Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-15
SUNDAY EASY CHAIR.
SHADOWS.

sHAco1rs.
i The new oor.,'s grf, = Is misty shadow Eings,
Heightened across tho dripping deUy plains
Which Ie&sen.ng grows cIes<er, az he wings
His upward fight. and glowing noon dsy
gains
swiher his downward race snd at cool eve
Along the vale his !cngthenlEG shadows fall
| TIL western hills his radiant beam receive;
The shadows fade aud dsrkness covers all,
So the dim shadows OF the morn of life
Stretch TO the future OF the distant west;
. They shoot md darker grow as comes the strife
or the high noon OF hte's intense slrest.
The years roll on .paoe LIES wes,ering sun
It's backward lingering shadowss family
And childhood's fnding memories anon
Leave the scene dark. The dey Of life is
closed.
And is this al? This space by shadows sIsnned,
This brief flight upward end the swift de-
scCuLy
Oh no. Jus; DER the western hills . land
No shadow darkens. whLts The faithful saint.
The way Of every man il deelarative OF
the end Of every man.-tCecil.
l find the doing of the will OF God leaves
me no time for d!sputing about His plans.
Mystery is another name for ignorance
if we We're omniscient. all would be perfect
" plan.-LTryOn Edwards.
No man for any considerable period can
wear one face to himself, and another to
the multitude, without finally getting be-
wildered as 70 which may be true Haw-
thorne.
Hope, exercised upon the promise, brings
heaven down 10 the heart. The promise is
the same to hope that hope is to the soul !:
the promise is the anchor of hope, as hope
IS the anchor of the soul
In all charity believe that your brother
desires TO hold only Christ's truth; but do
you make sure that you hold it yourself
whether he holds it or not. This is the
best Observation-Disclosures in the world
lSpurgcon.
tits not the situation which makes the
man, but the man who makes the situa-
ton. The slave may be freeman The
monarch may be slave. Situations are
noble or ignoble, as we make tbem.-[F.
W. Robertson.
WHAT would be wanting TO make this
world a kingdom of heaven, if that tender,
profound and sympathizing love, pIacticed
and recommended by Jesus, were para
mount il every heart? Then the loftiest
and most glorious idea of human society
would be realized.-[ krummacher.
Professor Agassiz: will frankly tell You
that my experience in prolonged scientific
Investigations convinces me that q belief in
Coda God who is behind and within the
chaos of vanishing points Of human knowl-
edge-adds a wonderful stimulus to the
man who attempts to penetrate into the
regions of the unknown.
How often it is difficult to be wisely
charitable; to do good without multiplying
the sources of evil. To give aims is moth
~ II MI civ oil
written, not blessed is he that feedeth the
poor, but blessed is he that considereth
the poor" A little thought and a little
kindness are often worth more than a great
deal of money i Ruskin.
You may carry truth us far as ever you
like, and it will always be truth. Truth is
like those crystals which, when split up into
the smallest possible Fragments, still retain
their natural form. You may break truth
in pieces, you may do what you like with
it. and it IS truth throughout; but error is
diverse within itself. You can see its false
hood even in its own light.-[Spurgeon
When We pray for any virtue. we should
cultivate the virtue rs well rs pray for il
the form OF your prayer should be the rule
OF your life; every petition TO God is pre-
ccpt to man. Look not, therefore, upon
your prayers as 4 short method of duty
'A4iN' .ANASii OAAiS bub tho iEO-
milton of duty. BY what we require OF God
we see what he requires of us.-[ Jeremy
Taylor.
Make yourselves as nests of pleasant
thoughts. None Of US know, for none OF
rs have been taught in early youth. what
fairy palaces we may build Of beautiful
thought, proof against all adversely. Bright
tancies, satisfied memories noble histories,
faithful sayings, treasure houses of precious
and restfal thoughts, which care cannot
disturb, nor pain make gloomy, nor poy-
erty take away from us-hOuses built
without hands, for our souls to live in.-[J.
Ruskin.
1 set out through the problems of life on
a search for God and did not find God
found only problems that made me doubt
of God. Then l said in words of old :
" Verify, Thou art God that hidest Thy
self; why art Thou so far from helping
me2" And while yet spake, voice made
answer, Why didst thou not meet me at
the door, Thou hast been in search of me
through the labyrinths of the world; why
didst thou not come 30 me to lead thee
through the labyrinths? Thou hast been
seeking to see me by the light of the world
why didst thou not rather seek to see the
world by my light? | would have made
all things clear to thee if thou hadst met
me at the door."-[George Mattheson, d. D.