Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
The righteous are expected to mag
nifty the grace Of God by clear testi'
mony and a pure, consistent life.

nlIy the grace OF Gou ny clehI lesCl-
mony and pure, consistent life.
II You would not cease to love
mankind. you must not cease to do
them good. - Marie ESchenbdch
II we simply dwell upon our suffer
ings they become more Intense, but
il we tell them to God in prayer as
we thing upon them, relief will come,
for he gives rest to his beloved.
Life il greqt school. God is the
teacher. We are all his pupils The
lessons are dllliculI but we must
learn them"
If you do not wish for this king
dom, don't pray for it. But ii you
do, you must do more than pray for
it; you must work fol- it.-RuStjn.
DO not look forward to the changes
and chances Of this life in fear, rather
look TO them with full hope that, as
they arise, God, whose you are, will
deliver you out Of them. He has
kept you hitherto do you but hold
fast to this dear hand, and he will
lead you safely though all things,
and when you cannot stand, he will
bear you in his arms.-Francjs de
Sales.
Blessed is the man who can work
tremendously with his brethren. The
brother who is forever on the other
side Of the question, who feels him
self mighty moved to raise objections,
who is constantly mistreated, who is
never fully appreciated, and who gen
orally keeps two or three little broils
on hand, must have an awfully hard
time keeping on n good humor with
himself. No doubt he loses sleep in
the constant effort to Justify himself
for such ugly behavior. This brother
is numerous, but it don't take many
such. --Selected.
"Any conception Of faith which ex-
cludes personal effort is imperfect
and false. Profound reliance upon
the Lord Ia not only consistent with
human work, but demands such work.
Peter had faith that the lame man
would be healed by divine rover,
still he took him by the hanl and
lifted him up. Moses set the army
in array and urged on the brave
strife, while he held up all day plead
ing hands to heaven. He prayed as
if nothing elsa could be done; the
army fought as il there was no other
way to victory. The conflict between
faith and works in imaginary"
The LAW OF LIBERTY. 1T seems to
be forgotten By many people that all
liberty is subject to law. The mo-
ment that liberty becomes lawless it
ceases to become genuine liberty, and
is anarchy, libertinism, looseness,
National liberty is liberty under the
laws of certain governments. Ameri-
can liberty is liberty IN accordance
with the laws of this nation, but not
in harmony with the laws of Russia.
Hence there is difference and a
great-difference too, between the lib
erty Afforded by the laws of America
and those Of Russia. But in both
governments it Is liberty under law,
Now, it is just as true that Christian
liberty is under law. The Christian
is under the law of Christ. He has
no liberty to do anything which is
contrary to the law of Christ, as that
law is revealed and recorded in the
New Testament, This is to be the
rule of his faith and practice. There
may be different interpretations put
upon some phases or parts of the law
of Christ There is room for a differ
ence of opinion with respect to some
points of the law governing the
Christian, just as there is with regard
to the civil laws of our land; but
these differences are such generally
as do not seriously affect the vital
welfare and individual usefulness Of
Christians. On all great essentials
there is substantial agreement Of
Interpretation. Whatever disagree
ment there may be does not obliter.
ate the PERCEPTION of Christians gen.
orally that they are bound to obey
what seems to them, at least, the Law
of Christ. If there be any wilful de-
Walton from this, then there is ar
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