Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-09

The riffs where unregarded moses be-
The droop!ng sea-weed hears. in night abyssed
| Far and more far The waves recediag shocks,
| Nor Gonbts. for all the darkness sndtlie mist,
That the pale shepherdeSs will keep her tryst.
| And shoreward lead again her foam-feecef
| fecks.
| For the same wave that rims the Carib shore
With momentsry brede OF pearls and gold,
Goes hurrying thence TO gladden. with It's roar
| Lorn weeds bound fast on rocks of Labrador,
| BY Love Divine on one sweet GRAND rolled
And though Thy healing waters far withdraw,
| /, too, can wait snd iced on hops of Thee,
And OF the dear recurrence Of Thy Law
| Sure that the paating grace that morning saw
Abides It's tine to come IN search of me.
-Jemes RslsstA LoloesL
The light of friendship is the light Of
| phosphorus-seenp lainest when all around
is dark.-CFoeeeQ
Faith is to believe what we do not see
and the reward of faith is 10 see what we
believe.-Aagsstiae.
Be brief, for it is with words as with sun
beams: the more they are condensed, the
deeper they burn.-Soathey.
To an honest mind the best perquisites
of place are the advantages it gives a
man of doing good.-Addison.
There is nothing so sweet as duty, and
all the best pleasures of life come in the
wake of duties done.-Jeaa Iagelose.
Some people are always finding fault
with Nature for putting thorns on roses
| always thank her for having put roses
on thorns.
Letters of introduction are not always
successful to get man into society any
more than elegant obituaries to get man
into heaven.
1t is not until we have passed through
the furnace, that We are made to know
how much dross there is in our compost
tion.-Colton.
Most natures are insolvent; cannot salts
fly their own wants; have an ambition out
of all proportion to their practical force,
and so do lean and beg day and night con-
tinually..Emersor.
Thoughts are the frst-born, the bios
SONS of the soul, the beginning of our
strength, whether for good or evil, and
they are the greatest evidence for or
against person that can be. Thou IN
derstandest my thoughts afar off," "TIy
me, and know my thoughts; and
lead me in the way everlasting"- Thomas
Brooks.
That Evangelist Moody is a wonderful
man must be admitted. His revival work,
however it may be viewed, has met with
marvellous success among the masses; and
the growth of his summer school for col
legians shows the great hold he has on the
hsarts of the young, and the power for good
no 10 Tho th,r1 ,,,,,,,aI
ment of this school is now in session. The
special object of the gathering is to
familiarize young men with the Bible and
to make it in their hands power for good
in the evangelization Of the world. To
further the cause of the Christian religion
in colleges is the secondary purpose. To
lend variety to the life at Mortified,
Moody's beautiful home in the Massachu-
sets hills, the boys are given every oppor-
tunity to enjoy outdoor sports, and anus
cular Christians" who have distinguished
themselves in their respective colleges for
athletic skill have the oversight of this de-
partment. A party of twenty students
from Oxford and Cambridge Universities,
England, are attending the sessions, while
Oberlin, Ohio, sends fifteen men, and Yale.
Princeton and Amherst still larger dele
cations. The effect of such gatherings has
already been seen in the improvement OF
the moral tone of those colleges brought
under the influence of the Mortified
school. 4 healthy, Christian manhood
must naturally result from such comrade-
ship as the hundreds of young men enjoy
at Mortified. An element of seriousness
and earnestness is added to character by
such inspirations, and Mr. Moody is to be
thanked for his efforts to give to the world
young men fitted for usefulness in direc-
tions where there is lamentable lack Of
efiort.-1bany Journal.
EDS. RECORD UNION: The subject con-
corning the training of our children is en-
crossing the minds of thousands of loving
mothers, is being discussed in some OF our
household magazines, many taking sides
for and against this question Shall we
teach our little ones to pray ?"
From my own observation and expert
ence, should emphatically say, yes.
While we know it is not always the case,
we are convinced that the greater number
of white-haired mothers with whom we
have walked for years, see how, in the I'M
tried paths of life, the timid, tender feet
followed where they led-whether it be in
the broad and dangerous highway or up
the narrow path toward the New Jerusa-
lem. Some writer has said that like flakes
of snow, which fall unperceived upon the
earth, are our characters formed only as
the snow gathers together is the image
recognized-no single flake produces a
sensible change, as no single action creates
however it may exhibit, persons char
acter. Time brings changes to us all. On
and on the years are bearing us, severing
the household ties, scattering its members
far and wide, breaking over us like the bill
lows of ocean and sweeping from our clasp
our cherished treasures. A few more
months and years, and the places they
| filed are to us but echoes of what each
| life has been, and if the echo sounds nc
voice of prayer we cannot call our great
duty to them fulfilled If there has been
| family altar upon which has burned the
lampof prayer kindled by Savior's love
though our dear ones feet were slow and
| faltering, causing us many misgivings, it,
light will illumine the dark waves of com.
ing strife and fall around him with un.
| dimned luster until its beams are lost in the
greater glory of a life eternal. 1t will teach
| him to cling closer to the staff of life
and teach him lessons of perfect trust anG
submission to the DEGREES of Providence Il
may seem fruitless task to tired mother
do not think it; percbance in after years, ye
when in the first blush of needless, un
thinking manhood or womanhood, when
they are standing where two roads meet
one wide, smooth, aIluring, the other mar.
row, rough and lonely, the prayer Of theil
childhood will come back and aid then
to choose Alright.
If through the mists of even-tide-
which we SO vainly seek to penetrate
they discern mothers patient loved face
furrowed perhaps by their own thoughtless
deeds, the approaching darkness of nigh
can lend no anxiety or fear, for he sees be
yond the gloom the light of everlasting
/ morning.
If he cannot see your hand beckonine
down the narrow road, what then?
Q. NJ. B.
I What New York Swshs Approve.