Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-09-12
Selections.

We would DO more FOR God In pub.
lie by being more with God in private.
Christ says not this, 81 do not care
for your prayers and hymns, your songs
ana TeiOicings.h He does care for them
II they come 10 the right order. But
Christ says, " L. you love me, 30 not
want you TO show 1t by emotion by being
very happy, but by keeping my com.
mandments. When you have done that,
ifthere Is feeling left over le. his, sing"
There are people who are puzzled
TO know why 50 lew vouug men are
called on TO preach the Gospel. There
are others who can give guess when
they have read of preacher, who, dur.
Ing the cold nights of the winter, has
been compelled to sit up pretty much all
Of each night attending the fires, so that
ais wife and children might not freeze
the bed.clothing in their possession not
being sufficient to protect them.
Beware of the selfshness of piety
Beware of self indulgence under the in.
sidous forms OF spiritual experience.
Beware OF attempting to be happy by
having happy feelings. Seek your hap
piness in the sphere OF duty where God
put you, and see to 1t that you get your
happiness outside your closet. l do not
object to mans being happy in it; but
l think 1t Is 8 suspicious Circumstance
where man is happy nowhere but in
his own closet. | suspect him Of being
one Of those selfish men that intoxicate
themselves with spiritual feelings.
1t is not enough to abstain from out.
ward sin, and so to be negatively moral
unless you bring forth fruits unto right
eousness, you have not the life Of God in
you and however much you may be at
ease, there shall come q rough awaken
ing to your slumbers, and the shrll
sound Of the Archangel's trumpet shall
be to you no other than blast OF the
trumpet Of condemnation, because We
took your ease when We should have
served your God.
DESIRE OF KYowLEDGE-" To desire
to known order to know, is curiosity.
"To desire to know-to be known, Is
vanity.
" To desire to know-to sell your
knowledge, is COyetousness.
ITO desire to know-to edify ones self
is prudence.
ITO desire to know--to edify Others
is charity"
So saith Saint Bernard; and seven
hundred years later, holy man said
" To desire to know-to glorify God, is
religion"
INNovArIoSs.-Its & dangerous pre-,
sumption TO make innovations, If but in
the circumstances of Gods worship
| Those human additions which would
seem to grace the institution Of God de-
| prsve it, that infinite wisdom knows
best what will please itself, and pre-
scribes accordingly. The foolishness o.!
God is wiser than the wisdom OF men.
ldolstry and fslsehood are commonly
more gaudy and plausible than truth.
| That heart which can for the outward
homeliness despise the ordinances o!
| God sis already alienated from true re-
ligion, and lies open TO the grossestsuper
stition,- Hall.
THE SHEPHERD's VoIcE; Or, at Is l. -
"A lady walking on some downs the
next morning after a terrific thunder
storm, met shepherd. She asked MIN
what his sheep had done during the
storm. "Ah :" he replied, III folded
them as usual in the evening; but when
the storm came on | thought OF the
poor things, and went out to look after
them. When got little distance from
the fold, found them jumping about in
the greatest alarm but the moment they
heard my voice they were quite quiet
Just so, storm and tempest may break
over the believer but only let him hear
the Chief Shepherds voice saying 81,
is l, and there is great calm.
FAITH WORKING BY LovE.-AH true
and lively faith begats love; aud thus,
that heavenly light is the vehicle Of
heat, Apt as, ny this means, true faith
has tendeucy &c the practice Of obsdi-
ence, 80, - true obedience depends upon
faith, and fJws from it, But it also pro
ceeds from love, because faith first pro
duces love, and then works by it. All
knowledge of mysteries is vain and Of
no value, unless it have an influence
upon the affections, and thereby, upon the
whole conduct oflife, The luminaries Of
heaven are placed on high; but they are
SO placed, that they may shine, and
perform their periods, for the benefit
OF this earth.-LeightOn.