Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-04-05


At the foct of the cross is our place,
and there may We ever be found.-Rev.
q. W. George.
To resist the temptations of wealth,
and the excavations and demons izations
that we know flow from vast fortun es, re-
quires Gods grace and strong deter
mined will.-Rev. DR.. Leonard.
When you hear man pray as though
he knew God and was talking to him and
expected to be heard and answered by
Him, you remark it; you remark it be-
cause it is remarkable. You like to have
such an one pray in your behalf. You
think it will avail something. Rev. Dr..
G. 81. Parkhurst.
It is deplorable, indeed, and SAD com
mentary OF the boosted civilization Of
the age, that the moral atmosphere of to-
day should be so corrupt. IT'S the pen
atty of the world having strayed away
from Gods church. The world of to-day
cannot be pure without Gods sacraments.
Bishop Ireland.
But after all, labor is a wise and kind
ordination of God for training our souls
for the higher life. We're it not for mans
stomach there would be no civilization,
for without the necessity for bodily food
there would be no work performed, and,
consequently no improvement in the con-
dition of thing5.--Bishop E. J. Andrews
Those men and women who devote
themselves to the service of the Lord and
live in meek humility soon give evidence
of their acts by outward signs none can
mistake. So to me in the service of sin
the signs of the devoted cannot be mis-,
taken. As years go on the signs increase
until at the end of life the righteous man
bears upon his body the signs of right
eous life well spept.-Bjshop Paret.
1t is a good thing to get away from
everyone, even for brief time, and look
yourself square in the eye and ask your
self all you want to know about yourself.
In this way you may get acquainted, for
the chances are that, being cornered, you
won't undertake to deceive yourself. You
will probably find at first that your &C
quaintance with some of your friends and
their shortcomings and hesetting sins is
much more intimate than with yourself.
--Burdette.
l cry shame upon the young men that
strip from their shoulders the irksome
burden of duty, and bid goodbye to their
religion with grimmace of WEAKNESS or
contempt. They profess to respect the
obligation of birth when it regards the
place of nativity as entailing upon them
civic responsibilities. And yet the claims
of lineage, the honorable pride of descent
that stamps the gentleman all the world
over they ignore, they turn their backs
upon, they stigmatize as beneath atten-
tion.-Rabbi Harrison.
Across the seas stand edifces of such
luxurious magnifcence that they seem
rather to be opg to another world nan
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seemingly as eternal as the stone of which
they are built. One of these stands in
misnamed eternal City," whose glory is
now departed, and the lesson taught is
that these edifces, too, must pass and
crumble into dust. Even this solid globe,
whirling through space, will in time be
obliterated. From this how clearly are
we shown that we must not put our trust
in temporal structures, but receive for
ourselves a home everlastingly.-
dent Doonan,of Georgetown.
All the vanity, adornment and luxury
of the world fails to satisfy the nameless
longing in the breast of man. Man has
never been conten6ed and never will be.
The most powerful nations in the world
in their palmiest days have never been
able to furnish contentment to the people.
IS wealth fails to bring happiness, so
does search after knowledge; for desire
increases by what it feeds upon. The
same is true about reputation and fame.
If man is known throughout the city he
desires to become known throughout the
State. If he has State reputation he
wants national reputation, and the pos
session of a national reputation is always
followed by desire for European repu-
tation. If it were possible man would
like to have his fame communicated by
telegraph to the planets. The disatis-
faction and restlessness of mans nature
can only be satisfied within the limits of
eterninv. Human sorrow and human dis
content can only be overcome by believ-
ing in Christ, and accepting Him as a
type of the possibility of mans nature
The greatest victories and the best hap
| Illness in life come by faith-Bishop
Hugh M. Thompson.