The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-25
SUNDAY READING.


The flhbI OABLk.
The waves d thought d deeply undefiisst
Where all 10 calm and still as summer 9 even,
Where deep 70 desp with solemn voies fspiies
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Where life bright sand, have found : quiet home
And bury treasures that no eve can Aod.
oisls q P,sysE vhers mS.ss,s a. Pa
where words sush forth unmcasured and IN.
And sSioHsA the unknown realm We reach our
Cable q P,.sye,i stretched ssss long ago
Bs s,,.,as ne S.yss Ss%,n spiii ana voc,
csSls q Pbf.ysI whose Liysts meyer break,
III rom ~ Roeh " Iss t ihSss my qaatc
csSl, q PRAYER, Will. mortal life shall las,
still shall the heart mid aims and sorrows cast
Comfort receive and supplications send.
CnRrsT's CARE ron Us.-Thero Is not n
more significant truth for us, II Christians,
than Chat Christ careth for u.s." How Il
comes home to the forlorn, sad heart In the
hour Of Its extremity, as a welcome panacca
for all It's sorrows 1t encourages and iu-
ylgoratcs the man for new efforts however
dark and foreboding his prospects. Though
all other friends provo treacherous and for
sake him, he may always find In Jesus of
Nazareth ga friend that stlcketh closer than
brother" II Ia not the embodiment Of
general principle, Or an abstract doctrine
which appears beautiful In theory and In
tangible and indefinite In It's application to
practice, but TO the man Of faith II Is pres
cnt, personal, vital reality, affordng just
the help he needs. lie exclaims with con-
adcncc,
ayes, for me, for me he oareth
with brothers tender care"
While we were under the dominion OF sin
he cared for us, else he would not have come
TO save us, and that In such way as he
did, by life Of sacrifice and death OF
agony and Of ignominy. "Whiic we were
yet sinners, Christ died for u.s."
What he has done for us In the rich and
ample provisions OF the gospel, what he Is
still doing for US In watching over us as our
great Shepherd, In interceding for us as he
stands at the mercy-scat above In his every
day dealings with US through his providence
and his grace, and In what he will do for us
In the consummatlon OF all things by the
victory which he will confer upon us, shows
the nature of his care.
II this be so, what Christian will complain
and doubt and refuse to bear the cross
When he 10 assured that all his labors, ad-
vcrsitles, trials, yes, all things shall work
together for his good, how can he hesitate,
neglect, and even refuse to do what the
Master bids him How blind, how forgetful,
how careless we are, not to approhcnd, value
and acknowledge the constant, watchful
care Of our divine Master.
An AIMLEss LIFE.-I committed one fatal
error In my youth, and dearly have abded
ii. started In life without an object, even
without an ambition. My temperament dis
posed me to ease, and to the full indulgod
Ia. \ al - all +. 10.
oil that ! sec others contcndlng for; why
should struggled" knew not the curse
that lights on those who have never to strug
gle for anything. Had created for myself
q definite pursuit-lltcrary, scientific, artistic
social, political, no matter what, so there was
something to labor for and to oyercomc-l
might have been happy. ] feel this now
too late The power Is gone. Habits have
become chains. Through all the prontless
years gone by l seek yainly for something tc
remember with pride or even to dwell on with
satisfaction. have thrown away u life.
feel sometimes as If there were nothing re
manning to me worth living for. am an
unhappy mau.-Bsyond Tie Breakers, by Rob
ef Dale Oeen.
THOUGHTS TO REMENBER.-We call these
wise words from DR.. Guthrie
Tho mcanest arc mighty with God, tht
| mlgntlcst mean WITHOUT lin.
Would VIC do our Heavenly Father justice
We must look on Calvary as well rs OH Eden
We have no faith In terror dlsassoclatet
from tenderness. We trust more in the pro
cess Of drawing than driving men to Jesus.
Like the inn OF Bethlehem given to lodge
mcauer guests, a heart full OF pride has ne
chamber within which Christ may be borr
Sin us the hope of glory"
The magnet which drew Saviour from
the skies was not our merit but our misery
None nre so sure to lie In Jesus bosom al
those who lie lowest at jesus feet,
That man gave the atheist Crushin!
answer, who told him that the very ieathe
with which he penned the words, "Thcre /
no Cod" refuted the audacous lie.
MANY MEN pass ilfty or sixty years In tn
world, and when they are Just, going out 0
IL ,hsy bOtiiiuh themselves, and step back, a
II were, TO do something which they had al
the while forgotten, TO wit, the main blsl
ncss for which they came into the wOrld-t
repent Of their sins and reform their lives an,
make their peace with God, and in time pre-
pare for eternity.-TiliotSon.