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Physiology and Forgetfulness. Forgetfulness as to events oceurriuj in the first two or three years of life i not unnatural. The brain has not be come thoroughly organized, the cell have not formed their numerous con nections which are necessary befor ftccnmni inn of ideas is possible, and til vast multidude of sensations crowdinj together upon the imperfect brain can not be separated one from another an< each makes its own proper strong im pression, all of which must take plac if memory is to result. After a whil the cells become slowly united int groups ("centers") and these establisl connections between themselves, eve becoming more and more extensive and memories of the organized fore arise and recollection becomes possi ble. In extreme old age the nerve cell lose more and more of their ability t take on new impressions, the hear acts with less force ; nutrition gradual ly fails, and forgetfulness become more and more marked. The later ?m pressions having made the slightes '1 " * " ^rvllc. n rn DAAnoof fnrffnl ClUUlgt; 1U LUC VCiiO aic uvuuwir .V.QV, ten, while those made in earlier years when the processes of growth and nu trition were most active, remain th longest. Old Falstaff, dying, "babble of green fields," and the aged not ir frequently remember nothing but th scenes of childhood and early youthall else has faded away forever. Dui ing profound sleep, if ideas arise i the mind they are notsufficiently stron to make any lasting impression upo *! ><? hrain rells?thev are not recriste ed. In dreaming a portion of th brain is active, while the rest is quie cent, but the disturbance of consciou ness is so light that a large proportio of dreams are not remembered eve on first waking. It frequently ha] Dens that a dream is remembere A~ ~ when one awakens in the night, bi by morning the impression has vanisl ed, and no means can be devised i compel recollection. [Globe Democrat. Tliere is Much Humbug in Most Pu lie Honors. At a dinner given to a foreigner i Boston recently, a gentleman, an ii vited guest, who had not read the ai tlior's chief work, said to a frien "What is this work which the guest < the evening lias produced ? I have m had the opportunity to read it." 1 his surprise his friend replied, -'Ne ther have I read it, and don't eve know what it is." This amused botl and they made a tour of the rooi without finding one person whoi they knew who had ever read a line < the author's works. A very celebrate American Minister to Germany wou) never receive guests not personal] known to him uutil the day after th had notified him of their intention I call. In the meantime he would a certain what they had done, and o * meeting them would say, "I am d lighted to meet you ; your great worl so and so, is known throughout tt world, and is a standard in the Unite States." Or, "The fame of your infli ence as a statesman has extended ft beyond the bounds of the country yc so worthily represent." Or, "Yoi exploits at the battle of ha\ thrilled patriots every-where." Thi they were delighted, and the Minist< obtained the reputation of universi knowledge. Ministers must be interested?an we hope people, too?in the statemei now going the rounds that if the exte nal throat be well bathed with col water, and rubbed, there will be littl trouble from hoarseness and wea voice. It is an easy treatment an pleasant, and, as the advertisement say, "is within the reach of all." L( cal application may be very usefu and there is a common-sense charactc about this advice that commends il but it can do very little if there i want of general good health. liut bing is nothing if the stomach is ine ticient. What we eat, the character c our exercise, the method of our stud ?these all have their influence on ou voices, making them strong, resonani flexible, or the opposite. Home First.?Let home stand firs before all other things. No matte how high your ambition may trans cend its duties, no matter how far you talents or your influence may reac beyond its doors, before everythin else build up a true home. Be not it slave ; be its minister. Let it not b enough that it is swept and garnishee that its food is delicious ; but feed th love in it, feed the truth in it. fee thought and aspiration, feed all char ty and gentleness in it. Then from if walls shall come forth the true woma aud the true man, who shall togethe rule and bless the land. Give not thy tongue too great a lit erty, lest it take thee prisoner, j word unspoken i9, like the sword i the scabbard, thine; if vented, th sword is iu another's hand. If tho desire to be held wise, be so wise as t hold thy tongue. V Children ami the Chnrch. y A few years ago a great deal was s written about the children's attend- i ance at church, and plans were pro- i = nosed to secure it. There is no proof 1 . like success, and in our church we e have succeeded. It is a fairly large J e church in a country town, and on t ? Sunday morning you will see rows of < r little heads, of all sizes, with the older 1 brothers and sisters, aud parents, in ' - the pews. Ye9, in some cases, e overflowing into the second pew. The 1 e older children do not congregate in the o back pews, but sit with the family, J ti even the young men. It is a lovely ( r sight. 1 (, What is the reason ? Simply this? q that it has been the custom always to i-1 take the children from their early 1 years to church. Our fathers did it, s the elders did it; the children, not alo ways liking it, never dreamed of anyt thing else, and grew up in this way. [- When we go to a city church, and s see the meagre attendance of the chil- 1 i- dren, the pews filled, or not filled with it grown people, only here and there a child, we are struck with the contrast, i, and thankful for the good old ways, i- Habit is strong, a little self-denial is e wholesome and does not hurt a child, d and many sweet and hallowed influi. ences come into its young life as it e worships with godly parents in God's - house. r- .. -e- .. n . The Reason Whjr. g n The question, "Why is a dramr" drinker's nose red?" ia answered by ie Dr. J. B. Johuson, of Washington, s" who says : "The dram-drinker's heart s~ beats about thirteen times oftener in n the minute than the heart of one who n does not drink alcohol. The arteries ^7 in consequence of this increased action 1 carry the blood to the nose quicker 1 than the veins carry it back. The a~ blood, therefore, remains congested in the overfilled vessels, and the nose and the face as well, thus becomes habitually red. So stagnant is this blood that when the dram-drinker's b- uose meets a sudden current of cold air it immediately turns purple, and so remains until warm air restores the in red color. So the red nose is caused n" by congestion. gEvery organ in the L1" body is in a similar state?a warning dj of an impending fate not to be avoided." The stomach of the drinker is in a bad state also, as Dr. Sewell's stom0 ach plates plainly show. They are the best object lessons on this subject ever 11 presented. The best way is to lei ail strong drink alone. m ? r m Is It Right to Play Cards 1 of ;(^ Is there any harm in a game of ld whist or euchre? "Well, I know y good men who play whist and eucher, y and other styles of game without any wager. I had a friend' who played s" cards with his wife and children, and n then aft the close, said, "Come, now, ^ let us have prayers." I will not judge ?' other men's consciences, but I tell you J? that cards are in my mind so associated with the temporal and eternal a" damnation of splendid young men, T ohnnlH rin enrtnpr SRV t.O mv fam tLiab X OUVU1U *JV wwuv. w lU ily, "Come, let U9 have a game of ir cards," than I would go into a menage erie, and say, "Come let us have a 18 game of rattlesnakes," or into a cemetery, and, sitting down to a marble * slab, say to the grave diggers, "Come, let us have a game of skulls." Conscientious young ladies are sid lently saying to me while I speak, "Do 't you think card playing will do us any r- harm?" Perhaps not, but how will d you feel in the great day of eternity, le when we are asked to give an account k of our influence, if some man will say d to you, "I was introduced to games of :s chauce in the year 1888, in Brooklyn, >- at your house, and I went on from that I, sport to something more exciting, and :r went on down till I lost my business, t, and lost my morals, and lost my soul; is and these chains that you see on my )- wrist and feet are the chains of a f- gamester's-hell ?" Honey at the start, >f and eternal catastrophe at the last! g y [ Talmcige. ir ? . ? t, The Lancet, a conservative medical authority, rises to say that "beer and other stimulants are hurtful rather (t than helpful, and the substitution of ir non-intoxicant, cooling drinks for those beverages is a truly scientific r and sanitary advance in public taste." ^ "And morals," we should have added. g i s A Harvard professor has made the e j calculation that if men were really as ( I j they sometimes feel, there would be g room in the United States for only two j college profe99ors, three lawyers, four j_ doctors and a reporter on a Philadel;d phia paper. The rest of us would be n crowded off into the sea and have to ,r swim for life. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes's theory is that a certain part of the brain re>" ceives impressions like the plate in the ^ camera. They are photographed there n and always remain. Sometimes we 1 y can recall them at will and sometimes 1 u not, but they are there?a theory that ' o leads to very serious thought. f Chicago Herald. i x Law Points. R T1 The following compilation of busi imount of legal verbiage. We copy w from the New York Journal: If a note is lost or stolen, it does no release the maker; he must pay it, if cj the consideration for which it was giv- , 2n and the account can be proven. ? - ... _.u? ai .Notes bear interest orny wueu ?u ^ stated. 0, Principals are responsible for the c? acts of their agents. aj Each individaul in a partnership is cj responsible for the whole amount of aj debts of the firm, except in cases of . special partnership. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. The law compels no one to do impossibilities. q An agreement without consideration ^ is void; a note made on Sunday is ^ void; contracts made on Sunday can- ' not be enforced. U] A note made by a minor is void; a ttt5fT> o lnnofm ia vniH 1# i;uuiinvb jlajauu *t ivx.* iuuuviv ^ A note obtained by fraud, or from a w person in a state of intoxication, can- g not be collected. ^ It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. ^ Signatures made with a pencil are rj good in law. t( A receipt for money is not always 0 conclusive. ^ "Value recieved" is usually written d in a note, and should be, but it is ncc necessary. If not written, it is presumed by the law, or may be supplied n by the proof. c af or* { onnnmrnnrlotinn'' X HO JLUtUXCi V/l uu avwuiuivuuvivu ^ bill or note (one for which he has re- 0 ceived no consideration, having lent 0 his name or credit for the accommoda- 0 tion of the holder) is bound to all oth- p er parties precisely as if there was a f good consideration. a No consideration is sufficient in law c if it be illegal in its nature. t Checks or drafts should be presented c during business hours, but, in this a country, except in the case of banks, ^ the time extends through the day and j oireninff T w. VM...e. ^ If the drawer of a check or draft f( has changed his residence, the holder ^ must use all reasonable diligence to t find him. j If one holding a check as payee, or c otherwise, transfers it to another, he j has a right to insist that the check be j presented that day, or, at the farthest, ^ the day following. ^ A note indorsed in blank (the name a of the indorser only written) is tranar t ferable by delivery, the same as if j made payable to bearer. j. The time of payment of a note must D not depend upon a contingency. The u promise must be absolute. a A bill may be written upon any f paper or substitute for it, either with ^ ink or pencil. j The payee should be distinctly v uamed in the note, unless it is payable v to bearer. e An indorsee has a right of action ^ against all whose names were on the v bill when he received it. t( Tf fho 1ot>pr nnntaininc a nrotest of ? " * " <= - *r y nou-payment be put in the post-office, g any miscarriage does not affect the par- c ty giving notice. ^ Notice to protest may be sent either ^ to the place of business or of residence of the party notified. v An oral agreement must be proved -x] by evidence. A written agreement v proves itself. The law prefers written v to oral evidence, because of its presis- fi ion. c h Practical Christianity is no sanctua- r ry sensation, no Sabbath-day service. S It is the conscientious discharge of all c duty, with a desire therein to honor a Jehovah. It makes the whole world v a temple and the whole life a priestbood, "eating and drinking, and doing " all things to the glory of God." g There are not a fewX'hristiaus who, g if they would take their fiugers off' v their own spiritual pulse and lay both c, hands to gospel work, would realize the most delightful sensation they have had since the day of conversion. ^ To be continually feeling for feeling is ^ a poor exhibition of true religion. When we grow wanton, or worldly, or proud, how doth sickness or other afflictions reduce us! "We may say f with David, "Before I was afflicted I ? went astrayand maHy thousand recovered sinners may cry, "0 healthful sickness! 0 gainful losses! 0 s< blessed day that ever I was afflicted !" r< Not only the green pastures and stil- al waters, but the rod and staff, they n: comfort us. .Suffering so unbolts the fr door of the heart, that the word hath w easier entrance. The great need of the time in every ^ town and neighborhood is men and 11 women who stand for something, and 01 who represent positive moral qualities that can be felt as living and working M forces on the side of goodness. ui Life is an Inn where travelers stay? Some only breakfast and away. Others for dinner wait and are full fed, The oldest only sup and go to bed. vi Long Is his bill, who lingers out the day? . Who goes the soonest has the least to pay. PJ If sorrow could enter heaven, if a 3igh could be heard there, or a tear roll down the cheek of a saint in light, it would be for lost opportunities, for M time spent In neglect of God which C, might have been Bpent in His glory. d? tracts from Lowndesville Advertiser he Marriage of Mr. Bnskin and Mins Brnce. According to notice given in last eek's Advertiser, the marriage of Mr. . J. Baskin and Miss Emmie Bruce as solemnized in the Methodist lurch in this place last Wednesday , 4 o'clock, p. m. The church in and ound the chancel was most beautiilly and appropriately bedecked with fergreens and flowers. Just in the inter of and ahout five feet from the tar railing stood aeatewav. tastefully othed in evergreen, and in the arch jove was suspended a large bell robed l white. The lateness of the hour ;ndered it easy that most of the natral light could be excluded, and the ghted lamps gave an added charm tc le beauties around. Sometime before ie appointed the hour church was lied with an expectant crowd of the ilatives and friends of the soon to be uited pair. The bridal party assemled in the vestibul A)f the church "oe me," and after arrangiuga few necesiry preliminaries, the ushers, Dr. J l. Moseley and Mr. J. B. Franks, en sred the left door, and Messrs. Arthuj i. Latimer and R. P.^Hutclmon, th< grit, uuu marcnea up me aisies, auc x>k their positions a few feet in real f the positions to be taken by the at mdants. As the ushers entered thi oors, Miss Jessie Trowbridge, of An ereon, began to play upon the orgai be time honored piece, the weddinj larch. Closeley following the usher ame Dr. B. A. Henry, our townsman nd Miss Lillie White, of Greenville n the left, and Mr. Herbert Barnes f Anderson, and Miss Willie LeRo; f this place, on the right, and afte tassing the middle tier of seats, th Irst mentioned couple filed to the righ .nd the second filed to the left ani rossingeach other took thuir posi Inn r* ovf f Ko a 1 for i*o llinr* "NT a-v ivi* JUVAV VUV (V1LC4X JUllUUgt XI t A ame Mr. R. A. McConnel, this place ,nd Miss Nannie Johnson, of Mon erey, on the right, and Mr. G. I Jruce of this place, and Miss Mami Jaskin, of Monterey, on the left, wh allowed in the footsteps of their pre iecessors, and took their proper posi ions. Next in order came Prof. J. F larper and Miss Lucia Moseley5 botl if our town on the left, Mr. J. J ohnson, this place, and Miss Jenni larper, of Harper, on the right tool heir proper places. Last came th ride and groom who were the chie .ttraction. They took their stand ii he gateway under the bell, and th lev. VV. S. Martin in a very impress ve way performed the marriage cere aony of the Methodist church. Th sual interrogatories having beei sked and answered, the congregatioi ose to its feet and Rev. R. C. Ligon elivered a short and feeling prayer it its close the bride and groom ad ranced and knelt at the altar railing .1 1.1 T>ITT d t'ueu iuu i\ev. vv. o. -viui uu uuuuiuu d the ceremony by joining thei lands and pronouncing them man an( yife. The happy pair then repaire* o the vestibule where they were con ratulated by almost the entire congre ation, at the close of which, they, ac ompanled by quite a crowd, went t< he depot and the train for Augusta Jharleston, and perhaps other points Thus ended an event in Lowndes 'iile's history long to be remembere< u part because of the great esteem ii /hicli the main actors are held by* al rho know them. They both are o ine social position, and if good wishe ould secure to them prosperity an< iflnniness thev certainlv would b anked among the favored few. Th roomsmen are of the very best th ountry affords, and the bridesmaid re unexceptionable. The attendant fere all arrayed becomingly in th ip of fashion, and all filled the plao f honor assigned them very credita ly indeed. To the happy bride ant room we extend our heartiest con ratulations, and to the attendants w< 'ill cheerfully do the same when timi omes. Last Monday morning Messrs. B terry Allen, W. L. Kenedy and D. K .'ooley went to Charleston and return d on Friday. Miss Lilly White, of Grenville rrived here last Tuesday and ba Ince been visiting her relatives anc iends in this section. Miss Jessie Trowbkidge, of Ander )n C. H., came last Tuesday, ant jmained till Wednesday night. Th< bove named young ladies, by theii iany attractions, love secured man} iends, who are always glad t( elcome them to our town. Capt. W. T. Branch, agent for th< ational Life and Maturity Associaon of Washington, D. C., spent a da^ r two in our midst, last week. Mr. Jno. Morrah, of the Fork, and iiss Emma Morrah of Antreville were nited in marriage in Shiloh church on st Tuesday by the Rev. S. J. Bethea. Mr. J. A. Reid and wife of Abbeille attended the marriage in this lace, and Mrs. Reld spent several iys thereafter among kinsfolk in lis community. Mr. Herbert Barnes with 'cCully, Cathcart & Co. of Anderson . H., waa in town on last Wednesiy The remains of Miss Mary Fleming were brought down from Anderson last Wednesday and burled in the Shiloh Cemetery. Mr. A. D. Pubyfoy, who was formerly a condutor on our road, and his wife went to Mexico last Fall. ' They have lately returned to good old Abbeville County and are now at Mr. Jno. Harmon's, near Bordeaux. Mr. and Mrs. T. Baker, went to i Anderson C. H., on last' Thursday, ( partly on business and partly for pleas' ure. They returned on Friday. 1 Last Wednesday night there was a very pleasant social gathering at Mr. J. B. Moseley's, to which the bridesmen and maids of the marriage that 1 evening, together with some; of the ' young pe<5ple of the town and others, ! were invited. The guests were sup- i ' plied with a nicely prepared supper, } ! and the evening was a great pleasure ( ! to all. I It is said that "the Nation" is now < [ on a considerable boom, has built a new Methodist Church, paid for it, ] paid up its assessmeifr, has a debating ] society, a sheriff and a lawyer. What ] community can beat it? i j Last Friday it snowed a little, sleet- 1 r ed and rained a little more, and was . was cold a great deal. ? During the past week our town has - been somewhat up on the price of i cotton. For a day or two the fleecy ; staple readily brought 9$ and one bale s sold for 10. , Now is the time of year for little !, "coons" to be burned to death. Last i, week one met that fete near Mr. A. G. Y Baskin's. Will the colored folks r never realise the danger attending the e leaving of their small children alone, t particularly where there is fire. I Thaitks to Brother Carter of the j. Greenwood Tribune for his fraternal greeting and good wishes. We intend to strive to continue to merit both and , most cordially reciprocate. e Rev. B. F. Miller preached an 0 interesting sermon in the Baptist j. Church on yesterday. There were no j_ services, in either of our other church\ es. li Rev. W. S. Martin and his wife and children left last Thursday morne ing, for the home of Dr. Brockington, k Kingstree, the father of Mr. Martiii. e They went via Augusta and Charlessf ton. a Miss Fannie Booker spent a part e of the past week, at the Augusta i- Exposition and a part attending the >- Gala festivities in Charleston. e Mr. J. T. Latimer has just comQ pleted a set of commodious stables 11 upon his premises in this place. Mr. L. W. Stevenson, of Hartwell. Ga., having attended the exposition in Augusta?stopped over a day or two in j' our town. r Mr. J. Q. Donnald went to Harti well, on a visit to his family, who are j now there, on last Saturday. E. H. Mathews will now give his i- personal attention to hia store at !- Lowndesville, S. C. 5 E. H. Mathews has jast completed >' hss arrangements with S. M. Inman & Co. for buying cotton. Bring in your r cotton; P. L. says he wants 1,000 bales * by January 1st. 1 10 sacks of good Rib Coffee direct ^ from the importing houses, just received by E. H. Mathews. Country , merchants would do well to get his e prices before buying. e A lot of fine over coats worth $15 to e $20, for $10 and $12 at E. H. Mathews, s Thanksgiving Day will be geners ally observed here, our merchants proe pose to close their stores, and the e planters particularly, may govern - themselves accordingly. * Last Friday Judge J. B. LeRoy " asked a friend standing by, what he e thought the weather would be the 2 next day. He replied, "cold, very cold, uir v The TiiHco ppnlifid "T nun verv w"' A"v w ? x ? ? ? sorry to hear that, as I have a good hog . I wanted to kill to-morrow, aud I . can't do it now', as I now know it will - turn warm," and sure enough it did. He always looks for the opposite of 1 his friend's predictions. He would j make a splendid weather calculator I I for an almanac. ! ' Mb. Edgar A. Williams formerly ! of Anderson, now of Knoxville, Tenn., spent last Wednesday night at J his aunt's, Mrs. J. T, Latimer. Mr. < i Williams is now traveling for a whole- ( r sale house in the latter city. ) A day or two ago we received "A 1 Picture of Charleston S. C." a name ' borne by the industrial issue of the ' ' Neivs and Courier for 1888. It is within a nice cover and cannot fail to give the beholder a clear view of all of the Interests and industries of our historic I "City by the Sea." 3 ! \ Two weeks ago a young gentlemen { and young lady respectively aged sixteen ran away and were married by a certain minister. So soon as the father of the bride heard of her whereabouts, he went after her and brought ' her home, leaving the groom very much depressed. Afterward the father relented and sent for the young a man, a summons which he no doubt ^ hurriedly obeyed, and everything is 11 now moving on smoothly. Jc Some Day. Some day all doubt and mystery Will be made clear, The threatened clouds which now we see Will dlminnpur Some day, what seems a punishment, OPI06H, or pain. Will prove to be God's blessing sent For every gain. Some day our weary feet will rest In sweet content, And we will know how we were blest By what was sent. And looking back, with clearer eyes, O'er life's shortspan, Will see with wondering, glad surprise God's perfect plan. And knowing that the way we went Was Goa's own way. Will understand His wise Intent Some day?some day. ?. > "I'll Seep My Eyes Shut." BY BETH IRVING. Little Henry had been very sick. When he was slowly getting better, ind was just able to be up and about ihe room, he was left alone a short time; his sister came in eating a piece rf cake. . Henry's mamma had told him that tie must eat nothing but what she gave him, because it would not be safe for him to have what other children did bill he was stronger. He was hungry; the cake did look so good; he wanted very much to take a bite of it, and the kind sister would gladly have given it to him. "Jennie," said he, "you must run right out of the room away from me with that cake, and I'll keep my eyes shut while you go, so that I sha'n't want it." , ' Wasn't that a good way for a little boy of seven years to get out of temptation? I think so. If other children, and big people, too, would remember Henry's way, x they would escape from sin and trouble very ofteu. t ^ t Love to God. When Jehovah had laid the foundations of the earth, and had called into being His creature man, His love was celebrated by the harmony of the spheres, and raptures of angels. "The morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy." And when the same love was yet more gloriously displayed in the mission and incarnation of thePrinceof Peace, when both the majesty and the mercy of God were made manifest to mankind in Jesus, the melody of heaven again became audible. And suddenly there was with the shepherds a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying: "Glory to God in 1.1 L2.L..1 Al_ 3 111 tue jLuguest, oil euriu peace, gooa will towards men." As this blessed dispensation extends its influence over the world, songs of praise will be more and more heard from the uttermost parts of the earth. "One song employ all nations, .'Worthy the Lord, for He was slain for us."_ Joseph John Ourney. Habit is a cable. We weave the thread of it every day, and at length we can not break it. The claims of habit are generally too small to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken To one who murmured because he rebuked him for a small matter, Plato replied : "Custom is no small matter. A custom or habit of life does frequent- ? ly alter the natural inclination for good or evil." After a series of veals winding up a watch at a certain hour, it becomes bo much of a routine as to be done in utter unconsciousness : meanwhile the mind and body are engaged in something different. When I meet a being I cannot serve, I know my ignorance. Do thy duty; tbat Is best; Leave unto thy Lord the rest! Some of the brightest lights go out mj consequences of using borrowed oil. Faithfulness in little things fits one for heroism when the great trials come. Vanity is a refined selfishness which is ever exacting Homage, but never paying any. Sacrifice being the essential basis of virtue, the most meritorious virtues are those which arc acquired with the greatest effort. If we were asked what are the two greatest human aids to the pulpit, we should say, self-possession and selfibandoument. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether i man is firm in principle or simply ibstinate, but the man himself never expresses any doubt. Men who think for themselves do lot believe quite so much as those who :ake what they have from hearsay; nit it is a better quality of faith. The moon above, the Church below A wondrous race they run; But nil their radiance, all their glow, . Each borrows from Its Sun. Be thankful for past mercies before rou plead for new favors; this is the . vay to plead successfully ; he that ofereth praise glorifleth God. I have seldom seen much ostentaion and much learning met together. ?he sun, rising aud declining, makes ong shadows; and at mid-day, when te is highest, none at all. "The malice that Is eager to ascribe selfish motive for a g< od act is the lackest thing in unregenerate numan lature. It is akin to that which asribed Christ's miracles to the devil."