Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-01-13
GOLDEN SliEAVES.

Some change their sins as they do their
and so wait upon their internal
master in a new livery.
-sAs sharp and nipping winters do to the
earth, so do Affections do to the h~eart-they
mellow it, make it fruitful"
Sour court dress in heaven, and our gar
ment of sanctiiication for daily wear, are the
condescending gifts of Christ's love-
-oIfyou will not that which God hath en-
abled you to do, how can you expect that he
should do that for you, which, of yourself,
you cannot do?
When fortune means to men most good,
she looks upon them with a threatening eye.
One hour with Christ is worth an
eternity of all earth's joys, and communion
with him is the best, the surest and the
most ~ecstatic forctaste OF the bliss of heaven.
All truths, unless productive of holiness
and love, are of no avail. They may float
upon the surface of the understanding, but
this is to no purpose unless they transform
the heart.
The frowns of the world are among the
blessings of the christian. The prosperity
of fools shall destroy them. "He whom |
kiss said Judas, /" take him." so when tho
world kisseth, it often betrays.
-sAnlbition is to the mind what the cap
is to the falcon, it blinds us first, and then
compels us to tower, by reason of our blind
ness. But alas when we are at the sum
NIT of q vain ambition, we are also at the
dept of misery.
From all fits Of doubt and perplexity, and
fear-whether they respect the body Or mind.
whether they are u load to the shout
ders the head or the heart-thc follow
ing is q radical cure, which may be relied on,
for we have it from the Great Physician
"Cast thy burden on the Lord, and he will
sustain thee.''
Ambition is like cholor, which is d humor
that maketh men active, earnest, full Of
alacrity, and stirring, if it be not stopped,
and cannot have it's way, it becomes fiery,
and thereby malign and venomous.
YoUR CONVERSATIONAL OF what character
is it? Is it puTea Whatever it may be, be
assured it is All unerring index TO yotr
heart. The tree is known by its fruits.
Out Of the abundance Of the heart the mouth
speaketh. Let your words be words oftruth
and purity.
The little that | have seen in the world
and know Of mankind teaches me to look
upon their errors in sorrow, not in anger.
When | take the history of one poor heart
that has sinned and suffered, and represent
to myself the struggles and temptations it
passed t~hrough-the brief pulsations of joy,
the tears of regret, the feebleness ofpurposc,
the scorn of the world that has little charity.
the desolation OF the souls sanctuary and
threatening voices within, health gone, hap
: piness gone-I would fain leave the erring
soul of my fellow being with him from whose
! hands it came."-Dr. Chalmers.
When a founder has cast his bell he
does not presently fix it i'll the stceple, but
tries it with his hammer and beats it on
every side to see it there be any flaw in it.
So Christ does not presently after He has
converted q man convey him to heaven, but
J suffers him first to be beaten upon by many
/, temptations, and then exalts him to his
crown.
What an honorable position was that Of
Simon the Cyrenian, to be cross-bearer to-
Jesus Christ! We would almost weep that
we were not there, that we might have had
! the homo of carrying Christ's cross for Him.
But we neea not weep, for we shall have
Ills cross to carry if we are His people,
! There are no OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in heaven who.