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The Abbeville Press and Banner. 11 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1889. VOLUME XXXIV. NO.UO. Wm Precious Ointment. Do not keep your box of ointment, Break it o'er your friends to-day: Do not keep it in the darkness, Half forgotten, laid away. Little deeds of lovt; and kindness, Don't forget to give them now; Don't forget to smooth the pillow. Don't forget to bathe tho brow. Send your flowers to the livingDo not keep them for the grave? They may comfort some poor mourner, They may strengthen, help and save, Send them in thefr fragrant beautyShow your friendship true and warm; What would care a rosebud casket? What would care a lifeless form ? Hearts there are with burdens laden, Bearing bravely toil and care, Ready to receive your kindness Should you leave your ointment there. Don't forget the kindly counsel, Don't forget the loving tone; They will make the cross seem lighter To some sorrow-laden one. All along life's rugged pathway Stretch your hand and lift your voice, Bringing all your love and kindness, Making every heart rejoice. Keep your ointment ever readyUse it freely?there is room; It will bring you richest blessings, Smooth your passage to the tomb. Hospitality. Around the very word there lingers a delicate, old-world aroma. It is suggestive of much that is graceful and courtly in history and literature and life. It calls up visions of bread broken between strangers, of salt partaken of by foe9, the sweet old story of the woman who brake her box of ointment at Chri9t's feet, all manner of shows and pageants aud stately companies as well as some very homely gatherings and pathetic kindness- ; es. And of this thing, so beautiful in itself, so capable of all fine interpretations, we make often a bungling and and unlovely matter. We invite our guests, we welcome them heartily, we give them food to eat and a place to sleep. They are a joy to us, and with that our solicitude stops. The question, of their joy in our society we either take for granted or leave out of consideration. We open our houses and ar.d our hearts, and shut our eyes; , an act at once pitiful and unwise. i By way of illustration of what we : would say: It i9 our pleasure to have visited two houses, in either of which our welcome is equally assured. In one, while we weve left perfectly free in regard to our manner of spending time, our exits, entrances, conversations, or silences, there was yet, in all the minor arrangements a very evident care, at once gratifying and soothing to a stranger. Without remark of i any kind our tastes were consulted, our comfort quitely secured. On going to i our room for the night we fouud that ! those inventions of darkness, the s shams, had been removed, the bed in- i vitingly opened; conveniently near ] I were a candle and matches; on the * table, up to whicu a rocKer was cosny drawn, was a lighted lamp, amaga- ' zine, and some new books. There were pins in the cushion, hot water as well as cold on the dressing-table, and the ; towels were fresh and plentiful. And at the other place? Ah, well! j an attempt at "entertaining" was glar- ( ingly evident; there were apologies for , the well-cooked and abundant food; ( we groped our way along a dark pass- ( age after our own water; having per- j formed our ablutions we dried our face j on a new, unlaundried towel left it in ( an eminently starchy condition and ( our temper on the move; we tore oft' ( ~v- the shams ourselves, put out the gas j and plunged desperately into bed, to s lose in slumber ungracious thoughts. \ Surely the moral is not hard to find ! j There is an old adage to the effect that f a pallet of straw and good-will is hos- ( pitality for a king. Good, so far as it j goes! Good-will is certainly at the j bottom of all true hospitality. If you have only a pallet of straw do not apologize therefore' but if you have more i to offer look to it that your accessories , are perfect in their bestowal. It is not j enough to give freely and ungrudging- x ly; to be of any value your hospitality must be thoughtful and gracious. The i best, not merely of food and shelter, , but of mind and heart, is not too much , to the stranger within your gates, or ( your friend, the chosen of your heart. ( G. E. S., in Qoldcn Rule. ( Interference iu Home Discipline. j Not the least of the trials that the ( mother has to contend with is outside s interference. It begins before the J baby comes, and says, "If I were you, I would," and "If I were you, 1 < wouldn't," with wearying chatter ( which has the form, but lacks the ( spirit of advice. Also it says, not in- ] frequently, "Do you dare do that?" , witn a disapproving emphasis quite: indescribable. After the nurse has j gone, and the mother, distrustful of i erself, and often weak and disturbed ] by fears, tabes up the s veet burden of 1 purp find ?*oes about whtit will thenne- . be an unceasing duty, then begins, s "Don't you feed your baby anything?" , "Do you rock her ?" Does he sleep ] with you ?" Dont you dress it too ; warmly ?" and so on indefinitly. A more serious thing is the meddling with the mother's manner of i discipline. While the mother, alas! is not infallible here, it is better that that she make mistakes than that she - be by others moved from that course of action which she believes is for her child's good. The intelligent, conscientious mother will probably find her way through her mistakes to better thinking and wiser ways. There; are plenty of unthinking people who do not hesitate to remonstrate and suggest and make excuses for the childish delinquent in the presence of the little offender. A child out visiting is perhaps cautioned by parents not to touch certain articles of adornment, instantly the hostess says "Why, let him have it. You can take it if you want it, dear !" The embarrassed mother will need nerve if she insist he cannot have it, when insisting may. seem ungracious. Again, at meals it !s often a fact t hat she must combat the pleadings of every individual at the table if she decide to deny her child some article which he would like, but which she feels would be hurtful. Illustrations might be multiplied. Ordinarily no one but a parent knows a child from first to last, and what that child's needs as to indulgence and discipline are. Except in rare instances no outsider has any right to attempt to influence a parent's decisions. Unobtrusively as may be, but, above all, firmly, parents should exercise the privilege which is theirs by divine right of doing for and by their own what seems to them good.?Babyhood. The pastor who receives from a kindhearted but thoughtless people many little gifts while the larger part of his salary (small at best) remains unpaid, regsrds the situation with mingled emotions. ?JVasftville Ch. Ad.. Speaking: to People. "Who in the world is that you're speaking to?" said one young lady to her companion of the same sex and age as they walked down one of the avenues the other day. "That man? He is the man that mends my shoes when they need ic," was the reply. "Well," said the first speaker, "I wouldn't speak to him; don't think it's nice." "I do," was the rejoinder. "I speak to every body I know?from Dr. Brown our minister, to the colored man who blacks our stoves and shakes our carpets?and I notice that the humbler the one in the social scale to whom I proffer kindly words, the more grateful is the recognition I receive in return. Christ died for them as much as He died for me, and perhaps if some of them had had the opportunities my birth and rearing have given me they would be a great deal better than I. That cobbler is really quite an intelligent man. I've lent him books to read, and he likes quite a high style of reading, too." The two girls were cousins, and they finally agreed to leave the question as to recognizing day laborers, mechan ICS, nuu iiuuc^uiaii, iu a tyuuu^ mwjci of whom they had a nigh opinion. So the first time the three were together one of the girls asked him : "If you met Myres, the grocer, on Broadway would you speak to him?" "Why, yes, certainly; why do you ask ?" "And would you speak to the man who cobbles your shoes?" "Certainly, why not?" "And the janitor of the building where you have your office?" "Of course." "And the boy that rung the elevator?" "Certainly." "Is there any body you know that you don't speak to?" "Well, yes; I don't speak to the Joneses, who cheated a poor widow out of her house; or to Brown, who grinds down his employees and gives them starvation wages; or to Smith, whom I know to be in private any thing but the saint he seems to be in public. I speak to every honest man I know whom I chance to meet. Why do you ask ?" "Because we simply want to know," replied the yonng lady who had taken her friend to task for speaking to ra cobbler. In fact, she was ashamed to tell him that he was referee in the discussion on this point held a day or two before. It is the privilege of nobility to be gentle and courteous to all. Kindly words hurt no one, least of all him or her who speaks them. rite Nobleman's Greatest Compliment. One wet, foggy, muddy day, a little *irl was standing on one side of a jtreet in London, waiting for an opportunity to cross over. Those who have seen London streets on such a lay, with their wet and mud, and have matched the rush of cabs, hansoms, -irrmihjispQ nnri rnrrinc-ps will Tint, won ler that a little girl should be afraid to ;ry to make her way through such a Babel as that. So she walked up and lown, and looked |into the faces of ;bose who passed by. Some looked careless, some harsh, some were in Jiaste; and she did not find the one she ought, until at length an aged man, atber tall and spare and of grave yet vindly aspect, came walking down the street. Looking in his face, she seemid to see in him the one for whom she aad been waiting, and she went up to aim, and whispered timidly : "Please, sir, will you help me over?" The old man saw the little girl safely icross the street; and when he afterward told the story, he said, "That Utile girl's trust was the greatest compliment I ever had in my life." Tbat man was Lord Shaftsbury. Be received honors at the hands of a nighty nation ; he was complimented with the freedom of the greatest city >n the globe; he received the honors conferred by royalty : but the greatest ;omplimeii* he ever had in his life was when that little unknown girl singled lim out in the jostling crowd of a Lonion street, and dared to trust him, jtranger though he was, to protect and issist her. Men n.'irrv aomethinn- of t.hftir char icters written in their faces. Day by lay the acts of life chisel their impress du the human countenance; and the record there kept reveals the character Df the man. ana the history of his life ind deeds. If worldliness, and selfishness, and sin, are written there, Lhe keen eyes of childhood will not fail to find the record; while if there beams in that countenance the grace and peace of Christ, and the gentleness and kindness of the Lord, even the children will be attracted by such a face, and be led to trust in one who himself has trusted in God. Happy are they who know the rich peace of Christ; and happy are they out of whose countenance shines that wondrous and celestial brightness; who have been illumined from on high; and who are themselves lights in the world, a city that is set on a hill, that cannot be hid. Would a little girl pick you out in a crowd, as one to whom she could apply for help? Father Knows.?A gentleman was one day opening a box of goods. His little son w;is standing near, and as his father took the packages from the box he laid ;hem upon the arm of the boy. A young friend and playmate of the merchant'* son was standing by looking on. As panel after parcel was laid upon the arm -jf the boy, his friend began to fear Lis load was becoming too heavy, and 3aid : "Johnny, don't you think you've got as much as you can bear?" "Never mind," answered Johnny, in a happy tone; father knows how much I can carry." Brave, trustful little fellow! He did not grow restless or impatient under the burden. There was no danger, he felt his father would lay too heavy a load on him. His father knew his strength, or rather the weakness of that little arm, and would not overtask it. More than all, his father loved him, and therefore would not harm him. It is such a spirit of loving trust in Him that God desires all His children to possess.?Home Journel. A good story is told of an aged clergyman ,\vl?o met a man loudly declaiming against foreign missions, "Why," said the objector, "doesn't the church look after the heathen at home?" "We do," said the clergyman quitely, and gave the man a tract. The American Revolution. BY JOHN HEJCUENWAY. I once heard a very good minister of the gospel say that he had heard his father say that before the war it would have been a matter of as much astonishment to see a man drunk as it would have been to catch a man stealing his neighbor's sheep. Now, it is a fact that before the war of the Revolution intemperance was an abomination scarcely known in this country, and this war which is generally regarded as the means of produciug the greatest of blessings, not only to our own country but also to other nations and people, was the main cause and source of this dreadful evil?an evil which has hitherto baffled the untiring efforts of the wise and good to arrest its frightful progress. Who that loves his country and mankind when he takes into view the vast numbers that have gone down to drunkard's grave, the amazing agonies and wrongs that have fallen with such crushing weight on mothers, wives and children, widows and orphans, the soundless depths of misery and crime which the monster intemperance has produced in our country, whose desolating march is still onward, prostrating with giant, unpitying arm, the youthful and the strong, raining the direst misery and ruin upon the quiet abodes of competence and the stately dwellings of wealth, sparing neither children in their innocent helplessness nor virtuous women in their youthful beauty, nor feeble old age, who will not say, with mighty emphasis, "All the benefits that have resulted from the war of the American Revolution, be they few or many, were purchased at far too costly a price." Perhaps some may ask how could the war cause intemperance. I answer that it is well known that the soldiers after the war was over were fond of gathering the young around them and telling marvelous stories about the scenes and battles of the Revolution. These soldiers were regarded by the young with great respect and veneration, and as the brave and war-beaten soldiers indulged freely in the intoxicating cup which they first learned to love in the army, it soon became common' and respectable for all to drink spirits, for who would presume to be more wise or moral or exemplary than the patriotic soldiers of the Revolution ? Another great evil that has arisin from the war is the great increase of Sabbath breaking. Good men who lived in the time of the war remarked of that sin, "If such outrage against God and religion is called in question, the answer in almost every man's mouth is ready, 'It is war times.'" Truly has Dr. Beckwith said: "The Sabbath of New England has received a shock from the Revolutionary war which only the millenium can ever restore to the sanctity and moral power it had in the days of our father's?the Puritans'" Another very pernicious effect of the American Revolution is seen in the great spread of infidelity in our country. The French officers a^d soldiers associated freely with our countrymen,) and were regarded by them with much affection and respect on account of their assistance in the Revolutionary War. It is very natural for men to look with an extremely lenient forbearance and charity upon the erroneous religious faith and even the vicious practices of those who generously render them important aid in the time of their extremity. This is one of the weaknesses of imperfect human nature; and more still to be deplored is the fact that men are imperceptibly led not only to excuse the vices of their friends, but also to embrace their unsound principles and at last to adopt their erroneous conduct. This was the fact with many of the soldiers and people of our country during the Ampriftftn "Revolutionary War. Many took pride in "following the French in their principles and in consequence of this the infidel sentlmentsof France were to a considerable extent diffused among the American people. Goodrich, the historian, a friend of the Revolution, says; "The Revolution brought with it great disadvantages to religion in general. The atheistical philosophy which had spread over France, and which would involve the whole subject of religion in the gloomy mists of skepticism, which acknowledges 110 distinction between right and wrong, was thickly sown in the American army by the French." Goodrich also says : "Infidelity was greatly extended by the writings of Paine. The gratitude which multitudes felt for the aid his pen had given to our Revolution, contributed to impart to him a peculiarly powerful influence." Ramsey, another historian, and a supporter of the war, says, speaking of the condition of the United States after the war, "Their moral character iB inferior to what it was formerly. So great is the change for the worse, that the friends of public order are loudly called upon to exert their utmostabili ties in extirpating the vicious principles and habits which have taken deep root during the late convulsions." Tracy, in his "History of the Great Awakening," referring to the Revolution and the extensive revival of religion in America previous to the war, says: "With all the accession of strength that religion received from the revival, it did but just stand the shock; and for a long time many of the pious fpnrprl that, flwrvtliiiier liolv would be swept nway." Does the Christian patriot sincerely believe that the civil advantages gained to our country by the Revolutionary War an adequate compensation for the spread of infidel principles in our land resulting in the eternal moral ruin of many who but for eflect of those principles might have lived to sparkle forever and ever in the Redeemer's diadem as his choiest jewels? And let me in sorrow ask the question, where is the devout Christian American who does not blush with shame that professedly Christian America triumphed in the consequence of the powerful help of the pen and the sword in the hands of infidels. Does a good cause need such help? Is it for Christians to seek or accept such help for any purpose? "I speak as to wise men (and good) judge ye of what I say." Again, it is well known that Lafayette, Montgomery, and Dekalb, and others who bore a conspicuous part were Roman Catholics or inclined to | that religion, and in consequence of their assistance and influence many were led to look with more indulgence on the errors of the Church of Rome. ^ I am the last man who would like to see an irrational and ungodly jealousy to ' our country against the Catholics. Their errors "should be opposed in meekness, and in love, and more for their good as Catholics than for our good as protestants. But we know that is not for the best prosperity and happiness of mankind for the Roman Catholic religon to prevail in our country, and it is well for the Protestant Christian patriot to remember that the American Revolution, for which so many mistaken Christians of the Protestant faith thank their God, has served to strengthen Catholicism in Amerlica. The Revolution has greatly in [creased Catholic immigration to our country. Another very bad effect of the Revolutionary War was that it strengthj ened and continued the slayery of the (African race in our country. What gross inconsistency was the war for liberty. The supporters of the war declared that the truth "that all men are created equal, and endowed by the Creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and pursuits of happiness," was so unquestionably plain and indisputable that it was 'self evident ; ana yet in utter disregard of this noble sentiment, for the defense of which the war was said tc be waged, the "fathers of the Revolution" manifested no sympathy or thought of the negroes in their own country. But if America had continued in peace her colonial relation with the mother country fifty years longer she might 311(1 WOUIU IlilVt; uimjjeniicu vrmi i-iv-t not only prohibiting the African slave trade, but in quietly and justly abolishing slavery in all the colonies of the British Empire How much better it would have been for the honor of the human character and the welfare of mankind if our country had from choice continued harmoniously her connection with Great Britain till the year 1834 at the time she abolished slavery in the West India islands, when as an inevitable consequence slavery would have ccme to a peaceful end in our own land; for, as England had determined to honorably purge her dominions of all negro slavery, our own country if then in union with her, would have been freed in peace from such slavery forever, and to the eventual satisfaction of the slaveholders themselves; and such combinations as "White Leagues" and "Ku Klux Klans" would never have been known in our country; for emancipation accomplished in peace instead of in and by'war, would have strongly tended to bind the white and black race in bonds of everlasting justice and peace together. This blessed result would have been an advantage to our country, and to the high interest of philanthropy and Christian religion, in comparison with which all the benefits of the Revolution are poor and trifling indeed. And we mu9t not forget that if there had been no Revolutionary War there would have been no war with Great Britain in 1812, and no Mexican War, and no civil war. One war often leads to another. In tune of the war the sacred rights nf pnnacipnnfl fr#?A sneech and orooer ty and home, were cruelly invacled Some of the best people in the land who refused to approve of and engage in not only the Revolution War. but in any war from conscientious motives of duty to God, were barbarously treated in their persons and barely escaped with their lives ; their property was taken from them by force, though they remained meek and unresisting under the robbery and the abuse of their persons. Art of Being Easily Pleaded "Has your young visitor left you?" asked Mrs. Hale of her afternoon caller. "She has gone," returned Mrs. Freeman ; "and how we do miss her! She was the most charming guest in the world." "That is a strong statement," laughed her friend. "What remarkable [gifts had she?" "The gift of being easily pleased, j and the happy faculty of enjoying every thing," was the emphatic reply "Whatever was proposed for her pleasure seemed to be just the diversion she liked best. She entered into every plan with such zest and enthusiasm that it was a comfort to see her. She found such enjoyment in little things, and was so content without any 'goings on' whatever, that it was no trouble at all to entertain her." "A model guest, indeed," said Mrs. Hale. "Had she any other perfection ?" "I might add one or two more to the catalogue," answered Mrs. Freeman, smiling. "She was always prompt at meal9 (a credit to her mother's training), and she ate what was set before her with a respectable appetite. O these dainty creatures, that mince and mince as if it were not polite to be hungry ! I can't abide them and the notable housewife made an indignant gesture, as if she would sweep the offenders from tlio face of the earth. Mrs. Hale looked sympathetic, and Mrs. Freeman continued : "I do like to see people enjoy simple things of every sort. This is Clara Foster's charm ; she is so easily pleased." "So easily pleased. It is an open secret, aud all may test its virtue." Is this liappy characteristic a gift, a talent bestowed? Then "neglect not the gift that is in thee." Put the tal-c ill- XI... 1 ?> iUn nir. em "lo uiu inai, wc vjiitjer may "have bis own with usury." Is it au art? That excellent and interesting book, the dictionary, makes art synonymous with skill, aptitude, and readiness. Aptitude, indeed, may be natural, but readiness must be acquired. Lt is not gained without effort and energy. Little preferences must be set aside, certain rough edges in mind and manner must be smoothed, small antipathies conquered, selfish whims controlled, and all manner of henrtsome, genuine interest, kindly feelings, and gentle courtesies must be cullivated. Which is Worse??A little girl came running in from her play one morning, and going up to her mamma, said : "Which is the worse, mamma, to tell a lie or to steal ?" The mother replied that they both were so bad that she couldn't tell which was the worse. "Well," said the little one, "I've been thinking a good deal about it, and I think that it's worse to lie than to steal. If you steal a thiug, you can take it back, unless you've eaten it; . and if you have eaten it you can pay for it. But" and there was a look of awe in the little face?"a lie is for ever." "What do you think about it?" Every one can master a grief hut lie that litis it. - . v I: Look Higher Up. "Is this the door?" I asked myself hunting up an address in a bewildering street. "I ought to know it." ' No," I said, "I doubt if this is the door." I chanced though to look higher up, and tliere was the name I sought after, a name honored, beloved, valued. Looking lower, I had failed to notice that help. I saw it now, standing out in clear, distinct letters. A simple incident, it has set me busily to thinking. There are many of us trying to find some door of blessing. Bewildered, we look and may be disappointed. We are in sorrow. It may be the disappointment of affliction, or sickne3s, of business losses. We look along the range of human resources and human helps, ever seeking some door of peace. Look higher up. Look unto the name of Him called "Wonderful." Measureless are His resources, giving a personal presence to support us, an individual reconciliation to our losses, strength now. Look unto Jesus! We are perplexed about duty. But it may not be the thing that perplexes so much as the way; not the ena, but our course to do it. We want wisdom. We need advice. We seek it at human lips; we err if we stop there. Look higher up! Look unto the name of Him called "Counselor." Ask the Saviour. Look unto Jesus! We are tempted. We are weak bei* 11 * ? nn/l Vi a1 r\] nan lore mo doujt ui uvuisiuu aau uuxpi^oo after it.- We cry, "No man careth for my soul." Self then shall be the friend showing- sympathy, self the friend that promises tne strength of its co-operation. "Is not thh the door?" some one asks. "Th?t door is a snare," we say. No; victory has another portal. Look higher np: Look uuto Him called the "mighty God." He is able to save from sin and save unto holiness. Look higher up, unto Jesus! When the end comes, when our feet may falter in death, when our sight may be dim, how precious the name of the Unchangable. One, the same yesterday, to-day, and forever, His glori-i ous name shining out in letters of fire! In the hour of dying may we look on high, and looking we shall live as we pass into the Father's house, no more to go out forever. Praying in Half a Room. In a large and respectable school near Boston, two boys?from different States, and etrangers to each otherwere compelled by circumstances to room together. It was the beginning] of the term, and the two students! spent the first day in arranging .their J rooms and getting acquainted. When night came the younger of J the boys asked the other if he did not think it would be a good idea to close the day with a short reading from the Bible and a prayer. The request was modestlv made, without whining or cant of any kind. The other boy, however, bluntly refused to listen to the proposal. "Then you will have no odjection if I pray by myself, I suppose?" said the younger. "It has been my custom, and I wish to keep it up." "I don't want any praying in this room, and won't haveTt!" retorted his companion. The younger boy rose slowly, walked to the middle of the room, and standing upon a seam in the carpet, which divided the room nearly equally, said quietly: "Half of this room is mine. I pay for it. You may choose which half ! you will have. I will take the other, and I will pray in that half or get another room. But pray I must and [ will, whether you consent or refuse." [ The other boy was instantly conquered. To this day he admires the sturdy independence which claimed as a right what ho had boorishly denied as a privilege. A Christian might as well ask leave to breathe as to ask permission to pray. There is a false sentiment connected with Christian actions which interferes with their free exer cise. If there is anything to be admired, it is the manliness that knows the right and dares to do it without asking any one's permission. ' * * Six Rules for Extempore Preaching. So good an authority on subject as Rev. R. S. Storrs. D. D., sums up the substance of his theory and practice in the rules below. 1. The physical vigor must be kept at its highest attainable point. 2. The mind must be kept in a state of habitual activity, earnestness and energy. 3. The plan of the sermon should be simple, natural, progressive aud thoroughly imbedded in the mind. 4. The preacher should have a distinct and energetic appreciation of the importance of his subject. 5. He must speak for a purpose, having in view from the beginning of his discourse the definite end of practical impression which it is to make on the minds of his hearers. G. He should always take into the pulpit a sense of the immense consequences which may depend on his full and faithful presentation of the truth, and a sense of a personal presence of the Master. WanIo of Prayer. Much of the thing commoly called nraver is no praying. The New York 'Witness well says: "It might perhaps be a safe estimate to assume that more than three-fourths of the prayers offered by professing Christians have none the of elements of prayer.. In very many cases the individual does not really desire the thing prayed for, but merely repeats a form of prayer, or asks for things which he thinks ought to be asked for. lu other cases, people ask for what they do want, but with no expectation of getting it. There is no promise to answer that kind of prayer. The trouble is, that there are so few who really pray, there are so many who pretend to pray, and people judgt of the value of prayer by its outcome in the case of the many who pretend to pray rather than by what is accomplished by the earnest, believing prayers of the few." "Blessed are the poor in spirit, foi theirs is the kingdom of heaven."? Thus our blessed Saviour opened His sermon on the mount; and from Hii example we may be assured, that hu mility is the richest garb that the sou! can wear. By this is to be understood not an abject poorness of snirit, thai would stoop to <lo a mean tiling ; bul such an humble sense of human nature, as sets the heart and affections right towards God, and gives us ever^ temper that is tender and affectionat( towards our fellow creatures. This i> the soil of all virtues, where every thing that is good and lovely grows. The Problem Solved. An eminent Christian layman, who has had more to do with city missionwork in New York than any other business man, said to me recently: "The ignorant and ungodly regions of the city do not require more church buildings or chapels. What they need is live Christians to come among them ; and what we cultured Chris' tians need is to give ourselves. Thii takes our loving sympathy, our laboi and our money. 1 place money last the first two will bring the last; the last does not bring the first two. Christ first humanity second. When we are filled with Christ, we want to let out, and be filled agajn, and stay filled. The minister cannot do all this; their people must; and I only wish that my rich fellow-members in Dr. 's church would all go and see for themselves what I see. Uod's ncn and strong and educated people must go down personally among the lowly, and lift them up, or they never will be saved." There is the city evangelization problem all in a nutshell. Until the Christianity of New York is ready to put itself, not into stone and mortar, and not into bank checks, fyit into personal, loving contact with poverty, ignorance and sin, the city will wax worse and worse. The same is true of every city.?Rev. T. L. Cuyler. The Good Fruits of Confidence. My experience with criminals, when I was on a district bench, taught me that there was no man devoid of manhood. Place anybody, however depraved, on his manhood, and you will observe his eye brighten up. I have taken men who have been convicted of serious offenses, and, after sentencing them to the penitentiary, have said: "Now, I intend to place you on your manhood, for I believe you have manhood in you. I will give you a mittimus, and the marshal will provide you, with money to go home and bid your family good by. After you have stayed there a day or two-1 want you to report at the door of the penitentiary named in the papers you will receive and serve out your sentence like a man. And when you are through I want you to return to me, and I want to see what can be done to restore you to the confidence of your fellow men in society." I never was disappointed in a man I thus trusted, and those convicts whom I have helped on their return from prison have always been faithful to the trusts imposed upon them.?Judge Gresham in Indianapolis Journal. People who use horses and are wont to strain them to the utmost, from apparent necessity, will be glad to learn that a simple ana emciem, aevice- uhb been in use for some time in France which relieves a horse from the severe strain that accompanies the starting of a heavy load. In cities, especially, such contrivances are needed, ana most of all by the usually overdriven street-car horse. The device consists in a spiral spring, of power in proportion to the average load carried, and which is attached to the end of the trace. The horses at the Eastern Railway Depot in Paris, where the springs have been used for six years in shifting cars, show an improvement since that time in general soundness and condition, while the number of sore and strained necks have greatly diminished. There has also been a large saving in the way of broken harness. The same idea has been applied to plowing harness, and ota- farmers ought to adopt it for the relief of their teams. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should see that the device above memtioned is speedily introduced and applied in this country. "When a patient is suffering from fever, and the skin is hot and dry, a saleratus bath is often found to give at least temporary relief. This bath can be given to the patient in the bed, without removing the bed clothes, or his own clothing. Have the water as hot as it can be borne with saleratus dissolved in it, in the proportion of perhaps half a cupful to a quart of the water. Wet a sponge in this, and then squeeze it so dry that there will b6 no danger of dripping. Bathe the face and hands first and dry them instantly with a soft towel. Then putting your own hand and arm beneath the bedclothes, hold them up bridge-like to keep the clothes from the sponge, and, at the same time, push back the nightdress and undershirt of the patient, so that with the other hand you can push the warm damp sponge over his body. Take a limited surface each time and dry it quickly, before attempting the next. All this is done beneath the bedclothes so that no air can get in to the body. Push up the sleeves so as to bathe the arms in the same way. It is slow and careful work, but not difficult, and the relief and comfort afforded, even if not permanent, will repay the effort. These baths may be given once a day, or in some cases at morning and at night. Youth's Companion. No single element of the weather, however propitious, suffices to make a perfect day. If either sun, or breeze, or moisture, fails to participace properly in the happy combination, there is a corresponding detraction from the charm of perfection. So, similarly, 1 there are a number of elements that go 1 to make up the atmosphere that sur rounds the soul; and no single element, however congenial in itself, will atone for the imperfection of other elements, and will suffice to confer perfect bliss in itself. The mood in which ' we happen to be, the kind of activity - to be engaged in, the environment round about us, the personal presences 1 or absences at the time,?each and all 1 contribute to heighten or to mar the enjoyment of the hour. But, as by the exercise of ingenuity and fore' thought, and by deep devotion to duty, - we can rise above, and act more or less independently of, the most untoward, I uncertain, or uupropitious weather; so, by similar means, we shall, if we try, be able to wrest a signal triumph from the rainy, or dreary, or torrid, or dusty, hours in the life of our soul. 5 A German composer was conducting } one of his overtures. As the "horns" . playing too loudly he told them le[ fpeatedly to play more softly, and more softly they played each time. At the [ fourth repetition, with a knowing I wink at each other, they put their in. strum en ts to thoir lips, but did not j blow at all* The conductor nodded r aprovingly. "Very good, indeed,' ? said lie; "now one shade softer anc 5 you,11 have it." It is better to- be dumb than to bi misunderstood. . jfij Much that passes for untruthfulness in very young children may be only the exercise a lively imagination. To .: ? inflict punishment in such cases, as if there had been a willful misrepresentation of facts, is one of the surest ways to make the child a liar. He does not see the true proportions of things, and parents should remember that an in- * tellectual perception is not quickened '' by punishment. While it is well understood that fear often leads to untruth, with adult as well as children, it is sometimes forgotten that motives of ; love will operate in the same manner. A boy or girl of generous impulses will ? ; often equivocate through a desire to S& shield one who is dear to them. In these cases it should be clearly shown r? that a mistaken sense of loyalty to a friend is treason to God, our best > Friend. Habits of exaggeration, so -< natural to most children' can be easily corrected, if taken in season. All inao- . ^ curacies of speech having their root in . ^ mental perceptions should be treated ? very differently from untruths told or acted to gain a purpose, and involving the moral nature. Here is said to be a true story, and it is further said that the Harrodsbnrg Democrat is responsible for it In ofc any event it is worth publishing, and may serve to point a very important M tmt.h "Twn brothers not livinff more '3 than fifty miles from Hairoclsburg, if looked no much alike that when one of , ./dhj them joined the Baptist Church and . ' ^j was about to be immersed, he found $|8 that he had no clothes for tne occasion, . as he expressed it, and paid his broth- ; er ten cents to be baptized in his place, ? $ which was done. This story seems in credible, but it is nevertheless a fact, and woula never have been found out |$jjn had not cue of the brothers beoome >; angry and given it away." One of the best stories we have / &. heard of late comes from no lees a reliable source than Rev. ITheodore L. . Cuyler, D. D.. of Broyklyn, N. Y.. and relates to the habit of being late at ; church. He says"A plain-spoken . . < Methodist pastor in Ohio had quite lost his patience under the interruption of late comers. So one Sabbath, M when at the close of his prayer he ob- , served the usual procession moying ,'!{ up the aisles' he stopped short and ex- ? claimed: "Here comes the tardy troop B again, and this time my Betesy is at m tne head of them." That snot did , not have to be repeated, and the pastor's wife became an example to the ' lock. A Good Suggestion'.?"Mamma,'* /{J said Alfred, "I prayed throe prayers, ?jM and the Lord answered two of them. , Do you think he'll answer the other?" V ?j "I think He will, my dear. What were the prayers?" 39 "One was that he would make yon well, and you're not sick any more. Another was that he would make papa . > more kind." "Yes, dear. Now, what was the '? third?" "I prayed that God would keep us % children from quarreling; b??t He ; hasn't answered that vet, for Daisy and I quarreled dreadful to-day." "Ah, my son, you will have to help the Lord to answer that." One who goes out to convert sinners and yet cannot be trusted to pay bis debts; the man who leads the class, at church and abuses his wife at home; the professing Christian who thinks himself a saint because he reads the Bible through once a year on his kneels, ? and yet seems to his neighbor as one ^ who never read the Bible at all; the woman whose zeal to be a missionary ' lets her own family run to ruin?all these mark perversions of piety?a deformed religious life that needs thaoorrecting influence, not of mere fervor of spirit, which would only aggravate the '1 evil, but the correction of common self. ..jgj Coarseness, rudeness, vulgarity are out of place in the Christian pulpit. | In fact, this preaching of special ser- J mons "to men only" ought to be stop- J]H ped. We have no gospel "for men on- ' ;?yi ly." A sermon that is not fit to be , * Dreached before a promiscuous audi ence is not fit to be preached at all. ''<286 Finally, is it not time to put a stop to this whole evangelizing business; which seems by an inevitable law to become penetrated with a commercial spirit? Every preacher ought to be an evangelist. It is a shame to him if he fails in this his chief work. Let the pastors help each other. f A loving spirit is its own reward. '/>J Its love may not be returned, but its jj love cannot be lost. The gain of loving aud its reward is?in loving. ^ The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing* but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they 3 are gone. - 0^^ If you want to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you, and what people think of you. The advantages of freouent thoughts on death are unspeakably great; and most erroneous is the notion, that gloominess must be the consequence of such meditation. "Those that are not resolved, and go in religious ways without a steadfast mind, tempt the temper, and stand like a door half ajar, which invites a thief; but resolution shuts and bolts '* * ?''aw! on/1 fnf/toa tile aoor, resists tuo ucm, iv.w. him to flee." Reverence is one of the signs of . >? strength; irreverence one of the sure indications of weakness. No man will rise high who jeers at high things. The fine loyalties of life must be reverenced or they will be foresworn in the day of trial. What are the pomp and majesty of an earthly court, the magnificence of palaces and crowded theatres, to one who lias in view the glories of heaven, the triumphs of the saints and the ineffable delights of the angelic world ? What are feasts, sports, plays, and all the vanities of sensual pleasures and delights, to him who steadfastly fixes his eye on celestial bliss and everlasting transports of joy ? . We would repeat and urge upon farmers that every worm-eaten peach, apple, plum or other fruit should be re. moved from the orchard and buried or ; fed to hogs that will eat them, as a I means of diminishing insect ravages ' next year. Likewise where peaches I rot badly every rotting fruit should be similarly disposed of. Rotting peach, es bear the fungus seeds which cause rot the succeeding season. . ' ?: . . .,w?i