The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-10-25

pour out the full tale of your sor-
rows into His attentive ear. and be
not afraid to believe that He will
give you to drink of the infinite
river OF His own pleasures.
Young men, it is the greatest dis
covery you will ever make in the
longest life of study, experiment
and prayer, that the infinite and
exhaustless sources of gratitude,
contentment, and peace, are all OPP
en- and accessible to you, every mo-
ment. If you owned millions OF
acres, and on every acre were
springs pouring forth rivers of oil,
and through all your domain were
streams rollingdown golden sands,
you could not be as rich as you are
in the permission to drink from the
river OF Gods benificence.
This is easily said. If we be-
lieved it with all our heart, we
could go forth to the toll of each
successive day as happy as if we
were walking streets paved with
gold, o%rstraying in company with
angels along the banks Of the riv-
er that flows by the throne Of God.
We do not know, the mind of man
has never conceived, how much of
heaven the fullest exercise OF faith
can bring down to earth. We 90
not know, we are afraid to believe
it when told, how little difference
it makes to any man where he is,
or what he is in his worldly rela-
tions, if only-his heart, his soul, be
filled with all the fullness Of God.
Such is the abundance of the riv-
er of Gods benifcence. And that
mighty stream pours along the
path of every human being, beside
every mans door. 1t pours its
healingiood into every mans home
The journey Of every mans life is
along its banks. The refreshing
waters pour forth from every page
Of the divine word, from every
house Of christian worship, from
every act Eof christian duty, from
every call to a holy life. The great
art of happy living then is to lean
to drink from that river, to be sat
isted with such blessedncss as be
longs to the infinite God.
| know something Of the life Of q
man who is often named as the
most distinguished philosopher Of
this century. He slept but foul
hours out OF tic twenty-four, and
he lived 90 years. Never sick, new
er idle, never weary, he Travelled.
and read, and wrote and studied
enough to wear out half a d. zen or
binary men. lie learned many
languages. He was familiar witt
every department Of science. He
explored vast libraries. He knew
the scientific men of all nations. -
He received q hundred THOUSAND
letters. Princes and Kings de
lighted to do him honor. Title,
/, and diplomas, degrees and badges
OF distinction were scattered like
rubbish about his room. Minister:
of state, generals in the army, Off
f GERS of kingly courts, professors O
colleges, travellers, acamadicians,
students, citizens, all counted it {
privilege to have seer his face, al
honor to have known him. Anc
that man, with his wonderful anC
unrivaled mind, ranged through al.
the departments of nature, science,
literature, philosophy, and found
no God, no Saviour, no Heaven, nc
promise o prospect Of everlasting
lite. With all his discoveries, the
great HUMBOLDT never found the
river of Gods lOye.
| know something of the life Of
another man, who was not permit
ed even to own himself. He lived.
and labored, and suffered, for an
other mans profit, for another