The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-17
Heartsease

Sunday.-Thou hast loved righteous
ness, and hated wtnksanesss therefore
God. thy God. hath anointed thee with
the oil of giadnsss above chg fellows
| Ps. 80: Z.
We thank Thee for thy goodness In
making us capable of becoming thy
children, and FOR Him who has re-
iife.-Marcus Dods.
| monday thy servant fear Jehovah
from my youth Kings Is: ~.
me real kings and queens OF earth,
! those VINO DO 1--we the truly regal fife,
are they who through the indwelltnx
spirit OF God haye~Eoa5ea the mas tery
over SELF and the world-FrankIin
Hamilton.
,;Tuesday.--Keep thy heart with all
diligence; for out OF II are the issues
OF life.-Prov. 4; 20.
Gods angels drop like grains of gold
Our duties midst lifcs shining sands
And from them. one by one. we mold
l. our own bright crowns with patient
| hands.
From dust and dross we gather them
We toll and stoop for loves sweet
To find each worthy act a gem
In glory's ktngly diadem,
Which we may daily make"
Wednesday.-Theu are my hope, Q
Lord Jehovah: thou art my trust from
my youth.--Ps 71:6.
| The ordinary. worldly view Of the
matter is that youth has value only as
preparation for maturttyrtAat- the
world Is the possession OF grown up
people. and that children are merely
incipisnt men and women. This is not
our Lords view. He saw In childhood
| q freshness of life and feeling. an on.
enness to divine impulses, a freedom
| from worldly calculation, and a SIM
plicity OF faith which he SO often MAS
| ed In the mature, that he declared that
none could enter the Kingdom of
heaven except by becoming Aittls chill
again certainly implies that we are to
be born to new childhood We are to
return to the ohild1ike spirit of our
nrst youth. recover from the bluntness
OF feeling into which we have sunk.
| reservations. which we, have been
tempted to think are our best wisdom,
Good people have often been puzzled
over the problem: how can children be
| saved? Our Lords problem was: how
to get grown people to become chill
dren again, for their salvation.--Robert
Ellis Thompson
Thursday.-If any OF you lacksth
wisdom. let him ask Of God, who giveth
to all literally and upbraideth not
James lis.
The study Of Gods word will secure
peace. Take those Christians who are
God, and you will ind they have great
peace: but 1t Is these who don't study
their Bible. who are easily offended
when some little trouble comes, or
some little persecution Just a little
breath of opposition, and their peace
Is all gone.--D l.. Moody. =,
Friday-For now we see in q mirror
darby; but then face to face.--1 Cor.
13: ~.
Teach your boy or girl that only by
love we can gain love. and that all the
dross or selfshness must be burned
away by the fires Of endurance. for no
character Is truly great until 1t has
passed through the furnace of self
denial--Sophie B. Wright.
Saturday.--The peace of God, which
passeth all understanding, shall guard
your hearts and your thoughts In
Christ Jesus.--Phil. AT.
Thus my soul before her God
Lieth STILL nor speaketh more,
Conqueror thus DER pain and wrong,
That once smote her to the core;
Like a silent ocean. bright
With her Gods great praise and light.
Winkler.