The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-13

all who VIII receive 1t.
Nav the desire of our heart and the
word of our lips be, Lord, give US ever
more this bread
FROM THE RELIGIOUS JOURNALS
Alter all, the Christian faith and com
mon sense of the people rebel against tina
rude handling of the
FAITH AND Word of God which
COMMON SENSE initiates and mars
the sacred text and
robs 1t of its spiritual essence. a few
&C ilege professors have MADE themselves
notorious by their skeptical criticisms OF
tie inspired volume. but men have come
to learn that the old-fashioned truths OF
the GOSPEL are those which commend
themselves to their reason and are oest
suited to their moral needs.-I.lchmonu
Christian Advocate
There are times in every life when the
soul stands on the clear heights ana no
task seems to
AFTER ENTHUSIASM be too difficult
rs CONE to the boundless
enthusiasm OF.
tic moment. But what is TO be done
v ;,en the soul has descended into the
pIairs and the enthusiasm is gone ana
the task remains? Only to go On bravery,
trus ting to the clearer vision on the noun
To iii top. and making faithful performance
I'll the place OF enthusiasm. The noun
tain and the plain has each its place ii
Christian life-the mountain for the ciea'
vl.,icn ahead the lowly road along the
r,;.jn for the actual performance OF the
u,rey-sunday-S School Times.
There IS no trellis for upward climb
itg to be compared with the truth which
God has written in His
r., WARD Word It is so perfectly
CLIMBING. wise, so graciously fitted 70
our capacity and so adapt
Cd to our need. It is let down to US
Where we spring out of the earth, to the
chlid and the ignorant and simple. and Ii
reaches SO far up into the brightness and
j.; rity of heaven itself. We grow up on
it. by learning it. reading and rejecting
and believing, and we grow by doing 1t,
''cttrs of the work. not hearers only.
AS we reach UP the world grows smaller
and heaven greater. Voices come from
IT, upper world to speak of comfort and
hore, until greater and Sweeter voice
speaks the last word, Come UP higher.
Ger trail Presbyterian.
When it is warm, genuine, spontaneous
ard without guile, there is no relation
outside of the family
EyN1STERING. more helpful. honorable
and satisfying than the
one that is established between human
beings who are helpful to each other in
the real things of the inner life. There
are those in every walk OF life who have
the divine gift Of ninistering to the souls
of men. We have known business men
Who had and exercised the gift in high
degree. We have known a merchant who
WAS a refuge in time of distress to his
fellows in business who often laid
healing hand upon the hurts of those
who had suffered disaster. who were in
debt or in doubt. and who needed the
stimulus of sympathetic interest. There
are lawyers who have and who exer-
else the faculty. They do not breed dis
putes; they settle them. They do not
excite hatreds: they mo!lify them They
are counsellcrs who are honored in the
community where they live because dur
ing lifetime they have been real advo-
CO tes of Justice and doors Of righteous
ness.-Christian Register.
Isolation from God fills the soul with
nGneless horror; His incoming brings q
peace that earth cannot
WITH GOD. give nor take away. His
presence makes us tranquil
ana fearless, even when assailed by the
last enemy. Yea, tNOuSN L walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, will
fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy
ROD and Thy staff they comfort me-
EtfNorth Era.
There never perhaps was time when
It required more alertness to keep from
spiritual drowsiness and
ZIG DEEPER. famine than now and
there is no better way to
y
ing water that Jesus promised than to
dig your we'll deeper, and then with Joy
shall We draw water out of the wells
Of salvation" Let US all resolve to &C
deerer. The dryer 1t gets around you the
deeper you need to dis.-Ch1istian Wit
EesS.
The only way to get nearer to the man
who looks on
GETTING NEARER. Christ from the OPP
posite point of
y'ew is to get nearer to Christ.-Ram's
Horn.
With Comment or Two,