Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-05-09
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Beautiful was the reply OF the ny
ing man to the question, whoihcr he
was still in the land Of the living
No, but am almost there.
All violent passions are evil, or in
other words, produce or tend to pro-
duce unhappiness for evil and un.
happiness are only mutable terms.
II your righteousness does not ex-
ceed the Righteousness Of the good
moral folks about you, why are you
better than theyy lfyou have moth
ing better than your neighbor has,
who is not Christian, why should
he try to be a Christian Why should
he come TO your ground, unless yours
is higher than his.
1t was only single sentence that
fell upon the ears Of the servant in
the family Of Payson, as she brought
TO him glass Of water, during one Of
his days ofillness "May you never
ask in vain for drop Of water to cool
your tongue' 1t was but word,
briefsentence, yet it proved q word Of
salvation to the person to whom il
was addressed.
We cannot be too bold in afiirma-
ton Of certain victory through Christ.
But care must be taken that we do
not mistake the person in whom we
trust, and transfer our confidence al
most unconsciously from Jesus to
ourselves We are but branches,
which must certainly and speedily
wither if deprived Of the life current
which flows from the vine.
You see the shadow of the heavens
in lake. But the heavens that look
out of that placid water do not seem
very deep the shadow of heaven is
shallow because the heaven shadowed
there is low But when the low
clouds have all passed away, look
down then into the lake and tell what
sight you see; the heaven shadowed
in the waters is deep, like eternity
now.
1t speaketh somewhat, when our
Lord bloweth the blossom off our in
sane hopes in this life, and loppeth
the branches of our worldly joys well
nigh the root, on purpose that they
should not thrive, Lord, ruin my
FOOLS heaven in this life, that !
may be saved forever. A forfeiture
of the saints part Of the yolk and
marrow of short, laughing, worldly
happiness, is not such real evil as
our blinded eyes conceive.
Nothing is so sweet as those sanity
voices that speak to us Of God moth
ing is so beautiful as what God inspires.
Romances make on me the impression
of gunpowder; they burn, blacken,
rend the heart; religious works en-
tighten, sustain, nourish it. Good
books are the mamma OF the people of
God, the celestial food of souls on
their journey to heaven; let us gath
er it up.
The best rule to determine the good
or evil in amuscments is this. What
ever makes the body healthier and
the mind purer and better is whole
some recreation. But whatever stim-
ulates the passions and feeds a dan
gerous appetite should be let alone.
This is a safe rule for Christian pa
rent TO adopt in deciding on the char
acter Of the entertainments for his
freside. The paren. is the pastor of
the "church in the house."
Don't be drone. You may rely
upon your present possessions or on
your future prospects, but those rich
es may fly away, or hopes may be
blighted: and if you have no place of
your own, in such case, ten to one, you
will find your path besct by thorns.
Want may come upon you before you
are aware oft; and, having no pro-
fession, you will find yourselfin any
thing but an enviablc position. 1t is,
therefore, important that you should
be something Don't depend upon
fortune, for she is a tickle support,
which often fails when you lean upon
her with great confidence. Trust to
your own eXertions.
1t may be beautiful to soar, but
looking into ones heart is very use.
.ul. One discovers what is going on
within, knowledge indispensable TO
our spiritual progress-indispensable
to salvation. Is this not of much bet
terworth than ecstacies transports,
than a piety of the imagination, which
rises as in balloon, to touch the stars,
ard then collapsing, falls back to
earthl There is an ideal side in de-
votion which has its dangers, which
fills the fancy with heaven, angels,
seraphic thoughts, without infusing
any solid principle into the heart, or
turning TO the love of God and the
practice of his law.
Discomfort is the spring of action
and the life Of progress. The conten-
ted man, satisfied with what he has
and what he is, makes no acquisitions
or attainments. lie is master ofthe
art of standing still Hold on, is his
motto; keeping quiet is his religion !;
things as they are, his heaven. The
discontented man kcers everything
in motion. He watches, explores,
mines, scales, tears down and builds.
He makes a railroad, steamship. a
telegraph, sinks mine and bores for
oil; invents cotton-gin and a sewing
machine; covers the world with tue
footprints Of his activity and genius as
he pioneers civilization and creates
the hereafter.