Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-05-16
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soul, words of thoughts, and senten-
oes ofwords.
win You pity body that is going to
the block and not pity a soul that is
going to the pit.
you are going to love Christ you
must find some way Of doing it in the
things of everyday life.
1t is remarkable that the words in
all European languages which express
forgiveness, or pardon, all imply free
gift.
'Let every man please his neigh
Dor for his good to edification." De-
ny yourself and serve your fellows
80 will you evince your Masters spirit.
Invite Jesus, for he always says;
"I will come" He may wait three
days, as he did with Martha and Mary,
but ~ will come" is His intention.
Expect him till he comes.
The man that is right with God and
his fellow men can scarcely help being
gentleman. All Lord Chestcrfeld's
letters boiled down wouldn't make
as much Of a gentleman as that.
Morality without religion is only
a kind of dead-reckoning-an endeav-
or to find our place on a cloudy sea by
measuring the distance we have to
run without any observation Of the
heavenly bodies.
The Christian life is not an engage
ment by contract between master
and his servant. 1t is the union of
two hearts-that of the Saviour with
that of the saved-by the enduring
ties of the most intimate love.
The last, best fruit that comes TO
late perfection, even in the kindliest
soul is the tenderness toward the
hard, forbearance toward the unfor-
bearing, warmth of heart toward the
cold, philanthropy toward the misan-
thropic.
He that unduly fears man, cannot
truly fear God; and he that lives
much in the fear of God will not re-
gard overmuch what man can do with
him; the want of faith is the root of
all fear which becomes less aud less,
as faith gathers strength and increas-
es in the soul.
"Why do you show favor to your
enemies instead of destroying them Z"
said chieftain to the Emperor Sigis-
mud. "Do not destroy my enemies
by making them my friends Z" was
the Emperor's noble reply. Kindness
is the best weapon with which to beat
an adversary.
would rather make stockings all
my life long than useless verses.
When one thinks of the account we
shall have to render to God of all our
actions, all our hours, one may well be
careful as to the use made Of them.
Life is so short to gain heaven in,
that each lost moment deserves tears.
IT'S not in study on contemplation
Of nature, not in many things nor in
anything created, that the soul can
find consolation but in God, in God
alone, in his word, in the divine Scrip
lures, in faithful and believing life. |
Ah, who is there that, kneelng down
with his heart full of tears, does not
rise comfortedl
What swimmer is there, who, if he
saw fellow being drowning in deep
water, would not plunge in and save
him. or what man if he saw one cal
ling from the window ola house envel-
oped in flames, would not peril his
own life to save him. But il is infin-
ltely more TO save fellow being
from moral death.
have no objection to the most ex
tended and free discussions upon doc |
trinal points of the Christian religion
and, though the law of England does
not permit il, do not dread the rea-
soning of Deists against the existence
Of Christianity itself, because, as was
said by its divine author, if il be of
God it will stand.
Happiness is a state of discipline.
and is only to be found in any consid.
'rable degree of perfection and per-
manency (without which qualities
it is unworthy of the name) in a reg
ulated and harmonious mind, where
religion is the charioteer, and reins.
and guides, and moderates the mental
courses in the great journey of life.
One whom we miss changes the
world completely; no longer any
charm, no longer any happiness here,
and then we think of heaven. Thus
1t is that affiiction leads to God. Let
us bless him for having ordered our
griefs as means of our salvation this
is making us like Jesus Christ, who
only entered heaven through suffer
ing.
There are a thousand ways OF er.
ring, thousand occasions of falling.
which should keep us on our guard, for
alas we are so weak. A mere moth
ing sways us like blade of grass
Poor human heart always on one
side or other; now It's sadness, now
joy, now the world, now solitude
every thing has its dangers, and a
Christian life is spent in alarms.
Christianity is the most perfect
kind Of knowledge; it must essential
ly produce the most perfect kind of
happiness. 1t is the golden, everlas.
ing chain, let down from heaven TO
earth; the ladder that appeared TO
the patriarch in his dream, when no
beheld Jehovah at its top, and the an