Tnr Occupation 05 . Heaven,-^ We sometimes speak of time and eternity aaftk if they were in absoluteantagonism. '■■'■ In^^ the abstract it cannot be so. Eternity is the endless duration of time; and in heaven, wherever it is, there must be a past, a present, and a future—the succession and duration of time. What then will be somo of the occupations of the saints in glory? That they will be many and various I think it cannot be. doubted, but all suited ou,r rec|eemeq. nature a.nd p,ur renewed powers, God loves variety. This truth is most impressively taught and most beautifully illustrated on earth ; and as the Divine Being is (J without variableness or shadow of turning," his delight in variety will bfi continually manifest in the activities and occupations of heaven. True, toil for daily bread bclongsto thissin-strieken world, and all the handicrafts hy which; man gains a livehood here will end with this life and this world, but occupations suited to our perfect tastes and emancipated powers in all their variety will . employ our time in our Father's house above,-~The Quiver.
A woman will oling to the chosen object of her heart like a possum to a gum tree, and you cant separate her without snapping strings no art can mend, leaving a portion of her soul on the upper leather of your affections., She will sometimes see something tp love where others can see nothing to admire; and, when her fondness is once fastened oh a fellow, it sticks like glue and molasses in a bushy head of k&\v, .' ' ' »
What do the PaßrviA»« know.—* Guano. '
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2100, 27 September 1875, Page 2
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