FOR THE SABBATH.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 529, 28 December 1912, Page 6

FOR THE SABBATH.

I desire to be cheerful and to radiate cheerfulness at all times, under all circumstances, in all conditions and places. I have a Friend into whose presence I never come without feeling the radiant cheerfulness of His nature. I do not wonder that such a Ma" demands cheerfulness in others. Our characters are ugly

enough in part, but dwelling on our failures we increase thi3 uglines. by living in the gloom, we dishearten ourselves and disgust others. It pays to live on the sunny side of life's street. It is possible for us to radiate cheerfulness even in this world of woe and trial, and our own experience has told us that when we have radiated cheerfulness to others we have accomplished something that brought sunshine within our souls. And the secret of cheerfulness is found in Christ. "Be of good cheer" is the message from His lips to your heart. Have you received this message?

How happy the man whose heart is

set free. The people that can ba joyful in Thee, Their joy is to walk in the light of

Thy face And still they are talking of Jesua'

grace. You never can tell when you do an act Just what the result will be; But with every deed you are sowing a

seed Though the harvest you may not see. Each kindly act is an acorn dropped In God's productive soil; Though you may not know, yet the tree shall grow And shelter the browa that toil.

A man is always moving either forward or backward —■ things stay, people move. But how are we moving? When Ghirst said to His disciples "Whither I go" —He was speaking of the tendency uf His life. He was going somewhere. Far away on the horizon of His life was a goal, and Christ, was moving towards that goal. He was not wandering aimlessly down the aisles of time —He was going. He was strolling casually across the fields of time —He was going. And you, too, are moving—but whither? You too, are going—but where? Things stay—people move and the greatest question in life is for a man to decide which way he is going. CHINA AND CHRISTIANITY. The first president of the provisional Republic of China is a Christian The man who did the chief work in framing the tentative constitution for the new Republic is a Christian. The secretary of the Board of Foreign Affairs at Pekin is a Christian. SPEAR POINTS. It is the man who has done nothing who is sure that nothing can be done. You are not likely to find faith when you are looking for flands. A man who plants thorns never reaps roses, God may : empty your packet in order to fill your heart.

''Religion is not a geyser; it is a

spring. The world may be divided into two classes; those who get up and do something and those who sit by and' ask why it was not done some other way. The disciples had to come down from the Mount and do Christ's Work, and so have We.

Honesty is the best policy only when a man is honest for the sake of honesty, instead of the poilcy. A little week-day helpfulness is worth a lot of Sunday holiness.

When Bishop Watson presented his apology for the Bible we are told that King George 111. remarked that he did not know Jt needed ati apology. Thia is so—it is the King's best copy, the magistrate's best rule, the housewife's best guide, the servant's best directory, and the young man's best friend.

The present King of England reads a chapter from the Bible every day. Reader, how long is it since you read a chapter? Dr Clare sums up religion as being the life of man in his relation to the power that produced him, the autfcoritr that is over him and the un3een Being with Whom he is capable of communion.

The Bible describes the unconverted man as without God, without Chriat, without liie, without hope, without excuse. Is this a photo of you?

Jesus is waiting, O, come to Him now, Waiting today, waiting today; Come with thy sins at His feet lowly bow He will not turn thee away.