Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-03-02
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Selected Gems Of Thought From Pub
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o God. Fountain OF Love, and
Source Of Law. grant that in obeying
may know Thy love. and that in
loving may fulfill Thy law.-Phillips
Brooks
Gods Message Reaches Our Hearts.
When you go into the house Of God
and hear a message from one Of His
servants, no matter how humble he
may be or how faulty his message in
its style, IL il reaches your heart, II
1t prompts you to good. then God is
visiting you.-Rey. G. B. F. Hallock.
DID.
On Earthly Riches
A person who makes It his main
bushes and final end Of life to hoard
gold does thereby withhold these
means for good and useful life from
the main channel of real usefulness,
to the detriment of the common well
fare. And one who gives way to
such an inordinate love Of self, can
not acknowledge that he makes him
self a common thief, because he can
not see that he thereby acts contrary
TO charity or brotherly love. Any re-
fusal to acknowledge any act or con-
duct against the common and individ-
ual welfare of the neighbor as sin
against God. blinds mans spiritrss
eyesight TO the divine truth; and such
blindness is caused by dishonesty.
Sing at Your Work.
When the sailors heave the anchor
they start song. TO the music of
which they keep time. When regi-
ment marches to battle the band plays
martial airs to stimulate and strength
en- them. When the machinery of
daily occupation runs smoothly and
without friction the wheels must be
well oiled with cheerfulness. "Give
us. oh. give u.s." cried Carlyle. "the
man who sings at his work! Be his
occupation what il may. he Is equal
to any Of those who follow the same
pursuit in silent sullenness! He will
do more in the same time-he will
do II better-he will perseyere longer.
Wondrous is the strength Of cheerful
ness; altogether past calculation Is
its power of endurance" The task
may be heavy and full of drudgery,
but If II be fulfilled in a brave and
cheerful spirit 1t will lose the gray.
ness of It's monotony and shine with
a new lustre The dull day grows
bright and the dreary burden grows
light with the coming of cheerfuness.
Rev. DIR. Sutherland
The Prayer in a Storm.
In the case of Peters boat, the
water so dashed upon it that it began
to fill 1t was almost impossible by
baling out to keep pace with the water
which was pouring in. The most ex-
traordinary fact was that through all
the Master slept. 1t seemed as though
He had forgotten, or did not care:
they therefore awoke Him with the
cry, 'Carest thou not that we perish?"
Immediately He arose, first rebuking
them for their want of faith. and then,
turning to the angry elements that
had churned the lake into foam and
fury, He rebuked them, as one might
rebuke a dog Suddenly the winds
dropped, the waters ceased to curl
themselves, stars shone out, the traces
of the etorm were oblterated, and the
song of deliyerance and thanksgiving
fioated over the waters from boat to
boat, as the little crews may have
chanted the words Of the psalmist:
Gle maketh the storm a calm.
So that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they be
quiet
So he bringeth them unto the haven
where they would be-"
Enthuslasm--i4ow Beeotten.
The age need men Of deep conyic-
tion-people who have met God in the
lnnermost temple of their own being,
and transacted business for eternity;
people who have searched until they
have found the Rock, and are thor
oughly entrenched thereon and there
In. Much of the so-called breadth Of
thought Is simply the lack of deer
conviction. Those who have brought
things to pass in the church OF Cod,
nave DciicNCu anu Wrought IfcmcQQ-
ously. There was a kind of an inten-
sity and vehemence which was ire
sistible. Like Eleazer. the son Of
Dodo. they grasped the sword so tight
that they could hardly turn 1t loose.
The prevalent latitudinarianism, with
Its meaningless phrases and empty
platitudes, is superficial and power
less. People who believe things and
believe them all over are in demand.
People who do things In such way
as to produce deep and powerful con-
viction are needed Rev. j. o. Nc
Clurkan.
"If God Be for Us."
The first conviction of victory Is
to have God on our side. This i'm
plies that our cause must be absolute
ly just. in the interest of truth and
right and waged for the glory Of God.
~'1f God be for us who can be against
us?" judah was urged by Hezekiah
to be strong and very courageous, and
not at all afraid Of the king of Assyria,
nor for all the multitude that is with
him; for there be more with US than
with him." God was with Judah, and
that was enough. To that important
extent the condition of victory was
fulfilled On the front of that great