Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-13


Patience. il will not be long.
What strange gladness shall be muc,
When she comes, a thing divine
When the Master asks for me-
When my ship comes home from sea-.
Il Mary Bassett HuSScy.
LIFE THOUGHTS CULLED ALONG LIES STREAM.
True happiness in this world means
like living III the next.
We all bear the mistortunes Of other poo
pie with heroic consistency.
The highest form of Christian life is self
denial, for the good Of others.
Promises hold men faster then benefits;
hope is Il cable and gratitude thread.
Never 20 back. What you attempt. do
with all yOur strength. If the prospect be
somewhat darkened, put the fire of resolu-
ton to your soul, and kindle flame that
nothing but death can eXtinguiSh.
It was so-called inhdel who said ::
There is only one way to be happy and
that is to make some one else happy; YOU
can't be happy cross lot5-you We got to 90
the regular turnpike road but there is Il
world Of truth in his words.
lis a Dutch provcrb, that paint costs
nothing, such are its preserving Qualities
in damp climates. Well, sunshine costs
less, yet is a finer pigment. And so of
cheerfulness or a good temper the more it
is spent the more Oft remains Emerson.
The nature Of Christ is, | grant it, from
enc end to another web of mysteries; but
this mysteriousncSs does not correspond to
the difficulties which all existence contains
Let il be rejected and the whole world is
an enigma; let it be accepted and we
possess a wonderful explanation of the his
tory Of man. Napoleon Bonaparte.
II is our daily life that exerts a lasting in
fuence over the world 1t is this that tests
the value Of religion, and proves TO others
that il is pure gold, and not a mere profess
sion. 1t weighs and measures the golden
treasure in a way which proves its great
worth, and the skep;ic himself stands con
founded and silenccd A holy everyday
life is the constant practice of the divine
principle which saves, lifts up and elevates
die human soul Presbyterian Observer.
= <An eminent divine said We do not COM
prehend the WAYS of God-but how should
we? We cannot see with His eyes. we
are incapable of approaching even very
many of the minor phenomena of the life
shout us and the mere thought of eternity,
of time without end, of space without
bounds, and OF wisdom without limit
which must be His who sees the end from
the beginning-the mere thought of these
we cannot make them ours.
The longer l live the less do | desire to
Judge any man. There is no one but God
can decide as to any mans character This
is . product of so many CauSes-tcmpera-
ment, the society into which he has been
cast, intellectual capacity, the teaching he
has received, whether from the books he
has read, the clergy perhaps bigots ignor-
ant men, supcrstitiOus dOgmatistS. mere
takers he has heard and a thousand cir
cumsrances-that we dare not condemn the
man. though from the light which God has
given us we may say. TO me this is
right or wrong Many a so-cailed
" inidel" is nearer the kingdom of God
than many an " orthodox minister -
Norman Macleod.
There is no death. The grave is bu5 a
portal. Ii is the living that are dead, it is
the dead that live. It we could but know
how empty is the grave which we garnish
with our flowers and water with our tears
if We could but know how narrow is the
stream and how thin is the cloud-vci thai
separates the dead in Christ from those
that live for Him "a little longer: if we
Gould but hear the voices of their love
doing i'm another world unhiudercd 10y the
flash. the work of redccmins love which
we do So poorly, if We could but learn
these lessons from this chapter of tears in
the life Of disciples at their Master tomb,
then s1rIow us We might. il would not be
as those without hope In the deepest
night faith would sing her song; in the
blacklist OF Egyptian darkness there would
still be q light in our dwellings Lyman
Abbott
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