The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-01
Sunday Reading.

AAoNNioAbJ 40 bllC Vial VI
without it, a man hardly knows whether
he is honest or not.
Be loving, and you will never want
for love be humble, and you will new
er want for guiding.
Life is battle. From its earliest
dawn to its latest breath we are strug-
Cling with something.
The worst enemy which the church
has in this world is the open saloons.
The saloons of to-day are doing more
to empty Sabbath-schools and paralyze
the church in her efforts to make the
| world better, than all other agencies
combined Lerer.
He that has never known adversity
is but half acquainted with others OF
with himself. Constant success shows
us but one side of the world, for, as it
surrounds us with friends who will tell
us only our merits, so it silences those
enemies from whom alone we can learn
our defects.
Life is not so very different, as one
might think, east or west, In country or
in city. Anywhere a man may be a
gentleman if he will. Anywhere one
may do honest, faithful work, if he
will. Anywhere one may live pure
and uoble life, doing good, if he will,
and these are the works of man.
The true ure of Sunday morally is to
spend it reviving one's mora conscious
ness or conscience. There is portion
of our nature that is dwarfed six days.
Sometimes it is dwarfed by selfishness,
sometimes by solitude, again by evad-
ing our family kindness and filial or
parental affection. Sunday should be
the restoring day for mans self respect,
the rest-day for his more enslaved fac
ulties, the joy day of his week.
How TO ENJOY LIFE.-Avoid all
boastings and exaggerations, backbit-
ing, abuse, and evil-speaking, slang
phrases, and uaths in conversation de-
preciate no mans qualities, and accept
hospitalities of the humblest kind in a
hearty and appreciative manner avoid
giving offense, and, if you do offend,
have the manliness to apologize infuse
as much elegance as possible into your
thoughts as well as your actions and,
as you avoid vulgarities, you will in
crease the enjoyment of life, and grow
in the respect of others.
THE IRREvERENcE OF THE Ace
In his sermon last Sunday, Mr.. Tai
mage spoke from Isaiah vi, part of
verse 2, describing the glory of the
seraphim. He deplored the irreverence
of this age toward parents, and toward
serious and sacred things. ''It is the
finite confronting the infinite it is like
a tack-hdmmer trying to break thun-
derbolt," he said. "Don't be flippant
about God don't joke about death
don't make fun of the Bible; don't de.
ride eternity. The brightest and
mightiest of angels take no familiarities
with God"
Whatever advantage we may possess
over others, we should not permit it tC
make us Win, or to fill us with self,
conceit. pride" we are told, "goeth
before fall, }" and is indeed often ont
of the principal causes which leads tc
that end. 1t natr ally excites the en-
Wy and opposition Of others, and neces
sarily leads to trouble. Little mind,
are puffed up with sense of theil
greatness and Importance, but the trul!
wise and good are always humble ant
unasssuming. Our true wisdom is tt
cultivate spirit of humility under tn,
most prosperous circumstances. w,
should never permit our present attain
ments, nor the prospect of future ad
vancement, to make us vain. God cal
easily humble our pride, and make u
feel how little we are.
SIN our midnight explorations w
saw that all the scenes of wickednes
were under the enehantment of tn
wine cup. That was what flushed tn
cheeks of patrons who came in. Tha
was what staggered the steps of patron
as they went out. The officers of tn
law tell us that nearly all the men VIII
go into the shambles of death, go in in
toxicated-the mental and spiritus
abolished for the time that the brut
{ may triumph. Tell me that youn
man drinks and know thewhole story
, If he become a captive of the wine cur
he will become captive of all othe
/ vices. No one ever knows drunken
ness alone that is the carrion cro'
that goes in flock, when you see tina
beak ahead you may know the other
, are coming. In other werds the win
cup unbalances and dethrones tn
, better judgment and leaves one tn
prey of all evil appetites that ma
choose to alight on the soul. "-Td
mage.
BREAD UPON THE WATERs.-Man
e are the illustrations of the truth that
J, great result may flow from an apparen
n ly trivial cause.
e The following story well illustrate
this truth. 1t is related by the di
n tinguished Archibald Alexander, wh
v was a professor in the theologici
Il seminary at Princeton. DR.. .Alexandt
e says:
# In attending commencement at Dar
IS mouth college, in 1901, became a
II quainted with Rev. DR.. Packard,
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