Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-25

Oh Thou who knowest all from sun to sun,
From birthday morning to deaths evening
chill,
Look on thy children. with their tasks undone
In loving kindness. and forgive them STILL
- y. c. Melvin, i'll the Hearth
The moral character is shaped by the
moral reflections. The conduct may be
so guarded that it becomes difficult to de
eide what the real character is. 1t may
seem to some to indicate worthy lie
while the secret thoughts are all flowing
in an impure channel. But in all such
cases a man is rs he thinks rather than as
he seems TO be. His thoughts make his
life impure; and will, in the end, be likely
to manifest themselves in his conduct.
The dancer begins when vice is first
thought about with pleasure and desires,
though faint are cherished to indulge it.
These thoughts become more powerful, the
desire more pressing, the longer they are
entertained until at length the forbidden
fruit is plucked and eaten. We are not
unfrequently startled by the announcement
of a great crime committed by one who
had the confidence Of the public Bat
when the history of the crime is known,
we ind that it was preceded by a line OF
thought which led gradually mp to it. The
evil things were brought forth from the
evil treasures OF the heart. \ pure life is
the exponent Of pure thinking. A man is
not Christian simply because he talks or
acts like a Christian, but because he thinks
like Christian Selected.
Did you ever lie down on the top of a
mountain, whence You behold a wide
landscape, with its fields and cottages
spread, in silent repoSe, before your very
eyes? In your bosom, also, perfect quiet
reigned. You forgot your cares. No sor-
row weighed upon YOUR spirits; no I'M
pleasant reInembrances disturbed the calm
no iutruding passion dared to break the
holy peace OF your soul and Il voice within
whispered, Blessed we're I, could ! remain
forever thusw What you then felt was a
iieeting foretaste Of heaven, which some
times even passionate, uuqulet spirits are
allowed to enjoy, in order that they may
look into themselves and earnestly reflect
how they might perpetuate this tranquil
and blessed state You were happy be-
cause you had forgotten Yourself; because
you were free from earthly Desires
[Zschokke.
\ little girl, scarce four years old, but
who is 4 regular attendant upon the ser
vices of Gods house, said one day as she
was talking with her brother and sister,
NDr. -- does So" initiating his mo
ton, when with extended arms he sum
mons his congregation to PRAYER, or pro-
nounccs upon them the bennediction
"Why does he do that?' she was asked
with curiosity to see what WIS in the
child's mind. The sweet answer was !;
90, because he wants to take all the people
in the church up in his arms. = Ex-
change.
The best thing to give to your enemy is
forgiveness to an opponent, tolerance; to
a friend, your heart; to your child, good
example; to father, Difference; to your
mother, conduct that Will make her proud
of Won; to yourself, respect to all men,
charity Mrs. Balfour.
Sometimes the heaviest wheat of all "
may spring up from seeds dropped in an
accidental way. What a motive to the
maintenance of personal holiness The
accidental IS shadow of the intentional.
Influence is the exhalation Of character
NV. NJ. Taylor.
4 little Moslem child accounted for Der
preference for the Christian religion by
saying; a like your jesus because he
loves little girls Our Mohammed did not
love little girls" With unerring instinct
she had seized upon at least one of the
great differences between the two religions.
[Jason.
When We consider that what gives
man value among men. and holds firmly
our regard for him. is trustiness-the
thing meant when it is said 'you can de
pend upon him"-we are inclined to rate
integrity first and 10 count the absence Of
it as the most moral deicct.-[ Christian
Leader
The habit Of ALTERING and distinguish
ing and concealine. and putting forward
the edge of trath, instead Of showing
boldly the full face OF it, at last leads men
into IN insincerity SO habitUal that they
really do mol know when they speak the
truth or not Cardinal Manning.
II is the neglect and abuse Of Christian
ity by those who Pralgss ii, more than any
real outside opposition to it, that binders
its progress, and prevents It's speedy and
complete triumph in the world.-[ Rev
WA. s Balch.
Aoft on the throne Of God, and not be-
low in the footprints of trampiing null
titude. are the sacred rules of right, which
no majorities can displace or overturu.-
[Charles Sumner.
We must lend an attentive ear, for Gods
voice is soft and still, and is only heard of
those who hear nothing else. All, how rare
it IS 10 find a soul still enough to hear God
speak : Fenelon
If instead of a gem, or even flower, we
could east the gift OF lovely thought into
the heart OF a friend, that would be giving
as the angels must giye.-[t5eorge Mac
Donald
The best Of men that ever wore earth
about Him was sufferer soft. meek,
patient. humble, tranquil spirit; the first
true gentleman that ever brea;had.
lDecker.
| think it must be somewhere written
that the virtues Of the mothers shall occa-
sionally he visited upon their children, as
well as the sins OF fathers Dickens.
Religion cannot pass away The burn
ing of a little straw may hide the stars Of
the sky, but the stars are there, and will
reappcar.-L Carlyle
know Of but two beautiful things
the starry heavens above my head, and the
sense OF duty within my heart imman-
uel Kant.
] have lived to know that the secret OF
happiness is never to allow your energies
to stagnate-[ Adam Clarke
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