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willingness.
To be agreeable in society it is neces-
sary not to see and not 10 remember
many things.
Doing is the great thing for, if res
olutely people do what is right, in
time they come to like doing it.
1t is wonderful what strength and
boldness of purpose and energy of will
comes from the feeling that we are in
the path of duty.
Good deeds embalm themselves in
the memory of God, although the
names of the 1oers may not appear on
the pages of history.
Wouldst thou have thy flesh obey
thy spirit? Then let thy spirit obey
thy God. Thou must be governed
that thou mayst govern.
The self-will fostered by rank and
authority finds it hard to bow to the
sway of Jesus. An humble station is
favorable to the reception of him.
The Christians years, though slow their
When he is called away.
Seem but the watches OF night,
And death the dawn Of day.
God has given a man two eyes if he
lose one he hath another. But man
hath only one soul; if he lose that,
the loss can never be made up again.
Love cannot be hid any more than
light; and least of all when it shines
forth in action, when ye exercise your
selves in the labor of love, in benefi-
cence of every kind.
Lift up thy head in hope. and still
stretch heavenward in the desire Of
thy mind, believing that it is easy for
the Lord to turn our wilderness into q
fruitful field, after he hath sufficiently
tried us.
Every great truth has had to fight
for itself-on the high seas, on the
mountain tops, and under the earth,
but every truth has in it an element of
Divine Immortality and shall conquer
because truth is king.
They told her she was crazy or had
seen his angel. There is many an i'm
prsoned soul, fast bound by Satan's
chains, for whose deliverance we are
to pray. Nor should we cease praying
until we see him at the gateway of
life, knocking for admission.
It is our own past which has made
US what we are. We are the children
of our own deeds. Conduct has Gre
ated character, acts have grown into
habits; each year has pressed into US
deeper moral print; the lives we
have led have left us such as we are to-
day.
The greatest man is he who chooses
the right with invincible resolution;
who resists the sorest temptations from
within and without who bears the
heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is
calmest in storms, and whose reliance
on truth, on virtue, on God, is most
unfaltering.
"Yet lackest thou one thing" A
putting away Of everything that hides
between the soul and God. In one
case it may be wealth, in another
pleasure, in another love of applause
but whatever it is must be gotten out
of the way, or the soul can never, new
er enter the kingdom.
A man once said to another: "How
is it, brother, that the tempter seems
to trouble you so little?" "Bebause l
treat him so coolly," was the answer:
It is always the better way, under all
circumstances, to treat him coolly. If
he tempts you to get mad, to drink, to
cherish bad feeling, treat him coolly.
A blind beggar was once sitting on
the side walk with bright lantern in
his hand. A man passing by said !:
"What do you, blind man, carry a
lantern for?" The blind man replied
$50 folks won't stumble over me-"
So, Christian friend, keep your lamp
of q consistent example burning so
other people won't stumble over you.
To serve God in business, give six
teen ounces to the pound, thirty-siX
Inches to the yard, four quarts-full
ones-to the gallon, thirty-two quarts
to the bushel. Give people what they
pay for; that is practical business
Christianity. Without it you cannot
serve God faithfully and consistently;
Conduct your business as If the Lord
We're silent partner, YET were always
present watching your dealings. lhae
is what he is doing.
EATING FRUIT.-Fruits, to do their
best work, should be eaten either on
an empty stomach or simply with
bread-never with vegetables. In the
morning, before the fast OF night has
been broken, they are not only exceed
inrlv refreshing, but they serve as
natural stimulus to the digestive or
cans. And to produce their fullest,
finest effect, they should be ripe,
f sound, and every way OF good quality;
moreover, they should be eaten raw.
;, What is better than bunch OF lus-
cious grapes, or plate of berries or
rlerrieS, on 4 summer morning the
! first thing on sitting down to break
> fast: and yet l know man who
could never eat fruit except late at
Ini~ht.-New York Mail and Express.
Hsrry-She has Tilted me and L
know shall die. The disappolnt-
ment will kill me! Aunt Hannah
| know how disappointments affect
one, Harry. But you'll get over 1t.
felt Just rs you do now when l set that
waller hen on thirteen eggs and only
got just one poor chick out of the lot.