Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-10-17
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God. Asa king gives not slintedly,
like beggar, so God, in bis gifts, is
not 50 restrained. Giving will not
impoverish him, and Withholding will
not enrich him. Expect great things
from great GOD.
TRuE-Some good people are in
clined to contemplation when the call
is urgent for stirring activity. Such
persons might well be reminded of
what Jealous layman for the West
once said to an old church at the East
"You sit here and 'sing yourselves
away to everlasting Bliss but ] tell
you, you are wanted great deal more
ont in Illinois than youare in heaven
And are not many of our Christian
friends, who love 10 read and think
about the "glory to be revealed" /" and
who sometimes are longing for the
rest above, wanted a great deal more
in the Sabbath-School than they are
in heaven
PRAYER.-When a pumps frequent
ly used, little pains are necessary to
have water; the pump pours out at
the first stroke, because the water is
high. But if the pump has not been
used for a long time, the water gets
low; and when You want it, you must
pump it n long while, and the water
only comes after great efforts. 1t is
so with prayer; if we are constant in
prayer, every little circumstance ava
kens the disposition to pray, and de-
sire and words are always ready. But
if we neglect prayer, it is difficult for
us to pray; for the water in the well
gets low.
The Jews wanted sign, and the
Greeks wanted philosophy; but the
Apostle says, | preach Christ cruel
fed; and this, in its full disclosure, is
at once the highest element of divine
power and OF divine philosophy. 1t is
the succoring God incarnated that
concentrates in himself the highest
moral philosophy the philosophy
which shall prevail when all others
shall have passed away-the true phi
losophy of the human race, whose de-
velopment is found in the problem
that is wrapped up in the Lord Jesus
Christ, as God manifest in the flesh,
suffering, and crucifed.
1t is declared everywhere in the New
Testament--not so much declared as
assumed--that the heart is sinful
The apparent fact that the whole
creation groans and travails in pain
is argument enough on that subject
The tears, the sorrows, the sutferings
Of men, which we behold on every
hand; the conflicts of the whole
world, Of which we are cognizant-I
these things make it evident enough
that men are sinful. When a machine
ia out Of order, and the various parts
CRATE and grind against each other,
Il is not necessary to say to one who
hears the grinding, at is out Of order"
Therefore no time is spent in the
New Testament to prove that men
are depraved. 1t is assumed to be
thing Of universal consciousness-as
il IS.
In eternity it viii be terrible
thing for many a man to meet his own
prayers. Their very language will
condemn him for he knew bis duty
aad did il not. Those fervent pray
ers which the good man has labored
to make effectual, viii be "shining
ones" in white raiment, to conduct
their author into the banqueting
house of the great King. But the
falsehoods uttered at the throne Of
grace will live again as tormentng
scorpions in tho day Of the Lords
appearing, "Be not rash with thy
mouth, nor let thy heart be hasty to
utter anything before God" is an OBJ
lection that iorbids more than irrev-
erence in prayer 1t forbids us, by
implication, to ask for that which we
do not sincerely desire Above all,
it forbids the asking from God those
blessings which we are hindering by
our neglect, or thwarting by our sell
tishness and unbelief
Who is the prophet that shall un-
cover the abysses Of our acted lives,
and pour adequate shame on our mu-
tual imposition Smiles on our ia.
ces, with envy and jealousy under
meath cordiality in our grasp, with
no connecting nerve between the fin
gers and the heart Difference in our
professions, with no suitable esteem.
no genuine respect, no sacred sinceri-
ty; invitations issued, with fraud
lurking in their politeness, getting
the company together by one false
hood greetings of indiscriminate
and extravagant welcome receiving
them with another; fashions made
up Of composite illusions, ornamen-
ting thom with another ceremony of
an elaborate make believe; sustain
their mock dignity with another; and
dishonest regrets at the farewell dis
missing them with another-who will
dare TO affirm that these do not enter
appallingly into the staple Of what
we cau civilized and elegant life
When is the rugged, truth speaking.
Christian time coming, which shall
tear open and rend these guilty illu-
sions, plant the communion of soul on
some pure and Just foundation, and
restore the social world to its primi-
tive and upright simplicity
FAMILY CoURTEsIEs.-In the family
the law Of pleasing ought TO extend
from The highest TO the lowest. You
are bound to please your children, and
your children are bound to please each
other; and you are bound to please