Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-19


The way of salvation is a highway
highways are always free ; the peasant has
the same right as the peer; the meanest
beggar has the same warrant to travel this
ROAD as the greatest monarch. Proud ma
ture does not Ike this" w hoaoever will,
let him come"
We acknowledge ourselves naked of all
virtue. tnat we may be clothed by God
empty Of all good, that we may be filled
by Him slaves TO ain, that we may be
liberated by Him weak, that we may be
supported by HIM dives5 ourselves OF all
ground OF gIorying, that He alone may be
eminently g,ouous, and We may glory in
Hm.-LCalyin.
Whatever the mind longs for, whatever
the hauds reach, whatever the reason con-
siiers, tnese, o, Lord are thy forms.
am pergaivd by thee; thou containest me
and / have sheltered me under thy protec-
ton. Tuuu art scriptures and laws, planets
ami suns. the formed and the formIess
and tine day and the night are thy eyes.
Those VINO possess knowledge, and whose
minds are uurs, see the whole world as the
form OF wisdom, which ID thine Hindu
Oar relations with Christ are personal.
He Is a person. The laws OF attraction
and repulsion which govern rs in regard to
other persons obtain very largely. Note
the causeless likes and dIslikes OF society,
which might be put under the intelligent
control Of the will. A man may causelessly
admit and Aourish an aversion to a church,
. denomination, and the very Christ him
self, which sversion the will could, at any
one time, have suppressed. i Rev. Emory
Haynes.
Never forsaks friend. When enemies
gather around, when sickness falls on the
heart. when the world is dark and cheer
less ia the time to try true friendship.
They who turn from the scene Of distress,
betray their hypocrisy, and prove that IN
tercet only moves them. Ii you have
friend who loves you-who has studied
your interest and nappiness-be sure to
sustain hlm in adversely. Let hin feel
that his former kindness Is appreciated,
and that his love was not throwa away.
Real fidelity may be rare, but II exists-In
the heart. They only deny its worth and
power who have never loved a friend or
iab1red to make one happy. The good and
the kind, the aHectonaJe and the vIrtuous,
see and feel the heavenly influence.
Despair Is the devils best ally, and dis
coursgement il the traitor who of5ene5t
opens the door to il. A dIsheRrtened man
10 always = weak man he has not only lost
courage for the moment, but ne has begun
to doubt the possibility OF victory; ne IS
ready to accept defeat as foreSoae con-
clusion. Instead Of searching out tie
sources of his weakness IN his own eharac-
ter, he is beginning to discover them II
his Inheritance to feel that he was doomed
to defeat before he came upon the field 81
struggle, and that ne can do nothing to
avert . fate already decreed for him. THIS
is the hour Of supreme peril; this is OF
temptations the most iusidIous and danger
GUS; it IS a yeritabie whisper from the
devil, and should be pu. aside with the
same horror with which healthy mind
would thrust aside thoughts Of suicide
I IClrstiau Union.
Purity is not abstinence from outward
deeds OF prohigacy, Il is not mere re-
col from Impuuty of Thought. II is the
quick, sensitive dehCacy to which the very
conception OF evil IS offensive. lis viz.
tue winch has It's residence within, which
taxes guardianship Of the heart az OF a
citadel or individual sanctuary, in which
no wrong or worthless Imagination IS per-
mi..ed to dwell. 1t IS not purity OF ac-
ton that we contend for, it Is exalted pu-
rity of heart, the ethereal parity OF the
third heaven; and II i: is at once settled
/ in the heart, II gives the peace, the tn
umph, ana the serenity OF heaven along
I vyltl 1t. There 10 a health and harmony
in the SOU, a beauty which, though 1t
/ ell Jresces Ia the couutenance and the port,
/ is itself SO thoroughly internal as to make
purity Of heart the most distinctive guld-
ance Of character nat Is ripenlng and OK
/ pandiug Tor the glories OF eternity
; Chalmers.
/ Two plain people, centuries ago. hoteled
! in village barn, aft r walk Of eighty
miles, too long tCudg9 for one IN poor
/ health. No lords OF state awaiting IN
ante. chamber as when other kings are
born. No messengers mounted at the
doorway, ready to herald the advent from
city 10 city. No medical skill IN attend
auca. Ne SATIN lined cradle to receive the
Iufsn-ile guest. But monarch born IN
tae bosteIry called the house Of Chin
Ham; the night with diamonded finger
pointing down 70 the place the door OF
heaven ses vide open 10 look out 4; from
orchestral batons Of light dripping the ora
t0ros OF the Messiah on lowest doorstep
OF heaven the minstrels Of Cfod dlscourslng
OF glory and goodwill Soon after the white
bearded astroloqsts knee! and from leAthern
pou-h chInk the skekels, and from open
sacks eXnale the frsnkincense snd rustic
out the bundles of myrrh. The loosened
star the escaped doHo.ogy Of celestiAls ;
the chill December night ahush with May
mora; our world lost star, and another
star rushing down the sky that night to
Oeckon the wsuderer home again, shall yet
MAKE all nations keep Christmas. Are
there no new lessons from the story not
yet hackneyed by oft repeatal ? Ga,
yes Know in the hrst place,
1t was 3 sidereAl appearance that led the
way. 10, the star which they saw in
the EAST went before them" Why not q
black cloud in the shape of hand or finger
pointing down to the sacred birthplace ?
A cloud means trouble, and the world had
had trouble enough. Why nos a shaft of
lightning, quivering and flashing and strlk-
ing down to the sacred birthplace Light.
! ming means destruction, q shAttering and
consuming power, and the world waited
no more destruction. But 1t was a star,
and that means Joy, that means hope, that
means good cheer, that means ascendency.
! A star that means creative power, for dId
not the morning stars sing together when
/ the portfolio Of the worlds was oper ed
! A star That means defense, for did not
| the sssrs fight in their course against Sisera
and for the Lords people! A star That