Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-14
Religious Miscellany.
whene'er a duty waits for thee,
With sober judgment view Il,
And never idly wish It done
Begin at once, and do it.

Begin at once, and do il.
The word of God speaks Of Him not
as a law, but as the life of all that is
the Being who feels and is felt, is
loved and loves again; feels my heart
throb into His; counts the hairs OF
my head hears my prayers and in
terprets them through Spirit which
has affinity with my spirit
Tomorrow may never come to us
We do not live in tomorrow. We
cannot find it in any of our title deeds.
The man who owns whole blocks Of
real estate, and great ships on the sea,
does not own a single moment Of to-
morrow. Tomorrow 1t is mys-
terious possibility, not yet born. 1t
lies under the seat of midnight, be-
hind the veil of glistening constella-
tions-CHAPIN.
God has entrusted important truth
to our Charge and has given us clear,
rational, bencfcent ideas and princi.
plies, not for our selfish enjoyment and
exclusive monopoly, but for the world.
We are merely trustees and almoners,
and are utterly false to our steward
ship, if we tie up in an ecclesiastical
napkin the precious treasure which
Providence intended we should dis
burse and distribute until it becomes
the circulating medium Of the world,
and all men are enriched and ennobled
by their share of it.
A forcible writer says "a believing,
loving heart, purified by faith, is the
medium of divine knowledge. The
secret of the Lord is with them that
fear him and he will show them his
covenant 1t is love that brings light.
There would be no light in our world
were it not for the atmosphere and
Just so is it with the soul. Love is
the atmosphere through which light
reaches the inmost vision of the soul.
Without faith working by and through
love, receiving the truth in the love
it, we are mere children of sense
and darkness" Love not only puts
away the darkness and hindrances to
spiritual sight, but it introduces the
soul to high and heavenly atmos-
phcre.
A Christian cannot always hear or
always read, or always communicate,
but he may pray continually. No
place, no company, can deprive him
of this privilege. If he be on the top
of the house with Peter, he may pray ;
if he be in the bottom of the ocean
with Jonah, he may pray; if he be
walking in the field with Isaac, he
may pray when no eye seeth him; il
he be waiting at the table with Nehe-
miah, he may pray when no ear hear
eth him. If he be in the mountains
with our Saviour, he may pray; if he
be in the prison with Paul, he may
pray; wherever he is, prayer will
helphim to find God out. Every saint
is Gods temple; "and he that carrieth
his temple about him." saith Austin
"may 60 to prayer when he pleaseth.
Indeed, to a Christian, every house is
house of prayer, every closet cham
Der of presence, and every place he
comes to an alter whereon he may
offer the sacrifice ofprayer-Swinnock
Prone as our earthly spirits are tC
cleave unto the dust, what should we
be if all our worldly hopes were TO be
realzedY Wise and kind is that sys
TEN of discipline under which we ar,
all placed and when, at the close o.
life, we come to look back on ou
mental history, we shall never be in
clined to say Of this afiiction or thai
mortifcation-"It might have beer
spared" We shall then see that oul
prayers for spirituality of mind were
answered by the removal of those
worldly joys which produced a contra
ry disposition and that when we de
sired that "our affections might b,
set on things above" our deares
friends were taken there that Sc
heaven might become dearer, anC
earth less attractive. Such weaving
events must tend, not only to reconcile
our minds TO the shortness of life. bu
to make us rejoice in it, We feel tha
"they are light Affections" becaus,
"they are but for a moment"
Were you sinking in mid ocean
would you refuse helping hand, ill
you had earned it, or unless the honoI
of your preservation were to be rs
signed to you? Why then shoulc
you be guilty of the folly of refusing
free and full salvation from death. ant
misery, and wrath, and hell? Yor
know full well that you did nothing
to induce God to send His Son int
the world. You know that you con
tributed not one mite of merit e
Christ's obedience, not one particle o
virtue to His sacrifice; you know JUS
as well that now you can add nothing
70 what Christ has done, has suffered
or still does in heaven. Surely ther
It is far from rational to attempt 1,
add anything-an attempt made a
the risk of eternal life. Nay, if vol
had had the planning of redemption
could you have desired anything NOR,
suitable to you than this, that Chris
should have all the work, and all tn,
honor too, while you received all IN,
benefit Z Yet this is salvation. Where
fore be constrained, be induced be en-
couraged, to take of the water of life
without money and without price.
Am asleep to righteousnessY Dc
l fail to hear her invitations Wher
she knocks at my door, do not hear
or for a moment aroused, do quickl,
fall asleep againl When arise il
the morning, am | still asleen. On "a,