WHOSE I
A little moun-l of earth alone,
With matted, stiuited grass u’ergrown,
A lonely liaunt in graveyard plot,
By every (onner friend forgot,
Yet stranger steps I could but choose
Stay by that grave, not knowing whose !
What need of sculptured stone to tell
Who slept beneatli was sleeping well ?
What need to know the sleeper’s name ?
To us or him ’twas all the same!
Life’s story still I couhl pursue,
]3eside this grave, not knowing whose ?
“ Dust to dust I” the end of earth,
The end of dreams our life gives birth ;
The summing uj) of all our fame,
Was here, a mound without a name;
A matted sod, a lonely spot,
By grieving friends at last forgot!
Not knoM-ing whose, what worth to us
His name, his ago, or history 1
Did earth resound once with his crime,
Or mayhap with his deeds sublime j
What boots since o’er him bangs the pall
Oblivion weaves and sj.n’cads for all 1
One of the millions gone before,
Whose steps are washed from off time’s
shore j
A matted sod the only trace
That’s left as landmark to his race,
“When’er like me one comes to muse
Beside his grave, not knowing whose!
THE HEBKEW 02£PB1A1V AST-
EBJiTl OF ISAETIMOliE,
Was organized in 1872, under tlie
auspices of the Hebrew Benevo
lent Society, funds for the pur
pose having- been contributed by
the Israelites of Baltimore.
The children attend the public
school in the near neigliborhood,
wliere they receive instruction in
the liiiglish branches.
They also receive several liours’
in.striu-tioii dailv in the Gorman
and Hebrew languages at the
as}’lum, besides being required to
devote a reusonal)le time to the
daily preparation of their public
school studios.
They have the Sabbath and
Sunday afternoons entire! \'at their
own disposal.
'J’heir studies are as follows:'
(1) Heading and translatingthe
Hebrew Prayer Book, committing
to memory the* morning and eve
ning prayers and the benedictions
employed on the various occasions
of life and the seasons of the 3'ear.
(2) Religious instruction has,
until now, been given more as
occasion required tliaii systemati-
callyq because of the absence
generally of religious ideas. The
origin and significance of the hol
idays and festivals and the attri
butes of God have been fully
explained and taught, and the
Ten Commandments have been
expounded and the children re
quired to commit them to monior}*.
(3) Biblical history.
(4) German—reading, writing,
orthography, and grammar.
(5) English—all studies usual
in the public schools.
(6) Vocal music.
THE NEW HAMPSHIKE ORPHANS’
home and school of industry
Is located upon tire celebrated
Daniel Webster farm, in Frank
lin, N. H.
It was duly inaugurated with
appropriate ceremonies, October
19, 1871.
One hundred children have
been received at the home since
its opening. They are under-
excellent care and training in
every particular, and are content
ed and happy. The real estate
and personal property, amounting
to more than $12,000, is pr.id for-.
and the title is in the home. The
income for the past year was
84,000, and the number of inmates
thirtjf-one.
NEWARK ORPHAN ASYLUM, NEWARK.
Some twenty-seven j-ears ago,
a little friendless orphan girl fell
from a fruit-tree and broke her
leg. Already an unwelcome in
mate in the family -with whom
she Iiad found a shelter, this ad
ditional affliction rendered her an
unbearable burden. She was
about to be sent to the almshouse,
when a kind neighbor opened her
home and heart and took the little
sufferer in, and with a mother’s
tenderness nursed lier back to
health.
This circumstance was known
and discussed, and the necessity
of establishing an orphan asylum
for the benefit ol friendless orphan
children was pressed upon the
minds of the people. Preliminary
ineetings were called, an associa
tion formed, a building hired, and
the Newark Orphan Asylum, the
first institution of the kind in the
State, and it not a State institution,
was tornierlv' opened with appro
priate religious services.
A charter was obtained, and a
board ot trustees, comprising
tiiirtj' ladies, cb.osen from the
Episcopal, Presbyterian, Bajitist,
Metiiodist, Reformed, and Con
gregational churches of this city-.
Of those ladies, ten are still re
maining in the board.
The asylum opened with eight
children; but, as its fame became
noised abi-oad, its numbers in
creased, and in a few \'ears they
were coinpelled to look forward
to an enlargement of their borders.
Appeals were made, to .wliicli
the people of Newark responded,
and a lot was purchased for 87,-
00 J, and a building commenced
in tiepieuiber, 185G, and in Sep-
tombei-, 1857, the house was
completed without a dollar of
indebtedness, the expen.se of the
house and grounds being $32,000.
The original design of the
building is incomplete. It was
intended to be finished with cor
responding wings, but the funds
not being sufficient, and one wing
only being needed for the con
venience of the family, the trustees
concluded to defer tlie erection of
the other wing until the treasury
should be replenished for that
purpose. In 18Go a legacy was
left for this expi-ess design, with
the condition that it should be
used within ten years, and it is
now hoped that the accumulated
interest, with the principal, will
enable tlie trustees to complete
the remaining wing without ap
pealing to the generosity of its
friends.
They are endeavoring to estab
lish a permanent fund, to be so
invested that it will help them to
meet their annual expenses and to
provide for unseen exigences, for
which their present subscriptions
ai-e inadequate.
Thej^ have now $5,000 or more,
but, as the institution has from
the beginning until the present
had to depend on the contributions
and donations of its friends to
meet its daily wants, it is neces
sary sometimes to draw upon this
small fund to meet deficiencies.
The success of tlris institution
stimulated others, and auxiliaries
sprang up in Orange, Paterson,
Bloomfield, Slori istown,Belleville,
Plainfield and New Brunswick.
These all worked cordially and
heartily with the parent institu
tion for several ymars, when Pat
erson and Orange, having so large
a number of children to provide
for, witlidrew and formed a.ssoci-
ations of their own, and are both
prosecuting their -ivork with vigor
and success.
It has always been the aim to
surround the little ones with such
home-influences as shall supphq
as far as possible, the natural
child-longing for sympathy and
love, while maintaining a firm y-et
gentle discipline, and to make
such provision for their pliy-sioal,
intellectual and spiritual natures
that if riglitly^ improved they* may-
go out into the world prepared to
take their places as good citizens
ready for -.voi'k in the Master’s
service.
Strict attention has always been
paid'to tlieir physical necessities
—personal cleanliness, fresh air,
i)laiii, wholesome food, and man
ual exercise being deemed essen
tial to their highest well-being.
BIK. Sl'lJltGUOiV.
Success is in itself a power, and
Mr. Spurgeon is not only a suc
cessful man, but a successful man
born amongst those whom lie ad
dresses. The son of a baker, he
lias been an usher at a small
school, a tract-distributor, and a
clerk. At seventeen he was in-
•stalled as a full-blown preacher
at Waterbeach, Before he was
twenty he was drawing, Sunday
after Sunday, enornjous audiences
at a chapel in New Park street,
Southwark. ’I’he place was en
larged, and the services were
tompoi-arily performed at Exeter
Hall. But Mr. Spurgeon had be
come a celebrity', and the build
ing in the Strand was insufficient
to contain the growing crovrds.
Prom Exeter Hall and Southwark
he migrated to the Surrey' Music
Hall, capable of holding upwards
of ten thousand peple. Here he
displayed a calmness and courage,
on a certain occasion when an
alarm of fire was given, which
deservedly' won him fresh fame.
In 18G1 the Metropolitan Taber
nacle was opened. It may' not
be superfluous to say that this
building is 150 feet long, 80 feet
wide and 70 feet high ; that it has
two galleries, the preacher’s plat
form being on a level with the
lower one ; that its average con
gregation is 6,000 people; that
of these 5,000 are admitted by
tickets only'; and that when it
was first opened it was announc
ed that “the only' warming appa
ratus would be the pulpit.” The
Tabernacle has 4,500 communi
cants while upwards of fitty
j)roselytes a month, largely' con
sisting of domestic servants, are
received into its congregation.
Ol Mr. Spurgeon’s printed ser
mons, which are all taken down
by short-hand writers, upwards ol
ten million copies, it is calculated,
have been sold. But tliese facts
represent only' a small portion of
Mr. Spurgeon’s labors. Attached
to the Tabornacl are a Pastors’
College, with about eighty stu
dents ; a group of alms-houses;
a boys’ school, in whicli three
hundred children are trained on
wholly uusectarian principles;
and an institution for colportage.
Then there is the Stockwell Or
phanage, also an unsectarian es
tablishment, maintained at a cost
of some five thousand a y'ear.
For the conduct of each of these
Mr. Sjnirgoon is personally re
sponsible ; and the total of en
dowments is not more than £30,-
000.
By such works as these Mr.
Spurgeon has placed the metro
polis under perpetual debt of
gratitude, and it would be a little
creditable to the right Pel ng of
the classes who he has benefited
in so conspicuous a degree if he
were not looked up to bv them
as a ruler in Israel. He has nev
er yet failed in anything- which
he essayed, and probably' he is
the only' man living wlio, if he
took the Albert Hall, could be
sure of making it a commercial
success.—London World.
CUANGES IIV THE MEAMNIG OF
WOKBS.
Climate.—At present, the tem
perature of a region, but once the
region itself. ■
Corpse.—Now only' used for
the body abandoned by the spirit
of life, but once for the body of
the living man equally' as of the
dead.
Desire.—“To desire” is only
to look, forivard with longing now,
the word has lost the sense of re
gret or looking hack upon the lost
but still loved.
Ensure.—None of our diction
aries, as far as I can observe,
have taken notice of an old use
of this word, namely, to betroth,
and thus to make sure the future,
husband and wife to each other.
Hag.—One of many' words
which, applied formerly to both
sexes, are now restrained only to
one.
Mounteb.ank.—Now aiii/ antic
fool, but once restrained to the
quack-doctors, who, at fairs and
such places of resort, having
mounted on a hank or heacli, from
thence proclaimed the virtues of
their drugs.
Ostler.—Not formerly', as
now, the servant of the inn,
having the care of the horse, but
the inn - keeper or host, the
“hostler” himself.
Shrew.—There are at present
no “shrews” save female ones;
but the word, like so many- others
which we have met with, now
restrained to one sex, was former
ly applied to both.
Sonnet,—A “sonnet” must now
consist of exactly fourteen linos,
neither more nor less, and these
witli a fi.xed arrangement, tliough
admitting a certain relaxation of
the rhymes; but sonnet used
often to be applied to any shorter
poem, especially of an amatory'
kind.
Stove.—This word has much
narrowed its meaning. Bath,
hot-house, any' room where air or
water were artificially' heated,
was a “stove” once.
Tobacconist.—Now the seller,
once the smoker of tobacco.
Uncouth.—Now, unformed in
manner, ungraceful in behavior;
but once, simply unknown.
Wince.—Now, to shrink or
start away, as in pain, from a
stroke or touch ; but, as lar as. I
know, used alvviiy's by' our earlier
authors iii the sense of to kick.
AN! AWEEE PKAYEU.
One of the most awful fonnsof
prayer of which we can conceive
i.s recorded in the fourteenth
chapter of Luke. The invitation
to the supper liad gone forth, the
feast had been spread, the host
was waiting, tlie servant had been
sent to tliem that were bidden,
but they' “ all with one consenc
began to make excuse,” Thonofi
the excuses varied, yet there was
a singular unaniiniiy' among them
in their answers: “I pray tlu-e,
have me excused. ’ The prayer
was answered, for soon the mas
ter of the feast, in anger, turned
from them, and not one of the
men which were bidden tasted of
the supper. The supper, the in
vitation and the guests were all
ty'pical, and so also was tlio
pray'er to be excused. The type
has found its fulfil.nent in "tlie
marriage feast v, hie!; tiie great
Master of assemblies has provided,
the whole world has been invited
to partake of it, but rny’riads have,
with one consent, begun to make
excuse. Look at that young man;
a short time ago lie went forth
from his loved liome where lie
had been surrounded by influen
ces wliioh pointed liim to Christ,
but he prayed to be excused for
a little while; the battle of life
was before him; after he had a
fair start, and was on the road to
success or eminence, he would
tliink of this matter of personal
religion. Years have passed by ;
Ills feet are now turned aside from
God’s sanctuary', and are treading
slippery and dangerous paths ; be
needs the light of heaven on the
road, hut the prayer to be ex-
o:ised is still ascending. Later
on lie is deeply' engaged in busi
ness pursuits; tlie “ c.ares of the
world and the deceitfulness of
riclies” are pressing hard upon
him now ; surely he will turn to
God for guidance now; surely lie
will seek in religion a refuge fro.'i,
the turmoils and cares which eni
barrass liim ; but, no, tlie erv :
“ I pray thee have me excn.sod,”
still ascends. Now he is old and
almost worn out, the battle of life
is almost fought, the goal of
wealth has been reached, and the
heart is still unsatisfied and filled
with an aching void and longing;
will he not now call upon the
Almighty to be bis keeper ; tliat
in the death hour he inav be able
to cry trinmpliantly': “Victory !”
Ah, no ! “Have me excu.sed,” is
still his prayer : “ death is not so
very near, 1 still have time left to
purify my'self, and prepare for
eternity.” But suddenly the
clammy hand of death is laid on
his brow, the once strong and
self-confident man is brought low;
now, indeed, he is ready in the
anguish of liis soul, and with the
awful prospect of the future', to
cry unto God to save him, but it
is too late, the prayer has at last
been answered ; he is excused.
A German pedler sold a man a
liquid for the extermination of
bugs. “ And how do y'ou use it?”
inquired the man, alter he liad
bought it. “ Ketch de bug and
drop von little drop into his mout,”
answered the pedler. “ You do f”
exchaimed the purchaser. “ I
could kill it in half the time bv
stamping on it.” “ Veil,” exclaini-
ed the German, “ that is a good
vav, too.”