The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-08
From the Church Papers.

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The Christians life Is also race-not
n slow, plodding walk. but running With
patience ana with earnest desire and de-
terInined purpose, In
LITp A RACE order to obtain a
prize moro precious
than life, and more valuable than mines
Of gold and beds Of diamonds race
that Is run In full view OF Satan and his
fiends and God and His angels. the evil
ones crashing their teeth In fury to Gee
the crown OF victory placed on the brow
of the triumphant racer, and to hear tho
shouts OF encouragement from tho angels
OF God and tho saints of Christ, leaning
In anxious solicltude over the battlc-
ments Of heaven. How can Christian
be at ease In Zion. or Indifferent to his
own and the salvation Of others ?-Wm.
j. Jones in Christian Advocate.
So, our ivy reminds us Of the child OF
pious mother and godly father, Of
whom Cowper sings: 1.-The child OF pa.
rents passed into.
THE IVY VINE the SKIES And 1t
reminds us OF the
character that is we'll rooted in the truth
and grace of God; and Of that soul that
in all seasons, In winter and summer,
clings closely to the Rock which Is Christ
and. by clinging. climbs upward. 50
IL 1t steadfast and unmoyable, 80 Is It
green and vigorous, even down to old
age. 1t was the good Barnabas who at
Antioch "exhorted them all. that with
purpose Of heart they would cleave unto
the Lord."-Central Presbyterian.
A writer tells tho story Of the rose OF
Jerlcho-how 1t flourishes in lack OF all
things wherein plants delight-in the hot
desert. In the rocky
THE ROSE OF crevices by the dus-
ty wayside, in the
JERICHO rubbish heap. Even
moro, the fierce 81
rocco tears 1t from its place and filings
1t far out upon the ocean. and there driv-
en- by the storms and tossed by the salt
waves, 1t still lives and grows So should
we grow in any and all circumstances,
where we may be cast-in sorrow, in
hardship, in misfortune. in suffering. A
deathless life Is In US, and we should be
uncomfortable Christ is with us; Christs
life Is In US, and we should be uncon-
querable. Christ with us: Christ's lie
Is in us: nothing should be allowed to
rush us. Live near the heart of Christ
nor the worlds darkness dim your soul 8
light-Presbyterlan Standard.
A church OF Christ must be composed
only Of those who have been called out
from the world to live life of holiness
and Of love. No other
THE RIGHT timber should go In
to this sacred build
FOUNDATION Ing.
And-most impor-
tant Of all-Pau built on the right foun-
dation. When he went to Corinth a city
fond OF the display which philosophy and
rhetoric might have made, Paul resolved
not to know anything save Jesus Christ
and Him crucified that the peoples faith
might not rest on the wisdom Of mon,
but In the power OF God. It was for
this reason he was able to say, concern
Ing his work In Corinth, in his first let
ter to these Christians: Tor other foun-
dation can no man lay than that is laid
which Is Jesus Observation-Disclosures Her
aid.
God has promised to satisfy-but he
did not promise when. GOD has time
enough, and SO have you. God has
boundless re-
TRUST AND WAIT sources. and his
resources are
yours. Can you not trust Him. Trust
and wait. He knows what Is best for
you; He has reasons for denying YOU
now; but In the end He will satisfy
Christian At Work.