Daily Republican., 1879-03-15
SUNDAY READING.

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HoxR.-Home How sweet the word
None can know its sweetness 10 well at
those who have been bsreft Of one.--
Although those who have rsvelsd in its
sweetness ever cannot sympathizs with
the unhappy ones whose cruel lot it ID
10 have no home, yet they may-aud II
they are true to common humanity
they will-pity their heavily burthened
brethren. How many fellow mortala
(and Immortality with capabilities in
tsllectual and moral, great and even
greater than Others upon whom fortune
has not frownsd, have yielded to the
seductive influences Of multiform evil,
and been betrayed, and marred, and
damaged, and almost and even quite
ruined, because not blessed with q
home
What ia home' A home is the abode
Of a husband and wife, and daughters
and sons, and single relatives and
friends, male and female. A home is
presided over by q psterfamilias, as
sisted by maternal loveliness psrsonated
in wife-a father and mother recog-
nizinc the Christians God, having
deeply wrought in their spirits the
principles Of christian faith, and char
acters adorned with the charming
graces OF piety. A home is not only
presided over, but the authority Of the
united head Of the family 10 blended
with the innecenoy and joyousness Of
the dear little ones, whose manifested
characteristics arc fragrant exhalations
of their nature. A home is dwelling
place where the eonjoined members Of
the family, single friends or relatives,
may thank God for peaceful shelter
from the outside noisy world. A home
is made still more ho,neful by full and
varied amusenents.
"WoMrs. "A very large portion Of
the Christians doubts are not doubts;
they are wonts. The will Is not sub
dued 10 God. 1t has not completely
surrendered itself to the best it knows,
and to the dictates Of the Spirit of the
Lord and the promptings Of the con-
science. Often when the man stands
doubling. as he supposed he is, tho
struggle is really between the con-
science and the will.-The trouble lies
at tho root of the whole matter. He
who knows what is right, but hesitates
to do the right. To be sure there is
doubling, lack Of faith in God, but all
because the will is not completely given
up to the good. Religion is not alone,
or primarily, in the emotions. 1t is
down in the will, and there selves the
problem for the man.
A CHRISTIAN is one who has been
brought by grace and power out Of his
old standing and condition in the first
Adam into an entirly new place in
Christ the second Man, the last Adam.
We read in Ephesisns that God, who
is rich in mercy, for His great love
whsrswith He loved us, even when We
were dead in sins, hath quickened us
up together with Christ, -. and
hath raised us up together and made
US sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus This gives us our place
before God as accepted in the Below
cd, q place which is ours now as fully
as it will ever be, for nothing can add 10
or take from the value and perfection Of
Christ in the sight Of God; and this is
the measure Of our acceptance.
A PRAYER THAT WAS ANswERED.-A
story comes from st. Petersburg which
Is pretty enough to bear repeating. Not
long since Government functionary
died in utter destitution, leaving,
without friends or relations, two small
ono of whom was boy about
seven years old. Alone, moneyless,
foodless, with his little sister crying for
bread, he wrote on a piece Of paper, as
his last resort, please God, send me
three copecks to buy my little sister a
roll" This he carried to the nearest
church to drop it into an aims and
start it on its way to Heaven. A pass
ing priest seeing him trying to put the
paper into the box took it out and read
it, whereupon he carried the children
to his house, fed them and clothed them.
The next Sunday he preached a sermon
on charity, in which he alluded to the
incident. The collection that followed
amounted to nearly 81 900.
W1TH WHOM TO SErTLE.-A venera-
BILE minister, with compassionate earn
estness, once preached sermon upon
punishment. On the day some
thong htless men agreed that one of
their number should 60 to him, and, if
possible draw him into discussion
He went accordingly, and began tbs
saying: ~ believe there
is small dispute between you and me,
and thought that l would call this
morning and try to settle it," "Ah"
said the good man, "what is it!"
"Why," he replied, "you say that the
woe of the finally impsnitent will be
and I do not think it will"
"Oh, is that ALL" he answered; "there
is no dispute between you and me. If
you turn to Mathew 1926, you will
find that the dispute is between you
and the Lord Jesus Christ, and | ad-
wise you to go Immediately and settle
with him. ."-7He Sword and Irowsi.
A STRIKING INcIpENT.-Ths Rev.
Henry Wilkes, D. D., Professor of The
ology in the Congregational College,
in sermon said "a
shfswd, intelligent man was walking
aimlessly in the street about 10 O'Clock
one Sunday morning, in town some
twelve miles from Glasgow. He was in