The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-07-04
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

when you recover 1t is just as easy to
forget them.
ls II not strange that little silver
dust should blind our eyes and divert
them from beholding Him who is alto
gether lovely.
1t Is never permissible to degrade the
human soul for the advantage Of others,
nor TO make villain for the service Of
honorable people.
The devil, on the last day, shall rise
against Us in condemnation, for he has
been more careful to get souls than we
were TO save them.
Sin is never at stay; IL we do not re-
treat from IL, we Shall advance In Il;
and the further on we 90, the more we
have 10 come back.
We part more easily with what we
possess, than with our expectations of
what we wish for; because expectation
always goes beyond Enjoyment.
The Christian who has put aside reli-
gion because he is in worldly company,
Is like man who has put of his shoes
because he Is walking among thorns.
Virtue and vice are so near each
other that they may be likened 70 coat,
the one being the outside, the other the
In. Turn your coat and there you are.
The disposition to give a cup OF cold
water 10 a disciple is far nobler prop.
erty than the finest intellect. Satan has
fine intellect but not the image Of
God
Charles V. used to say the more Ian
guages man knew, he was So many
times more man. Each new form Of
human speech introduces new world
Of thought and life.
Conscience is the magnetic needle
which is given 10 us 10 direct our
course. Worldly wisdom, like a spy
glass, may show breakers ahead, but
cannot guide us across the ocean.
Good service is prompt service. 1t
ceases TO be favor when he upon whom
the service Is conferred has lost In pa
tience and hope deferred what he might
have bestowed in love and gratitude.
He that is much IN prayer shall grow
rich In grace. He shall thrive and in
crease most that is busiest In this,
which is our very traffic 10 heaven and
tetcbes the most precious commodities
thence.
II man would become innocent he
must become obedient. Some indi-
viduals profess to give themselves 70
the Lord, but not 10 the brethren. We
should spend for the brethren as well
as be spent.
There is nothing TO be esteemed more
than manly trmneEs and decision Of
character. like person who knows
his own mind and sticks to it; who sees
at once what is to be done In given cir
cumstances and does 1t.
Bad luck is simply man with his
hands In his pockets, and pipe IN his
mouth, looking on 10 see how 1t Is
coming out. Good luck is a man Of
pluck, with his sleeves rolled up, and
working TO make 1t come out right.
Keep your conscience tender-tender
as the eye that closes the lid against an
atom Of dust, or as the sensitive plant
which you have seen shrink and shut
lts leaves not merely at the rude touch
OF the finger, but at the breath Of
moth.
II is the most momentous question
woman is ever called upon 10 decide,
whether the faults Of the man she loves
are beyond remedy and will drag her
down, or whether she Is competent 70 be
his earthly redeemer and lift him 70 ner
own level.
Obedience 10 duty is the lathe work,
or attached strings here ana there, or
the depending staff upon and about
which our desires entwlne themselves,
and as vine and flower, grow out aud
up towards the upper sunlight, into
reality and beauty.
Never trust this heart Of thine that it
viii be ordered aud kept in good frame,
II thou carry not always a strong hand
ana narrow eye over IT. II once thou
let 90 the bride OF watchfulness, IL will
run out 50 far that 1t will be hard TO
bring IL back again.
A great many people wonder why II
vas that Christ did not come al once 70
Martha and Mary, whom he loved,
when he heard of their affiiction. Il
was to try them; and it is the same
with His dealings toward US. II He
seems not to come TO US in our afii ction,
1t is only 10 test us.
IL you have TO walk with a crutch
or must keep indoors, or sit wrapped
in a loose gown, do not conclude you
are superHuity. He who bears beroi-
cally physical distress, and looks for
the sunshine that falls upon the pillow
will make record that will read well
when words are no more.
No telescope will enable us 10 see
God. The finest microscope will not
make Him visible in the act Of working.
No chemistry, no study Of physical
forces, no search after the primary
force, can bring us a "hand-bre2dth
nearer God" Science, in the obeyance
Of spiritual powers, attains not 10 God.
Our right intercourse with others re.
solves itself largely into the government
OF the tOlgue. Let each one, then, ask
this question, "ls the scrupulOus atten-
ton J arm paying TO the government Of
my tongue at all pr0pOrtioned 10 that
tremendous truth revealed through 81.
James, that II DO not bride my tongue
all my religion IL vain 7" The answer
can hardly fail 10 be both strengthening
and humbling.
The day is coming when our gar
ments shall shine a. the sun, but mean
while our glory is hidden; we are
princes in Disguise. II dOth not yet ap-
pear what we shall be; only we know
that on the resurrection day we shall
put on "incorruptiOn" aud "Immor-
tality" and "glory." and what we know
not now we shall know hereafter. Our
coat Of many colOrs shall attract even
the eye Of the angels.
No sin stands by itself and affects its
perpetrator merely. We cannot do
wrong without involving others in the
fault. Why this Is God knows. We
cannot explain st.; aud the best thing
for us 10 90 is 20 avoid speculation how
or why God allows evil IN the world