Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-06-02
Gems Of Thought.

SORROW is sins echo; and as the echo
answers the voice best when there are broken
walls and ruined buildings to return it, so is
sorrow when reverberated by broken,
ruined heart. That eye weeps most that
looks oftenest at the Sun of Righteousness.
-Phaip Henry.
Cop led the Israelites to and fro, forward
aud backward, as in maze or labyrinth (;
and they were all the while under the direc
ton of the pillar of cloud. He led them
about, and yet he led them by right way
His way in bringing his people home is al
ways the best, though it may not be the
nearest.-Maithew Henry.
How beautiful it is to see a man, below
whose feet time is crumbling away, holding
firmly by the Lord, whom he has loved and
served all his days, aud finding that the pill
lar of cloud, which guided him while he
lived, begins TO glow in his heart as the
shadows fall, and is pillar of light to guide
him when he comes to die.
CHRISTIANITY is its own best evidence.
Give us more and more of real Christianity,
and we shall need less and less of its evil
dence. aye are my witnesses" says Christ
to his disciples. One truly Christian life
will do more to prove the divine origin Of
Christianity than many lectures Hence, it
is of much greater Importance TO develop
Christian character than to exhibit Chris.
tian evidences.-J. Monro Gibson.
IT is sad symptom in professed ser.
want of God when he loses his love for the
house of prayer and worship; when he fails
to cherish it as dear spiritual home when
light or trivial causes lead him away from
| it, or to neglect its services for then he may
well fear that the evil one has more influ
ence upon him than Christ-that this world
has stronger hold upon his affections than
heaven itself. "Lord, have loved the habi
tation Of thy house."
A LowLY Christian woman said that sh'
always found it very easy to pray, for every
thing suggested to her new prayer. Wher
she awoke, she prayed that she might final,
awake to the resurrection Of the just. Whei
she arose, she prayed that she might at las
rise in Christ's likeness. When she washed
she prayed that the blood OF Jesus nigh
wash her soul When she ate, she prayet
that she might be fed with spiritual food
Thus every duty, every day, suggested prayer
However ornamented, no sermon SHOULD
lack that true, vital, pulsating, glowing, fer
vid, fiery energy of living soul the pnr
air Of evangelical piety. Herein lies tn
| TtdSOu why SHIi5tidn eApciicnco 10 pei
sonal necessity to the soul Of the apostoli
exponent of the divine word; and why 1t |
impossible for an unbeliever, however adroi
and learned, TO be successful in the ministry
even though he use, as his material, evan
gelcal truth. There is wide differenc
between talking about thing and talkin
the thing itself. The preacher Of Chris
must have the spirit of Christ.-America
! Wesleyan.
As to serving the Lord with cold heart
and drowsy souls, there has been too muc
of it and it causes religion to wither. Me
! ride stays when they hunt for gain, an
snails when on the road to heaven. Preacl
ers go on see-sawing, droning, aud pressing
and the people fall to yawning and foldin
their arms, and then say that God is will
' holding his blessing. Every sluggard, whe
I he finds himself enlisted in the ragged reg
/. ment, blames his luck, and some church,
{ have learned the same wicked trick. b
lieve that what Paul plants and Apollos WI
v ters God gives the increase; and have Il
patience with those who throw the blame O
2 God, when it belongs to themselves.-C. i
8 Spwgeon.