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GRAINS.

GRAINS.
To win, work and wait-but work 8
good deal more than you wait.
The devil loves stingy man. God
loves cheerful giver. Which are
you?
You cannot repent too soon, because
you do not know how soon it may be
too late.
If you cannot get what you want,
about the only way to be happy is to
quit wanting it.
Men who cover themselves with glo-
ry sometimes find that they are, after
all, very thinly clad.
He who lets considerations of busi-
ness or society hold him back from
Christ is unworthy of him.
Never take away from a man even
the shadow of spiritual truth, unless
you can give him substance in return.
Domestic life presents many oppor-
tunities for the exercise of virtue, as
we'll as the more exalted stations OF
honor and ambition.
Strive for more and more willing
ness to endure the baptisms and suffer
ings needful to remove from thy heart
all that remains opposed to the Divine
will.
Were half the power that fills the world with
terror,
Given to redeem the human mind from error
There we're no need Of arsenals nor forts.
What we are afraid to do before
men, we should be afraid to think be-
fore God. He is the best Christian,
not who talks most of God, but who
walks most with God.
We are too fond of our own will.
We want to be doing what we fancy
mighty things but the great point is
to do small things, when called to
them, in right spirit.
It is almost impossible TO stop an
evil course when once 1T is under way.
We should, therefore, be exceedingly
careful to watch the trend of every
habit to which we commit ourselves.
Look for good in every life instead
of evil, and you will be surprised to
light on much of it where least ex.
pected. An expression of happiness
over the discovery will lead to its cul.
tivation.
Remember, YOU are not hidden to be
successful, but to be faithful. The
Christian who worries much about re.
suits, will probably see but little fruit
Only he who loses his life for Christs
sake, really finds it.
It has been said that if q servant OIL
God, who may be slandered, drives
fast. he will soon get out of the dust o
the DEVILS wagons. II is a good plan
to get as far off as possible from al
who show all evil disposition.
Yielding utterly to the inner i'm
pulse of conscience gives an intelligent
bower, a moral insight, capacity O
expression, freshness, an incisiveness
of phrase entirely unobtainable BY
mere will, or any method Of intellect
ual prudence.
A single case of hydrophobia will
stir up the authorities to kill every un
muzzled dog in the streets. But deli
rum tremens may kill scores Of mer
in brown-stone fronts and in huts o
poverty, and the same authorities vii
hold inquests and sigh over "the mys
terious ways of Providence"
He that would sound the depths o
Scripture truths by the plumInet o
human reason, will find his line tot
short. The humble Christian, lik'
the seraphim, covers his face befor
the Infinite Majesty of Heaven, anC
exclaims, o the depths of the richie
both of the wisdom and knowledge o
God!
Let no one think that he may liv
for himself alone. Each individua
has a sphere of usefulness to occupy
and his happiness is closely connecte'
with the performance of his duty
Our Divine Redeemer has left us al
example that we should tread in Hi
steps. May we daily study the con
duct of Him whose life was one con
tinued exercise of unwearied benevo
lence-"who went about doing good.
In spite of the many vain regrets W.
hear for wasted time and opportuni
ties, it is not certain that the days yol
have wasted are entirely unfruitful 70
YOUR good. The recognition of pas
errors is in itself an invaluable posses
sion, and only through bitter expert
ence is such knowledge attainable 70
some natures. So the divinity which
shapes the ends of all men may con
vert even your own fOllies into the
Machinery just meant
! To give thy soul its bent,
Try thee, and turn thee forth sufficiently in
pressed