The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-20
levels Of Thought and Devotion.

No stream from it. source
Flows seward, how lonely soever it, course
But what some land is gladdened No star ever rose
And set, without atlu. nee somewhere. who knows
hat earth needs from earth'- lowest creature: No
life
Can be pure i'll its purpose and strong in it, strife
Aud all life not be carer and stronger thereby.
The spirits OF Juat linen made perfect on high,
The army Of martyrs who stand by the Throne
And gaze into the Face that makes glorious their
own,
Know this, surely at last Honest love, honest sor.
Honest work for the day, honest hope for the NOR
Are these worth nothing than the hand they
The heart they have saddenJ, the life they leave
dreary2
Hushl the sevenfold heavens to the voice of the
Spirit
Echo liz that o'ercometh shall all things inherit
STEP BY STEP. Holiness is not nstantane-
Gus; it j. not arbitrarily wrought out in us by
the spirit; ii Is result reached through con
junction of the divine influence with our own
endoaNor9. Entrance through the strait gate
comes through striving" Our salvation is
worked out" We are not merely recipients
Of the divine favor, but co-laborers with the
Divine Person. The person who does no more
than pray for holiness will never make a holy
prayer God clothes and feed. US spirituallv
as he does physically through our own eXer-
tons, and in no other way. He who forgets
TINS may force his way into the marriage-teast;
but he will be in the same plight as was he who
stood with no weddin9-garment on
Not only is sancttcation gradual. but there
Is also a certain order in which it is accom-
plished, and the order is this: The strongest
evil passion or inclination first If man is a
drunkard, anu lie is converted, the first thing
This i his nearest and daaiIin't fao. .nd Ia
naturally grannlea frst with this If bn hos
been man proihne iii speech. he sets himself
10 night THIS habit before all others. lie may
nave otheF eNlI habils but The order OF sanctl-
hcauoh l., The greatest sn first. A dozen ser
penis may be IN his path; but that one whose
ianSs are already IN ms lesll, and whose dead
~ con- Is around bis limb Is the one he clutches
ana tears away hrst' And thus the tight goes
on. One sin ut a time, one evil habit after an
Gthef-each calling Tor 4 separate decision, a
dlslhct acl the VIII Is dealt with, his strength
groWlh@ WIN each effort nntl what at first was
hard becomes easy. and the will, educated by
TO it. and in Sncl lntaonnism harmonizaS win
God Grow in grace and the knovledoe of
the Lord Jesus Christ" Golden Rula
30 not laugh Al that drunken man reeng
through the street. However ridiculous the
ng home 70 some lender hea't that viii
,s , i IuHo 7olnr 1ptiiis liiptnei per
nnre sininss h6I or + nav .,e no" " fd =, ie
whose Heart viii .nnst rl3 iii, on Gnf lle
views the destruction Of her idol. or if NAV ho
Il loving sister. Who " in shed hitter tn.rs ovnr
htr Drolhgf' shofn OF ms mani ness and self
t tt It"thei oioP lear IN silent sympa,
.ns !" .'i tlose hef'ite so heehly sensitive ana
tch''pI Het 80 PROUD ana ioEai lhal they cannot
80 - i,p"tiN tenue!tu thtii elthef ID word
ioUh VI 'St; illiou2n IL lhl2h' laii upon lhelr
the summer dew upon the wthered plant.
7 10 MOT 1.no,,, o,,.,,i,,. ,..,,..,
w nv INV INV. any .i!in2 witch more iascl-
.nr1 yu"an ' h, mn@'' Ior want Oh better
th;s ,onIia III 90 ~" eNei
tao pe0It'!i hiiii VI estiliatioil chahSts very
those who Affect to do the most and the best
work with the least apparent pains and trouble
whom we are most inclined to admire. We
eventually come to admire labor, and to re-
spect it the more, the more openly it is pro-
claimed by the laborious man TO be the cause
of. rSir Arthn,. Hens ~ ''"7'
We feel oppressed when kindness after kind
ness Is poured in upon us by man, and no OPP
portunlty presents Itself of rendering any re-
turn. Would that we were equally moved by
receiving dement's from God, and yielding him
Every one ought 10 read IN triple book
~ the doom OF creatures, that he may find
"9u'
~ tiie doom OF conscience mat ne may know
hlihseh'
~ inc book OF scripture, that he may love his
hei9hpoi' lAiahus de insults.
If is stranaa how n,o,,, of ~, ,.o ,;,.i. e..
oetful nat al n ,,ag u us are lNlas lor
la 40 ,o ~ ' ie E aie iIliiiortal that
~ az ~ Iatuioo VI LteihitN' not OF lime.
lLouls carlisle.
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