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‘The “way is still narrow,” and “the gate is” still “strait.” The world will allow us to say this officially, to read it in the lesson of the day, and to amplify the solemn saying in a sermon. But if we mean what we preach, and awaken men’s belief of our sincerity in the interval between one Sunday and another, then the debate begins between a Minister and his flock. So long as he is not missing in the circles of pleasure, he may deliver without suspicion the most fearful warnings of God against a slumbering world; and none will molest him. But the moment his own example comes in aid of his doctrine, and irritates the consciences of those around him, his creed is ‘discovered to be false and foolish.’”—Antichrist. By the Rev. J. Riland. Pp. 49, 50.