Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-13
Sunday Reading.

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Mcekness is virtue by which man
may know Christian better than by
his name.
The closest walk with God is the
sweetest heaven that can be enjoyed on
earth.
Do the best we can, we must not ex-
pect every one to be friendly to US for
some will hate US because others love
US.
Benefit your friends that they may
love you still more dearly benefit your
enemies that they may become your
friends.
In order to rightly understand the
voice of God in nature, we ought to en-
ter her temple with the holy word in
our hands.
There is only one stimulant that new
er fails, s,and yet never intoxicates-Duty
Duty puts blue sky over every man
up in his heart may be-lnto which
the skylark happiness always go singing.
&C. u. Prentice.
The fircside is school Of infinite
Importance it Is important because 1t
is universal, and because the educa-
ton it bestows, being woven in with the
woof of childhood, gives form and color
to the whole texture of life
He that can only be useful on great
occasions may die without exertins his
abilities, aud stand he pIess spectator
of thousand vexations which fret away
happiness, and which nothing is re-
quired to remove but little dextelity
of conduct and readiness of expedi-
cuts.
The poor in pocket may be blessed,
or may not be blessed, as the case may
bel but the poor in spirit are always
blessed, and We have Christ's aut thority
for so saying. Theirs is poverty which
is better than wealth; in fact, it is a
poverty which indicates the possession
of the truest of all riches .Spurgeon.
A gentle happiness is favorable to
virtue and to morality, as excessive ex
element and warning and discomfort
are favorable to murmurings, and to re-
bellion and TO sin. And he who can
please his neighbor in good things, is
actually making his neighbor better
man by making him happier man
Beecher.
We cannot emphasize too strongly
this grace which pinches selfshness. |
care not how orthodox is mans creed,
or how eloquent may be his prayers in
public, if he has never learned to say
IS no" to the demands of fashion, and
pride, and luxury, he is but a sorry
specimen of the Christ's MANI C..
Cuyler.
A peaceful conscience and a content
ed mind arc the principal elements of
happiness. The cross of Christ, and
the promise Of God, are designed to
produce these, and no Christian should
rest short Of them. Anxiety about life
sometimes leads from the Lord of life
live near Jesus, and cast your anxieties
upon him.
Men are like passengers in ship.
So long as the weather is prosperous, it
seems all well enough to them. But
life ia voyage never made without
storms; and what our hope is worth,
end what our faith is worth, cannot be
determined by what we experience in
sunshine or calm, in days of prosperity
--Beecher.
Justice is the great interest of man
on earth. 1t is the ligament which
holds civilized beings and civilized ma
tions together. Where her temple
stands, and SO long as it is duly honor.
ed, there is foundation for social se4
curity, general happiness, and the i'm.
provement and progress of our race.
Without intelligence men know not
what government means, and so cannot
be governed reasonably, and by such
motives as our form of government re-
quires. Without morality man has not
q character safe for the family and
neighborhood regards not the rights
of his species; therefore morality must
be enjoyed by the State, and is essen
tial, like intelligence to the support of
good government. Without religion
man has no idea of the source and sac
redness of the government; fearing not
God, he is likely to disregard man.