Daily Republican., 1879-07-12
SUNDAY READING.
TRANSIENT TROUBLES.


We were asked TO recount the sorrows o.
our lives, how many that are six
months old should We think worthy tG
be remembered or mentioned :? To dav' Z
troubles look large, but in little
while they will be forgotten and buried
out Of sight.
lfyou would keep book, and every
day put down the things that worry
you, and see what becomes of them, II
would bea benefit to you. You allow a
thing to annoy you, just as you allow a
fly to settle on you and plague you; and
you lose your temper (or rather get il;
for when men are surcharged with tenn
per, they are said to have lost It; land yeu
justify yourselves for being thrown of
your: balance by cause aw hich you do not
trace out. But II you would see what
it was that threw you of your balance
before breakfast, and put it down in a
little book, and followed u out, and as
certain what became oft, you would
see what a fool you were in the matter.
The art of forgetting is a b esssd art,
but the art Of overlooking is quite as
important. And If we should take time
to write down the origin, progress and
outcome Of a few Of our troubles, 1t
would make US so ashamed Of the fuss
We make over them, that We should bs
glad to drop such things and bury
them at once in eteraal forgetfulness.
Life Is too short to be worn on. in
petty worries, frsttings, hatreds and
vexations. Let US Danish al these and
think on whatsoever things are pure
and lovely and gentle, and Of good re-.
pOrt.-Erchange.
ECCLESIASTICAL FENCES
Rev. Phillips Brooks in his "Yale
Sermons" speaking Of ofuniOn, says:
"a preacher comes to me from Afri-
ca, or from some church of another de.
nomination in the next street, which
often seems farther of than Africa. 1t
depends upon what the power Of our
preaching is, how near We come to-
gsther. Ifw are both given to ma
chineriss, each of us valuable only
what a certain sort Of people may be-
come under the peculiar Gu ture Of the
denomination which he represents.
Then We talk together, however, pleas
Antly, over our fences, and shake hands,
however, cordially, only through the
stats. II We both really value the soul
Of man, we understand each other
the different methods of our work d.
not keep us apart, but bring us TO-
gether, for they are the means by which
We manifest TO one another the deer
motive which is the power Of both oul
lives.
The fences are turned into bridges
Certainly Christian union, whenever il
comes, must come thus not by com.
promise and the adjustment Of various
forms Of government and worship, but
by the development in all preachers, o.
all kinds, Of all that value for man, in
Christ, which burrows far beneath the
differences Of forms, and dies far above
them. 1t may be given to some in these
days to take direct steps TOW ards organ
10 Christian union. | bid them God.
speed. But If that is not our task, lei
us do what we can to make strong tina,
sense of the human soul, which, by its
very nature Is universal, and cannot be
partial"
THs DUST covERgD BIBLE.
Some years ago clergyman in Lrs.
land took for his text one Sabbath
morning, "Search ye the Scriptures. u
In the course Of his sermon he quoted q
passage from John Wesley, to the Of.
feet that the Bible sometimes had
dust enough on its cover to let you
write 'damnatiOn on it," One of his
hearers was struck by the remark, and
on her return home repeated it. She
was overheard by her bro her, who had
carel.ssly absented himself from church
that day. The startling thought fixed
itself in his heart like an arrow Hs
retired to his room and took down his
Bible. Looking at its dusty cover, and
scarcely knowing what he did, he traced
on 1t the appalling words Of the preach
or. He looked at them, read them
again, and, bursting into tears, flung
himself on his knees, and confessing
his past sins, sought grace that he
might prize 1t more in the future The
Bible became his companion. and to his
dying hour he bore witness to is sus.
tanning power, and his joy in the God
Il reveals.
was oucs walking a short distance
behind . very handsomely dressed
young girl. and thinking as looked q.
her beautiful clothes, "I wondered II she
takes hall a. much pains with her heart
as she does with her body ?" A poor
old man was coming up the walk with
= loaded wheelbsrrow, and just before
he reached US, he made two attem pts
to 20 into the yard of . small
house; but the gate was heavy, and
would swing back before he could g. I
through. "Wait," said the girl spring.
ing lightly forward, ''l'll hold tho gate
OPEN" And she held the gate until he
passed in, and received his thanks
with pleasant smile as she went on.
She deserves to have beautiful clothes
l thought, for . beautiful spirit dwels
in her breast. little Corporal"
Happiness ia q sunbeam, which may
pass through . Thousand bosoms with.
ont losing q particle Of its original ray;
nay, when it strikes on kindred he art
like the converged light Oh mirror, it
reflects itself with double brightnesL.-
Happiness is not perfected till it is shar-
ed, by deriving It Of another, We do not
deprive the happy person Of any part
of his enjoyment.
Just Received