Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-10-24
NslInlous snllsWllang.

Blcssedness is happiness transtig
ured.
The more we study human nature
the less we think Of men, the more
of man.
1t is harder for penurious man to
be honest than for gourmand to
keep fast.
There are moro sensible people
who are smart than smart ones who
are sensible.
We are all brothers before God.
Mutually ncedful we must be mutu-
ally helpful we should be-
Inwrought prayer, that hath a
spirit in it, carryeth all before it.
nothing can bind or hold it from pre-
yailing
Prayer is, as it were, a battle
fought in heaven, not in wrath or re.
venge, but with faith and holy sub
mission.
In imitation other Creator, Nature
conceals her greatest wealth, as if to
lure us on with his own divine assur-
rance 'Seel1, and ye shall find"
The thought of death, that strikes
the wise man with awe, may leave
unshal1en the self.complaeency of the
fool. The wind that rocks the tower
whistles through the hut.
Were repining TO begin only where
Thanksgiving to God for his mercies
should end, the most afflicted of man.
kind would find life too short for com.
plant.
No man knows less of pleasure
than he who habitually seeks it, For
him there is but a step between nov
city and safety, and the charm OF
the former is utterly destroyed by
the intemperate haste with which he
plunges in the latter.
God certainly hears what we speak ;
but we many times do not hear what
be speaks, though he speaks peace to
us God always hears the prayer Of
faith, and answers it, but we do not
always hear what that answer is.
PITHY AND True Elder Swan
used to say that if the doctrine OF
universal salvation be true. then the
Bible ought to read "Wideis the gate
and broad IS the way that leads to
heaven, and everybody goes there
strait is the gate and narrow is the
way that leads to hell, and you can't
find it ifyou try"
SwEARNG.-Swearing is the fit ex-
preston Of human rage, and the most
exact interpreter of its real meanin G.
lie who utters the fearful word Of
damnation against his fellow-man,
is giving vent to a feeling which, had
he the power, would really consign
him to hell Anger is thus not only
murder, but murder of the worst
kind it would not only kill the body,
but would cast both soul and body in
to hell Swearer, see what your oath
meansl Angry man, see what your
anger means.
Oh, fearful world, thou needest
that which shall wipe thy tears away,
Oh, sorrowing world, thou dost need
a comforter. Oh, blind and deserted
world, thou needest guide and en-
hghtener. And if the Spirit Of God
is teaching the ignorant, and giving
sight TO the blind, and bringing life
into dead hearts, and Joy into ran
sacked natures, there will be no ray
ofargument or philosophy that shall
show men that these experiences
are baseless, fantastic or untrustwor-
thy. Our trust is one that goes
through the senses, and beyond them,
and in further than the natural rea-
son can pierce 1t is this inward con-
scousness, il is the souls certainty of
its relation to eternal life, that is to
constitute the evidences of the truth
Of God in the soul
WORKING FOR CHRsT.-Rev. T. i.
Cuyler, in the Independent, forcibly
says:
"My brother, opposite your name
on the church roll stand these words,
Servant of Jesus Christ Under
meath it methinks / sec a pierced,
bloood-stained hand write, Occupy
till | come. If thou art faithful over
few things, | will make thee ruler
over many things The night COM
eth in which you cannot work Keep
your hand to the plow until death
loosens its grasp; and when the
night comes on, you will find that
the sleep Of the laboring manis sweet
have just come from the death bed
Of young man who is going home to
Jesus, as a harvester comes in at
evening, with his load of golden
sheaves. Brother c. he said to me,
"they call this the river Of death. 1t
is no such thing. 1t is the river of
life"
The natural man cannot understand
spiritual things, because they are spir-
itually discerned. If you can under
stand them you are no longer nat
ural man. | say, "a savage cannot
understand literature" An old chief
goes to work and gets the assistance
OF teachers, and makes himself ac.
quainted with the various branches of
education, and then comes to me and
says, "Nou said a savage could not un-