Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-06-19

. as a rule, such a life and such death may be
70 rrs IL you are but willing to pay It's price ?
Arr you, then, willing in The flush and strength
Of YOUTH intellicently TO form resolutions OF
obedience To God, and his laws engraved In your
bodies, not less than upon those pillars Of
stone which were given forth amid the thunder
and smoke of sinai? Are you willing, under
all the temptations of the world, the flesh and
the DEVIL persistentiy 70 atup to those reso-
lutions by denying yourself all ungodliness and
worldly lusts aud /, live soberly and rigLteousy
\ In this present world? lfso IL may be yours
to attain the coveted good, 1t is for each and
every one TO answer this question for himself
and TO work out that answer IN his daily life. -
Once more We look, and behold the man,
who through his life has cultivated his spiritual
nature, has cleaned from the Bible his lessons
Of life, and has sincerely striven to square that
life by the rule and standard Of the Divine
Master. We see him maintaining composure
and cheerfulness in the storms Of adversely, IS
well as In the sunshine of prosperity, living in
| the enjoyment Of daily spiritual communion
with his God, and in every varied event of his
| life recognizing the hand Of Father who
"knoweth our frame, and remembcreth that we
are dust" Such faith, such trust, such conf
dence in "aim who doeth all things WE'LL" are
sublime to look upon. Such a hope, and the
| attainment Of such frame of mind, cost what
| 1t may, must be worth more, immeasurably
| more than its price. In comparison with this
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often considered as wholly insignificant and
worthless. But Gods laws have each their
sweep. His rewards for obedience, and his
penalties for disobedience, being measurably Sc
cured in those spheres or departments of our
varied nature, in which we have severally obey
ed or transgre sed. The man under contempla-
| ton has, in some goUd degree, learned and
obeyed the laws pertaining to his spiritual ma
ture, and for this obedience he secures a spirit
ual reward. lie serenely enters the Dark Val
ley, feeling the arm of the Supporter underneath
him. But how often, by means OF neglect to
| make use of the means around him of learning
and obeying the laws which the Creator has
impressed upon his physical nature, do we be-
hold him, for many long and weary years of his
life unable to initiate his master by "going about
doing good" suffering much, and often trans
hitting to his children predisposition thereto,
| by reason of a failure on his part to recognize
| the laws within HIM as sacred and invioable
| as those in other departments of the orators
works. But here may be asked, does not the
Scripture inform us that the Captain of our
salvation was made perfect through suffering. u
and are his followers reasonably to escape
walking IN his footsteps ? l answer, that when
1t can be shown in any single instance that
our Saviour passed through any such suffering
then will be acknowledged that they who are
here suffering through violation of and disobe.
dience TO law, are therein walking in his foot
steps. Do not misunderstood me as seeking
to belittle obedience to our higher nature,
would, by no means leave such an impression
for yield to none in my convictions Of the
| sacredness of the moral and spiritual law, and
OF the immense impori ance of our strict obedi.
ence thereto but yet am firmly of the opn
ion, that the laws of God are everywhere sacred
f and inviolatle, and in so far as they may tent
/ TO promote our happiness both present aut
prospective are equally important, This oueh
ye to have done, 'and not 10 have left the othe
= undone.'
To accomplish the most possible for as in OIL
brief lives, requires no little election. Our re-
sponsibities must be according TO the measure
of light and knowledge within our reach. TIL,
plain teaching of Scripture is that goodness i
: profitable unto all things having promise OF tn
life that now is, and of that which is to come
Let us strive 10 secure the whole reward O
godlness. RI. LAMB.