Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-16


crosses.-L Young.
To-day is ours; the future belongs to
God. Il Horace Greeley.
Let all seen enjoyments lead to the IN
seen fountain from whence they how.-
Halliburton.
The charities that soothe and bless lie
scattered az The feet Of men ike howefs-
Wordsworth.
God writes the Gospel, rot in the Bible
alone, but on trees and flowers, on the
clouds ana stays.-L Luther.
We cannot conquer fate and necessity,
bnt we can yield to them in such a way as
10 be greater than ii We could Hannah
Moore.
"I4t Us have faith that right makes
might, and ia that faith let TO the end
dare 70 do orr duty as we understand Il"
abraham nColn.
The new creed ia that every man is TO
believe what is IighE in his own eyes, and
then assume that the Lord must agree
With him Joseph Cook.
As 20 being prepared for defeat, l GER
tainly am lot. Any nan who is prepared
for defeat would be half defeated before
he commenced. 1 hope for success, shall
do all in my power to secure 1t, and trust
to God for the rest Admiral Farragut
The Christian Union says; A Boston
minister is reported to be searching for
some one to tell INN in ten words what IS
the "new movement in theology. That
Is very easily done " Where the Spirit of
the Lord j., there is liberty" That is just
ten words
The jubilee fund Of the Congregational
lists Of Great Britain has mounted up 20
the noble fund Of 81 400 000 OF this large
ingathering Of contributions they propose
to spend a. least SlG0, coo in the purchase
Of sites for future churches IN the eyer-ex-
tending city of London.
The pa IA in this world is not all gloom
or sadness. Like the roads OF the South,
it ia hedced with ever bloom, pure and
white as snow 1t is only when we turn
to the right hand or the left that we are
iacerated by piercing thorns and concealed
dangers. III James d. Kerr.
In recent country trip in Japan, Miss
Clara A. Sands, with her helpers, made the
largest sale OF Scriptures that was ever
made in that country in the same length of
time. Three hundred and fifty copies Of
the Gospel were sold IN an hour and half
in the interval b5tween addresses,
If I am mistaken in my opinion that the
human soul IS immortal, l willingly err;
ror would / have this pleasant error eX-
torted from me and il, as some minute
philosophers suppose, death should deprive
me Of my being need not fear the rsillery
of those philosophers when they are no
more Cicero,
The Rev DR.. Guthrie, the popular En-
rlish Wesleyan preacher, had q painful ex-
penence on a recent Sunday OF intellectual
collapse " lille IN The pulpit. Shortly after
no had beeuu his sermon his mental powers
suddenly failed hmm. After q short rest ne
attempted 10 resume on other texts but
without avail. lie has since preached sue
cessfuly.
In town IN Upper Egypt, failing to Sc
cure one Of their own people to eXpound
Che Scriptures the Copts engaged the ser
v;cse of q youBg man recently licensed BY
She Mission presbytery So great was the
interest in his first sermon that he was
compelled to give it three times. Women
disguised themselves as men in order to
get into the'street 10 hear the preaching.
The Cbrisaaa Adpocqte suggests that
t'when respectable millionaire kills him.
self in mental alteration of mind caused
by insomnia, W hich inability Of sleep came !
from worriment over losses though he had
millions lett and when a millionaire SEN
ator must give his injured wife 81, 80, 600,
and submit to her demand for 8 divorce,
the world must see OF how little worth
money is in comparison with reason, health
and virtue
A moment for silent prayer at the close
OF the worship is being adopted IN many
churches The Christian at Work 90
serves d" 1t would be a gain at least to
the cause of law and order, If not personal
Dietv. If the beuediction could be pro-
nounced over bowed heads, followed by
brief. silent prayer. The usual Overcoat
and pew-door accompaniment does not ma
terialiy advance the solemnity and i'm.
pressiveness Of the benedie.ion.
To work on aud hope on IN the face of
seemingly unsurmountable obstacles re-
1uires a kind of heroism, soul heroism,
that but few possess but thst Is, after all,
Che kind Of heroism that wins LIES great
eat battles. Strong IN hope, fervent in
spirit. with high and noble aiuss, given
these. we may be sErs OF . measurable de-
Examination in the teeth of every form of
opposition. Cling to truth, cling TO duty,
aud they will carry YOU through every
storm and bear YOU safely over every
tempestuous sea. Fl The Criterion.
That is alone worth striving for, the life
which is simple without fold Of duphcity.
IL men aud women were wiser, they would
rate themselves higher, and not suffer taeir
natures to be dwarfed out Of eli proportion
bv the frivolous atmosphere Of small talk
and small achievement. They would re-
sist. courteously but firmly. what they
know to be counterfeit, whether fashion
countsnance it OF not. The fashion OF
truth, sincerity dignity, is the Oldest and
best fashion. For moral growth Is of more
consequence than purple or tine linen
and the ripening Of spiritual forces to I'M
fold. perfume life aud character must be
made the primary consideration. Where
there are no men, show thyself man, runs
tho old rabbinical saying. - Baptist
Weekly.
a great deal Is said of skeptioism as s
Zoe to Christianity but history abundant
ly iustiiies the declaration that credulity
has been a greater foe. The spirit which
doubts all spiritual truth Is skepticism
the spirit which is convinced Of what 1t
supposes 70 be spiritual truth only by ex-
ternal sirns and wonders is creduhty and
The two are Of close kin TO each oSher.
They are extremes that meet. The transit
ton from one to the other is easy AMI o.
ten rapid. Deism spread quickly in Ro-
man Catholic France, and took no perma-
nent hold in relatively educated and Pro-
testant England. There is more atheism
in Italy than in Germany and probably
more in Russia than in either. Is would
be quite in accord with the preeedents OF
history if Ireland and the Irish should
lapse from religion CT superstition into
absolute irreligion. The age that seriously
questions everything is far more truly an
age of faith than that which takes every
thinc without Questioning. Credulity is