Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-16
SUNDAY REFLECTIONS.

oONDA1 ISfEELECIlONS.
/ God denies u christian nothing but
with the design to give him something
better.
1t has been justly sai4 nothing in
mar is 80 Godlike as doing good to our
fellows.
Let this days performance of the
meanest duty be thy religion.-Mar.
garet Fu!ler.
No word that we speak can be with
out its echo, and no act OF ours can be
without its result.
Shall we never, never get rid of this
past? 1t lies upon the present like q
giants dead body.
The wise prove, and the foolish con-
Tess by their conduct, that a life of en-
ployment is the only life worth Leading.
II a man give you a long list of the
doctrines he believes, if that mans life is
utterly selfish and useless, don't believe
him.
Be cheerful, and seek not extern
help, noF the tranquility which others
give. A man must stand erect, not be
kept erect by others.
Life itself is not the boundary OF a
christian mans usefulness. Being dead,
yet he speaks. A good influence, once
born, will last forever.
1t is impossible for us to live without
responsibllity-we are all emitting this
current of electric influence. The way
10 do good is to be good.
They who degrade holy things there
by degrade themselves. They who de-
grade marriage into q yoke degrade
themselves into a team.-Geoqge Macdon-
aid.
To-day the worlds greatest need is
more christian men and christian
women. A worldly, fashion-loying,
cowardly religion will never evanpelize
our fellow-sinners.
Endeavor to be always patient OF the
faults and lmperfections of others, for
thou hast many faults and imperfec,ions
OF thine own that require q reciprocs-
tloD of ~forbearance.
No soul can preserve the bloom and
deilcacy OF its existence without lonely
musings and silent prayer, and the
greatness of this necessity is in propor-
ton to the greatness of evil.
No human being can come into this
world without increasing or dimin-
lshing the sum total of human happi-
ness, not only of the present, but of
every subsequent age of humanity.
Charity itself commands ue, where we
Know no i'll, to think well of all; but
friendship, which always goes q pitch
higher, gives q man a peculiar right and
claim to the good opinion of his friends
A christian goes about communicate
ing good because he is good. 1t is said
to-day that there are not nearly enough
preachers. But every living christian
ID q preacher, in this power of the inhu-
ence of his life.
Every man may make his life, however
humble, grand and beautiful by living,
not to kill time, but to redeem time.
Make up your mind to do good; be in
real earnest about it. Do not be dis
couraged by difficulties; they are things
only TO be overcome.
We cannot live on bread alone; We
need every word of God. We cannot
1--we on air alone; we need an atmosphere
OF living souls. We must be constantly
giving ourselves away; we must dwell
IN houses Of infinite dependence, or sit
alone in the waste OF q goddess universe.
Depend upon it, in the midst of all
the science about the world and its ways,
and all the ignorance of God and his
greatness, the man or woman who can
say, "Thy will be DONE" with the true
heart of giving up, is nearer the secret
OF things than the g%eologist and theolo-
gian.
Be cheerful. Do not brood over fond
hopes unrealized until a chain, link
after link, is fastened on each thought
and wound around the heart. Nature
intended you to be the fountaip-spring
OF cheerfulness and social life, and not q
travelling monument of despair and mel
ancholy.
Influence is the most silent yet the
most powerful and magnetic thing
about us all. We never escape from it. |
We cannot live without influencing
others. Our influence is our life, and
life is our influence. An influence
never dies-once born it ID immortal.
More than this, it goes on growing.
Get thee behind me, world-the world
of mean cares, of self.love, of petty
of poor ambitionsi Give me
that which is holy and eternal-thel
kind word, the unselfsh deed, the care
for Others in little things, the charity
that can suffer and yet be kind, the
Affection which, sweetening life and CUR
death, is our only foretaste of
heaven.
Each OF us has q mission; and that is
use our talents, whatever they are, our
opportunities, whatever they may be
to help those around as. Let this be
our purpose and our daily prayer; and
we shall find ourselves able to bring
comfort and strength, peace and joy, to
some child of God, who never knew till
showed him the truth that he is o
child of God.