WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8360, 13 September 1890, Page 4 (Supplement)

WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.

No man lives to himself ; he could not if!,, would. The covetous man lias a miser f ( ' his son, the light woman has a daughter hastening towards the way of shame" th unclean man poisons a workshop with hi, lecherous imagination, the drunkard infect a whole neighbourhood with his vices, tl I swearer finds his little child, scarce out of babyhood, uttering bestial oaths, and shan ing his tiny lips in the blasphemies which are the common speech of the house in V j,j c ? he lives. Who knows how far a word may travel? When it leaves us it is goue 'J,. ever. It lias floated away into the lil U( , heaven on wings of its own, and we cannot recall it if we would. It has get new thoughts stirring in a score of hearts, an,[ will travel on in multiplying influence till the ears of men are full of it. Each man lives in a huge whispering gallery, and hj, whispers travel round the world, growing louder as they go, till they fall Lack up him like the reverberations of distant thunder. The word spoken in the ear i trumpeted upon the housetop; forgotten by us, it is remembered by others ; dismissed by us, it has leaped into life elsewhere ; ami on the threshold of another world, where every idle word is known, the speech of a lifetime rolls back upon the spiritual ear. dust as the phonograph treasures up the most deii. cate inflections of the human voice, and can. reproduce them at the will of the operator so a thousand minds have already received 'the impression of our words, and, if they were evil, share the iniquity of them with us,-, W. J. Dawson, " Tho Threshold of Man. hood." "

PROFESSOR DRUMMOND'S TALKS TO STUDENTS. u

The following are notes of one of Professor Drummond's " talks" to Melbourne students • —A man one day objected that he could not understand one particular point of doctrine He answered that neither could he himself' but he did not think it necessary to allow his work to stand still until that "doubt «-,■»• removed. A man would have as much ri"hs to refuse to eat and drink because lie did not understand the physiology of nutrition, A story is told of a man who had been dining out, and on his way home in the small hours of the morning came to a statue in a square, There was an iron railing round the statu.-,' He felt at the railing, and walked round it several times. He then hung his umbrella on the fence, and shouted for the police, living that he had been locked in. This is tin case of many who promenade round their little difficulties and imagine that they are shut in. A student's first duty was, of course, to do his college work, but then he could influence others at the same time. He should be what Christ would be if He had to go through college. Christ's commands were unlike those of the old law. He did not say, " Thou shalt not," but He said, " Blessed are they that mourn ;'' " Blessed are the peacemakers." If a man has love for Christ he does not need to be commanded to do one thing and not to do another, but lie cannot help doing Christ's will. He once noticed, in one of his meetings in Edinburgh, a student, of great force of character. He had come from Canada with the highest scholarship his college could give him. lie had been trained religiously, but had read Herbert Spencer, and become an Agnostic. He walked home with this man, and talked with him till midnight, and then made an appointment to finish the conversation mi mi afternoon in the week. The student was, however, in such a secular frame of mind that he deemed it useless to talk seriously with him then so they went to a football match together. The man afterwards locked himself in his room, and went over the whole question again ; and now he has a great influence on his fellows, and has been tin! means of leading scores of students to inner tilings, though he cannot speak two sentences on a platform. The Professor then said In: remembered at Yale College a motto which he afterwards saw on Longfellow's tomb-a Maltese cross, with the letter X in tin middle, with the words Dux, Lux, Lex, Ra on the bars of the cross. Everyone needs a leader. He cannot make any progress unless someone guides him. His path is also surrounded with darkness, and he needs light. The words of Newman's hymn should be sincerely spoken by every student, " Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on."

DOE YE NEXTE THYNGE. From an old English parsonage Down by the sea, There came in the twilight A message to me; Its quaint Saxon legend, Deeply engraven, Hath, as it seems to me, Teaching for Heaven; And on through the hours The quiet words ring, Like a low inspiration, " Doe the nexte thynge." Many a questioning, Many a fear, Many a doubt, Hath its quieting here } Moment by moment, Let down from Heaven, • Time, opportunity, Guidance are given. Fear not to-morrows, Child of the King ; Trust them with Jesus, "Doe the nexte thynge." Oh, He would have thee Daily more free, Knowing the might Of thy royal degree; Ever in waiting, Glad for His call, Tranquil in chastening, Trusting through all. Comings and goings No turmoil need bring ; His all the future— " Doe the nexte thynge," Do it immediately, Do it with prayer, Do it reliantly, Casting all care; Do it with reverence, Tracing His hand, Who hath placed it before theQ With earnest command. Stayed on Omnipotence, Safe 'neath His wing, Leave all resultings, " Doe the nexte thynge." Looking to Jesus, Ever seroner, Working or suffering, Be thy demeanour ! In the shade of His presence, The rest of His calm, The light of His countenance, Live out thy psalm ; Strong in His faithfulness, Praise Him and sing ; Then, as He beckons thee, " Doe the nexte thynge." —The Friend,