Harrison Press Journal

FIGS
AND THISTLES
Wisdom increases its life by
enriching others.
The mercy of God is the
greatest of all mercies.
How would a prayer-meeting
do for a change?
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A mighty little man can do
a large man's work.
Walking in faith is walking
in the light of His face.
The journey is worth while
when wisdom is at the end.
Stars of hope are always
born in the night of trouble.
He who is willing to guide
a child is preparing to lead a
nation.
It may make some of us feel
queer to see our ballots at the
judgment.
It takes many a tumble to
keep us humble.
He who declines no pleasure
declines in power.
Preparation is the best pray-
er for consecration.
Faith fills up the promises
before they are fulfilled.
People who remember mal-
ice easily forget mercy.
The chronic kicker is the
first to go lame in the race.
Truth is never worth much
where it costs but little.
He wears the devil's yoke
who thinks sin is a joke.
Nature study is empty with-
out the
study of our own
natures.
Heavenly activity is fruit-
less without heavenly attri-
butes.
The apologetic
church is
apt to have an apologetic
preacher.
The paint of pride is not the
same as the robe of righteous-
ness.
The lean Christian is sure
to be nervous.
Wealth won by tricks van-
ishes by magic.
The teacher is to lead men
into truth, not to throw it at
them.
The best evidence of your
own salvation is your interest
in that of others.
The religion that makes a
man too good for common
people is born of the pit.
Many a man who is barking
at his wife's piety now is bank-
ing a good deal on what it is
going to do for him when he
comes to die. --Ram's Horn.