The Charleston advocate. (Charleston, S.C.) 1867-1868, November 21, 1868, Image 1
VOL. 2. NO. II.
\s YO would t li.il men sh<ul<| <lo milo you do yt; uvcii so to them.*'
CHAH i J 10 H TON. S. C., SATU H DA V, O OTOH KU 1 0, i,S<iS.
wuor,K NO:m
She ffh?ulr.ivuvn 5\ilvoc]vb\
.\ R.Ei.K;n>us ANO UTP.K?KY NIAVSI'AIM:H,
I'lUl.lSllKP M KLM.Y HY
A. WEBSTER,
o n i c i:.'? ? u M K i: i i N ?. s i it r.ir,
(Otic <\<>oi North of Onlltotin.)
sj- All I .lc cn foil Preacher* of iii?' M. li Church,
'\hcv!ipr Iraveling or locale mu uni iiitthcuneil
A ?teni*,
i;f P,n-ternis of stihictl'.itloii an?! riUC? of inlver
tWtag, BOC- hishjp.
Tho Messenger.
I'nrt'.K catite, h tnogsoiigor nt ci\r|y tiiiirnliiB
While yet the stars shone luight :
t'lihetiihlotl Oy itriy s.mini or wiirnlt'li.
Ito entereil ns of 1 b;ht.
i fell hw awful -liio!.iv hi ih>- ilwelling,
Atilt .il! illy lit?>:-il i?tow r!:|U ;
My heart willi lenrfitl expectation swelling,
' hrobbcl once ritnl Ho n stood Mitt.
Hie lam?? httritoi) ililli, Ute clock thal iolicit th?
hour
l?iMiv live n funeral knell,
Au \ froth the rouen In .1 llntlerlng shower
Thc r< 'l nii.i ? iiiti- leaves fri!.
Thro' thc ihxrk hall, with fuhloU pinions hasting,
.Sn,I noWclCtS, gilding lliii'? I.
Iii- eiitereil where our patient one lay wasting,
Alni -tooil besltlo the NM -
i?*odil till thc Ungot mir ?li.iilca <>f iittcUt Were l>an
j ?he?!,
Ami all the st.srs hurueil .Mm .
Alu! ?lion nt Inst the silent shallow vnttUlicit,
Chit lovoil om' went with lum.
I
Ah well} toy time Uko a ?hvlft iliiutow ;iv.?,
>ly days like inoiiients (lee ;
Next timo tho messenger our ihreshehl erossos
i: nsk, pcihaps, r >r in'-.
Lincoln University.
ivnmi.s : IM. i.tviif.i: 11:01 A srriir.Ni',
T., the Kitti or nf tho < ht'rle.ston A'tlvoi ntoi
'I'm. morning <?!' the I-' of i!ii< month
was "i:i' rtiisjiieioiis to ilio This h os, Kaeuliy'.
:,ml Students "l illi- t'invorsiiy'.
li Initl hoi-n hobed iirollUil lint OM ||io ijilv
libjivi'mentioned, a it ii g ol Olli' In! M. with
a picture nf tho ."tuii i.r.'Lho.iri-r Of tho .'.;;||
.ht'Siiohnsetts Colored Yi'l.. :i< lo- stood ho- '
iioiilfi tho dOvasiitiiiig lire bf I i'it W.Vgnor.
wthud bc proseiu?il t > ilio tmlccyiliy.
I'?ie morning I rain arrived fruin Pltiht'toh
I hi?; hrliiglnjf oiit.'t9 Wi-' -o 1. K-ijii r tittil'.
ttiaa ol' lin: I'ciiij-w Ivimia Shite Supervisor!
? '1 inuiitteo. it ev. A ll fori I l:t I tit'?; ... I'hi! ii lol
phhi, ami other-.
Luv. .1. M. H.. 1). I)., rriiiil 101 eil tile
ex?rcl.??is. Kev, .Li". Ponda!!,frhiii India.
li 'I in a fervent, heartfelt prayer. Theil i?i?
."hg Itally round tin- L'.ag. P,"\?." was
s'il hg hy tho stu lents. A fl or Which. Slr?j
Wcbvier was in:r,"hi. "'l. whose speech wo .
have m.toil, hut withhold on ace,.nut ol' its
length. Ho spoke, eleijhiiittiy 011 tho pa-!. 1
present, aittl future of the negro race. Ill?
.-?.?.oo!) was one long to ho rCntoinhereU by
.:i" siIHtl'nts ol' litis liiiv-rsity. ll- kalli dm:
.. il wore bettor fur llie rheo l" (it'ebii/ m fu e
.i.un than to exist '.;/ millions in .-'lavery." As
Mr. Webster retired froiii tho stage, amid
.If l?lid?.st applause, ila: students Sling lim
" Star-spangled P.anno!'."
Mr. ('l?as, Harris, of Maryland, wa- (hen
introduced. He spoke in behalf of ibo Ibers
in Phte. He had been a inoinhet' ol' the 5Ith
Mas-. Colored V"l-.. am! stn.id only a lew
fej't from Col, Shaw wheii he fell friuii the
rampart*: of I'm; Wagner; hut now lu i- a
promising .-tinhut ia Lincoln rt:iver.-ity.
IL- spoke fervently and eloquently ..! tin ?i.
sank tm Wagner- -thanked ?lie donor i""
Mich beautiful and enduring niemur ?al.-, and
retired ?unid great applause.
Mr, Archibald Henry (Jr'unke, of {'luirles
ton. South Carolina, who was Ih?ii i ut ro
il need, aro-e and sp"ke a- follows:
'flic present Century i- in au eminent de
gree thc er it ol' revolutions, llroail ami deep
have hoon t lu: changes in politic*^ tates iu'id
gn\ crinnent. Thc structure of Constitutions
mid the genius pf government nie more in
ficeordtiiiee with thc eternal decree^ oflle?y
eit. Cliriitiiintiy has been inore cllVCiivc in
m?illdihg tile character- of Slates; il - prin
cipios 'nave been mon: powerfully engrafted
imo ant ional codes; its influence, more deep
ly toil in the acts of legislators ; and its truth
more widely disseminated among remote
and heathen hinds than heretofore, ll wo
hut take a retrospective view of Illly years,
wc behold the reform of abuses, the abo
lition of laws which were dangerous to liber
ty, tho birth of nations and the freedom of
people.-. In lS.'kL hy a most sublime and
.uohle net, Hngland forever abolished slavery
lu ker colonie.-:. In 1821. the infam Repub
lic, of Liberia was planted upon tho burning
sud Inhospitable, shores ol Africa, where it
. ".cw so rapidly lintier the combined imho
. ?.ec of education ami religion, that in twen
ty-six years after its planting lt declared it
?elf an Independent nationality, Thon in
1JS63, thc Czar of Kussia, hy a buhl and hu
mano aol, liberated 20,000,000 of serfs; not
only freeing thom from chains and slavery.
hut nisei endeavoring to amcliorato their con
dition ami rousing them from the lethargy
nf two hundred years, hy kindling within
them new hope* .ind higher aspirations.
(Applause.) Hui ii was reserved for our
i'ountry to perform the noLtlo?*. publie net ol
Hie rtgc. 1 s;iy noblest, becauseth? serfs of j
Unssia Wy ii! freed by Iii?' "vs ttl Of "ai! niau. ;
bul lin.' AHUM ican S hiv CS wan' emancipated
by tbi' will ni ihc pC?ple. Serfdom was ban
ished by thc absolute p?i\vcr "ia despot,
st?vCfy m thi.> country iv ita prohibitedhy tb"
e iiili ullina, power bf tho inuit il mle. Tho
i Var. i isilig ia lin- mids; nf aa iiilinddtilod
people, clothed with 'almost oinldpotent
(>ow 11. w Inn':i" one dares dispute Iii? Utt
boundi'il attlboi it v. anti wliere Iiis will ^irre
vocable l ia . forbade serfdom ami vCssal?l?C
in i?nssla. r?".: in what dilleretU circum
stances did tia- Vjj.it ri? uns abolish shivery ia
their I ni il ia ifs !~\\'llCli thc fountain- "I i\ i'
wai were broken up. when tito unrest rained
liassions ofovis.pi rated demagogues h ni ar
iay.'vi the child against the parent, aa.I
lu ?abet against br??ther. when thc luitloti of
phihisnpheis. orators ami merchants, wa?
converted into Kt ern. blondy ami iinjilahable
warriors, when ila- whole laud wits trans
formed into uno vast hattlOllchl. via. when
all America was shaln a ny Un' dreadful con
vulsion- Lincoln, tho repr?sentai ive "I thc
people, standing up ai lids* perilous aa l crit
ical juncture, dealt thc death blow to Amer
ican slavery. (Apjitausoi) And the hideous
monster* tlc scourge of ecitiuries, ich amidst
tao execrations of sitlVel ing hiunatiily. Thus,
hy the death of -lavery, oar country was de
livered from a inoii-t?'i w hi' h luid clteekeil
ils pt'OgToS'}, eaei'o.u'ln d Upon its rights,
irani|ih'd it- laws ia the dust-Whii'h ha.1
rbi ?heil the mitt?m "t i's riebest product*
ami stained the country's ?lau' willi tin
wron . - am) Injustice of lo., conteras. Am)
ne i'i'oVei .'.'.villi- ami similar hold aiid deelsivi
steps w.' have placed ?iitr cona", y foremost ii
the ranks of miltons, h.uh in Hie universal I
ty Of education, ?iud ia the ireodoin anti ghi"
crtihig power ?a tin- p.-opic. , Applause.}
American Slavery was. an enormous livil
And in a nation, as ia aa individual, if a ills
c.'l-c is allowed tn pi'.", lincll?'t.'ko<| UppU il
vitals, d?itth is im-vltiijite. Thc gili d. Ila
wi-c. and ibo pilli iiitic. llu'l'cfoi e. sought t.
arrc-t lis |if??grOss and Cud il- il j re ea r?el'
ititi i' liad w m kel it? Way lop deep into tin
structure of our goveriimi'iil ; ii Wits to.
iiriiily ri'otoii ia lin- nii.r om- jiiid rei I gli il
of the people, to ho | eui"\ ' .| hy no re legis
j?itiv'e ?ntion. for sj Sty ti eilis lin' -la\
pat. ; hail SWliyi'il the opinion ai.il IllOlthle
thc policy of lin- nation : atol it- eoiitaiuitl.'i
ling iijmicuce, if mu cheeked, aa- destine
td !.xtCndeildvet' all thc 'andi am! bli Hi
licpitlditiun party coiuintr info powi i. ia |s?ii
all i::-apel ;..,'le hamer lo it - 1,li ther . \|e|
sion, it defiantly threw d??\V a the gaiililhi .
hl"...!y war. Iii" ?hop. n.lidding il?i*
whi-'h |.i.ec'ic- thc eafiliipiiiki', wits hean
Tiic tremor ami lltiettiations ani?'Ci'd?lil I
the dirt! eata-t i opio- w ere fell ! alni st r?)tl
nan boWcil lilli knee, and priiyVal Ilia', ila
eyes might not behold the dreadltil convu
sldti. Hat it caine. The results Were appal
litg. Ttl? western lutinispheie was -h ike
Tin- American eonllicl was begun. Haver
hy tia- cumulations nf ?'eut (tri?s, had arnn
itself for ihe terrille combat, aiul 11 ie midi
-tag..'.'ic! beneath its herculean blows. Tl
rush and roar ol battle at lin: tefriltell li
peaceful Inhithllants of lite nation; hut tin
only nerved Hie execrable mousier on to tl
lier?'?' ami sanguinary struggle, hui
length th" nation, rising with all tin- uigni
and power ol' an injured parent, smote
ri.'Creani children with amii/emeut and let'!*?
i lin' great Upheaving of thc Ana l ?can poop!
and Ihc cplitbhicd ami irresistuhle ia i--> -
humanity, slaves anil freemen, hurled t
lingo monster lifeless lo th" ground, tu
burying it forever, placed ?.v er ils grav? t
adamantine rock ot' I 'niv a -a'. StiilVage, : A
plau.-c. Tbri cpnlliet ceased. The tumi
am! ?oar ol' battle wa- hushed, The life
the nation was saved -the (.'iii?itt ot i
States pf-..ried ihe national chai.cl. r
deemed-- :iie (lespuiisni of slavery iMiinni
---ihe principie- of ?he Constitution ?hlbrei
?ind its supremacy acknowledged.
'liie war lui.? demonstrated the ia. t ii
negroes eau light, and lint", i h Cy ?ir? ii" ,-.
ards. Tba. the negm is tin cowa rd. coil
up from ihc comminghHl dust of friend a
fod lind ihr loud amen is Ocltocd iii sCp
cliral tones fruin lin- martyr- who ure lyi
helare thc foitilleatiuin of IVtrl Had-'
Vicksburg, Li'.'hmond, 1 V-ter-burg. and I*
Wagner; and a.- we gaze upon ibo pleb
which is tims presented lo us. weean i
degree rCdli/.O tba deep and iiiexprCSsI
feelings wliich throbbed within his hos
ami nerved him on to Hie terrille conti
What soul does not move at tho sight of lb
men as we behold their hi.| staining
battlements ol' Wagner, as amidst the stir!
of Hie wounded ami dying and Hie lie
roar of artillery, they rushed upon its ri
parts and (herc planted the siar-spanp
banner. (Applause.) This deed, il ll
were no ol hers, is sillUcient evidence i
patriotism may exist as strongly within
negro'* breast as in thc anclen I Spart i
who regarded public duties as thc lng
?and most binding. (Applause.)
Tho storm-cloud lias passed over and
behind tho desolations of the whirl li
i The work is Unfinished. The South still
' cents tho wreck and ?V?aos nf a fierce si
gb'. Tin? blood ol* tin* nation yet inoisieh*
Ihil ground. 'I'lic Waters ol' heaven to-day
Tall upon ilia criitnhlihg bodies af tin- stave
and ihr freeman, (lie oppressednnd tho op
pressor. 'I'll!1 wail ol the orphans arel wid
ows ot Anglo-Africans and Ah?l?-S?xOns i<
heard alike ia Ilia nation. Hat the itaosl in
fecting seeit? ia Ute commonwealth; is that
vtist nttmher <>f liiunitti beings wlin arr in litt,
depth of Intolh'oh al ilcgrn.dtttiiiit. .'hui who
arr seektiig f>a that light willoh clevaios ami
dignities ihr character of man. ('cutl?.Mnch,
th Cse arr the m< n who fottght ytiltr haltli s,
tilled y ??ny "ground, enriched yoiir riniiniry.
and shielded ymir sons and fathers, ia I inn''*
of danger, and fed (linn when they were
Starving. Applause. ) '('hey are the nani
wln> stood tip tybi ?ly in defence iii' the right's
enjoyed anil transmuted hy your forefailters
w hen the lu'Soin of elvi! war swept Ih'rccty
through th" laiiil. They are lite ineii win?
leaped into the yawning otiAsUi bf disunion
whle?i tlireateni il lo engulf Mi? nation in ruin
ami uiititlei'ahle rmguidi. Those many hind
and benevolent persons wlin pity Hie negro's
condition ami aro Keekliig to alleviate their
sufferings; we point tn Lincoln I'ldvorsilyi
\Ve wish 'Mir Inst it itt ?oil to hr ln??i'?' recoge
ni/.Cd hy patrons of learning, a ntl we desire
10 ho more roihchiticiod hy muniiicciii ami
philanthropie friends ia ihr eaiuitty. S'ot
thal we arr seltikh: hat because I.INT.u.s
t"Nl\ i.Kstivi- c al ru ! a I ed to ?xe? I a salutary
iiitliteii?*e upon i lui lu'gioi'.s in the Ih publie.
11 i- peculiarly titted to ameliorate their
wretchedness and to cult ivate niimti". them
the nobler virtues willett adorn the human
ithara?tori There is a philaiithropie lire
hhruing in the public heart, ami a- wo gaze
[Hld lin- ihysterlAus fulili'c \vr .-an lin- rr
.generation* prosper! y and etevathot ?if the
negro. Already there are indlcalions of re
ligious and sondar improvement tiuioug
them. The barbaron- and uncivilized oslah
1 ishim-nt - nf the South have hoon supplanted
hy oivil'/ed it I ttl Christian insulations. The
placo of the negroes' sulVofhigi1 ?iinl adver
sity is destined to become Hie lieat hi iii' (heir
prosperity and glory-rite laml "t their sot's
rdw am! ilegradaiinii. Hie home ?\ their hap
piih'S?! and .-! vallon, lion rcjolco willi us.
all . >. w hil p til y ?ah siilh.'t'i'it. and am laboring
ta- tie-ii suiieess- lor Ile mg I ii 01 i heir MU
lei ing ami diam-- i- tar spent. ililli I ! o' j hiv . .1
their joy iiinl llieir glory (silt baie!.
Mr i it imho inply hi- -'-a: willis) the hon-.
i'?ng wit h applause.
Hr i- a liar speak?'!' ami gtfli'il a- i vi titer.
Ile ciiiiit' ln--> three years am.to piusim a
eoursii .-I -laily . tuning the laWiii view. Ile
i- in hi- ela-- lite bei h r: an! I ta ty hoi
omit saying '.ha: he has iii hita th.- (rut.'
tirhlike South ('ainlhUaii lire, lu i'oas?hlnjj
lo- i- not Unlike hi- tinelo, Ititi lalp. Thomas
S. ? i l imbo, nf South < 'iirotjiia. Tin- ob!
-iain is well represented in (hi- institution,
ami ia tm one no-re ably than ia A. Il
Ulinike. The ti hove speech was delivered
mi In-half ol' t?o- students In-re.
.I"-. S. Tliotusnii. of New ilei'scy, -poke on
behalf "t the Afri.-aa rare.
Mr. liantes, introduced Ly Dr. I iii ki y . tb -
l'l\ri ml a p|ospreti\ely -eai'oui'agill'g address.
Wo are titling Well lo tr. Tlte ( 'H,\t:i.r>
11 >s A I >\ > o' \ ll. i- popular in otu- iui'l-t. a io I
i- om- ot' tin- journals eiigerly sought for hy
I hr Students.
Wi- -lia!! hClp Hie deaf old AliVo?Ali;
when we go hence, Your- truly,
WILLIAM I', IHi'KI'.IISON.
(.nicoli) I'uivrrsi:y. N'ov'y lit, ISflij.
God's Time.
.. IHioMi'.O to (lisappuintment,:i.? ostini."
.. I ton't say ' as usual," " a -ott voice replied :
" voit soinethnes arr w omh-rful ly pt < lAperoi |."
" Y?*s, I say. ils USita?." was ike ??ui.-k. an
gry response; " I timi ihr pilli h toidi e? I up
uli'n-hev.r way I lura ; I ty bani a- I may.
siimoih'uig i?r oilier upsets all my plans. I
migtli a- wa ll give up nile t inn-a- another."
" Perhaps ii i-n't Hie righi tinir." -ai.I the
?..ti voice again; .. maybe God tvotiltl prove
you byioro tie bh-sscs you: pei lia ps be -er
tl.at y ou an-mu prepared for pi??*peit|tv. We
ina-! (:ike ?he lile?sliigs liianklillly a- tln-v
cphii.i, .lohn, and the disappnintllU'iils too. as
pan nf Iii- hoing discipline, Kverythihg
conies hr-t in i ind'- time."
Yes; joy or S'ofrow, s mi shine or cloud,
plenty or poverty, all, all edniP in (i??iTs
tim.-." However mtudi Otir Owiicrtoris may
bring" lo us. it is well to reiltemllei' (Ital (io.I
aloin' or. lees our SUC?oss or our l'ai ! n rr.
"Cud''; (imo "---tin- he-t limn wo shall al
ways Hail il. if we hut look for his ^iiitlitijg
and Willi on him. IMsappOihltnciils, viewiMl
and received nrpght, may pi'?vt! th?' richest
blessings.
" ( ind's time"- un! that we limst Idly w ait
for the sun of prosperity lo .-hine upon IM.
hut humbly, earnestly, failhfnlly do' eaeh
duty as ii arises, leaving lint roil willi God,
His lime will bring us gladness and pros
perity, if he sees il |S for our gOO'fl. 'lillis
trusting, we shall always " ho glad in the
Lord," even " though the. earth he removed,
and though thc mountain.- bc earned into
tli?; midst ol' thc Rea ; though (tic waters
thereof mar and he troubled, though lite
mountains shake, with the swelling t'norco!'."
dm. .V''*\scu;/cr;
W? aro Members Ono of Another.
tia?\t tin: i;i'i:\i.v\ KV i.i:t>t>?i n suniit-it.
Isi ri Ki'i'.s r IIIH>. Mimi riiivsl for noMilm.', nh*. >.
lil 'VU iilliili ?j > 'I'luy linn ni iiml w Hf ilinl I'llhii i
-' i ly hu i limn a |irb|>city ivlieroon
-?i- I rn n KO i m n'I lirtfi mi ?in litvisll.to li"".
I ii"! ?Ul tliysi-n Hu? winiil's; In Illino own honso
Timi 'iwfilisi -in tin? Imiil, on <?mMi. nt litrg't.
xvii . > lhi> Inti'), lit? lins thy otillilniii loo,
.Oui I i' 't ? h.v ; munnin.UI'IM ni ... , . \ 1 "
t'lii'ii rilli, tin'., tnt tliv country :in<i iiuinktii'l ;
Ttl ll i |?:ilt willi \ ..I"" .Ml.I Ililli.I m w lint ls l|i-!U,
1 it Vi ?j it. nj lt lt lii-iiti uml llii.n:;lit, lu .1 Ut.i nt :;.I
XVlint ilntilo min.ls ii ri- il.in-: i-ii-ti f.?r tin'.-.
1.0) tin ;;iiinl li.- nlsO thou ilio.il Si ?til it to.. ;
Lot i ii.- l?.? mini.- :i slltVO .-Ix- Ilion lill oin-.
\ill ll ill Ililli!; lt H tll'itl. tll"ll (Jilli ll"-io "to! I ll
iii- litt.il lunn I ron 1>U> ii?.tn-, liol ovoii th.-.-.
A.vl ivtioii iniiiiktii.) omi froi'iy ito ll io t!-.:lit.
ii .--i .>\ o'ry ?:?il illviiio roilontuls to Mioii
Ai 1 io thy . hil.Iron's i-liil.lf.-il, for wltnO-Vr
'i I?> -?-i.it u lin.-i Ls ti.Um-.1 f?rov?rnioro.
Flowers at Funerals.
A <* ? i v ri? .v i io i iii t; 111 in iii.- iiVi'sl lorinorly r>
>iil'! in Mroiiklyit, N. Vu and 'beroi injtiii.s
liijlK'tl i ? soi; (lowers finploycil Ire. ly :ti fun
oi l'-, Willes lo ns io say Ililli lu1 hutt hr?ti<?til
il'ivn ujlnii liiiiis.-ll severe !iiibt?:t(lVt,r.<iolt lit
I. l!o\vh .< llti-i beautiful (Uisliun mi :i recen
lil! . i :il oi'i il.-init. Ililli III' ?sk$ IIS lo I'N phi 11
.-..i;n' njiiiiloil ni" tin- Usu ol' Howers al tin
, lu:- lal ot' oin il omi.
I A wolli '.'n't.-II yours :i;;o I was called |.? ol'
I ih-l lit' al thu biirhil ol' ii swt i'i oil I ii Ililli
sixteen yt a:-- of ito'ii. Hot- jiati'uiu -tiinil Idol
in jilioleiy, ami sill' \vt??? I hoir only ?lillll
; Wlii'li ! iMtii'rotl lin- spit Ho tis parlors, am
IVt'lll !" ll i! I'Olllll, tin" lil''' WIIS fair I hilt i
sociii?d |n nu. a- if thc world on lin- (itliol
side was slihiin^" i hiotmh it. Hut slit' sooliil't
Intn-I". In In-r nal i-ow chamber she lay. ii
pul" whit", without a killah' lluwi-r. I i-oiih
Hoi luiir it. and without sjiyuiji a won) t.
tin) tint! 1 h ii I ho rollin. Thoro wu.-?, w illili
i hVit'k -i '.-.-o i i i -11 anil nursery. wbo,-? pro
m .. nt- I w oil know. I lili' ly run Iii I-i- jrroi'll
iioii-i-. ami. w lt holli salutation, .-ti.-il lilli
.. |i;ivid.-oli; I I;: nu->'\iiylhini? cholee, lim
i.- v lille, t lim ton ha \ " ;: i ?t."
VVli'li mt hitml- tull "I" whit" i-osi's. Milli'
1II..I-, i.r;iii',-i-li|"--i'in-. -wi . I tllysSIUlii O'.".
I r.. -i.-'l arni .-iii--o-il lin' parlor. 'I'll.' ino
ii. ut 1 i.i.I in.- itoor. oi'i v ..m- xociiici
. liiiivo ! hy ibo saint' ?tiijinlsi;. Tin- fat lier am
Ui.iih'i' i"." tili in O itt'- ami .-aiiiu tn th" ".?I
Iii . i : ? -11 . 1 - iook tlieiii iVi'lii nt" and bo.l?iU
drossll:* th?: O'duh with timm. till?! lim ?loth
i'i'iv?l? a d.-i'p -*'_*h. Si'ld; "('h. ibis i- ju.
?.ililli t-- walli.-I. Uni iv? w i-f.- lim lull o
- ri*'?v i<> ililli!, ot ihijiii.y
Vt;'! ai.? ii|io t'-il mu why lbo<e !l"W..-r
. >:".r:U liol !? ha?. .. I.n Ih.-fuV Cul ?ny oil?
i .-tu-' Univ i :.- |.. .!\ in-- lioijlos ..f ijioso Win
::" 'V 'ip'i - ..|' him nf \\ liol? il i- -aid. ' ' N<>\>
int!, place wh>:o lit? wa- ciileilhd thur.
\v il jj :i::iH'i.-n. ;MU,I ia ihil .iiirdi-it ii now -..
ptilchV. . . 'I'h.-t i- ' :i-l tin y .li--n-."
I'oi'llii own pa::. I . hall never ".'a -.'to lu
iiitiii?fii! th.u .i.-h.-i 1.nly of all tito Kvitii
ojo?istj. nionliniiudth.it cniii fort iii?? fahl.
Alor lin- ?j t int horror of Hu' aires! nmht
th" li't'i .?. L'ruoliios ..('thu (rial, ami I lit- bur
ih ;. .ml anguish <>f it?1 offtOttixiitn, ii is ?nix
pr. --|.!y siioihiiii: io follow thu mioiOtl lori)
iii tin t;ui"tuil" "I a !i;triloii, ?lilli lay him dow i
in a ")o! ?MK*?v i-hanihi-r. around willoh Ihiw
j C'f.S lllilji. Th. !", iii th" llinrilhll?. ihnti-r
?lr?ojliio w 'uh lin w i-i .-ht ot' il. w I?aili-tl th ii
1 hoad a-jain-i lim sltiiii*. uni Knowhit; who.-.
. -i-piihhii' tin y liiiolo hoaiilifnl. iior thal lin
(it'ifiihi! wllh'h llioy ? N'hah'il was? nohh-i
"f.i rii- than ah tim iltoon.I lim -an.-tuart
; Tlioi'ij in a jjitrtli.'ii. iiiiiiiiit; tfrOoii li'ilvi's. ?itu
fi'ttoi ?il v iii"-. :iml sfiiov Mo--oms. .un
loavi-.-iituiiniii ii'.L' in i!i<- -M-nth- ?v imI. lu- rosl
ititi, a'..I waitui! I'":' thu au-pi'ion- 'lav \ihoii
lil il?', his hoad w ith r.-imw <-d lit'.?, lio vhoiih
lill up tn imw lu.]." an?! sublim*? .|.-.|iu\ o\
i i-ry n an un t ar: lt !
ll' i ti-.n w ovo i." ntlit-r i'i'ii-iiii. il is (Ul (in o I
that iiionil.-l at" i'utillhi'teil Wlitil inolbi'l
hut i- ..-hui I.? -un hoi' litlioooul . hihi, ni voi
-o .har iiml bi-aiitifnl a. in ili'tiib. lybtji
I anii'l-t fiit.iriiinl Ihiwor.'i Who thal ha. inn
sonllliioiil hm i'ools lim: sonni him: i- laU.'i
iwrtt "I lim i-:oi!iim--- ol ilo?i?li by lim pi< s
; ohii' <.!' ll? >w i;rs '.
I Mu-l wi- i'nroviT ii"ialil .loath ir..tn Mu
lloiitlli'ii -I :i ml-poinir Shall "?v o |..i i-v.-r yj vt
' vvii.v m vi'mt" vtiihiuii ri'vlrahil? shall wi
j stiiilloiisly tiudoaviir loiuaho .a<hm-- til
(lol*, ami L'li'-t' vii innro iuioutshfiilShill
I w o iiiiilll" oiirsolvos in hi.rn!, ami ftlti?ra?
sim 'iliiio i'.rupo, fiiiil s'ui^ dolofiil hymns, am
? Wt'i'p mu mournful prayur-, ?uni uioaiiw lill?
I rofiis" all sonso of violbry, all lui|ii! ot' im
! mortality, ail kuowlodoo Mia! tluMO is m
(ICfttll i? tl trill- soul, hilt nilly OXillt.liioh lilli
h.-tlt-r lil'"?
"I Will lint h-ilV" yoil innif.'lih'.S." SJlil
I li? .Saviour. V.-t. io? llmusaiid tluisiian
I li av? so /gloomily honio ilioii bori'avoiiioiit:
I thal tho y mu?!; timi mon ol* tho world look U|)
Jon doalh as tho awful i-ata.|ropho ul" lifo
! 'I'hoy iitivo.(hi'sstil Mmir lum.es hi vv<nh. am
! Infi (ho Corpso SO hahl aili', har-', in tho holli
j ly (llsholior of doalh. iiiai nmu liavo lili roa
? son t.. holii-v >? that < hi isl tv a I ks with his llb
J "ipi"-' in tho valley and shadow nf d".ath. o
jlh.it ho pltlokH hoavonly llowui . and drosso
\ ihorow ilh tho hearts of his l'nlhovor... sVi Ilia
' their griefs., like his ow n Mitha in- hot M '',>t!
I i? t in n pardon.--Bff>/'.'r.
Tho only Light at Doa th.
Iii!' kid lumr.s lire grand testing hours ;
''".'ih ''h's ??il principies. ?oi l lay- bate lill "
ilf fottnd.uiou. Many InivO a? led UH- hypo- ,
of!(e in lili' who ?ni' forced In ho hniiOsI in ,.
tin' hour iii*(Ititiih; Misgivhig? <>r lu-an. illili t
wi- 11 aw l<i'pl s.-iTi't through lifo, luiv.no- j,
<ui in iloaflt; ami in ii ny ?dso. who seem all t
i"..li; .II.il i.iii fiir If .iM ii. have lian io iii-- i
clare ilijU i hey have booh self-ileoclveil; A i
L'r'itli'liian iii reniiwii wa- nii his dyim; beti, t
winn a friend al lia in I Spoke nf lill' Snviiiill\ i>
.? As io ili<> hillie.*' In- replied, "ii may In- .?
11 in- : 1 iloni Know ."
" What, i In-!i. are'yoiir prospect ^'r*' iii' wa? v
ado'd.
Iii' fi'plii'd In whhpers, w hii'li luil.I wore r
t homler- : ( ?i
.. I>ark--very dark !"
.. Kui have you no light from tim Son of
I'lghtoousnoss? -have you doni' justice lo tile
Hilder
" 1 *oi Itu j is not," in- replied, "lint ii ls now
too hit?-Ion lain !"
A mother who had laughed ?tl ami ridi
culed religion Mild religion-' people, wa- seen
restless and ini^erahleon her death-heil. Sue :
desired Uta! In r Children should hi; ealled. ;
it,
I I liey cime. In impassioned accents) shh ad- ?
i dressed them : 1
11
.. My children; I have hi'?u l?iultiig you hi ; r
lin- w tiing road all your Ufo. I now lind Ihe . "
I broiid road end-; in desi mei ion. I did hoi j
j lielieve it In lore. < I seek io serve find, and '
try tu thal tho ?raie to heaven, though you j -.
may tint iee y dur lunlher liiere."
11. -1 - Upi? w?i'e closed forever, and her .-phil i
, departed to its iie.emiul. willie the household j
' looked on terror-si ricken. L
Siotllbr! hltherl would you di.' lliii-? f)j
: no. Then putin to ben von mid lead I h? way? .
1 Work Tor Christ. j*
. j Ii'or* f< r Christ.' 'filis i- Ilm bed euro for . !
I i I
a spiritual invalid in lin- church. Hard work |(
I I mires ilvpepda. Pike a bracing walk of a j
nillo or two; br a lew boin - nf sturdy a.\-1
. I swinging or wood-sawing, lo insure a good ? '
,[appetite, so is a beany de Vol toil to religious 1
. j duly lb" hi.'Si qiiiekemir of hunger after ( Jud.
li W?rk ili.'vClopi's! H titan's spirit uni prOpor
] ; linns. Lazy church members prow- puny
. and spindling, like snihO w?alth-CUfsed boy
I j W'llu are brought up in pet feel Idleness. ?
.Work makes a Christian sinewy to carry ej
t ; burilen-', broad -houldcred lo bear r?.-'poh.-i
I I >i I it li's. .-Ironj-yoieed lo S?lg < ?oil's praise, 1 .
ipiiOk-iiiiitci! t" do good, ?ind healthful in the J
- piilscheai of his piety. I never know ah
thorough wi irk ei' tor l/hrlsi io he troubled
. w ith serious doublabout religion, ur tb he '
aMli.'.' d wi:h tin- ."dilue ?|evils" ol spiritual j
? ileSpmidi hey. I seldom h?vi? know n of a
. good worker givh|g lil- pastor t h? heit it -a che j
or milking tronido iii Ihe church. 1 never j
. kiiew a Warm-hearted worker lo freeze up a !
-' prayer meeting. 1 alli never afraid lo oller '
-neb a man a subscription paper, ll is thc :
lazy professors, the people who ride on the 1
cushioned seats of thc church ear. and mis- I
.. take I lia! Orthodox lu xury for a personal ?ul- ; *
i ! vain e in grace - theist! are Ihe people who are
i tim I rmlbic ami tonnent of themselves and'1
- of ih?lf iniuisi?r. lt ls easier lo be (lie pa--|
. lei- of a thOilsithd w orker- than ol len tinnies. I '
Tho sighi of a dying church, or even of a M
i illili Oit?, wear- harder on a pitslor lb.?it ihe '
. i.t arduous toil f?r a living ami growingd'
r einholt, ll i- ici w hat we do. hut w hal w e I:l
! j lah lo do. that wears ti- otu.-Hey.. '/'? I- 1
II Outfit y. j j
Eflioiiey of Prayer
)! Wins you have prayed do you not feel 11
vntrr keilli lighter and your soul inore con- -
: tcute?! r ? I
i Prifyer renders ? llle tioii le-- painful, and '
. iniire pure? tl blend* with the one I know '
. j um \\ hat nf slreiiglli and sweetness, and w hil '
i ihe ot her a cele ?I ?al perfiiiiie.
.j Why atf you mi the euri h. and have Von
i tmthluj to ask him who put you hoie?
. VVui ?tie a tray.'.!, t who is seek iii" Iiis cimn
I irv. 1 ?o liol w alli w it h dow tn-a-t head ; it i
I . ?
. lieci-S-arj thal you rai.-.- your eye- (hal you
. j may see y our w a v. Voiir conni ry il i- h?av- (i
. cn; and when Voil look ;it tin- heaven-, is 1 ,
. theie iinlhhig stirred within you.' l)oyoii
I tei l no desire lo press nu in thai ilirCoiibii, j
. I or i- ililli ite-lre do.iiu mi ? ,
I j There ari* -.-iii'- who say. ..!)( .
.?what bi-tn-i'u is prayer?'' "(?od I.? j
.j loo fat o'...\i' lo lisien |o snell ph ifni crea-j j
.ilutes a- we ar?-." Who has given (0 lltciu ,
i I
> feeling, and ihoilghl, ami speech, if it wa.- ; ,
! not i ?od ? And il he has been sb Kim! to them. j (
l'wii-it lo abandon them aflet w arti and t<> | _
- i hr?sl I nein from him ? : (
s Verily I Iel! yob that whoever says in l|l< j
- Iteai I lluil I ?od ilesplseth his ei eaturcs. blas- ? |
. i phonies the < icalor. j i
j Thefo ?i'c ollie r.s who 'sayj " of w hat hone- j
> I ill ls il lo pi av lo dod? I iocs not i ?od know i,
- i heller than we of what we have Hood?" j
..(inti knows helter than we what wo have!
r ' need nf. and foi I hat very rea sun wishes (hat j
? j voil -hoiil.I ask i( ot him ; tor (?bil i-himself ?
j voill f"need, and to pru) to (?od is to ho-i
J gin p.'.'ossiii'.' him.
; (ioil knows He: nani' of bit children;
limihl 11 *?.>? therefor" titter II? Word "f (iinyer
ilol' Ihanksgivjii" to Ihdr l'iit?tiT? tV?iHi
ninia'- air in pain: \i hon they ali 'fi ai"',
.r w hen they are hungry, I ll ?ty Wils*? ('iain
?vi- crin. (.. t;in|. Th.- eries uri* tho pray
r> I hey ni l< h ess In (hui, amt ('?oil t'.-n-n-:
iv thom, .Slim:h| niau then In- Hie only lie-'
?h? in ri'eation who-.' voiOn hover n.-ooiuhi
il Itu; ear ol flit! ( '?i*a|>.r
SbluethilO.- a wui-i passes i.M't il,, e.i,no
ry, whieh patehcS the |>lll tit <. and ?|,,.M
heir Withered stein < han I ow II N )],"
nilli; hui moi-ti'iii'il hy tim ?few j hoy .".
?lin their 1 le-.lu;e-.> nine ll IO IO. .'lilli libbi
i|) their laii'jhin;: liothN: 'l in ro .no al
.ays binning; winds thal pttss (der tho
. .ill ?oalLoaieli il. Prayer i< ila- dow (hal.
efret\t'<mf?flk~?'fnm tic. .''"io.', nf f.-i Meit*
.ai*.
Striking Illustration,
Kr.V. ?v. Pi Til VVI NO reeontly delivered an
hajnt'ot temperance address in Qidue.Vi III
ho ouiirso of whh'li |??> used lin- following
htrillliig illustration. Sahl Ito : l< lt ls Koine
hues -a'nl. . Kum io ver hurts those who let
I aloin-.' (if. stand to-night ben-'ttlh Oils
rn liing moon, on tho southwester ly slopes
if Mount Auhoni, and y->a w ill si " a little,
a w -inaih- ortivo. < ?vet li bund the braii'-lut
? I a walnut-I ri"-, ibo.ugh 'A hld) ibo si rug -
'.lim;' moonbeams reveal lite rosting-l'hii.'U <>f
air l-.iifsi (?..fu omi cut th al (ahem lt ia t?\voel
%',lh Howers and tears, and eousebrtltud hy
u ayer and [?saint. Autmnn .showers hiivo
looped lin- -i,.il. y.t hy the ending ol' th"
pa>h- the stranger tires it is tito grnve ol' a
hihl.
.-When I goto the Utile grave; I cannot
u'lp feeling a |)e\v ointscerrdioh lo this unhle.
Clorth. Do you ask w hy '? Startle liol when
speak nut my heart : /.'am h' lpcd to ttdj my
my'*- tjrttyt ! I nd I reel h. perhaps, bal really,
t'os! intoxicatingdrink -lob' away incenses
<f uno w lu. w a- in .'barge of these two Ililli]
?rbihers w hile their parents- w ere absent ?it
he death-hcil of a no.Iber.
..Deserting her itiiarge, sin- wandered
i bout, hieolioreiiliy lalkblg ol' uh fut iii led du
ie-, and lett them without f..nd ar drink,
.utnpuiiiunship or earn. Half starved and
.hilled, tho hitit' eohvah'Srionl iooi'i relapsed,
nul pa-si'd away, I II- bm/, f -the sa fey ''iis
t'tiiy of < 'hi i-t uhnve.
.. I liayi; nb eu rsv s !.. pout on tiny humait
iring, however deeply he inay have finned;
mt im lin- trat';).' whieh ra ll not only stultify
nan. hut 11?-ul wollum w hi.'h pul - proper! y
II peril, and renders life in- euri .--opon that
heap illy holtest hal? : liv all (he love I
ii ?re fii I hat ia ti ld I hy all I hore to ot hers just
is precious; hy al! thal h high- and holy. (
ow agiih. .: i'd- trade eli mal war."- f?otton
V.H/.oi.
A Totichini] Prayor.
1 wol! reoolleet, in the course nf my la
uns, a poor 1 lindon youth, who fallowed nie
danit the garden of the school asking ni'nu
o make him a Christian. I said--" It is im
lossihlc. my dear buy; if il is possible to ila
o at all. ii is"possible ?n'y through the Lord
lesas christ lo make you a Christian. Pray
0 him."
Mow iv ell I rbeollecl the sw.a i voice and
:u'e nf thal tiny wln-n ?,t. soon aller eanie tn
ne and said --..The ho*.) .losus Clirh'v hal
liken hi- pince la my luau." I nskeil
? Ilow i- ihai'-" Ile replied--u I prayed,
nul -aid. ' < > I.or.) ,le-a- (hi i'1 ! if vuli please,
ntl ki' me a Christian !' A nd he was So' I; ?nd
hm h.* ?timo down from heaven, and has
lyell in my heart ever since."'
ll-.w simple au.I how inuohmg! "Lord
1 es us < brist, il y i ?ii please, make me a ( 'luis
ian!" Can roil say thal yon have made a
imihir appeal, in snob a spirit a-- this poor
lindon hov .' Ami eau you say. my tining
rieiiils, Huit .fi ni- t'l'risl ba* conto down
ii nu lieu volt it di vi iii emir heart - ? fte v. />r,
Diekens on Wine. Countries.
Tn i. follow big li oin Dick eiis i s r,, th'' point.
iud he luis a goto! opportunity nf knowing
\ hereof he -peak- :
The w ine-shop- are the c.,Doges and chap
?|.s of (he p.' ia F rsi ne'e. /Malory, montis,
?. ?Iit. jurisprudence and literature, in Ihl
ailtous fnints. ar.- i'll l.VfgH in lit?se col
e o cs and eh;ipds>, when- pro lessors of 'til
!unlinir.illv deliver those lesson?; and vflw-ro.
iv mn.< (lie -nag nightly to the demons nf
lenna a!i/atinn. In these hanots ol the pour,
heft is taiieh) u< IlK' morality of property,
'alsehood ?is speeeh, and assassination ?is tho
iiitie?> of Ute people, lt ?- rn the w'me-sfioj'n
iie cabman ls taught lt? think tl herbie to
hunt the uiiildbnebiss man who disputes his
are. lt i ? ill tb" wini -shhp lll? sverkimin is
aught to admire the man who slrthi lils f?ll'Il
es s nn-tresx. lt is in the w iitCshop the
idoiii i-? pronounced nf i fie employer win?
ewers the pay of the employed. The wilie*
.bops breed, in a physical atmosphere of lila
aria and a moral pestilence of envy and ven
o-anee, lite men of crime and revolution,
lunger is proverbially a bad OOUnH'Mor, hilt
li ink ls worse.
Til I'll h nfc i bree hundred rdiginiis news?
[tapora iii tb? dmod ?.