Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-07-02
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SELECTIONS FROM RUIN AND RES.
TORArION.

The path OF the pentent is not SO pain.
ful and difficult as you imagine it to be 4;
and the tears OF penitence are not like
hot scaldlng tears of remorse. 1t is sweet
and bllssiul sorrow, to sit at the foot Of
the cross and weep for our sins. And it,
is an emotion Of heaven to full assurance
that atoning blood has so purified our
hearts from dlfement that God is our
reconciled father and heaven is our home
We may deck vice in gay attire. Art
and wealth may lend their aid 10 hide her
Ideiormltles, and grace hcr manners, SO
that at first she may charm with her blan.
dishments and her deceitiul smiles; vet
it IS like dressing up a grinning, ghastly
skeleton in the drapery OF u bride. When
her dlabollca. end is attained, she will
! drop her mask, throw oil her drapery, and
stretch out her long tleshlcsS arms TO en-
circle her victim in the embrace of death.
The joys Of relig zion are the result Of ho-
/ ly obedience hey procede from ICON.
science void OF offence toward God and
man" They are the fruits of faith ana
love and holy principles implanted in the
heart which are to be developed and ma
/ tured hv the mems of oro,a Loco,,,ir,,
stranger and brigh,or as fho sonI lV'',,' onnrn,
ches in She soma Of r;s ~ on,I,a,apap .o %pp' 90" C.
the path Of the just is to 4 shining light
which shineth more and more unto the
perfect day"
/ 1t is a worldly maxim that vice is the
partner Of misery, and it is an inspired
truth, that "the way ofthe transcresyor is
n"'ui Every Nli'uo' "hlch we ave com
n'''iue" " I''ac'iCe' coh"uce' 10 He"''h,
Hoho' Teol.n an" ""l P'IeS'' "hIe wee 'I
every "csoLlpI'U" le"uS u'rGGuy 10 oI5hoH'
"'' poverty "H" misery Ihu' we nave
'no e''"ehco before our eyes, !hat non,
ness 10 necessary 10 perIesI happiness aAu
tlal an that Is required 10 InaNe nell
ureauiul as IL Is represented by the hg-
uIeS OF scripture IS 10 let human passion
hell upon earth.
o.,
/ Other conS'1era'loils, Su2h as eputaIloh'
success ana me restraints OF puo.lc opIh'
ION may heeP you from open 'AHoIdIIty !;
uuU ho'h'hs ouI Ir3e virtue ana ihe I'M
plah'lhS OF lnose principles, WHich are
. Lhe WORK OF uoo IS Almighty spirit ana
4 uI"ce can 80 !eho'"'e 'he Aea'I, US 10 Sc
cure yoHt u''Iu'aIo nap mess seek re,
sio" 10 '"o = cav S"''su'', anu
"" n % oV's.'I' "tH,'I'I VICE anu sees
~ .io"' oo' We ~ - mos '",' worn 'I,G''
avs ~ - o"' +'''' y 'i'"' "o'''
'"e 0'' 00'''e'"'o '''o"'
,,no,;o ';"o" ',Ve' NV muGosra,n! !"piy res
o,;,,;naI h,,I ho a,,,,. - ,,'"y p''"'i an
roro ~ socioty that bo ,T' boJ m,.i ~ t'le
taro Ia tro,,s,,rosol ,Tl., ';'o P'Ii ooN
attoohol 'nI,3, oLa.,,i,n o,,I = I.'S'ii"
oonEdeHoo No., oag;I ;1,,'no,, nl ;','" us U.
NIL ,.,,l ,'I,,'! 'es''''e,' IieilCe
r,aro, 80 soo,,r rn,I, r,', o,Ie s"e'' lo'
nr -; otIor ,vorl 't','o, - S'o pouito''' ~,
o iay bn 70 y, -, n,5o -, I'C ,ue P9l".'y oI
,rLiaL - ,,,o,,,l 49, -, ',,, VIC 'H0o
neysr sinnoL l'0' '''' ''V
Gould the habltual swearor only see the
80, " "r 't' H. C'.,s, ~, ,"Nc'i HoWn oy 'he
ar sns,ecI 6o :, '"e "',v,' ~ wy" ,,e'
brt hn y,,II srH,,so ,a, :, ,,,, ,.',,''
,,o,,r;,,, - so,,,,i .,ta,';, ~ ~
devoted MI tho energies or rh his KIND "%o % ~
.he toslr Of roy;I;n6s lie TaI,or ~ "
thouyb bo ,,,;rLt l., N lr,,., ,,,..,,. l. ;..
inoe5 ,omId I.meoi, i;Lo mia", n,,
hn so I' tG hamI n"TU~ Inv o'9i,a""" ,n % 1 O
tho ,,o, romiJ ~ d,oa cso W. r, L; wa, Il'~
grosp if be wero ro6nircd to write I, his So 80,
nature to the list and acknowledge it as
his deed.
II sho,Id ho q s,or,I;,c ,lo,oh, ,ho,
Cod taLn no s,roar"s5 y, .,J 'o.' ""L
in otorni,y mo3r nnon hi. bead ,boso ~ ,iai' %,io
~ vra,b ,yhicI, ora aos ynt nno,,.raJ % WI, W.
wonII dore to d;o liz liar rr,rn,,,,,.ra,lI,
,yLo S,yoro ,,i,L o., owr,I aaG, Il''' ,a, Ll
woH,J Looi vol Lo,t nr Lim,,. '';,' Li,,nIc aT
70 SoIl ond ybo,o LoJg j., fno % ,,;,,m,e, 'r'''Se,
was scattered in fragments over the wharf,
and whose soul was in the presence Of the
f Being whom he had insulted and defed.
What is man that he should dare to pro,
vok the wrath Of one who can sweep him
'"'o ''''''''' y '''' u ''''i
The Holy Spirit will work without the
fire of Providence, in changing us into the
Image oil ChrlSt, Just IN proportion as we