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The Press and Banner By HUGH WILSON." Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1890. "Let it be Instilled into the Hearts of Tour Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all Tour Rightb." Twelve Pages. Labor on a Strike. Labor is strong, butcapltal is stronger. The one is pressed by preseut necessities, the other can live on past accumulations. with the one it is a question of bread for wifeand children, with the other it is a question of profit. The late strike on the New York Central is a good illustration. Here was a powerful labor organization making war upon organized capital. Labor selected its own ground. It * " _ * ?~ I r* ito AhnlpA nf was aosoiuieiy Uiiemuui In cu I" au> v..v.?? ... time and place. Yet the defeat was crushing. Capital listened to no compromise and offered no terms. If labor will learn to be more considerate and conservative; if capital will learn to be less exacting and oppreslve then good will como out of evil.?Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Ail well said; but there is a little more that might be said. The Railroads pay better prices lor efficient labor, and skilled workmen than any other corporation on the face of the earth. The very circumstances make it incumbent on the owners of railroads to em ploy tbe moat trustworthy and the mostcom" petentmenin the respective departments of their work, no matter whether in construct, lng trestleB, bridges, cars, engines or tracks. So In the employ of conductors, engineers, and trainmen. A single train as It goes skimming alone represents a great estate in property, to say nothing of the immense liability for damage of life or person through the carelessness of Its operatives. All these things make it necessary to have the best men of the country In their seryice; On the other hand, we have one thousandor five thousald, or any other number bounded together, to extort Btill higher pay, and to prevent other laborers from taking their places. As a matter of fact, we doubt if half of the recent strikers could go Into any other business and earn half the money which they were receiving before the strike. They had a | perfect right to resign their position. Nobody questions that fact. But they bad no more right to prevent others from taking their places than bad Reube Burrows to "bold up" a train and at the face of a pistol demand the treasure of tbe company or passengers. The ''holding up" of a train and an organized stike to extort money might be placed in the J same penal chapter. The laws of this country should punish strikers for organizing to prevent any cor-| poratlon from hiring laborer* at will. The ,train robber, and the striker against brother] laborers, should be punished. There Is neither justice nor reason In punishing one f sinner and allowing another to go scot free. I If strikers can organize against railroads, nn" o# tt?q 1 r? ahmilri ho UiCU bug UV1U1U5 U{/ * M ? ? ?>* | without let or hindrance as far as tbe law Is concerned. Then the act of relieving express messengers and passengers of their treasure might be reduced to a fine art. Bad Spelling. A Correspondent of the of the Palmetto Yost writes a letter, which is good enough in Itself, but its merit Is marred by the bad spelling, the following being a specimen sentence: "Thare was delegashunB from both lackshuns arter men. Sum ov em a serenadln with mouth orgins and slngln, "Coom down / me boye, coom down," and sum a pintin whisky bottles at me, and a singin, "Return to yer first luv, Johnny," & all slch foldyrol devilment." No man should Intentionally misspell any word. Such words as "delegations," "factions," "some," "come," loved," etc., are not pronounced differently when spelled "fackBbuns," "delegashuns," "sum," "coom." If a man wants to say "yer" "slch," "arter," "singin," etc., then spell the words as it may be desired they Bhould be pronounced. Unaer certain circumstances, provincialism!) may be tolerated, but outrageous spelling of proper words is an offense against the language. Bill Arp, Josh Billings, and other bad spell, era of less renown, will have much to ac. count for when they are brought to an accountability lor their corruption of tbe English language. Let each writer do the best be can, and tbere will still be errors enough to make him blush. Why (bo Difference? In quoting from the New York Sun In reference to the weather and the damage to cot" ton crops In the South by recent rains the News and Covrler and the Augusta Chronicle ran along very nicely together until near the close when the News and Courier says: "Reports from the South mentioned heavy rains in Charleston and light rains at other points, but otherwise clear and clearing weather." The Augusta Chronicle says: "Reports from the South mentioned heavy rains in Georgia and light at other points, but otherwise clear or clearing weather." Why the difference in locating the rains? Alliancemen in this section don't understand it. THE ALLIANCE WAREHOUSE AT GREENWOOD. The Corner Stone is Laid?Wet Weather Prevented a Large Attendance of Friends. Columbia Register. Greenwood, Sept. 24.?Under a clouded sky the farmers laid the cornerstone of their warehouse to-day at 4 o'clock. Great preparations had been made for this occasion, but owing to the inclement weather the programme was not earried out in full. In the morning in the public hall President Stokes of Orangeburg and the Hon. M. L. Donaldson of Greenville addressed a small crowd. The stone was laid by Hon. M. L. Donaldson in theSoutheast corner of the house. Under the stone were placed two boxes; one contained a list of tne officials of State and County Alliance, a copy of the alliance constitution and copies or the Abbeville Press and Banner and the Cotton Plant. In the other box were small packages of oats, rice, barley and wheat. Some objection was made Indirectly by some of the alliance men to the placing of the Press and Banner In the box, but it did no good. A GOOD NEWSPAPER INDISPENSABLE. No Family Can Afford to be Without the Best and Cheapest Educator In the World. Jhe boy or girl who is a regular newspaper reader will grow up to be Intelligent, and will use good language, both in speaking and writing, even with a limited education. It is news, science, literature, grammar, history, geography and spelling combined. The tiolden Rod. Nearly everybody has had something to say, or has read something, about the golden rod?the flower which some men desire to be adopted as a national flower. On the train one day last week as it was passing along the road, some one said something of the golden rod, when u passtnger said: "That the golden rod ? When I was a boy, we called It snake root." To Miss Vernon. Tllo richest rose, the rarest flowers, in Texas valley shining. Can never match the absent one for whom my heart is pining. My thoughts are with her day and night, nor can I from her turn 'em. Go where I will, I still behold the smiles of Nancy Vernon. Ye belles of wealth, ye devotees of fortune's heartless pleasures. If to your stores you wish to add fair virtue's shining treasures. Go seek the subjectof my song, in her you'll quickly find em, For every gem of soul and mind is found in Nancy Vernon. I know' Us said there never shone on earth a faultless creature. That some slight shade must dim the bright est rorm or reaiure. But It such shadowsjdwell with hor I'm sure I can't discern 'era. I own thut others have faults, but none has Nancy Vernon. But why should I her palses sine? poor worth my softest numbers; Songs of mine can never wake the love that in her bosom slumbers. Then take my harp and break Its chords take my songs and burn 'em, I prize them not since they can win no smiles from Nancy Vernon. GRAINS. The great secret of success in life is to be ready when your opportunity comes. The assignment of false motives to others is the most seductive sin of the disputations. If our religion does not make us wiser, better and happier every day it is of little worth to us. Love is the greatest of human affections, and friendship the noblest and most refined improvement of love. It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without thereby helping himself. That peace is an evil peace that doth shut truth out of doors. If peace and truth cannot go together, truth Is to be Dreferred. and rather to be chosen for a companion than peace. Have you learned the lesson of yesterday or the infinite meaning ot today? It has duties of its own; tbey cannot be left until to-morrow. Tomorrow will bring its own work. People are never so miserable as when engaged in strife, moved by envy, hatred, jealousy and ambition. They are never so happy as when united in loving ministries to one another. It is not enough that the branch abide on the vine, it must abide in the vine. There must be a vital union with it. True Christian life manifests itself in growth, development and fruit. Our Lord has a keen eye for all that is good. When he searches our hearts he never passes by the faintest longing, or desire, or faith, or love of any of his people. He says to each and all: ''I know thy works'." Christ is a stumbling stone to those who will not believe upon him. They fall over him and are broken. It is believe and be saved, or reject him and perish. It is fearful to think of, but we must be faithful to tell the truth. Our Sundays should be like hills in a journey, mounting which, now and then, we get enlarged views and are lifted to a higher range, ou which we catch the divine sunrise, and whence we move on afresh, purer and braver for the kiss of the hem of the garment of God. rvinn in V* A TTrVlA nVtAAQOCI JL juo gjlcillcob 1liau io uc it uv uuuvovo the rignt with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and \\*hose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering. "Yet lackest thou one thing." A putting away of every thing that hides between the soul and God. In one case it may be wealth, in another pleasure, in another love of applause; but whatever it is must be gotten out of the way, or the soul can never, never enter the kingdom. "Among the beautiful things of earth are the hands that do kind and useful acts for all about them. No eye is so beautiful as the one that drops a tear of sympathy over the sins and frailties of the tempted and the sweetest voice is the one that speaks kind and tender words to the friendless and forpaken. These little things will spring up in your pathway like amaranthine flowers that shed their beauty and fragrance over life's pathway, and even light up the portals of the grave." Goethe, npar the close of his life, said : "Tolerance comes with age. I see no fault committed that I myself cculd not have committed at sometime or another." We learn larger sympathy as we suffer, as we are tempted, as we fall and rise again amid struggle and sorrow. These conflicts?failure and loss and sorrow?as we grow older, are not to make us bitter and cynical, but more charitable, fuller of pity aud love. That is a very doubtful kind of Christianity that does not keep a man or woman, as age comes on from being bitter and morose and uncharitable. As we ripen for heaven, we ought to grow more sweet, tolerant and unselfish.? Cumberland Presbyterian. Razzle?I understand that Robinson is 9 fluent French aud German echolar!_ Dazzle?He is. But the great trouble is that you can't tell where his German leaves off and his Freuch begins. A great mistake which is too often made, is thus presented by Arthur T. Pierson : "We build gorgeous gothic fanes, furnished with crimson and gold, garnished with the artist's pencil and chisel; then we secure for the pulpit the princes of oratory, and for the choir the star singers of the opera; then we multiply concerts and chorals, fairs and festivals, entertainments aud nvAimniAnci n n /I kir nn/iU n 1 In wrtrwmv* f n CALU1OIUUO , auu UV SUUI1 allulCllluU lo hope to draw the people and to 'evangelize the masses.' But the hope is round to be delusive." The fundamental facts of the gospel must be preached over and over again ?constantly iterated and reiteraled. They form the soul and substance of the gospel, and should form the soul and substance of every gospel sermon. Nashville Christian Advocate. In a Crowd. Round me, before me, behind me, People I do not know! We meet and touch for a moment Then apart forever we go. And what can we have In common Who glance in each other's face, And wait in the world together For only so short a space? Ab! really we are not strangers Though our homes lie far apart, But children of one great Father, Who keeps us all in His heart! And have we not much in common, To do. and perhaps to bear? Regret for the years that are over, Sorrow, and pain, and care? I know vou have had to Ruffer. And oftener still to be glad, For trouble Is not forever. And no one 1h always sad. But I know that the days have been dark enough, For mine have been darkened too, And a thought of neighborly sympathy Has stirred In my heart for you. There are marks In most of your faces, And I see the sign of a cross That Is given to you to carry, But lire is not meant for loss: And I hear the sound of your laughter, And see the light in your eyes, And perhaps there are little children To make you tender and wise. There Is surely some Joy for the whole of us, And to each Is given some love. For gentle hearts are In every place, And the blessing comes from above; So we wish God-speed to each other Though we utter it not aloud; We are brothers and sisters together, Though we only meet in a crowd. Do we not work for the same good end, Loyal to truth and the right? And look for a glorious future, And try to walk In the light? What though we know not each other, Slnoe the Father knows us all? Perhaps wo shall meet In the same dear hnmp When tbe Bbades of evening fall! Christian World. .?.? A Poem Without an E. John Knox was a man of wondrous might, And his words ran high and shrill, For bold and stout was bis spirit bright, And strong was bis stalwart will. Kings sought in vain his mind to chain, And that giant brain to control. But naught on plain or stormy main Could daunt that mighty soul. John would sit and sigh till .tiornlng cold Its shining lamps put out For thoughts untold on bis mind laid hold, And brought but pain and doubt. But light at last on bis soul whs cast, Away sank pain and sorrow ; His soul Is gay, In a fair to-day, And looks for a bright to-morrow. A Week of Work. On Monday we will wash our clothes, And hang them up to dry. On Tuesday we will Iron them, And mend each hole we spy. On Wednesday we will make our bread, And sometimes, too, a cake. On Thursday we'll receive our friends And time for reading take. On Friday we will sweep and dust As nicely as we can, On 8aturday, for Sunday's rest, We'll cook and work and plan. On Sunday we will learn at Church How to be good?and then On Monday cheerfully begin Our week of work again. A Chat with Girls. It is just because of the things I missed knowing in my girlhood, that I want to have a chat with you, dear girls. Some of you have busy, weary mothers who have never learned the blessedness of living with you, instead of for you ; some of you have none, and to you all my heart goes out in warmest affection and sympathy. Not for what you are now, for I may not know that, out for what you may be, for the possibilities you hold in your hands. I hope you will understand why I have chosen to speak to you, first, of your personal appearance. v I know "the spirit is more than raiment," and yet, as in a difficult and intricate problem, the first self evident facts are used as the foundation, so miiaf ttto f*i iro ^iiq f r\ iViA 1UUOV >T t givg UUC UtlCI CUtC kU IJLiC "outward and visible sign." I would not Lave you ovt nice or fastidious, but I would wish you to be dainty. Why? Because it is elevating, refining and ennobling; because it will cultivate your ideas to a liking of beautiful things?things that we may have in this life, if we will. Because, too, of the benefits others will receive, even if unconsciously, from seeing often before them a bright, tidy, dainty little woman, who is desirous of making the best of what she has. Scrupulously perform each duty of the toilet necessary to make you absolutely cleauly; you will soon grow to enjoy the incomparable comfort of knowing you are clean throughout, from dainty ear to feet, and from undergarments to pocket handkerchief. Be neat, too, about your own private room. Take pride in knowing that closets and bureau drawers will, at any time, bear close inspection. ' In buying new clothing, make a strong effort to get the beat, even if you have to dorn and mend the old ones a little longer to wait for more money. You will find it the best economy in the end. A strong point, too, is to select pretty and becoming colors. So much depends on a girl's taste in dress, that it is really worth while to attach a little importance to it. No one denies that personal beauty appeals very strongly to most natures, and it is only uatural and right that girls should desire to look as well as may be. God made the world beautiful; let us follow his footsteps by showing a proper amount of interest, untinged with vanity, in our personal appearance. If the dress is but calico, it may be durable, and of fast aud becoming color. Then if daintily and becomingly made, the effect is all that could be desired. The same degree of care is necessary in working with better and richer materials. Be sure to have them becoming and well made, and of durable material.?Woman's Work. Great Magazine Editor?We are very short of matter. All the great generals, notorious politicians, famous lawyers, eminent physicians and prominent scientists seem to be too busy to white for us just now. Assistant (meditatively)?Perhaps we might get some articles from literary men. - Great Editor?Good idea! I'll make a tour of the poor-house lo-morrow. Farmer: "Come out here to the bars, Miss Beacon Street, I want to show you my new Jersey calf." Miss Beacon Street (enchanted): "O, what a lovely little cow ! Now, I suppose that is the kind that gives the condensed milk, isn't it?" ? A mosquito is never asked to "call again" when he presents his bill. * Got E?en with the Teller. The autocratic paying teller of a certain Nassou street bank had an unpleasant experience one day. A tall young man with whiskers trimmed as though they had been laid out by a landscape gardener hurried up to the window and presented a check for $250. "Please let me have it In"?he began. "Mind your own business," snapped the red headed autocrat within. "I'll give you wnai is convenient." The tall young man foliowed this advice, took the money handed him and started away. In a moment he returned. "You've made a mistake," he said mildly. "Not responsible for any mistakes after leaving the window," respouded the paying teller sharply. "But you"? "We make no corrections; move on." "Oh, very well," said the tall young man cheerfully, waving a bill at the grating, "I was only going to tell you you had given me $50 too much, but I can stand it if you can," he added as he turned away. The change that came over the red headed teller was extraordinary. "Hey there, hold on," he called. "Mind your own business. I shall suit my own convenience." "But wait a moment," called the teller, growing more and more agitated as he hastily unlocked the window and thrust out his head. "Don't grow excited," responded the 1 1LJ 1 IL overpaid young man sootniugiy ; -we never make corrections after leaving the wiudow." "Oh, don't mind that; come back here," pleaded the head from the window beseechingly. By this time the dialogue was attracting attention, and the tall young man stepped up to tl^e teller and said sharply : "I have come to you again and again with checks to he cashed for the firm, and you are always grumpy, ungentlemanly and disobligiug. To-day you thought you had underpaid me and you were going to let me suffer. Instead of that you gave me $50 too much and I have got you just where I want you. If you will apologize" for your meanness and agree to be pleasant and obliging hereafter you can have the $50 back, but under no other condition." Those who listened did not hear what the paying teller answered, but his meek tone and the return of the $50 bill told a sufficiently plain story. New York Tribune. A Roman Girl and Her Doll. In May last the workmen who are digging the foundation for the new law courts In Rome discovered a sarcophagus buried thirty feet below the surface. Immediately the telephone call ed to the spot the members of the Archaeological Commission, scientific and literary men who watch with jealous care all the excavations made in the Eternal City. Under their direction it was carefully raised and opened. Within lay the skeleton of a young girl, with the remains of the linen in which she had been wrapped, and some brown leaves of the myrtle wreath with which, emblematic of her youth, she had been crowned in death. Ou her hands were four rings, of which one was the double betrothal ring of plain gold, and another with "Filecus," the name of her betrothed, engraved upon it. A large and most exquisite amethyst brooch in Etruscan setting of the finest work, carved amber pins, and a gold necklet with white, small pendants were lying about. But what is most strange, as being almost unique, wns a doll of oak wood, beautifully carved, the joints articulated so that legs and arms aud hands move on sockets, the hands and feet daintily cut with small and delicate nails. The features and the hair were carved out In the most minute aud careful way, and the hair waving low on the forehead, and bound with a fillet. , On the outside of the sarcophagus was sculptured her name, Trypheua Creperia, and a touching scene, douhtless faithfully representing her parting with her parents. She is lying on a low bed, and striving to raise herself on her left arm to speak to her heartbroken father who stands leaning on her bedstead, his head bowed with grief, while her mother sits on the bed, her head covered, weeping. It seems but yesterday, so natural is the scene, and yet it was nearly eigh husband's wages ; others will run upl jills for him without any reference to lis income. Socrates, finding himself in great motion over a slave, said : ,:I would Deatyou if I were not angry." Peter the Great made a law that if iny nobleman beat or ill-used his ilaves, he should be looked upon as nsane, and a guardian appointed to ake care of his person and pf his istate. This state monarch once truck his gardener, who, being a nan of keen sensibility, took to his ' ted, and died in a few days. Peter, ( tearing of this, exclaimed, with tears 1 u his eyes: "Alas! I have civilized J tiy owii subjects, I have conquered 1 ther nations, yet I have not been ? ble to conquer or civilize myself." 1 Presbyterian. s teen centuries ago that these stricken parents laid so tenderly away their dearly beloved daughter, with her ornaments and her doll. Youth's Companion. How She Manaoed It.?A young couple in an English village had been i courting for several years. The young man one day said to the young woman : "Sal, I canna marry thee." "How's that?" said the. "I've changed my mind," said he. < "Well, I'll tell you what we^ll do," paid she. "If folks know that thee 1 has given me up, I shanna be able to \ get another chap; but if they think that I've given thee up, then I can ; easy get another chap. So we'll have < the banns published, and when the < wedding day comes the parson will i say to thee, 'Wilt thou have this wo- < man to be thy wedded wife?' and thee " must say, 'I will;' and when he says ] to me, 'Wilt thou have this man to be j fliir TroHrlnH hnahnnd T aHnll anv 'T ' winna.'" 1 The day came, and when the minis- i ter said, ' Wilt thou have this woman j to be thy wedded wife?" the man an- l swered, "I will." 1 Then the parson said to the woman ; "Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband?" and she said, "I will." i "Why," said the young man, furiously, "you said you would say, 'I winna.' " g "I know that," said the young wo- j man, "but I've changed my mind t since." e s The most prosperous people are not r always the most thankful. There is t danger that, like a bough broken from J the parent stem by the weight of its i own abundant fruitage, the prosperous " person will allow the very blessings so 0 richly bestowed upon him to divorce a his heart from Him who gave them. "If She Only Would." If she only would strictly obey rules, all would go well enough with a girl at school, for in these days any school of reputation has good regulations and "suggestions." if she only would believe it, the average strength and health of a girl does not stand in the way of "the higher education of women." If she only -would invariably go to bed at ten o'clock instead of sitting up "just a few minutes longer," a girl would awake next day alert, and with a clear head, and those educational bugbears, "nervousness," "lassitude," "irritableneae," and "insomnia," would never follow upou hard study. ii sne oniy wouia iioc mase nasie ai table, but pit willingly and sociably through the time allotted for meals, "indigestion," another of the schoolgirl's bugbears, would never put in an appearance. Steaks, chops, and roasts should be both "well-chewed and wellchatted." If she only would forego little lunches and midnight spreads, eat only at table, never touch a nut, a cake, candy or fruit, "between meals," those other terrors of the girl student?"dyspepsia," "billiousness," "loss of appetite" would not make her their prey. (The girl careful in all these matters will be sure to have inviolable rules for her baths and her out-of-door exercise.) If she only would, furthermore, hold it to be "bad form" to indulge during school-life in formal calls, the theatre, dances, correspondence and making acquaintances with gentlemen, and the reading of current fiction?then, great ease and simplicity of living, and time to rest, would be possible to her, together with a tremendous concentration of* the mind upon study; she would find herself, day after day, full of "attack," "pursuit," "corps <V esprit,"love of investigation," "mastery," and all the other high vitalities of brain and blood that make the "hard pull and lohg pull" of a schoolcourse an enthusiasm and a joy. rr (uo xim/u/vc* Only a Child.?"Only a child," "Only a baby," many will say as the funeral cortege passes, and from the hearse it is indicated that a child is being borne to its burial. But not so, ot thus speaks the mother. Ah ! the host of mothers, who have known what it is to see the little, blithesome, happy child, who made sunshine in the home, who brought joy and peace and comfort to all hearts, sicken and suffer, and die. What desolation then takes possession of the mother's heart; oh, what a vacancy there is in the home! How the presence of the older children seems as nothing compared to the absence of that one of which the mother is every where conscious. How their mirthful voices grate harshly on the mother's sensitive heart, and how soon all the world and its attractions seem to dwindle into utter insignificance, when the child of her love, which nestled in her bosom, which opened her laughing eyes in the cradle by her side to gladden every morning with their beams, whose merry laugh was music to her ear, the patter of whose tiny footsteps heralded a joyful welcome, has gone away from her forever. 4 I I stood in a Store the other day when a boy came in and applied for a situation. "Can you write a good hand ?" was asked. "Yaas." "Know the city well ?" "Yaas." "That will do?I don't want you," said the merchant."But," I said when the boy had gone, "I know that lad to be an honest, industrious boy. Why don't you give him a chance?" "Because he hasn't learned to say 'Yes, sir,' and 'No, sir.' If he answers me as he did when applying for a situation, how will he answer customers after being here a mouth ?" What could I say to this ? He had fallen into a bad habit, young as he was, which turned him away from the first situation he had applied for.?Ex. How to Spoil a Child.?1. Be gin young, by giving him whatever he cries for. 2. Talk freely before him of his great cleverness. 3. Tell him he is too much for you?that you can do nothing with him. 4. Let hitn learn to regard his father as a creature of unlimited power, capricious and tyrannical ; or a mere whipping machine. 5. Let him learn (from father's example) to despise his mother. 6. Do not care who or what his companions may be. 7. Let him read stories about pirates, Indian fighters, and so on. 8. Let him roam the streets in the evening and go to bed late. 9. Devote yourself to making money, remembering always that wealth is a better legacy for your child than principles in the heart acd habits in the life, and let him have plenty of money to spend.? Exchange. There is lots of difference in men. There are some workmen in . every town who make from one to two dollars per day to maintain families, buy homes and pay for them, simply by rnving a penny whenever and wherever they can. There are others who v-? o Irn ?YMinV? mAfn mnnotf o nrl of t)iP UlrtttC I1JUUU 1X1VMV U1VUVJ , UMU MW vuv jnd of a year, if they could go to New York for five cents, they would not have enough money to stand near the railroad and see the trains go by. rhere is lots of difference in women ioo. Some women will lay up by litres hundreds of dollars out of their at ... i ii. ' i ii mummmmmmm? The Title "Ecrerend." We are willing to reverence the aged pastor, and we aid not hesitate to give that title to our beloved friend, George Rogers, juflt in the same way we use the terra "the venerable Bede, or 'the judicious Hooker,' " but we are not H prepared to reverence every stripling '% who ascends the pulpit; and, moreover, if we thought it due to others to > ? -i?u can inem reyerenu, we suumu bhu want some reason for their calling, themselves so. It seems ratber odd to us that a man should print on his via- ; itiug card the fact that he'is a rover* end person. Why does not be occar tonally vary the term, aud call himself estimable, amiable, talented, or beloved ? Would this seem odd ? la there any valid objection to such a ose' of adjectives after the fashion 4s once . set by the use of the word reverend f 4 If a man were to assume the title of M reverend for the first time in history, M it would look ridiculous, if %ot pre- A sumptuousor profane. It may be eaid^B that the title reverend is only one oSfli courtesy, but then so was the title Rabbi among the Jews, yet the dift^BM pies were not to be called Rabbi. It il^H at any rate a suspicious circumstance ^ that among mankind no class of persons should so commonly describe themselves by a pretentious title ab the professed ministers of the lowly Jesus. Peter and Paul were right reverend men, but they would have been the *g last to have called themselves so. sensible person does reverence as ' -L 1 iU. jot more uueuuse we assume mo uinr It certainly is in some cases a flagrant . misnomer, and its main use seems to 1 be the pestilent one of keeping op the \ unscriptural distinction of clergy and < laity. We wonder when men first sought 1 out this invention, and from whoee original mind did original sin emanate ? We suspect that he lived Inthe Roman Row of Vanity Fair, although , the Rev. John Bunyan does not mention him. One thing is pretty certain, be did not flourish in the days of the , Rev. Paul, the Rev. Apolloe, or the Rev. Cephas. . . C. H. Spurgeon. : Who Does It 1 Who does what? who fasts? What layman, man and woman, does this thing? What officiary trustee, cla&a- ''Zi leader, exhorter, local preacher, or ; steward ? What preacher in charge, presiding elder, Bishop, who habitoally or occasionally observe the self-de- i nying ordinance of fasting? ; would like to know if the race Is el^^ tinct. the duty obsolete. Can the^l number who do it be reckoned in or- '' der, or out of order ? Are they countless because of number, or for lack of < -< number? . v The Methodist Discipline, in Its Gereral Rules, in the goodly company and alongside of family and private prayer and Bible reading, enjoins fasting or abstinence. These Rules say that it is expected of all who con- j tinue in these societies, that they will J continue to evidence their desire for salvation by attending on this fasting^ ordinance of God. The law expects us to obey it, but who does obeyitfr Wbo mended the Rales ? Have they been mefaded or broken ? In our Book of Discipline the fonzth duty of a preacher is declared to be "to see that a fast be held in every J congregation within his charge on tlfc^J Friday preceeding every quarterh^Hi meeting, and that suitable service flfij held wherever practicable. The fas<^^H mandatory, the public service on tn^B fast-day conditional on its practicabili^HJ ty. M The direction as to admitting a preacher into full connection in the Conference, says: "Aftersolemn fasting and prayer." Who are to do the j fasting and prayer? The Methodist Church in Conference, assembled. ' The whole Conference, officers and members, lay and clerical, and the candidates. Suppose the Bishop at the Conference make the announcement that on Friday the class will be admitted into full connection, and in ' the pursuance witb the disciplinary direction the morning will be observed j by fasting and prayer, the meeting to begin at hunrise, and continue till the Conference session. That would look like coming up to the Discipline in this matter, and the coming up in this matter would help the coming up at other points. An eastern caravan was overtaken once in tne desert with the lailure of 4-Ur* annnlTT nf tirofop Thfl QPnilof/VYY!* 1 IUC ou^pij Wi nmvil ? uv mvvwwwm < ed fountains were all dried, the.oasis was a desert, aud they halted an hoar before sunset to find, after a day of scorching heat, that they were perish- , ing for want of water. Vainly they 1 explored the usual wells, for they were- I all dry. Dismay was upon all faces V and despair in all hearts, when one of the ancient men approached the sheik and counselled him to unloose two beautiful harts that he was conveying . home as a present to his bride, and Iot them scour the desert in search of water. Their tongues were protruding with thirst, and their bosoms .heaving with distress. But as they were lea out to the borders of the camp and then set free on the boundless plain, they lifted up their heads on high ana sniffed the air with distended nostrils, and then, with unerring instinct, with/ course as straight as an arrow, and speed as swift as the wind, they darted off across the desert. Swift horsemen followed close behind, and an hour or two later hastened back with the glad tidings that water had been found, and the camp moved with shouts of rejoicing to the happily discovered fountains. So still tliere is a hart that can ever 1 find the springs of living water. It is the heart that hungers and thirsts for God. Thank God, beloved, if you have thin deep spiritual instinct in I your soul ! Follow it as it leads you to the Throne of grace, to wait, and ciy, J and receive, until you can say, "Satis- j fled with favor and full with the bless- J ing of the Lord." 1 Christian Alliance. Jk Xo mau or womair^ever slides infa^B happiness, or success, or greatness i^Hfl ;his life, or info bliss in the life <nmp. The oillv kinil of cnown it) mind (or morals is "back^^H sliding," and tlieri when once a man^H >egins to slide alohg easily he may be^H mrc he is retrograding. The advance fl s always uphill; Against the current; V igaiust the windj 9 . I aM