the attractions of poetry, and tell that "Fearless there the lowly sleep, As the bird beneath their eaves." But it is not poetic embellishments--it is nothing factitious in man's lot--it is the simple truth of God uniting to Christ, that elevates or ennobles the soul. BAPTISMAL SUPERSTITION.