Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03


They who live for God are rewarded
by living with God, here and forever.
Closer is the Lords protection than
near-invesung wall,
Closer than moat about me, closer
than a tower tall;
Closer than suit OF armor, or my
hands or feet can be,
For against mine own assailing His
protection keepeth me.
Amos R. Wells.
A life lived with God is a peaceful
life. The old, old question, Where
can rest be found?" is answered in
the presence of God. Peace, perfect
peace, is the peculiar possession of
those who have found pardon and pro-
lection with the Lord. Just as all the
pictures that have ever been painted,
and all the poems, and all the written
or spoken descriptions, cannot make
plain the beauty of sunset, so no
human words can reveal the sweet
tranquility which is the precious pos
session of those who walk with the
Lord.
1t is difficult to secure an interview
with great business man, or public
character of any calling; and at the
court of the smallest Of kings the
stranger cannot find entrance. But
the presence of the King of kings is
always open to every one, no matter
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or outcast, he may be. While the
secret place Of the Most High is
reserved for his loyal friends, yet he
is willing to admit whosoever will to
that category and company.
The best society is the society of
God and the godly.
In the intercourse of true friendship
the concerns of both are common sub
jects of conversation. Only this sort
of fellowship is mutual So it is in
communion with God. The interests
of God become the interest of his
| friend, and the interests of the friend
become the interest Of God. He is
| intimately concerned with whatever
concerns his friends Nothing that is
great enough to affect them can be
too small to have his personal atten-
ton. 1t Is mistake to assume that
| to live ones life with God means to
become ''pious," and engrossed utterly
in affairs distinctively religious. On
| the contrary, it means taking God in.
| to ones life, to have him for sharer
and helper and counselor in all the
work Of every day. This is no one
sided partnership.
They who live with God are the per.
sons best worth living with among
men. Association with the divine is
the best preparation for contact with
the human. The friend of God is the
best person to have for a friend on
earth.
Christian communion is not state
but progress. Life with God is ever
on an ascending scale. No one finds
out all about God at once; the longest
life, and even the stretches of eternity
itself, are inadequate to reveal all the
greatness of the infinite one who COR
descends to walk in familiar com
partnership with the lowliest person
who seeks his company
To live with God is to ind ones
self in association with saints and
sages Of all centuries The true com
pany of immortals is to be found in
friendship with God
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
never wonder to see men wicked
but I often wonder to see them not
ashamed.--Dean Swift.
You can do whatever you earnestly
undertake.-Stonewal Jackson
In ltfe's small things be resolute and
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To keep they muscle trained: k1owesr
thou when fate
Thy measure takes. or when shell
say to thee.
II find thee worthy; do this deed fol-
me?"
Lowell.
You have no business with conse
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