The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . ment, let us be therewith content. Let us all remember, if we are Christians, that we are going after a while,whatever be our circumstances now, to have a glorious vacation. As in summerwe put off our garments and go down into the cool sea to bathe, so we will put offthese garments of flesh, and step into the cool Jordan. We will look around forsome place to lay down our weariness ; and the trees will say : Come
The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . ment, let us be therewith content. Let us all remember, if we are Christians, that we are going after a while,whatever be our circumstances now, to have a glorious vacation. As in summerwe put off our garments and go down into the cool sea to bathe, so we will put offthese garments of flesh, and step into the cool Jordan. We will look around forsome place to lay down our weariness ; and the trees will say : Come and restunder our shadow ; and the earth will say: Come and sleep in my bosom ; and the winds will say : Hush! while I sing thee a cradle hymn ; and whilesix strong men carry us out to our last resting-place, and ashes come to ashes anddust to dust, we will see two scarred feet standing amid the broken soil, and alacerated brow bending over the open grave, while a voice, tender with all affectionand mighty with all omnipotence, will declare : I am the resurrection and thelife; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Comfortone another with these ®)Cir ^oun^ UTontjen^ HOW TO FIGHT THE BATTLE OF LIFE ALONE. OMAN is a mere adjunct to man, an appendix to the mascu-line volume, an appendage, a sort of afterthought, somethingthrown in to make things even—that is the heresy enter-tained and implied by some men. This is evident to them:Womans insignificance as compared to man is evident tothem, because Adam was first created and then Eve. Theydont read the whole story or they would find that the por-poise and the bear and the hawk were created before Adam,so that the argument drawn from priority of creation might provethat the sheep and the dog were greater than man. No; womanwas an independent creation, and was intended, if she chose, to livealone, to walk alone, act alone, think alone, and fight the battle oflife alone. The Bible says, it is not go
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