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W^Uimpmip Cm March l, lff f p!5 ^ Al «gn*t* .1 ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM”—EPHE8IAN8 IV: 5, jf.SKRUSS, COLUMBIA, S.C., FRIDAY, AI GUST 11, 1871 OLD SERIFS, VOL. V.-NO. 153 I was much at ruck, in my boyhood, by reading in Payaou’s Biography, where it states that he saic|, as he lay upon his dying bed, “If men only knew the honor aud glory that await ed them in Christ they would go about the streets, crying out, I am a durates the moral defects of youth— the heart of flesh liroomea the hmrt of stooe—amt rarely does even the Gospel, with its demonstration of the Spirit aud of power, rescue the self-doomed man. . A chief reason of the unfavorable moral qualities of old age is, that Mien do not remind themselves of this transmission and prognsisive development of moral characteristics through the successive (teriods of life. They indulge their character istic defects for the present, believing that tliere will be time enough in the future to arneud them; mcau while the evil virus infects more radically the moral constitution, and what might have Iteeu readily over come before is now irremediable. Happy they, then, who early con socrat* them* Ives to the true, the only ts'lltting p«r|*»*e of lift*, the sanctification of their souls; mid who, like i'arvusuo, as they advance through the stages of their pilgrim age, asreud higher aud higher on the rniMint of Christian vision, so that when, with weary step, they ap preach tin* end of their course, it shall not tic with uncertainty „f their |Misitio*t, , or the despondent eon m-ioesness that they have lost their way, and are waiMiering among dark ravines and arid rocks, hut with the assurance that the reliant summit is at hand, aim! that ita lirightness in creases mi every remaining step of the journey !— TV Methodist. jiarlora. When we see a snake, the first thought is to avoid it, the *e cood is to crush it, A wild cat will run from you, but get U iu a corner and it will flght like a tiger. Oil TilOUOBTM RUN IN CURRKNTH. They become a multitude aud we are earned sway 1 adore we know it. We can’t flght liad thoughts direct ly, but we can resolve to look at something else, we can start a new current. The resolve helps us to fight, aud the other current turns to sand and bare ground. The four gosjiehi are pictures of Christ. Study them! Any mao that tries can be come like Christ. Construct n new aolar system in winch Christ is the luminary, aud you shall become pure. Keep out the evil by occupying the I dace with | mrc thoughts. There are seeds so light llmt they travel on the broese, aud seem to have wings; where they drop, up they spring. Ho it is with evil. But take your hands lull of good seed— •waiter it wide np aud down. A great harvest of grain w ill grow that is not afraid of the w inged weed. In this culture we have an Almighty Helper—the Holy 8|nrit. Prepare your heart for this heljs-r as you (ire part' your bouse for s guest. Het everything to rights—down with the cobwebs, out with the dust, brush sway the flies; for he that couietb to dwell is holy, sml if he comes be a ill never leave you again. Ho Bible Then What ? ptm mm PUBLTSHKP Y FHJnAV Old age, more than auy other stage of life, is dei»eiideiit upon religion for its happiness. The sources of enjoy ment from the physical apatites am) active life fail under Ita decrepitude. That largest of all resource* of hu man happiness, the hope of the future, daily diminished no far a* this life is conorrttcd; there is neither aro{ie for much farther exertion, nor energy for It, if there were. \ rev olution fall of revulsion and sadness comes over life: hitherto Its plans, its ambition, ita joys even, have had reference chiefly to the fature; now the retrospective takes the place of the pro*itectivr, and the fature diminishes to a scarcely appreciable space, and is Iwunded by a terndna tion front which the heart turua away. What, under such circum stances, must lie the vacancy ami wretchedness of existence to a human being who can not throw tin* vision of the soul beyond the remaining in terval of life and decay, «m fa the immortal prospects of religious l»«»pe t Religion may lie more noromary, in eorlier life, for the right *tim*tkw» and support of the duties of the man, tmt now it becomes more in«cc unary for the siipfiort of the man himself. Its snsfaining grace ami comfort at this period is often exemplified. Beautiful examples of serene ami sanctified age aiforn the ordinary walks of life—exant|de« in which the hoary head in indeed a crown of glory. Doubtless the reader can is rail such examples now existing within the rircic of his chfistian in terenarne; I Hit, in attempting fa do so, how many canes may U< etiume rated, also, of fretfal ami re|>aUUTe age, in w hieh a life of Christian pro fronton is terminating with inflnn tempers, as well an in Arm power*! Hoeh instances we can never witness without a deep arose of mehrodioly. Physical causes may sometimes ar- count far and excuse them, hat not always; they are seldom witaeroed where them has been a provioa* life of |»mfaond and cordial piety; and too often it in to be feared that they are the rroult of a re-development of old characteristic dispositions, which were repressed tinder the self re straint of lens enervated faculties, but whieh would have Iweu extia guiahed by a more thorough annrtifl cation of early llh. An ambiguous religions character, in early or middle life, seldom rials well; ami men who, with a profession of religion, are never! Helena berk sliders in heart, ami nmtinne so till advanced life, exhibit, as If by a retributive |»ro- videm*e, th«* evidences of an inward ami scarcely retrieval*!** m|mmHh*x . while they still sullenly rlmg to the exterior of piety. Comfortless nod chilling eases are th***, and sad monitions fa all who have not xwt reached the same lamentable eon ditiou. Oar sslvsthm is imlee«l “l»y grace, through faith f ami l*y I wing thns conditioned, it is placed within the reach of aick-lirda, capital cul prits, ami the eleventh hour of ohl age; hat the laws of awiral conduct still hold, sml fearfully hold, against the delaying sinner; aud lie who, after having been purified unto God, loses his Am love, and live* along through early ami middle life with a depreciated, heartless regard Air the cause of Ids lx>rd, will, wlien over taken by the decay of old age, ft ml his habitual negligence riveted like a fetter his ilehilitatcd soul; and if he ia not |M»ruiitted to live and die u solemn wimiing U» others it is because he is plueked as a brand from the Imniing. Issik around yon, and ask yourself how many you ran enumerate, who, after a life of but imrtiul interest in religion, attained In old age a consecrated character, ami a comfortable, trustfal piety t Then* is a solemn Kigniflcam e in that warning, “Be not deceived, God ia not mocked; for whatsoever a man so wet h, that shall be also reap. For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting.’ 1 Life is not only probationary to eternity, but ita aucecnsive period* are probationary- to each other. Old age is the last, we may almost say, the confirmed stage In the series; its facilities for the modification of character are almost, If not entirely, gone. Childhood entails the peon Rarities of youth, but the pliability of character is yet such that it may readily retrieve itself from unfortu nate biases; youth, with still mote certainty, transmits its tendencies to matdxMNl; still the work of self- recovery Is practicable amt common, lint if now |iost|iou«d, manhood iu- I confess for myself, aud with all frankness, that the qoestion * is, the Bible—or atheism, anti theism, Pan theism ; anything rather than deism. Take away the Bible, and you take away all the angels. Not a single cherub, or serajih, not a single throne or dominion, or principality or power, not a single morning star, or Hon of God is left.' Gabriel van ishes as a phantom, and Michael melts into air, and is seen no more. Take sway the Bible, and vou take sway the elect succession of inspired men. Not a single patriarch, or priest, or prophet, or apostle, or evangelist remains, to proclaim or record a single superhuman oracle. Mosro and his law, Isaiah ami his vkdoiiM dissolve together. Matthew ami his Gospel, Paul and his epis tles, |N>rtKh in tin* same An*. Nay, mure; take away the Bilde, and you take away the Ixml Jesus Christ. No longer need any diaputes be held in r«*ganl to the nature, {wrson or office of ('hrist, His history, condi tion or destiny ! All tin* magnificent apparatus in i»re|iarutiou for His muting, smokes ami is gone! The manger in the stable anil the star in the sky, alike ilisap)M*ar! The cross crumble*, and the sepulchre sinks, and tin* throne symbolised by the rainbow that adorns it, like the rain bow, vanishes away. His pre-exis- tenoe, llis current existence, llis whole existence is nothing. Ami so of the. Holy Bjarit; take away the Bible and tin* Hpirit lie- comcK a ghost indeed, or rather less than a ghost. lake a meteor, it flashes from darkm a ss and falls into the blackness of darkness. And so of the Father; take away the Bible, and the Father retires into an itn* |>rnrtrabie seclusion, infinitely mrtre oblivion* than was ex*er imagined lirfore. And then, when the earth if* exhausted of everything inspired. and heaven of everything angelic, and the nnivens* of ex-erytbing di vine, what ia left! What! is man left f Aha! Is* it so. But what kind of a man is left ! A man with out a Maker, without a Saviour, and without a purjione. and without an end. The wildest of being* and yet the meanest ami most miserable—all sensibility, sympathy and affection, yet sitting desolate in sackcloth, among the graves of dead friends, full himself of living memories, ever mourning for the dead, bnt without hofic of their return, having no hope but that lie and his children mav P likewise die and be uo more! And what kind of an earth is left T And what kiml of heaven ? Ami w hat kind of a universe T Who cares what kind ? If a man Ik* a worm, If anp*ls lie the spectres of worms, if Father, Hon and Holy Ghost lie mere names without subsist euro—who can** what kind.— Die Book Abort it The Rev. Mr. Kilpin passed a very profane man, and having omitted to reliuke him, he awaited him in the morning in the same place. When he approached, Mr. Kilpin said : “Good morning, my friend; you are the person I have been waiting for." -. “O, sir," said the man, “yon are mistaken, 1 think." “I do not know* you; but I saw you last night when you were going liome from work, and I have been waiting some time to see yon." “Hir, you are mistaken; it could not have been me; I never saw you iu my life before, that I kuow of." “Well, my friend," said Mr. Kil P*n, “I heart 1 you pray last night" “Now I assure yon that you are mistaken ; I never proved iu ail inv life." “OP said Mr. Kilpiu, “if God luul answered your prayer Last night, you had not been seen Itere this morning. I heart! yon (way that God would destroy your eyes, and ruin vour sou|." The man turned |»alc, and, troni bliug, said: “l>o yon call that prayer ? I did, I did." “Well, then, my errand this morn ing is to request yon from this day to pray as fervently for your salva tion as you have done for damnation ; aqd juay God in mercy bear your prayer." The mail from that time became au attendant on Mr. KilpiiTs minis try, and it ended iu bis early oou- versiou to God. & MILLER* T. BARTLETT ***** Aa» annum ..fl3.50 mon t lift........ * - • t *; rVidowH of MuiMtetjh ; leal Student*...... . 3.00 , who fail to remit At . a of their subaert ►*>! charged per annu n • 8.00 •a are entefed on tl e sub without tl*' first pi yttient sod ness of which they wero soon fa partake." Look at it from tb in point of view : Suppose a woMfc iu sorrow, lieing afflicted with liodiily iuflnnities, or placed in exigencies, is braced up, aud goes through an amount of exer tion which would break most down o. r v Jn »« % 18ft. [ into th instant: n **r*fftr Train. iT* 7 , w •*'•**£ n*- 3 to pn, and AccommoiL, •dojH ejcrpfed). -f*' 7 50 pm * 2 *0p»i ••-—••....-.j 00am lodatjon Train olnmbia f prnM , r ]5 a ' 8 wd Saturdays’ R * Vice-Pn>Hi«U. nt - Ticket Agt. . ptntni ; atul suppOv*u» she U chrorful whero most |n*rsons w ould be dctqioti dent! Hupiiose . site is kind and thoughtful and charitable in her judgments when* other people w ould be sliarp and censorious ! 8up|»oso she Mympatlii»*s with others instead of lieing all the time suffering in sym pathy for herself! Suppose she, in a modest and gentle way, makes it appear that this in her is simply the fruit of faith iu the Lord Jesus (’hrist! A person, no matter how much prejudice he may have against religion, being nuder the iutluenro of sneh an one a little while, begins un consciously to feel bis religions na tore stirred, and to have a venerathm for religiou, aud L> wish that he might have a religion that would do for him what hit's ikies for her. Snp pose a woman under bereavement rises np into a state of exaltation, and remains in that state! The heart of every I wily who sees her is touched to see tlutt w ith her grief comes also great comfort and sup port, exhibiting the |Kiaitive and affirmative ami sweet side. And how powerful her testimony be comes ! Christ prayed for His disciples, that they might hriug forth fruit. He declared to them that in the di vine administration God, a* vintner, sought fa make the vim* bring forth more and more fruit Bearing fruit, sweet, luscious ami blessed, is the business «»f the Christian life. t ie post oflks*—wlicther dl- a mn* or another a, or wlsHUer •Hhed or not—i* respbusible M it. dou orders hi^ paper A^cuu- rnjaat pAy all niTearu res, or s«y continue to |w>nd it tit is made, aud eolMct the RAILROAD. due Ridge Railroad vs excepted: R tv. A. R- RUDE, T - - - ('itlumbia Religions, Tte Christian Life. ira -s infelicitous wbei men be habit of speaking of re- tl»4 mother of trials, flml of istlan experience from the restrictions and limit) itiona. sf^rtune that men fbonld in pression npon the notice ? DRY GOODS r donating to $20 and m any Part of mntry resa Charges. iSTER & sons, JORE, MI)., • r to meet the want« it oilier* at a distance, ftscrvt Iafloeace of the Gospel About aix wt*4* before «Mtr viait to Uampur, a native in omnpjio with his mm, a I toy of fonrt«*eti, ralletl on me with a roqueat that I would give them a I*tok. I inqairod of them what kind of a book they wanted. They mud that several y ean before a missionary bad given a small book to a friend of theirs w hile attending a fair ia their neighborhood, and that they had road in that book about a |4aro when* there was neither son, nor moon, nor stars, but that a lamb waa the Hgbt of that plaro. They wi*hc<l, therefafx*. to get a I took which monk) give them farther In formation in regard to this w onder fal lamli. On farther inquiry, I found that thwy were somewhat ar quainted with the New Testaiuent. The boy reeogaised certain names ami parable* when »}iokea of, aud wlien I gaie him a ropy of the New Testament hr immediately turned to the prophecy of oar Ixwxl’s coating as given iu Matthew, chapter* -4 and Ni, and then fa the description of lieaven in Revelation, rbapb r 21. They thin |wof<***"d fa believe that Jeans wan the Immaculate Creator, or InromsthHi of the Deity, and also that the New Testament was the Word of God. They then told me that a great many other j»eoj4e in Ksm|tor thought as they dhl, ami urged me to |my them a viait the next time I should go out into the district.— Finritfn Mimninnotry. Ponty the Source af Hsppinru Rev. Dr. II. M. Scwhlrr |»nmi-hed recently in his rhun*h on the above snbfert. From a report of the srr an hi we lake an extract, aa follow s: natvkk mnw mrrv. All physnwl imparithw are natu rally oflensire *o u*. All unclean sights are nti|4eaaant to the eyo All impitfv smells offend the wise; we shut the very doors, the nostrils. All Inwl flavorn are rojected In the Umgite. But we can make nature tetl lies, ami call that good which ia hnri. If yon put a phwe of tobacco into a rhikfs imaith every feature ia distorted : it may dir if you have given it enungli; or if yoa put it into the mouth at an ele|diant you can’t go near him Ah some time; In* would m*uto y on to the ground, and spout water all over yon. Nererthrleaa, a ■urn may p ryd the i east* of taste, ami pfi'fer bdmceo to hia dinner. All idiyidral (mritiro are detightfwl. When we have Imvu breathing tm (Hire air, with what joy the lung* take in the pure air. Ho with puro water. When on the top of the .Sierra Nevada Mountains in I'altfar i»i», I rememls*r a hrontifal lake; I saw a mrk at the bottom, ami fishes swimming over the surface of the roek. I made a motion, and then saw they were nhmlow*, ami tin* A*h were above in tin* water. How rlrar ami translnrent nto*t th* water lie where such a mistake h* possibh-. (UrrSITIKf*HOW NKKINMir IlfU'AT ami ilralb. U bm t'hrist says, “Ble* se«l a tv tin* pure in heart for they shall mm Guil, 1 * nature turns lieroelf into a MethiKlist, ami cries out, “Glory to Goff, that’s the truth." I foes any man or woman w ant to tqico their heart auil show all that’s tliere!’ We are a aigti, “This honse fa let;" it may be seen at such an hour, (that means it must In* put in order,) ami a*you go through it, they say that room is forked, but it is just like the other, (then* is disorder in there,) ami they take yim swiftly by corners that are nntidy; clouts ba ked np ami tlie keys not handy. AJt t'MKMKNTM. . ' * ■ • • There ia a trick of the devil about uinusemcuta. In a l’rcsbyteriaii Hyn od a minister once rose ami pro |mmoi1 to forbid all umuaemeuts—a most absunl |Hxipoaitiou—which was at once rejected. To forbid lawful tliiugs makes the rood broatl to the unlawfuL God has given ns the Bible; if a man shapes his life by that be will come straight, nod iu the main hia.judgment* will bo found correct.. It ia no cowardice to be afrakl of evil. If I waa pausing AN OPKN NKWKK. and a man asked me fa jnmp in and take a swim, Pd say no. IM prefer the bay or the North river. Pm afraid fa- go in there. There are bad papers, bud magazines, had novels ami bad pictures. Hinro Pve been in this city I’ve been amazed at stories unfit to rood In papers I have trust ed. I’ve been obliged to hide them from my children. Bren .art baa been prostituted. There are statoro in the parlors of Christian |«coplc that <Migbt not to be in aiivhodySi minds im dates that their n fligion roi< fly in krojitug awa r from list ire rather agroenb e^ bnt rfrii that it is pretty fe nrd to tl at siKHier than b! lost, ; < r that it is n brid ing of uvs ons; as if the eh istian W be represented ly the a i isn sitting on a ha f bro- g tprse and holding , din in ihui might to keep hin i from nr iy; oi as if it ww i to be ed by a-man yoked i»rhar- j ( nty, and baying j :o pull av burden. Tlit*se! repre- s 1 are an element of truth Hid l ean eonroive that for they might far em They are employed iii Serip- |f, many ways. Bi4, after AH 9 ntioii, promptly tend 'ample* of the New oenable Good*, of |d Domestic Mann- F at all time* to sell rices, than any house 'rom the largest sod The reflux influence of teaching is well illustrated by I)r. A mot, of Scotlaud, as follows: “ But the bene fit to ourselves, my friends, is the best plea to teach the young aud try fa w in them to the Saviour; and to have a hand in this is the best re ward fa ourselves even now. It is a difficult thing and a dangerous thing for ns fa be always getting in even spiritual knowledge—to be always getting iu mufactnrer* in the iro P# anil importing »direct to Baltimore, unea promptly *up- Kes of the London • - . • / { V . , J • II only for ca$k, and are able and willing- •OM Tex to Fifteex kit titan if we kotp The Work of Miautaro. We have every reason fa lie- lieve— without exaggeration- that the amount of writing done each year by the pastor of a large parish, having two sermons to praiutre and few ex changes, is sur|mased iu the amount produced by 'no author—that the number of parochial calls made, all requiring tact and symjHithy, equals that of a physician in good practice —that the amount of general advis ing done, touchiug schools, pro|>erty, qnairels, questionable action, and a thousand things, eqnals that of a lawyer with a fair business; ami that the other duties, sclnstl visiting, lec luting, w riting articles, making brief addresses, rorving on committros, ami tloing “everybtnly’s work," would employ auother man still—not to tqieak of the stndent tunc tion, that wliteli makes our clergymen the liest patrons of our Imokstores ami the most thorough readers of our ls*st hooks. Few people ever know of these things; fewer will stop to think of them. The hardest part of a clergy man’s life, as it is of an editor's, is the ne cessity of producing without the time to produce. Good thoughts, whether in the ]>a(H‘r, the volume, or sermon, need time to grow up leisure ly to msiturc iu calm lestfulncss, ami to Ik* produced when, ami only when, they are so tI|h* that they m*ed expression. Once in awhile we hear a sermon wrhich we know is the fruit of leisure; it must have grown, to be the rounded, balanced thing it is. We feel instinctively that such a pa inn- could not have been thrown off at the rate of two a week, with a hundred other distractions and cares added thereto. But there are few or no other ministers who can give their people this kind of fare; college pro fessors may; bnt whether happily or unhappily, our clergymen can not; they must write op the jump; Sun days whirl in amaziiig swiftness, and the weekly grist of thpngbt, sensibil ity aud reflection must be ready. If it were not too delicate and per sonal a matter, we-could write freely regarding the tremendous strain upon editors; but thnt is foreign to oar present task. ^We merely want to indicate, from our point of view, wliat wc think the public should exi»ect and demand Jrou» the ministers of religion; how forjbenring men should be to a class of educated gentlemen, w ho, although obliged to wear clothe* which do not showr the stains of labor, are among the moat intense and uu- wearied workers auiougst ns.—Hart ford (Joura nt. and never giving out. And sometimes when I am in the pulpit, and the people arouud me, I think it is pretty hard always driv ing the handle to a force pump for those who are the easterns. I am driving, driviug, hoping soon the cisterns will be getting full; but they are not getting full very fast, aud I am looking for them beginning to overflow. Au overflow would be a greaMhitig to me, and show my la bor uot to be iu vain. When a multitude are getting instruction, aud listening to the word of God, aud 1 begin fa see these cisterns overflowing, what does that mean ! When you, resting at borne iu your comfortable rooms, have found out a |toor, neglected child, and you will gather another and another, feeling that \on could uot rest at home, but you must go out fa help them, that is what 1 call overflowiug. Aud be sides the benefit to be gained by the IKwr neglected ones, it will be a greater pleasure to yourself than even to them." >/«f specify the kinds IV e Keep the best of good*, from the »tly. Mn by tke cash rill r H%LESALB BcTHXS ct the Stock in onr - Department. Ad- LSTER A SONS, Vst Baltimore St, * Baltimore, Md. 9—tf Think of This!! ess!!! 30,000 utory of the Franco- rt 60 days. It now - of the ked Rebel- r nearly *500 pages ntions, and will sell heretofore. Price, \r works, written in d> and French, an- illustrations, snd, rntinjf to lie official, h. Brocket*’* in -Miian, is the most -liable, cheap anil it. Look to yonr v and you can coin iDSPFEI> A C0-, 'oiic; or 148 I^ahc w then, it? the pro itfonro i ii isn may be in ; octiliar ig ncies, where trouble is at to him from a full cup; r, the ordinary exj <*ri»*iiro unkay of a man who has > >eheve that his nins are th it he is accepted i »f Ond, is guide< 1 by the iittimal #f he divine Spirjt, that lie The Trw* Soiree of Happiness “Are yim happy T* sskwl oih* of old Huron Btdhrohihl. the moue> king of Europe. “Ilap|»y! Happy when >on have to *foc|i with pistols tinder your pil low f No, not happy." Mr. Astor, when congratulated mi hi* wealth. *aid, “Ah, I must leave it all w hen I die. It won’t laiy off Hkrknem, it wont liny off nocrow, it won’t Ihiv off ileath.*' • • Karli hud nnlimit«*l wealth, but he waa not happy. Many y*ar* ago, in the reign of the English Georges, there lived a poor aoklier, named William Clem-, ena. 1 hiring the winter before the battle of Fontenoy, there waa a re vix*al of religion in the English camp at Bruges, and this |»oor soldier, away from bis kindred and his native land, waa greatly favored with the peace and love of God. Daring the gresT ltattle hi* arm was shattered by a ball. They offered to take him away. “No," be said, “I have an arm left to hold the sword." Boon after thi* a bullet broke hi* other arm. llis friend* gathered around him. What a pitiable sight! He wa* poor, with the horrors of the hospital before him. He was in a land of enemies, and the friends that be bad woold leave him noon. No father or mother, brother or sister conkl help him in thi* hour of need. He looked to Chriat." “How fare* it with you now, brother Clemens f* asked a pion* soldier. The wounded aoldier lifted bis eye, glowing as with heavenly Are. “I aia as htqqiy a* I ran be out of {karadise." Interest on the Lord’s Honey Tin* Nr»*fA tendon Press gives w lint it calls a characteristic anecdote of Mr. Spurgeon. Recently an eminent Baptist called on him and made a statement to the following effect: Ten years ago he had sot aside £ 1,000 towards building a cinqs*!, but unto ward circumstances had intervened, ami prevested the exrout ion of his design. This he was now, be said, desirous of carrying into execution, and he trusted Mr. Spurgeon would render him his assistance. “What do you wish ine to do!" asked the pastor of the Tabernacle. “To give me your powerful aid it) raising a second thousand, which is inqierattvely required.” “I understand," said Mr. S|Mir- gvou; “Imt let me see—you have bad the use of this money ten years t" “Yea." “During that time it must have been worth to you at loast ten jier rout, per annum T" “Well, I dare say.” “Tlieo, my dear sir, you have got the money without troubling me. Go, aud bnild the chapel." And the applicant departed, satis fied with this bosiness-like and thor oughly practical view of the matter. } for the People® n of D'Aubqme® OF THE A C hild's Influence. There was a man in Dayton, Ohm, who was jierishing for want of a knowledge of Him, whom to know as Mediator between God and man is eternal life. Not lielieving there was any God, he had a card printed with these words, “God is nowhere," and luing it up in his office. He hail a little niece who loved Jesos, aud was happy all the time. One day site visited her nude’s office. After playing a long time with everything she could fi mb within her reach to interest her, she begau to look around on the walls, ami her eyes fell on the oard. Having just begun to read writing, the lette/l were not so familiar to her but that she had to spell out anything Hint was written. So Bbe began to spell out aloud, O-od—God, i-s—is, n-o- w h-e-re*—nowhere. She could not understand it, ami, looking down on the floor, repeated the w’ords. She thought she mnst be mistaken. Then she commenced again, so loud that her uncle, who sat at the desk, beard her, G-o-d— God, i-s—is, n-o-w—now, h-e-r-e— here. “That’s, right," she exclaimed, looking round at her unde. The arrow hail struck home. Her uucle became a changed man. He be lieved in the true God, and sought aud found forgiveness of siu beneath the “crimson canopy of the atone ment." * * >si 1 thing for a man to talk about his cares to a yvbody. > Jvptv much like >imples. t them alone they will dry Mppear • but if yot meddle S they are ilfit to tV ster and Twiaiieiit. Itisn lujil thing, t> talk alioiit your own !>talk about*other iieople’s h to make them ^ee!; that jf verborne. It i» at! bad |Ieqieople of a ||ari«h to I lieir iniuiKter’s cares. I pi that it is a haLt which k ong to yon verk much. p‘ar my iieople v>fti^ for Ijiilways have a jlirinking jlpin their prayers sjieak j*foi-»R “\yeighty tiaras and nation. in one volume, at it, read and fe*® It should be 'amily throoghont tiple circular, witn lHiial coniHH»« on8 enced Agents. > lint & Go,, . 26 8. 7th St-, ’hiladelphi*b Pa- l Prices. my phietons, oni *t received, verj fsnSt LE, Md. qwi% No. 8 S. C No. 6 LowS Eutaw and r« [Sept- 21 4-ly A young Christian was naked a few night* since bj- one whote long ex|H$riencc should have made her a teacher rather than a learner, “Do you not sometimes doubt f" “Doubt!" was the ready exclamation of faith; “ Doubt whom f” Let us have a life long doubt, aud even despair of‘<mr- selves, but nou«* of our Sa\iour aud his mercy.