The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-09-27
Jewels of Thought and Devotion.

Jewels of Thought and Devotion.
Sometimes catch sweet glimpses of His face.
But that is all
Sometimes he looks on me, and seems to smile.
But that is all.
Sometimes he speaks passing word of peace.
But that is all.
sometimes think hear his loving voice
Upon Inc call.
And Is this all he meant when thus he spoke.
Come unto me-!
Is there 10 deeper. more enduring rest
In him for thee
Is there no steadier light for thee in him
q. come and see
q. come and see o, look and look again
All shall be right:
o. taste his love. and see that ii is good,
Thou child OF night.
., trust thou. trust thou III his grace and power
Then all is bright.
Patience is the art OF enduring human stupidity.
Anon.
Love is a celestial harmony Of likely hearts.
tSpenser.
our opportunities to do good are or talents.
Dir. G. Mather
When YOU bury luminosity, never mind putting
up a tombstone
You know that love will creep in service where
it cannot go. shakespeare.
A friend cxaggcratcs mans virtues an enemy
lnflameS his crimes. Addison.
To busy man. temptation is tain to climb up
together with his business. bishop Taylor.
He who stlrpasses or subdues mankind must
look down on the hate of those below. byron
As daylight can be seen through very small
holes. so little things illustrate persons character.
The memory of things 'cious keepeth warm
the heart that once did hold them Jean Ingeow.
There is no man whose kindness we may not
some time want, or by whose malice we may not
some time suffer. Rambler
When the Breton mariner puts to sea his prayer
is Keep me, my God; my boat is so small and
the ocean so wide. Does not this beautiful pray
er truly express the condition Of each of us!
Water though well warmed would oucnch
nevertheless the fire that warmed it. Thus NAV
the character eff treacherous person be dcscrib-
ed From the SanScrit
The worship Of God is a duty-the hearing and
reading may be useful but if men rest in hearing
and praying. as too many do, it is as if the tree
should value itself on being watered and putting
forth leaves, though never producing any fruit
Franklin
noble man compares and estimates himself by
an idea winch Is higher than himself, and Il man
~ one which is lower than himself. The one pro
'tuceS aspirations, the other ambition. Ambition
is the way in which Vulgar man aspircs Beccher
The willow that bends To the tempest often es-
capeS better than the oak which rcsists it. and
80 i'll great clamitieS ii sometimes happens that
light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity
and presence ot mind sooner than those of lottier
character. Walter Scott
There are moods in which we court suffering in
the hope that here. at least we shall find reality
sharp peaks and edges OF truth. But ii turns out
to he the scene painting and the counterfeit The
only thing @ref hats taught men is to know how
shallow it is. Emerson.
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything
beautiful. Beauty is Gods handwritng-a way
side sacrament: welcome it in every face, every
fair lower, and thank Him for it. simply and ear
nestly. with the eyes It's Il charmed Clraught Il
cup of blessing.
Talk about conceit as much as Won like. il is
I" human character what salt is to the ocean it
keeps ii sweet and renders it endurable. Say
rather, 1t Is like the natural unguent of the sea
fowls plumage which enables him to shed the
rain that falls him and the wave in which he
dips. When one has all his conceit taken ont of
him when he has lost all his Illusions his feathers
Will soon soak through, and he will fly more"
In Christian growth and Christian life nothing
works, and men must work Service in secular
life may sometimes be done by proxy; but every
one must God for himself and do good to
man with his own mind heart and hand and
those who fail to do this. miss their divnest op-
portumtleS. BE not among this number but
rather among those who labor with Christ for the
salvation Of souls 1t is the sweet spirit of God
that pleads with lis to enter at once into harmony
with the faith we profess Let us grieve not that
Spirit Its beseeching is the prayer for us that
Jesus and all the angels utter Its words OF love
are like the fragrance Of lilies, and if we but yield
TO its holy invitations we shall be thrilled by the
dlvnest emotions that mOrtals know. 1T
stands at the door Of minds and hearts sum
mer and winter, day and night, loving as the dear
Christ, gentle as angels, and beautiful us the light
of seraphs smile. saving, arise out of the actual
into the possible and take the world along with
you.
THERE WILL BE REST IN THE EvENTIDE All
day long the farmer may stand between his plough
handles, turning the yielding soil may endure the
burden and heat of the day; may be burned by the
scorchlng rays of the sun. OF be drenched by sud
den showers but by and by the sun furls his ban
ner of light the birds cease their singing and fly
homo to their nests the cventide has come and
tired man and weary beast find rest All day long
the smith may ply his hammer while huge drops
OF pcrspiration roll down his smoke bcgrimcd
brow. He belongs to the class that must toll for
their daily bread and work with him has become
second nature. He likes the music Of his bellows
and clink Of his hammer, and as the huge sparks
lily of from the ID hot ire H. he can amC st imagine
he is Joye forging thundcrDOltS and revelling in
the forked lightnings. they wreath and Irvine
around him. But the sun goes down i'll the
west, he lays by his leather apron and washes the
SCOT and smoke from his face. and goes home to
enjoy the society of his family For him there
has come rest at the eyentide.
All day long the patient mother may toll for her
little ones, sympathizing with them in their child
lsh sorrows, calming their fears and soothing their
pains. until she is worn out soul and BODY but as
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