Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-19

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On. rv,,A ma beloved sleep ,,-P.aln sEriA
Of all thathoughta Of ood that are
Born inward nnlo souls afar,
Along the PaAlmisfa music deep,
Nov I'LL me ~ that Asy u
7"HsE ivslA nj beloved sleep"
what wouid ". rive 70 our beloved
The hsro's heard 10 be unmoyed-
The pesi,s st.r-ia9ssd s :s Y , vssp
lfhs monsfeh's sroWa to liEht the hrowsi
"Ho TiVstR HIS beloved sleep.n
what DO We give 10 our bsiovodi
A Iiftls faith all undisproved--
: A little dust to over weep fs
And bitter memorles 10 make
The shols earth blasted for our eakel
-Hs eiveth Hts beloved sleep" tf
sslssp soft, bslovedi, We .onstImss say,
But have no time 70 drive away
SD dreams that through the eyeiida creep,
But never doletul dream AgAin -
sh.ll break ne h.pgI slq@bets, when
"He Eiveth HIS Beloved sleep"
Q earth 90 full Of drsary aoisss,
y ess, With g.iling 10 your yoieesi
delvsd gold, the w.ilef's heapi .,1
God makes sllenoo through you all,
"And Slvsth beloved slsSp,d
His dew drops muteiy on the hin,
Hla aloud above 70 sallsth still,
.rhough on lta slopee men toll and reap,
More softly than the dew 10 shed, HH
Or cloud Il noAted overhead, a
"He giveth HIS beloved sleep"
Ysai men nay wonder, while they sean Z
Athlnhing, feeling, living man,
In such reat his heart 10 keep,
But angels sev-and through the word, 3
ween theit blessed smile = hoard
4"Hs Glvsth His beloved sleep"
Iprme, NJ heart that erst dld 20,
moet Ike tired child Al show,
.Th.t sees through tears the juggiers leap,
Would now its wearisd vision eioaei
would, child like, on His lave repose,
who Giveth HIS beloved slssp.p
And fElendsl dear frisDdsl whom u shall be
And round ny bier ye come to weep,
Let Doe, most Iovlng Of you ALI i
say, mot tear nasi Ger her iaI,"
"Hs Givsth HE beloved sleep"
A NAN may pray for money to pay
bis debts, for healing Of the sickness
which incapacitates him for labor OF good
work, for just judgment in the eyes Of
his feilowmsn, with an altogether differ.
ent confidence from that with which be
could pray for wealth, or for bodily
might 10 surpass his fellows, or for ven.
geence upon those whose judgment Of
his merits differed from his own Al.
though even then the divine soul will
with his Saviour say, "If II be possible
not my viii but thine" For he will
know that God gives only the best
AcDonald.
A snLFIsH person can have no Joys
greater than the value Of his own inter
eSts. A patriot may have joy as great
as the welfare Of his country is impor.
tAnt A PhiIAnthropist'S joys may rise
As high a. the wellspring Of the Joys il
precioua A benevolent person land
every true Christian is onel may have
joys infinitely great for be can rejoice
in the happiness OF God, the infinite, and
OF all the inhabitants Of earth and
heaven. Every ones Joys will actually
be greater in proportion as be gets
away nom selhshness and becomes like
God IN his benovolence; that Is in his
love.
Tan Bible will not be less, but rather
more, priced by our occasionally turn
ing from II to open another and equally
divine volume, TO read some pages Of
the Book Of Nature. Both are good
books. and both are Gods books aud
he only looks on this greet world Alright,
who, valuing II for something more val.
liable than the gold men drew from III
rocky bowels, the locks it pastures, the
freights born on its waves, and the har.
vests that wave on its fields, beholds
there, as in q glorious mirror, the wis
dom and power Of God-the goodness
that shines in every s..-bo.ss a,Id FALLS
In every shower.-Dr. Guthrie.
Oh. NEHENIAH ADAMS once said, that
as he was preaching to his people on one
occasion, in the midst Of his discourse,
as his eye glanced from his manuscript,
he saw q very small boy intently gazing
upon him. He was 80 struck by his ap-
pearanoe Of interest that be turned for
q moment from his written page, and
deliberately and tenderly addressed his
little listener. What q sabbath day that
was for that boy How dear his minister
became TO him What an impression
those few sentences made upon his mindl
Would 70 God that ministers might often
be beguiled in the same manner from
their noteai rlri.r
Wa DO NOT RxPEcI to maintain our
bodily strength or VigOr, or TO DO Htted
for the various employments Of exist.
snce, without taking into our system
food adapted 10 their nourishment and
suStenance Ito the building up Of fibres,
yitals and museles--to the supply Of
those wastes which are inseparRble from
activity. Neither shall we be fitted for
the temptations. struggles and conflicts
Of Religions experience. unless our spir-
itual strength Is daily renewed by feed
ing upon the supplies Of grace, the
promises, the assurances, the comforting
hopes Of the Gospel, and the abundant
provisions Of the Holy Spirit for our
necessities. 1t is in this sense the
Saviour has taught us 10 pray for daily
bread" not for the mere nutriment OF
onr bodily frames, but for that food
which cometh like mama from heaven,
and which shall sustain our souls in their
present spheres Of discipline, and ct
them for eternal duration Of worship and
praise.
THERE Is A DIFTEReSoE between sui.
mission and resignation. We submit TO
what We cannot escape, and when we
find that our own wills can no longer re.
sist successfully the degrees Of a supe-
rior power. We may do this without
love, without reverence even, aud simply
from a conviction OF the futility Of pur-
suing any other course. Even the dew
lis fear and tremble." But resignation
means more than this. II is surren-
der Of our own impulses, yielding Of
our own desires, an abnegation Of our
own natures, 4 consciousness that He
who rules In and over all is more com
petent to decide for US than we for our
selves, and an entire and accomplishing
readiness TO be governed by Him. 1t Is
In this spirit the Christian can nscept