Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-24

God forgive when the fair forget Us
he worth of q sIaile, the weight of n tear
Why, who can measure? The fates beset us
We laugh moment, VIC mourn q year.
THE ESSENTIALS OE WORSHIP.
Church is "a little heaven below
have been there and stlt would co.
Jet am none Of those that think it odd
man can pray unbidden from the cassock.
And. passing by the customary hassock
hneel down remote upon the simple sod
And sue IN t0rn0 Gani'er7s to God.
As for the rest, intolerant TO none
hdtcver shape the piOus rite may bear,
Enc the poor Pagan's homage TO the sua
| would not harshly scorn. lest eves. there
l spurned the elements of Christian prayer,
An aim. though erring, at q werd ayept,
Acknowledgements of God--of mans fut ilty
4 sense of need, Of wea kncsS. and indeed
Ihat very thin. So many Christians want-hu-
mitity.
AS in calm stream alone the sun
can reflect his face SO the Holy Spir-
it can reflect the image of Christ only
in soul that is at rest. To attain to-
this state OF mind. we must turn off our
eyes and thoughts from the things Of
time and SENSE, ant Ak them on Christ.
lie must become more precious to the
soul tnan all besides. Oar sinluiness and
al our infirmities must be cast down at
the foot OF the cross, and the righteous
ness Of Christ must be trusted ID and
taken hold of by faith. Attired in that
spotless robe, we can confidently ap-
pear before God our heavenly Father,
but in no other way The soul is thus
introduced more and more into the hid
life Of Christ, maintains communion
with God her Saviour, and rests ia her
true element Zimmerman.
Imagine character like this ! 4
person of really kind and helpful diipo-
sition, who begins by doing good on
the sly, and spending large part Of
his time in keeping his doings secret
who is --much to- his chagrin--acciden-
tally found out, much 4ore to his cha
grin praised privately by his friends
still more to his chagrin---p praised anon
ymously, in the newspapers later, to
his intense modification, actually nam-
cd in the newspapers as not altogether
disconnected with a certain piece Of
philanthropy, which if obscure and un-
pretentious, is all the more rare and
praiseworthy in these days Of seif-hon-
oring benevolence and who at last ac-
quires such an appetite for public rec
ognition Of his generous and unselfsh
life that the objects of his anxiety are
altogether removed from the field Of
philanthropy to that of journalism he
lives on the applause Of those who nev-
er suspect the utter change wrought in
his once beautiful character, and dies
triumphant in the sure prospect Of
costly monument.-Scrtbner's for
april.
The ideal prayer-meeting is tho
voice Of the church, telling what it has
learned Of God in its daily conflict.
Now it does not seem possible to me,
in the first place, that in hierarchical
church there can be any prayer-meetins
because there can be no church where
the voice OF God is heard through one
man. | Go not object to liturgy any
more than banners on house, if it
pleases a man, but it must not be as
something that we need until we have
exhausted that which belongs to US
viz, the developments of the power
that inhcres in the very radical idea Of
the church among us that God COM
municates with exery heart, not media
torially by earthly mediation, bat by
direct impact and direct soul-piercing;
that He thinks into men, and their
thoughts are the rebound Of His.
When you shall have that in the church
if YOU still complain Of leanness and
barrenness. then bring in lituryics,
though | think mixing the liturgy and
Congre"ationalism is the mixing Of
foreign elements that don't go we'll to-
gcther. 1t is the patch on the old gar
mcnt; one or the other tears it don't
make any difference which it is hole.
-.M. Beecher's Third Lecture at Mem
Haren.
A fisherman, by the name of
Storm, was pursuing his craft in prin-
ccs Bay some time ago. ana hauled up,
not oysters, but strengthening metal
plate. Upon examination it proved to
be plate engraved for the purpose of
printing revenue stamps to be used on
match-boxcs. \ government officer, to
whom the plate was brought, invesii-
gated the case, and after some time tue
maker, and printer who had used the
plate, were discovered. The latter con-
fes5ed that he was hired to print reve-
nue. stamps from this plate by Renoni
Howard, rich match manufacturer,
and that Howard had thousands of, one
cent revenue stamps printed from it to
be used upon his match-boxes. The
counterfeit plate was thrown into Prin-
ces Bay after it was no longar requir-
ed. and the manufacturers doubtless
thu ought that the evidence against him
was for ever lost. But 'be sure your
sin will find you out )" the fisherman
drag brought up the plate. and the
plate revealed its maker, and the maker
told of the printer, and the printer
charged home the crime upon the man
who thought himself safe. There will
be some wonderful revelations when the