9 . 4 8 THE 7ESTEBK CAIlOMNA ADVOCATE: THURSDAY, JTAI7UAB3X, I! r i' i f t t t t i ; I t . t 1 1 , 4 r C' 5 I- i r T . ' 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 x ? . i 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. laid 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,. . T . - '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 - T" 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 1. r i 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 I. 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 9 " hymn. - ' I ; " 'God moves' in amyste His wonders to perform is way. t n - 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 1 T r: 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. v - - - r A - 'I' " . ."",' A large share of the men and boys who are incarcerated in bur State Prisons and Penitentiaries, are 4 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. : Warden A. A. B astir iX V.) Hnsbaiids iiiul Wives. 1 A good husband makes a good wife. 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