The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-17

Faith and hope enable the soul to sing;

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Let me hide myself 10 thee"
e Faith and hope enable the soul to sing
Whom gathering clouds around Vi W,
And days are dark and friends are few.
On him lean. who not IN vain.
Experienced cvery humnnpain:
Tie secs my wants. allays MY fears.
And countsand treasures up my tears"
The great apostle Of tho Gentiles
having harmed to set his life 10 ''ih
s sweet music Of faith aid hope. " coul,
say: For have learned in whatso
ever state am. herewith to be con
tent Philip. ". ~ Paul saw r,
much that is good 10 God. and graciou.
n Christ. ard vas so flied with the
blessedness that came TO him through
faith and hope. that he had no time
aud no heart to complain Of anything.
God was To- him 1t all times the
Father of mercics and the God Of all
comfort" III Cor. !. 81 The apostle
was so onraplured with the far more
exceeding and eternal weight Of glory 80
awaiting han in Heaven. that the light
afllicIon which is but for a moment. -
di no, is,ur5 his serenity at all. III
Cor. iv. ~ His life. while one Of
grea outward trials. was a perpetual
hymn. His soul was Overlooking with
ioxclogies. lle often had to stop, O.
i've vent to the sacred passions Of his
heart. Blessed man he was when liv-
lne. blessed when dying, and now more
blessed in Heaven.
Reader. have YOU set your life to "lbe
sweet music If faith and hops?' Do
YOU know how to sing that music DO
you sing it, Have you become spI-
ritual artist in this KIND Of eoog Be
assured that there is nothing equal to
10 in this world and no substitute for it
i'm this life. Whether you are rich or
poor is merely a question OF the passing
moment but whether you have the an
them Of salvation on your lips aud in
your heart is the question of questions.
transcending all others in Its signh
canoe. You must here learn to sing this
anthem or YOU will not sing it hereaf-
ler.- The Iadepcndem
TIE RUNORED RETIREMENT OF |
Mr.. SPURGEON
Some years ago. - rites Mr.. Sturgeon |
in the October part Of The SlcOrd and |
the TrOlcel, nv death was reported. aud |
a kind friend improved the occasion
with a funeral address. which turned
out to b. rather Premature. Now the
papers announce that am about TO re
tire from my post, and one of them
even proceeds to arrange for my early
death aud distribution Of my WORLDLY
goods with which it literally endows
me, although, am sorry to say, only
M Imagination Now. all this utterly
untrue. / hope to work on for manS
years. if my life be spared, and
IL the prc-ent age BE- continued. Ii came
10 pass that on certain Slbbatn morn
ng. feeling very unwell. | bad certain
of "a coming attack Of my
ailment. aud felt that |
,hould probably BE- soon lail aside for q
eason 10y sckuets therefore begged I
he friends TO hear me while they could.
they very well understood what
Deant. but q strange newspaper man
lid not. but understood me 10 invne
riends 90 hear my sermons win g
hey could, for l should soon retire
rom the ministry. - this first
Tor natural additions of talk
ave contributed more and more Of the
ai-e or exaggerated l have had near
s eight months continuous preaching.
ud IL is long since have teen favored t,
With so great privilege. The fall Of the
ear has come. and With it symptoms
naf the old enemy Is lurking about
ymptoms e-peciaii, IN the hand which p
needed every hour IN the day for writ
*. Bat tins i, nothing uuu.ual. Il Is
1T wen so bad as Is generally The case,
ni / am writing these lines with that
offering member, in the joyful belief
nat / shall keepon with my preaching
nd other work till the tine arrives for
ne to take the holiday which falls to me
bout the middle Of November. No .,
lea of giving up my beloved work has
rosscd my mud of late. To whom ,
louli give il up? Who viii cary >
~ the orphinace. college. colportage,
&cY Who will minis,e err to :
nat tremendous thrOng which crowds
ne great house as constantly as the y
0ors are opened ? When the Lord
,nds the manifest successor. the origi
al worker will cheerfully give way; -
az why should he do so while, as yet, y
Is years are only filty-fve. and he is
o worse in health than he has been d
omit TO be but. On the contrary, las =
al a better wear than usual?
WAT SHALLIDOF OR A LIVING 81
The Spectator heard the other DAY Of "
ne instance which affords practical II
lswer to the question often asked by II
omen who are eft uneApeci edly with ST
it means WHAT shall do for a liViugt u
he lady who has afforded this answer a
"a reared in 4 luxurious home, sur d
Funded by ample wealth, and e.
.dowed with ali the refine II
eut and culture which wealth and a
Ie best society can afford. Ma b
ire had happily also endowed her a
ith that which wealth cannot afford. Il
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