The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-02

Do not look forward to the changes an,
chances of this life In fear; rather look t
them with full hope that. as they arise, God
whose you are, will deliver you out of them
He has kept you hitherto--do you but mole
fast to His dear hand. and He will lead yet
safely through all things; and. when yor
cannot stand, He will bear you In His arms
Do not look forward tonwhat may happen to-
morrow; the same everlasting Father who
cares for you to day will take care of you to.
shield you from suffering, or He will give you
unfailing strength to bear It. Be at peace
then, and put aside all anxious thoughts and
imaginations.-TFran de Sales.
The worst cases of scrofula, salt rheum and
other diseases of the blood, are cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla.-adv.
"GIve us grace that we may daily endeavor
ourselves to follow the blessed steps of His
most holy life." Now, what are those steps?
Perhaps you are not even looking to see what
they are, let alone following them. Following
the steps is quite different thing from think
! ing to follow ones own idea of the general
direction of course. II you would only
the earnest purpose OF noting, by the Holy
Spirits guidance, what the steps Of Jesus are,
you would soon see distinctly whether you
are following or not, far more clearly than by
reading any amount of books about II, or
consulting any number Of human counselors
Take for today only one indication OF what
those steps were: "Who went about doing
good" DO your steps correspond with thati
1t Is not "went about doing no harm. "but &C.
lively and positively" doing good."-GErances
Ridley Havergal.
To want to do some useful labor In the
world, to think that useless lie IL only pre-
mature death, to find ourselves apparently
shut out from usefulness. and yet to believe |
that God wants US to grow into His likeness
hv xuh Ovv Ill he NJ tho uroat UvorkinO /
universe proceeds-that Is indeed puzzle to
ones faith. 1t may be that God used to give |
you plentiful chance Of work for Him. Your
days went singing by each winged with some /
enthusiastic duty for'the Master whom you
loved. Then 1t was easy to believe that He
was training you; His contact with your life
was manifest; the use He made Of you was
very clear. BY and by came change. He
took all that away. He snatched your work
out of your hands, or made your hands SO
weak with sickness that they let 1t drop
themselves. What then: Have you been
able still, In idleness, In what seems useless
ness. to keep the assurance Of His care for
you? Have you been able still to be satisfied
with knowing Just that here you were, ready
% be used II He wanted to use you, resdv a.
70 to be laid aside II He thought best! That
las depended upon whether all your old
Him. II 1t did. n I'm 1t all, while you de-
lighted In doing It, the principal blessing Of
t all was that Il permitted fyou to look into
iod's soul and see how self complete and
uprenle He was; how, after all His work :
ngs. II was not In His works but 10 His Ds-
ure. not 10 His doing nut In His being, thar
}od's true glory lay u as you worked with !
Him, you really looked Into His nature and
iscerned all this-then when He takes your !
work away and BIDS you no longer to do :
God and obedient things. but only to be
ood and obediehf, surely that is not the
cath Of faith. That may be faiths transfig- .
ratien. You can be Idle for Him. n 80 He =
wills. with the same joy with which you ence
,bored for Him. The sick-bed or the prison
as welcome as the harvesf-6eld or battle
cid. when once your soul has come TO value
; the end Of life the privilege of seeking and
{ finding Him.-fPbiIlips Brooks.