The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-05-22

| M XIV t-SA"s'
The happiness of love Ia In action; its
test Is what one Is willing to do for Others.-
Lew Wallace.
Men show their character In nothing NOR,
clearly than by what they think iaughable.-
| Goethe.
Honor the old, Instruct the young, consul
the wise,land bear with the foolish.-[Ger
man Proverb.
1t has been the plan of my life to follow
my convictions at whatever personal cost tc
myself Garfield.
That which man rea 'ly possesses Is thai
which Is within him; that which Is without
MIN ts subject to accidents; possession to-day
It may not be In existence to-morrow.-[J
johnson.
| Sing In fine weather! Any bird can do
that. Praising God when all goes well Is
commonplace work. Everybody marks the
| Nightingale above all ether birds because she
singeth when the other minstrels of the wood
are silent and asleep; and thus doth faith
praise God under the cloud. Songs In the day
are from man, but God himself giveth sUngs
In the night.-lSpurgeon.
Though there are many exceptions, the
church Is usually the birthplace Of the Chris.
tian. In the assembly of the saints is found
the atmosphere In which the tree of life most
commonly blossoms, and here Is the genial
warmth which Is most conducive to the Wig.
orous development Of the germs, Of eternal
lite. Here afe the influences amid which the
Christisn attains bis highest growth and use.
fulness and most beautiful symmetry of
character. Religious Herald.
Bind together your spare hours by the
chord of some definite purpose, and you know
not how much you may accomplish. Gather
up the fragments of your time, that nothing
may be lost. ....
Whatever be the source Of fear In children,
let the parents watch till they have found it
out; and, having found 1t out, let them lead
on the child to conquest, both by reason and
by bringing such courage as 1t has to bear on
the weak point. In any case, whether of
bold or timid child, the only completely eff
fectual training comes from the parents ex-
ample.
He does not need to transplant us into a
different field, but right where we are, with
just the circumstances that surround us, He
makes His sun to shine and His dew to fall
upon US. and transforms the very things that
were before our greatest hindrances, into the
chiefest and most blessed means of our
growth. -. No difficulties In your case can
battle Him. No dwarfng of your growth in
years that are past, no apparent drvness Of
your inward springs of life, no crookedness
or deformity In any of your past DEVELOPMENT
can In the least mar the perfect work that He
will accomplish, If you will only put your
selves absolutely into His bands. and let Him
have His own way with YOU'LL. W. S.
One day drop OF water lay ir pool on
the city street. 1t was stained and soiled.
But, looking up, 1t saw the blue sky, and the
pure heavens, and the white sunbeams dane
ing everywhere, and began to long for purity
and for nobler. worthier life. 1t looked up
into the sky and its longing became an
prayer to be made clean and beautl-
full. And its prayer was heard. Presently the
little sOiled drop was lifted up out of the gut
ter into the air-higher and higher. Then
the breeze caught it and 1t was waited away,
away, and by-and.by it vested in the bosom
Of a rose. a drop Of pure, crystal dew. So
God answers our prayers for holiness.
BLESSED are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness, for they shall be filed"
~. X. NJ Her.
If you Will look into the Oldest book of BIZ
ographies on the globe, you will find that the
men who have conquered the strongest temp.
tatons have had not only the courage of
their convictions, but have had the indwelllng
power of God. Joseph, spurning tremen-
dous temptation, not because POtiphar saw
him. but because God saw him; Daniel. fac
Ing both g laugh In the palace and the lions in
The royal park; Paul, defying Nero because
'the Lord stood with me and strengthened
me'-these are the models for your imitation.
Good impulses are abundant and cheap. They
will never hold you In sharp fight unless |
you have the staying-power which Christ |
mparts. To stand the sneer of scOffers, to |
'esist the rush for sudden wealth, to conquer
ieshly appetites. to hold an unruly temper
lnder control, to keep base passions subdued,
md to direct all your plans and purposes
traght toward the highest mark, requires
)0wer above your own. Christ's mastery of
'ou will give you se!f-mastery; yes, and
mastery over the powers of darkness and of
lell. Faith will fire the last shot, and when
he battle of life ends, you will stand among
he crowned conquer0rs In glory.-[Theo-
lore Cuyler. ID. D.