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1. ''"it, ' ? ... Frorq the Herald and Presbyter. The Kinttllnir or 4?hnreti l.ove. It ought uot to be forgotten that Church-membership imposes obligation. The Master says : "Go work to day in my vineyard." He places on*y two, five or ten talents in the hand of * ?*. . everyone, aim says : uciuji.y , ?wl?loy this weli until I come." Thel range of activity is so wide that every one can find something to do, and it is wonderful how the doing of something elicits interest and kindles Church love. When people are not hctiveJn Chuch work they are easily disappointed, irritated, or turn from their Christian profession. A minister was seated in his study one Saturday afternoon finishing his sermon for Sunday, when a caller came in, a man who was an irregular attendant at the Church services, and said : "Pastor, I have come to ask you to take ray name off the Church book. I don't want to belong to the Church any more. It seems to me our Church is such a cold place, and I don't know many of the members, and for other reasons I want to be out of the Church." The minister replied : "I am very biisy to-day and have not time to talk the matter over with you, but l>efo?-e you leave your Church I want to ask u favor from vou. I must leave the city on Monday morning and will not return for two weeks. There h a poor family over on H. Street which I am very anxious about, and I want to know whether you will be kind enough to look after thermluring my absen?*e." The man *aid: "| never did such a thing, tint if it will beany aecom mod ation to you, Pastor, I will try and look them up." Monday afternoon he climbed up three flight* of staiis, on H. Street, aud upon knocking at the door be heard a faint voice say : "Come in." He fralked in upon the bare floor and fouud two occupants, the one a li tie girl with hollow, famished cheeks and red eyes, aud the other the child's mother, lying on a poorly furnished bed, burning up with fever. The little one said that sue had not been able to get a bite for either of them all that day. The man stood in the middle of the room an instaut, turned quickly, went to the nearest grocery, filled a basket with provisions and delicacies, sent in at once to the room he had left, and then sent for a physician. He repeat- , _ ed his visits daily, aud one day was moved to tears as he overheard ibe lit tie girl said : "Mamma, this good man that.God *ent Ih ju*t like the Saviour, ' for you told me that Je*us healed people and fed them when ibey were hungry." The moment the man heard of his pastor's return he went directly to his house, and meeting him in the doorway, said : "P. stor, I do not want , my name off the Church hooks, and I uant you. to forgive me forever asking you to take It off, even as 1 believe God has forgiven me. These two weeks have been the happiest of my life. And I do not believe you will know the congregation, the people have , changed so greatly doing your abseuce. They have all gotten so kind and bo cordial, and it seems to jne that we have now the best Churdto in the world." -1 AppalllBK Depths of ftpaee. In a recent leeturfe, Sir Robert Ball said that a telegraphic message would go seven times round the earth in a second, and if a telegraphic message UUUIU UC 9CUI> IV buc UIWU, 11 WUU1U reach its destination in a littie more than a second. It would take something like eight minutes to arrive at the sun ; but how long, think you, would it take to get to Alpha Centauri, travelling thither 180,000 miles a second? teconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months would not be long enough; it would take no lets than three years, travelling all-the time ai that tremendous pace, before it would reach its destination, If that is the catse with rt-s(<eci to the nearest of the stars, what must be said of those which are farther off"? There are stars *o renio e that if the news of tl?e victory of Wellington at Waterloo bad been flashed to them in 1815 on that celestial telegraph system, it would not have reached them yet, even if the message had sped at the speed indicated, and had been travelling all the time. There are stars so remote that if, when William the Conqueror landed in England in 1066, the news of his conquest had been dispatched to them, aud if the signals flew over the wire at a pace that would carry them seven limes round the earth in a si.igl* sec oud of lime, that news would not have reached them yet. Nay, more, iftheglad tidings of that first Christmas in Bethiehaui, nineteen centuries ago, had thus been disseminated through the universe, th<re are yet start of which astronomers could tell us, plunged into space in depths so appailiug that even the 1894 years -which have elapsed since that event would not have been long enough for the news to reach them, though it traveled 180,000 miles iu every second. ? "The chief evil of war, as Dr. Channing has said, 'is not that man is slain, but that he is slain, s(>oile?i, crushed, by the cruety, t.:e injustice, the treachery, the murderous hand of man. The evil is moral evil; war is the concentration of all human crimes. Under lis Biauuuru gainer* vimeut:e, rage, fraud, rapacity, perfidy, and lust. Il ' it only slew man it would do little. It turns man into a bea*t of prey.' He rightly adds that 'a more fearful bell in any region of the universe, thun a battlefield, cannot well be conceived. There the fiend* hold their revels.' This is no exaggerated language, for a great admirer of General Skobelotf described him after battle, when rage was still in his faceaud the smoke and dust still on his person, as a demon rather than a man. The heart shudders to think of the storms of passion which rage over a field of battle where men mow each other down like grass." If we want to know what clouds of affliction mean and what they are sent for, we must not flee away from them in flight, with closed ears and bandaged eyes. Fleeing from the cloud is fleeing from the divine love tha is t>ehind the cloud. In one of the German picture galleries is a painting called "Cloudland:" it bangs at the end of a long gallery, and at first sight it looks like a huge, repulsive daub ?f r?nnfimp<i colors, without form or comeliness. As you walk towards it, (he picture begiDS tol take shape. It proves to be a mass of exquisite little cherub faces, like those at the canvas in Raphael's "Madonna Ban Sisto." If you come close to the picture, you see only an innumerable company of little angels and cherubim. How often the soul that is frighteued by trials sees nothing but a confused and repulnive mass of broken expectations and crushed hopes! But if thai soul, instead of fleeing away into uubeliel and despair, would onfv draw up neai to God, it would soon discover that the cloud was full of angels of mercy.? Bev.T. L. Cuyler, D. D. i. A Prnyep for Peace. How long, O Lord, shall raen with cla?H of arms Their wildest passions in the fl^bt set free? When shall the crnol oty of war's alarms No longer mock a suffering world and Thee? ' I W"? ?T9VO Thr nitv en thn he?rt. The Min'-sn hnmo. the fsr-nff nnmoVna {rfnw t \f <t> Thf h*>nd wipe niv#*- the teir* fhit stort ! Thv l?ve ca>i mmr?rt. Th?M1 nl^n*' eanst. ?nv?. the ?i-n? O 0>d. the hle??f><) h"nr "When m"n >? h?nili?r? ohn1) ahi'ln In pe"o/?, And <>11 ahill fi"!! fho Q"melon* minor. When the mad flnmon' of the world *hill en^e. T ?" Paso. Cbarliy of Speech. (Humane Journal.) Charity of speech ishb divine a thing a# charity of action. To Judge no one harshly, to misconceive no man's motives, to believe things are as they seem to be until they are proved otherwise, to temper judgment with mercy ?surely this is quite as good as to build up churches, establish asylums, and found col leges. Uubind words do as much harm as unkind deeds. Many a heart has been wounded beyond cure, many a reputation has been stabbed to death by a few little words. There is a charity which consists in withholding words, in keeping back harsh judgments, in abstaining from speech, if to speak is tb condemn. 1 Such charity hears the tale of slander, but does not repeat it; listens in sil- 1 lence, but forbears comment; then 1 locks the uiipleasand secret up in the very depths of the heart. Silence, ' can still rumor ; It 1h speech that keejt- ' a xtory alive, una lend-* it vigor. The heart that is filled with bitter- 1 ness Will give vent to it in words. Ii 1 sees uolhing bright or beautiful bt- ' cause its vision is clouded. Word* are a good test of temper and habit ol thought. As "to the pure all things are pure," so to the malicious and illtempered all things are black, uulovely ( and of all ill repute. Words are also < the siirns of thought, and if the j thought be kind and good, the words will be kind and gentle, free from malice and uncharuableuess. There is nothiDg that so refines the face and mind as the constant presence of good thoughts. Fifiy spoken, words fall like the sunshine, and dew, and the summer rain; but when unfitly spoken, like the frost, the hail, and the desolating temped. Therefore, by our yrords we proclaim what we are. Be Ktrong In the Lord. How common it is for the Lord's people to indulge needless fears, like David when he said, "I shall one day Kerish by the hand of Saul." Ana ere, the Lord's answer to Peter might fiud place. 4'0, thou of little faith wherefore did-t thou doubt ?" If thou doubtest the Lord'* willingness to save thee, wherefore did he die, for thee, the chief of sinners ? If thou callest in question hw power, what in there in thy case that can bafile Omnipotence? If thou art discouraged, know the weaker thon art in thyself, the stronger thou shall l>e in him, and he will perfect his own strength in thy weakness. IT thou fearest enlmies, "Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, let him he your frar, and let him be your dread." Trust himj and though weak, he will strengthen ; though faint, he will revive; though wounded, he will beal. "Be strong and very courageous." Remember God's throne is in heaven, "and be assured with David, that though your enemleB encompass , you as bees, in the name of the Lord ( you shall destroy them."?Simeon. \ | The Loving Act of a Dor. 1 During mother's long and severe ill- ] ness, Carlo took great interest in all \ that pertained to her, watching the doctor very closely and sitting by the , half hour with bis chin ou the bed by , her side. We brought our bread, and | knowing Carlo's fondness for warm j hianuit tnA linker often trnv? him nne which he quickly diNpatcheif sOuce , during a Hevere attack of mother's | when we were doing our utmost to , tempt her appetite, Carlo came in early one morniug, bringing his warm , biscuit untouched, and laid it on the , floor by mother's {tide. She was- too sick to notice this act of his, but not to be disappointed in his own plan he | came Forward and lifted the biscuit to her pillow and retired again to his corner to wait some look of thanks from her. It came, and such a happy dog ! He had brought his choicest offering?a warm biscuit?and it bad been recognized. Was there not a loving plan and careful observation iu this act ?? < Mary E. Holmes, in Science. Can anything be done to prevent j wars? Certainly. We can all spread useful information; we can talk to our friends ; we ean keep our heads cool when the newspapers get letters written about the army and navy in order to raise a scare and run up the taxes. ; We can train boys and girls in peace j principles, nevei allowing the boys to j join in feats of military discipline or to learn the use of deadly weapons for the destruction of men. Vfe can pray < for peace; for God can turn the hearts of men as He turns the rivers ot water.< ?? t? t j Corea, the seat, of the war between China and Japan is a peusnsula lying between the 122d and tbe 130th degrees of east longitude and the 34th and 43d parallels of latitude. ) t is a mountainous country, somewhat resen s*lng * Italy, and is well supplied with rivers. | In extent, it is about three times as large as Scotland, and contains a population of about ten millions. The Climate is not a oaa one, except mat it is very damp. The principal occupation of the people is agriculture, rice being exported in large quantities.? Advocate of Peace. A young man, who wa9 being examined preparatory to uniting with the church, was asked, "Under whoa? preaching were you converted ?" "Under nobody's preaching," was his reply ; "I was oonverted under ray moth ers practicing." What a tribune of a consecrated motherhood was the young man,s answer? How very near to Christ must that mother have lived. ? Working men can understand the cost of the armies of Europe when they are told that it compels every man and woman in Europe to work an hour a day more than they other wise need. Unhappily these bills for the army and navy show a constant tendency to increase. The test for simmetry is to turn a man with his face toward the wall. If he is perfectly formed his chest will ' ^nnnh if Ilia nn&o will Ko fnni* i nnhau away, his thighs Ave, the tips of bis toes three. The hearthstone should be made the \ rally ing place of the affections. When your sons and daughters go forth into * the world, let them carry with them . the recollection that the old home is the dearest spot on earth. I Enduring nnto Death. Rightly improved, our losses and trials help us to be, which is even better than being helped to do. It used to be thought that the coral insect was a patient worker, and that the islands upreared by him fram the ocean depths into the sunlight were the result of his untiring toil; but modern science has shown that it is the endurance, rather than the industry, of coral insects, which uplifts these islands. It is the gradual hardening of the insect in its place that makes the coral; and it is his life built in on the lives of those who were before him that goes to form the basis of the gardens of tropical bloom and fruitage, when the upper air shall have been reached by the successive generations of those who live and endure and die at tneir sea-swept posts. Ko it may be , with us, in our slow hardening of character, and our slow dying unto self, at , some post of duty, way under the sur- j face far out of the world's sight,?our endurance may do more than our best ] work could do, and our progress may , be greater while we wait, than it could | be if we moved forward. j "We climb like corals, grave by grave, | But pave a patb that's sunward." And by and by, when those who j come after us have entered into the ! reward of our enduring, they shall 3peak gratefully of what we were, even though the world knows nothing of what we did ; and it may be they will, in conpeqnenoe, be the readier to conform themselves to tfiin who was a ion, yet learned he obedience by the thingn which he suffered," and was made "complete ihrouuh sufferings." ?Sunday School Times. Working for a Soul. Not for souls. But for a soul. Only >ne. One at a time. Not by whole uue, dui inaiviaua;iy. jnoc indefinite ( jouIb iu Africa or Isew Zealand, but . me soul in your own family, in your [ circle, in your community. Work for , i soul. Dr. Cuyler tells ub of a warm- | hetrted lawyer in bis Church who j made up his mind to work for the r jonversion of a certain infidel in the fi congregation. He went to work de- B llberately. He was patient and per- a dstent. He did not lack faith or wisiom, He was kind and gentle. His yearning after the soul of his friend brought a rare degree of Christlikeness to his own life. After awhile :be infidel said to him in a half jest, "Mr. J .you would better give Be up as a hard case, and try somebody else." But the soul-hungry lawyer did not give up bis friend. He jave himself all the more to his sej? ippointed work, and he did not ceane tlis praying and working until his friend was soundly converted to God. Oh, worker in the caute of the unsaved, pick out ybur one soul;tbep devote yourself wholly to your task. Do not be diverted from your royal purpose. Let that one soul be conjtanly in your thoughts, iu your prayjrs, in your plans. And it may be that, sooner than you think for God will grant you your heart's desire. [)nesoul. Not a score. Only one. Pray for one. Plead for one. Work * for one. Live for kone.?The Epworth Herald. M n Dangers of Electric Wires. A New York letter says; "In cities where crowds of people must walk un? ier countless electric wires whenever bey step into the street, electrocution is daily adding to the list of its victim* ind turning out new jobs for coroners ind undertakers. In the week ending last Saturday nobody was killed by the wires in Bt. Louis; but a youth in Brooklyn was killed by taking bold of ?n iron railing that had been charged from a live wire not properly insulated ; a policeman at rittsburg was killed while picking up a supposedly dead wire lying in the street; amauln some New Jersey towQ leaned against the iron pole supporting electric wires and was shocked to death ; and in Philadelphia a lineman, while riding along the street on a repair wagon, fell dead, an iron rod he had hold of having touched a live wire in passing. It is going to destroy a great many lives before this practice of spreading a network of deadly wires over every community is stopped." m ^ / No wonder Dr. Wayland Hoy t was moved to exclaim : "If young people only knew the value of their youth !" He says : "A half hour each day steadily given to the vanquishing of some real books in history, science, and literature, is three honru a week, is mere than twelve hours a month, is more than twelve solid days of twenty-four hours each year. What cannot the busiest man accomplish by such seizures of fragments of time? O if the young people only knew the culture possible for tbem by such simple means! And for evermore it is the man j who knows who gets to be the human who does, and to whom the chance for doing comes. Merely frittering newspaper and novel reading?a youthL 1 I __ J i.J L _ * 1 . 1 _lll 1 liiKKi umy uevuieu iu tuai?uuw uiii- j ably sad ! No ehip drifts into harbor. 1 No youog person drifts into an acbiev- I ing manhood or womanhood." i Senator Wilson's Courage.?af- j ter Henry Wilson's first election to the ( United States Senate, he gave his ( friends a dinner. The table was set with not one wineglass upon it. ; "Where are the wine glasses ?" asked ( several of the guests merilv. , "Gentlemen," said Mr. Wilson, "you know my friendship for you and my obligations to you. Qreat as they are, they are not great enough to make me ' forget 'the rock whence I was hewn ' and the pit whence I was dug.' Some : of you know how the curse of intemperance overshadowed my youth. That] ' might escape, I fled from my early sur- ' roundinga. For what I am, I am indebted, under Qod, to my adherence to it. Call for what you want to eat, and if this hotel can provide it, it shall be forthcoming: but wines and liquors 1 cannot come to this table with my con- . sent, because I will not spread in the path of another the snare from which I escaped." Three rousing cheers showed the brave senator that men admire the man who has the courage of his convictions. The English Sparrow. The English sparrow domesticated here finds a defender in Mr. L. M. Pray before the American Naturalists' Society, <vho says that it is not the eviiminded, litigious, greedy or pugnacious bird which it has been asserted to be. but a useful, diligent and peaceful tomititof a creature, worth twiee its weight in cuckoos or chickadees, and of inestimable service in consuming noxious varieties of tree-destroying worms and insects which other birds won't touch. If this is true Mr. Pray ought to be sent as a missionary to those communities which decree the expiration of the sparrow and otter bounties for its destruction.? Roston Transcript. I Leaving Self Out. Self ought to be left out of our service for Jesus Christ. Indeed, it must be. We cannot serve Christ and have self uppermost in plan and effort. If selfis served, then Christ cannot be. IfChrist is served, then self must take a back seat. The Christian life is an unselfish life. The more we learn of Christ, and the more we necome like Him, the more will we leave considerations of self out of our aspirations and work. It is said that a young man who'had attended asummer meeting of Christian workers not long ago went away saying, "I will leave a great deal of myself at this camp." He had received such exalted views of Christ and what a life consecrated to Him meaut while at the meetings in the grove that he came to think less of himself and more of Christ. So he was going to leave self behind and put Christ in the fore* front of his future life. ~A rich spirtiual blessing will lift /~1U ?Uia kink.. LLiau ^ BL-ui lonau w luis ui^uci vicn !>f the Christian life. Happy would it be for all Christians if they would learn to leave out self in the camp meetings and revivals, when they take higher spiritual grounds, and return to their work filled with the Holy Spirit.?Religious Telescope. A Good Wife.?A good wife is to a man, wisdom, strength, and courage ; i bad one is confusion, weakness, and Jespair. No condition is hopeless to i man where the wife posesses firmjess, decision, and economy. There is no outward propriety which can couneract indolence, extravagance, and 'oily at home. No spirit can long eniure bad influence. Man is strong, )Ut his heart is not adamant. He leeds a tranquil mind, and especially f he is an intelligent man with a vhole head, he needs its moral force n the conflict of life To recover his lomposure, home must be a place of )eace and comfort. There bis soul enews its strength and goes forth vith renewed vigor to encounter the abor and trouble of life. But if at tome be finds no rest, and Is there net with bad temper, jealously, and ;loom, or assailed with complaints ind cenpure, hope vanishes, and he I inks into despair. (National Presbyterlau') A class of persons who profess to ove the Bible excuse their neglect of t by saying that they have no lime for 3'ble reading. But is there any perton in this land that cannot command he time to read a chapter from the Scriptures every day? It may be loubted whether there is such a peron. There are many who cannot do his and at tbe same time do all hat they desire to do in other diections. But that is not a reason for leglecting the Bible. Our Bible read* j ng should be one of the first duties of ' very day. A good rule is to read lotbiDg else until we have read a porion of Scripture. If we adopt this ule and rigidly adhere to it. we shall i lever lack the time to read at least a | ew verses from the Bible. This can j va rfnno at homo And if ran he done ibroad; it can be dune on a journey. The man of the world can read bis lewspaper on'the cars; if we are as nucb interested in tbe Bible as lie is n the daily news, we shall be able to ead a chapter on a railroad train. Ind if it is always in mind, we shall ind no day too short to read a Jesson rom the Scriptures. (Kentucky Baptist.) The time will never come when it vill not be immensely important to | nemorize Scripture. This is one of , be neglected parental duties of the tmes, and Sunday-school teachers can So their pupils no greater service than 0 induce them to commit as much Scripture as possible. But some one nay say, it is harmful to induce cbil- j Iren to memorize Scripture they do lot understand, it is a mere mechanical task', and will create a distaste for he word of God. We are sure tihs is 1 mistaken notion. While the child nay not understand the Scripture at he time it is committed, still it is stor>d away in mind ; and there is magic I ibout memory, for after awhile those . irassages will begin to yield a meaning, ind these progressive discoveries of jweet blessings in words formerly j meaningless will awaken the very I liveliest desire for the word of Ood. (Congregation allst.) A prevailing prayer is one which is so founded in penitence and faith as to illUBtrat^one's desire to be right in his )wn spirit before God. ' It is one which, no matter what its form or its iim, subordinates the human will to the divine, always tempering its utmost intensity with the proviso, "Yet i not My will, but Thine, be done." It < recognizes the superiority of Gpd's knowledge and the rightfulness of His rule over us. It understands the fact that a prayer may be answered best by seeming to deny it. 11 is me cry 01 a trusting child to a loving father for a favor, not a clamorous suitor for some J just butasyetungranted right. (8. 8. Times.) Ouce a friend, always a frien d Most of us are ready to apply thir truth to one who claims to be our friend; but we are not so ready to , ipplyit to ourselves as a test of our Friendship. If we claim to be a true friend to another, our friendship-love ought not to pivot on his fidelity, but an ours. Even though he fails us, we nugbt not to fail him or fail ourselves. If we were ever his friend, we shall ever be his friend. Nothing that be Joes or fails to do, oug ht to cause us to )e untrue. (A. R. Presbyterian.) It is wife to follow the Apostle's adrice to be swift to hear and slow to to speak. It is easy tosay thingsthatwe regret after calm thought. Not mauy but are in danger of expressing themselves too hastily at times. We often say things which afterwards we wish had never been said at all or said with more calmness and moderation. The remedy lor this is slowness to speaR, calm thought before rather thau after speaking. It is not always wise to say just what we believe nor as positively as we believe. (N. Y. Advocate.) The best sermons are not tbose which make the hearers smile or weep, but which make truth real and effective. Anecdotes and illustrations are good in moderation, but the only effective'and abiding preaching is that which impresses the thoughts of God upon minds and hearts. Truth abides and is immortal, and the power of the Gospel is the power of divine thought, which finds its highest expression in Him who is spoken of as ''the Word," and who "dwelt among us." Havana, Cuba.?A terrible storm | prevails throughout the length and breadth of ths Island of Cuba. It began last evening, and continued with undiminished fury through the night' and there are no signs of its abatement. Great damage has been done to property, many houses having been blown down, trees uprooted and fenees and outbuildiings carried away. So far, however, no loss of life has been repor-! ed. I i V . 1 _____ _ _ . ?;? ' * ? No Other Circus to be Here this Year. 1 ?w WWVW%'WW *The Walter L. (lain Shows.? li Grandest and Best Show on Earth. America's Largest, Best and Leading Exhibitions, Presenting Big 3-Ring Circus, The Matchless Menagerie, Wild Trained Animal Show, The Magnificent Hippodrome, World's Fair Midway, Wild East and Wild West. ^"TheT Autocrat of .American Amusement Enterprises, JUndorsed by the Clery, I?" A rmlauded bv the Oriti^s. ??IS COMING- TO? ABBEYILLE, I WEDNESDAY, j % L nst ructi 3 GREAT CIRCUS COMPANIES O BIG RINGS A COMI^^ niuu:si'X THE HORSEBACK RIDING LION. The Only Riding Lion in the World To-Day. QO FUNNY CLOWNS SO REPRODUCTION OF PARIS HIPPODROME. With its Coliseum Sports, Olympian Games, Sword Combats, Boxing and Wrestling Bouts. 21 Horses Ridden and Driven by One Man, Soman Chariot Eaces, Two and Four-Horse, Tandem, Standing and Hurdle Races, Elephant and Camel Races, Pony and Monkey Races. 5-CONTINENT MENAGERIE. Foo big to catalogue. The New Additions for this Year aloneimaklng the Most Complete Zoological Gathering ever nttpmnted. Woudrouslv easy to see but hard to count. Ample time to examine to all Visitors. Increase in Everything Except the Price of Admission. Ab^olute^ Waterproof Pavilions. ^ ^atin^ Capac^ 12,000. ^a?iuskf Of 8D5ferent?!NatSaalfJmTa cy.^; i&aKfUK* :< Cow Boy Baud, The Hungarian Band, -- ^7 -- ^mm'* y r? // ^l^SPwiWWffr ^^ Fife and Drum Corps. SRAND MILITARY BAND. Admission 50 Cents. Children Under 12 Years Half Price. Doors Open at 1 and 6:30 P. M. Performance Commences One Hour Later. Avoid the crowd* at the Ticket Wagons by purchasing your Tickets in advance at PENNEY'S DRUG STORE. B?1"Immediately after the parade don't fail to see the Free Exhibition on the lot before the opening of the big doors. Remember day and date. Excursion Trains on all Railroads at Reduced Fare on day of Performance. i