Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-01-03
Religious miscellany.


That Jesus knows them all.
Yes, aill The morning and the night,
Tho joy the grioi, the loss,
Tho roughcnod path, the sunbeam bright
The hourly thorn and cross.
Thou knowest ALL lean my head
My weary cyelids close;
Content and glad awhile to tread
This path, since Jesus knows
And lie has loved me All my heart
With answering love is stirred,
And every anguished pain and smart
Finds healing in the word.
So here lay me down TO rest,
As nightly shadows fall,
And lean conhding on bis breast
Who knows and pities all
No one can be living, growing
Christian, who does not feed the fount-
ain with secret communion with God.
1t is not the sphere in which we
move, but the spirit which moves us,
that makes life vulgar or heroic.
The Christian life is not an engage
ment by contract between a 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.
"There is something infinitely evil
in unbelief, if we only consider what
it prevents. 1t stands, and it is the
only thing that does stand between a
sinner and the relief of the gospel.
Let him believe, and he is saved He
that hath the Son hath life; and he
that believeth hath the Son"
Three things appear to be uniniur-
ed by the fall: the song of birds, the
beauty of flowers, the smile of infan-
ey. 1t is difficult to conceive how
either of these could have been more
perfect, had man remained holy as If
God would leave us something to re-
mind us of the Paradise we have lost,
and to point us to that which we may
regain.
The Bishop of Wartzburg asked a
sprightly shepherd boy, "What are
you doing here my boy z" "Tending
swine" allow much do you get? Z"
"One horin a week" 81 am a shep-
herd also" said the Bishop, "but |
have a much better salary" "That
may all be, but then l suppose you
have more swine under your care"
replied the boy.
"What does Satan pay you for
swearing asked one gentleman OF
another "He don't pay me anything"
was the reply. "Well, you work
cheap: to lay aside the character OF
q gentleman; to inhict so much pain
on your friends and civil people; TO
suffer; and lastly to risk your own
precious soul-and for nothing. You
certainly do work cheap-yery cheap
indeed"
As a general thing, it may be ex-
pected that all Christians will find
themselves able to bear the great
crosses of life, because they come with
observation they attract notice by
their very magnitude, and, by putting
the soul on its guard, give it strength
TO meet them. But happy, thrice
happy is he who can bear the little
crosses which ever lie in wait, and
which attack us secretly, and without
giving warning, like thief in the
night.
Bernard, preaching one day very
sholastically, the learned thanked him
but not the godly; but when, another
day, he preached plainly, the good
people came blessing God for him, anC
gave him many thanks, which some
scholars wondered at. "Ah," said he
yesterday ] preached Bernard, but
to-day | preached Christ 1t is not
learning, but teaching; not wisdom
of words, but the evidence and dem
onstration of the Spirit, that is wei
come TO the Saints"
To have lived in the scenes through
which we have just passed, was higl
privilege. But to be permitted to liv,
when God rends the heavens, when b,
comes down, when the mountains flow
down at his presence, will be a glori
Gus honor. We know not what ma,
be before us in the twelve months up
on which we enter, but may be al
always about our Masters business
that when he comes he may find III
waiting for his appearing, and ready
TO do his will
A living Jesus There is no NOR,
glorious fact than this. II gives di
Unity TO our religion, and life to al
our labors. II lifts our sermons on
of a dead Journalism, and fills ou
prayers and songs with the warn
blood Of real life. 1t straightens NJ
the soul into real dignity, and gives
tone of tenderness 10 the voice that i
never withstood. Men are in earnes
the earnestness not of desperation
and convulsive fits, but of real life
Jesus is there, all and in all. The
are absorbedin him.
No matter who you are. what Won
lot, or where you live, you cannot al
ford TO do that which is wrong. Tn
only way TO happiness and pleasur
for yourself is to do the right thing
You may not always hit the mark
but you should always aim for il. an,
with every trial your skill increase.
Whether You are to be praised or ba
med for it by others, whether il wi
seemingly make you richer or poorel
or whctherno other person than YOU
self know of your action, still always
and in all cases, do the right.
The Saviour's mission was preem
nently on the arrrcsei,o He mad