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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1889. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 15.
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Our Legacy.
No eye hath seen, no ear hath hoard.
Nor hath it. been revealed in word.
The precious things He iefi behind,?
Thepreeious thing we go to find,?
Through pains we would not choose.
From Joys we weep to lose.
But that our waiting hearts might guess
Some secret of that blessedness.
The Master, e'er His work was done,
Breathed this sweet message for His own.
As near to death Ho drew,?
"My peace I leave witli you."
"My peace"?but not the loneliness;?
Nor friend, nor home, nor child to bless,?
But not His scorned and hated name,
Nor yet His poverty and shame;
These bitter things He knew,?
But left His peace for you.
The weight of woe for souls of men.
To win them to their God again ;
The anguish of His cruel death.
The cry upon His parting breath.
No human heart e'er knew ;?
His peace was left for you.
Beloved, take the eift anew;
; It passeth knowledge?deep and true.
Tender as Is the brooding dove.
And stronger than the heart of love,
" Its home?the Father's breastWas
left to bring you to rest.
Mrs. Luther Keene, in 8. S. Times.
A Russian Princess on American Man*
norc.
American society, so far as she has
seen it, is a revelation to la Princesse,
and her observations cannot fail to interest
the people studied.
"I must be honest if I talk to you,
for we Russians have not the skill
you possess of, I will not say dissembling,
but giving to a woid, a letter or
an opinion a variety of interpretations,
and you will pardon me if I think that
there is far too much freedom in America.
I do not like it. I think it is a
menace in many ways. For instance,
I think your children are frightfully
reared. They are free from the very
nurseiy to abuse their nurses, they
? always have their own way from the
start, and the contempt they must feel
and often show their parents is simply
disgraceful. As for disrespect, I
nave seen nothing else since I came to
the States. This they tell me is freedom
; they call the insolent little girl
Miss Liberty, and her brother the coming
president, and this is just the quality
of freedom that I never could become
accustomed to. I have seen a
child not yet seven years of age order
his father as if he were a servant, to
bring his puzzle-box from the nursery
that he might show me howfto get the
pigs in; at a home where a young lady
sat at ber piano practicing a singing les- 1
son, the mother of the family was actually
sent to tuni on the heat that the
shameless daughter might not take cold.
A young man with a soidier's height j
and university training ended an argu- <
x *nolrinor in
gumeni ius uiuiuci noj .,
this manner: 'My dear mother, you ,
don't know what you are talking L
about,' and then proceeded to relate |
the occurrence in his own way, and 5
that too in the presence of/callers. t
And so you know a tall son who was ]
being reproved for a reported discour- (
tesy to a young sister, told his motbei (
to 'let up.' I never heard such a re- (
monstrance before, but by the distress j
in the lady's face I knew it must be a ,
remark of great disrespect. The free- .
dom of the child amounts to positive <
unrestraint in growing manhood and
and womanhood, and though still do- (
pendent, sons and daughters have ]
their own friends, make their own ,
plans, spend money as they like, go and (
come as they please. Not only is the s
boy his own master, but the young j
lady is free to accept invitations and t
presents from gentlemen, and to mar- j
ry, even, when she pleases. The free- j
dom that permits her to wound her t
mother is the very same that leads her (
to elope with her father's coachmen f
or charman. t
RUSSIAN CHILDREN. g
"What are our childreu like? Like ?
ladies and gentlemen from the time :
they can speak. Instead of waiting !
for a child to'get old enough for school, J
onxr v>aro wb nrnvide a govern
iUJ JUU OWT UV<V| .? w j- 0 ess,
and from the very beginning the 1
little one is taught respect, obedience, s
politeness and langauge. He will nev- f
er presume to examine or use any of
their private belonging* without first
getting permission, and at the entrance
of either into a room the child rises,
, offers his chair with as much deference i
as though in the presence of asoverign
and will remain standing until told to I
be seated. At table the children are
considered last and after the meal each ]
one thanks the parent for it before
leaving the dining room. And d > you t
know what the result is? Such lifelong
devotion and reverence as few \
American parents ever receive. Old (
mothers and fathers in my country
have the best rooms the nicest clothes, t
the choicest dishes from the kitchen, i
and every day they are visited by the
children and granacnuaren ami en- i
tertained and favored. In the eve- 1
ning no one ia seated before the aged, i
and the daughter or guest who plays or
sings always consults their choice." j
Princess Enyaliteyeff. \
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Going Up Stairs. (
Climbing stairs occupies a great deal I
of time in these days, and consumes a <
great deal of strength. There is a
right way of going up stairs, a way i
that will make the climber stronger j
rather than weaker. There is a wrong
w-ay of going up stairs that will injure i
even strong men, and that will in time
ruin the health of women and girls, i
A wide observer in our city, speaking
of this subject the other day, remark- i
ed that a great many business men of <
his. acquaintances were suffering
from improper stair-climbing.
The wrong way is to run up stairs.
A man will rarely run in the street, J
though he may be in a great hurry ; hut J
when he comes to a long Uight of j
stairs, he will put a toe on each stair
and project himself upward as nearly
as possible as though he were flying.
Of course, this causes derangement in
the circulation, and often ends in permanent
derangement of the heart.
The right way to climb stairs is to
put the heel on the stair, then spring <
over on the toe, bringing each limb in
alternation perfectly tense and straight
as stair after stair is gone over. In
short, walk up a gentle incline, putting
the heal down first, and never
resting the body on a flexed muscle,
but always on a tense one. Take as
much time in raising yourself by
stairs to a height of thirty or forty feet,
more or less, as you would take to
climb a hill of that height.
Women who dress properly am
walk up stairs after the manner described
without injury. The improper
drgss, high heels, tight clothing, the
weight that does not hang from the
shoulders,?make stair-climbing hurtful
to women. The high heels keep
the limb flexed all the time, and
throws the whole muscular system out
of gear;-tight clothing prevents proper
respiration, and the wrongly susv
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pemlc'i weight endangers delicate organs
that under right conditions would
receive no injury.
Walk up stairs.
g A Story of President Jackson.
Never was any man more enterprising
and self-reliant than Andrew Jackson.
An anecdote, telling about his
parting from his mother, illustrates
this, as exhibited very early in his life,
'while as a boy in North Carolina he
was getting ready to go over into Tennessee
to give his youthful ambition a
chance.
"I had," said he, "contemplated
this step for months, and had made
arrangemeuts for my trip, and at length
had obtained my mother's consent to
it. All my worldly goods were a few
dollars in my purse, and some clothes
in my saddle bags, and a pretty good
horse, saddle and bridle, The country
to wliich I was going was comparatively
a wilderness, and the trip a
long one, beset by many difficultiesoartoz-oullu
dnrnrppon? hpr>?lisfi ftf t,hfl Tn.
V^VVAW.J 1
dmns. 1 felt, and so did my mother,
that we were parting forever. I knew
she would not recall her promise to let
me go, though; there was too much
spunk in her for that, and this caused
me to linger a day or two.
"But the time came for the dreadful
parting. My mother was a little dum- .
py, red-headed Irish woman. 'Well,
mother, I am ready to leave, and {I
must say farewell.' She took my hand,
and pressing it, said : 'Farewell!' and
her emotion choked her.
"Kissing at meetings and partings
in that day was not so common as now.
I turned from her, and walked rapidly
to my horse. As I was mounting
she came out of the cabin, wiping her
eyes with her apron, and stood at the
getting over place at the fence. 'Andy,'
she saia (she always called me
Andy) 'you are going to a new country
and among a rough people, and
you will have to depend on yourself
and cut your way through the world.
I have nothing to give you but a mother's
advice. Never tell a lie, nor take
what is not your own, nor sue anybody
for slander or assault and battery. Always
settle the cases yourself!' I promised,
and I've always kept my promise.
I rode off'some two hundred yards, to a
tiirn in the nath. and looked back?she
was still standing at the fence, wiping
her eyes. I never saw her after
that."
Quarrels.
Big rivers and big quarrels arise
from a flowing together of many little
streams, each of which taken separately
might be diverted into another channel,
but altogether make a resistless
1ood. "Take care of the pennies, and
;he pounds will take care of themselves."
Take care of the little grievinces,
and the big ones will not come.
Parents have many opportunities of
caching their children, both by prc;ept
and example, how to differ from
ithers peaceably, bow to adjust clashng
inclinations, how to wear the laurel
of the victor without vain-glory,
md to pass under the yoke without
legradation.
Differences will arise between chilIren
as they will among grown folks.
[t is well thai they do. Children' need
;o learn how to quarrel without losing
heir tempers, without breaking friendship,
without being embittered by de'eat
or over elated by victory, without
;aking unfair advantage, without feeing
that might makes right, without
gnoring the "inalienable rights" of
;h'eir antagonists. They need to learn
o staud for themselves, to think for
hemselves within limits, and correct
heir thinkings by reference to right
.taudards of thought and action. Aggressive
children need toning down,
imid and retiring children need tonng
up. The parent has an opportunity
in the quarrels his children may
lave to lay down principles of action
Hid policy that will be of immense
ervice when their social and civil
quarrels shall be of moment.
From Messenger of Peacc.
BY J. II.
True politeness is kindness prettily
nanifested.
War is a bold disregard of the law of
ove.
Nothing is glorious that intentionaly
destroys human life.
Peace is always not only greatly beter,
but also greatly cheaper than war.
No mau ever reached the loftiest
leight of true greatness who was not
>f "a meek and quiet spirit."
Every Christian who does not labor
md pray for the prevention of war is
unfaithful to Christ and mankind.
One philanthropist is worth more
'or the honor of human nature than a
nillion warriors, who love and glory
n war.
"Loveis the fulfilling of the law;"
ilas! no law is so poorly fulfilled in
;his wicked and selfish world as the
law of love.
The good increase in sympathy with
i,he sutt'erings of the human family as
they increase in years, and the bad decrease
with the increase of their years.
When the law of love is as tenderly
iud faithfully fulfilled on earth as it is
in Heaven, then God's will will be
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not till then.
To say that war has been necessary
[>r glorious among the nations of Europe
or America is virtually saying
that the worst and most horrid form of
3in has been necessary aud glorious.
"I want that religion that happifies
the soul." A far better phrase would
be: "I want that religion that puri- ,
fics the soul."
How can war l>e waged without a
great and dreadful violation of our Saviour's
"Golden Rule," "As ye would ,
that men should do to you, do ye even ;
so to them?" When was it ever so
waged? Will the warrior tell? Will
the Christian, who believes in the justice
of war, (ell I
It is vain to look for even the dawn
of tho day of millennial peace, love,
;?nd glory, as long as the professed
ministers of the Gospels, as a body, believe
in and preach of the justice, necessity,
and beneficial effects of gunpowder
and the gallows upon mankind,
as nations and individuals.
Dean Swift was once dining with a |
family in which the matron boasted Of ,
the number of centuries in which the
magical prefix "de" had been the
rightful property of her ancestors.
The dean heard the tedious and oft- 1
told tale to the ejid, and then delivered
his opinion of all that sort of non- ,
sense by saying : "Madam, will you
kindly help me to another piece of deunipling?"
Does the Lord lovo a man who
spends ata church festival the mone y
he owes his washer-woman ? ' |
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THE SUMY SCHOOL LESSON
DAVID AND JONATHAN.
LESSON X, THIRD QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL
SERIES, SEPT. 8.
Text of the Lesson, I Sam. xx, 1-13?Commit
Verses 3, 4?Golden Text, Prov.
xvill, 24?Commentary by the Bev. D. M.
Stearns.
[Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by permission
of EL S. Hoffman, publisher, Philadelphia.]
L "And David fled from Naioth in Ramah
and came and said before Jonathan, What
have I doner' Saul, being constantly troubled
with an evil spirit, had sought on two different
occasions to slay David (chape, xviii, 10;
xix, 10), but David escaped out of bis hand,
for the Lord was with him, and the last time
he fled to Samuel, and ho and Samuel went
and dwelt in Naioth. If we are true children
of God the presence of the Lord is ever
with us, as a wall of fire round about us, and
nothing can reach us without His permission:
and whatever He may permit to reach us,
nothing can by any means harm us, for our
life is hid with Christ in God. Enemies may
seem to prosper, but God will make even the
wrath of man to praise Him.
2. "Thou shalt not die." David inquires of
Jonathan why Saul, his father, should thus
persistently seek his life, and what ho had
done to merit such ill treatment at the hands
of Saul. Jonathan assures him that he shall
not dio, and that inasmuch as his father will
do nothing without telling him, and has given
him no hint of such a purpose, therefore it
cannot be; but the sequel proves that in this
case the mind of Saul was hidden from Jonathan,
and that he was really determined to
kill David (vs.*. 80-33), because, as he said,
while David lived Jonathan, his own son,
could not be established in his kingdom. ?
8. "There is but a step between me and
death." This was, humanly speaking, true of
David and is true of every one of us. In
God's hand is our breath and by His kind care
we live and movo and have our being day by
day, and whether on land or sea it is equally
true that the next step may usher us into
eternity. This may well cause the unsaved
to tremble, but it should give no anxiety to
one who is redeemed by the precious blood of
Christ and is therefore seeking day by day to
"do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with
God." Thero is no real death to the soul that
has eternal life; such can never perish; to
serve Christ in this mortal body is the greatest
joy on earth, to be with Him apart from
tho body will be great gain, and to reign with
Him in a body immortal and incorruptible
shall bo the consummation of bliss, and to
that there shall be no end. What then, though
there bo but a step between us and death,
nothing could keep David from his throne
beyond the appointed time, and nothing can
keep us. Therefore, Be strong, Fear not.
4. "Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will
even do it for thee." Thus said Jonathan to
David in his great love for him. A greater
love said to a poor blind man: "What wilt
thou that I should do unto thee?"
5-7. "If he say thus It is well; thy servant
shall have peace; but"? By thus absenting
himself from his accustomed place for three
days, David would surely learn the mind of
Saul towards him, and Jonathan would see
it and then know for himself his father's
thoughts toward David. If any think that
they see deception here on the part of David in
his speaking of going to Bethlehem, let them
remember that God cannot possibly in any
way tolerate 6in, and never does he excuse it;
and if David sinned in this matter it must have
brought him chastening.
8. "Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with
thy servant, for thou hast brought thy servant
into a covenant of the Lord with thee."
David had already the love of Jonathan, and
the love of all Israel and Judah (xviii, 1,16),
but his one great enemy caused him to fear,
and Jonathan was now to be the mediator
standing between David and his enemy on
behalf of David, and there was a covenant
between them which David calls a covenant
of the Lord.
9. "Would not I tell it thee?" David had
asked Jonathan to kill him, if he was guilty,
rather than let him be brought to SauL Jonathan's
reply is that if he knew evil was determined
against David he would 6urely tell
him. Now Scripture plainly states that our
great adversary seeks to devour us, and that
if men refuse the deliverer and deliverance
so lovingly provided for them, they must go
to the everlasting fire prepared for that adversary
and his angels. (I Pet. v, 8; Matt,
xsv, 41.) Can we who are called Christians
be in any sense worthy of the name, or be
said truly to love our fellow mmi1 if we bolieve
that such evil awaits them and never
open our mouths to warn them or to entreat
them to behold the love of God and receive
Jesus as their personal Saviour?
10. "Who shall tell me?" Now David wants
to know how ho shall find out the result of
tne interview Decween jonainan ana ms
father. Ho surely does not honor the love of
his friend^ nor seem to esteem his friend, or
his friend's word very highly by these
questions. He seems to be greatly moved, he
does not now sing "I will not fear, though
the earth be removed," (Pa xlvi, 2); ho does
not talk like valiant David, a man after God's
own heart, but rather like the spies who saw
the giants and walled cities instead of seeing
God. Let us learn from him that nothing
must ever be allowed to come between us and
God lest wo too be filled with fears and dishonor
Christ
1L "Como and let us go out into the field."
"Come apart," said Jesus to the disciples.
"Bid the servant pass on, but stand thou Btill
awhile," said Samuel to Saul. It is wise,
when we would"have fellowship with God, to
get alone with Him and shut out all else. It
is wise, also, when you would deal personally
with a soul in His name, to take them alone,
with not oven a third party n<?ar, and thus
you will have more power with them; I have
always found it so. There is also a power
outlines in uemg, wueu pusaiuiu, upm t u uiu
everything human; God's fields or forests
around you and God's sky your canopy.
Alone with God is the place of power for
your own soul, and also for fellowship with
others in His Name; but you can in some
sense bo alone with Him also in tho crowded
streets and scones of a great city.
12,13. "That thou mayest go in peace, and
the Lord be with thee." Jonathan now solemnly
calls tho Lord God to witness that
whother tho tidings from his father bo good
or evil, ho will surely let David know; and
in the following verses, in most remarkable
\yords, ho speaks of a time when ali the enemies
of David shall have been cut off from
the face of tho earth, and as if anticipating
his own and his father's fall and David's exaltation,
ho causes David to promise kindness
to his liouso forever. Then follows tho account
of the interview between Saul and his ,
son, and the way in which Jonathan acquainted
David with tho result. But
even if the tidings wero to bo evil
and Saul should seek the life of David,
Jonathan says ho is to go in peace,
for tho Lord will be with him. Perhaps
David remembered this when ho sine: "He
shall not be afraid of evil tidings, l/s heart is
flxod, trusting in the Lord." (Ps. cxii, 7.)
Tho heart that rests in the love of Him who
sticketh closer than a brother, who has shown
His love by dying for 'His enemies, and who
having given Himself has given all things
with Himself, should be ablo to say truthfully
at all times: "Behold, God is my Saviour,
I will trust and not be afraid; for His
thoughts to mo aro peaco and not evil; and
Ho Himself is ray everlasting life."
Daniel Hill and the Messenger of
Peace.
From the Messenger of Peace.
I was born and reared in North Carolina.
I had a good opportunity to
hear many sad war stories. The saddest
of all to me was the one concerning
my three brothers, (vho went to the
"front," two of whom never to return.
Just as I was beginning to read, my
father, who was a minister, received a
copy or the Messenger of Peace, a
small, neat paper published at Vienna,
Ohio. I was very much attracted by
its stories of the horrors of war. I
found the statement, "free to ministers."
I wrote a postal in my childish
way to Daniel Hill, the editor, telling
him that my father was a preacher,
and that I was only a little hoy, but
that I loved to read his paper, and
while I had no money to send him, if
he would send the paper to me, I
would be "so glad," and assured him I
would read it. To my surprise and delight,
the paper came the next month.
You can imagine how I would read
every word j)f it, because it was the
first paper I had ever taken, ana it
came addressed to me, and "didn't
costa cent." Well, the Messenger
of Peace came to me for two or three
years, and as I grew older I became attracted
more and more not only by the
story of war, but by the better story of
peace. There were impressions made
on my youthful mind which can never
be erased. Nor do 1 want them erased,
for the spirit of that little paper is the
spirit of Jesus Christ, the Prince of
Peace. I think I am a better man today
by having this kind of reading
put into my hands. It is a pity that
parents can't see the importance of
feeding their boys on such healthful
food! Finally, when I grew up to
young mauhood, I left home to seek
an education, and to prepare myself
for the ministry. Three years were
spent in college in North Carolina, one
in Tennessee, and four in Illinois. In
changing offices, the Messenger lost
track of me, and on account of my
many duties, and forgetting Vienna, I
lost track of it. One year ago I went
to Wabash, Ind., to attend the Methodist
Conference. I was the guest of
old Father Crab, and while there I
met an elderly man whom they called
broker Hill. He was young in the
spirit and active in body. He had
come to represent the Society of
Friends on the subject of Arbitration.
I saw him go to the platform with an
elastic step to speak to the worthy
theme in behalf of which he had
come. His words were earnest and eloquent
as he progressed in the short
speech which he was permitted to
make. "You say your name is Hill ?"
I asked afterwards, "and you belong
DnnVara 91) Thon r tnlH him
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the story of my reading a paper in my
boyhood?called the Messenger of
Peace. edited,-as I remembered, by a
man whose name was Hill. "I'm the
man," said he. Well, I can't describe
my feelings. Whether I lived again
as a boy of fifteen, or whether one of
my best friends had arised from the
dead, I could hardly tell which, for
the past was so vividly called up, and
Daniel Hill had been lost sight of with
no expectation of hearing from him
again. It is a blessed privilege to look
into the face of a man whose teaching
has helped to shape one's character
and bless one's life. And it must be a
comfort to the Master's laborers to
know that they are instrumental in
doing good. I do not believe all of
our reward will be reserved till after
death. Hence I do not wish to eulogize
a dead man as is our custom, but
I want father Hill to kuow while he
lives, that he has been a benediction to
one of Christ's servants, and as long as
I preach the Gospel will I remember
that its foundation is laid by the
"Prince of Peace," and that the scope
of the Gospel lies back of the words,
"Peace on earth, good will toward
men."
The Messenger is as welcome to
my table as a paper of my own denomination,
and I hope I may always
keep track of it. It ought to be put
into the hands of every child. While
the Nation is teaching, by building
war ships and heavy guns, that self-defence
is a God-given principle, let the
Bible and the Messenger of Peace
teach the better way of self-defence.
No paper in this country has a greater
mission to fill, and may its white
leaves be unfolded in thousands of our
home9. May Daniel Hill be spared
yet many years to this responsible position,
and when wars shall have ceased,
may the God of Peace crown His
servant.
J. W. Barker.
Hamilton, Ind.
Have You Saved the Mail?
A few years ago a homeward bound
vessel was wrecked on the coast of
England. The life-boat was launched,
and away the men went, and were a
loug while at sea. Darkness set in.
but the people on the coast lighted
great fires so that the life-boat might
be guided on its return to shore. After
awhile they saw it returning, and a
Seat strong man, of the name of John
olden, who was on the coast, cried
aloud to the captain of the life-boat,
"Hi! hi! have you saved the men ?"
the captain answered, "Ay, ay, I have
saved the men :" and all hearts were
filled with gladness.
But when they reached the coast it
was found that one man was left clinging
to the mast. "Why did you not
save him ?" said Holden. "Because
we were exhausted," said the captain,
"and we should all have perished if we
bad remained anomer nve uimuim attempting
to save one man." "But
you will go back to the rescue?" They
said they had not the strength, the
storm was so fierce.
Holden threw himself on the shingle,
and lifted up a prayer to God.
When he had ceased praying six men
volunteered to accompany him, and
John Holden, with six men, were
preparing to start,'when the good old
mother of John Holden threw her 1
arms around his m:ck and said :
'John, you must not go. What win
I do if you perish ? You know your
father was drowned at sea, and it is
just two years since your brother William
left; we have never heard a word
of him since. No doubt lie. too, has
perished. John, what shall I do if
you perish ?"
John said, "Mother, God has put it
into my heart to go, and if I perish
He will take care of you." 1
And away he went; and after awhile
the life-boat returned.
"Hi! hi ! John, have you saved the
man ?"
John answered in a trumpet voice,
"Yes, we have saved the man ; tell my
mother it is my brother William we
have saved." There is a man left unsaved
in this dark storm}' world. Will
you try to save him ? It may prove to
he your brother, or mine. Let us haste
to the rescue.?Sel.
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War.
The following article' I wrote many
years ago for the Christian Neighbor.
It will be new to nearly all the readers
of the Messenger. I have changed
and enlarged it considerably. J. H.
War will and must be condemned
and cast out as a loathsome and terrible
abomination. Already the
"hand" begins to appear "on the
wall," writing slowly but surely its excommunication
from the earth?
"Weighed in the balance and found
wanting." All the persevering labors
of its worshipers to preserve the deified
place it lias for so many long centuries
held, not'only among pagans
and infidels, but also among the professed
followers of Jesus, will be utterly
unavailing. Demagogues may
belch out their ferocious grandiloquent
orations. Statesman may spealc in
belligerent eloquence, and _soldiers
may bravely fight and die. The nations
may build their forts and ironclad
war ships, and maintain their
military schools and great armies.
"Keverend clergymen" may use their
sermon pens and pulpit voices for its
sanctification and embalming in the
memory of the church. The historian
may record in language strong the
grandeur of its achievement. The
novelist may write in captivating
[words to immortalize its splendors.
The poet may sing its praise in strains
[harmonious and soul stirring to the
young. The painter may pride himself
in the wonders of his skill, and
spread upon the canvas glowing representations
of its battles and its heroes,
which shall seem to speak like life itself.
The sculpter may cause the cold
dead marble to live in honor of the
military chieftain. Dancers may
glide gracefully in joy, night after
night, in memory of warriors and of
victories by the sword. Flags may
float from towers, church spires, hill
and plains, and swords and bayonets
gleam, and cannon roar, and boisterous
music echo over the world, with
(the draw "parading round and round
and round." Beauty may wave her
delicate hand and scatter her bright,
approving smiles. Monuments of
time-defying granite may stand firm
and tower high toward heaven for the
perpetuation of* its glory. But all
these things will not avail. No power
of ambitious man can make that right
and permanent which God ' has pronounced
wrong and pexishable. Jesus,
the Blessed Prince of Peace, shall
obtain and retain a full triumph over
flip fnnl demon of war. on this wide
and beautiful earth, long before He
shall be seen, to the joy of His saints,
"coming in the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory." And at last
a victory over Satan, the originator
and great prince of war, complete and
eternal.
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Bible Prayers.
Here are a number of short prayers;
please "Search the Scriptures" and see
where they are recordea. J. H.
1. "Remember me, O my God, for
good."
2. ."Give ear to my words, 0 Lord."
3. "Have mercy upon me, O Lord,
for I am weak."
4. "Hold up my goings in Thy
paths, that my footsteps slip not."
5. "Let the words of my mouth
and the meditations of my heart be acceptable
in thy sight, O Lord, my
strength aud my Redeemer !"
6. "Keep me as the apple of- the
eve."
7. "Lead me in Thy truth."
8. "Teach me Thy ways, 0 Lord!"
9. "Lord ! be Thou my helper."
10. "Lord, make me to know mine
end, and the measure of my days, what
it is, that I may know how frail I
am."
11. "Cast me not away from Thy
presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit
from me."
12. "Be Thou my strong habitation
whereunto I may continually resort."
13. "Scatter the people that delight
in war."
14. "Set a watch, O Lord, before
my mouth; keep the door of my lips."
15. "God be merciful to me, a sinner."
16. "Lord help me."
17. Turn away mine eyes from beholding
vanity."
18. "Teach me good judgment and
knowledge."
19. "Let, I pray Thee, Thy merciful
kindness be for my comfort."
20. "Have mercy upon me."
21. "Let my heart be sound in Thy
st&tutcs.''
22. "Hold Thou me up and I shall
be safv . "
23. "Lord, remember me when
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24. "Deal with Thy servant according
to Thy mercy."
25. "Open Thou mine eyes that I
may behold wondrous things out of
Thy law."
26. "Let not any iniquity have dominion
over me."
27. "0, let me not wander from
Thy commandments."
28. "O, let the wickedness of the
wicked come to an end."
29. "Cast me not off in the time of
old age; forsake me not when my
strength faileth."
30. "Lord, what wilt Thou have me
to do?"
31. "Whom have I in heaven but
Thee, and there is none upon earth
that I desire besides Thee."
32. "Thou slialt guide me with Thy
counsel and afterward receive me to
glory."
Debts of Dishonor.?Every debt is
a debt of honor, in the sense that hon- <
or calls for its prompt payment; but i
the term is usually reserved for debts
which are improperly incurred, and
legally void, and which might be more ]
appropriately called debts of dishonor, I
Of course, we refer to gambling debts. <
There are a good many so-called, or i
wonld-be, fashionable young men who 1
persist in calling black, white. They i
will strain every nerve to pay their
losses incurred at cards or betting on
horse-races, while their tailors and '
tlieir shoe-makers call in vain for pay- 1
ment. They do not mind deceiving i
an honest tradesman, but they would J
not for the world tarnish their honor 1
by neglecting to settle with the fools <
or knaves with whom they gamble <
and bet. ?
Their solicitude for their honor is en- <
tirely superfluous. It is needless to pro- :
tect a sooty kettle from smuts. Their
perverted morality is a curious instance
of the ethical degradation
which results from gambling. Better
it would be not to gamble at all in any
way.
By Rachel Dean.
"Well, here I am at home again after
a day's visiting," said a young lady
as she laid aside her hat and gloves.
"How did you enjoy yourself?" was
the inquiry made by a member of the
family. "I'm sorry to say not particularly
well.i' was the dejected reply.
Why, what was the matter? Were
you not feeling well ? "Oh yes, as
well as usual, but everybody talked
too much, and although I left home
with the intention of being discreet in
my speech (knowing my failing,) the
first thing I knew I was led into saying
many foolish, unnecessary things.
It really provokes me to think about
it now, and I have to look back upon
an otherwise agreeable day with keen
regret. I only hope that some of my
remarks may not Be repeated. If they
are I'll be certain to lose the good will
and friendship of several persons with
whom I've always been on the most
friendly terms.
"Then, besides, how can I ever face
them again with the same frankness,
when I've been talkinfif so sliblv of
their faults and mistakes behind their
backs? I don't care how common
this practice is?something tells me
that it is unjust.
"I know it is not edifying; and I'm
rather inclined to think it must be
really wrong, for somehow I always
feel strangely uncomfortable after indulging
in such free talk, Well, I
shall be more careful hereafter, for I
want my visits to friends and neighbors
to be both pleasant and profitable."
John Bright.
Another able advocate of the cause
of peace has gone to his rest. It has
only been a short time since Henry
Richard, who was for many years the
honored and able secretary of the
London Peace Society, passed over to
the reward of the peace-maker. On
the 27th of last month he was followed
by John Bright, of Rochdale, England,
who came to his death in ripe
old age, being 77 years, 4 months and
11 days old. John Bright was one of
the most popular orators in England,
and almost invariably lifted up his
powerful voice on the right side of the
great questions of the day. He was at
one time a member of the British Cabinet.
but resiemed his nosition in 1882.
because he would not be a party to the
bombardment of Alexandria and the
I Egyptian war. He has frequently
been on the unpopular side in English
politics, as most conscientious persons
are liable to be at times, but his aim
was to always be in the right whether
popular or otherwise. He was a lifelong
member of the Society of Friends
and was laid to rest in their burying
ground at Rochdale. The world needs
more such men. We know not upon
j whom his mantle may fall, but God
I does, and we can safely and trustingly
j leave the matter in His hands. A
migthy man has fallen, but the weapons
of his warfare have not perished.
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The following is from "Mrs. Child's
Letters from New York:" it woutd
haye been more satisfactory if the
name of the place had been given.
"I have somewhere read of a regiment
ordered to march into a town and
take it. I think it was in the Tyrol;
but wherever it was it chanced that
tne place was seuiea uy a vowuy wuu
believed the gospel of Christ,, and
proved their faith Dy their works. A
courier from a neighboring village
informed them that troops were advancing
to take the town. They
quietly answered, 'If they will take
it they must.' Soldiers soon came riding
in, with colors flying and fifes
piping their shrill defiance. They
looked round for an enemy and saw
the farmer at his plough, the blacksmith
at his anvil, and the women at
their chunns and spinning wheels.
Babies crowd to hear the music and
boys ran out to see the pretty trainers
with feathers and bright buttons,. 'the
harlequins of the nineteenth century.'
Of course none of these were in a proper
position to be shot at. 4 Where are
your soldiers?" they asked. 'We
have none,' was the brief reply.
'But we have come to take the town.'
Well, friends, it lies before you.'
'But is there nobody here to fight ?'
'No, we are all Christians.'
"Here was an emergency altogether
unprovided for; a sort of resistance
which no bullet could hit. The commander
was perplexed. 'If there ia
tn ftffht with, of course we
cannot fight,' he said. 'It is impossible
to take such a town as this.' So
he ordered the horses' heads to be turned
about, and they carried the human
animals out of the town as guiltless as
they entered and perhaps somewhat
wiser."
Pulpit Notices.?Good nature is a
very bad thing, generally ; it is without
backbone. Goodness by grace puts
grit, backbone and ribs into the soft
parts. Many a preacher doses his congregation
with ail kinds of notices because
he has too much good nature in
his make-up. Over-politeness and
over-easiness are out of place in the
pulpit. The flood of pulpit notices are
frequently so long, so varied and diverting
that the sermon and service, if
not lost, are seriously affected. We
clip this:
'A Michigan pastor, discussing this
question in a ministers' meeting, not
long since, made this telling point:
'A pulpit notice is a pulpit endorsement.
Some people may, at first
thought, dissent from this, imagining
that a pastor is simply a fleshly phonograph
to grind out the notices put into
his hands into audible sound. But
second thought will convince any one
that a minister should never read a nol
? vijmoolf i
tice of any son, wuiuu
or some wise and proper officer of his
church does not personally know to be
worthy of recommendation and of a
pulpit reminder.' When this princi- 1
pie is established and acknowledged,
church members and society workers
will learn to recognize what a serious
offense it is to seek pulpit advertising
by imposing on a pastor's good nature."
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The True Way.?A little boy once
mid, 1*Ho\y hard it is to do right; I've
tried and tried, and there's no use trying
any longer." But one day, after ]
reading his Bible, he said, "Why, I've <
been trying to change myself all the ]
time, and here I read that God can j
only change me. I can no more 1
ehauge my heart than a colored man i
could make himself white. How fool- ]
ish I have been not to ask Him."
And he was right. Are you trying
to change your own heart? You can <
never do it. It will get worse and
worse until you ask Jesus to give you ]
a new heart. And he will do it now.
Jesus says' "Give me thy heart."
Definition of God.
BY S. T. SPEAE, D. D.
"God is not a pagan divinity, and
not a mere energy, force, law, quality,
or unconscious casuality, ana not a
pantheistic aggregate of all existence.
He is a self-conscious person?distinct
from all others persons?objectively ,
real?in essence purely spiritual?
self-existent, eternal and unchangeable
in his being?omniscient, omnlpent,
and omnipresent with his power
and knowledge?having a moral nature?infinitely
holy, just and good In
his moral character?related to the un- : - ^ ^
iverse as the Creator thereof and the
Author of all its laws?conducting a
system of supreme providence over
all things and in all things?revealed
to men in his works and his Word, i
and ministry of Jesus Christ?and as
hu s revealed, making known his will ' V
in respect to hrtnan conduct."
The Philadelphia Thnea well says:
"With all due respect to the good peopie
who are conferring on this Impor- ' ^ '
tnrif onklaflf fVinw a?a kamlnv%l??n
UU1U BUUJCUl WiCJ OiC UC^iUUlU^ IUCU
work at the wrong end. The flrat and
essential step toward Christianizing
the masses in our centres of population
is to Christianize the Christians. tTntil
this is done nothing else can be
done that will be effective. While the
churches remain pleasant and fashion*
able Sunday clubs, whose sittings are
sold to the highest bidder, and in
which the worship is conducted in a
fashionable manner that says to the
poor these are no places for you, the
poor will stay away.
"Until Christians are willing to %c
make their .religion one ofaelf-aacriflee,
willing to worship on equal terms
with the masses, they will nave little
influence in inducing them to come into
the churches. If more churtibtes are
needed in the cities, the majority of
them should be in the quarters in
which the working classes dwell, and
not in the rich and fashionable quarters."
Self-Contbol.?Self-control on the
part of the mistress is really all impor- * :>
taut. To lose one's calmness because
cups and saucers are chipped, because
breakfast is delayed, because, the cook
is in a fractious mood, or because anything
below stairs is a little crooked, is
altogether unworthy and ill-bred.' Be.!jx
Ju?I#
siura, it ueieats iloblu xuu unu never
possess authority over those leas carefully
educated and lew' fortunately placed
than yourself, unless you have
yourself wellin hand. It is well, ia\ ;
our dealings with servants, to rOnemberthatit
is as unreasonable and'as
vain to look for absolute perfection
among them as to expect fo find it in
their superiors in station. Do not limit
yourself to finding fault With them
when they fail ; enoourage them by . ^
judicious praise when they do well:
take an interest in their welfare, and :)U
let them see that you regard it, and
you will have less cause to oomplaln
of their unfaithfulness.
Business Maxims.?Maintain dignity
without the appearance of pride.
Persevere against discouragement.
Keep your temper. Be punctual and
Methodical in business, and never too- .3
crastinate. Preserve self-possession,
and do not be talked out of conviction. ; ,fj
Never be in a hurry. Rise early, and
be an economist of time. Practice
strict temperance. Manner is something
with everybody, and everything
with some. Be guarded in disoonrse,
attentive, and slow to speak. Never
acquiesce in immoral or pernicious
opinions. Be not forward tp assign
reasons to faose who have no rigH to
ask. Think nothing in conduct tinimportant
or indifferent In all your
transactions' remember the final ao*
count.?Selected.
"I don't like housework," says a
young wife; "is is so commonplace,"
and so she breaks up housekeeping
and she and her husband go to boarding.
That in its turn becomes commonplace
and housekeeping is.again
resorted to. Most of tne things of
life are commonplace. Our dally toil ^
often is tediously commonplace? |
the same doll routine every aay?out, * .
commonplace as it is, it has to be done, <?:Jm
and it is these commonplace things
which make the world go round. The
ordering of the household, the sewing
and economizing, and tending the baby,
are ail very commonplace duties, (.
but duties to which love gives luster, .-''J
and duties which are missed if taken -^5
from us.?Detroit Tribune.
Pure Eyes and Clean Heart.? . ^3
"He turns his eyes from an improper
picture," said my mother in speaking
of the first minister I had known. 1 / fg
have known bim for yean, and be 1b
the pure and lovely man those words
would suggest. Seeker for heart purity,
make a covenant with your eyes.
Never look on a Dieture when it SUIT*
gests impurity;.never read thoughts , fj
that a cfean heart cannot entertain.
The bad picture and reading going * 4
through the eye photograph them- I
selves on the heart. Do not read of , Jfl
scandals and their like. It will cost I
too much. A young lady spent some
time in private-libraries, ana one day
remarked to her mother, "Father has
the cleanest library I have ever seen."
Cutting the Haer.?There is a
common but false notion, that frequent S\
cutting of the hair is favorable to its /
growth. Mothers thus often despoil a
their infants of their first silken locks
with the idea that the second hair will
be much more rich and abundant.
This is an error. The most beautiful f j
and abounding heads of hair we ever .
saw were those which the scissors had
never touched. Mothers, not satisfied
with trimming the hair of their children.
often have it shaved or cut close
to the scalp when they find It Is losing
some of its brilliancy on falling out
Except in rare cases of disease, the tor'
tal sacrifice of the hair is uhneceoary.
and the second growth is never equal v
to the first. Getting the hair trimmed
from time to time, may be allowed as
a matter of convenience, but ft does J
not produce the benefit generally at- -m
tributed to it.?Sel. v J
Four Good Rules.?James Free- |
man Clarke had four rules, by virtue
zf which he was able to maintain good
health and do a great amount of work ?
in spite of advanced years. Shortly
before his death, in answer to a query
is to what magic power he possessed,
be said briefly :?
"1. I have never been in a hurry.
"2. I have always taken plenty of
sxercise. * \t3
"3. I have always tried to be cheerful
; and
"4. I have always taken all the sleep
rneeded."
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