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About a month ago forty gtod and tru i ,,'^y uy.,iT^ e??rd 31,1 ic* i having ooly the good of V?elV Fellowi* -somiion Ih i?E 'i* ?dvol.-art, on their own re*p4i.?lb1liu. fc v irZh J^Jf1 their proclamation, uslilug malconieyJ A.J.P '1 ?POD lay aside their prejudice*, their antiniii r?v k ' \v encej ? lhal a?id their contentions, to join, no loin lo j;ls 5UDday with one heart In a great political!lovefi* t ? h good Kernjonoti] in their dreaiuH they anticipated how :<i verrt^ll nff riuh . and how pleaRant it In for brethren to w iinfiev" In' \ i L, cou?^ came together In unity. Ko perfect wa* ihe pa ""cie M' "rt A J- sP?er, Iuh , 'Hie*, lout we could in otir imagination hIiiuu ei snwr fnibhoinch . tlie expectedlowefea?t In profjretiu'witn v? ^iav'nl , wi,iiir J?un8 *<ail happy and every man ioagood fat?tt tlv f,.,urg where enjoyuu i,l ran iilxperulng glfuand favor* to poor kin a w v .Vl>n|' 4 hs totboiw who arrived late. ^ T IVfe" ?5l tor B*P"*' Notwithstanding tne beanllfal day <]*>??, whs niuch nmrfl ^! 'l lbeir of the verleet of dreamers of ,toodJdr. a "*Ueclea *?!},??'??. erat,ve ^ voter ot more or lea* good hard nen<|edei anPeD lD" AtH)Ul lWenty-?e*eU dol!S:,P'e"or The leaders In every great and got?d t ovf^ H 1 ** ?J1 L(" "Her a. way* meet opposition a?^rld]ou^ ,ew /n craokl^and - "i ~..'.hu wuund aloue can une v?>wrii?. jtwi the occasion, wiiicm badly reverence b?^?er?iie<J In charieterlatlug |.l?e Riinas what wa? leit ofl it, has gfotlemen; J^Stod tKewf ge^U*"10 " ^10, when ended aboiL dark, bul would now carp during Hie night by ul strong l^SSmatSloH to uqmberal ?'r iortunately did but lltuie daro 'issued sfeveral theW?<l f xB8MMSHHB9H|SnK op tbe-cry. unill-o' ^er, of Washington, P. (p., came l"r'?! .ELSiUlgwEt)tnx Ilk* fifty IP?""0 gbt to spend the holldfeUH with petu^, wtbe?e U J I J Mason and Mr. J. C, irboman In Sower h??v,n* aPProfrI*?nvrot*1 Thursday lo>?jtiend a at! ^e om^ wd^ tbe.r ?P^el8fcle awards of the CoLsbury ii. wrn*^\*e,?ffl??ai!?bad tlx. 1 Y_lnpbelt came In Friday night, C,2W? llti?ffed wltb taking alHtbe offll^Miierno.)n beld tbe flrsjlquarier..,^ ??^d u^d?r?be old regime. tbdMBor tbts charge for Midyear at mnrt ? Ih-y abolishing tbe 1 of parsonage. Ah It whh *o 00Id. SluSw to itr?ol favored citlatns ?*? \M preacblug iu tbte MjetbodlBt df,Ht in liquors. By Ibis IA* By, and but one serrooii on auni tiSl blow was struck at the lhdusijr. In. troiu the above mentioned ' l"*'''?-'?''-rr,-^?~''~ 'Ag Vjade, E?rl AII n, Chaflot Hor; X w o^nS?lr pl.?? of toflneil, t MSKmumf I.It i'horrt., foi dav oMilgbt. 1 heir prolitable places 4,f ftti* oil?-ge, Ua.. which 1,, ? verily have been closed by tbe stlern tW 6?iuilon, having abontsso mme , , 1 1 I I . Mieroale. 4L!i,TA tA the InlQUlty of a la?i wlil|cbnl?Hpeer and H. RuBseu.ot An{.: .J** ,of a mean* of making ?. Le*?,, Tuesoay and apem a day 1 iiTt llvlmt lu op?-u dxyllgbt, theslfenth Ho^Yj.speer's, tbe raii?*r ol tbe & ei^Abo^^r^a? who.Ti'/a qul^an^ ury went toElb?,rton tbe IS truilwe way, are yet Mpe&ing u? serve lujeir ior a lew days stay *t ?.?r customers at ulght-or iu secret p aces. Tl?*l y even oooflseate any good Itqoor wblcfc kin. went to MnfrattevllU beonhaud for ea*esoi sickness. and -delP Viue family 01 his btoihei-o. cat*" women Hre no longer protei-i ed. | fcrard fumei in ; , Tbe fkction 4n power having efused ?he k and Miss Berthl.Shame -valuable franchise to one tlious md **looo Uaui of our H igi, T.i.lP.!' v keeper* has assumed to give api olntinenu jhe.r vacation, tb?' with' lo aonieMXty or eighty persons 01 theli? ?Wn Path, me other atAnderw ? faction. To these appointments ire affixed/ Anuer U6? ' Milarlef, without regard to the Muai?-'\nnels has <foarft> 0f the trial standing of the locky gentlera in. dardeu's Under the old system one thousa nd men 01 foe laats t*suu of .he Elber>>?on?y wfcre furelshed a means 01 makings > wrlukie In way ^ gaihlr11?'% ? ODly ***** men'?' lhelfow" ?tyleU "Old IiSie" Itoea anybody Rupposethere can b e peace as ?elor Mend'Jr -eV long aa our liquor ratlous are Ibteri^rreu Piaies thiriv in ? wltS? No, ?lr;%er.lsa principled w<?l a? ,??'JlrbLp*ir n? ?|S *ugarJn oar llqoon.and we will nefer allow <fred and oiuu st^e^wa? wblte-wlnged peaoe to fly over the) homes oi lk to their nai uef?P a. .h! those who rob us of the inallennblb rlKr?t t?> 'W when th , ' aell wklskey when and to whom we blei^. thev gave ! * JESSE?? ' We will never surrender as long ?s we are '^,18 OI mo* iv ^hl? ?tfisr,..8s '^.sisr: r- II Will WU "iwriir IUIIII" vain Ml UK Ul rin ,(l . . . .-?v, long M we are out or office, and are l&rced u. |o,B cburct>. ' tlfl df?tfiZ?* at * d,8pen8ary ? N,,J 8,r; w? V' KHve aliiccouot ol Will ale arm. ^ Wprepared U HOiue ol I ? ? ) lt)W by Hie Vfung Men'* I THE OLD ADD THE NEW. I I Di^^Pd olt,er tecenaarles ( 11 fln^Bur,*"H ,n"bkpeof canDaa't Sell Oat Tour Good .Vmmio fori n ^,eHwUl ever ^ within Jf emi of Pottmre. | tbiM?^8 H WHr'i piace fui I r Laat Monday night the work of tbe old re'uned from ' }ear watt flnlabed, and now we are already iin aii| Ull r Physically i)U. ttieaecond day* work of tbe new year. 1 prnH . < I While nobody bas attained the prosrerltL- mB . J'8ry Dixon ( i-* >wnleh was hoped for, yet wo bave niuob',torH OHnBeVi>,PK'. UI>d at ibe ? , thankfhl tor. : M Met !^^"lle,1 ,n marriage . At.a rule our people havfl ha<l good h^H jH bv Md. .. . 1 and ibe country littH suffered from no <$v?-'H| e oepiii of about i $X?; n*Un? calamity. { / Hj two! ? rroope- , i varied and ?bnqait.M fc?t??. i . are *h<Jn in tbeirruk ve mure ih?n Hie im on wblch to Colum 3)a a r 1 mcb ibine* 10 buy * au ever before. > f , M . have been honest, >odlst lo- i -tlons 10 meel ibeir ngeburg ( lotions. t , r "* iJ*( On tbe other hand, creditors have ve or unaware. ? ?lenleiu a* their circumstances will ullow. ire*ldent 01 9 well-meaning debtor bas beeu needlessly l>ec. Aj, Imaged ( *^srmblecsly oppressed. -' ^^^S^dltor* have sympathized with their de^^^^^^BjeConte, wldow ol ore^y? wherever they could do so, South G\roiina N ^on'Jyf ?il?d Mie needed Indulgence. Dec. ^ 1094? g a*?r*'bQRluenK in ibis country is ' > , J, /-'"n borrowed capital, home creditol^^H^H w 1If J^>-f^Yn?ta#w>8 bHVe nwt bw,D 10 b? diirlntr th00^ " 1 ^^MMhlnW h^htors and iu JhttMe?wn. ' o/Credltnr. as a.rule, f*. ?* -. sed 42 a < made u>oney this year?more many ol either uIhsh are poorer today jor a n ^ they were iwt year. acm 5 CL C. f Let each and every one of as, t?ke new .'*n hiuj r nftrt new heait in the beginntug of the , f year, and atrlve for better luck in the fittt^ y Don't blame anybody Tor yoar lack ot ; l jterlty, but rent a?aured that there Ih no Buy. ( without a ranne. A?eertain that cau^O^^HK v you can, and remedy t be evil from wnlcbBB^^B^Vry ?or><>* mer f I i-Hve sudertd. Remember that there wi] their tri. a f -WHyti a few men who pnwper uu.ler any iIBBqM, ut/vf.b- I I circuro6tHnwf. Try to be one of the I'lHGHiHL ' r the c [ roan number, and don't foiget that enoLiirh I r I -something btgher and betu-r than imB inarm n | Mod that nomethlng in cbHntcter. aB- . , fj. OO [ I nana la rather to be choaen than great "u D^low | I -jyuLiniiiiMmH ta iil|iini me compiH V'K tcruiij ()r 1, '-rHwh- MMffllM the hohHP &>< DQQft. tor lb* a*fca ofc n bale of cotton, or ?HDH . < g- ?mi nml) imowi (o at hoiup m<-n in ibe p'iflhflh kivihf, Q x\:},MhgttM.artl w/nir g.aal name. ThB B need ?)0? . Ir 9H|aiM|F;OTlllwtepnt?>ilon, or the taming of r*?d HBBHHMRrey^Fn^mich to buy a few good*, H a only the work of aaeawon. bnt when <'harac^H|j^Kg i ? ?er ha* been forfeited the money of prlncy^Kn^p Ce proviogg f' c>uid not buy It. JuxuriniKi -.rpHi.?PW|than^^H^f ,ife |u ! Let every qpuiw mrr. ...~ ft hoOfHt lace, nod a full snrrender of ibe ?,. K&Ked or promlnet! goods. That Is the I.priM jus->>g "niavb T way. To nay nothing of the best principle. Builder ' Hi* the best policy. TIih mun who In hon?sl,^^H>v w m ' ^ 0 2? and who ba* proved his honesty, van hIwmvhW t gat credit. Mo auch iuau Is likely to sutfcr. B ' UQd wrar?j f - _ mihun at aur MB , Tb*y may a I THE COLD WEATHER. ' I " to attraii ^ |m The Bit I ok Wl?da?The Flying Know mau t 3m- ?Th? Warm Sn?ahlne?The Thitw. ? ? by Using ?* Last Friday was one of tbe most bitter cold IB iu&ect r : Bn day that we ever bave in this section of the ? ink ! BE couniry. The previous mild winter had not W B|^v , t BR well prepared our systems for the change, and ,1 t H ' many persons shivered in the cola. All -<re<i at i 1 ' sought refuse near the Are and noDe were ex- Vn nro ; MBb posed unoecessarlly lor any lerndh of time. \t> . " * I ^^K^^Loalers-ciubs adjourned from the square. ^B H .pc'8 lH e BwM '. perhaps the hardest day on stock Bp?* Jp8 to I ^"" ^ IMMkever bad, and many an old c?>w avL-jl r Br tt r nigfcx the thermometer registered Hp' ?vru h zero. The ground was frozen not f streams were Irlnged with n^^^^^^Wrgain. jt BH5^>^^^^^wu^^^train that passed South at en<^ | flfig. three o'txock on Saturday had snow on tbem, V?H rfl MB' Hod Ibe edges of the roof* of the train were H H u| K fringed with long icicles. "1 fl?t On Sanday the weather moderated about ^ , noon and the temperature race some ten de- KHBHBUM 1 k Agrees?from thirty-to foity. Bat this was or J| B ' H '' short duration'. Before night the tempera- Jfl H . I tine had fallen below the freezing point, and IB ln HK ' Jwith (be evening shades came a light fall oi m know and a still lower temperature. The j>, <mow fell in smallest particles until toward &K Monday morning, when tbe warm midday m ?n win melted moat of it. aj^^k / When tbe sidewalks were swept early in the m morning the top of the ground was perfectly ' I BS dry aud hard. I i ? ? r j | u II grain will suffer frotn T J UJ wipe away all tears j (Rev. xxl: 14.) I wflHfiHBKi us thought to the j wHB^RH uo tears in heaven ! I the tears and all Wou1<^^HHm^H ound on this Bide. j w^BBMS^KE Id give cause for oueHH9999| ound "beyoud the muy it coward who fears # PraHH^raH| you u^KBsMW HHufinj Be Cnrefnl What Yon Nny. ? In speaklne or a person's faults, L Pray don't forget your own; M| Remember those In house* kIhss [t Should never thrown a stone. t If we have nothing else to do ' But talk of tho^e who sin. r 'Tls better w? commence at home. b And from that point begin, r W? have no right to Judge a man Until he b fairly tried; ShoQid we not like his company, ; We know the world Ik wide. Some may have faults?and who ha ' "Ot* The old as well ax young; We may, perhaps, for auglu we kno' v. ! I Have filty to tielrone. I'll tell yon of a belter plan. * And find it works full well: To try my own defects to cure, Ere I of others tell. And though I sometimes hope lo be . No worse than some I know, M v own shortcomings bid mo let. The faults ol others go. Then let us All, when we commence To slander friend or foe, Think of the harm one word will do To t hose we little know ; And know that yet the greatest hnrm Mu*t come to us alone. Don't sneak of others' faults until We have none of our own. ?Anon, % I Fence on Eni/h. If there is one thought more than another which comes to the mind of Christians at thissea&on, it is the echo of the angel's song "Peace on earth," There was peace at the time of tbe Saviour's birth, the gates of the tenipleof Janus were closed, but we know that such peace followed long ages of bloody warfare aud devastating cooquests. In the vigorous language of the Roman historian, Solitudinem /<r,? ciunt, pacem appellant. There is !a peace which comes from absolute exhaustion and a peace which cornea rroiu sirengm in repose; me peace ui the corpse or the peace of the laborer resting from his toil. The peace op earth for which Christian hearts loup anil pray is not the result of the con.quest of tiie weak hy the strong, or the crushing out of all opposing forces. It is the peace which comes from hai|mouy among the nations, unity of action in each country, brotherly helpfulness following upon the selfish struggle for advancement. Is the dream nearer realization now than in the centuries past? It is disheartening to think of the huge armaments which drain the finances of Europe, the costly munitions nf war on which our own national wealth is lavished, and the tension which exists now among so-called fMirLtion natinna Tnet u rt\ io-aton liar^ or there, adiplomantic blunder, a rash act may plunge all Europe into war. In our own country, while we are professedly at peace with all nations there are elements of social disordeir tmong ourselves. The existence of all joeial order seems at times to be threal;ned, the conflict of labor and capita l issumes portentous dimensions, and political excitement may lead to strifi) ind bloodshed. Something has- undoubtedly been rained, the duel has become a thinu )f the past in many parts of the coun ;ry where it was once common : and :he feeling* of unwillingness to go t > war with countries on friendly termH ivith our own is deepening. This ik ihown by readlnsss to submit to arbl,ration, questions which once would lave plpnged the country into wait, rhe same principle is extending ovejr nternai questions of labor. Instead >f widely extended strikes, leading t|> ictsof violence affecting thousands btjlides the original parties, there is n endency toward arbitrating all these natters. The war in the East whilelying outtide of the circle of Christian nations s largely dependent on their iuvenions, manufactures and military trainng. Japan has learned how to figb t o skillfully by getting European ang, Vmerican weapons, gunboats, arms, md even engineers, sailors aud ottisers. Bo that the war would have teen fought out in the old barbaric oshion unless both China and Japan tad to somf* extent relied upon the Christian nations to furnish them uHli (ho ImnmvuH mothnilanT dpatrilp. T.V.. ioo. As we move on toward the twentieth entury of Christianity. It ought to be he prayer of all Christian people that >eace on earth may not long be merejy a dream and a hope, but become an jsiablished fact. To effect this end), Jie active co-operation of all Christian people must be employed. The basis> jf universal peace, lies in the heart or ?ach individual. The peaceful tem per, when shared by all men will lead o the establishment of peace among be nations. And tbe basis of the >eaceful temper 'lies in the sense off >eace with God. The consciousness off >ur own ill-desert, the feeling of grati-i ude for sius forgiven, the peace which1 somes through our Lord's absolution fill prevent any ouefrom being harsh ind overbearing towards others. He vho feels how deeolv he has sinned. ktid how greatly be has been forgiven! iugbt to learn to forgive his brother's res passes. ] And as this peaceful temper acta lutwardl}', it makes peaceful neigh-J orhoods. How different the oondH ions of life in a quiet, settled. Chris ? iau community and some wild min ^ ng camp where each man goes armec 3 ind ready to kill at sight! Instead o j glorying in the quick temper whict ' eturns death for the slightest insult nen leaves their wrongs to be rightec ' >y the sense of justice in the commu lity. | It is a very practical thing to pro note peace on earth. It does not con ust first in establishing Peace Bocieles, and sending memoiials to nation I governments to lay aside their arms. Ihese things may accomplish good in leir place, but the starting poin t lust be in the humbler sphere of tin) dividual and his immediate environ lent. there is in any heart a trace of tmerness, if there is a grudge unfortflpn, if there is an old quarrel uhad?Med, th4) coming of peace on earth ilJHl be retarded by just so much. Let ?eek with the coming of the Christ A season ibe effucement of all such iw in' our own hearts, let us cleajr kwouls of any trace of hatred toIBs another, let us enter iuto the leaving spirit of our Lord whose Bug was to establish peace on earth, can we with a good conscience! thankful h*art take up the r? Klichlecn C'hrialiHii CVnlnrlew. St. IjouIh Christian Advocatch I. Christianity \va9 preached In Je-J i rusaletn, A. I). 33 ; in !5amaria, 3-1; in i ; Damascus, Ho ; in many parts of Asia I Minor, 41; by Paul in Cyprus, 45 ; in i Macedonia, 53 ; Athens and Corinth, i 54; in Ephesus, 50 ; Troy, <>0 ; Rome, (13; possibly in Britain,, (14. Ar. the [ cione oF the first century, the Chris-, tiansdid not probably exceed 10,000 iu I number. II. It was taught in Itrihiin and "Ireland in 15(>, and retained its ground on the continent. ill. It spread into Scotland, 212, and was preached in the Danube provinces of the Empire, 225. * * ? - l s ?t ? r iv. n oecHine lue siaie rengiuii ??i Rome by edict of Constantino iu 312; was preached in Aby&sinia by Frumeutius in 340, and among the Goths by Ulfilas in 876. V. Ireland became Christian by the teaching of St. Patrick in 432, and Christianity was established in France by Clovis, 496. VI. The Saxoua were converted by Augustine in 597, and the faith spread among the Baltic tribes. VII. It was introduced into Norway and Sweden aud the western parts of Lithuania in 050. VIII. It was made the state religion of Saxony and of mauy German tribes by Charlemagne in 785. IX. It was iniroduced 'inlo Denmark in 827; into Bohemia in 894, and beca:ne the state religion of several kingdoms of the Spanish peninsula. X. It was introduced into Russia by Swialloslof in 940; into Poland by VVeicislaus in 992 ; into North Norway and Iceland in 994, and into Hungary in_998. Al. JC oecame me state religion or Sweden about 1050. XIT. It spread all over Russia aud into Finland about 1140. XIII. It was brought into Borussia, or Prussia, by knights returning from the crusades in 122,'. XIV. ]t became the state religion of Lithuania in 1380, when Paganism was formally abolished. i XV. Mitmionary operations began in Guinea, Argolaand the Congo region about 1430. XVI. It was introduced into China where it made progress, but was crushed by a bloody persecution in < 1675. It was brought to America by , iL - r? 1 1.. A T n/iii. !? * Hie nuuumrua iiuu lukcii tw muiu >>j> the Portuguese. Introduced into Japan in 1549, but afterwards exterminated there by persecution. , XVII. It was taken to many parts of India by the Portuguese, to.the Indian Archipelago by the I)utch. It was re-established in Greece in 1028. XVIII. It began to spread in the limits of the Turkish Empire, and was preached in every part of Siberia. XIX. Missionary operations such as were never before known. Christianity preached in every country on the globe, and missionaries protected by every civilized government. Christians of the world estimated to number 450,000,000. llnnriitv Nnrnlnir null the Soldier ' T . Boy. On our way home from Friends' .Meeting we overtook and walked with a mother and liijr son of ten years. The boy was dress?ji?Jn a complete military suit with^ideafms and knapsack. We made Kohl to converse wilb him. '"Yes," h*'said, "I belong to the Boy's Brigade of Grace Methodist Church, and have just been to church, and there go our captain und lieutenant." We looked across the street and saw two young men entirely equipped In military style with long swords at their sides. We spoke of the inconsistency of professing to he followers of the Prince of Peace, of going to a eo-called Christian church, of hearing !the minister read ''Thou shall not II )) oil . |KU iiwu, oil" nit HIP Luuiiuaiiuuituw , {Sermon on the Mount and the example of Jesus Christ, etc., and yet drilling for a sof?Her. I \Ve told him we did not find litis in ! the "Friends' Metting. and while we 1 favored physical exercise, could he not ' recommend forming a fire brigade, & life-saving corps or something differ- ' ^nt from learning to wound, burn, de- * ceive, retaliaie, injure, steal and kill J He replied: "It fills up our Sunday School; we love it; I would not give ' up my ortgaile for five dollars." We remarked we did not like the 1 subteifugeof inducing boys to join thei^ eunaay nciiooi mrougn me military ; drill; that Ins sister did not drill; why j theu the hoys? You grow up to liuht ; and to depend upon carnal weapons I He replied: "What would we do when war came? (ieorge Washington was a good man and lie was a sol ijlier." We replied that war need no' a?me, we should settle all disputes b\ reason, love and arbitration, and ihat Washington recommended it and tha? tyie was ''first in peace," and that Jesus was greater than Washington ; that he might now think this all over and perhaps change his mind. The young mother, who was an entire stranger to us, was very attentive, and merely sa'd it seemed that all the j churches were getting the boys to form i military brigades, and we pleasantly separated for our homes and our <. thoughts. Many seeds sown by the t wavside take root.?The Peacemaker, i Disagreeable Sundays sift churehrs as ? honestly as the test of lapping water j sifted the ten thousand troops under | Gideon. Those who really want to get to God's house on a wet or wintry : Sunday confess that all the trash of skeptics, from Renan down to JDger- , soil, does not inspire such misgivings , for Christianity as are awakened by , the spectacle of delin(|uent Christian.- | in bad weather.?Dr. Cuyler. A little girl was wondering what t] was the matter with her thumb, audi | complained that it hurt every timer; she squeezed it. Her mother advised her not to squeeze it "But," she re? ' ponded ; "if I don't squeeze it, how 1 can I tell whether it hurts ?" Tins \ little girl may be taken as a sample/of the human race. How we nurse our wrath, and coddle our grievances, ^iid pet our wounds, and are continually ; squeezing them to see if they hortl The better way is not to squeeze them. Let them alone, to get well, and avoia ( u good deal ofj>ain% ?A paper, Midestrnctible by fairer has FoolUh Talk Inr. The Apostle Paul has specified two vices of almost universal prevalence, "foolish talking" and "jesting." To these beloug all merely vain and idlei conversation, and silly witticism^. Such are ''not convenient." 1. Because they are unbecoming. They would be considered unsuitable in a man holding some high office than is in the power of any earthly government to bestow. He is as a city .-et upon si hill, is to be a "living epistle," an "example of the believers,"in word and conversation, as well as in cuitrii/y, (junky, etc. ? 2. .Because they are unprofitable. No man whose mind is fully bent upon an important end in this life, finds time or inclination for such a waste of words. He endeavors to make everything, even his leisure conversation, subserve the great end he has hi view. And shall Christians be less careful ? They who are commanded to redeem the time, and to be a9 servants waiting for their Lord, to be always ready, always "looking for and hasting unto" the coming of the great terrible day of the Lord ! 3. Because they are hurtful. They tend to dissipate the mind, and uufit it for higher duties and enjoyments. Tdle jesting easily becomes a habit, and once fastened upon a Christian is sure to break out often where it will be felt to be very unseemly. It is unfriendly to serious conversation, to meditation upon things which Timothy was commanded to give himself "wholly" to; and especially is it onfriendly to that frame of mind in which alone we can hope to hold communion with our Father in Heaven." . m m for the I'ruyer Meeting;. Prayer meetings are often dull because no preparation has been made for them. Tbe pastor has been so busy with his sermons for Sunday and bi? 1 pastoral work, that he has not given a (bought to the prayer meeting until the hour arrives. The people have been occupied with business, with < study, and social duties during the day anduave not devoted one moment to the prayer service until tbey enter the bouse of God. If the meeting should 1 be fresh and interesting and profitable under such circumstances, it would be stranue. The remarks of the pastor cannot be edifying, the testimonies of j the people cannot be worthy of the cause and the place, the prayers cannot be ottered intelligently aud in the spirit. The pastor who prepares hie rernuks wilh care will speak lor ten 01 fifteen minutes with such spirit and appropriateness as to give the right < lone and direction to the exercises ol the hour. The people who devote a < rew nunuien 10 prayiui jiiepuioLiuu before leaving home will pray fervently, sing with the spirit, and speak to sdification in the prayer meeting. Cirsuinstances may arise during the progress of the exercises which will cali : for a change iu the program. There i should be no such fixed order as will i not admit of variation to suit unex- i pected conditions. But the exercises i jf the prayer meeting require as much i lareand preparation as those of any < jther service. If this fact were prop- I irly observed, there would be few i Jull and unprofitable prayer meet-. 1 iugs.? N. Y. Advocate. , , r i CHRIST'S SYMPATHY. | Th<>revls a great deal sijdd about ' :he "disciples df sorrow/' a greiuMg&l ;hat is' true and uplifting. Yet 1w<. happens ofttimes that these visitor : *nock at the door of a soul so blin- 1 lea ny tne sunaen mow mat me :bought of any Deed to itself of sueb 1 leroic treatment brings bitterness and ebellion. To such an one there is a 1 loor of comfort open iu tbi8 thai not itself, perhaps, but others rnaj 1 leed that it should suffer so. Wan J lot this the truth of Calvary, and 1 lie bitter way that led to it, the Via I Dolorosa? That One altogether lovely, ( ueded not the liame of any purify- ' ng fires. He was oppressed, afflict- 1 d, and wounded, that he might { ;hus be able forever to stretch out ' lands of comfort to children, and ' my to them, ,41 know." We need ' lot alone salvation; we need syinpa- J by. He means that every one of his 1 iiseiples should be h mediator be- I ween sorrowing, sinning souls aud imiseir even as ne was oetweeu us Hid the Father. A heart that knows 10 sorrow is of little use in the deep ' bings of life. Without pain we ' vould never fly to the great heart of * 'the God of all comfort, who com for- ' etli us in all our tribulation that we c nay be al>le to conufort them which c ire in any trouble, by the comfort a vherewitb we ourselves are comfor- 1 ed of God." Thus even while our * leart and our flesh cry out under the } ash of exceeeding greut pain we may * >ay, "I will not grieve overmuch. * STo other way could I have learned ? lie road to suffering hearts; no other ? >ath could I have trod and reached e hereby such kinship with the Mas- 1 er."?Union Signal. Clraveyaril Moil. | While cremation of the dead is un- y ioubtedly growing in favor it appears ^ ;hat the dangers attending the ordina- | y burial practice may have been exag- c jerated. This is indicated by a chem- j ical and bacteriological examination of c mm pies of virgin soils, pure agricul- t tural soils and graveyard soils that has lately been made by a .Scotch investigator, Dr. James Buchanan Young, rhe proportion of organic matter, an F judged by the organic carbon and ni- a trogen preset)t in the samples, was 1 found to be not materially greater iu e soil that has been used for burial than 4 in good pure agricultural soil. No f pathogenic organisms were discovered iu th<t4J#fveyard soil, and the number , af^Cacteria present, though greater 8 Khan In/trirrrin unll U7nu mnr>h amnllor 8 than onjk might expect. The ground- 1 water layer of soil below the coffins 1 was p/uetically free from bacteria. The results, in fact, tend to support 1 the idea that properly conducted burial ! In suitable and well-drained soils cause ' uo rUfk to public health. si ? ? Relatively. ? ,*< ?] i * Maud?Do you like Mr. Dinwiddie? ' Sthel?Oh, yes, I like him, relatively j Bpeakitii;, ?;i^Iaud?Relatively speaking! What } d^you mean by that? jw Ethel?You see, I promised to be a ^nrtei^TTfm^J^e w York Journal. Little MlnlMrie*. Great results are to be achieved in the kingdom of God by attending to little ministries. Almost every Christian knows some one whom he could help to a better, happier life. There is an aged 8aint shut up in one room from the ilrst of January to the last of December. His near relatives are all gone, and those more distant do not trouble themselves to visit him. He is not able to pay the subscription price of a religious weekly or a monthly periodical. The few books at bis command have been read and reread until he has committed them to memorv. It would cost only a trifle for his Christiau neighbor to send him a weekly paper. Perhaps that neighbor thrusts iiis owu paper into the wastebasket wheu he has read it himself. Carry it to the lonely saint; pay him a visit once a week, and let him know that he is not forgotten. There is a family in which the husband and father is a drunkard. There is poverty, want wretchedness, and shame. What can you do? Pay a frienaly visit to the broken-hearted, neglected wife once a wtek, and let her know that there is one Christian on earth that thinks oi her and, prays for her. It will cost nothing, but it will prove a benediction to her, over which adgels will sing.?N. Y. Advocate. ? "Ye Shall Have Tribnlntlon." The Bible nowhere promises us exemption from trials. It does not assure us that we shall not go into the furnace, uor into deep waters; but it <ioe9 promise that the fire shall not consume us and the waters shall not overflow us. In the midst of the trial it shall still be well with U9. By our side in the furnace there Bhall be "One like unto the Sun of God," and we shall come out without even the smell of Are on our garments. It is not said that Christians shall not have extraordinary trials. Christianity develops manhood ; it vastly enlarges the sphere of life. It gives a broader surface across which the winds of adversity mav sween. Iteives ereater nossibili lies of enjoyment; and these make <reaftr trials certain. A Christian man is higher, and deeper, and broader than other men are. He is more fully developed in all bis capacities both for joy and sorrow. Christ suffered un "peakably more than any other roau who ever lived could suffer. He had in Himself all the nobleness of man <nd all the gentleness of woman ; He lias vaster capacities of suffering than other men possess. Stoical indifference to paiu is an evidence of a coarse and brutal nature. To feel, and yet to do and dare is to be true and noble. THE ONE CHERISHED SIN. I Often from my window on the seaibore I have observed a little boat at i anchor. Day after day, month after month, it is seen at the spot. The i tides ebb and flow, yet it scarcely i moves. While many a gallant vessel spreads its sails, and, catching the fav- i aring breeze, has reached the haven, ; this little bark moves not from its accustomed spot. Trne it is that when the tide rises it rises, and when it ebbs again it sinks, but advances not. Why is this ? It is fastened to ihe earth by one slender rope. Thert , is the secret. A coid, scarcely visible, jnchants it, and will not let it go. Now, stationary Christians, see here vour state?the state of thousands , SkhaHia cnmp and art hilt lfAVn them ? ? - ?? - is bt^e. Ordianaces come and go; roinistefVomeand go; means, privileges, and fWfftPS move ihem not? yes, they move ItN^ ; j^fdigbt eleva- , tion by a Sabbath ti?V/an^again the.y dnk, but no onward, heavenward j movement. They are as rofciote as ( ?ver from the haven of restf-this Sabbath as the last, this year as' Jhf* ;jast. Some one sin euslaves, e?jhanta the soul, and will not let itgojj [f it be so, make oue desperate effort in ; he strength of God. Take the Bible is your chart, and Christ as your pilot, o steer you safely amid the dagerous v-inbo nnrl nro? fnp rhf> ftnlrif. nf all jrace to fill your every sail, and waft rou onward over the ocean of life to he haven of everlasting life.?Episco- < )al Recorder. < ,,, i I Funeral Reform.?A sensible man I eft the world when Jesse H. Griffen, < >fYorktown, N. Y., died the other t lay. In hie will, which was made in t 888, he said : ''I desire that my t sorpse may be put in a plain walnut t joftln without any silver plating, i ind carried to A ma walk by some* of a ny friends in an ordinary spring wa- t [on and that no tombstone be erected e irhorA mv mnrfnl rpniains are desoosi- ^ ed in the earth; for I have noticed c hat people in moderate circumstances I ire often distressed by trying to fol- i ow the example of others who make ixpensive displays at funerals and $ ombstone honors are a truer indica- a ion of the vanity of survivors than of c he virtue of the .dead. If in passing hrough this life I can do anything or which posterity will bo better and lappier, it will be sufficient monu- 1 nent to my memory. If I fail in this, a et no marble slab bear witness that 6 >ne so worthless lived." The bless- } ngs of beneficiaries and the prayers if friends?these are a dead man's * nemorials. ' t Apple Float.?Core three large ap- { >les, bake them, remove the skin, and , idd one cupful ot powdered sugar and < i t> _ n._t .n k. :.a.I. : newnneoi one egg. rseai an iu>;t;iu- f ir very light. The longer it is beaten ( he lighter and whiter it will be. Take r ?ne-half pint of milk, the yolk of one igg, one teaspoonful of cornstarch, a t rery little salt and one spooufi'l of mgar. Put into a double boiler >nd itir until it thickens. Flavor accotdng to taste. Place in a glass dish ul\- t il cold, and float the apple upon it. ( Beef Spanish,?Take one pound of r the beef from the round and cut into j small pieces. Melt and brown two j ;ablespoonfuls of butter; add one < imall onion cut into slices, and brown; g hen add the meat. Brown on both j lides; add two tablespoonfuls of flour, s ind brown, stirring all the while. s Jover with one cupful of stock and >ne cupful of tomatoes. Simmer genty until the meat is tender; season, jut on a hot dish and garnish with * imbales of rice. Ventilate the fruit cellar. p"nnJ^Mfa^MBBriTWTi The Wellnprtufr of Life. aBj "The water that I shall give him Bffl shall be in him a well of water spring HM ing up into everlasting life" (John iv*, Hfl ? ) BH This is our Lord's beautiful and e? H pressive description of the grace of IB God in the heart of the believer. A well depends far less than does a cistern HBB upon the rain from without; its sour"- |jggg ces of supply being deep iu the eartli, a iiidden stream connecting it witli Hflj some large body of water. Bo grace in the heart connects the soul with that HH living water which proceeds from the BD throne or God and the Lamb. HH A great many souls are cisterns MQ rather 'than wells. Under excited reli^icxas feeling called forth by some specially earnest aggressive work put H| forward by the Church of Christ, or RQ by the' descent of those precious reviv- HH iug influences with which the Lord now nnd again visits His people, these cis-HH8 terns become full, and evenoverflow>B^H Burning love to God arid quencbless^^H zeal for His glory are loudly professed, HI and the joys of His service and the blessed experience of His children are HHj related in words of fervid fluency to ail HHH who are willing to listen. The wells H| are nothing in comparison to the ds- H| terns then ; but when the drought re turns they become empty and dry, ^Hi whi'e the wells yield their usual sud- hm But some wells, with a fall supply, yield unsavory water. The water it- ^B| self, iu its bidden source, is pure, but HB in tbe channel through which passes BH it becomes impregnated with other HQ substances, some bitter, some brackish, some pungent, all deteriorating tbe sweet, delicious beverage. So, as we Bl take the cup with its inscription en- H| graven, as in heavenly crystals, "Who- IB soever driuketh of the water that I shall give bim shall never thirst," and HB nl*Aoont if fa lUa nnUna nf ntknWa H jnwcui it w tuu [jaiuuuu up vi utucio, bm let us beware lest some flavor of indl- HB vidual peculiarity be mixed with the DH living draught.?Sarah J. Hall. |H| Love^Mennii Service. H| We owe other people service. Ser- ra vice goes with loving. We cannot HH love truly, and oot serve. Love with- Bfl out serving is but an empty sentiment, HH a poor mockery. Love always gives. This matter of serving has multitudln- KH oua forma. Sometimes it Is poverty that stands at our gate, and money help i? wanted. A thousand times |BB more frequently, however, it is not money, but something else, more preclous that we must give. It may be ' H loving sympamy. sorrow is oerore na us. Another's. heart is breaking. fHI Money wouid be of no use: it would. HI be only a bitter mockery to offer it. But we can bold to the neighbor's lips M a cup of the wine of love, tilled' out of fflj our own heart, which will give new strength to tbe sufferer. Or it is tbe anguish of a life struggle, a human IH Gatbsemane, beside which we are call- H ed to watch. We can give no actual aid?the soul must tight its battles : HS alone?but we can be as the ftOgjaTtthat ministered in Getbsemane, strength and helping the we^Bfcnig- B gler to win the victory. v jg Tbe Work of r?iiNcleno<>. une cola winter's aay jonn Yyes{By^'HM| met a poor girl who was a pupil of their schools. She seemed nearly ^HK frozen.. He said to. ber: 1 You seem fl balffrozeu; have you nothing to wear but the linen gown ?" "Sir, this is fl all I havo." He puts his hand to hlSv^Bl pocket, but there is no money there. H| He goes sadly to his room, and(>^-HH walls that are hung with picture^seemy^HH to upbraid him. He strips them down saying to himself: "How c^n thy BIB Master say to thee, 'Well domfcES+Jf; H and faithful servant?' ThcfflBbitst: j^SI adorned thy walls with the H which might have screened tMBaaoor I HHffl jreature from the cold ! O jusnHh O flHM WBm vv'us ,'ho' spurt. of generosity'-^^^l^MM i /JH| V Alek ?KKn. ? BH Jtshould\be remembered t|gHN^H9K|H ;g? is a veryVyoung fowl. ^VW^mHS igg is perfectly fresh, it is ali|H^^^^9H t needs to be ketft alive in orde^H^BBHB lealtbful as an aijticle of foojU^^HBHfl| an egg is presetted by cold 0?W& JHB >r some other antiseptic measiraJMljaflK [is meat must be pressed* itpHH^ flBH times becomes sick, an^ theaft9H&.>^^H Lnd is UDfit for food. TheSV?? [lie white are each enveloped Tl2J|ej2tb^MH -ate membraqes, and if on breaking in egg it all runs-apart without re- IHH aining its form, it is sick. Wheoaa -^^^B >gg sticks to the shell it shows that fe- HHH -eror inflammation has been going H| >u, which has caused the membrane 'Hfl| o adhere. Ad egg is a very delicate, H )erishable creature, and it sometimes ;ets so sick that there is as much dan- HH ;er in eating it as in eating the flesh of.^H| ,ny other sick animal.?Medical RmhH ord. H A clergymau visiting a man less, and the following conv|BWBWB PBm ubstantially occurred : "It is[JSN of a seuie^mtod in religion,' as you | xpress it. tftill 1 am -ot utterly ?ven at the e 1 ev entli ~11 (3u r;'IHj /our allusion is to the Saviour'i. >1? of the loitering laborer^ wrought one hour at the endflBUpMSH lay. But you have overlootmflHre^^HB ortt tliafr thnQo man QPA^ntprl )ffer!;'"U,:is ' \hat" so ?'r~"Ceriaini? .-SEE rhey said to the lord of the vinpymf?*JHH No man hath hired us.' They wel- <3^EH ;omed the first offer immediately." ; j^H Our answered prayers are precious is. I sometimes think our una^uiwef- |n m! prayers are more preciou#l|^H ] rhosegiveus God's blessings;|thewt f we will, may lead us to God. Do 4; lot let any moment of your life KM} of jod's light. Be sure that whet^eY be W ipeaksor is mleut, be is always ftiyfJMK.I o make your life more rich antrfnKSS ind happy. Only be sure that you H| ilways ready !?Phillips Brooksi-v; ^ Principles are safer guides than rules, riie Bible announces aud 'illustrates )riuciples. The conduct otfyie men^HH m the Bible has its valu^^BLlustni^B^K wiof principles. ^^KSa