Would you struggle for your life were you suddenly to fall into a stream or the sea? You would: then will you calmly sink to rise no more for ever, as regards the soul? Would you repel the attack of a robber were he to invade the midnight silence of your home? You would: then with equal earnestness, but in almighty strength, repel the invader--the man that would be the assassin of your soul. Would you refuse to let the oppressor plant his foot on the happy island of your home? You would hasten, I believe, to sweep him from our borders. Then, with equal heroism, defend the freedom which the Son of God bestows--freedom from the bondage of sin, from its pollution and its curse. TOKENS FOR GOOD. Nor should it be forgotten for the encouragement of the sons of toil, that there is in our day a gradual approximation of the classes of society. The spreading of education, and the attempts of one class to benefit another, are bringing men more closely together, to link them, as we have seen, in more brotherly concord. There may still be the scowl of defiance from the lawless, and plots on the part of the disaffected, while on the other hand, there are still some remains of a class fast verging to extinction, who would doom the people to hopeless ignorance and toil. But these are nearly obsolete notions, and men are more cordially walking together now, like those who are agreed. In the brief space of a quarter of a century, the hopes of philanthropists once deemed Utopian, have been turned into realities; and while the doctrine of Christ is thus adorned, men's sorrows are soothed, their souls are blessed. Many other counsels might be added to those now advanced. We might say--In the workshop avoid all high debate. It never leads to edification; it often occasions the loss both of our temper and our cause. "Be always ready to give to every one that asks it, a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear." Be as ready to protest against all that is hostile to the soul and the happiness of man. But contention about religion is often its death; and we would rather say, Hold in your mouth as with a bridle when the wicked are before you. Let /the life/ argue for the Saviour and his cause, far more than the lip. In that way, men will be compelled to take knowledge of you that you have been with Jesus. The life of a Christian is always the most conclusive argument and the most solemn appeal. "Study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands," and let the contentious bite and devour, without retaliation from you. We might farther say--Be diligent. Above all, be diligent for Christ. It is thus that his people learn to put on armour of proof against all temptation. They redeem the time. They try to do all in the name of Christ, and he becomes like walls and bulwarks round about them. If you will learn to be a "miser of moments," you may grow rich for eternity. THE TEMPTER A REPTILE.