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' " 7^57 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE S. C. a^-Publiahed every Wednesday at ?2 a year in advauce. Twelve Pa^es. Wednesday, Dec. 24,1890. Mental activity is better than mental fulness. An -inquiring mind is worth more than a mind that is satislied with its attainments. Hence it is that a preacher or a teacher who sends his hearers away with a purpose of knowing more about the subject iu which he has newly interested them, ? -> ? <v?f fhnap hpflrPTR than iiua uuuc xxi->117 ivi vuv^, ? fhe had given them all the informaion on that subject that could be deired. When a man's stomach or lind is full, he feels like?taking a ap. If you can live gently, patiently, unlurmuringly amid all your frets and ritations, day after day?that is heroin. That is your task. You are to >solve to do it. No one, not even od will do it for you. Heaven does ot put feathers of beauty in our lives i the jeweler sets gems in clusters, he unlovely elements are not rawn out and replaced by lovely iet>. You must win your way trough struggles to all noble attainent. It is he that overcometh that made a pillar in God's temple. ? Cross Thoughts.?Said a little rl, "Auntie, if all folks in the world ould think their cross thoughts >ud, what a racket thdi'e would !" The dear little girl might have gone tep farther and added": 'And if none of the folks should ink their cross thoughts aloud, what iet and peace there would be !" [f there must be cross thoughts this ek, which sht.ll they be?"outd" or voiceless ??Golden Censer. ? Would that the generality of professing Christians could be led to turn their attention more directly to practical developments of their faith, and less to mere sentiment and 4,ism." It is a striking statement, once made by Jouathan Edwaids : "If God's people were only brought to abound in deeds of love, as much as in praying, hearing, singing, religious meetings, and conferences, it would be a blessed omen."' Assuredly it would ; but the question arises, how is it that so many can enter into the privileges of the Gospel with so much apparent zest, and yet not abound in the faithful discharge of its duties? If the heart is truly full of the spirit of prayer, praise, and Christian fellowship, must not the life be full of the fruits of love and sacrifice??The Christian. He knoweth the truth, who doeth the Master's will. The trusting Christian's security is eaual to God's capability of defense, ^feive what you have. To florae- one if >v.an KaVvAtfOI> tlion VA11 fViint MV ALA a J UC lk/\^ t VV4 IUM11 jvw V VM?M? y' Some of His childreu must ^o into the furnace to testify that the Son of God is there with them. You can't promote a Christian. The highest station in this life is to be a soldier in God's army. Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all; and by seeking, it may be discovered by the simplest. Every soul should have its own holy-of-holies. The truths of Christ are worth keeping, and the way to keep them is to ponder them. "It is harder than he who has never made the effort might imagiue, silently to return with love the hatred with which our love has been requited." Cultivate a gentle, even temper. The man who flies iuto a passion upon every provocation, is like a wasp, senseless and exceedingly annoying. Let the preacher never forget that he who has power with -God also has power with men. That is, successful preaching is measured by power with I look forward to the time when the itnnnlse to heln our fellows shall be as I immediate and as irresistible as that which I feel to grasp something when I am falling. The true strength of every human soul is to be dependent on as many nobler as it can discern, and to be depended upon by as many inferior as it can reach. Nothing makes men angrier than the truth when it comes to them as evil-doers. It is less trying to be lied about, than to have the truth that cuts ju>me to us. ^What can be more horrible, what can be more sinful among mankind than war, and especially when voluntary engaged in by those men who profess to love each other as Christ has loved them, even with a pitying love that suffered unto death. Forenoon and afternoon and night,?Forenoon, And afternoon, and night,?Forenoon, and? what! The empty song repeats itself. No more Yea: tbat is life: muke this forenoon sublime. This afternoon a psalm, this night a prayer, And time is conquered, and thy crown is won God's promises are dated, but with a mysterious character; and for waut ot skill in God's chronology, we are prone to think God forgets us, when, indeed, we forget ourselves in being so bold to set God a time of our own, and in being angry that he comes not just then to us. Every temptation that is resisted, every noble aspiration that is encouraged, every sinful thought that is repressed, every fitter word that is with* held, adds its little item to the impetus of that great movement which is bearing humauity onward toward a richei life and higher character. Be not anxious about to-morrow, Do to-day's only ; fight to-day's temptation ; and do not weaken and dis tract yourself by looking forward tc ' thifigs you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them. Enough for you that God is just and merciful and will reward every man according to his work. Selections from tie Christian Neighbor Legislature. Notes from the General Assembly. Dec. 9?10, In both the House and the Senate the vote for United states Senator was the most important work done. No result was reached after two days. In the Senate there was a long debate on the equalization of the taxa IIOD. December 11.?At 12 o'clock there was a joint session of the House and the Senate. On the fourth ball >t ? choice was made for United Stales Senator, Hon. John Laurens Manning Irby, the vote standing Irby 105, Hampton 42, Donaldson 10. A message was received from Governor Tillman transmitting a communication from Treasurer Bates relative to the payment of taxes. "Year after year the time for payment has been ex, tended until the people have been taught to expect it and are dilatory and careless about paying within the time fixed by law. If the time is too short let it be extended by law, and after that there should be no interference by the General Assembly or any one else." xne couiiuuuicauuu was referred. The bills relating to marriages and divorce were unfavorably reported. In the Senate there was nothing to be here noted save the joint session which is already recorded. December 12.?Speaker Irby being absent at his home iu Laurens ExSpeaker Simons was chosen to fill the vacancy. A bill was introduced to create a Board of Phosphate Commissioners consisting of the Governor, the Attorney General, the Comptroller General and two citizens to be appointed by the Governor. Senate, December 12.?The work here was not more interesting than that done in the House. The bill re1 x - ?- ?^ riftAtminil n?/tmon UlllDg LU lut; uyU13 ut maiwcvi nuiuvu was killed. The following new measures of importance were introduced: To abolish the Department of Agriculture and the office of Commissioner of Agriculture and devolve the duties thereof upon the Clenison College, excepting as to the control of phosphates, also to create a Board of Phosphate Commissioners and define their duties. To authorize the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary to lease the penitentiary for a term of ten years, reserving to the State the control and discipline of the convicts. To define the duties of the Board of Visitors or cue eoum uarounu quinary Academy. A concurrent resolution was adopted providing for the payment of the Public Printer for the current printing of the General Assembly. December 13.?Greenville and Abbeville Counties ask that the question of license or no license be submitted to their qualified voters. Blacksburjj that it be empowered td issue additional lands for educational purposes. There was introduced a bill to empower the Governor to remove Sheriffs from office who wilfully or negligently allow prisoners to escape, or to be injured or killed by lynching or otherwise while in the custody of them. Also a bill looking to the thorough reorganizing of the B. C. University. Bill to require the several Counties to pay all expenses of their lunatics in tne juunauc Aayiuiu uuu iv piuviuc iui keeping separate accounts of same by the Comptroller General. Also a bill to regulate rail road freight and passenger tariff. December 13.?Nothing of importance was done on this date in the Senate. December 14.?The joint resolution to pay Mrs. Ann P. Bon ham, widow of the late General M. L. Bonham, the balance of salary due said M. L. Bonham was after some discussion finally passed. A bill was presented authorizing the governor to appoint a patrol to watch the streams of the State and prevent violations of the fish law. Also to provide for the sale of the Agricultural Hall wi*h all property pertaining to the Experimental Stations in Columbia, and Darlington and Snartanburi? Counties, the Droceeds to be placed with the State Treasurer subject to the draft of Clemson College. The appropriation bill was completed and calls for a levy of 4f| mills, and a sunt of $917,779 which will give a margin of $S4,000. Senate, December 15. ? Senator ! Stokes introduced a bill to create a j new County out of a portion of the ' Counties of Lexington and Orange, burg to be known as Calhoun County. A bill was introduced to provide for the leasing of the Penitentiary, one half the income so derived to be used for the advancement of female education. ! .? 'i Bishop Taylor, of Africa, said reInaiiHir fliof liiirllt r> F fllli ]l !1 Ivlottf Afl'i. can missionary stations were man[ aged by women ol* which the most , I diilicult. was carried on by a little Cat nddian. He did not give her name, ' but stated that slic was among the wildest trilx-s, aud doing the L?est ' work of all. Deaths. Mr. John Pnckett, Wentmlnster, S. C. died November 30,1890. Rev. Ira Taylor, Pacific Conference, died In VacHYllle, November 16,1890. Capt. J. Wardlaw Perrln died In Abbeville, December 13, aged ubout fifty-six years. MIhb Luciuda Drake, Anderson County, died at her father1*! in Martin Township, December 4, 1890. Wra. C. Lnnnipy, for whom the mills and town In Aiken County were named, died lu Brooklyn, N. Y., December 9. Mrs. Mary A. Wardlaw, relict of the late Dr. Joseph J. Wardlaw, of Abbeville, died in Columbia, December 4. What Others Say. Working people in France are now entitled to rest one day in seven. By legislative enactment tlie Government 4 * ?* i-L S 1 nas Destoweu on usciuzenu hub uuuu, which is the right of those who labor every-where. The Legislature declined to designate the Christian Sabbath as the legally appointed rest-day ; but as some particular day will necessarily be adopted by common consent, it will probably be the first day of the week. Some of the nations of Europe have long tried the experiment of ignoring the divinely established law ol a seveuth day's rest, and Jhave found the results unsatisfactory. Gradually but surely etepa are being taken toward restoring the Sabbath to ita place among the national institutions of government on the Continent. What folly it would be for us to rush into the same error which is now being abandoned by other countries after sufficient trial. Yet this is the tendency in America. No nation can de' ? ? * ?~ ~ Inn* /-1a/4 All/1 fco. ly or iguuic uie i?w ui uuu uuu %.>jcape disastrous results. "God is not iiiocked." C H. Davit. A SAFEC4UARD AGAINST ERROR.? "Surely the apostle's adraouition to the Galalians is now applicable to us as a Church and nation. 'Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage,' Gal. v; 1. What, then, is our best remedy? It it the cultivation of personal religion in our own hearts, and the seeking to be established in Bible truth and Bible Christianity, aid to walk in the faith of Christ, the ienr of ttod. and the comfort of the Holy Ghost. This, and this only, is a safeguard against Romish errors. By this, we read in Act ix: 31, tbe churches of old were edified and multiplied. May God give us gracc to cultivate this state of heart and mind, ami to watch and to" pray that we may be kept from all evil, and, being delivered from the various errors of the day, may be preserved safely unto the day of redemption!'' Southern Churchman, Dlt. TaLMAGE ON PBEACHeRS.?I thank God that from the theolgical seminaries mere is uuw laming wnu u magnificent crop of young ministers, who are taking tbe pulpits in all parts of the land. I hail their coming and tell these young brothers to shake off the somnolence of centuries and get out from under the dusty shelves ol theological discussions which have no practical bearing on this age, which needs to get rid of its sins and have its sorrows comforted. Many of our pulpits are dying of humdrum. People do not go to church because they cannot endure the technicalities and profound explanations of nothing, and sermons about the "eternal generation of the Son." and the difference between sublapsarianism and supra-lapsarianism, and about who Melchisedeck wasn't. There ought to be a* much difference between the modes ol presenting truth now and in oiden time as between a lightning express railroad train and a canal boat. Nashville Christian Advocate. The choir ought simply to lead the worship of the congregation, and aid them in the lofty and edifying servicc of praise. No other object should bt tolerated in the chief singers. To do this, their musical taleut and skill should be directed to the using of the simplest tunes and the most familiar hymns. The old ones should be often used, and the new ones used till they become old. The choir, as the leader of the congregation, and as the reposiI'M-" r\f a fam nf t.ho nrrnnrl nM fnnoc and hymns, to be joined in by the whole congregation, is an institution of much benefit; otherwise considered, It is a travesty 011 worship and an impertinence and an offense to the occasion. The Haul's Horn. Head Pkkachino Won't do it ? Sermons made up altogether of bouquets and humming birds may tickle the ears of some people, and make them drop money into the hat, but c*iw?U ni'Diu.lihwr ii'nii't npil?n uiriiiM't quit their meanness. A construction train on the Columbia, Newberry, and Laurens Itailroad was overturned December 13 killing conducior Wolij.n(i and two negroes. The vote in the Methodist Church (North) on 1 he eligibility ol" women to the (Jonoral Conference ia in favor ol their admission. What Others Say. Religions Herald. More Air, Mr. Sexton.?One of the secrets of Mr. Moody's great success in conducting meetings is his practical good sense in cariug for the necessary and healthful condition of the body. Any one and every one who is at all acquainted with his mode of work must have realized this fact. An abundance of fresh air is always provided, if possible (and he makes and will leave it so), first of all; then there is a change of position and variety iu the exercises that is a constant and refreshing change, thus affording rest in the midst of the exercises, that continues and maintains the interest throughout. We have , sometimes thought this lack of necessary provision for fresh air for audiences in churches?especially at evening services?is the principal reason for the small attendance on their services. Churches that have been heated for morning service and closed until evening, without ventilation, to retain lipjit,. are then onened for the > evening, and closed again as the audience are gathered and seated. The close heat, with the gas, united with the exhalations unconsciously but t surely emitted, soon render the at( mosphere of the place a most noxious compound, dangerous for any one to inhale, and enervating in the extreme to any nervous or delicate organization, and dangerous for all. A Paul or Apollos couldn't long'witbstand such an influence, and the audience are all hoping it will soon be over. Florence Nightiugate, out of her vast experience, said if she were to prescribe one remedy for all ailments, it would be an abundance of fresh air at any and all seasons of the year; indeed, that was all tbat some ailments required. Christianity should not be denied this most beueficent provision of its Author for all mankind. Just a VVokd.?If religiou has not opened your pocket book, you may well ask : "Have I been converted?" Dr. Clarke used to say, that if a man's religion didn't reach his pocket, it hadn't leached his heart. We like the spirit of a .Baptist brother, who, when about to be baptized, was told. t<> take out his pockel 'book for fear it would get wet in the act of immersion. said he, "I want my money baptized too." There are thousands who professedly have consecrated their souls to God, but have ever consecrated their property to God. They sing every Sunday : "Here's my heart, O take and 6eal It! I Seal it for tby courts above." ; But never think of saying, "Here's ray money, O take and use it for the ..-5....n?nmontnfthii lHnirrlnm." Thev auvnuwcuicuvvi v.?j ? don't seem to mind giving their heart to the Lord, but when it comes to giving a little money to missions, then the work of teeth-pulling begins. Let us all pray the Lord to have mercy on ! such stingy souls. If there are two ways of getting the same mental impression, the moral effect upon the conduct will depend verj much upon the way in which the imi pression came. A child who is being taught aud trained in the graces of charitable giving has a right to know 1 that, In the highest sense, giving does not impoverish him. But ne may be impoverished in uubstance while he is enriched in spirit by one way of giving; as he may also be not impover" ished in substance while he is lmpovI erished in spirit by another way of giving. The mother who is desirous of clearing out a toy closet may bring a lot of broken toys and fragments of playthings to her boy, and say pathetically, "Wouldn't you like to give , some of these things away to those . poor little children I told you of yesterday ? See! they are all broken up, and you can't do anything with i them !" It is true the poor children would quite relish the headless horses and broken carts. Children can make more out of little than grown persons can. Bnt how that last sentence of the conscientious mother blasts the blossoming good in her first question ! To refer to the worthlessness of the child's property as an argument for giving it away, would indeed teach , him that the giving would not impovering him, in substance?just what he needs not to be taught; while it woulc; ' also fail to teach him the giving thai is gaining, by failing to educate him to a knowledge of the value of things of spirit above things of sense. Teach the children to give, but be careful which motive is educated in the same . act. i " 1 " The National Alliance has been in session at ocola, Florida. December 4 there was called a convention to meet in Cincinnati in February of 1891 for the purpose of organizing a new party. Delegates will be invited from all national organizations in sympathy with the movement. The visit of Kalakana, King- of the , Hawaiian Islands, is said to be signifi, cant. It is said he comes as the asenl of the sugar manufacturers to make . tenative advances looking to the annexation of the kingdom to these United .States. I The greatest and sublimcst power is often simple patience. x*' *?* *!?*.? 4l\nf IKaoa ii'lin ofn mn/lii XL IS UllliJ?? UKU IIIV'OI/ *? uu CUV UJUUV to sufler should suiter well. Tlie great perpetual battle of life is the warfare wagtd against self. \ Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his power. ? 1 1 The Men Needed. Mr. Spurgeon, in his Almanac, says: "We need, now-a-days, upright men in downright earnest, who say what they mean, and mean what they say. Cheating in trade, cheatiDg in religion, cheating in talk, must not be put up with any longer. Old Father Honesty is the itaan for our money. None of your painting and gilding; gives us the real thing. There would be a greaf fall in sheep-skins if all the wolves were stripped; but stripped they ought to be, the rascals! Ebt each one or us begin to mend the world by putting off every bit of shame that we may have had about us. Off with the trumpery and finery of pretense. Show smock-frock or the fustian jacket. and tbe clump boots, and don't be ashamed." At no former period in the recollection of this writer has there been manifested such a great and widespread disposition on the part of professedly Christian people to organize, maintain and multiply societies in the churches as now. These societies are usually organized by men or women of vivid imagination and intense zeal, whatever their knowledge may be. The number of such societies we do not know, but we hear or read of them as existing and multiplying in almost every part of the Country, and among nearly or quite all the different denominations of Christian people. What meaneth this? Ofcours, we do not refer to those societies that are legitimately part of the cburch itself such as missionary societies, church extention societies, and the like ; but to a sort of side-sbow, uuder such appellations as "King's Daughters," "Christian Endeavor/' "Little Workers," and many others of like character. Are they preferable to the church or can the members do more good in these societies than as simple members of the church ? Is the Scriptural plan of church operation defective and need to be supplemented by some human device? 'We are not opposing not advocating, only enquiring. From the reports we sometimes see in the papers or learn through ether sources, we iofer that a large proportion of the operations of these societies appeal to the social rather than to the religious element of our nature. Is that really the better way? Did Christ or His apostles pursue any course like that when trying to save sinners? Innocent social gatherings and exercises are not to be despised n.it cuiniiAmnwi; hut is that the better waj to awaken men, women or children to a sense of their lost condition and need of a Saviour, or to lead them to that Saviour ??or the better 10 maintain a truly spiritual church? Or do they not lead to a tendency to undervalue the regular and heaven-ordained church work? Do they not tend to attract the attention and lead the course of conduct iu the liue of social eujoymeut instead of the pure spiritual religion? We throw out these suggestions hoping that they may attract the attention of ministers and leading church members and induce them to enquire closely and thoroughly into the character and influence ot such societies, and after such careful examination, say whether they be or be not promotive of true piety. We distinctly recollect the ideas, and in part the language used by that tfreat orator, Henry B. Bascom, D. !>., when preaching from the eighth ver^o of the fifth chapter of the first Epistle Peter: "Be sober, be vigilant: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." Speaking of the adversary, he said in substance, and we give the precfee words, so far as we can recollect them: "He attacks the church, and'the Christian first, as a roaring lion, to terrorize, scatter, tear and slay and destroy by violence. If that fails, he next comes as a wily serpent to beguile tbe senses, poison the imagination and fascinate by worldly thoughts, worldly desires and worldly pleasures. Then if these fail, he comes as an angel of light, professing to be the holiest of all, suggestingand preaching what he calls a higher order of Christianity, a purer patriotisn, a religion that has few or nor crosses, but, in reality repudiates the old-time plans of operation and modes of worship, and introduces a spasmodic exercise that really, in the end, leaves the subject in worse state thau that which he found them." This was the general view, feebly expressed here, which he in his own strong language forcibly expressed. The church would do well to consider the matter very seriously.?tit. Louis Christian Advocate We live in an age of self-importance, sustained and promoted by methods unknown to the simple minds of our ancestors. The interviews and the recorder of social gossip have artfully created a daily want which they themselves supply. If A., the millionaire, adds an acre to his estate, we ascertain i the price paid for it almost as soon at he does. We could pass a creditable examination upon the habits of Z., the essayist, during working hours; we are thrice familiar with the arrangement of his funiture, and have'even learned what pens he uses. The harm in dwelling upon these things is not at first apparent, since we burn to know them. This weakness of mind induces the belief that our friends are eager for similar details about ourselves, and as a natural consequence, when it is our cue to talk the personal nominative does not lack advancement. Egotism spoken and written, is the fasbiou as well as the failing of our waning day.?From "The point of it: >) :? \T/N?r/v^UnM I View 111 to U IU/H7 . *Q+ - A French horticulturist, Couut du LMiysson, ensures the growth of seeds so ild as to have 11 doubtful germinating power by soaking them for th irtysix hours in water containing a little guano or other source of nitrogen. In our afflictions we must be careful and not treat them lightly by leaving God out of them, as if he had no baud in them. We must not charge them to chance, set them down to our mistakes or folly, or to the agency or meanness of others. We are not to despise them thus. God is in them, whoever or whatever brings them Faith sees his hand and kisses with adoring love the hand thut holds the rod. Sleep. White children nieep, They know not that their lather toll*; Tbey know not that their mother pray*-^ Bending In bleating o'er their b?ds. Imploring grace lor after days. While children Bleep, They never dream thatoihers work That tbey may have their dally breads When morning comes they rise and ent,And never aak how tbey nre fed. While children eleep, They do not see tbo sblnlnu son; Tbey do not know the gracious dew, Id daily miracle of love, Is ever making all things new. Do we not sleep? And know not tbat our Father works With watobfal care about onr way t He bends in blessing front above? His love broods o'er as day by day. Do we not sleep ? And never dream that others work, Reaping the sheaves that miuht be oars; We see not how the shadows fall Which mark the swift departing hoars. . Ah, still we sleep! Our drowsy eyes see not the ligtat, See not the hands stretched out to bless, See not tbat wailing for us stands God's kingdom and His righteousness. Good Word*. . GRAINS. Choose such pleasures as recreate much aDd cost little. He that may hinder mischief and yet permits ib in an accessory. Wben a man's tempter gets the best of him it reveals the worst of him. Small faults are little thieves that ( open the door for big oues to enter. It i9 much better to seek to forget one's misfortunes than to speak often of them. The assignment of fatee motives to others is the most seductive sin of the disputations. Only a stray sunbeam. Yet it cheered a wretched abode?gladdened a stricken heart. Prayer must be based upon promise, but God's promises are always broader than our prayers. Modesty is to merit what shades are iu ijginrs in n piutuic, giving iv strength and beauty. Do all that you can to stand, and then fear lest you may fall, and by the grace of God you are safe. Only a word of encouragement, a single word. It gave a drooping spirit new life, and led to victory. Cultivate a cheerful frame of mind and the mind will mold the face and the tongue and voice into something irresistible. V_v/ Our souls and bodies we resign; With Joy we render Thee Our all no longer ours, but Thine To all eternity. , Not the work of the hand, which may be imperfect, but the purpose of the heart 19 recognized and accepted by the loving God. Religious life needs culture. Nourish it by the study of the Bible, by prayer, and by the faithful performance of Christian duty. "It Is a good thing that the heart be established with grace," and yet some nf 110 rrrx nn It if waru nnf u nrnnH vi uo jj\/ */u no am iu ?r vi v uvk ?? thing even to hope for it to be so.?F. R. Havergal. * What we want is the single eye that we may see what our work in, tbe humility to accept it, however lowly, the faith to do it for God, the perseverance to go on till death. What we are afraid to do before men, we should be afruid to thiuk fore God. He is the best Christian, not who talks most of God, but who walks most with God. In all times and iu all places tho.se religionists who have believed loo much have been more inclined to violence and persecution than those who have believed too little. Knowledge alone is not sufficient. It is indeed power, but if unsanctified, power for evil. If undirected by virtue, knowledge is but the servant of vice, and tends only to evil. To work without praying is practical atheism; to pray withou tworking in idle presumption. To baptize all work with prayer, and to follow all prayer with work?that iB an ideal life. In the course of a long life I have observed that when people are getting religion they are full of self-abasement, and are ever ready to condemn themselves; but when they are losing , it, or have lost it, they are often full of self-confidence, and find their pleasure in censuring and condemning other persons. ^ Therefore, come what may, Eold fast to love. Though men should rend your heart, let them not embitter or harden it. We win by tenderness ; we conquer by forgiveness. Oh, strive to enter into something of that large, celestial charity which is meek, enduring, unretaliating, and which even the overbearing world cau not withstand forever. It i* wonderful how trouble and sorrow, if accepted in the right spirit, give vitality to our prayers. When things are running smoothly and easily, we are often disposed to be listless and perfunctory in our petitions; but when we are confronted with perplexing questions, or hard-pressed by temptation, or overborne by unexpected ca amities, we cry to God from the botom of our hearts. One difference between child and man is that a man has to learn to he exact, while a child has to learn to be inexact. The whole period between infancy and age is a mixed retrogression from natural exactness and a progression toword an artificial exactness. A child's first impulse is to spell phonetically. In course of time his education leads him to regard phonetic spelling as ludicrous and absurd. In middle life he is so hide-bound by the conventional (English) orthography, that it is only with difficulty that he can analyze a word!into its phonetic elements,?which analysis he made ea.-ily and naturally in childhood. Jt is so in the moral life. We start with a certain straightforwardness. which the world's attrition wears into loosidcdness. We have, indeed, to be tlirectly educated against the evils of an indirect education. .Being exact is ;iri_i; mu Ul L1IU ? ii(Y 9 Ml ?/v.ii?j^ VUI1M It is worth while for the average adult to long to be a child again, thus far at least. *?>? l'!i.s b_?s: o:" ;.i >t it-? m mt jtH-: unil rh ? sl<in, -i; ?< i nitiiy s.i;?_r> );j, th? fore pare thickly.