The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-08-21
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Pilgrim. on iIfe's desert road, T.
Far from home and from thy God,
See the murmurlng waters bright
Playing on thy 'tfanced sight;
Zee the wsytsF yerdure green
Arise the angels harps above
1.-THE Master Is come, and osileth for thee"
Traveller In thi. .vsls Of tears" 90.
All thou careful ior the morfowi' aIl
IL thy spirit allied with sorrow
Lar thy weary troubles by,Jlg.r ...g 4
RAiae thy heart In prayer on high !. -
Hear the loving ones at home,
Singing, 'Brother cease 20 roam,
The Master IL comes and calieth for thee"
soldisr. m this dssaIY .,tlfs.
Fear not, though bereft Of Me -.
ress aot, ths ps,h 81 siaty,s plain, in'
When these words shall cali ihcc home,
I" Leave the battle In Its heat.
Rest awaits thy weary feetj
The Master 10 come, and calleth for thee"
Christian, wheresoe'er thou art,
Fear not Satan's cruel dart;
with thy hesyen.wrouxht srmor on,
All his missiles thou cant shup;
with thy heart on things above,
swiftly on thy feet viii move,
Until thou hearst the trumpet sound,
Until the bestlipg crags rebound; .......
"The Masters come, aud csiieth for thee"
CHEERFUL PEorLy.-God bless the cheer
full person IMAM, woman or child, old or
young, illiterate or educated, handsome or
homely Over and above every other social
trait stands cheerfulncss. What tho sun Is
to nature, what God Is 10 the stricken heart
which knows how 70 lean upon hbn, are
cheerful persons In the house aud by the
way-side. They go unobtruslvely,. uncon-
sciously about their silent mission, brighten
ing up society around them with the happi-
noss bcaming from their faces. We love to
sit near them; we love the glance Of their
eye, the tone OF their voice. Little children
find them out, o SO quickly amid the
densest crowd; aud, passing BY the knotted
brow and compressed lip, glide near, and,
laying couading little hand on their knee,
lit their clear young eyes to those loving
faces.
THE love Of God In the gin Of His Son!
Never was there such display OF love In
Heaven or on earth. You can no more find
love equal to this among creatures than you
can find among them the infinite power that
formed the universe out Of nothing. This
will stand upon record TO all eternity as the
unprecedented, unparalleled, iuimitable love
Of God. And 1t appears the moro illustrious
when We consider that this unspeakable gin
was given to sinners, to rebels, to enemies,
that were so far from deserving II; that, on
the other hand, IL Is q miracle of mercy
that thcy arc not all grooming forever under
the tremendous weight Of His justice. o,
that could say something that might do
honor TO iti Bat, ALAS the language OF
mortals was formed for other subjects. This
love passes all description AID all knowledge.
Samuel Davis.
FEVER OF PRIDB.-Many are subject TO
the fever OF pride, but a sight Of Jesus In
his humiliation, contradicted OF sinners,
will tend to make them humble. Pride
drops her plumes when she hears the cry,
"Behold the man ~ In the society Of one so
great, enduring so much scorn, there is no
room for vanity. Some are covered with
leprosy of sel1shncss, but II anything can
forbid q man 70 lead a selfish life, II Is the
life Of Jesus, who saved others-himself he
could not save. Misers, and gluttons and
self-seekers, love not the Saviour, for his whole
conduct upbralds them. Upon some the lit OF
anger oftcn comes but what can give gentle
ness Of spirit like the sight Of him who was a
lamb dumb before the shearers, and who
opened not his mouth under blasphcmy and
rebukei II any OF you feel the frcttlng
consumption Of worldliness, or the cancer
Of covetousness, for such rank diseases ~
these are common In Zion-still the groans
and grlefs Of the Man Of Sorrows, the nc.
quaintaincc OF grief, will prove cure. All
evils hy before the Lord Jesus, even as the
shadows vanish before the sun. Lash us,
Master, TO the cross; no fatal shipwrcck
shall we fear II fastened there. Bind us
with cords to the horns OF the altar; no dis.
ease eau come there; the sacrifice purihes
the air. Through hell iIss'!s ..sn-. ,,Se. 20.
vapor, II we could but have thy cross before
our eyes. II were not possible that all the
blasphcmy Of devils aud Of the vilest of mcr
could pollutc our spirits for SO much as q
moment IL thy blood were always sprlnkled
on the tablets Of our hearts, and thy decI
humiliation always present In our minds
Forgetfulness OF the stripes lands us IN dis
case; but the sweet remembrance OF thu
passion, and a blessed absorption in th,
mystery Of the Masters death, will surel,
cast out NIL the evils from us and keep vi
from returning to them again.-Spwgson.
TIE MEAsURELEss LovE.-I can measur,
parental loye-how broad, how long, ant
how strong and deep Ii isj IL is a deep sea
which mothers can only fathOm. But the
| love displayed on yondcr hill and bloody
| cross, where Gods own Son Is pcrlshing for
us, nor man nor angel has q line to measure.
The circumference Of the earth, the altitude
Of the sun, the distance Of the planct-these
have been determined; but the height, depth,
breadth and length OF the love OF God pas.
seth knowledge. Such Is the Father agains,
whom all Of us have slnned a thousand
times Walk the shore where tho ocean
sleeps In the summer calm, or, dashed into
fury by the winters tempest, Is laundering
| on her sands, and when you have numbered
the drops Of the waves, the sand on he
sounding beach, you have numbered God'i
mercies and your sins. Well, therefore, maj
we 20 10 Him with the conLrition OF tn,
prodigal In our hearts, and his confession OF
our lips-"Father, l have sinned agains
heaven and In thy sight" The Spirit 0
God helping us TO go to God, DO assure,
that the father, who, soelng his son afar of
ran TO meet him, fell on his neck and kisse,
him, was but an image Of Him who, no
sparing his own Son, but giving him up I,
death that we might live, invites and nov
awaits your coming.-Dr. Guthrie.