Looking Down The Chimney.—
It is said of a man who looked down his neighbor's chimney to see what he was cooking for supper, not only did he not find out, but was nearly blinded by the smoke. When you hear men say, "I have watched those who profess so much religion, and I don't see that they are any better than those who do not make such a high profession," depend upon it they have got some smoke in their eyes, and those whose eyes are full of smoke cannot see very clearly. Denominational smoke is about the most blinding smoke we know of, and prevents the gospel from taking hold of the masses, more than any other agency. Were we to sit down by our neighbor's fire occasionally, instead of looking down his chimney, we should see many good points in his character that smoke will surely obscure.—Sel.