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"Sing, pray, and swerve not from liis way,
Hut do thine own part faithfully;
Trust his rich promises of grace,
So shall they be fulfilled in thee.
God never yet forsook in need
The soul that trusted him indeed.
"Only thy restless heart keep still,
And wait in cheerful hope, content
To take what'er his gracious will,
Ilis all-descerning love hath sent,
Nor rtmiVvfr our inmnet wonto 0 1./1 lrn?HT?
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To him who chose us for his own."
?C. & M. Alliance.
THE GOSPEL BELL.
In traveling along our great railroads, at a
the principal stopping places we find signal sts
tions. In connection with each of these ther
is a man appointed, one of whose duties it is t
watch that the road be kept in order, that th
way be clear. If a bridge should be broker
or any unusual obstruction should be found o
that road, he is expected to ring a bell, or wav
a flag, or drop a light, or make a signal of som
kind, so that the engineer of any train ma
know about the difficulty in time to stop hi
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which the station man rings, or the flag whic
he waves, or the signal which he puts out. i
the warning given the approaching trains t
save them from injury.
In the journey that we are pursing throug
life we are sure to meet with many dangeri
The Bible is the guide book which God has give
us for use on this journey. And the warning
found in this hook are the hells which God ha
caused to he rung, or the flags to be waved, c
the signals to he put out to tell us of the dai
gers that lie along our path, in order that w
may avoid them. "We cannot he safe in 00
journey through the world unless we are cai
fnl to mind these warnings.
God'8 warnings are given in love. This is
fact that needs emphasis. God's warnings ar
just as loving as his wooings are. Both ar
given in order that we may he saved. "Tur
ye, turn ye, for why will ye die ? " It is in lov
and the desire to save life that the watchma
rims out upon the railway track with the re
signal. It is in love and the desire to save lif
that our government has set tip light-houses o
F the dangerous portions of our lake and ocea
shores. Tt is in love and the desire to save soul
that God has given so many warnings in hi
Word. "Let him that thinketh he standet
take heed lest he fall." "Watch and pray ths
ye enter not into temptation." "For we mus
all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.1
"Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping."
Sop the storm flacr flying! Like one wh
withont sees the shadowy ocean whitened wit
careless sails; hut within sees the wide, peacefr
horror, we would noint out Jesus Christ to a
storm-threatened souls. Here is a harhor, she'
tered. land-locked, safe. And he is a room
hearhor. too. "Wo have hoard the merits of di1
erent harhors vaunted. "England's harbor a
Malta is strong and safe, hut not large. W
point out the roomiest harhor, where all soul
ran flee and he sheltered. Long Harhoi
Ttroad Harhor, Great Harhor, Grand Harhoi
all are the names of some of the harhors w
Voow. hut this one is Whosoever Will Harhoi
Tt is roomv: it is the world's harhor LiV
little children rnnniner to the protection o
home., liVe birds before the storm seelnncr thei
nests. liVe ships on the sea fleeiner to a harhoi
msv onr sonls hasten for shelter to Christ.
Cod's wamincrs are triven in love, and me
arc to rentter Cod's warnings. "Tf th
watchman see the sword come, and blow not th
tmmphet, and the people he not warned; if th
PBE8B1TEKIAN OF THE SO
sword coine and take any person from among
them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his
blood will I require at the watchman's hand."
"Therefore, O thou Son of man, speak."
But for the warning. Three trains stood on
the track of the Pacific Railroad one evening,
when word came over the wire that an engine
and tender, with nobody on board, had broken
from a freight train and started down the
grade. Never were trains hurried to a side
track more quickly. The workmen piled sleepers
on the track, and pulled up a section of the
rails. Just as this was done the engine came
rushing down. It crashed through the pile of
sleepers, making the air black with the splinters,
II and was only stopped by the torn-up track,
t- which sent it ploughing into a bank. "We
e shudder to think of the ruin which must have
o been wrought but for that warning. Yet we
e see many we know and love hurrying down to
i? just as sure destruction ? Do we warn them
n faithfully? A few earnest words of warning
e and entreaty have often been blessed to the
e saving of a soul.?The Herald and Presbyter.
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I | Scripture Studies in Brief
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0 BY REV. JAMES STACY, D. D.
CHRISTIAN JOY.
h
j. It is the high prerogative of the Christian, to
n joy directly in God. "Rejoice in the Lord,"
;s says the apostle; not in ourselves or anything
.8 earthly, but directly in God. And to give emir
phasis to his exhortation, he repeats it. "Again
l- I say, Rejoice." that is, in the Lord,
e This joy in God is wholly independent of all
ir earthly things, and exists without them; hav e
ing for its foundation the ineffable pleasures
and joys which God has in himself, and which
a he graciously shares with his people. "Enter
e thou into the joys of thy Lord." I knew a man,
e who, when a boy, would frequently run into the
n presence of his mother and throw his arms
e around her neck; and when asked, if he wanted
n anything, would say "I want nothing; I only
want to love you." He wanted nothing more
e than the love of his mother. That was enough
n by itself, to make his happiness complete. So
n with the Christian. When the love of God is
g shed abroad in his heart, he feels that he needs
i8 nothing more to make his happiness complete,
h For if all else were gone, he rejoices directly
? in God.
if, 1. If the joys and pleasures of God he his,
" then his happines must he beyond the mutations
of time. He can never be robbed of it; no mato
ter what may befall him; whether hunger or
h thirst; poverty or want; sickness or suffering;
il imprisonment or death. As these things canII
not separate him from the love of God, neither
|- can they separate him from the joys of the Lord.
y He can rejoice at all times and under all cirp.
cumstances; Habakkuk gives the key to the
tf, situation when he says: "Although the fig
e tree shall not hlossom; neither shall fruit be in
Is the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail; and
r, the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall
r. he cut off from the fold; and there shall be no
e herd in the stalls; yet T will rejoice in the Lord;
p. I will joy in the God of my salvation." Hab.
P III. 17,18.
,f 2. If the joys and pleasures of the Lord be
T his, then his eternal happiness thereater is as
r, sured; since the treasures and resources of the
Lord are inexhaustible; being infinite and en
ternal, ever varying, ever changing; always
0 row. pi ways satisfying. '
e 3. Tn striking contrast with all this, how
e blasted and miserable, the future of the wicked.
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His joys and pleasures are wholly dependent
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uyv/u. yvonuij- tilings which are to De destroyed.
We see the decay already coinmeneed. God will
not suffer himself always shut out of his works.
Neither is it reasonable to think that he will continue
the present order of things for the sinful
gratification of the wicked. They cannot expect
always to enjoy the bounty of his providence,
and render nothing in return. When
the present structure be taken down, as it will
assuredly, what will be left the wicked for his enjoyment?
There will be no houses and land:
no trafficking and trading; no club houses and
tippling places; no saloons and gaming tables;
no horse racing and gambling, no hilarity and
mirth. These things will then be gone forever.
What will he then have to interest himself?
How will he spend his time while the countless
cycles of eternity are endlessly enfolding them
selves ? He feels no interest in spiritual things,
and temporal things all gone, he will carry the
same love and desire for earthly things that
he has here, but no earth and earthly things for
gratification. What a life for an immortal being!
And a life too in which there is no Lethean
fountain at which to drink, or fatal bullet
with which to end ones existence.
Newnan, Qa.
CALM CHRISTIAN JOY.
When John recognized the Master standing on .
the shore, he said to Peter, "It is the Lord.".
"He said to Peter." He did not shout it rudely,
and seek to make a demonstration, but to the
one whom he knew would feel it most he made
the quiet announcement- If a great joy take
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, uo no me iuaaicr appmacncs ana
makes himself known, the effect will he to suhdue
the spirit and prompt us to tranquilly tell the
good news to some congenial listener. The vociferous
Christian has but a surface experience.
When the depths of his soul are filled he will
speak in a low tone, and go softly.?United Presbyterian.
AMUSEMENT IN CHURCHES.
The church is not a show, and the more it is
made a show the less good it will do. Stronger
is becoming the sentiment that distrusts a religion
that can not stand alone, and is always looking
around for outside attractions to keep it
going. The great problem of the day is how to
put religion into the world; not how to put the
world into religion.?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
BEN HILL'S TRIBUTE TO LEE.
"He was a foe without hate, a friend without
treachery, a soldier without cruelty, and a victim
without murmuring. He was a public officer
without vices, a private citizen without wrong,
o neighbor without reproach, a Christian without
hypocrisy and a man without guile. He was a
Caesar without ambition, Frederick without tyranny,
Napoleon without selfishness, and "Washington
without his reward. lie was as obedient
to authority as a servant, and royal in authority
as a king. He was as gentle as a woman in life,
pure and modest as a virgin in thought, watchful
a$ a Roman vestal, submissive to law as Socrates,
and grand in battles as Achilles."
WHAT CHRIST DID FOR US.
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vindicate the law of the school and punish the
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me wy wan in paroxysm
of grief, crying, sobbing, and almost fainting,
under the thought that he was punishing an innocent
teacher for his offence. Professor Olcott
said that from that time to the end of his
school*life that boy was never known to violate
another rule of the School."?Exchange.
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