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proved. the willy advocate in defending his
client relates to the open -mouthed jury cer-
tam well-authenticated stories of optical de-
lusions which like those other illustrations
of the falibility of circumstantial evidence
can be found in the repertoire of every skilful
criminal lawyer. By way of cdreut, l will
only add the motto which every Eastern trav-
eller should bear in mind-''believe nothing
you hear, and only half You see
SUNDAY READING.
| 'rHoU kNowEsf MY PATH"
| From human eyes tits better to conceal
| Much that suffer, much that hourly feel
But oh this thought doth tranquilLe and hsa.
All. all is known to Thee.
| Each secret conflict with indwelling sin,
| Each sickening fear ne'er the prize shall win,
| Each pang from irritation, turmoil, din
/ all, is known to Thee
/ Nay all by Thee Is ordered, ch osen planned
Each drop that fills my daily cup Thy hand
| Prescribes for ills none else can understand;
| All, all is known to Thee.
| -Adeid,de l.. Neuton.
| Religion is the tie that connects man with
his Creator, and holds him to his throne. If
that tie is sundered or broken, he floats
away a worthless atom in the universe, its
proper attractions all gone, its destiny
thwarted, and its whole future nothing but
| Webster.
l know of no way so sure to the loftiest
and holiest life of heaven as that which lies
| directly through deep, quick sympathy
with the life on earth When We lose that,
we lose what the sap is to the tree ; the
| mediator between our being and the life
| about us and above US the secret OF all our
| growth and fruitfulness. as of all our glory
and joy Robert Collyer
If heaven he the world toward which we
| are journeying, holiness will be the way in
| which we shall walk from day to day for if
We do not love and cherish the spirit of heaven
here, we shall never enter heaven itself here
after.-[Payson.
Neither borrower nor lender be, for
loan oft loses both self and friend and bor-
rowing dulls the edge OF hustandry. This
above ALTO thine own self be true, and it
must follow, as the day the night, thou canst
not then be false to any man. Polonius, in
Hamlet.
Let him who gropes painfully in darkness
or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that
the dawn may ripen into day, lay this pre-
cept well to heart do the duty which
lies nearest to thee, which thou knowest to
be a duty thy second duty will have al
ready become clearer. Thomas Carlyle.
none advise. thou hath persuaded what
none hath dared thou hath done and when
all the world hath flattered, thou only hath
cast out of the world and despised. Thou
hath drawne together all the fame-stretched
greatness, all the pride, crueltie and ambi-
ton of men, and covered it all over with
these two narrow words-"Hic jacet. Sir
Walter Raleighs History of the World
Thy way not mine. Lord,
However dark il be
Lead me by Thine own hand,
Choose out the path for me
srnvv.h let II pe or rough,
IL will be still the hest
Winding or straight it matters not
1t leads me to thy rest.
ldare not choose my lot;
would not, il mig
Choose thou for me, my Lord
80 shall walk Alright.
-Horatius BonU.
He lived and died first to redeem humani-
ty, to regain paradise, TO reopen heaven.
But in addition to this, from the cradle,
through the cross and grave. to the mount
of ascension, he left us an example that We
shonld follow IN his steps, His life and
death alone make possible our participation
in his resurrection. But they only shall par
take Of it who follow the example of his
humility, his patience. his holy life. w G.
Doane-
feel more and more deeply how unchris-
tian and guilty the lives of the prosperous
classes are ; how little genuine sympathy and
brotherly affection we have toward the mass
of our fellow creatures. To rise above others
is the spirit and soul of society in its present
constitution. To help others rise. TO use our
superiority as a means of elevating those be-
low, is the spirit OF Christianity and human
ity ;and were it TO prevail, would make it a re-
volution more striking than any conquest has
made [Channing.
A blind man. being led one day.
Where fragment roses. blossOIred gay,
Said to his guide "Here roses bloom
know them by their sweet perfume"
oh when blind souls around US 20,
Led by the eyes that watch US
Blessed the Christian life that throws
The sweet perfume Of Sharons rose
-FleteheT Batsg.
There is in Christianity light enough for
those who sincerely wish to see it, and dark
ness enough TO confound those of an oppo-
site disposition.-[ Pascal.
Anxiety is the poison of life the parent
of many sins, and of more miseries Why.
then allow it. when we know that all the
future is guided by n Fathers hand ? Blair.
There are two words which should take up
much of our thoughts and cares-time and
eternity time, because it will soon come to
an end and eternity because it will never
come to an end Erskine
1t were better to have no opinion of God
at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of
Him ; for the one is unbeief, and the other
is contumely and certainly superstition is
the reproach of the Deity Bacon.
He who prays as he ought, will endeavor to
live as he prays lie that can live in sin and
abide in the ordinary duties OF prayer, never
prays as he ought truly gracious praying
frame is utterly inconsistent with the love of
any sin. -[Owen.
God is never so far of
AS to be near
lie is within our spirit
The home He holds most dear.
To think Of Him as by our side
Is almost as untrue
A To remove His throne beyond
Those 81 les OF starry blue.
so while thought myself
Homeless, iOrlOrn and weary
Missing my Joy. walked the earth,
Myself Gods Sanctuary.
-FaJer.
There IL Russian proverh which says
that misfortune is next door to stupidity
and it will generally be found that men who
are constantly lamenting their ill-luck are
only reaping the consequences of their own
neglect, mismanagement. iInprovidence or
want OF application.-[S Samuel Smiles.
As freely az the armament embraces the
world, so mercy must encircle friend and foe.
The sun pours forth impartially his beams
through all the regions of iniinity heaven
bestows the dew equally on every Thirsty
plant Whatever is good and comes from
on high is universal and without reserve
but in the hearts recesses darkness dwells.
[Schiller.
II should cheer the steps OF the servant
of Jesus Christ as he journeys to know that
even in darkness his guide Is still with him.
and that guide is the King of the country
l,a, TnI,,
ter.
"Such opportunities for work on every
hand In America there IN always the for
lorn hope what don't do perhaps some
one else will. Here, we can't hope anything
of the kind (; and these souls hungry
and 50 needy My heart yearns over them
every hour. Is one alert He may help
soul nearer to Christ with every word he
speaks. So he can too in the United States
only one seems to realize 1t more III tins land,
where there Is so llttlo to stimulate thought
of any kind. From II missionary's letter.
1t sometimes happens that two friends will moet
And with a smile and touch Of hands, again
Go on their way along the noisy street
Each is 40 sure OF all the friendship sweet,
The loving silence gives no thought OF pain.
And so, ! think, those friends whom We call dead
Are with us. 1t may he some quiet hour
Or time o. busy work for hand or head
Their love fins all the heart that missed them so
They bring sweet assurance of the life
serene, above the worry that We know;
And We grow braver for the comfort brought.
Why should We mourn because they do not speak
Our words that lIo so far below their thought
-Sdrah o. JeTsff.
Breyity is the soul and body Of wit, it is
wit itself, for it alone isolates sufficiently for
contrasts because redundnnce or proiusion
produces no distinctness. Jeal Paul Rich
| ter
lis much easier to meet with error than