Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-03
Sunday Reading.

A man may be ever so moral and not
have bit of religion.
Teach nothing but the truth of God,
because nothing but that will save souls.
The Gospel is box of most precious
ointment by preaching it the box is
broken and the fragrance dlffused.
It is not good works, or kind words
that saves men, it is faith in Christ by
q hearty repentance that saves them.
Grace never appears grace till sin
appears to be sim The deeper the sense
Of the evil of sin is, the deeper our APP
prehensions OF the free grace of God
in Christ will be.
Learning, like money, may be of SO
base coin as to be utterly void of use !;
or. if sterling, may require good man~
agement to make it serve the purpose
of sense or happiness.
There is too much Of the cold silence
of ingratitnde amongst us May not
many of our barren seasons be ascribed
- the fact that we did not thank God
for fruitful ones ?-Sp"rgeo".
One living, earnest Christian, who
can offer the prayer Of faith, be he ever
so poor, is worth more to the cause of
Christ than thousand worldly minded
and careful professors, be they ever so
rich.
The moment man gives way to in
ordinate desires, dsquletude and tor
ment take possession Of his heart. The
proud and the covetous are never at
rest; but the poor and humble possess
their souls in the plentitude Of peace.
Many Affections will not cloud and
obstruct the peace of mind so much as
one sin therefore if ye would wal,
cheerfully, be more careful to walk
holly. All the winds about the earth
make no earthquake, but only that
within.
The greatest man is he who chooses
the right with invincible resolution
who rasists the sorest temptations from
within ard without who bears the
heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is
the calmest in storms, and whose re-
lance on truth, on virtue, on God is
the most unfa:tering.
So comprehensive are the doctrines
of the gospel, that they involve all
moral truth known by man; so extern
sive are the precepts, that they require
every virtue, and forbid every sin
Nothing has been added either by the
labors of philosophy or the progress o
human knowledge.
The strength which God has educated
and fostered in the last struggle viii
greatly assist you in the next, Tn
man who gives way to one sin will yer,
readily give way to another, but maj
who through Gods grace has won
very high vantage ground by mastering
one sin, will be very likely to win an
ptber.-Spurgeon.
Improbable discourse robbeth us 0
much time. Some simply employ thei
tongues in telling fabulous and filth
stories others in discussing of partie
and opinions, and in talking of tn
faults and miscarrlages Of other men
some about the times, and enquiriD
after the news. But let Christians
when they converse, initiate the Lord
the words that proceeded out of hi
mouth we've gracious words.
1t is not great calamities that embit
ter existence it is the petty vexation:
the small jealousies, the little disap
pointments, the minor miseries, tba
make the heart heavy and the tempe
sour. Don't let them. Anger is
poor waste of vitality ; it is always dis
graceful, except in some very rare case
when it ia kihdled by seeing wrop
done to another; even that noble rag
seldom mends the matter.