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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.
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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
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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.
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"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
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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
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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?"