, 1890-11-20
SPOKANE CHURCHES.
The Different Topics That Will
Be Discussed From the
Several Pulpits.
Kindly Words OF Wisdom for
Every Day in the Work.
aday Week.
GOLDEN THOUGHTS.

GOLDEN THOUGHTS.
Monday
Quiet, Lord, my froward heart
Make me teauhable aud mild,
Upright, simple. tree from art;
Make me as n little childi
From distruSt and envy Tree,
Pleased with all that pleases Thee.
What Thou shalt to-day provide,
Let me as IA child receive;
| What Tomorrow may Detide,
Calmly to Thy wisdom cave;
'Tis enough that Thou wilt care;
Why should the burden bear2
AS little child relies
| On care beyond his own,
Knows he's neither strong nor wise,
Fears to stir step alone,
Let me thus with Hnee abide,
As my Father, guard, and guide.
Anonymous.
Tuesday-In order to advance the
public happiness, the criminal class
must be checked, or suppressed.
The rights of the millions to lawful
pleasure are too clear to be flung
away at the bidding OF few crlmi-
nails. The government of cities
should not be placed in the hand OF
men destitute not only of conscience
but of even human sensibility All
laws and all offices should point to-
ward the happiness of the honora-
BILE public, because the supreme
philosophy of law is to advance the
welfare Of the honorable. The
thory of Thomas Carlyle was too
general. He would take all crimi-
nails and drown them in the Thames
river, and thus give to the honor
able n show of peace; but If that
treatment were too severe, 1t yet re-
mains true that the modes of justice
now followed make the volume
of crime grow wider and
blacker. In the empire of old Cyrus
any, citizen could travel anywhere,
by day or by night, carrying what
money hc wisheI because Cyrus
saw to it that no man would dare
transgress common law. The
government of Cyrus would, in two
years, so reform our cities that their
streets would be as safe at night us
the paths to church in the fields
used TO be when our uation was
young Our cities are often gov
erned by men who can not appre-
ciate noble life I'm ~ noble world.
1t requires as mch refined taste to
appreciate Il decent world as Is re-
required to appreciate the worth of
earning.-David Swing.
Wednesday-Ther Is but one
way to become thorough, happy
and effective Christian. Whether
you are visitor, with large flock
and salary, or small, whether you
are Sabbath school teacher, or II
phllanthropist pushing an uphill
reform, or n parent guarding and
guiding the home flock, you will
get no good, and do no good, unless
you serve Christ heartily.-Dr.
Cuyler.
1hursday-Men found out, step
by step, in primitive days, the diff
ference between right and wrong,
selfishness and helpfulness, justice
and injustice, cruelty and kindness,
the truth and falsehoods, purity and
lust. Men slowly learn to labor, to
labor conjointly; to look forward
and store their harvests, and so
came foresight, frugality, aud the
required in sacrificing the
pleasure of to-day for the sake of
yet greater good IN the future. While
it is to be believed that the divine
Spirit mt special times and seasons
rouses the faculties of men, develops
them to their highest power, yet, in
regard to the grand elements of life,
its laws, its civilization, political
economy, sociology, governments,
men have been led along the slow
.Nf
Beecher.
Friday
My song shall be of mercy;
Come, ye who love the Lord,
Who know thnt lie is gracius,
Who trust His faithful Word
Tell out His works with gladness,
With me eXalt His name,
Whose love cndurcs for ever,
To endless years the same.
My song shall be of Judgment;
Ie who His chastenings feel,
Oh faint not nor be weary,
lie wounds that He may heal!
Yea, bless the hand that smiteth,
And in your grief confess
That all His ways are wisdom,
And truth, and Righteousness
III. Downion.
Saturday--Ambition Is to the
mind what the cap is to the falcon;
it blinds us first, and then compels
us TO tower by reason of our blind
ness. But, alas! when we are at the
summit of vain ambition we are
also ut the depth of real misery. We
are placed where time can not inn
prove, but must impair US where
chance and change can not befriend
but may betray US; In short, by ut
tanning all we wish, and gaining all
we want, we have only reached IA
pinnacle where we have nothing to
hope, but everything to fear