The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-04-01
CHRISTIAN ENOEAvOR COLUMN.
EDITED BY REV. AND MRS. W. L.
LEISHEK
PRAYER MEETING TOPIC FOR WEEK.
BEGINNING APRIL 3.
The First Psalm. What ts There In II
For Me7

For Me7
Ps. /; josh. l: s; Thess. 2: ID.
Tastes determine SUCCESS. 1t is
an old puzzle to account for the
successes of the bad, the failures of
the good. 1t sometimes looks as
though men were helped more by
studying ledger than by porng
over the law of the Lord. Time
solves the riddle. Summers suns
parch the spreading herb, but ripen
thu fruit on the tree watered bv the
river of life; autumn's frosts strip
the bright dress from other boughs,
but leave unframed the sturdy
evergreen; winters SHOWS are the
winding-sheet of the towering weed;
but the centuries changes only rlvet
new bands of strength around the
slowly climbing giants of the forest.
Tastes determine destiny. Wind
ing is the way of sinners, but 1T
never it never runs into the narrow
way. The two are as different in
their destinations as in their course.
Those who walk IN either find their
own places at the goal at the end Of
the road that they chose. He who
sat here IN the scorners' seat from
choice must be In like company
hereafter, while he whose daily de.
light was Ia the book Of the law
shall find his name written in the
Lambs book of life. Happily, the
JOY is not for those alone who never
have walked in the way Of SINNERS,
else the door of hope would be
barred to ail.-Arthur W. Kelley.
A BENEDIcrroN (Ps. 1: /, 2),-
We have q posture blessing for
negative act. What an encourage.
ment for those who have been lin.
tied in gift or training, to know
that heavens favor is ready for
them, though they may not be able
to do any grand thing for God, if
they only eschew the counsel of the
ungodly, and shun evil companion.
ship, and avoid those of sneering
and scornful tongue! And yet the
disposition to avoid evil only comes
through adhering to good. He
who really delights IN God can have
no fellowship with those who de.
spise his law. The surest way to
deserve the blessing promised in
this psalm is to make the sacred
Word the man of our counsel, to
cultivate the friendship of the
saints, and to practice that charity
covereth multitude of SINS.
When YOU need advice about your
course, your trials, your family
Affections, your business engage
ments, do you go to God, or to some
wisedcre who doesn't know any
more than yourself about the mat
ter! You can get more wisdom on
Your knees and from the blessed
Book in five minutes than YOU can
IN month from the wisest human
teacher. What you want to make
you successful man in Gods
sight is a proper spirit. That comes
from heayen. From Gods law
you can get the aivice and from
Gods theme you can get the grace.
Mediate. Pray. DO you do IT.
Rev. W. IL. G. Temple.
Here, then, is the contrast be-
tween the two portions of this psalm.
Here is the fruitful, cherished tree,
and here the driving chaff. On
the one side, stability, divine cul-
ture, fruitfulness; on the other, in
ability, uselessness, ruin. On the
one side, law which nourishes
every form goodly power, and pro-
viaes every variety of instruction
and of comfort; on the other, license,
which dissipates power, begets rest
lessness, and ends in worthlesness.
On the one side, divine yindlca-
ton; on the other, a divine expos
urc. Which shall be our portion:
Where our place: In the garden
beside lhe river Of God, or on the
threshing. floor, at the mercy OF the
wind?-M. r. Vincent, ID. ID.
THE Bible is so strict and old
fashioned, said a Young man to a
gray haired friend, who was advis-
ing him to study Gods Word il he
would learn how to live. There
arc plenty of books written nova
DAYS that arc moral enough in :heir
teachings, and do not bind one
down as the Bible. The old mer-
chant turned to his desk aud took
out two ralers, one of which was
slightly bent. With each of these
he ruled line, aud silently handed
the ruled paper to has companion.
Well" said the lad, what 40
vcu mean?" Cone line Is not
straish aud true. is il: When you
mark out your path in life, 30 not
take a crooked ralos. From The
Christian Worker.
Character j. not cur in marble: 1t