The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-20
Gems Of Thought,

The man who is the most certain
OF his strength in temptation is often
the first to fall when tempted to do
wrong. 49,,
"A person may talk about reliqionin
strongest terms, may make loud pro-
fession, but if his life corresponds not
with it, it will amount to nothing. No
matter how man talks. it is his ac-
tons, his life, that tells for good or for
evil. He cannot deceive tho keen.eyed
world, talk he ever 90 smoothly, they
will estimate him at about his risht
value, Talk is one thing, actions are
another. Methodist Recorder.
What the world needs more than
anything else-more than the gifts of
money, rules, speeches, theories, or
ganizations-is the irevivali OF personal
agency; the touch Of . hand, The glance
Of an eye, the tone Of . voice. the,sym
pathy Of warm. loving hearts, charged
with. all healing influences. to SOW the
desolate wilderness thickly with the
good seed of the Kingdom. We wish
the sower to 60 forth Slone, and, ,bv in
dividual contact with the evil 0k the
world. toremedy it by, the inilpence of
personal faith and living love.-Caris-
tain. -" "'
What remarkable memories some
people have, to be sure. They can re-
member, to 5 day, when you committed
an error or made 4 mistake, and they
are not content with remembering It
themselves, they are determined that
you shall remember It. too. and every
convenient opportunity land they make
is convenient quite Often they twit YOU
of.it. They delight in thus doing. and
if the INVITING is done in the presence of
others. their delight il much greater.
But, then, these twitters, although they
annoy for the moment, can do no harm,
and it is not worth while to notice
them. -Meth0list Recoriler.
Tho way to promote sociability in
the church is for each member of it to
determine to, be social. That is to say,
ii each one will agree Is be genial,
pleasant. kindly disposed towards every
one else. there will he . happy. familiar
experience among them all. There are
persons whose dut, it is to make ad.
yances towards the shy ard poorly &C.
quainted ones who fail TO do their duty.
They forget or neglect it. or it is a
work 50 c0ntrar; to their tastes that
they viii not undertake it. They are
to be blamed. but the chief b'ame
rests, after all, on those who, BY otiish-
ness. dryness, or even By q repellin9
spirit. hinder the kindness that would
be gladly shown them. -Uni!ed rresba-
teriQn. '' III ta'i. 9S3H
"A tender conscience stands In the
way Of great deal that seems enioy.
able and to be desired. The man who
is unwilling to do wrong is at an ap.
parent disadvantage in the world, both
in the struggle for success in life and
in the pursuit OF personal happinese.
This Is an unwelcome truth thas has to
be faced BY the welldoer, & b harder.
not easier. to get along s il the world
with awarm heart and ! sentative con
! science. "a cold head and ! !. colder
heart make many things easy.' Saw
Charles Kingslsy: Going down hill
requires no such effort 8, clsmberina
Up hlll, or even = resisting Tho t4mpta,
ton "a ~ y md slide.a But who
w0pN take things Olsy and take thl
1 / ooneeqpelces q Saty.Goi1G? Nb bet
i to tRl > H9At q e Spls cot of strug
I $500 pain than q pasch pglasnI
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