Year: 1871

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Of their own making.


| But is II The amount that makes the gift ac-
cepiable. or is It In proportion to the ability
to give and whether the hear goes with II and
payer socks a blessing to attend it2 Remcm-
Der Chrisl's lesson 10 the rich men and the
poor widow casting their gifts into the treasu.
ry Of the Temple--"Though bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and though give my
body 10 be burned and have not charity-=su-
preme love to God-I am nothing"


Will such an one, who oppresses the poor
and the hirelins in his wages, aid poor broth
er in distress? Nay, verify He is too near
ly related to that old priest and Levite who
went by on the other side. That old sect of
Parisees is not yet all dead On the contrary,
1t has been very prolific and almost every COM
n.unity has "a few representatives (of the same
sorD lef" Beware of all such, for though
their words may be smoother than oil, deceit
is under their tongue Woo to the luckless
wight who may fall within their power, for be
will have such mercy shown him as the hawk
shows the dove; or in the anglers parlance-
he will get you well hooked, and then land
you high and dry.


Adversely is trial Of true friendship and
sympathy. 1t winnows the chaf from the
wheat. 1t is the crucible which separates the
gold from the dross. "a friend In need is
friend indeed" When families in affluent
circumstances are suddenly reduced to power
", how quickly will their summer day, sun
shine, parasItical friends forsake them For
sake them as 1'heo. Parker said Daniel Web.
sters political friends did in the hour of great
est need-"scatter like swallows from a barn
when summers lightning stabs the roof" Did
you ever note the advent into village of two
fam lilies, in worldly affairs Numerically the
opposite How delegations, sometimes, from
each society would call and invite the favored
| ones to settings and q. home with them And
how the members of the other were left per
haps, ain fancy free" to seek a home where
inclined2 While in the same time, in ali that
constitutes true excellence and worth, the lat
ter may have been diamonds of the first uater
and tie former only CALIFORNIA;,


At u social gathering, few years ago, of one
of our city churches a prominent member
said to n friend Of mine, as a aocGlhy but god
less young man entered the room-"Thcre is
Mr. A., wish you to pay particular attention
TO him this evening, for you know he is a
young man Of means P Aye! There was the
secretl Had he been gOdly, but poor, young
man, she would never, in all probability, have
made such reQuest.


AS have seen some of these things have
sometimes asked myself whether wealth and
| influence were not the primary and piety the
secondary consideration in building up some
churches in numbers? But will it not he a
foundation of hay, weed and stubble, that
will not stand the test? Were some of eur
modern temples visited as was that at Jerusalem,
methinks many of these over-grasping money
changers, who have made them home for
their own da9fanGiz6msnt, would be elected in
a similar manner


And as with people, so with priest" But
only occasionally, for as a class they are not
governed by such sordid and mercenary mo-
tives as are others Still there are few who
look at call to labor in a new field only
through a golden medium-they eagerly look
for pastures rich and fair this side the swelling
flood. But they are only human-they have
like passions and wants as other men. Some
claiming to be Christ's under shepherds, man.
age, in their pastoral relations, to find out on
ly the Jdt-the rich--ones of their flock. Or
is ii because they think those of that class
most need a shepherds guardian care, lest
from the fold they stray? But the great ma
jority of them toll on in the Masters service
laboring faithfully and cheerfully-hopefully
looking forward to the time when they shall
be rewarded by the Great Shepherd
cd not with perishable silver and gold, but
with coronet beieweled with ransomed
gopls


Although you and may not see that happy
day, yet that good time will come when a
sanctified wealth and sanctifcd Press shall
together, send streams of joy and gladness
overall this sin-cursed world when no long
pr shall it be said, as it has been, down
through the ages-"Milions for Mass, mites
for Messiah" But in that good time coming,
tie sword shall be beaten into the plowshare
and the spear into the pruning hook and ma
tions shall learn war no more. Then the
wealth of the earth shall be poured into the
treasury of the Lord, and they shall neither
hurt nor distroy in all His holy mountain.


Take, then, that higher, nober view of life
and its work; and though you may not be
favored with wealth, and the influence it
brings with it; though honor and popularity
may not be yours; though you may walk
through the vale of poverty and obscurity,
still may thy life-work contribute to the hap
pness of others and the homer of God, May
Agur's prayer be thne-"GiVe me neither
poverty nor riches; feed me with food con-
venient for me-"


Take well whate'er shall chance, though bad IL be-
Take It for good, and twill be good to thee"


Yours truly, VERITAs'
Sistap Kroun Gra tifas Har Hur,oSi4u