New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-08
RELIGIOUS MIscELLANIEs

The HAPPY COMMUNICATIONS
is nothing purer than truth, nothing
sweeter than charity, nothing warmer
than love, nothing brighter than vir-
tue, and nothing more steadfast than
faith. These united in one mind form
the purest, sweetest, richest, brig ht-
est, hottest, and most enduring happi-
ness. A study of Paul's epistle to the
Phillippian Christians Phil. 4, 81 will
serve to beget and strengthen these
graces in the soul.
Ny STAFF" Did ye ask if 1 had a
Bible % said poor old widow in Lon
don; I" did ye ask me if had Bible!
Thank God ! have q Bible. What
should do without my Bible +? It
was the guide of my youth, and it is
the staff Of my age. 1t wounded me,
and it healed me it condemnded me,
and it acquitted me to the Savior! 1t
has given me comfort through life, and
/ trust it will give me hope in DEATH"
Golden Fountain.
THE WAY TO THE GROWN is BY THE
CRoss.-We must taste the gall if we
are to taste the glory. If justified by
faith we must suffer tribulations.
When God saves soul he tries it.
Some believers are much surprised
when they are called TO suffer. They
thought they would do some great
thing for God; but all he permits them
to do is to suffer for his sake. Go
round to every one IN glory; each has
q different story to tell, yet every one
a tale of suferings. But mark, all
were brought out Of them. 1t was a
dark cloud, but il passed away. The
water was deep, but they reached the
other side. Not one there blames God
for the way he led them thither. "Sal-
walton ]" is their only cry. Child of
God, murmur not at your lot. Yov must
have a palm as well as q white robe.
Learn to glory in tribulations also
NJ Cheync.
1--WE SHALL EAT THE FRUIT. -
A blacksmith had IN his possession,
but under mortgage, house and piece
of land. Like many others, he was at
one time fond Of the social glass, but
was happily induced by a friend to
join temperance society. About
three months after he observed his
wife one morning busily employed
planting rose bushes and fruit trees.
Mary" said he, II have owned this
cot for five years, and yet 1 have never
known you before to care to improve
and ornament it IN this manner"
Indeed" replied the smiling wife, 81
had no heart to do it until you gave up
the drink. / had often thought of #
before, but 1 was persuaded that,
should | do it, some strangers would
pluck the roses and eat the fruit.
Now, with Gods blessings, this cot
will be ours, and we and our children
may expect to enjoy the produce.
We shall pluck the roses and eat the
fruit
Many persons look upon religious
schools from the reasoning standpoint.
1 always look upon religious sects,
claimants for public confidence, not SO
much FROM the category of their bene-
fits, and still less from their logical
presence and power; / look for the
results. l look to sec what moral
power they have who hold these senti-
ments, and what the power Of their
views is upon the understanding, the
conscience and the lives of men. A
system or sect that is simply beautiful,
that deals simply with not-believings,
that goes on to correct, and
correct and correct the things
that are misbelieved, but that
believes nothing with vengeance ;
that is enthusiastic in nothing that is
fanatieal in nothing that has no tran
scendent, intense faith-what power
can such a system or sect as that have
upon this world! All its taste, all its
fine discrimination all its fine distine-
tions-they are good and so is moon
shine good, that quiVers and dazzles
upon the ever changing tides but it
is not moonshine that makes the tides.
1t is moon power that makes them.
And so, men that believe, men Of posi-
tive and intense convictions, are the
men that have power to make tides in
the world. And ] respect power
moral, above all.
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GoD.-Perhaps there is no cry more
striking than that of the Eastern
water carrier. "The gift Of God" he
says, as he goes along with his water
skin on his shoulder. 1t is impossible
to hear this cry without thinking Of
our Lords words to the women Of Sa-
maria:
"If thou knewest the gift Of God,
and who il is that saith unto thee, give
me to drink, thou would'st have asked
Of him, and he would heYe given the
living waters"
It is very likely that the water so
valuable and SO often scarce in hot
countries, was in those days days.. as
now, spoken ofas "the gift Of God, to
| denote its preciousness; if so, the ex-
preston would be exceedingly forcible
to the. woman as well as full Of mean
ing.
The water carriers cry in Egypt
must always rouse a thoughtful mind
to the recollection Of the deep neoes-
stiles of the people; Of the thirst
which they know not Of and the liV-
ing water, which few, if any, have
offered to the poor Moslems in that
great city and makes him wish and
pray for the time when the sonorous
cry of Eye aatee Allah shall be the
type Of the cry Of enc bringing the
living water Of the gospel, and saying,
behold the gift of God.
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