Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

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An hour Of solitude, passed in sim
cere and earnest prayer, will teach us
more OF thought, will more etfectu-
ally awaken the faculty and form the
habit of reflection, than year's study
in the schools without it.-ColerIdge.
Successful, effective praying does
not in the leust depend on ability to
explain the doctrine of prayer, any
more than knowledge Of chemistry
is necessary to the eating OF food
The heartiest, strongest men in the
world are ignorant OF physiology and
the laws Of digestion; but they are
men of healthy bodies, Of hard labor,
of good digestion and common sense
1t is well for some one to study the
best effects Of various foods, and to
ascertain all the favorable conditions
of better digestion. BY all means let
us know all we can about the doctrine
of prayer, but the world must not
stop praying while we are on the
search. Any one who wants to pray
knows how; no one who Is unwilling
to pray can learn how.-Selected.
Victory THROUGH CHRIsT--1. The
victory through Christ is victory over
selfshness 1--WE always see such
Christians sooner or later laying
aside thoughts of self, and becoming
full of consideration for others; they
renounce self-indulgent habits, and
surrender all purely feshy gratlfca-
tions. Some helpful work for others
is taken up, aud useless occupations
are dropped out of the life. Gods
glory and the welfare of His creatures
become the absorbing delight of the
soul."-H. w. $.
2. Victory through Christ is vic
tory over sorrow. He draws near to
our trembling, shrinking nature, and
pours IN such marvellous strength as
we had never dreamed Of, We find
ourselves calm, self-possessed, rest
full, almost joyous, in circumstances
which, as we considered them from a
distance, had seemed utterly intoler-
able. In the deprivation Of all that
men prize we actually enumerate our
unsearchable satisfaction and wealth
And 30 we bless God for that from
which we had asked to be saved. y
Meyer
8, Victory through Christ IS vic.
tory over death. Blessed conqueror!
Those, into whose hearts the biting
iron has pierced, who have endured
the sickening grief Of loss, cling
closely to the risen Saviour. He
lightens the gloomy carnal house,
and sweetens the bitter cup. He has
passed that way before us, and even
the path to Gethsemane and Calvary
is radiant with the etfulgence Of His
glory.-W. II. w.
DANGER SIGNALS FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS.
l. Beware at the very start of hid
ing the talent given in trust. NE
glect not the gift that is in thee"
2, Beware of yielding to the
charms of the world. We are 'in
the world but not of it," then ''use
this world as not abusing it."
3. Beware of self-exaltatlon. HE
that humhleth himself" is the prom.
ise Of the Scripture.
4. Beware of neglecting sacred
things. Gods holy Word. His day,
His house, His church, his Holy Spir-
it; reverently and constantly yield to
the calls of each,
5, Beware of trlflng with con.
science. conscience is the bell in
the watch tower"
6. Beware of fault-fnding, "Char-
ity thinketh no evil" 1t is easier to
criticise than to do, but some do not
know it.
7. Beware of covetousness. II is
an insidious foe, stealthy, aggressive,
and at last fatal; for "covetousness is
idolatry."
s, Beware Of the idle tongue, the
rock on which many a reputation has
broken. "TAe tongue is an unruly
member"
8. Beware of deserving the church
Of your choice Don't 30 "driven by
every wind Of doctrine" or fact, or
fancy. BE steadfast."
10. Beware of becoming q relig-
ious fossil; "having the form of god
illness, but denying the power there
Of" Grow in knowledge; grow in
grace; grow in His likeness.