The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-25

n Those who will abandon . friend for
one error, know but very little of the human
character.
.---Ih London, strangers, or ''casuals'' as
az they are called, are not admitted into the
churches until the regular congregation are
all seated.
There are 2s7 Incorporated colleges in
the United States, that annually turn out an
aggregate of about ID. DPS.
As a ship held by anchor looks as though
it were going out with the tide, vet never
goes, 20 some souls that seem constantly 10
be getting rcarer to Christ never come, be-
cause they :. anchored and held by some
secret sin. %.
1t depends much upon how We get into
trouble, whether it will be very disagreeable
or endurable Jonah and Paul were both
in a storm. The first got in BY disobedience
and found il all but siderable; the other was
in the path of duty and found it pleasant.
The angel of the lord stood by him, and
the everlasting arms were beneath him.
Gods word is like Gods world-varied,
very rich and beautiful. You never know
when YOU have exhausted its secrets. The
Bible, like nature, has something for every
mind Look ut the Bible in new light,
and straightway You see some new charms.
-Robertson says: ''There is persecution
sharper than the axe. There is m iron that
goes into the heart deeper than the knife.
Cruel sneers and sarcasms, and pittiless
judgment, and cold-hearted calumnies-these
are prosecutions"
One drop of ink will bIacken whole
elassful of pure water So will one evil
communication make the whole heart foul.
Oh, beware of those evil words. You might
drop many drops Of pure water into the
inky tumbler, but it would have no percep-
tible influence. So it will take thousands Of
good words and good instructions to root Out
this evil word. .Tt rs '" 5a
Within the last few wears the progress
Of religious enlightenment throughout the
East has been very great. Forty years ago
a complete copy Of the Old Testament could
not be found in the city Of Jerusalem. At
the present time there are twenty-fOur Pro-
testant schools in Palestine, in which 900
childre,, are taught the Bible. In Syria and
MesopOtamia the hearts of the missionaries
are cheered by the spread Of, the truth.
.-Selfshness, by its own law, not only
moves in simple circles, but is short-lived.
What men do for themselves is soon expen-
ded and is soon forgotten. Even the mOnu-
ments wliG9 men ostentatiously build fol
themselves refuse long to carry their names,
and often subjebt them to contempt, rather
than to praise or memory. Only that part Of
a mans life which includes other mems good
and especially the public good, is likely to be
felt long after he himself is dead.
The fresco painter lays tha. eoAaD on
the damp wall, and they seem to fade away.
Nothing il there. Again he applies the
brush, and the colors are gone. But he pa
tiently applies them again. They do not
fade away; they strike in, and remain ia
shine brilliantly, and the peculiar genius Of
the artist is left there for centuries. SOwith
your work. REPETITION fixes yOur influence
and lays upon the soul Of those you teach
the colors Of your own characters, there to
remain more enduring than the fadeless fres-
Goes Of Michael Angelo. #-..-..