Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-26

nTa9mlaFd hN HllNA "AN
n gibrist. itis sweet 70 sueeot,
O'aeeause they bear Thy name
We rather CLEAN Thy harvest
ThNu reap IN earthly tpolli
I'VE haste TO seek the warning,
var love N axes glad the toili
So weak are VIC aud humble,
The precious trust to hold,
INT as Thou leAd'at our footsteps
we bring them to Thy fold.
We gather from Thy bounty,
And In Thy name dispenser
we lean our human weakness
GA Thy omnlpotenoei
Aud wusu, a surB~ aru aud atflokeht
Thy roysl form appears,
we deem u ttgheat wotahip
To wash Thy feet with tears.
O. eyer-prCsent Master
IS ws and, where'eF we tread,
snsh service for az eet oiutment
To pour upon Thy heali
We how with deep thanksgiving
That Thou our WORK VIII oWni
Tho 10Y IL ours OF serving
The praise Is Thine alone,
TuE uRARr OF THE oNE.-All really
useful and happy homes have a heart
centre toward which every member gray
itates. drawn by attractions resistless
because unfelt The Louse-band that
surrounds, strengthens and protects,
il usually tho husband and father. The
bouso.h,art is usually tho wife and
mother, More than several times have
We known the weak, tho sick, the needy
ma OF the family TO become the house.
heart 10 and from which the activities
m every n ember were in steady citcu.
lntion. For her room the best in the
house was chosen. The stately parlor
gave mn It's best chair and picture. To
mat room came the frat flower, the first
berries the first fruit OF orchard and
vineyard. The newspaper came into that
room frst Of all. There the father ire
ported" when returning, and lett his
goodbye when going. Thither tho young
girl, dressed for party, came IN TO be
admired in the household heart. Ihlther
the sons have come thrice day fresh
with the last excitement, and stories
from the street. For her, the concert,
the lecture, and the sermon have been
listened to, and story Of them brough t
home. Her need has wrought gentle
ness and unity through the whole family
Her tranquil Judgment has tempered
hasty speeches and taught the way OF
impsrtial thought. Around her chair,
or couch, or bed, as around an altar
thrice consecrated, have come daily wor
shippers, with Scripture, song and prayer
And so through the years OF chasteneo
endowment ard trembling hope, this
family has found training IN lie OIL
unity, purity and love. The house has
had a heart. The passers-hy said
Iaficted." But the jewellers knew that
the affection was working out traits
most peaceable and rewards eternal.
The heart ceased to beat. The room
was empty. The errands and the ser.
vices OF love ended. And the stricken
ones stood together, and with voices low
and earnest vowed and prayed by
the memory Of the past by the ache and
emptiness Of this hour, and by the hope
OF the future, we vow holy living in
the Lord; and we beseech him that in
his hose Of many homes we may have
one, and may she be tho heart OF H.
Amen. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN
DoS'r YOU know about Jesus" said
little Mabel, a sweet child OF six years.
She was visiting US, and left alone with
me on Sunday evening She tired OF
amusing herself with the pictures, and
then, coming TO the sOih, sne caIesSeu
me in her winning, chlld-like way Dear
uncle, want you TO tell me something
about Jesus. Mamma always does on
Sunday nights" l evaded the question,
and talked of something else. But she
would not be put of. Again and again
she would ask, Please tell me some.
thing about Jesus" Finding did not
comply, she said at length, opening her
blue eyes wide, "Wby, you know about
Jesus, don't your" | did not know
about Jesus, nor did wish to. But the
prattlinR Of the dear child led me to a
sense Of my ignorance and guilt, and to
seek, and / trust to find the dear JesuS
about whom little Mabel was 80 eageEto
hear.
THAr which is the best adapted to the
human condition Is Gods favor. When
Moses said God, show Inc thy glory"
God refused to show him his glory in
the sense in which be tn ought Of it
that Is, with the scenic outaaSh Of oil
creation, revealing angels trooping
about the throne, and exhibiting all the
manifestations Of divine power. Moses
thought to see wonderful visions, but
God said: II viii show you my good
ness" IL is as II God rebuked the
false notion which Moses had, and point
ing 70 his goodness. said; This is my
glory"
IL KSER failure seemed to rest on
noble life, 1t was when tho Son Of Man,
deserted by his friends, heard the cry
which proclaimed that the Pharisees
had drawn the net around the Divine
victim. Yet from that very hour Of
defect and death, there went forth the
worlds life; from that moment OF appa'
rent failure, there proceeded forth into
the ages the spirit of the conquering
Gross. Surely, il the Cross says anything,
Il says that apparent defeat is often real
victory, and that there is O heaven for
those who have nobly and truly failed on
earth.
To MULTIPLY STRENGTH against m an.
noyance is better than to take away the
annoyance itself Suppose a man is
sick, and prays to GSd for health. That
Is not wrong prayer, and God may
answer 1t in this way: He may say,
" Let the sickness abide, but II shall be
with such consultations, with such
sense Of my supporting you in it, that
your whole soul shall be filed with Joy
and trust, aud that It shall be better for
you to be sick than If you were we'll"
There Is such thing as shaking down
more fruit in sickness than men gather
n health.-Bsecher.
On looking at the world, il is always
litlcult TO imagine beginning to mat
.er But it is equally difficult, yea, more
10, to imagine a beginning TO mind. or
he two, it is easier to conceive begin.
ming to matter. It's u necessity OF rea-
Ion TO suppose an underlying immortal
ty amid all this transition.
WHAr is our life ut its longest I What
Are the schemes upon which we must set
our heart We grow old while we yet
'ssl young. Our bark that glided sweetly
Ilong the shores Of life, quickly gets out