Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-02-26
Xhitint Mlnnllann

Guporn Ruror Wherever thcr
is any thing that hurts You, no tiphI
10 Godwithit it Andlct Sour iovs lcaJ
you 30 him You arc mover unwcl
como whore he is DO you saw, oI do
not know how to find the way 2" N,
came 70 scokand save Just such as Won
DO You say 81 am not worthy 10 car
ry my affairs TO God Z" No, Won arc
not God could not be that Being that
he is were he not adapted to take pei,
sons that arc not worthy TO come Ia
him. It's peculiarly the God that he
does not choose companions and those
that are like himself, but that he ac.
cepts all Just as they are.
Now, ifyou do not want God, do
not come to him. But if YOU are in
trouble, Of body or soul, if the things
on which you have leaned have bro
ken if you want some one to comfort
and sustain yOa, then come TO Him
DO you find the world to be enough ?
Have your dreams been realized ,
Have all things that you meant to do
been done, so that you can look back
upon your life complacently Or. do
you find marks Of age and signs of >,
limitation in your selfanda sad unde
tone flowing through your mind. to.
gcther with influences and vcarninos
and longings which call Won nm 70
God! You do not know what benefi-
cence there is in the bosom OF Christ
for you. preach again to YOU the To-
wing Saviour, the sympathizing Sa-
viOur, the all-pervading Saviour. the
cver-living Saviour, who, having felt
your mortal lot,and borne the strokes
OF your punishment, stands at the sum-
init source Of all power, that he NAV
be the Head of the church, and vour
Guide, and the Captain of your saliva
ton. Trust him.
Ipity those poor creatures that
have 70 God and no hope IN the world.
May God lead you to Christ. For Won
shall tindyOurselfperfectly, only when.
emitted Of sell, you find your Saviour.
"SOrrow filled" all their hearts. when
Jesus began toexplain to them his ap-
preaching return to heaven. The sad
prospect of losing his endeared com
pany even for a time, soon revealed to
them what a comforter he had always
been Now it was whilst they thus
remembered and appreciated. and felt
both the kind and the degree oftbe
comfort they had enjoyed for years,
that he promised the Spirit as "anoth-
er comforter" or Just such another
friend as he himself had been; a very
present helpin all real trouble 4; a We
ry faithful monitor against whatever
was sinful in conduct or temper.
The wonder Is, that we have had
any comfort from the Holy Ghost ::
and not that we have had so little for
II Is no more part of his Office. than
1t was of the Saviour's practice. to
comfort at all hazards, or in spite
ofall circumstances. Imean that Ho-
ly Spirit will net wink at sin. nor con-
nive at sloth, nor humor caprice. nor
overlook worldly-mindedncsS 1t is his
great object to cure their faults and.
therefore, he must correct Us for them.
instead Of consoling us under them
And this Is true kindness. IS well As
real prudence,
"Peace l leave with You, my peace
give l unto You ; let not your heart
be troubled neither let it be afraid
This timely appeal to his own peace.
was intended TO prevent all visionary
dreams OF earthly ease. The disciplcs
knew well what his peae had been !
Not peace arising from the absence of
tTlals or temptations, but peace under
them, and Notwithstanding them all.
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