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Ill-Will never said well.


Ill-will never said well.
Religion is not dogma, nor an emo
ton, but service.
I would rather suffer for speaking
the truth than that the truth should
suffer for want of my speaking.
Bestow nothing, receive nothing;
sow nothing, reap nothing; bear no
burden for others, be crushed under
your own.
Oh, thatall may take heed, and be-
ware of covetousness Oh, that all
may learn of Christ, who is meek and
lowly of heart! =,
The man is rich who doesn't want
more than he has means to get.
Riches consist in the abundance of
things man does not want.
I have seen many dying beds, but
never have I seen one which seemed to
me to be a proper place in which to
make preparation for eternity.
Christians are not exempt from
temptations, but they have formed q
close alliance with One who is able to
deliver the godly out of temptations.
The man who hath in him the ele-
ments of worker for Christ will find
a field or make one. Paul when q pris-
oner, made converts in Casar's house
hold.
1t is a comfort to be assured that
God knows the worst of US; and,
moreover, that he has made provision
according 10 his knowledge, and not
merely according to ours.
Whenever a parent gives his chill
dren good instructions, and sets them
at the same time bad example, may
be considered as bringing them food
in one hand and poison in the other.
The man who loves not his brother,
I do not say is at the moment capable
of killing him, but if the natural
working Of his unlove be not checked
he will assuredly become capable OF
killing him. ..-.
Nothing hinders the constant agree
ment of people who live together but
vanity and seltishness. Let the spirit
of humanity and benevolence prevail,
and discord and disagreement would
be banished from the household.
1t is self.absorption that carves wrin-
kles in the face and streaks the hair
with gray. Kindly thought and labor
for others dependent and beloved--the
living out of and not in the petty
round of personal interests-keep heart
and energies fresh.
Success is the worlds criterion of
merit; fidelity is Gods. The reward
of being faithful over few things"
is lust the same as being faithful over
many things :" for the emphasis falls
upon the same word-it is the faith
full" who will enter into "the joy OF
the Lord.n
In a sermon of Bishop Foss, he says:
"Some say, Il really feel as II my
heart-strings would break Well,
who made your heart-strings? Does
He who made the instrument not
know how much tension it will bear?
Why, He is, in fact, tuning it to con-
cert pitch"
The greatest man is he who chooses
the right with invincible resolution |;
who resists the sorest temptations from
within and without; who bears the
heaviest burdens cheerfully; who 1s
calmest in storms, and whose reliance
on truth, on virtue, on God, is most
unfaltering.
To be silent, to suffer, to pray, when
there is no room for outward action, is
an acceptable offering to God. A dis
appointment, q contradiction, an inju-
ry received and endured for Gods
sake, is as much value as a long pray
er, and time is not lost which Is spent
in the practice of meekness and pa
tience.
Pauls idea is that we should seek to
do "honest [becoming] things, not on
ly in the sight of the Lord, but also in
the sight of men," q Cor. viii. 2l.)
That man makes sad mistake in his
conduct who cares nothing about what
men think of him. To approve ones
self unto men, as we'll as unto God, is
the desire of every noble spirit.
Among the desperately wicked"
tendencies of the human heart is that
harassing, ever-present disposition to
doubt the most sacred revelations.
No Christian, however spiritual-mind-
ed, is entirely free from this tempta-
ton. Like an air-bubble, it persistent
ly rises to the surface of the mind.
The prayer of the Hebrew Father
must be the constant prayer of us all
Lord, I believe; help Thou mine
unbeliefH