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Devotion;
Before a window loc
A woman sits with
'Tis evening and th<
And homeward fly 1
The glorious colors
And in their place
The woman folds tb
And croons this litt
"Sleep, baby sleep, i
And tenderly thy ir
There is no cradle
Though it were line
"Sleep, baby sleep,
Nothing shall harm
Thy mother watcht
And to HIS keeping
THE
The world needs
Christ anticipated tin
ditions of people. H
life. Sin today is th
of the heart. It is <
bellion against the d
from righteousness,
cure the heart of its
bring men back into
subject to the divine
the old-time gospel c
tion. Men must be
consciences must be
sed, the old gospel al
Do not understand u
for the minister. H
progress of thought i
and development. J
principles of biblical
of speculative inves
to draw upon his kno
ever of help they m;
preach these things 1
cesses of studying th
mere shavings of his
ing but the finished
ances. Christ and h
ness in the sight of G
assurance of the Sp
elements of true prea<
life alone follow in th
"Preach the word,"
othy, and it was sou
own day and genera
Tt is iinwisp for tie
guidance, and becaus
ceased asking, we dis
slowness of God is t
formed Presbyterian
THE PRESBYTERI
al and Selections
EVENTIDE.
king towards the west,
babe upon her knees.
e weary world seeks rest,
the birds and droning bees.
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in the sky depart,
the pastel shades appear;
>e baby to her breast
:le song into its ear.
the night was made for rest,
lother's arms enfold,
like thy mother's breast
d with down ,or made of gold."
until the day returns;
or take thee unawares,
>s while the taper burns.
; trusts lhy future years."
?John Richard Moreland.
OLD GOSPEL.
the same old gospel today, for
; needs of all ages and of all cone
came to deal with sin and with
e sin of all ages. It is a disease
estrangement from God, it is relivine
will, and it is alienation
It is the purpose of the gospel to
moral and spiritual sickness, to
loyalty to God and to make them
: law. Nothing will do this like
>1 repentance, faith and consecramade
sensible of their sins, their
aroused, and their natures cleanone
can accomplish these results,
s to decry a wide range of study
e needs to keep abreast of the
n all its departments of discovery
'ind he needs to understand the
criticism and to know the trend
tigations. And he is at liberty
wledge of these matters for whatay
afford him. But he is not to
:o his people, or to carry his proem
into his pulpit. They are the
work-shop, but he is to take nothproduct
into his pulpit deliverim
crucified, sin and its hatefulod.
a life of righteousness and the
>irit?these are the fundamental
ching. And the fruits of spiritual
e wake of this sort of pulpit work,
was Paul's exhortation to Timnd
advice to the ministry of our
tion.?Texas Christian Advocate.
to try to hurry God. We ask for
e it does not come before we have
itrust God. This is not wisp. The
he safety of men.?Associate Re
AN CF THE SOUTH.
ROLL THE STONE Y<
I saw some men building
and they were putting into
that they wanted to get 01
house. Some of them wer
strong horses were unable t
found that this was the cas<
out being in the least sense
around the rock in such a
ging it, would roll it over,
strong enough to drag the
over very easily; and so til
again until they got it into
There is a good lesson in
the work of life in the harde
the stones of difficulty, ther
up as defeated. But that i
daily trials and burdens of
rooks on the Now Rnodanr
a stone too big to drag thai
of service.?Louis Albert B
THE GLOR
God's glory will be incre
according to his purpose,
who are working most effic
sign. God has set us in th<
the course of nature, in tl
moving, and his glory is s
fulfill his purpose and carrj
has called us. If we are tc
glorifying God and doing 1
at one particular way, acco
and character and endowmt
us. Let each put before h
a particular calling to whic
God, and let him fulfill tha
ability.?Selected.
going beyon:
We say sometimes that
Church are men and mone}
one problem of consecrati
When consecration is abse
are present. Whoever can
secration will have solved
men in the pulpit and mone;
Much is said about the t
church where all the membe
dition every way than the a
try. The tithe is the minii
Lord. In some way the I
least that should be given
tithe and he is not getting
who should not stop with j
their income. Some ough
some three, and some six, z
erything they make to the 1
Jesus Christ and the carry
and merrv.
Men are trying to mak<
business. Why should not
them the task of making mi
have done this most worth
thousands of men that oug
August 18. 1909.
U CAN NOT DRAG.
a stone wall the other day,
1 it some enormous stones
nt of the driveway to the
e so large that a pair of
0 drag them. When they
;, tne man in cnarge, witndefeated,
hitched the chain
way that, instead of dragWhile
the horses were not
: stone, they could roll it
cy rolled it over and over
its place.
that. Some people do all
st way. If they can't drag
1 they leave them and give
s not wise, for among our
life, as well as among the
1 side hills, there is many
t can be rolled into a place
anks.
Y OF GOD.
ased the more we develop
rhose glorify him the most
iently according to his de;
world; he has established
le midst of which we are
tccomplished the more we
; on the work to which he
) aim at this one object of
lis will, we must each aim
rding to the particular gift
mts he has bestowed upon
imself the fact that he has
:h he has been directed by
t calling to the best of his
n TUP TTTUP
the true problems of the
j. These two agree in the
on. It underlies both,
nt neither men nor money
solve the problem of conthe
resultant problems of
y to meet the bills.
:ithe. Unquestionably, the
rs tithe is in far better coniverage
church in the counmum
which belongs to the
^ord isn't getting the very
to him. The least is the
" that. But there are men
raying to God one-tenth of
t to give two-tenths, and
tnd some ought to give evrurtherance
of the gospel of
ing on of works of charity
i money to put into their
fnore Christians set before
oney for the Lord? A few
V of all thincr? Thprp -arp
fht to give the Lord every