The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16
GRAINS,

Wisdom waits to be asked for advice.
We ought TO thank God daily for the
sins which we have not committed.
It is a pity thai neighbors do not
know as we'll as we do what is best for
them.
No man ever designed an injury to
another without doing a greater to
himself
If we would have God hear what we
say to him by prayer, we emust be ready
to hear what he saith to us by his word.
There are two freedoms-the false,
where man is free to do what he likes;
the true, where man is free to do what
he ought.
Astounding Christian life will show
itself in good works. 1t cannotsimply
exist aud do nothing--leave no mark,
yield no fruit.
can understand peoples losing by
trusting too little to God, but I cannot
understand any ones losing by trusting
too much to Him.
The sum and substance of all the
preparation needed for eternity is to be-
Iieve what the Bible tells US, and do
what the Bible bids us.
A little cloud intercepts the rays of
the sun from US, and unfaithfulness in
matters comparatively small will pre-
clude virtue of Divine loye. @
Keep doing, always doing. Wish
ing, dreaming, intending, mourning,
talking, signing and pining, are idle,
and profitless employment.
A loving spirit is its own reward.
Its love may not be returned, but its
love cannot be lost. The gain of low
ing and its reward is-in loving.
Nothing more impairs authority than
too frequent or ,indiscreet use of it.
If thunder itself was to be continual it
would excite no more terror than the
noise of a mill.
The advantages of frequent thoughts
on death are unspeakably great; and
most erroneous is the notion, that
gloominess must be the consequence of
such meditation.
Be not slow in common and usual acts
of d.votion, and quick at singularities;
but, having first done what thou art
bound to, proceed to the extraordina-
ries Of religion as you see cause. e.
When you move toward God in your
desire, He moves toward you in gra-
cious help. When you touch Him
with faith, He touches you with in
slant salvation. This is His Gospel.
Love, the true love of God, is the love
of His truth, of His holiness, of His
whole will the true love is that which
reflects itself in obedience; the true
love is that which stirs and purifes,
the conscience. 80,
1t is sad perversion of tears to be
crying over the poor heathansin China,
or over the sins and shortcomings Of
other peoples children, in your own
neighborhood, while you are neglect
ing your own children's spiritual
interest.
There is peculiar and appropriate
reward for every act, only remember
that the reward is not given for the
merit of the act, but follows en- it ine-
vitably in the spiritual kingdom, as
wheat springs from the grain, and bar
ley from its grain. in the natural world
No Christian is or can be faultless
before the Lord. Blameless all may
and ought to be. The child that does
its peedlework faithfully is commended
though not a stitch is perfect. The
child is b'ameless, not faultless. The
Christian who lives up to his light and
ability is blameless, but in Gods sight
faulty. He is not conscious of his de-
feet, his eyes are not as sharp as Gods ;,
his best efforts are like the needlework
of the little girl we'll done for her, but
so defective in fact that every stitch
must be removed, and doneagain bya a
more skilful and experienced hand.
Miss E. f. Flagg, writing to the
christian cynosuae, wonders how