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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1887. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 50.
Christian Neighbor.
BY KKV. KIMl ir. BKOW.VE,
Of the Snuth Carolina Conference*
The Firwt?The Second.
As early, as far and as fast as a child
can understand he should be taught the
existence of God?"that ho is." Such
teaching will lead to a corresponding/<u7/i
?the belief that God is. This is the boginning
of the training of a child in the
way he should gj?the A ii C of the fear
of the Lord, which is the beginning of
tiMdlfMn tlia n!U?fl Of' tllfi "hom
book" of the first aiul great commandment?love?which
all subsequent reve"
lations and teachings from Moses and the
prophets and Christ and the apostles are
designed to make manifest to the glorj'
of God in the beatification of man.
The child should be instructed in the
revelations which God has made of himself
in creation, providence and grace,
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specially that "Ills eyes are in every piace
beholding the evil and the good," and
that "he is a rewarder of them that diligently
seek him." Without such belief
in the existence and nature of God it is
impossible for either an adult or a child
to please him ; and without such teaching
it is impossible to have such belief.
Faith oomes by hearing, and hearingapprehension
of teaching?by the word
of God.
All faith, whether it refers to things
human or divine, to things temporal or
eternal, whether it be the faith of a barbarian
or scythian, a bondman or freeman,
male or female, Jew or Gentile,
and whether it be the faith of a child or
an adult, is obtained in one and the same
way?teaching?and that too whether the
teaching is addressed to the ear, the eye
. or one or more of the other senses.
There can be no faith without teaohing,
nor can the faith of any man bo otherwise
than according to accepted teaching.
As "like people like priest," so like faith
like teaching.
It may be said that children thus
started in the way they should go, and
from the beginning are brought up "in
nurture and admonition of the Lord" '
know the salvation truths of the Bible
from childhood, even as it is said of Timothy
that "from a child" he had known
the holy Scriptures which are able to 1
make timely and properly instructed
children "wise unto salvation through |
faith whieh is in Christ Jesus." I
If persons from childhood may know
the holy scriptures, may they not also at ,
the same time and to the same degree i
kcowtho holy Saviour, and thus pass, <
without falling and rising again, from
the state of unconditional justification? (
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man that cometh into the world?unto
the state where they live, and walk by (
personal faith.
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Koine Old Qucfttlon*. t
Strange doctrine was preached in a ser- 1
mon we once heard. Was it "ortho- i
dox?" The subject was prayer, and j
from at least one illustration the speaker <
taught that if we pray aright we will receive
what we ask?not merely an answer
to prayer, but the very answer we <
desire. Now as we have 110 strait-jacket
to fit ourselves to, and are not bound to
make our belief support any fixed "ology"
or "ism," we feel free to say what 1
common sense, and a not wholly un- 1
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to return to the illustration: "A widowed 1
mother saw her only child inarch away (
to meet the fortunes of war. "My son," i
said she at parting, "I shall pray for you
every day, at morning, at noon, and at
night. I believe that God will grant my !
prayer, and return you to me in safety."
The war closed, but the young man did
not return to his home. The mother still
felt that her prayers were not in vain,
and that her son would come hack strong
and well, able to relieve her of heavy responsibilities.
Six months after peace
was proclaimed the young man did return,
and?his mother's prayers were answered.
Many questions arise. Of all
the men kilbd in the late civil war were
there none who were prayed for ''aright ?"
?were there not some righteous women
who did not ask "amiss" when they
priiyed that the husband, the father, the
son might be preserved from the bullets
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the firing on Sumter to the sad close at
Appomattox who neither prayed for
themselves nor had prayers offered for
them?
What is an answer to prayer? Is the
good (?) we crave at the hands of God a
good that is best? We ask a life? Our
loved live on, but not in our company.
The separation saddens for all time the
life left behind?but?what is best?
Who knows? God alone. Again, what
constitutes an answer to prayer? We
can truly say all prayers are answered,
since a granting of the request or its denial
may be considered an answer. Unfortunately
the word answered is commonly
used as meaning a favorable answer,
a granting of the thing desired,
hence much confusion on a subject the
wisest and best touch with some hesitancy.
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Turning: again to Folly.
The recent competitive military drill at
Washington by the "soldiers" from various
sections of the United States, was
somewhat deranged by tto presence of
the "brother soldier-in-black" and by repeated
storms of wind and rain. The
grand ulcerous pageant would have been
pronounced demoralized but for the
weather-cock discourse of Dr. Talmadge
and the glamour reports which of course
covered all retreats and defects. It had
to be made grand and glorious of course?
i t was military.
The editor of the Neighbor reached!
home too late and too tired from a trip to
Abbeville, Anderson and Belton to write
anything this week about the country and
the people antl the things he saw. Next
week he may say something, if the tread
mill and Providence permit.
.Military Parmle?'Thunder Storm.
The first day (May 24) of the competitive
military drill at Washington was
seriously interfered with by a furious
wind and thunder storm. An exchange
says:
A furious thunder storm ?nd wind
storm camo up about 4 o'clock and put
an end to the proceedings. The crowds
scattered at once. The roof was blown
ofl' a large part of the grand stand, and
the canvas rocks, forts and war vessels,
and lighthouse of the "pyorama" were
tipped over and scattered. The order for
dress parade at 5 o'clock was rescinded.
"I returned and saw under the sun,
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battle to the strong, neither yet bread to
the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,
nor yet favor to men of skill;
but time and chance liappeneth to them
all." Ecc. ix: ii.
No more significance should be attached
to the competition between the soldiers
and the storm than this scripture
gives. God permitted tho soldiers as
moral agents to assemble for the drill,
and he permitted the storm, according to
the laws of nature, to meet tho soldiers in
competition. We presume that during
the storm, not a few of the men would
have preferred being somewhere else.
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Newberry has had two weeks of special
religious exercises, which closed Sunday
night, May 29. The first week was a
meeting of the "Holiness Association,"
tho next was a protracted or revival meeting.
The result of the two meetings, one
immediately following tho other, was
the addition of 30 to the membership in
the churches of the town, the greatest
number united with the Methodists. The
meetings were held within a large tent,
made for such occasions. There were
many conversions, tfce exact tiumber we
havo not learnea.
South CarollnH Peace Society.
Having receutly lectured on Peace at
different places in the State and not having
with me at tho time copies of the
Constitution of the S. C. P. Society, I
think it well to publish the following for
the information of all who may wish to
to know something more concerning the
L'ause of peace and the object of the
Peace Society.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 22, 1872.
Persuant to a call through the Christian
Neighbor, for a State Peace Convention,
delegates assembled in this city, this evening,
at half-past 7 o'clock. On motion,
Rev. Sidi H. Brown was called to the
Chair, and John A. Elkins was appointed
Secretary. The meeting was opened
with prayer by Mr. Joseph Lanhon.
The report of the Committee on a Constitution
was submitted, and was taken
up by sections, and, after debate, participated
in by the members generally,
was adopted. It is as follows:
We, the subscribers, kuowing that war
causes a vast amount of expense, cruel-1
ty, suffering, destruction of property and
life, vice and crime, and believing war to
be directly contrary to the gentle, meek,
compassionate ana peaceful spirit and
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gospel 01 our .UIVIUO OSVluur, vuv X Iiuvu
3f Peace, and that it is his will that war
should ceaso throughout the world, and
ulso believing that it is the immediate du-1
ty of all men to be co-workers with God
in extending the kingdom of peace
imong men, do, therefore, form ourselves
into a Society for the Promotion of Peace,
and accept the following
CONSTITUTION :
Article I.
This Society shall bo called " The
South Carolina Peace Society."
Article II.
The officers of this Society shall be a
President, a First Vice-President, a Second
Vice-President, a Recording Secretary,
a Corresponding Secretary, and a
Treasurer, who shall constitute a Board
of Directors. In conjunction with whom
shall be added one member from each
county represented in this Society, to be
elected by the officers in the intervals of
the annual sessions.
Article III.
It shall be the duty of this Society, according
to its opportunities and ability,
to obtain and circulate tracts and books
in favor of peace and against war, among
the people at large; to hold meetings from
time to time, as often as the President
may think desirable, for prayers, singing
and sermons, or speeches, addresses or
discussions, for the purpose of showing
that peace is agreeable to Christianity ana
war hot; and it shall be the duty of this
Society as a body, and its members as
individuals, to endeaver to promote peace
in, between and among nations and all
mankind.
Article IV.
Any person, male or female, may become
a member of this Society by signing
its Constitution.
Article V.
This Society shall elect its officers annually.
Article VI.
The President, a Vice President or a
Director shall have power to organize, in
person or by another, Peace Societies
among the colored people.
Article VII.
This Constitution may be amended by
a vote of two thirds of the members present,
above the age of twenty-one years, at
anv regular annual meeting.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot
for officers, which resulted as follows
:
President?Rev. Sidi H. Brown.
1st Vice President?John II. Klnsler.
2n Vice Presid't?Rev. E. A. Bolles.
Rec. Secretary?John A. Elkins.
Cor. Secretary?II. Bascom Browne.
Treasurer?Charles D. Stanley.
Mr. J. H. Kinsler offered the following
resolutions, which were adopted:
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of
the Board of Directors, whenever circumstances
may warrant, to take such meas* ??Ati
no moTT /loom rvvAnor fnp tliD
Ui VO OO tUCJ UiOJ 14 4 IVt vuv i
organization of Auxiliary Peace Societies)
throughout the State.
Resolved, That the following form of
Constitution be recommended to the Au-1
xiliary Societies for their adoption:
Constitution for Auxiliary Societies.
Art. 1.?This Society shall be called the
Society, auxiliary to the "South
Carolina Peace Society."
Art.2.?The officers of this Society shall
be a President, Vice-President, Secretary
and Treasurer.
Art. 3. ?Any person, male or female,
may become a member of this Society by
signing its Constitution.
Art. 4.?It shall be the duty of this Society,
according to its opportunity and
ability, to obtain and circulate books and
tracts in favor of peace and against war,
to hold meetings from time to time for
public addresses, sermons or discussions,
showing that peace is agreeable to Christianity
and war not.
Art. 5.?This Society shall elect its officers
annuallv.
Resolved, That any person desiring to
become a member of this Society, during
the interval of the annual sessions, shall,
upon the approval of the President or
a Vice-President, be enrolled by the Secrbtary.
The first Tuesday In October, 1873, at
7i p. m., was selected a.s the time for
holding the annual session, and Colum
1 bin as the place.
COMMONS.
How Easy It is.
How easy It Is to spoil a day!
The thoughtless words ol a cherished friend,
The selfish acts of a child at play.
The strength of a will that will not bend,
The slight of a comrade, the scorn of a foe,
The smile that is full of hitter things?
They all can tarnish Its golden glow,
And take the grace from its airy wings.
How easy It is to spoil a day
By the force of a thought we did not check.
Little by little we mold the clay.
And little (law* may the vessel wreck.
The careless waste of a white-winged hour,
That held the blessing we long had sought,
The sudden loss of wealth or power.
And lo! the day Is with ill inwrought.
How easy it is to spoil a life !?
And many are spoiled ere well begun?
In home light darkened by sin and strife,
Or downward course of a cherished one:
By toll that robs the form of Its grace,
And undermines till health gives way:
By the peevish temper, the frowning fuce,
The hopes that go, and the cares that stay.
A day is too long to spend in vain,
Some good should come as the hours go by;
Some tangled maze may be made more plain,
Some lowered glance may be raised on high.
And life is too short to spoil like this,
If only a prelude, it may be sweet ;
Let us bind together its thread of bliss,
And nourish the flowers around our teet.
A Shrewd Young1 Man.
The year before last a bright-looking
young man entered a countingroom
in response to an advertisement
for an assistant shipping clerk. He
told the usual tale of how he desired a
position more than wages for the time
being, and was willing to accept a
nominal salary to start in on. The old
merchant was feeling in a particularly
good humor that afternoon, and said
pleasantly to the new comer:
"Well, sir, what do you consider a
nominal salary ? What would you be
willing to accept in the beginning?"
The young man picked at the lining
of his hat with his fingers, and deferentially
replied:
"I want to show you sir, that I mean
business, and I will work for one cent
the remainder of this month, provided
you think it would not be too much to
double my salary each month thereafter."
"That's a novel proposition, surely,"
said the old man" with a smile. Do
you know what you are talking about,
my dear boy?"
"Well, sir, my principal aim is to
learn the business," responded the
young fellow, "and I would be willing
to work for nothing, but I'd like to
feel and be able to say that I was earning
something, you know."
"I'll take you," remarked the old
man. "One cent, two cents, four
cents, eight, sixteen," he enumerated.
"You won't get much for awhile," he
added. He took him up to the cashier.
"This is John Smith," he said. "He
will go to work as assistant shipping
clerk to-morrow. His salary will be
one cent this month. Double it every
mouth from now on."
"In consideration of my working
for this small salary, might I ask you
to assure me a position for a definite
period ?" inquired John Smith.
"We don't usually do that," replied
the governor, "but we can't lose much
on you anyhow, I guess, and you look
like an honest fellow. How long do
you want employment?"
"Three years, sir, if agreeable to
you."
Well, the old man agreed, and young
Mr. Smith, on pretense of wanting
some evidence of "stability of his place,
got the governor to write out ana sign
a paper that he had been guaranteed a
position in the house for three years
on the terms I have stated.
He worked along for six months
without drawing a cent. He said he
would draw all his earnings at Christmas.
The cashier one day thought he
would ligure up and see how much
would be coming to the young man.
He grew so interested in the project
that he kept multiplying for the three
years. Tne result almost staggered
him. This is the column of figures he
took to the old man: First month,
.01; second, .02; third, .04; fourth,
.08; fifth, .16; sixth, 32; seventh, .64;
eighth, $1.28; ninth, $2.56; tenth,
$5.12; eleventh, $10.24; twelfth, $20.48;
thirteenth, $40.96; fourteenth,
$81,92; fifteenth, $163.84; sixteenth,
$327.68; seventeenth, $655.36; eighteen,
$1,310.72; nineteenth, $2,621.44;
twentieth, $5,242.88; tweniy-nrst,
S10,485.76; twenty-second, $20,971.52;
twenty-third, $41,942.04; twentyfourth,
$83,884.08; twenty-fifth, $167,768.16;
twenty-sixth, $335,536.32;
twenty-seventh, $671,072.64; twentyeighth,
$1,342,145.28; twenty-ninth,
$2,684,290.56; thirtieth, $4,468,581.12;
thirty-first, $8,736,162.24; thirty-second,
$17,472,324.48; thirty-third, $34,944,648.96;
thirty-fourth, $68,888,296.92;
thirty-fifth, $137,776,593.84; thirtysixth,
$275,553,187.68: total salary for
three years, $551,106,375.36.
The governor nearly fainted when
he understood how, even if he were
twice as rich as Vanderbilt, he would
be ruined in paying John Smith's salary.
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Too Cheap.
The dog was altogether worthless.
It seemed cruel to kill him, and the
puzzled owner resolved to give him
away. All day long he went about
the streets, but no man or woman or
boy wanted so cheap a dog. Next day
the tactics were changed. The animal
was offered for twenty dollars. Every
body was immediately interested. A
j crowd was attracted, and bidders flockI
ed to the sale, so that long before night
the worthless cur was disposed of at
full price. Such is the story. Perhaps
it is not true. But true or not, it
teaches the lesson that even a sorry
dog will bring more when held at a
high price, and too much cheapness is
calculated to throw suspicion on even
the best of dogs. Therefore, the whole
moral is that he would be successful in
the market of life must not set too low
a price on himself or his goods. And
even ministers may here glean a suggestive
moral. No man is to think
more highly of himself than he ought
to think, but every teacher and every
Christian is to think highly of the
gospel message he is to deliver, and
the work for Jesus that he is commissioned
to do. Like Paul, every follower
of Christ should magnify his oflice.
When you are examining yourself
never call yourself merely a "sinner,"
that is very cheap abuse, and utterly
useless. You may even get to like it
and be proud of it. But call yourself
a liar, a coward, a glutton, or an evileyed
jealous wretch, if you indeed find
yourself to be in any wise any of these.
One hundred and ninety-five thousand
lives were lost to our nation in the
' four years of civil war, while 400,000
are lost every four yeara by intemperance.?
Temperance Annals, 1887.
A Cure for Doubt.
What Christian lias not, at some
time, experienced the dreariness of
doubt, the chilling sensation of uncertainty?
"There are hours, and they
come to us all, when the hand of mystery
seems to be heavy on the soul?
when some life-shock scatters existence,
leaves it a blank and dreary
waste henceforth forever, and there
appears nothing of hope in all the expanse
which stretches out, except that
merciful gate of death which opens at
the end?hours when the sense of misplaced
or ill-requited affection, the
feeling of personal worthlessness, the
uncertainty and meanness of all human
aims, and the doubt of all human
goodness, unfix the soul from all its
old moorings, and leave it drifting,
drifting over the vast infinitude, with
an awful sense of solitariness."
One describes such an experience as
being in the strangling depths, with
worse than sea weed round his head ;
as a horrible night, a night starless
and black ; a night of storm and tempest;
a winter night, cold, bleak,
cheerless ; a night in the sea with its
billows rolling over and its waterspouts
flooding the soul, with naught
around but the rush and gurgle of the
merciless wave.
And is there no cure for such a state
of mind? no voice to calm the roar of
the billows? no ray of light to penetrate
and scatter the mists and fogs?
no hand to touch and annihilate the
horrible nightmare of the soul ?
In the hour of doubt and gloom,
when the night is dark and not a yard
of path is known, what remains?
Obedience. Let him go forward, let
him be true to duty as far as known,
ana ne will not long oe leu in uuuui.
As the command is obeyed, as the
will of God is done, as an advance is
made along the path of duty, difficulties
vanish, mists are scattered and
avenues to light and hope are discovered.
If you are entangled in the meshes
of a subtle skepticism, are lost amid a
night of unbelief, and are ^honestly
asking, "What must I do?" the answer
is, "Go forward." Do as much
of the will of God as is plain to you,
and "you shall know of the doctrine
whether it be of God."
Obey the divine command with a
ready mind and cheerful heart. The
difficulties that now hinder the discharge
of duty, and the clouds that
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aarKen me juuguaem wm uut um?ppear
before the halting and doubting.
Every step in the path of obedience is
an advance toward the light. "If any
man will do, he shall know."
Why, then, are any persons in
doubt? The answer is simple. Those
who are in doubt are either indifferent
to the knowledge professed to be desired,
or are unwilling to obtain this
knowledge at the cost of doing God's
will. This is Christ's way of putting
unbelief to rest, his infallible cure for
doubt. He said, "Do rightly, and you
will judge justly; obey, and you will
know."
The moment a man puts forth an act
of loving will, wills to do God's will,
that moment he scatters the forces of
skepticism and disperses the clouds of
doubt, as a morning sunbeam, "touching
the mist upon the mountain side,
makes it vanish into thin air."
[A. It. Presby terian.
Rained Girls..
We think it high time that this
thing of recognizing a girl as ruined,
because she has made a single mistake,
is ended. This Christian world allows
any young man a chance to redeem
himself and become something even
after he has committed blunder after
blunder, and has deliberately sinned
again and again, but a girl who has
made one single mistake of the heart
is ruined and literally damned forever.
This is not right?not as it should be
?not as it will be when we become
true followers of the great and good
teacher, Jesus Christ. A girl should
be given the same opportunities to outlive
a sin committed by her, as her
stronger brother has, and until she has
these opportunities granted, she can
not be recognized as the equal of her
brother. Why the girl, who is the
weaker of the two, should be ruined
and brai.ded as such for a lifetime for
having committed a single mistake;
while her brother, who is strong and
well able to take care of himself,
should be forgiven and again taken up
by society, is something we can not
understand.
We think if some of our preachers,
teachers and parents would for the
time being give the heathen in distant
lands a rest, and devote some of their
spare time to the thousands of alleged
ruined girls in our citieii; teach these
girls that there is a future worth living
oVi/\Ttr thnm l-inwr tn llVft Hpht, aild
give them the necessary encouragement
to do something, that society
would be the better for i t and ou r confidence
in each other stronger than it
is at present.
Any man who has committed a sin
and lias outlived that sin, yet is willing
to brand and condemn a v/oman
for having committed the same sin, is
a coward and a cur of the meanest
type. This is plain talk, but g03pel
truth all the same.
Burdens ok Crabs.?As crabs approach
old age and no longer increase
in size, their shells, which in youth
were shed frequently to accommodate
growth of body, are often retained
several years, and the creatures be
come liable to fall victims to the stranggestsortof
parasitism. Barnacles and
all sorts of marine growths collect
upon the shell, and in many cases almost
completely hide the crab. A remarkable
example of this may be seen
in the British Museum, where has
been placed an old crab of the edible
species, with some half dozen oysters
of large size fixed to its back, which
load, ever increasing, the old crab was
doomed to carry to the end of its days.
Another curious specimen preserved is
that of a hairy crab, which, though
not larger itself than a walnut, is saddled
with aspouge as big as a man's
fist.
New Jersey 9mall boys are proverbially
smart. One of the brightest in
the state was playing at shoveling
snow from the board walk in front of
the house the other morning when a
wide-awake book-agent came aiong;
and saluted him with a cheery "Good
morning, my little friend. Is your
mother engaged ?" "No, sir," was the
emphatic answer, "she isn't engaged ;
she's married and I'm her boy; and
she's got another besides me. No, sir,
she isn't engaged."
The gospel affords a cure, but supplies
no anodyne.
HOUSE AND FARM.
The One-Horse Farmer.
The one-horse farmer has a life-long
ambition to gain a reputation for wearing
a dirty shirt.
He will alarm the neighbors by getting
up two hours before day, then sit
around and not go to work until after
sunrise.
IT r\ mm 11 u!/1 a omnnj] n uronlr 1 nr\l* I n rr
axe; >yjji i lut aivuiiu ci uctn luuniu^
for a $2 hog.
He will complain of hard times,
then tear his pants climbing a fence ,
where a gate ought to he.
He will pay three dollars for a new
bridle, then let the calf chew it to
pieces before Sunday.
He will get all his neighbors to help
in getting the cow out of the bog, then
let her die for want of attention. ,
Stock, will get in and destroy his
crop at a place in the fence that he has
been putting off fixing for six months. .
He will strain his back lifting something
to show how strong he is. ,
He will talk all day Sunday about
what he knows about farming, then
ride around the neighborhood Mon- ;
day hunting seed potatoes. 1
He will go in his shirt sleeves on a
cold day, to show how much he can
stand, then return home at night and (
occupy two-thirds of the fire-place un- i
til bed time.
He will ridicule the mechanism of a
cotton planter and go out and mash ;
his thumb trying to nail a board on
the fence.
He will go to town on Saturday and
come back with fifty cents worth of >
coffije, a paper of pins, a dollar's worth of
chewing tobacco and full of whisky. ,
He is economical; economy is his i
forts; he will save ten cents worth of ,
axle grease and ruin the spindle of a ,
$70 wagon.
He won't subscribe for a newspaper, (
but will borrow his friend's and forget ]
to return it.
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New System of Preserving.
It appears probable, says VicWs <
Magazine, that the days of patent i
fruit jars are ended, since the testimo- I
ny is so satisfactory in favor of tying 1
cotton oatting over tne mourn or me 1
jar containing the fruit. The fruit is I
cooked, or rather brought to the boil- i
ing point, and then poured hot into ]
the jars, which are at once covered 1
with white paper, and over that a lay- i
er of cotton batting, just as it comes i
off the roll, and tied down securely '
with cotton twine. The philosophy of I
it is that the cotton prevents bacteria,
which is the cause of all ferments. <
]
To build a chimney that will draw j
forever, and not fill up with soot, you '
must build it large enough?sixteen '
inches square; use good brick, aud |
clay instead of lime up to the comb;
plaster it inside with clay mixed with
salt; for chimney tops use the very
best of brick, wet them and lay them
in cement mortar. The chimney 1
should not be built tight to beams or j
rafters, as most chimneys settle a lit- 1
tie, and if too tight between the beams '
and rafters, there is where the crack in 1
your chimneys come and where the ]
most of the fires originate, and the
chimneys sometimes get red hot. A
chimney built from cellar up is better 1
and less dangerous than one hung on j
the wall. Don't get your stove-pipe;
hole too close to the ceiling?eighteen
inches from it is near enough.
It is ever to be remembered that the
reputation of the church is only the
sum of the reputations of its individual
members. A lady was once asked
by a guest, "Who is the man who conducted
your prayer-meeting so'well ?"
She replied, "That is our carpenter,
and last year he did a large amount of
work for me, and he did it so faithfully
that I like to hear him pray just as
well as I did before." Can that be
said of all work done by church mem- ,
bers?" It ought to be. * For these three }
directions in which human energy |
displays itself?business, politics, re- (
ligion?stand or fall together. {
When in any writing I have occa- 1
sion to insert these passages, "God i
willing," "God lending me life," etc., i
I observe that I can scarce hold my J
hand from encircling these words in a j
parenthesis, as if they were not essen- ]
tial to the sentence, but may as well 1
be left out as put in. Whereas, indeed
they are not only of the commission
at large, but so of the quorum, i
that without them all the rest is noth- 1
ing; wherefore, hereafter I will write i
these words fully and fairly without i
any inclosure about them. Let critics i
censure it for bad grammar, I am sure i
it is good divinity.? Fuller. 1
Child training begins, and child
character is formed, much earlier than <
most persons suppose. A child whose 1
training is not fairly started before he i
is six weeks old, is likely to be a loser t
*?i -e ,
lor me uecause 01 una ncmcvt. xhju t
the permanent trend of a child's character
is likely to be given by the time ,
he is seven years old. Many a child is {;
not counted by his parents old enough r
to be fairly under training, until his j
habits and his character are practically
already influenced for all time.
To keep the hinges in order, big or .
little, and prevent the disagreeable j
creaking, don't oil them. The oil is j
sure to soil the hands, the garments,
or the carpet, and "the remedy is
worse than the disease" when a sitn- 1
pier method lies awaiting us. Rub the v
hinge that creaks, or the latch that ?
will not slide, with a soft lead pencil. 1
and you will find the application will
WOTK HKe LUUgii;.
Not alone for every idle word, but 0
for every grasping after vast fortunes e
too unwieldly to be utilized, for every ?
superfluous dollar, to get which the
precious moments of life-and health,
anil the joys and opportunities of
Christian fellowship are sacrificed?
for all these, as for all other "deeds a
done in the body," man must give an 0
account when the books are opened at f
the Great Assize!
As at sunset sometimes the wind t
rises, or a tempestuous night may fol- 0
low a sunshiny day, so there are men, ft
affable in business and public life, who
take their auger and petulance home
at night and drop theru on the domes- _
tic circle.
To prevent smoke from a lamp, soak
Mio wink iii stroner vinegar, aud dry it ,
thoroughly before using. It will then ?
bu rn both sweet and pleasant, and will ?
give a great deal of satisfaction for the
trifling work in preparing.
"Did you break your father's will ?" *
""Ves." "I suppose, then, you are quite
rich now ?" "No; poorer than ever
before." "How in that?" "You see, I 0
broke the will, but the lawyers broke
me." fl
What Others Say.
[Illustrated Christian Weekly.\
We hear it said frequently that what
is needed to carry onward the good
work of the world is more heart. The
remark is true. This quality is needed
in the pulpit?not less brains, but
more piety. It is needed in any work
of charity?not less system, but more
sympathy. It is needed in the home
?not less stress and force of wise government,
but more affection. We talk
about mental culture, about educating
the mind. Surely there is equal need
of culturinpc the heart, educating the
affections. Thi9 work can be done.
Each one must study for himself the
measure in which it needs to be done
in his case. There are those who are
royally gifted in mental endowments,
but who are lacking on the affectional
side. Such need to cultivate their
hearts. Perhaps no one ha9 ever too
much heart; if any one has, its faults
are more easily forgiven than those
that lie in an opposite direction. If
one is conscious that he has too little
heart, let him set himself to practical
work for the good of his fellows, and
he will find his affections growing
apace. Practical sympathy is a great
oromoter of affectionate interest.
When we do anything for the benefit
of another we cannot help being affectionate
towards him. Let us cultivate
for use in all the spheres of life, not
mere weak sentiment, but genuine
heart love.
fIllustrated Christian Weekly.J
Not by Machinery or Plans.?
The great temptation of the Christian
worker is to rely too much upon plans
and machinery. Although he may
acknowledge-in all sincerity his dependence
on God for a blessing, yet in
the moment of action he does often
forget not only that he can do nothing
of himself, but also that there is no inherent
virtue in the instruments which
he employs. The sword of the Lord
and of Gideon was not a Damascus
blade, the workmanship of cunning
artificers, chosen out of all the weapons
known to the conquerors of Cauaan.
It was a continuous prayerful
trust in the Almighty Jehovah, a belief
that he would by his own might
work the victory. The trumpets and
the lamps within the pitchers were
3raftily chosen to excite panic in the
hosts of Midian, but while filled with
the Spirit of the Lord Gideon could
rirtf foil tn hop ovorvfrhintr wh?f?h nrnm
ised help, he would not use anything
without remembering that success lay
in the divine presence and power.
We talk about different church orders,
different plans and methods, of a
hundred ingenious ways of reaching
sinners and stimulating saints, and at-1
tribute our success and failure to the
jmployment or neglect of this or that
method. This is all wrong. It is
very wrong.
[United Presbyterian.I
The common Christian sentiment
that the theatre is a school of vice is
not a mistaken one, as they who know
best easily testify. Even when it does
not teach what it is thus fitted for
teaching, it exerts an influence that is
pernicious, so that there always will
be, as there always has been, a conflict
between it and real piety. This is
true of the theatre as it has existed
ind has been managed. The ideal institution
need not be considered. But
it is not alone in the great cities that
the vice is cultivated. Since travel
bas become so easy, all kinds of tenthrate
troupes are carried about the country,
so that every town large enough
to gather an audience is visited. ThouloriHa
rtf Hnllara?mnro t.lifin in iriven to
support the gospel?are carried away
luring a season from many communities
by theatrical companies whose inluence
is wholly debasing. *
(Buffalo Christian Advocate.)
How Reforms Begin.?In the
ivork of reform men are continually
ittempting the apparently impractica3le.
If it were not so, nothing would
jver be gained. To wait until men
say, "Now is the time, strike," would
3e to wait in vain. Great reforms do
lot begin in that way. The truth has
ts birth in the heart and brain of a
ew who are willing to undergo the
jibes and sneers and contumely of the
nany for the sake of principle and filal
victory.
^ m
Prayer is the bow, the promise is the
irrow and faith the hand which draws
;he bow and sends the arrow with the
aeart's message to heaven. The bow
ivitbout the arrow is of no use, and the
irrow without the bow as little worth ;
ind both without the strength of the
land to no purpose.
Every new privilege leaves a man
>ither better or worse than it found
lim. It is so even with religious privleges;
for familiarity with sacred
liings euner uiane? a ujuii uiuicictci>nt
or less reverent.
Restlessness and fretfulness hinder
godliness. The very restless will nev;r
be very godly; the very godly will
lever be very restless. "Be still, and
enow that I am God."
The person to whom you have spokm
evil is thereby removed farther berond
your reach for good. The helpng
hand and the blistering tongue
lave no fellowship.
The children of this world have
heir all in hand and nothing in hope,
vhile the children of God have their
ill in hope and next to nothing in
land.
"We sDeak of self-made men. None
,re great who are not so made. No
me receives enough from ancestry or
nvironments to make him truly
;reat."
One offer of salvation
To all the world make known,
'Tin Jesus Christ, the first and last.
He saves and He alone.
The word of God will stand a thous,nd
readings, and he who has gone
ver it most frequently is the surest of
inding new wonders there.
It is a poor, an unworthy, life-plan
hat is all on the earth, that lifts no eye
r thought upward, that does not take
leaven into its purpose. j
He who prevents a conflagration de- (
erves more credit than those who put
ut the fire after it has done a vast
mount of damage. (
The fool knows nothiug of shame. ,
I man can hold up his head under |
nv circumstances when there is noth- j
ng in it.
True goodness is like the glow- .
porm?it shines most when no eyes s
xcept those of heaven are upon it. J
Plants do better when not watered j
ften, but copiously.
Soap-suds is a splendid fertilizer for I
lowering plants. j
SCHOOLS.
That Boy.
Through the bouse with laugh and Bhout,
Knees threadbare and elbows out,
Mamma hears, with anxious doubt,
That boy.
Vain are all the lessons taueht.
In one short hour they are rorgot,
Gentle manners learneth not
That boy.
Thus she muses while she tries
To soothe the awnkentng baby's cries,
While to other mischief hies
That boy.
With aching head bis mother mild
Looks to the future of her child?
Still heedless, yells In accent wild
That boy.
8be hears the dread, unearthly tone,
And stifles something like a groanTo
some bad end will surely confle
That boy.
Patient mother, wait awhile;
Summon back thy loving smile;
Soon will graver care beguile
That boy.
r*ut?u we uuy witn ' cneeK 01 ian''
Wilt be the brawny, bearded man;
If thou wouldst trust and honor then
That boy.
Trust him, now. and let thy care
Hhield his soul from every snare
That waits to capture, unaware,
That boy. ,
And when, though worn and oft distressed,
Thou knowest that God thy work has blessed,
Then trust with him for all the rest
That boy.
A Mother's Promise.
A little girl whose mother had always
told her the truth and taught
her to trust in her promises, went with
her one day to a large town. The
child had been used to live in the
quiet country, and the noise and bustle
of the city were not pleasant to her.
A great crowd was gathered to see
some show in the street, and Lucy
preH?eu ner moiners nana, ior sne ieib
afraid. "Don't be afraid, my child,"
said her mother. "I won't take you
into any danger. Keep hold of my
hand, and nothing shall hurt you.''
Lucy believed her mother and was
happy. .
After a while It commenced to rain.
The mother looked at her delicate little
girl and said, "Lucy, dear, I am
afraid to take you any further, on account
of the rain. I have some business
in another part of the town. 1
must leave you in this store. Don't
go away from it, and I will come for
you as soon as I get through my er- '
rands." The child looked into her mother's
face and said, "You won't
forget me, I know."
Then her mother kissed her, and left"
her under the care of the store-keeper.
At first she was amused by seeing
the gay ribbons measured, and in
watching the ladies who came in to do
their shopping; but after a while she
grew tired and wished for her mother
to come. Then a little girl older than
herself came in, and they began to
talk together. Lucy told her she was
waiting for her mother, who bad promised
to come for ber when she got
through her errands.
"Aren't you afraid your mother may
forget you?" asked the little girl.
"No, I'm not afraid; I'm sure she
won't do that," said Lucy.
"How can you be sure? She may,
you know."
"She promised," was the child's reply,
"and I never kuew my mother to
break her promise."
Another hour passed away. How
long it seemed to Lucy* The customers
had all gone home. The people in
the store were putting away their
goods. It was growing dark and the
gas-lamps were lighted, but still her
motner aia not come, a iaay came
Into the store Lucy knew. She lived
near ber father's, and offered to take
her home in her carriage.
"No, thank you, ma'am," said
Lucy, "mother said she would come
for me, and I know she will keep her
promise."
At length her mother came. How
glad Lucy was to see her. And when
they were sittting by the fire-side in
the evening, her mother told her this
was just the kind of trust that God
wanted hifr children to exercise. He
gives us promises in his Word and expects
us to believe them, just as we believe
the promises of our parents and
dear friends. "What time we are
afraid" we must trust in His promise,
and then we shall fine comfort. The
great promise of God in the Gospel is,
"Whosoever believeth shall not perish."
The way to be saved is just to
trust in this promise with all our
hearts. Then we need never be afraid
about getting to heaven.
A Dog Story.
An English writer tells the following:
A family let their house furnished,
leaving in it a large dog. The tenant
was au old lady, who liked to sit
in a particularly comfortable chair in
the drawing-room ; but as the dog was
also fond of this chair, she frequently
found him in possession. Being rather
afraid of the dog, she did not care
to drive him out, and therefore used to
go to the window and call "Cats!"
The dog would then rush to the window
and bark, and the lady would
take possession of the chair. One day
the dog entered the room and found
the old lady in possession of the chair.
He ran to the window and barked excitedly.
The lady got up to see what
was the matter, and the .dog instantly
seated himself in the chair.
I ^
When you talk keep your hands
still.
Cultivate the habit of listening to
others; it will make you an invaluable
member of society, to say nothing
of the advantage it will be to you when
you marry. Every man likes to talk
about himself. A good listener makes
a delightful wife.
Do not be guilty of the discourtesy
of shaking hands with one person
while you are looking at or talking to
another.
Napkins should not be used tucked
in at one's neck. In eating with a
spoon be careful not to put it too far
into the mouth.
When eating bread and butter at table,
butter a small piece at a time, not
the entire slice.
"What's,a life insurance?" naked
)iie boy of another. "Well, I s'pose,"
mid his companion, "it's a concern
that keeDS a man poor all the time
tie's alive, so that he" may die rich."
The fondling of children is with
;ood reason commonly called the
spoiling of them ; those that are train3d
up to do nothing are likely to be
jood for nothing.
Young people would better consult
iheir own interest, if they would less
udulge their own will.