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12 THE PRESBYTEFT/
Devotional and Selections
THE REVEALING OF GOD.
I've seen Him ride through the heavens at night
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And the sparks that gleamed from His chariot of fire
Were the stars in the cycles of time.
I've seen Him place a diamond rare
On the breast of the lowliest (lower;
As He wrote His name with a rainbow's pen
In sun-colors afJer the shower.
I've heard His voice in the tempest grand,
As it swept through the forest deep;
And His rain-songs were the lullabies
That sang the world, to sleep.
I've seen Him open the doors of morn
And ilume the mountains with gold;
And the mists that fettered the valleys low
Like an incense of prayer arose.'
I've seen Him draw the fold-skirts of night
And the world curl down to sleep;
And to Bethlehem's heart He draws mon'c lives
Who are toiiing with weary feet.
LIFE AND DEATH.
The traveler was weary with the journey antl paused
a little while by the path to rest; and as she sat there
one approached and said, "Thou hast only a little farther
to go?*'
''Only a little farther," she answered.
"Are you not weary with the journey?" asked her
new companion.
"Yea, I am; but the journey on the whole has been
pleasant and 1 would not have missed it. I have had
many irienus ana mueli joy, and great interest in doing
my Lord's work."
"Where are thy friends now?"
"Some of them have gone on before me. The others
have been with me until a moment ago. I can hear
their pleasant voices and almost see them yet."
"But now thou art alone. Art thou not afraid for the
rest of the way to go alone?"
"Nay, but I am not entirely alone. One is with me
still. His name is Jesus Christ, and he has promised
never to leave me desolate."
"I know that One," spoke her companion gently. "I
went with him over the last of his way, and now I am
come to be thy companion also. Shall we walk on together?"
"Dost thou truly know the way?" asked the traveler
softly.
"Yea, I have been over it with everv mortal sinre
man began to journey over this road. Thou art not
afraid ?"
"Nay, what should I fear? I have loved my. Lord. I
have served his cause. He has given unto me eternal
life. What should I fear?"
"What, indeed?" said her companion, as the traveler
rose and the two proceeded until they came qliite suddenly
to a glorious gateway, wherein stood a glorious
one holding out a welcoming hand.
"This," said' her companion, "is one of the angels of
life. He will usher thee into the presence of God."
And as he spoke, he vanished.
OF THE SOUTH. February 24, igog.
"Tell me," asked the traveler as she Took the hand
of the Angel of Life, "who was that who has jnst departed?"
"That," said the Angel of Life, smiling, "was Death."
"That Death?" she said; "I took him to be my
friend."
"And was he not?" said the Angel, smiling again.
"H as he not brought you to me, and am 1 not also your
friend ?"
"Yea," said the traveler, joyfully, as she entered into
the glories of paradise with the Angel of Life, singing:
"O Death, where is thy sting? O Grave, where is thy
victory? Thanks be unto God, who giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ!"?Charles M. Sheldon.
A PEACEFUL SPIRIT GIVES HEALTH.
"Never work on till you are seemingly at your last
gasp, whether at your business or your pleasure, but
rest as you go along. If you forego rest until your
work is done, the chances are that you will then be too
tired to take it. Get all the beauty-sleep you can. Remember
that late hours are fatal to pood looks and
health, and don't commit the folly of working far into
the night, and then wondering why your woik is not
well done and you feel so good-for-nothing the next
day.
"Shield your nerves, and don't let them become too
sensitive. Make yourself take life calmly. If you lose
a train, don't pace the platform wildly, but inquire when
the next train comes in, and sit down calmly to wait for
it. That's just what most women don't do; they sit
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clinch and unclinch their hands, and are apparently in a
fever-heat of excitement over the arrival of every train
that comes in, even though they have been assured that
theirs is not due for another half hour. That half hour
of waiting means to them a frightful wear and tear of
nerves and they are practically weeks older for it. Try
to cultivate calmness; but if you can not do that all at
once, you can keep your face still."?London Family
Herald.
CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE DIFFERENT.
Christians should be different from other people.
They are sons of light, and the light should be shining
in their lives in all their ways. They should be happier
than other people, for they are friends of Christ, are for
given, are uod s children, and have heaven and glory
before them. Their lives should be more holy and
beautiful than other people's lives, for they belong to
Christ. They should be at peace among themselves,
loving each other. They should be discouragers of all
unbeautiful living and encouragers of the faint-hearted
in their efforts to be true They should be ready always
to lend a hand to the weak and shotild be patient and
long-suffering toward all men. They should never return
evil for evil, but always be loving and kind, no
matter what others mav do. Tb#?v cVir?ni?-i
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and thank God for everything. They should never
quench the Spirit in their hearts. They should let
their whole life be given up to God, for His use aqd
keeping.?The Daily Bible. /
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