| Show OM ON o TOPICS TOPIC San Ban Francisco Chronicle The Louisville preacher who publicly burned a handsomely bound set of ot J he disapproves of ot something said by b the bard berd would feel foel very had bill It If some lomo one ono should hould treat his hi Bible In the same earne way WilY Literary criticism carried to 10 such extremes Is III M nit laughable In Ita its way as the horror with which elderly maiden ladles ladies In parts of or New Now England are supposed to be In Ir Inspired by the sight eight of the tho undraped legs legu I of ot a piano Northwestern Christian Advocate While many th majority perhaps are altogether too tOI careless of 01 and In Indifferent Indifferent indifferent different to their mistakes there thero are not a 0 few lew who make altogether too much of ot them They Imagine all sorts of or calamities as the result of ot their blun blunders dare ders Henry Ward likens such luch persona parsons to a I boy In a rowboat who In tn his Ignorance pulls puls but bu one ono oar com corn compelling pullIng polling time the boat to go 0 round and round In a circle without any progress and with the tho possibility of or disaster Hut But fortunately for tor the boy In question awl and for tor tho time boat bOllt he ho Is trying to row his father tather sits Ills In the stern and with the rudder so RO balances tho the effect of ot the th single oar that the tho boat Is not only pre prevented prevented vented from going In ft a I circle but Is III actually n made to 10 go o 0 In a straight I course roune And the application li is that God Is III with us Ua In our boat bont and ond Is holding the rudder so 0 that our mistakes It If they be only mistakes ml tak do not bring disaster but blessing at St Francis de do Sales Bales Do not scrutinize so closely whether you ou are aro doing much or little ill 11 or well si II eo long Ion uH as what you do Is IY not sinful end and that you Ire are heartily stoking a to do everything for tor God noll Try ns as far as ns you Olin to do everything well but when It Itis ItIS ItIs is done do not think about It II try rather to 10 think of at what IM is to 10 be ha done dona next Oo Oe on simply lImply In the tho Lords way and do 10 not torment yourself We Wo ought to tl I hate bate our faults but with a 8 quiet quint calm hatred not pettishly and anel anxiously We WeI I must learn to 10 look patiently at them the I I and win through thorn thom the lima grace of or salt Bolt abnegation and humility De lie constant and courageous And rejoice that He Ito has lies given you OU the tho will to be lie wholly his hie Bunday Runday School Times Diligence makes days short and life lifelong lifelong long dalliance makes days long and Ufa short How slowly how heavily pass pas laa laaI I I days day ot of laziness yet et how short und and worthless a n life lite made ot of these thoRO always seems scants I Short and are aro the the days due which go by full tull of or worthy pur pursuits suits Long seems the life liCe like Glad atones or David made up of at these busy short days Remember that It Is not with long IanI days but with length of ot days dl YI that Scripture bays there IH is satisfaction Long days ai are a the tho th days that are wasted waited or lost boat In III petti length of at days Is Ie the possession of or IncH l whose se days still live In the tho fruitfulness of at their their accomplishments If It any Iny man maim would havo hava long life let him till fin his days until they seem short hort It if nay nn man rut line has a n short and worthless worthies life It Is le ho whose days daYl are ure so 80 vapid and empty that they thoy seem tedious anti and long toy May Ia you OU have havo h vo short days Jaye and anda a long Rev Rov Henry Hen w Little Wa Yo can close out tho time sunshine from Crom our homes homos by blocking up the windows rho The sun oun shines all ul tho the same So eve vo wo cnn con also alo refuse to admit the time sweet life giving sunshine of Christs presence and sunshine Into our lives but ho shines forum forth the light and Joy of ot souls nil ell the tha same saine |
