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Show 8lx Little Words, r r jw'i i Six lltlls words lay claim to "ins each paslns day: ,, .. ."" , , , I oughtl 1 nluit, t can, t'wuVl arc,U t Ought-that Is the' law hod 'on my Jwart hawrUtnt . . - The mark for which my soul is iwlth strong yearning smitten. ) I Viv (X Muit-thnf s thil)Quna,f!Ct cttjtir1 ejiltj Oy natUrd'hn'd the world, 6 trmM shall .' "ot stwy( - ' In il Ml fill I Con that measures out tho power 1A-'trusted 1A-'trusted mk' ' ' I ' J Oti actloritf knowledge, att: skill, nnddax- t Wfll-no''hlg'h9k' 'cril wn 6n 'iiunfs.rt Ihead i 'carf rests i I i ' ' J I , , ,'Tls fieolonV sfgnet-soal .upon, tho sout' Impreised. ' 1 Date Is the 'device whlah'ori the seat, ou road.ir n , l ' , By freedom' open door a bolt for tlmo 1 of need. ' ' ' l ' n i I May lamong-j them t all boVera Mncern talnlv: . ,, , The moment must at last decide what lit I shall be. I ii i 1 I ought, I tnvt, I can, I,wlU. Jj,dare, I may! The Mx lay clnlm id mo1 each' hour p( , every.day. , , j , , i I ' ' Teach me, O Qodl and than, then halt. I kriow'e'ach day ""' ' , Thattwhlch X ought to doll must, cart, Will, daro, may, , i i , Wisdom ot tho Brahman. , ' i 'I iJ '" " i 1 i ,ii Day by Day.1 ' ' , ' 'Tho day's 'portion in Its day: i Such was the rulo for .God's glvjngj and I man's working Iq tho Ingathering of the manna. ,lt Is atlll ijho, Ja:y :lu all ,the 'dealings ot Qod.'s grace wh his children. A doctor was once asked by'a patient 'whb had' met With aikorii ous accldeUt, "Doctor, hoW 'lbn shall I have to' be'thereT'iThe!''aikwor '"Only;atday at'altlme.tl taught the par, ,tlent1a precious' leason.r It iWAfotho jsamp lesapn aodthadirecorded,,forJhs Reopjo. qf,.ali ages ,lqng bofprethe,, Jayja.portionlnilta.day,, ,,.,.. . ,,, to tola and. to meot.manV Weakness, 'lhtn bod' graciously''' Vpp'ointe'd this 'chaugd'ofW land'igHt."iIf UUp had heen'givcn,,to';nlafllln thb form'of no, lbdg.iu'ntirbKon1 daj'it Would niVejex-(hatiated niVejex-(hatiated innd idvorwhclmed'lhlm) Tho changes iofidoy andjnlgbt-pnMnnduy recruit .apdicrotp hip ppw.qrH' AI ,a chlldwho , .carly.akcs, htmse(U : ma-' lesson for tho day Is glvoh him.'Wpumi b'o"uftoriy,hopblesB1'if th'6 whbiolVpok, were give h1 him' affance"; s6 It 'would bb with man lf'th'e'ro'.Wero'no divisions oft tluei. i Broken, small,,. andndlyldod dhtoulfragments.aheHcani bearjthom; only.lha.cara.ond..work of oaebjiday have to bo undertaken the day's j?qr-tlon j?qr-tlon In'itsl'day.'-the'rest of the nbzht (SU Uqor making fresh, sUrt wth, 'improvoa! ' AWd'tb his onry eacn'oayi to b'e faithful for-iUie''ofae'h6rt; day; and "long' years and1 fa longl lite take caro'ot'thoniselVBS, Without Itho'sesjiOj of their length or their wsjghttsipg a,bur4ep, . lManna,iaslthy. food and. strength, Is given .only by, the day; .faithfully, ,to fill, .the vtf-tfti thy only security fpr tho future. Accept 'arid,4njdy,'in'dTfu1ini rlth1 ty.lwhoIe fibart" the part 'thou hast this day to, perform'. ' His' presence andgraco en-joyed' en-joyed' td-ls,y wllljremPveitaU'J doubt iwhether thbu canst submit, tho morrow i to him toa Andrew i Murray. t " i-il .o . i -rr: ; mj i ' , , o Readyi toi Die, or (.Ready tp Liver IjvjArBkfaal Imi saId,Jab9Ut,thf, im-' pprtance of, geUlnptfeadjr to .ftfa-lTj 'readiness to live s ..always morp to-l prlan27than''readIn'e'8'8, V die. Tl Being ?feady1'tq'11valls 'ovornhfi'llrBt duty,ot 'kll? beld'rca'dy' to'dle'lsJbut'a'mlnor -'matter and kh- Incidental iprie.j Indeed) In-deed) lt'oha Is Iruly.frcadr tolllvo, ho IsirUdyitocdlPibutimanT aimorj-whd (aya jar(4.jthnkaAMtliq la. fullyi. ready to dje la Ob. ylouslyj jote, , vnready tnd unfitted to live. A mtsunderahdlng 'prncticai 'mistakes inthls1 w'6tlda'nS It1 hedds'tb'W warned and' guarded laalPst.f,'" ' Wittt itl 3 1 r'jj.. iu I "A soldier lb active 'service is liable' toffallilnibaltlo at' any tlmoarid 'he ihaantoihav'eUthoi.iact'ln .mlndf In' air his duty i doing;) buti his best ten jrgiea must)bo given itoj hla duty-olng while ,te Uvqs. jWhatifollyjiit-wouldj bqor ft WW le5, toW b'8 duty op a, j.jdjer on the ,pjea that ho needed (tjmeito b'repa'ro. for death i, Living well 'and. rightly1 'using his1 life 'wtillo ho 'stands 'Is 'the best1 'preparation; that a' sbjdlor can m'alce'ifor falling when ho must1 fall, i Jtn 'ii r c 'n i i uT' i il i, 'lb; Is harder, asi ,woll as moro Jmi portant to Utvp than to d.lo..jThireal , tqst and trlp.1, ot a old)or's .cpurago Bjiidjalh Ia(not In jbarjngrqp ln,tho IntqnBlty of u( single hard- flgbt that ,may end In doath, but, in. mcotfn'g tho reality' tijat this, mtfBt( be. gon'q thrpugh' with again and again! That Is what takes the 'ovorB trained1 powers ot human nature. This must be recognized, recog-nized, and must1 be nronarod for bv every isoldler In earth's warfare. It Is tho same in quiet homo llfo as It lsr on the battlpflold ogrcat armlos. Raul's conftdenco can 'over be tho confidence- ofHovory dls'clplo of 'Jssus through the lesser perils of death and the grcaterperlls' ot lite:'1 And In llko rostful and Jubilant faith wo can all cry out Jubilantly, "But thanks be to God, whPjglvoth us tho victory (in' death j and In. llfo) through our f Lord Jesus Christ" . i .' Patience. Patlenco Is the gudrdlnn of .faith, thb preserver of peace tho 'cheHsher of love, the 'teacher1 bf '"humility Pa-' tlonco governs 'the flesh, strengthens the spirit sweetens tho temper, stlflos aqger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride; she bridles the tongue, refrains the hand, tramples upon tompatloac, endures persecution, consummate iH martyrdom. Patlenco produces unity) iiiiH cBrnfortstfio 'poor and moderates the H rich; she makes us humble ln.prosper H Ity, chcorful In adversity, unmovrt by H calamity Und' rdproAch; she1 teaches jH us' to'f6fg,lve 'thisoHvho hdvti' Injured !LH 'litf.'htld toibo the Ilrstf In' asking for B 'glvenosgrof thoso whom, wo' hat o in- jH !JurcUfhordolIghta tli, faithful, and H lnv)tes the, upbqlloylng; Bhq-donio H tho woman and improves tho man; is jH loved In a child, praised In a young H mdn, 'admired in" nn did manV she is H beautifnl In btthe'r so and every age. H Bishop Homo, ' , ml H ' ' ' lo i i i The Ministry of 8orrovft, jH 0 od, Is ,n wpndorfil organist,, who fiH knows,, just, what 'hcarbcbord''tlo'trlko. (aH In tho, .Black torcct of .Qcrmany a issiiH baron 'built a castle with 'tWo lofty jssiiH towersFrotn one toner to tho other Ssiiiih lho gtrotched tevoral wires, which In tH palm,wea.ter, wore , motionless and jH Sflont,, W'KJn'i tho wind , began to IB .blow, thq wires began' to play Iflto an jH Kdlian' harp In the window. As tho H Wnd Vo'se' Into' a fierce galo, the old H Bardrl sat in his cnatlo and hoard his H mighty 'hlir'rldane-harp playing grandly laH dvdr the) battlements. S6, while the H weathen lb calm and tho skies ! clear, ! a great manviof)tho emotlppa-ot a H ChrlsU(vni8..JlCArtatftsileut' As soon H as the wIndof adversity smites tho jH chords,1 the heart begins' to tylay, and fM when God sends ai hurricane of ter H riblol trial ypu will hoar.stralns of sub- JM mission and ifalth, and, eyqn.of sub- H jlmo xppfldencs and holy exultation, H , which' wo noyor j could have heard In M iirlll fiilT t I "T iti' - siiiiiiiiiiH dJ.il J ni The oArit o1i po.tdng ni -M Plutarch1 records' thdt'Whenleimon H Ides-offered-lcrteacnHrhcmlstocles the 'To ralff ntT'd?9 W' ff " "THoCw 'sl ffiSSOncddAV & thM H nrt.'J'Padi spbk'e'bt forgetting the jB 'thing!' that Jare b'ehltidV J'W' should H 'forgot) our mistakes ahdilralliffos, so farl)as,ithesoiltanso discouragement M Wo should) 'forget our, iwiccesRes, It 1 tthPy--cfluso,prfde,1pr preoccupy the H mtod., , tW,p should fqrgq ,9, flights .H that haYbcen put. ,VP,n-W8 or the H lnsuUdrthaihaVo7beenWenu's. To M rememl5ertheBPlfl"to be weak and mUerablelf.notworBe, ,Ie,who says H ,hfl qanqrglvejuhejcannptj.forget M Forgiveness that. Is genuine. Involves 'M 'tbrgthiniss''tl1'1?? Trus H 'forgiveness m'eani a inittln'g"away oi jH 'the wr6ngJ behind the back-and re- H imomberlng' It'no more) iThdtitawhat H Ood does whsnuHe forgives; and that H IHIWUnt jweiallnnuit do jw truly H jprKlvsvn ) - ,j 1. , , H JWhatJsJIapplnssst H Happiness Id tho greatest parados M In ndture. 'J It ''can grow In any soli, H live under1 ariy conditions. It 'defies M lenvlronment, It comes' from within; M it its 'tboi revelation pf tbo( depths of M ,thp Inner llfo, as, light, ,and heat pro M claim, theiaun, from which they radiate. pH Ilppplness consists npt of, haying, but M of '.being; not of possessing, but of M enjoy Wgft.'iB 'tho warm glow 'of the M heart at'"pbac6 ''within Itself. A H martyr at the stako'tnay have'bappl- H hoas that1 !a king On his throne' might envyi Man laltbo creator ot his own M .happlneeaji'ltnla the arqma ota life M lived In harmony with hlghj.ldoals. M For .what. ainanhaa, ho may be do M pendent oh Others; what he Is, rests M with' him' 'alond.JiWhat! he obtains In H life) 1 ibuUacqulsltlon, what be attains M IfjgrowUun Happiness ,1s ithot soul's H jjoy In; U possession: of the. Jntang- H AWo,-WlUJanorgeifprdpu H ffi'lvl9h"r'lcW lRen'"0' ,r H '" Not' all' Christian pe'oplo 'bek'r loss, M BdrrowLlahd "sickness "In' a victorious H ay? 'Too often do'wri see men' yield H ing to' trouble; not growing' more beau- M tltul in soul,, but losing their spiritual H .beauty Ihi life's trials. iThlsils not the jH way it should, be, hqwover. t Our char- H actqr, should ripen lna llfo's,, weather, H whatever tho weather' may ba'Trlb H ulatlon w'oroth! "patience." The ob- H Joct'of lito 1b tp learn to lvc'Wo are H 'at school horo,dhd'suall always be at H school' until 'w'o' aro dismissed from earth's classes to bo' promoted Into H Iheavoiu It Is a pity If wo do qot learn H ;qur lot(so,ns. , It lq a pity ,lf wo grow H nqjgqntlqr, no , kindlier, pp more H thpughtu), po more unseinah, no moro H unworldly, us tho years pass over us. H , After Enthusiasm 'is Dope. H .Them aro times In every lltp whon H the soul stands on tho clear heights, H and no task scorns to be too dlfflctiU H to tho boundless -onthuslaBm ot the H moment. But wha,Lls to bo dono when H tho soul has dose'endea into tho plains H and tho onthualasrp, Is gone, and the H task remains? , pnly .to, go op , bravely, jM trusting, to the pjearpr, vision.) on the H mountain ;top,',aud making fnlthtnl pop H fqrmanc'p fill tho placo of enthusiasm. H Tho mountain 'and1 tho plain has each H lite place In Christian life thd'raoun- H tain for 'tho clear vision ahead, the jH lowly, road along tho plain for tho actual performanco ot tbo Jpurnoy. VI - t r Bj Qulft Thqunhtc. m Thoso whp sell the (ruth mako a H 'tad bargain. , H Tho mott upright CTrrlstlan llfo H leans most on Christ. H Tbo shortest route to heaved Is by ;H treading) "n his Btops." y-siB Tho opportunity , always ready for S 1 tho man who Is ready tor tbeioppon- xAJiH tunlty.' - X J - . . . .1. if . - jbIlbbbbbbbbI |