Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-11-28

And deep despair
Forever be your lot.
Now look to Jesus, who ON Calvary died,
And trust on Him who there was crucihed.
To say anything, however true of
itself, of which we have not hearty
conviction at the moment, breeds a
habit of insincerity.
SELFIsHNEss.-It is q shame for
rich Christian to be like Christmas
box, that receives all, and nothing can
be got out till it is broken in pieces.
Our literature is full of signing and
sobbing sentimentality over the un-
satisfying character of life. Christi
anity utters an incessan. rebuke to
this discomfort, and points the failing
soul to "glory, immortality and eter-
nal life" as the solution of all this pro-
blem.
A granite monument, like that of
Bunker'Hill, that will defy the storms of
ages and outlast the wear and tear of
centuries, cannot be made of loose
sand or sun-dried brick and a heroic
Christian life, which will extort the
praise of skeptics like Hume. cannot
be constructed from the easy creeds
out of which the vital doctrines Of the
Gospel have been eliminated.
DIR. Johnson used to say, "He who
waits to do great deal of good at once
will never do any" "Little by little"
is the way in which Providence opens
to us opportunities of usefulness. We
may not rule a city, but we can rule
our own spirit. To found a universe
ty may not be in our power, but we
can give a cup of cold water in the
name or Christ.
Rowland Hill once said, when stri-
wing to illustrate Gods love to his peo-
pie, ~ am unable to reach the lofty
theme yet do not think that the
smallest fish that swims in the bound
less ocean ever complains Of the i'm
measurable vastness of the deep So
1t is with me | can plunge, with my
puny capacity, into a subject, the i'm
mensity of which l may never be able
to fully comprehend"
The brief limits imposed upon mans
earthly existence, especially when con-
sidered in connection with his capaci-
ties and longings, show that the nat
ural life is not only worthless, but
worse than worthless for such being,
if it has not a behefting destiny be-
yond death. The elephant, the owl,
the toad outlive him. The apparent
ly long perspective which in childhood
seemed to extend before him. is found
in old age to have been an illusion, and
his years seem like a shadow which
has fitted over a desert.
Solomon furnishes us with an emf
nently practical prescription "What-
soever thy hand findeth to do, do it
with thy might" Here we have an
appeal to the individual in the crowd,
or the personal in the collective. Let
us not dissipate our responsibility. 1t
is by each soldier bravely doing his
duty that an army conquers; it is by
each bee industriously working that
the hive is stored with honey il is by
each insect faithfully putting forth all
its might that the coral reef becomes
an island, and cities rise from the bo-
som of the deep. GAS we have there
fore opportunity, let us do good unto
all men, especially unto them who are
Of the household of faith"
Did you ever think how every part
Of your house can remind you of the
great truths which Jesus Christ tau't
Of himself? The cornerstone saws.
"Christ is the Cornerstone" the door,
al am the door," the burning candle,
"Christ is the Lght of the World"
You look out of the window, and the
sight of the starry sky bids you turn
yuor eyes to "the bright and Morning
Star" The rising sun speaks of the
"Sun Of righteousness, with healing
in his wings" TIL G loaf on yourtable
whispers of the "bread of life" and
the water which quenches your thirst.
81 am the water Of life" When YOU
lie down, you think of Him who had
not where TO lay His head and when
you get up you rejoice that He is "the
resurrection and the life"
Our MERcIEs.-.The talents which
we have received are many and great.
What people breathing on earth have
had palmer instructions, or more
forcible persuasions, or more constant
admonitions, in season and out of
season. Sermons, till we have been
weary of them and Sabbaths, till we
profaned themg Excellent books in
such plenty that we know not which
TO read +! What people have had God
so near them ? or have seen so much
of Christ crucified before their eyes 2
or have had heaven or hell so omen
unto them (! What speed should such
apeople make for heaveng How should
they fly that are thus wingedY And
how swift would they sail that have
wind and tide to help them A small
measure of grace beseems not such a
people, nor will an ordinary diligence
in the work of God excuse them. An
our lives have been filled with mercies.
God has mercifully poured out upon
us the riches of sea and land, of heaven
and earth. We are fed aud clothed
with mercy We have mercies within
and without. To number them, is to
count the stars or the sands of the
seashore. If there be any difference
betwixt hell and earth-yes, or heaven
and earth-then certainly we have re.