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Selected Gems Of Thought From Pub
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Selected Gems Of Thought Frcn Put
oil and Press Of ali Sects.
Keep your conduct abreast of your
conscience. and very soon your con-
science viii be illumined by the radl
ance of God.-W. NJ. Taylor, DID,
Our Greatest Encouragement.
Our greatest Encouragement arises
from the general prevalence OF world
illness and indifference 10 religious
teaching Of any kind. This may De
worse than opposition.
Our Reward for Faithful Work.
A faithful performance of our duty
to the Lord and the neighbor in the
Church, is just as certain to bring a
just reward and a gain for the cause
of truth and righteousness, as labor
in any other department of human
activity.
Don't Hesitate in Action.
If we hesitate in action, intending
IN the end to do right, but wishing
TO delay the sacrifice or effort, we are
renouncing our belief in the Lord; II
we act promptly for his sake. we
strengthen belief.
Able and Willing.
Ones faith has nothing to do with
the saving power of the person trust
ed, but only puts him into a saving
relation towards Christ. Christ is
the Saviour. and union with Christ
saves. 1t is not the strength of faith,
but the strength of Christ that holds
one safely. The faith of child or
of the weakest saints saves as surely
as that of a Moses or a Paul. Every
thing concerning faith depends upon
who Christ is, and what He is able
and willing to do for the sinner who
trusts in Him.-Rev. s. W. Pratt.
The Friend Who Sacrifices.
We wound Christ by disobeying
Him. | mean more especially by will
full disobedience. No wound can be
so painful to Christ as wilful sin on
the part of His loved ones. How II
pains a mother to see her own daugh-
Ter knowingly do what will displease!
How 1t pains a loving father to have
his loved and trusted son ignore his
well-known wishes! How it pains a
friend to have another friend DELHI
erately hurt his feelings! And so by
disobedience real Christians some
times knowingly "crucify the Son of
God afresh and put Him to open
shame" This Friend, too, is one who
ademade the greatest possible sacri-
flee for us. and yet we treat Him so.
It is hard to understand how Chris
tians can ever be so uukind.-Rev. G.
B. F. Hallock. ID.
Heavenly Melody.
OH think of life. its boundless pos.
sibilities and endless resources, while
we make our discords and waste our
privileged opportunities, and Jesus
Christ stands right by our side. say
ing. Let Me play on the keyboard of
your life: let Me sit on the stool of
your daily work; let Me play in heav-
emily melody the music Of your soul;
let Me play one continual harmony
Of joyful obedience" Shall we say,
mo; | must play on this instrument
myself No hand but mine must touch
the keys of this organ?"
Oh, brothers and sisters, hear the
words of a stranger who Is yet one
with you In Christ: let none leave this
te ontil you say, YES, Lord, l re.
SIR all in,o thy hands; | will yield
r.y-olf to thy good pleasure, that
r0sy stand perfect and complete in all
the will of od."-Rev. DR. Broughton.
The Road Which Daniel Trod.
His religion got him into trouble.
II you have hold of a thing you call
religion and ii does not bring you
into trouble you have a counterfeit.
thought you were sharper than to be
imposed upon. A fiimsy fraud, some.
thing of lath ana plaster made to
look like marble Thank God for per.
secution; it shows you are on the
right track. The road which Daniel
trod, the road your Master trod, are
not your feet to tread il. too? Their
faith in Jesus brought them into It,
but, glory to God. it brought them out
of it, Go in for a full curriculum,
a full religion Do not turn down
your light, for fear the devil will cut
IL of at the meter Stop watering
down religion: it will sicken you,
but bucketfuls will never intoxicate
you. He laid hold on God and God
laid hold on him, and ali through the
maelstrom of persecution God kept
hold of him.
When Daniel knew the decree was
signed he went right on.-Rev. Jno
McNeill.
Christ's Lawful Claim.
Christ will not share his kingdom
with any rival. When Darius the rival
of Alexander the Great. proposed that
they should share the world between
them, the answer of Alexander was
that there was only room for one sun
in the heavens. That was a boast in
the mouth of Alexander. but it is the
lawful claim of Jesus Christ.
Have you recognized Christs claim
TO be universal Lord, or have you
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