Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-10

There is joy IN heaven when a prodigal
returns, but Didn't | tell you so ?' is the
universal cry on earth when good man
goes wrong.
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness
not the definition of helplessness, but the
feeling of it. 1t is the cry of faith to the
ear of mercy.-E. III. Chaplin.
When home is ruled according to Gods
word, angels might be asked to stay at
night with us, and they would not find
themselves out Of their element.-.Spur-
geon.
Life runs not smoothly at all seasons,
even with the happiest, but after long
course the rocks subside, the views widen
and it flows on more equally at the end
Ld1,dor
This span of life was lent for lofty du-
ties, not for selfishness; not to be whirled
away in aimless dreams, but to improve
ourselves and serve mankind-Sir Aubrey
De Vere.
There is a burden of care in getting
riches, of fear in keeping them, of tempta-
ton in using them, of guilt in abusing
them, and an account at last to be given
concerning them.-Matthep Henry.
For every trial God sends, he gives suffi-
cient grace for its endurance, but he prom
ises no grace to bear anticipations with,
and we little know how large portion of
our mental suffering arises from anticipa-
lions of trial.
No result of history seems to me so GER
tain, as that the world has, as time re-
I-p1ual on1 ,,nfobJ,- Cl,,,,t
vealed an increasingly large average of
good men and higher average standard
of goodness.-Rev. Peter S. Menzies.
All it is such thrice blessed thing to
have praying mother; mother who
does not merely say in set form and speech,
"Go to Christ, my child" but in her daily
life, full of sweet experience of all that is
involved in it, says, "Come to Him.
Mrs. Prentiss.
The great temptation to which we are
more or less exposed is that of losing
sight of God in the ordinary actions of the
day. 1t is hard to feel that every action
of every day is capable of being so done as
to advance or hinder our growth in grace
From the French.
The Bible tells US of the streams that
it may allure us to the fountain; it tells
us of the past acts of Gods faithful love
that we may be lead to set our hope on
God, and to feel assured that He who hath
helped will help, and He who hath loved
will love to the end-IhOmas Erskine
Through the week we go down into the
valleys of care and shadow. Our Sabbaths
should be hills of light and joy in Gods
presence. And so, as time rolls by, we
shall go from mountain top to mountain
top, till at last we catch the glory CT the
heavenly gate, and enter in, to go no more
out forever-H W. Beecher
And when it is all over, and our feet will
run no more, and our hands are helpless,
and we have scarcely strength to murmur
last prayer, then we shall see that instead
of needing a larger field, we have left I'M
titled many corners of our single acre, and
that none of it is fit for the softening
shadow of the eross.-Edward Garrett
Confession of fault works more effect
ually than any mere act of penitence, and
is always followed by love feast. In
general it will be found that words, which
are, as it were, the minute-hands of the
soul, are of greater Importance than deeds,
which only mark the outstanding dates.
In the tender relations of cultured men it
is but seldom that deeds can compensate
for words or atone for ofienses of speech.
Besides, we owe to all men the same duties
of action, but not of speech.-Jean Paul
P;rbfer