Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-02-13

SOmuCh mat nave often sald, were IL lawful,
could pray for greater trouble, for the great
er comforts sake"
PRAYER FoR PLACE.
Make bare hine arm, great King Of kings
That arm alont salvation brings
That wonder working which broke
From Israel neck the Egg ptian yoke.
Burst every dungeon every chain
Give injured slaves their right again;
Let truth prevail, let treason cease
Speak! and this land shall sH1i'e m peace.
Montgomery.
Never look tDithin for comfort You will
| find nothing there but what is calculated TO
humble you. But look to JESUS. There is
every thing in Him to encourage you in your
warfare. Oh live upon Him-out of your
selves" Again mistake, common to many
christians. is the habit of looking forever
Dithm for some evidence Of their adoption
and, finding nothing there. they do not and
cannot rejoice. This is serious defect Ii
is not by looking within ourselves but on
the contrary, it ia by looking quite out of our
selves, and directing the eye alone to Christ
to what Christ is, and where Christ is
that obtain real consolation and in pro-
portion to our faith in Him, we not only re-
joice, but our evidences brighten, and the
spirit within, whose office it is to gorify
Christ, bears witness with our spirit that we
are born of God - Mary Winsloto.
~ do think, by constantly pouring over
anticipated troubles, we lose the sweet enjoy
ment of present mercies in the expectation Of
future evil. | pray to be enabled to praise
Him for the present. and to trust His love for
all that is to come. Lord, increase my faith.
and let my JOY be fuh."-The sumo.
81 do wish there were less preaching in
prayer, and more besseching, as poor needy
sinners, for what we want. The same.
Keep close intimaces with Jesus. We
I must live upon Christ, and we must die upon
Christ" Little faith will bring the soul
to heaven great faith will bring heaven into
the soul. | am passing away; but not b
single cloud wells Christ from my view. Il
seems MS If Christ were reckoning me to come,
, saying, why do you delay, Come up hith-
r'"-A1ry WINSTON.
e "lf we all had windows in our hearts,
o many Of us would take good care to keep the
t blinds closed" An yes; but who can shut
r out the All-seeing eyea Our hearts must be
o cleansed, not closed.
e Crosses should be neither sought nor avoid
It ed. When God sends them they are gracos
:, when we seek for them, oHenses.
+ Our conduct, even in the most ordinary az
= fairs OF daily life, is but the expression of oul
J inner sentiment, an impress corresponding in
), every line with the stamp which opinion and
II feeling have set upon it. Even as he think.
eth in his heart, so he s"-A Present HeaU.
+ en-. Let us begin, then, with putting thu
, heart and the mind right We must knOt
v what is pure and ioUe it, ere we shall liue i
le in our conduct. To whom shall we go, bu
a to the word and spirit, who teach and purify
e. working in us to will and to do according
I'd TO the will of God, who is infinite and periec
e. in knowledge aud purity.
y Remaining faithful to Divine grace in tina
Is which is least-say in being able to maintain
v a truly loving temper under unjust provocs
O. TOMS fuller, more intimate evidence o
VI continuance in Gods love, than would b
:, shown in the power of raising dead body t
g life, or even in that more coveted power G
a being employed by God to raise up dea
10 soul For rejoice not that the spirits ar
:" made subject unto you, but rejoice rathe
that your names are written in Heaven. -
~ Present HedUen.
"r Covot earnestly the best gifts. The passiv
al graces, patience, meekness. self-abnegatioT
10 these are the miracles of the New Covenant
= most truly
h. "Unfed by Natures soil"
lneW TOOl Iseu is IN RuTlhtt anu III III
lie their fruit found. The same
&c, What we have made God to us in thi
to world, we shall find Him in the after one
ne for the outward heaven, think Off as we will
a is but the contamination Of that inward ont
m already established in every heart, mad
tic through Gods grace in the communication
tn His Spirit, "partaker in the Divine nature.
l." 1t is the eifioresence Of spiritual life in il
nd fullest bloom; it is the permanent blossom
ia. ing of the Christian graces, buds not who'll
N expanding here; it is love, joy, and peac
e made visible, made perfect, made perpetual
ep THE same.
lp- Whatever God tells us to do, He also hell
Use us to do. Our Saviour, who knows where,
he we are made sends us on no vain errand
he sets us upon no Improbable tasks,-TI
fo' same
loi Many anxious and homes Christians ms
'ue he yet consciously far from the spiritual h
'oh ven where they would be. Let such be CO.
'n- soled in remembering that the Father wi
draws us unto Christ beholds us, yea, sc
A. forth to meet us while we are yet great WI
las off" A great way off, and yet upon the ,oa
nd, y y - the way that lesdeth to Kingdom
ing The same
the If we follow our Lords footsteps humb
an. and patiently along the common road, |
nd, will take us, as He did the three favored di
nth cples, with Him upon the mount, and she
de. US Muses. and Elias, the hard sayings of Il
TO-, law, the deep engmatlcal oracles of life, tran
OBJ figured in Himself Our eyes will be no mo
nth holden, aud the exclamation of eur souls W
US be " Hast Thon been so long time with n
for Lord, and have not known Thee ;'-1
sumo