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From The Presbyterian.
4" Tired for Jesus"

we ANhiA NHtS '"'gf -
church. say one morning al a watering place,
L am so tired that cannot hold up my head
and my feet are both b,is,ered, dancing at the
hop last night We ventured 10 ask her II
she had ever been so tired working Tor Christ,
and il she had ever blis,ered her fetin His
service. SAID sh9'YOu talk so strangely God
does not REQUIRE it of US. You do not believe
/ in tie doctrine Of penarce' No we 90 not
/ believe in penGnce and | 90 not know that
/ God requires it, although the Bible often
| speaks Of self-deuisl aud suffering for Christ.
: Bu. did your heart never demand as great
( weariuess Of your body for lin who gave His
/ lie for you. as 20 the qualification Of your
senses in the hop? She replied You old
Pfesby,crians are so stiff and long-faccd that
You would deprive young people Of all happi-
ness - and with that excused herself 20 do
something for her mother. We were LETT to
our reflections, which were somewhat on this
wise. Most persons have, at some period in
life, teen like this one, worn out with pleasure,
and have gone limping over il for days
/ When did we ever limp from our work IN
/ Gods service? When had we 10 bind up
wounds received in cross-bearing? When
were we foot weary on His erraDds Of mercy
We think Of Him going barefoot. or ot best
with but 4 sole upon His feet, over the stones
of Judea, where the footways arc as full OF
sharp rocks as newly stoned pike, these
stones heated under sun one hundred and
twenty degrees. with lime dust more abundant
than the dust Of cur highways-and on these
He often walked twenty miles day, with
! bruised and bleeding feet, for us!
We can thiuk Of the poor relreshmcnt lie
! had under the homelke roof thet ever shelter
cd him with Lazarus aod the Marys. having
: His bruised and weary feet washed and dressed,
and the few 1al comforts Of poor family
administered. Aud then 70 make the contrast
with our comforts, our homes, and rest, and
luxurics aud not be able in a whole life TO
recall ono day when we could not hold up our
heads from WEAKNESS in His service. Out Of
the millions Of young Christians 10 this couu-
try many Of them have often bliS.ered their
feet 10 tie service Of pleasure. how msoy can
saw. blistered mine ia loving service for my
Master The man Of business trlmps the
hard povemcuts until !inb and head ache and
when Wed es lay night comes he says, ] am
too tired tonight, my bead aches, my feet pain
me can not bear the fatigue Of meeting the
Master. The stock-brokI shouts himself
hcarse on Change, where Mammon Is the god
of the hour. but when was he hoarse pl aiding
with men for trophies for Jesus The hands
Of the farmer are blisterod toiling for himself.
but when from lis birth was there blister
there made b. lis efforts for the glory Of bis
Redeemer? lie gals the shoulders and backs
Of his horses in the gear Of gain. bu: he Is
careful to rest them On the Sabbath. Wist
horse has tie collar or saddle marks 10 the
service Of the Master
The merchant bistors his feet walking
behind the counter, aud is so tired at the store
that he can only endure oue service on the
Sabbath; but il God should call on him for q
flesh mark. as evidence Of gratitude and love,
while the signs Of selishneSs would appear 10 /
abundance, not one could be found in forty
years Of profession 10 His service Who wore
for him the crown Of thorns.
Women could be found elevated and blest- /
no !e queens under the Gospcl-whose kind /
are slaves where it is not. tramping The streets
from one end TO the other, standing before /
every costly trap and trapping, foot-wearied,
perhans drcncled with the rain or snow, who !
never, in the!r i7es, had the soul-luxury Of
being weary fJr Him who honored her and /
her kind when lustful tyrants lad their feet
upuu her. Perhaps she had never been sery-
ing Him in her life; was never wesried 10 /
auest for the means 10 send the sweets she
enjoys 70 her siill oppressed sisters in foreign
lands. Unnumbered multitudes let little I
children die H. sin, within the range OF vision, /
and expect the bOuntifui favor Of God, while
they cannot show q blister that devotion TO
him has ever made, in efforts for Him. 10 the
persons Of His Neglected little ones. Such
would make poor out in singing,
"Wheu survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince Of Glory died,
Ny richest gain count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
"Were the whole realm Of Nature mine,
Thatwerc a present far too small
Lore so amazing, 50 divine,
Demands my soul. ny life, ry al.