FOR THE SABBATH.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 504, 28 September 1912, Page 3

FOR THE SABBATH.

"All that I have taught of Art, everything that I have written, every greatness that has been in any thought of mine, whatever I have done in ray life, has simply been due to the fact that when 1 was a child my mother daily read with me a part of the Bible, and daily made me learn a part of it by heart." So wrote Ruskin, one of the greatest of Englishmen, and so have written thousands more of the noblest msn of every nation, for there is no book which has done so much to ennoble, elevate, and bles=f mankind, as the Bible.

At Rawene, Hokianga, is to be seen a monument erected to the memory of one who gave his life in attempting to save another. Carved in the stone are the words, "Greater love hath no man." The highest form of sacrifica is to die for others. This Christ did for you and for me. On being informed that she was Britain's Queen, Victoria said "I beg you to pray for me," which was done. No wonder her reirn was so illustrious when it began with an early morning prayer meeting in a palace.

POINTED ARROWS. God loves a cheerful liver, as well aa a cheerful giver. There are no hands upon the clock of eternity. The best heating apparatus for a church is a warm congregation. Be fruiterer in the Christian life, not a florist.

When an honest man thinks you can generally hear him.

When did you write home to mother ast?

Your life is the only Bible some people are reading. "A man of words and not of deeds, is like a garden full of weeds."

"Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." How did you spend last Sunday? Do not allow your egotism to lead your judgment astray. Be careful not to charge as crimes in other things which you condone in yourself. .

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.

A happy heart is better than a full purse.

Pride often hinders the true work of the Ministry. I mean ministerial pride, the setting up of self on the part of the paid servant of the church. A minister of .'.the Gospel, of all men, should bs humble. Humility is not to be confused with weakness: it takes a strong man to be a humble man. This is clearly seen in the life and example of Christ.

When 1 survey the wondrous cross, On which the Prince of Glory died; My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride

"It has been said I owe my success to genius. It is to work and not to genius I owe my success." —Daniel Webster.

Do you ever think thus? God had but one Son and He gave Him ud for sinners; lam a sinner, therefore He gave Him for me. Do you ever thank God for His unspeakable gift? New books recommended: —"Jimmy Moore, of Bucktown" (Trotter); "Abner Daniel" (Harben); "The Scripture of Truth" (Collett); "The Riverman" (White).

QUIET THOUGHTS

Existence is the most frivolous thing in the world if une does not conceive it as a great and continual duty.

When a man is tempted, he ia in good company, for "Christ was tempted in all points." When a man yields to temptation he is in bad company, for Satan ia the author of all sin.

The sin of the whole world is essen-

tially the sin of Judas. Men do not disbelieve their Christ they sell Him.

Do not pray for easy lives —pray to be stronger men and women. Do not pray for tasks tjqual to your powers—pray for power equal to your task. A friend is a being who will bear with us in all our faults and failings. Many of us will say "How I wish I had such a friend!" Suppose ws say, instead, "How I wish could be such a friend!"

Job wrote, "He hangeth the earth upon nothing." Nearly all the early philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, Ptolemy believed that the earth was a fiat disc of land surrounded by a great world river called Oceanus. The firmament was supposed to be a solid sphere into which the stars were fixed like 30 many ornaments. TheHe ideas prevailed through Western Europe until the 16th century. But science now acknowledges the poising of our globe in space. Job wrote 3500 vears ago and modern science says that he was right. Gypsy Smith has recently completed his mission tour of the Pacific coast of America. During the space of five months he conducted over 400 meetings, addressing in the aggregate one million and a-quarter people and witnessing nearly 40,000 profess faith in Jesus Christ, Thiß is epoch making. is a minister of the English Methodist Church, and it was thought that he would visit New Zealand this year. However, the Rev. Vallance Cook is expected to arrive early next month year and will conduct missions throughout the Dominion.

A sailor rescued from the Titanic when invited by a friend in New York' to "have a drink," replied, 'No; I am going to the Bethel to pray." He chose rightly. Prayer is the simplest form of speech

That infant lips can try; Prayer the sublimest strains that reach