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Selections from the Christian NfghbiE
Reward.

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True it is that human being L. \
"fearfully and wonderfully made, e
Among the wonderful powers or facnl-
ties in the creature is that of having
respect to reward as promised upon
condition of obedience to command. s
"Verily there is a reward for the !:
righteous" 81
TIE reward of pardon is promised
to repentant sinners: Let the wick.
ed forsake his way, and the unright-
eous man his thoughts: and let him
return unto the Lord, and he will &
have mercy upon him and to orr8
God,. for he viii abundantly par
dom" .5@s5 81 sa3F5
Many are the variously worded
promises of heaven to, all who may be
able with Paul to say at the close Of
probation life: II have fought good
fight, I have finished my course,
have kept the faith henceforth there
is laid up for me crown Of righteous
ness, which the Lord, the righteous:
Judge, shall give me at day and notS
to me only, but unto all them also
that love disappearing"
1t is well, yea needful, that the fol-g
lowers of Christ should, specially In !
trials, to look to the reward promised
to them that endure. In this they
will follow their great exampler,
"who for the joy that was set before
him the reward endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down
at the right hand of the throne off
God.u M; s3;;:E
In times of trial and aff1iction Jet
the diciples not fail to consider what
Jesus endured, ''lest they. be wearieds I
and faint in their minds.p "Christ
also suffered for US, leaving. an exam
pie that we should follow his steps, Fs
No man or woman lives who does,
not need encouragement in the battle
of life. Nothing inspires courage in
trials like hope of reward and q con-
slant look st the victorious example
of Him who was tempted in all points
as we are and who is able to succOr9
them who follow him in endeayors TO !:
endure, even as he, the captain Of their
salvation, endured. ~ X 4.
Let the tempted, the least down,,n
call to mind the inspired and inspiring
words: "There hath no temptationt
ken you but such as Is common to-
man but God is faithful, who will! |!
not suffer you to be tempted above
THAT We are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape,
that we may be able to bear it."
Whatever the temptation or aflic-s
tion may be let the suffering look not;
at the things which are seen but at the
things which are not seen: for the
things which are seen are temporal !:
but the things which are not seen the
reward are eternal" While the suf9
fering thus "look not, and thus
"look" their afaiction "works for
them a far more exceeeing and eternal
weight of giory."-an enlargement Of
reward. st
Let those who "endure hardness as
good soldiers of Christi and who real
slize that when they are weak then
are they strong, resolve in the name
and in the spirit of Christ that they
will be faithful even "unto death
and they shall receive the reward
promised by Christ himself. ITO him
that over cometh will I grant to sis.
with me in my throne, even as { also
overcame, and am set down with my
Father in his throne" Work, en-
dure, wait-having respect unto the
reward. 4: