Year: 1877

There's Wilderness in Gods mercy,


Like the Wilderness Of the sea;


There's kindness in His justice


Which is more than liberty.


For the love of God is broader


Than the measure of mans mind;


And the heart of the Eternal


Is most wonderfully kind


If our love were but more simple,


We sheuld take Him at His word


And our lives would be all sunshine


In the sweetness of the Lord.


THE Church has been we'll said to be the
worlds Bible. If you would have men hear
you, be sure to translate the Gospel into your
life. Put it in bold and burning letters; cap
italize it.


Your religion commends itself most, when
your own life is irradiated and glorified by
it. Men want to see your Gospel tested
in your conduct and temper. They will not
make great allowance for your sins; they ex-
pect the grace of God TO eradicate sin, and
to fill the soul overfowing with God. They
want to see your face shine, to observe the
kindling of hope, the radience, the glow of
sacred joy.


If Jesus puts his precious hand away back
into the recesses of your spirit, and works a
delicious wonder there, how will he ever get
the glory of it, unless you tell it. 1t is easy
enough to praise to the fullest extent, the
works of men; but It is so difficult to get our
tongues stretched to the utmost tension in
sounding the full praises of Jesus and tell
ing, not part, but all of his marvellous
works. Jesus said to the restored lunatic of
the tombs, 'Go and tell what great things
| the Lord hath DONE" Jesus does ''great
things" and they must have great telling
The best evidence that you are a Chris
tian is found in your spiritual state and tenn
per. You may perform many of the outward
duties of religion, and yet not be genuinely
religious. Religion has its seat in the heart
1t is a union of the soul with God, passing
out of self and the world into the Divine
When our nature is renewed by grace, II
gravitates towards God; itgrows like to Him
and longs to know Him more perfectly and
to enjoy Him more completely. The soul i:
touched and charged with heavenly mag
netism, and trembles restlessly, like the mag
netic needle, till it finds its polar cen
tire and rest in the Lord Jesus. If you are
Christ's, you are attracted towards Christ
and find your supreme delight in Him.
Come TO me, Thou who hast the power to save
My spirit quicken and restore;


And let Thy smile shine out upon the wave
That bears me to the other shore!
My God, since Thou my life and portion art,
Since have given unto Thee


This too unfaithful, too unworthy heart,


Comfort, sustain, and strengthen me!
My Father, turn not Thou away Thine eyes
OF love, so holy, so divine;


For heavens supremest, purest pleasure lies
In one sweet, single smile of Thine!


THE doctrine of Christ exceedeth all TIL
doctrines of holy men; and he that hath tn
Spirit, will find therein an hidden mama.


But it falleth out, that many who oftei
hear the Gospel of Christ, are yet but littl
affected, because they are void of the Spiri
of Christ.


But whosoever would fully and feelingl,
understand the words of Christ, must en-
deavor to conform his life wholly to the lif,
of Christ.


What will it avail thee to dispute pro
foundly of the Trinity, if thou be void of hu
mility, and art thereby dspleasing to thu
Trinity?


Surely high words do not make man holy
and just; but vrtuous life malSeth him dea
to God.


l had rather feel compunction, than un
derstand the definition thereof.
| Ii1ct Bnnxu ba nilala nv
heart, and the sayings of all the philoso
pliers, what would all that profit thee with
out the love of God, and without grace?


THE Devil up and down the earth, car
see us at all times. He watches for our veal
places, and for opportunities to get the poweI
over us. When care off our guard, he will
slip in. We are told in Gods Word to b,
sober, be vigilant or watching, and resist hin
steadfast in the faith. We may have the vic
tory over him If we look to Jesus.


Jesus has promised to come in and live il
us, if we ask him. lie is stronger than tn,
Devil, and will keep him from getting an!
hold upon us. When Satan comes into on
thoughts, Jesus will crowd him out. Jesu
does not like anything that is unclean, ant
he will drive out of our hearts all that is sin
full or impure, if we let him do it. We mus
ask him and look to him all the time.


lie cannot live in us, II we are not pure
Pray that we all may be made pure, and lie
us do all we can to make ourselves pnre
We must help Jesus. There would be no us
for us to ask him to cleanse our hearts, anC
then bring in lot of rubbish.>


We must watch and do nothing that 1
wrong. Think whether Jesus would b.
pleased with what we do and say, and b
sure to do nothing, or say nothing, or wea
nothing that we would be ashamed of il h
were here with us, in person.


VANITY of vanities, and all is vanity, eX
cept to love God, and to serve Him only.


This is the highest wisdom, by contemp
of the world to tend towards the kingdom
of Heaven.


Vanity therefore 1t is, to seek after perish
ing riches, and to trust in them.


1t is also vanity to hunt after honors, an
to climb to high degree.


. 1t is vanity to follow the desires of tn
flesh, and to labor for that for which tho
must afterwards suffer more grievous pun
ishment.


Vanity it is, to wish to live long, and to b
careless to live well.


1t is vanity to mind only this present life
and not to foresee those things which are +