Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 —_rc: V'rancc, #„,( -y * °\ Europe, from Umj Eure. >n New York Col- to and rentit- Bankm, L Cfcarieeton, 8 c. Exchange or remit us bv Exprejo* 13—t.f [VAL. * l ' f, *•*« tna,«.C., respectful. i amt customers that -•neweatabliKhmn,, lilding, on the corner Taylor streets, where [een on hand a well If all article* UJS! Inesa, such n* Groce, «c. 21-ly IWORSHIP. kfcft* &mg*icui tn lAott* Jmmort. P*f®% 84m«, i* mwr e the church eiirht old. and in this wav brne to the church. .fll 00 1 85 . _ 1 60 3 00 2 50 275 ?r extra gilt., a 00 5 «> ?nta extra. |?tTfrations are re heu- orders at once. |of ten per cent, is fcDITION. M L A** 1 **^. Kilt hrkey, $4. Ten per to those who bnv in IE Sc CHAPMAN, ellers, Columbia, S C 24—tf CURED. 1 Cure Truss. Pade Jmpct vtuu-3. lost effective Truss 1 cure and relief of | This Truss has re- pf the most eminent imntry, who do not |d it to those afflicted ig superior to all * . that will retain tlu kinty, and the wearer 1 he is using a remedy |cs safe and effectual this we'guarantee all who may come [ atidominal belts for p the womb, and as rk and abdominal lee caps and stock- is, ulcers and weak adies, gents and r stooping of the expander, p most superior sily adjusted and for all physical -f the spine, bow Celebrated Artiti- ill's Patent Rubber cock’s Silver Uterine dsworth’s Stem Per- witli a competent nnptly attended to. Si MAKSH. . Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. —tf foads. •oad. * Schedule. tepted, connecting s on South Caro- down ; also with [ South on Cliar- Lugusta Railroad, nbiaand Augusta IP. 7 45 a iu 9 35 a m 11 15 pm 3 45pm 4 30 p m 6 10pm f JN# 6 30a m 8 30 a m 10 15 a m .. 8 15 a m 1 30 p ni ... 3 20pm 5 10 p m lue R'ulac Vi- 150 pm 15 pm 30 pm 30 pm 30 pm (ranch i and ■villent.l020am bury 130pm General S*i>'t- v l Ticket Ag't. •oad. :#hu 3S»;fei.f le. to go into effect on tth instant: Hsenger Train. 7 40 a m kI ; :;;:.3 20 p m pi 8 20am ‘”'".3 40 p n« \ght and Accommoda- inday* ezeepted). 7 00p m >n 1 7 00 » m n 7 10 pm 0 00 a m oodatkm Train will Columbia as foriucrlj A* vs and Satnrdaj• ER, Vice-President. fn. Ticket Aft _ ompany, May 17, 1872. light ra**m<jer . r» 50 pm 6 40am nndav, May 19. [HU, Vice-President- Icn. Ticket Agt. vti THE LUTHERAN SERIES, YOL. 4.-N0. 43. Irish BY H* 8. “ONE LORD, ONE FAITH. ONE BAPT18M"—EPHE8IAN8 IV: 5 COLUMBIA. S. C., FRIDAY. JULY 6. 1872. OLD SERIES, VOL. V.--N0. 199. Preaching. ART, A. R. has long iotcrect Homan agency. Bd been in this for to a question of difficulty bow to by Unites Air. White, the preacher, wbo intry soliciting Droestaut Churches, to have solved this prol> even iu I relam , where Catholics universally er ibittered agaiust its bccau? r of foug-eoutia- injustice, op|»r wsion and extor lie is listen'd to qnietly by lies every wl ere because be not preach c reeds, but God's and Jesus Me Saviour; aud ile other miniate 'a have been mis and stoned, In baa preached all Ireland, from Malm Head to Clear, without suffering any ity, and witlfaut having even unkind word a ldressed to him. tells a touchii g aud thrilling of his ovu experience in preaching. It will do to go tbe celebrated subscription iu “Handy Ahdy," as illustra tbe emotion fletffent in Irish le was iu a certiin town in Ire during tbe pi ogress of a fair i drew together many thousands the sarrouudi g country. Tbe felt a stron j conviction that he ought to speak to tbe masses m be street, but it ‘was an itnplea*- ait duty, and be hesitated. An a0 d friend, who ba 1 often cautioned about over-w >rk, resided in i, and he betoolr himself to her advice, secretly! hoping that it 1 bo adverse jto any open-air On euteriu|' the bouse be i, “Well, Miss J rum ley, 1 feel 1 ought to sites k to the |>co|fle tbe street to-da “God bless replied the agi d friend. “Mary ig out the Bible and a chair for White, lie's ; [oing to preach in the street.” Thei e was no alter ve then, and Mr White mouuted chair. On one side was a wo- selling fish, ai d on the other ip John" trying to aUract cus tomers aud Vociferously praising his Is. He began Ip singing a fa ir hymn, with a voice sufficiently to overmatch “Cheap Joliu” the lisb womin. Others at- trh;ted by the sing ing, diew near :u ; joined in. An immense crowd, til jig tbe whole s reel, was soon petsd, am) he be; an to s|teak to tlmsi from the jiha age, so full of sweetness and con fort, “God so lowijd the wtorld th it he gave his «4| licgotteu Son, hat wrbosoever lislfevcth in him sh mid not pt*rish, have everlasting life.’ 1 e told them sir iply of the love isl and the abui daut provisions (losjie), and 11 the conclusion that he did not mow how many Protestants s ml how many ics, but be Uid know that t er believed n Christ should j»ve remission of pins. Just then r woman very i car him, with a - shawl thrown over her head ^pinned under he; chin, fell dowu per knees, and lift ug her hands to vajjveu prayed aloud “Lord, I am a ypor sinner I forgivi i me for Jesus’ 4T Immediately a wave of emo tlob swept o\*ter that vast multitude, together they fell upou their t u a,,< I took up tl e poor woman's yer. The preach :r made his way * of the throng, I ut not without T plnckiug at hi bauds and his i aU( I imploring lim to^ell them h the story of Ji sus. was natural! r interested to jj. what became of the iioor wo- M 1 * Aljout twelv > mouths after- "aril a Wesleyan (missionary was deling through tfie hills of Ire- , and was overtaken by a sud- »ud violent stortn. Discovering pmall hut, in which were three “en, he asked fir shelter. The owner freely grant* it, and insisted pjt his pony also s iould share her otyitality. the p my was brought f 11 ; ^°°* ^ *th natural inqnisitive- the kind-heaijted old womau ied tli “jkre “So; I Ci e stranger about his a lawyer r she not a lawyer,” ji “Aie y e a tax-gath ► ^ ,en ^ “5vo, I am not a tax- K^therer ” “Well, I am glad o’ that. if ^ on,t *»he them np here. But w m y e tell me what ke are then V !, © told her that In was a mission- JjjT. She seonicd delighted, ami £** rt, ^ at ®d to him (he story of her •'•Nng to the fair tie previous year •taring the street missionary ^ about Jesus; and she implored -er him to tell the story again, aasuring him that the bad trusted in him ever sinee. Ami then' hi that low hut among the mountains, while the storm was raging without, he repeat ed to thoso three eager Irish women tbe old, old story, ever new, of Jrea and his love. Mr. White was sabacqaenUy la formed of the scenes ***1 had the satisfaction of knowing that he had converted one sinner from the error of her ways by his sermon is the ctowded street.—f’hrteHmn Adrvcmie and Journal. Immortality — It hi a Ming of with the i and that its set are wmaUy im hear. The dying with the glow lag light mi emlyr shore, and he hi •ad saeh Hchea mi gn fart ia mil in hi rad lent bands with OtisMi dmrmii » his palpit, his life was worth a semli We want teiigioa that goes into it. With of the man meh liberal lag spiteful when dinner la lata, aad beeps the dinner from bring late- beeps the wtfa from totting when he with hie maddy the husband mindful of the scraper and the door amt; beeps the mother rhea the baby is rrnas, and torhm, to the crown aad the inherit •AW fArfasas f Arts Gavaaal to him CliriaA lias brooght Ufa ami tm mortality to light throagh the goe|iol. It is a truth revealed to us, and eouflrmed by various argnmcuU addresse«l to the reason. Bat it hi also revealed in us if our experience is truly spiritual. Tbe iowanl as surance of pardon, and the witness of tbe Spirit ordinarily enjoyed by the Christian, are to him the earnest of the heavenly inheritance. Be youd the fact of adoption, they car ry with them the disttuct eooackm* ness of immortality. The dismal suggestions of materialism are die play cd by the realisation of 4'hnst in us as the ho|>e of glory. Saeh a d eels rat ion as, “For we know that, if our earthly bouse «»f this taher uaele were dissolved, we have a building of God, a bouse not auale with hands, eternal in the heavens,* has the flavor of a lively spmtaal experience. It is lad the result of careful augmentation, the endues Mow of reasonthlo probabilities, m*r a) together the authority of an on I ward revelation, bat rather the utteranee of the religam* feeimg, hoys, fankiag hbe overbearing all doubt. It is saeh a knowledge' as the converted soul has through the direct operation of the Holy Spirit—a seal ami earnest of the future life in bimsrlf. This consciousness of imomitality is strung air weak ia iwuportioa to Tbs KUJah tf Italy at VBA M. A. DKB tana. U was a great day hi >uao was to taka sharch tf Ik, Juba L With M their The aoldei thitlow ia q<habil array, far private ami pwhMr nan ey ■ace*, dfwve ap to tbs notilr towt af tbe cbnrvb, tom wbn h looked drnra I he rutooaa) rtatam of (And and bis ■ nasties and ImIim la all tha glory at courtly “trailed Italy r he Ids angry afws npaa tbe calm past “Na salted Italy far me— bat Bams! Home, tbe mtatrmw of tbs world! Boms, tbs ruler af tbs •atoms! Name farever! “You apofcu of tbs rircalstMU of the Holy Hrriptutvu; mu you mad f" be vtat ou. The fhbts is a then lugkml work, to hr tucked only la tbs libraries of ufdatoed priiwU. Would you rvvoluthmdae the world, ytiaag ntrf* Uavuxai stood befarv him dumb with soroaw. Was this tbe maa to tbs baby I m into the ■ei tbe happy hours •g tree, beariog ia at ouoc tbe braoty of tbe d the glory of tbe rtpeaiag bait. Wo want a rattgiou that bran heavily, not only on the “exert'ding stofslaem at sin,* but oa tbe exceeding rsarelity of lyiog aad stealing; a religion that ban ten. small baskets from the stalls. am the cotton bags, day r, toad town sugar, chicory \ utter from batter, slam I water from adlk m the contribution box. Tbe re ami nnnvaltcd towridaga. aoaa mar vet ai arebHcrtaral spleudor. Tbe subdued page awe 11 of its rant in tenor, its utaiard wiadnus, riebty saviour of Italy f A fas? Tfamr wOy a*eu who bad brought rwfa mum ] „ . . , . VbdHfa (mb, IfaglMHl, aud all **' n * ** *° mv * ^ <rofM loath tbr nab*|if*) the bnonai frVrads af Its nnfxrtM mite inr «4 fbrmt apnu conk From that awuueul bis modatxm uaa taksm. bfl Warns to nrvurk tbe at put all tbe Ug straw brrrtew at . ... tbr top aud all tbe bud oues at tbe tout as. It will md offer me more baskets of fumga wisp than the viaryaM* ever taudaced bottles, and more barrels of tiearsre IWmr than aU tbe wheat kebU of Now York .. . . grow aad all her mills griud. It ‘-•H to tbe wiIIkmm of * a of Italy. pie fa tbe ebirf Kvevywbere be we uf its mite* of its the urSMlnt, Ufa Nauo's youthful Ile stood within tbe the power and depth of the Bptnt’s j of the rlmpeU, a work in the heart. With a lively ’ sense of tbe love of God shed abroad in the beurt, then* an* no mwgnmgs; bqt when the religious state is low, dark and Harrow tug doubt* are s|4 to spoug up. When the title and faith of love return*, three terrible shatlows aud fearful *j»er4rr* of »ke|>tM*isui fly as tbe night lirtore to tbe with Jay; him ia se- thrilled eyo uf uar half of a pair of shoes of good leather aud tbe other uf pour leather, ao that Ufa Aral •ball rrduaad to tbe asirr'* credit aad tbs aneoad to his cash. It vd nut pat Jour in'* stamp «m Joukia's kid gtorr, war make l*aris m Use book room of a Boa *b«»p, aor fat a nscce of his eye* burwiag. tbe Was be sU tbe also and Use ao orator of tbe day T Aad stand w the |mlfwl abn great malttiadra, aad profemorm, aud meu ai To torn, Italy owes bet forwent r, as a waited he sow tbat day fa Ufa hraoti Tbua he worked owtil tbe tempo . . .. , . . . ’ of velvet tbat prof* -r of th*- |sq«e was at aa oad. . . „ .. twelve yards come to an untimely cod m tbe teeth, at a sfsad of aew tug silk that vumhes for twenty ” rarda be mfipcd fa the bud at Aur term aad a halt, aor the cotton thread spout break to the yard stick •Ay uf tbr two hundred yards of promise tbat aaa givua to tbe eye, . Our yard wide cloth *■? •“ ikmm Uurl> H, * lifaufa of lljJi ~ to srtH'l-v, aor all a tbe tlawn. The thought of possible the groat aud gifted «f both wm* anuibiiatkNi mid id blank notiuag- were to Imteu to him. “Tbr KJ^ah af Italy heir self r a tow (1 ness is tbe occasional |>lague of They recur b» tbe general evnl of the ebriatian system, they read Dr. Dick anti other writer* oa the future state, and recall their |>re Well might bia heart brat rxallaUoa mm gird with looked out thrrr, as the rapully bring dlfad, aa , almost a aorr. lie Imifavad m vions exjicriencr in order to fortify neaa; be aaa aaxioua to ftgbt tha their convictions; hut the torment baUfao of the ls*rd; ho retread h»a tng suggestion returns. Religion. MasU*r, aod thought that his os a as a living power in the soul, is the tip* aerr not sacred euough to touch S ic reined;| far all such trim Lies, tin* hem i*f llo’a lubfw e love of God felt within, shed Ami when his rarwrwt farr ap abroad by tbe Holy Spirit, burning |wared, framed la by Use kingly as a passion on the altar of tbe splendors of tbr srror, a bum of ml Heart, dispifc the gloomy apparition, miration aoumted low throughout To unbelievers, as au argument the rharrh. for immortality, it may not lie worth M lt is young Gavaui, uith bta much, bat to tbe children of God it fresh voire, sweet onmth and earnest is of inestimable value. By watch- eyes, who is to giv« the urainm,* ftiluess, prayer ami holy living they mnl one. • may have in themaelrea tbe rrmtr “1 havr heard him; ia he not do rection (tower, and an adequate an qiM'nl f queried another. “Great 8wer to all tbe sophistries of infafali things were prophesied of him) but ty. This consciousness of immortality hush f* is bora in us when we are bora again, and its uniform and vivhl realization depend* upon the maintenance of a high state of grace. Uaul uses tbe language of this experience when he affirms: “Though oar outward man perish, yet the inward mail ia renewed day by day." There ia here tbe feeling of immortality—a dia tinct conception of the soul aa living The silvery tone* arum*, clear aud flexible aa flute notes, and firry word fell distinctly on the vast ami listening audience. Ah ! the young father knows what be ia about. He praise* Ufa None, as the father «od ami regenerator of Italy ! aa das MimhI to make Italy a great united nation, one wbo would It a i rail Ibis ile fa be ba* | _ rbeech even is Hume, ho ba baked ffewdav and day tow he bus dee* every tldkg vritk f aud |wu tbut a Italy rfanfaw ; pfauty at v«i aud mo well paid far tbevr toil la gvdd aud dm; *ke nau give utterance In bet •eatimeeta; I hi vasal la now fa tbia ewunlry. la a ft w «la|* wo *hail bear tbe aM very tueea uf bfa vaace; we afadl see tbo man wbo dated to fare tbe von geuuri of the reigi wbo baa Hved to are aud bia nurnod to compfatfau. Weteaaae to “Tbe Ktifah nf Holy f aud wo trad all tbr poupfa of theae tow United Ntalrv will uay. Amre — fkrtrttmm Wewktf Iguaraua* of futurity a Blufaf You know an much aa fa guad for you. Fur M is with tbo mind an it ia would ternfy at. If onr e>aa are things be afraid to ar kuow ledge faauifad Warn wo ia af tbe good tbiaga provided far m by Urovi aud dentlilcss, although connected terrible Inqaiaitfao, destroy the la with a boily rapidly going to decay trigning (>owor of the Jeauita. and ready to sink into the grave. The spiritual triumphs over the ma terial, and is no more a part of tbe body than is the bird a |«rt of th* lisb free schools for the government, encourage the cirrulutiau of the Holy Bcriptarrw, aad boslow upon the people of all nations the to to datfaa aud ho (tiled with tmpuiiewea. Or aappnae tin i err gfaafao am! mb cage in which it is uopriaoued.— I inga of civil ami religious liberty! Whatever revelation and philosophy Why ! what dooa this mean f la may declare agaiust materialism, tbe there treason ia the casip of the believer has in himself the refutation holy fathers f flow cornea it that of its claims. It is eoongli tbat.be be nqrar* a second Luther la hia feels the renewing and invigorating, bosom f AU over the church there was a great commotion. Mighty men aud leaders iu the ranks of Catholwiam, bn the iy limes should wo influence in the inward man, and that his faith lays its grasp iqion “things that are not seen.'’ With this sense of ioimortality it is not wonderful that the fear of death is overcome, ami that tbe last enemy ba* no terrors to the believ ing soul. To him the crown and sceptre have departed from death as the king of terror, aud the grave can l>oast no longer of its victories. The bondage of this fear, which rests so gnlliugiy tij>on the world, is broken, aud mortality, in auticipa tion, is already swallowed up in life. felt their knera smite together. Did they see then the writing upon the wall f What! was it nut to the rflbotj that the temporal power of the papal should penab, and Borne be tow, aa the great capital of Duly 1 la every direct km Crowns and mate menacing met the eye. Cardinals shook their heads ami grew furious, the pofw waa deadly pale; only the, people, whose fa wality f Who would wiah to draw back a rail that saves them from ao many wa tJ which you hare would hum faulted under tbo | pact. But « haft we “kuow uni wu shall ki Whatever may be that ourSorrow, we must aver •rat God's will, wbo employ a this to correct ea and to speed in the path of virtue. Our complaints nod manners, to a certain degnsr, are rodeettoua ou God’s good a as a —Fromeu it Haim. | and nil hum gam tied with rlaadeaUar cotton. together be sokl to the public for fagal brumieiuth. It does md put bncha at flee doUera a thou tt contracted to white |uur floor* that have fund far hard pine, nor leave yawn tag cracks fa cionrts where board* ought to Join, nor danb ceilings that umjtlit t& i«* mmmdkU |*1 . nut tufakf «itiduV tilindf ol falditji tkttt nan not ataud the wind, and paint that can not stand the aaa, and fasten tags that may he looked at but are ou no anconal to to* touched. Tim rrltgtou that te to sanctify the worid pays its debts. U due* nut rwuaader that forty oral* warned fur our Hundred until* given ia ac oordiag to the gospel, tbougb it may ba amurdiag to the law. It looks upon a maa w ho has failed in Undo and oualmur* to live in laxury aa Work Oa Work on, fellow workers ia t’hnst Your names assy not la* blanoned abroad autoag toe mighty and hoa arable, aa the world has them. Tbe Uaae noaorth vrhea your lard aud Maoter. who aeeth ia sertef, will re wgid you ofwuly. Th y ou, who in your bamaaitr, may not then be expecting or hoping such hearty welcome aud reward, he will say: “tVune, ye blraaed of my father. In hertf the kingdom prepared for you from the foeadattou of the worid, for 1 waa an haofrerod. and ye give me meat; I waa thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I waa a stranger, and ye took are fa; naked, and ye Hotbed me ; I waa afak. and ye visited me; I wna in prison, am! ye comforted am.* Will you stand back ia amasemeut at snch aa aoexpeoted, such a woo derfnl wetooum. Will you say ; “laud, when have we done tola f It ia tree, we gladly would have run to Iky relief, had we known thy need, lint we did not live on earth when Ikon didst tabernacle there.’' And tha King shall aay those words,; our aasnnuvos of eternal Miss, “inns much aa ye have done it unto one 5 the le^t of three, ve have dune it unto me-” What a hope la this! what a reward, far the now unknown, obscure faflars ia this work ! | Liv« Work. msmuusrn The HabUalh school teacher must not lie content with imparting in struction. It is not suffleieut that he hr au interesting teacher, and hia dans listen attentively. He must not keep them In a merely receptive attitude, but In* should make them active imrt»ci|iauU iu the lessons. He mast rouse them to tbfuk and speak honestly aud fraukly on tbe subject* before them. Suppose their questions are atarlltng or spccul* live, or a|»pareutly irreverent. Hero fa moat hia tort aod knowledge and faie bo exerciaed. If he can meet fearlessly such questions, answer them ia a rnauuer that shall carry conviction to the questioner, with tooder reproach for whatever needs rebuke, and a warm appeal to the heart aad conscience, be baa done much ; be has conquered antagonism to tbe truth by a cordial friendliness to ioquiry and objection; he ha* re amved tbe (uiocottoepUoii; sileuoed the objectiou j explained the UiiUcul ty ) (uvird the truth; and turned to a practical bearing the matter dm cussed. It ia aa easy matter to do this, l iqirofltable disputatious may anae, *|NK-ulative or visionary questions monopolise the time, out-spoken ia- difference or ofqioMUoti shock the oonwafauce or sruaibilitk-s; but the wise aud faithful teacher wHl guard against this. While encouraging great freedom of question and ex prraatoo of opinion, he will gather up all these things, and taru them to a trader practical Application. The Hass, under snch instruction, will soon become too intelligent to aak foolish «|oestiotis, too much im bued with the spirit of the teacher to fritter away the time ia mi profit able talk, aud too caution* to put their opinions and queries iu an objrrlumable form. Beal diffieulUe* aud troublesome questions of con- acseuar or truth “hard to be under stood,* will fonu the thief topics of such discussions. If the teacher know s how to make the lesson alive with iwaettoal meaning, unwavering faith in the power of truth, and warm peraoaal iuterart, his own in teaae earnestness will inspire his Haas with a reverent spirit iu the luuudest liberty of inquiry.—i hrit- timm mi H’ari. Tha Eaaarraetioa. TIm* strongest argument for im mortality is that winch is drawn from the natnial yearning nr instinct of the human tool. Ami this finds its coufinnaliou in the resurrection of Jesus. Here is a desire aud a n«|«oom*; a risen Saviour meet* tbe tuiiverwal demand for a future life: fact vi*were far instinct. And this fact, ao well supported by the uatu rahrnss of the narrative, ia uo more wouderful than many other things which are established fact*. It is the iMuimvu of science to reveal new woodera, and always of a Higher order; its revelation* never deaoeud, but always point to something high er and nobler. The philosopher says to the iwrarher, Why don't you face the fact* of the age ! I reply, why <100*1 yon face all the fact*—this fact of the resurrectiou a* well as others ? The geologist fiud* the tntobite iu the rock; the astrouoiuer scans the movement* of the remotest star; but the Christian, looking into the o|m*u sepulchre, finds a rising Saviour. This fact of the resurrection meet* another instinct of our nature—the desire to recognize our friends ia heaven. This question is often asked, shall we kuow each other hereafter T The re|»ly is, Mary recognised Her risen Mauler, aud we may therefore know each other ia a risen state. But agaiu, the resurrection typi fies the spiritual regeneration of man. We may rise with a risen Saviour, and enter upon a new spiritual life here ou earth. Chris tianity has given a new birth to mankind. Some one ha* recently compared Socrates to Jesus, and on the whole, decided that the philoao- pber was the greatest of the two. But 1 ask tbe philosopher,^ ask the rationalist, into whose life has tjpe- ratca entered f What has Socrates done for the world! What hope has Socrates given mankind f Wbo ha* liied lor Socrates! Wbo has died for Socrates!—AW. jj* H. Chmpim, h. |k A Consecrated Lift. 1 bHicvc from my heart that a growing passion for publicity is fast becoming the banc of Amencan wo roeo. They scarcely realize it, yet it is becoming a prevailing fact that no vocation seems to them to be worth their soaking unless they think that iu some way it will nxx»m |ienae them with applause or “fame” What a pitiful mistake! 1 say this hi uo way underrating the gift of utterance, the power to embody iu color, or form any work of imperish able genius. I am glad for every woman wbo doe* well. God never endows a creature with any gift without bis purpose, yet no less tbe mass of women—aye, aud of men— must perform their hfo-work in si leuce. They must do their work, whatever that work may be, and find reward simply in its doing. God is just. Wouiau has coute to her day. The feminine soul will take its half of the universe. Yet no less the women who thrill aiy heart. Is? fore whose very memory I bow in reverence, have done their liiglM?»t work unconsciously. “They budded better than thety knew.” Do you ask me which of al! I believe to be the happiest life! Then l say, from my heart, a consecrated one. Be it “iu the world” (socalled) or out of it, in highway or byway, b God wills, still a life consecrated to a service better, higher, sweeter than that of seif-enjoyment or self success. We all want to be happy. We all Keek personal joy as an iu- stincl. Muiely God meant it to be thus u hen he made us. Ytt uo less be has set the deepest sources of joy outside of selfin diligence—in love, obedience, devotion and duty. It may be a hard word, the last; it has a chilly ttouud, yet no less it claim* and possesses more and more as our days go on. Impulse, desire, idola try, aggressive self hood—otic by oue we lay them down. We drop oui weights as we go upward. Lo, the etuas that we calk'd duty changes to our erowu.—Independent. Tbe secret of being rightly guided —guided of God—is to have our own will thoroughly subdued. “Tbe meek will he guide in judgment; nod the week w ill be teach his way,” An Ionian's Experience. “Brothers, I've becu lung in the warfare : fifty niue years ou my way. I'm seventy-six years of age. Tbe wind have blown hard ou this obi carcass; but the good hope is here. I sec you white people brought up at home, able to read, taught arts aud sciences: and yet you live with out Jesusl Door me! 1 grew up wild, no father, brought up in the woods, yet I found Him. Some k of you have koowed me many years, aod I’m a good boy yet Poor me : conMnt read, knew nothing; yet gave Jesus my heart. The first Bible I ever Had I took home, put under my pillow, and slept with it there. This old frame totters the strong wind sliAke* it, and it must go down ; but I bless Jesus, I’m under way to glory.” Xot a few wept and praised God, as Mingo gave his testimony.—Frurtcr* Enryclopardi*. Danger of Delay. _ ♦»*. * . ^ ^ ’ . •/.ayjfa.®.*- V\ .*«* ■■ .... When a man Hath to go over a river, though he ride once am! again into the water and comes out saying, “I fear it is too deep for me,” yet, considering there is no other way for him, he resolves to venture, “for,” aaith he, “the louger I stay, the high er the water will rise, and there is no’other way for me—I must go through at the last, why not at the first!” And so Tic reutures through. Thus it is with you. You say : “OU ! but my heart is not humble; oh ! but 1 am a great sinuer ; and should I not venture upon Jesus Christ r NVTT1 this heart be more humbled by keeping from Jesus Christ, aud wilt thou be less a sinner by keeping from Him ? No, certainly, for the longer you stay from Christ the harder it will be to venture ou Hiiy at the last. *+rr- God's Love, not Mine.—Some years ago two gentlemen were ridiug together, and, as they were about to separate, one addressed the other thus: “Do you ever road your Bi ble!’’ “Yes, but I get no benefit from it, because, to tell tbe truth, I feel I do not love God.” “Neither did I," replied the other, “but God loved me.” This answer produced such ifh effect upon his friend, that, to use his own words, it was a* if one had lifted hi in'off the saddle into the skies. It opened wp to his soul at onee, the great truth tbat it is not bow much I love God, but how much God love* me.