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No duty left undone;
The heavenly and the human blent
Their kindred loves in one. .
When had neither faith nor hope
Christ revealed Himself in me, and
gave me His Spirit and Grace, which I
found sufficient in the deeps and in
weakness.
When you have said something you
know you ought not to have said, take
it back promptly. A clear conscience
is of more value than feat of verbal
legerdemain.
Any work, no matter how humble,
that man Donors by efficient labor
and steady application, will be found
important enough to secure respect for
himself and credit for his name.
1t is almost impossible to stop an
evil course when once it it is under
way. We should, therefore, be ex-
ceedingly careful to watch the trend of
every habit to which we commit our
selves.
The surest method Of arriving at a
knowledge of Gods eternal purposes
about us is to be found in the right use
of the present moment. Each hour
comes with some little fagot of Gods
will fastened upon its back.
From the assiduity of some in at
tempting to explain the mysteries OF
Gods word, one might suppose that
our Saviour had said, IF we love me,
we will fathom ali my secrets" instead
Of, "If ye love me, ye will keep my
commandments.
Ienvied the situation of hermits, as
retired from the world, and sheltered
from many temptations, but also saw
that, unless l could leave behind me
my pride, vanity, and every carna!
propensity, an outward solitude could
afford me little shelter.
"I have made great mistake in
waiting for opportunities to DO good to
men. I find that if I would really do
anybody good / must make the oppor-
tunity myself" So said man in one
of our noon prayer-meetings recently.
1t is q remark worth pondering.
The astronomer has base line OF
$50, ,00O,O 600 miles upon which to trian-
gulate the stars but he finds it too
short to give him an angle on most OF
them. And yet with base line of six
inches, the diameter of our brains, the
ologians undertake to measure God,
and determine with eXactitude the or
bit of his will and his providences.
Thy ignorance in unrevealed myste-
ries, is the mother Of saving faith
and thy understanding in revealed
truths. is the mother of a sacred
knowledge understand not therefore
that thou mayst believe, but believe
that thou mayst understand; under
standing is the wages of lively faith,
and faith is the reward Of an humble
ignorance.
I have seen persons who gather from
the parterrc their choicest flowers, just
as they begin to open into full bloom
and fragrance, lest some passer-by
should tear them from the bush and
destroy them. Does not God some
times gather into heaven young and
innocent children for the same reason
lest some rude hand may despoil
them of their beauty?
The evil habit of going too long
without food is one from which many
people suffer in the present hurrying
age. Men sit in their offices, women
rush about at their shopping, and both
became so absorbed in their interests
that the period of hunger is allowed to
pass, and the period of fatigue and de-
preston to set in. The worst of 1t Is
that, once the second stage is reached,
the desire for food is gone; and, after
many hours abstinence, the man or
woman Is too exhausted to digest a
meal when .hey get it. To avoid this
extreme, it is only necessary to take
the most light and rapid repast during
the hungry stage. A glass of milk or
merely biscuit, while hungry. VIII
prevent the after loss of appetite.
And yet many prefer to ruin their
health rather than take the trouble to
turn into a dairy shop and drink
glass of milk.-Loadon Hospital,