Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

find A flaw when he may have forgot
ten its cause. --Beecher.
A holy life has q yoicej it speaks
when the tongue is SILENT and is
either a constant attraction or a pre-
petual reproof. -Hinto"'
There is no passon which steals
.nto tho heart more lmperceptlbly
and covers itself under more dis
guises than pride. -AdGfson'
Only from the solid ground OF some
clear creed have men done good,
strong work in tho world Only out
Of certainty comes powtr.-Ph'll'pS
Brooks.
'Prayer is 80 mighty an instrument
that no one ever thoroughly mastered
its keys. They sweep along the lnh
mite scale of mans wants and OF Gods
goodness. "-Hugb Miller
Salvation is to be found in only one
Person; there is only one name given
among men whereby they might be
saved; and only one entrance into the
ark is necessary. Many choose the
good, not the better part; for only
one is good!-K17cmmdchcr.
The old Testament SAINTS spent
much time in devout meditation, as
did the Lord Jesus Christ and his
apostles. This was characteristic
of the early Christians, as it has been
of the most earnest aud loving child
rem of the Most High in every age
PRESBYTERIAN Banner.
To say that a devoted Christian can
not truly succeed in any line Of legi-
innate business is to say that success
is best secured by interruptions ras
cality. But this IS not true, The
more true religion man puts in his
business, the better, nobler and more
permanent is his success. -ZiOn's
Herald
A young friend who Is Interested in
the Religious Column has sent an
original contribution, from which the
following earnest stanzas are taken:
Life can he lived but ones,
We never can rctracO our steps;
Now must kindly deeds no done,
Considering this, be faithful.
DO yoa apemnly think OF death,
Yes think how certain ia Its blow,
Tnat all mast wade the chilly streamS
Then, AK Of YOU, W. faithful.
In view Of redemption complete
Which Jesus gave to men.
That the sad and forlOrn may rest
Released from all their sin. be faithful,
In view of JOY which IL to come
b yond tins ileoting yale OF tcqrs,
Beyond the sorrow and the gloom
OF these changing years. be faithful.
THRoNdINd AND ToUCHINa.--"Some-
body hoth touched me-" Luke vii
46. Jesus knew the difference. He
distinguished at once, as by divine
instinct, that believing one from the
unbelieving many. There was that
in her which put her in connection
with the grace, the strength, the
healing power which were in him.
Do you ask me what this was? 1t
was faith; it was her faith. She
came expecting a blessing, and so
finding the blessing which she expec-
ted; she came saying, IF I may
touch but his cloths, / shall be whole"
But that careless multitude who
thronged the Lord, only eager to
CRAFTY their curiosity, and to see
what new wonder be would next do,
as they desired nothing, expected
nothing from him, so they obtained
nothing. Empty they came, and
empty they went ,.waY. 1t may very
well have happened that among that
crowd there was more than one sick
and suffering, holden, with some
painful infirmity or inveterate disease;
but there went forth no virtue from
the Lord to them. And why not?
Because they thronged him, and did
not touch him; because faith, which
is as the electric wire along which the
spark of divine healing should have
run, was wanting on their parts; and
because, therefore, their contact with
the Lord was merely external and &C
cidental, and had in il 10 real signifi-
canoe whatever.
Oh, my brethren, is there not here
the explanation of much in the spirit
.ual lives of men-the explanation Of
barren sacraments, of fruitless pray
ers, of church-golng, demonstrating,
which after twantV or thirty Vaava