Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-29
SERMONS IN PARAGRAPHS,
LINES AND SENTENCES

LINES AND SENTENCES
Tho most searching wearinesse. are
those which numb the springs Of easer
ana radiant action; the most blessed
resi- reaches and recharSesy the inner
nid,he places OF power. Strange lands
ana stored cities and all communion
feet work If they establish faith And
nope and JOY In their places OF admin
lstration The deep and abiding gains
or HAPPY summer experiences will be
secured only rs We discern beneath the
swing OF ocean tides tho unfailins tides
OF Gods love and care, fnd His hsiS
IN the hills. His healing in green pas
lures. and His shepherding by still
waters.-G. G. A. In tho Congregation
We would willingly have Others DER
feet, and yet We amend not our own
faults. We would have others severely
corrected. and will not he corrected
ourselves. The largo liberty OF others
displeaseth us. and yet we will not
viii have others kept under by strict
laws, but in no sort will ourselves be
restrained. And thus 1t appeareth how
seldom we weigh our neishbor in the
same balance with ourselves.-Thoma
Kempis.
You live in homes that are sweet
and clean. where the atmosphere is
pure. where the children have a chance.
You lie down to rest in perfect seour.
ity, strong In your castle. Did you do
II or did Christ do Il? You 70 to your
work with the kind Of strength that
marks man. Your integrity Is your
hulwark. your manhood is your treas
ury. your superiority to your passions
is the measure OF your dignity. your
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veiopment. Where did It come from?
Did you do It or did Christ do IT,
Bishop Lloyd.
Happy are the merciful; for as mer.
clful as they are. so merciful shall
sists more in the mercy they receive
than In the mercy they give. There
lis but one way to ask for mercy from,
God, and that is in a spirit Of true
humility. Therefore. when we give
mercy that we might receive mercy,
behind the giving as we do before the
receivins.-W. j. Burtscher.
salvation is physical. mental, emo.
tional, moral and spiritual good health
thoroughly good and spiritually
this world or any other. When we
become sufficiently Christ-like, then
His salvation will also become ours
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Jesus Christ has the human hand.
to bless, He has the human heart te
sympa thize, He has the human voice
to intercede. He feels for all our
anxieties. all our sorrows, all our sinu
He feels. therefore, He helps. Trust
then His sympathy, His intercessiop
for you.-ManninE
Happy arc the peacemakers; for II
they can make peace where there Is
no peace 1t is sign that they have
gone about 1t with so much humility
as to humble those at war. And II
they can keep peace whore there ia
peace, 1t is sign that they haye the
humility which prevents strife.-w. J.
Burtscher
BE resolutely. and faithfully what
you are; be humbly what you aspire
10 be- Mans noblest gift to man "a
his sincerity. for 1t embraces hi. In
tegrity also.-Thoreau
There are trembling In the hand a,
Goa, ready to fall into our banda AIR
the gifts We want-only waiting for
the least touch OF faith.-The Di.hon
OF London.
The knowledge of God Is rai,.d ..
the knowledge OF man is gained ~
living much with Him.. NJ. co,,I,
burn.
There Is much difference bet~esn
initiating good man and counterfeit
ing him-Benjamin Franklin.