m
* •‘NOTIlINCl TO DO, AMD MOT H-
ING TO DO IT WITH.”
This expression, made by a
seemingly vigorous young man,
on the street, struck my ears as
the tvail, sometimes quiet and
sometimes clamorous, of multi-
tndes in our own and other lands
at this time. This particular
utterance was made in a semi-
humorous tone, and not as in
dicating great distress or a strong
disposition to quarrel with the
world on account of the evils
endured. With a young man,
having himself alone to provide
for, such apparent submissiveness
to want is quite possible : but
with millions on earth the tone
would be necessarily one of anx
iety and grief.
Well, some one may ask, what
have you to say about it? Not
much, perhaps, tiiat will appear
novel or very important; but it
reminds me of a suggestions by
that shrewd observer and wise
mentor, the Rev. Richard Cecil:
“JDo Something to do it.” But, for
those whose case is here lamented,
what can be? This at least it
might be. A man, feeling him
self condemn to idleness, may
well ask. Have I ever gone to the
light One for employment? The
Bible seems to intimate that there
is service for all to render to the
AuthorandPreserverofour being;
and that failing this, we are
all servants of a very different
master,—one who would not be
much grieved to see us standing
idle in the streets from the begin
ning to the end of the )’ear.
Here, then, seems something to
be done by any one out of em-
])lo3’ment, viz.: to consider his
ways before God, and then,
finding himself quite astray, to
seek the means of the earliest
possible return to the paths of
duty and felicity. Till this is
truly effected, none can justly
say, “I have nothing to do, and
nothing to do it with.” Good
employment may thus be found,
with abundant means of per
forming the work required. And
what a turn of the wheel it would
be, for the poor man who cannot
get work to give him his daily
bread, to rise at once to the
dignity of a servant of the living
God—to make sure of the bread
of everlasting life—and then,
through the promise of Christ to
those that “see/c first the kingdom
of God and his righteousness,” to be
entitled to all things needful for
the life that now is.
Let me now propose to all who
are in the predicament of this
young man, to adopt at once the
advice here given. Let each ask
for himself a place as the servant
of God, and then earnestly say,
‘•'•Lord, what xoilt thou have me to
do f”. Let this position before God
be made sure ; let this stand be
determinately taken, once for all.
Then let special praj'er bo made
for such service in the world,
such labor(conducive to the good
of others alsojas may give the
wages required for the fair sup
port of our earthly life. One
proceedingthusisnotlikely, under
the Providence which notes even
tlie sparrow’s fall, to be left
either to beg or starve.—N. T.
Observer.
A (lisea.seil Rclf-conaciousuess may
shut tioiii our lieait.s tlie light without
ami sliut up the warmth within, and
practically isolate into an island of
self what God intended for the so
cial cuntiiieut.
POTAB CTBBEIVTS.
Into the Polar basin was ever
flowing a stream of warm water,
pouring in between Spitzbergen
and Norway, and another stream
of cold water was riming out on
the west, the former carrying a
great amount of heat into the
north, and the otlier carrying a
great amount of cold to Canada,
the west of Greenland, and North
America. To put tiiis in a liome-
ly way, he might mention that
the inhabitants of New York, if
they were to bathe in the sea,
would actually liave to plunge
into the water of the saime tem
perature as that off the north
point of the coast of Norway. No
very distinct knowledge could be
obtained of the the nature of the
ice in the Polar Sea. It was
certain that a vast distance was
covered with ice throughout the
summer, and was not open. The
masses were broken up in summer
and swayed backward and for
ward ; but there was no such
tiling as a navigable channel, and
in September all became cemented
together again. The new forma
tions taking place seven month in
the year would more tlian coun
terbalance the breaking up in the
other five; and as the area of tlie
Polar basin could not be less
than 1,000,000 square miles and
the outlet was not more than 300
miless wide, and only half was
occupied, it was a matter of cal
culation as to the quantity of ice
tliat could get out, and it was
easy to see that some of that
remaining must be at least 100
years old. All the driftwood
that was found was in baj’s open
to the west, and in no single
instance was driftwood found in
bays opening towards the east.—
Sir George Nares.
Do Not Give Up.—Harvest
comes in human life very unex
pectedly. Take the sculptor,
Thorvalsden, who produced “Ja
son of the Golden fleece.” He
was in reality about to forsake
his studies altogether and leave
Rome, filled with bitter disap
pointment. He had ahead}'
broken up one statue of Jason
and smashed it in pieces, because
his master, Zoega, the Dane,
critici.sed it so severely. How
ever, he sculptured another Jason
which disappointed him, and he
was waiting for his passport to
quit Rome altogether when an
English gentleman, a p.atron of
art, Thomas Hope by name, came
one day to his studio and saw
the “Jason” and greatly admired
it. When told the price, 600
cheochini; he offered 800 chee-
chini for it and his offer being
cheerfully accepted, Thorvalsden,
to use a nautical expression,
“tacked” back to the line of his
old purpose, studied again in
Rome, an as the son of a poor
Icelander, started afresh in what
ultimately proved his most suc
cessful career! Success comes
very strangely from unexpected
quarters, and very suddenly
sometimes, like the sunlight
through black clouds! God has
often cheered the weary Chris
tian worker; the least likely
scholar has given evidence of the
divine life, and the least likely
day has become bright with a
beautiful gleam of the sunshine of
success.—Family Journal.
THE TEACHEU MUST HAVE
MATIVE TAUEMTS.
It is no uncommon thing to find peo-
lile supposing tiiat but little intellect
ual ability is needed to teach. And
also in the school-room to find tho.se
po.ssessing little beside memories. The
outside iicoidc are never tired of mak
ing sport of the sayings and doings of
the potent rulers of the school-room.
Good common sense is an admirable
trait anywhere, and none need it more
than those who seek to impart it to
others. A little child was called on
her first day at school to the teacher’s
side to give the names of the mysteri
ous characters composing the alpha
bet, Taking out her penknife tlie
teacher pointed out the first of Cad
mus’ fearful row. “ What is that ?”
hfo answer. Pointing to the next.
“ What is that ?” “ Don’t know,” sa.ys
the pupil. “ Yon don’t know ?” “ Take
your seat then and study your lesson!”
This is no fancy-sketch. It is vouched
for by too good an antliority and must
be set down as a veritable fact.
But if such tilings are not occurring
to-da.v, there are occurrences that be
token a sad want of judgment and
common sense. No one can make
others “smart” who is not “smart”
lierself. Hence the importance of se
lecting persons as teacliers who have
good talents to start with. Tlie whole
business is that of mind waking up
mind, of free electric currents of
thought arousing otiicr currents by
induction. Let tlie teacher ainfiy all
moans possible to stl-engtlien and im
prove her own power of thought, and
thus fit herself to operate with cer
tainty on others. A teacher as well
as a puiiil, should hear the magic
“wliy” contiunally. Why but twen
ty-six letters in the alphabet ? Why
twelve ounces to the pound? Why
three feet to the yard ? Why twelve
months to the year ? Tiiese are. but a
sample of (piestions the teacher should
ask herself, and rest not until she ob
tains answers.—School Journal.
The E.mblematic Eagle.—
The Etruscans were the first who
adopted the eagle as the symbol
of Royal power, and bore ils
imago as a standard at the head
of their armies. From the time
of Marius it was the principal
emblem of the Roman republic,
and the only standard of the
legions. It was represented with
out-spread wings, and was usual
ly of silver, till the time of
Hadrain, who made it of gold.
The double-headed eagle was in
use among the Byzantine empe
rors, to indicate, it is said, their
claim to the empire both of east
and west; it was adopted in the
fourteenth century by the Ger
man emperors and afterward
appeared on the arms of Russia.
The arms of Prussia, are distin
guished by the black eagle, and
those of Poland bore the white.
The white-headed eagle, is the
emblematic device of the United
States of America, is the badge
of the order of the Cincinnati,
and is figured in coin. Napoleon
adopted the eagle for the emblem
of imperial France, it was not,
however, represented in heraldic
style, but in its natural form, with
the thunder-bolts of Jupiter. It
was disused under the Bourbons,
but was restored by decree of
Louis Napoleon, in 1852.—-Fain
ily Journal.
The question has often been
asked, what has become of the
Ishmaelites? They were a wan-
deringtribe,their hand against ev
ery man and every man’s hand
against them. Some have sup
posed our American Indians are
their descendants. We would sug
gest that they have reappeared in
the form of common school teach
ers. They are a wandering tribe,
without permanent local habita
tion, their salaries cut down to the
notch, and yet in .spite of wind
and weather, poor school houses,
and poor fare, they still live and
prosper and are doing a grand
work, for vvhich generations, yet
unborn, will rise np and call
them blessed.—Nationrl Teachers'
Monthly.
When the practice of inocula
tion was first introducedin Boston,
in 1721, the House of Represen
tatives passed a bill prohibiting
it, and a sermon was preached in
Boston upon this text: “So went
Satan forth from the presence of the
Lord and smote Job with sore
boils from the sole of his foot unto
his crownfrom which the
doctrine was deduced that Job
had the small-pox, and Satan was
the first inocidator.
After the obsequies of Lord
Brougham’s grandfather, in 1782,
the Duke of Norfolk, who acted
as chief mourneij took the chair
at the funeral feast. Dinner over,
the Duke rose and said: “Friends
and neighbors, before I give y'ou
the toast of the day,—the memory
of the deceased,—I ask you to
drink'to the health of the founder
of the feast, the family physician.’
Resolutions of the Grafisd JLoclgc.
Adopted Deo. 3d, 1875.
Resolved, 1. That St. John’s
College shall be made an asylum
for the protection, training aud
education of indigent orphan chil
dren.
2. That this Grand Lodge will
appropiate S annually for
the support of the institution ; but
will not assume any additional
pecuniary responsibility.
3. That this Grand Lodge elect
a Superintendent who shall con
trol the institution and solicit
contributions for its support from
all classes of our people.
4. That orphan children in the
said Asylum shall receive such
preparatory training and educa
tion as will prepare them for use
ful occupations and for the usual
business transactions of life.
Adopted Dec. 5th 1875:
Resolved, That the Superinten
dent of the said Orphan Asylum
shall report at each Annual Com
munication. an ^ account of his
official acts, recei])ts, disburse
ment, number of pupils, &c.
together with such suggestions as
he may stte fit to offer.
“Resolved, That the Master of
each snbordiuafe Lodge appoint a
Standing Committee upon raising
funds for the Orphan Asylum, and
require said committee to report
in writing each month, and that
said reports iind the funds recei
ved be forwarded monthly to the
Superintendent of the Asylum and
that the support of the Orphan
Asylum be a regular order of
business in each subordinate
Lodge at each communication.
4. All churches and benevolent
organizations are requested to
cooperate with us in the orphan
work and collect and forward
contributions through their own
proper officers. Here are the
resolutions:
Resolved, That the sincere
thanks of this Grand Lodge are
hereby tendered to many benev
olent ladies and gentlemen, to the
ministers of the gospel, to church
es of various denominations, to
Odd Fellows, Knights ofPvtliias,
Good Templars, Friends of Tem
perance, and other benevolen-
societies; whose hearty coopea-
tion and liberal contributions,
have rendered timely and valua
ble assistance in the work of
ameliorating the condition of the
orphan children of the State.
Resolved, That all benevolent
societies and individuals are here
by cordially invited and request
ed to cooperate with us in nrovi-
ding funds and supplies for* feed
ing clothing, and educating indi
gent and promising orphan chil
dren, at the Asylum in Oxford.
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