The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-19
HERALD MONDAY JANUARY 49, s74-w1rH SUPPLEMENT-

the Ordinsry temptations q lie: the true Chris:
longer 1s9' !: ssors ssi t tSss he r not only
equal to the ordinary trials OF NE.
even to the greatest trials that can come upon him
Not that he will become bOastiul or naughty, or
even self,reIispt-ior .'let MIN that thnketh he
cause passion grows by what It feeds upon, and
because the force OF virtue increases by Its exer-
lore the good mans resources OF lower, like his
mental stores, are cutivable faculties, and 80 be-
come right instincts that naturally seek the good
ana holy affections which abide in the heart ior
ever, ana by their positive attachments do away
at last with the necessity OF any vigorous or even
conscious conflict with the
WORLD or SIN.
NOW we are prepared 10 inquire, What are
man. as thus described is able to bring out Of the
good treasures o! his heart Mr. Powers answered
that Wisdom Is on aes Of tSe sooa things
knowledge simply, put wisdom, which results rom
is when 1t is rightly used. and by which
tne lninu ID able TO distinguish between the ap-
pearance and the reality OF the outward events OF
ne ana TO attain thereby unto tue conception OF
the hidden things OF God. Again, a good man has
treasures OF memory and OF hope in his
neart. which he can bring forth as occasion
resources OF hope. TO the intellectual wording
and cold-hearted thinker the world presents a
s SAD ana cherries prospect lor such nature can
see only the SIN and suffering the error and the
seliishness OF men. But the good man feels and
knows that goodness. rather than evil is the great
Is
more powerful than the finite Instructions and dis
turbances Which it encounters; that divine law Is
migntler than the anomalies which the feeble
senses see; that wrong and evil waste themselves
while the deepest instincts and undyng sym
pathies OF every son OF man are seeking and
desiring the holy and the true-and so the clouds
are tipped and tinged
WITH GOLDEN RICHNESS
from the bright light that is behind them; and out
OF the good treasure again Of honest and faithful
hearts-hearts that are in harmony with God aud
g00d-c0me prophecies OF the triumphs OF the
spiritual Kingdom, on earth as in heaven. Ii It
not sell-evident that when the evil days are on US
there Is naught that can give us perfect peace
that what God bas enabled one to be- to do and to
suffer in order to become wise and good, Is the
surest foundation or His confidence and JOY in the
coming time as wellf
81 cannot be thus wise and great; am not
learned or particularly fortunate In the accidents
OF lie. from whence, then, must come the CON-
tort OF my soul in adversely ?' 1t comes simply
rom laying up IN your hearts, according to your
ability and opportunity, these treasures OF wis
dom and goodness and love, for q man ''is &C
ceptcd OF God according to that he hath and not
according to that he hath not" His cup OF hap
piness IS full, how small sOever or large
It may be. 1t does not essentially mat
or not; but 1t does matter, and see to It that
your reason Is full, "that your affections are edu
Gated and that your deeds are benefcent, and you
shall have that sense OF God which passeth all I'M
the exigencies OF life when disappointments
tnicken and sorrow comes; when bereavements
open the grave and losses Smarter your fortune I;
when your good name perhaps is eclipsed for the
time or single transaresson casts you down. In
these days OF excitement and misfortune and con-
fusion let US not forget our reason, our Judgment,
our moral sense Let the truths OF the soul and OF
God and good life be remembered.