Love is the power for service real The spring of true success; "Tis Love that fires the heart with zeal Which knows no selfishness. To write its worth the time would fail- Faith laughs "impossible " to scorn- And when the fight of Faith is o'er, To all eternity. Some longing soul perhaps will ask, "Where is this treasure found? That in its sunlight I may bask, And in its ways abound." This Love is not a fruit of earth; It has its source in heaven; From God its mighty river goes— Its channel," Christ alone." At Jesus' cross full vent it found, There o'er its banks the torrent flow'd Dear Saviour, draw me close to Thee From The Believer's Pathway. ZION'S KING. THE Man who once on Calvary groaned, Is now at God's right hand enthroned, As universal King He sits ; Or as He gives command. The number of the stars He knows, Then why, believer, yield to fear? He sits upon a glorious throne, J. S. ANDERSON. (By permission, from The Silent Messenger.) be Family Circle. "ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD."GEN. v. 24. MANY years ago a venerable and worthy minister entered the house of one of his congregation, where he saw a child on a rocking-horse. "Dear me," exclaimed the godly preacher, "how wondrously like some Christians! there is motion, but no progress." I wonder how many of my young readers know the blessedness of what it is to walk with God as Enoch did. Methinks I hear some one say, "I do earnestly desire to walk with God, and my constant prayer is expressed in the lines of one of the sweetest of poets, Cowper : 'Oh! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb.' Allow me to say, dear friend, that, if such is the sentiment of your warmest thoughts, you are in reality what you desire to be-a Christian. You think upon the name of Jesus, and long to love Him more and to serve Him better; and for you the Lord has a special regard (see Mal. iii. 16). May the fervent aspirations of your soul after God be encouraged by the fact "that He which hath begun the good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." (Phil. i. 6). May you be helped from the heart to sing with Berridge initiated into the worship of God by the new birth, and also dedicated to Divine service through his spiritual life, by the loving appointment of God. Enoch was also a type of Jesus Christ as regards his being dedicated to the service of God, and the Father expressed Himself twice as being well pleased with His beloved Son-for what He did in Jordan's waters and on the mount of Tabor. Enoch was a prophet (Jude 14), so was Jesus Christ (Deut. xviii. 18). Enoch's life was short compared with the lives of most men of his time; Jesus was cut off in the full vigour of life. Jared, the father of Enoch, did not live to be quite so old as his grandson, Methuselah ; but Enoch died when comparatively young, only 365 years old, and this number of years being exactly the same as the number of days in one of our years, is called " a year of years." Enoch is also called, by Jude, "the seventh from Adam," to distinguish him from Enoch the son of Cain, who was the founder of a city which was called after his own name. Enoch also lived on the very eve of the world's destruction, when it was full of sin and corruption, and yet, like his Divine Master, his body saw no corruption, for he was taken to heaven without dying. God has in His wisdom taken to Himself many of the best of men when in their full zenith of life, and when in the midst of their labour, such as John the Baptist, Stepher, and others of later times. But Jesus Christ, though He left this sinful world in the prime of His manhood, finished the work the Father gave Him to do. Enoch lived, to a great extent, an isolated life; that is, he did not have many companions with whom he could walk, except the one of his heart-the Lord, with whom he communed three hundred years. Doubtless this period of time, though to us long, seemed, to the holy patriarch, short, as he was so much absorbed in the love of God. Thus he knew the mind of God and walked in obedience to His commands, which sweetened his days, however rough they may have been consequent upon the surrounding wickedness of the world just before the deluge. Enoch's life, therefore, was a holy one; an active, progressive, self-sacrificing life. Here he found no continuing city, but sought the city on high, where now, with myriads more of the bloodredeemed throng, he enjoys everlasting felicity "O happy saints, who dwell in light, And walk with Jesus clothed in white! Safe landed on that peaceful shore Where pilgrims meet to part no more.' Enoch walked in affection with God, and in perfection through God. He loved God, and "perfect love casteth out fear." A person would not walk affectionately nor fearlessly with another if he thought he was going to take away his life, or do him some serious injury the first opportunity he had. But Enoch had confidence in God as his Friend, who had always been better to him than his fears. What an honour to walk with such a loving and holy Friend as God. Enoch must have drunk sweetly into the Spirit of his Divine Lord, as did Moses when on the Mount with God. To be with God, and to talk and walk with Him, is to have the mind of Christ. It would be considered a very great honour to-day to walk with her beloved Majesty the Queen of England, or with any other noble personage of earth; but to walk with God is to be supremely blest, and if we walk with Him here, we shall surely walk with Him in the golden streets on high. "Immortal love shall then repay The transient sorrow of the way, To walk with Jesus on earth is to walk in truth, in love, and in obedience to His commands, which means to walk, as Zacharias and Elizabeth did, "in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless " (Luke i. 6). And though the way may be dark and rough, the Lord has promised to be with us: "Lo I am with you alway" (Matt. xxviii. 20). Whether the walk of life be long or short, it will be at times sweet and always safe. Moses desired the assurance of God's presence in his march from Egypt to Canaan; and the dear Lord graciously said: "My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest" (Exod. xxxiii. 14). The presence of Jesus is indispensable for safety, for satisfaction, for comfort, and for rest. The Christian's walk is an every-day walk, and an upright walk will commend itself to others who do not follow the Lamb. The wicked are constantly walking from God down to destruction; they turn their backs to Him. But all those who earnestly seek God walk either to God, after God, before God, or with Godwhether their position of life be in the shop, in the market, in the domestic circle, or in the church, in health and in sickness, 66 In time and to eternal days, 'Tis with the righteous well." How sweet to feel the force of the Lord's loving words when in trouble"When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee," &c. (Isa. xliii. 2), which beautiful expression is in harmony with the great challenge pronounced by Paul, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ?" (Rom. viii. 35). And the beloved John repeats the language of Jesus in confirmation of the above testimony, "they shall walk with Me in white for they are worthy " (Rev. iii. 4). May it be the happy lot of every reader of this magazine to walk with Jesus by faith to-day and in love to the brethren, as also to "walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time" (Col. iv. 5). And then the song of each will accord with the annexed lines of Newton"With Him sweet converse I maintain, Great as He is I dare be free; Enoch's walk was a walk of faith, "but without faith it is impossible to please Him;" and more, without faith it is impossible for any one to be pleased with God. "By faith in Christ I walk with God. With heaven, my journey's end, in view." W. WINTERS. WHIRLING DOWN NIAGARA. JUST as a grain scow containing a crew of four men, and towed by two horses, swung out of the Chippewa cut into the Niagara River, she met a raft of timber rather near the shore for the scow to pass between it and the land. The scow was forced to take the outside. The driver of the horses did his best to keep the line clear by urging his horses, but it finally caught in the logs and snapped. As the rope parted, the boat trembled on the surface of the water for an instant, as if in dread of the terrible fate that awaited it, and then swung around and started for Niagara Falls at a terrible pace. The scow, being destined for canal navigation, had no small boat or anchor. Appreciating in an instant their awful danger, the men on the scow yelled to the men on the raft to get a boat quick. One of their number sprang ashore and ran for Chippewa, shouting as he ran, "Help! a boat quick! men going over the falls!" The sound of his voice reached the village considerably in advance of the man, and the cry was there taken up and repeated from street to street. The people poured out of their houses and shops, each inquiring of the other what could be done. Some scattered to hunt for one, while those who felt that they could be of no use if a boat were found, ran down the creek bank to see what was the situation on the river. On reaching it, we were horrified to see that the scow had already got considerably below the mouth of the creek, and was speeding down stream, with its precious human freight, to what seemed certain destruction. Some of the men on the vessel were on their knees, with clasped hands and upturned faces, commending their souls to God. Very soon the Canadian bank of the river was lined with hundreds of people, while quite a crowd could also be seen on the Goat Island side. They were all agonised witnesses of four fellow-beings in horrible terror. Just as all hope had been abandoned, apparently, by people on land and the men on the scow, a voice cried from the upper end of the crowd, "Here comes a boat." In an instant every eye was turned in the direction of Chippewa Creek, and there most of them recognised the tall and athletic form of a bargeman named Smith, in an ordinary clinker boat, pulling boldly into the river. As he forged out into the stream he made a hasty survey of the situation and then plied the white ash with redoubled energy: As he sped along the boat almost leaping from the water at each stroke, a cheer arose from the people on the shore that fairly rent the air. The moment Smith appeared, the attention of the men on the scow was riveted upon him and his frail craft. On and on he shot, each stroke narrowing the distance between him and the scow; but the latter was getting alarmingly close to the rapids, to enter which was certain destruction to all on board. Those of us on shore could not help admiring and applauding the heroism of young Smith, but we could only feel that the result of his daring would be to add another to the list of the lost, As he neared the scow he turned his head and shouted to the men ; "Scatter along the side of the boat and drop in as I pass by." The command was promptly obeyed and in an instant the little craft was alongside, One after another the men sprang in, until the four were safely in the bottom, Now came a moment of painful anxiety. "What will he do?" was the query that came to every mind. Smith had his plan of action and never hesitated a moment. At a point, some distance from the Canada shore the current divided at the head of the rapids, part of the stream flowing around an island in the vicinity of the burnt spring. In reaching the current leading around the island lay the only hope of escape. Taking a diagonal course across and down the stream Smith bent every effort to reach the Canadian divide. It was a desperate struggle for the lives of five men between the seething, boiling waters and the muscle and endurance of young Smith, with the odds seemingly against him. But the divide was finally gained, with not a boat's length to spare, and the frail craft shot down between the island and the mainland like a rocket. At the foot of the island the channel widened materially, the current slackened and the water became more shallow, and here young Smith landed his boat, having performed one of the most heroic and daring feats ever performed by mortal man. Dear young friends, while reading this thrilling incident, fix your thoughts. on a cataract more fearful than Niagara, from whirling down which one, better, braver, wiser, and stronger than the bargeman is needed to save you. How dreadful to think that sinners are plunging down the current of life into the abyss of destruction with no deep sense of their need of the only Saviour. -American Regular Baptist Magazine. SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. No. 1. 1. Affirmed of knowledge. 3. Descriptive of behaviour inconsistent with charity (ver. 13). 4. The opposite of all things. 10. How objects are now seen. 11. Destiny of "that which is in part. CedarS, Hysso P, RaddaI, IshaR, ShimeI, TabreT. Initials, Christ; finals, Spirit. Fervent in spirit, Acceptable, Instant, Transformed, Hospitality; Abhor, Night, Diligence; Low estate, Overcome with good, Vengeance, Evil. Initials, Faith and Love. Answers correct in result, but in one or two cases not quite so in detail, have been received to both enigmas from H. T. Cursons, Park Street; C. J. Brooks, Brighton; Mary Heather, Guildford; Ellen Kindred, Cransford; K. Price, Clare; P. L. Kitchen, Peterborough. Correct answers to No. 1 and No. 2 respectively have been received from S. Riddle, Watford, and T. G. M., Bungay. P. L. Kitchen says, "I am one that has just begun to run the Christian race. It is my earnest desire that the enigmas should be in the HERALD every month; it may be that I am expressing the wish of a few, at least, |