Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-10

Keep watch tween me and thee.
-[Argosy.
Holiness is the architectural plan upon
which God buildeth up His living temples.
-tSpurgeon.
Reflection is an angel that points out the
errors of the past, and gives us courage to
avoid them in the future.
Boast not of your health and strength
too much; but whilst you enjoy them,
praise God, and use them WELL
In6delityEis often but the nausea of the
soul, which revolts at the dogmas that has
been forced upon It'll. L. Wayland.
Great is he who enjoys his earthenware
as if it were plate, and not less great ID
the man to whom all his plate is earthen-
ware Leighton.
Faith is the blossom of the soul 1t
makes the hope of future life bright
reality, and brings departed friends IN
speaking distance.
God is mighty, with power that 1 can.
not understand !; God is just, justice that
l cannot fathom God is holy, holiness
that surpasses all can conceive.-[ Bour-
daloue.
God city the man of science who be-
lieves in nothing but what he can prove by
scientific methods for if ever human be-
ing needed divine pity, he does.-lDr. ).
G. Holland.
The noblest spirits are those which turn
to heaven, not in the hour of sorrow, but
in that of Joy. Like the lark, they wait
for the clouds to dispense, that they may
soar up into their native element.
/ truly believe that nothing is permitted
to enter our lives that may not in some
way work together for good, although
everything depends upon our trustfully &C.
cepting and wisely using it.-[Sarah 2.
Smiley.
There are moments when our passions
speak and decide for US, and we seem to
stand by and wonder. They carry in them
an inspiration of crime that in one instant
does the work of long premeditation.-
George Eliot.
Do not wade far out in the sea of this
worlds comfort. Take the good that God
provides you, but say of it, I" it passeth
away, for indeed it is but temporary
need" Never suffer your goods to become
your God.-[Spurgeon.
Rabbi Eliezer said, "Turn to God one
day before your death" His disciples
said, Chow can a man know the day of
his death p Then he answered them,
"Then you will turn to God to-day per.
haps you will die tomorrow thus every
day will be employed in returning"
You never get to the end of Christ's
words. There is something in them al
ways behind. They pass into proverbs,
they pass into doctrines, they pass into
consol ations but they never pass away,
and after all the use that is of them, they
are still not exhausted.-[D Dean Stanley.
Life being hung on little things, it's pres
ervation is daily miracle; and that any
of US should arrive at mature age is owing
to the fact that there is an eye upon US
which never sleeps, the eye Of Heavenly
Father, whose loving kindness is over all
His works, whose " mercies are new every
morning. and fresh every evening. -
James.
Endeavor to be always patient of the
faults and imperfections of others, for thou
hast many faults and many imperfections
of thy own that require reciprocation of
forbearance. Ii thou art not able to
make thyself that which thou wishest to
be, how canst thou expect to mold another
in conformity to thy will?-[Thomas
a Kempis.
Our thoughts are often worse than we
are, Just as they are often better than we
are. And God sees US as we are altogether,
not in separate feelings or actions, as our
fellow.men see us. We are always doing
each other injustice, and thinking better or
worse of each other than we deserve, be-
cause we only hear and see separate words
and actions. We don't see each others
whole nature, George Eliot.
An attractive Christian is one who is
both strong and sweet he hits the golden
mean between weak, plant laxity of char
acter on the one hand and harsh, forbid
! ding seventies on the other, He is strict,
yet not censorious ; he is sound and yet
mellow-as one who lives much in the
ripening sunshine of Cnrist's countenance.
He never incurs contempt by a weak
surrender to wrong he never provokes
needless dislike by doing right in harsh
or hateful fashion. II Rev. I. l.. Cuyler.
The sun is the governor of the stellar
kingdom, central, uncontradicted, unre-
sisted, unexhausted and inexhaustible
steadfast, going forth forever and forever.
| So there is sublime center in that higher
creation controlling human life in the
realm of intelligence, in the realm of right
eousness and morality. In the superior
realm of mind there is central power, and
amid all the detonations and expressions
and miscarriages of human life upon this
sphere, there is nevertheless a great central
influence that is holding mankind to their
career, to their general orbit. Beecher.
Never forsake friend When enemies
gather around, when sickness falls on the
heart, when the world is dark and cheer
less, is the time to try true friendship.
| They who turn from the scene of distress
betray their hypocrisy, and prove that in
terest only moves them. If you have a
! friend who loves you-who has studied
your interest and happiness-be sure
| to sustain him in adversely. Let
him feel that his former kindness
is appreciated, and that his love
has not been thrown away. Real fidelity
may be rare, but it exists-in the heart.
They only deny it's worth and power who
have never loved friend, or labored to
make one happy. The good and the kind,
the atfectionate and the virtuous, see and
feel the heavenly iphuence.-[New York
Christian Advocate.