The Newtown bee., 1899-01-20


ed what you and must some time learn
by passing through deep waters, if we
have not already gotten the lesson by
heart, he learned to surrender his will to
the will of God.
Let us here, too, erect q pillar of re-
membrance for our temporal mercies.
This Is what David did when he remem-
bered the hill Mizar. This is what King
Hezekiah did when he was recovered
Of his sickness. This is what the Apos-
Gle Paul had in mind when he said: He
who hath delivered doth deliver, and he,
we trust, will yet deliver u.s. Temper
al merciesl
"Ten Thousand mercies from Thy hand
My daily thames employ;
Nor is the least thankful heart
That tastes those gifts with JOY"
Temporal meTciesl We are nos in want I;
we have enough to eat and drink and
wear. Thank God for this land, this
government, this free air, our schools,
our homes. 1.-TWO hundred and twenty
three, two hundred and twenty four, two
hundred and twenty five; why, cannot
count them, papa" said the little girl,
who was coming home with her father
on clear winters night and thought
she would count the stars. they are 90
many" No more can we number our
temporal mercies.
And the greatest Of all, our spiritual
mercies, surely pillar Of remembrance.
too, they claim. Let US set up a memo.
rial here for the ransom of the Savior,
purchased by His blood; for the opening
up of new and living way along which
all believers may come TO God for the
throne OF grace go free; for the Holy
Book, that treasure box of precious gems
for that power that called us out of dark.
ness into marvellous light; for the Spirit
that breathed upon the dry bones and
said TO them, "Liye." Grateful remem.
brance to-day for being still able to say,
II know that my Redeemer liveth; :" nc
uncertainty in the tone, no jingle oi
insincerity in the ring OF the exultanG cry,
s'For know whom l have trusted and
am persuaded that He ia able to keen
that which have committed unto Him
against that day." Write upon your Dill.
lar the Infinite love OF God, write upon
it the undying love of Christ, write upon
it the watch and care of Providence from
day to day. Inscribe there, too, the
Bethlehem manger, the Garden of Geth.
semane,
THE CROSS OF CALVARY.
Are you conscience-smitten now be-
cause you are aware that this past year
you have slept in your tent, that you
have allowed the enemy to break In and
TO get the best of the spoil2 On the
multitude who mar the name OF Christ.
who to-day are utterly indifferent to a
sense OF their duty in relation 20 the
Kingdom Of God, whose names are upon
the rolls OF churches, but who help as
much as the trees growing ont Of che
bank help the stream that runs the wheels
Of the mill. Let US, standing at the por-
tai OF this new year, gathered this morn
ing around the table which commemo-
rates the acrifice of our Lord, consecrate
ourselves anew to ricner service and bet
ter zeal. Let this new year witness with
as progress and growth in spiritual
things.
The new year calls for thought. The
old year has passed into history; but
something else has passed, too--tne re-
cord that we have made. 1--WE are
writing our lives with chieel on the
marble, and every time we strike blow
we leave mark that is indelibie., We
do NOT stand with chisei before real
block OF marble, bat yet tie teaching il
true. We are writing record every day,
0 record that will stay. Many, espec-
tally the young. have the impression that
1t makes little difference what they do.
We may write our record with childiah
hand; blots may obscure it, the letters
may be poorly formed, but yet the
writing endures. We may write the re-
cord when the hand trembles with age
and the blurring Oh vision makes poor
work with the pen; but yet the record
endures, and God sees and reads it ali.
Suppose our secret thoughts, our unlaw-
ful desires, whether fully yielded to or
checked alter the imagination had given
them vide range, we're al written out