new inventions with which some men would poison the cup of
religion. God confirms you by the gift of the Holy Ghost, given by His
Word, and Sacraments, and means of grace. Let no one laugh you out of
believing in the Bible; let no one argue you out of trusting in that
Book which has been the guide, the teacher, the comforter of tens of
thousands. The followers of new creeds would like you to exchange your
Bible for their books. They will offer you the gospel of selfishness,
the gospel of pride, the gospel of hopelessness, the gospel of
money-making; turn away from them, and hold fast to the Gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Hold fast to the Sacraments of the Church. Let the
scoffer sneer, let the proud man refuse to bend before the Altar of his
Lord; but let nothing drive you from the Blessed Sacrament of Christ's
love. Hold fast to prayer. Let no crowd of difficulties, or worries,
or troubles keep you back from Jesus. Press through the crowd like
that woman of old, and touch the hem of Christ's garment, in prayer.
Only hold fast to your Bible, to your Altar, to your prayers, and "the
Lord Jesus shall confirm you unto the end, that you may be blameless in
the day of the Lord Jesus Christ."

SERMON LIV.

SCHOLARS OF CHRIST.

(Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.)

EPHESIANS x. 20.

"Ye have not so learned Christ."

Education is a very prominent feature in the England of to-day.
Schools are among the most conspicuous of our public buildings, and
competitive examinations are thronged by eager crowds; and, seeing all
this, it seems almost impossible that a few years ago most of our
poorer brethren could neither read or write. I am not going to speak
to you now about the blessings and the evils of the present state of
education; I want you to think of another school, and another kind of
lessons, which are far more important than all else in the world. The
time comes when the schoolboy can lay his books by, and when the young
man quits college, they have finished their education. But it is never
so in Christ's school, about which I am going to speak. As long as we
are here in the world we must go to school. And when we come to die,
our education is not finished, but we go to a higher class, as it were,
to learn such lessons as we never could master on earth.

In the school of Jesus Christ it is not always the oldest or the
cleverest who are the best scholars. There are white-haired old men
who are