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OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-N0. 186.
Religions.
Far tlie Lutheran Visiua.
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The references to dew fry the Old
lament writers are very frequent,
people, simple in t nates, and, from
pastoral habits, in close com
with nature, would be neees
impressed by «o interesting a
The situation, too, of
Holy Land, favored its constancy
•bsmlance, and thereby strength-
t^e impression which it would
*0u the west, stretched out
~f* long const line, the warm Waters
blue Mediterranean—oo the
>st the Jordan with its sea and
s Lw rapidly evaporating nnder the
^ dry winds of the desert—within
o ranges, wooded hills and
sloi>es, in infiuite variety.
t there was a dependence
this supply of moisture in the
of the “early and latter rain,
from the lessons of their history
teachings of their theocracy, i
Koagnitionofita* the gift of Provi
toce. We might well expect, there
fore, that ita gentle character and re
freshing nature, its rapul exhalation
would be feelingly apprehended and
«aed again and again by the proph
«te m euconraging and warning the
psple of Qod, and in the splendid
foreshadowings of the future which
pined before tbelr eyes. We might
«tU expect that the sweet singer
|f Israel whose eyes were opened
to sM that was lovely in nature
Ihouhl sing of the “dews of Her
Dew u the laotstui* ol the air
by the cold surfaces of
bodies and precipitated upon them.
The relation which the quantity of
humidity in the air bears to .the
temperature of exposed surfaces
therefore determines the formation
or absence of dew, its abundance
or scarcity.
The quantity ol muibture in the
air is variable and its capacity for
It is also variable—increasing sud
decreasing with the temperature of
the air. As the beat of the day,
therefore, advances from inomiug
until afternoon, the * atmosphere
about us greedily absorbs the evapo
ration from laud turd water, l»e- !
coming stead$p rootster, though to
our senses it may seem very dry.
Bat at the approach of evening,
should the temperature be reduced,
its capacity becomes so enfeebled
> that it will yield its surplus to any
surface exposed, of a oertaiu number
of degrees below its owu. This
temperature is called the dew point,
and varies with the condition of the
atmosphere. Science has furnished
os with hygrometers for its ready
and precise determination. But the
temperature of the contained water,
when the outside of a silver or new
tin vessel is just dimmed with inois
Aure, indicates it as exactly. If'the
dew point for any day is high, al
most ever} thing wiH bo bathed with
dew at eveuing; if k>w, only such
things can be refreshed as can radiate
heat enough daring the night to
rink them to the dew point—such
things are the grasses, shrubs, sud
the succulent leaves of our garden
vegetables. In early morn, the point
ed leaves of growing eom and every
tiny spear of grass bear a drop of
. tool, transparent dew, the remains
of it* banqueting through the night,
whilst the furrow and dusty high
way lie unrefreshed. Such poor con
ductors of heat can not cool off
enough for dew, except when the
dew point is high enough to wash
the very face of nature. Among
tmperfect conductors is wool; hence,
( »ideou*!i faith in the issue of his
contest with a> Midian was strength
ened by a miracle, when “the ground
being dry around, be pressed water
.from the fleece.” Water, too, is a
P°or conductor, cooling so slowly
uever to reach, under ordinary
circumstances, the dew point of the
day, ami therefore does not precipi
tate the dew. Tennyson’s • elioric
^ong of the Lotos Eaters, whilst rich
in rhetoric beauty, is not equally so
in scientific truth :
There is sweet music ben* that softer
fall*
Than petals from blown roses on the
grass.
< >r night detrt on still waters between walls
i -*f shadowy «ranite in a gleaming pass.
Lot poets area las nnto themselves.
Other couditiong for the formation
dew remain. Thp atmosphere
may be surcharged with luoistnre,
*ud the surfaces exposed may be
j|V themselves the best radiators.
a canopy of clouds hangs
overhead, the heat of these surfkces
will be reflected back, keeping them
1 tor ft* deposition. Again,
as this deposition requires a sensible forbids him to enter. The
time for its beginning, winds may 1 bsa been designated and
remove the incumbent atmosphere On chargee have been given,
lx*fore it can discharge ita dewy venerable bum torus his free
freight, bringing in another portion feat toward
A
-a——
The pool is right, a
|{ | springing critiota U
The Monos beheld a four had
ahd ‘ he was mot allowed thaw
he knew I
heart. Ihirs He demand dinripleship
as the condition of (mrticlpation in
lute which | His lore sod aalraiion f If I deny
f!tui, hare I sold the true Hod and
I I pmi*m
which is removed too sooo in its
turn.
Many portious of the earth are
eutirely dependent upon dew for the
growth of their vegetatfou ; even in
lands watered by rains, dew plays an
important part in sustaining plants
between showers, and a vital one in
bridgiug over the plant diaUesaiug
droughts of our Sonthern summers.
The seeking out, therefore, of
those who have pleasure thereiu of
the works of Providence in nature,
gives to the heart an added charm
in the references of sacred writers
to this phenomenon. The “Dews .of
Divine Grace f what a fulness of
meauiug sad comfort in the expres
sion. How suggestive of that rich
supply of spiritual food which God
has prepared for hia people! How
is this grace applied Y Not as the
storm comes, with its pall of clooda,
and the flash and roar of heaven’s
artillery, but tenderly and gently to
every sad and broken heart which
turns to Him. When does it come T
lu the eveotide of the soal, when its
busy cares, its worldly plans and
passions are Unshed and Still. What
a lesson of man’s responsibility is
slope } he pursue* his westward way but the earthly type of the letter, ; There is a pause. I'pon the tmri
to the ridge; the goodly laud berets the beavealy oaaotry which be and ‘too of that dark and doubtful soul
ou his view; the magmUcent peuo all the fathers sought. This view of there arises the disk of the Bun of
rains dlaokwes itself to hia * weeping Canaan was the pledge of hia speedy Highteoasness, with its calm, sweet,
guar. Doubtless, tor that Ural sod entrance of the land of pore delight, warm light. The tempest is hushed
Ume in the flesh he looked earn and heuoe was the view of joyfhl I The moment of resolution has come. •
i and long. Then came the aod,' autidpatioo. I Hi* fin ran, eoutrart noon the ram ,
or not, let them go to him wetr, and
rest their souls eonfldingfy hi the
embruee of bis infinite love: then
tbelr doubt* will vanish, they will be
satisfied with,what he has done for
them, and pence wHl - take tip its
blessed abode in their heart*.—Cm.
l\e*bftcriOH.
Why!
•stly
around which fur us bangs the veil.
*‘6« Moors, the servant of the Lord,
died there,'’ earns up all w« know.
L Of the several reflections sag
■ested by the aoooent of the dreth
of Moeee, the first Is that death
came as the pnnishmout of ala.
Does'this seem hard t Stop! It
was God. Meats, If only ouce, had
yet siaoed
ly. He hi
God, whose servant sad
live ha was; ho had ops
viaedly with his Ifps ; ha
to sanctify God—to act ia
with t
of tied
the
“Thou shalt not brio
gallon into the land.* Let as leant
that God la holy, and must be sane
tided—jbsmI he regarded sad treated
as so. (Mu oflfend* him. No easi
nenee of
Bin fingers contract upon the ram
Who of u*» does not raougnias the | rod. The muncles of bis arm swell,
precioasoess, for bimaalf, ami for With flashing eyas, oomprewsed lips,
those he leave# behind him, of the {dilated nostril, and planted foot, he
Piagab experieuca 1 Who would md draws back the weapon, sod dashes
1
giva muck to be able to say, la viaw
of approaching death, M 1 stood oo a
spiritoal height I look over aad
heyoad the valley. In no dellriam
or illusive ecstasy 1 behold my hams.
My Gud la there} my daviour ia there. I a
I kaow my fall aalrstkiu ; I triumph fc
and jay in the osffninty; I shall aouu (
he there. Coma, Lord Jeans, come (j
quickly f Well, hi* sots
who ahull stand ou the
prospect before his 1
* given to them for w!
* prepared. But m
it with one dire stroke into old wood
en Jugmnuatha. . agon ns t ha takes
it qoicUy. O, glory' be to God on
high! The spoil of Hatau is broken.
ia God.
a treads
m brace*
here, in
the man
the
Why inn 1
query of many
another preeioa
uoines aod goes,
sure to be very
not convened f A
as one and
revival of grace
Some seem to dc-
Paula. They heed
not the culls of Divioc auercy, be
cause God does not come to them
as be came to Paul j casting them
upon the ground, and Minding them
silk a light from heaven.
These bad been a season of revi
val in' the villagr of B—. Many
were led to Christ. Among the i
Be Mill.
There are certain seasons when it
is our privilege to commit oor afftirs
into the hands of God and be still.
“He that believeth shall not make
baste." That is, be shall not be it:
coufusiou, running hither and thither,
as one who has no resource. ,IIe
shall stand still aod wait for Dirin<
teaching; not like ooc m ho is insen
sibie, bat as one* who is dependent.
God says, give Me tiaac, and trust,
aad you shall not wait in vain. Kr
cry dark aud mysterious provide in *«
is a special season in which we
should stand still, in the way laid
down. If your way ia hedged about
with thorns—if yon know not where
to fetch your next step—yet this rule
will hold good: “Be stQl, and know
that 1 am God.” Bay to Him, thy
way is in the sea, aud thy teoUtep
If
taught! The spiritual atmosphere exeuee it.
about u* may be laden with bices- severe, it
ings, and even “very nigh to every , eye* and
one of ua," yet to render theiu avail
able, the cells of the heart mast j if
be opened, must be turned heaven mingled with it
ward, and emptied of all worldli- ^ Again Me
ness and vanity, lu the kingdom |(JJf ^ rr ^ a | t
of grace, as iu nature, the mutual fn fcj,
conditions are equally . inexorable. __.l v
Man nnsi ac*pt, or U>lin ( , “tfc. Ll .1 tol throng
heaven over you is stayed from dew,: ^ ltlfilfl
are they who have also been pre
' pared for !l The aajiug ia true
! that God give* no man dying grace
until the dying hear, bat it aoeorda
j with hia methods that the amn who 1
‘ has obtained the moot of firing grace
1 should have the uori of dyiog green.
■ To tire a life of non*deal nod joyful
40 00i I natiripnUofi of heavua ia the surest
«f rin. menus of dyiog anrii a death. It a
1 the heavenly mind that dnU and
th« heuretiix home.—f*res
t
w . - aic not known: bat they may In-
unuilier .a. tbe .laugklef ol »fcei triutML . . suodi.g «U1I i, M *„ ; .
faithful mini,trt. A/ter l»or f 00 '' ym, fuaui) the tunk 1 .! wod.rbri.
veraioo, .hr «a. beard W mv that ^ do . whiIe
bnrkmi. «hc had dim.«ankat lb. caU of ataml allmit before ottr King. «.
Ih. aua Cbriat lor a long time. mm|djr be i th „ W( . , Ua |,
u< d< cauae .he had eipei teheed uo aoch ^ wl „, , hm H , , lu .
*«*•*»'*»■ «>• "«* ercam; tberefw Ood had mightilv
j •. *^ exalte,! him. latter into my ebaei
!,t all that arc .lauding hack. t**r tin the indignation br* oeer,m.t:
beartaiiug a. to a choice be aB though God would tsav^.f will take
u Cbriat aud the .urW, lcaiu tW|( jD „, „, T rwl1 ,
ed, and
| and
rict can
tfemient.
i
chris
with
gases ou
<*f
died without orc
his labor. This
of a
and tbe
fruit.*
earth ia stayed from
The Death
All
f
Till quite lately no site bad been
tiled ou as tbe probnMe elevation
from which Moses surveyed the
Promised Ladd. Tbe region east of
Jordan and the Deed Bea is tbe >
home of some of Inhinael's true
sons—roving, lawlere, plundering
tribes—and few explorers have been
able to i«enetrate that wild land. To
one looking from tbe westward, the !
mountains of Moab ap|H*ar as au
even wail, ami seem io afford uo;
Pisgab height. Ad<l to this that it
ha* been doubted whether indeed
the view was |»os*ible. iu its wide
extent, to fauiiiau vision. Some held,
as Stanley, that it was a view “to
be imagined rather than actually
seen. Tbe foreground alone could
lie clearly discernible.” This, how
ever, fails to take account of tbfi
^underfill clarity of tbe Eastern
atmosphere. It ia matter of teeti-
mony^that proapret* fully as exten
sive lie clearly within tbe range of
sight" from some of the heights of
Lebanon.
It is moat gratifying to know, not
simply that tbe view was possible
literally as described, but that tbe
veritable poiut from which it was
had has, within a few years, been
closely spproximated—indeed, sub
stantially lieeu discovered. The in
hospitable land has beeo suffl« n-ntl.v
entered ; tbe war like appearance of
tbe mountains is not so far con
firmed by the reality as that there
arc uo eminence*. Mr. Tristan fouud,
near Ileahbon, a highest point, which
meets all tbe demands of location,
aud actually yields tbe prospect out
lined iu tbe sacred text.
This identification aids the iroagi- •
nation, and gives greater vividness
to the mental portraiture of the last
incident in tbe earthly life of Mosea.
The people of Israel were encamped
in tbe plains of Moab. Their chief,
advanced in years, retained all bis
powers; his eye was uot dim, nor
his natural force abated. Wonderful
man! The Hebrew babe, wept over
ami committed alike to Nile currents
aud providential titles; the Egyptian
princess’ adopted sou, tanght in the
lore of that mysterious land; the
champion ot his oppressed country-
men; the fugitive and refugee: the
Midiauite shepherd, in training by
contemplation and Divine comtnuni-
North of the place where 1 lived'
in India lie* tbe district in which is
situated the greet fompfo of Jsgnu j |
tut ha, the w mind “Lord of the i
world.'* A few. year* since a Brak* i
min lived there. He may be still liv- i
tng. I bate 11*4 not heard of his i
death. Hie torwfotber* worshiped St I
’ that shrine, and £ did he. A fhrifr 1 1
of which the U»rd had said he would t|a|l trr 0 Ufcl ta j| H
give it. Rat just s* the time of
crowning success draws near, God
».«. “So fcrtbor? ibo. mu.t li.| mtl .,«' ta . llM |, avUa , Jig
hrrr- And ho* oftrn H n n-|*«l |W ^
«>• W. .. In ,W W o»,b. 33rtimB
public Is nefoctor wot permitted t#
their serrkse. as the
he was *u fieri ug for their
efforts were conwlnat, w
ried, were self sacrifleteg.
to the owe eomaws
bailment of the
in
rejoice here in his
out; in the minister who ho* labor
cd. but into whose tabor*, now that
he rest*, others have entered to
gather the springing harvest that
never gladdened his eyes; iu the
parent whose teachings, and prayers,'
snd tears, ia his Vtfo-tiON*, sermed
without avail ou the wayward chii
dtvn that siuer have lurnel to thrir
father’* God. Moses did are sod
know, but nut here. Wo most leorw
the lesson to labor diligently, frith
folly, belie\ ingty, sod leave rrealts
to God.
& Hoses’ death is a type, in
kmehneos, of all dying. After
so far
tioa ti
Re begins to reed it. His haughty
faetarcM eootrset into an indignant
my
iu this load from time
Mumeaional, is no gud f What other
sod blasphemous thing will
He reads ou. There ore or
these Tbei ore amis* ok .
skillful archer. They stick tost. He
can not pluck them out. lie tries to 1
escape from the Iruth that baa be
gnu to noise apou his soul; hot it
follows him, like bis shadow, by day ;
it haunts his dreams by night lie
ia constrained to examine further.
something from this. Do uot wait j
for a voice from heaven, aud a sud-
deu Aaah blinding y uur eye*, exjicct-
iug, what ha* never been allowed to
mortal sight, to look upon the faoe
, of the Almighty. IVrbaps at thu
very niomeut aouie brother is pray-
7* * nie lag that you may now heed the
ibta like agin; small voice" which calls you to
wu their ^ folding arms of the 6a-
Lh» Uml rtoQr Determine to throw down
^ enf that barrier, prkh* of heart, aud ac-
*** erpt the saving, Mmple invitation.
' 1 ** m “' “coma unto me.”
t hr Hko a. amn doomed to die, will as read
^ * * pwr » Uy accept a reprieve from tbe hands
1 at of a child that bears it, as from the
. i than Ling that granted it. Why do you
it mould ^ fcetd that simple word come,!
io aaaert than waif lor thuuders, aod
boj*r that jiuhtiiiugs, and darkness J Only
hold the scale aud the swonl, and
will maintain niv jiower. Beware
how you outer into vain conjecture-
and say, This or that would lie bet
ter. Rather my with Habokkuk. “I
will stand nppn my watch, and set
me upon the tower: aod wit! ware It
to see what He will say unto me.
and what I shall auswer when 1 am
reproved." As servants we are called
to stand in a certain place: wc are
called to stand waiting, but expect
iog. A thousand eases will occur in
life which haste will mar and ruin:
while the biq who stands still, in
God’s way, has a prospect of making
his way through the deepest water*.
—Cap*/.
He gets a New
This,
like a millstone round his neck, rinks
him still deeper ia doobu sud dia-
treuses. X question now rises pal
pebly before him: is Jsgauaotba or J
ltn Jesus the true object of worship f
Tlio uo
not of a
Kit Of OU
bey could
teaching*
e actions
re might
itundHMU
lurk* ia
ol God**
doue, or
t ah their
tin, whose
different
open the fetter* of a slave, and he a man who had tbe reputation of
accept* hi* freedom as gratefully, as j being “mighty in the Scripture*.* 1
be would if his master had come , was ouce called upon for a eontribu -
to lum with a flourish of words and tiou to a certain worthy object He
of music, telling him that the day of was a man of considerable means,
his freedom had came. but just then happened to be owt of
Heed the yleut promptings of the busiuess. His reply was, “This is a
Spirit calling y ou to freedom, w hich noble cause. I wish I could do some
is freedom fn truth, because it is the
freedom purchased by tbe tiou.
“Humble yourself iu the right of
tbe Lord and be shall lid you up.”
“God rcristeth the (iroud, but
givelh grace to the humble.*" “.Sub
mit yourselves, therefore, to God."—
America* Metoenga.
“Fight the Good Fight of Faith.*'
of
as tbe
what avails
Ps bed, in the departing
hour, of weeping friends ! How hr
down into the valley can hnmoa
oom|wa»ooahip extend? No, no. The
soul must treed the silent path aloae.
And yet not alone. The Qod in
whom we live, and move, and bare
our being, the Father of all spirits,
is present with the bwman spirit then
—present in love, or in severe
Mtrangenees. Moses could not have
felt alooe, or with a Divine stranger,
is pretense of the (toil with whom
he had talked face to face. You,
dear frieod and rentier, must die
alour reeewtiaMy alone. You moat
eater eternity alone—alone with God.
Would you have, then, “the kisses
of Jehovah, r and the preacoee of
infinite love? Learn to know God
here aod now. Heed bis invitation,
“Come, now, and let us reason to
gether * Then your sin*, though
scarlet or crimson, shall become
white, like tbe snow aad tbe wool,
and it shall be no terror, in dying,
to be alone with God.
4. And finally, Mooes, in the cir
ruDistances of bis death, is a figure
of confident and joyful an tie! (tat ion
of heaven.
“There 1* a land of pare delight.
Where rninU immortal reign;
Infinite day exrlade* the ui|rb».
And pleasure* hanish paht.
There everlasting sprint abide*.
And asvwr witberia* flower*:
Death, Uks a narrow rea, diride*
This beavealy land from our*.
we could
thoroughly scrutinise their mental
habit*. I nuppoar we riiould find
them perpetually engaged in self iu-
The agoay of doubt grows store it*
tease. He cao not endure it He
proceeds to nettle the question after
a fashion of his own. He procure*
a ramrod from a tiepoy, mud sharp
cu* ita poiut. At twilight be »tewl*
up toward Jagauoalha** frowning
pile. He skulks along, like a « ulprit,
under the nkadow of its lofty wall*.
He eaters the inner shriwe
in the dismal rues
image. If I eaa i
plunge this whetted inm iato Jagou
uatba'a middle. I shall ascertain
whether there bs a gud inside of him era of this sort ? It is very oh\ iou*
or Bok What a struggle takes place that they must cease to search for
ib this mao's heart! lie fights with assortuce by ouc invtliod that they
ia him self a battle. *och as no gladi have adopted: they have been pm
ator#rei fought ou the sands of a wing it for many weary y cars, it may
Roman amphitheatre. He riautla 1 tie, and all that they bare gotten for
Every true Christian kuows by
assurance experience that it is uo easy matter
th Christ to walk by faith. What need have
ee of our tbe best of u* with iucrca&iug earn
bt wbetb-] e.vtnes* to cry, “Ixad increase- our
*re afraid faith!" We note only a very few
iter, there- thing*. Ammig things seen, to love
thing for it, but I can not. I am uot
making any money, and can hardly
manage to live ou the interest ot'
what I have salted down.”
“Brother," said the solicitor. “*c
have often naked yoar opinion a* to
the meaning of sooie passages ot
Scripture, and never failed to get an
intelligent auswer. Wbat doe? Uk-
Saviour tneau when he says. “Bell
that xt have, and give alms?”
The good brother was silent. The
passage oectned “hard to be unde,
stood.” It woald have cost him a
hundred dollar* to have exfdained it
satisfactorily, aud the applicant
was obliged to leave without either
d gluoaiy. tire unseen: to be in the world, and exposition <u- monev
not of it; to live t»eiow, and yet
to dwell abov e; never to forget onr
home yonder in tbe sunniest hours
of onr home here; to obey the apos-
’ trospectiun. They at
ocrupied with ditocciintj tkemneire*.
They chrry self examination, (an im
Iterative Christian duty,).to a hurtful
extreme.
incessantly • tolic injunction, foi' them that have
wives to be as though they had
uone; for them that weep to be as
though they
that rejoice to be
wept »vi,
not; for them
as though they
jortnl foe wool
llis
Jo.
God. Mjr mother
taught ms oo. My fothsr was wise
and learned, sad he toW me so. My
forefat her* sit |
whole of this great
this temple os Its I
image as its deity. If
be will trample me aodw
transfix me with
Tbe Brahmia’* km
cation for the fntnre, suddenly ap
jiearing in the laud whence he had
fled, as the appointed and accredited
leader ; shaking all Egypt by mighty
miracle* of calamity, and conduct
ing the exodus; speaking to God Bnt
face to face, and fasting forty days To rroa* th» narrow m j
ou Sinai ; receiving mud impairing And hnger. shta*Hag on th* briwk^
the written law; captain in all tbe
weary desert wanderings; aod now
on tbe border of tbe promised poo>
section, which tbe Divine prohibition ghouMfright mj
Hia lipa quiver. Ilia teeth
trembles io hia flaccid
He la about to give up hia
Then, creeping up over the low
data of this man'* soul, come* tbe
slow, bat sore flood tide of a resist
less thought. “That crudfled Ooc!
Hi* ia a wondrous story. Did He
Mifler for met Did He weep and
bleed and dtaf Was ft for me?
Why daaamy hfloefijn thaob when I
toioh cf j|? (n aH
their ;»aius, ia only dissatisfaction
with themselves and darkness iu
their souls; and It may be safely
said, that to go oa as they have been
doing will only ensure the same sod
results that now oanee them so much
bitterness of spint.
Thef need, therefore, for a while
at least, to let self-examinatioo alone.
Tl$ey have been looking within so
long, that their minds are morbid,
Htid/flilA, which is a grace that finds
all ita life in looking oat upon Jesus,
has become dwarfed and weak and
sickly; if therefore they would have
their faith decided, and clear, and
accompanied with assurance, they
mast stop this suicidal process of
alwgys eanvaatiug its claims, aud
direct It to the Croaa. They ac
knowledge that assurance cornea, not
from tbetaselrea, bat from appre
hending Cbriat as a complete Re
deemer by Ctitb: let them then at
oooe pq* tfcs found doctrine into a
Now wliat is the remedy tor doubt - * ixjoiced not*: for them that buy to
be n* though they possessed uot;
for a king to remember that he is
but a lieggat at bis prayers; fora
l^ucaius at the gate to remember
that he shall be a king in glory;
to believe that God is kiud wbeu his
hand is smiting aud this fledi *uiait-
iug ; to be content that Christ came
down into our garden, aud plucked
tbe sweetest flower iu unblown bud
or blossom, even to place it iu his
own bosom; when the screws go
into the coffn-lid, and the mould
rattles hollow on the boards, to rise
to the scene whore the spirit shines
and sings in glory—these, and snch
like, I grant, are no easy things.
Faith, indeed, has a hard light
of it, but it shall have a grand vic
tory—a rough passage of it, but she
shall have a happy landing on tbe
eternal shores. Angels are there;
Jesu*, with glorified saints, await
the believer*s coming. To those who
mourn departed saints, we say,
“Weep not.” Happy are they who
are anchored iu the desired haven;
they ore with their Lord—they ort*
at homo—they are at rest in tkeu
| The text deserves careful study.
It certainly means something, and
those who are continually investing,
snd buying, adding farm to farm,
and honse to house, and laying up
treasure* on earth, and aH the while
contriving to keep themselves poor,
and pinched, and penurious, ami
pleading their indebtedness as an
excuse for their covetousness, would
do well to examine the Scripture
most carefully, as it is one of
those words which Christ has spoken,
and which, whether received or
rejected, shall judge us in tbe last
dav.—The Christian.
sr v^s.-av? z ss—fsk; ss
t*«>. K
agd jp not this better
, to battle bora with
tt* % froqbW ***!
i J ohm. titifirictocy
, til xshl\e.—Theodore L. Cuylei
gives, through the Independent, four
“recipes” for securing sunshine in
the soul:
1. Look at your mercies with both
eyes; at your troubles and trials
with only one, .
2. Study contentment. In these
days of inordinate greed mid self-in
dulgence, keep down the accursed
spirit of grasping. What they don't
have makes thousands wretched.
a Keep at some work of useful
ness. Active Christians are seldom
troubled with the blues. Work for
Christ brings heart-health.
4. Keep your heart’s window al
ways open toward heaven. Let the
blessed light of Jesus’ countenance
shine in. It will turn tears into
rainbows. The author of “Nearer,
my God, to Thee” has sweetly sung:
fir® iso*.
to me or <
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