Year: 1875

thor Of hope and love ana enterprise And after
oil they but weaving the glorious tapestry Of God


Man, who works successfully, works within law
which regulates the whole drift Of life, ana all that
strengthens and reforms society Is working TO Gods
glory. Special retirement for communion with God Is
always commendahc but not hy this alone do work
with God. Tho dutifu husband and wife toilng or
dnary drudgcry Ia love for each other and for their
household are working with God and for each other
though their thoughts do not always dwell on such an
intention. Those highest evidences Of ntorcommu
non-thc absolute ntcrsphcre Of thought with Thought
and life with lifcarc not always TO be looked for and
their absence should not throw discred on lower ef
forts. We plough and SOW and reap and sail tho snip
for Gods glory. Whenever our heart is in our work
and our hand is busy we are working with Him. Tho
consolation of tho lowest should be that they are
sharers in this toll, for the least among men
have their title to part of the credit deserve for
whatever is praiseworlhy in their undertakings. We
should be thankful that sympathies are restricted
when We consider this aspect OF human Affairs 10
suffer in sympathy for the lone and neglected OF the
whole world is to be God Man could not bear all the
sorrows that too sensitive consideration OF others
sunerings would bring him. That tho rank places OF
the earth should bring forth wild beasts and reptiles is
no matter of SURPRISE but that man should breed mon
slcrs Is sorrow TO me and there rs no tneoogy w,n
reaches H. Man is what he is byvirtue OF the inhne
there is in him. 1t is painful to man, such as We
may any day OF broken spirit who,


COMPLAINING his LOT IN LIFE,


says "I'm a magistrate preacher or lawyer
editor, thank God, or a merchant; I'm but
poor nobodyn Such man should not forget that in
the great structure of society he has place to which
credit belongs. In suffering there Is power In the
thought that belong TO God and 1t Is far better TO





thought tho passions ndulged stimulans are taken
and ultimately the poor 60 ont like sinking
cmbcrs Even in the very highest walks of life there
Is little that helps and much that hnders. The sun
that shines almost always the spirc never touches
the foundation; but If there foundation stone
there would be sprc. He that takes Joy adds JOY
funcss to II by letting the light of Gods grace shine
upon IL. These considerations tend to make men
masters of themselves and their situation
In this work the bad is involved
well as the good. Tho posoner, tho betraycr, the
destroyer is not absolute rotenncss Though not in
the limo of his thought God uses the bad man, too
Fruit; from the feculent matter blown from the
seed by the husbandman. Even does God bring
forth fruit from ALL whether they consciously
unconsciousy doing His work. In this connection
had almost said that European history in the main
nothing more than


UTILIZATION BLUSDERs.


Monarchs first set mobiles strongly about the throne.
thinking to add to their strength and in timo the
mobiles checked tho evils to which the monarch
tendng then for their money the burghcrs raised
and then the guilds became important so that in time
and without intending IL power distributed and the
progress of Christian democracy seen.


Here is excellent road, but tho powder that
blasted the rock to make 1t did not cry out in the
blast, "Hcrc goes for good rond." Honor and man.
hood all have In life to CHERISH the rest is ali
auxiliary. If picture comes 10 me In a case that Is
damaged and broken, my anxiety may be arouscd but
II the picture is unnjured say Hang the case; the
picture is all rigntn oh, querulous man of bitter
mind whose life has been made up of mass of wounds
and bruises, the worst was that which touched the
soul Bankrupt business men may bc tolerated; the
bankruptcy of the spirit is the solo evil TO be avoided