Year: 1874

result OF chance Of that struggle for exis enee
which with many makes life so hard and Wearing.
1t not in any sense accident, but, Cd the con-
trary, Is Gods own appointment. He Las placed
us as we are, with thorough know. edge OF our
character and capacity, and III comp landing us to
serve Him In that position


PLEDGES HIMSELF TO GIVE Us. ALL THINGS
that are needfui TOR life and y,odliness In that
wonderful discourse upon the Gaean mountain
He reminds US that our heavenly Father knoweth
all things that we have need Of The heavenly
Father, whose name Is only another woro for love
and power, knows the obstacles about US. lie
could alter lot, If HIS love saw need of alter
ing II, and therefore We may trust Him that our
pain IN life Is best tor u.s. the sureSt stratghtest
way Tor us from earth 70 heaven


Besides this, We are bound to take into the ac-
count the promises assistance Of the Uo,y Spirit,
whlch can more THAI compensate our obstacles
be-" was not spa'ken tor petty Hebrew tribe
only, but Tor all me Israel OF God. Gods help,
or previdentlally, that Is by outward appointment
to make the burden lighter, must Very clearly
prooaton life A burden twice as heavy requires
no more enort To one who has double strength,
ana SO lar as practical results are concerned 1t
matters httte whether the weight be essened or
the power augmented. It is better to have Gods
hep IN tr1ng circumstances than to be left TO the
weakness oil ones own tnarmty, even wnen the
trial Is but ltght. No man has any duty
laid upoa him winch is beyond his strength,
II that strength be honestly and faithfully put
forth, ana since every man IN this liie has
quite as mucn TO do as his best powers can accom-.
psh, 1.-The difference between one mar and another
Is less than are sometimes ready to believe.
Adverse circumstances may make the way more
teilsSme but they also make the discipline OF life
more thorough aud effective. The most Brilliant
victories follow the most hard fought battles. 1t
lsecertalniy easier TO no2t down the strean with
@voring tiae than It Is to labor at the oar with
tense snew aud weary muscle, and yet we gam
more strength in single hour OF honest work
than In lifetime OF idle drifting. 1t is easier to
hnd ell things as we want them in the Christian
lie than 1t is to struggle on When SO many things
seem 10 be against u.s. and We. the type OF our
Christian MANHOOD IS much less noble, ii there Is
no brave effort IN 1t. lnstlnctively lee that
there was re ason as well as courage in the Kings
reply to Westmoreland before the battle Of Agin-
COURT


As one nan more, me thinks. would share from me


For the best hope have


And we may apply II to that spiritual contest
which seems even more unequal. One hindrance
removed, and IA part vi the honor of our redeemed
lie is shared from u.s. One diiiculty taken out OF
we'll doing is less iustriOus. One stumbling
block removed and the glory OF the eternal crown
reflects ray the less OF the Saviours grace and OF
the beever's falthulness. There may be difficult
ties, but 1t matters not, they are but


STEPPING STONES TO HEAVEN.


Others who are less sOrely tried, or who have
greater means and opportunities, are no nearer
the Redeemers heart and have no higher throne
in heaven than those who in faithful loving
whom Cod rewards are they who continue
quietly and resoutely on the even tenor OF their
way, fulfilling the duties OF their appointed lot how
ever rough and lowly and discOuraging They
VINO shall be accepted at the last are not those
who have had wealth and leisure and opportunity
to be holy but rather those who have proved
their loyalty by their devotion in the lace OF TRIALS
Many shall come irom earth's weary paths, from
troubled homes. from distressing cares, from the
lowry places OF this world TO share st. Johns place
the Masters breast, while the children OF the
Kingdom shall be cast out 1Or iaithiulness is the
great condition, and they who by patient conrinu-
ance ia well doing seek Tor giOry honor and In
mortality shall have eternal life.