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ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM”—EPHE8IAN8 IV: 5,
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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 ?
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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*
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•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
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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:
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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
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ct the Stock in onr
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LSTER A SONS,
Vst Baltimore St,
* Baltimore, Md.
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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.