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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1888. VOLUME XXXIII. NO^?f|j
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Do It Now.
BY >r. M. LIG1ITCAP
There is work for one and nil,
I)o it now
Hear the Muster to the call,
I)o it now.
Lead the young, the weak, the old:
Woo the strong, the brave, the bold.
To the teuder shepherd's foldDo
it now.
Can you help an erringone?
Do it now.
Stay not for "to-morrow's sun,"
Do it now.
Bid them leave the paths of sin,
And ii better life begin ;
If some wanderer you can winDoit
now.
If for Jesus you can speak,
Do it now.
Though your tones are low and weak,
Do it now.
Take the tempted by the hand,
Point them to the better land
That awaits "beyond the strand"?
Do it now.
Bid them trust in Jesus' Power,
Do it now.
Flee to him this very hour,
Do It now.
Tell them that his life he gave
Us from endless wrath to save,
Gained the victory o'er the graveDo
it now.
?
If you are not warming the world,
the world is chilling you.
"Let love through all your actions
run, And all your words be mild."
Not thou from us, O Lord, but we
Withdraw ourselves from thee.
"It is better to serve God in solitude
than serve sin with the multitude."
If you would be honored above all,
be sure you serve all.
The time to bury the hatchet is before
blood is found upon it.
You can not be loving in manner
unless you are loving in spirit.
The first degree of folly is to think
one's self wise ; the next, to tell others
so; the third, to despise all counsel.
A man who keeps riches and enjoys
them not is like an ass that carries
gold and eats thistles.
The innocence of the intention abates
nothing of the mischief of the example.
He who is too much afraid of being
duped, has lost the power of being
magnanimous.
Always treat an insult like mud
from a passing vehicle. Never brush
it off until it is dry.
What an achievement to know how
to bear a corroding sorrow without letting
the ulcers show on the face !
Few mercies call for greater thankfulness
than a friend safe in heaven.
It is not every one that overcometh.
Preachers have crippled themselves
anch injured the cause of Christ by
their unkind thrusts at each other.
Faithfulness in little things fits one
for heroism when the great trials
come.
It is well to be ashamed of our sins,
but better to b6 humbled on account of
them.
It is good for us to think no grace or
blessing is truly ours till we are aware
that God has blessed some one^else
with it through us.
It is all a delusion to think of or tell
of being "happy in God" unless we
tenderly love and profoundly respect
His commandments.
Let us help the fallen still though
they never pay us, and let us lend
without exacting the usury of gratitude.
There are souls in the world who
have the gift of finding joy everywhere,
and of leaving it behind them
when they go.
Love is the seed of harmony, peace
and prosperity. Hate is the seed of
discord, terror, destruction and anni*
hilatoin.
"Blessed is the mau that endures
temptation." A weak and wicked
man may suffer, but it taker a good
man to endure. *
The oleasantest thine in the world
are pleasant thoughts,~and the greatest
ia life is to have as maDy of them
as possible.
Speak the word of invitation when
you feel the impulse to do so. The
awkwardness may vanish in the act,
and the blessing will follow all the
same.
Great effort from great motives is
the best definition of a happy life.
The easiest labor is a burden to him
who has no motive for preforming
it.
Rightness expresses of actions what
straightness does of lines; and there
can no more be two kinds of right action
than there can be two kinds of
straight lines.?Herbert Spencer.
Do not let of your repentance flow
out tears, put some of it into works
that show that you have repented.
The kind of repentance that pleases
ia tVint whlf?h stons with the
JOW4U AW fcuv?v .. r_ _
indulgence of grief and does nothing.
NelfiHh I'rofcMSorn.
"They satisfy themselves, mostly,
with doing nothing that is very bad.
Having no spiritual views, they regard
the law of God chiefly as a system of
prohibitions, just to guard men from
certain sins, and not a system of benevolence
fulfilled by love. And so, if
moral in their conduct, and tolerably
serious and decent in their general
deportment, aud perform the required
amount of religious exercises,
this satisfies them. Their conscience
harrasses them, not so much about sins
of omission as sins of commission.
Tliey make a distinction between neglecting
to do what God positively requires,
and doing what he positively
forbids. The most you can say of them
is, that they are not very bad. They
seem to think little or nothing of being
useful to the cause of Cnrist, so
long as they cannot be convicted of
any positive transgression.?C'. O.
Finney
There are fewer competent men in
the world than there are open places
for competent men. A competent
roan is a man who can do any one
thing a good deal better than its average
doing. There are too many men
who can do everything?in the sense
that they can do one thing as well as
another?but there are not enough
men who can do one thing thoroughly
well. He who would like to fill a good
place, should prepare himself for the
work of that particular place. The
wlace is already waiting for him; and
he is wanted in it even more than he
wants it.?S. S. Times.
You need the prayer-meeting, and
the prayer-meeting need* you. These
are two good reasons why you should
go. There is another. The Lord him self
commands you to go. Then for
your own sake, for your brethren's
?ake, and for your Master's sake, go.
MnffiinniinoitH.
The following ha9 a lesson not only
for politicians but for others. It shows
Mr. Adams to have been possessed of
very pure and noble principles, and
streugtli, and courage to carry them
out, for the purest and most exalted
principles are corrupted by lack of
courage to assert or force to execute
them :
An incident which occurred during
the administration of the second
Adams, heretofore, we believe, unpublished,
illustrates the difference between
the general principles which underlay
the politics of that day, and
those which control our own.
Mr. Adams made out a Jist of men
whom he had chosen to examine into
the condition of the United States
Bank, and submitted it for approval to
[ his Cabinet.
The appointment of these men would
bring eacli of them prominently into
public notice and stamp them with
official approval as possessing ?xceptionable
ability and incorruptible honor.
Mr. Clay, glancing over the list, objected
to one name upon it.
"Mr. Adams," saici he, "that man II
know to be one of your bitterest enemies.
He has been your opponent
throughout the whole of your political
career. He deserves no preferment at
your hands."
Mr. Adams' color rose. He took the
list, and looked at it in silence ; then,
in his usual grave, measured tones, he
said:
"I am sorry to hear that, for I am
assured that he is an able financier,
j.1 J. X fir.
ana a man 01 luu siernesi/iiiicgui^ . uw
he does not not like me, eh? Well,
Mr. Clay, as it is the interests of the
country, and not mine, which we must
consider in this case, we will let his
name stay."
Mr. Clay nodded approval. "The
President," he said "had risen to an
admirable height of self negation.
But I should not have climbed there, I
fear."
A> Xcw Story of Hawthorne.
Nath: niel Hawthorne was a kindhearted
man as well as a great novelist.
While he was Consul at" Liverpool a
young Yankee walked into his office.
The boy had left home to seek his fortune,
but evidently hadn't found it yet,
although he had crossed the sea in the
search. Homesick, friendless, nearly
penniless, he wanted a passage home.
The clerk said Mr. Hawthorne could
not be seen, and intimated that the boy
was 110 American, but was trying to
steal a passage.
The boy stuck to his point and the
clerk at last went to the inner rofcm
and said to Mr. Hawthorne :
"Here's a boy insists upon seeing
you he says he is an American, but I
know he isn't."
Hawthore came out of his room and
looked keenly at the eager, ruddy face
of the boy.
"You want a passage to America?"
"Yes, sir."
"And you say you're an American?"
"Yes, sir."
"From what part of America ?"
"United States, sir."
"What State?"
"New Hampshire, sir."
"Town?"
"Exeter, sir." v
Hawthorne looked at him for a minute
before asking the next question.
"Who sold the best apples in your
town ?"
"Skim-milk Folsom, sir," said the
boy, with glistening eyes, as the old
familiar by-word brought up the dear
old scenes of home.
"It's all right," said Hawthorne to
the clerk, "give him a passage."?Ex.
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The Mother'slOMtHonr.
There is a lost hour among homekeepiug
women, an hour which is lost
in the wav certain arts are?so lost, in
deed, that there seems to be very little
likelihood that it will ever be found.
This is the "hour to herself," for which
every mother of a family longs, and,
too often, longs in vain. She used to
know what it was to have a little time
entirely her own, now and then, in the
days of her girlhood; but a matron's
duties have absorbed her life completely,
and she never knows what it is to
be secure from interruption, even for
so short a time as is required for the
writing of a letter. Very often this is
her own fault, for fault it is in spite of
the angelic qualities which go to make
many women hack-horses of patience
and long suffering in their own homes.
It is true that the young wife and
mother is more often self-sficrificing
than otherwise. She sinks her own
individuality altogether too much in
the service of her family. It is the
easiest thing to do, to reverse nothing
in the way of devotion, but it is not
the wisest way. It develops selfish/I
/v f f K/MirrK fn 1 nnoo ill f Kq
new laoicau luvu^imuiuvoo iu vuv
beloved ones whom she serves, and it
too often happens that the wif# and
mother who denies herself constantly
in waiting upon others, and demands
no consideration for herself, wakens
later in life to find that she has made
a mistake. Out of the fulness of her
heart she has given more than she
ought, for the sakeofher famiy as wellas
herself. The daughter whose comfort
has always been consulted before that
of her mother, the son whose hours of
study or play must never be interupted
for his mother's sake, the husband
who knows that his wife is a saint for
unselfishness, impose, unconsciously,
upou her goodness; and they develop a
dullness of sympathy, an unreadiness
to think of her needs, which is as hurtful
to their own moral growth as it is
heart-breaking and incomprehensible
to the woman who has uselessly laid
down her very life for them.
It is the woman who serves as a
queen serves her subjects who makes
the happiest home, the woman who,
with her high self-respect, demands the
courtesy aud thoughtfulness which
are her due, who prepares for herself a
happy old age, honored by those whom
her life has blessed within and without
the four walls of her home.?Selected.
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Service.?The church Is getting too
full of proud service. We need more
of lowly, self-denying service. The
Churchman suggests: There are many
ways in which women can do good
work for others, and this without leaving
their own homes. A Christian
thoughtfulness and desire to accomplish
some good would, for instance,
suggest to persons living more or less
alone in their own homes, that they
could take into their homes some lady,
young or old, whose presence and personal
office would compensate for her
board, but who is unable to earn her
living in the callings that are opened
to women.
There are some veryllazy men in the
world who might be benefitted by
some sort of a labor movement.
The Use of Tobncco.
A very lively discussion on the use of
tobacco occurred at the meeting of the
New York Methodist Conference, on
a resolution recommending entire abstinence
from the use of the weed.
The venerable Dr. Richardson made a
spirited defence. He said that after
arriving at manhood he was attacked
by a distemper which all efforts of
physicians failed to relieve, but which
was cured by smoking. On his subsequently
attempting to abandon the
the practice, recurrence of the disease
took place, which led him to resume
the habit. Ke afterward ' began the
practice of chewing tobacco, using it
in a cleanly manner, without expectorating,
and he had lived to the age of
83 in excellent health. He felt to bless
tobacco every morning of his life. One
member of the Conference testified
that the use of tobacco had aided to
prevent a loosening of his teeth, and
that the temporary relinquishment of
the practice had been attended with
disastrous results. Another member
recounted the benefits his wife had derived
from the occasional use of a cigar,
which was the only manner in which
she could obtain relief from asthma.
Despite these arguments, however,
the resolution was passed.
Why I am a Poor Man.
"Wool Hat," in Planter'? Adoocate,
tells us the following plain story why
he is poor:
"I am poor because I buy more than
I sell. In the first place, I buy a part
of my meat from the Northwest; my
fish comes from Portland, in the taking
of which the Mainlanders receive
a bounty from the government. My
onion sets and all my garden seeds
come from Michigan. I sold the wool
from eighteen sheep at 37J cents per
| pound to an agent of the manufacturing
coming at Beading, Pa.; four
[ months afterwards I bought a hat from
I the same company paying at the rate
of eix dollars a pound for the wool.
The hide of a buck I sold for five cents
per pound. It went to Elmira, N. Y.,
was tanned, sent back and I bought it
at 35 cents a pound, and it weighed
more than it dia when I sold it. My
ax handles come from Connecticut,
my matches from Delaware, my pen, j
ink and paper from New York. Am I
the only fool in Georgia ?"
Symptoms.
A story is told of the late Archbishop
Trench, the well-known writer, ,
shows hnw active a r>art the!
imagination plays in determining the
state of our health. After the eminent |
prelate suffered from breaking health,
he'was always accompanied, whether |
in his rural rambles, on the train, or ,
even at formal dinner parties, by his ,
daughter, who was constantly by his |
side. The story here quoted was origi- (
nally told in Dublin Society. (
The last course had been served at a ,
certain grand banquet when his grace
is stated to have said to his daugnter, (
with some slight agitation : I
"My daughter." \
"Well ?"
"I fear that I am threatened with
one of my bad attacks." ,
"Why?" ,
"I have been pinching my knee for .
the past five minutes, and I cannot
feel tne slightest sensation." ]
"You can make your mind easy ,
your grace," rejoined a person on the 3
other side. ,
"Why so?" ]
"It was my knee you were pinching
all the time !"
His Wife Got Even With Him.
The story is told that a husband was <
sitting in his store, when a letter in a J
familiar handwriting was handed to <
him. It was from his wife, whom he
had left at home that morning with 1
every assurance of affection and devo- J
tion. But the very first sentence i
startled him, and as "he read on, the
most horrible suspicion eeized him : <
"I am forced to do something that I 1
know will trouble you, but it is my <
duty to do so. I am determined you j
shall know it, let the result be what it I
may. I have known for a week that 1
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tills trial was coming, uut Acpt n> ^ .
myself until to-day, when it has reach- <
ed a crisis and I can keep it no longer. 1
You must not censure me too harshly, I
for you must reap the reward asu well
as myself. I do hope it wt&UpcTush ?
you. The flour is out. Please send 1
me some this afternoon. I thought f
by this method you would not forget
it." She was right. He didn't. ]
Tbe Use of the Will in the Rellsonn
Life.
Many a Church member is living a i
poor, shifting, religious life,groaning? ]
" 'Tls a point I lone to know, i
Oft It causes anxious thought; .
Do I love the Lord or no?
Am I His. or am I not?"
Because of bailure to bring to bear up- ;
on his religious life the power of his
will. This may be due to the misap- j
prehension that, having submitted and
committed himself to God and the law
of love, henceforth the words of the
new realm will carry him safely into 1
port without his giving any attention !
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to the management 01 me sans, ireihaps
if the Devil were dead, and the 1
old sinful nature were utterly extirpated
there might be some ground for !
such a view. But the Devil is not
dead, nor is the "Old Adam" usually J
immediately destro3'ed. Therefore
the Christian must bring all the power j
of his will to bear upon the busi- 1
ness of living the new life. The will '
is the top-most, the imperial faculty of
of the spirit. It is not left withouta
sphere of activity when one becomes a
Christian. Within its realm it must yet
be top-most and imperal, though ow- (
ing allegiance now to God, as before it
was the slave of self. Propose now to 1
conform the life to a set of rules and
straightway a score of voices clamor 1
it. Inclination, ease, timidity, against
weariness whisper, and the Devil from
the pit joins the chorus to induce the
soul to live aslip-shod religiouslife. The
will must then assert itself and reign
as of yore, The race is not to the swift
but to the steady. He that wills to do
his will shall know of His doctrine.?
Buffalo Christian Advocate.
Saved by Grace.
When Rowland Hill was some years
ago in Scotland, he was introduced to
an age minister, somewhat resembling
himself in piety and eccentricity.
The old man looked at him for sometime
very earnestly, and at length said,
'Weel, I have been looking for some
teens at the leens of yourface." "And
what do you think of it?" said Mr.
Hill, "Why, I am thinking that if
the grace of God hadna changed your
I heart, you would ha been a most treJmendous
rogue." Mr. Hill laughed
| heartily and said, " Well, you have
ust hit the nail oa the head." 1
"Gnilty, or Not Guilty
She stood at the bar of Justice,
A creature wan and wild,
In form too small for a woman,
In features too old for a child;
For a look so worn and pathclc
Was stamped on her pale young lace,
It seemed long years of Buffering
Must have left that silent trace.
"Your name." said the Judge, as he eyed her
With kindly look yet keen,
"Is?-" 1 Mary Magulre, If you please, sir."
"And your age Vr "lam turned fifteen."
"Well. Mary," and then from a paper
He slowly and gravely read?
"You are charged here?I'm sorry to say It?
With stealing three loaves of bread.
"You look not like an offender,
And I hope that you can show
The charge to be false. Now answer me,
A ro vnn cmllt.v r?f this or no?"
A passionate burst of weeping
Was at first her sole reply,
But sbe dried her tears in a moment,
And look In the J udge's eye:
"I will tell you Just how It was, sir;
My father and mother are dead,
And ray little brothers and sisters v
Were hungry, and asked me for bread. .
At first I earned it for them,
By working bard all day,
But somehow the times were hard, sir,
And the work all fell away.
"I could get no more employment;
The weather was bitter cold.
The young ones cried and shivered?
Little Johnnie's but four years old?
So what was I to do, sir ?
I am guilty, but do not condemn 1
I took?oh was it stealing??
The bread to give to them."
Every man in the court room,
(Jray beard and thoughtless youth,
Knew, as he looked upon her,
That the prisoner spoke the truth,
Out from their pockets came bandkerchlofs,
Out from their eyes sprung tears,
Oat from old, faded wallets,
Treasures hoarded for years.
The Judge's face was a study,
The strangest you ever saw,
As he cleared his throat and murmured
Something about the law.
For one so learned In such matters,
So wise in dealing with men,
He seemed, on a simple question,
Sorely puzzled Just then.
But no one blamed him or wondered,
What at last these words were heard:
"The sentence of this young prisoner
Is. lor the present, deferred!"
And no one olamed him or wondered,
When he went to her and smiled,
Ana tenderly led from the court room.
Himself, the guilty child!.
A Strong: Brother.
"Run out to the shed, little one, and
bring a bit of woed for mother. I'd
go myself, only father will be here to
supper soon, and I'm in a hurry.
Only a little?you're such a mite of a
thing."
Kitty was proud of being asked to
do such a big thing, and toddled out
with lively steps.
Plenty of light wood lay in the shed,
and she could have carried a few of
the small sticks very easily. But the
little girl wanted to do great things ;
so she piled some of the sticks of hard
wood on her arm, and struck out
bravely for the house. But poor little
jirl! they grew heavier every short
3tep, and before she was wey out of
the shed one stick went one way and
ane another, and then the whole went
down. But she picked them up again
ind tugged on.
"Don't bring so much, my darling,"
jailed the mother, catchiug a sight of
the toiling little figure?"Bring only
two sticks."
But Kitty did not like to give up.
With uncertain little steps she kept on
until she struck her foot against a
small stone, and then lassie and wood
ill went over.
Mamma was about to go and help
tier, when her brother Jim came
around the shed into sight. He was
ready for his supper, and would have
passed Kitty without much notice if
lia Vioil nnt r>onorhf ft rrlimrisp of the
tlv "wv* "w" X"*" ?
woe begone little face.
"Ho, little sister, what's the matter? '
Hurt your foot ? Such a heavy load ?
Yes, too heavy for Kitty.?But broth- ,
jr's big and strong. See, now!" He
flung the wood over one arm and held "
>ut his hand and said, "Take hold." ,
With a warm, strong grasp he took
tier hand, and suiting his steps to hers, |
led her along withpetting and encouraging
words. ,
The tears came into the mother's
jyes as she watched the two. The
way is long and the burden heavy for
sthers than little Kitty. But an Elder ,
Brother stands close beside the over- ,
burdened pilgrims, ready to lift the |
loads of care and grief, and with His
ifpnnor riorht hnnH tn lpari and aunnorfc
'V4V"0 **0"v * 4- -- ,
Dver rough paths?all the while giving
words of loving sympathy aud cheer
jo weary, sorrow worn hearts.
The mother could not have said all
jhe felt to Jim; but the touch of her
hand on his head was very tender as
jhe whispered :
"You're a real help and comfort to
Kitty and me."?Sel.
Thrtt Which Lifts (Jr I'j>.
By two wings a man is lifted up
from things earthly, namely, by simplicity
and purity. Simplicity ought
to be in our intention; purity in our
affections. Simplicity aoth tend toward
God; purity doth apprehend and <
taste him. 'If thou intend and seek ;
nothing but the will of God and the ,
ejood of thy neighbor, thou shalt
thoroughly enjoy inward liberty. If
thou wert inwardly good and pure,
then thou wouldst be able to see and
understand all things without impediment.
A pure heart penetrateth
lieaven and hell. Such as every one is
inwardly, so he judgeth outwardly.
If there be joy in the world, surely a ,
man of a pure heart possesseth it. As
iron put into the fire Ioseth its rust and !
becometn cieany rea-noi, bo ue mat,
wholly turneth himself unto God
putteth off all slothfulness, and is
transformed into a new man.?Thomas
a Kempis.
True Love.
Love, the most precious among the
"fruits of the Spirit," is the product of
an early blossom in some souls.
Little Philip fell down stairs one
day, and injured his face so seriously
that for a long time he could not
speak. "When he did open his lips,
how?ver, it was to no complaint of
pain. Looking up at his mother, he
whispered, trying to smite :
"I'm pretty glad 'twasn't my little
sister!"
No doubt we have our heathen at
home; who denies it ? And they need
the gospel; who refuses it? But the
shameful neglect of a past duty is no
excuse for the cheap evasion of a present
one. "When tne three men besought
St. Peter at Joppa to open the
door of faith to the Gentiles, all the
Jewish peonle had not received the
word of God. The enthusasm for
Home Missions, which so curiously
manifests itself in protesting hotly
against Foreign Misssons, is usually an
enthusiasm of words.?The Bishop of
Rochester.
Said a thoughtful pastor recently,
"The people here seem to lack the religious
sense." Let parents and teachers
ponder these words.
Whnt Will People Think ?
Many persons have been led Into doing
something foolish or wrong by the
fear of what others would think it
they should refuse to do it.
Be brave enough to do any thing
you know you ougth to do, aDd never
uiind what people think. Only those
whose opinion is not worth caring for
will think the worse of you for doing
what you believe to be right.
And yet there is another way of
looking at this question. It is well to
ask ourselves frequently, "What will
people think ?" for we are responsible
for our influence. Our conduct is seen
by others, and may result in either
good or harm to them.
"Providing for honest things, not
only in the sight of the Lord, but also
in the sight of men," is just as good a
rrmt,f.o for us as it was for St. Paul.
And you remember Jesus said, "Let
your light so shiue before men that
they may see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is in heaven."
So it is right to care about what people
think when it makes us more careful
to let them see nothing wrong in
our actions.
Worth Winning1.
There was a boy who "lived out,"
named John. Every week he wrote
home to his mother, who lived on a
small farm away up among the hills.
One day John picked up an old envelope
from the kitchen wood-box,
and saw that the postage stamp was
not touched by the postmaster's stamp
to show that it had done its duty and
henceforth was pseless.
"The postmaster missed nis aim,"
said John, "and left the stamp as good
as new. I will use it myself."
He moistened it at the nose of the
tea-kettle, and very carefully pulled
the stamp off.
"No," said John's conscience; "for
that would be cheating. The stamp
bas been on one letter: it ought not to
carry another."
"It can carry another," said John,
beoause, you see, there is no mark to
prove it worthless. The post-office
will not know."
"But you know," said conscience,
"and that is enough. It is not honest
to use it a second time. It is a little
matter, to be sure; but it is cheating.
God looks for principle. It is the
quality of every action that he judges
by."
"But no one will know it," said
John, faintly.
"No one?" cried consciene. "God
will know it, and that is enough ; and
be, you know, desires truth in the inward
parts."
"Yes," cried all the best parts of
John's character,?"yes, it is cheating
to use the postage-stamp a second
time; and I will not do it.""
John tore it in two, and gave it to
the winds. And so John won a victory
worth winning.?Oood Worda.
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Telling: Jesna.
A dear little girl said to me : "Every
night I tell my papa everything that
happened in the day, because, you
know, he goes to his work in the morning
before I am up; and it's so far he
takes his dinner along, so I don't see
him till he comes home in the evening.
Then, after we have our tea, he
holds me on his lap awhile before I go
to bed, and we have a nice talk, and I
tell him everything."
I looked at the little one's smiling
face, and asked, "What do you tell
him?"
She answered: "Oh, I tell him all
I did, and what I played, and about
the little troubles I got in, and?well,
just everything. The he talks with
me about it all, and if I have done
anything naughty, he prays about it
with me; but I always try to be good,
because when I must tell him something
naughty about myself, he looks
so sorry it makes me cry."
While listening to tliis dear little
prattler, my mina was upon "Our Father,"
and how he loves to have his
children tell him everything. I resolved
to keep in mind every little occurrence
during each day, and before I
go to sleep tell my Father in heaven
all about it.
And now, my dear young friends,
will vou not adopt this plan ??S. S.
Visitor.
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The Hoar Before Bed-time,
All hours belong to the mother, but
the hour just before the little ones go
to bed is especially hers. Then, when
the children are tired of play, and
their daily lessons are done, she may
have confidential taltfs with them,
hear of their temptations and of the
naughty things they may have done,
praise them for the progress they have
made in overcoming faults, and read
the Bible with them, so that one of its
aweet verses may be a little pillow
for each sunny nead. Children who
are accustomed to this sort of mothering
will never get very far from its
blessed influence in the future.
Needed Grace.
A poor man in fife, before eating
askea a blessing in these weighty
words, which were found, after the
Duchess of Gordon's death, written on
a slip of paper in her hand : "Lord
give me grace to feel my need of grace:
and give grace to ask for grace; and
give me grace to receive grace ; and O
Lord; when grace is given, give me
grace to use it. Amen"
Beware of Irreverence.
It is very easy to lower our standard
of reverence for any thing. We have
only to speak of it habitually in a light
way. There is nothiug like it to take
the life out of the most precious texts
of Scriptures. We may repent of such
sin with bitter weeping; but those
words can never be to us again what
they were before. We may have cut
down a bridge we shall some day vainly
long to cross.
Long ago Sir Walter Scott made one
of his characters in "Rob Roy" say in
relation to Presbyterian worship as he
heard it in Scotland, "I had heard the
service of high mass in France celebrated
with all the eclat which the choic-i
est music, the richest dresses, the most
imposing ceremonies, could confer on
it; yet it fell short in effect of the simplicity
of the Presbyterian worship.
The devotion in which every one took
a share, seemed so superior to that
which was recited by musicians as a
lesson which they had learned by rote
that it gave the Scottish worship all
the advantage of reality over acting."
8. "None of us know how much
badness is in us till the sifting time
comes. Peter never dreamed that he
could deny his Lord?much less play
(he coward and turn liar and blasphemer."
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Cure for Hog-Cholera.
To one pint of k?rosene oil put a
half pint of spirits of turpentine and
two ounces of gum camphor. Shake
this up together until the camphor is
dissolved. Theu nour the mixture
over shattered corn, stirring it up so
that some will get on all of it; then
throw out to the hogs. I found my
hogs would eat this in preference to
corn without it, and I have never had
' a single case since I comm?nced this
remedy. I had several sick hogs with
cholera when I commenced giving
them the above, and all but one recovered
in lees than a week. I had a
very fine sow sick at the time, aud
had given her a dose by making it
into a ball of doogh and shoving it
down her throat, she being too sick to
eat. The next morning I gave my
son a ball of this dough, and told him
to take one of the hands aud go down
to where I had left her the evening before,
and if she was alive to put it
down her throat. He soon came back,
and said: "Pa, if you want me to
catch that old sow, I'll want more
help than you gave me, for she's as
wild as a buck." In a few moments
she came up in a trot, and commenced
feeding witn the other hogs. v
I have great faith in this simple remedy,
and advise my brother farmers to
try it. It costs but a trifle.?R. A.
Penick, in Eichmomd Dispatch.
It is when we have been unmistakably
wronged that we have an opportunity
to show a Christian spirit. So
long as others treat us with fairness,
with kindness, and with courtesy, it
is not easy for us to show a spirit of
forbearance, of charity, or of commendable
gentleness. Even a godless
heathen would not be likely to resent
an affront which he had not received.
A Christian's best Opportunity of
showing that he is a Christian is when
he is under some gross provocation to
bear himself in an un-Christian manner.
In heaven alone, the thirst of an immortal
soul after hapiness can be satisfied.
There the streams of Eden
will flow. They who drink of them
shall forget their earthly poverty, and
remember the miseries of the world
no more. Some drops from the celestial
cup are sufficient, for a time, to
make us forget our sorrows, even while
we are in the midst of them. "What
then may we not expect from full
draughts orthose pleasures which are
at thy right hand, O Lord! for evermore?
It may be a small matter for a person
to be a few minutes late at a Sunday
morning church service; but when a
Eerson, or a family, is in the habit of
eing late in that way, it is fair to accept
the fact as an indication of character.
Thus a young man was recentr
ly characterized in the expressive suggestion
: "He comes of a family that
is always lateatchurch." Thst would
be a poor subject for family pride?a
reputation of that sort!
It is a great thing for any man to fill
his place in the world. It matters less
where a man's place is, than that a
man's place be filled, wherever it is.
The lowest place well filled is more
creditable to the man who occupies it,
than would be the highest place poorly
filled. And, indeed, no place in the
world can be so good for any man as
the place which God assigns to him as
his place*
Not a day passes over the earth buB
men and women of no note do great
A i- 1_ ? J ?iP?
ueeus, specitv giettt wurua auu suner
noble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes,
philosophers and martyrs, the
greater part will never be known till
that hour when many that were great
shall be small, and the small great. V
It is said of the brilliant young lawyer
who killed himself recently in
T , that the fatal act was caused by
"mental depression." The mental depression
was caused by a debauch
begun iQ a bar-room. His mother is
called a fanatic because she wants the
bar-rooms closed.
A roasted or boiled lemon, filled
while hot with sugar, and eaten still
hot, just before retiring, will often,
break up a cold.
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
Kerosene oil will make tin tea- kettles
aa bright as new. Saturate a wooled
rag and rub with it. It will also
removed stains from and clean varnished
furniture.
You have no right to feed a dog so
tongas you have not the money to provide
your family with good papers and
books.?American Agriculturist.
Tiles,, even those of the simplest
kind, arranged tastefully around the
fireplace, lend an air of quainthess to
the room.
The flavor of the fuel used for smoking
meat is somewhat imparted to
the meat, hence the fuel should be selected
carefully.
Drive your horses a little to one side
when y?u stop with a load on the
sled. This makes it easier to start the
load.
A fire burns better in a hot than in
a cold furnace; it is equally true that
an animal well wintered is half summered.
If open, outdoor feed-troughs are
turned over at night they will not be
filled with snow and ice in the morning.
If you place the ax near the stove
for fifteen muinutes it will cut better
and not be so apt to break along the
edge.
I For convenience in cleaning lampchimneys,
nothing is better than a
small sponge attached to the end of a
stick.
If you do not wish cloddy and lifeless
ground in the spring keep the cattel
off the fields when the soil is soft.
Simply iuhaling fresh air largely,
by deep inspiration is suflcieut to nip
an incipient cold in the bud.
Harness hung in the stable is damaged
as much by the gases and dampness
there as it is worn by use.
Don't milk at six o'clock to-day, seven
to-morrow, and half-past seven the
day after.
Glaze the botton crust of fruit-pies
with white ot egg, and they will not
be soggy.
After paring fruit drop it in cold water
to prevent it changing color.
A little sulphate of potassa added to
preserves prevents fermentation.
Put soda in sour fruit for pies, and
they will require less sugar.
Boil coffee in a salt-sack; it is nic?r
than egg to settle it.
Keep preserves in a dry place, seal
with flower paste.
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What Others Say.
Pi o/euor Drummond.
What is the end of life.?The
end of life is, not to do good, althought
many of us think so. it is not to win
souls, although I once thought 8<>r The
end of life is to do the will of God.
That may be in the line of doing good
or winning souls, or it may not. The
maximum achievement of any man's
life after it is all over is to have done
all the will of God. No man or woman
can have done any more with a life;
no Luther, no Spurgeon, no Wesley,
no Melanctlion can have done any
more with their lives; and a daily
maid or a scavenger can do as much.
Therefore, the supreme principal upon
which we have to run our lives is to
adhere, through good report or ill;
through temptation and prosperity and
adversity tothe will of <5od' wherever
that may lead us. It may take you
away to China, or you who are going
to Africa may have to stay where you
are; you who are going to be an vangelist
may have to go into business,
and you who are going into business ?
may have to become an evangelist
But there is oo happiness or success
in life till that principal is taken possession
of.
New Orleans Christian Advocate.
It is a significant fact that both John
the Baptist and our Lord taught their
disciples how to pray. On one occasion
the aitfbiples said to Jesus, "Lord, teach
us how to pray, as John also taught bis
disciples." we are too prone to think
that prayer comes spontaneously, and
its spontaneity is the evidence of its Xj
genuineness. If this were ..tone, oar
Lord would have answered his discipie's
request in a different manner.
What he did was to answer this-requestby
teaching how to pray. An
unstudied prayer maybe fervent, but
not edifying. Paul said, " I will pray
with the Spirit, and I will pray witn ;
the understanding." The reason for
so many poor and unrefreshing prayers
is the lack of studying, ana. learn
ing tue an, 01 prayer.
Nashville Christian Advocate.
The civilization that makes wholesale
Sabbath-breaking a necessity is a
false civilization. The Sabbath-day Is
worth more to the American people
than all the daily newspapers In . the
country?and ail the weekly ones, too!
Jamet MadUon.
The strongest passions and the most
dangerous weaknsses of the human
breast?ambition, avarice, vauity, the
honorable or venial love of fame?are
all in conspiracy against the desire and N
duty of peace. '* y*
Mb. A. M. Palmer, maT^^of the
Madison Square theater,Newark,
has lately acknowledge that "the stager?
of to-day is a greater evil than any :
other institution we have. Nothing
else does so much harm to the young
men and women of this city."
The Rev. A. C. Kimbeb, of the
Episcopal Church, who has had muchexperience
in missionary work fn New '
York City among German immigrants,
says the religious German will, come a
few Sundays, and, finding the 'services
different from what he has been accustomed
to, will seek a Lutheran br Cath
olic church. The irreligious class it is
impossible to reach, as they make a
point of avoiding religious services. :
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The hardest place on earth for the
Christian to live is at home. There
we are off our guard, and the evil,
within us comes to the surface.
When we are out from home, we are , v;fr
restrained by the public eye and we - >
are more guarded; but at home, with
poor wife and children, the devil gets
the best of us and we say to them
things which we would blush to have
our neighbors hear.
You may be nearer to Christ than
you think. Those men who went along
the road to Emmaus, weeping ana
moaning that their Christ was gone,
poured into His very ear the tale of
their bereavement. They told Him of y
t,h?ir trouble?that thev had iofifcOliriat
and there He was talking with them.
In the midst of their deep grief there
was the victory, and they did not
know it. "The
only being who ever had any
choice in the circumstances of bis birth
chose the poorest lot and the hardest
fare that ever befell any man. Jesus
Christ lowered the greatness of wealth
by passing it by, aud uplifted and hallowed
the life of poverty by deliberately
accepting it." That is what Rev.
Mark Guy Pearse says, and it is worthy
of being remembered forever.
Much of what calls itself Christian
sociability is nothing more than the
cultivation of agreeable associations,
with congenial friends. Enlarge the
circle brother, and take in the stranger
and the neighbor whose only attraction
to you is found in the hope that
you may do him good. That will be
followingyour Master. Nashville Christian
Advooate.
The Christian natives of the South
Sea Island prepare their Sunday food
on Saturday. Not a fire is lighted neither
flesh nor food is baked, nor a
tree climbed, nor a canoe seen on the
uratar nop a inumflv hv land under- -
taken on God's holy day.
True national honor, like true personal
honor, consists in being ready to
do justice in all things; and when'the
point of justice is doubtful to give it
against yourself rather than for yourself.?
Sir Stafford Northcote.
The mind is like a merchant's ledger,
it requires to be continually posted up
to the latest date. Even the latest telegram
may have upset some venerable
theory that has been received as infallible
for ages.?Hamertom.
Fairbairn says, forcibly and truly:
"The fellowship that does not beget affinity
evokes antipathy; the mind that
has not learned to love is dangerously
near to hate."
A brother in prayer-meeting in a
neighboring town the other night
J nKaanf "whn iroro nrniu A
[jia.yeu mi me UUJUIII
trated on beds of sickness and sofas
wellness."
The curse of the time is prodigaUflHH
The poor make themselves roq|^NeH|
apes of the rich, and the ncfoj^^R|^^HH
carry themselves like
Of all the riches thjAdfllB^HflflH
the pleasures we
no more of
for a ple^ttxign^n^^^BBRHB
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