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^ BY IIUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1890 VOLUME XXXIV. NQM9 ||
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When My Ship Comes In.
lYtetssIngn world's desire
Kurti 1111> ir.'in o'er tin* sea,
I?--I tin* strike a key-note higher
i )f the ship that's come to me !
Long we've peered with aching eyes
Kur:i glint of coining sail,
Till fond expectation dies.
And oursijfht begins to fail.
We are gazing far away,
Kor i he joys already here:
Ships we think are on their way
May l>eanchored at the pier!
And the good we hope to g:iln
Lies within our reach. S'et wo
Struin our eyes across the main
Kor some joy that ne'er will lie.
John W'cnluvrth Sanborn.
Feeling After God.
Unfold, O Lord, Thy Word to tne,
A blind and erring child;
Thv wondrou? beauty let me see.
And live in Thy pure smilu.
The liuht of truth to me reveal,
The bliss of heavenly ray:
May I its quick'ning power feel
In each succeeding tiny.
And with Thy Word, O sanctil'v
Pne duties of eaeli hour!
Ai>d mark each moment as it tiies
With truth's eternal power!
O may I perish unto sin,
And new in Christ arise.
To find In virtue's snored kin
A hope beyond the kles!
And when I reach life's silent coal,
When time and eartli shall llee.
Mity lloods of Unlit possess my soul,
And waft it home to Thee!
Arc We in Need of a Navy that Shall
I
"Sweep the Seas I"
["The following pertinent article J
bears 011 a question so urgent, and of j
so much practical moment, that we j
gladly give it the benefit of our oircu-;
latioti. It appears in "The Nation,")
.t.? 1.1.. tlm V/,,1.- i
lilt." >VtTl\lkV CUil)\Mi Ul iiiv *iv. i. a x/i ,?
"Evening Post."?Eds. Statesman.] j
In a speech, made a few days ago by \
William E. Gladstone, at the old town :
of Chester, not lar from his home ai j
Hawarden, surprise and regret were j
expressed (hat this Republic?turning'
aside from its traditions of the past?
should of late have embarked upon the j
policy of building up and burdening
itself with a great navy, according to!
the bad way of the old European nationalities.
From one who, when he j
was a leader of the party in power in!
England, delilierately withdrew from!
a war (that of the Transvaal) which j
he was convinced had been unjustly:
undertaken, this observation upon the]
mistaken and dangerous policy?as he i
conceives it to be?which we have en-;
tered upon, comes with a g?K>d grace,!
and may be freely accepted as proffer-!
ed in all sincerity and as dictated by a;
pure purpose of helpfulness. It is the
language of wisdom, large experience,':
and common sense, and I feel assured j
that our people would do well to heed j
its lrienuiy i numauoii*.
Only about two years have elapsed,
I believe, since a hitrhly respectable
delegation enme hither from Great
Britain, bearers of a memorial signed
by between two and three hundred !
members of Parliament, commending j
to our President and Congress and the |
? American people generally the desira-j
bility of entering into a definite treaty
of arbitration between the two countries.
Since then there has more than
one international dispute been peaceably
adjusted by arbitrators. So that,
.since the beginning of me <-cs;tury, as
we are told, not U s- l;an ^ii- isi s of
disagreement have been i.ini< :;Mv st',tled.
With such a reeoid before us,
pointing the way to the happy di?p<sition
of all international disputes,
how is it that we are suddenly aw:;king
to the discovery t'?at we arc practically
defencele.-s, and that the immediate
creation and e<|Uipment of a
powerful navy, second to none in the
world, is an immediate necessity?
Then there is the calling together of
the delegates from all the American
republics, a widely published purpose
of which gathering is to formulate a
* - -r ..II lw.
plan for tne prevention 01 mi muis uCtweeii
the States represented, by entering
into an agreement to submit all
cases in dispute, not otherwise adjust- !
able, to arbitration. This clause in
Secretary lila'iie's address of welcome
to the delegates certainly reads well: ,
"We believe that friendship, crowned
with candor and maintained with good
faith, will remove from American
States the necessity of guarding bonn- I
ilary lines between themselves with i
fortifications and military force." Now, 1
that has the sound of having been
written "candor," and framed
"in gocfT faith," and there is not apwire^
any reason why we .should
"reSd between the lines." Were there
tjft- remotest reason for believing this
fo be so, the Spanish-Amcricnn deleJrgates
now at the national capital would
straightway gather toge:her their impedimcnta,
and report at the capitals
their respective ii*publics with the
V greatest celerity. Obviou-lv. the great
clamor for navy preparation wliieh
lias arisen at Washington, and is seconded
in some other quarters, does
not contemplate anything of aggressiveness
in connection with our sister
republics of this continent.
Well, then, what have we done, or
what are we about to do, that all this
haste for providing ourselves with an
irresistible lleet of warships, monitors,
dynamite cruisers, torpedo-boats, etc.,
is deemed to be urgently necessary?
We do not propose to quarrel with any
of our neighbors aU the way down the
wpst Atlantic; nod east Pacific sea
boards to the mingling of the waters
at the Straits of Magellan?a water
way that a few years ago was declared
by Chili and the Argentine Confederation
to be neutral, and upon the
chores of which the fortifications of
neither nation, nor of any oilier nation,
were ever to be erected. And as
regards England, France, Germany,
arid the other European Powers, %
there any resu-on why our reciprocal
intentions ami behavior should not be
attended with as much "friendship,"
"candor," anil "good faith" as our intercourse
with the States of Mexico
and the several republics of South
America? At any late, would it not
be wise on our part, and reassuring
ami helpful to the nationalities on the
other side of the Atlantic, burdened as
they are with the accumulated charges
for past wars, and of a state of preparation
for possible impending conflicts
almost equal to the cost of war
Itself, to worry along about as we
have in the past, to deal openly and
justly with our neigl bors and acquaintances,
whether they be SpanI
ish-Anieriean, European, or Mongolian,
and so make it apparent that
friendship, candor, and good faith are
abetter defense than a big standing
army, elaborate coast defenses, and ?
navy that is warranted to "sweep the
seas ?''
Josiah TP. Leeds, In Christian Statesman.
V.
A Heavy Losn.
There was a general stir ami commotion
in the Trumbull farm-house, for
Uncle James, who had long been absent
in t he distant West, was coming
to make a visit. It was fitting that
the house should be in perfect order,
the children in their Sunday attire,
and the whole family on their best behavior,
when they were about to welcome
so important a guest. The cliildr?;n,
five in number, who hail been
taught to reverence his name from
their earliest years, looked upon him
at first with feelings of awe; but they
soon discovered that their great "Uncle
James" was, after all, only a big, kindhearted
man, who could be, when he
wished, as much a child as any of
them.
He brought them, too, the most
beautiful presents, among them a real
live Kentucky pony for Albert, the
oldest boy. The animal was a dark,
glossy bay, with spirited step, kindly
eyes, and llowing mane and tail.
"Ueauty," the younger ones wanted to
name hirn, but Albert, who had lately
y. ?i. . * a 1 4-U^
ueen reauing me mem ak auuuci mc
Great, called him Bucephalus, after
the steed of that famous conqueror.
The pony was at once recognized as a
family pet, to be coaxed with soft
words and lumps of sugar; to be led
carefully about by the bridle; to be
harnessed and driven with pride; or
to be carcssed and patted and stroked,
while he received daily visits in his
stall.
One day Uncle James remarked to
his sister, "Albert is a fine boy. You
and his father may well be proud of
him; but he has one serious fault?
carelessness. It distresses me to pass
his room. No matter how neatly you
arrange it in the morning, I notice
that by night every thing is in disorder.
I have heard his father reprove
him several times for mislaying things
at the barn, but I do not sue that Al
bert makes any effort to improve.
Something should be done at once to
lipln him to overcome this failing."
Mr.*. Trumbull listened, and~determined
to consider what should be done
in the matte.1. A week later Uncle
James took his departure, and a few
nights afterward there was a sudden
alarm of Are. The family was aroused,
and ran out to find the barn all on
blaze. The neighbors rallied, and
worked nobly, but were powerless to
fcub'lue the fiamts.
"The horses!" cried some oue.
"Cive mc an ax. I'll get them out!"
Albert, hearing the call, ran to get
tho ax from its proper place in the
wood-house, trembling all the while as
he thought of his beautiful, gentle
pony, whose screams even then filled
his ears. He reached for the ax, but,
alas, he had used it the day before,
and, true to his careless habit, had
neglected to restore it to its plate. In
his alarm he failed to remember where
he had put it. and so the ax could not
be found. The horses, five in number,
perished, the dear Kentucky pony
among them: and all for the want of
that misplaced ax.
Could Albert ever forget that dreadful
night and the cries of those poor,
terrified animals? It was a dearlybought
lesson, but one he always remembered.
From that time forward i
his favorite motto was : "A place ior
everv thing, and every thing in its
place."
Oil January loth, in the Senate, Mr.
Sherman, representing the Committee
on Foreign lielations, reported a concurient
resolution in favor of a resort
to Arbitration for the seltlenient of
differences between the United States
and other nations which cannot be settled
by diplomatic agencies. This resolution
was placed on the calendar.
This is a revival of an uncompleted
measure which unanimously passed
the Senate at the former session.
According to Frances E. Willard;
there are women in Chicago who make
twelve shirts for seventy-five cents anil j
furnish their own thread; women who,
"finish off' a costly cloak for four!
cents; children that work twelve!
hours a day for a dollar a week. This'
throws fresh light on the temptations!
i)f great cities. "Alas that gold should
be so dear and flesh and blood so
cheap."
A true story of the perplexity of a
graduate of the Boston English High
School over a word that he found ocmirvinrr
with vexatious fieouencv in
the foot-notes of a work thai he read
recently: "Do you know," lie asked,
"who Ibid, the author, was? I've
been reading a book that has lots of extracts
from his writings in it, and I
can't ttnd his name in any cyclopedia."
The young man was told that
he was a relative of the distinguished
author, Anon, who has written some
of the most beautiful things in the English
language. ?Jioston Transcript.
Miss Florence Nightingale, who is
living in feeble health in Derbyshire,
England, has addressed a most impressive
little letter to the 11.embers of a
Rand of Hone in Ed in burg. "Don't,"
vhf says, "think you can do anything
worth doing in a lit < !' enthusiasm,
but train yourselves carelully to any
work you are called on to do ; and
think nothing to small to do carefully,
or to train carefully for, that is for the
good of your fellow-ereaturts. God
sends us real and lasting enthusiasm
?that is, the spirit of love and power,
and a sound mind to carry us through
our training and our discipline."
The pine-trees In and around Thomasville,
Ga., have been and still are her
most powerful magnets. The medical
profession are cu record in this country
and Europe, as to the healing
quailties of soft southern breezes,
win.11 lilown throuirli forests of
pines; catching an<l bearing on their
wings, ns they do, the rich aroma of
these pines, they bring back the flush
of health to wasted cheeks, and kindle
the eye again with hope. As an
illustration of the value placed on convenient
pine-trees to any health resort,
we may mention a fact. It is now
conceded that the cutting down of the
pine-trees in the vicinity of Aiken, 8.
C., which was recently done, was a
great mistake. The removal of these
pine-trees has lost Aiken many of her
visitors, and removed one of her most
principal attractions for Northern visitors.
The name Wisconsin is said to be derived
by a peculiar process of evolution
from the French phrase. Ou cat
ce <jit'or descend'? the question which
sprang to the lips of the Jesuit boatman
when he reached the Wisconsin
River rapids. This became successively
Our-eon-do-san, Ousconsan, Wisconsan
and Wisconsin.
It sometimes happens that the greatest
philosophers in theory are the
greatest fools in practice.
Jrc's Temper.
Joe was a smart boy. Everybody
said so. He drove the cows to the pastille
and brought them home, led the
pigs and mended the holes in the
fences, and did many useful things all
day long. Besides, he went to school
and stood high up in all his classes.
But in spite of all this, Joe did not
have many friends, and if you lived
with him a while you would not wonder
that nobudy liked him much. If
you asked the boys and girls why they
did not like to play with him, they
would say, "O, it's no fun to play with
Joe, he gets mad too quick!"
That was the secret. Poor Joe had a
temper, a terrible temper, and it was
completely his master. When in a tit
of passion, he would say and do cruel
things for which he would be very sorry
afterward. When his mother talked
to him lovingly of the sin of his
fault, or when she was obliged to punish
him for some very bad outbreak,
he tearfully and earnestly wou'd promise
to conquer the bad spirit, but just
the next time he was crossed in any
way, he would give way to It again.
So that was why everything feared,
and nothing loved him.
But one day a terrible thing happened,
something that cured Joe forever of
his fault of getting angry.
.Ino hail a nrettv little sifter, not
quite three years old, wbo loved her
big brother very much, and tried to
follow him everywhere he went. He
was very proud of her, and when he
was in a good humor, loved to take
her with him.
But one day he was hunting for eggs
in the loftover the big barn, and did
not want to be bothered with Daisy,
who had found hini up there, to he
told her to.stay down on the ground,
or go back to the house. But Daisy
wanted to hunt eggs, too, so she began
to climb up the long steps by herself.
"Go back! go back! I say," Joe
called out angrily, but Daisy only
shook her little curly head, and said :
"Me tumin' too, me am," and Joe
got worse and worse angry every minute
as he kept screaming.
"Don't come up here, I tell you!
don't! Come another step and I'll
nush you down," he cried at last, fairIv
choking with anger, and Daisy,
" ? 4- as J 1 \ c
WHO was aireauy scareu 10 niiu neiseii
so far from the ground, caught sight of
his threatening face, lost her grasp on
the step above her, and fell to the
ground. Fell, aud did not move or
cry out, but lay quite still in a little
white heap at the foot of the steps.
Trembling with horror and shame,
Joe dashed away his hat full of eggs,
and carried the quiet little form to bis
mother.
'0, mother, I have killed her!" was
all the poor boy could say.
Daisy was not dead, but it was a long
time before she opened her blue eyes
again, aud then wheu the doctor examined
her, he said her little spine
was hurt, and she would never be
straight and well again, but would be
crippled all her life. Joe would almost
have died to see her strong and well
again, but they told him it could never
be.
That was many years ngo when Joe
was a little boy, and now ne is a gray
haired man, but that lesson was
enough for a life-time, aud no one has
ever seen him very angry since." He
has spent his life in taking care of Dai cy.
trying to atone for his part in her
maddened life.
Daisy, who was too young to re-i
member how she came to be crippled,
ofien wonders why her dear brother is
so patient with her, but Joe does not
want her ever to know.
Virginia in Christian Observer.
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Silent Men,
Men great in deeds are often taciturn.
Does their taciturnity aiise from the
diffidence which fears iest words
should exceed deeds, or from a conviction
< hat safety is promoted by silence?
Washington's reserve made him stiff,
formal and ill at ease in company, but
it also prevented his plans from being
betrayed to an enemy, and the oountry
fropi being deceived by his promises.
William the Silent was frugal of
w/mvIu Iwrmnvp a r*??erv?? that n.oneealed
hi* designs, even from those acting I
with him, was necessary to tlie independence
of the Netherlands.
A writer in Leisure Hours says that j
the most dramatic of silent men was!
Wallenstein, the antagonist of Gusta-j
vus Adolphue, and the commander of
the Emperor's armies in the thirty
years' war. He insisted that the deepest
silence should reign around him.
His officers took care that no loud conversation
should disturb their general.
They knew that a chamberlain had
ken hanged for waking him without
orders, and that an officer who would
wear clanking spurs in the commander's
presence had been secretly put to
death.
In the rooms of his palace the servants
glided as if phantoms, and a
dozen sentinels moved around his tent
charged to secure the silence the general
demanded. Chains were stretched
across the streets in order to guard
him against the disturbance of sounds.
Wallenstein's taciturnity, that made
him shun speech, and his love of si
lence that caused liim to be irritated at
tbe slightest noise, were due to his constitutional
temperament. He never
smiled, he never asked advice from
any out?, and be could not endure to be
uazed at, even when giving an order.
The soldiers, when be crossed the
camp, pretended not to see him, knowing
that a curious look would bring
them punishment.
Youth's Companion.
Mr. Moody is especially happy in
his treatment of infidels and skeptics,
Here is an illustration : "A man
brought a difficult passage to him
with the question,
"How do you explain that. Mr.
Moody?"
4 4 I ifAii'f ovnlflin if
I "Wcli, licnv do you interpret it?"
"I don't Interpret it ?"
"How do you understand it ?
"T don't uuderutaml it."
"Well, what do you do with it ?"
"I don't do anything with it."
"You don't beiieveit, do you?"
"Orlai'ly I believe it. There are
lots of things I believe that I don't
understand. There are a good many
tilings in astronomy, a jrood many
things about my own system, that I
don't understand, yet I believe them.
T am glnd there are heights in that
book which I haven't been able to
climb. I am glad there are depths I
havn't been able to fathom. It is the
host proof that the Hook came from
God,"
THE RIGHT WAY,
Or. the Cauwpol Applied to (lie Inter
coumr oT ludi vlritmlN ami
Nation*.
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BY KEV. JOSEPH A. COLLIER.
Duties Relating to Human Intercourse.
(Continued.)
I. love youk neighbor.
We lmve only to cous'der this law
ok love, and trace it to its consequences,
to see that it tends inevitably
to the preservation of harmony among
men. They who honestly obey it will
be linked together by a bond which
even the widest diversities of sentiment,
or the most provoking acts of injury
cannot sever. Where this love is
in the heart, the word of resentment
canuot linger upon the tongue, and the
purpose of revenge, even if momentarily
aroused, cannot ripen into deliberate
action. The bitter retort that trembles
on the lip gives place to the "soft
answer," that "turneth away wrath
11 nrf tlio flfLnhinp eve ai:d menacing as
pect are lost in the look of kindness
and benevolence. The quarrel is
avoided, hearts that were on the eve of
sundering are knit yet more closely together,
and love achieves the triumph
over hatred, and right over wrong.
This principle transforms the lion into
the lamb, '.he vulture into the dove,
the brutal, the degraded, and the unloving
into beings all sympathy and
tenderness, and all glowing with the
noblest instincts of humanity. Where
it has been deeply implanted by God's
grace?and it is only that it can fully
and permanently al'ide?it assimilates
man to the angels; nay, to Christ himself,
who so loved us as to give himself
for us, and to that Spirit whose richest
fruits are "love" and "peace," and to
God, who 'is love."
Many theories have been invented |
by men for the world's regeneration.
One plan after another, having for its
object the perfectton of our nature, has
been in turn advanced and abandoned.
Upon far higher than human authority,
we present as the grand means for
the elevation of our race, this law CF
j.ovk. It is only in proportion as men
are governed by it, that they can arise
to their true worth and dignity in the
scale of being. For he who is not
freed from the thraldom of angry passions.
is little else than a slave; while
he who is subject to this law of love,
which is the law of liberty, has acquired
the true self-mastery, aiul has attained,
or is attaining the real nobility
of man. To him, life is beautiful in
its varied opportunities for kindness,
and its numberless exercises of delightful
affection. Man acquires a new interest
in his eyes, and God becomes
more than ever the object of happy
contemplation ; for he beholds mirrored
in his own peaceful soul the loving
smile of Jehovah, tne author aud true
end of every benevolent emotion.
Viewing this law, then, in all its
length and breadth, ns requiring love
to God and man?to God first, and then
through him and for him to man?it is
to do more for the advancement of our
race than all human means combined.
As It becomes more and more prevalent,
it will be found to effect, by its
gradual workings, a thorough renovation
of society. It will conquer pride,
selfishness, and passion, uproot prejudice,
disarm enmity and resentment,
cause kind feelings and generous sympathies
to animate every bosom, aud
conduct the world to its millenuium of
pcacc.
Such are to he, under God, the glorious
results of a universal obedience to
this law. It is for us to do our part towards
hastening such a consummation,
first, by conforming our own hearts
and lives to it, and then by publishing
it to others, as well by the power of a
beautiful example, as by direct efforts.
JSvery reader of this volume may thus
become, in however humble a sphere,
the means of extending the triumph
of the gospel of peace.
II. LOVE TO EN KM IKS.
We have soon that the law of love
applies as well to enemies as friends
Were there no special command upon
the subject, we might still deduce from
thut general duty the particular one of
loving our enemies and persecutors.
To leave no room for doubt, however,
it is urged in many distinct precepts,
and occupies a prominent piace i n ujc
religion of Jesus. In that epitome of
leligious duly, the sermon on the
mount, our Lord says, "Ye have heard
that it hath been said, Thou shalt love
tuy neighbor, and hute thine enemy ;
but t say unto you, Love your enemies,"
etc. Matt. 5 : 43, 44. This precept
conveys to every candid mind but
one signification. Jt can be understood
in no other way than as exhort-J
ing us to check all feelings of resentment,
and to cherish instead of them
those of forbearance and good will. It
stands opposed to all malice, enmity,
and even bitterness of feeling; to an
irascible disposition ; to an unloving,
unforgiving spirit; is the passionate
retort, the hasty word of abuse or blow,
the sullen, distant demeanor, and the
deliberate persecution. It is equally
plain, that to love an enemy is to cherish
a hearty affection towards h?m, and
to desire and seek his happiness. It
is, as far as possible, to regard him
with the same feelings, and treat him
with the same kindness and consideration
that we do our friends; to forgive
his injurious conduct, and to aim at,
and if possible, eflect a reconciliation
with him.
He who obeys this precept will fight,
not against his adversary, but against
his own rebellious heart, and will try
ni-nolt ni.f Hif> nfK-.nil<-r hut. those
emotions of hatred or aversion with
which he is tempted to regard him.
He will studiously repress every feeling
of anger, will subdue his countenance,
his voice, his eye, his gestures,
and his whole manner into the expression
o' tender regard, and will reso-i
lately seal his Jips against every utter |
ance save a blessing and a prayer. He;
will try to behold in his antagonist a
man, a brother, whom Clod bids him
love; will charitably overlook his bad!
qualities, and seek out ami admire his!
good ones, and will strive to discover,
behind all his offences, something still
deserving of his affection and sympathy.
The two precepts which we have
now considertd afj'ord the fundamental
principle of all others relating to human
intercourse. As love is "the fulfilling
of the law," so it alone can inspire
an acceptable obedience to any of
tlie precepts of the gospel, Let this be
borne in mind as we uow notice some
. . v ,1. 4, -
of the required manifestations of that
love. Let them be viewed us only the
various streams of which love is the
fountain, or as the diverging rays of
which love is the central sun. By
thus regarding them, we shall possess
the clue to their meaning, and the secret
of their fiUfilment. With this
teeneral law clearly before us, the particular
precepts of the gospel will develop
harmoniously to our view, and
we shall be the better fitted to comprehend
and practice them.
What Constitutes a Gentleman.?We
have 110 doubt the following
will be relished by those who are
in the situation of the "printer" who
had such a keen appreciation of a true
gentleman.
A patron of a certain newspaper
once said to the publisher :
"Mr. Printer, how is it vou have
never called upon mo to pay for your
paper?"
"Oh," said the man of types, "we
never ask a gentleman for money "
"Indeed," replied the patron, "how
do you manage to get along when they
don't pay you?"
"Why," said the editor, "after a certain
time we conclude he is 110 gentleman
and we ask him."
"Oh?ah?yes?I see. Here is five
; dollars, make me all right on your
| books."
The Value ok Positive Opinion.
?It was Sidney Smith (who was a
keen observer of human affairs), we
believe, who paid that a great deal ofi
talent is lost to the world from a want!
of courage. A man who has the cour-i
age of his convictions, and is not]
afraid to^vowthem, is always a useful
man so long as he stands inside of:
sound morals and of legitimate human ;
rights. Indeed, when he gets some-;
what outside those lines, he may still!
be useful by provoking thought andj
discussion that will drive him inside if!
he is an honest man, and that will ati
any rate prevent others from standing j
in a false position. The truth often j
suffers from stagnation, and needs to;
bestirred up; it suffers less by discussion
than from being let alone. Rubbing
it makes it brighter, just as it
does with gold and silver and precious
stones. Positive opinions begat opposition,
of course; but the world and
the Church need them all the same.
Those who are afraid to express them
in behalf of truth, can take the awful
responsibility of silence: but truth
will march forward without them.
But where will the,y be when they see
it marching on ?
New York Evangelist.
Nothing shows the true lady more
than her letters. As regards the writ-!
I ins itself, it should be as good as possi-1
ble. To write badly is discourteous,
because it looks as If you thought any
scrawl were good enough for your
friend, no matter what trouble mav be
required to read it. Never write ''Ex*
cuse haste and a bad pen." No one
should write to a friend in indecent
haste, and pens are cheap to buy. Use
strong grammatical English, few abbreviations,
and make your meaning
as clear as daylight.
Five Talents of Woman.
Afraid of an Idea.?A little boy,
a neighbor of mine, went lately to
(school for the first time, and on his return
admitted that he had enjoyed
himself, but declared vehemently that
he should not go again. He seemed
full of real terror, and it finally came
out that the teacher had told him that
he was going to "put an idea iuto his
head," the next morning. The word
"idea" was one he had never heard,
and he probably fancied it to be some
new and formidable kind of edge tool.
T. JK. Iligyinson,
What ark you Doijo.?Did you
ever tell wlmt the Lord has done for
your soul ?
How does the world know you are a
Christian ?
Did you ever make a personal appeal
to an unconverted soul?
Do your religious engagements take
precedence over all others?
Have you tried to induce any one to
attend your church meetings?
Have you welcomed any strauger in
church ?
Do you visit the poor, the sick, the
strangers?
Have you sought to know your new
members ?
Is secret prayer your daily habit?
Doyou observe daily worship?
It is impossible for a Christian to
lose sight of the fact that prohibition
is a great moral question. Those who
deal in liquor, the manafaoturers, and
saloon-keepers, have nothing to do
with the nioral aspeots of the traffic.
They are liberal enough to admit that
"the abuse of alcohol" is an evil ; but
the morality of the traffic itself they
ignore, and look only at the commercial
value of the business. It is profit
ble?the.v have invested millions of
dollars in distilleries, breweries, and
wine-vats, and can seonothiug except
the money returns. The effect of the
business on the lives, happiness, and
final destiny of men gives them no
concern.
Do you ask what will educate your
son? Your example will educate
him ; your conversation with your
friends; the business he sees you
transact; the liking and disliking he
sees you express?these will educate
him. * The society you live in will educate
him ; above all, your rank, your
situation in life, your home, your table
will educate him. It is not in
your power to withdaw from him the
continued influence of these things,
except you were to withdraw yourself
Irom them also. Education goes
on at every instant 01 ume ; yu iuu
neither stop it nor turn its course.
What these have a tenceney to make
your child will be.
A ?>derson Idfelliffen cer.
That many men enlist through
pique, and soon tire of the routine of
garrison life, may be admitted ; yet
| this fact can hardly account for the
desertion of one-fourth of the recruits,
anil one eight of the rank and tile of
the army every year. The truth seems
to be that the lii>" ollicers themselves
[are largely responsible for this condition
of aHairs. Their'istless and enervating
life leads tliem to lose interest
in their commands, and their au|
thority is assumed by non-commissioned
men who abuse it by acts of petty
tyranny. Some radical remedy is
; needed to cure an evil that is fast
bringing discredit upon the whole army.
Philadelphia Record.
The radeal Christian remedy is?
Disband !
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What Others Saj.
Cor. St. Louis A dvnc'Ue.
In Da no Kit.?Are our people to become
more worldly, ana is the vast 1
wealth which is flowing into our land 1
to be an unmitigated curse to the peo- 1
pie? There is only one escape?more'
self denial and deeper and more thor- '
ough consecration of wealth to God
and His Church. Oh, when will peo-;'
pie of wealth see that God's kingdom M
is real and that His worship and ser- j<
vice is business! Will the day everjj
come when men of wealth wiil say, I'
"Children, the fortune we have mustj'
be spent for the betterment of man. j)
Go, and as you teach, preach, live f\i"i
your Lord. Heaven is a reality, heiX*
is a reality, spiritual things are eternal,)
temporal, seen things are transitory, j1
shadowy." Worldliness is the worst!1
form of sin in Christian and civilized;'
countries. Let the men whom the Sou 11
if God basset free, preach, write andjj
continue to cry and spare not. What!
if in the great day of judgment it j1
should be found that the ministry I1
have been indirectly leaders in this!5
way of error?Balaam ites! We are '
a 1 in danger. We may pray daily I
and read the Bible, go to church, I
E reach, sing, shout, and this plausible, 1
idden, deep-hearted evil unconscious- '
ly corrupt ani ruin the soul.
Dr. P. S. Ilcnten, in liaptUt Teacher. j
Sei.f-Respkct.?That was a very !
fine answer said to have been made by 1
the venerable Dr. J. B. Jeter to an in- I
quirer who asked him whether, when I
he was in Rome, he had called upon
his holiness the Pope. "No, I did 1
not." "Well, why not, Dr. Jeter?" '
"Because," replied the magnificent |
Baptist bishop, "the Pope never called ;
upon me." He believed that a Baptist
preacher was just as good as a <
Catholic Pope, and as Jeter was a i
stranger in Rome, and Vhe Pope was at I
home there, it seemed to him that the <
latter should take the lead in the dis- ]
play of courtesy. A lesson here for
those un-American Americans who i
abuse their manhood by seeking an :
audience with the Sovereign Pontiff, I
even though the cost of it be their 1
kneeling thrice before him and kiss- i
ing the golden cross upon his em- <
broidered slipper. Would that more
of the Lord's embassadors had the i
self-respect and conscious dignity of J.
B. Jeter!
New York Christian A dvocate.
The sensitive natures of some per :
sons eau3e untold trouble not only to
themselves but to all with whom they
are associated. Two elderly ladies are
said to have left a Sunday-school recently
because the class to which they
belonged was moved twelve feet from
the place it had formely occupied. It j
is well for Christian people to havej
opinions of their own, and to be ready j
to express them on all proper occa-j
sions; but those who make so much of
trifles are wanting both in grace and
sense. How can one "endure hardness
as a good soldier of Jesus Christ"
if he cannot endure a little disappointment
concerning the place the organ
shall occupy iu the church, or the color
of the carpet, or the person who
shall lead the singing, or the location i
of a Sunday-school class?
Iheodore Parker.
I
Let the world have peace for fivei
hundred years, the aristocracy of blood!
will have gone. The aristocracy of j
gold has come and gone, that of tal-;
ent will also have come anu gone, aim
the aristocracy of goodness, which is
the democracy of man, the government
of all, for all, by all, will be thei
power thnt is. Then, what may wej
not look for? Hitherto our hero has,'
been of force, his symbol the sword or j
the sceptre of command. It will not always
be po. We are now developing!
the hand, and shall one day the head, j
and then the heart.
The average church tactics is that of j
retreat. An episoopal church in Newj
York has abandoned a down town ed-;
ifioe. A contemporary asks: Because
the hordes of Satan abound, and even
pitch their tents under the very eaves
of the sanctuary, is a given church
justified in moving up town ? Shall
it be an aoeepted policy of the church j
of the Lord Jesus Christ to retreat!
from the lower sections of the city and
follow the march of wealth, intelligence
and refinement up Fifth Ave-'
nue and out on the Back Bay?
/ion's Herald. I (
fP?-- a 1 in w>1i?rlmi*l
1 lie IIRH IlCUC^OI ij ill n.v.
life of our time is "to do justice."!
"Showing mercy" ia generally easier
than doing justice. A fair day's wage .
for a fair day's work, simple as the de- ,
mand seems, carries in it that to which (
all humane minds consent as the primary
requirement in justice. It is ,
true that man does not live by bread ,
only, but. he can not live without bread.
The "word that cometh out of the
mouth of Glod" includes the feeding <
the hungry and clothing the naked.
Neto York Christian Advocate I
The Roman Catholics complain i
against the custom of reading the Biblein
the public schools on the gtound i
that it is a sectariau book, and the Su- i
preme Court of the State of Wiscon- <
sin has sustained them in this; that is i
to say, the Iloman Catholics them- ;
selves being judges, the Bible does not
teach their religion, but does contain j
the doctrines held by Protestants.
It is hard to tell which is the easiest j
?to go forward at a revival or backward
when the revival is over.
Teacher?In the sentence "The poor I
misguided wretch was taken to pris- <
on," what part of speech is 'poor ?'
Johnny?"Poor" is an unnecessary j
word. mum. There ain't any misguid- J
ed wretches ever taken to prison. i
He was a New Yorker, and on arriv- j
ing here?being unaccustomed to the ,
comparatively fresh air?it made him (
faint. Every other effort proving un-|;
availing, they held him over a sewer. | j
He revived almost immediately and
murmured: "Ah, thank heaven ! This!
smells like home.11?Exchange.
Let your rest be perfect in iU season, |'
like the rest of waters that are still.
If you will liave a model for your living,
take neither the stars, for they fly j <
without ceasing; nor the ocean, that ,
ebbs and flows; nor the river, that j
cannot stay ; but rather let your life beL
like that of the summer air, which has1,
timws of noble energy and timps of j
perfect peace. It tills the sails of the!,
ships upon the sea, and the miller
thanks it upon the breezy uplands; itr
works generally for the health and ]
wealth of all men, yet it claims its ]
hours of rest.
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Final A(ljoum|uieiit of the Internatioo 2
al Conference.
Washington, April 19.?At noon
lo-day the Pau-Americau Conference 'jj
ndjourned sine die. After the transaction
of some routine business and the ^
idoption of resolutions offered by Deljgate
Varas of Chili, pledging the
sympathetic association of the mem- %
bers of the conference with the auadrocentennial
celebration of the discovery
)f America, and of Delegate Bolet Peraza
expressing their gratitude for the
hospitality of the United States, a motion
to adjourn sine die was made and
put to a vote.
At 11:50 a. m. Mr. Blaine, rising to
xnnounce the result, said :
"Gentlemen : I withhold, for a moment,
the word of final adjournment
of the International American Confer- * '
?nce, in order that I may express to
you the profound satisfaction with A
which twe government of the United >
States regards the work that has been
lccompiuhed by the International
Conference. The importance of the :/*
subjects wtiicii have claimed your at- gg
Mention, the comprehensive iutellijence
and watchful patriotism which
you have brought to their discussion,
must challenge the confidence and se~ -J
3ure the admiration of the governments
and peoples whom you reprelent;
while that larger patriotism ''
which constitutes the fraternity of nations
has received from you an impulse
3uch as the world has not before seen.
The extent and value of all that has ;.'W
been worthily achieved by your conference
cannot be measured to-day. - >s
We stand too near it. Time will define
and heighten the estimate of your . 7%
work; experience will confirm our
present faith ; the final results will be
your vindication and your triumph. -M
"If in this closing nour, the conference
had but one deed to celebrate, we
should dare call the world's attention
to the deliberate, confident, solemn
iedication of two great continents to ^
peace, and to the prosperity which has ?
peace for its foundation. We hold up .
this new magna cbarta, which abol- %
ishes war aud substitutes arbitration ' ^
between the American republics, as the ~ 0$
(4 ? ?? J ^ V> r\ T *> f AHnnf { am_
IU&L itiiu ^lcut 11 uu ui iuu lukciuauvual
American Conference. That noblest >3
af Americans, the aged poet and philanthropist,
Whittier, is the first to
send his salutation and his benedictiou,
declaring: 'If in the spirit of 38
peace the American Conference agrees
upon a lule of arbitration which shall
make war in this hemisphere well nigh
impossible, its session will prove one of Z]
the most important events in the history
of the world.'
"I am instructed by the President to ^
express the wish that before the mem- .
bers of the conference shall leave for
their distant homej they will accept ^
the hospitality of the United States in
a visit to the Southern section of the C
Union, similar to the one they have already
made to the Eastern and West- . - ^
em sections. The President trusts
that the tour will not only be a pleas- ?5
ant incident of your farewell to the :v<
country, but that you will tind advantage
in a visit to so interesting and important
a part of our republic.
"May 1 express to you, gentlemen,
my deep appreciation of the honor you
did me in calling me to preside over
vmr deliberations? Your kindness 3
has been unceasing, and for your for- ;
mal words of approval I offer you my i&J
sincere gratitude.
"Invoking the blessing of Almighty
God upon the patriotic and fraternal -jg
work which has been here b?gun for
the good of mankind, I now declare
the American International Conference .3
adjourned without day."
The delivery of the address waseharacterized
by Mr. Blaine's customary
deliberate emphasis and akgo by evl- '?
deuces of deep feeliug on his part.
Towards the close his voice trenobled
with emotion ; aud when he took his
seat the council chamber rang with
hearty and long-continued applause.
The members of the conference then \
took carriages to the Executive Mansion
to pay their parting respects to the
President. The delegates were received
by the President in the East room
shortly after noou, each of them being
introduced to.him personally by Mr.
Blaine. The President then spoke aa
follows : "I ttnd in this parting call of
the delegates of the conference of
American States both pain and pleasure.
I participate in the regret whioh
the delegates from the United State9
feel who are to part with those from
the other countries. I take pleasure in .
ry.f fllft fui?t fliut UAIir 1(1*
IIIU iVUllWlCU^C wl l/IIV ihvv vum? jv%.* ?
bors have been brought to a happy conclusion.
The differences of opiniou
have been happily reconciled. I remark
witli pleasure the proposition
which will be productive of peace
among the American States represented
in the conference. It will be without
excuse if one of them shall lift a
hostile hand against the other. We ^ave
you, the other day, a review of a
una 11 detachment of the American
army, not to show you that we have
an army, but that we have none; that
our securities are lodged with our people,
and that they are safe. We rejoice
lhatyou have found in the organization
of our country something which
commends itself to your own. We
shall be glad to receive new lessons in
return. In conclusion, I find mueh to
approve in the friendly purposes of the
conference towards this government,
411(1 J Will UlU eacii auu every uue ui
you a heartfelt good-bye."
The remarks of the President were
greeted with applause.
There are some spirits which must
qjo through a discipline analogous to
that sustained by Elijah. The storm
struggle must precede the still, small
voice. There are minds which must
be convulsed with doubt before they
ean repose in faith. There are hearts
which must be broken with disappointment
before they can rise Into
lioi>e. Blessed is the man who, when
the tempest has spent its fury, reooguizes
his Father's voice in its undertoue,
and bares his head and bows his
knee as Elijah did. To such spirits it
seems as if God had said: "In tho
still sunshine and ordinary ways of
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inc.you cumuli meei intr, uui, imo uvu,
in the desola ion of the tempest you
shall see My form, and hear My voice,
uui know that your Redeemer livetli.'
General Sir C'har!e9 Warren, when
Governor of Natal, said : "For tiie
preservation of peace between the ?olouists
and natives one missionary is
worth more than a whole battalion of
soldiers."
A sen**e of the infinite distance be- .
tween God and man, in wisdom, powsr,
and holmes?, should, in our approaches
to Him in meditations and
prayer, bear with deep and solemn
weight upon the mind.
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