Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-06-09
HERE AND HEREAFTER.
When you are so tired that rest

!, seems an unattainable boon; whe
you are so overwhelmed with wor.
, that leisure is beyond reach; whel
, all the trough edges" seem to b
on the outside, and all your nerve
, likewise above the surface; whel
your spirit is vexed within you
and even your "fond familiar
friends irritate and oppress you
stay your impatient, wearied sou
with the thought that tomorrow
all may be changed, that while
you sleep a strange power may
smooth the harsh things and undo
the snarls, and that, at the farthest
there is notvery far away a golden
day when you will wonder why all
these trifes hurt you SO, and when
you will find yourself smiling and
serene as if no storms had passed
your way. For all things have
worked togotl for your good, as
you are the - er's child, and 50
good came.-l Union Signal.
There are some men and some
women in whose company we are
always at our best. While with
them we cannot think mean
thoughts or speak ungenerous
words. Their mere presence is
elevation, purfcation, sanctity.
All the best stops in our nature
are drawn out by their intercourse,
and we find a music in our souls
that was never there before. Sup
pose even that influence prolonged
through a month, year, life
time, and what could not life be-
come? Here, even on the common,
plane of life, talking our language,
walking our streets, working side
by side, are sanctifers of souls;'
here, breathing through common
clay, is heaven; here, energies
charged even through a temporal
medium with the virtue of regen-
Grafton. If to live with men, di-
luted to the millionth de---sc viii,
the g2ftae of The Highest, can =
III and purify III nat,:3. whc
bounds can lie SGT = :: ::s .naueDce'
Of Cbsi',.s 10 live with Socrates
.litiipcilf3i'' fi::cs-lnusS Rave
a,a;:e one WISE; with AI3stides.
just. Francis Of .4ssisi 5nust have
made one gentle; savonarola,
strong. But to have lived with
Christ must have made one like
Christ; that is to say, Christian.
II Prof. Drummond.
"Any man"-any soul may have
the friendship of Christ, or these,
His words, are without meaning.
His heart aches with pity for our
loneliness, and for the poverty |
that we misname aiches. He will |
listen to what we have to tell him,
He will take what we have to offer
Him, however simple the story,
however humble the fare. And
He will give to us the heavenly |
food wherewith His earthly life
was sustained, the meat that men
know not of. While we talk with |
Him and He with us, He will un-
fold to us the secret of His glorious
earthly career-the blessed open
secret that he would have us share
with the whole world-"not to be
ministered unto, but to minister.
Filled with His Spirit, we shall |
not desire to claim Him for our
selves alone. Our healts will un-
fold with His open-heartedness,
and lonely souls will seek shelter
with us, attracted by the light and
warmth of His Presence. They
who have set wide the doors of
their being to Him have caught
from the presence of this Divine
Guest their first hint of the possi-
bic rapture of living; they have
had in the face of Christ their
first true glimpse of Cod Lucy
Larcom, in "The Unseen Friend"
Gone day to a timel ssemin' to
me that our Heavenly Father have
given us our life in days, because
He sees that we can't manage No
more than that at once. Lots O.
people might get on very we'll if
they'd be content to take life like
tbs given; but they go wonderin'
whatever they shall do next week,
Or whatever will happeL to them
next year, an 80 they get fright
ened, an think that 'tis no good
heir tryin'-not a bit. I can
mind once when I was little boy
1elpin' mother to store away the
apples. I put my arms around
sver so many o. them an tried to
bring them all. I managed for
step or two. Then out fell one
IN another, an two or three more,
ill thew was all rOllin' over the