Figs And Thistles

Misfortune and iniprudence are often twins. God goes with the man who ia wilüng to take a hard place. Better be a lamp iu the house, than try to be a star in the sky. God made man too great to ünd his life in the present moment. Thereis no virtue in doing right Bimply because we have to. Backsliding begins when the Christian begins to live on stale bread. How many times good fortune has come to us through our inistakes. The man will be well occupied whose first aim in life is to do God's will. Do what you can do wel!, and you will soon be able to do much better. Iï we try to please everybody, wa ehall soon have the respeot of nobody. The devil has to run to keep up with üie man who walks about doing goo. God needs Daniels, and Josephs, and Ehjahs to-day, as much as he ever did. The man who thinks his sin will cever ünd him out, has deceived himself. The man dies well, who dies with the consciousness that he !has done his best. It depends on who does the preaching, as to whether the devil sleeps in church. The man who loafs when he should be at ■vwjrk, will have to vork when oe might rest