Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-01-10

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human welfare.
How can we know that a man has
died unto sin, unless he has lived un-
to righteousnessy
Because it is true that God worketh
all things according to the counsel OF
his own will, it does not follow that
Christians have nothing to do
Every man hath a domestic chap
lain within his own bosom that preach
es over the sermon TO him again, and
comes over him with "Thou art the
man"
Every one who has a heart to pray,
a tongue to speak, OF a penny to give,
may be "worker together with God"
And who has not one or all of these
to work with?
Shall the great Housekeeper of the
world, water his flowers, prune his
plants, fodder his cattle, and not feed
his children Never think it.
What courage, what zeal, what per-
severance, what fortitude, what hero
ism, are seen in the life history of
Paul How does his example put 10
shame the timid, doubling, halting,
lazy faith of many discipleg
There is no danger of our losing
faith tomorrow if we are faithful to
the faith we have to-day. Our great
work is to do tho instant duty, and
accept the instants inspiration. All
the rest we leave with God.
If Christianity has ever seemed to
be the ally of despotism, it was be-
cause she was herself corrupted and
disguised either by delirious asceti-
cism, confounding selfdegradation
without humility.
Whatever may be the troubles of
life, the Christian may look forward
to their end in his home in heaven.
Home is sweet word, when used in
relation to earth. 1t is a sweeter one
when used in relation to heaven. A
home in heaven What sweeter words
can be found in the language.
The standard of Christian living
has been SO generally lowered, that a
great revival is needed TO elevate it,
by quickening the conscience, and
bringing all Christians back to the BIZ
BILE, as the rule of life Such revi-
val, by leading Christians to come out
OF the world and be separate from it,
might recover lost ground, and invest
the churches with new power.
Faith, courage, zeal and diligence,
are graces which produce heroic vir-
tues in the individual. These fur
nish proof that the soul Of the believ-
er has been so powerfully affected by
the love Of Christ, that it cannot re-
frain from engaging in hard, active
Cross-bearing service. The instant
Paul believed, he inquired :-"Lord,
what wilt thou have me do ?" Hence
forth he had just one thing to do and
that one thing consisted in giving his
soul and body as a living sacrifice, to
his Lord
You must teach spiritual things just
as you teach natural things, by bring
ing the child face to face with the
things taught. You cannot teach a
child whata lion is by description, ex-
tept by vague and unsatisfactory
way. Let him see q lion, or at least
its picture. So with truthfulness, pi-
city, love, and faith, let him see them
in action, or at least an illustration.
Let the virtue he should emulate,
shine out in your own eve, action or
word, or show it TO him in those of
another
The existence Of the Church in this
wicked world is one of the wonders of
Providence. 1t is vessel living in
tcmpestuous sea; a bush on fire but
not consumed. If wo reflect on the
enmity Of the wicked against the
righteous, their great superiority in
numbers over them, the attempts that
have been made to exterminate them,
the frequent diminution of their num-
bers by detection and death, their OK.
istence, and especially their increase,
must be wonderful and cannot other
wise be accounted for but that Christ
liveth.
While yet we were enemies, Christ
died for us. Did you ever attempt to
imagine what must have been the
state of mind that God was in when
he looked upon those who were not re-
pentant, that were his enemies still.
and that were SO vagrant as to reject
his lifelong services, as to cause his
passion, and as to work out his death /?
Did you ever attempt TO imagine what
must have been the state Of mind by
which, after having toiled for them, he
could in the act Of dying pray for
them, saying, "They know not what
they dor Do YOU get any idea of
what tho divine feeling is toward n
wicked, hating, and hateful being.
which manifests itself in diving for
him as the means Of his restoration.
Convince all men that their notion
of Providence is the projection of
their own conccits across the world :;
that the vastitudes of creation are va,
cant of mind, that no pity hears our
intercession, and sympathizcs with
our woe, no love responds TO our ador-
alton, no thought talxcs in the infinite
truth and beauty of things, and no
will controls the order and directs
the course of events and Of worlds
believe that there is nothing but pho
nomens anywhere, and what an i'm
measurable void you create, what
an awful eclipse cnsues 7 You lose
not only an object of formal worship
but all that gives life its dignity, the