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to compose the mind, before any portion of Scripture is read or heard; and when it is finished, to allow some time by a short pause, for devout meditation and useful reflection.— Lindley Murray. Apr. 6. Be a Listener, Luke 24:25-32. A little boy leaned on the fence, watch ing the birds playing in the field. At length a little songster perched himself on the bough of a tree close by. The boy, picking up a stone at his feet, prepared to throw the stone, but before the stone was thrown the little- minstrel in the tree be gan his song. Slowly the boy’s arm fell to its natural position and the stone dropped from his hand. He listened till the song had ceased, and watched the bird fly away. “Why did you not stone him, my boy?” asked a gentleman. “Couldn’t,” was the brief reply. “Couldn’t, ’cos he sung so!” And the soul that listens for the minstrelsies of the minstrel Christ will be charmed to give up many a pur posed sin. And the life that sings like that bird in the tree will have to its credit lives of others charmed from sins. Little Things with Big Consequences Somebody has quaintly and truthfully said: “Life isn’t a little bundle of big things, but a big bundle of little things.” Let us always remember that out of lit tle acorns grow mighty oaks. Little things have changed the destiny of many men and ’wovae.nMrWatchman-E.xaminer.
its highest civilization, of that which has made the Christian nations the most enlightened, the most progressive, the most humane, the wealthiest and most powerful people on the face of the earth. —Henry B. Williams. The general diffusion of the Bible is the most effectual way to civilize and hu manize mankind; to purify and exalt the general system of public morals; and to improve all the relations of social and domestic life.—Sir William Jones. Apr. 3. Study the Word, 1 Tim. 4 :13- 16. 1. Our souls need nourishment as truly as our bodies, and the Bible is the best food for our souls. 2. It occupies the mind with good thoughts. It fosters rev erence and earnestness of spirit. It gives volume and depth and dignity to our lives. 3. It helps to restrain wrong im pulses and to purify wrong desires, to clarify and strengthen the sense of duty, and to awaken and intensify the purposes of righteousness. 4. It molds the char acter by keeping before it the perfect ex ample of Christ and by the influence of the truth. It reveals to us the will of God as to duty and work and the spirit and sphere of our lives. 5. The Bible has so entered into the best life and institutions of the nation that ignorance of the Bible is unpatriotic. As Justice Brewer says, “He is the best patriot who loves the Bible best and teaches it to others.” 6. The Bible contains all that we know of God. There are some things that we can reason out about God but they are all in the Bi
ble, and a good deal more we should not know otherwise. 7. It is the most inter esting book in the world. If any one thinks it is not, let him try to practice it and see. 8. If we want to do any Christian work with others and for others we must know the Bible.' A knowledge of it and love in our hearts constitute the best equipment for Christian work-^-Baptist and Reflector. Apr. 4. Be a Doer, Jas. 1:22-25. A useful man to Stonewall Jackson was old Miles, the Virginia bridge-builder. Once the Union troops had returned and burned a bridge over the Shenandoah. Jackson determined to follow them and summoned Miles. “You must put all your men on that bridge,” said he; “they must work all night, and the bridge must be completed by daylight. My engineer will furnish you with a plan, and you can go right ahead.” Early next morning Jack- son met the old bridge-builder. “Well,” said the General, “did the engineer give you a plan of the bridge?” “General,” re turned Miles, slowly, “the bridge is done; I don’t know whether the picture is or not.” We want more men of the Miles order in the church.— C. H. Spurgeon. Apr. S. Be a Reader, Acts 8:29-35. The inefficacy which usually attends the reading of the Bible, is not owing to any defect in the sacred volume; but to the want of serious attention, or of previous preparation in those who read or hear. It would be beneficial to endeavor reverently
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