The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

SWeCI dltl llle Will SuullllSSlNe anu lIS
affections pure; in these lie the rich
reward.
But He who knows our frame is just,
Mcrciful and compassionate,
And full of sweet assurances,
And hope for all the language is
That He remcmbereth we arc dust.
Those who would render their chari
ties useful should ditluse them judi
ci0usly. He who would have a good
crop must SOW with his hand, and n0t
pour out of the sack into one heap.
General Sir Charles Warren, when
Governor of Natal, said "For the pre-
servation Of peace between the colo
nists and natives one missionary is
worth more than whole battalion o
soldiers"
If thou seek rest in this life, how
wilt thou then attain to the everlasting
rest? Dispose not thyself for much
rest, but for great patience. Seek true
peace-not in earth, but in heaven
not in men, nor in any other creature
but in God alone.
81 have made Il great mistake i'll
waiting for opportunities to do good tt
men. / find that if would really dc
anybody good I must make the Oppor.
tunity myself" So said Il man in one
of our noon prayer-meetings recently
II is a remark worth poDdering.
Charity does not require of us thai
we should not see the faults of others
but that we should avoid all needless
and voluntary observance of them
and that we should not be blind tc
their good qualities when we are SC
sharp sighted to their bad ones.
Though the tritler does not chronicle
his own vain words aId wasted hours,
they chronicle themselves. They find
their indelible place in that book of re-
membrance with which no human
hand can tamper, and from which nc
beirg save One can blot them. They
are noted in the memory of God.
1t is che thing to accept an opinion
because everybody else believes it, and
quite another to accept it because t;
careful inquiry has forced the conric
ton of its truth upon us. Belief that
has not been reached through the
struggle and stress of doubt, investiga'
ton and verilicalion will not stanC
when the day Of trial comes.
1t costs to be good and to do good
Some Of us know what sclf.eXpression
self-restraint. what self-crucitiXion
ofttimcs, what long, severe discipline
lies back of calmncss, pcacefulncss
sweetness of disposition, goof temper
a kindly spirit and habitual thought
fulness. We have to learn TO bt
thoughtful, even to be courteous.
How easy it ia for the Lord to abast
our pride, to humble our self-confi
dencc, to bring to naught our fondes
vlans and most cherished purposes ant
then upon the wreck and ruin of al
our hopes, He can lay broader founda
tons, and build for us better than al
our plans, and show us that He is
tender Father, and gracious God, su
preme in power, boundless in wisdom
and in love.
If had another life to live, and two
thousand letters TO write, with COD:
hclp / would not hurt the feelings o
the humblest of all Gods creatures
honestly trying to do good. He nigh
he as big as Daniel Lambert, and
would not call him fat and unctions
he might be as lean as Calvin Edison,
and | would not call him a bag o
bones. | would count each day as los
on which | had not made sOmo heart!
gladdcr than they were in the morn
ing; OH which ! had not plucked III
some thorns, or planted some flowers
OH the path of human life.
Old lawyer: 81 cannot take you
case. Circumstantial cvi dence is ST
strong against you that it will he i'm
possible to prove your illnoccnce.'
Prisoner: "But ! am not innocent.
am guilty." 80 ! then maybe | cal
clear YOU"
There ought to be Il limit to the con
tinu0us use of even the most choice IL
lustrations in public speech. Our stool
of them is not 80 large that We can af
ford 10 wear them out completely
This generation has had its full share
of what is valuable in q dozen suci
stories as Sir Walter Scott 5 calling TO
s"Thc Iuukn on his dcalh-hcd, ANT
Daniel Webster thought of his person
al responsibility to God. Laid aside
loraw hiIe. our children may Use then
with frcsiinrrs and force. Public
sneakers and writers owe something t
poslcrity.
CONTAIN I0URsEIr.-Avoih OK
lremcs and "gush :" do not eNagScrat'
the significance of triilcs; do not dc
scribe mochills AZ mountains. If tht
raindrop vets your face, do net sly th'
storm was terrible; if Il person Is ro
lite to YOU or does you favor. do no
Immediately conclude that he aGore
YOU and would die for you il, Oh TN
other hand, he sccnls somewhat often
sivc, do not infer that he hates ant
would like to xii! yGa. Appreciate al
good things, hut do not sentlmentaliZ;
over them; and do not 'pour yours"l
ou,n when pcrhal 5 it might lie just q
we'll to contain yourself.