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Jtkb and Education.
rjjt | r | (bat the growing evil of
JLjob to drew >« interfering re-
^^TiritkUm» thorough education
ladies, we wish to say a
*I\ard$ on the subject, and to
\ t »a apf** 1 t0 P* m,t ^ 8 war *
__ W< 1 all persons of similar
^jons, toM«tai«i the efforts that
0 bet*f »ad* to initiate a reform
‘£~a are ^l*”** 1 to * ueh
,^ JT w d extravagance in dress
^Tbow prevalent; and jhey find
, l# a asoperahle objection U> wend*
L t heir daughters away to school.
Tgfcgffc they may be convinced
.jjii the moral, social and intellect*
^ advantages which their children
fuald there receive are of the most
"prip character, they yet fear that
^jaendieable love for dreaa, with
i» consequent insatiable ettrava
jioce ia expenditure, will be con
Some who have charge of
je edaeatioo of youth have eou-
jjjfsaooe convictions on this sub-
^ and endeavor to iustll their
priaeiplea into those subject to their
aiatnce. They fiud, however, that
tfcKinherent proclivities for vanity
ad display are not so easily eradi
sad, intensified as they Ore by
supples that the yonug feed them
aim perfectly safe and justifiable
I following. Wheu they remon-
ast^and strive to convince them
jt'tksin of such extremes, they arc
sfeawd by such remarks as these:
if anther prefers that 1 shall
foshUiis style. She does not wish
it mac look ridiculous and entirely
the fashions.” It is useless
a represent that neatness and good
am do not reqnire the scifvile de
ntkm to every absurd fashion ; the
j potent and irresistible argument that
pw most do as others,” is all-con-
| nncing.
We know that it is necessary to
lewrect the tastes, and arrange the
dress of many young persons before
they can make a presentable ap pear
I ace in society ; hot when they have
become familiar with a different style
j <4 fife ami its habits, they seem to
think it necessary to go to every ob
jectionable extreme. Our iustruc*
taw have but little effect while we
avf tocouteud with so many coun-
tnaetiug influences. We earnestly
■Wl all rightly disposed persons to
‘•d an by their example and iiiflu-
»»,that we may not have the sad
*** of feeling all our efforts frus-
fated, Our cheeks are Covered with
at the reputatiou we bear
Wroad as a nation. Wo have read,
®°®»«0Qrce that can not be called
1 question, that a school ia Dres
^and some also in other places,
l *k*e to receive Americau girls as
IhjHluoo account of their reputatiou
extravagance and excessive de-
rot * on b> dress. It was feared they
exert a pernicious influence.
e aho saw it stated, in terms
implying censure, that the
®°*t elaborate and expensive dress
^•kclured in Paris in a long
tad been purchased, not by a
*** princess, but by an Ameri
Do uot these things sug-
^oauy sad thoughts and otuinous
* p l*taea«ous f
connection with this we would
au insertion of the follow-
extract. It fully corroborates
*t bj 6 ^ 8 ' 6 Weu aud what
l ' e i*^ard advauced privately
km 096 W ^° opportunities of
WlD 5 thereof they affirm.
M.lE. 8.
^Education Abboad.—Wc have
year* held to the views set forth
L r^ nded hy Hon. B. G. North*
^a^reury of the Connecticut
«* "® ar d of Education, in the
as to the serious
or Goriuanj. The one advantage
gained, has bean, a correct and
r«*dy pronunciation of the German or
French tongue, or both, but this has
been secured at a great loss, socially,
morally and intellectually. With
one sccomplisbaient, these yooag
students have found themselves
much behind their Americau peers
in general knowledge. The schools
they hare attended, instead of being
agreeable sod holding upon them
with pleasant memories, are only re
ferred to with positive disgust. After
young gentlemen or ladies have well
advanced in their rudiments! Ko
glish studies, hare become acquaint
ed with the grammatical construction
of Europeau languages, sad learned
to translate them freely, then a real
deace, under proper guard laush ip,
in France or Germany, to secure the
native pronunciation, or to attend
the learned advanced courses of lec
turns, or to cultivate, under extra
ordinary advantages, the amthetic
arts, is certainly to be greatly tie
sired. Even st this stage of thrnr
education, to send youug persons, of
either sex, without suitable family
compsiiionship, is a serious expert
ment, attended with great diacom
forts, and often with no little moral
peril. The cheapness of living in
Europe has been one great reason,
on the part of persons with limited
means, for seeking its educational
opportunities. This advantage ia
every day decreasing. With the in
creasing flood of travelers, and of
temporary residents from America
aud Great Britain, ordinary family
expense* • have greatly advanced,
^he Franco Prussian war, like oar
own, by awakening a spirit of specu
latioii, has enhanced the value of
almost all forms of merchandise, as
well as of land and rents, throujrh
out central Europe. It coats fifty
per cent more to live ia any of the
University towns than ten year*
since. I)r. Northrup, from personal
examination, clearly shows the ad
vantages of our public school train
iug for young pupils, over the foreign
public or hoarding schools, and points
out distinctly the evil influences, of a
political and moral character, as well
and ghtf sf the giver I
of the overflight of his as
« a reason fat the
•fit hi
1 have been pestered with* Best her
Garrulous GUb's stereotyped flihor
lotion, which I ha vs jnsi heard for
the forty fifth time. These speech
less chrteUan* number ia their ranks I sms why he
UAMtA i |FMMAlImIairI •, ni # . ^_R *
see s^se‘ ^n^w s^^*s$flsr an
disciples that I sncoaatsr. They with their
lovs the place uf prayer, evsu if ao deeds, and with
mm hears them there hat that God psrtHoafltag the
who overhears the breath Jogs of the that they are ant ashamed to plead
lamoat eoaL They are always at they hare aa time la |0re to the can
the meeting They stag; they listen msd af the Owpd id ChrteL
lateltigeatly j they are good hvsrrre There to aa aseawa la the asaa who
**l| dwMlW‘'d ■ W fi : aaaw
WwW ^wse^e-e w a s vwr i emmr aawe
lanky there
W ha te«vr
preach, they peaetiem
sine they eoeemit, they are ar
guilty af “vita hahhtiag * or
talkiue iHMienM'm the name of
Lard.
little from their haebfel timidity j
hot they arede better headway for
heaven than loqaarinaui “Mr. Talk
acwhisg ta
alive/
1,1a shfiy ant dtflfldfiSfi maamre L at the
Banyan's Mr Feanag* and chedl him owl of fha hjfiVmily rtchaa
Much afraid" suffered not a lls seed* its reatrakdl that ha may
net fall a vkt*m to lha snares which
boost the path af h*4 who wed he
corruption, fian^l aatl kwthrry o hich
era
are a
mg af Maly Wnt, that “Urn lore af
la the rooi of fill ewff .** Mew
mi grew* of Gad that lhay
sa hhaaflmewmmsMl eftnnaHEsm.
re ffwwljr-
turee* at the rent uf hie mdey teagae.
i ares ns aLraw ann*nsere I kse r*m m taMaermw
1 fin MOW woff ImIA CmMII I Are I (tit
tied church member whose hie ia a
vre-ww wiwessi: tree e^e
power la the reammaaity. Me caw
ofMtw his parse fur the Lord easier
than he caa often his month } he raw
glorify bm Master by Waring much stupors, and affbr ap their
fruit la godly living flat la pahBa a> aa the altar of fib* g
meetings, bis “strength to to ait religion
still.” | n
It is not the doty of pastors or of as
leaders of prayer
la* every eo
stragglers; awo
eat of the habit af ntlewdiag church,
sod who bare baooma to tar indiflbr
eat U the services of religion that
Ihflj go U> church only when some
novalty attracU them. If a new
Minister oomes, they pick ap their
ears, and lists® ta his voice for
awhik, then leper into the frigid
gaged, they leap lata the vary trap
bm af iatfireak aad aathaeiaam until
the edge af tibe qaartalle fct wore off;
tV frsdually real, aad af bat fall
If tha somber af this rises of poo
pta uraca iwaignlficaat, we should look
upon thear rearee aa simply scorn
trie, ateh them good IfiffA Ik their
Bat lha troth is, the ladiffsretits are
e v mpei b y aad awr mtfletaaary seal.
They are ta be found la every city ia
lw ovary vtUage ia
They are by aa ateaae social
m sv tm vS'irsI* ua*aw a"wvf s k*.|>< ^.kOs#
aatity pereuws of aa cwltare. Gw
lha ewatrwry, tv hare frequently
Lyam*! ibwam -ffea k*mk rn Ifi ■> s-Mii cf m as st mea_
_ ? MMiu uaw’mp id# uff nninn wm »r
bat rfilhrv rvqoireo *ns< ready to regage heartily ia say
fl W
eats three shy brethren by renuna bewared then abre M gam with a »•**. hat rwllmg ihvmeehrs all op ia
ally- “calling them out.” They sdl man iota ble reantiaf ewsm, se re a pnrhly bundle Hha a poerepme,
aot romr It »as out foreaedaiued 'rbaaga, and thorn with whom be whenever the oalfiect af religion »
that every reaverted man should deals are arnde ta M that be to Iwwflhml. jibs) are aot irreiigioas,
edifrr the brvHbrrbasd by apa^tag gavvravd by Ha blgb and bslv pttw »bat m. Ihrvr lives ate slaialeos, aad
In meeting, ur ebt cworerebw anwM nptes j at, than a baa be hi plaatag > lhay take great pnde lb Ihetr honor,
bring with it the gift of fiaeat speech, la hie fluid, sa reg-sgad la tbs aMsst f bat they ere aa religiaae, that is,
Chrim newts aarhevs and givees, aa hatnely i i alias and caa shoo ; they are is lha etartre nagalivr ana
wall as speaker*. Let (hone aha are that ha «ea «rrve Gad m these aa' Milan af mead aad eympalhy.
so invincibly diffhlent that they caa ierr>dl| as ahre W warships la the Every mmmie* ha* teamed through
oat serve their MaaCet with their snaetnnry. tad nspstkanre la regard this fact as
tongue, he content la larva him in There is ao etewse ta the man a ho *****
pleasant sense Of variety, and give
impressiveness to tbe service! A
minister once had on tbe platform s
Urge model of Jerusalem, uud after
his arrmon tbe whole congregation
gathered about it He was induced
to deliver a course of sermons on
Christ's Lifs in the Holy City, and 1 hymns,” as be
n thoroughly healthy interest waa solace ia hie
developed.
Then, again, we ministers arc uot
personal enough in oar sermons.
We do not mean by this that par*
ttenlar individual* should be made a
Ml IMMli MNrfclft# tffl
In Itfr, regaging m
tag into the fbmlly wain, with all hke
aetfre year* tie fines
the
other wsj*. TWy ran row
sith CmsI in srrrei. They ran
and worship in dn <*tt tilewre, u* ia
thr reng of pndae. The* can mmm
rrale their moor) nod infiaenve to
the lord They ran riwil the pm*. I be needs j
and distribute Bride* and abuts ifcaplog to
avow tract*; they ms Ie4 their tight it that It may rwolrod
•June in * hundred way*. God wtU fwlfy with the
imM bold them re*|m«Mh4e for what as ta strengthen it wkh
as tbe great intellectual Ions, attend i the, rant do; hat only
iug the education of oar children what they ran Parens' needU waa
abroad. Tbi* paper, from such a i more umful than some tuagwe* that
sourre, will awaken thought in the I Andrew ba* left no record
minds of intelligent j«renU barlaur led speeche*. but he twoughl hw
iug such a purpose, and binder any ! powerful brother iVter to the laml
hasty net of this nature which may | Be of food cheer! ye shy brethren grand art*she. aad (I _
who posnea* your *ouU im wleure ;l wmwer ar brier |«w*e Mel.
if you ran ink qwak speak paMidy corrmrted, whu smimrh* n^m tbs
for your beloved Master, you ran * oj age af life w.i howl the. hart sod
witne** for him by holy aud usefal compare uf tha Word, withaat the
Uvea. “I ranna .peak of my Lord/ glare af fakh, and the anchor ef
Mill the timid suit
•may an hoar af
be* ha caa heat bare tha waaty
aad nine a ho appear ta be safe MM*
ed, and gw after tbe aaw wbn ha*
baaed Urn shepherd * hare at eight
Glittering generalities fall
gently as snow flakes; the people do
not know or care in what quantities
they come. The true wermou is a
perfect hail dorm, which makes tbe
people who are bit shiver aa though
Gad were speaking through tbe min*
Mart lips. That is the way in which
Whitfield broke the hearts of sinner*.
He made them tremble aud shake,
as thqugh the Thunders of God's
soger were breaking just over Their
beads, or a* though the culminating
hour of ail time bail arrived, and
they were lafr in their nakeduess to
the just wrath of Jehovah.
With a large variety in the tone
af oar serrices, and more tremeu
dons earnentMNM in the pulpit, tbe
stragglers will have very little rest
or peace. Let it be oars to do oar
part faithfully and well, and to let
ao morbid fear of eritk4*m stand in
the way of doing good. Tbe octn
munity will lodge by results, and
yon can safely venture beyond the
beaten track if thereby yon can save
aoola. Bout* redeemed are the ouly
witnesses to the success of one’s
ministry.—TV Working Church.
bed utterances; true to tbe nature
of tbe man who, to tbe last, retained
his genial originality ; the man who,
with genuine courtesy aad bis wonted
humor, apologised f<* the trouble be
was giving ; the man who, childlike
aa be always was, chose “bairns'
called them, for
reakneaa—“O that
will be joyfhL,” “There is n happy
land ;* relishing them aa he relished
that one of Cooper's, “There is a
fountain filled with blood f and
preferring them to all
spired songs of praise. -N.
yciist.
Dying T*r-T.r,y of Dr. fothris.
“In All Pointa Tempted. M
A desire for sympathy is one of
tbe earliest developed feelings of the
human soul. We see it even in the
babe, which turns instinctively to
its mother or nurse to find n look of
sympathy in its pleasure or pain.
A sadder object can hardly be
imagined than a child which has
been so frequently threat off with
coldness that it has learned to carry*
within its own bosom nil its childish
joys and sorrows. In things pleas
ant or otherwise, a feeling of sym
pathy is a bond ef union, just so far
aa it exists. It has been said that
the aym|>atby of sorrow w greater
than that of joy, and for a good
reaaou. Pleasure is within itself
attractive, while sorrow is repelling.
In pleasure, one ia often apt to
think that others have the advan
tage, while in sorrow the tendency
is rather to consider one’s self as the
greatest sufferer. When we find
one whose painful experience, wheth
er of mind, body, or estate, ia similar
to our own, we are naturally drawn
towards such a person. Therefore,
in no particular do we see more of
God's intimate knowledge of the
human hearts and its needs thaa in
Ills life long friend, Ucv. Dr. Cau
dHab, in his funeral sermon, has col
lectcd some of the moat memorable [ providing a Saviour who could sym
expressions uttered during tbe wes > pathixe with those He came to save
of bm
while he
fiRA, but w|ms keep* grealatg wa. wu w sited the coming of the final sum
uf
the love of
prove of irremediablt) injury to a
lad or girl.—Chrirtmm F.m. •
Selections.
WSNUSii.
Silent Christians.
Tbe fnau who say* a great deal
ought to have * great deal in him to
say. A full man ha* a right to
speak often in the prayer meeting
If be comes to the family gathering
of Christ’* flock with a rich experi
ence, or a glowing *ugge*ti.n, or a
happy elucidation of Scripture, let
him out with it! Such *peech i«
golden. To Apeak at the right pine,
and in the right way, and to know
when to stop, is a happy gift. Those
brethren who can pray with fervor,
and address the meeting with pith
and uuetion, are tbe joy aud strength
of the prayer circle. Happy i* that
church “whose quiver is full of them *
But every good man i* not born
with tbe gift of public speech
There are deep minded, devout, and
earnest Christian* who can do every Gospel were!
thing else lletter than to address a Hut the purwlalu
mixed assembly. They are coostitu designed not only
tionaliy timid, and slow tongued j; treatment which w
there is pure gold within them, but
they can not coin it readily into
‘trail I eewM 4m fmr him>
- 1 >i liMmuuisii
Si
*. Wky ama, *4 he* setting out,
sail for heaves f Why wait MU
has beast drive* about by auaav
- ' « ^ j , 4 |
111 the parable of the (treat Hop
per, lathe xiv : 1 d 14. when the ser
van! went to say to them that were
bidden. “Come, for *11 thing* are
now ready/ we are told that “they
all with one cousrat began to anske
excuse.” The fieri at «m*e arrests
our attention that not one of the
“man)/ to whom the luviUUou had
been extended, was dispensed to ae
I her** iwifeet agree men t ueuflHHRffk *a smk flftmi^lfiSa ^flflhfii flS
among them I* (hi# puiUratar. 24*w, --aBi-l | m dafifigg, Jfoua which ta
rli-feUai aaa'kfi fihafoa < flaw s
wgfiiMMP wfiWMe wfiBPiMi wffe ffp MeMff^pPu^ffffr* ffaWHi^ llMft
universal among mew, la regard to >B p TT , >> ^
the Oo^rtt ItoM II m« potol W ^ Tk» S MS brngkl «M
just that aBeuatiou of heart from |||# 9lrmmm Tbo
God, for which the pfnvishms of I ho l l.
w IRVMi MM MMMMMjr MPr fiPu
table whore T It ta a
• hua a yuaag asaa i
to worldly baaiwwo.
to Gad la it
t Ba^MA i ^ smaw ffewm- ^asm-w*
i ...ijJpfilMWHw- M •ffPMml wiw "afIMff UfiF* wfiffJi
thaw*; sme tor thuae who hove waa
the warhi Neae for thuae aha are
atrivfoff la am it. ffaaa for that*
aha have the trial hi
sa yak
f 4
aot utterly
tha
ii«iful of tbe * m wow his r shadow*.
**■1 e^sf e* B~•**■*. op
To know there are ooala all around
you who are (a great dauger, aud to
fieri that perhaps joo have the acssi
ta eavre them, if only you earn think
what that mew os is. Is esm of the
l#er teaceu, snd
to drive aae alusowt wild.
W# have called them people atrsg
gterw. Tbo ward tmpforn that they
hsi e had a reMgisaa foith, hat have
aaaderad Mi lit have beta, at
anarai ume, aithla reach af the sym
pathy af the eharah, hat they have
vufcsatartly withdrwan. Their re
analaa phMalv ladtaalaa twa ihtagw.
Fleet, aa esramsUe aad uapsrdoas
bie .atrirwwoess aa thiSr part af amt
tare af the big beet moment. Every
mot)*. In ecmcluding his discourse
he said : “I ask you, beloved breth
ren, to listen to these sentences which
1 am shoot to read, and which are
uot mine, but another's. “Thank
God, my tongue has been unloosed!”
“AH reserve Is gone—I cau sjieak
oat now.” “O most mighty aud
most merciful, |Mty me, once a great
•toner, snd now a great sufferer.”
•‘Blessed Jesus, what would I uow
do but for Tber !* “I am a father,
and 1 know a hst a father's heart is.
My love to my children is no more
to God's infinite love as a Father,
than one drop of water to that
boundless ocean out there.” “Death
is miaing away here, slowly bat
surely , ia the dark.” “I have often
la boaad by the afiraagtat obli I thought, snd eveu hoped, in past
■t« act hi sympathy with \ years, that God would have granted
religious ImsUtaUflwa. Iltn own per
aoual welfare, aud the social snd
palilkwl goad of the commeoitj de
peud apoa A. Beaoud, such a feeble,
or stern, or aaatirective sdmiuiatrs
Uuu af affairs by mtafotev or ebareb
oftrrtT, that tbe people are repelled
rather thaa aUraefod. Tbe firet rea
ana give* be longs la tbe drimquuata,
aud or hruvw it la their charge. Tbe
aa sporlally
exhibit tba
I *+ hafi
$ the title deeds a* re
It
to give to the luvitatloa of tha Goo
pel, bat the frivoloas nature of their
enrrent words. They cau give for excuse* for its oeglert. There is aot
Vnim .
American families are
«tadL! at< !’ 10 8e,,din ? tbeir young
foreign at>road to be educated in
I i»r an, ICh00U * There are no im
, Vauta ^ e ® to be gained in
8 lads in auy of tbe gieat
8ch °ol8 of England, and
kj^'ih* r ^ disadvantages arising
in !t y tut jJ )eca ^ ar discipline of these
'Uttnm ° n *’ and traditionary
in ,hrm - Ti,e
r °v auk *«bools is nar*
° U “ l1 classical drill may
eoou ?h. The provision
IW,. of yoang ladies in
^'ance % l ° ^ the ,ca8t i not in
| States 0 v l. p0^t ‘ OD,, of United
l Ter »ed bave re P«atediy con-
I'*'-’ parents and yonug
. . ° bave Pa«8«d years upon
to**,, ***" the latter
8 tiie •cRools in Britxerlaud
Chris, and they cun live for Christ ;
but they can not speak for Christ
acceptably in a public assembly.
Their lives are eloquent. Their ac
tions speak louder than words. One
of tbe most eminent scientific men
in America united with the Church
in middle life, and adorned his pro
fessiou by a most exemplary walk ;
but he made a stipulation with the
session that they should never call
on him to take part in auy devotion
al meeting. After forty years of
age it is not easy to cooqoer a con
stitutioua! repugnance to public
* Peking. With some timid persons
it is a moral impossibility. If they
attempt to utter a “few remarks”
they are no sooner on their firat than
their ideas take wing like frightened
birds, and nothing comes oat of
them but a terrible perspiration;
they sit down mortified and de
termined never to “make fools of
themselves again.”
1 have a heartily liking for three
shy, silent brethren—especially after,
If
bare
bought. If j
one of all their
the least validity or valaa. Aad
human ingenuity may be challenged
to frame one which cun brer the tret
of examination la the parable thaw
excuses are presented under what
may be regarded aa three distinct
genaraHsatioas
There ia no excuse la tha maa aha
has acquired worldly pnareahixxa,
who baa made his fortune, w tba
phrase ta. If God has bleared him
daring long years, while neglecting
hie •erviee, enabling him ta gather
riches, there ia tba greater reaaou
wby he should without fort her da
isy, heed the cult of the Guapst. All
tbe couahleratwo* that caa be drawn
irww IMP IWtirlTAACff mmM 5 WHIII I y Uf aaare^J
Gi*l, make their appeal to him. And
s Is m its ire area 1 ' t K i* iii in *■ refr yffiUieae u i n*i a fit^re foure
lorrfi Air l or w im
drawn from the reapoaalbtlttjr uf bla
stewardship, flow shall be give au
count to God for tba use ef bis
possession*, sales*, giving bla heart
to Gad, ha eball frees Christian pria
riplee and motives devote there to
Ha
ftflfil
be
sueaa^rel^aff ha w-a 4 a A ok mu are* * igfc
wwmm vAT-ff ii Iwmi wp
n
If be
It for a day. The third bud
a wlfo, and there reraaly waulfi be u»
iMproprwijr •( in mi foj om* prcMw m
bin >tfo T |u bin flitimdlug a fount, but
taeus la it He may
tba m^isimi, fm this
If ba aeald bare eulfi
be had burled a aifis, he might wtlh
uf an > i care aab to be
la a foetu s
la tba
1 «ag af men here re tug ebrietlaaa, la
Ferk
me a translation like Chalmers or
Audrew Tbotupsoti. But it would
appear now this was not to be the
way of it” “O tbe power yet in
that arm”—tbe right arm stretched
trait with force while iu bed. “1
doubt it present* the prospect of a
long fight And if eo, Lord help me
to turn my dying hours to better
purpose than ever my preaching ones
•ecaud betongn ta aa, aud if auy im bave Item.” “Tbo days have come
pruveeueut la method i* possible, let in which 1 have no pleasure in
a* make aat af it them.” “ lenite* mnitotum ! I
the have sftru thought that iu the would at this •moment gladly give
af the average church all my money and all my fame for
Our
lawyer meeting*, and
eves our serial gathering*, all run ia
a monotony Is wear!
at beat Tbe richest ante, loaf
Beside*, Christian
tty I* aat a Slagle string, it is a whole
harp. Tbe Cathode Church has made
lUutf master af this font, and has
ta play every sole iu tbe
of foot mg aad work. It ia
Its
of imitattoo It baa
foe impressive religious services for
tt«
the
my. It has seemed to
that we Protostaata, oo the other
la oar sffalalfilraliM af af-
follow too much a regular
iuavttahly kills
•Jji Pftl jJTVw-i>
m b> M fii re iM, fox
mP^^pwfP Mb
eves the
MMffin! iMftmi
af the
pulpit are
ei lednre
• an Old YmUmmm
it nab
jMfia. and
Mil Ml —ll 1 k «■>»«,
ui.p-4« • ii on jpnirerep
before
the cuagri
Mutton, eo that wi
1 could
proceed t
xadarstaodiagty, wonld it
not roam
i the people into
a vary
that poor body'*” (a smiling country
soman tripping by) “vigor and
rherriulusea.” “A living dog is
belter than a .dead lion.” “1 have
often seen death beds. I have often
described them ; but 1 had uo
conception till now of what hard
work dying really is!” “Had 1
known this years ago, as 1 know it
now, I would have felt far more for
others in &;u*ilar circumstances than
f aver did.” “Ah, my dear children,
you see I am now just as helpless in
year arms as yon aver were in mine.”
As telegraphic messages came
poariag in be said : “1 bless God
for tbe telegraph; because these
will eerve a* calls to God's people
to mind me in their prayers.” Of
tba Queen's inquiry—“It is very
kind.” Of a young attendant-—“Af
lectiou ia very sweet; and it ia all
ooe from whatever quarter it comes
—whether from this Highland lassie
or from a peeress—just as to a
thirsty maa oold water is equally
grateful from a spring on tbe hillside,
aa from a richly ornamented foun
tain.” Farting with an humble
•errant—“God Mens you, my friend.”
I would be most willing that any
man who ever wrote or spoke
against me should come in at that
door, and I would shake bauds with
him.*'
There are fresh and racy death
The ‘•Captain of our salvation”
waa to be “made perfect through
suffering.” With our bodily ail
meats he can sympathise, tor “He
bore oar sicknesses.” Bat often
physical pain ia as nothing in com
pariaon with mental distress. At
such times, He who was the “Man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief,”
ia always near with his gracious in
vitation, “Come onto Me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and I
will give yon rest.” In spiritual
anguish—the deepest and most be
wildering of all pains—we still have
true, heartfelt sympathy, for “we
bave not an High Prieat who can
not be touched with a feeling of onr
infirmities, for he was in ail poitUt
tempted like at are are.” Not only in
the wilderness, where he was led to
be tempted by the devil on a special
occasion, bat all through life; “for
it became him for whom are all
things, to make the Captain of their
salvation perfect through sufferings.”
Even with our proneness to sin, it is
bard to bear the sight of wickedness;
what theu most it have been to Him
“who knew no sin!” How strong
mast have been his desire to be
touched with a feeling of oar iaflrtn-
ities when it led him willingly to
submit to temptation, that he, know
ing by experience its terrible power,
“might be able to snocor them that
are tempted.” In view of such
wonderful condescension and love,
no wonder tbe apostle concludes with
the exhortation, “Let us, therefore,
come boldly onto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of
need.”
To come timidly, as though after
all be might cast us out, is to pot
dishonor upon God’s word. He
“Knoweth, not alone aa God, all knowing,
A* mao. onr mortal weakness Be ha*
proved.”
Having been “in all points tempt-
he knows just how much we
need a superior outside power to
save as, and, being onr Captain,
11 He it able to tore them to tie utter
most, who ooroe onto God by him.”
“Through God we shall do valiantly,
for he it ia that shall tread down onr
enemies.”—Barnett Worker,
ed/
la it not Profanity f—“8 wear not
at all P A word to girls and yoang
ladies.
You wonld not swear, the thought
is horrible, yet you say, perhaps,
each words as “Mercy !* <1 Goodness!”
“Gracious l” “Kingdom P and the
like, in common conversation. I
have heard many such expressions
foil trippingly from rosy lips.
Mercy, goodness, and grace are
attributes of God. In this view of
the oase, if it is not profanity, it is
very near It, to rise them at exple
tives.
At the very least these are idle
words, and idle words are sinihL
Let your conversation be simple,
straight-forward, and free from any
thing which even threatens to break
tbe third commandment