come to the workers themselves. Let each do his own part. There is
one way, we need scarcely say, in which we can all help the Church's
work: by giving to it "as the Lord hath prospered us." Under the Old
Testament dispensation every one was under strict obligation to give a
fixed proportion of his substance for religious purposes. Surely we
should not be less liberal when the proportion is left to our own sense
of duty. Freely we have received. Let us also freely give.

3. While loyal to our own Church, we should cherish towards all
Christians feelings of charity and good-will. Many of us, probably
most of us, belong to the Church to which our parents belonged; and so
long as we feel it ministers to our spiritual benefit we should keep by
it and work with it. There is little good obtained by running from
church to church, and those who sever themselves from their early
religious associations are often anything but gainers. But while we
are loyal to our own regiment in the Christian army, and proud, so far
as a Christian may be so, of its traditions and achievements, let us
ever feel that the army itself is greater than our own regiment, and
not only cherish good-will and brotherly love towards those who fight
in that army, but be ready at all times to co-operate with them, and to
fight with them against the common enemy. It is well to be a good
churchman, it is infinitely better to be a good Christian. It is best
when one is both; for indeed he is the best Christian who is the best
churchman, and he is the best churchman who is the best Christian.

[1] The subject of "The Church, Ministry and Sacraments" is to be fully
dealt with in a Guild text-book by the Rev. Norman Macleod, D. D. We
only refer in this chapter to those phases of Church life that are more
immediately connected with Life and Conduct.

[2] _Confession of Faith_.

CHAPTER XVI.

CITIZENSHIP.

Citizenship is derived from the Latin word _civitas_, the state, and
comprehends the duties that are binding upon us as members of the
state. The first question then that arises in considering these is,
What do we mean by the state?

The state may be defined as the larger family.--The family is the
origin of the state. (_a_) In early times government was of the simple
kind that prevails in a family. The father was the head of the
household and ruled over his children. As these grew up and had
families of their own, they naturally