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HE OUl>IlAx\S’ ■FlilEXl). Wednesday, Octil)er 20 TALLOW CANDLKSs Tilli ClILKLULS. On several recent occasions we Ijave attended service in (ihiirches in which tallow candles wore used. Four candles for the people and one for the preaclicr ; or one to illuminate each corner of tlie church, and one to illuniinate tlie })ulpit. Generally the sexton ^vas not “up to snuff,” and these can dles soon beg-an to shine with augmented, obscurity. Sometinics the pulpit candle burned low iii the old tin candle-stick and flick er^ in the socket. Sometimes the blaze, failed entirely and the \vick continued to burn and smoke, doing its best to illustrate ..the-Scripture which says : “d’he imotiug flax shall lie not (piench.’’ AVere tliese ])eople too poor to furnish good lights ! Far from it. Their fat cattle covered tlie liilLs, Rud their crops were sujieiabui,!- dant. Did they dwell in the dark ness bec^'uso they preferred it 1 Many of them are liberal, vriliing fep give, and anxious to have ‘*more* .lightbut there are in al- ipost every church some who ftdeh to sing the “Old Ship of Zi- 0.n,"feeling thatthey liavethrougli tickets and are safely booked for keaven. I'liey Iiave nothing to dp but sail on home without any trouble or expense bv the wav. The exam])les and avarice of tliese jieople annoy and injure the lib eral souls and make them fail in some points of their own Christian duty. Thus many, who desire to honor tlie Lord with tlieir sub stance,’ never do so, bewiusc of the evil influences around them'. Dut these billow candles, are typi- ial of cliurch-members wlioap lights, are not under a buslud, nor yet giving light to those in the house. They refuse to shine iis the Lord commands tliem ; bnt iire all the time praying : “O send out thy light and thy truth.” God commands that tlie gospel sluill ehine through the obedience and activity of bis people; but these people jiray that they may li\e for themselves while the Lord carries on his work tlirough other instrumentalities. It is a avou- deiful tiling that a God pure and holy loves a vile ami wayward sinner. It is stranger still that any helpless sinner fails to return such condescending love. But think of an old tallow-candle Christian whose light is out and who remains content to be smok ing flax, just so long as God’s fo.rbearaiico does not quench him! Suppose such Christians are lui- jnorous in any church. Will the gospel ever sliiiie throiigli it ^ “If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that dm-knesB.” Reader, are }'ou an old unsiiuffed tallow-candle Christian ? Ma)" the Lord liavc mercy upon your soul. Making A Cjioii'e.—A g'utleuijin living the bay says that a negro man, his wife, and four e.hihhvn were forced to take ii tree to eavo themselves (luring the late storm. troo. svrayed to and fro with the violence of tlio wiud, and threatened to fall with its heavy burden. The old coiijile concUuled that .souk; one must be sacrificed to save the rest. Alter consultation the old woiiiun said she 'was not j*re]mred to die, and i;rg(‘d tlu! ohl man to drop himself into eteruiry. J5nt he, t(o, wasn’t rwidy, and th‘ niatlt-c w:\s eompru- jiiisod by laiimdiiiig the two youngest children int(j the surging watcr.s. \ few hours after they were r»(scued, and the old negro told the story liinisidf to those who saved him. -Oal- vt-iton A’ewvt. So it seems to be no lianu to drown iiej^'i'O ebiKlreu in Texas, if jteojde will only drown their O.vu, ]hiring the iijijiroaehing whiter, this same couple may fear starvation, and, as the old jieople will not be ready to die, the other two children may be eaten. Some months ago a Granville ivomaii drowned her chih! in Tar lliver. She was tried at Oxford and throe oi the jury desired to iind her “not guilty” of murder because the child was gone to heaven, (fn the same principle, all the good people might be killed and tlie iJevil and his angels reign on the earth. The pajiers minoimce tha.t Hr. d’. IS. Kiiig.sbury will shortly be gin the History of North Caroli na from loG-1 to ISGO. Wo feel sure that Mr. Kingsbury will give us a useful and readable book ; but wo beg him to go back at least as far as Noah’s Flood and bring our history straight on down to the adjournineiit of the great Convention of 1875. Ante- Colnmbiis America offers a won- dertul field for the revels of the historic pen, and the last ten years ol our history furnishes so many splendid specimens of hu man depravity that Wesley’s great book on original sin is now utterly obsolete. Mr. Ivingsbury saw the Convention in its glory and he can jiaint its portrait. Mr. K. Gillis was cxceedigiily inter esting in his ■aute-Oolumbus sketches of our country. On these sketches and with tue help of the theories of Cousin, our an cient history may even now' bo w'ritteii. The llaleigli and Augusta Air- Jjiiie Uailroad now runs to Cam eron, 35 miles from Kockingham ou tjio Carolina Central Kailway, and is graded to Jlrow’uiiig Creek. Tlie present indications are that the, former road will tap the lat- 'ter .at Haiid Hill. Now it some times happens that trains do not make close connections, and just think of a hundred passengers ly ing over at Sand liill! Gall- berries and persimmons 1 Yv’e once took siijiper at lieaver Dam Hotel, a bachelor being propri etor, and may fho l.ord have mercy on his sotil. 15ut if Col. Sanford lias fixed his face tor Sand Hill, then lot Mrs. Tucker, Ml'S, ’i’l'iiy, Mrs. Varbro or some other kind widow bo stationed fliei’e, and we and brother Duck- .ott will be liapj))'. T!sc SaiaiilJ Wo!*riGs. The christuiii world hfiB long boon gnosising what J’aul’s thorn ill the flesh was. We have a book that in ten pages tries to sliow wliat J’aul’s- thorn was not, and in another ten pages trios to show what it ^cas. ^lany of the tlioological doc tors have felt Pam’s pulse to see wha.t was the inattor with him. We suppose the reason he did not tell tiB wluit it was, may have been because he did not want us to know, lie knew tliat if he stated y hat it was, there would have been a great many people from {goriiith bothering liini with ])reBcriptions as to how he might cure it. Some say it was diseased eyes, some that it \vas a luiuiped back, it may have been neuralgia. Perha})s it was gout, although his active habits and a sparse di et throw loubt on the siqinosition. >Suflice it to say it was a thorn— that is it stuck him. it was shari). It was probably of not much accuimt in the eyes of the world. It was not a trouble that could be conijiared to a lion, or tlie Itois- terous sea. It was like a trioni that vou may have in your hand or foot, and no one know it. Thus we see that it becomes a ty})e of those little nottlesoir.e worries of life that exasperate the spirit. Ikvery one has a thorn sticking him. The housekeeper finds it in unfaithful domestics, or an inmate wlio kee])s things disordered, or a house loo small for convenience, or too'sHiall to be kept cleanly. The professional man flnds it in perpetual- interruptions or calls for “‘moro' copy.” The Sabbath school teacher finds it in imatten- tive scholars, or neighboring teachers that talk, loudly and make a,great noise iu giving a little instruction. One man has a rliouii.iatic joint, when the wind is northroast, lifts the storm sig nal. Another a business partner who takes .full half tlm profits, but does iiot help to earn tlieiu. ThGse'.,trials pro the nuu'O nettle- some because, like Paul’s thorn, they, are not to bo mentionotl. Men get sympathy for broken bones and inasiied feet, but not for tko end ot sharp tiiorns that have been broken off iu the fm- gers. Let ivs start out with the idea tliat we must have • annoyances. It .seems to take a certain num ber of them to keep us humble, wakeful, and prayfiil. To Paul tlie thoru was dlseipliuary as the sliipwreck. If it is not one thing, it is another. If the stove does not smoke, the boiler must leak, if the pen is gooL the ink must bo poor. If the thorn does not pierce, the knee, it muidtuko you in the back. Life nuust liave sharp tliiugy. to it We cannot make up our robe of (dnistiau clmracter without ])ins and nee dles. Wo want what Paul got; grace to boar tho.se tilings. WitSioutit, we become'ci-o-is, C'.'iis ’riou", and irascible. ' .Wt^'get in the habit of sticking pur thorns into other people’s fingers. But, God help ing us, we placo these annoyan ces ill the category of tlio “ail Things work tfigether for good.” We see how much sliortcr thorns are, tliuii the spikes that stuck through the palms of Christ’s hands, and, rememberiiig that ho hud on his head a whole crown of thoriiH, we take ourselvoB the eou- solatiou that if wo sull'er with Him oil earth, wo shall be glorified Avltli Liiu iu heaven. But how could Paul positively rejoice iu these iiifirmities 1 Tlie sciiool of Christ has throe classes of scholars ; iu tlie fir.st class we learn how to bo stuck with thorns ivithout losing our jaitieiice ; iu the second class we learn lio'.v to make the sting positively advan tageous ; in the third class of this school we learn how’’ even to re joice in being pierced and woun ded ; but that is'the Senior class, and when we get to that wo are near graduated into glory.:—I^res- hyterian. Ch:vrjml«r. What is character f It is the moral mark by which we distin guish one man from another. A man’s character li\’es within him. It is true his reputation may, nay, iloes depend upon imblic oj/inion, but the formation of Ins character depends iqion himself. Ymitli, therefore, is the proper [leriod for tiie formation of one’s (character. Maturit}" siuqdy ])ei'- fects and adds to it that stability, which, if it be a good cliaracter ho has formed, he cannot but command a good reputation; wlierocis a man may iiossess a good reputation when, in reality, he lias a bad character, or iu other words, our character is our moral standard, our. roiuiTation tlie woikVs. As it is principality our morality that affects both the Jiereaftor of ourselves and tliat of our fellow-beings, too much care caiuiot be bestowed upon the formation of so impoidaiit an es sential. Then boys—and not only tlie boys, but the girls—remember that as the success of almost every enterprise depends on the degree to which those engaged upon it tax tlioir powers, so the success ful formation depends upon tlie degree or the amount of exertion to which those forming it, tax tlioir pow'ors and energies, and he who exeits himself the strongest, he it is who will eventually pos sess the best character, mid it is of a suret}' well worth tlie striv ing ; for as a great writer truth fully remarks: “Gur reputaiion is what men and women tliiuk of us ; our character wliat God and angels kno\vu. of us.” Wlisit ©o ¥011 CisSi sum'iFjitSses’l “The old man won’t let me go.” “Psliaw i my gov’nor ’ll let me go.’’ “Well, I haven’t said anythingto my pop about it.” biich talk anuuig boys is very common. When boys get to be of a certain age—from l-i to IG—they seem to think it nunily, in speaking of their fathers to other boys, to use some slang word. We hear ^‘Old Man,” “Dad,” “Old Gquaretoes.” “i’op” “Governor,” or best, and whicli should be—next to mother —the dearest of names. Thi.s nicknaming is not by any means coutlued to rude and rough bova, blit iiufortuiiable prevails among those who have been well brought u}), properly educated, and have- pleasant homes. It would be sad indeed, if tliose names wore used to express disres})ect, or contempt, but they m'O heard, and ninro’-s the pity, from tbo lips of those boys wiio realiy love their fathem, and would at once, resent it h aiiytUiug cUsrespeeituil were said of them. Kot one ot the boys who is ill liie lihbit of speaking of his father l.sy ashing name, would go to him and say “Gid man, won’t you please” do this or that, or say “Good night j>o[).” It is a very safe rule never to speak of your fatliei-—or in fact any one else—by any name you would not use in speaking to him. The good old Saxon name father, is not only a pleasing word, but it is ajipropriate at all ages, wheth er from the tiny cliild or the full grown man. Boys, don’t use slang at all, but esjieciailv not when you mean Father.—Jmer- ican Agriculturist. FnjiD thc‘ Miisoiii; Jouriial. MayoiLBC 2>ag-csl. Tlie following extracts from a letter from the Grand Master, ad- drevssed to brother D. W. Bain, Grand Secretary, iidll full}’ ex plain the object and importance of this work, ordered by the Grand Lodge to bo published. Bro. Bain informs us that the book will be reatly for distribu tion early in November, and wo agree with the Slost Worshipful that the Lodges, ofiicers and members of Lodges should at once possess themselves of copies. The })rice is only $1, and brother Bain desires all vfishingit to send in their orders at an early day, so that he may know liow largo the edition shall be: “L am in receipt of the ad vance sheets of the “Masonic Code of North Carolina,” and have given it such examination as to satisfy myself of its merits. It is a work for udiich there has been before almost imperative de mand, and one which no Lodgj, oflicer or member, who wishes 10 be posted, can aflbid to be de prived of. We have here in sys tematic arrangement tiie law of our Jurisdiction in a neat, haudv, well printed edition, together with the Ancient Cmistitutious, the various public ceremonies used by Lodge-^—Uniform Code of By-iaiws—i.istdhuion cere monies of Grand and iSubordinatc Lodges—Opening and closing Pra^’ers, forms of petitions, cIl- mits and indeed everytliiug needed to make the book desira ble to the Fraternity. It is hope- eel that Lodges aiul olhcers of luodges will avail themselves of the opportunity of getting at once, a Vade Meewu—a hand book—• which will save them the necesi- ty asking, and Grand masters the trouble of answering, luau}'' que.s- tions as to law and usage, which, heretofore, could only be found by laborious research through pamphlet copies of Proceedings of the Grand Ledge. I am satisfied from the expe rience of tills yeai’ as Grand Mas ter that, ill the futiu*e, the labor of Grand l\Iasters will be much relieved, and the Fraternity' hiagi- ly beneiitted. This booK;, wicn the enlightened iufliLenee of the jMasonic Journal, cannot fail- of good results.” Yours very truly, G. Vv. Br.ouNT, Grand Master. Fight your own battle. Ask no ®lavor.s of any ink*, and-'yoh will sueceed a tliou^hiid " thnwa better than those wlio are-kJysuvH bo;^echiug‘ fbome one'ti pAn'oea-g'-.' No one wlU ever hMo voai.-i'K^;. Vv)U can hMp ■ you'■-'eif; ■ because no dne will be so.iiOarui’f ’ iul-'rs in your iihau'e. d'hw’ tiryiZ-. VfU, nbl i.'o svich & long iuiu',; perha'KS : but c-wvii-ig-your owu ' wav up the moun’uiAiu yoo lOAko eaoU one i(;aU Co aueilierj aed- .st-^nd urm in luml w.mle you ehup oiLV, still anoiuer. Ahm na»e' made tlieir fortime.s are who had five thousHud doilars given tiiem to shut with,, , b-u- started fair with a iveU-GUirued dollar or tvvo. M»u wuo have i- • their own exertions acipahed lAine, have not been Thru*i into popa- huity by puiT.-^ begged or pAo to'-,• or given lu inendlv .'ipiru.*- ’ia-'v' have outstrolcUed th.-ii aands «nF touched the public Iwai-t Mo-.:- who win love do thoif >\vn Wvio- ing, and I never kiu>v7 t)iie to- iai:- so signally as one wiio imd in-i duced his atfoetioualegrandiuaui :■ t) speak a good word for hi n:. Whether you wora for fame, Jo--' love, for money, or for anyuung ■ else, work witii voiir nant.u, ne.-^rt and brain, bhiv, ‘*1 vv.a ami some day you wbi eompi-w Never lei any mao uavo i? •«> say, “I have dragged you u .^ Too many friends hurt a man more than none at all. A Guuat (JoiiN Citor.—Accord ing to the September report of the Agricultural Bureau at Wash ington, the American corn crop this year is the heaviest one ever produced; but tliere is some doubt of saving it all, on account of bad weather and the backward ness of the crop. The De2)art- incnt contends that the overflow of summer did not diminish th6 crop in the bottom so much the wet weather beneiitted it on the upland, and that the average yield per acre is unusually high, riiis is good news to people who buv corn.
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