The Newtown bee., 1906-01-26

ishness, prejudices and jealousies. II
 leads us out of our own mere persona habits, preferences, and petty, private
 sources of enjoyment into the larger
 relations of the fellowship of truth
 and love. We are but poor Christians
 indeed, so long as we try to be saints
 by ourselves alone, without the prac
 tical fellowship and cooperation of so.
 ciety, of which we must be members,
 in the nature of the case.
 Real religion is the spirit and pur:
 pose of our lives, and is manifest in all
 that we do. It is not in preaching
 alone, but in the practice of thepre'
 cepts of the Gospel that we express
 the saving power of Christ. It is not
 in the offices of the Church so much
 as in the works of love common among
 all the brethren, in the spirit of hum-
 ble cOndeScensiOn toward all the world,
 and especially one to another, that we show forth the divine example. Civ
 ing, teaching, comforting, advising,
 helping, caring for the sick, ruling in
 the spirit of truth, and in the mani
 fold uses of all good to all men-theSe are the manifestations of the divine l life in all the human relations.
 And it is not alone in what we do, but it is also in the spirit and manner in which we do it. The moral and spiritual life is most beautiful and ef- fective in It's timely and proper ex- pression. The Gospel should be preached in it's divine symmetry, "ac- cording to the proportion of the faith;" not by enlarging upon one doctrine to the neglect, or distortion of another. The ministries of the church must be adapted to those who need them in all faiJhfulness. The teachers should know how to teach; and all parents ought to be wise in the training of their children.
 He who giveth should be liberal and cheerful according to the need and his power to relieve. The merciful must have kindly, encouraging manner. Every expression of love should be sin cere above all things. We should al- ways hate evil, and show our indigna- tiOn against preSumptuous sin, and by and good Iworks of every kind. We ought, indeed, to be earnest and eager, "fervent in spirit," in all Christian business and enterprise. Above all, perhaps, we should live in sympathy with those about us, condeScending to put ourselves in their conditions of heart and mind, that we may serve them for the Lords sake. We ought surely to be willing and happy to do as he QlQ; ana to De WlaC lie would nave us.
 The King went into his garden one day, and found everything whitening and dying. He asked the Oak what the trouble was. He found that it was sick of life because it was not tall and beautiful like the pine. The pine was out of heart because it could not bear fruit like the vine. The vine was go- ing to throw it's life away because it l could not stand erect and have as fine fruit as the pomegranite; and so the whole garden. But l when he came to the hearts ease the 1 King found it's bright face uplifted, as | full of cheerfulness as ever. "Well, | Heart's-ease, I am glad to find one brave little flower in this general dis content and dying. You don't seem | one bit disheartened." "No, your Majesty,..I know that I am of small | account, but concluded you wanted l a heart's-ease when you planted me. !, If you had wanted an oak, or vine, or | a pomegranite you would have set one | in my stead. So am bound to be the | best heart's-ea that ever I can."