The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-15

Ii RnOWleQge lS power, paVieucS ID
powerful.
All is not lost when a thing goes
contrary to you. d,
"The danger to the Church is not an
creed, but an orthodox
greed"
If man begins to give literally,
folks begin to think he is losing his
mind.
We often repent of what We have
said, but never of that which we have
not said.
.-"Do you believe in fate, Pat?"
ure, an phwat would we shtand
on widout EN- H' ..... ..~. i'yiaa
If we would win the prize we must
not be cool and Indifferent, but exert
all our strength in the Christian race.
We sometimes congratulate our,
selves at the moment of waking fron2c
a troubled dream,-it may be 90 aftef
death.
Whatever interferes with His Holy
Spirit, whose right it ia to rule and
reign in our hearts, must be given up,
be it what it may.
Do not expect commercial payment
for the real benefits you may render
mankind. Doing good is the great
way of enriching character.
The night has q thousand eyes,
But the light OF the whole world dies
With the setting sun. . .6g
The mind has thou and thoughts, =
The heart but one:
But the light of whole life dies go
When love Is done.
Don't fool yourself. The reason
why you are not at the prayer-meeting
is because you love something else bet
ter than that. Don't you see?-
Some one has said: when look
ed for the Church, I found 1t in the
world and when I looked for the
world, I found it in the Church"
To keep the heart is no easy matter,
but there is no profit In fretting over
the difficulty. 1t has to be done, and
helped by Gods grace, we can do it. 6
The Sabbath ought to produce for us
influences that will be helpful to us
during the following week but 1t will
only do this if we employ it as God re-
quires. -
Oh, the beguiling influence of hui
man wisdom! how doth it corrupt
from the simplicity that is in Jesus =
it strikes at the very life of spiritual
Christianity. v%-S5
Our customs and habits are like the
ruts in roads. The wheels of life set
tie into them; and we jog along.
through the mire because 1t is too
much trouble to get out of them.
Thy sun shall no more 60 down
neither shall thy moon withdraw it
self; for the Lord shall be thine ever,
lasting light, and the days OF thy
mourning shall be ended. lisa. TX. 20.
Man by living wholly in submission
to the Divine influence becomes sur
rounded with, and creates for himself,
internal pleasures Infinitely greater
than any he can otherwise attain to-
a state of heavenly beatitude.
Prayer is the spiritual balm, the pre-
cious cordial, which gives us peace and
courage. It recalls to us our pardon
and our duty. 1t says to us: "Thou
art loved, love; thou hast received,
give; thou must die, do thy duty"
Though the trifer does not chroni-
Gle his own vain words and wasted
hours, they chronicle themselves.
They find their indelible place in shat
book of remembrance with which hu-
man hand cannot tamper, and from
which no being save one can blot
them. They are noted in the memory
of God.
The dull weather. they say, is the
best weather for battle and sorrow is
the best time for seeing through and
conquering ones self. Do not be
afraid, I say, of sorrow. All the
clouds in the sky cannot move the sun
O foot further off; and all the sorrow
in the world cannot move God any
further off.
One of the most useless of all things
is to take deal of trouble in provid-
ing against dangers that never come.
How many lay up riches that they
never enjoy 10 provide for ezingen-.
cies that never happen; to prevent
troubles that never come, sacrificing
present comfort and enjoyment in
guarding against the wants of period
they may never live to see.
Be pitiful, be courteous. The roots
of plants are hidden underground, So
that themselves are not seen, but they
appear in their branches, and flowers.
and fruits, which argue there is root
and life in them; thus the .graces OF
the Spirit planted in the soul, though
themselves invisible, yet discover their
being and life in the tract of Chris
tian's life, his words. and actions, and
the frame of his carriage.