Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-04
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! B>sA, we are called 10 bullu spiritual
house. One workman is not to busy him
self in telling another his duty. We are
placed in different circumstances, with
various talents and each is called to do
what he can. Two men, equally accepted
OF God, may be exceedingly distinct in
in the account which they may give of
their employ.
BeAprhere is not a nobler sight in the
world than an aged and experienced
Christian, who, havirg been sfted in the
sieve of temptation, stands forth as a con-
iirmer Of the ssauted-tcstifying from
his own trials, the reality of religion and
meeting, by his warnings and directions
and consultations, the cases Of all who may
be tempted to doubtit.
Gzyn We must make great allowance for
constitution, ! could name man, who,
though good man, is more unguarded
III his tongue than many immoral persons,
shall ! condemn him he breaks down
here, and almost here only. On the 9TH
er hand, many are SO mild and gentle, as
to make one wonder how such character
could be formed, without true grace en-
tering into composition.
gGAp Whatever definitions men have giy-
en- Of religion, | can find none so accu-
rately descriptive Of it as this that it is
such belief of the Bible as maintains a
living influence on the heart. Men may
speculate, criticize, admire, dispute about,
doubt, or disbelieva the Bible; but relig-
ious man is such because he 50 believes it.
as to carry habitually practical sense of
its truths OH his mind.
R2s~We are too apt to forget our actual
dependence on Providence, for the cir,
cumStances of every instant, The most
trivial events may determine our state in
the world. Turning up one street instead
of another, may bring us into company
with person whom we should not other
wise have met and this may lead TO
train of other events, which may deter
mine the happiness or misery of our lives.
BREATH OF RELIGIoN.-Religion should
influence its possessor in all the relations
of life. Whatever he does, he should do
it better for being a Christian. Religion
should make one u better student, a !et-
ter master better parent, better child,
better man in all respects The pious
hut eccentric Roland Hill remarked, ale
would not give farthing for mans re-
ligion whose cat and dog were not the
better for it
BsG" The Christians fellowship with God
is rather habit than rap.we. lie is g
pilgrim, who has the habit of looking for
ward to the light before him; he has the
hab. OF not looking back; he has the
habit Of walking steadily in the way,
whatever be the weather, and whatever
the road. These are his habits; and the
Lord Of the Ways is his Guide, Protector,
Frieud, and Felicity.
seaA. There is no calling or profession,
however ensnaring in many respects to
Christian mind, provided it be not in it.
self simply unlawful, wherein God has
not frequently raised up faithful witness
es who have STOOD forth for examples to
others, in like situations, Of the practica-
bllity OF uniting great eminence in the
Christian life with the discharge of the
duties of their profession, however diff
cult.
rs1. Men are to be estimated, as john
; son says, by the mass OF character. A
block of tin may have grain of silver,
but still ii is tin; and a block OF silver
may have an alloy of tin, but still it is
silver The mass of Elijah's character
was excellence /; yet he was not without
the alloy, Tie mass of Jehu's character
was base yet lie had portion of zeal,
which was directed by God TO great ends.
Bad men are made the same use of as
scatiolds they are employed as means TO
erect building, and then are taken down
and destroyed.
BaA-A sound heart is an excellent casu.
list. Men stand doubling what they shall
do, while an evil heart is at the bottom.
If, with st. Paul, they simply did one
thing, the way Wodld be plain. A miser,
or an ambitious man, knows his points;
and he has such a simplicity in the pur-
suit of them that you seldom find aim ut
a loss about the steps which he should
take to attain them. lie has acquired a
sort of instructive habit in his pursuit
Simplicity and recttude would have pre-
vented a thousand schisms in the church
which have generally Iisen from men
having something else in plan and pros.
pect and not the one Htgg.
ne.- Christians are too little aware what
their religion requires from them, with
regard to their wishes. When we wish
things to be otherwise than they are, We
lose sight Of the great practical parts of
the life of godliness. We wish, and wish
when, if we have done all that lies on
US, we should fall quietly into the lands
of God. Such wishing cuts the very sim
ews of our privileges and consolauons.-
You are leaving me for time; and you
say you wish you could leave me bet.er,or
leave me with some assistance; but, if it
is right for you to 60, it is right for me to
meet what lies on me,wilhout a wish that
had ,ess TO meet, or were better able to
meet 1t.
psyHumap nature is like the Sc sCa,which
gains by the h1w OF the tide in one place,
what il has lost by the ebb in another. A
man may acquiesce in the method which
! God takes to mortify his pride but he is
in danger Of growing proud of the mort.
fication and so in other cases.
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