The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-02

FIGS AND THlSTLES.

A hobby never has sore back.
Truth lows to be looked i'll the
face.
The wrong side is never the safe
side.
Mothers nave taught the world how
to pray.
No young man takes his first drink
alone.
Every man who obeys Christ be-
longs to him.
True worship fiji s upward on the
wings of pra;s'.
The man who does light leads an
army toward God.
If you don't kill your besetting sin
it will kill you.
What Christ did, every Christian
should be willing to do.
There are people who hav. great
deal of religion, but no love.
A bypocrite never fools anybody
else as bad as he does himself.
Byways leading to hell are very
close together in a great city.
Religion that ism t used outside Of
the church won't keep sweet.
Success is always sure, when we
are willing to ply the price
God alone knows what heaven looses
when a boy ges started wrong.
Standing up for prayers means
little, unless the heart gets on its
knees
The man who as failed IA every
thing else will succeed if he seeks
Christ.
There are people who hate thief,
who borrow books and nev r returns
them.
There is no hing SO safe as trusting
God, and nothing so uns ,fe as not to
do it.
Whenever your work seems hard
it will make it easier to ask help from
Jesus.
Every man who lives right helps to
make unwritten laNs for the good of
others.
Make NOR atty a s'eplns stone to
heaven, and there is no need Of Ch'ist.
Ii you want to get in a crooked path
just follow the direction of cork
screw.
No man is great in Gods sight who
Doesn't do great deal for his fellow
men.
There is plenty Of gold for those
who are willing to 60 through the fire
to get it.
The devil tightens his grip around
a mans neck every time he says no to
Christ.
There may be as much selfishness
10 giving sometimes, as there is in
robbng a bank.
When people are busy for Christ, the
devil has difficulty in getting their
attention.
Some people consider the psalm
poetry, but the heart of them is Chris
tian experience.
The father should fear to walk
where it would not be safe for his chll-
dren to travel
Make it right to Sell whiskey, and
you can't prove that committing murder
is wrong.
Christ never spent any time in look
ing for an easy place, aud neither
should his disciple.
A prayer that is winged with cry
reaches the throne quick, because It
fles straight.
You fellows will be young fellows
and-that is the reason they never
become old fellows.
The sinner has no cross, and never
thinks of being saved in any way ex-
cept by works.
When the devil emit &c; behind the
preacher in any other way, he some
times joins the choir.
When men seeks God Alright, they
do it as the hungry seek bread, and as
the furnishing seek water.
If we step VIII re God tells us, we
shall find when our foot comes down,
that it is resting on the rock.
Anybody can be pleasant to ples SAINT
people, bu. it takes grace to be plea
SAINT to imp 'easant people.
Christ lifted the world toward God,
because he was willing to stoop down
and put his arms around it.
The test of greatness with God, is
not how high we have got up but how
low are we willing to 60 down?
If you can trust God to take you
out of sin while you are IN it will 1t be
any harder for him to keep you out
after he gets you out.
When Cry from the heart reaches
the throne, God hand comes down to
give help, without earring whether it
is millionaire or beggar who is
praylng.-Rams Horn.