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' Too Bos 7 to Pray.
Jesus appears to bare devoted
himself specially to prayer, at
times when his life was unusually
full of work and excitement. His
was a very busy life ; there were
- nearly always "many coming and
going" 'about him. Sometimes,
however, there was. such a conges
tion of thronging objects that he
scarcely had time to eat; But even
then he found time to pray. In
deed, these appear, to . have been
with him seasons of more prolong
ed prayerjthan usual.Thus we read :
"So much the more went there a
fame abroad of him and great mul
titudes came together to hear and
be healed by him of their infirmi
ties, but he withdrew himself into
the wilderness and prayed." ,
.Many in our days know what
this congestion of occupation is
they are ewept off their feet with
their engagements, and can scarce
ly find time to eat. We make this
h reason for not praying. Jesus
made it a reason for praying. Is
there any doubt which is the better.
course? Many of the wisest have
in this respect done as Jesus did.
When Luther bad a specially busy
And exciting day, he allowed him
self a loDger time than usual for
prayer before hand. ' A wise man
once said he was too busy to be in
a hurry : he meaut that if he al
lowed himself to become hurried
he could not do all he had to - do
There is nothing like prayer for
producing this calm eelf-possese-
ion. When the- dust of business
so fills your room that it threatens
to choke you, sprinkle it -ith the
water of "prayer, ancTthen you can
cleanse it out with comfort and ex
peditiou Jaz. Stalker in Episcopal
Methodiit, j v
. A'c,W Safe- -
A lady told a swet story iJius-
trative of what it is to have Christ
between us and everything else.
' She said she was wakened up by a
very pt range noise of peeking, or
she got up she saw a butterfly fly
ing backward and forward, iuside
the wiudow-paue in great fripht,
and outside a sparrow pecking and
trying to" yet in." The butterfly
did not see the glass, and expect
ed every moment to be caught,
and the sparrow - did not. see the
glass, and expected every minute
to CHlch the butterfly; yet all the
while that butterfly was just as
safe as if b- bad been three miles
away, because of th3 glass between
it and the sparrow. -
So it i? with christians abiding
in Christ. Hit-Jpreseuce is between
them aud every danger. I do not
believe that Satan understands
about this mighty and invisible
power that protects us, or else he
wi.uld not waste his efforts by try
ing tn get U3. He must be like
the sparrow he does not see it;
and the christians are Jike the
butterfly they do not see it, and
80 they ae frightened, aud flutter
backward and forward in terror;
lit all the while Sitan cannot
touch the soul that bus the Lord
Jesus Christ betweei itself and
him. Pa cifc 'Methodist.
Boldncs
That which gives
he believer
boldness in coming topod in blood.
- ""Having therefore, brethren, bold
ness to enter into thl holiest by
the blood of Jesus." TThtj believ
er enters by faith where Jesus is,
worships in the court! oi heaven,
feels at home even in the presence
of God, because he who was wound-
ed for our transgressio'ns is there
for him.. This' makes him bold,
not because, he is. anything, but
v.ause the great high priest lsev-
ZJng, hir righteousness being
-V-fV'0UBnes3 of God. Many
a child ,od Js in.bondage from
EeeiDg dd thQUgh he is
not aware of;if, ethin to the
finished woric ox just as if
this were noi ruuu aDd yet
God, by raising up 'ud gflt.
ting him at his right haiNbaB
ei i-: , T f , fnlK -atist-
fUTj-wu iiuiccii : '
viitb. the work of Jesus, and fV
the eake of -Jesus and.ther life he
down on the cross he now
passes over every poor' sinner wno
trusts only in him. pillions have
been sheltered under that blood.
God has set him "forth to be a pro-
pitiation or covering through faith
in his blood. All who' are quick-
ened by the Father and drawn to
Jesus as lost sinners, and made to
aresaie. uoa nas given nis wpra
that they are safe, for "when I see
the blood," he says, "I will pass
over you." "He that believeth on
him is not condemned" condem
nauonienon jesus; tne juage
meni came aown upon tne LamD
the Lamb was slain, and all
who trust in that are free.
He suffered in their ttead.
He saved his people thus, '
The curse that fell upon hi head
Was due by right to us. .
Scripture Testimony.
Losses.
"Some things which we greatly
prize we must lose. Time wrench-
es them remorselessly from our
grasp. The only thing to do .with
them is to enjoy and profit by
thm while we have them. Other
things once gotten can never be
shaken off. The only thing to'do
is to keep free from them. . These
things in the abstract do not have
.he force which they bring in the
voice of personal testimony. A
beloved friend who has passed the
allotted bounds of human life and
says he has daily and hourly re -
minders of it, sums up this prac-
tical wisdom in a letter to us in
which he says: "It is sometimes
hard to keep from almost envying
you young men just, coming into
the thick of your best work at
such a time as this, when, as it
seems to; me, there are jnotives
stronger than ever for every
good man to put forth all his
strength of body, mind and soul
in the one work that makes lite
worth living. Old age has enough
to see to without adding to its
burdens a weary remoree or regret
over things undone in the years ;of
one's strength and opportunity."
-The Congregationali8t.
Value of Calamities.
In the great calamities which
are-permitted to befall communi
ties we seldom realize the good re
sults .which may follow. Gods
ancient people, wheu broken in
spirit by their afflictions, were
called to listen to the assurances
of his mercy and love, omfort
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ye. uomiori ye my peupit, was
his message. The mercy of judg
ment,' Baldwin Brown tayp, is a
subject we too little study. - Yet
mercy is the deepest element in
every judgment with which Gojl
afflicts mankind. Great epidem
ics ai healing ordinances. They
purify the vital spriugsl They
leave ar purer, stronger health
when their dread shadow has pass
ed by. Catastrophes in history
are like thunderstorms ; they leave
a fresher, brighter; atmosphere.
Reigns of terror are the the gates
through which man passes into a
wider world." Christian Inquirer
(BajUist.) .
Sympathy.
Sympathy is in itself help, and
sympathy prompts to an.express-'
ion of itself in help. If in our
hearts we feel for another, we
want to share his sorrows and to
entef into his joys. And if it be
known" Y,y .ai8iiwm ue-
that we have real epmpatby witn
him, he will be helped and cheer
ed thereby, and. he will know he
can call upon us for, any. needed
expression of our j sympathy in
practical help. Sympathy is the
n.nmfinf a- lovine heart. Itis
the expression of love for Christ,
and of Jove for those who are dear
to
Christ. There jare cans ior
sympathy "in every sphere in
which we are placed in the provi
dence of God.
If thou art hlest,
Then let the iunshine on thy gladness
- rest
On the dart edges of each cloud that
- lies - . :
ClacK in thy brother's skies.
If thou art sad,
still be thou in thy' brother's gladness
Klad."
Sunday School Times.
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Be Strong Yfitli God.
it impossible for us to make
the duties of ourMot minister to
0ur s anctificatibn without a habit
Df devout fellowship with God.
Thiis the spiing of ill ou life,
and the strength of it. It is prayer,
meditation and converse with God
that refreshes, restores and renews
temper of -our minds at all
times, under -all trials, after all
conflicts with' the world. By this
contact with the world unseen we
receive continual access of
- strength. As our day, Wis our
- strength. Without this healine
and refreshinz of nnirit; ' duties
grow to be burdens, the events of
a ,
life chafe our temper, employment
lower the tone of our minds, and
we become fretful, irritable and
impatient." Cardinal Manning.
He is Love." ,
"Brighter than the most glori-
Jous dawn that ever lit the expect-
ant hills, there grows before the
eyes that gaze on him the light
that changes all things; the light
that lives on earth, and 'shall live
while earth lasts, in the fact that
I God the Son waa: crucified for us ;
the light. that glows in every life
that takes its. character and
strength" from.him; the light that
wheresoever men may meet it,
howsoever it may find its way in-T
to their hearts, brings God's great
demand npon them, and tell them
1 why he made them, what he would
nave them be, what is th . true
meaning of their lives, what is,
indeed, his will for all men, and
the calling and capacity of all ;
even the light of the central and
pervading truth that he, the
Righteous Judge, the Lcrd of all,
so loved the work! that he is love."
Father Paget, of England,. .
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'Ambassadors for Christ."
kTt behooves us. thfih. in nnlti.
A
vate the gifts that ; preserve , the
mind and hfnrt that bpst fit
us for our Jifd work of Keinc -am.
baseadors for Chrifet." AL't Us use
every gift which God
(trusted to
us by which' we may th
better ill
Whether science, history, imagin
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ation, anecdote, experience, cur
rent incident, le all be directed
tothe.eud. It was said' of Can
on Liddon that he wasi not "above
telling a story if it would fit' his
purpose. We should
nothing tby which we
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be 'above'
can drive
which we
home the truth, or by
can pull men out ofthe fire.' But
an essential condition of success
is prayer private, proiracted, pre
vailing prayer. - The ekrly Metho
dist preachers were 'men of prayer
They were powerful on
their kuees
and because they had
God they also ,' had
ower with'
wer witn
men. Of one, who bujt recently
passed away, it was said that on
the Monday morning . e began to
plead with God for thj next Sun
day night in particular,'' -and he
rarely preached withdJt results."
The Rev. Henry Bone
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She gotti
. His Messengers. ,
Mr. Spurgon, tip - famous
preacher who died slately, was, as
we are told, in the constant habit
of referring" to certain points in
his life when, by eome trivial oc
currence, God turned him into the
riht path. f"
1 ne"Tir-" io ccurrences
was hiB going aimlesslyiuv
garden in London one J day when
he was a boy, and meeting there
an old man who had been long a
missionary in Africa. jThe vener
able man talked for soine time t
I the lad, and then knelt;benean a
great yew-tree, and prayfd11. ne
might becoine a successftP1,60-
Rising he took naries, oy
v.s .
"I believe GodUl -hear my
prayer. When qQ-preach your
first sermon, le them jsmg in
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His wonders to perform
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- This injunction Spurgeon obey-
..c of forward. '
Another circumstAce whiob n
i y . .... . : a i
ouen recalled was a neavy snow
storm which prevented . him," when
A.; lad, from coine 'to his own
church. He entered a little chape
where f layman was - preach i
This man uttered the words whjch
for the first time showed Christ to
the lad as his friend and helper,
and led him' to consecrate his
life
to 'his service
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t After he had begun to preach in
London, the city was visited
the Asiatic cholera. Mr. Spur
geon threw himself into the work
of caring for the' dying and dead
until his rtrength ielded. His
physical weakness, tjie i prolonged
strain and the poisoned-atmosphere
overcame him ; hope, and
courage, and at last faith itself,
gave wav.". He resolved tor turn
his back on the plague-stricken
city, and to save himself. Going
along the Dover road he- saw,
pasted in the window of a cobbler's
shop, a slip of paper on which
was written : t4Because thou hast
made the Lord which is my refuge,
even the Most 'High, thy habita
tion, there, shall no evil befall
thee, neither shall any plague
come nigh thy dwelling.!'
"God sent that message direct
to me," he used to say 'I took
heart and hope, v and . cheerfully
turned to my work again" j
We all can look back to certain
turning-points in our lives, when
an invincible hand seemed to lead
us, through some trivial influence.
upward. But how often, do we
look at the events of the day as
the towns-people of Nazareth
looked at. Jesus passing through
their streets; not recognizing that
by them that which is truest and
noblest can be developed in us.
And all the time God is speaking
to us through them, and "we will
not hear. -Youth's Companion.
Home Education an Crime.
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A large share of the men and boys
who are incarcerated in bur State
Prisons and Penitentiaries, are
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there- because they had no proper
discipline in the family, and wero
anoffea - tyy over indulgence to
piny; truant
nt instead of atif nrtfrif
tchool and therefore received no
school discipline. H ,
Often when 1 have ben asked
what are. the causes, or what is the
particular cause,' that Fends most
of our men , to prison. I have of
latft years invariably' answered,
"The want of family discipline.
The -iudulgpuce of th father
and mother, who .allow. the child
tc grow up without any discip!
line to form character, ,leads 'al
most inevitably to evil . wajT8 an(
consequently to prison.
The child even of tender yean
who is; indulged in its natura
wax wardness, and who is ailowec
to sayjto its father or its mothe
"I will" or "I won't" is in a fai
way to become an inmate of ouri
penaLinstitntious. ' - - .
Parents are also responsible for
the waywardness of thepjchildreh
which leads them into crime, from
a practioof deceiving thum. :
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wife. Some mer-otrtieitner do
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thev are wretched alone iU what
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