Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-02

For him no depths Gao ofo"n'
Nm, warm. sweet, tender, even ySi
a P, Is.;sspSt, s' .IIi Il ii e olIvst
And love It's uaiiIee'
,t,,, nj the sean,isSs dress
10y " o,,r bcds Of piAlnf .H
,s,Ssyy,eb him 10 life'a throng and ptess,
And We arc whole agaln'
rs,on,t Hin the ars, fond prayers are said
Tso last low hisrers Of our dead
Are burdened with HIS name. o.
n tord and master OF Us ALI
whAteisr our name or aigns
we own Thy sway, We hear Thy call
We test our lives b. Thine.
Intense study Of the Bible will keep
any writer from being vulgar in point
Of style CoiertdJe. u D..
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord II
NAV be, some will say, Howl" Roll
a an him with the two hands OF faith and
prayer.-ArehbishoP Leighton.
A sanctifed hoort is better than a
silver tongue heart full Of grace is
better than a head full Of notions ; a
man may be great scholar, and yet be
a great sinner. 90
No NAN breaches so much and 50 ct.
fectually as the man that does not
speak q word, but whose whole life is one
revelation Of higher forms Of Christian
development. ....
A RIourEous MAN is one who takes
the word Of God for his rule, tho grace
Of God for his strength, the spirit Of
God for his guide, and the heaven Of
God for his 6ome.-Dr. Bunting.
ALI things are mutable. There is the
stamp Of decay on London and New
York, as on the oalix and petal Of the
flower. The earth is one vast sepulchre
whose epitaph has been written BY food
and fire. ....
A CmLD's RELrGioS.-The Gospel In
wolves no conditions that child can
not fulfill; IL imposes no requirements
that q child cannot meet. A child may
trust its promises, realize its blessings,
and anticipate its rewards.
Tbs real lack in all systems Of relig.
ion, based upon nature or reason, as OPP
posed to revelation, like the ancient
Hellenic paganism, is their utter failure
to afford comfort and strength to man
kind in the hour Of weakness, trial, and
sorrow.
ms ALL Nou ihihhl ut SoNNIou w
the same dome Of sky, as they oil i'd
mire the same rainbow arches, and re-
ioice in the light OF the same starry
lamps, so the poorest Of Gods children
should enjoy the comfort and beauty Of
the sanctuary, with just as little sense
Of modification or fears Of intrusion.
A FRKRDNEss teacher writes Of col.
ored woman who, having learned her al.
phabet said: "Now l wan TO learn to
spell Jesus, for pears like dc rest will
como easier IL learn TO spell dc pleased
name first A good many things
"come easier" if we learn that name
first. 49,
Con loves 10 lade the wings Of prayer
with the choicest and chiefest blessings.
Many Christians have found, by expo
rience, praying times TO be sealing times
They have found prayer to be q shelter
to their souls, a sacrifice to God, sweet
SAVIOR to Christ, a scourge to Satan, and
an inlet TO assurance. ...
FRoN groups Of lowly fishermen, from
the ranks Of despised publicans, from
frenZied demoniRcs, outcast lepers, aud
women that were sinners, has Chris
saved what was lost, and formed them
into combination OF beauty and per
lection that casts all human organize
tons into the shade.
NoTuNG more clearly demonstrates
the necessity Of supernatural revela-
ton, than the blind groupings and blum
ders and absurdities OF the grandest ia.
tellects, in the effort TO construct sys-
tenn OF religion that shall meet the com
plex wants aud aspirations Of the soul.
We cannot separate Christ from the
poor. The Son of Man was himself poor,
and He had not where to lay His head,
and He says, "Thc poor ye have always
with you, me ye have not always!"
Gould He say so still were He this day
TO enter the gorgeous temples where His
gaudy followers meet 10 worship hirnY
THE Protestant 0Awehman wishes |
that all preachers wOuld remember that |
"Christ's flock are mostly little ones.
Their neoks are short. They cannot
reach high; and food placed in too LOFTY
a crib is no better than none at all
They may then starye, though the food
be provided, because they cannot get
anything that will nourish them.
THE question is not, what ought | to
do but what am doing If you are
praying for your enemy, there Is good
reason to hope that your heart is, right;
If you restrain prayer for him, there i
good reason to believe that your heart u
not right. A right heart toward foe
isnever found coupled with forgetfulness
Of him at the throne Of grace. "r
Farm comes by hearing; Hope, by
experience. Faith believes the truth
of the word; Hope waits for its full.
fillment. Faith lays hold Of that end
Of the promise which is next to US,
namely--as it is in the Bible; Hope lays
hold OF that end OF the promise that is
fastened to the mercy-seat Thus Faith
and Hope get hold Of both ends Of the
promise and carry all Rway.--Bunydn.
" WE would become heavenly.minded,
says Robertson, we must let the imagi.
nation realize the blessedness to which
we are moving on. Let it calm you, and
enuoble you. and give you cheerfulness
to endure. Let us think much OF rest
the rest which is not OF Incidence, but
Of powers in perfect equilibrium; the
rest which is deep as summer midnight,
yet full Of life and force as summer sun
shine, the Sabbath Of eternity.
HUMILIrY is the most excellent natu-
raj cure for anger in the world; for he
that. by daily considering his own in
frmities and fNilings, makes the error Of
his neighbor or servant 10 be his own
case, and remembers that he daily needs
Gods pardon and his brothers charity,
will not be apt to rage at tue levites
or misfOFtunes or indiscretions Of an
other greater than which he considers
that he is very frequently and more
guilty or-Jeremy Taylor,
AFTER leaving my fathers home u
youth, TO prepare myself for
my life pursuits, MS was on one coca
sion about to enter with other gay com.
paniOns into scenes Of vicious excess,
the thought that in that very hour,
probably at that very moment. nv MONS [,