A Goodly Heritage

“Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: and sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say...

Women who have beauty above average should be extremely watchful on that side , lest they sin and suffer there. You have a jewel of gold ; don't put it in a swine's snout. The misapplication will prostitute the gift. The incongruity will be repulsive to all whose tastes are true. It will attract the vain , and repel the solid . There are diversities of operation under the ministry of the same S pirit . For discipline to human souls in time , deformity is given to one , and beauty to another. The chief consideration for each is how she may best bear the trial, so as to get it enlisted among the workers for good, and instruments of saving. If both are saved,it will be a pleasant burden to compare notes, of their several paths , and several burdens, when they meet in equal loveliness, without spot or wrinkle , in the pres ence of the Lord.  If it were our part to judge , most of us would think it probable that beauty is the greater trial, and that under it a greater proportion s...

There is relish enough in the world for news except the best:- "Whene'er we meet you always say, What's the news ?what's the news? Pray, what's the order of the day? What's the news ? what's the news? Oh! I have good news to tell,- My saviour hath done all things well.- And triumphed over Death and Hell: That's the news , that's the news." It has been said that the writer of these lines was a "lunatic"; but if he was such a babe , a wisdom which is hidden from the wise and prudent  had been revealed to him. If by some film on his brain the lower lights were excluded or distorted , his soul was open upward, and the "Light of Life " came in .