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' ... I.---- - ;> ' ) , ? . , ;' (? The Abbeville Press and Banner. J iv? BY IIUGJI WILSON. ~ ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1887. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 47. | Christian Neighbor. BY KEV. SIDI if. BKOWXE, -Of the Soath Carolina Conference* Has Been or Is to Be ? Which ?? Rev. J. E. EdwnriU, 1>. D. Some weeks ago a letter from J. E. Edwards was published in the Raleigh Christimi Advocate in which he spoke of the cornoation of the Son thus: "Is it not that Jesus is sooner or later to be 'crowned Lord of all ?' It is coming." In the Neighbor of April 14, we copied these sentences and quoted a few of the many plain passages of Scripture to show that the coronation had already taken place, and expressed some surprise that such a deliverance snoniu proceeu irum such a source. Wishing to be fair we sent Dr. Edwards a copy of the paper containing the criticism, rather suspecting at the same time, that, if he noticed the criticism at all it would he somewhat in an incidental way, rather than, in nearly a whole column of the long and wide columned Southern Christ inn Advocate. If Doctor Edwards had stuck to the text?held to the issue?and had not heen so unmercifully long, (including righthand and left-hand compliments toward "* "Sidi H. Browne") his defence of the defenseless might have been more apparent, although others besides the other "only man in the world" would have to travel "in a sort ot hypothetical way" to find out the meaning of the prolific and racy author?J. E. Edwards. He says: "Perhaps I did know quite as much as the learned Sidi II. Browne on this particular subject; and I suppose that he, the aforesaid Sidi H. Browne, had sense enough, at least, charitably to believe that I did know, without his quoting the Scriptures on me, that Jesus Christ did rise from the dead, ascended into heaven, and ?< <? crowned?exalted to the right-hand of the Father?made Lord over all." This declaration placed by the side of, "Is it not that Jesus is, sooner or later, to be 'crowned Lord of all?' It is coming," accounts for the seeming "unaccountable." Our brother seems rather to complain that we quoted the Scriptures on him. We did not know what better to do. He in retaliation seems not to be able to do better than a quote a hymn on us ; and "inasort of hypothetical way"retix'esingingof the "Coronation" as "coming" when that wonderful transaction took place more than eighteen hundred years ago. The sentiment of that hvtun, beginning "All hail the power of Jesus' name," is truly grand, and it would have been quite in place for the redeemed to sing it just preceding the Coronation ceremony ?"Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstocl." We had not supposed that much learning was required in order to frame the seemingly unacceptable criticism, yet Dr. Edwards applies "learned" to us as though it were sometnmg ciaimeu uy u& and acknowledged by others. Yesterday morning a truly learned gentleman stepped into our office?an old newspaper man. During his short stay he read Dr. Edward's article, and without any question from us said he did not admire the spirit of Dr. E's article, and, as he was leaving, quoted theso words from Shakespeare: "I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope ray mouth let no dog bark." But to return and stop, we reckon that, notwithstanding the xorong tense of that hymn, "our Churches" will continue to sing it "in a sort of hypothetical vray." Mlmlon Work?"Thin.... The Other." The commission and the command, to "go into all the world" came together. It cannot reasonably be supposed that the disciples who first heard this could or wpuld go into all the world and preach the | gospel to every creature, but rather that all the world was now open and that every creature had a right to hear the good news?the gospel?that Jesus tasted death for every man, and that whosoever will repent and believe shall not perish but have everlasting life. Doubtless the apostles understood it to mean that as far as they were able and had apportunitv they should carry out the orders of him whose atonement and power to save were universal. But they were commanded to begin at Jerusalem?in their own country?their own city?home?selves. When you begin let it be after you "be endued with power from on high." Then begin at home and work out to the regions next and then beyond to the next, and the next and so on over all the world. Self and home first, next door neighbora next, the next the next, even as the leaven in the meal leaqens that which is nearest and so on until the whole is leavened?from the center toward the circumference. The Divine modus J operandi of evangelizing th9 world is analagous to that of saving an individual sinner?begin in the heart and work out into and through the life? cleaning lirst the inside of "the cup and platter." The to-day want of "Christendom" is a manifestation of the"life of Jesus in the mortal bodies" of professing disciples. Then would the word of the Lord run, as of itself, and be glorified; then would the overflowing, the abounding fountain of the water of life flow out and cover the earth "as the waters cover the sea." If the disciples had only continued to exemplify, as they did for 250 or 300 years after Christ, "the faith once[?at lirst?] delivered to the saints" including pre-eminetly their abjuration of all war, long since the sword and spear would have been converted into implitnents of husbandry, and the nations have ceased to learn war any more. A protracted meeting will begin in the Walhalla Methodist church this (Wednesday) evening at 8 30 o'clock, railroad time. To begin a "protracted" meeting would be a strange proceeding; to announce a "protracted" meeting before it be commenced is, if possible, more strange. May-Day?May Nights?Whippoorwill?Moon Light. On my weekly trip, May 7, I fell inti the pleasant company of two DoctorsDentists?Q. anil K. Engaged in a cheei fill conversation, side bv side. Not liav ing the tooth-ache I was not alraid. I an a coward about bees, dogs and tooth pullers. At Leesville it took Master Ar thur and another man to hold "Jack' until all was "aboard" for "Gosheu.' Going through those sand beds lielpei Jack so to let oil' steam that ho was quit on the line of moderation when we reach ed the terminus?A. S. Bouknight'sabout dusk. Hero for the night I abodi as aforetimes?including a good sleepwith me always a vital matter, and oik of thanks-giving to Ilim who framet man so as to require sleep and then gives to him the blessing. The pleasure of a leisurely walking tallwith liro. Sam that moonlight night win Kt? nlaor nnfnc nf JSWUt/'Uy UI1U1 115?UC4 UJ lliv V1V/?1 I<wvv? W. ? wliippoorwill [the first ol' the season ] had Iieard] in a grovo about a furlong distant. The night seemed too lovely l'oi anything but sauntering along in meditation, songs and praise. Sabbath morning we all had enough of nicely prepared "Carp" for breakfast, caught out of Mr, Bouknight's cwn Ash pond farm. Though! within myself that I ought to have written fish comtnission last week instead ol 'fish culture." There was as much need of a bird commission and a dumb-beast commission as lor that "Fish" Commission. A light sprinkling of rain ns the "brake" rolled a full cargo of humanity on to Sunday school didn't hurt any ol us, though it or something else kopt some of the neighbors from school and public worship. This remark does not include the dear sick ones at their homes. After the usual exercises with my interested audience?one or two of them would sleep?I returned to Goshen. In the afternoon Bro. B. tooK me to see some of the sick. Mr. John Miller we found recovering slowly from a severe sickness. He and Mr. Boland was improving slowly, and that Mrs. Alotizo Miller was too ill to be seen ; so we drove no further than to Mr. James Fulmer's gate where we met him. And as no one else was at home our esteemed friend got all the benefit of a short visit on wheels at the gate. Here we turned round. Along the way to town wo found that the Sunday school, old folks and children, had gone ahead to Leesville to prepare themselves tho better for "Children's Day." I called to see Mr. West's famity and specially to inquire after Rev. Mrs. E. O. Watson who had been for a fortnight sick of malarial fever. Was glad to lind the young itinerant wifo improving. Bro. Watson had gone back to his jvork? Wedgelield Circuit. Mr. Powderly, the chief officer of tho Knights of Labor, states that the organization is not political in its nature. We are glad to hear this. The rights of every man in the country can and will be protected in the Democratic party.?Kcowec Courier. Our Confrere has more faith In what Mr. Powderly savs than some others. What is tho meaning of Mr. Powderly's correspondence with Archbishop Gibbons of the Roman Catholic Church, and then that between Mr. Gibbons and the Pope of Rome, all concerning the Knights of Labor? Whether Mr. Powderly's leadersuip partakes more of the political than of the rolinrimia io haul. knnwn hv llimsfilf. Ml'. ?V..6W?U .? -V-. ~j , Gibbons and the Pope. Iiev. C. D. ItowcU, whose death was announced in last week's Christian Neighbor, had for thirteen years preceding his lamented deatli been a devoted and successful worker in the South Caroliua Conference. lie carried a genial, hopeful and fraternal heart into his work, as well as his association with his brethren in the churches and at Conference. All the Bishops [nine] were present at their annual?May?meeting for 1887, in Nashville. All are reported as in health and able and ready for further work. So too the Hymn Book Committee?ninewere present, excepting Dr. N. II. I> Wilson, absent on account of severe sickness. Their plan of Visitation of the ensuing Sessions of the Annual Conferences appear in another column. Base bailers havG formed themselves into "leagues" in many places. Some ol those fellows of the baser sort have i Vivmnrl loiirrnnc umHt tlm Hftvil nnil nrf playing their games on the Sabbath da^ ?in Nashville and Mobile, and may be in other places. The pleasing announcement is now made that the Chinese Government has issued a proclamation tolerating Christianity throughout China and promising protection not only to the foreign missionaries, but to the native converts j And what does this mean ? Simply r divine reiteration oftho great commission?"Go." Will God's people recognize the command of their Master bv generous contributions for those now in foreign lands, and for those who are eager to go and preach the gospel in th< regions beyoiul??Central Iiabtint. A Nashville oaneris authoritv for th< statement that ""the munificent endowment of $7,000,000, which, by the terms of Mr. Peaboily's will, goes, after nov some six or seven years remaining, k found and endow a "university at some point in tho South. The Emperor William, of Germany, is tho tallest monarch, being just six feet The defunct King of Bavaria was th( "shortest," being in debt several millior dollars. The "Fisheries" question will do foi the knowing and ignorant to talk anc write about the coming summer about as well as something else. James Hunter, a Philadelphia mer chant, has disappeared?this time onlj ?800,000 dollars "defalcation." He can't be found. In tho wreck of the Glasgow steamshif John Knox off Channel Harbor, N. F. every soul on board was lost. Mr. aud Mrs. A. B. Watson of Ridg< Station made a pleasant call last week. There are thirty-seven bogus butte factories in this country. A genuino case of leprosy in Louisville Ky., is reported. A 8400,000 defaulter iu Havana has dis ppeared. COMMONS. t> Papa's Letter. I was sitting in my study. Writing letters, when I heard. "Please, dear mamma, Mary told me n Mamma mustn't be 'isturbed. "But I's tired of the kitty ; Want some ozzer ting to do. , Writing letters, is'ou mamma? Ton't T wrlfA n lof.tpr "Not now, darling, mamma's busy; 3 Run and play with kitty now." "No, no. mamma, me write letters? 0 Tan if 'ou will show me how." I would paint my darling's portrait, As his sweet eyes searched my face Hair of gold.and eyes of azure, _ Form of childish, witching gram But the eager face was clouded, E* As 1 slowly shook my head, , Till I said, "I'll make a letter 1 Of you, darling boy, instead." 5 So I parted back the tresses From his forehead high and white, And a stamp in sport I pasted L 'Mid its waves of golden light. 5 Then I said, "Now, little letter i Go away and bear good news;" , And I smiled as down the staircase ' Clattered loud the little shoes. ? Leaving me, the darling hurried r Down to Mary in his glee; "Mamma's writing lots of letters? I's a letter, Mary?see!" No one heard the little prattler I As once more he climbed the stair Reached his little cap and tippet, Standing on the entry stair. No one heard the front door open, No one saw the gotdeu hair P As it floated o'er ills shoulders In the crisp November air. Down the street the tmby hastened, Till he reached theotlice door; "I's a letter, Mr. Postman; Is there room for any more?" "Cause dis letter's doin' to papa; > Papa lives with God,'ou know, Mamma sent me for a letter; Does 'ou link 'at I tan go?" But the clerk in wonder answered: "Not to-day, my little man." "Deu I'll find anozzer office, 'Cause I mu6t go if I tan." The Counsel of the Ungodly. "What are you about to-day ?" asked a bright, handsome woman of a friend whom she met on the street. "Oh, a most interesting piece of business," answers the other, smiling gaily. "I haven't had a coat for three winters, and now I am going out to get a nice warm one, that will last me another three." "Delightful! I'll go along," says Mrs., A., "and see that you get something suitable and becoming." "I don't know whether I ought to let you go with me," says Mrs. B., honestly hesitating, "because you'll tempt me into extravagance." "Nonsense." replied the other. "I am only going to'see if the coat fits. Where are you going to try first ?" "I want to go to Barton's," says Mrs. B., with an added tone of doubt in her voice. "To Barton's? Why, my dear, their things have no style at all. Now here ' we are at Antrim's; just let's step in and take a look at these wraps." Mrs. B. sighed a little at being overpersuaded into the more expensive, fashionable store, but the coats were very handsome. "Show me some Russian circulars, please," she asked the fiudly dressed young lady who came forward. "Whatprice?" asked the girl, politely, measuring Mrs. A. with her practiced eye, and wishing she were the customer instead of Mrs. B. "Not over twenty-five dollars," and they "step back," past the long rows of silk and velvet and fur. Mrs. A. is dissatisfied with each one that her friend tries on, and motions to the girl privately to bring something finer. A forty dollar cloak is brought, lined with quilted satin, and trimmed with handsome fur. "Oh, don't show me that," says poor Mrs. B.; "that's too expensive." "Pshaw, Belle," says her friend. "What is fifteen dollars? I know your husband." "Of course," interrupts Mrs. B., her cheeks aflame, "my husband gives me whatever I ask for, without questioning my plans, but?" "Well, then, you just shall get this beautiful wrap; he'll be pleased 1 know, aud you'll never regret it." But Mrs. B., being a Christian, did regret many a time that she had spent the fifteeu dollars she hoped to save for foreign missions. The cause suffered for lack of it, but her Christian i character suffered more, from follow| ing the kindly meant "counsels of the ungodly." "Where are you going to send Robert to college?" asks Mr. A., as he s dines with Mr. B. down town, s "I am thinking of sending him to . D," says his father. "Indeed ! do you think D. will offer him lis great facilities for a practical education as E.?" asks his friend. 1 "I am not sure that it will," replies r Mr. B., gravely; "but it will, I know, i afford him a good sound education, ( and, to tell the truth, I value the religr ious influence its students are under, while I dread the free-thinking ten! dencies at E." "Yes, to be sure; that is to be looked at,'' says Mr. A. courteously (he . does not himself believe in religion, ! but he believes in politeness.) Then , adds, with a certain lightness of tone [ that generally accompanies such witti. cism, "D. will have to make Robert a i very pious youui inaeeu, 11 ne i? ie? dy to forgive you presently, for put ting him out of the advanced line of r students of his day. Good-bye; my compliments to Mrs. B." ' Mr. A. is a sensible, genial fellow, and he is giving his friend what he 4 believes to be sound advice. The ; trouble is, his stakes are set only for . this world. "Let us take a good place r in this life, for to-morrow we die," is > his highest idea of life. i After all, Robert goes to E., and "advances" clean out of sight of oldi fashionen Bible truth. "Blessed is the man that walketh J not in the counsel of the ungodly. 1 But his delight is in the law of the Lord." 5 Toe Nails, Ingrowing.?The ingrowing of toe nails may be caused by - the wearing of tight boots or shoes, or ' by an improper mode of cutting the i nails. Procure boots or shoes which will accommodate the toes and give ? the nails perfect freedom from presi sure. Then scrape, with a piece of glass or a knife, the whole length of J the middle of the nails, until they become tender. In this condition the r edges of the nails are gradually withdrawn from the flesh, and the difficuli, ty is removed. Toe nails should be cut straight across, or slightly coni cave. They should never be trimmed at the corners. Drinking Water before Breakfast. A healthy stomach in the morning contains a considerable quantity ol thick, tenacious mucus that is spread over and adherent to its wall. If food enters at this time, it will become covered with a coating of the tenacious mucus, interfering with the direct contact between the food and the stomach necessary to provoke the secretion of gastric juice. The mechanical stimulus of the food, however, causes an increased flow of mucus, which renders that already present less tenacious, and eventually permits the food to fnnoh (-Via miimia mpmhrnnfl and r flow of gastric juice, hitherto delayed, is the result; then digestion begins. A goblet of water, taken before breakfast, does several things: 1. It passes through the'stomach into the small intestine in a continuous and uninterrupted flow. 2. It partly distends the stomach, stretching and, to some extent, obliterating the rugae. 3. It thins and washes out the most of the tenacious mucus. 4. It increases the fullness of the capilliaries of the stomach, directly if the water is warm, and indirectly in a reactionary way if it is cold. 5. It causes peristalsis of the whole alimentary tract, wakes it up, (so to speak), and gives it a morning's exercise and washing. The beneficial effects of a drink of water before breakfast may account for the desire for water at this time of the day, particularly on rising. How often we find that when we are very hungry (when our stomachs are tubular and filled with mucus) we want a drink before beginning to eat. Moderately cold water taken into the stomach chills locally, it stimulates to contraction, and produces a reaction. A warm, healthy glow succeeds the contraction due to the cold. The clean hyperacute mucous membrane is in excellent condition to receive food, which now can come in direct contact with the bare gastric wall. The reflexes act to best advantage. A copious flow of digestive juice is the result, and the food not being covered with mucus, digestion is easy and rapid, for it takes place under the most favorable conditions and in a minimum time. Care must be taken not to give cold ? - A - - --- U ? ? AiMAitlnfiAn nif li At* 1 wu,it:r wiieu uicuutuittuuii, ciwiei iw>cal or general, is so feeble as to make reaction improbable. We should not risk it in advanced age, nor in the feeble, whether old or young, nor should it be given in local troubles like chronic gastric catarrh. In these cases it is best to give warm or hot water. The addition of salt is very beneficial. The writer, at one time thinking it inconsistent with the laws of physiology to eat soup before meals, and thus dilute the digestive fluid, took his after the usual meal. This did uot agree nearly as well as taking it at the beginning. Such a time-honored custom, however, as eating soup at the beginning of a meal. #ould only have been so persistently atlhered to because of its having t>een found by experience to be the most appropriate time. It does exactly what warm or hot water with the addition of salt does, and more, in that it is nutritive ana excues me now or gaairiu juiue. ??? Blessed arc the Peace-Makers. We were once in a company of intelligent gentlemen when the character of an eminent preacher was subjected to a considerable amount of good-natured criticism. After many adverse remarks, one of the company said: "It must be admitted, however, that Dr. has one extraordinary virtue: he is the greatest peace-maker I have ever known ; he will not quarrel himself, and ho will not allow anybody else to do so if he can help it." To this proposition all present gave assent, and it seemed to be the general opinion that the possession of this great trait ought to condone many minor offenses. The peace-maker, if he be judicious in his methods as well as gentle in his spirit, is of inestimable value in the community, both in allaying existing strifes and in preventing those that would otherwise occur. He does not help the work of the backbiter by taking up and repeating his ungenerous utterances. He is not even disposed to listen to insinuations or intimations of wrong-doing upon the part of his fellowmen. Being full of tne charity that thinketh no evil, he is inclined to put the best possible construction upon whatever takes place under his notice. He plays the part of mediator between estranged friends; he suggests the probability that what looks like in tentional selfishness aud meanness is capable of being viewed in another light; he cautions against the danger or precipitancy and revenge; and, in the last place, he insists that it is better to bear the burden of a thousand wrongs than to be guilty of the sin and folly of inflicting one upon another person. Men of this type are called the children of God. The designation is apt. God himself applies it. When he gives a name he does it with a definite aim; he intends that it shall be significant of character. The peace-maker is called a child of God because in his spirit and temper he is like God, and has in fact become a partaker of the Divine nature. God is the God of peace; and whoever endeavors to promote peace on earth and good-will among men is doing God's work. While all this is true, we doubt whether there is any Christian virtue that is loco HiafinMlv snncht after. Often times iu mere thoughtlessness, sometimes for purposes of merriment, and occasionally our of pure malice, we help the devil to arouse hatred and stir up envies and jealousies in men's hearts. Hereafter, let us adopt a different policy; let us consistently, intelligently, and diligently endeavor to win for ourselves the beatitude of the peace-maker. ?Nashville Advocate. Gen. Ogelthorff", threatening to punish a servant who had done wrong, said, "I^ever forgive." Rev. John W^Jh?plied, "Then, I hope you ne^Bro. Christ tells us that if we do not forgive others, that our Heavenly Father will not forgive us. If we pray, "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us," and do not forgive some one who has done us a wrong, then we are praying that God should not forgive us. What a dreadful prayer that would be! Yet, how many unforgiving people repeat that prayer every day! Carriages and farm wagons might be ifaade to last twice as long if only a few moments were spent each week during dry weather in tightening up the bolts that hold the wagon together. It is the noblest men that always keep a something of the boy. HOUSE AND FARM. Popular Errors. 1. That there is any nutriment in beef tea made from extracts. There is , none whatever. 2. That gelatine is nutritious. It win not Keep a cat alive, iseer tea ' and gelatine, however, possesses a certain reparative power, we know not how. 3. That an egg is equal to a pound of meat, and that eyery sick person can eat eggs. Many, especially those of a nervous or billious temperament, can not eat them; and to such, eggs are injurious. 4. That because milk is an important article of food it must be forced upon a patient. Food that a person can not endure will not cure. 5. That arrowroot is nutritious. It i? simply starch and water, useful as a restorative, quickly prepared. 6. That cheese is injurious in all cases. It is, as a rule, contra-indicated, being usually indigestible; but it fa a concentrated nutriment and a waste-repairer, and often craved. 7. That the cravings of a patient are whims and should be denied. The stomach often needs, craves for and digests articles not laid down in any dictionary. Such are, for example, fruit, pickles, jams, cake, ham, or bacon irith fnt- r>hppQ0 hntfpr nnH milk. 8. That an inflexible diet may be marked out which shall apply to every case. Choice of a given list of articles allowable in given cases must be decided by the opinion of the stomach. The stomach is right and the theory wrong, and the judgment admits no appeal. A diet which would keep a healthy man healthy might kill a sick man; and a diet sufficient to sustain a sick man would not keep a well man alive. Increased quantity of food, especially of liquids, does not mean increased nutriment, rather decrease, since the digestion is over-taxed and weakened. Strive to give the good in as concentrated a form as possible. Consult the patient's stomach in preference to his cravings; and if the stomach rejects a certain article do not force it. . Setting TTagon Tires at Home. Every day in summer farmers have more or less trouble with loose wagon tii-aa Wlion thnir crot. IVP frn In VI1VO. ?? "VIJ ~ o - ' tlie blacksmith and he sets them so tight that when the wet weather comos the wheels are dished out of shape, causing them to bind in ruts and to run hard, and in a few weeks tlie wheels are spoiled. If we would have a sma'l boiler made of sheet iron and set over a stone arch, in which to boll a little linseed oil or gas tar, then as soon as a tire gets loose set the rim of the wheel in a tank aud slowly revolve it in the oil and tar, allowing the pores of the wood to till up with the substance there would be but little need of taking the wagon from home to get the tires set, the wheels would retain thfcir shape, and the durability of the wood be increased. Gas tar might be used extensively by farmers with good advantage. It is cheap and very useful. A coat of it put boiling hot on a leaky roof and then sprinkled with air slacked lime or cement would stop all leaks and become hard as slate. A good coat of hot gas tar or black oil (crude petroleum) in the bottom of a wagon will make it water tight and much more durable.?Rural Home. + 4^* "Between Thee aud Him Alone." If the divine injunction, "Go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone" were more carefully heeded by God's professed followers, how many trifliug differences, disgraceful q uarrels and shameful scandals among good people might be avoided, ft is much easier, however, to repeat to others the imagined slight or'injury, to fan the flame of hatred, and to con ? - 3 tinue to disregard tne precepts anu principles of Christianity until the secret fire bursts out into a flame that cousuniea the most sacred ties and bonds of friendship. The Lord Jesus Christ knew most thoroughly the deceitfulness and desperate wickedness of the human heart, and obedience to his commands would be in every case a grand and sovereign specific against every outburst of depraved aud passionate human nature. The Christian Instructor makes, in a recent editorial, an applification of the above principle to the matter of debtpaying. For example, "There is one, a Christian brother, who fails to pay his just debts, his brother in the Church is much hurt about the matter. He scolds and complains to everybody about the great wrong of this man. If he is a preacher he drives at him from the pulpit and it may be, if he gets a good chance to smite him on the sly, he will come out in the papers denouncing the man's meanness- He may even upraid him personally in x!_ |,;a snarp and sarcusuu icnua iui ?uo honesty, all with a view to remedy the wrong, and he is said to find it only growing worse. So he concludes the only way is to deliver him over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh. But he has never once tried that almost sovereign remedy of the Saviour, "Go tell him his fault between thee and him alone." He thiuks it would be no use to try that. More than this, he has not the moral courage to do it. It would require him first to conquer himself to make it a success. It would not comply with the direction of Christ to go to him in a fighting frame of mind. He must have the tenderness of a loving friend, coupled with the firmness needed to speak the truth without shrinking. There is nothing so powerful as a direct personal appeal to conscience with the light of truth, in a Christian spirit, to bring an erring onefto a sense of sin and conviction of duty." The most curious book in the world is one that is neither written nor printed. Every letter of the text is cut into the leaf, and as the alternate leaves are of blue paper, it is as easily * mi. ? 1..1 retld US p nil I. nit mum rci|uucu iiuu the patience necessary to cut each letter may be imagined. The work is so perfect that it seems as though done by machinery, but every character was made by hand. The book is entitled, "The Passion of Christ," and is now in a museum in France. Oatmeal Blanc-mange.?A delicious blanc-mange is made by stirring two heaping table-spoons of oatmeal into a little cold water, then stir with a quart of boiling milk, flavor and i pour into molds to cool, \>hen cream or jelly may be eaten with it. What Others Say. [7. II. in Messenger of Peace.] Praying for Good Causes.? Many Christians pray that peace may prevail throughout the world, and think they sincerely desire that wars may come to an end. Their love for peace among the nations begins and ends in prayer. .Prayer alone is a very cheap Kind of benevolence. The Christian who truly desires any good for his fellow beings as individuals or nations, will labor and give his money, as he is able, as well as his prayers. What kind of a temperance man is he who prays every day for the good cause of temperance and does nothing but prayer, when he has time and money at his disposal? Saloon keepers would not be afraid of all the prayers of all the Christians on earth, if for the future they should do nothing but pray. God will not answer selfish, idle prayers. Now, reader, you are not a true peace man, if you do nothing for the cause of Peace but to pray for it, unless you are completely bedridden and areas poor as a pauper. [London Herald of Peace.] Where Will all this End?? Let our readers reflect upon this feet? that in Europe at this moment, that which chiefly engages the attention, and absorbs the resources of all Chris tian governments is tbe invention and construction, and tbe adroit and effective use, of the most fearful infernal machines for the destruction of human life and property. And the saddest thing is that nobody seems to lay this to heart. Out of the hundreds and thousands of the ministers of the religion of peace, scarcely one lifts his voice in protest agai st this crying, abomina-' tion. The Truth is, we fear, that the Christianity of Christendom so far, at any rate, as it has any bearing on national or international affairs, has becomea mere ecclesiasticism. Butsurely there are thoughtful minds in all nations who must ask in astonishment and dismay?Where will this all end ? (From the Examiner,) A Good Point Well Stated.? When the Messrs. Stuart were living and doing a very large business in sugar refining, they were not unfrequently solicited to make donations in sugar for this or that object. The uniform answer was: "We do not give away sugar; refining and selling sugar is our business. We giveaway money, butnot sugar." Making and publishing xAe Examiner is our business, and for this reason we do not give it away. We mean to give away what we can affbrd in money, and our friends will understand why we decline all such solicitation, as the giving away of The Examiner. The following serious charge is made against the Church of England by the Methodist Times, and there can be no doubt as to its truthfulness: "There is no Church in the world that contributes so little money in proportion to the wealth of its members as the Church of England. They have never been trained to give, and now that the endowments are losing half their value, the elergy are in actual want, while the aristocracy and upper classes generally are rolling in awful wealth. There are many Churchmen now living who could give half a million sterling to a Clergy Sustentation Fund without ever sacrificing one solitary piece of bread and butter." (Neiv York Advocate.) Many ministers obtain their first wide spread fame in stations or on circuits that were considered the worst nlaces in the Conference when they were sent to them ; but they made the desert bloom and blossom as the rose, I and the fame thereof went out through all the land. Strange as it may appear, the instances are not a few in which men who had commanded only a moderate success in other appointments where the best that could be done was to keep things where they were, have, even after the prime of life was reached, made such marked demonstrations of ability in an undesirable place as to give them a long lease of conspicuous and useful activity. Catechising. A correspondent of the Presbyterian enforces the importance of using the catechism for indoctrinating children. He surely is correct. Pastors and pa rents ought to apply themselves more diligently to this work. The great doctrines of the Bible ought to be lodged in the memory of children, put there in the tersest and most compact form. The writer says: Piety is certainly the product of divine grace, but intellectually is not so surely generated under divine illumination. Hence the necessity of training the youth of the church to habits of correct and discriminating thought upon divine themes. Neither piety nor zeal will compensate for lack of correctness of religious thought. And to save the church from the frfte of an undisciplined, loose-thinking, heresygenerating and half-orthodox membership, it is necessary to train the children in the fundamental doctrines of evangelical Christianity. And from the days of the apostles to the present time no more satisfactory, correct and exhaustive exposition of truth has appeared than our famous Catechism. We have no patience with the puerile caveat that the Catechism is too difficult for children- For that matter, since its truths are infinite in their reach, it is too difficult for adults. But youth is endowed with expansive power, and will, by the grace of God, after having memorized the verbal statements of truth, gradually approach a perfect apprehension of it. Why suppose that the church can do the work of indoctrinating the young more efficiently by being unsystematic, unmethodical, and incorrect in its statements of great principles? And yet it is by these limping methods that both they who neglect and they who oppose the use of catechetical instruction proceed. The tests of time and experience justify the continued use of the catechism as the basis of doctrinal instruction. Worldly Conformity.?Perhaps one of the last things on which people get light, will be in the matter of walking in this world with a concern to please and not offend the fleshly eyes. Until we are thoroughly dead in reference to the customs invented, imposed and demanded by this world, and until we cleave to God we are in [danger. SCHOOLS. . When Mamma was a Little Girl. When mamma was a iittle girl? Or so they said to me? She never used to romp and run, Nor shout and scream with noisy fan, iNorciimo an apple tree. She always kept ner hair In curl, When mamma was a little girl. When mamma was a little girlIt seems to her, you see, She never used to tumble down, Nor break her doll, nor tear her gown, Nor drink her papa's tea, She learned to knit, plain, seam and purl, When mamma was a little glrL But grandma says?it must be true? "How fast the seasons o'er us whirl! Your mamma, dear, was Just like you, When she was grandma's little girl. "Perfectly Lovely." In a recent Journal of Education Kate Sanborn mentions some of the more common expressions which mar the conversation of young people nowadays, and the following is eepecially held up to ridicule: First and last let me anathematize "perfectly lovely." Bah! that ia truly nauseating. I venture to affirm that that much abused phrase is used at least ten times daily, by every school girl, every college girl, every ' young lady in this country. It is- the stock phrase at Smith, Wellesley and Vassar; in fact, conversation would droop and languish without it. A young lady comes in to see me, and she begins: "0 Miss Sanborn, how . perfectly lovely your rooms are! and isn't it lovely to live in a flat! and you " bave an elevator?how lovely! It's just horrid to climb three flights as I had to vesterday, although the bride I called on was so lovely fdidn't mind, you know. Her rooms were fitted up so lovely with her wedding presents^ don't you see, and she had on a perfectly elegant reception dress?just too lovely for anything, doncher know? I can't decribe it, but it had lots of jet on satin, and 'twas just lovely. Her hair, you know, it is just that exquisite, lovely chestnut shade, with a ripple of gold, doncher know, and all that sort of thing. You don't know how I enjoyed your reception last week, the music was so splendid! And that pretty woman who whistled, , wasn't she bewitching! just too lovely for anything! And the men! you do get such nice men?good looking, and such swells! Oh, ma and I said when we got home that it was perfectly lovely!" I have heard that phrase applied to a young pig, *o a sausage, to an opera, to a corpse! I would like to start a society for its suppression and extinction. If a fine of one penny had to be paid every time it was used, we could raise the million dollar monument to General Grant, send fifty thousand young women to Montana, put all the sewing women and superfious women in easy circumstances, and send out an UIUC1 CA[;CU1UUU. A Deed of Heroism. Lulu Carpenter, 12 years old, was mortally hurt in the terrible cyclone at Sauk Rapids, Minn., last spring. She had fled from the storm, but . I went back after her baby sister, and was caught and transfixed by a huge ! splinter that pierced through her body. Her first words, when her grandfather found her thus, were : "I am dying, but I saved the baby." The poor girl lingered a day or twoin delirium,and her last words were: ' Don't be afraid, Susie, nothing shall hurt you; Lulu will take care of you! Don't be afraid." How many other acts of heroism were done in that awful storm no one but God himself knows. Such deeds are surely recorded on high. Moral Courage. Have the courage to do without that which you do not need, however much your eyes may covet it. Have the courage to show your respect for honesty, in whatever guise it appears; and your contempt for dishonest duplicity, by whomsoever exhibited. I Have the courage to wear your old clothes until you can pay for new ones. Have the courage to obey God at the risk of being ridiculed by men. I ' Have the courage to prefer comfort iand propriety to fashion, in all tilings. Have courage to acknowledge your [ ignorance, rather than to seek credit for knowledge under false pretenses. "A man of wealth, after going into a congregation not long ago, to which the earnestness of the pastor, had drawn many poor working-people, remarked disparagiugly: "A crowd like that ought to have been good for a hundred dollars in the collection baskets; but I don't believe there was five dol- , lars in the whole congregation." A minister might well have been grateful to God that he had drawn together such a congregation. It is not the business of a minister to draw a paying house. How much money was there in one of Christ's large audiences?. Very little; or if there was at any time, he said something about. riches which drove them away. The poor it was that heard him gladly; the rich said: "This is a hard saying; who can bear it?" It is the shame and condemnation of our pulpits and churches if the poor people do not come. If the rich people all come, and those who are going to be rich, and the poor people do not find what they want, then there is something very tar wrong in the church or the minister. They must, somehow, find and draw the poor. The church is not for its own families first, but first for those to whom Christ went first. A church is successful as it brings in the poor, and not as it gathers paying congregations. A church is a missionary organization, a house of apostles, and not a club."?Indcjicndcnt. Many a man has never even begun to learn the alphabet of a mother's love until he was taken sick, or lost his property, or was forsaken by his friends, or was in some sort of trouble; then, beholding the constancy of his mother's affection for him, he began to pick out the letters, and for the first time in liis life spell the word "love." Let parents exhibit a little spontaneity now and then in their gifts or other favors to their children. Let them not always wait to be asked. There is more in this than some will see at the first glance. A little boy who had beeu used to receive his elder brother's old toys and clothes recently asked: "Ma, shall I nave 10 marry nis widow when ne dies?"