Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-27
Sunday Reading.

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a Mens lives should be ike the day,
more beautiful in the evening; or, like
the autumn, rich with the golden
sheaves, where the good works and
deeds have ripened on the field.
Every affection is an avenue which
the enemy seeks to enter, aud unless
men watch and pray, the foe will get
the mastery, until every passion viii be-
come an engine Of war upon the souL
He who looks upon Christ through
frames and feelings is like one who sees
the sun on water, which quivers and
moves as the water moves; but he that
Iooks upon him in the glass OF his word
by faith, sees him ever the same.
Had thoughts are worse enemies than
lions and tigers for we can.. keep
out Of the way Of wild beasts, but bad
thoughts yin their way everywhere
The cup thato is full will hold no
more keep your heart full of good
thoughts, that bad thoughts may 6nd 10
room to- enter.
NagMherevef yon@ ere, and " hat ever
circumstances you are in, do something
that will 60 on benefitting men after
yaa are dead, if it is only to plant tree
or bush to beautify a house or en-
haBee the comfort of travellers. Do not
be contented with simply helping your
oWn sell. Reecher. e -.
y The so-called liberal man g The man
Who permit men to run riot, and waste
their powers, and underbuild; and un--
der,pIan, and under-aet, and UNDER
hTe. Is that liberalism? 1t is liberal,
ism downbill. They are the truest
liberals who lift the ideal of character,
the stapdard of ambition higher aud
higher, and hold men to it.
= The race Of mankind would perish
did they cease to aid each other
From the time that the mother binds
the child's bead till the moment that
some kind assistant wipes the damp
trom the brow Of the dying, we can not
exist without mutual help. All, there
fores that need aid, have right to ask
Of their fellow mortats. No one. who
holds the power Of granting it, can
refuse 1T without guilt.
God asks no impossibilities. When
your will is yielded to do just what lie
blds you, trusting Him for all conse>
queuCes, you are where the Holy
Spirit will guide and empower you to
rake the leap of faith into the Sayiors
arms. !, You are utterly helpless as to
purchashing or winning salvation but
thiAsone thing you can do--that is yield
yourself to trust just what God tells you
in, His Word. The result is sure.
Commit yourself sunreservedly to Him
Often the believer in Christ feels un.
happy in the society if those in whose
conversation he finds little to condemn,
Because the element is wanting which
would nourish and edify his spiritual
nature. ,s He feels more at home in the
company of that poor cottager than of
that learned dirine; because in the one
there Is an element Of spirituality,
which, with all his intelligence and
knowledge the other does not possess.
The more tenderly and warmly one
loVesasQ lnachfnore does he discover; in
himself defects rather than charms, III at
render him not worthyaof the beloved
Thus our little faults FIRST made known
to US, when we'have asccnded the fiighar
steps of religiep. The more We satisfy
the demands ofsopsciepc bee, the stron ger
they be10nkas Love and religion are like
the sun Ry mere day ylightEand torch
light, CO airof fthe aparonentis pure and
undistnfbed By asingls particle; but 1et
iu sunbeam, and how much. dust and
notes are hoyeripg about
We are judged usually by our pub.
lic successes, by the esteem of distin-
guished persons But the real test Of
characteris the feelingof those before
wbos1awe play no part. What does the
nurse in the nursery think of us, or the
porter in the store, or the butcher boy
1t aaagnSs ehiidren eonGde in him,-if
all whom he Employs ut home and In
business teel that he is full of thought
aud sympathy for them as for brethern.
If those who meet him perceive the
charm of bis urbapity, and as they draw
nearer aud know him better, honor and
love more aud more, we may be very
sure that he has the noblest human
qualities, whose influence will be a DOS
esslon to rs foreyer.--G. ". CwGs.s