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, |. The Laat Promise In the Bible. ? It reads like a psalm of the sea. It sings like the chime of the rain. It flows like a river set free From springs in a great mountain chain; 'Tis sweet as the breath of the flowers When bathed in the Jew uf the morn, It shines as the sun on the showers Where rainbows is beauty born, It follows ns whither we co, The Rock, with its deep-rifted side. Whose waters in beauty outflow From fountains of blessing supplied. We kneel in our thirst at the brink, AntftJike np the word as a song "(jome with us, sin-blighted and drink, Ye weary frotn desert paths long. ? Beyond the great chambers or rain. And deeper than springs of the sea, O. Jesus, Thy love In refrain Tbejoyof our pilgrimage be; As cnps to the Hps of the faint We press Thy dear promise, O Lord, Our bitterness gone and complaint, Tby blessing In fullness restored. A Woman of tbe World. Sbe had been talking pleasantly to two or three women; she made her good-bvM all cheerful and bright, and, I after sbe-had disappeared, one woman turaetf to another and said in a tone that was scoffing: "She is a thorough womairof the world." Now in this case the woman who had said none but pleasant words, who had stopped by a bright story the discussion of a petty aeaudul, was a woman who was as brave-hearted as any that ever Jived and who bore, not only her own, bat the "burdens of a good many other people yet she saw no reason why she shonld inflict her troubles on her friends, aor why, while she was in the world, she should not be in its best sense a woman of the world. A wonan of tne woria is one wnu feels that the story told to hurt your feelingste essentially bad form. A woman of the world is the oue who is eoflfteous to old people, who laughs with the young and who makes herself Agreeable to women in all conditions of life. A woman of the world is oue who makekhor good morning a pleasant greetior, her visit a bright spot ;in the day aaa her good-by a hope that she I may come again. A woman of the world is one who does not judge people by their clothes, or their richer, but who condemns bad n?nworu. A woman of the world is one who r does not let her right hand know what hef left hand does. She does not diaeim her charities at afternoon tea nor the faults of her family at a prayer-meeting. A veritable woman of the world is the best type of a Christian, for her very conowofation makes.otlier women lon^-to imitate ^err 'Remember (hat Chriw^e, into the worM to save _-^eiBBen^aadto be in the world among it and the people who make it, and to do your work as a woman of the world means more than speaking from platform or assumed elevation. A woman of the world is one who is courteous under all circumstances and in every condition in which she may be placed. She is the woman who can receive the unwelcome guest with a smile so bright, and a handnhake so ooeiial' that in trying to make the welcome real it becomes so. A woman of the world is one whose love for 1 humanity to second only in her life's devotion, and whose watchword is unselfishness in thought and action. By making self last it finally becomes natnral to have it so. Handling: Bowks. The toianner in which a person handles books is In mauy wajs an index . of his intellectual status. Some pick up & book as they would a stick or a i stone, as if It had uolife or feeling or I any rights they were bouud to ref spg?i?- If the book, iusllnctively rec ^^-'ognjzing the rude hands that hold it, refuses to open readily, or to stay open at any desired place, its covers are nressed apart until its back audfbty craeks with the pressure. If a leaf is to be turned, an insulting thumbteoisteued on the toDgue soils the defenceless page, and is printed thereon in its own disgusting eharac?/ tet, If a certain place is to be marked, the vandal Anger turns down a leaf and jmakes on it the euduring m&rk'of his owu crudeness. DefTgh'tftil, indeed, is it to see your real b ooklover lay his appreciative IIHUUB UU OUllJU laic vuiuuiC. 11 v/ dahrtily he takes it up, bow tenderly turns its leaves, bow carefully refrains from straining tbe binding, from leaving a sign of handling anywhere about it. And this treatment be gives not we books alone, but every book be lays his hands on. To him "books are not absolutely dead thing*, but doeostaina poteuey of life in them 1 toIwaeactive as that soul was whose pcageny tbey are." If he marks a passage, that he may liud it again readiifry. He Uses a thread, a pin, a bit?f paper, placed between the leaves, or makes a note of tbe page in his mind or in his commonplace book. No dog's ears deface his volumes: there may be notes in the margins and checks here and there at noteworthy passages, making the book sttii more vahiaWe, but not marring it. The intensity of bi9 enjoymentof certain parte of the book is not indicated by the intensity of his underscoring. That special manifestation of delight is left for those who as yet know no better. ! H Looking Forward. We do not need au Edward Bellamy to look backward from ibe serene heigbtaof 2900 A. D., to tell us that thetiaoeis coming when the moneyless wife of a rich man will be unworthy of our civilization?and people then wlil treat as a myth the story of the wife asking for a dollar and being met with: "Why, Mary, what can you waut with a dollar?don't you have all you need?" In that happy day no woman will confess to another: "My husband is generosity itself?he spends everything I wish on the house and tries to give me all the pleasure he can ?but, oh dear, I can never get any money fbr myself?any little sum for many things the children and I needwithout a positive fight," writes Annie R. Ramsey in an article on "The v^nesuuu ui Allowances in mu September Ladies' Home Journal. Nor will be heard the answer, as too often now: "Oh, my huoband is just the same, but 1 take it out of the market purse and put it down to 'sundries.' He never knows, or if he does notice and scold I have the things anyhow." Fine training in honor, this! jjgci" ??? "Is his lordship at home?" asked a gentleman of a well powdered "Don't know, sir, I'm sure. I will just Inquire/' He returned with the message: "No, sir; his lordship desires me to asy that he has just gone out." Ahi thank you very much. Kindly .. give him my compliments ami say I didn't call!" Ground cinnamon scattered in the crfttffoor corners of closets, pantries And bread and cake boxes will drive , | Household Hints. ?Try a little saltpeter or soda or a rusty uail in water to keep flowers fresh. ?Iu making up unbleached muslin, allow one inch to the yard for shrinkage. ?If an artery is out compress above the wound; if a vein is cut compress below. ?Remove matter from the ear with tepid water; never put a hard instrument into the ear. ?One part suet to two parts lard rendered together, is much better for frying purposes than all lard. ?For slight burns dip the part in lil WRtpr. if th? skin is destroved cover with varnish, or white of egg. ?If you want to keep your house free of moths, never put down your carpets till the floor is thoroughly dry. ?A banana baked in its skin about ten minutes and eateu with a little salt is delicious, very digestable and very nutritious. Golden opportunities fly *low, but they fly swift. White oak bark will atop the horse's craving for boards. ?In Japanese saws the teeth point toward the handle. ?Electricity is now made use of to dry tea leaves in Ceylon. A horse will respond more readily to kindness than he will to the whip. The soapsuds at hand after wash day will do good if used in watering plants in the vegetable garden. An excellent way to cure Insomotiia is to bandage ihe eyes with a handkerchief before retiring. Horses of equal strength should be baruessed together. To use a weak horse with a stroog one is cruelty to the weak, and even to the strong. ?It is said.that sunlight speedily 1 " 'I ??'I til/**!* fuHn T\Q1? ruus llLl? cugcu tuuio UI men wiu^v^ anti the rays of the moon are thought to be equally harmful. If you have sore or aching corus, trim "ihem well ami grease them thorwith linseed oil. Your suffering will etui bo far as those corns are concerned. ?Habitual use of borax is not ad'visable. It is creansing, but it dries the skin and discolors the hair, bleaching brown hair and turning gray hair an ugly yellow. One of the best remedies for toothache is the common compound tincture of benzoin, sold everywhere in the drug stores. If a few drops are placed on cotton and put in or around the tooth, the pain will be almost instantly stopped. A good remedy for croup is simply alum and sugar. A teaspoonful of powdered alum with twice the amount of sugar; mix it well and give it as soon as you learn the child nas croup. Almost instantaneous re lief will follow. Great Britain has about four sheep to every cow. France has two, Spain seven, and the United Slates nearly one. If sheep husbandry were not profitable the farmers of these countries woutd not engage in It as exteus'vely as they do. Tho?? Nrlfish Ctifengoanft. Mrs. Muggins: "How did you enjoy your visit to the World's Fair?" Mrs. Puggins: "The Fair was good enough, bat I don't think they had any business to charge' extra for the gondolas and side shows and things. S?iem8 to me the price of admission was enough to cover it all and give a free lunch besides, but it didn't. 1 never saw such selfish, money-saving creatures as those Chicago people. The worst of the troubles, though, came at night. That was awful! We were packed four in a room sometimes, and one night the children had to sleep on the sofas. I never felt so annoyed in my life." . "Were you at a hotel?" "So, we was vistin' relatives, and other relatives kept comin'" Helbonrne, Australia. The Melbourne Age contains an eloquent address delivered in that l.. r\? vr?;i,i ?.,?? viij uy u\% anu cAicuuiug uvw three columns, iu which he denounces the sin ana folly of war. He remarks:?"VVe have a reasonable right to inquire how it has come to pass that 16,000,000 of men in the flower of their manhood, men who might be occupied in agriculture, in the mechanical arts, in commerce, in scientific investigation, in the finer arts which help to make home life beautiful, in literature and in sanitation, are withdrawn from these useful exercises and forced into the commission of crime* which differ from ordinary murder only in being homicide on a vastnes* colossal beyond parallel."?Herald ol Peace. One thing that represses utterance ol love is the characteristic shyness of the Anglo-Saxon temperament. OJdly enough, a race bom of two demonstrative, outspokeu Dations?the German and the French?has an habitual reserve that is like neither. There is a powerlessuess of utterance which we should fight against, We can educate ourselves to expression if we know and feel its[necessity. We can makeours-elves say the kind things that rise in our hearts but never pass our lips ; do the gentle and helpful deeds which we long t/-v im/l t<K ( ! it Ir Kn ft awi n n rl littl.. if uif auu aui iur\ uauiv it uiu , auu nmc by little it will grow easier. The love spoken will bring back the answer oi love, the kind deed will bring baek a kind deed in return, till the hearts in the family circle, instead of beingchilled and sileuc, shall be full of the warmth and harmony of love. A good-looking, well to do, and popular young bachelor of an interioi towu was being teased by the young ladies of a club for not getting married. He said: "I'll marry ihe girl of your club, whom, on a secret vote, you elect to be my wife." There were nine membetsof theclub. E?ch girl went into a corner, and used great caution in preparing her ballot and disguised the handwriting. The result of the vote was that there were nine votes cast, each girl receiving one. The young man remains a bachelor, the club is broken up, and the girls arc all mortal enemies, united in the one determination that they will never speak to that nasly man again. Fitues?.?Some people who stay outside say they are not fit to come in. Well, I have been in the church fourteen years, and there has never been a day that I felt tit to stay there. But I am not running on my fitness, but on the blessed faith of Christ that i* given to all the world. ?L l .VHISF. EXERCISE. How Physical Training: May Nome- Ar linien Be Overdone. c While inactivity and the lack of exercise are generully admitted to be -fruitful causes of disease and the promoters of all sorts of unfavorable conditions, the idea that exercise may be 1 overdone and that activity may bring ful about the very state of afl'airs that it is ha desined to prevent seems not to have fro entered into the thoughts of those who an are most energetic in promulgating the po exercise theory. be< Moderation in exercise appears to be goi oue of the most difficult of all lessons tie to learn. Once get the idea into the be head of an individual that indigestion fol and kindred ills can be cured or releived 1 by some special form of activity, or, in- hu deed, by auy and all forms, aud no we amount of eloquence can persuade him an that there is no limit to the benettt re- "T ceived, and a point where good ends lik aud serious evil begins. ga.| One needs no better lesson than a H< glance through the record of noted an athletes. Few of them live to old age, cri and most ot them breakup altogether loc before {middle life. If tables could be ] prepared showing the average long an evity of those who have made athletes an their study, they might serve as a waru- sid iug to those ambitious audadveuterotis I a members of the community who I amuse themselves with exercising eft machines, heavy dumb bells swinging cia r'rom bars and t tie general trapeze per- of formauce of the average gymuas- rui ium. I f While nothing desiring to uuderrate its< the importance of general physical usi training, it is necessary to emphasize ws the fact that in mauy cases it does re( much more harm than good. The exercise of all the muscles, which is tb< made necessary by ordinary forms of he labor, is much more beneficial than ' the sort of practice that develops only do a certain set of muscles or calls into ] play a limited portion of the body. ev The most healthy conditions are un- foi questionably those that give occupa- we tiou to the entire system. When one mi perfoms physical labor in whicia the th mind is interested the conditions of qu health are perfectly met. Children ca who are brouirt iid to work and receive an instruction at the same time grow into | co more perfect symmetry than when the co mental is neglected for bodily train- pe ing alone. ' cu in educational institution b where t& gymnastic and calistheuis exercises are bo a part of the regular course, great care th is necessary in the apportionment of th time devoted to such branches. The th 9tudent is ambitious, and does not re- an alize how easily the muscles may be th overstrained, or how possible it is for so i be growing frame to be warped and tb misshapen by too vigorous exercise or co some undue strain. pli Humanitarians would rait>e a hue m< and cry if children were put at any an sort of work that taxed them as sev- th erely as do many of the gymnastic ex- so ercises they take, and communities bo would be scuudalized if youngsters th were put at carrying such weights as erl they raise on health-lifts and and ex- tb ercising machiues. 'ihey are on their pe metal and strain every nerve to raise just a few ounces more. It is almost th iucredible the amount of strength one be may put forth and its results and the an youth in astonishment and delight at ui r his achievement tries again and yet re again, taxing and over taxing his nt strength, until all at once, he finds in himself wearied and gives up the he effort. It does uot seem at all relevant H wheu iu a few days laier lie feels a I If paiu in bis back, or finds some sore- fl< ness of the muscles of the chest. He I1 declines to his physician that he has ar done nothing out of the ordinary line, ui and when at last some complicated th and possibly fatal disease sets in, it is ki attributed to over study or any other bo cause than the true one. sti Teachers and parents cannot be too ye careful iu the supervision of the play af hours of their children. Judicious se- us lections of means of exercise is as necessary as an inteligeut choice of the books to which they are to give their, attention.?N. S. Stowell, iu N. Y. Ledger. th ? ce Socialist tind Militarism. P' The Methodist Times remarks^ "Tfce Zurich International Socialist ru Cougresa has re*oIved tbat the May tj, Demonstrations shall be in favour of tj( International Peace as well as of an nt eight hours legal clay. Nothing is tu more signiticant than than the grow- m lug tendency of all {Socialist orgaui- t|, sations in all lauds to take up the Peace IK Question and advocate it with the ju utmost viguor. Many of the members n, of Congress were in favour of a uni- qi versal strike, so as to bring military pr rulers to their senses. If ever a strike fa is justifiable, tbat would be. Imagine a? r\f nil nr/\plrS niv.mon u iwl tlic i cc3uil vi mil tr w? mug uivu wii\j . working-women throughout the civ- 8y ilized world were to say, 'We will not w, do another stroke of work until all ^ these bloated armements and huge ?fl i pestifurious armies are abolished." The socialists are absolutely right in (]a their conviction that militarism is to or i them and their children the greatest ^r< and the most absolute of curses. It tj, i does them no good whatever. Its in- 8t> r flueuce is evil, nothing but evil, and pr that continually. The real interest of f,, Socialism in Germany, where it has ()f . already become the most numerous ?f | political party, is the fact that a prom- w inent plank iu its program i9tbe aboli- tul ition of standing armies. But why |j| do the Churches leave the practical s0 and earnest advocacy of Peace to So- w cialists? Surely, if our Lord were to fe] appear among us now, He would say ?,j to those who profess and call themselves Christians, "Verily I say unto w, you. Socialists and Anarchists enter (jr ' the Kingdom of Heaven before ar you. wi ? ? ?- co Prayer in order to be effective does 1 not need to be long. The Bible records many prayers but very few of which are of any length. They are generally short and to the point. Peter's ' prayer when in danger of sinking, de 'Lord, save me or I perish," w:>*short pr and effective. Had he prayed after vii the manner of some modern ministers co on/1 liiomon ko u'amm hu\'d haun fnpk' .? f feet under water before he reached the it real point of his supplicaiion. We al< once called on a venerable D. D., to pray for a certain object. Instead of q(j addressing himself- at once to the point to he had to go through his usual preain- m< ble and after a long while lie tinally mi reached the object for which his pray- du er was requested. We should retnem- an ber that we are not heard for our much speaking.?Mid Continent. W mi tie Little Tommy (eldest of the family, wj at dinner.) Mamma, why don't you ! pr; help me before Ethel? I y0, Mamma?Ladies always come first. j(s Tommy (Triumphantly)-Then why wc was I born before Ethel?" "How did you get along at school coi today, Tom?"' asked the old man at it. supper. "Papa, our physiology says , that conversation at meals should be j1 of a pleasant character. Let's talk of wr J the minstrels." or IT IS BLOWING OVBIt. 1 ?. p Say* He Can Already See Bright'ninff Stile* nnd Hard Times DIhappearing ? Time Will Set All Thing* Aright?People in the Conn try Xot Much Affect* v ed by (he Panic. ] rhe timps certainly look more hope- D ?we feel it in" the air?the caldron J s been boiling and bubbliug? the >tli and scum have been thrown over d we begin to see the bottom of the c t through the clear liquid that has 1 sn bo dark and muddy. Time is a 1 iKl doctor, i?i a little while the pa- 1 nt will convalesce. Old folks can't J fooled\ and alarmed like young 1 ks. \ When I was in Texas last year I met e ndredsof good, honest people who ? re wild with excitement about Clark d Hogg. The cry on one side was 'urn Texas loose," and it seemed e the great state was bound and t;ged, and her ruin was inevitable if )gg was elected. The newspapers a the people in the towns and cites ed in frantic tones, Turn Texas ise." But Hogg was elected, nevertheless, d Texas Is tnere yet in all her glory d all her strength. I never took les, for it was none of mv fight, anil va>j too old to be alarmed. VIemory goes back now to great exements, both political aud flnan1, aud when I hear the wild screech the politician as he predicts ruin! in ! ruin ! if they don't do his way, eel like it is history iust repeating elf, and the storm will blow over as Lial. A little time is all that is inted?time to reflect, and rest, aud superate. The great Dr. Abernathy was asked s secret of his success as a physician, replied : 'I amuse the patient and let nature the work." But parties cannot remedy three Ms. There is a law now in our code , 'bidding the carrying of concealed' lapoasand yet half of the young ?n of the town and the country carry em naoiiuauy. jusl ita a iu? w. ? arrel beglu anywhere, even at a * nip meeting, and see how many pis- ! e drawn. The trouble is that the 1 urts do not execute the laws. The ' Lirts fling this charge back upon the ' opleandsay why don't you prose- 1 te?why do you fail to come up and 1 itify ? And so it seems that every- 1 dy is to blame more or less for every- 1 ing. Our preacher said last night at he had been a clone observer of ' e troubles and afflictions of maukind 1 d in nine cases out of ten they were ' e crop that was planted. "What ye 1 w, that shall ye also reap." Even e poverty that many of our people 1 njplain of is the result of their own J anting. If a young man upends oat of his time hunting and flnhiug d frolicking with a little wbiokey rown in, and after awhile marries ; ine though ilea;) girl and children are ru to them the Family starts out on e down grade and soon conies to povty. They reap what they sowed and 1 ey try to lay all the blame on other ople, especially on the rich. No, we can't regulate everything in is sinful world, but we must do the st we can both by precept and exuple. A bumblebee stuug me on y bald head this morning. I said I ekon it was for some of my meanss?some crop that I had sowed, out a few minutes one stung my wife on r head and I can't account for that, e made a mistake I reckon, The lit- , i varmints have got a nest under the tor in the upstairs piazza and because stopped up their hole the outsiders e savage and would sting an angel mwares. I don't know what such ings were made for, but maybe I'll low some time. I hope bo. The ?dy might be an accident, but the ing in his tail wasn't. As the law:rs nay, "it was put there with malice urethought" and that's the way he es it. BILL ARP. -44^? More Thought. Is the fact sufficiently recognized at a man. can make himself, within rtain limits, almost auyihing he eases by meditation? Thought induces feeling, and feeling lion. Men complain that they do >t feel. Why, then, do they not use e means which will produce emo>n ? Thinking is the power of all, or >arly all. They can, if they choose, rn|a*idefor a season reguarly and editate upon the imporanceof things ey find themselves neglected. Why >t? If they really desire to improve aov direction, it seems as if they ight adopt thia simple method. ;ily by much meditatiou can our inciples take on strength, and we tain to a firm conviction concerning i invisible world without which we all not seek as we should. A strong mmetrical character, steady and unaverin, heavenly-minded and imitd with the Spirit of Christ, can be lined no other way. More thoughts ore thought! He who meditates >y and night iu the law of the Lord, the will of God, ''shall be like a ie planted by the rivers of water, at bringeth forth bis fruit in his ason, and whatsoever he doeth shall osper." Processor Browne well says his admirable volume, "Principles ethics:" "The greate>t need ethical practice, next to the good ill, is a serious and thoughtful applition of intelect to the problems of e and conduct. Misconduct and cial evils in general arise less from a ill to do wrong than from an indifrence to doing right. The people i> not consider.' Until they doconJer, we must wory along in the old ay with au embryonic comscience, uirued by custom and warped by lificiallty, wile life is directed not by ise and serions reflection*,out Dy nllicting passions and selfishuess."? on's Herald. The lliimnu Hand. The human hand is the most wonriful tool in auy workshop. It is a ofound sludy. No instrument de-ed hy man compares with it for mplication. It is a hammer, a vice, "orceps, a hook, a spring, a weight; > pushes, it draws iu; and the finders )iie contain elements of chisels, uges, and all the tools a sculptor reires in modeling. From the elbow the. digital extremities its moveiiits are produced by nearly fifty jscles. So complicated is the corge of a human hand that expert Htomists can hardly keep in re- I mibrance its intricate mechanism. < !lL : * " 11 nf tho millH 1 HU 11 Utl lue Clliliuuun VI >uv luii.u iy be both manifested and intensi- < d. How could a Frenchman talk 1 lb his hands tied? The hand is the I Ime minister of the brain. It is the ' al's agent in the accomplishment of ' designs. It is a wonder of < uiders I Don't worry about heaven if your ' iscience tells you that you deserve ? I i'eaoe is the sentinel of the soul ( kich keeps the heart and the mind the Christian through Jesus Christ, j % iVho are the Preacher* that Prencb the Gospel taht now Saves ftonla Alive ? For "The Friend." [The article which follows, somevhat abridged, was received from a ?rieud residing in Australia, who, in in accompanying letter, informs that le was a member of the so-called 'Church of England," and was convinced of the Truth by reading some >f our early Friends' writings* He lesires that the Lord's blessing may est upon Friends in this land, and ipon all who sincerely love and follow he principles held by tho^e "dear old athers" in the Truth.?Ed.] It is now nearly two thousand years lince the apostle said he was not ahamed of the Gospel of Christ, because t was the power of God unto salvaion ; yes, it came home to all who be- j ieved it, with power from Christ to i?vo nnri to bantize into the Spirit. ? Do we wee this power exercised by the |j' ireachers in this day? The world w lever needed it more than at this pres- Dl ;nt time. It was by the foolishneue of ireaching, one time, that it pleased ^ jfod to save them that believe; but ^ low preaching is a science with mauy w i profession costing much time and noney to be educated up to the ortho- ^ lox standard of preaching; and what bey preach is not the Gospel as it is m lelivered to them by the Spirit, or im- ?, nediate revelation, but their own j,j itudied matter from bookt^or the Script- a ire3. The Gospel of which Paul was y( lot ashamed was the power of God tf| into salvation to all that received it, 'e, ind walked by its rule, and if this w power does not attend the preaching if men now, tbeu it is not the Gospel ci lelivered by Christ inwardly to them. ^ The Society of Friends once had :hi3 gift and power of the Goxpel de- ^ livered unto them, and thousands were f4] jonverted by their preaching. They ^ were enabled to show people very >j1;] plainly, that they could be saved, rhat none can justify themselves, or be g([ iccepted iu the sight of God, by the ^ virtue of Christ's sufferings aud death, Imputed to them, nor by any of their et awn works, traditions or ceremouial jj ardinauces, nor by afflicting their bod- ^ ies iu a voluntary humility, by even si abstaining from one or two lu&urico jr Tor a week now and then, so as to have w jorue money to give as a sacrifice lor j, some religious services, or for the poor, w nor by even conforming to the letter of their laws laid down from Scripture, whilnt they yet remaiued in sin. They ^ of old preached a growing in grace unto perfection, free from the old man tj i)f siu, having obtained a new- birth se unto righteousness, and not to be al- ?. ways sitting uuder a priest or pastor, b( from seven years of age, up to seventy, |t and never being saved from their sins. , Those are the true miuisters of Chriht V( who preach his Gospel,by his.constraiu lug love, not for hire or reward of je knowing they were worthy to be put. ^ i into his ministry and all receive their p penny per day; no degrees iu rank, a lo right reverend fathers, no doctors ^ of divinity and lord bishops, but free laborers for the Jove of t>oufs,aud eight- w eous government iu the land, that . Christ may reign in the hearts of men, w instead of the prince of darkness, who r. now ruled in the world, by drawiug ? people's minds away from the Truth, aud making them believe that all their . religions are right, that it will all be the same iu the end, so long as they obey their ministers, and meaus of (t Grace ottered to them in their different churches, but must always reckon themselves sinuers, no: saints. Paul says, except Christ be in you, ? ye are reprobate. Such can not poeoi- . bly preach the truth, for even the . Scripturts would be a lie in their " mouth, while still living in sin. The ?, minister of Christ must be iu possess- f, iou of the Spirit of Christ before he can baptize others into Christ, by the . rinivor r?f Mm nreachinif. There is a scourge of small cords ready to whip and drive all hirelings * out of the temples they have set up in Christ's name' so that the Gospel of Christ aloue shall be preached by Christ through faithful men and women iu that power that was given at the beginning of the Christian era. a ^atan was only to reigu for a limLted I' time in the churches, or heavens, sei up by man; his end is coriilng, and when it is accomplished, those that t( are alive shall see thousands upon h thou>ands praising God in white rai inent, dressed in clean robes of saints, tl not singing with graud organs, tine ft oratorio* and chants, iu dirty linen? ? rags of unrighteousness. v Ob, the blindness of this great in- ?l telleetual age, they are just getting to i* the top rung of their ladder ; bow snail ? I plead with souie befora it is loo late, tl to go and give themselves up entirely a to serve God, aud let Hiui alone do b with them as He sees fit, and not trust ? any more in man, only as they wit- a ness the Spirit of Christ in Him; this tl will help to hasten the day that right" eousness shall cover the earth, as the- t> waters cover the deep. ai Now when the Gospel Is preached Q by those ouly who have received the ? anointing, the life-giving Word of God 0 will be uufticient to lead men unto "i righteous lives, and right worship of P1 the Almighty, without such works as al Good Templars, Blue Ribbons, Ser- b; vices of Song, and all other reform ft torches. tl Jf the old established Protestant In churches, of all kinds, with their zeal, w oratory aud magnificent services and nr grand buildings, well-regulated ordera A of government, with millions of mou- w ey to keep them up respectably, and h assist their poor a ltttle, cannot con- bl vert the world, and cause them to give h< up drink, gambling over-speouiauozi, race meetings, prize fighting, theatri- ? eal and dancing assemblies ; then how ai can these things be done by auy other religious works of voluntary humility, O set up in man's wisdom? They will a' have their day, then pass away into w oblivion, but not so if the Gospel was w truly preached, and we trusted iu that h alone to make the people good and w truthlul. Then good laws would be made, wise men would rule in right- T eousness, soldiers would not be wanted, public houses would shut up of themselves, and the barbarous elec- R tioneering contentions would be swept f* ou from the earth ; we should be able 18 to rust wise men that God appointed J* to rule over us, because our faith would !' be established in the leadings of 1,1 Christ, the King and Lord of all. [W. B. Brisbene.] ? [Australia.] P The registration and sanitary com- e mittee of the board of health of Phi ia- dj Jelpbia has issued the following sig- f0 uiflcaut notice: "Physians are request- w id not to place ou any certificate a! 'heart failur" as the cause of death, jut the disease of which the patient watt puttering prior to the heart failure. rhis term has never been placed on the list of diseases adopted by this ?lioard, it being looked upon as a result 'r >f tsome other illness from wiiicn tue jy patient was suffering. Furthermore, it 1,1 furnishes an opportunity to conceal Pf contagious diseases, and thus permits 86 [lie ignoring of the ruleu of this board, I w jither iuuooently or designedly." Bud people never enjoy good cotn-'trj pauy. 'fcj. mmtmmmammmjmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnias Womanly ConTenotlon. Keep a watsb on your words, my sisters, Fur words are wonderful tiling*; p 'J hey are sweet. Ilka the bees' fresh honey? vj Like the been they have terrlbl^srine*! f'< They can hies* like the warm glad sunshine. g, And brleliten n lonely life: They can cnt. In the strife of anger. M Like an opus, two-edged knife. tl Let them puss lhrough your Hp* unchallenged, It their errand Is true and.kind? C II ibey come to support the weary, To comfort and help the blind; If a bitter and revengefnl spirit Prompt ihe words, let tb?-m be nnsald; V They may flush throuth the brain like lightening, v Or fall on the heart like lead. . (1 Keep them back, If they're cold and cruel, Jl Under bar and lock and seal: The wonnds they make, my sisters, a Are always slow to heal. Qod guard your llpp, and ever, . 0 From the time of your early youth, Maf the words thnt you d illy utter e Be the words of beautltul truth. t | n m o in Imperial Cure for Hmiwdni.' There is a curlou9 story told of the anner in which Frederic the Great v ;alt wiih a prima donna of the period s ho was inclined to disappoint the iblic with little reason. The Rreat J ti?t Meemed to catch a cold, which } 1 ? ? - * j?i t i c id toe eneci or renaenng uer uoarne, id consequently unable to sing, heu anybody or anything displeased sr. One day a certain open was to i performed at Berlin before the king ' imfcelf. At the appointed hour the anager came forward and eaid, j Ladies and gentleman, we grieve to iform you that our prima donna has sore throat, and that the repreeentaon announced can not, therefore, >ke place." The stolid' Teunic audiice seemed no whit surprised, and ' as moving out tranquilly, when the . lug roue and commanded the rausi- ; ans sat down again, and waited pa* * entiy on events. Iu less than a quarter of an hour te manager re-appeared and spoke as illows: "Ladies aud gentlemen, I a-ve the most unfeigned pleanure i informing you that our prima j jnua is completely cured or her >re throat, and will have the honor i sing before you to nij;bt." Surely lough, the famous singer soon appear i, and never had she sung better. | !er triumph was complete. The , lug's prescriptioit had been a very ' m pie one. Tbe prima donna, hav- ' ig dismsssed the unhappy, manager, us sitting comfortably before the fire i her own roonij actually pleased ith having spoiled the pleasure of , iveral hundreds of pereoos, when le door was thrown open, and lere entered an officer, followed by >ur dragoons. "Mademoselle," quoth le officer, "the king, my master, has Hit me to ask after your health." 1 The king is very good. I have a id sore throat." "His M^j'-sty knows , and has charged me to take you at nee to the military hospital, where (3U wiil be cured in a few days." [ademoiselle turned pale* "You are J wting," she simpered; but Prusian flee re, she was Informed never jested, he lieutenant gave the orders to his ten, who seized mademoiselle and uried her out. A coach was in attendance, the lady , as deposited therein, the officer took is place beside her, and off they enf, tbe dragoons riding alongside, a a second. "Stay," said the ladyf ' I think I feel better." "The king is , qzIoub, mademoiselle, that you jould feel quite restored and even ( iat you should sing to-uight" "1 ill try," murmured the prisoner. , Back to the theater!" cried the offi;r to the coachman. Arrived there, lademoiselle began to think she had ielded too easily. "I will sing, since - *? ' >> out,I is aiajwij uuiuuiBuuB uic, one o<uu, ut Heuven knows how." "You will ng," returned the officer, "like the reat artist you are." "I shall sing ke an artist with a bad cold." 4,1 aiuk not." "Aud why?" ' Because couple of dragoons will be in attenance, and at the least couac they ave orders to carry vou off again to ae military hospital." The hoarseets was now entirely gone. ^ Mr. and Jim. Ovtrleb. The division of labor between Mr. nd Mrs. Ostrich is more nearly fair nan among most birds. It is an uuerstood tiling that If she takes the ouble to lay the eggs he will attend ) the hatching, whiehjs. very kind of iin, considering that he is bigger. ;ronger, prettier, and worth ruore ian she is. He furnishes a much ner grade of feathers for the support r his family than does his wife. yiitn Mrs. Ostrich incliues that way tie scoops out a daiuty little nest (ft i usualiy about five feet acrosa) anywhere she happens to be, and calls lat home. She is nut particular boui the locality, but she is very stuborn about giving it up when she has ce cfco-en. One of the ostriches ou farm recently selected the middle of le road that runs through the pad- ' ock fur her nest, and promptly bean tilling it with eggs. Herbert dug uother nest for her in a more proteetuarter of the pasture, but instead of ttling grateful for hiaattention, Mine, miiufiu milc*j i.hp ?i/c9. one bv i lie, back to the original place of de- ] osit. And while her husband went tiead with the hatching, she stood i y to assist him in repelling any I irther impertinence. In this nest lere were twenty-flve eggs. Bhe I ild one every second or third day. and j hen (be ijuota was complete she lade her proud husband sit on them. < .8 soon as she got over the fear of her i orb being disturbed, she lett her elpmate and went off" with the other I irds; and he was compelled to watch t ur flirting from her station without a 1 .'monstrance. Once in a while she < ime back to #ive him a chance to eat id stretch himself; but these kind- i esses were by no meaus frequent. J uce when he, almost starved prob- s >ly, left the nest, she came at him itli all her feathers turned the rong way p<id bustled him back to is business. Thai's the kind of a f ife the ostrich makes.?Standard. wo Ways of Matinr the Sain ? Thing:. Recently an account was given of j alph Waldo Emerson's (after his , icultiea began to fail), going to the . rong hotel, entering a room, and go- j ig to bed. where after a long search j e was found. At that point a woman L ho wasoneof the listeners exclaim-|. i, "H< w beautiful ! how inteiesting ! { [is mind has become so merged!, i the universal it has ceased to take | ntice of the phenomenal." Mr. : merson in one of his lucid intervals^ id not take so favorable a view of it, r he sadly remarked: " When a man's . its are gone the heavens Bhould open J id take him away." < Modesty in prayer-meeting is shown ir quietly taking oue of the empty ontseatf, instead of crowding into ie of the "chief seats" in the back of ? ie room. By this modest act on the,* irt of one who is willing to render .1 rvice. the leader is encouraged, added c armth is given to the exercises, andj good example is set by the willing ! -arer. Modesty in this line is a, ait as commendable as it is rare.?8.' Timea. J4 - t Why I Ain ? Bachelor. ( I do not marry for many reason*. >ue reason is that I am of a very af- : ;?iionate temperament. I feel quite ^ are that it is belter for me to love all omen, as I do now, than to profess a love but one woman?my wife. (So writes an unmarried man-, in !assel's) Let me think of come more reasons. As a bachelor I get a great many initation cards and pleasaut attentions yhere ever I go. My married friends on't ha e anything like as much , lick, aud their wives make them : ugry by wondering wny it is so. It fs exceedingly nice when I dine ut to be paired off with an unmarried ;irl. My married frieuds look across he table at me enviously. Any sort if married "frump" is good enough or them. As I am, I can do exactly as I like, ;o to bed at 9 or 3 at my own sweet vill and breakfast in b?d or up at my hour. Most husbands can by no neaus do as they please, even in so mall a matter as this. They are ea)ected to be at home by 10 or 11 o'clock, >r face cold cofie, cold egg*, cold tooac tnd cold looks next morning. Every married man marries for himself?for his pleasure and comfort. \m I to blame if I choose to remain ingle for the same purpose? There is 10 absurder cant than tne talk about ?eing a man's duty to the race to take i wire. Of coarse, too, there is the dreadful aossibillty of a marriage turning out 11. It is next to impossible Cora man n aav Hwfinitelv. 4'1 can be haitpy ivith such a woman for my wife.0' T snow sweet young girls, who, five fears from their wedding day, were ' jniidy, coarse* negligent women, ;itber openly loving their ehiklreu to be neglect of their husbands, or openly n different to both husband and cbllJreu. This sort of thing is frightful to think of. Married men In some cases *eem to get used to it, but it wearies and. kills the brighter part of tbera.. I Jo not write altogether as a novice in tbe matter of tbe heart. I have been in love over and over again. Somehow, though, I have always put off popping the question until some other fellow has done it on his ownaccount. Of all these girls whom I might have married, ouiy one now, ia a married woman, seems to answer the expectations I had formed of het. The realization of this makes me more and more fond of my bachelor freedom and irresponsibility. Besides, I have it gray hair or two, aud my habits ar? jetting fixed. An astonishing number of men re* main single for reasons much like those I have men tinned. Unmarried, we have one bird in the hand, contentmenu How. can we tell that we may get hold of tfoat gay, longtatied paroquet in tbe buah, married felicity, if we suddenly change our state? There is an ideal woman I should like to marry. Some day I may meet with someone who is tolerably like her. Then, if I am uot too old, I will woo her. Around the Table. Does it ever occur to you that tbe iaily gathering around the family board is an opportunity for tbe pleasantest as well as tbe most lasting impressions? Nowhere are the amenities " " * * ?i ?imam nulnlr* 01 1 lie more eujujauio um U?'l? ^UIVM ly recognized than at the table. There, too, not ouly family attain* are disous8ed, but those of the State and nation. It is the place for ideas to be exchanged, the place for good cheer and ayu* patby. The common interests, the pleasant familiarly with different in- , dividual tastes combine to make each meal a pleasant season. Can you not recall delightful letters from some old , friend that gave an unwonted zest to the dinners where they were read, or the amusing *tory your father told when he laughed until he cried ? The birthday breakfasts of children sometimes made a great many days happy for them. It was the tired, overworked wife of a poor minister that contrived to brighteD her table as well as her children by placing at every plate a spray of red clover blotwoms. So when providing dainty appointments for the table and appetizing dishes, forget not to secure all the graciousueas that you admire, some table talk of charming things, some good thought or helpful work, us well as an abundance of that other element, "coobideration for others," which will outweigh all other provisions iu making meal-time a joy to remember. ? Ram's Horn. Arc You Safe. Two little girls were playing with their dolls in a comer of the nursery, and singing as tney played: Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast, There by His love o'erohaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest." Mother was busy writing, only stopping now and then to listen to the little one*' talk, unobserved bv them. "Sister, how do you know you are jafe?" said Nellie, the younger of the two. "Because lam holding Jesus with soth my hands?tight!" promptly replied sister. "Ah, that's not safe,'said the other jhild. "Suppose Satan came along md cut your two hands off!" Little sister looked very troubled pora few moments, dropped poor dolly, md thought seriously. Suddenly her ace shown with joy, and she cried )ut: ' " T * * r / if T ? n fa "UI1, X IOrgOU 1 lurgui; iirauj ID lolding me wi'h His two hauds, and Satan can't cut Uiiu off'; no I'm iafe!M ^ ^ Nalitlnv Be((?r ittnn Peace. What could mabe the homes of suffering humauity happier than the su3reme reign of peace? There is noth* ng. Arbitration of all differences will jo a long way toward universal peace. There is not a nation upon the whole 'arth who tolerates war, that has therejy secured peace to all the inhabitants inder its rule. War does not bring Deuce. Nay verily. It brings a bitter subjugation, a loss in fiuances, a loss n blood, a loss iu strength?man's strength. The flat from heaven has jone forth, ''Thou shalt love thy leighbor as thyself " This means jeace. "Righteousness and peace have tissed each other." Let the inhabtants say it shall be so. It is inipostible r'or either individuals or nations ;o do right?righteousness?and not jractice and be at peace. Then let all he earth rejoice and practice peace jenceforth and forever "in the strength >f the L.orti." Otis T. Bedell. The malice that is eager to ascribe a *lfish motive for a good act is the >lackest tiling is unregenerate human lature. It is akin to that which asiribed Christ's miracles to the devil. It is the troubles of tomorrow that nuke people heavy laden to day. Tell the truth if it kills you?but here is danger of its killing you,