Show BEADING READING AN vf HOURS INSTRUCT instructive ITE CHAT ITU TE LIE religiously SLY I tir 1116 JUles Rodness of car care item original and id selected only thin n elf only a thin tell 11 between the separate ep arate path we tread 1 I 1 I lie he same au green earl it beneath our fret fett clr I 1 lie same am roe rope liidi it its Ini grince sweet the cine sine sky overhead and god will waits where the tue two way ways meet ti br by hi his voice wort wert led only on jr abin athin tell 11 liang hangs tween so thin each breath WO bear an I 1 god gott keeli watch tween me and thee lie look looks thy wy way lie look looks toward me r na bo 80 sweetly softly near we wo do not eren even MIC to 10 see the war way wo we bave bay no fear only a thin tell veil hangs between the patai to separate prate ie lie hold holds my band hand be he thine ho thy war way ho he marks out mine value an and it we beil tate he lie cheers with bit his love divina and points out beavon heavens kate gate th of giving thoro them must bo be something eom othin good in ili i human nature or people would not experience so 0 o much pleasure pica auro in giving thoro there must bo be cometh log very bad in human nature or more would try the experience of giving choso who do try it become enamored of it and pet get their chief pleasure plo asuro in life out of it and so evident IM its thie this that thoro there ts Is some baal basis for tho the idea that it is ignorance Igno ranco rather than bad which koepe keeps so many people from being generous pono roua of courno course it may become a sort of dissipation or moro than that a devastation as many men who bavo have what aro good wives wival have reason to know in the gradual disappearance of their wardrobe it they chance to lay aside any of it temporarily tho the amount that a food good woman can give aw av ny la is only measured by her opportunity her mind becomes so trained in tho the ng ni story tery of tills this pleasure that she ex perien ces no thrill of delight in giving away only tho the things her b husband does not want her it IL ufa life ie is to teach toach him the joy of self sacrifice she and all other habitual and irro claimable givers soo eoon i find out that there Is next to no pleasure plea suro in a gift unless it involves some yok bolt dental lot ono one conel def seriously whether bo be ever gets as much satisfaction out of a gift received as out of one given it pleases him for the moment and if it is to useful for a long time ho he turns it over and admires it bo he may value it as a token of affection and it flatters his self esteem that ho he ie Is the object of it but it is a transient tran stent feeling compared with that bo be has when ho he has biado a gift that substantial substantially I 1 y s to hlf self esteem lie hefel fol lows tho the gift ho he dwells upon tho the do light of tho the receiver bis his imagination plays about it it will never wear out or become stale state having parked parted with it it is for him a lasting possession it is an investment as lasting as that in the debt of england liko like a good deed it grows and is continually satisfactory is it Is something to think of when he first wakes in iho the ino moiling ining a it timo time when most people anro badly put to it for want of something pleasant to think of this fact about giving is so incontestably truo true that it ba Is a wonder that enlightened people do not more freely indulge in giving for their own comfort it is above all else amazing that so many im abino they are going to get any satisfaction out of what they leavary leave by will they may bo be in a state whore where they will enjoy it if it tho the will is not ought fought over but it is shocking how little gratitude thero there is accorded to a departed giver compared to a living giver ho ito tiko lako tho the property with him it is said ho be was obliged to leave it to somebody by this thought his generosity is always alwa a reduced to a minimum lie may build a monument to himself in some institution but wo do not know enough of tho the world to which ho he has gone to know whether a tiny monument on this earth ih any satisfaction to a person who is broo of the universe whereas every giving or deed of real humanity i dono done while he was living would have entered into his character and would bo be of lasting service to him that is in any future which we can conceive charles dudley warden rr an in harpers magazine ill his care cars it is constant unremitting days come aud go some of them are am sunny and some dark days daye some of them reveal dangers and some aro are filled with dangers which they do not disclose but amid them all ills carols care Is over us wo grow weary god doea does not weariness and weakness aro are ours strength and almightiness are his we cannot can not take all our ou r friends f ri and a into our armi at once only may wo we take them the minto into our hearts ono one or two chialdi children a fill tho the arms of the pariet and exhaust his ability for the momen but god almighty during nil all moments can enfold all his children in his embracing all arms and with watchful al tenderness and infinite solicitude does bo he bond over the children of his christ and of bis his love ills caro his gods I 1 how much it means so much more than a fathers or a mothers mother s or a sisters or a brothers or a cifes or a I 1 constant and loving 0 01 1 sun coo can if evinced that tho the father love loves me oo 00 a ho he would ant inot lay la tho the weight of his hi C cor on UA us but for our rood grood heavy hoary it asp groat great tho the sorrow deep tho the wounds well wall it Is a Fa thors hand loving blessed cathor rind for our good that ho lie lots tots it ho be heavy on us ila knows he ila understand understands doar dear eatherl will per par to him nad and la in tho the hottest tiros fires hold still lafton in for foghis his voice it will III comfort ho ila forgot ho ito no or forgets and tho the rod it la Is perfumed and in tho the hands of hi blit bovo hurte hurts bot as though it wore were laid on with anger and so his cura care ie Is ton dor loving thought fill choso words express somewhat tho quality and define tho the nature of hia his caro care licit in it under it rest and rejoice host rest and grow host rest work host and pluma your wing for night flight to his arms western aavo cote cafe 7 count ar ITO your arli lr li A southern ou thorn woman who died into at a ceat coat c oat ago and who carried to tho laet last day days of hur bur life s sappy heart and a singularly gov t imbor thus explained tho the of her unfailing cheerfulness 1 4 41 I 1 wa wal taught by my mother when whon a child to r reckon each mot coining ning befaro I 1 rose tho the blessings bles sInge god had given TOO mo with which to begin tho the da I 1 was not imply simply to ayt say when all by thy mor mercle cles 0 my god rising with abo view im lott lot in wonder loep and praise 1 1 but I 1 wae was to count tho the mercies ono one by one from iho the noat neat serviceable oboes that my cold feet to tho the sunlight shining on tho hilltops hill tops tope my school friends fric nde ray my play my mothers kiss tho the baby sister and her cradle all those I 1 learned to consider separately and of every one 0 any ila galvo it to me I 1 thie this practice taught mo me tho the habit of thankfulness it kept my heart bearl near him kept it light and happy choso evory day blessings blos singa not to bo be meru matters of course but spa cial loving touches from hia his paternal pa band hand no pain or sorrow could out weigh thorn them wo oil all havo have a store of richer jewels than that tho heathen king and unlike tho the crown regalia those jewels are bra our own given to us by our father never a ra failure iture no true 1110 woe ins over ever a failure it aly not bavo have beon been spent in tho the per formando for mAnco of what tho the world esteems groat great and boblo deeds and according to tho worlds estimate it may not hao boon a success buc u cess hut but any lifo life spent in tho the faithful performance 0 of tho the duties of the position in which god has placed it ia Is a boblo life and will receive aiom him tho highest commendation it is not tho the kind of work wo we aro are called to do but tho spirit in which wo we engage in it and tho the matter in which wo we perform it that gives character and importance import anca to our acts tho the meanest service performed in ina a proper spirit tor for christ in bis his estimation 1 IR sublime OP or if in tho the providence of god we aro are deprived of tho privilege lego of 0 doing and oro tire called only to buffer suffer if wo we patiently endure wi a seeing him who is invisible under tho the discipline of ot suffering our own character characters will bo be ennobled our example and influence felt for good and tho the loncy of 0 divino graco grace magnified and life at last instead of wing a falL failure will prove a grand success wo we should not regard our position whatever it may bo be as insignificant and anim por tant no position Is in which a man may and honor god whatever our calling may bo be wo we should regard it as a high call ing in christ jesus what ro redo do wo we should do as unto the lord A lifo lifa spent in bis his service in any anyway way is a boblo lifo life and will lead to an exalted end gods promise while on earth the disel pla learnia learn lear ried ca in dork dark da 1 of misunderstanding and disappointment to wait walt patiently on god and to all eternity ho ha behall realize the f ruth of his promise ho re that on his muster shall bo be honored A pure heart at tho the end ol 01 11 life and slowly a lowly mission well accomplished aro are bolter better than to have fillod a great place on tho earth find havo have a a el almod iain od soul and a wrecked destiny 33 Sla sincere cere sincerity Is liko like traveling tm oling in a plain beaten road which commonly bringa brings a man to bis his journeys jo end thoo byways by ways in which men man often lose themselves do ila taft vest iron ron aft u it is no mans business bu whether who therbe ho has genius or not work lie 1 must whatever ho is but quietly and steadily eteo dlly and the natural and enforced results of such work sas ruann Rua will iwais bo be the thing things that god mount meant him to do and will bo be his best 1 A A tn 1 ash spent f in tho the ser ice of god a andin nd i n e communion with hin is without doubt the most p and comfortable life that any man cair o 0 live in this world |