The Lake County star., 1877-05-10
RELIGIOUS.

As weeds grow fastest In q fat soil,
20 our corrrptions grow and thrive
most when our natural state. n, most
| prosperous. Therefore Gods love and
care Of us constrain him sometimes to
use severe discipline, and to cut us
short In our temporal enjOyments.i d.
|. Are you not surprised to find how
independent OF money peace of con-
science II, and how much happiness
can be condensed In the humblest
home? A cottage will not hold the
bulky furniture and sumptuous ac-
commodations Of q mansion; but II
God be there q cottage will hold as
much happiness as might stock u pail
ace.-Dr. James Hamilton. T'
Two things characterize every church
that is In the highest condition Of
spiritual health. The one Is that thew
all worship, the other that they ali
work. The first appertains more di.
rectly to the heart; the second apper-
taips as well to the head, the hands
and purse. The fullest combination of
the two would almost realize the ideal
Of church life In its highest form.-
Theodore Cuyler. etp aat
Regarded simply as an element of
success in the common affairs of life.
the habit of "wishing the best" for
others Is of incalculable value. "He
that will have friends must show him
self friendly" "With what measure
We mete, IL shall be meted unto you
again." They who return scorn tor
love, and repay kindness with cynical
ingratitude, and indulge In harsh CEN
sures upon those who are striving to
do well, are seldom found to be pros.
porous In the long-run.--[E. s. Porter.
My will, not thine, be done, turned
Paradise into desert. "Thy will,
not mine, be done," turned the desert
into Paradise, and made Gothsemane
the gate Of acknowledgements.
Do little helpful things, and speak
helpful words whenever you can.
They are better than pearls and dia-
monds to strew along the roadside of
life. They will yield far more valua-
BILE harvest, as you will find after
many days.
BY doing good with his money
man stamps the image of God upon it,
and makes 1t pass current for the mer-
chandise Of heaven.
The devil never yet tempted man
whom he found judiciously employed.
-[Spurgeon.
Thomas Carlyle happened, not long
ago, to be where number of so-called
philosophers and scientific men were
present and were airing their opinions.
The theory Of Evolution had been as
serted with much confidence, and un-
der the suppOsition that he was a
sympathixer, and not at all fettered by
religious scruples, he was challenged
to deliver his opinion as to Darwinism.
Gathering himself up, and speaking
in tone that silenced laughter, Mr..
Carlyle replied, Gentlemen, you
make man q little higher than the
tadpoles. I hold with the prophet
David-Thou madest him n little
lower than the angels"
It is striking fsct that, according
to reliable authorities, the average life
Of the Jews, who strictly keep their
Sabbath, IL ten years longer than that
ofthe Christian populations of Europe,
nearly all Of whom are deprived of
the weekly rest.
"If the Bible is Gods word, why
didn't he make It so plain that every
body can easily understand it?" said
caviler. II God made coal for our
use as fuel, why didn't he distributee 1t
In convenient places on the surface, in
stead Of burying IL in the mines of
Pennsylvania s'' was the reply.
An old Hindoo, who had become a
Christian, first had Bible given him
and then q clock. "The clock will tell
me how time goes, and the Bible will
teach me how to spend Ii. ~