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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1887. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 43. Christian Neighbor. BY REV. NIDI II. BROWSE, Of the S*ath Carolina Conference. COLUMBIA, S. C. "Weakness of the Courts.'' The letter of Judge Pressly is astateraent of facts which cannot be gainsaid. Well does he denominate the attempts of the civil powers in South Carolina and other States to enforce civil law against lynch law a "farce." 'i'he question is not whether persons lynched were guilty anu ueserveu death, but whether they were dealt with by constituted authorities and according to law. However clear t lie proof of guilt maybe, and however aggravated the offence, and however unanimous a community may be in their approval of a particular case of lynching, the act is extremely dangerous in its tendency. The delays and uncertainties of the "Courts" in awarding justice to criminals has doubtless had something to do in leading men to the dire resort of "lynch law." And to that degree the Courts have become "weak" and wanting in the confidence of the people. The weakness of the press, of the pulpit, and of good people may indicate the deceitfulness of public sentiment concerning civil law, civil courts, and human life. Whence this omiuous sickness of "the head" and faintness of "the heart?"?Is tills tiie answerv ror four years (1861-1865) the civil and ecclesiastical powers of the United States encouraged and forced men to kill each other in war. The press, the pulpit, and good people taught it as a duty to destroy men's lives. Now, after the war is over, these same powers I do not command sufficient respect to restrain men from killing one another "in times of peace." And the Courts are manifestly too "weak" to deal with companies of men who take the law in their own hands?lynchers. The present days are evil, especially in regard to human life, and the future will be no better without a change. The people of this country sowed the wind by the wholesale, and they are now reaping the whirlwind? iu squalls and retail installments?the identical principle of national quarrels manifested in personal difficulties. Has Been or Is to Be?IVliieli Z What is the significance of these wonderful manifestations of divine power in the salvation of sinners^ men and women, and children?in all these lands? Is it not that, "the crowning day is coming, by and by ?" Is it not that Jesus is, sooner or later, to be "Crowned Lord of all?" It is coming, and the opposition of infidels, and mockers, and Pharisees, and blasphemers will be crushed like reeds before a cyclone, and swept away like cbaft before the whirlwind.?Rev. John E. Edwards, D. D., in Ralciyh Christian Advocate. ' Has not Jesus been "crowned Lord of all," or is that yet to be? What say the Scriptures? "Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."?Acts v: 31. "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucifloil Knfli T.nrH ami fllirisf " 11V/U| VVV4A XIV?? MUM [.4cfa it: 36. The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the coronation, did "set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come."?Eph. 1 . 20, 21. Dr. Edwards says, "It is coming." The Scriptures quoted and others of like explicitness, say the coronation is past. It took place when the Son, after his resurrection, returned to the Father. That a fact so grand and prominent and so plainly and repeatedly stated in the Scriptures as having been estab iislied in the past, should be so widely misplaced by Doctor Edwards seems unaccountable. Horrible. Jonnie Lee Good, less than fourteen years, son of Wm. E. Good, York county, was murdered by some Negroes, Nov. 30, 1S8G. His father, Wm. E. Good, was sent to the Lunatic Asylum in Columbia April 4, 1SS7?deranged on account of the murder of his son. Mrs. Good, the mother of the murdered child, is left nearly prostrate or deranged, with three children and an invalid brother on her hands. Tuesday morning, before day, April 5, a company of about sixty or seventy men forced their way into the jail at Yorkville and took the five murderers of the bova mile from town and hung them. The above is condensed from the Yorkville Enquirer of April l>. Truly, it was "the closing scene of one of the most fearful tragedies ever enacted in York county." The murder of the boy was brutal in the extreme. The lynching of the murderers indicates distrust of or contempt for the "law," and expresses sympathy for the afflicted family and also distrust of the court that was to try the accused In a few days. A great deal will doubtless be said about the murder of the child, and also the hanging of the murderers. Who can say that these tragedies are not the fruits of the late war? "Easter"?Sonic Eggs hid from the Boys. Dear Xcif/hbor: Sabbath (Apr. 10) I was at Concordia, as Rev. J.E. Watson would have us all say, rather than "Concord." I prefer his form, yet go along with the people and say "Concord." The sainted Rev. David Derrick used to say "Conkcord." And it was "Easter." The church was not decorated, but it was well swept and dusted?all sufficient. Hence the congregation and the preacher did not admire decorations, nor worship the "day," but did adore and worship Him to whom was given in his resurrection all power in heaven and in earth. Some, if not all, realized the presence of the Prince and Saviour. A night of good sleep at Bro. Phillip C. Spann's had helped much to prepare the outer man for "Easter Sunday." My hostess didn't let her boys dye up all the eggs. She saved me enough and some over. Do you ask why I say so much about p<!<rs? Well. sir. if vou liked eggs and had none at home and no hens to lay, and "Easter" should come on you in a community where the boys had boiled all the eggs hard and dyed them as if in the dye-tub of "Joseph's coat," j'ou wouldn't say much. Dined with Bro. John's family on Sunday. He was too sick to be at meeting. Brother Philip took me via Uncle Joel Warren's?a pastoral visit ?on to Leesville and took thanks back with his clever self to his home. S. H. B. Rev. John C. Kilgo, pastor of Rock Hill charge, labored effectively several days and nights in a meeting at Kdgewood, one of the churches of Columbia City Mission, Rev. L. M. Little, missionary. A number of con- 1 versious and accessions to the church are some of the good results of the meeting. Brother Kilgo made two pleasing calls at the Neighbor office during his stay in the city. Definitk.?An exchange reads: 1 The Rev. Dr. Ray Palmer, one of the most ceieorateu uongregauonansi ministers, died iu New York on Tuesday. Whether this was the "Tuesday" af- ( ter Noah came out of the ark, the i "Tuesday" after the giving of the Law, or the "Tuesday" after the earth- 1 quake the writer does not say. Inevitable evils are always best supported. The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. The measure of our success is in proportion as we satisfy God. Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. Accomplishment, heaven-high, is no apology for vice hell-deep. Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be. Economy doesn't mean scrimping in one place to make a show in another. An open mind, an open hand and an open heart, will everywhere find an open door. Nothing more clearly indicates the true gentleman than desire to oblige or flfifiommodate. The higher the culture, the deeper toned the morality of a man, the keener his sense of the evils that afflict society. Do not ply even your most intimate friend with questions. What he does not eare to tell, you should not care to hear. Our passions are like convulsive fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after. The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of the gentleman has ease without freedom. The applause of this world is a very mean god to worship. It is a dragon that falls upon its worshipers and crushes them to death. The plainest man's life is an island between two eternities?eternity past rippling against his shoulders, eternity to come touching his brow. Christ Jesus is my All in All, My comfort and my love: My life below, and He Khali be My Joy and crown above. It is an insult to philanthropy to class men of the military profession, however patriotic in intentions and pure in private life, with philanthropists. The good of gentle quiet natures are seldom esteemed according to their real worth by the great world at large, nor even by the eminently good of bustling, enterprising lives. Put self last. "When others are suffering, drop a word of sympathy. Tell of your own faults rather than those of others. Hide your own little troubles, but watch to help others in theirs. Moral reformation may turn out the devils; it will never bring in God. And in the emptiness of the swept and garnished heart there is an invitation to the seven to come back again and till it. How easy it is for us to be good-natured when everything pleases, or to be humble when there is nothing to oppose us, or forgiving when we have not been assailed, or honest when we have no inducement to fraud. We should take care to make right Ui ?ui lun^juv. At ac? juuac uu vjjc etui and can swing either way, but it is fastened at the other end to the floor of the mouth, and that makes us responsible for whichever way it wags. "To fight an error in the pulpit is sometimes to introduce it to the congregation," says an [rish Methodist preacher. The same idea is conveyed in the American aphorism: "Don't dig up more snakes than you can kill." It would be well to keep a sharp lookout at this point. COMMONS. The Other Side. Wo go our ways in life too much alone, We hold ourselves too fnr from all our kind ; Too often, we are dead to sigh and moan; Too often to the weak and helpless blind; Too often, where distress and want abide, We turn, and pass uf>on the other side. The other side is trodden smooth, and worn By footsteps passing idly all the day. Where lie the bruised ones that faint and mourn Is seldom more than an untrodden way: Our selfish hearts are for our feet the guide, They lead us by upon the other side. It should be ours the oil and wine to pour Into the bleeding wounds of stricken ones; To take the smitten nnd the sick aud sore. And bear them where a stream of blessings runs. Instead, we look about, the way is wide; And so we pass upon the other side. 0 friends and brothers! gliding down the J v??i r., Humanity Is calling each and all. In tender acccnts, born of grief and tears; I pray you listen to the thrilling call; You cannot, in your cold and selfish pride, Pass without guilt upon the other side. Extravagant Economies. Do you not know many homes where the supply of cooking utensils is so unnecessarily limited that a good deal of time is daily wasted, and much extra labor expended in preparing the meals, by having to wash one saucepan in which to cook a secoud dish that could as well have been cooked with the same fire, and watched the same time as the first? Or a towel must do duty as strainer or colander, no account being taken of the time required to wash the towel, nor of its becoming worn and stained? Or a silver spoon is used to stir or lift food for lack of iron or wooden ones? Why not afford such kettles and pans as are reallyfneeded for advantageous cook-i ing, and "save" in some other department? Have you ever seen some busy housewife hanging out clothes on a cold, windy day, taking off a clothes-pin each time a garment is added to the lino tririiior fn mnnA llin hold tWO ""vl VV"U I and sometimes three articles? Since good clothes-pins can be had for five cents per dozen, it seems rather farfetched saving to stand on the icy ground double the time really required to shake and hang out the clothes, and run the risk of taking cold while so doing. Neat hemp carpets of neutral tints can be bought for thirty-five cents per yard. These are simple, durable, and easy to wash or clean ; and yet, in farming districts, how many an overworked wife and mother wearies hand and brain alike by the slow manufacture of rag carpets?heavy to handle, difficult to clean, and seldom of any [esthetic value? The shocking mosaics made by cutting up large bits of colored calico and sewing them together into "blocks," to be "joined" together for quilts, are not yet unknown toAmerican homes, although good, strong, white counterpanes can be bought as low as one or two dollars rx>nl-> Tf froormnnfa nf thflt hfiVe accumulated are put together with little reference to size or shape, and then 3imply fastened over cotton-batting to the cloth taken from a half-worn dress, possibly the labor required for this might be worth the while, especially if one of the family were reading aloud while others sewed. But to buy new cloth with intent tocut it up for fun of sewing it together again is certainly worse than toolish. Breathing Through the Mouth. Tight dressing, though the most serious hindrance to the habit of good breathing, is not the only obstacle. There are careless ways of sitting and standing that draw the shoulders forward and cramp the chest; and it is as hard for the lungs to do good work when the chest is narrow and constricted as it is for a closely-bandaged hand to set a copy of clear, graceful penmanship. Then there are lazy ways of breathing, and one-sided ways hrpfttliinnr mid the narticularlv bad habit of breathing through the mouth. Now the nose was made to breathe through, and it is marvelously arranged for filtering the impurities out of the air. and for changing it to a suitable temperature for enterigg the lungs. The mouth has no such apparatus, and when air is swallowed through the mouth instead of breathed through the nose, it has an injurious effect upon the lung. The story is told of an Indian who had a personal encounter with a white man much his superior in size and strength and who was asked afterward if he was not afraid. "Me never afraid of man who keeps mouth open," was the immediate reply. Indeed, breathing through the mouth gives a foolish and weak expression to the face, as you may see by watching any one asleep with the mouth open. It may be noted that an auemic, or low condition of the blood is seldom found where there is an established ' ^ " J i Ai.: ? uu naou oi iun, ueep ureatiung wnu iuc mouth closed.?Helen Clark Swazey. Milk in Siberia. In winter time, milk goes to the buyer in a chunk instead of a quart. The people in Siberia buy their milk frozen; and, for convenience, it is allowed to freeze about a stick which comes as a handle to carry it by. The milkman leaves one chunk or two chunks, as the case may be, at the houses of his customers. The children of Irkutsk, instead of crying for a drink of milk, cry for a bite of milk. The people in winter time do not say, "Be careful not tospill the milk," but "Be careful not to break the milk." Broken milk is better than spilled milk, though, because there is an opportunity to save the pieces. A quart of frozen milk on a stick is a very formidable weapon in the hand of an angry man or boy, as it is possible to knock a person down with it. Irkutsk people hang their milk on hooks, instead of putting it in pans, though, of course, when warm spring weather comes on, they have to use the pans or pails, as the milk begins to melt and drop down the hooks. Boiled Turkey.?When it is trussed, boil it breast downward for about an hour and a half, or longer if it is large or old. It is much better flavored if it is boiled in the stock pot rather than in plain water; but in any case a few vegetables should be added, some spice, herb and a little salt. If it is to be eaten cold, it should be slightly undercooked, and then left to get cold in the saucepan, as by this means it cannot drain and become dry. The water should boil when it first goes in, and simmer afterwards. Should Christians go to Law One With Another. By taking ttie name of Christian upon us we acknowledge ourselves to be subject to the law of Christ, to have His spirit and to be governed by it. Without this, we are "none of His." We acknowledge all the teaching of the New Testament, whether given by Christ immediately, or to His apostles to be His law and will to us. Therefore we submit all questions of right or wrong to the teaching of the Scriptures. And that which is not found in the letter, we judge from the spirit that is manifest in them, and by the Spirit which gives us understanding of them. I believe at present it is allowed by nearly all denominations, that their members may go to law with those of other denominations, or with the people of the world, for the redress of grievances, without being held accountable by their church discipline: Friends' discipline still forbids their members to go to law with one of their own denomination. But why is this difference? It may be said that the people of the world are not Christians, but belong to the worldly power, and therefore we may use the law against them. But shall we be so uncharitable as to conclude, that because a man does not belong to our own church organization, he may not be a Christian? Christ's spirit does not so judge; but whoever are Christ's diaciples are our brethren, for all those who worshiD the Father in 3pirit and in truth, are accepted of Him. In a Gospel sense, Christians are all one, as Christ prayed : "That they all may be one." It is by the Gospel that we should judge one another, and our conduct should be governed according to the same. And churches should be, and are in Christ, obedient to the same law i as is required of their members. The Apostle of Christ in writing to the Corinthians says: '-Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Do ye nol; know that the saints shall judge the' world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?" Here the apostle argues that if we are able, or if there is ability in the church to judge the greater matters, there must be ability to judge the less, as he goes on to prove A 1. ~ vtAWaA I * 1/ H A tIT TTA WAf f Kflf ill tliC 11CAI VClCt, JVIiWn JO A1VSV lUUV; we shall judge angels? How mnch more things that pertain to this life?" (1st Corinthians vi. 1, 2, 3.) Differences arise betwixt Christians sometimes as well as others in regard to the division of property, payment of claims, and in many other cases where, for satisfying the parties and clearing the truth, the matters ought | to be referred to a third party to render a decision according to the evidence in equity and justice, haviug the eye single unto truth and the fear of God in their hearts, not receiving bribes to favor the one in preference to the other. Such impartial judgment is to be found among the people of God, and such an assurance is not to be expected elsewhere. Therefore onr Heavenly Father in His infinite love for every member of His church, has enjoined the settlement of all our differences within the body. But it may occur that one may have a just claim against another who is not willing to submit the matter to the judgment of the church, or may manage in some way to wrong him out of his claim without an appeal to law. What should do done 111 sucn a case? Is it right that he should suffer loss by such injustice? Is it not right on the part of the uniust one; but ou the part of him that has the claim, it is right to obey God ; so Jet the same apostle answer what he ought to do. "Brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Now. , therefore, there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong and defraud, and that your brethren." (1st Corinthians vi. 6, 7, 8.) He tells them interrogatively, that it is better to suffer wrong and be defrauded, than to go to law before them that are not saints. It is always better to plead the righteousness of Christ, than to go to law | even in defence, for it is hazardous at the best to appeal to the law in defence against another. Not only does the apostle tell us that it is better not to do so, but Christ teaches the same thing when hesays: "If any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also." (Matthew v. 40.) And God said unto " ? < x_ l? I. j _ Mo3es that unrist was 10 ue ueuru m all things, which no Christians deny. But many are not able to see why they may not go to law rather than suffer loss. God saw how uncertain it would be to obtain either mercy or judgment at the hands of those who are appointed to examine or to judge in law. Therefore, in love to His children. He tells them to leave judgment to Him. Like every other submission to Christ, it is only possible by faith. Does not observation show that he who is the most ready to go to law, suffers the most loss, both in property an reputation ? Justice is sometimes obtained in law, but in the aggregate, the losses are more than the gain. So the Lord| guards the reputation and property of His church by forbidding it to go to I law. It is not by thus contending with one another that the light of the church is to shine, but rather by suffering. Let the churches that go to law about the rightfulness to property, and who is the true church, and who are the lawful trustees, or for any other cause, listen to the reproving language of the apostle: "I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you ? No, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren ?" What should churches learn from this, but if they can not agree between themselves, to refer their differences to other Christian churches. Better, oh, much better, would it bo for the advance of the cause of Christ, (and what is a church for, if not to advance His cause?) if anything in the way of property be takeh from It?though it may be by fraud?to bear the Joss, than to bear the shame by going to law about it. Or, if, upon the other hand, one body should make a claim against another unjustly, it would be better to suffer it to be taken away, than to hazard the life of the body by a defence in law. Why not rather take wrong, or suffer yourselves to be defrauded ? Josiah Dillon. Albion, Marshall county, Iowa. Subscribe for the Neighbor. HOUSE AND FARM. Twelve Rules for the Care of Ears. 1. Never put anything into the ear for the relief of toothache. 2. Never wear cotton in the ears if they are discharging pus. 3. Never attempt to apply a poultice to the inside of the canal of the ear. 4. Never drop anything into the ear unless it has been previously warmed. 5. Never use anything but a syringe and warm water for cleansing the ears from pus. 6. Never strike or box a child's ears; this has been known to rupture the uium-iieau, auu cause muuruuie ucainess* 7. Never wet the hair, if you have any tendency to deafness; wear an oiled-silk cap when bathing, and refrain from diving. 8. Never scratch the ears with anything but the finger, if they itch. Do not use the head of a pin, hair pins, pencil tips, or anything of that nature. 9. Never let the feet become cold and damp, or sit with the back toward the window, as these things tend to aggravate any existing hardness of heaving. 10. Never put milk, fat or any oily substance into the ear for the relief of pain, for they soon become rancid and tend to'incite inflammation. Simple warm water will answer the purpose better than anything else. 11. Never be alarmed if a living insect enters the ear. Pouring warm water into the canal will drown it, when it will generally come to the surface, and can fee easily removed by the fingers. A few puffs of tobacco smoke blown into the ear will stupefy the insect. 12. Never meddle with the ear if a foreign body, such as a bead, button or seed enters it; leave it aosoiuteiy alone, but have a physician to attend to it. More damage has been done by injudicious attempts at the extraction of a foreign body than couldevercome from its presence in the ear. Oil the Harness. Two brothers in Ohio at the same time bought each a set of farm harness. One oiled his harness each spring and fall and kept it sound and pliable for ten or more years. The other never oiled his, but used it in wet and mud, and in three years it was hard and dry, and cracked and ripped, so as to be nearly worthless. For all this, of course, he blamed the harness maker. Never oil a harness when dry. Some leisure day in spring, fall, or winter take the harness into the cellar or some damp place: take all apart, and soak thoroughly in warm water. Then wash off all dirt and gum, and when nearly dry on the outside put on with swab or brush a heavy coat of oil, oither best tanner's oil or best neat's loot oil, with just enough lamp black <o color it well. Lay it all in a pile in the shade till the oil soaks in. If very dry and hard it will pay to put on a second coat. When well soaked in lake castile soapsuds and a coarse rag and wash it well. This closes the pores, gives it a gloss and prevents cracking. If this is properly done twice a year the harness will keep nice as new and add one-half to the durability. < mi m What Others Say. | Prespyterian.) Slander.?Yes, you pass it along, whether you believe it or not, that one-sided whisper against the character of virtuous females. You say you ddn't believe it, but you will use your influence to bear upon the false report, and pass it on the current. Strange creatures are mankind! How many reputations are lost by surprise! How many hearts have bled by a whisper! How many benevolent deeds are chilled by a shrug of the shoulder! How nany individuals have been stunned V.* n pontic tnvetpr-inns hint! HOW jy a 6^ ? ) ; many chaste bosoms Lave been wrung with grief by a single nod ! How many graves have beeu dug by a false report! You will pass the slander along? You will keep it above the waters by a wag of the tongue, when you might sink it forever. Destroy the passion for telling a tale, we pray. Lisp not a word that may injure the character of another. Be determined to listen to no story that is repeated to the injury of another, and as far as you are concerned the slander will die. But tell it once, and it may go on the wings of the wind, increasing with each breath, till it has circulated through the State, and has brought to the grave one who might have been a blessing to the world. I [Interior,] Hopeful Example.?While the reputation of France for morality and religion can scarcely be said to be above suspicion, its Government has J shot a long way ahead of ours in enforcing the observance of Sunday as a day of rest. General Boulanger, its minister of war, has recently deprived the people of France, and a great many Americans who visit France, of an unlimited amount of pleasure by an order prohibiting any work on Sunday, and transferring to Saturday afternoon all reviews heretofore held on the former day. The first day of the week is now a day of rest to the French soldier, who can either stay in his barracks or have leave of absence unless he has forfeited the privilege by insubordination. It is unnecessary to inquire into the motives of General Boulander for taking this step in the right direction. What most concerns us is to know that lie has demonstrated to France and to other nations that it can be taken, and that Sunday can be made to the soldiers of other nations what it is to those of France. [ Western Christian Advocate.] A Good Law.?Michigan has a Jaw which provides that no sign, picture, painting, or other representation of murder, assassination, stabbing, fighting, or any personal violence, or of the commission of any crime shall be posted, under penalty of fine or imprisonment. It would improve the moral condition of this country if such a law were enacted by and rigidly enforced in every State. The debasing influence of theatrical and similar posters upon the character of boys and girls is incalculable and is realized by few parents. Equally debasing are some of the illustrated papers, the sale of which should everywhere be prohibited by law. [Interior.] There are 50,000 suicides annually in Europe. Paris leading in proportion to population. How Spurgeon Found Christ. I had been for about five years in most fearful distress of mind, as a lad. If any human being felt more of the terror of God's law, I can indeed pity and sympathize with him. Bunyan's "Grace Abounding" contains, iu the main, my history. Some abysses he went into I never trod; buf. some into which I plunged he seems to have never known. I thought the sun was blotted out of ?vi if til* ti _ f l?nf T It n/1 f a oim^o/1 nrrn i n iiij ai\j?luut x uuu oiiiucu a^aiuoi, God that there was no hope for me. I prayed?the Lord knoweth how I prayed; but I never had the glimpse of an answer that I knew of. I searched the Word of God; the promises were more alarming than the threaten ings. I read the privileges of the people of God, but with the fullest persuasion that they were not for me. The secret of my distress was this: I did not know the Gospel. I was in a Christian land, had Christian parents, but I did not fully understand the freeness and simplicity of the Gospel. I attended all the places of worship in the town where I lived, but I honestly do believe I did not hear the Gospel fully preached. I do not blame the men, however. One man preached the divine sovereignty. I could hearhim with pleasure; butwhatwas tbat to the poor sinner who wished to know what he should do to be saved? There was another admirable man who always preached about the law; but what was the use of ploughing up ground that wanted to be sown? Another was a great practical preacher. I heard him, but it was very much like a commanding officer teaching the maneuvers of war to a set of men without feet. What could I do? All his exhortations were lost on me. I knew it was said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved;" but I did not know what it was to believe in Christ. I sometimes think I might have been in darkness and despair now, had it not been for the goodness of God in sending a snow-storm one Sunday morning, when I was going to a place of worship. When 1 could go no further, I turned down a court and came to a little Primitive Methodist chapel. In that chapel there might have been a dozen or fifteen people. The minister did not come that morning; snowed up, I suppose. A poor man?a shoemaker, a tailor, or something of that sort?went up into the pulpit to preach. Now, it is well that ministers should be instructed; but this man was really stupid, as you would say. He was obliged to stick to his text, for the simple reason he had nothing else to say. The text was, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth." He did not even pronounce the words rightly, but that did not matter. There was, 1 thought, a glympse of hope for me in the text. He began thus: "My dear friends, this is a very simple text indeed. It says 'Look.' J.11MY, tuat uuca nut lcijunc a ^icat of effort. You may be the biggest fool, and yet you can look. A man need not be worth a thousand a yearto look. Any one can look ; a clild can look. Then it says, 'Look unto me.' Ay," said he, in broad Essex, "many of you are looking to yourselves. No use looking there. You'll never find comfort in yourselves. Some look to God the Father. No; look to him byand-by. Jesus Christ says, 'Look unto me.' Some of you say, 'I must wait the Spirit's working.' You have no business with thatjust now. Look to Christ. It runs, 'Look unto me.' " Then the good man followed up his text in this way: "Look unto me: I am sweating great drops of blood. Look unto me: lam hanging on the cross. Look; I am dead ana buried. Look unto me; I rise again. Look unto me; I ascend; I am sitting at the Father's right hand. Oh, look to me! look to me!" When he had got about that length and managed to spin out ten minutes or so, he was at the end of his teter. Then he looked at me under the gallery, and I dare say, with so few present, he knew me to be a stranger. He then said, "Young man, you look very miserable." Well, I did ; but I had not been accustomed to have remarks made on my personal appearance from the pulpit before. However, it was a good blow struck. He continued: And you will always be miserable?miserable in life and miserable in death?if you do notobey my text. But if you obey now, this moment will you be saved. Then he shouted as only a Primitive Methodist can, "Young man, look to Jesus Christ!" There and then the cloud was gone, the darkness had rolled away, and that moment I saw the sun; and I could have risen that moment aud sung with the most enthusiastic of them, of the precious blood of Christ, and the simple faith which looks alone to Him. Oh, that somebody had told me that before: Trust Christ aud you shall be saved. It was. no doubt, wisely ordered, and I must ever say: "E'er since by faith I saw the stream Thy wounds supplied for me, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall forever be." ^ Thin Theology.?AVheu Robert Mail aimeu at a iuiuk, ue anvu^s mi u ?if there was enough of it to be hit. When he said that a lax theology is the parent of a lax morality, he hit that nail squarely on the head and drove it in to stay. Public and private morality are down at the heel in these days because the theology taught from our pulpits is very largely diluted with milk and water. They were better fifty years ago because evil-doers were kindly informed that, if they escaped punishment in this world, there was a hell in the next for this world's incorrigible?a fact not too frequently alluded to in these days. (A'eir York Ilcrahl.) Foreigners own about 20,000,000 acres of land in different parts of the United States?that is, an area nearly equal to that of Ireland. Mr. C'leveInnd has siened a bill which prohibits any further purchase by aliens. We have no wore land than we need for ourselves, and alien ownership is an unmitigated evil. Another ret ten limb sawed off. Courage is good; we can have no admiration for a cowardly man. But fear is also useful in its place. There are things that men should be afraid to do, places they should fear to visit, people they should tremble to associate with, and engagements they should shrink from entering into. 'There is often danger to one who thinks he stands?who has no fear of his safety. A fire-saving brigade have been added to the paid fire department of Jacksonville, Fla. SCHOOLS. ".'(jjfl God is A way To-night. 1 BY M. E. MUCHALL. J J "Mamma," said my little daughter Clare 1 Ere she foldecfcher wee hands white, "I don't want to say my hymn or prayer, 'I Because God Is away to-night." 'My darling,'! I answered, "I'msureyou know J Our Father Is never away." I "Oh, yes," she pleaded, "it must be so 1 From something you said to day. J "You said you had no one to help you now, That no one now cam! fnr von S But, mother, if God is still in heaven ? J OX coarse that cannot be true. 1 "Because you have often seemed so glad -1 That He always hears us pray, So I thought when you crledand looked so sad fl He had surely gone away. "But as He is home I must say ray prayer," ' So she folded her wee hands white, < I And auother voice was lilted there fl j\nd mingled with hers that night. 1 For those words went straight to my donbt 1 Bringln^strength for many days, "Father, from out of the children's lips a Thou surely hast perfect praise." Remarkably Well Stated. | Bishop Alexander W. Wayraan, the I great leader of the colored Methodists, 1 asked the other day why the colored peo- 1 pie of the South increased so much more 1 rapidly than the white, answered: "We I draw from three sources, while the white I people only draw from one?every color- 1 ed woman whose hushand is white, the I the children are set down on our side; I every white woman whose husband is I colored, which condition exists in the i North, the children are set down on our I side; every offspring of pure African I blood, of course, is set down on our side, I while tho white people only draw from I one source?themselves. I A Pastor's Lost Prayer Book.?A I Presbyterian pastor, after years of labor 1 in a congregation, seemed to have lost 1 his energy; nor were his ministrations 9 as fruitful as they had been. Dissatisfao- fl tlon arose among his people tosuch an extent that a committee of two gentlemen > was appointed to confer with him. They 1 frankly stated their e-irand, and he as frankly admitted thai he was sensible ef fl want of success. The gentlemen desired I u> kduw wuai ne luuugiu w#a mo utuw. a Without hesitation he replied; "The loss 1 of my prayer book." With surprise they 1 answered : "We never thought you used 1 one." "Yes," he said, "I have enjoyed 1 the benefit of one for many years until I lately, and I attribute my want sf success l to the loss of it. The prayers of my peo- ,' pie were my prayer-book, and it has oc- I casioned intense grief to me that they I have laid it aside." The director of the mint reports that 1 the production . of gold in the United I States during the year 1886 exceeded that 1 of any previous year since 1880, and al- I most equaled the production of that 1 year. It amounted to 835,000,000 in 1886 against ?31,800,000 in 1885, an increase of over ?3,000,000. The production of silver, | [ as nearly as can be ascertained, was $49,- 49 895,930. The amount of gold bullion im- 1 ported into the United States was $17,- 1 947,518 and the exports ?27,S<i2,637. The J* importations were made almost exclus- 1 ively siuce August last. There was also 1 imported gold coin of the value of $23,- 9 371,663, and gold coin was exported to the I value of ?13,393,863. The total exports of I gold bullion and coin were ?41,281,276. I In 1869 the criminal population of Great I Britain held the proportion of one to every j 1,853 inhabitants. This proportion has | u?/>- kiiIiiiwiiI until it am minted WCCII flicauiij .. v.^.v ? to only one in 3,069 inhabitants in 1885. I The United States in 1850 had a better jS criminal record than Great Britain has a ever beeu able show. In that year there a was only one criminal in 3,442 inhabi- 1 tants. But ever since 1850 the rate has been rising. In 1860 it was one in 1,647; I in 1870 one in 1,021; in 1880 one in 837. '-Si Taking this to be the present proportion, 9 it is not very satisfactory to know that I every 837 person one meets is a criminal. E The word boom, used in connection ' jfl with religious matters, grates harshly on I j our ear; and we do not hesitate to say tM I that as "booms'' go we do not desire to see them in our churches. "Booms" collapse, and then paraljTsis sets in. We | have seen churches that were "boomed," | as the saying goes, and when the collapse . ;v9|l came a sad spectacle was presented. In- I stead of a "boom" let us have a revival I of true piety and more thorough conse- I cration to God.?Baptist Courier. g At the present time, in some parts of I the Stato of Maine, the snow is eleven I feet deep iu the roads, and one stage I route thirty-five miles in length has I imon dinwfi nn for two weeks. Within a I short distance of Rutland, Vt., there is a I maple sugar orchard in which the snow I is sixteen feet deep, and the owner of the I orchard does not propose to make any -a sugar this spring. A thousand journeyman carpenters :;? and joiners at Berlin have petitioned the jj* Government to protect them from Sun- I day labor. The glass works directors at I Dresden have dismissed about a thous- I and men, as they refused to work on -.Sundays. I Pere Hyacinthe is making arrange- | ments to preach in the Protestant Epis- |1 copal Church, in the Avenue Alma, I Paris. It is expected that the event will -3 mark the final severance of his connec- | tion with the Popish Church. A special from St. Johns, N. F., says: 1 The budget presented March 31, shows a I deficit of three-fourths of a million of J dollars, the largest portion of which was fl spent in relief works to keep the people J from starving this winter. 1 The Presbyterians have the largest I evangelical church in Mexico, situated in Zacatecas. It has over nine hundred I ? Tlioti lia?o hnnohf a. fine I IlJUllJ uui o. a uvj uutv ? Catholic church, and are advanceing I rapidly. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New =1 York City, has started a salvation move- S ment for the wholesale dry-goods jobbers I and their clerks. The meetings are held g at noon, in the Church of the Strangers. I At the election, April 4, in Cincinnati, ^3 t Ohio, for mayor and aldermen, E. Steven- a son, the Labor candidate, was elected by I a majority often votes over both the H Democrat and Republican candidates. I One of the most munificent recent gifts J to churches is that of the Rockafeller ;'"m brothers, John D. and William?$75,000 I in all?to tho Tabernacle Baptist church I of New York. Crime must be runniug rampant in I this land. It is said that in 1850 there were 7,000 prisoners in all our prisons; in 1SS0 there were 59,000, and in 1886 there I were 70,000. I Within the last twenty years Mr. 8 [(ieorge W. Childs, of Philadelphia, has I presented over two hundred large and I valuable Bibles to churches, schools, and f , societies. I The people of Burlington, Vermont, ?? were quite alarmed, April 10, 2.30 p. m., I by two earthquake shocks. The second I shock 10 minutes after the first, was very I In response to circular asking their * jjfl views on the subject, the Irish Wesleyan ministers, it is said, with six exceptions, " ? ? replied that they were opposed to home About four thousand emigrants that I had accumulated at Castle Garden, New . York, started westward Sunday, April 3. 1 The Bank of Florence haa received its commission from the Secretary of State , 3 lo commence business, s