The Portland daily press., 1876-04-10

of imperfect work-this clog and drag upon
human effort So many labor always under
this cross and so fail to reach the wished Tor
goal. but we are to remember that Jesus also
was subject to this evil He suffered ID his
earthly work, and so we must not blame our
serves Tor TINS burden when it is put upon us,
Tor That vii! make it harder to bear. The
faults and sins of the past retard us in our
work. The man who has ever done wrong can
never be as though he had always done right
The evil consequences of sin will appear,
though the sin may have been repented of.
David repented of his unwlse indulgence of
Absaom but it did not prevent Absaloms re
beilion The friction which others cause
US. Hash words, unlovely tempers, inherited
diseases; these and o her evils place heavy
burden upon us, for which we are not respon-
sible. But We must not sit down and mourn
over these unavoidable ilis-but should work
the more earnestly, for God will pity and help
us. These evils interfere with our
work in many ways. They cause fear;
but why should the child of God fear?
They cause pride, anger, vexaton, distrust, un-
willingness to do our duty, unpunctuahty,
minding other peoples affairs-thiDgs doo go
to suit US; state affairs, city politics, parish
matters, family arrangements, go as we would
not have them. We think all things are going
to ruin. But why are we so troubled-God
rules yet, and we are to work on. Again lei US
ask. what are the remedies of this fr1cton!
l. We must have energy-force. Ii we would
go to heaven we must work for it. 2 we must
60 in the right way-the path of obedience
this is Gods highway and the only way OF safe
ty. 3 CheerfulDess, we need this, for it Is the
oil TO the wheels of daily work a. Trust, or
faith. We try to live many years in one
We look forward, and see all the hard duties
and the rugged ways, and we fear. We must
live one day at a time think only OF present
duty, do that and trust God to give us strength
for the future when the future comes. 5. We
must have an object-a purpose in life. 1t is
sad life to drift along without any definite OBJ
ject to live for. We should live for God: He
is what we need-God's love- Gods righteous
ness-a life hidden with Christ in God. 6. We
need persistence-this will keep US in the way.
But in all this the preacher has not spoken of
Christ, and why? Because Christ is in it all;
for be brings God to us; he marks the way of
life by his course, his tolls, his sufferpgs and
death. And in this we do not speak of per
feet life, for we shall not attain to that in this
world. We may have an ideal life, free from
labor, pain and sorrow, but it is not found here.
In climbing the mountain the place OF toll and
get in sight of the clear heights. When we get
higher we shall see Gods truth, character, love
-yes-we shall see God, face to face. Ever
living towards God life of trust, and towards
man life of ready sympathizing help. God
offers US this life as blessed and glorious real
lty, and we may each seek to attain to it.
UNION LOVE FEAST.
A very interesting Union Love Feast of the
three Methodist churches in this city was held
at the Chestnut street church yesterday morn
ing The meeting was conducted by Presiding
Elder Luce. In the space of SO minutes there
were sxty-two exhortations and the congrega-
tionssang eleven times.
ALLEN MISSION.
Very interesting services were held at the
Mission yesterday and last evening. In the af-
ternoon MI. Zenas Thompson spoke in very
feeling manner from the text "Christ came to
seek and to save.'' In the evening large au-
dience was addressed by Mrs. Darlington and
Richard Busted of New York