Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-02-26
CHOICE EXTRACTS.
SEMI MONTHLY,

others, shall be watered himself of the
Lord. God will not forget our work
of faith and labor of love. Even cup
of cold water, if we have neither the
ability nor opportunity to do more,
given to diciple for love of the Master,
will not lose its reward.
HamaD was hanged upon the gal
lows which he erected for Mordecai.
The destruction which he sought to
bring upon another, fell upon himself.
How often is this the caseP The man
who would blight the reputation of an
other, often finds his own reputation
sadly in need of defense. He that over
reaches his neighbor, is often over
reached himself. AS he measures TO
others, it is meted out to him again.
God measures to him, as Spurgeon has
it, with his own bushel.
When we stand upon the high noun
tain let us pray Hold me up lest l fall,
and when we put on the fine gar
ments, let us ask for the amounting.
1t is the man who is full of Joy and de-
light wEo is called upon to be watchful.
When all is calm with us we may eX-
pect n hurricane. 1t is the worst
devil, when we can not see any devil,
for then perhaps the rascal has got in
side of us and is ready to give us a
deadly stab.-Spurgeon.
Our vile body made glorious We
saw the water in the stagnant pool
yesterday; it was filthy and poisonous;
to-day it shines dew-drop Oh the rose
leaf. Then it was death to drink it;
now it is the perfection of health, mys-
teriously changed, yet still the same.
SO the grimmy coal becomes the shin
ing crystal; we know not how, but it
becomes the glorifed diamond. SO of
the body 1t is sown in dishonor; it is
raised in glory. Chancellor Sims.
One of the old Methodist ministers,
in his early days, was at one time des-
pondent, and complained to an old
member of the Society of Friends. The
latter said to him, "Go into thy closet
and mediate; think of any mercy and
praise God for that" He did so;
thought first of one and then another of
Gods mercies, and his heart suddenly
burst into praise, and light flowed into
his soul ever after. If we thus medi-
tate we can almost see the hand that
feeds and clothes us, and we can al
most see the heavens flash into light
with .he faces of the angels. Bishop
Simpson.
When n man wants to backslide with
responsibility, he is sure to find some
show of reason for SO doing. Usually
his reason takes the shape of fault-fnd-
ing. He goes back on the church or
some church-member; not seldom on
the pastor, whom he has Just found out
he does not like, and that he is not
proftted by his preaching. 1t is very
mean way of back-sliding. So, if a
person wants an excuse for not attend
ing prayer-meetings, he will call them
stupid. They stink away under cover
of darkness. s. Christian hatelHgencer.
There is as much danger of falling
on the smooth places as on the rough.
And yet how many Christians are never
content except when worldly prosperi-
ty is enjoyed by them. They worry
and fret when all things do not 90 fa-
vorably; and are prone to rebel when
losses and atllictions come. Do they
ever think that it may be absolutely
necessary for their salvation that they
should walk n rough road. On the
smooth road they trust to their own
strength and let 90 the hand of Christ
fall; in the rough road they cling to
Him and are safe.
Christian cripples are thus described
by the Golden Rule: "Some are
without arms, they have never helped
any one over the rugged places in life.
Some are without feet, they have never
gone an inch out of their own way to
serve others. Some are voiceless; they
have never, even by word, encouraged
anv one who was east down. Some