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Our cnlckens, ''rOOst at home ~ 49,.
Don't speak OF others faults until ~ u =.
We have none OF our own. &
Life is short, but there Is ALWAYS
time enough for civility, courtesy and
kindness. r.. - *. -
They that forsake the law praise the
wicked but such as keep the law con-
tend with them. II. d
Confidence in an unfaithful man In I
time Of trouble is like broken tooth.
and foot out Of joint. lE.4 -
There are times when God asks
nothing Of His children except al.
lence, patience and tears. ta9 r,
To rejoice in the happiness of others
is to make 1t our own to produce It is
to make 1t more than our own.
A thief in broadcloth is no better
than thief in rags, nor is a pilded sa.4
loon any better than rum hole. K
More dear in the sight of God and
bis angels than any other conquest is
the conquest of self, which each man.
with the help Of heaven, can secure
for himself. 80 "a. s
IF you are a thorough Christian, Won
will be an attractive one. Be ioyfill
that is, full of joy. Garry joy in your
heart, and let its light shine in your5i
countenance.
When our Lord searches our hearts
he never passes by the faintest long
ing, or desire, or faith, or love OF any
Of his people. He says to, each and /
all :"I know thy works. y
The oldest man on earth Is but a lit
tie child. In eternity he will become
mature. Happy is he if, as he shapes
his course here, he considers that this
life is only the beginning. n
Laziness grows on people it begins
in cob webs and ends in iron chains. !;
The more business man has to do olthe
more he IS able to accomplish, for he
learns to econ0miZe his time.
True courage is cool and calm. The
bravest of men have the least Of bru-
tai, bullying insolence, and in the
very time of danger are found the
most serene, pleasant and free.
A man who looks at his wife as
though the moon was about to turn to-
blood whenever she asks him for
couple OF dollars, is not likely to be-
come very eloquent in prayer at his
family altar. l.3s Siss
Of lessons to be learned in sorrow
the first is always submission. We
are told even Of our Lord that he
"learned obedience in the things that.
he suffered" This IS life's great, all
inclusive lesson. 81. 81 /, y, I. F
It is our own past MADE us what we
are, We are the children of our own
deeds. Conduct has created charac-
ter ; acts have grown into habits; each
year has pressed into US deeper moi:
al print; the lives we have led have
left us such as we are to-day. l.3$
In the sight of God, greatness does
not depend OH the extent Of our
sphere, or on the effect produced, but
ION the power of virtue in the soul, in
the energy with which Gods will is
performed, the spirit in which trials
are borne, and the earnestness with
which goodness is loved and pursued.
The soul that cannot entirely trust
God, whether man be pleased or dis
pleased, eau never long be true to him /;
for while you are cycling man, you are
losing God and stabbing religion at the
very heart.
Prayer is the spiritual balm, the pre-
cious cordial, which gives us peace and
courage. 1t recalls to US our pardon
and our duty. 1t says to US: ttThou
art loved, love; thou hast received,
give; thou must die, do thy duty"
Faithfulness is a higher attainment
than mere success, and, unlike success,
it is within reach of all. Perhaps the
progress of our spiritual life would be
sWifter if we, remembering this,
would strive less after success and
more after faithfulness.
There is gold in the rocks which
fringe the Pass of the Splugen, and
even in the stones which mend the
roads, but there is too little Of it to be
worth extracting. Alas how like too
many books and sermons Not so the
Scriptures; they are much fine gold.
their very dust is precious.
| No outward mark have we to know 49, e.
| Who thine, o Christ may be, ,-r
Until Christian love doth show
| Who appertains to thee: s.... .
| For knowledge may be reached unto, ...
| And formal Justice gained,
But till each other love we do.
Both faith and works are feigned.
Though the trifler does not chronl-
Gle his own vain words and wasted
hours, they chronicle themselves.
They find their indelible place in that
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.
Our loves and hates are of our own
choosing, but our likes and disliles are
frequently directed for US by the decis-
| ions of others. A casual criticism or
sneer on the part of one with whom
we are in conversation. will set us
against q person whom we know but