ZEAL.-Tempered As the Holy Ghost descended with fire, so He did descend with wind, that cooleth fire, showing that our zeal should be temperate zeal, as our Master's was. As there is a measure in knowledge, so there is a measure in zeal; that is, be zealous according to discretion, as Paul saith-"Be wise according to sobriety." The disciples were commended for their zeal when they left all to follow Christ; but Christ reproved them for their zeal when they would pray for fire from heaven to consume the Samaritans. Therefore zeal and discretion happily united together, are like the two lions which supported the throne of Solomon; and he which hath them both, is like Moses for his mildness, and like Phinehas for his fervency; therefore, as wine is tempered with water, so let discretion temper zeal.-H. Smith. ZEAL.-True True zeal will hate sin, yet love the sinner. True zeal will hate heresy, and yet love the heretic. True zeal will long to break the idol, but deeply pity the idolater. True zeal will abhor every kind of wickedness, but labour to do good, even to the vilest transgressor. True zeal will warn as St. Paul warned the Galatians, and yet feel tenderly as a nurse, or as a mother over erring children. It will expose false teachers, as Jesus did the Scribes and Pharisees, and yet weep compassionately as Jesus did over Jerusalem, when He approached it for the last time. True zeal will be decided as a surgeon with a diseased limb; but true zeal will be as gentle as one that is dressing the wounds of a brother. True zeal will speak truth boldly, like Athanasius, against the world; but true zeal will speak the truth in love.-Canon Ryle. ZEAL.-Untempered Zeal, untempered with love and compassion for souls, will soon degenerate into harshness, and cruelty of manner and expression, which will have no other effect on an audience than scolding, or even profane swearing.-Nettleton. ZEAL.-The Want of We have great reason to suppose that much good remains undone, because we have not boldness of zeal properly adapted to our present circumstances. We are too much alarmed at objections, too much given to calculate natural probabilities; we magnify the obstacles, we lose sight of the all-sufficient power. True, it may not be God's will; but we are to try whether it is His will: the result alone can prove it, while we cannot take upon ourselves to be the judges beforehand, but only the obedient instruments for the work of the Lord, whensoever and wheresoever He may be pleased to shower down the riches of His mercy.Butterfield. ZEALOT.-The Faith of a 'Tis a zealot's faith That blasts the shrines of the false god, but builds ZEALOUS-in the Faith. We cannot be zealous in a better thing than in the faith of Christ.-Dr. Hole. ZION.-The Beauty of The most celebrated place, and the most important in all Judea, was Mount Zion; it was the super-eminent part of the famous city of Jerusalem; it was 698 SELECT THOUGHTS ON THE MINISTRY AND the churcH. called "the perfection of beauty”—matchless, peerless. But that which stamps a far higher value upon it is—that Jehovah chose this spot. "For the Lord hath chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation. This is My rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it." Here He made "the place of His feet glorious:" the altar of burnt-offerings, the holy fire, the altar of incense, the laver, the tables, the shew-bread, the perpetual lamps, the veil, the ark, the mercyseat, the table of testimony, the book of the Law, the rod of Aaron, the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat, the Shechinah or symbol of the divine presence, the Lord's high priest, the servants of the holy service, the singers and players upon instruments-all combined to form what the inspired penman has appropriately and emphatically styled "the perfection of beauty," during the time that this worldly sanctuary and these cardinal ordinances were to remain in use, and until the ministry of the Levites was to give place to a more excellent ministry. Dr. Sturtevant. ZION-in Ruins. Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn, Mourn widowed Queen, forgotten Zion mourn! And the quick-darting eye of restless Fear, While cold Oblivion, 'mid the ruins laid, Folds his dank wing beneath the ivy shade.—Bishop Heber. ZION. The True There is another Zion whose towers are still more glorious, and shall never be overthrown. "God is known in her palaces for a refuge." "And this God is our God for ever and ever." How often is this name synonymous with the Church of the living God! and no other spot but one can divide with it the affection of His people-no other name but one can awaken such joyful hopes in the Christian's heart. The temporal Zion is now in dust, but the true Zion is rising and shaking herself from it, and putting on her Easter robes to welcome her King when He comes to reign over the whole earth.-Dr. W. M. Thomson. INDEX OF AUTHORS. THEY THAT HANDLE THE PEN OF THE WRITER.-Samuel the Prophet. AKENSIDE, Dr. ALBERT, Prince ALEXANDER, Hev. Dr. J. W. AMES, FISHER ANTONINUS ARGYLL, Duke of ARISTOTLE ARMINIUS, JACOBUS ARNDT, Rev. FRIEDRICH ARNOLD, Rev. Dr. ARNOLD, Rev. FREDERICK BARTON, BERNARD BASSETT, Rev. F. T. BATHURST, WILLIAM H. BEARD, Rev. Dr. BEATTIE, JAMES BEAUMONT, FRANCIS BEAUMONT, Rev. Dr. BEAUSOBRE, Rev. ISAAC BEBBINGTON, W. BECCARIA, Marquis DE BEDDOME, Rev. BENJAMIN BEECHER, Rev. HENRY W. BEECHER, Rev. T. K. BELL, Sir CHARLES BENGEL, Rev. JOHANN A. BENSON, Rev. CHRISTOPHER BERKELEY, Bishop BERNARD, St. BERRIDGE, Rev. JOHN BEVERIDGE, Bishop BEZA, THEODORE DE BINNEY, Rev. THOMAS BLACKIE, Professor BLACKMORE, Sir RICHARD BLAIKIE, Rev. Professor BLAIR, Rev. Dr. BLAIR, Rev. ROBERT BLOMFIELD, Bishop BOLLAND, WILLIAM BOOKER, Dr. BOSTON, Rev. THOMAS BOURDALOUE BOWDLER, JOHN BREVÍNT, Rev. Dean BROOKS, Rev. THOMAS BROWN, Rev. Dr. BROWN, Rev. JOHN BROWNE, Sir THOMAS BRUYERE, JEAN DE LA BUCHANAN, Rev. Dr BUCHSEL, Rev. Dr. BUCK, Rev. CHARLES BUTLER, Bishop BUTLER, Rev. WILLIAM A. BUXTON, Sir THOMAS F. C. CAIRD, Rev. Professor CAMERON, Rev. ANDREW CAMPBELL, Rev. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Rev. Dr. CAMPBELL, Rev. GEORGE CAREY, Rev. Dr. CARLYLE, THOMAS CARPENTER, Dr. CARRINGTON, EDWARD CARYL, Rev. JOSEPH CAUSTEIN CAWDRAY, Rev. ROBERT CECIL, Rev. RICHARD CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE CHALMERS, Rev. Dr. CHAMBERLAIN, Rev WALTER CHAMPNEYS, Rev. W. W. CHANDLER, Bishop CHANNING, Rev. Dr. CHARLES, Rev. THOMAS CHARNOCK, Rev. STEPHEN CHURCHILL, Rev. CHARLES CLARENDON, Lord CLARK, Rev. WILLIAM CLARKE, Rov. Dr. A. CLARKE, Rev. Dr. S. CLARKE, Rev. R. W. CLARKSON, Rev. DAVID CLAUDE, Rev. JEAN CLAUGHTON, Bishop CLEMENT, St. CLOSE, Rev. Dean COKE, Sir EDWARD COLERIDGE, SAMUEL T. COLLIER, JEREMY COLQUHOUN, Lady DALE, Rev. Canon FABER, Rev. Dr. FABER, Rev. GEORGE F. FARINDON, Rev. ANTHONY FARISH, Rev. Professor FELTHAM, OWEN FENELON, Archbishop FERGIE, Rev. J. FERGUSON, Rev. Dr. FICHTE, JOHANN G. FIELD, Rev. WALTER FIELDING, HENRY FISH, Rev. Dr. FISHER. Bishop FLAVEL, Rev. JOHN FLEETWOOD, Bishop FLEMING, CONTARINI FLEMING, P. FLETCHER, JOHN FLETCHER, Rev. JOHN FONTAINE, JEAN DE LA FONTENELLE, BERNARD DE FOOTE, Rev. A. L. R. FOOTE, SAMUEL FORBES, Professor FORD, Rev. JOHN |