The Osceola times., 1879-03-08
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Ieach US 10 trust thee, Loi5, iof these cur o'ed
and losii
| For these we make our rassion-prayer BY night;
| For these We CIV to ] hee through the lorg day'
W. ies them not, keep them 10 Thy sight;
From them AID us, DO J hou not very lar away.
| And II not home 10 us yet lead them home
To where ! hon stapdest at the Heavenly gate
| That 20, from Thee they shall not farther roam,
And grant US patient hearts ! ny gatheIing.'inie
10 wait.
or the Exercise. of "a Good Religious
The life of good religious person
ought to excel in all virtues that he
may inwndly be such as outwardly he
seemeth TO men.
Aud rightly there ought to be much
more within, than is perceived without.
For God beholdeth US; whom VIC are
bound most highly to reverence where
soever we are, and to walk in purity like
angels in His sight.
Daily ought we to renew our purposes,
and to stir up ourselves to greater ervor,
az though this were the first day of our
conversion, and to say:
Help me, my God in this my good
purpose, and in Thy holy service; and
grant that / may now this day begin
perfectly; for that which | have done
hitherto is as nothing"
According to our purpose shall be the
success Of spiritual profting; and much
diligence is necessary TO HIM that will
profit much. And il he that firmly pur-
poseth often faileth, what shall he do
that seldom or but weakly purposeth
anything.
Yet in various ways il happens that
we torsake our purpose, and a slight
omission of our spiritual exercise is not
without loss TO our souls. i'} t'
The purpose of just men depends not
upon their own wisdom, but upon God Z
grace on whom they always rely for
whatsoever they take in hand.
For man proposes but God disposes
neither is the way Of man in himself.
II an accustomed exercise b. some
times omitted, either or some act OF
piety or profit to our brother, it may
easily afterwards be recovered again.
But II, outof WEAKNESS or carelessness,
we lightly emit it, it is very blsmewor-
thy; and will be felt to be hurtlul. d.
the best we can, we shall still too easily
failin many things.
Yet must we always have some fixed
purpose, and especially against those
sins which do most OF all hinder us.
We must diligently search into, and
set in order both our outward and in.
ward things, bacsuse both of them are Of
Importance to our progress in godliness.
II thou canst not continually collect
thyself, yet do it sometimes, AZ the least
twice q day, namely, in the morning and
at night.
In the morning fix thy good purpose
and at night examine thyself what thou
hast done, how thou hast behaved thy
self in word, deed and thought; for in
these perhaps thou hast oitontimes
offended both God aud thy neighbor.
Those devotions which belong not to
the community ought not to be expo sed
to public view, for private deyotions are
practiced most safely in secret.
Nevertheless thou must beware thou
neglect not those which are public
being more ready for what Is private.
But having fully and faith lully accom-
| plished all which thou art bound and
enjoineTto dc, if thou hast any spare
time betake thee to thyself as thy devo-
tion cslleth thee Thomas a Kempis
|
Researches iaso the Text OF Scripture.
As it is of great importance to have
the exact meaning OF the divine revela.
ton to man, it is not strange that the
lives of many learned men are mainly
devoted to the elucidstion of the true
text of the original scriptures and its
exact equivalent in English.
Whilst our authorized version is, upon
the whole, remarkably accurate and
! beautiful, the learned men who made
, and complied it had not the same ad van.
tsges for full and minute comprehen-
sion OF the original that is enjoyed now,
by comparison of number of manu-,
scripts OF greater antiquity than any to
which they had access and as the two
earliest Of these omit some small passages,
chiefly parenthetical, which are found in
later manuscripts, ii is supposed that
such passages were explanatory notes,
which through the couree of ages became
incorporated with the text by transcri-
bers.
In Dean Alvord's very recondite and
reliable translation of the new testament
these are carefully pointed out, and in
some cases they give o slight shade OF
difference to TIE meaning. The follows
Ing are passages in Matthews gospel:
In Clap. v:22, the words without a
cause are lett out of number OF the
OLD versions, and the translation of the
word moreh (rebel) by the word tool is
considered doubtful. The L)rd's Prsyer
In the sixth chapter lacks the concluding
sscription of praise in all the most an,
cient manuscripts. In Matt. AVS, the
words "draweth nigh unto Ne with
their mouth and" are not found In the
Oldest msnuscripts. The twenty-frst
verse of the seventeenth chapter, which
resds, 4" Howbeit this kind goeth not out,
but by prayer and fasting" are omitted
in some old MSS, whilst Others which
retain the verse leave oSt "fasting f"
The eleventh verse of the eighteenth
chapter is not found in the most ancient
manuscripts, and it seems TO have no
connee.ion withthe context. None O.
4 these omissions or additions affect the
sense Of the Scripture, but there is one in
Chap. xviii. Is which does so to some
extent. The words against thee" are
not found in the two oldest manuscripts
and, If they are lett out, the duty of 8
Christian brother Is greatly extended
In the twentieth chapter OF thi- Gospel
and sixteenth verse, the words, "Fol
many may be called, but few are chosen
which appear to have no connection with
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