bo accoptablo iu thv sight." How
many christians at tho close of a day
can say that their words havo been
accoptablo in Christ's sight? Theso
sins of tho tonguo aro so sadly com
mon. Tho fretful words, the hasty
words, tho slanderous words, tho un
truthful words, tho blundering, tactless
words how mauy of thoso daily.
must bo set down to the discredit of
thoso who wear tho sacred namo of
him who spako as uoyer man spake.
From tho Western Watchman wo
clip tho following beautiful story ou
resisting temptation:
A storv is told ot a man onco asking
an Eastern king if ho could tell
him how to avoid temptation.
The king told tho man to tako a
vessel brimful of oil, and to carry it
through tho streets of the city with
out spilling ono drop. "If ono drop is
spilled," said tho king, "your head
shall bo cut off."
And ho ordcrod two executioners
with drawn swords to walk behind
tho man aud cairy out his ordois.
Thuro happened to be a fair going
ou in tho city at tho time, and tho
streots woro crowded whh people.
However, tho man was vory careful,
and returned to the king without
naving spniou one urop ot oil, Tuon,
tho king said:
"Did you seo any one when you
were walking through tho streots?"
"No, sir," said tho man. '! was thinking
only of tho oil. I noticed nothing
olse."
"Thore," said tho kiug, "you notice
how to avoid temptation. Fix your
mind as firmly ou God as you fixed it
on tho vessel of oil. You will not
then bo tompted to sin."
A protracted mooting will ho
held with tho Baptist church, this
city, beginning February 12th.
