Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14


God.
There is no step-children in our
Fathers family. Birth and adoption
made them all wholly His, aAd He
treats them as such.
The smallest promise in the Bible,
trusted by the hnmblest saint, has all
heaven pledged to it's fulhllment
The Creator of all will defend every
dot and mark used in writing it down
for His children to read.
II is not with rush and q spring
that we are to reach Chrisps charac-
ter, and attain 10 perfect aaintehip,
but step by step, foot by foot, hOnd
over nand, we are slowly and Often
painfully to mount the ladder that
rests on earth and rises to henven.-
Z. Guthrie, D. d.
Many expect too great success for
the effort made. There is no excel
lence without great labor" He who
would be strong in character and ef-
ficlent in labors must exercise him
self unto these thiDgs-mnst endure
the tediousness and hardness that 20
to make strength aud efficiency.
The person having editorial charge
of tue Religious Column has arranged
for q series of short articles on relig
ion. as viewed from the standpoints
Of the different professions and occu-
pations of life. This week We pre-
sent the first Of the series, contributed
My u teacher in our public schools.
Faith is not sight, but faith can be
seen. ME man who walks by faith
can not see what is before him, but
those who see him can see that he is
walking by faith. Faith which has
any reality in it can be seen With the
naked eye, by watchers of the walker.
A faith filled man does not ask to see,
bnt he is sure to be seen as faith
filled man. Sunday School Times,
Love sweetnns all that it receives
az we'll as all it gIyes. Those people
who are forever suffering aHronts
and offences, who are treated unfairly
and unkiRdly, are generally in fault
about such matters. The very treat
ment at which they take offence is
misconstrued and colored by theil
own Observation-Disclosures. Love never
looks for insults, it never imaginet
evil, it is not looking for evil. The
world is the color Of the glasses We
Wear.-Selected.
RE1IGIoN-By a TeacheY-~Practl
cal religion is the religion of life. Il
is the religion that one carries every
where with him--at home, on the
street, at the table, by the bedside, il
the secret closet. 1t is the religion
shat is demonstrated by conduct be-
tween brother and sister, husband
and wife, tho man and his enemy, The
debtor and the creditor, the rich anC
the poor, the YirtRoas end the defled
Chrisbs entire life was &R jllustratior
of practical religion. He did mol
Gaaye to the world an extended theory
of life and death, but living law o.
every day action. OF the mere theor
list he used his harshest language.
Man is threefold in his nature
hence his religion must have q three
fold application. The Creator coulC
hardly accept as "pure and uadefleG
before God" that soul with an impure
unclean and sin-diseased body. This
temple, this home of the soul, mus
receive the attention and care of hin
whom God would truly bless. The
laws Of health Intentionally or care
Iessly violated is surrender of the
man to the animal, and is an offenst
against God.
The culture Of the intellect ie The
increase Of the capabilities OF The
soul. He who fails to do all in hit
power to cultivate bis senses, his mem
DRY, his imagination, his powers o.
comparing, judging, abstracting anc
reasoning, will have no other CLAIM
on Scripture promise than the ser
want who buried his talent. Satan
best tool is the deprNved intellect gov
erned by prejudice. The worst enc
mics Of society are those who's
warped and selfish minds canno
grasp the truth-.a divine attribute.
Sow acts, reap habits; sow habits
reap character; SOW character, reaI
destiny" Each act should be gov
erned by practical religion. Habit
formed are ''chalns which bind" Hat
its are the sine qua non of the pei
son. II ones habits Of attention, sell
control, order, accuracy, promptnesI
truthfulness, self-denlal, charity an
kindred virtues, were oftener Gale
religion, the masses would probabl
understand the term much bette
Not that there is no divine fire will
ont which all is cold and dead, bv
&hat khgi Inherent and legitimate gu
growth OF Cbrisps religion is exeu
pIiGed in tho Individual acts of
followers. Morals without religion
if there he such-is tpst es lifele
and as offensive In the sight OF Go
az religion without morals.