Welsh Journals

THE TEEASUEY. No. 27. MARCH, 1866. Price 2d. pT is a general complaint that the present times are a WQ deadly season with religion. And there are several fcfeTS^ agencies and influences at work by which men's princi¬ ples are tried, and by which the wavering and the unsound are made apparent. Just as a storm proves what trees have but little roots, and as a general epidemic discloses disordered constitutions, so, also, a time of general defection shows partly who are lacking in thorough Christian principles. And at a time of trial, like the present, even they, whose hearts are right, have much need of watchfulness, lest they fall into a state of moral languor and indifference, and lest, consequently, their assurance be lessened, and their usefulness be impaired. As corrective means, mutual exhortations are advantageous, just as a friendly call of one or the other of travelling com¬ panions may keep the band from falling asleep in dangerous places. There is much propriety, at present, in all admoni¬ tions to firmness and resolution. The firmness or steadfastness which we have in view implies:— 1. An unswerving adherence to the Bible as a rule of faith. We need not say that the Bible has many opponents, and that the attacks made upon it recently have been numerous and daring. This is not at all a new thing. And it ought not to incite in the minds of Christians much surprise; for it is natural that the prince of darkness should continually devise