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Hannington's Saints.
"Sir, if we don't mind, we shall die
of dignity!" said Dr. Chalmers to one
i who was maintaining that clergymen
should "stand upon their dignity."
/ When James Hanuington became
\ the clergyman of Hurstpierpoint, he
/ determined to win the men, women
and children, of the village to a Christian
life. If he could do it, and "stand
| upon his dignity," verv well; if not,
he would appear as undiguified as the
occasion demandeel.
One day lie was walking in the village
street with a very dignified
ecclesiastic, and who was attired in n
clerical dress, which Mr. Hanningtou
seldom wore. Suddenly he felt a tug
4 at the skirt of his coat. Ke stopped
) and looked around, aud saw a blusing
/ little girl.
j "Please, sir," said she, timidly, foi
she was afraid of the dignitary,
"haven't you got a bull's-eye for me?"
It was his habit to walk the streets
, in an old faded doating-eoat, tfce pockr
ets of which were filled with goodies
for the children he might meet. He
would stop a child, give to it a briel
I lesson on "sneaking," telling lies and
/ using bad language, and then dismiss
j the child with a cake or a bull's-eye.
i The next time the minister and the
child met, Haunington would ask,
"Now, then, what were the three
things you were not to do, eh?" If the
answers were correct, the rewarding
candy was never wanting.
The wild boys were hunted for and
/ caught. The faithful minister would
find out what interested a bad boy
and then show himself to the boy as
interested in that pursuit. If a boy
had a liking for curiosities or natural
f history, he was invited to the rectory
and allowed to examine the parson's
cabinets.
One boy fancied himself a young
i Mozart. Hanniugton offered him the
use of his own harmonium.
I "But when shall I begin, sir?" asked
the boy.
"Oh, well," answered Hannington,
looking at him with a quizzical smile,
"i snan oe oui on Tuesday."
The lads loved him; the workmen
called him among themselves
"Jemmy." But to no one in the
country did they raise their caps, more
respectfully than to their "own
Jemmy."
He gathered lads and young men together
into a Bible-class and temper
ance association. The members were
nicknamed "Hanniugton's saints,"
but they greeted the scoff as a compliment.
He was fond of riding, and would
cralloD for miles over the downs, or
ride straight across the country, clearing
everything in his way. But one
f daj*, needing money for some benevolent
purpose, he sold his horse, knocked
the stable and coach-house into one,
papered, carpeted, and hung lamps in
the large room, and turned it into a
mission hall.
A boy was seized by the small-pox.
His people were forsaken by their
neighbors. The parson visited the
I cowage, supplied tne inmates witn tne
necessaries of life, and prayed with
the boy. The people of the village
were excited.
An officer called to warn the pastor
not to go near the place. As the man
'went out of one door, tbe parson went
out of the other and called at the infected
house.
He would take a lad for his servant,
transform him by his own example
and instruction, and then pass him on
to something better. He had in this
way a good many servants, all of
whom turned out well.
It was the possession of these sterling
qualities that fitted him to be the
missionary bishop oi Central Africa?
frrv whinh nnntinnnf lin tlio onmn
I zeal he bad shown as a young rectorand
his body now fills a martyr's
grave.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
states that he kept a plum tree from
curculious by sprinkling the ground
under the tree with corn meal. This
induced the chickens to scratch and
search. Tht^ meal was strewn every
morning from the time the trees blossomed
until the fruit was large enough
to be out of danger. The cousequence
was that the fowls picked up the curculious
with the meal, and the tree being
saved from the presence of the insects
was wonderfully fruitful.
Several European specialists have
f made the curious observation that
acute rheumatism is more prevalent in
dry than in raiuy weather.
The way wherein it pleases God tc
answer our prayer, if we have a right
. mind, will always please us well.
Take care as to your associates. Not
only will you be known by the company
you keep, but you will soon become
like it.
Most of the shadows that cross oui
path through life are crossed by standing
in our own light.
We often excuse our want of philanthropy
by giving the name of fanaticism
to the mor6 ardent zeal of others.
Tbls world Is not so bad a world
As some would like to makelt,
But whether good or whether bad
Depends on bow we take H,
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Evils of Promiscuous Kissing of Children.
There is a common practice in vogue
?established in America more than in
any other country and deserving of
the severest criticism?which is at
once a great impertinence and thoroughly
reprehensible from a hygienic
stand-point. When any person of
either sex or of any condition chances
upon n small child walking or run'
ning about, he (or she, generally she)
considers it his privilege to kiss that
child if he happens to be pleased with
its appearance. Even when not particularly
pleased, from motives of
pmirfnev lin f'cols well-llitrll obiilTC'd to
[ caress "the dear little things," because
such attention has come to be consid^
ered :i sort of duty which grown per'
sons owe to tlio rising generation.
Entire strangers seem to think it imperative.
Imagine how the children
must sutler! Who can estimate the
possible harm arising from running
the gauntlet of Tom, Dick, and Harry,
or Jane, Sarah, and Mary, and Mes|
dames Brown, Jones and Robinson ?
. Ailments, slight in the adult, may be
transmitted in this way and become a
( source of much mischief among little
people. Dr. A. Jacobi recently called
attention to such dangers in connection
with the diphtheritic and contagious
form of follicular amygdalitis.
j "This mild'variety," he remarks, "is
| that from which adults are apt to
' suffer. With this variety, parents,
! while suffering from a slight soreI
throat, kiss their children. To break
up a habit at once so cruel and so
wanting in good taste as the promiscuous
kissiug of children requires ironI
clad conduct and strength of purpose
to bear with equanimity the displeasures
of others. Let it be thoroughly
understood by relatives and friends
that young children are not to be kiss[
ed by them without special invitation
by their parents. This will doubtless
j give offense, for many care more about
their own personal pleasure than the
present and future of the children in
' whom they take a passing interest.
1 A mother who exacts right conditions
of living for her child is bound to give
( offense, especially here in America,
( where the science of childhood is only
| just beginning to be understood. Let
her bear it as best she may, consoling
herself with the thought that an offended
friend or relative is of infinitely
less importance than the loss of
, a child or a child's health. It requires
great force of character to bring up a
family in the ways of health and
beauty. As Mr. Lincoln said about
being President, "If any one thinks it
, is easy just let him try it."
[New York Medical Journal.
How to Make Children Lovely.
There is just one way, and that is to
surround them by day and night with
an atmosphere of love. Restraint and
reproof may be mingled with the love,
but love must be a constant element.
"If found my little girl was growing
unamible and plain," said a mother to
1 xl -11 J 1 L 3 n
10 us uie oiner uay, auu reuecuug uu
it sadly, I could only, accuse myself as
the cause thereof. So I changed my
management and improve every opportunity
to prise and encourage her
to assure her of my unbounded affect
tion for her, and my earnest desire
that she should grow up to lovely and
harmonious womanhood. As a rose
opens to the sunshine, so the childheart
opened in warmth of the constant
affection and caresses I showered
upon her;her peevishness passed away,
her face grew beautiful, and now one
look from me berings her to my side
UUCUICIH iu ill j win, auu Iiiiyi-Htou >y uvu
she is nearest me."
Is there not in this a lesson for a!
parents ? Xot all the plowing or weed
ing or cultivation of every sort we
can give our growing crops will do
for them what the steady sliiuiug of
the sun can effect. Love is the sunshine
of the family; without it not
character, or morality, virtue can be
brought to perfection.? Ex
llow to be Healthy aud Wealthy.
Don't worry.
"Seek peace and pursue it."
Be cheerful, "A light heart lives
| long."
"Work like a man, but don't be
, worked to death."
Never despair. "Lost hope is a fatal
disease."
! A witness, in describing a certain
event, said : "The person I saw at the
1 head of the stairs was a man with one
eye named "NVilkins."
"What was the name of his other
' eye?" spitefully asked the opposing
' counsel.
The witness was disgusted with the
; levity of the audience.
' Scientists say that the savage has a
more acute sense of smell than civil.
ized people. When two savages get
. together how they must suffer!
It is a singular fact that a man who
. is second in command at home always
. wants to rule the whole creation when
he gets outside his yard gate.
If every person would be half as
good as he expects his neighbor to be,
what a heaven this world would be!
What Others Say.
Southern Christian Advocate.
One Woman Elected.?It will be
noticed that at least one lay electoral
conference has elected a woman to represent
it in General Conference, and
at least two have elected women as reserve
lay delegates. Ih has been declared
by the General Conference that
in all matters relating to delegates alj
are laymen who do not belong to annual
conferences. This ruling, 011 its
face, includes bishops among laymen.
If it is argued that the ruling includes
women, bishops may sit as lay delegates.
The issue docs not relate to anybody's
preference or predispositions, but is to
be determined by lay existing or to be
made. The General Conference will
probably appoint a committee to digest
and prepare specific action on the
subject. Meantime, all can possess
paiiId imfinnno IVnrcn tlilnorc
111VU OUUiD XU ]UlUlVliVV> f?ui?v UUHIQW
can happen tbau sitting by the side of
Christian womeu iu church councils.
If admitted, we hope it 'will be through
open, manly, unquestionable law, and
not through hasty, doubtful construction
of equivocal disciplinary par
graphs.
Michigan Christian Advocate.
The Evil and ^he Remedy.?The
late Henry Ward Beecher said he
would as soon have a load of hay dumped
into his parlor on Sunday as to have
the contents of a secular newspaper
dumped into his mind before going to
church; and Joseph Cook very properly
argues that Sunday newspapers lead
on other violators of the Sabbath-day,
venders of liquor included. They require
Sunday work; they propagate
low tastes and often evil opinions;
they secularize the Sabbath, the right
use of which for rest and worship i?
essential to the sanity of civilization.
They obstruct the moral and religious
eduation of the people, and have nc
good reason for existence. They ought
to be starved out. Their tendency is
evil, only evil, and that continually.
Their propietors will never voluntarily
cease to issue them unless the public
withholds its patronage. Their foundation
is in the money they earn. Nc
profit, no paper. So long as there is
money in them morals will not be
considered. When men reach this
point in ousiness greea society snouia
call their attention to its demands in
the most practical way.
Some persons fancy that there is an
irreconcilable opposition between conservatism
aud advancement. Two extremes
are possible ; ultra-conservatism,
which adheres to whatever is or has
been, regradless of the changes that
t,ake place in society, and steadily opposes
all modification to meet new conditions;
fanatical radicalism, which
hates whatever is or has been, and
breaks down and destroys either without
having any thing to substitute, or
without being at the pains to inquire
how the substitute may be established;
between these is true oonservatism that
does not value a thing for its age, but
for what it is; that recognizes the fundamental
principles of existing institutions,
and engrafts upon it whatever
may t>e necessary to aaapt tne wnoie
fabric more perfectly to a changed environment.
Christian Observer.
A preMalent misconception is the
idea that in-order to truly serve Christ
we must find some great thing to do.
Great things arc certainly not excluded
from Christ's service. But they are
accepted by Him not because they are
great, but because they are done to
Him. Their value consists in their
being thought of and taken up and
done as for Him. Hereiu is one great
condition and testof service?that it be
consciously and willingly done to
tfim IVlinrn avicfci flinro vrill hn
TT miv tuio vAigvij mviv iiixi uu
no questioning as to greatness or littleness,
highness or lowness; enough
that it be done to Him !
Fcarl of Days.
"If Christians could be shown that
it is their duty to withhold their stock
and patronage from railroads runniug
Sunday trains, and their advertise*
and sanctions from Sunday newspapers
and their indorsement from Sunday
mails, all these would soon become as
disreputable as tippling, and laws
against them would be secured with
no more difficulty.
"How wrought I yesterday ?" Shall moments
now,
To question with vain tears, or bitter moan,
Since every word you wrote upon the sands
Of yesterday, lias hardened Into stone.
"How shall I work to-day?" O soul of mine:
Today stands on her threshold, girt to lead
Thy feet to life immortal; strive with fear;
Deep pitfalls strew the way; take heed?take
heed!
We have all particular reason to
watch* and pray, lest self too much
predominate. AVe should accustom
ourselves to hold our own comforts
and conveniences subordinate to the
comforts and conveniences of others,
in all things. A habit thus begun, in
little matters, might probably be extended,
without difficulty, to those of
a higher nature.
It does not require great learning to
be a Christian and to be convinced of
the truth of the Bible. It requires an
honest heart and a willingness to obey
God.
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Bible Arithmetic.
Addition?"Add to your faith, vitue
to virtue, knowledge; and to knowl
edge, temperance; and to temperancee,
patience; and to patience, godliness
godines$, brotherly kindness, and tc
brotherly kindness, charity" (11,
Peter i: 5-7). Add in your heart this
perfect number of seven graces together,
and "if these things be in you,
and abounnd, they make you that yt
shall be neither barren nor unfruitful
in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus.
Christ."
.Subtraction?" He thatlacketli these
things i&blind, and can not see afai
off, and hath forgotten that he was
purged from his old sins" (11.
lJeter i: 9).
Multiplication?"Grace and peace be
multiplied unto you < thorugh the
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our
Lord1' (II. Peter i : 2). "He that ministeretli
seed to the ower doth minister
bread for your food, and multiply
your seed sown, and increase the
fruits of your righteousness" (II. Corinthians
ix: 19).
Division?"Come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith thf
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing
and I will receive you, and will be t
father unto you, and ye shall be mj
sons and daughters, saith the Lore
Almighty" (II. Corinthians vi: 17,18)
A receipt for money is 9imply prime
facie evidence of its payment.
Letters relating to matters of busi
ness should be written with the mos
scrupulous care and exactness.
Be not hasty to believe flying reports
to the disparagement of any one.
No pleasure is comparable to th<
, standing upon the vantage ground o
truth.
i Unless we can cast off the prejudice,1
> of the man and become as children
; docile, and unperverted, we need nev
i er hope to enter the temple of philoso
phy.
r You will find that the mere resolv<
! not to be useless, and the honest desir*
to help other people, will, in the quick
1 est and delicatest ways, improve your
' self.
! Satan selects his disciples when thej
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ttl C 1U1C , UUU V>J_lA 10U xiig TT uix\
they were busy with their work, eithei
1 mending their nets or casting then
into the sea.
The seed of our punishment ar<
sown when we commit sin; the pun<
. ishment itself is sure to come, soonei
, or later, as the inevitable harvest o:
our sowing.
t Daniel Webster, in an early confes'
; sion of religious belief, wrote thus: "]
hold it my duty to believe, not what ]
can comprehend or account for, bul
what my Master teaches me."
There is no knowledge for which w
great a price is paid as a knowledge o
' the world; and no one ever becam<
1 an adept in it except at the expense o:
a hardened and wounded heart.
| Sorrow is not selfish; but many per
sons are, in sorrow, entirely selfish
It makes them so important in theii
own eyes that they seem to have ?
claim upon all that people can do foi
them.
A genuine conscience is a growing
conscience?one tnat is perpetually Decoming
more prompt, more keen, more
tender. It is in this mainly that the
growth of character consists. Where
there is no increase of moral excellence
there is always danger of decrease.
"We can see through one pane ol
glass easily, but through ten placed together
we cannot see, yet each is transparent.
By living a day at a time we
get along well, and all is clear; but we
cannot, with our finite vision, see
through all the purposes of God concerning
us.
A KUOQSTION?ror some years jmsi
it has been a practice iu St. Louis, for
the Protestant churches to hold on
Thanksgiving days what were called
Uuion services; that is, two, three or
more churches of the same, or of different
denominations, to meet and hold
services in one church, the others being
closed. The consequence has been
that about one half, possibly not more
than one third, of the people were
present, who would have attended
service had all the churches been open.
Now let every church in the city
be opened on the 29th and services
held in each. Change ministers for
the day, if you will, which may be a
very good plan, but hold services in
every church not only in the cities
but in all the country churches where
minister can be had; and have a general
Thanksgiving all over the land.?
Si Louis Christian Advocate.
Anything that concerns old JohnStreet
Church, New York, is interesting
to all Methodists. A notice in the
New York Christian Advocate, of
November 1, says: "The gospel is
preached there, and, under the care of
the pastor (Dr. W. W. Iiowdish),
conversions are as usual; the classmeetings,
prayer-meetings, young people's
meeting?in fact, all the meetings?are
well attended. Sunday,
October 2S, was its 122d anniversary.
In the morning at 9 o'clock an oldfashioned
Methodist love-feast was
held, when over two hundred were
present. The love-feast was followed
at 10.30 by a sermon by Dr. L. H.
Clark, Associate Editor of the Christian
Advocate. Other services were
held during the day, and closed In the
evening with a sermon by Dr. John
Hall, of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
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Thanksgiving. i
BY MARY Jj. DICKINSON. I
, Giver of good! one gift o'er all t
Tl c Txrr\nHrrtn? trrootnowa lifto*
' Let tides of blessing rise or fall, J
, Thou art the Gift of gifts. f
Having not thee, I nothing own, 1
i With thee all things are mihe; j
For good abides In thee alone;
' And llows from thee to thine. I
So when I praise for length of days, f
For healtli and peace lrom strife, 1
1 For tender care, that everywhere 1
S Knclrcles human life; \
I When thanks go lip for fullest cup
1 Oi joy, or love, or grace,? }
The glory lies in that mine eyes
In all can see thy face. J
When waiting, trembling at thy feet,
Because thy tender will g
Has changed thy gifts so fair and sweet
To seeming woe and ill; 1"
i Then with a peace more full and deep i
I make my grateful sons;
So wakest thou my soul from sleep, c
So mak'st my weakness strong.
C
Wow can we thank thee. O our God!
When every care or loss i
i Has lost the sting of chastening rod *
Before thy radiant cross ? 1
Thino ears have heard no grateful word j
To show* thts thankful heart,
Yet every pulse of being stirred
Throbs praises that thou art.
?S. S. Times.
Ancient Thanksgiving Days. c
Thanksgiving Day was suggested, *
, doubtless, by the Hebrew feast of the *
| tabernacles, or "feast of ingathering *
at the end of the*year." Its history ]
1 in America began as early as 1621.
r The occasional observance of such a 8
I day, formally reccommended by the '
civil authorities, was not unusual in 1
Europe at an earlier date. In Holt
land the first anniversary of the deliv- '
erance of the city of Ley den from the
siege, October 3,1575, was kept as a
l religious festival of thanksgiving and !
praise. (
In the English Church service, the !
3 5th of November is so celebrated, in '
commemoration of the discovery of i
} gunpowder plot. I
f One of the most remarkable thanksgiving
customs on record prevailed in (
3 Southampton and EasthamptOn, Long 1
, Island, Montauk Poirit, which consists !
- of 9,000 acres, was owned by numerous :
" proprietors in these towns, and u9ed
as a common pasturage for stock. The <
? time of driving the' herds home to
? winter was fixed at a meeting by the j
. town council, "and it came," says the
- historian, "to be a rule from the period '
beyond which the memory of man J
T runneth not, that the Thursday of the j
s week following thereturn of the cat'
tie from Montauk should observed as .
t a day of thanksgiving." I
At an early period of New England
history, certain periods of prosperity i
' were often made the occasions of pub- '
" lie thanksgivings, or feasts, and often '
_ a day of fasting and prayer was turned j
into a day of thanksgiving by what <
seemed an immediate answer to their 1
prayers. ;
Perhaps, to recall to our mind that j
[ first Thanksgiving of the Pilgrim
k Fathers may put us to the blush.? j
Often on this day I have heard such i
> remarks as "I have no thanks to give; '
f I have nothing for which to be thank- J
j ful," from lips that it would seem |
f might have had a life's work in fram- <
ing words of praise aud gratitude, so 1
. blessed were they in he health of j
themselves and their dear ones, while \
t from some fancied trouble this great ]
i good was quite overlooked.?Table (
. Talk.
. Uses to Which Paper May be Put. j
' Paper, beiDg nearly air-tight, will '
! exclude cold, aud should be used more
1 than it now is; builders place paper j
between the boards and clapboards of j
' a house, aud we should do well to fol- !
low their example in smaller matters. *
' Farmers have found that the extra j
' warmth secured by takiug several <
thicknesses of newspapers around the i
1 inside of the hen houses, etc., lias sav- J
ed extra food. A layer of paper under r
a carpet is preieraoie to straw, wmcu i
is sometimes used, and if the paper <
made for this purpose cannot be obtain- *
ed, several layers of newspapers will
do nearly as well. Papers spread be- ^
tween bed coverings will take the J
place of extra blankets. A folded pa- t
per is an excellent lung protector; one c
over the chest and another around the
shoulders, under the outside garment, |
would often save a cold and perhaps
pneumonia. Dissolved in flour paste, j
newspapers make a successful filling
for cracks in floors and elsewhere, i:
Scraps of paper, wet and scattered over ?
the floor, when sweeping, will save the
dust in the room as well as brighten b
the carpet. Bits of paper with soap- a
suds, are effectual in cleaning bottles, ^
and are easily removed with the wa- ^
ter. - lb
Greasy dishes and bottles if first rub- o
bed with paper wash much easier: the
paper absorbs the grease, and is all the *
better for kindling the fire. A grease ?
spot can often be taken out of a carpet
or garment by placing two or three h
layers of paper over it, then put a r
warm iron on the paper. The heat ^
softens the grease and the paper absorbs ^
it, and by changing paper and iron oc- g
casionly all the grease will disappear, y
Soft newspaper or tissue paper is pre- d
ferable to cloth for cleaning lampchimneys,
windows, mirrors, etc., as ?
it leaves no lint; also for knives, 1
spoons, and tinware after scouring; j
and a stove will not need blacking so 1
often if now and then rubbed with
paper. Scraps of writing paper or that t
used on one aide only may be utilized 1
v.. , f ..? | p . ... . ., ^ v, .
.
n several ways. Bowls and glasses
without covers may be used for jelly,
>y cutting a round|of paper the size of
lie top, and press down evenly upon
he jelly ; cut another cover of soft pa)er
large enough to push down on the
>utside of the jar. Paper in bread
ind cake tins protects the loaf from
mrmng ana insures its safe removal
rom the tin. By this help a tin with
loles in it may be used.
Laid over a loaf of cake in the oven,
>aper is also a protection, but unless it
s warmed first the cake may settle.
Cut in strips and curled with the
cissors, writing paper makes a good
illing for pillows for hammocks, or the
urge pillows sometimes used to show
iff the elaborate "shams." Postal
ards and thin pasteboard can be cut
n strips for lamplighters; newspapers
or the same use are cut in strips and
oiled.
? ?
Utilizing Potato Vines.?Some
>ne who evidently has au eye to econ)mv
and litilftv fulvisAO Hip cavinc* of
^ ^ m ? C3 I
ate potato vines, and adds: Spread
;hem thinly over the ground late in
;he fall, and they will afford sufficient
arotectiou through the cold weather. v
When spring comes they will be found
50 rotted away as not toThterfere with
the growth of the plants. They have
ilso the advantage of containing no
weed seeds, which is an item worthy
yf consideration.
The New York World says: "Observe
the crowds of. self-appointed advisers,
hungry office-seekers, personal
claimants and toadies at tne feet of
Benjaman Harrison, and then contemplate
the calm, complacent, contented
life of Grover Cleavland ! Alas,
how empty aud unsatisfying are the
blandishments of power!"
Harrison will be inaugurated exactly
Dne hundred years after the "Father of
his Countiy." Washington was inducted
into office March 4, 1789, and
Harrison will be inaugurated March 4,
1889. . .
The above is from the Fairfield News
and Herald which is usually correct in
its historical matters? Washington
was inaugurated the 30th of April, 1789,
in the city of New York. Congress
was then in session. The inauguration
ceremony took place in the gallery
sf the old City Hall wljich stood on
the side of the present Custom House
in Wall street.? Spartan.
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An endless chain of certificate*
verify the excellence of Dr. Bull's 1
Syrup. Price 25 cents.
Rev. Wesley Smith, of the Methedist
Episcopal Church, died at Shorpsburg,
Pennsylvania, October 28, 1888,
iged eighty-three years. His father
svas licensed to preach by John Wesley.
Two of his sons are ministers;
jne, Rev. C. W. Smith, D.D., being
the editor of the Pittsburgh Christian
Advocate. He was the author of
'Smith oil Baptism," "Guide to Happy
Homes," and other Church works.
One charge of the Methodist Episcopal
Church has adopted the following
method of securing pastoral support:
Three subscription papers, circulated
t>y three different persons selected
oecause of their fitness and adaptation
to this special work, have been star*sd?one
for the older people, one for
the younger people of both sexes, and
ane for the children. The ends sought
by this plan in part are; First, the
training of the young to some sense of
personal responsibility for the support
of the church. Second, a closer identification
of the children and young people
with the pastor. It is hoped thu9
that his influence over them for good
may be strengthened, and that they
may grow to feel more fully that this
is "our" pastor and "our" Church.?
North-western Christian Advocate.
Jonsonville, Wiss, November 10.
?The case in which suit was brought
by Catholic taxpayers to prevent the
reading of King Janie's version of the
Bible in the public schools was decided
:o-day. Judge Bennett held that such
reading was not sectarian instruction,
jhildren of petitioners not being
obliged to listen if they did not desire,
ind the Bible having been decided
lpon ny lllU auinunu^ oa uuu vi tuu
;ext books for the Wisconsin schools.
There was nothing, however, to present
children from reading the version
)f the Bible accepted by the Catholic
Jhurch, if they preferred.
"I declare," said Mrs. Afterthought,
aying down the paper, "if they reluce
,the time across the Atlantic ,
nuch more, the passengers will have
0 go through part of their seasickness
>n land."
Mr. Yun Tchi-Ho, of Seoul, Korea,
ins arrived at Nashville, Tenn., and
aken up his quarters at Wesley Hall
,s a Biblical student in Vanderbilt
Jniversity.
It is rumored the Vanderblit family
1 devising for the establishment of a
;reat industrial and mechanical
chool at or near Ashcville, N. C. The
umor names $1,000,000 as the sum to
e expended. A parcel of land, 1,000
cres or more has been purchased by
Ir. George W. Vanderbilt at that
lace, aud this is the chief basis for the
umor. Mr. Vanderbilt himself, upon
eing questioned, declined to confirm
r to contradict the report.
The stockholders of the Port Royal
tail road have asked for a receiver,
barging mismanagement against the
Jeorgia Ceutral Railroad, the lessee.
Near the close of a journey let the
torse walk. If covered with sweat,
ub off with a rag, to prevent too suden
cooling.
Salt and water will prevent the hair
rom falling out, and cause new hair to
row. Bo not use so strong as to leave
rhite particles upon the hair when
ryDost
thou love life, then do not
quander time, for that is the stuff life
3 made of.
No man ever did a designed injury
o another, without doing a greater to
limself.
Men often preach from the houseops
while the devil is crawling in at
he basement below.