THE SABBATH.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20284, 28 August 1937, Page 20 (Supplement)

THE SABBATH.

THE WELLB OF GOD. I have wandered the desert of douht too long Where mirages of reasoning fade. I have stumbled In sands of arid thought, I am choking with thirst, and afraid. I’ll return to the’ living waters of faith. The oasis where palm trees nod. I’ll restore my parched and weary soul At the crystal wells of God. —Leslie Savage, In Advance. DAILY TEXT. Sunday. Wherefore has thou dealt thus with us?—Exodus 14; 11. What I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt know hereafter—John 13; 7. He will not lay upon man more than is right, that he should enter Into Judgment with God. He stayeth His rough wind in the day of His east wind—Job 84: 23. Isaiah '27: 8. Monday. What man Is he that Uvest and shall not sefe death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hands of the grave?—Psalm 89: 18. There Is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit. Neither hath he power in the day of his death and there is no discharge in that war.—Ecclesiastes 8: 8. When thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid. Yea thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.—Proverbs 8: 24. Tuesday. If a man did shall he live again?— Job 14:14. There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the Just and the unjust. The Lord will raise us up. Some to everlasting life and some' to shame and everlasting contempt. To every man according to his deeds.—Aots 24: 15, Hosea 6: 2, Daniel 12: 2 Romans 2: 6, Before the decree comes forth, seek ye the Lord —Zepheniah 2: 2-3. Wednesday. Is there knowledge in the Most High?—Psalm 73: 11. He Is perfe'et—in knowledge. His understanding Is infinite. He knoweth all things. He knoweth the secrets of the heart—Job 37: 16, Psalm 147: 5, 1 John 3: 20, Psalm 44: 2i. He knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me I shall oome forth as gold—Job 23: 10. hath tried me I shall oome forth as gold—Job 23: 10. Thursday. How doth God know?—Job 22: 18. He that planted the ear shall He not hear? He that formed the eye shall Ha not see? He that teaoheth man knowledge shall He not know?—Psalm 94: 9-10. Your father knoweth what things ye have need of be'fore ye ask Him— Matthew 6: 8. Friday. What Is your life?—James 4:14. The breath of The Almighty—Job 83: 4, Genesis 2: 7. I beseech you, therefore, brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which 1s your reasonable service—Romans 12: 1. Saturday. Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the se^ulohre? — Mark 16: 8. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness—ll Corinthians 4: 6. Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise Thy name.—Psalm 142: 7. BURDENS. A great many people Imagine that the pressure of burden and care Is wholesome: to take life hard Is considered praiseworthy. It is looked upon

as a kind of self-indulgence to take life a'asy. Now there Is no doubt that a spirit of intensity and care, up to a certain point, is required for a wholesome condition of mind. But a care that brings burdens, that takes away light, that deprives us of happiness, has passed beyond the wholsesome line. Now if this spirit of care did any good or led to any desirable result, there would be some Justifying reason for 11. But instead of that it does harm; It Is not only useless, it is mischievous. There are two atmospheres in which you may work, the atmosphere of trust and the atmosphere of worry. The atmosphere of trust is a religious atmosphere, and the atmosphere of worry is a worldly atmosphere. THOUGHTS. That whloh we are, we shall teach, not voluntaryily but involuntarily. Thoughts oome Into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened. Character teaches over our head.—Emerson. SORROW. Sorrow is thef substanoe of man’s natural life, and it might also be defined to be his natural capacity of the supernatural; nothing has a lasting interest for man which Is not in some way connected with sorrow; sorrow is the poetry of a creation which is fallen, of a race' which is an exile in a vale of tears. Sorrow widens great hearts Just as it contracts little ones. —F. W. Faber. THE WEAK LINK. One leak In a ship will sink it; one wound strikes Goliath dead, as well as three' and twenty did Caesar; one Delilah may do Samson as much spite and mischief as all the Philistines; one broken wheel spoils the whole olook; one vein’s bleeding will let out all the' vitals, as well as more; one fly will spoil a whole box of ointment; one bitter herb all the pottage. By eating one' apple Adam lost Paradise; one lick of honey endangered Jonathan’s life; one Achan was a trouble to all Israel; one Jonah raises a storm, and becomes a lading too heavy for a whole ship. —Thomas Brooks. GOOD WORKS. If we wish to overoomd evil, we must overcome it by good. There are doubtless many ways of overcoming the evil in our own hearts, but the simplest, easiest, most universal, Is to overoome It by active occupation In some good word or work. The best antidote against evil of all kinds against the evil thoughts whioh haunt the soul against the needless perplexities which distraot the conscience, is to keep hold of the good we have. Impure thoughts will not stand against pure words, and prayers, and deeds. Little doubts will not avail against great certainties. Fix your affeotions on things above, and then you will be less and less troubled by the cares, the temptations, the troubles of things on earth.—A. P. Stanley. MORAL CULTURE. Infinite toil would not enable you to .sweep away a mist, but by ascending a little, you may afterwards look over it altogether. So It is with our moral Improvement; we wrestle fiercely with a violous habit which would have no hold upon us If we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere. It Is by adding to our good purposes and nourishing the affeotions whioh are rightly placed, that we shall be able to combat the bad ones—A. Helps.