Daily Republican., 1879-03-29

To dwell with Thee forever!
Take Thou our child, ours for = day,
Thine while the ages blossom!
This little shining head We lay
In the Redseiner's bosomi
RELIGIOUS BEADING.
WAIT ARE You WAITING yoRi-Nany
are to 10 found In our churches who
know the truth. They like the gos.
pol they approve Of sound doctrine :
they mean one day to bs decided fol-.
lowers Of Christ, but at present some
thing hinders them. What are you
waiting fort
Are you waiting till you are sick :
Surely you will not tell me that Is .
convenient season. When your body
is racke with pain, when your mind
10 distracted with all kinds Of anxious
thoughts, when calm reflection Is al
most impossible, Is this . time for be-
ginning the mighty work Of acquain-
tSncs with God
Are you waiting till you are old :
Surely you have not considered what
you say. You will serve Christ when
your members are worn out and de-
saysd, and your hands unfit to work.
You will 60 TO him when your mind is
weak and your memory failing. You
will give up the world when you can
not keep it. You will SGT your sfFso-
tions on things above when you it'd
nothing to set them on in things below.
Is this your plan Beware, lest you in
suit God.
Are you waiting till you have leisure?
And when do you expect to have more
time than you have now' Every year
you live seems shorter than the last
one you find more TO think Of and do
in it. and after all, you know not
whether you may live 10 another year.
Boast not youself Of to morrow-now
is the time.
Are you waiting till your heart is
perfectly At and ready' That will
never be. 1t will always be corrupt
and sinful, bubbling fountain, full Of
evil. You will never make 1t like
white sheet Of paper, that you can
take to Jesus, and say, Here | am
Lord, ready to have thy law written on
my heart" Delay not. Better as you
are.
Are you waiting until the devil will
let you come to Christ without trouble'
That will never be. Satan never gives
up single soul without struggle. II
you will be saved you must fight for it.
stand not another day. Arise and 60
forward at once.
Are you waiting till there is no cross
10 be borne That will never be. So
long as sin is your enemy, and our own
bodice weak and clogged by it, SO long
~ we must endure hardness, if W.
would be good soldiers Of Jesus Christ.
90 in tn. strength of the Lord God and
you shall overcome. If there is no
cross there will be no crown.
Are you waiting till all around yon
become decided christians That will
never he. Heaven is the only place of
perfection. Rar,h is the place where
sin reigns, and Gods pcop.er a little
flock. You must be content to journey
alone, and swim against the stream.
Marrow is the way that leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it,"
Tarry not for friends and neighbors;
See that you are among the "few."
Are you waiting till the gate is wides
that will never be. 1t will not after
it is not elastic, it will not stretch. 1t
is wide enough for tho chief Of sinners,
ii he comes in humble self-abased
spirit. But il there is anything you
are resolved not to give up, you will
never, with all your struggling, get in.
Lay aside every weight enter before
the door is shut. forever.
And are you waiting bscauss some
Christians are inconsistent, and sone
professors fall away, Their folly is
no excuse for you, their sin will not
justify your delay. Hear the word Of
the Lord Jesus, "What is That to thee 7
follow thou me-"
Oh, lingering ones, are not your ex-
cuses broken reeds! Are not your
reasolings and detenses Improbable
and vain ?-Rer j. {. Ryle.
keep on the desk before me cal
endar of the year, with the day of the
year, with the day OF each week by
numerals. When a day is passed, |
draw my pen across figure or the fig
ures representing day. 1t is gone,
mn | Int fa 10 ka nj
Of numerals is concerned, | can do so.
But am startled by the words. 81
blot out day!' A day is wheel in
ths great machinery of lifs--a link in
the chain Of my probation. 1t is as
truly q part of vital and essential be-
ing, as a year or a century. The day
is given me. Will it vanish at my bid
ding | did not originate, | only re
ceived it. | Lave no more power to blot
it out than to bring it in.
1t was gift. How should l treat
the Giver, ii could and would blot it
OUT 1t came as proof Of the love of
the Giver. To many that day came
not. 1t was on its way, but the chain
broke. But Divine kindness would
not allow me to he loser. Shall not
honor the Givery
A day Of sadness, perhaps. Blot it
out for that reason' II my sins made
the sadness Of the day, then let the
day stand---a inemento OF and reminder
of my folly. That day is worth saving
that brings such voice Of reproef.
Perhaps the day was sad under divine
discipline. Surely, then, it ought to
stand, lest, in tlotting it out, offence te