Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-09

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Patience and strength are what we need !:
an earnest use of what we have now; and
all the time an earnest discomfort until we
come to what we ought to bel Philips
Brooks
The faith that God is going to heal sick
ness may be very good; but it is infinitely
lower than that other faith which trusts in
the love and wisdom of God in sickness
and health, sinking our will IN His will
New York Independent.
l have read the Bible through many
times; l now make a practice of going
through it once a year. 1t is the book of
all others for lawyers, as well as diYines !;
and pity the man who cannot find in it a
rich supply of thought, and rules for con-
Duct Daniel Webster.
The man who is only honest when hon
esty is the best policy, is not in reality an
honest man. Honesty is not swerving pol
icy, but stable principle. An honest man
is honest from his Utmost soul, nor deigns
to stoop to aught that's mean, though great
results hang on the petty fraud.-EEx.
Not day passes over the earth but men
and women of no note do great deeds,
speak great words and suffer noble sor-
rows. Of these obscure heroes, philoso-
piers and martyrs. the greater part will
never be known until that hour when
many that were great shall be small, and
the small, great.-[Charles Reade
How often it is difficult to be wisely
charitable-to do good without multiplying
the sources of evil. To give aims is moth
ing unless you give thought also. 1t is
written, not blessed is he that feedeth the
poor" bat blessed is he that considereth
the poor" A little thought and little
kindness are often worth more than great
deal of money.-[Ruskin.
We are on the high road of apostasy
when we are continually asking" W that
harm is there in thiS?" We have already
come to the border of the land of sin. It
is the sign of the feeblest and most testv
faith. Whereas we should be always press
ing the question: {" Is there any good in
it?' True piety never inquiries for the
mo HARMS but for the do goods IRE
ligious Exchange.
The religion which leaves the human
soul before the inscrutable mystery of the
unseen one, who is beyond our utmost
thought, will always miss the secret of the
protoundest power over man. The secret
of original Christianity was that, without
dogmatiZing upon the mystery of the per
son of Jesus Christ. it made men see in him
the form of God, the very character and
nature of the divine being Heber New
ton.
The last words of a correspondence of
Rev. William James with Rev. Henry Neil
both now beyond the dark river, are as fol-
lows: No young girl ever felt a more
delightful tuttering in the prospect of
European tour than | felt in the prospect
of soon seeing the land of never-withering
flowers, and of seeing Christ, and knowing
him and being known of him. If anything
favorable occurs you shall hear; il moth
ing, then farewell till We meet on the bank
of the river of life
Get your children to take an interest in
your plans for doing good; talk with them,
consult them, and let them help you do
something for the good of Others Teach
them the loveliness, the value and power
Of gentle, kind, and loving words and acts ;
teach them the habit and the beauty of self
denial, of generosity and unselfisbness. In
thus influencing their hearts in teaching
them to be more mindful of the comfort
and happiness of others than of their own
you will be teaching them the true secret of
right living Albany Journal.
The simplicity of the words of Jesus is
like that OF water and air The little child
breathes the air, and quenches his thirst
with the water. But when we analvZe air
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when we analyze water we find it to be also
a complex substance. So we may eat and
drink the words of Jesus, and be fed by
them; yet when we study them we find q
depth of meaning which makes them of an
inexhaustible interest to the Imagination
and the understanding. So the simplicity
OF Christ's doctrine is not meager sim
plicity, on the surface of our thought. to
be fully comprehended in a moment, but
deep, complex and far-reaching.-LJ. Free
man Clarke.
In the pleasant county of Devon, in one
OF its sequestered passes, with q few cot
tages sprinkled over it, unused and sang
Augustus Toplady. When lad of rs, and
on visit TO Ireland. he had strolled into q
barn in which an illterate layman was
preaching-but preaching reconciliation to
God through the death of his son. The
homely sermon took effect, and from that
moment the gospel welded all the power
of this brilliant and active mind During
his last illness August Toplady seemed TO
lie in the vestibule of glory. To friends
inquiry he answered with sparkling eve:
"Oh, my dear sir, cannot tell the comforts
| feel in my soul-they are past expression.
The consultations of God are so abundant that
he leaves me nothing to pray for. Ny pray
ers are all converted into praise. | enjoy a
heaven already within my soul" AMI with
in hour Of dying he called his friends and
asked if they could give him up. and when
they replied in the affirmative tears of
JOY ran down his cheeks as he added "Oh,
what blessing that you are made willing
to give me over to the hands of my dear
Redeemer and part with me, for no mortal
can live after having seen the glories which
God has manifested in my soul" And
thus died the writer of the beautiful hymn,
Rock of Ages Cleft for Me-"
BRIGHTEN ME SOME MORE