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August ii, 1909.
spend a saved and exal
will as shown me by th
a trying to earn and d
Or am I doing these tl
and belief that I am s;
ness of God to me throi
strained by the Spirit t<
through faith?
After an hour of sel
attained that I know w
persuaded that He is ai
committed unto Him t:
dependence upon Him f
flesh. I submit my wil
this poor sinful body <
ing Him for salvation s
given.
I submit my introsp<
dren, for there is a subs
tbe heart of many.?Th
THE RAD]
The reason some mer
because their horizon is
unable to see how much
of an ant is a circle of al
That is all he is able tc
six and one-half feet hig
tended vision ; while the
.ter conception of things.
It is much the same
education will cover the
is three-fourths of an i
inches of ignorance su
makes the mistake of tl
that he does not know. I
ers that he is in contac
miles of ignorance, and
The more one studies
discovers about the fie
convinced that what he
what there is to know.
It is only the ignorant
and as a rule, the less i
the more cock-sure he i
ion. The man who boa
miuwicu^c in ay uc put
ninety-nine cases out of
no escap:
A sense of duty pursu
like the Diety. If we t
the morning and dwell
sea, duty performed or
for our happiness or our
ness shall cover us, in tl
obligations are yet with
power nor fly from their
in this life, will be wit!
scene of inconceivable :
*1 ? ? ??
iner onwara, we snail s
by the consciousness of
has been violated, and
may have given us grac<
ster.
THE PRESBYTERIA*
Ited life in submission to His
e Holy Spirit; or is there still
leserve iomething from Him?
lings because of a knowledge
ived by the undeserved kindiigh
Jesus Christ, and am cono
testify of salvation by grace
f-examination. the position is
rhom I have believed and am
blc to keep that which I have
intil that day, and in humble
or help, and no trusting in the
1 to His guidance as much as
can do in this world. Prais0
dearly bought and so freely
cction to other of God's chilstitution
of works for grace in
e Christian Intelligencer.
[US OF VISION.
1 think they know so much is
so circumscribed that they are
there is to know. The world
xmt one-half inch in diameter.
? see at one time. An animal
jh will have a much more ex;
eagle would have a still betwith
men. The man whose
area of a circle whose radius
nch, touches only about five
rrounding the circle, and he
hinking that five inches is all
f the radius is a mile he discovt
with about six and one-half
so on all the way up the scale,
in any field, the more lit
Id and the more he becomes
knows is but a small part of
who boast of their knowledge,
i man Knows aoout a subject,
s that he is right in his opinsts
of his learning and of his
down as a 22-calibre; and in
a hundred, he is short at that.
> [i . iLL
E FROM DUTY.
es us ever. It is omnipresent,
ake to ourselves the wings of
in the uttermost parts of the
duty violated is still with us,
misery. If we say the darkle
darkness as in the light our
us. We can not escape their
r presence. They are with us
i us at its close; and in that
solemnity which lies yet fartill
find ourselves surrounded
duty, to pain us so far as it
to console us so far as God
; to perform it.?Daniel Web
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I OF THE SOUTH*
VACATION Tt
Suggestions for Past<
The Rev. R. J. Campbell,
turned from a holiday in Swi
mon at the City Temple that
Switzerland he would like to
gation. It was not impossib
did organizations connected
could arrange such a holiday
mnr U r. 1-4 ?? *1
...vi. xxt ?wiiiu iiiciuiun 11 a
was possible for the church a
a holiday together.
Here is a good text for a
ft?rmon. It was used by Dr. J
Proverbs 10:5?"He that ga
wise son."
APAR'
Come ye yourselves apart am
Weary, I know it, of the p
Wipe from your brow the sv
And in My quiet strength ?
Come ye aside from all the
For converse which the wor
Alone with Me, and with Mj
With Me and with My Fs
Come, tell me all that ye ha'
Your victories and failures,
I know how hardly souls are
My choicest wreaths are al
Come ye and rest: the journt
And ye will faint beside th<
The bread of life is here fo
And here for you the wine
Then fresh from converse wi
And work till daylight sofl
The brief hours are not lost
More of your Master and I
No Time to Be Al
Come ye yourselves apart ii
6, 31. In these days of hurry
selves face to face with a t(
this?no time to be alone \v
these last days, is running i
called the "age of progress,"
with the times. So the world
the world has not confined it
alas, to be found among the s
is the result? Tlie result is n
God, and this is immediately
tion to be alone with God. .
many call it, is of an importai
valued. On scanning the pre
we find that God's mighty m
been in "the school of God," i
ply this?in the rlpcprt o
there they got their teaching,
din of the haunts of men, tin
God; there they were equipp
when the time came that th<
service for God their faces \
they had faces as lions; they
yea, and victorious for God;
won already in the desert wi
II
0
IOUGHTS.
ors in Vacation.
of London, who has retzerland,
said in his serthe
next time he went to
take the whole congrele,
for there were splenwith
the church which
, perhaps for next sum
gain, and see whether it
md congregation to take
midsummer or vacation
fohn Hunter of Glasgow,
thereth in summer is a
r.
d rest awhile,
ress and throng,
veat and dust of toil,
igain be strong.
world holds dear,
Id has never known,
j Father here,
ither not alone.
ve said and done, ?
( hopes and fears,
wooed and won:
ways wet with tears.
sy is too great,
3 way and sink:
r you to eat,
of love to drink.
th your Lord return,
Lens into even:
in which ye "learn
lis rest in heaven.
one with God.
lto a desert place. Mark
and bustle we find ourjrriblc
danger, and it is
ith God. The world, in
ast; we live in what is
and we must keep pace
i savs. But this cnirit r?f
self to the world. It is,
aints of God. And what
ot time to be alone with
followed by no inclina.
This "desert life," as
ice that can not be overcious
pages of Scripture
len were those who had
and His school was simwith
Himself. It was
Far removed from the
ere they met alone with
?ed for the battle. And
ty stood forth in public
vere not ashamed?nay,
were bold and fearless,
for the battle had been
th Him.