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Selections from Christian Neighbor. IVork lor the "Peace Xociply.'* Dr. Ruckly, the gifted editor of the Xcw York Adrocfftc, will have to be taken in hand by tlio (7/ is/inn Neighbor and the Peace Society. Commenting on an unfortunate homicide that; recently occurred in Iowa, the shooliiitr of one Palmer by liev. !). M. Helmiek of the Methodist Church, he savs: "If tiie statements are true, and the verdict of the Coroners ju.-v correct. Mr Helmick is to be justified in the shooting by the law of the laud and ? i . ii,,. i),.. . ,'iniMiili>s of tl;e; \VU utliL-tr, 11,1 11.v , , ... Gospel, Certainly ii'si man assaulted ! the editor of thi> paper upon his own premi-es in the nij:ht, he would not hesitate to defend himself by the use) of any weapon which would disqual-l ify the opponent for further hostile pro-1 ceedings. It would lie a painful tiling: to do and to remember, but it would be more painful to t>e done to death by a villain upon one's own premises. "That he was justified in carrying a j revolver, if his life had been threatened, we also believe. During the dis-! turbances attending the enforcement I of the law prohibiting the sale of li- ; quor in the town of Stamford, Conn.,! about twelve years ago, when the edfor of this paper was the Chairman of: the Excutive Ccmmittee of the Society for the Prevention of the Illegal Sale of Liquor, he was twice threatened with assault. A detective, of the most reliable character as such, fur-i nished the Committee with full details of a plot to seriously injure, if not as J, sassiuate, him and the witnesses employed, aud by the advice of the Executive Committee, representing the best citizens?Democratic, Republican, Protestant and Catholic?the said de tective was withiu call, armed, with instructions to defend him at every cost, and the writer himself carried a revolver, which, in cas of necessity, i,?vo iippn used unhesitatiuffly with all possible accuracy of aim." Our Northern brethren v. .10 engage in controversy with an editor who entertains such sentiments as the above would do well to mind how they cross their t's and dot their i's. Failing to, convince with the pen, the editor's re- j volver might be called into use "with all possible accuracy of aim."?Southern Christain Advocate. Suppose the Neighbor adds one more: Rev. G. P. Nickens of the Methodist Episcopal Church is in prison, charged with the murder of one] Rev. Carnutt, an "irregular" Baptist preacher. The indictment was by the I grand jury of Madison County, Arkansas. The killing of that "irregular" Baptist preacher by a regular Methodist preacher may not so differ from the Helmiek-Pahner homicide as that the twq may not be classed together and, according to the moral ethics of Dr. Buckley, the killing in each case, specially that of Rev. Mr. Hclmick, justified by the "principles of the gospel." He gives his endorsement to the contingent shedding of blood by a preacher of the gospel, also to the carrying of , a revolver with intention to use it "with all possible accuracy of aim." These views about killing and carrying deadly weapons are the sameas the notions held by the majority of men who have not the Spirit of Christ and make no pretension to Christian discipleship. It would not have been irrelevant if the gifted and learned Doctor of Divinity had supported his belief by some one or more quotations from the Christian Scriptures. It is not too late to do so yet, provided he can find any thing in the teaching of Christ or the Apostles that would clearly support what he aftirms and believes concerning deadly weapons and killing men. When for his two hundred thousand readers Dr. Buckley writes and prints that he believes that the killing of Palmer by Mr. Helmick was or is justified "by the principles of the Gospel," how much like "a nail in a sure place" would have been even one verse from the New Testament to substantiate the declared belief. i However accurately, hard and often Brother Buckley may hit that nail on the head, it will not hold without clinching. Clinch, Brother, clinch, ' and then, if you must shoot somebody, crack away. At present this is as far as the editor of the Christian Neighbor would presume to "take iu hand" the editor of the New York Advocate. Whether in our brief criticism on the belief of Dr. Buckley we have Impliedly been handling also the faith of the editor of the Southern Christian Aclvocatc we are unable to say. He is neither unable or afraid to speak for himself. If he is of the same "faith and order" with Brother Buckley and has a mind to so declare we hope he will not neglect to clinch. All three of us belong to the same Christian Metnoutsc organization . which, like nearly all the other churches in Christendom, is eo far deflected from the teaching and example of Christ and the apostles and the primitive disciples on war that there is a manifest necessity for a Peace Society whose special purpose should be and is the restoration in the churches of "faith once delivered to the saints," with its manifestation in life, even as it was for the first two or three hundred years after Christ. There is great need of what the peace societies are striving to accomplish. Will not the editors help in the good work ? ^ Snow was reported September 14 from Wyoming and Colorado, and on the 18th from Michigan. In many States from the Northwest there has been frost. Good Music. Attending Washington Street Church on Sunday last we were struck with the effectiveness of Mr. Marshall | as a leader <>f congregational singing, j Tn the one hj*mn in which all joined he succeeded?pretty nearly?in keeping all with hiiusell', so far better than the average choir succeeds that it seemed t;> us a leader of that kind would l?e a good substitute for our average choir?why not :-ay any choir? There stood tlie leader near the pulpit, a little to one side and within easy reach of the preacher and in view of all the people. The people could see the lips us well as hear the words of the leader as he sang, and thus by the power of example and the power of his "presence" were kept cn rapportc with him. If need be let this leader have his organ and accompanist?but these should bo, ns with Mr. Marshall, mere accessories?quite secondary. Musicians say there are "parts" in music. Let such as have an ear for music sing such "parts"?let the leader provide for the "air" only. Making our bow to exceptional leaders of choirs and exceptional choirs we would respectfully suggest that this plan be tried rather than that now prevailing, i an organ and quartette of singers placed behind and above the congregation, and which as most choirs claim is meant merely to "lead the congregation." Long-lived fallacy! It doesn't lead. Too often nobody offers his voice to be led, and sometimes the voices do go up from down stairs but they are not led, each one, rather, taking and making his own "time." But with a man standing as much in sight of the congregation as the preacher, one understanding music and having ability to lead,?with such an arrangement we do think most churches would find an improvement in singing and it might even come to be rightly termed congregational. Sonci. ?> Arbitration Instead of a Duel. Messrs. Huff and Patterson of Georgia after several movements toward fighting a duel have agreed to submit their differences to a committee of twenty-one, including three ministers ?Rev. E. W. Warren, (Baptist.) RevT. R. Kendall, (Methodist,) and Rev. W. B. Jennings, (Presbyterian)?all three resident in Macon. The two men at variance have bound themselves in writing to abide by the decision of the committee. Not only are the citizens of Macon delighted, but all right minded people who may learn of the matter will be gratified at this practical and reasonable way of set tling a dispute between men?tne substitution of humanity for barbarity. On the same principle disputes or quarrels between other men may be settled, and so too with nations as well; and if rulers were governed by wisdom national quarrels would be settled without bloodshed. "Died as the Fool Dietll.,' Thos. E. Jackson, aged IS, was beaten to death, at St. Louis, Sept. 17, by Ed Aliearn in a prize fight. "The fight throughout was one of the most desperate battles ever witnessed in the ring." Half a column in the Register of Sept. 18, contains the details of the brutal scene. Do such horrible doings as this shock the nerves of complacent advocates of war? "NVhy should such people be offended? This diabolical affair is but an illustration of the "principles" which obtain in war, multiplying one by thousand thousands. Affection?Remembrance. Though fur of!' among the Islands of the Pacific our sou Bam did not forget that his father attained his "threescore and ten" last Monday, September 23, 1889. The remembrance was expressed in a way so delicate and substautial that the 70 mile post may for that and other reasons be called the "Ebeuezer" of the Editor's pilgrimage. This, this is the God we adore, Our faithful, unchangeable friend Whose love is as great as his power And neither knows measure nor end. 'TIk Jesus the first aud the last, Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home: We'll praise him for all that is past, Aud trust him for all that's to come. Come and let us Talk aud Pray Together. The Seventeenth Anniversary of the South Carolina Peace Society will take nlur?o in rioliimhin Tnosrlnv October 1. at 7:30 P. M. Not only are the members of the Society urged to be preseut, but the public?ladies, gentlemen and children? respectfully invited tu attend, be their views on the subject of peace what they may. Something may be said or done at the meeting to abate somewhat the alarming prevalence of violence in the country?in the world. Come one, come all. There is strength in union. The Washington Street Meeting. We heard an effective sermon last Sabbath by Brother Leitch. Up to that time twenty-five had joined that church and about one hundred professed convertion. The good work is going on. Remember that the 17th Anniversary of the S. C. Peace Society will be held in Stanley's Hall next Tueeday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p. m. The Rebuilding of Johnstown. Johnstown, Penn., September 1(5. ?That Johnstown will rise again there seems to be no doubt. The enormous task of restoring the Pennsylvania Kail road tracks from South Fork to the famous stone bridge continues day and lllgnr. mi an cncifi.> me Cumbria Iron Company is operating those departments of iIs works which escaped ruin. Its army of employees is busy ami hundreds of men are engaged in rebuilding the structures dtmolishcd or damaged. Planing mills, gas works, electric. Ii?rht works, and other minor industrial establishments are being put in working order. Stores ! have been re-opened, and although the j merchants arc only in temporary buiidfings they have a good slock on hand and find an ample demand for their wares. There have been at least l,0tju places of habitation erected during the last three months. Of course the majority of them are only temporary structures, but they answer every purpose. Some substantial buildings, however, are well under way ami many foundations are being laid. Chicago, September 1G. ?The Ilev. Chas. H. Fowler, D. D., of San Francisco, a Bishop of the Methodist Epfscopal Church, who has just completed a trip around the globe, this morning expressed the belief that ten years hence America woidd pay for its AntiChinese laws with the blood of her citizens. He occupied the entire session of the Methodist ministers to-day iu speaking about his observations of missionary work abroad, the object of his trip being to personally inspect the workings of foreign missions. In speaking of the law prohibiting the Chinese from coming to America, Bishop Fowler said it was the most dastardly and disgusting tiling that America ever did, "and." he said with a slow emphasis, which was very impressive, "it will be paid for some day by the blood of some of America's best men." lie thought every American should blush for shame when he thought of the violation of the treaty with China, whereby Chinamen were refused permission to land on our shores. "China is notasleep," he said. "They talk little, but they think. In some of the interior towns I met Chinamen who would surprise you by their knowledge. 'You lowed landee in China?' they ask. 'Yes,' I replied. 'Chinamen 110 lowed landee in Melica,' they reply; 'why you lowed come here?' One man said to me one day: 'Me 110 Clistian or me sendeeyou way.' "I tell you they are thinking, and trouble is brewing. The greatest Prince in China said to me one day: We are looking after our home interests now. Ten years will put China in shape as to her interior arrangements ; then we will look after her outside in |ic-resis.' iney are iimRing giuui guus land ironclads, and are manning them. In ten years a country with one-third of the inhabitants of the globe will be ready to ask what we meant by trifling with her treaty."?New York Times. From the Pen to the Scalpel. Major A. S. Todd of the Anderson j Journal has gone to Baltimore for the purpose of taking a course of lectures in medicine, to which profession heexjpects in the future to give his attention. Chattanooga, Tenn., September 20.?An accident occurred this morning on the electric railroad running from the foot to the top of Mission Ridge. The car had nearly reached the top of the steep track when the electric current failed, and the car started down the mountain at great speed. The motor man tried to stop the car with the brakes, but failing in this, the conductor shouted to the passengers to jump from the car. Most of the passengers were ladies. One of these was Kiiieu, anu several omers were seriously injured, and all were somewhat bruised or scratched. Recently two negro boys, one five, the other four years old, shot and killed their two year old brother, and dragged the dead body two or three hundred yards in the woods and hid it behind some bushes. They then went to a neighbor's house and remained until their father found them that night. The boys shot their brother with their father's pistol which !they found in a Chest under the bed. These children did their work about as skilfully as adult murderers generally do. Only precocious pistol heroes. Mrs. Catharine Moore, a widow aged eighty years, and living near Carthage, Moore County, N. C., was murdered the night of September 18. The old lady's son had been called from home that night, and there was no one in the house but Mrs. Maore and a faithful colored woman, who lost her life in trying to save her mistress. One Medlin, Mrs. Moore's nephew, has been arrested on strong circumstantial evidence. The object was money?but there was none, it is said. Rev.'A. J. P. Matthews, a Roman Catholic priest of Bath, England, has seceded from that church. In his letter of resignation he says : "After long and auxious thought and study, I have arrived at the conviction that the Roman Catholic Church lia9 no claim to bo regarded as divinely constituted authority ; that the Papacy is a human institution gravely compromised to error and superstition, and therefore injurious to the spiritual and temporal welfare of mankind." Marion has a new bank, a certificate of charter having been issued September 19. Capital stock $50,000, divided into 2.000 shares. The free schools of Columbia opened Monday, September 23rd. Two Irishmen were walking under the gibbet at Newgate. Looking up at it, one of them remarked: "All Pat, where would you be if the gibbet . had done its duty?" "Shure, Flannagan," said Pat, "an I'd be walking to London?all alone." "Twenty years ago,'^said a colored philosopher, "niggers was wuf a thousand dollars a piece. Now dey would be deah at two dollars a dozen. It's 'stonishin' how de race am runnin' down." The propensity to evil or dishonorable course is much more to be deplored than the acts which come of it. The architect should regard utility more than beauty or grandeur. Reveal mints. Not In whirlwind, nor In torrent, Speaks God's voice with surest power, But in silent, sweet unfoklings, Like the beauty of a llower. In the eolden depths of sunset, In the srreen and dewy sod. In tlie brook that babbles seaward, We behold the thoughts of God. Not by power's display Tie wins us, Hiven c loud and thunder-peal, But lie draws us by his goodness, As t he magnet draws the steel. Whoenn measure His compassion? i. io ,v,n l,!m> mj.ovo Bending o'er us, sinful, sinning, Its un pi I lured a reli of love. It. is like r :id Nature's pity For the i>"'b!ost, frailest tliin-.'S. IIo*?v Willi thorns she guards the roses! How she shields the insect's wings! Helpless we nr bowing rushes In the fioree J>eeemher Idast: I5ut the arm that airds creation Is tiie arm tiiat iiolds us fast. Oil to read that wondrous lesson. Writ in every (lower and star; There's an Unseen Power that loves u<?. Weak and wandering though wo are! Teach the Children to he Neat. Systematic neatness is an attribute every mother should strive to impress on her children from infancy. She should be neat with them while they are too young to act for themselves, and as they grow older should require them to be .so. Beginning thus early, her task is not half so difficult as if she had waited until they formed untidy and careless habits which are so hard to eradicate. They should be thoroughly washed, not merely bathed, once a day at least, and the best time for this is at night I think, while they are so small as to re quire the mother to uo it as sue uas then, generally, more time and the little ones sleep better for the bathing and rubbing. The clothes should be taken apart and hung carefully and smoothly on a chair or clothes-horse, in order they are to be put on, to aii next morning. As soon as they can walk, let (hem do this for tliemselves: place their shoes, too, near by and hang stockings with the rest of the clothing, never turn them ready for putting on or roll them over cach other, as there is always more or less dampness about a child's foot and the stocking should be left open to air and dry. When they are old enough to trusl the duty of washing themselves, give them their owu towels and rags sepa> rate ones for each (a knitted square ol cotton is excellent for this purpose), and see to it every day that the skin is first washed clean by a free use of soap and water, and then rubbed brisiuy with the towel until a gentle glow is produced. By this means the pores arekeptopen which act as draius to carry off the natural oil and secretions of the system, and in this way, too, yon will prevent the child from being disfigured by thoBc unsightly and disgusting black-heads, which are so difficult to get rid of. In this connecliou I would like to say, if they cither inherit or show any tendency to weak lungs, there is nothing better to strengthen them to bathe the chest and shoulders with cold water every morning after the washing is done, no matter how low the mercury may be. Of course, though, it should be done in a warm room and the child thoroughly dried and rubbed afterwards. Never neglect the hair; keep the scalp clean by frequent washing, and the hair fresh and glossy by much brushing, which is to hair what rubbing is to the complexion. The teeth should be give special care from tbe time they .begin to conic. Don't wait for the rtjll sot but keep even the few washed free of milk curbs and crumbs^and provide the little ones of five or six with tooth-brush to suit the tiny mouth, her own piece of castile soap and a bottle of powder. It is universally conceded now that this care of tbe first teeth is of great benefit to the second wet, and auy feature which adds to and contracts from, as do the teeth, cannot receive too much atention. Inculate perfect neatness in dress. Material for children's clothing is now so cheap, there can be no excuse for keeping the babies in soiled dresses, and by the use of bibs and aprons, and the careful teaching of avoiding unnecessary dirt, there will be, as they get old enough to understand, less need for many changes. TTonH waiter?Hnne von are not cro ing to forget the waiter, sir. Guest?No, sir: I'm not going to forget him nor forgive him either. Whydon'tyou go to work and quit begging? Hang me, if I haven't half a mind to have you arrested for vagrancy. Head Waiter?But sir, I have employment, sir, the proprietors of this hotel, sir, are my employers, sir. Gue9t?Then \Vhy don't they pay you enough to keep you from begging? Hang me if I don't have them arrested, too, as accessories hefore the fact. People say they shell peas when they unshell them, husk corn when they unhusk it, dust furniture when they undust it, skin a calf when they un9kin it, scale fishes when they unscale them, weed their garden when they unweed them. The United States are producing forty eight per cent of the world's silver, and nearly thirty-three per cent, of its gold. Marriages would be more frequently a success if fewer men and women were failures. Jennie's Happy Year. "I remember," said the doctor's wife, "the day that Jennie Marshall first came to school. There were but ten of us, and we were like other girls. Our fathers paid our way through school, and we thought we never could endure it when it leaked put that Mrs. Tr frtlm o /ihot'iK* \ ill let' WHS guiliy IA? WJIV 11 VUll.HJ scholar, a poor clergyman's orphan, to prepare for teaching. "Betty Kenneth declared she would never see her; she 'would pass her as though she were the blank wall,' which we thought a line revenge on the girl for being poor. We all resolved to do the same. "But when the day came. Mrs. iVanco led in a thin little cripple, with an appealing face and hump upou her back. \ " 'This is Jennie Marshall,' she said. There was a moment's pause, and then Betty marched straight up and kissed her, and we all followed her. Mrs. Vance looked surprised and pleased, but she soon led the new scholar out, j and then we stared at each other. " 1 I can't make war on cripples,' said the roughest girl in the class. "Betty's face was red, and she spoke , vehemently. 'I know what we will An I Clin fhinlra r\f lior Hefnrmitv nil UW lUllllkO V* " V* v%w?v< V... the time; I see it in her face. We must make her forget it. Do you hear, : girls? It is a little thing for us to do , . ?make her forget it!' i "If a teacher told us to do this, we , should probably have disobeyed her; but Betty was the wildest among us. i We were ready to follow her. "We all went to woik. We took Jennie into all our clubs ; we told her all our secrets. Jsot a word or a look ever touched on her deformity, or hinted that there was any difference [ between us. j "If she had been a whining, priggish girl, our good intentions might . have been thrown away ; but she was , an affectionate little soul, ready to laugh at all our jokes. I fancy she was little used to jokes or fun. People had kept that terrible hump in her mind always, as though that was to be the chief thing in life for her. "She was not clever in her books, , r but Betty found out that she could . embroider exnuisitely. Then we ask i eil Mrs. Vance to offer a prize for nee' dlework with the others, and Jennie < o( course took it. i "She had a voice fine and tender as i a lark's, and Betty always contrived that people who could understand it ; should hear her sing. I have seen old i men conic to her with their eyes we>t with tears, and thank her for her songs. Even when we had tableaux, i we contrived that Jennie's lovely, sad | face should be seen among the others. "What was the end of it? Oh, it j was not like a story or a play, with j some great blessing coming in at the close. It was a severe winter, and several of the girls had heavy colds, two of them pneumonia. Jennie was one. She was not strong enough to ' fight against it. She was th; only one ' who died. "Yes, her poor little story came <o a ' suddeu end. We all saw heron that ' last day. Betty even whispered to her 4 a great secret. 'You can tell the other 1 girls when you are well, she said, nodding. j "Jennie laughed ; but she looked at each of us as we kissed her in a queer, 1 steady way. " 'I never was so happy in my life, 1 girls,' she whispered, 'as here with 1 you. Never. I wish I could stay?' "That was all; but when we looked ( at her dead face the next day, there was a quiet smile on it. "Betty's little effort had made the ( last year of the tired child'-s life peace ful and bright, and I thought that she 1 surely had carried some of its huppi ness up with her to the home wnere her deformity could not follow her. s i The unfairest way to condemn an i individual is to condemn hira because * he belongs to a class whose indivfd- c uals are often blameworthy, but whose f blameworthiness has no essential con- r nection with the class idea. When a 1 mother reprimanded me by saying, I "Look at your hands! I always did ? hear that boys' hands were never c clean or, "Don't make such a rack- * et! Boys never can do anything f quietly,"?she simply blames him for c what she declares to be an essential c - - % 4 characteristic of his sex ana age, ana " so effectually denies to him the hope of t his doing better. The child naturally 1 reasons, "I am a boy, and if boys are c always so, I must be so too." And a many a boy who has been struggling t and striving to do better, has been dis- t couraged and permanently injured by being condemned, not for what faults e he has, but for what faults boys have. 8 Send me that which Thou knowest j is blessing, though it may not seem blessing to me; and deny me that which Thou knowest is not blessing, however ready I, in my ignorance, may be to think it so. That is the spirit of prayer. When we are praying for blessings, we ought never to pray for them absolutely. We ought always to a pray for them if they be truly good for e us; if not, God, in answering our Prayer, would not bebleasing us indeed s !* 1 ' % Oh! the tangled skeins of life 9H How they chafe Hit human heart? Till we humbly learn to know That we only see in part. -* From the city great and dark Come the cry of bitter pain, "Why should we who str.ve. have Ions. IM Whilst the worthless ones have gain ?" fH Then the wail of anguish ?ore, As tlie lonely mother sips. Drop by drop, bereavement's cup. H With pale cheek and quiv'ring lips. In the rich man's gorceons home Find we pomp and worldly pride? .Whilst in (.'arret, starved to death, Child and moilier side by side. ' And in collars small and foul? iHV Nests of tilth and vicious strife, W Lie poor, dying, sin-stained one*. Cursing God, whogavetheru life. 91 Oh! how helpless seems the hand * Raised to check tiie tide of sin. Trying human dregs to rcnch And immortal souls to win. Compensation seems so far From these wretched wrecks of time, Yet we listen in our hearts To the promises sublime. Ringing th?-o'the ages still, <5 t Telling us our "God Is Love," Jjj ii.nu iiJiit iiu mo cmuuiaeiutruio . H Clear will be in heaven above. g Thk Secret of Longevity?A 3 little way beyond the ancient church jfl at HoldernesS is a brick residence, ^9 whose front is half h'.dden by one of / those monster elms that are the pride of our Northern States, and beneath m f! its shade I saw yesterday an old man y who is passing his ninety-flth year, sitting comfortably in a great arm chair. ^ > My wife told me that his aunt had ' T| recently died, aged one hundred and , 1 five; and, curious to know if there was M any special reason for such longevity, a I made inquiries. "No," said my in- i formant; "only they were almost al- | ways out-of-doors and lived a quiet 3 life." 1 Yet in that single sentence lay a * greater philosophy than he dreamed of a sounder precept than he knew. To keep out-of-doors and avoid worry is a j maxim that, if followed, would close ( a majority of our hospitals, which, I regret to say, have a greater number of occupants with each succeeding year* i Don't Mention the Briers.?It M is not only a wise and happy thing to jfl make the best of life, and always look 4b on the bright side, for one's own sake, but it is a blessing to others. Fancy a man forever telling his family how much they cost him! A little sermon t on this subject was unconsciously preached by a child one day last fall. " A man met a little fellow on. the . j road carrying a basket of blackberries, jl Mid said to him : "Sammy, where did you get such nice berries?" 5 "Over there, sir, in the briers." j "Won't your mother be glad to see *, you come home with a basket of such nice ripe fruit?" "Yes, sir," said Sammy, "she al- -J ways seems mighty glad when I hold ' II tip the berries, and don't tell her any- Jy l-l-iincr nhrmf- t.he hriora in mv fppt " The man rode on, resolving that henceforth he would hold up the berries and say nothing about the briers. . 1 The Remedy.?A medical authority tells how, the other day, a woman jame to the London Hospital complaining of what was called a skin disease. The clever, but sarcastic physisian to whom she applied for treatment saw at once that the "skin disjase" was of a peculiar but not very uncommon nature. "I should advise you, madam," he said, with great courtesy, "to fill a . L?ath with water of a temperature of ninety degrees, and to immerse yourself in it; then take some yellow soap, rub it vigorously on a pjece of flannel, ?v>r1 onnlv flio Unnnol vpitVi /vmoi^orn ble friction to all parts of your body." "But, doctor," said the patient, 'that souuds like telling me to go liome and wash myself." "I confess, madam," was the reply, 'that it is open to that objection." she never came back. ? Our Ingratitndc. It goes against the natural grain to ihow continued favors to an ungrateful nan. When we do a kindness we ather like to be thanked and smited it. Sullen acceptance of a gift or ' :ourtesy does not encourage repetition ; jruff refusal almost makes the giver egret his own amiable intention. Belold, now, the supernatural love and latience of the Father, who gives good ;ifts to his ungreatful, disobedient *** ihildren day after day. The childreIl/'l~," ender infrequent and scanty thanks or such blessings as please them; omplain loudly against others, conlerniug the fitness of which they place heir own darkened judgments above hat of the all-wise God; and in great lumbers rudely reject the most preious of all mercies?salvation through , crucified Redeemer. We must medi ate on the abundance and steady coninuance of the divine bounty to hankless creatures, to understand ven in part what is meant by the asurance, "God is love." "Here, waiter! what kind of pie do rou call this ?" "Apple pie, sir." "But there is nothing in it." "Beg pardon, sir, but we use evapor,ted apples in all our pies." I know no religion that destroys ourtesy, civility, and kindness. That which is of God, gathers to God, ,nd that which is of the world, is ownd by the world. He is most powerful who has himelf in his power.