Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-07
REPRESENTATION.

"a: XIV.
Paul had been sent for his safety to
Felix, governor of Cesarea. The high
priest, Ananias and other Jews appeared
before Felix and accused him of sedition
and heresy; Paul refuted their accusa-
tions and impressed Felix so much with
his earnestness, that he sent for him
again to hear him concerning his faith in
Jesus Christ. When Paul reasoned of
righteousness and judgment to
come Felix trembled and said, $50
thy way for this time; when l have a
convenient season 1 will call for thee"
Felix sat in Cesar's judgment seat as a
judge unto the nation, and, after this IN
terview recorded in the Scriptures, he
sent for Paul often and communed with
him, but the convenient season never
came to Felix. In this world every in
telligent person is Felix sitting in
Judgment seat where questions affecting
this life and the life to come are continu-
ally being decided. Conscience and divine
revelation are pleading and reasoning of
righteousness and judgment to come,
and acceptance or refusal IS left to each
one to decide for himself.
This world of light and beauty is
constant appeal to mankind in behalf of
its Creator. Every sense is besieged with
proofs of the goodness of God. AS the
Psalmist sang, ebay unto day uttereth
speech, and night INTO night showeth
knowledge" and as modern poet has
written
scout in the fields, each floral bell that
swIngeth
And tolls its perfume on the passing air,
| Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever rlngeth
A call to prayer"
Man himself, with his manifold gifts,
is q constant reminder of the debt
he owes his Maker. All the adj.
vantageous circumstances that sur
round him, health, educational adj
vantages, friends, home and fortune,
all confront him with the inquiry, chow
much owest thou thy Lord!" And be-
You'd all these blessings, stands the "un-
speakable gift'-the love of God, which
has purchased pardon for sin and life
| from the dead.
To every mind conscience presents
these blessings and gifts as incentives to
constrain men 'sto do with their might
what their hands find to do,'' and to do 1t
when they find it. If man has quar-
relied with a neighbor or acquaintance,
and the work of forgiveness or reconcilia-
| ton is awaiting him, now is the time to
attend to it. In the grave there is no
atonement or forgiveness. The daily
prayer is "Forgive our debts, as we for
give our debtors,'' and it means forgive
us now, as we forgive now.
Many a father hopes in the future to
look more carefully after his boys.
Business claims all his time now, but by
and by he will have more leisure, and
80 while he procrastinates, the devil at
tends to the boys and sows tares, and
"the tares will grow up and flourish and
bear much fruit
Many husband, whose Office or store
monopolizes his time and thoughts to the
exclusion of home, dreams of time,
when, with an assured fortune, he can
become acquainted with his family and
take his share of the responsibility of
his home and children. If death does
not wake him from this dream, his alien
ated family may teach him a sadder
lesson. The fixed habit they have formed
of living apart from him, and regarding
him only as provider, and in no true
sense companion or friend, is the bitter
result which often follows the neglect
and procrastination of home duties.
There are deeds of kindness and mercy
to be performed, words of love, pardon
and sympathy to be spoken by every one.
Conscience urges their claims for i'm
mediate attention. There is no
convenient season but the pres
ent. For if death is not
lurking Just around the corner, other
duties arise with each coming hour.
There is no person who has not some
work of this kind to do. A man must be
poor indeed who can not make some one
happier, and now Is the time for such
gracious work.
The highest and best labor human
| being can perform is trusting In God and
walking with him. Procrastination Of
this work is always attended with loss
and often with final ruin. The loss is in
the friendship of God. In this world
there is nothing more precious than
an old friend whose truth has
been tried. But what must it
be to be gaining year by year in
the friendship of God. To come closer
and closer to him, to grow more and