The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-24
CHOICE EXTRACTS.

All. If you knew what peace there
is in an accepted sorrow!-Madame
Guyon.
Take your part with the perfect
and abstract right, and trust to God to
see that it shall prove the expedient.
Wendell Phillips.
Religion is in its essence an In
ward and spiritual holiness. Outward
actions can be considered but two ways:
either as the means and instrument, OF
else as the fruits and effects OF holt
ness. Lucas.
When the Bible speaks Of 1.-THE
wages of sin" as becoming ''death, :"
and of 1.-THE gift of God" as being
eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord" it plainly does not mean the
same thing by the two descriptions.
(Rom. vi, 2S.)-N. Y. Independent
Sin is evil, and can be nothing
else, but it is often so skillful in dis
guising itself that it appears to be
good and useful. Many man, because
he is not sufficiently on his guard, fails
to see through the mask in which it ap-
pears, and falls to hugging and caress-
ing wha, he ought to drive away with
disgust and adherence. United Pres
byterian.
"A good name is valuable possess
sion; but, like all valuable possessions,
a good name is not SO easy to get as it
is to lose. It costs something to ac-
quire good name; and unless good
name is guarded jealousy, it will be
lost to him who acquired it. He who
wants to get good name must be
willing to work for it. He who wants
to keep lis good name must be faithful
in guarding its. S. Times.
We firmly believe in curtailing
and prohibiting unnecessary work on
Sunday Oh the demonstrable fact that
man and beast need one day in seven for
rest. Public sentiment will welcome
the chance because it is step toward
the proper observance of the Sabbath
as day of rest. 1t can not but work
to the advantage Of the laborer,
physically and morally. -Pittsburg
Post.
-"Intellectually." says DR.. Joseph
Parker, 1.-THE idea of God is a grea,
idea. It enters the mind as sunlight
would startle man who is cropping
along path that overhangs abysses
in the midst of starless gloom. The
idea of God can not enter into the mint
and mingle quietly with common think
ing. Wherever that idea goes it car
ries with it revolution, elevation, SUI
premacy."
Such as do not grow in grace, de-
cay in grace. There is no standing al
a stay in religion; either we 60 for
ward or Backward; if faith doth mo-
grow. unbelicfwill if Heavenly mind.
edness doth not grow, covetousness
will. A man that doth not increase
| Ills otOCh uiiuibioiCuu ~, II yOu uO uO
increase your stock Of grace, you
stock will decay. The angels on ia
cob's ladder were either ascending o.
descending; If you do not ascend in re
ligion. you descend.-T. Watson.
The Chicago Times approves 0
the abridgment of the Sunday work o
. post-office employees. The idea," /
, says, "that the Sunday mail must b
; seen is entirely fallacy re.ultin:
/ from long habit. Nothing is gaines
t in the end by this Sunday work. A
| business house does no more bushes
by reason of it. A merchant add
nothing thereby to his years profit
1t Is simply an inability to shake OF
the shop on Sunday. The Government
ought not to be expected to assist b.
/ what amounts to the persecution o
employees in fostering this Dad habit