How freely they bear ridicule! Men who would blush to talk of religion
do not hesitate to be sneered at for the sake of their party, wearing
their colour and priding themselves on their opinions. We have nothing
to say against this. Men ought to have the courage of their opinions,
but why not own up and play the man for Jesus Christ?

We should like to know what the election has cost for

PRINTING.

Many thousands of pounds have been spent, and spent freely, without a
grudge, for placards and cartoons. Any man who had a new idea in the
shape of a striking advertisement could have it adopted by his party,
regardless of cost. All this, too, we don't object to, but we say that
if any of us Evangelists wanted to spend a small proportion of this
amount in trying to get men and women to come to God's house during a
Mission, there would be a tremendous outcry against his

EXTRAVAGANCE!

One interesting feature in this matter is the large number of

PRIVATE CARRIAGES

used to convey voters to the poll. It was very amusing to see some of
the men riding in state, in the custody of the owner of the carriage! It
was good to tell they had not been used to it, and felt that they were on
their good behaviour. What struck some of us was the readiness of ladies
and gentlemen to lend their vehicles for this purpose. We can have no
possible objection to this, but we wonder what would be said to us if we
counselled them to send their carriages to bring the aged and feeble to
the house of God? We should be told that we had no idea of the fitness
of things. This would be true if heaven were less than earth, and
politics of more importance than religion.

It is a queer world, and we wonder sometimes if the time will ever come
when men shall believe their Bibles as much as their newspapers? As we
have seen during the last few days, professing Christians of the most
apathetic order, going half wild about Whigs and Tories, we have said to
ourselves,

WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMETH, SHALL HE FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH?

DON'T FLATTER THE DEVIL!
ACTS, xvii.

We read that the Apostle "was grieved" to hear this possessed woman
speaking favourably of him and his companion. He could not bear for it
to be even suspected that his mission was tolerated by the devil. Her
masters made money by her wrongdoing, and he would not have their
patronage. He and Silas were happier in the cell, sore and hungry as
they were, than in l