The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-12-21

| ..O.1to+b y Of the Puritan, with Is
~ funeral gloom, but the Chrls-
s.eiA- - ,I,T,rcb1v Lords day, the home
and church Sunday, the cheeii 'iie'' 81, :
brigbtest of all the seven' wien 'HS
nrimeval curse, Z" In the sweat U
i,.,,, shalt thou eat bread, Is su9t
"a for the Sons of Adam, and they ss''iiA
E ~, the earth. Christs emanclpa'e" iiee
E - If &c the neglect of this provision
{ g God that is the root-cause Oh Tue
y -, o,,5 suicides and insanltles from
y ',,-,,,,,,l, which shock us almost daily
: : o,,rrant items of news.-H. ".
II Thompson. ,-...
at ~ NESS IN TRIPLES. Habits are |
y. not formed by single but by repeatsN
Se -. Holiness is never attained by a
Gu sudden start. 1t is the consequence oi
faitbfulness in little things. 1t implies
q discipline continually exerclsea-the
,,,,,,ortnnities faithfully employed by the
earnest which have been squandered by
Tho careless. 4 holy tone of mind, IN
per peace, tirmness in the moment %
tamntation. calmness in the hour Oh
-,>,.ro1y heroic self-sacriice IN n sudden
o,,,orc,ancv are results which spring
fror, numberless little acts of tath1ul-
ness. They are Just the aggregate con
seouence of hours of prayer, OF many al
l. earnest battle with self, OF watch1u
obedience and of communion VIII
cod which has been matter OF culture
The quickness with winch temptation
IS n result of trimming. Like the accom-
TI1sh SyV1r.lsr9,oT, "a r-r,,,.
comes to him like an instinct 4 trul
holy character is only attained by al
tention to details. Advance in it
made step by step, on the knees, in tn
closet, amid the hustle of life, by mul
,pins titude of seeming trihes. and only, b
spng Gods grace, through ''faithfulness i
weep the least" Experience of life may ais
teach us that men do not become ba
all at once. The decline is gradual oil
ten almost imperceptible. pampere
childhood, leading to self-indulgenc
'i' and unbridled appetite in youth, natu
rally prepares the way for deprave
.rs, manhood. Or the little falsehoods
ripening into an untruthful habit, en-
J.: in the dishonorable career Of the vAstl
less. Nor in such palpable matters a
'-'S these, but in minor things, how well W
Ian can often trace our own failure in GOO
to unfaithfulness in little things. W
have yielded to some studded temper
and discover that we have not only de
ness stroyed all spiritual peace within, bu
that we have stirred up such dregs O
evil as have rendered our hearts like
muddy pool, rejecting nothing calm o
'pins good, and making all communion wit
God impossible. Or, by the omission
OF private devotion, we discover our
selves drifting into careless habit, i
which, accustomed to yield more an,
more to dilatoriness and sloth, we grad
ually degenerate into Impotence an,
earthliness, and then ensues the fata
result of u character hardened and world
". No spasmodic effort now and thel
IRIS can restore such. Recovery must com
oil only 10y the slow process of attention t.
cen details. Therefore, if we would truly adj
l'ry vance toward the great result of good
ana ness let US seek to befaithful in the least
MY If we mean to be more than hollow make
believers, let us be dreaming only o
to wonderful occasions, or waiting circum
to stances which may never alsi'e. Let u
ing rather walk close with Gods2nd Il.
are. fellowship of Jesus Christ, iNt'a'.
elf. bring the love and the spirit
1t .iS.n..he- Sery routine of comp
progress and rnaf
lich BILE and sweet and heavenly.