Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-12-04
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self in telling another his duty. We are
placed in different circumstances, with
various talents and each is called 10 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
Bea-T There is not nobler sight in the
world than an aged and experienced
Christian, who, havir g been sifted in the
sieve of temptation, stands forth as con-
tirmer Of the assaplted-testifying from
his own trials, the reality Of religion and
meeting, 10y his warnings and directions
and consolatonS, the cases of all who may
be tempted to doubt it.
Bsa5~We must make great allowance for
constitution, could name a 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 a character
could be formed, without true grace en-
tering into composition.
BsasW Whatever definitions men have Civ
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 disbeliey5 the Bible but a relig-
ious man is such because he 50 believes it,
as to carry habituallya practical sense of
its truths on his mind.
RSg"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 net and this ruay lead TO q
train of other events, which may deter,
mine the happiness or misery Of our lives.
BREATH or RELIGION Religion should
influence its possessor in all the relations
of life. Whatever he does, he should do
it better tor being a Christian. Religion
should make one u better student tet-
ter master better parent, better child,
a better man in all respects. The pious
hut eccentric Roland Hll remarked, "He
would not give farthing for mans re-
ligion whose cat and dog were not the
better for it "
Iz0' The Christians fellowship with God
is rather habit than a rapture. lie is
pilgrim, WHO has the habit of looking for.
ward to the light before him; he has the
habi. OF not looking back; he has the
habit Of walking steadily in the way,
whatever Oe the weather, and whatever
the road. These are his habits; and the
Lord Of the Ways is his Guide, Protector,
FREUD, and Felicity.
HsQrThere is no calling or profession,
however ensnaring in many respects to q
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 emnence in the
Christian life with the discharge of tho
duties Of their profession, however diff
cult.
Gen- 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 it is tim and block of silver
may have mn alloy Of tin, but still it is
silver. The mass of Eliiahs character
was excellence yet he was not without
the alloy, Tie mass of Jchu's character
was base yet he had portion of zeal,
which was directed by God to great ends.
Bad men are made the same use of as
scaifolds they are employed as means to
erect building, and then are taken down
and destroyed.
BeEr.A sound heart IS an excellent cqsu.
ist. 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 would he plain miser,
or an ambitious man, knows his points;
and he has such simplicity in the pur-
suit of them that you seldom find him at
loss about the steps which he should
take to attain them. He has acquired
sort Of instinctiYe habit in his pursuit..
Simplicity and rectitudc would have pre-
vented a thousand schsms in the church
which have generally isen from men
having something else in plan and pros
pect, and not the one hmg.
DeQrChristans 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 consultations
You are leaving me for time; and you
say you wish you could leave me bet.ec,or
leave me with some assistance; but, if il
is right for you TO 60, it is right for me to
meet what lies on me, without a wish that
| had ,ess to meet, or were better able to
meet it,
HSTHumar nature is like the sta,which
gains bv the how Of the tide in one place,
what it has lost by the ebb in another. A
man may acquesce in the method which
God takes to mortify his pride; but he is
in danger Of growing proud of the morti-
fcation and so in other cases. .-
nee-Mrs. Partington says that nothing
despses her so much as to see peOple,who