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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOP. THE NORTH CAROLINA CON . ERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH BUFUS T. HEFLIN, Errj
RALEIGH. N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUAR Y 29, 155C.
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"West xaust I do to be Saved V
'Th -MriJlct0 t,f Oo nrt a Ir'jkm spirit; a broken
and a c'sntrit Ktrl."
ur f. li. S.
Shall I the rd t"M. a litieririj hap,
On ; a'T'.-l altar-stone ?
Shall I k the pure pearl from the watery
i :
Bright tr'-rn from the
vale where the Lot
wire's cloo-p
"Will thce for my sins atone?
Not f r thie, Kot fjr "thi 'twill not suffice,
Ail the riche of earth in ea.rificc !
I will jratl er the jovelien flowers of Spring
That our purler; lowers display;
I -will t-p't them at dawn, re the ru le winds
flini'
The d':w fr"m their opening, cupa ; I will
bring
Nature's incer,e to Gol, end pray !
'Ti a!! too poor 'twill not suffice
Ail the frirrar:o-o of earth in bacrince!
0: ! may I then come, as the publican came,
And ;rivo rny heart to thee?
I will how ni down in pviiitept shame.
And plea I the bl;s'd IleJeeiner' name:
Il.'tre mercy. Lor. I, en iie !
Enough : 'tis don th'a will iiiSce
A contrite Lean iu sacrifice !
Cive! Give!!
ET CloaCE II. CAI.VEKT.
Tlie Sun gives ever; bo the Earth,
What, it ami give ; so much 'tit worth.
The Oeean giTe in many way
Give.-: paths, giTe fisha-, rivrs, hays;
So, too, the Air, it ives us breath;
When it tops giriii;,;, comet in .Death.
iire. ,"'it(' he fJu-.ivs fririni':
no iri k-s not is
not living.
i de m.re yoa jcive.
The more you live.
God's love hath ia u wealth unheaped;
Only hy giTin is it reaped.
The body withers, and th mind,
If pi-lit in by a selfish rind.
Gire trt;iLr;h, giv thou-Lt, jrive deeds, giye
pelf;
G:ve lore, ivo tears, an 1 i?e thyself.
Give, jiv", be always girin ;
Wh i gires not is not living.
Tin; more we give,
The more we liv.
jWsrfllinifoitij Slrtirle
3.
A Speciaen Letter.
The following letter was not intended
for publication. The writer will pardon
us the liberty we take in presenting it to
our readers. We auppress his name. t It
is from a citizen and resident of the State,
whose church relationship is within the
limit! of a sister Conference.
No attempt to vindicate the propriety
of having established this paper has bn
deemed necessary in its columns ; scores
of letters from laymen in the church might
be laid bafore the reader, which show that
the existence and support of the North
Carolina Christian Advocate is vindicated
and assured by the common sentiment of
our people. We only publish the follow
ing ai a ipccimeu, bocanse it comes to
hand jst as we are preparing matter for
the compositor. Ed.
"Rtv. R. T. IIf.fli.
Dear Sir : I did not conclude to tike
your valuable ptper until a few days ago,
when I h:id the pleasure of reading a copy
of it at the house of my frieud W. in Pe
tersburg. Since seeing your paper. I have
concluded it ia just what we Methodists
so much need in North Carolina, and have
so long wanted.
Eueloied I send you three dollars, for
two copies of the N 0. Christian Advo-
on the success you have already met with i
ate. and most cordially congratulate vou
in your stood work.
I will get vou all the
subseribers I can.
For the X. C. Christian Advocate.
"Circulats the Bocks."
Bro. Heflin' : I w;:s glid to see in the
last number nf the Advocate that you call
attention to the subject of circulating the
books which are bring issued by our Pub
lishiug House with .-uch rapidity and iu
such large quantities. Your reference, to
the subject eaiued me to revolve it in toy
mind, and think over the most feasible
plaus for effecting this object, the impor
tance cf which all must acknowledge. The
effect of my cogitations I will now give,
nd the " powers that be" can laugh or cry,
just as they may think best, for I shall not
charge anything for suggesting my plan,
whether it is adopted or not. It did not
require a great deal of mental effort on
my part to reach the conclusion that, as
a gtneral ru'.e, Methodist ministers are
not any richer in this world's goods thau
they ouiit to be: consequently, they are,
and ought to be, very cautious in their in
vestments. In addition to this, it is no
sui-tll matter to remove bovks from one cir
cuit to another. Now, it seems to me that
if our Agents were to adopt some plan by
which they could furnish ettry prracher
with a supply of book, and make him re
sponsible only for what he sud'.s, it would
greatly facilitate their circulation. Thus
the preacher would be saved all risk, aud
I believe the reveuue to the Coucern would
brj double what it is at present. If our
preachers are houest, (aud certainly they
ought to be,) I can see no valid objection
to my suggestion. Preachers are often
deterred from buying books on account of
incwrriug pecuuiary responsibility ; and
hence it is that so many volumes are left
to " waste their fragrance on the desert
air." If I were dispoeed to discuss the
subject at length, I should divide it as fol
lows :
1. Every preacher thus furnisheJ with
books would feel morally bound to use ev
ery effort to d'spose of ihem amongst the
people.
2. As a necessary eonseqasnce, our books
would be tow a broadcast over the land.
3. If they are jood tocii, the cause r,f
Methodism weuld be greatly bcLfcitei
thereby.
4. The rrcans of the Azenfs would be
gr-t!y augrceuted for iakiog boks, by
the iucrea-C'l pali of thoe alrta-Jy made.
New, Mr. YA'iViT, I kaye furnished the
point;, a&d if any one wishes to argne
them, he is at liberty to do to.
I would alio FOgpeFt, that if tlia pla
were adopted, the luinis'ers might be made
rf:s-pn.ib!e to Conference, by having tie
inquiry f rcpiunded by tLe Bishop, "Wbat
hae you done towards circulating 0'ir
books?"
I ruake these snggestiong on my own
responsibility, and with the determination
to use my best endeavors to " circulate
tl too' wbether tbey are adopted or
not. Very trulv,
Hyde, N. C. L. W.'MARTIN.
From the New Orleans Prebyterian.
Forgiveness of Eueiniei.
To love our ciicmic-3 is a duty en
joined bv tbe Saviour of the world.
Unless we forprivc, we cannot hope to
be forgiven. But the unchanged heart
of man finds it hard to yield obedience
to this divine precept. Many have been
lost bv refusing to obev. Manv more
mar seal their destinies, by resisting
the sweet spirit of the gospel, under the
influence of a cherished enmity towards
those who have iniured them. They
arc in danger, and the danger is immi
nent. O tnat they may learn of Christ,
who was meek and forgiving to his bit
terest enemies ! We must be like him.
I lately witnessed a striking exam
ple, both of the evil, and its remedy.
It was at a protracted meeting, where
I was agisting a worthy brother in his
pastoral labors. The Holy Spirit was
melting and moving many hearts to
repentance. The religious exercises of
the Sabbath were peculiarly solemn,
and strongly marked with the eviden
ces of God's presence among his people.
A respectable, and venerable looking
man, with his wife, who was a member
of the church, came forward and pre
sented their children for baptism. My
attention was arrested by his serious
and solemn deportment. On Monday
morning he came to me, took mc by the
arm, and requested a private interview.
As we walked aside, he said to mc,
" one thing, and only one prevents me
from becoming a Christian. That has
long prevented me, and I fear it always
will. 1 must he lost. 1 cannot flr
nive my enemies." His whole look,
and manner, as he said this, showed the
depth, of his conviction. " O, sir," I
replied, " you need not be lost, Jesus
Christ is able and willing to save you,
as he is to save the very chief of sin
ners. Go to him, he will save. True,
you must forgive your enemies, or you
cannot be forgiven. For that is the
statute law of heaven." " I know it,
I know it," exclaimed he, with empha
sis. " But I cannot do it. I have of
ten tried, and I find I cannot if I am
damned. Certain persons in another
State combined to cheat me out of my
property. And they have done it, and
done it in such a mean and base man
ner, that I cannot forgive them, even
to save my soul." I looked at him
with amazement. It was indeed obvi
ous, that it had been a subject of much
reflection that he hung his salvation
on that point. It was indeed an awful
crisis. "My dear sir," I replied, "re
member, God in his providence permit
ted the wicked Jews to crucify the Sa
viour, that bv means of his death, he
might bless a lost world.
liow then
do
you know, Dut lie nas permmeu
1.1 1 '2. J
the:
e men to cheat you out of your
rronertv to save your soul ?" He mel-
ted into tears, as if struck by a new
thought. I continued, " You are not
able to forgive them with your natural
heart. That may indeed be impossible
to you ; pray God to give you a new
heart, a heart filled with the spirit of
Christ. An Indian chief, when told
by a missionary, that Jesus Christ re
quired a mn to love his enemies, threw
up his hand and walked the room in
astonishment and displeasure. "Impos
sible, impossible," says he. But on re
flection he turned, saying, " If the
Great Spirit will give a man a new
heart, it may be possible. He may
love his enemies, but he cannot do it
with his old one." "Now yo u, sir,
inust have a new heart; your old heart
will rain you." At these searching
words, he broke nway from me, and
went into the grove. That day was to
him a day of darkness. At night, how
ever, the'terrific storm which, agitiated
his bosom abated. The troubled ocean
was at rest, his soul was at peace with
G od and man. I took him by the hand,
and asked him
vour enemies 1
" Can vou now forgive
"Yes! Yes!" savs
lie, " I think I
can." He is now a
member of the church,
thou and do likewise.
Reader, go
G.
Decline in Mormontsm. The Taun
ton (English) Courier states that the
Mormon delusion in that neighborhood,
where for the last twelve months a
couple of Editors have been propaga
ting their " Latter Day " doctrines is
fast dving out, and that the hall in
which "they have held their meetings ia
now let to a glass and China dealer.
jfwsT" " Critical remarks," may be
made by anybody. An ass may bray
at Bunkerhill Monument but he cannot
build one.
Th; Dry Goods Trade. Too Unsociable.
TLe following article respecting the We heard an exce'Ien: 5tory a few
pro-pect3 of the Dry Good? Trade, we days since, respecting one of the most
co'- v from the New York Independent. ' popular of our Mobile Steamer Cap
It is written bv one of the most promi-' tains, a gentleman, of independence,
r.r-r t Drv Good's merchants of that cirv : ' and universally respected, w nich illus
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merchants
will coranscnee operations ;
it ... r ,r.r r-r
look matters ot great importance.
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When the whole country is in a sound
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r;rosr,f-rou5 condition, food resolutions.
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adopted in hard times, are soon forgot-
ten. in toe hurry and eseiteinent ci
trade, while every energy is taxed to
the uttermost, while the mind is literal
ly never at rest day nor nfght, while
the whole current of business is like a
grand race course, and every man with
an outstretched arm is contending inch
by inch with his neighbor for the prize,
then all the dangers which betide the
way seem to be forgotten.
The time has come when a more ri-
cid credit system must be
lopte
not
only in New York, but all over the
country. Probably nine-tenths of the
failures which have ever occurred in
large cities can be directly traced ei
ther to recklessness or bad manage
ment in rriviii2 credits. Manv a con
cern has started with fair prospects for i
i
a prosperous career, but, determined to !
uistmguisn
T , " 1
themselves at the
have plunged headlong the first year j
into a long credit business, amounting
to more than twenty thne.s the capital!
, -ii- , - . n i i
invested. We mean literally what we
say. The mistake once made, can sel-
i t t rr-i
uom ever be remeuied. lne concern
is crippled and its brilliant prospects (.st tnuh? m'y fricnd, vou "do not give
have faded away. j satisfaction to the people on board.
It is seldom if ever safe for any j To speak frankly, you are not socia
Ilouse to do a credit business which j ble. You do not even take a quiet lit
shall exceed, in a single season, five j tle game of 4 draw poker' with your
times the capital invested. Whatever j brother officers."
more therefore is done should be done j The second mate accordingly rcceiv
for cash. A firm commencing trade, j e( hi3 discharge, and was thus for some
for instance, on the 1st day of January ; time thrown out of employment. Shori
with a cash capital of fifty thousand j v afterward, meeting a brother officer
dollars should not have due them, out- j 0f tne boat from which he had been dis
standmg, on the first day of July, more j charged, he related the circumstances
than two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. This should be the outside
limit if the risks are of the very first
ciass. Another rule slioum be carelul-j for vou were too costlv an officer, as
ly observed, never give a credit ex-jyouere the only one on board he ev
ceedmgjn length the ti :ne obtained by ; er to pay the accounts of the oth
yourseii. - ir you ' tmy Lwi. i- ; vlJ u v., .th
a i ivv-iv ii
months credit, don t sell them on ten
or twelve, but on three, four or six.
You may do less business, but you will
be more independent, and more suc
cessful in the end. In observing these
rules yourself, select for your custom
ers only those who act upon the same
principles. Don't give credit to those,
however responsible they may be re
puted to be, who buy goods ot you on
six months, and then trust them out to
"nch farmers, or " tne most respecta- j tion, a long, tall, hungry, ungainly f el
ide families," on twelve. The trade j ow whose5 hands hung" as low ai his
of such men is not worth having. It j knees when he stood straight, made his
will cost more than it will come to. j appearance at Coleman's and took
In giving credit, select only men of ( lodgings. He sat pretty near the end
good moral character. Any other foun -
dation to rest upon is wood, hay and
stubbie. If the man is rich, and yet
is known to be vicious or without moral
principle, let him lone, lie is unwor
thy of credit. If .he wants your goods
let him pay cash for them.
Be frank at all times with your cus
tomers, and let them understand dis
tinctly that you expect promptness in
the fulfillment of their engagements.
There has been much said amon our
first class jobbing merchants within the i
wo erf 4 f-.-ir- rn t3 o rxAnr ronnivin rr l i!u
Xatn, Vf,nv of them bavf- adonted a
Bank
rule to raake no sale upon snv other
terms, lhc number or such houses is
rapidly increasing and we hope the day
is near at hand when no man will think
of asking for credit who is unwilling to
give negotiable bank paper in settle
ment for his purchases. Those mer
chants in the interior of the country,
who hesitate about conforming to
such a rule, do not understand what is
for their interest. The man who buys
... i i
mits. buv cheaper than the man who
UUU Ull 111-1X11. W (liu. lilt ujuii
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. . . I r: r. n AKnHlf 1 ! f T li IY1-1T1
who buvs for a Bank Note can buv
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fhftinpr thin hi nPTfohor who huvs
" on open account
1 here is no doubt
on this point, and when once it is gene
rally understood, the plan will be uni
versally approved.
We commend the whole subject of
credits to the consideration of our mer
cantile readers, and urge them to take
such action as will fairlv inaugurate a
reform, indispensable to their prosperi
ty, and healthful in its influence upon
the country.
Do vou doubt the importance of this
subiect ? Then look over vour balance
sheet just completed, and see if what
we ay is not important. Look at your
interest account, and you will doubtless
obtain some light from that quarter.
Look over vour bad tiebts, and bv that
time you will probably be satisfied
Probe matters to the bottom, and see if
carelessness and recklessness in giving
credits have not done you more damage
than all other influences combined. If
you are convinced of the fact change
your course in future, or never open
your mouth with murmurings if v our
career is speedily run, and you fall in
to the ranks of the Broken-Merchants'
Army.
: iraies iiis exifclifc iy nuicutuuijuui:
carried on, on the Mississippi
some
vears ago.
an! at the same time con-
I he gentleman to whom we refer had
. . . ,
; been ernplovc-l n a lississippi boa: as
j i r j 5
a eecou'i male, auu r'vriuru.uu. luc
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ties of his position very satisfactorily.
Card-playing, at that time, on steam
boat?, wa.s an established institution of
the country th6 settled usage on the
steamer on whic Obtain II
was employed, wllere every body play
ed, from the Captain to the cook. All
their spare time was devoted to brag
and poker. The second mate was the
only one who felt no inclination to take
a hand, but preferred attending to his
business, and amusing himself in ether
ways.
At the expiration of two months of
service, when the second mate applied
to the Captain for his wages, great was
his surprise and mortification to be in
formed by the Captain, after settling
up with him, that he was under the ne
cessity of discharging him.
" Why for what cause ?" asked the
second mate. "Do I not alwavs per-
L ' T--i-rt Intr v r, t-v- r t v ' o v-.il "T.rrfi Pt
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li ye3 " re
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a a
died the Captain.
not sober, peaceable, and
respectful V
' Yes, vou are all that," responded
ir f'urifnin- " bn(- tr tpll A-nn t.o firm-
of his dismissal.
The officer laughingly replied 'Well
the Captain was right to discharge you ;
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by a few games at poker, at which Cap
tain C could beat all creation !"
Thus, Captain II lost his place
because he did not gamble. Leaving
the Mississippi, he went upon the Lake,
where, in a few years, by industry and
energy, he accumulated a handsome
fortune. iV. O. Delta.
Raising toe Price of Board. At
j the time of General Taylor's inaugura-
1 of the table everyday at dinner, and
ate inordinately. Soup, fish, flesh,
fowl, desert his enormously long arms
keep sweeping round like the arms of
u, bug.TT vr!-I. va;1!, gathering in every
thing that fell within the area of a cir
cle they described.
His voracity and beastly gluttonness
so disgusted the other boarders, that
about a dozen of them went to Cole
man and told him he must get rid of
the fellow, or they would positively quit
the house.
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"
I 1 J thought he had hit upon a plan. bO
he took the fellow aside, and told him
that, owing to unusual crowd of people
in the city, and the plethora of every
hotel and boarding-bouse, provisions
had become scarce and high, and he
found that he was losing money, and
should be compelled to raise the price
of board from two dollars and a half to
three dollars a day.
"Don't," said the fellow, "don't do
it! I shall die if you do. It nearly
kills me now to eat two dollars and a
half s worth, and if vou raise the price
, , ' T K
to three dollars, I shall die in two days.
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1 Spirit of tne lw
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nes.
j A BOYISH TRICK OF A GREAT MN.
j One dav at Yarmouth, (England.) to
the great astonishment oi the mnabi
tants, the market-place was strewn with
feathers ! Such of them as were of a
timid disposition regarded it as an omen
of some great calamity, while others,
who were curious in natural history,
sagely supposed that a gale of wind
from the north had brought the feath
ers from the wild fowl on the island of
St. Paul's. Both of them were wrong :
they should have tried the simplest way
of accounting for the matter first. The
truth was, that a frolicksome boy, well
known In after-life as Sir Astley Coop
er, had taken two of his mother's pil
lows to the top of the church, and, af-
, ter, he had climbed up part cf the spire,
ripped them both open, and scatterfed
the feathera to the winds !
Savts. A .wag of our acquaintance,
sawing with a saw that was not the
sharpest saw in the world, after vainly
trying to saw with it, broke out at last
as follows : " Of all the saws that ever
I saw saw, I never sav a saw saw like
that saw saws."
KELIGIOfS PK0GRF.?5 IN TEE LSI -
,Tri State-. The Rev. Dr. Baird
Las published a pamphlet entitled "TL
State and prospect of Religioa in
America," by Robert Bairi. I: con-
' tarns the
i was mad
substance of a report that
e at the Conference of the
Evangelical Alliance in Pari.-, some
months since. Manv interesting fact?
j are stated, not only in relation to re
lijion, but to the progress of thecoun
jtry generally. In lboO, the entire
j number of church edifice-3 in theUni -
, tea states 'was no less tnan o?,Ibo.
i The total value was 87,446.371.
l!i accommoaationf were ample tor;thev did not want a porto
14,270,130 persons. It is believed
that the condition ef affair? at the r-res-
ent time is equally favorable. But,
j according to Dr. Baird. the posnel is
I preached not only in church edifices,
but also m manv thousands of other
places, such a
house and rrivc
court-Louses,
te dwelling-.
school -
Nav. it
often
preached
m summer in
iir-i .i.i.-i ..,
i
forests of the far West. Thus, it may
; oe i.uny estimatea tnat tne principles
! of Christianity are disseminated, if
l not every week, yet from time to time
in at least one hundred thousand places
i everv vear throughout the United
;tates. The census of lb 50 reports
the number of regular Ministers of
the Gospel to be 27,842. Professor
DeBow supposes that if we were to ! nies without remonstrance and! threats
add the number of those who preach of exposure; if remonstrance wjuM not
occasionally, it would increase the nura- ' do I did not a.-k for any tendiur lrw.
ber of those who preach the Gospel to ! If I was wanted at three A. M.i, I n:v
30,000. But this estimate is evident-! er growled, but told everybody te go
ly too low.
The number of local minister? that
is, ordained ministers who had not
charges of churches, but were occupied
through the week in secular employ
ments in the several branches of the
Methodist Church, and in other
Churches which have such preachers,
could not have been at that time less
than 8,500, at the very lowest estimate
making the number more than 35,000.
According to the census just referred
to, the Methodist Church, compredien
ding all its branches, had church edi
fices which were worth 14,820,148,
and accommodated 4,354,101 persons.
The Presbyterians of all branches had
church edifices worth 19,029,049,
which accommodated 2,419,474 per
sons. The Baptist Church, or Denom
ination, had church edifices, that were
worth 11,001.127, and accommodated
Church had church edifices of the value
of 811,384,210, and that accommoda
ted 644,598 persons. The Congrega
tional Denominatioh had church edifi
ces that were worth 7,970,190, and
accommodated 801,830 persons. The
Lutheran Church had church edifices
to the amount of 2,854,280, and that
accommodated 535,180 persons. The
Roman Catholics had church edifices
that wer worth $9,250,758, and held
075,721 persons. The Unitarians,
LTniversalists,Swedenborgians,and some
other sects, had church edifices which
were worth 5,911,294, and accommo
dated 001,487 persons.
The Happy Man. The happy man
was born in the city of Repentance
unto life. He wa.s educated in the
School of Obedience, and now lives in
the village of Perseverance. Notwith
standing he possesses a large estate in
the county of creation, vet he works
at the trade of diligence, andfrequent
ily does jobs of self-denial. He break
fasts every morning and sups every
evening on spiritual prayers. He has
meat to cat the world knows not of, and
drinks the sincere milk of the word.
! Thus happy he lives, and happy he dies
. 1 1 '.l 1- T T 1
to ootain a nope in tne skies, tie scales
mountains, crosses vallies, prays fer
vently, believes implicitly, waits pa
tiently, works obediently,lives holy,dies
i-i ,i ,ii i.i
I uaiiy, watcnes tne e art, guaros tne
j senses, redeems the time, loves Christ,
and longs tor glory.
A Goose that was a Goose. The
following is from one of Willis' letters
from "Idiewild :" ;
"But I had a laugh at a goose, yes- j
terday, with a lesson in it, too. Com
ing home towards evening, with my j
wagon full of children, the air over our
head was suddenly darkened by the i
I wings of a very big bird my neigh
bor's fattest waddler, who, chased bv
a dog, had concluded to up feathers,
fiv over the barn, and take refuge, in
'the ever reliable and long tried bosom
! of the river. But it was the day af
ter the first sharp frost, and the stream
though as clear as a crystal, was of
icy smoothness, and as impenetrable
as a rock. Down came the goose,
with full faith in it for long tried water
and the way she clil over, and
brought up at the frozen bank opposite
after that heavy bump on her astonish
ed egjr-basket, was boundlessly delight
ful to the children. Besides the in-
j instruction m it, as to a winter trial
iof summer friends, it was a comfort
j with a pleasmt spite in ir to have one
' zoy Jamrh at a ;joose that waddles and
j screams after me every time I trot by
my neighbor 6 house.
A singer, who led the psalm tune at
a meeting a short time since, finding
his concluding word, which was Jacob,
had not syllables enough to fill up the
music adequately, ended thus
"J-a-a-a J-a-a-a--fi fob de riddle
coh !"
; ilOVr TO (YM V FNC7, lf?I5F-;.i.
t Ose of the weahh;e- t mcrohrij-si. of
; New York City tells us i. jw he ciia-
', menced business. He say? :
I entered a store an d .v-kc i if a
j clerk was r.c-t war.:el.
i "No !" in a r-.uh tcr.e. vat t'.ie an-
swer, all being too buy to b-'tr.f r wi:h
' me when I reflected that if thev did
- !ncd; war.t a
th
ev
rr.!g!:t war.t a
- 1 laborer
but I was dress? 1 too fine f jr
j that.
j I went to rny i-i lging
put
on a
i rouga garb, and the next dav, went in
; to the s.rae store, and t
Icman'ded if
aiid again, '
"No. sir !' was the responsd, tvhen ;
1 1 exclaimed, in despair alnu st : ! i
j "A laborer, sir? I will work at
: anv wig'-s. Wage.- i-J n--t rnv object ; '.
! I must have en-ploy ment, and
I want
i to be useful m business.
) These last remarks
' attention ; ai. l in the
attractr
T. 1 I W
fl th. ir
J- hired
he , as
laborer in the basement alrid ub-
' cellar at a verv low nav, scan civ n-
i.i ii , ,1 i
: ougti to keep touy and sou! tg'-ther.
In the basejr.uu and sub-eollaij I soi.n
; attracted, the attention .
; hou.-e and chief clerk,
f the c-juntirg-I
s it 1 n-
i ough for mv employers in littl
tr.n
j wasted to pay my wages ten tinies over ;
! and thev son found it out
1
lid not
j let an vbodv about commit p(
r larce-
home, "and I will see everything right." j
I loaded off at daybreak packages for
i the
morning
boats, or carried thera !
i myself.
In short, 1 focn became
I'pcnsa
se, and i
ble to my employers, and I r
rose, until 1 became heaa ol ti
h
ou.-e
witn money enough, as vou see
to give
a mer-
me any luxury or any positio
cantile man may desire for bin
self and
children in this 'rrcat citv.-4
JIunt't
Mag'inine.
Youcg Hen.
ALWAYS HAVE AN OBJECT IN
VIEW.
have is
The highest object you car
to glorify God and enjoy him
The next highest is, to bono
ther and thy mother ;
orever.
thy fa-
The next is, to love thy neighbor as
thyself.
The next, to serve thy counjtry hon-
1t nd faithfully, in whati.-ver sta
tion thou an eaiicr t-
And next to choose thee a wife in thy
youth. 1
But fee careful in vour choice. Do
not marry a fool ; unless you wish to
beget for yourself trouble. Remember j
young men ought always to ha've an oh-
ject in view; and let your njm iu life j
be elevated. This is the safeguard of j
character, the mainspring of excellence.
Soul Insurance. Fellowj-traveller
to eternity is thy soul insujed ? In
vain ("if it were possible) wo'ul l it be
to insure here thv life for a
thousand
years, if at the end thy soul
were not
sale. Christian reuuer . is i
some friend whom thou can";
there not !
arou-e, j
whose soul is not insured '' If there b
one, stay not till h' has hoarJ
of Christ
bv his
who still waits. Can vou
or her side to the brink of this world, !
rn-.!. fr l;ir i V r rrv ft,r Tr,'.-r,v rr to !
cv, or to i
behold one over whom you n
exerted a good inliuenee,
i"ht have ;
. I
unge into j
: not for:
the dark abyss ! Oh, w;
some favored season to returr
, in whici
U'JU Villi .11 'JII. C t'UViC.-.T
but go
now and entreat that frie
value your eternal happine-;
his soul's insurance.
Trials op a School
Master. "Bovs Noah had
as
vou
to see
i aster.
hree sons:
Shem, Ham, Japbet. Now w.
ho was the
father of Noah .-. three f-ons
(The bovs of the "third diss
pause,
look dubious at their teacher
; but there
is no replv.)
Master." "What !
can't vou tell ?
Let me illustrate. Here is
our next neighbor : be has
John, James, and Joseph Srr.
who is the father of John, ,
Joseph Smith ?
Mr. Smith,
:hree sons,
th. Now
'ame-, and
Bovs. (All together, in e
igcr, emu
lous strife,) "Mr. Smith.
Master. "Certainly
th:
's correct,
first qucs
i3, Shorn,
Well, now let us turn to tlid
tion. Noah had three s'
Ham, and Japhc-t. Now w
father of Noah's three sons
bo was the
Boys. (Unanimously, af
a little
hesitation:; "Mr. .'timth .
Popular Applause. .
meeting in Marlboro', Bost
two ago, while a dull spea
t a puo.ic
n.a week or
er was ad-
dressing the meeting, frequj
nt applause
was heard to proceed fro
where sat the kind hearte
and though somewhat aj
m trie seat
1 Dr. -,
amst tiieir
grain, the audience joined-' in, thereby
j encouraging the man to cdatinue talk-!
mg at a most teaious rate, until, out oi
patience, a frien lof the physician went
to him, and good naturedly remonstra
ted with him. The doctor; assured him
that it was not him, and cjn investiga
tion, it proved to be a dojj $crate?tinj
cut fieat I The constanjt rapping of
his paw had led the applaluse through
out the evening. i
It 13 often better to pifay for those
who are mutaken, than to dispute with
them. !
A w ar-Lr.g' t Wtsse a-
Tin tii.v . -. r'TDr' w
tlsc
tl.e w rr.-ti fi' o lu, J c ul 1 t-' b- lr '.-1
fak any-H' tprt.A rf It t ii .:
I.i-ju r. At! 'f th- cany t. -v .al
U'jiV.hl hdi wh Scva i 5 ry '
n t what tL' y d . :ii! pi-s th i3f to?, a
mij -r:t v ! tteji. if tby '-n b:r-: -l
the peri. :i na'ur? f its cnt-ints, . i'J
dish i: riil.r in a th --. I ' ' rs.
Would tbit th : f .'dowir. itcie- ti! c 1
tmpre I nf -n the hart "f ev. ry w f, .r 1
diujht. r in th r.at; -a Is ii :a!rsn-nt
male I.', iy in a lecture on the Pnr.'k c
!'?.Cf s of --c by Ut. I!-v. I'r. I .''it,
IV-h j. t.f V; t.ti- !v?,n; :
'A yu- g tnxn, f n- r!:r,i'y trr;:,
n?.!.apr;!v caTi'tfJ habit .f itHnT
ine- His ei.'f srrtad )-h r.i
bi-j.e t'jf.ugS n I-irgeand rn-' r. -j c'-dlo
circ!-;. Th-- eirticjtan I km J r- n-' r r
cs fu!s f'i'nds, li.-.wver. a" " "."h M
hion t d 'sit! ; tin ! f ! :v-z tj: f r I. i m to
drin't wa t- i: h no; I a tcti re.
oluti ti, that li" w -i' i ,n'-!ir. ;;,(irt !v f r
h--. r: of d.iy.
was iavi.'e t , d if,
N ! ti j if;, r, I e
w :'!. "t!nT v in ' l
s n, at tli" f .i ii; u4. t r .
di I I :i ? J ir i.n li' ; ! e C":i,l lu?i!y
be a fl!.:U 1 L' w i d d !it'r:it !y y', ti
f'D I he la bo"; l .r ' t.c la'.. t, li .
fo n.irv. ;,:)-! r.- .'iu !. !! ir- :i. in-r n
in!r no ;,t i f !,!-. d"Wi,fi'l. IJ'.t it w.
Tl. vff.io- w i in th ;ir i
stood th fn, imfi n, 1
i-u ' I tin li
ir. ui.ta a
vir.-' i i Iv. h .in I.' i ur I !o J. .,
rh:i! ! ij'.-1 Iii.w I.i dri::. If- f lu-. 1.
WhU I. st:'-r nn 1 rid:, u! h s 1:-..t.-l
iua r--.it (fa.! his n'd ! p-Uf t I rr
elialicti-r wa nr,- yii- He r: .- rer
drank th.tu f.-lt t Is --- .li."i. w Mill aiiv ,
an 1 that from icruporary !!' p ! t w
wiiu' wi;!i t' nf Id irct.iii. N
said h-' !iu fii'iil wl.i K'ir i.n! to I. 'ii,
' ti t I Iriv" !-!!. J ,ig mi, nr. A I till
I ds' i i." afu! pic !c wji kijt S t
ten d.iys i.ii t'- .l l f ir t!..ii iii-fi'l
youth f.-I! un l-.-r thv l:orrors I" d. liri.i.n
tretiiciH, and was t'Ttte t a gr:iT- f f !i.i-e
and dark despair. Vio vt- u:.J nvy the
emotiotii wit!i w Licit that y-.aiitr ! iy, f
not wh ill v d'.a i to duty ur.d t- i.itv, r-:s;a-
1
cc 1 her part in a k
K 41
t;, win.
smiled ( s!y to bv. in;. V
A woi:l To Tin: vi-v.. Kctpd jing
good, always doing! and hat,' v r
you d , d i it with all your lo ;.r:, u ! ,
and strength. Wi-h'ng, drori!;;i;.g. in
tending, murmuring, talking, v.-'.'iig,
ati 1 repining are all i ll" and profit!"'-
employments. The o;dy manly oinj.
pation ia to kecj doing, and il will I
fuund the most boautifai.
g
Litt'e Mary's Storj.
LY FANNi' IEKN.
"Marv!" Hail thi- voung'-r of two
little girl, ns tl.y ii(st!ed nndr a
coarse coverlid, one cold night in 1) -cember,
t-!l im- about CLri-ttnan be
fore Japa west to heaven. 1 :ti col I
and hungry, and I can't go to J -ej
I w.int sornethirig riice lo thitd. about."
" Hush !" said the elder chiM, "don't
let 'lear li.arnnia hear yon ; conn- ro-ar-er
to me ;" and they laid th' ir ! !.s
teg.-ih r.
" I fancy p-apa '.as rich. We ,v I
in a v-rv nl,-- house. I kio-A- it. to
were pret'y jiietur'-- ori th !:h: ;ir,4
there were nice velvet chairs, and the
carpet was thick and ho ft, like tl,
LTiCt'll lii'J.'i-I'iiliii jii li w i
Hid
e had pretty gold fi-li on the .'i i ta
ble, and Tony, my b!vd. i.un-, 1
to feed them. And p-ap.i, lyeu cirt
ri.T-iriber papa, Lctty, be wa- ail
and grand, lik'- a priri?'.', rui w'.m. 1 "
Eni!d he made think rr.e of ring' !'. II
brought me toy.? and swer'Tneat-'. arid
carried me out to the stable, and pt-t
me on Borneo's live back, arid laughed
lecaurc, I ii afraid! And I u-t-i to
vrateh to see hi'n come uji the Mr- et,
and then run to the door and jur::p it -to
his arm- h" wa a dear, kir.d j.aj i,"
fUid the child in a fa) W.-ring vof.
j " Don't cry," said the little on", 11
ine some more."
"Well, ori Chri.itn.as we were -o
hapjy ; we snt around such a lirge ;a.
Me with so many people aunts and
uncle? arid cou.-ins, (I can't thirl: why
they never co:.e to see us now, I,et,yj
and Betty made ueh swf.-i-t pi -. ar.d
,re hid such a big turkey 1 igturl'y;
and pupa would have rr e sit n'xt to
him, and give me the wish-bone a?id all
-.he plums out of h's pudding; ar. 1 ;.f
ter d:nner he woul 1 take toe ori Li., !p,
and tell me Kd Riding H'.o l ar.d
call me 'pet,' and 4 fairy.' Oh! I.' t
tv, I can't tell anv more ; I believe I'm
go:tg to cry.
"I'm vrv c ol I," f-aid Lettr. ' I- ?
'papa know up ia heaven that w a:
.(j(jT and huLgrv now
"Yes no I can't tell," ariswer'-d
jMary, wiping a ay ber tears, ur.alfe
do reconcile her ideas of heaven ;,.L
such n thought. Hash ! icarn.a
jwil! bear !"
Mamma had heard. The ov-e gar-
i
iment, upon wuien tae nau lon' -i e
I eunrl.se, dropped from her hirjds, ar.d
j tears were forcing themselves thick an 1
! fast through her closed eyelid. The
j simf le recital found but tex sad an echo
I in that widowed heart.
ir MTit.-.f ' " - r.it sir t -T'lTir tt.
uriou1. well stored table, and . no va
cant chair, or number no roisVng t'r.e
from your flock as vou lean kt ill tn
the dear aria to which you trust, re
member tboe who, with chilled lin.bs
and b!eeling hearts, know of ro treas
ure oa earth, eave ia th churebvar J."