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is forgotten that which we do fol
Christ Is immortal.
When the call to worship is an
swered as duty, then the real bless
ings of it begin to grow out of it.
We all know that there is life
that is above and secure from the
change and influences Of lower happi.
ness.
-Selfshness obscures the glory OF
Christ.
-Offer to each one who speaks the
homage of your undivided attention.
Look people in the face when you
talk to them.
May we do naught that is not for
the glory OF thy precious name. So,
living dying, may Jesus be glorified
in US.
God gives talent to everyone and
asks of him only according to his abili.
ty. Within these limits be holds Us
to strict accounting.
DO right because it is right, and
true Joy will attend the act. The duty
may feel irksome at first, but this pass
es away in time. and al increasing de-
light takes its place.
Many of the beneficences which
have brought greatest good to the
world have been the fruit of bitter
SORROWS or loss which seemed over
whelming.
Nothing disgusts- the outside
world with religions, more than for
pronounced Christians to be saying and
doing little things that are unpleasant
to others. All need to look to this.
AS the picture which men praise
sheds glory on the painter, so all the
wonders of creation glorify Jesus
Christ. They are his handiwork !:
''all things were made by him."
We cannot evade life's ills-bodily
infirmities, hard tolls au. ,rsity, trial or
care-but we may 80 meet them that
instead of harming our life, they will
become means of grace to US.
-One way everyone may do good is
by being good, by being faithful and
true. The influence of quiet fidelity is
simply incalculable, while inconsis-
tency in conduct works harm wherever
it is seen.
We should ask ourselves what
kind of influence We are exerting on
other lives. Some influence certainly
goes forth from ns, either a benign,
holy, healing, influence, or the MAS
ma of moral death. What Is 1t?
If you tie up to man you will
some day want to be united but If
YOU are linked to the Saviour you will
more and more enjoy the union, and
feel more aud more highly honored in
in having the privilege of serving
Him.
The great problem of living is, to
pass through all struggles, all sor-
rows, all life's experiences, keeping
the heart pure, sweet, loving, and
at peace. Then nothing amid all the
worlds mighty forces Of evil shall
have power 10 hurt us.
Our need of Gods help for the
meeting of the petty vexations and
the minor trials of our every day life is
as real as it is for the supremest strug-
gle of our being in the final conflict
with the arch-enemy of our souls.
IF love is Gods great attribute, self
ishness is Satan's. TO be unselfish Is
God-like, to be selfish is satanic. Sell
fishness exists in degrees-no heart is
entirely free from it. 1t is to be fear
ed, it is to overcome.
To criticize is easy. It requires no
scholarship, no industry, no great labor
to become an unmerciful critic. The
smallest man can point out faults in the
greatest. Small people often indulge
in this kind of dealing with their
brethren. Perhaps they are peculiarly
tempted to do 80 by their very small
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