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Kelectinas from tie CMsliaa Neighhoi ^ ^pAtinlilnw M *VHUU.Ub. The publicity given to the "pound ing" of preachers has become 90 di3 tasteful to some brethren that a hult o hold-up is called for. Nothing is sail against the pounders or the poundees but against publishing such things ir the official organs of the church. Th< good people do not mean any harm ii pounding their beloved pastors noj does the latter shrink from the pleas ure of enduring the infliction, noi from an bumble acknowledgement o the favor in the "church papers." Well, it does look somewhat lik< there has been about enough said it the official organs on poundings. Bu as the Neighbor is not "official" iti editor woold say that its columns an open for pounding accounts or reports provided: That "one tenth of tlx spoils" be sent, prepaid, to the edito: along with the report or its equivaleni n cash. Cash preferred. This looks fair from the stand-poini ( of an editor, and is about the only waj an editor may reasonably expect to re alize even a small divideud fron: poundings. Pummeling is the portior for editors, not altogether so either, foi they are sometimes pounded with com pliments. If for every complimeni the editor received a sugar cured harr he might not have to buy any meat may be, for a whole year. But, waiving pleasantry, what dc the fc^criptures say ? "And thou shall take no gift: for the gift bliudeth the wise, and perverteth the words of tlx righteous." Ex. xxiii : 8. Thi9 cannot be understood as forbid ding the poor aud needy receiving of fered help, but rather the receiving 01 a present by one who does not need it especially, if not exclusively, by t judge or other civil officer who maj thereby be so blinded as to pervert jus tice in favor of him who made th< gift. How far, if at all, gifts or poundings may blind the "seeing" [marginal reading] of preachers is a question foi every one to ponder: Contributing tc the support of the preacher is not giv ing but rather paying a just debt Gifts are over aud above the supporl of the preacher. Do gifts or pound inaa ?f!W faithfulness in Dreachins: in discipline, in pastoral visiting, ir private admonition and reproof? I gifts blind the ''seeing" of either civi or ecclesiastical rulers should tbey re ceive them ? The State experimental farm witt appurtenances was sold March 2 to \V T. Martin, John T. Sloan, Jr., B. B McCreery, Jr., and Audrew Crawforc ?100 acres?for $5,450. When th< State withdraws itself from all connec tions with farming and education i will be ready to start on permaneu progress. True such a change woul< turn many men now with fut salarie to something else for a livelihood, bu the gain to the State would provide j home?a piece of land?for thousand of renters and hirelings who need tha more than any real benefit they ar now receiving from existing provis ions about farming and "education.' norlinrrfrtn ovnnri m*?n 1 Sfo Itidn has also been sold for $6,500. Th profits (?) of these "experiments" o State farming is not given. Are the views of Mr. Cleveland oi the coinage of silver so important tha democrats with heads on their shou' dere must hold back their stieeziu until Mr. Cleveland takes a pinch t snuff? Shall freemen sneeze whe they feel like it or only when the pai ty sneeze lag is up. ? .. .. What do the vast majority of th people care whether Mr. "NVatterso wrote Mr. Hill a letter, and what d the people care whether Mr. Hill r< ceived the letter if it was sent. ? How a truth is told has much to d with making a truth attractive or n pellent. It is not enough to speak truth that ought to he spoken : it : needful to speak it in such a nmum as to influence in its favor those wli hear it spoken. A fault may he poin ed out in a spirit that will prompt tli oue corrected to turn from that faul or in a spirit that will tend to fix hit firmly in its defense. When a prom nent English artist was told that h portrait of Buskin flattered its orij: nal, his answer was, "No, it is onl the truth told lovingly." How muc more of gladness of heart, and of ad< ed interest in the right, there would 1 if the truth, when it was told, wei always told lovingly ! Hut, in ord< to tell the truth lovingly, we nm first look at it lovingly. Which is Wokke??A little gi came running in from her play 01 morning:, and going up to lier man ma, paid: "Whicli is the worse, mamma, tell a lie or to steal?" The mother replied that thev bot were so bad that she couldn't tc which was the worse. "Well," said the little one, "I'i been thinking a good deal about, i and I think that it is worse to lie thsi to steal. If you steal a thing, you er take it back, unless you've eaten i and if you have eaten it, you can ps for it. But," and there was a look i awe on tlio little xface, "a lie is fc ever." What do you think about it? I "'T . * -T-V > V* * p About Prenohers and PreaeblDg. There is a good anecdote told on two young laymen?earnest Christian . workers they were?who went to con. duct a religious service for a colored r congregation. Tiiey did good work j and it was highly appreciated. The old leader of the church made the J closing prayer and prayed with eari nestness and tender sympathy for "the ^ two young up starts," as he innocentr ly called them in his prayer. It got to be a neighborhood joke. "What was r au upstart but a parvenu ?" The old f negro prayed not better than he felt, but possibly better than we at first ; sight are likely to think. Milton in j Book II, of "Paradise Lost," makes t Satan speak as follows: 3 f rom i.ueui i en This uncouth errand pole; and one for all 3 Myself expose, with lonely step* to tread Tbe unrounded deep, and through the void ' immense ; To search with wandering quest a place foretold r Should be, and, by concurring signs, ere now ? Cren^d vast and ronnd, a place of bl 1*8 In the purlieus of Heaven, and therein placed A race of upstart creatures, to supply Terhaps our vacunt room. r To get down to bottom facts, we are - all, according to Satan'9 notion at i least, a race of upstarts. Let us take l the meaning at its root and make tbe r best of it. I confess for a fondness of tbis idea t of an upstart ministry. It's in tbe i air. It's the very spirit of the age?of , our times?ours "on wbom tbe ends, of tbe world are come." > God is no longer waiting?no irrevt erence meant?for tbe slower processes i of familiar methods in use for ages in ? *- I 3 ;| the churches; but is laying nis mmu suddenly on this, that and the other . oue putting him at work and forcing . him to the front in the great busiuess r of saving men. Men with little intel| lectual preparation and furniture, i knowing little except the science of r salvation and yet a great deal about . that, are under God doiug a work for ; Christ and his church to-day which it really seems wocld remain undone but j for their labor and service. [ "In Darkest England" is suggestive r of an upstart ministry. > One of the best things 1 ever heard Sam Jones say I have never seen re. ported among his sayiugs or sermons, t I heard him once when he was speakj - ing in what at first seemed like a hal , apologetic way about his preaching, 8-11.. in-imllw nriHpKUfl TlfVMl 1 ?Sp6CI2llJJ^ 113 uj?uauj v??viv.uv? | f liarities. "Oh Brethren,'' eaid the I preacher, in tender, pathetic tones, "Oh Brethren, don't think hard or strange of my way of preaching. It'* my way; I can't preach any other { way. I have my way, and your preachers have their way. They can't preach like me, and I can't preach like them, and I wouldn't if I could. We a may criticise him and such as he as ~m much as we choose, the people are got ing to hear them, are going to come ^ away?some to scoff to be sure, but j some to think and pray. There is no doubt of it at all that a t decided reaction in favor of extemporaneous preaching has recentlj' set in both in England and America. This ? method of delivering sermons is no longer regarded as "flippant, shallow, off-hand, extemporaneous dribble," , but as coming nearest to ideal perfection. e The Rev. Upham, (M. E. Church,) f is quoted as saying that a recent ex amiuation of more than a dozen catalogues of the leading theological seminaries of this country revealed the fact that they all make provision for train| iug their students in extemporaneous preaching, "it has come to pass in ^ the popular mind that a man who cannot utter the simple message of salvan tion without having resources to a pilt r" of manuscript can scarcely be entitled j to take rank as a real preacher." Lut us have in answer to our prayei ie that God would send forth laborers inn j to his field, white unto the harvest, o J just such instruments as he choose? ?-1 and just such as he puts the seal of hi? approval upon. Dr. Dryasdust has his I field ami his work. Let him have il lo and keep it. He wont be in the waj g-Iof God's anointed one to do a greal ,a j work, unless he puts himself in tlu [p i way. And lor the matter of that, no: ,0 very long after he shall have done .so t- J (II Kings vii : 2.) K> I This is a praptieal are of ours. Tin ^ I people never needed the gospel more j.. fn tin.- name of the Lord and for tin is! glory of God let 'them have it. Firs 'H of all, the gospel, pure and simple I and then the gospel, intelligently plainly, ditectly, sweetly preaehed>e! preached in demonstration of tin re! Spirit and in demonstration of power l[\ Lord Uaeon speaks of a style, "will 'out r-ireumioeulion or tig -leaves.' Good. The plain, naked truth. n! ,e; Aiken, S. C., March 1S!)1. ll-j * <r> to' Do Yof Lovk to Pkkacii??It is: | very dangerous symptom when a min :h : ister is disposed to avoid tilling his ai >111 pointment; either by having soin one to preach for him, or allowitij re some trifling circumstance to suspem it, tiie service. The most faithful servan m J of Christ, at times, under the pres.sur tii of the great issues involved, will er; t; out, ''Who is sufficient for thes iy | tilings ?" but he will delight in break of in^ to his people the bread of life ir- Said Dr. Edward Payson : "T h:id ru ther a man would eat my dinner lb me than preach my sermon for me." VV'^ What Othercs Say. Central Christian Advocate. There can be no question that the revival of religion which the church needs should begin in the pulpit. The pastor is the spiritual leader by virtue of his office, and the people who attend ou his ministry take on the tone of his preaching. If his heart is aglow with love to God and the controlling purpose of his life is to win souls, the congregation, or at least the believers in it, will follow his leading. There are times when the slumber of the pulpit is awakened, and forced into activity by the impulse which has been received in the prayer meeting or class-room, hut this is not the divine order. The shepherd is to lead the < sheep. j New York Christian Advocate. An unpublished letter of General | Sherman correcting an erroneous re- ' port that had been printed about him, ( says : "Distance and time swell a ru- , morin the ratio of the cube of die tauce, or as Horace records the flight < of a rumor, is ' like that of an eagle 1 which ascends frum it? perch straight : for o time, and then in circles larger | and larger, till its original starting- < point is lost." General Sherman, as soldier, strategist, and converser, is , worthy to be remembered among the great men of all time. As a letterwriter, he makes a sensation, but never struck the target more directly in , the center than in the above quotaion. American Methodist. We Methodists have a reputation to maintain. Other churches look upon us as warm hearted and enthusiastic in our religious services, and so we must cherish that characteristic. Dr. Herrick Johnson begs his Presbyterian brethren to become like us in that. He says, "JUany a minister has failed of the precious fruits of revival because of haviug npread over every meeting a great blanket of carefulness. We Presbyteriars, as a class, are too , much afraid of the emotions. We seem to be in constant dread of the contagion of a little Methodist enthusiasm." Gilderoy says in the New Orleans Advocate, "In some portions of Mississippi an evil practice is becoming common and popular with a class in our pulpits. I allude to extravagance, amounting to falsehood by reason of over-statement, and to real down-right vulgarity. It is high time an end were put to those things. Presiding elders und preachers in charge ought to frown these thiflgs down. No amouut of real or apparent good accomplished can justify coarseness and vulgarity in the sacred desk." It is a sad fact that this is not confined to Mississippi. Nashville Christian Advocate. In spiritual matters it is a false humility that contents itself with the lowest things. Humility, while it takes the lowest seat at earthly tables, seeks the highest place in God's esteem. It makes uo strife with men for precedence, it is content and patient with their meanest allotments. With God it strives for his best, and is only content when filled with all his fullness. lexas Christian Advocate. Thf? Christian man who employs a woman at $1 a day to do work for which he would have to pay a man $3 or ?4 a day, had better hide his Christianity under a bushel.-New Orleans Advocate. That would be a waste of space as , it is completely covered by the dollar. How to Love God.?A woman once said to her pastor: "I do love , God very much, but want to love ; more. How can 1 V" , "You must become better acquainted with him," was the reply. "We ' love those who are worthy of our love I in proportion as we become aequaint ed with them." 1 "How can I get better acquainted?" she asked. ' "Study the liible more," he fa id. ( "God speaks to you, reveals himself lo you in the Bible. Head in (he New Testament the life of Jesus, and imagine you had In.en with him, as John, 2 and Peter, and Mary were. "And pray more. Tell him all your , joys and troubles and needs. He will answer you, and every answer will draw you closer and closer to him. n'l'l..,.. ,,1*,.,^,, Iiim it, |.V(.|'V. > I J 111* 11 II V K\t jnvucv liiiu w.j .thing you do and say. We always . love those whom we try to please. Love makes us wish to please the " Lord, ami love rewards us when we have done it." i The woman followed these rules, i simple as they were, and her love to (Sod grew and spread al! through her heart.?Word and Work. A class of preaching inferior and pernicious is prompted by an overweening desire to interest the multitude. The preachers bait their audi" enee with wit and humor, pathetic tales, sensational anecdotes, and , laughter-provoking stories. They - i * !" r\f <1*a i\a<\v\1a ?tn<l m)i;iV Uli tilt; uim'itn ui liu; auu inimr i Iwt / ! 1 11 l*r*1 W?< <1 T I I I) 1 t i t 1 I r 1 O of souls as light and frivolous as the gospel?which is not a gospel?that is j, preached to them. f* Tenderness of spirit is a dislinguishl~ iug characteristic of Christianity, and 1 those persons who have little tenderness of spirit are little Christians. ' y A Brief Grammar. Thrpe little word* yoa often see, Are articles a, an and the. A nounV the name of anything. As school or garden, hoop or swing. Adjective*, the kind of noun. As great, small, pretty, white or brown. Instead of nouns the pronouns staiad. , Her head, his face, your arm, my hand. Verbs tell something to be done; To read, count, laugh, sing, Jump or run. How things are done the adverbs tell, As slowly, quickly. Ill or well.. Conjunctions Join the words together, As men aud women, wind or weather. The preposition stands before A noun, as In or through the door. The Interjection shows surprise, As Oil! how pretty. Oil! bow wise. The whole are willed nine parta of speech, Which reading, writing, speaking teach. Economy.?Many people would be economical if they knew how. It is in art to practice economy. To do it well one must know the art. All can have it if they will. It is an arithmetical art. It is the conclusion of numbers. All must live and ought to live well, but how to live best at the least expense 1b the work of figures to tell. We must count the cost of ways and means and comnare them. Many neo Sle use expensive articles of food and ress when cheaper ones would be in every way better and more serviceable. Especially in regulating the table expenses is there a great want of economy. A little useful information concerning the qualities of food, the amount and kind of nutritive matter they contain, the wants of the human system, and the best way of cooking, would often save fully ore-third, and, in many instances, half the expense. A wise economy in table expenses is favorable to health, aud in this way saves time, drugs, expense and doctors' bills, flesh. strength and happiness.?Boston Herald. Knew His Man.?A lawyer tells the following story concerning a client, something of a wag in his way, with whom he had Jong kept account. When the latter was finally made up. the bill, mostly for trifling services, covered peveral yards of foolscap, as the items enumerated the most minute details. Whpn th? client came around to set tie he refused to enter the office, but atood in the door, and holding one end of the bill, iitirolled the voluminous document in the direction of his legal adviser, with the request that he receipt it. "Come in." said the lawyer, in hi? most cordial tones. , "Not much," replied the client; "you'd charge mo rent if I did."?Boston Traveler. A scholar is sometimes more important than a class, in the Sundayschool. The class as a whole may be i doing well, while a single scholar in it may be lacking in a purpose of life, or be in special peril through outside temptations, when a timely personal word from the teacher to that scholar would be of more practical service than a score of lessons taught to the class as a clats. Many a teacher who has seemed snccessful with his class, has lacked power with his scholars individually ; anil many a teacher who has apparently lacked efficiency in his class work, has been a means of untold good through his efforts with his scholars severally. If the choice must be made, it were better for a teacher fo have power over his scholars, than to have brilliancy of success with his class. But a still better way is to care for both cla-.s and scholars efficiently. Benefits of Goi>g Barefooted.? I consider the following, taken from the London Lancet, very sensible and worthy the respectful attention of parents. I have ever found the writer's views confirmed by personal experience with my own children : "Children who are allowed to go barefoted enjoy almost perfect immunity from the danger of 'cold' by acci-j 1 ?l,:iU,w# Af fVrnf nnri flioc UL'U Itll Ulllill 11^ w* iuv ivvv) v?v#, are altogether healthier and happier tiflin those who, in obedience to the usages of social life, have their lower extremities permanently invalided and, so to sa.v, carefully swathed and put away in rigid cases. As regards (the poorer classes of children, there can he no sort of doubt in the mind of anyone that it is comparatively better they should go barefooted than to wear boots (hat let in wet, aud stockings that are nearly always damp and foul." There could be added to the above testimony of many eminent physicians, who give as an additional | reason the impossibility of a child's foot growing naturally, shod as it has fo be, with the conventional shoe. * -<D* - Changes Arb Beneficial.?a. well-known medical authority is so stronjr an advocate of ehango that he says : ' Change your climate if you can ; if you cannot do that, change your house; failing your house change your room, and if n.it your room, then rearrange your furniture1" If possible every family should go away once a year for a month's stay under dillerenisurroiindings; if this be not possible, changes of a week at a time will probably save you u doctor's bill if you have become "run down" in health. Make as many expeditions as you can during the summer; go once ji week if possible and you will find them moreeflicacious to buildup the strength shan any tonic that can ht administered. li' possible get different food for the family at such timet than they are daily accustomed to. even if it is not as delicate. A chanirc of food will often stimulate a.jaded appetite. When children or grown people begin to Io-^e appetite and seem listless belter than a spring tonic fot the blood is a visit at a distance when there is a complete change of scent and food. ?4^? "Johnny," said the teacher, "you may spell Sarcophagus." "S-a-r, 8ar?" "That's very gotul for a start." "?S-a-r? sar." "Well, why don't you go on and spell it?" " 'Cause I can't." "Why not?" "I'm spellbound." 13egin your morning meal with fruit j! ! The Tired Wife. All day toe wife bad been toiling From an early boar in tfbe morn, D And her bands aud her feet were weary; With tb? burdens that she bad borne; a But she ?ald to herself: "The trouble B That welgbeon my mind la this? That Tom never th!nk?to give me D A comforting bug or aklsa. ^ I'm willing to do my duty, To use aii my strength and skill a In making the home attractive, Q In striving my place to till; But though the approval' of conscience V Is sweet, I am free to say T That if Tom would give me a bug and a 1 kiss, K 'T would take nil the tired away." Then she counted over and over The years she had.been Tom's wife, B< And thought of the Joys and. sorrows She had known In her married lile. & To be Bare there war money plenty, 0 And never a luck of food; But a kiss now and then, and a word of fl pralne. Would have done her a world of good. B Ah I cany a one Is longing > 0 For wordH that are never said; j And many a heart goes hungry For something better than bread; o But Tom bad an inspiration. And when he went home that day S< He petted his wife and kissed her a In the old-time, lover-like way. And she?snch an enigmas are women'? a Who held herself np with pride, J At her husband's display of f9ndness Just hung on bis neck and cried; And he, by her grief reminded Of troubles he might have shared. Said; "Bless my heart! What a foot I've been 1 And I didn't suppose you cared 1", 0 8 Grains. ll _ r' No word bites so fiercely as an evil 11 tongue. i * An intelligent man learns from ev- H erybody. t Quarrels would never last long if ti the fauit was only on one side. 0 The only way to get more from God ? is to enjoy what He has already given. ^ He who is most slow in making a . promise i&the most faithful in the per- 11 formsnbe of it. t Only a word of encouragement, a v single word. It gave a drooping spirit i new life, and led to victory. 8j Religious life needs culture. Nour- 0 ! ish it by the study of the Bible, by prayer, and by the faithful perform- d ance of Christian duty,. Tboueb to-day may not fulfil 1 All my hopes, bave patience still; For perchance to morrow's sun V I Sees thy happier days begun. Tongue cannot describe the love of I Christ; finite minds cannot conceive I of it; and those who know most of it r can only say with inspiration that it ( | upa98eth knowledge." Those who think themselves at v heaven's gate may yet sin their souls t into deepest hell, unless the unchanging love and power of God shall uphold them even to the end. d ???H ^amall aaiii4aoIexa OIUA11 AlUUliU9QC9, OLL.au wuii/voiva^ small considerations, habitually, practiced in our social intercourse, give a ? greater charm to the character than * the display of great talents and accomplishments. "Without me ye can do nothing," is t as true of strong men as of babes in grace. Temptation., like fire, will burn when the wood is green, and cer- * tainly it hath no less power when the 4 fuel is old and sere. 1 In order to shine, a Christian does not ijeed great talents or wealth or ? conspicuous position. Every cousis- { tent, right-living child of God, be he ' ever so humble, is a candle shiuing in the spot where his Lord has placed 1 him. ] A 1 I "unnsc came to jove as uuuc iiau . ever loved, those whom none had ever loved an yet. He was the Protector of children, the Healer of the sick, the Friend of the sinful, the Teacher of tba ignorant, the Seeker of the wandering, the Saviour of the lost." The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution ; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is mo9t unfaltering. He who goes to God for help will not leave the work for God to do, but is more likely to work for what he prays. In short, we must be in earnest, having on the whole armor of God, and show by our daily walks that we believe what we practice, and practice what we believe. How easily a false and slanderous rerv?rf noti Iip nnt intn nirnnlatiou. Hu man nature has a greedy appetite for ; such reports. Au infamous report, needs 110 confirmation or foundation ' in order to secure attention and belief. I All it needs Is a start. But the truth 1 must fight its way. "Who hath be! lieved our report?" Every mall's character is almost cer- I tain to 'be affected for sood or evil by | the society with which he habitually < mingles, and in which he finds his so- ! 1 cial pleasures. Heuce the vast impor- < ' tance of selecting pure and virtuous i companions in life. This is especially i the case with young people, whose i 1 characters are in the forming stuire. A sense of danger is essential to 1 safety, in all the walks of life. "The I way to be safe is never to be secure," 'said old Quarles. Safety is freedom 1 from harm, while security is freedom | from care. He who has a sense of in-11 1 security and constant peril, may be all h the safer through the watchfulness < " mif.nnJ/11-a On Hip 11 | UKll LIUIU St'iisc cii^vmn-i.T . [ other hand, "let him that thinkctk lie [ I starulet h take heed lest he fall." J The best thing to give to your ene- ( jrav i.s forgiveness; to an opponent, , ,! tolerunec; to a friend, your heart, to | 'your child, a good example; to your ,: father deference; to your mother, eon-' ; duct that will make her proud of you ;| ! to yourself, i esnect: to all men, chari-j ' ty. ii*' i, I Ke that would sound (he depths ofi . Scripture truths by the plummet of human reason, will find his line too; j short. '1'he humble Christian, like the I 'seraphim, covers his face before the' | Infinite Majesty of Heaven, ami ex-j 11claims, "0 the depths of the riches| | hot!) of the wisdom and knowledge of j God !" Never give way to mclancholy. . Are you happy ? Are you likely to rei main so till evening, or next month, j or next year? Then why destroy present happiness by a distant misery, which may never come at all? Every substantial griof has twenty shadows, and most of them shadows of our .1 own making. : T:7' ' ' ' ' A ' ' Epvmrth Herald. Work, Not TALtt^Yoa rememer Horace Greeley'a famous aaying bout the resumption of specie p?y i_ i.rnk. I) ..(J jeuus. auk nay iu icouiuc, boxu e, "is to resume." So -we say, the *ay to work is to work. Some people re always discussing theories. They lake many speeches. They tell about 'hat they are going to do pretty aoott. hey delight in passing resolutions eginnlng with "whereas," and end- /' ig with firstly, secondly, thirdly, and '-i ) on. Some planning is necessary, of aurse. But it is not wise to spend all, ur lives in getting ready. Time is eeting. Work is pressing. Seals are oingdown. They must be rescued r lost. Let us be up and at the work, oing that which is next us. Be & ommittee of one. Go for people perinollo I'onmipr nn? heart, top flhriafc t a time. This is the way to<promote revival. It is not talk, taMr, talk, t is work, work, work ! Christian Inquirer. Our "down-grade" la along the lines f worldly conformity. Pure-, earnest imple piety is not popular. Christins resort to the theatre, patronize aces, neglect public worship,, indulge a card-play iug, as if these things re re not inconsistent with devout I fa. An hlntnhps on the fane are arm ? ? ? ? -If oins of more desperate disease, bo bese worldly pleasures are symptoms f disease in the Christian life. "A ame of cards will not harm anyody." Nor will a blotch on the face, f that is all. The blotch may be the ell-tale ?ign which shows something Hthin that will bill. The card-dav ng, theatre-going, dancing, mirtheeking of Christians may be the signs f a consumption, the end of which is leath to piety. - - m ? ? Tn nvAonArltr thp nriiifont. man rvrfl JKM ?v f - X ides against adversity. Don't worry, it interferes with the tealthful action of the stomach. He who fets considerations of busi iess or society hold him back from Jhrist is unworthy ot him. To rejoice in the happiness of others i to make it our own ; to produce it is 0 make it more than- our o wn. Fortune; whether good or ill, does lot change either men or women, but nly tends to develop their characters. It is the blackest ingratitude to aoept the best of any one's endeavoa rit 1 ?>i?A*\nkt nrllK AO. HtJttSC jruu auu lUCU lc|;ajr iu ttivu wo lifference. Moral supremacy is the only one rhich leaves monuments, not ruins lehind them. It is easier to find a score of men vise enough to discover the truth than o find one interpid enough to stand lp for it in the fcice of opposition. To beep the heart is no easy matter, jut tbere is no profit in fretting over he difficulty. It has to be done, and jelped by God's grace, we can dfc it. The essence of true nobility is negonf of aplf T.pf, the thoucht of self pass in, and the beauty of great action 8 gone like the bloom from a soiled lower. What we do for ourselves will soon je forgotten; what we do for others nay be the vision to cheer the soul ivbeu the eyes can no longer behold ;he loved one. We are too foud of our own will, We want to be doing what we fancy mighty thiugs ; but the great point is x> do small things, when called to them, in a right spirit. Yielding utterly to the inner impulse of conscience gives an intelligent power, a moral insight, a capaeiiir nf oynpp9?lnn a frpshnega. an inci iivenes9 of phrase entirely unobtainable by mere will, or any method of intellectual prudence. A self-willed man is more Hkely to be weak willed than strong willed. His very habit of willing for self is a 3ondeponation of the princple of selfwill, because it strikes at every other man's right to will for himself. The nelf-willed man is. therefore, too weak willed to subdue his own self-seeking propensity. His is a lack of that willpower which subordinates self to the sommon good. Is friendship a mere name, or not? [f we say that it is. we practically admit that our friendship is not to be depended on, however it may be with others. But if we are sure that we are not untrue in this realm, we thereby claim that friendship is a positive reality. To assert that there is no such thing as true and unfailing friendship, is to confess that we are thoroughly untrustworthy; and that is all there is in such an assertion. I am really at the }x>int of finding that this world would be worth livinc in without any lot of one's own. Is it not possible for me to enjoy the scenery of the earth without saying to my*eif, I have a cabbage garden in it?? riieophrastus Such. The difficulty with municipal government oftentimes is this: There are too many heads with too little in n.r.,-,-, mid inn niMiiv nnnkets with too much in thom.?H." \V. Beeslier. THE FOLLY OK-NicjHT WORK.?A preat manj* people think they economize time by working into the night. A great mistake. In the morning the body is so worn out that you cannot do your work properly. This results even if the sleep has been long, for it takes some time for the body'to recuperate after a strain, if it ever wholly catches up. There is never a loss when the body is consigned to the tender mercies of sleep.?Herald of Health. ? 'Come here, Bobby. Do you remember me?" "Oh yes; you're the uncle who came here and staid two months, and never olFered to pay a cent for board. I've heard raP^ ?aii cn monxr fimoQ ^ Sj'UUn. vi J vw a\j mwiij