Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-06-01
Sunday Reading.

4 friend is never known till needed.
Sorrows best antidote is employment.
It is better to do we'll than say we'll.
1t is no small conquest to overcome
self.
A mans life is an appendix to his
heart.
I'll examples are like contagious
diseases.
Idleness is the .sepulchre of a liv-
ing man,
If you wish thing done, go if
not, send.
If the counsel be good, no matter
wto gave it.
Initiate good man, but never coun-
terfeit him.
Religion is not an art, matter of
dexterity and skill bat new nature.
God sits upon his mercy seat, and
will pardon and save all who approach
Him Alright.
He that overcometh shall inherit all
!. things, and ! will be his God AID he
shall be my son"
To have good opinion of yourself
think, if you were rich, how much you
would gire away.
Death may remove from us the great
and good, but the force of their actions
still remains.
Most of the shadows that cross our
path through life are caused by our
standing in our own light.
Deliberate with caution, but act with
decision; and yield with graciousness
or oppose with frmness.
The Christians privilege is the pray
er of the apostle: ''That ye may be
filled with all the fullness Of God.
Nature is book of sweet and glow
ing purity, and on every illuminated
page the excellence and goodness Of
God are divinely portrayed
Engage not hastily, as party, in
quarrel between others, but reserve
thyself impartia! and unengaged, that
thou mayest be moderate between them.
Value no man for his opinion, but es-
teem according as his life corresponds
with the rules of pety and justice. A
mans actions, not his conceptions, rem
der him valuable.
Grace never appears to be grace,
until sin appears to- be sin. The deeper
the sense of the evil of sin, the deeper
our apprehension of the frce-grace of
God in Christ will be-
Holy fear is the doorkeeper Of the
soul, As d nobleman's porter stapds at
the door and keeps out vagrants, 50
the fear of God stands and keeps all
sinful temptations from entering.
The depths Of the soul are laby-
rinth, and dark without the touch Of
religion. Left to ourselves, we are like
subterranean water-we reject only the
gloomy vault Of religious destiny.
Every man has in his own life, fol-
lies enough--in his own mind troubles
enough-iu the performance of his du-
ties, difficulties enough---without being
ovef curious about the affairs of others.
BY a mans words and expressions
you may know him. Each man has his
measure for everything. This he un-
guardedly offers you in his words. He
who has superlative for everything,
has no measure for the great or small.
Gods word is like Gods world-va-
ried, very rich and very beautiful. You
never know when you have exaustcd all
its deep secrets. The bible, like the
book Of nature, has something for every
class of mind. Look at the bible in d
new light and straightway you see some
new charm.
Some of you who read this are moi
Christians; but you are free to express
your opinion as to what Christian ough
to he ; He ought to honor bis profession
by being, first of all, an honest man il
his dealings with men. Then he ough
to be generous, public spirited, anc
abounding in charities ELe ought t,
be every mans friend aud no luan enc
my.