Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-11-24
Sunday Selections.

One of the greatest causes of
trouble in this world is the habit
people have of talking faster than
they can think.-Summersille
Journal.
The trouble is that man will per-
sist in trying to extend his accoun-
liability to Gods actions. He
will wear out his heart and brain
in worry over consequences which
belong oGod. And while thus
endeavoring to do Gods part, he is
given toneglect!ng his own
Western Recorder.
Sorrow for sin only because it
exposes to punishment, is not true
repentance. He thatsorrows sitter
agodly sort would not sin, though
escape from the consequences
possible, for his heart is changed,
he is renewed in the spirit Of his
mind; BE loves God and his
service, and has lost his relish for
the pleasures of sin.-G. Walker
Christianity is everywhere ag-
gressive; heathenism everywhere
on the defensive, and in many
cases demoralized, and .ita leaders
anticipating defeat. # the Lords
people will only do their duty, are
another century rolls around, the
whole world will have been evan
gelized, the gospel preached to
every creature. and the heather
given to the Son for his inheritance
and the utmost parts Of the earth
for his possession.-T. P. Bell.
The secret of success in life is
to keep busy, to be perseverlng,
patient, and untiring in the pur-
suit of calling you are following.
The busy ones may now and then
make mistakes, but tits better risk
these thanto be idle and inactive.
Keep doing, whether it beat work
or seeking recreation. Motion is life,
and the busiest are the happiest.
Cheerful, active labor is a blessing.
An old philosopher says: The IRE
fly only shines when on the wing;
SO it is with the miLd; when once
we rest, we darken." British
Printer.
We can no more please God
without absola atsly separating our
selves from the world than We can
fly. I know some professed
Christians who dance, play cards,
drink beer, violate the Sabbath,
and do many things which can
only fail to characterize one as a
true follower of the Christ our
Lord. Would TO God we could do
or say something to cause him to
shake off the yoke of bondage
which sin has placed on him.
Now brother, sister" All thing are
possible to him that believeth. y
w. 81. Mayfeld in American
Baptist.
Why should Christ be chastlsed
for my peace2 How is it that the
ground has to be wounded by spade
and plow, and put under harrows,
before it will produce bread fol
us7 How is it chat the grain must
be bruised under millstones be.
fore it will make bread for usi
How is it that plants, flowers and
fruits yield their talent virtues
only when bruised? Why is vege-
table life sacred to US? Why is
animal life slain for us? Finding
the answer to the question will
open higher Observation-Disclosures
"I love to feel that 1 am serving
the Lord twenty-four hours in the
day." This remark was made at
a missionary meeting by a lady
who in her home and in her church
sought to meet ell her Christian
obligations. Her remark was an
enigma to her friends. Hoy could
she serve the Lord during her
hours of rest? She replied: "While
I am asleep my representative is
at work on the other side,' She
had been endowed with wealth,
and was supporting missionary
in Asia.-sowers and Reapers.
Our children may not abide
the earth sounds hollow to the foot
1t is SO full of graves. All how
few gardens are there where death
has not left his footprints, when
he came to steal away some of our