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' ? ' ' 1>V 11 UGlfw I..LSON. AS? DE VILLI:, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1887. VOLUME XXXII. "noTTsT Jj C 0 M M 0 N S. Shower and Siinsliino. Otlly !l little elolld 111:<T ealllO One imrry, sunny day. Ami iii<I ihi* liirltI frosnVhililish eyes. And drovo the I'nn from play. Koine hasty words, a trowii.a Mow*!' Two liitie inn I es it p.? rt. Two lillleciii.M'ii'nivs which laid A stone on eacli son- lii'iirl. The skies were blue, !!ie sunbeams glad Up in the sky above, liutdown helow how dark it grew! And ull fo: laek of love: Fiom Robbie's eyes Ibe ruin fell fust, An ' April shower," you know. wntie Tomniii' (tumi/.-i nr uiun i miv For hurting Robbie so. 15ut nil the whiletliat littlestonr Upon his heart kept weijrhins:, And made him feel a-thom;h all fun Had vanished from hi-- play ins. Alona eame little "Sunshine," with Her little heart and eyes As full of love and pity ns Were sunbeams in the skies. To Robbie went the comforter. And whispered In his ear, 'No matter who hpgan it, I Job, Justifoaml tell him, di'ar. That !/o? are sorry, anil, perhaps, Tom will he sorry, too. And that, I think, will eureyoitr hand; I'd go if I were you." Did Robbie take the good advice Hisnentie sister gave? And lift his stone from oft' his heart, Itg further pain to save? I think he did for presently TIip cloud Iiau passed away And back again the sunshine came To make a merry day. I The Churchman. TVIiat the Arkansas Backwoods People Think of Our Millionaires. The rural idea of the manner in which the Astors and Vanderbilts live is amusing and will doubtless be highly flattering to llio persons named. A mau traveling "down in Arkansaw" heard two old women talking before a cabin door. One of them, with a clay pipe between her lips, said : "It do beat all how some folkses has everything a mortal body could ast fer, while others, like you an' me, Mis Peterby, is poor'n Job's turkey all the born days of our lives. Now, you've heern tell of them Yanderhilts an' Astors there in New York, ain't you?" "Dunno but I hev," said Mis Peterhv "Well, I've lately heeni some things 'bout how they carry on. My man lit* pot it straight from Zimri Perkins, an' Zim he got it from his wife's mother's uncle's nevvy, who takes a paper printed in New York, so it must bo true." "I ain't a doubt of it." "Well, if you'll b'lceve me, old Mis Vanderbilt don't purtcnt even to wash lier own dishes. .She don't even make her own bed?her nor Mis Astor neither, and they both sleep in pink velvet night gowns trimmed in lace at a thousand dollars a yard, and embroidered in diamints that cost millions on millions." "TIim amnd land!" "Yes, sir. An' Mis Astor's bed-slid is solid gold with diamint knobs on il as big as goose eggs, an' every time she goes out she has twenty coal-black horses hitched to her solid gold charyot, an, she stands up in it dressed in white satin with her hair hanging down her back, a throwin' $20 gold pieces to the beggais." "Naw?" "Deed an' ils true?every word of it. And when Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbill goes out they have their carriage drawn by forty milkwhite steeds with a coal-black nigger with a diamint ring in his nose leading every horse; and Vanderbilt he lays .back on his velvet cushion smokin' a pipe that cost a clean billion." "You don't mean it." "I do that. Oh, I tell you it's a fine thing to be rich, Mis Pcterby; an' 1 reckon as like as not you and mc'd carry on jest like that if we only had the means to do it with." "Like enufT, like enufl?anyhow, I know I'd have me a good green and * red gingham gown, and all the salt mack'rel I could eat for once." "And I'd git me some genuine Scotch snull' and some red glass bobs, I would."?Toledo Jiuiac. Popular Errors. 1. That there is any nutriment in beef tea marie from extracts. There is none whatever. 2. That gelatine is nutritious. It will not keen a cat alive. Beef 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 every sick person can eat eggs. Many, especially those of a nervous or bilious temperament, can not eat them; and to such, eggs are injurious. 4. That becau.su milk is an imjxirtant 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 is simply starch and water, useful as a restorative, quickly prepared. G. That cheese is injurious in all cases. It is. as a rule, contra-indicated, being usually indigestible; but it is a concentrated nutriment and a waste-rei>airer and often craved. 7. Tliut the cravings of a patient are whirus and ought to bo denied. The stomach often needs, craves for and digests articles not laid down in any dictionary. Such are, for example, fruits, jams, pickles, cake, ham, or bacon, with fat, cheese, butter and 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 is wrong, and the judgment admits no A diet which would keep a healthy man healthy might kill a sick man ; and a diet sullicient 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 decreased, since the digestion is overtaxed 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. ,CJ?? In the moment that I shall waver, strengthen me; restrain me when the malignant thought arises, and while the yet unuttcrcd words are ready to issue from my lips, set Thou Thy hri-11-. 4 1.-.V4itu.11 S/111&2 iiic uini:, mill guvviu inj nuvm">i^ faculty. We are never more subject to attack from our spiritual enemies than when in the garden of case. There is less danger for us when out in the conflicti of life than when we sit down to rest.^ .Vo Distinction or Clergy and Laity in the Apostolic Clnircli. "In the apostolic: church prcachiiiff and teaching were not confined to a pellicular class, but every convert t could proclaim t lie gospel to unbeliov- , ifrs, ami every Christian who hail the j sjil't could pray ami teaeh ami exhort | in the congregation. The New Testa- . incut knows no spiritual aristocracy J or nobility, but calls all believers , 'saints,' though many fell far short of j their vocation. Nor does it recognize . i 1 .1:. ? :i special priest ntnm m uisiiuuiiini ( from tin* people, as meditating be- , tween (iod and tlie laity. It knows only one High Priest, Jesus Christ, ami clearly teaches the universal priesthood, as well as tho universal kingship, of believers. It does this in a far deeper and larger sense than the Old; in a sense, too, which even to this day is not fully realized. The entire body of Christians arc called 'clerirv,' a peculiar people, the heritage of CJod. "On the other hand it is equally clear that there was in the apostolic L.i.....ai. inch'f nfpi) , i;ni?ii;ii it /Mfmotw iw?- "U/''"? [ by Christ, for the very "purpose of rais- . j ing the mass of believers from infancy j and pupilage to independent and immediate intercourse with God, to that prophetic, priestly, and kingly posi- ( tion, which in principle belongs to ' them all." Eph. iv. 11?1.'?.?Philip i Schaff: "History of the Christian Church. Vol. II, pp. 124 12o. "In earlier times there was a grander faith. For the kingdom of God was a kingdom of priests. Xot only ] the 'four and twenty elders' before the throne, but the innumerable souls of the sanctified upon whom 'the second 1 death had no power,' were 'kings and ( I priests unto (iod.' Only in that high ' [sense was priesthood * predicablc of 2 Christian men. For the shadow had ' passed ; the reality had come; the one 1 ir:~i. t ,-.f Pliviclionifv vvn? 1 1 IVSW V'l ..... "Hampton Lecturca I i on the Organization of the Early Chris tian Churchcs," p. 139. \ "Are not we laymen priests also?" i wrote Tertullian, defending the rights i of the people against the rising hier- i archy. It is written: 'He hath made ?' tis kings and priests.' (Ilcv. i5>6.) It I is the authority of the ehurch alone which has made a distinction between clergy and laity. Where there is no i college of ministers you administer | the sacrament; you baptize, you are a , priest for yourself alone. And where j thorn nro three of vou. there is a t church, though you l?c only laymen, j For each one lives by his own faith, ] ami there is no respect of persons with ( fiod."?I)c Exhort. Cant., c. 7. ( During the Revolutionary war, a ] church iu Vermont, near (he Canada t line, composed of members from both I sides, sat down together at the Lord's < table, on the .Sabbath, and before the i next Sabbath they were shooting and ; dabbing one another; and the com- i munion was never refused to them (by s other churehes); for the state sanctioned the murder, and the church con- ( formed to the world. Some may be | startled at this; but do they not know | that this is always the case? "What, j do we mean by ''the communion of | saints?" Is it not the unity of the t church and of the body and blood of \ Christ? Ii is. therefore, one table and , one sacrament. Let the communi- \ cants be separated by ever so many t oceans and continents, it signifies no < more to the great Head of the Church . than the aisles of the meeting-house or the railings of the pews. That war , should be sanctioned bv the Church of ; Christ implies awful guilt somewhere. ! Kvou most men of the world nciv | think that all war is murder on one , side or the other. But I believe that j the law of Christ makes a cool and deliherate declaration of war to be deliberate and cold-blooded murder, on 5 I either side. But the church, as a ) body, stands aloof, and so long as she J does so, the millennium can never 1 come. Jn the mean time, all the 1 blood which shall be shed will be ( found in the skirts of those professed followers of the Lamb, wiio coume- ? nance the soul-destroying customs of the world. Cod lias put it into the power of his church to hush the storm of war, whenever she chooses to exercise it; but that never can be done while the church sanctions war. I do j not believe that it ever was the mind and will of Christ, that his followers should ever engage in war on any emergency. T do not believe that the same Cod, who sent his only Son into i the world to suffer and die for the redemption of precious souls, has ever, since that offering, authorized a custom which makes that sacrifice of no effect to millions who, but for war, might have been saved. *?> ? Sorrow is not just the same in its first hours and in its later remembrance. In the earliest shock of a great grief, it seems to the mourner . ?lwsf 11 n /-"in novni' L nntv lnv nfrjlill. I III (IV \.?I1 >IWI VI nuvn ?f "?7 I . Hut there are tlio.se who once sorrow- J ed sorely, anil yet are now without a | sense of grief'or loss. So evident is , the possibility of a forget fulness of * personal bereavement, that there are j mourners who seek to drown their sor- I row, in order that it may be forgotten ; j while other mourners deliberately < nurse their grief, lest they should for- , get it. Borrow can never do Its best . work ilia human heart if, on the one ^ hand, it is forgotten, or if, on the otli- j er hand, it is nursed. It ought, in- \ deed, to be struggled with, and yet to ( be borne in memory. Its chastening influence should abide in the heart ( long after the keenness of its pain has s ceased to unnerve the mourner for his j daily life-toil. He has failed of profit- ( ing by the true ministry of sorrow, j who 110 longer oears ins miiiuw hi mind, or who wishes it might be forgotten. ( "They are poor ] That have lost nothing: they are poorer far j Who, losing, have forgotten; they are most ' poor J of all, who lose, and wish they might forget." < lie also has tailed of this profiting, j who so selfishly cherishes his sorrow ( that it stands between him and his ( loving ministry of good toothers, in ( added tenderness of helpful sympathy. .< "(irief should lie f I.ike joy, majestic, cqnalde. sedate. | t'onfirniing. cleansinsr, raising, making tree: strong (o consume small troubles; io commend <Ircat thoughts. crave thoughts, thoughts lasting lo the end." ? A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is even for its own sake in capable of involving any man in ruin and misery, is of all tempers of mind the most amiable; and, though it seldom receives much honor, is worthy of the highest. Ji HOUSE AND FARM. A Neglectcd Crop. ( II would be butter lor us if we con- , odered the manure made on the farm . is a crop; anil it is strange that we do , IIOI U < > SO, IOI 11 11 |M UUIIUL lit 111 v f farm and has a money value fts much ? is corn or hay or cotton. When we . nice consider manure as a crop, we j iv ill take just as much pride in mak- ( inga big crop of manure as of corn; . mil we will no more a)low part of the j nanure crop to go to waste than we | would part of tin* wheat or hay crop, j jieiierally but little can be charged ' (gainst the production of the manure < jrop; all the cost is often the expense j >f harvesting (gathering and storing) < this crop. On the most fertile farms < ;his crop is worth to the farmer sever- j * w i 'IMia u limes cue uusiui iiiu vcMin^ iKia ? ut Meanly man will harvest a large manure crop, because lie will gather up all refuse and put it in (lie compost heap. He will have clean stables, clean jams, clean yard?a clean farm; and cleanliness is the preserver of health, l'liud we see that while the wheat or potato crop supplies strength and energy, the manure crop, closely gathered and well kept, prevents the agents jf disease from stealing away that strength. Pride in the manure crop joeth before wealth and health. Over Supply is Not Hospitality. Never overload a plate nor over supply a table. It is a vulgar hospitality. < \t a small dinner no one should hesi- : ute to ask for more if he desires it. It ] ivill only be considered a flattering ? ribute to tho dish. At large com pa- > lies, where there is necessarily a < greater variety of dishes, the most voracious appetite must be satisfied with 1 i little of each. < The French understand belter than ] he people of any other nation how to * supply a table. Their small family linners are gems of perfection. There s plenty for every person, yet every norsel is eaten. The flowers or plants ire fresh and odoriferous; the linen is 1 1 -i l.!4 I I marvel or \vniicuu?a ; uic uisu^ (uc j 'cw, but perfect of their kind. * ??? 1 Indian Mkal Diet.?"Eat a good 1 jowl of mush and milk for your , jreakfast, and you will not need any v nedicine. Indian corn contains a ) arge amount of nitrogen, lias quali:ies anti-constipating, and is easily as- , similated. It is cheap, and lias great \ lutritive properties. A course of Iulian meat in the shape of Johnny- ( ;ake, hoc-cake, corn or pone-bread and j nush, relieved by copious draughts of . Hire cow's milk, to which, if inclined .o dyspepsia, a little lime water may " je added, will make a life, now a bur len, well worth the living, and you need no other treatment to correct , pour nervousness, brighten your vision, and give you sweet and peaceful ' deep." ^ The French mode of killing poultry, , causing instant death and ~ perfect jlecding, is accomplished by opening j :he beak of the fowl, and with a sharp j pointed and narrow bladed knife, | nakingan incision at the back'of the | oof of the mouth, which will divide . ihe vertebrae and cause immediate leath, after which the fowls are hung { ip by the legs until bled. They are , hen' picked when warm. In this ; way the skin presents natural appearuice. ( If you want knowledge you must ;oil for it; if food, you must toil for ( t; and if pleasure you must toil for it. Foil is the law. Pleasure comes t through toil, and not by self-indulgence and indolence. When one gets > o love work his life is a happy one. < Milking should be done ana mint * ihould be kept only where the sur- ( rounding air is pure and free from obectionable and tainting odors. Milking in a foul smelling stable or yard i fleets the fluid and imparts an injurims taint. ( Clean out the well during dry seasons. Jvo matter how well covered [ hey may be. the chances are that i^ads will be found in them. It is important to have such work done every rear if a supply of pure clean water is J lesired. The true value of a good home is too I, iften only realized when it is broken \ jp and gone. I Improvement in the daughters will s >est aid In the reformation of the sons i n this age. ( The following copied by the Rich- ( nond Christian Advoccitc, from the 1 Encyclical letter from the Pope, will | je read with interest and regarded i juite ns suggestive: t All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily politi- t al life in the countries where they t ive. They must penetrate whatever i possible in the administration of civil i itlairs; must constantly exert the utmost vigilance and energy to prevent 1 he usages of liberty from going be- s fond the limits fixed by (Jod's law. ( A. 11 Catholics should do all in their 1 >o\ver to cause me uonsuiuuons 01 i States and legislation to lie modeled on < lie principles of the true Church. All c "'atholic writers and journalists should i lever lose for an instant from view the t ibove prescriptions. All Catholics i ihould redouble their submission to J mthority and unite their whole heart, 1 soul, l>ody, aiul mind, in me ueiense / >f the Church and Christian wisdom. The sentence, "All Catholics should loall in their power to cause the Con- t stituticns of States and legislation to ' je modeled on the principles of the rue Church," may have a deep and mportant meaning. The individual has, by the law of Sod, 110 right to return evil for evil. Men connected in societies are under lie same moral law as individuals. Hence it would seem that all wars are . ontrary to the revealed will of Cod, md that tlie individual has no right o commit to society, nor society to commit to government, the power to leclare war. Such, I must confess, seems to me to be the will of our Creitor, and hence, that to all arguments irought in favor of war, it would be a sunieient answer, that Cod has forbid IC'U 1C, and uiui no duistrtjiieiiura uuii [ | >ossib!y be conceived to arise from t ieeping his law so terrible as those)] ivliicli must arise from violating it. 1 There are many shifts and changes, >ut if we stand still and hide our time, ( he current which was this way to-day, I will set in an opposite direction to-U morrow; and if it should not do so, h what is that to us? A man is seldom very much hated I until he is successful. {t Wealth of the United States. According to Dr. Strong, tlie wealth if the United .States is phenomenal. [11 1880 it was valued at?4:{,<i4:i,0il(),0()(), more than enough to buy the Russian md Turkish Empires, the kingdoms ?f Slu'Aflan *?n/l Vninvnif HnninnrL' Hid Italy, together with Australia, South Africa and all South America, ?lands, mines, cities, palaces, facto ies, ships, flocks, herds, jewels, inonjy?, thrones, scepters, diadems and all ?the entire possessions of 187,01)0,000 !>eople. According to the same authority the Christians of America are :he richest Christians on the globe, riieir wealth, in 1880, amounted to >8,7-8,400,000. From 1870 to 1S80 the iverage increase of wealth of the Christians in the United States was ?301,740,000. And yet many churches md individuals plead poverty when w irged to do something for missions. r< .uen who are auumg jarui 10 larui, si uid field to fluid, can do nothing for n :he world's redemption. People who o live in luxury and fare sumptuously n very day cannot a fiord to give any- ihingfortliiseau.se. They have moil- p jv with wliieh to indulge their appe- 'l ;ites, but none for the furtherance of g :he Gospel. There are churches that p ire poor and growing poorer, simply jeeause they do not give according to a .heir ability'. There are rich men .si ivhose souls are being eaten up by the " janker of covetousnesa. If we were v Hied with the Spirit of Christ, the gj >lea of poverty would never be urged. |] 1'he Christian peopleof America could ^ jasily give $100,000,000 a year for mis- 1< sions. The plea of poverty is a false ilea. We are by all odds the richest v KlllOU Oil lllUglUUC, 21IIU ilie ^JUWiiiy ]< "icher most perilously fast. The cause )f missions is our only safety valve. s< There are 1,000,000,000 human souls h ivaiting for the Gospel; let us do our h luty and we will be blessed and pros- p lered far beyond anything we have si isked or even thought.?Exchange. o A Tested Remedy. c It is related that Bishop Kavanaugh y >vas one day walking, when he met a ? prominent physician, who ofibred him p i st*at in his carriage. The physician a ivas an infidel, and the conversion f] urned upon religion. i< "J am surprised," said the doctor, 'that such an intelligent man as you |( diould believe such an old fable as hat." I The Bishop said : "Doctor, suppose c fears ago some one had recommended v .o you a prescription for pulmonary consumption, and you had procured a he prescription and taken it accord- b ng to order," and had been cured of j| hat terrible disease, what would you v say of the man who would not try h ?*our prescription ?" v "i suniuu say lie was a i?oi. I o "Twenty-five years ago," said Ka-It) ranaugh, "I tried the power of God's iv ?race. It made a different man of me.1 j.. \llof these years I have preached sal-!", ration, and wherever accepted have never known it to fail." 1) What could a doctor say to such a :e?tiniony as that? And such testi- j, monies are what men need to turn t< hem from the error of their ways to t] he personal experience of the saying f, iiower of the Lord Jesus Christ. "How would you prove the divinity S1 )f Christ?" said some ministers to a Uj foung backwoods preacher whom they | f, ;vere examining. [ jj "What?" said he, puzzled by their|n jiieslion. I.. "How would you prove the divinity t] if Christ?" o ' Why, JTc saved my soul," was the a riumphant reply. j But to give tlii answer one must lie saved, and know it in his heart, and! ihow it in his life, and he then becomes a living epistle known and read >f all men. How to Promote Pcace. l< How can we do our duty and bear n )ur testimony against war. 1 .?Personally; by becoming recoil- " jiled; first, to God: secondly, to our-j' .elves, so tliat conscience and conduct; " vill harmonize : thirdly, to our fellow-1 V non, so as to feel towards all inimical { " ?r even disagreeable persons as Jesus n Jhrist did. ! r 2.?JCxperi mentally and for an ex-j,( miple to others; first, join no military J P iompany; secondly, discountenance!" he use of dress, guns, swords and in- 8 itruments of music, unless they are:? used to promote other than military {! >l>jects. !' 3.?Point out the true character of!" ;hose pictures, poems, histories and 11 lovels which serve to make war ap- ^ lear in false colors and as beautiful, u ittractive and glorious; and avoid heir use in your family and school. 4.?Jiy using our pens and tongue to each that war is unchristiau and thus . strengthen and embolden the testimo- 11 lyof many uneasy consciences partidly convinced of this fact. 5.?Circulating Peace papers among joth children and ad u lis; placing true I" stories of war's hideoitsness and wick- ? 'dnessin home and Sunday-school li- j jraries; commending histories which i81 ell the repulsively true story of wars| md recount admiringly the triumphs 11 >f peace, putting the stress and eni-ijj )hasis on those passages which record ^ he works of (Jod and not on tliose '' wrought by Satan. Such are "Little ^ folk's History of England," "Leeds' f( [iistory of the United .States," ct cete- a a.?Advccatc Peace. and Messenger. ^ Pkktixent.? A writer in the Chris- s< ianlleyistcr interposes the following: '3 'The great cry of the day is to make lie church interesting to young peode. This is, indeed, an absolute no- s :essity to the survival of the church ; T >ut let us be careful -in what we inter- ti ;st them. It is easy enough to interest ai hem in church fairs, concerts, socials, tl ceturcs and literary societies; but let ai he church take care, among other h hines. to interest them in religion, j, It is^)f no use to attract young people t| <> the church, if the attractive forces t! ire love of pleasure ami social enjoy- a] nent. While we have been makingL. he church a means of education, cul- s< lire and social improvement,?while ol vn I in ve been including within its sa- v :red walls something of the lecture- \V oom, the music hull, ami the dinner- (j, tarty,?what is becoming of the poor o whom Christ preached the gospel? m [)o the//come to our socials and litera- u y societies? _ '?{ No soul can preserve the bloom and is lelicacy of its existence without lone- H y musings and silent prayer, and (he cl greatness of this necessity is in pro>ortion to the greatness of the soul. vv The busy fool is one that had rather pi leak his hoad at his neighbor's door is ban keep it whole at home. it SCHOOLS. _ "To Sweden It." The baby calK his bread and milk And luush.s out loud in iriee, For every other time he dips ills spoon, it is for me. "To eat. it. all yourself,' lie says, ' Jt isn't nice a bit? You have to give somebody else A taste, to sweeten It!" A llttlemiser sits alone; ii'l. c-,...... i ,...,1 i .. Wants all the playthings, shares his own With nobody?not he! Sullen and sad, the little lud Will all day sighing Ml; He'd "better give somebody else A taste?to sweeten it !" [yl/inu F. liurnhum, in May Wide Awake. - - - Miss Positiyc. The girls culled her that because slit as always so sure she was right. Hei e;il name was Ida. In Miss Hartley's 2I100I the scholars each said a verse rotn the Bible every morning at pray rs. One moruiug Ida had such a iiiny verse it made the scholars all iti#h, and even Miss Hartley had to ucker her lips a little to keen sober, 'his was the verse, repeated in Ida's ravest tone: "It never rains but it ours." Now, all the girls knew enough bout the Bible to be sure there was no uch verse in it, except Ida: she was just as sure it was in the Bible as slit 'as that she had two feet," so rdie :iid : "and if they didn't believe it, liey might ask Miss Hartley at once." 0 at recess they all asked Miss Hart y at once : "Miss Hartley, is there such i\ erse?" "Miss Hartley, there isn't, 1 there?" And Miss Hartley had to .say that, [> far as she had read the Bible 01 eard it read, she certainly had nevei eardauysuchversein.it. But Miss 'ositive" was not convinced. She hook her brown head and said she ould not help it; it was in the Bible -in the book of Proverbs?and she ould bring the book to school and how them. Miss Hartley said this ,'ould be the very best thing to do, o the next day came Ida, looking leased and happy, with a little bit oi book in her hand, and pointing hei nger in triumph to the verse in large jtters : "It never rains but it pours." "But, dear child." said Miss Hart?y, "Oh yes, indeed," said Ida ; "it is tit of the Bible, everv word of it. )on'tyou see it says 'Proverbs' on the over? Everybody knows that Proerbs is in the Bibie.'' Then the girls all laughed again, nd Miss Hartley explained that the ook was a collection of the wise sayrigs of different men, and that the} /ere called "proverbs" because the.y ad so much meaning in them and ,-ere used so much. After a good deal f talk Ida had to own that she was listaken, and that there was not r ,'ord of the Bible in her book from beinning to end. Then how her naughy little playmates teased her! At the play-hour they buzzed around er like so many mosquitoes, and gigled, and asked her if "she got caughi u the rain," and. if it "poured hard D-day," and ever so many other sill} liiugs that they seemed to think were Linn v. Ida stood it very well. At last she aid, "I've got a verse for to-morrow hat is surely in the Bible; Uncle Ed >und it forme : 'Seta watch, 0 Lord, efore my mouth; keep the door o1 ly lips.' And, girls, in spite of all our teasing I'm going to try to keef lie door shut." Then all the owner* f those naughty tongues slipped way, one by one, looking ashamed, t was not tiie thing to say so iiiucli .ist about a mistake. <2> * "Is God Here ?? A young man had been extremely rofanc, and thought little of the matjr. After his marriage to a highlinded, lovely wife, the habit appearil to him in a different light, and he lade spasmodic efforts to conquer it. hit not until a few mouths ago did he ecome victor, when the glowing evil as set before him, by a little indent. in its real and shocking sinfuless. One Sunday morning standing', be>re the mirror shaving, the razor sliped, inflicting a slight wound. True > his fixed habit he ejaculated the sin leword ''God!" and was not a liltlf mazed and chngrined to see reflected 11 lie mirror the pretty picture of Im ttle three-year-old daughter, as laylg her dolly hastily down she sprang oin her seat on the floor ; exclaiming h she looked eagerly and expectantly bout the room, "Is Dod here?" Pale and ashamed, and at a loss foi better answer, lie simply said, Why?" "C'sinso T f.linuirht lie was when I card you speak to him." Then noticing the sober look on his ice and the tears of shame in his eyes she gazed down into the innocent, uliant face, she patted him lovingly n the hand, exclaiming assuringly. Call him again, papa, and I dess lie lirely come." Oh, how every syllable of the child's 'listing words cut to the heart! The ill, small voice was heard at last, atcliing the wondering child up in is arms he knelt down, and for the rst time in his life implored of Ciocl >rgiveness for past olleiises and guidnee for all his future life, thanking lim in fervent spirit that lie had not surely come" before, in answer to line of hisawful blasphemies. Surei "a little child shall lead them." . 4^*? What Sham, We Do with Ol*k oxs?? (live them a good education, each them to be brave, strong and ne. Teach them (o respect women nd treat them as their equals. Teach '1 1-A .1 1 | I fill to ue pure in moujiiii., m-i-u aim stion, to despise meanness and falseood. Teach t hern to he self-sup portly and ashamed of idleness. Show lem (he way to love nature, to love ic sunshine, exercise in the fresh air ml honorable work. Teach them to ?end their evening at home or in good ciety, and never go into the haunts r vice and sin. Teach them all the irtucs, none of the vices, and they ill, when you are old and ready to L'part, rise up and call you blessed. Is the world molding the Church or loflturch liftiiiir the world ? This is question Hint lias been asked with a >o(l (leal of earnestness lately, and it not yet answered satisfactorily, low is it with yourself and your own inrch and neighborhood? Of all the passions, jealousy is that hich exacts the hardest service ami nys the bitterest wages. Its service i io watch the success of our enemy ; a wages, to be sure of it. I Sleep. | When tho time cornea, and you en J tor .on the business of sleep, attend t< it with all your heart and soul ant j mind and strength. Here Is the be; all ready for you, and you are read; for it. I'ut out the light, tumble int< bed, pull up the coverings, and go t< sleep. You are not to review the pas or look forward into the future. Yoi are not to think of anything but sleep You are to go to sleep, unci, if you can you are to stay asleep until the morn ing comes. And so soon as you cai teach yourself that sleep is a duty and a central duty, that it is not un ac cident, an incident, or a mere hit o good fortune, the more able you wil he to keep yourself in training at thi critical moment, and to refuse al > temptation to carry 011 the business o the day in the hours of the night? i hours which are reserved for a ven i different affair. The restoration of en" ergy, which sleep alone can afford, i . necessary for the maintenance of ner vous vigor; and, whereas, the muscu 1 lar system if overtaxed at last refuse to work, tlic bruin, under similar cir 1 cumstances, too frequently refuses t . rest. A Fortunate Escape. > One of tha most ivrmorl Ant wnrds it ! the language is "No!" if it is onl^ 1 used at the right time ai:d place. Th* ; Tennessee Herald tells of a younj lady who knew where to place tlx ' word: "Miss Josephine B may liavi L a sore heart, but she has a sound head i She lives at Fulton, near Syracuse About a year ago she became acquaint ' ed with a young man in Bay City ' Michigan. They were to be marriei in October, niul n. diiv or two sinno. In arrived nt Fulton, 'too full of utter ance.' When she discovered that hi was drunk, she ordered him to be re moved. Her father removed him gave him his supper, lodging am 1 breakfast, took him to the station am ' advised him to return to Michigan and reform. The young woman nov congratulates herself on the fact tha 1 it will not be necessary for her to get divorce in a year or two on account c ; drunkenness and cruelty." Many other fiirls will do well to fol ' low this example. A moderate-drink ' ing lover makes a drunken husband auu it is Uiiaici iv uiaiaiu nic iv> v : than to get free from the husband. It is a singular fact that we are ir ; debted to Pompeii for the great indus 1 try of canning fruit. Years ago, wliei the excavations were just beginning, ' party of Cincinnatians found in whs , had been the pantry of a house, man, jars of preserved figs. One was operi ed and they were found to be fres ' and good. Investigations showed th.i 1 the tigs had been put into jars in heated state, an aperture left for th steam to escape, and then sealed wit! , wax. The hint was taken, and th next year canning fruit was introduc ' ed into the United States, the proces j being identical with that in vogue ii [ Pompeii twenty centuries ago. Th old ladies in America who can tonic toes and peaches do not realize tha they are indebted for this art to a pec ' pie who perished nearly 2,000 year I ago. It is amazing that intelligent, edu p cated, rational men can find no bette j method than brutal and murderou , war for the settlement of questions c . dispute that may arise between na I tions. The fighting docs not deter mine the right, but simply which i | the strongest nation, and the bes trained in military tactics. It oftei happens that after years of bitter strif and bloody conflict, the party thatwa Hi" noornct riirlit lini liv mm'r* iliilf. n force, to submit to the wrong, am thus no question of right is determin ' ed. Certainly mankind ought to b able to devise some means of adjudi cation by which the weak might hav some chance to maintain his cause, i lie should be in the right. This couh be done if men would set themselve earnestly at work to provide for it. How to Testify.?A boy twclv years old was the important witnes in a law suit. One of the lawyers after cross-questioning him severely , said: "Your father has been talking t you and telling you how to testify hasn't lie?" "Yes," said the boy. "Now," said the lawyer, "just tel iic lmw vnnr fnf.lier told vou to testi ; * " "Well," .said the boy, modestly "father told me the lawyers would tr . and tangle me in my testimony, but i I would just be careful and tell th< truth, 1 could tell the same thin; every time." Tim Law of Giving.?'The follow ing, written by a missionary, is a for cible statement of the law of giving. 1. Let every I tody Jrive something "Ami none shall "appear before im empty."?Ex. xxxiv. 20. "Lot even one ol' you."?1 Cor. xvi. 2. 1. Give that something every Sab bath. - "Upon the first day of tin week."?1 (.'or. xvi. 2. .'J. According to the blessing receiv ed. "According as the Lord thy Got hath blessed thee."?Dent. xvi. 10 "As God hath prospered him."?1 C'or xvi. 2. All come not home :tl nirlit wlu suppose they have set their fhcos heav - ? <-..i ,j;? euwaril. ltl.su wim-ihi uuu^ 1.1 Miv. am] miss heaven. How many a men professor's candle is blown out am never lighted again ! We see ordina ry profession, and to bo ranked anion* tiie children of f!od, and to have i name among men, is now though enough to carry professors to heaven but certainly a name is but a name and will never endure the blast o God's storm. "Spiritual growth can no more Ik the result of effort than the growth it the natural wffHd. All growth is ' ' 1 1 ' ? -? ? _ - f _ /? ... rjuito ouisiue uie providence 01 enor and labor. In order to grow in grace we have to secure but one condition Christ dwelling in ns as our sanctifica (ion. What is practical holiness Inn the outcome of the incoming Christ Christ showing himself through tin lattice of our daily life? The mor< Christ is seen in us. the holier we are.' It is hunger that makes the food foi our bodies useful ami agreeable to us Let us lumber and thirst after right cousness. The food of the mind is truth and goodness; letusseek for it feed upon it, and ho strengthened b\ it. This is the spiritual bread o which we must eat. Hees were introduced intolioston in Hi70 and have since spread over tin American continent. ? What Others Say. (The Presbyterian.) Is the Matter Settled??"Is 1 the matter settled between you and 1 God?" I asked solemnly of one whose ; declining health warned us to expect i her early removal from this world. j "O yes, sir!" was her calm reply, t "How did you get it settled?" i "The Lord Jesus Chrsst settled it for . me." , "And when did he do it for you ?" I - asked. i "When he died on the cross for my , sins." "How long is it since you knew this f blessed and consoling fact?" 1 The answer was readily given, s "About twelve months ago." 1 Anxious, however, to ascertain f grounds of this confidence, I asked, - "How did you know that the work f which Christ accomplished on the - cross for sinners was done for you?" s She at once replied, "I read in the - Bible, and believed what I read." And now, dear reader, have vou s read in the Bible, and beiieved what - you have read? It is written, "Christ o came into the world to save sinners." Does this bring comfort to your soul? Do you believe this faithful saying? {J. //. in Mcstertner of Pcact.\ ? ' j Patience and Love in the v Peace Cause.?The frieuds of Peace , JiJ e must in all their labors be patient, r kind, ger.tle and respectful to all who j! oppose lliera, or are stupidly indifferent toward the cause of peace. WilL, liam Ladd never lost his good temper ' M amid all the indifference to his good work that so much tired his noble, '* philanthropic soul. He never manifested a quarrelsome and bitter spirit j as many reformers of great evils often L> have. Such a spirit is one of the sad and pitiable weaknesses of poor hus man nature. It was amusingly said . of William Ladd, "He would not fight, not even for peace." Let all the j frieuds of Peace, especially all who . j j can memseives unmtinns, move on in their great and glorious work, "lookJ iujr unto Jesus," their Prince and Ex- , - j ^ eniplarof peace. Let each one "cease a from anger and forsake wrath and fret ^ not in any wise to do evil" though the spirit of war may greatly prevail. ' . <;,'M (Rev. Geo. Sower.) Blessed are the Peacemakers, for ' Mintr el.oil kn ^.nll.,.1 41.o Ail.l... ||? OIJC*ii U6 Vttlltu IIJC tUIIUICIl Ul God. Christ is the Prince of Peace. Peace on earth is the object of the Messiah's mission. His followers should follow peace with all men. ij Their great object should be to persuade men to lay aside their hostilities ' t and renounce their resentments. They should seek to extend the kiug*_ dom of their Master; but as that king^ dom is peace they should seek no oth? er victory than that which consists in ^ bringing them one to another in holy concord. Is my constant prayer this, I that God would teach me now I may most thoroughly help the cause of ' v peace in the world? s (8. S. Times.) ' Even the greatest and the wisest v man has his weaknesses and his folI lies. The exhibit of these weaknesses and follies ought not to discredit his " ability and worth; nor yet ought it to put those weaknesses and follies in a more attractive light before his admir* M " ers. Hg is ??rpflt or wiftft in snite of r these defects, not because of them. In s looking at any man as an example in lf his sphere, it is therefore important to distinguish between his good points '* which are worthy of imitation, and ? his defects which ought to be avoided, t ; 1 (Xew York Advocate.) "Ai XjB sane, i>. r., me nosru oi * stewards is composed entirely of wo" 'j men. The sisters have done every1 thing but preach. They have led " class, superintended the Sundaye school, and taken charge of the pray" er-meetings in the absence of the pas0 tor. The pastor has a good salary, pai[ sonage, and liberal donations; and a ' correspondent informs us that the best s of aU is, that this board of female stewards always pay what it promises e the pastor." c. 3c?fi b (Uoj/nUon (Minn.) Banner.) nr. i i 4- i il. , >ve uoiri umiuisuinii mc uuiuv m all Mils military spirit, anyway. The o time for wars lias gone by. Laboring men and farmers are tired of being killed to make great Generals. . * SB j. The reward of being liberal is not that you will find a five dollar note in the street next clay, or that you will be I- prosperous in your business, but that f it will make you more liberal. The p man who is working at his character :r b working at his highest work. There "* is nothing like it. The highest aspiration of life should be to work out your own salvation and be approaching the stature of the perfect man. God who has begun a good work will * perfect it. George Stephenson was once asked by a scientific lady what he considered - the most powerful force in nature. "()," said lie, in a gallant spirit, "I will soon answer that question; it is - the eye of (lie woman for the man 1 who loves her; for if a woman look . with alteration on a young man, and he . should uo to the uttermost ends of the earth, the recollection of that look will , bring him back. There is no other . force in nature that could do that." Tf "as the twig is bent the tree is iu dined" is applicable in any teaching, 1 it is especially so in the peace cause. - In those religious denominations : where non-resistant principles are ini eulcated and made a part of the doct trine of the church, a very large per ; cent, of the ehildren are conscienti. ously opposed to war, and especially f on reachintr maturity do they see that the gospel forbids the spirit and prac, lice of ail military pursuits, i A CJood Dkacon's Earnest Con kkssiox.?An old deacon was asked [ the other day : "How (Jo you like your , new pastor?" "First-rate," lie replied, . "except in one thing." "What's - that?" "It is this," continued the ileat con, "the Lord never madehim to tell , jokes, and yet he insists on telling 1 them. 1 never like to lauph, and yet 1 T have to do it constantly, just to save ' the pastor's feelings." r At first they called me a deceiver, a . seducer, ami a blasphemer. After ward, when (Jod had brought his tliev stvled me an S |JI?IKUC?? ,r , honest, virtuous man. But their good reports and their bad reports were f nothing to me; for the one did not lift me ni), nor the other cast me i down : praised be the Lord. Ticim'inlK'r that every person, howtfver low, has rights and feelings. r