The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-17

When Il bird flies against the wind
it flies with its feathers all gracefully
smoothed down, and his enab les it to
sail aloft. When it flies with the wind it
flies with rut1lcd feather, and hence it
fiOps abeut and cannot rise. 1t is easy
to make the spiritual application. He
who reSists temptation and fights the
good fight of faith and surmounts all
obstacles is made perfect through suf-
fering, and is qualified to mount to the
realms of glory. He who floats with
the popular breeze and yields to the
Establishments of society, and innul-
ges his passions, and conforms to the
pride of life, and drives God out OF his
heart and Christ out of his memory,
shall pass away into shame and ever
ilastng contempt.-Atlanta Presbyte-
rian.
There are other ways Of being liberal
than simply to give money. TO go
further up street for the sake Of giving
your trade to u poor fellow who needs
it that he may support his family 10
take the trouble to look up poor ooy
who needs the place you can give hlm,
when you could with less trouble to
yourself put a card in the window or
an advertisement in the paper; to con-
suit another's need rather than your
own convenience, is to fulfil the law
law of Christ by bearing another's
burden.-United Presbyterian.
The more religion a man has the
better is he qualified for statesmanshlp.
There are MEN now high in civil Of
flee that ought to be in the peniten-
tiary. 1t makes against a candidate
for civil Office that he prays and Keeps
the commandments. But this should
not be so. Government is ordained
of God, and Gods people should run
it.
A man who doubts and only half
believes, does not believe at all. One
cannot believe thing and have even
the least doubt about its truth. Belief
is equivalent to knowledge. A man
cannot believe a thing which he is not
wholly convinced is true. " 1 know
that my Redeemer liveth " expresses
The frame Of mind in which we should
approach the great truths of the gos-
pei.
The deepest mine in the world is at
st. Andre du Poirer, France, and
yearly produces 100000 tons of coal.
This mine is worked with two shafts,
one 1852 feet deep, and the other
3,OS3. The latter shaft is now being
deepened, and will soon touch the
1000 level.
The time to do a good thing is when
YOU can. Unimproved opportunities
never return. If you find it in your
power to-day and here to help o
Struggling soul, you are guilty before
God if you fail to stretch out your
hand. Tomorrow will be too late.
We speak of the snow as if an image
of death. 1t may be that, but it hides
the everlasting life under its robe the
life to he revealed in due time, when
all cold shadows shall melt away be-
fore tho ascending sun, and we shall
he, not unclothed, but clothed upon,
and mortality shall be swallowed up
of life.
Gen. Booths first practical move in
the way of improving the condition of
the working poor of London Is to es
tablish Il matchmaking factory, in
which higher rate of wages will be
paid than in ordinary concerns.
How short-lived are the best resolu-
tons made in our own strength they
resemble the early dew which soon
passeth away, and the grass upon the
housetop which withereth afore it
groweth up.
Minister.-W We'll, Bobby, do you think
you will be better little by this year
than you were last? Bobby (hope-
fuIly)-I think so, sir; 1 began taking
cod-iiver oil last week.-Epoch.
What we do for ourselves will soon
he forgotten. What we do for others
may be the vision to cheer the soul
when the eyes can no longer behold
the loved one.
The protracted deadlock in Florida
has been broken by the reelection OF
Senate Call to congress.
y Clergyman in New York declined
to permit an engaged couple to re-
hearse in his church the wedding
ceremony.
TO stop shoes from squeaking, drive
a peg into the middle of the sole.