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the fault was only on one side.
The only way to get more from God
is to enjoy what He has already given.
He who is most slow in making q
promise is the most faithful in the per-
formsnce of it.
Only a word Of encouragement, a
single word. 1t gave dropping spirit
new life, and led to victory.
Religious life needs culture. Nour-
ish it by the study Of the Bible, by
prayer, and by the faithful perform
ance of Christian duty.
Though to-day may not fulfill
All my hopes, have patience still;
For perchance to.morrows sun
Sees thy happier days begun.
Tongue cannot describe the love Of
Christ; finite minds cannot conceive
of it; and those who know most Of it
can only say with inspiration that 1t
"passeth knowledge"
Those who think themselves at
heavens gate may yet sin their souls
into deepest bell, unless the unchang-
ing love and power Of God shall up
hold them even to the end.
Small kindnesses, small courtesies,
small considerations, habitually. prae-
ticed in our social intercourse, give a
greater charm to the character than
the display of great talents and accom-
plishments.
"Without me We can do nothing" Is
as true of strong men as of babes in
grace. Temptation, like fire. will
burn when the wood is green, and GER
tainly it hath no less power when the
fuel Is old and sere.
In order to shine, o Christian does
not Iced great talents or wealth or
conspicuous position. Every consis-
tent, right-living child of God, be he
ever so humble, is candle shining in
the spot where his Lord has placed
him.
"Christ came to love as none had
ever loved, those whom none had ever
loved as yet. He was the Protector OF
children, the Healer of the sick, the
Friend of the sinful, the Teacher OF
the ignorant, the Seeker of the wan
dering, the Saviour of the lost"
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 is
calmest in storms; and whose reliance
on truth, on virtue. on God, is most
unfaltering.
He who goes to God for help will
not leave the work for God to do, bu
is more likely to work for what ht
prays. In short, we must be in ear
nest, having on the whole armor o.
God, and show by our daily walks
that we believe what we practice, ano
practice what we believe.
How easily false and slanderous re
. port can be put into circulation. HUI
man nature has greedy appetite to-
such reports. An infamous repor
needs no confirmation or foundatlor
in order to secure attention and belief
All it needs Is O start. But the truth
must fight it's way. "Who hath be-
lieved our repcrt?"
Every mains character is almost Ger
tain to be affected for good or evil by
the society with which he habitually
lmincles. and in which he finds his so
ciul pleasures. Hence the vast impor
tance of selecting pure and virtuou!
companions in life. This is especially
the case with young people, whose
characters are in the forming stage.
A sense of danger is esser tial tt
safety, in all the walks of life. 1.-THE
way to be safe is never to be secure,
said old Quarles. Safety is freedom
from harm, while security is freedom
from care. He who has sense of in
security and constant peril, may be al
the safer through the watchfulnes'
that that sense engenders. On tht
other hand, "let him that thinketh ht
standeth take heed lest he fall.'
The best thing to give to your enc
my is forgiveness to an opponent
tolerance to a friend, your heart, tt
YOUR child, Il good example to you
father Difference; to your mother, con
duct that will make her proud OF you
to yourself, respect; to all men, charl
ty.
He that would sound the depths o
Scripture truths by the pllnmmet o
human reason, will find his line to-
short. The humble Christian, like tn
seraphim, covers his face before tn
Infinite Majesty of Heaven, and eS
claims, 80 the depths OF the richie
both of the wisdom and knowledge o
God !"
Never give way to melancholy
Are you happy? Are you likely to re
main so till evening, or next month
or next year? Then why destroy. pres
ent happiness by distant misery
which may never come at all: EV,
cry substantial grief has twenty shao
ows, and most of them shadows OF ou
. own making.