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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAjlNA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH. SOUTH. RUFUS T. HEFLIN, Erncn.
VOL. I. -NO. G.
RALEIGH, X. C, FJUIliFEBRUAR Y
1856.
l 50 A YEAR IX ADVANCE.
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p a i i r i .
Mariners' Hymn.
Lauiuh thy bark, ruarintr !
Ciiriti;i: ! J .i iJo: 1 thee,
Let I'xj.e the riM-r band,
G od aneli lea. 1 thee ;
Set thy .?iU warily,
Tea)i(;" will come ;
Steer thy course steadily.
Christian ! steer h ,uie !
Look to the weather vr,
Hrenkem are r;un the ;
Let fall the plummet n w,
Shallow mar ground thee.
Reef in the fr;-&il there !
II )11 the helm last I
So let the vessel wear,
There swept the blait. . ,
What of the night, watchman ?
What of the uiht ?
Cloudy a!l quiet
S't land yet all 'm right-.
Be wakeful - he t iiluiii
Danger may he
At an hour when all teeniest
Securerit to thee.
Il nr gains the leak fo fast ?
Clear out the hold
II-i t up tiie merchandize
Heave out thy golj
There ! let the in;r ts go
Now the fillip right-
Huzza! the harbor's near,
L ! the red lights.
Slarkea not sail yet
At inlet or ishiad :
Straight for the beaeon steer,
Straiglit for the highland.
Crowd ail thy canvas ou,
Cut through the nam ;
Christian ! cast anchor now
Heaven is thy home.
Echoes.
Still the angels stars are shining,
Still the Wording waters flow,
But the angel voice is silent
That I heard here, long ago.
Hark! the echoes murmur lovr,
Long ago !
Still the wood is dim and lonely,
Still the splashing fountains play,
But the past, in all its leauty,
Whither has it lied away ?
Hark ! the mournful echoes say,
Fled away !
Still the bird of night complaineth
Now, indeed, her song is plain
Visions of my happy hours,
Do I eall, and call in vain ?
Hark the oohoes cry again,
CalLju vain !
Cease, 0! echoes mournful echoes!
Once I loved your voices well ;
Now my heart is sick and weary,
Days of ol 1, a tang farewell !
Hark the e:;hoe, long and dreary.
Cry, Farewell, farewell !
i)itiiiiiti.
A DISCOURSE
On Predestination and Election.
BY WILBUR FISK, D. D.
(Continued.")
Having gone over and examined the
arguments in favor of unconditional
election, we come to the last part of our
subject ; which was, to urge some ob
jections against this doctrine.
1. The doctrine of the unconditional
election of a part, necessarily implies
the unconditional reprobation of the
rest. I know some who hold to the
former, seem to deny the latter; for
they represent God as reprobating sin
ners in view of their sins. When all
were sinners, they say God passed by
some, and elected others. Hence, they
say the decree of damnation against the
reprobates is just, because it is against
tinners. But this explanation is virtual
ly giving up the system, inasmuch as it
gives up all the principal arguments by
which it is supported. In the first place
it makes predestination dependent on
foreknowledge ; for God first foresees
that they will be sinners, and then pre
destinates them to punishment. Here
is one case, then, in which the argument
for Calvinian predestination is destroy
ed by its own supporters. But again :
if God must fix by his decree all parts
of his plan, in order to prevent disap
pointment, then he must fix the destiny
of the reprobates and the means that
'"vfead to it. But if he did not do this,
then the Calvinistic argument in favor
of predestination, drawn from the di
vine plan, falls to the ground Once
more : this explanation of the decree of
reprobation destroys all the strongest
Scrinture arguments which the Calvin
ists unje in favor of unconditional elec
tion. The passages, for instance, in
the ninth of Romans, which are so of
ten quoted in favor of Calvinian elec
tion, are connected with others, equally
strong, in favor of unconditional repro
bation. When it is said, " He will have
mercy on whom he will have mercy,"
it is said also, t; Whom he will he har
deneth." He that " makes one vessel
unto honor, maketh another unto dis
honor." He that says, "Jacob have
I loved," says also in the same manner,
" Esau have I hated." Now if these
relate to personal election to eternal
life, they relate also to personal repro
bation to eternal death. But if there
is any explanation, by which these are
shown not to prove unconditional rep
robation to eternal death, the" same
principle of explanation will, and must
show, that they do not prove Calvinis
tic election. From henceforth, there
fore, let all those Calvinists who pro
fess not to believe in unconditional rep
robation, ces to urge, in tavor of their
j system, any arguments drawn from the)
foreknowledge ol God. or the necessity
of a divine plan, or from those scrip-
tares that are most commonly quoted
in favor of their doctrine. But v, hen
; they do this, their system must neces
j ."arily fall ; for nil its main pillars will
j be removed. But I have not done Kith I
I this objection yet. Whoever maintains
that " God huth foreordained whatso
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ever comes to pass, must also hold to
unconditional reprobation. Does it !
come to pass that some are lost ? Then
this was ordained. Was sin necesarv
asa pretence to damn them? Then j
this was ordained. From these and"
other views of the subject, Calvin was
Jed to say tfiat " election could not
stand without reprobation," and that it
was "quite silly and childish" to at
tempt to separate them. All, therefore,
who hold to the unconditional election
of a part of mankind to eternal life,
must, to be consistent with themselves,
take into their creed the " horrible de
cree" of reprobation. They must be
lieve that in the arres of eternity God
determined to create men and angels)
for the express purpose to damn them j
eternally! That he determined to in-j
trodu--"e sin, and influence men to com-i
mit tin, and harden thfm in it, that I
they might be fit subjects of his wrath !j
J hat for doing as they were impelled
to do, by the irresistible decree of Je-
j hovah, they must lie down for ever, un
i der the scalding vials of his vengeance
in the pit of hell ! To state this doc
trine in its true character, is enough to
chill one's blood and we are drawn
by all that is rational within us, to turn
away from such a God with horror, as
from the presence of an almighty Ty
rant. 2. This doctrine of election, while it
professes to vindicate free grace and the
mercy oi God, destroys them altogeth
er. To the reprobates there is certain
ly no grace or mercy extended. Their
very existence, connected as it necessa
rily is with eternal damnation, js an in
finite curse. The temporal blessings
which they enjoy, the insincere offers
that are held out to them, and the gos
pel privileges with which they are mock
ed, if they can be termed grace at all,
must be called damning grace. For
all this is only fattening them for the
slaughter, and fitting them to suffer, to
a more aggravated extent, the unavoid
able pains and torments that await them.
Hence Calvin s sentiment, that "God
calls to the reprobates, that thev may
be more dear KTncrres a iignr, tna't tney
may be more blind brings his doctrine
to them, that they may be more igno
rant and applies the remedy to them,
that they may not be healed," is an
honest avowal of the legitimate princi
ples of this system. Surely, then, no
one will pretend that, according to this
doctrine, there is any graca for the rep
robate. And perhaps a moment's at
tention will show that there is little or
none for the elect. It is said that God
i out of his mere sovereignty, without
iany thing in the creature to move him
J thereto, elects sinners to everlasting life,
j But if there is nothing in the creature
to move him thereto, how can it be call-
I ed mercy or compassion ? he did not
determine to elect them because they
were miserable, but because he pleased
to elect them. If misery had been the
exciting cause, then, as all were equal-
! ly miserable, he would have elected
them all. Is such a decree of election
i founded in love to the suffering object ?
; No : it is trie result of the most absolute
and omnipotent selfishness conceivable.
! It is the exhibition of a character that
sports most sovereignly and arbitrarily,
; with his almighty power, to create, to
: damn, and to save.
j Some indeed pretend that, at any
rate, salvation is of grace, if election is
not, because God saves miserable, per-
ishing sinners. But who made them
' miserable, perishing sinners ? Was not
j this the effect of God's decree ? And
is there much mercy displayed in plac-
mz men under a constitution wnicn
I necessarily and unavoidably involves
them in sin and suffering, that God
may afterward have the sovereign hon
or of saving them ? Surely the tender-
; est mercies of this svstem are cruel
its brightest parts are dark its boast
ed mercy hardly comes up to sheer
iustice, even to the elect ; since they
only receive back what God nad de-!
prived them of, and for the want of
which they had suffered perhaps for
years ; and to obtain which, they could
do nothing even as a condition, until
God by his sovereign power bestowed it
upon them. And as for the repro
bates, the gospel is unavoidably to
them a savour of death unto death.
To then? Christ came that they might
have death, and that they might have
it more abundantly. Thus, turn this
system as you will, it sweeps away the
mercy and gooqness oi God, destroys
the grace of the gospel, and, in most
cases, transforms even the invitations
and promises into scalding messages of
aggravated wrath.
8. Tho doctrine we oppose makes
God partial and a respector of persons;
contrary to express and repeated dec
larations of Scripture. For it repre
sents God as determining to save some
and damn others, without reference to
character,' all being precisely in the
same state. To deny this, is to ac
knowledge that the decree of election
and reprobation had rospeet to eharac-j
ter, which h to plro up the doctrine.
j Sme indeed pretend, that the decree ;
of election -was unconditional, hut not'
j the decree of reprobation. But this ii j
j impossible ; for there could be no de-i
- j cree of election, only in view of
i -whole number from w hich the choice
was to be made ; and the very deter
mination to select such a number, and
those only, implied the exclusion of all ;
the rest If it be said, as the Sublap-
sanan3 contend, that the decree oi elec
tion did not come in until all were fall-!
en, or viewed in the mind of God as
fallen; and therefore since all mi-ht
have been justly damned, there was no
injustice to those who were left, though
some of the guilty were taken and sav- j V X I V li ed;
we reply that even this would noti,Let.the p
wholly remove the obiection of partial-1 jiotbe pmed, 4
ity. But we need not dwell here, be-!' t ' " if ,
cause we have a shorter and more de-jf? me0lll!& Z&ppneiMj to
r.;,i vcv tr. ,i;c e themselves and to 4. torch, we would
The truth is, it does not cover the whole
ground of our obiection. Had God
nothing to do with man until h:s pres-
cient eye beheld the whole race in a
ruined state ? How came man in this
state ? He was plunged there bv the
sin of his federal head.' But how came
he to sin ? " Adam sinned." savs Cal
vin, " because God so ordained." And
so every one must say, that believes
pass. Taking all the links together J
they stand thus :-God decreedlo cre i
ate intelligent beings he decreed that
they should all become sinners and chil-!
dren of wrath and it was so. He
ed, and the others left to perish : and
then we are told there is no uniustnar
tinllrvin Gnd einr. th u Aaa
tn hn ' "D:i.
sion is this ! God wishes to damn a cer-
tain portion of his creatures, and save
the rest ; but he cannot do this without
subjecting himself to the charge of par-
t;j;t rv t.:, i .f...
xu aiuiu uufl, iuuukcs mem
all into sin and ru n. and forthwith
declares them all children of wrath,
and heirs of hell. But in the nleni
tude of his grace, he snatches some from
the pit of ruin, and leaves the rest in
worthy of our righteous God? Does it
rPTTlfni PM WO l I enr-h o CTir,nncitiAr, I.
dom ? Reason, with half an eve. ran
see through the flimsy veil, and "discov
er the weakness of the device. I know
an attempt has been often made.. tn
cuarger tnese consequences upon our
system, as well as upon the Calvinistic
doctrine. For if it is acknowledged
that man is born depraved, and this de
pravity is damning in its nature, does
it not follow, it is asked, that all de-
uren ot wrath and it was so. I le I ' , 1 :
then decreed that part of those whom ! ?n d Te derellc' rt:
he had constituted heirs of wrath J f""d ,that V?h
should be taken, and washed, and sav-jf,old cla? meetinSli
may elect some and justly pass by the fc he Place f, lding the Annual
rest ? I answer, Although all moral ?Tonfeenc- en? During its session,
depravity, derived or contracted, is JIow BJ establishing as we should
damning' in its nature, still, by virtue hae done long since, a class meeting
of the atonement, the destructive ef- society. Let this society be celebra
fects of derived depravity are coun- j ed hJ an ? PFopnate sermon annually,
teracted ; and guilt is not imputed, !Let thf b called, and m a Confer
until, by a voluntary rejection of ! ce ca?s boOK " edited, of course, by
tT. c-nnl rrmr.Jv mnr, mnl-M tiro. Summers. Let , such marks be
depravity of his nature the object
of his own choice. Hence, although
abstractly considered, this depravity is j
destructive to the possessors ; yet thro
the grace of the pospel, all are born
free from condemnation. So the Apostle
"P'nil ii Ac ViTi" tlm nfFY'Ti rf nn n inrlfr.
n ArJx
Illt'IlL ITtilill- lllfiJII Lll 11111 L J LUimLUllltl-
tion, so by the righteousness of one, the I J?11 UI ulQ. cas3ea at -free
gift came upon all men unto justi-1 the appointing of let
fication of life." In accordance with ;sPeak of in our ne-
these views also, the ground of condem
nation, according to the Scriptures, is
not our native depravity ; but the sin
ner is condemned for rejecting Christ,
for refusing to occupy upon the tal
ents givers for rejecting light, for
quenching the Spirit, for unbelief.-'
Here then is the difference on this point
between the Calvinists and us. They
hold that Ood, by his decree plunged jperor gtep hj gt he ascen(jed the
Adam and all his race into the pit of;th d gt e Qf fame until unon
sin, from which none of them had the
means of escape ; but by an omnipotent
act of partial grace, he delivers a part,
and the remainder are left unavoidably
to perish. We, on the contrary, be
lieve that by Adam's unneeessitated sin
he, and in him all his posterity, became
obnoxious to the curse of the divine
law. As the first man sinned personal
ly and actively, he was personally con
demned ; but, as his posterity had no
agency or personal existence, they could
only have perished seminally in him.
. - o i
c c.v,-., . ..j ,ne vag maeDted ior nis election a3
our federal head was restored to the Presi(jente The sangUniary events of
possibility of obtaining salvation through il843 stowe(j Faustin to be, instead of
faith in the Redeemer. And, m this , an impaTtai mler, and free from the
restoration, all the seminal generations; of ambit;OQ? a3 had been suppos
of men were included. Their possible j ed a cruel and reientie5S despot.
and prospective existence was restored; : IIad it not been for the energetic re
and their personal and active existence jmonstrance3 of the French consuls,
secured. And with this, also, the pos- hi3 vurpose Gf exterminating
sibihty of salvation was secured to all. the muiattoes, who compose a fifth part
To such as never come to a personally of the whole popuiation, would doubt
responsible age, this salvation was se- le53 have been executed. In 1849,
cured unconditionally by Christ; to all hile engaged in hostilities against the
those who arrived to the age of accoun- 5; portion of the Island, which
tability, salvation was made possible, on j tad been erected into an independent
equal and impartial conditions. Thus, j ?tate under the title of the repQbiic of
while on our principle there is not the j gt poming9 he was elected Emperor,
slightest ground for a charge of partial-jfri,- OTr.-r hnxewer. i?ratW9 rttr
ity: on
the Calvinistic principle, the
charge seems to lie with its weight. It
makes God, in the worst sense of the
terms, partial, and a repector of per-
ns.
to b continued.
3!!wrrllanf0n5ftirlfs.
Froaj tie X. 0. Cfcfl A4vw.
Fact, Cause and tedy.
the:
The fact is, that classetings have
not only declined, Lut Untie to de
cline. This alarming twill not be
denied by any. The oiifference of
opinion is as to the ext This de
plorable truth being dtted, let us
inquire into j
THE CAUSis
; we acr,B ounentne trav-
Pchexs. XSithfm was its
!- TgD' lhe7 eectedsir duty ;
This, we aver, is founch the trav-
disuis-
not now have to drc their declen-
Sion.
All this will there plainly appear
1 M
e consider thatiss meetings are
committed to the bing of the trav-
T- I're.atuereL.eFiaJ1 ' ailu.
the,r 1clailm t0 hl3 pnal attention is
K 1 : . .1 il .i
- ' l IO Pre lPS in? SP'
. Dwiplme, pa6o, Answer 11
11.
duty of ead,r hUf. has ?rned it
in m7 in3iCe5' lo UUX 5
P1" ,T i t T
'" th,e rst Place ; d the ?SOn
C ,lecle,nSioa cbeS and increases
,inat mc. Pacni are oecome more
ianu more derelict, mi now u win ue
lor tne most part,
rske overseers work
-tii i i-.i. i.
! ne r m?lJ4 el0Te ?ou"
- i ,u,arif nX Pieetmg.na, may x not
I aaa lor a sinulatr-ason-
-viz., tne
, 1
cou" . e talK lout turning mem-
i j i it' .11 . '
lbfrS 0ut o. Ch,uror not attending
I c,.a?f meetl,ng ! at, sha.H bf t w
i 'uh Poachers who; uuty it is to hold
Ut.b-y oslieglect members
jiaithtuJ, nious menfers, have been so
)n 'i i. . ,
pp'f"?.
and conse
quently deprived ci their benefit, that
even Methodists cl be found who are
absolutely averse ft them.
It this be true, thea surely the rem
edy will not be fouc
less 3rou reverse the
in the laity, un
i Jf 33 revf,rse
order and place
y. But the fact
saving shown the
them above the minis
couse, we proceed to
buggest
THE REMEDY.
The remedy heretofore used has fail-
because it wras improperly applied, and
to the part only secondarily affected -the
laitv.
How, then, when aid where, and to
whom shall we apply it ? To whom ?
The traveling preachers. Where ?
!made opposite each name as shall prop-
erly represent the answers given to the
following question, viz : How manjr
class meetings have you held the past
year ? And sucJi other questions as
may be deemed appropriate. Should
these suggestions meet with favor we
'may offer something more, lhe dms
"
: i? At i .
Conference and
aders, we may
Daniel Duncan.
Autauga ville, Ala., Jan. 9, 1856.
The Emperor Souluoqne.
The star of Faustin I. has culmina
ted. Thft creator of four nnrl
fifty seven dukes is skulking with
ti p ,pa(umaT1 at It's heek
tb h b sav cam t fc
raustin
the throne of Hayti he might s;p from
the imperial goblet the juice of the bean
which in former years it was his lot to
"bring forth" by the fweat of. hi3 brow
from the fields of his 'master. Having
J enlisted as a soldier, he gradually ross
to the rank ot Colonel. e nnd him
taking an active part in all the politi
cal conspiracies, which were set on foot
in Hayti from 1843 to 1847, and yet
taking care not to commit himself irre
trievably in favor of any particular
project. It was to this sagacity that
t j c: J
ff hs vhole extnt being on 29,-
000 square miles a little more than
one-half the size of the State of New
York. Faustin's own revenues amoun
ted only to about $1,000,000, of which
the emperor received personally ?15,-
'
200 per annum, the Fmpre? $5,200
j and each of his ministers 520.
j The conquest of St. Domingo ha? for
j a long time, been the favorite project
of Faustin. That conquest he La? re
I cently attempted with an army of CO,
! 000 tnen. but, as we have been infonn
! ed, failed failed with the loss of his
' empire, and probably hi? head. This
j is the second defeat which the Hay
i tiens have suffered in attempting to
I conquer St. Domingo since that sec
tion asserted its independence. The
prospect for the black population of
liayti, which numbers about ct'UJUU
is rather a bloody one. The different
military aspirants will now doubtless
each set up for himself, and we shall
have another of those fearful dramas
of which that miserable Island has so
frequently been the theatre. Register.
The Devil's Tail. In a town of
New England there lived, a few years
ago, a man named B., who was more
commonly known as " Tonguey Jack,"
a designation which he owed to his
"gift of the gab" and disposition to
show off his wit at the expense of oth
ers. Tonguey Jack was, among other
things, a rank infidel, and a great dis-
! ' ... l-i TT
I especially fond of entrapping clergy-
men into discussions, in which, by his
coarse humor and ludicrous illustrations,
he generally managed to get the laugh
on his side." In this way he made him
self quite a terror to all the preachers
in the vicinity. A new minister had
been lately called by a congregation in
the town. He was quite a young man,
iust from the theological seminary.
; One day, Jack, while sitting with a
I number of his cronies in .the front of
i the tavern, saw the young minister corn-
in"- down the street, and declared he
would show them some fun. As the
minister approached, Jack came for
ward seriously, and said they had just
been discussing a religious question, on
which they would be glad to have some
light from the minister. The latter
readily declared his -willingness to af
ford any information he could give.
"What I want to know," said Jack,
gravely, "is this. Evil, we all know,
proceeds from the devil, who, every
body knows, has got a tail. Now, as
you are a minister and a college-learnt
rnrjn. Mr. C . I want to know if
you can tell me the exact length of the
devil's tail."
"f T-tainlc- I..aiv.Afr. B." . reolied
the minister, witnout hesitation. "Tt
is exactly the length of your tongue,
and it is an uncommonly long tail.
There was a roar of laughter from
the crowd, and the minister walked on,
leaving Jack dumbfounded by the sud
denness of the retort. He never heard
the last of it ; and though he retained
his name and his character till his
death, he never afterwards ventured to
molest the young minister.
Hard Shell Wit. Rev.
Nicodemus, an aged expounder of the
Hard Shell faith, was recently indicted
upon two counts by the brethren of L13
church.
The first was, that he had officiated
at a Methodist meeting ; and the sec
ond, that, in speaking of the fleetness
of a certain old race-horse, he had said
" Seoredouble would jig," -which they
thought was, to say the least, a flagrant
perversion of facts.
Nicodemus was tried, found guilty,
and suspended. He appealed, praying
a new trial, and asked to be heard in
his own defence. This was granted,
whereupon he said : " I confess to you,
my breethering, that I did say old
Seoredouble would fly ; but my mean
ing, accordin' to the tex, was that, I
agreeable to natur, he must Eoon die in
the flesh, and then, under the wings of
vultures, he would fly ! And I did, my
flock and breethering, attend a Method
ist meetin'; for the tex says, Feed my
sheep. The Methodists, so called, in
vited me into their pulpit. I went up,
my breethering. When they were done
they asked me to dismiss the congrega
tion. It being to dismiss and cut off
the work of the devil, mj breethering,
raethought it would be doing the Mas
ter's service. So I dismissed them, my
breethering. If it had been to continue,
Nicodemus wouldn't have been thar, my
breethering !"
Nicodemus was acquitted joyfully,
and he was bid by the "breethering"
to go forth again and "feed the sheep."
Spirit of the Age.
A short Sermon on lonj oeci.
Text 'Be Short.' Cotton Matler.
My friends, I have forty reasons
against long sermons ; but for the Bake
of brevity, I shall omit all but two.
let. Long sermons seldom effect the
object of preaching the design of the ,
preacher is to convince, instruct , and
persuade.
Now, to convince, it is not necessa
to dig a channel to the understanding
as long as the Erie Canal and, gene
rally, two good reasons clearly presen
ted, and powerfully urged, will pro
duce more conviction than twenty.
To instruct neither a whole system of
theology, nor a world of illustration,
nor a vocabulary of words, are neces
sary. Such surfeiting, the mind re
jects. To impress, it is not necessary
to thunder long and loud the oalc is
riven by a BingTe stroke of lightning
and to persuade, the man that cannot
be moved in hi'f an hour, will not lo
teazed into submission in an h- ar ar. l
a half. So that all beyond a fern:. :n
is lo?t, and wor.-e than lo?t ; the lover
of truth leaves the houe of God with
a weary body, a jaded mind, and a
heavy heart, net because the preach
ing was not evangelical, or was inap
propriate, but because of its unn acta
ble length.
2d. Long sermon drive not a few
from the hou?e of God. How often is
the excuse made "I would attend
church but but who can endure an
endless sermon."'
Such an apology may indeed arise
from an aversion of the heart to truth,
but let the cause be removed, and ki3
excuse at least will die.
Ttto ftewnnn? : 1st. W e see one
reason why some ministers are so un
successful in their preaching. Were
they to condense their thoughts, and
urge them heme briefly, vividly, and
fervently, -with the blessing of God,
glorious results would fullow.
2d. Let not ministers complain that
hearers sleep, nor of inattention, when
they take the very way to produce it.
Luth. Olrv:r.
nr tjjr vEjjilirni.
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Tfitn the CkiM'i I'ajer.
A.Little Girl's Story of her Sister.
"My dear little sister Edith died on
the 17th of September. She was
three years and two months old. Her
brother Alley and she were playing in
the garden by themselves, and she told
Alley she wanted to get a squash-seed
which she saw in the well ; and in try
ing to reach it. she fell in. He came
running m to say, 'Ivicc s
down in the
well. e all ran into the garden.
Father threw off his coat and vest as
he ran. There was not a ripple on the
water, and father's heart misgave him;
he knew there was not a moment to be
lost, and he dived down head foreino-t.
He said he felt about the hottora of
the well, but could not find her. At
last he felt her hair ; he groped about
for her clothes, and brought her up m
his arms. Mamma rubbed her with
warm flannel, and Willie ran for the
doctor as fast as ho could. But when
he came he thought it was too late. O,
how we shall miss her. The Rev. Mr.
Cochran came to see U3, and prayed for
us. It was a beautiful prayer, and it
gave u.9 a great deal of comfort. She
said her little prayers the morning be
fore she was drowned. We have had
her likeness taken. In the morning she
was happy as a lark, running round the
house singing, Bastopol is taken in
the evening she was dead. In falling
down the well we think she must have
bruised her head, for her forehead was
black and blue. We are going to keep
her little body as long a.s we can. She
was alive when we took her out of
the well, for she opened her mouth and
sweet blue eyes ; and then, we all hope,
fell asleep in Jesus. On earth she said
she loved God, and every body. In
heaven she loves and thinks of us all,
we hope. Sept. 30th. To day she was
buried in a beautiful spot in the village
churchyard, by the side of her sister and
three little brothers. She used to sing,
'There is a happy land,' and there I
pray that we may all again meet her."
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From the CLilJ' Papr.
Don't Get Angry.
A few days since, I saw a little boy
making a kite. He had it almost done,
when the string got caught, and trying
to get it off, he pulled it impatiently and
broke it a little. This made him very
angry, and Eeizing the kite, he tore it
' to pieces.
lie had worked on it a Jong time,
but now it was spoiled, and the nice
large paper his mother gave him, and
the frame his brother had made ior
him were ruined, all because he wa3
angry. There he stood, looking at it
with his face very red and scowling, and
his lips mattering, when I said, " Why,
James, how i3 this?" he held down his
head, and as I put my arm around him,
burst into tears.
I sat down and talked with him, and
tried to show him that it was wrong to
get so angry, and wa3 displeasing to
God. To help him to understand this,
I told him about Moses, who, though
he was the meekest man, once got an
gry. As Moses was leading the Isra
ites through the wilderness, they were
at one time almost ready to die of thirst,
and they began to complain of Moses
a3 if he wa3 to blame, and told him they
wished they were dead. Moses felt
very sad, and he went to God to know
what he should do. God heard Moses'
prayer, and told Lira to take his rod,
and after had he gathered the people, to
speak to the rock that he should thow
him, and out of the rock there Ehould
come water enough for thern all.
So Mose3 and Aaron gathered all
the people ; and as Moses looked upon
them and remembered what a wicked
spirit they had shown, and how un
grateful they were, he was angry, anT
instead of doing just a3 God had tol
him, he cried out, " Hear now, ye re
bels, must we fetch water out of th
rock ?" and then he lifted up hi3 hanc
and with his rod smote the rock twicr
God did not tell him to strike the rocl
r.or to call the pxp!- ft-el. .
M,-,;v c.ii 1, Sbxll we brir water ( :t
of the r v"k ''. n if be nr.d Aaron h . I
don" it. in-t..d of G 1.
Goi din le I.j ! rro'n;- !, at. I
gave th m all rlet.ty of witfr ! drink,
but l e p ii-be l M f.r ):' :n. He
told hira h" c v2 r.c(T c ir.t- Cv.i
an. that he n-ut die before tb?y ;
there.
After thK Mo.-f ak-d G1 f 1.
him c over and tc that gI land,
and Go l said he miirht co on into tho
mountain and se it far away, I ui b"
could not ' into it. He was sorry fi.r
his sin. m l G1 forgave him ; but be
cause he 1... 1 sinned In-forc all the peo
ple, and'.' tW-r-r-1-.- f V'rTV"1"
he must le punished. Jn the last c : -
tor of Deuteronomy, you may u-m .1
bout his death on the top of mount
j?igah.
How sad all the people mrM hae
felt, as they saw Mose go up into th
mountain t die. -wlu n they rcmeinbt r
ed that beo.iu-e tl.'-y provoked him. he
got angrv. and now he could -J" no far
ther with them. No w under thy wrp,
and mourned for him thirty days. M.
Time.
Ji n Mlr'n m ti V.ir. '. tirkir.;',
Tii kin z. hit rniuu!- u-wav ;
Ari l iiiinuf" nnlc iij tl
An 1 In ur make u;i tho 'l:ir.
Tho ri . -k 1.1 Mrikii.. ftrikin
The h.iur su l-ni'l nn l ''l .ir ;
The h'jur nittk" up tho daj.
An l lhe Jays make up tho jrr.
The I oil i-t t Ilin. t-.llin.
l'..r 1 n- -.vhu"-o day d r ;
I t where tiim; in known no ! n;;or,
That wary s"iil ha n-.
And s 'ii 't will t..'.l f.r
And th 11 my h"tno w ill ho
VhiM-e tin watch ti kt im more,
And ihoi-li.ck trik c no tnoro.
And th to' no inoro Inn' f.r rno.
Thk Choi. ku a ami tiu: Mktho-
i DI.-T. Now that we are down in that
! region, are tempted t t ll ti
! storv of a Dutchman uho mado hn
i entry into J"?' rleain last stitniii'-r
-while the cholera was raging there, and
was greatly troubled in finding a board
ing house. He inquired ef the f:r-t
one he saw if they had tho cholera in
the house, and learning that they had.
he went to another, and another, deter
mined not. to stop at any house wh. rc
the disease was doing its work of death.
At last, after along and weary search,
he found one where there vaj re cho'i-
era .
and .if took tin iii. miancr-1
1 1 1 ...
I- nr. l.i nii'tr'rra th-if.
due master ot tin- house was a pio.n
man, an 1 had family wor-lup every
night. As all were assembled for that
purpose, and the master wa offeriog
prayer and groaned with some- fo.-e(
and fervor, when the Dutehman start
ed up, and cried out,
'O, Lort 1 vot i.-,h ter matter ?'
'Nothing,' said the host , 'keepr-tiil,
will you. and behave youn.elf.'
In a short time he groaned r.gn in,
and the Dutchman started, with hn
eves staring like feaucerH, and exclaim-
'Oh, mine Got! dc-re is Borne ting ttr
matter mit vou !'
'No, there aint,' said the ho.-t ; nnd
then to claim his boarder's apprfh'-n-sions,
he added 'I am a 7nrtJioJixf,
and it is the habit of the member, to
groan during their devotion, and that
is my way.'
This was enough for the Dutchman,
who rushed into the street, a-ked for a
doctor, found one, and begged him to
run to the house on the comer.
'What is, the matter said th doc
tor ; 'have they got the choler; ?'
'No, no worser, da ha got der M f
todi. Runt runt ! der man will die
. 1 1
i mit it pefore you don't get dere, if you
! don't rur.t fast !'
Mvnh:er thought it wa.i high time
to vacate the premis.es nimself, and J ol
ted on board the firs! boat ready for up
stream.
"Woken t Wixt. Th f .llowin -f.a-eajre,
ajb the J'ron'bitUffiin', from th t tt
the Crl';brntr'i Cohl.ttt, (iUplajs the igorou
good cerise which alrnoet iritari-tUj rn'kod
his writii?(. Tho q'jiti'n doerr( ri'!i
Conidf ration bj nAt men bnd .m;ri Vn
i'A " dextrrt ike fair f
"A Mn that carmot pa an Triin with
out drink, rr.eriti th name or a . v.-y
ihoold there Le drirk for the purpc i car
rjin on con?rsation ? Vi.:n-n tanJ in re
need of drink t timol;if them to Cinrfr'":
and I han a tboucirid time alniired tlifir
patience iittin quirtl at tf.t-irw : rk. while
their hutd'Hndis ar rrard in th nnx t't'iin,
with bot'he and jrla-i tfor! them, thirik
inj5 nothing of tbi sxxx-t., and tiil i.f
the fcharne, which the 2itinti'.n r-J;ct up
on tb'-ra. We Lave f) thank the women f,r
kdv thir e, and panicularlj for their obr
hahit?. M-n driTt them Ujw the table, .i
if they mai l to thivrn, 'You hnv had enough;
food i stifScient fr von ; lot w nu't re-
, mr.in t-j 1131 ooreh with drif.k, and to tclk
irl Jargofigo which jour e.rs ought not W
enJurp.'
"When women are jettSr. op t-r't"re from
the table, roen rifc in Lor.or of them, but
tbey tak? -r-cial cre not to fd!ow their x
eellfnt example. That wbeh i not fit to
ottered bef jti woman, is not t to be otter
ed at al! ; and it it next to a prociamaUvti
tolerating drunknr;! and irjdeeeriej, to -:r. i
women from the table the moment they have
1 swallowed their fjod. The prariiee tiu been
-7 aeeribed to a desire to le thm to thoi-
ele. But why thou!d thj be l-ft to thttn
aelrea ? Their conr!i.ri i alwar the
anokt liri:!y, while their peicni treneralljr aro
the nioet aj:rc-eable objects. No ; the plain
troth is, that it i the !oTe of the drirjk that
ecds women from tie table; and it i a
practice whkh I bare always nbhored. I Jike
to see yonnjj men, j-ciallT, fdlow liiem
out of Ui rom. and prefer ihoir eompany
to that of the sou who are left behind,"
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