Daily Republican., 1883-11-14
RELIGIOUS.

Il DO not attempt to cover your faults
but try to get rid of them. Every per
son does wrong at times, and confession
Is no new thing in the world On
must own that all is not right, or be
come ridiculous as well az hypocritical
Other people will see, whether we tr,
to blind them or not and Just for wha
we are worth will they value us. lie
a us all be Lonest, no matter what else ",
. may be, and not pretend to be bet tte
than we are.
,| fou never get to the end of Christ's
! words. There Is something in them
always behind. They pass into pro.
verbs they pass into laws they pass
into doctrines they pass into conso
( lations hut they never pass away
ana after all the use that Is made OF
/ them they are still not exhausted. -
, Dean Stanley.
1t is not merely a common, but a
dangerous error to persuade ones self
that certain attainments In piety insure
salvation and need not be overpassed.
Whereas in reality there Ia no point
where 1t is not perilous to halt. We can
coS0lO A"iIuk ny cumming con.
tinually higher.
| The best things are nearest; light in
your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties
At your he nd, the path of God lust be.
fore you. Then do not grasp at the
stars, but do life's plain, common work
a. 1t comes, certain that daily duties
and daily bread are the sweetest thugs
of life
II you want knowledge. you must
toll for II; If food, you must toll for i,
and If pleasure, you must toll for it.
Toll Is the law. Pleasure comes through
toll: and not by self-indulgence. When
one gets to love work his life is inde, d
happy one.
| The Christ whom we preach must be
the full Christ of the gospel, not the
ideal, but the historic Christ not a
Christ of ones own invention and
handiwork, but the Christ whom the
believing churches of all ages confesses
and adores as her own.
Never do a wrong thing tD make a
friend, or to keep one. The man who
wants you to do so is dearly purchased,
and at a sacrifice. Deal kindly and
firmly with all men, and you will
lind it the policy which always wears
the best.
As the Dead sea drinks in the river
Jordan and is never the sweeter, and
the ocear all others rivers and is never
fresher, 10 we are apt to receive daily |
mercies from God and still remain in
sensible of them, unthankful for them,
There are thousand things we love
more than God, without being senaible
OF II. He whom we love is he whom we
are most concerned to please, and are
most afraid to offend. Let US try our
love by this rule.
No man has enough, and no mat
ter how much he has he always
wants little more but the old prob
erb says He'll have enough one
day, when his mouth is full of
There Is no place so large that the bu.
man heart does not feel itself q prisoner
IN it, and no season 80 long that tie
mind does not struggle to overleap the
gates that swings into the season that
,nsues.
They are best situated for happiness
who are neither too high nor too low.
High enough to cultivate good manners
md obscure enough to be left in the
weetest of sOlltudes.
When minister preaching hits any
PARTICULAR sin to which his hearers are
he is pretty sure to be COM
'lained of because he doesn't stick to
Gospel preaching.
Ifa man is thoroughly christian the
lerve that runs from his brain to his
Wallet will be just as much Christian
zed as the one that runs from his
rain to his tongue.
Kind looks, kind words, kind acts,
nd warm handshakes, these are secon.
ary means Of grace when men are in !,
rouble, and are fighting their unseen y
attles. .
The law Of the harvest is to reap al
more than you SOW. Sow an act and 80
ou reap habit SOW habit and you ~ ~
cap q character SOW u character and "a
ou reapa destiny. ht
He that hath tasted Of the bitterness ", ~
I sin will fear to commit it and he ss
hat hath felt the sweetness of mercy m
vill fear to offend it. Fl
The greatest happiness Of this life is =
0 be thoroughly resigne to Providence,
resignation which constitutes the true =
eposer Of life.
1t Is easy to criticise what is wrong In q
mother mans life, but very difficult
hing to really do much better than he
oes.
The serene, silent beauty of q holy
fe is the most powerful influence in
he world, next to the night Of the =,
pirit of God. y,