The weekly standard., 1869-09-15
RELIGIOUS.

Rev. q. Cummings, D. D., who died in
1923, after pastorate of more than half
century, had such contempt of gossip that
it passed into proverb among his people
that 'if one should pour bushel basket
full of gossip and scandal down at his door,
he never would stoop to pick it up" 1t is
said of him also, in illustration of the same
trait, that parishioner who was one day
dining with him, beginning to speak in
| confidentia; way with him in disparagement
of certain parishioners who were not pres
ent, was suddenly stopped by stern re-
buke, ,iafter this wise: "Sir, invited you to
| dine with me to-day as friend to me, and
not as slanderer of any of my people-all
OF whom I consider as my friends"
HOME CHEERFULNEss.-Many child goes
astray, not because there is want of prayer
or virtue at home, but simply because home
lacks sunshine. A child needs smiles as much
as flowers need sunbeams Children look
! little beyond the present moment. II a thing
| dlspleases they are prone to avoid it. If
home is the place where faces and words are
harsh, and fault finding is ever in the ascen-
dant, they will spend as many hours as pos
sible elsewhere. Let every father and mother,
then, try to be happy. Let them look happy.
| Let them talk to their children, especially
little ones, in such way as to make them
happy. .... ..-. ...... ....
No truth ever brought to mans mind
through nature or by revelation, can he
| palmer than this: that true love always de-
sircs 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 lite sustained by the unrequted toll
or already accumulated wealth of one of the
| parties He cannot really love Christ who
is studious to enter Church whose debts
are all paid and whose offices of labor are
amply filled. EeIglrH 9- "'a
FULL OF LovE.-The sun is full of heat and
light, and it asks no questions as to how it
shall do good, but is perpetually pouring
out its, golden flood. The spring that
sparkles at the foot of the hill is full /; and,
asking leave of no one, is forever yelling
forth its sweet waters So the Christian, if
only full of the love Of God and man, and
shedding around him benign influences as
natural result can not help doing goHd
John Bunyan being once asked question
concerning heaven, which he could not an
swer, because the Bible had furnished no
reply, very wisely advised the querist to fol-
low Christ, and live holy life, that he
might by-and-by go to heaven and see for
himself. Lord, are there few that be saw
ed 2" asked curious questioner of Christ.
Strive to enter in at the straight gate"
was the instant and pertinent reply.
Pleasant words and little acts of kindness
and attention are very important agents in
1.-THE restoration of health, and in some cases
are of more benefit than any or all other
kinds of treatment. In health or disease
they are never lost, always do good and
never do harm. Use them freely, one and
all, and especially those who have the care
of the sick. An indispensable qualification
for good nurse is that she must be kind,
pleasant and attentive. z!s Ail-ias --r
Could you look upon duties as the CALLER
les of communion in which you walk with
God, where your souls may be filled with
those ravishing and matchless delights that
are IN his presence, your soul would not
offer to ster from thence.-Flarel. ..s-
Contentment abides with truth. You
WIN Seneiahy suher or WISH TO appear
other than what you are; whether it be
richer or greater, or more learned. The
mask soon becomes an instrument of tor
ture.-Helps. III .-is..-
Kinds words arc. among the brightest
flowers of the earth !; they convert the
humblest home into paradise; there.
fore use them, especially around the fireside
circle, roL lu .a1mi56egni lA -l-i-iiii u
To speak truth and to do good, is to re
semble in some sort the Deity we worship.
True elequence consists in saying all that
is necessary and nothing more