The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24

His own Som? And the appeal, what
more could He have done? was that
interview on the paved way to Parphor
and Arbana a mere pantomlme! VI We're
the tender words of Jesus-how pieaalhs,
why persecutest Me!'-heart echoes:
Would we had the tone of the syllables!-
Christian Advocate.
To such life as this,
he Sig wanting, in way, to look
.c after ana lind the SPIRITUAL,
illilCdliCe but in the hurry hardly
q, emf. knowing when or where TO
" tlnu it, Lent comes with its
solemn message, Peace, be still. II
bios us come aside for a season, ana loon
upon our Lord and recall Ills su1erlhss'
and remind ourselves why He sufIercu'
and for whose good. comes 10 as
reminding us of the beautiful love OF COD
that went out into the world in the per-
son of His divine Son, carrying peace ana
comfort and salvation to every Wiling
and open heart
+. reminds us Of that beautiful Ola
means of grace, now almost one OIL the
lost ts"-lneditation-and bids us prac-
ricc it awhile FOR our own growth ana
development, and affords lis season for
its pra ctice. 1t bids us mediate on God,
Els character, His work, His eternal
goodness 1t bids us mediate on Christ
and His redemptive and atonins work
1t bids us mediate on God the Holy
Ghost and His enllghtening and sanctify-
ing power.
1t bids us mediate on ourselves and
our sin and our needs, to remember that
we, like sheep, had gone astray; to
remember our need for and the Church's
call to repentance and reformation Of
life. 1t bids us remember that we are
Gods children, that we belong to Him.
and that we must render to Him His very
own. It bids us mediate on the world
lying in darkness, and to remember His
words, that we are to be it's light, and
to lead it back from the darkness into
the marvellous light OF Gods presence.
In word, this Lenten season bids us
call halt in our hurry and distractions,
and, for the time being, to give our
thoughts IN an even higher degree than
usual to God and His love and work,
ourselves and our spiritual development.
the Church and its mission, and to our
fellow-men and their salvation.
And happy are we. and happier shall
We be. il we do these thinGs!-Southern
Churchman.
-. OF all silent places for
ne voices retreat we know none that
II -. is equal to the depths Of the
W tltC great forest. The very
Night. sounds " we hi hear 1,s seem to r be
and dark and massive, the trees rise as
columns OF Il temple God has built, and
far overhead, in pointed arches, the leafy
bcughS meet, and make q shrine, where
the worshipper feels small and humble
as he seeks communion with his Maker
These dim vaults and winding aisles are
the sanctuary Of silence. There is no
human pride or pomp, no fantastic cary
ing, no painted windows, save the little
spaces of heavens blue, through which
the stars shine as lamps in the night.
All the space is filled with the presence
of the unseen Father who comes to hear
and bless the very littleness and quiet
of His child.
In vision of the night, when there
vas Silence, Eliphaz the Temanite heard
more just than God? Shall 4 man be
II ore pure than his NIaker?'' It is only
in our intervals OF silence that we hear
voices. The silent hours are the teaching
hours. Our best blessings come when
we are d, NIB with silence. IN the great
crises of our lives we hear God saying:
BE still. and know that l am Cod"
Even in Heaven. amid the songs and
shouts Of the redeemed, amid the trump
cts of angels and the singing which is
''as the noise of many waters there are
spaces of silence, intervals of quiet and
restful happiness, the lying down in green
pastures, the paths that lead beside still
waters.-Central Presbyterian.