Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-04-17
SELECTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND
REMEMBRANCE.

Learn not to have one life for God and
another for the world, but let your every
footstep be walk with God "--"He who
walks with God is one who observes God in
all, looks to God through all, goes to God
with all, trust God for all, ana loves God
above all.'-"Ihose only are right and safe
and happy who make Gods glory their end,
Gods Word their rule, Gods Spirit the guide
Of their affections, and Gods providence the
guide Of their affairs. ."-"Those who walk
safely and honorably in the Christln course
are they who walk closely with God in Sc
cret. Those who walk most closely with
God know him best, and those who know
him best love him st"-"We must keep
in Gods way, that we may be prepared to do
Gods work. Olives Thought Book.
WAR HYMN.
Thou who ordanest, for the lands salvation,
Famine, and fire, aud sword, and lameuiati0n,
Now unto Thee We lft our supphcaton,-
God save the Nation
Ty the great sign, flreiod, of Thy appearing,
Coming n clouds, whtle mortal men stand fearng,-
SnoW us, amid this smoke Of battle, clearing,
Thy chariot nearing
BY the brave blood that aove,h like river,
liuri IhouA 'hunderbot rom out Thy quver
Break Thou the strong gates every fe,tsr shiver
Smie and deliver
Stay thou our foes. or'iuru!hcm 20 derison-
TN, through Tho blood red valley Of Decision
Peace on our fields shine, like prophet visiou
Green and clysiau
II there be any one thing that is established
in this world, it seems to me that it is that
whatever thing is great. whatever thing is in
conflict for great results, approaches its VIC
tory through suGetings. Suffering is the
parallel Of victory. The e1piatory suffering
Of Christ for mandknd is but the illustrious
type Of ten thousand indications and anal
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the very structure Of creation is the principle
Of suffering for the things that are worth hay-
ing. And the higher you 20, the more you
suTsr.-Hpry Ward Beecher
All men are bound to love the Creator, and
worship HIM, and trust Him, and obey Him;
and they are to bring to love, and worship,
and trust, and obedience, what they have to
love and worship aud trust and obey with
God only requires SO much, and it is so much
that you can bring II you can bring ten
talents, bring them; il you can bring FIVE
bring them but If you can bring only one
do not hide it in the grouud, and come and lie
about it, but bring that. DO the best you
can with what you have.-H ". Beeeher.
To meet great misfortunes we gather up
our endurance,a and pray for Divine support and
guidance; but as for small bsters insects
daily life. We are very ready to think that they
are too little to trouble the almighty with
them, or even TO call up our fortitude to face
them Recredttons of Country Parson.-
But nothing is too little for him who numbers
the hairs OF our heads and registers our idle
words.
All trickcry &, folly. Every rogues fool.
Tile same.
Jaques was dying. not SO much conquered
by disease as surteitod with years. Fl am
happy :" be said 81 am better
pleased than if some one had come to invite
me TO great FEAST A great feast awaited
hum, truly; the marriage supper Of the Lamb.
Ihe Father had called him Jesus covered
his shoulders with a kindly mantle a hap
piness whose intensity reveals Itself only to
the dying. ilumined his humble countenance.
Topper by Mrdluo De GaspariH.
Prayer is powerful weapon, boundless
treasure, inexhaustble wealth, placid and
wayeiess haven, the source Of unrutted calm,
and the root, the fountain, the mother Of ten
thousand blessing | speak
not OF that prayer which is feeble and full of
anguor, but of that which Is made with earn
ostuess whose birth is accompanied with
spiut-throcs, and which is produced by the
intense concentrated exercise of the faculties
Of the mind. This is the prayer that wings
its way to heaven.-St Chrysostom.
Now God has put lighthouses along the
ways oi life, and they are good men. And
tcil you that they are not for light at their
own table, only but for light on the
stormy sea of life. And every man that is
born with eminent endowmcnts is TO shine
out for those who are 10 steer by him. "le
are the light of the world, saith the Master.
Tile same.
To be with Jesus, to be like Jesus, to love
and serve him purely, deeply, unfailingly, un-
ialterngly-that is the Christians heaven
4 The same.
PRIvILEoE OF MoTHERs.-All that Leigh
Richmond was, he attributed to the simplicity
and propriety with which his mother endea-
yored to win his attention, and store bis
memory with religious truths, when yet al
most an infant.
Life is q casket not precious in ITSELF but
+ valuable in proportion TO what fortune or in
dustry, or virtue has placed within it.
God shakes men, as he does tree, to make
them strong.-H W. Beecher.
The very least that God claims is one
seventh Of our time and one tenth Of our in
come. Wesley also Grotius.
First count an men Of equal caste
Then, count myself the least and last
Theodore Tthon.
Every mans private interest is best secured
in public good. A drop Of water will
soon bedred up if alone but in the ocean it
will retain its moisture Anonymous.
Temper is so good thing that we should
never lose it.-Aaonymous.
Chrsts sorrows should Sc us thinking Of
our sins. Hanna.
lie who is not bred to trade is bred to
- the gallows.-Jei0ish proverb,
The majority Of the Senatorial Investigat-
ng Committee, to inquire whether unlawful
mcana yera or,nlovnI 10 eacure tho racpnt