Daily Republican., 1879-06-07
SUNDAY READING.

AIGooD TEsT.-A few years ago, as, Rev.
Professor Finney was holding a series
of meetings in the city of Edinburg,
many persons called upon him for per-
sonal conversation and prayer.
One. day, q gentleman appeared, In
great distress of mind. He had listened
to Mr.. Finney's series on the previous
evening and had torn away his "refuge
of lies" Mr.. Finney was plain and
faithful with him, pointing cut to him
the way of life clearly, and his only
hope Of salvation. The weeping man
assured him that he was willing to give
ND all for Jesus--that he knew Of
nothing he would reserve--all for Jesus.
"Then let us 60 upon our knees and
tell God of that, y" said Mr.. Finney. So
both knelt at the altar, and Mr.. Finney
praysd: 80 Lord this man declares
that he is prepared to take Thee as his
God, and cast himself upon Thy care,
now and forever
The man responded "Amen!" heart
lily. ,,,,.
Mr.. Finney continued; 0 Lord thi;
man VOWS that he is ready to give his
wife, family, and all their interests VI
to Thee. "
Another hearty Amen !" from thu
man.
He went on" o Lord he says tha
he Is also willing to give Thee his bust
ness, ~hatever it may be, and conduc
it for thy glory" "
The man was SILENT response
Mr.. Finney was surprised at his silence
and asked:-"Why do you not say
Amen to this?
" Because the Lord will not take my
business, sir; am in the spirit trade, )
he answered.
The traffic could not Withstand sucl
a test as that "The Lord will not take
such business under his care. II,
demands its destruction as one of tn
mlghtiest obstacles to the progress oI
His cause in the Earth.-Amertcdn Mes
senyer.
LITTLE THISGs.-Life and death, pros
Perity and rain, all hang upon little
things.
They are like the linch-pin to tn
wheel, on which depends the safety Q
the vehicle; they are like the rudde
to the vast ship which it guides, lik'
the slender nerves to the bulky mus
cles
They make up our lives. The self
experience of every man will prov
this to him.
A single word will blast reputation
"a modultaion Of tone will convey
rulnous insinuation-a passing fsuc,
will determine the occupation Of life
Every man whe has risen to great
ness has done SO by attention TO small
things.
Large aud powerful efforts are oftel
needed, but they are only required oc-
casionally; but the most powerful
struggle will fait if the way to them b.
not paved by attention to small things
and their efforts will be lost if littl
things are not made to follow and ali
them in their proper order.
This cannot be otherwise, for grea
things are only a series of little ones
so closely compacted together that the,
take the appearance Of, and, indeed
become a whole, just as the hour i
made up of minutes, and the dollars 9
cents.
You remember B-njamip franklin
maxim, Take care of the cents, ant
the dollars will take care of them
selves. "
This may be applied to everything
in life-love, fame, matrialony, and al
kinds OF Eaoney.
| The hour is whole SO is the dollar
but take minute from the one, or
penny from the other, and for want o
Its smallest part. the whole ceases to be
FAlTH-IIow IT woRxs.-We say tha
we believe in Jesus Christ and he i
the Son of God that He suffered tina
lie was cruciticd that He rose from tn
dead; that He assembled into Heaven
We believe in the Holy Chest in tn
Holy Catholic church in the Forgive
ness Of Sins in the Resurrection of tn
Body in the Life Everlasting. Thes'
are great facts that have turned tn
world upside down. They are fact
, that have power in themselves. II the
commusicate no force to those who pre-
: fess to believe in them, they are not be
lieved in.
We may believe that Julius Casa
lived and died without any emotion.-
But can any one really believe that tn
Son of God cane into this world ant
died for him, without emotion. w
may believe the whole Roman histor,
and the whole of Greek history, an,
not be moved to the right hand or tn,
left in our daily walk and conversation
But can we really believe the whole o
this Gospel history, and be the SANE
afterwards that We were before 1t il
mpossible.-.Standurd Of the Cross.
WORDS OF ExuoRrAroN.-The troubl,
with you, brother, is that you arr
spiritually weak. This weakness!
comes out whenever the earth is damn
or the sky is cloudy at Church time
and whenever little prayer or speak
ing is wanted of you, and sometimes
pulls you back and keeps you down
Somehow you don't enjoy these things
as you used to do. Is it not so? Did
it ever occur to you that this position
of yours is a dangerous one? A skep-
tic once explained his apostacy from
the faith by saying: "That just went
out and that Just came in. :" The poor
fellow thought it smart to confess that
he was kind of highway over which
any opinion could drive. The position
you are in is just about His. You dc
not know what may take hold of you,