The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-23

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Christ WIrHiS.--Christ does not offer to
be simply an occasional shower Of blessings
to the faithful believer. He promises to be
q living well. ''rhe water that give him
shall be In him q well OF water springipg up
unto everlasting life" The deepest and the
most urgent wants OF the heart he promises
to satisfy.
In true conversion Christ enters the soul.
This 10 the very essence and touchstoue
OF conversion. With him comes light; With
him comes love; with him comcs peace.
The radical change Of heart In CONVEX siou 10
Just as truly a supernatural work as was the
resurrection of Lazarus from the cave In
transient visitor, but as au abiding gnest.
While he abides there he gives perennial life
and beauty and strength to the believer.
because | live, ye shall live Also" yet
not /" said the happy, hale-hearted apostle;
"but Christ that liyeth In me-" And that
was the reason why Paul remained Chris
tian, "a Christ's-mau,) long after the first
excitement OF the scene at Damascus had
passed away. A well was opened up 10
Paul's heart that day, and Its deep, cool,
living waters mover ran dry.
Men could always predict how Paul would
act in any emergency, because the principle
that ruled him was always the same. Tho
love Of Christ constraineth me-" "For me
to live Is Christ" The only reason why any
good man continues to be a good man Is
that the well-sprlng In his soul never runs
dry. Reckless, slave-hunting, swearing John
Newton ceases TO swear and scof, and begins
to pray. Twenty years later, John Newton
Is still praying, still preaching, still over.
flowing with benodcence among the haunts
Of busy London; and solely because the Lord
Jesus dwelt In him, source Of holy afrec-
tions and insplrer of noble and cody &C.
lions. On Sunday he preached to rich
bankers and titled ladies. On q week day
evening he would sit on three-legged stool,
In his blue sailor jacket, and open up his rich
experiences and wise counsels to the poorest
who came to visit him. 81 was a wild beast
on the coast Of Africa once" he used 10 say,
"but the Lord Jesus caught me and tanned
me, and now people come to see me as they
would go TO look at the lions In the Tower"
What people came to hear and TO see and to
love In the sturdy sailor-prcacher, was the
Christ who dwelt within John Newton.
Here Is the secret Of Christian persever.
ance. Wesleyans and Calyiuists alike agree
in this; that true Christian holds out for
no other reason than that Christ holds out.
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all generous deeds, and all heroic, self-deny-
ing endurances is down deep in the mans
heart; because Christ lives, be lives also.
You can no more exhaust the graces Of 0
John Wesley, or an Oberlin, or q Chambers
than you can pump the Hudson dry at West
Point. What transcendent Idea that Is In
Paul's prayer for his brethren--'That ye
might be filled with all the fullness OF God''
When, therefore, VIC meet with q man or
woman who almost never disappolnts us;
who is "always Astounding" In the work OF
the Lord; who serves God on every day as
well as the Sunday; who Ia more anxious to
be right than to be rich, and who can ask
Gods blessing on the bitterest cup-when
we meet such an one, we know that down
in the ciefts OF the soul is Christ, the we'll.
spring
In thousand ways will the inward fount
ain OF Christian principle make itself visi
Bile. We ace II In the merchant who give
Christ the key Of his safe and never soils I
with single dirty dollar. We see II In tn,
statesman who cares more TO win God'l
smile on his conscience than a reelection tc
office. We recognize Il In the minister who
IL moro greedy for souls than for salary
We see IL In the young man who would
rather endure a comrades laugh than hii
Saviour's frown; in the maiden who obey,
Christ sooner than fashion. sometimes
detect this wcll-spring of cheerful piety IL
the patient mother, whose daily walk will
God Is fount of holy influence amid he
household. know of poor mems dwelling
In which grows plant Of contentment tina
Is an exotic rarely found In marble man
sions. Its leaves are green and glossy 1t h
fed from the WE'LL
In dying chambers we have often heard
this spiritual fountain playing, aud its muir.
muir was as musical 81 the tinkle OF brook
"Iu The iesfy month OF June"
Perfect love had cast out fear. Peace
relgned. Joys aparkled In the sunlight OF
Gods e1uutenance, There was well there
which death could not dry-the swell oil
water spriuging up Into everlasting life"
Bomar, the sweet singer OF Scotland, has
rhymed this thought into beautiful meter;
81 heard the voice Of Jesus s.y,
Behold, freely give
The living water; thirsty opei
Stoop down and drink, and live
Icame to Jesus, and drank
OF that life giving stream.
My thirst was quenched, my soul rev we'd,
And now l live In Him"
Req Tho l.. Cuyier.
REV. II. CUMMINGS, d. D., who died IL
1928, after a pastorate OF more than half
century, had such conte npt of gossip tina
1t passed into a proverb among his people
that 'lf one should pour bushel basket full
of gossip and scandal down at his door, be
never would stoop to pick II up" It Is said
Of him also, In Illustration of the same trait
that parishioner who was one day dining
with him, beginning TO speak In coniden.
tlal way with him In disparagement Of Ger.
tain parishioners who were not present, wa,
suddenly stopped by a stern rebukc, afte
this wise 'Sir, invited you to dine will
me to-day as n friend to me, and not as
slanderer of any Of my people-all Of whom
Iconsider as my friends"
PLEASANT WORDS and little acts Of kind
ness and attention are very important agent
In tho restoration OF health, and In som
cases are Of more benefit than any or al
other kinds OF treatment. In health or dis
ease they are never lost, always do good anC
never do harm. Use them freely, one and
all, and especially those who have the care
OF the sick. An indispensable qualification
for a good nurse Is that she must be kind,
pleasant and attentive.
No TRUTH ever brought 10 mans mind,
through nature or by revelation, can be
palmer than this; that true love always de.
sires to manifest itself by acts Of devotion
and kindness. That man or woman Is not
controlled by true love that wishes to secure
an easy life sustained by the unrequited toll
or already accumulated wealth OF one OF the
parties. He cannot really love Christ, who
!. studlous to enter church whose debts
are all paid and whose offices OF labor are
amply filed.
SOUTHERN MARYLAND RAILRoAD.-Thc
st. Mary's BeIeoH, of October 2lst says; Al
public meeting at Mr.. Z. T. Spalding's
store, In Oakville district, on Saturday last
the announcement was made by one Of the
speakers (Mr. Maddox that a million
OF the stock Of the Southern Maryland rail
road had been subscribed, and that the two
per cent. bonus on thi, amount had alread,
been paid In as required by law. Mr.. Mad
dor, we learn-for we were not present a
the meeting accompanied this statement
with the declaration that he was Just from q
meeting Of the coTporators at Charlotte Hall