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Follow Thou He.
Have ye looked for my sheep in the
desert, . ; " :
For those who have missed their
' ' '
Have ye been in the wild .waste
y,.-- places, " - '
: "Where th lost and the wandering'
1 stray?- ' "V,.,;'
Have ye trodden tbya lonely highway,
The foul and i darksome street ?
It may b& ye'd see in 'the gloamings
The print of Christ's wounded feet
Have you folded close to your bosom"
. The trembling, neglected lamb,
And targht to the little lost one
- The sound of the-ShepherdVnaBfte-?-
Have ye searphed for tho, poor 'nd
needy, - ' .
"With no clothing, no home no
bread?
The Son of , Man was , among Jhem ; t
He had nowhere to lay his head !
Have ye carried the living water ;
To the parched and thirsty soul 1
Have ye said to the sick and wound-,
' - : cd, j.'-' . .
" Christ Jesus' makes thee whole'.'
Have ye told my fainting children
Of the strength of the Father's hand?
Have ye guided the tottering foot
steps
To the
shores
landf"
of
the "golden
Have ye stood by the sad and weary,
To smooth the pillow of death ;
To comfort the soitow stricken, r '
And strengthen the feeble faith ? '
And have ye felt,! when the glory .
Has streamed through the open
door,
And flitted across the shadows,
That I had been there before f
Have ye wept with the broken-hearted,
In their agony of woe 1
Ye might hear me whispering beside
" ; , : . you,. ' . . . -.
'Tis a path I often go. . t
' Can ye dare to follow me ? .
Then, wherever the Master dwelleth,
There Shall the servant be. '
r ' Kind Wards.
JFort:e, Power, Work.
There is a certain class of words
tised in j)hysies and metaphysics
supposed to den otc, Dot phenome
na or .facts, but the causes of plie
nonietia or tacts. Thus it is said,
u bodies are attracted to the earth
by tr?m." . A body does" uot
move,' unless the conditions of
motion are present, by reason of
its inertia. r u One element unites
with anotlier'bv rcjistirt of chemi
cal affinity.", Que body displaces
anotlier- by reason of their mutual
impenetrability." z l Abody returns
to its previous form, after being
compressed or distorted, s by 'rea
son of i ts clmti'citj). " ., "
Loner custom in the use of words
not only justities their" employ
mcnt jn jcertain connections, but
impresses us more or lcs&, if not
with a notion of their logical mean
ing, with an idea tbt they 'iiiust
have some meaning ; and we eon
tinue to employ them in their un
usual cohiiectioii often without
stopping to thinks whether they
have nnyjm caning at ialh In com
bating this fallacy of occult causes,
Mr. John Stuart Mil I illustrates
th ei r a bsu rd i ty b y : add ucmg no e
example-bf a jitudenthQ,; tvlicn
asked how opi u m caused ; sleep,
replied unhesitatingly that "opium
causes sleep bv reason of a certain
soporific: quality which it posses
ses." e v can all smile at the
stu dcnt?s ' soporific quality,! but
wenever think of smiling when
the philosopher attributes the fall-
ing 01 bodies to a certain falhiig
property which they possess, ito
wit, gravity,, Far be it from us
to assert forgetful of , the" New
tonian apple, that 1 bodies do not
fall. We feel constrained to-acknowledge,
the fact. jJ But; HoW
much better is the tact understood
when attri bnted to a certain force
or property " iti' ' the f : 'niaf ter, by
whicli it fal Is, or o an occult iorce
existing somewhere outside' itself
wlycb: ipipejsty the
grandest fact that evep'wasior
06 of Jctlii bf JrHatfer. As, .far
ao uuuiau jcoouuu gu, ji seejns
not only coextenaivc,- out &eter
nal with raatter itself, and, if eter
nal, of course uncaused. ' .
As withthe word rarity, ' the
name'given'to the tnosf a'mlliaV
of all the so-called,-forc,-8d,vVith!
all words denoting' ;a ptoperty or
quality, as the. cause of action, and
so with the 1 word , force itself in
tbotsajnjet sense, fl .With this met-
pnj;sVeal or occult forpe nhyeical
8ciece'ba8lnbtb
as' we are attempting to illustrate
the use of the words heading this
articler6bme dilution Ho the per
haps ; most comriionapplicationof
the J tetiti ' cottld hardly be dis
pensed 'with. 1 1 ; i
But thb weird force, as employ
ed hi mechanics, 18 often ambigu-J
ously used, or, rather, it is;usedtdj
express such different meanings
as to frequently mislead. For.in
stancey we say that .there is a
cerfaiu amount of force in; a tun,
of coal a n d he Oxygen necessary1,
for its combustion ,i',i'i "certain ;
amount of fdic iW a certain. num
ber of cubic feet iof i.oompressed
air 'at a given tenslou and! so on.
It is in this seiise that the word is
used by the very best authorities
when speakingof . the conserya
tioni 'jdr .persistence i'.of fprce. v 1 .,-
- But the meaning is: widely dU
ferentjwhen .we.pcak of si cubic
foot of iron as pressing, upon : ita
support witk a force of 450 lbs.,:
or ofai r, compressed to one-tenth
of its; ordinary volume at the level
of the sea, as exerting a force of
150 lbs tb the square' inch;-, There
may be great force in the latter
sense, with almost none in the
former. V .
Suppose a press operating upon
a niass ot metal, or some other
sensibly incbrnpressible aulmtance
to:be screWeldown with all - the
force the rress can bear, and to
be left in that condition. 1 tier
may be now a force of rp any tuns
exerted y the press upon, the
metal: lHt in the former souse of
the wbnl, that is, -ability to pro
duce motioii,tlipre is scarcely any!
A verv slight motion bftliobCreiv,
barely enough to compensate for
the elasticity of the press, relieves
tlio teil sion. Jiti the -latter 'aense,
the word is ' tieai ly synonymous
witlvj7 vmtrti ra'ndi. if the pressure
is as conditioned that it can iact
th ruugh Tfatancc; we have-foree
in the forincr sense", rhqs, if the
cubic foot of iron be elevated
1,000 feet,- and then held upon a
support, it-will exert,, force u of
450, bs. upon .that support, .and
will" have, inthe former sense,
450000 foof-pOunds of force, Q? kf
much force as is available," with
4 ,
an ? ofdinai'y iwiler and ehginc,
from about a pound of coal, ti
thp cubic foot pfu irqn,reisted
Aipon aipportinearhthegroundv
-say, oneirootf at wouta pres8Upon
its support with aorce 9M56 Jba.
1 . . ill ,
smz u wouia nve lit xme lormer
th e; j ettecU ve io re (J ue, , pAy x Jtp
of;cpaltVV:hu , l.Oplpi ,feet nigh,
it wasin. a CQndition .to .exert 450
iai. s r t -
los. ;pt lorce:;( pressure) tnrougp
r,OO0 feet ridistajiee, tdr.. 40,000
footipoun ds? i u th e bth er ase nit
'Mid- lit U condition; to eirt-450
lbs. of force (pressure) through
one foot, or45(rfixytpou nds.
The wbrUrc
raer sen9e,-i9 flytionymous with
iWQrk,,buti,itis.9eldnv ittfaeC it
ought never id bei uedf hi tiwt
eii8e.ih niechafiical calcnilatidjis.
Work is equal -to force or pressure
multtpTiedoy thB distance thfoif srh
whicU the, coriditibni ;wiH i3eiert
mat, picsauic. xiius, in vur niua-
ihch, the work 4rhicbri that? forbe
could perform would be onlyl
Ivriisad onlv inone signification.
icad liaithterefore easily ejipjined.
Yet in the minds of manj .lfcj&fe
ftincbnfouliJeftlA'wsiri or
Thwb!powW' haliiriefetfe
to' tho ranidittr-with which the.'
cWdltlorrlra
Wnaustei; thd nloK
cmmoniy usea .ueingin norBe
power." or the power necestary to
raise5 SOOO' Ibsne foot- in 1 on6
rniriute: : . f .-.r :k: r :.j
AYprcA is the constant pressure.
Work'is the pressure- multiplied
by the di stance through which the
force or pressure is or may be
keit Upc 'Force and - work have
no reference to tirao; Power has
reference to the ' rapidity with
wnicn me worlds or may be per
formed. ;i M ...
It is not rrieant to assert here
that these- words are; never nro-
perly5 used except in -the senses
wnicn we nave1 attempted to ae
fine, but our experience in cor
respondence, and . dealings- with
1 ri veri to r8 an d mechahics, conyi n ce
us that there are very-many who
confound the various meanings of
for"ee, power, and work.- Ameri
can Artisan. 'f; ;!
a
A Talk A boil it Orphans.
Have vi sited the Qrpb an Asy.
lum in Oxford, silt is really amus-
insftd witness i the astonishment
of the children as they admire and
survey fori the first time the ex
tent of the building. One little
boy exclaimed . ; "imh I this cer
tainly is a good old place." Some
arrived there; hungry, and having
been accustomed, to eat without
ceremony, ,Mr. Cohen found it
difficult to induce them to wait
even . for a very.i short W'srr ace."
But they have, warm rooms, soft
beds, good fare, and n ew books.
The institution is. in regular op
eration, and. is doing , a noble
work. , Its benefits are denied to
many children, because tbey have
been gobbled up by avaricious re
latives, and are now growing up
Ml jgnoran.ee and semi-slavery.
because the demand for their ser
vices exceeds the 8uppl5r. : . ; ;
, t Well, what arc the rules of the
ini titution ? One, rulejis , to have
as lit?e 4red tape' as possible. In
spme so-called rel igious organiza
tion s, charity . is fortified and al-
rnore inacceBsible oji . account, pf
mysterious regulations, j A rPoor
mftfl might as -vj-ell go tolVVash
ington to collect dues on . a con
tract - for, beef furnished the army
in Organ .Another rule is , that
the chief , end and aim of hQ ipr
stitution shall be to do oodjby
faithfully carrying out . tiie. (lesign
pf the, G ratad t qdge,. . as expressed
in the following resolntions :
I "Resolved, Tini.tSt';jn,CoK
lege shall bp made anlura for
he protection , JrainVng,! and edu
cation of Indigpnt orphan chil
dren1,, r- - v.
JZesolccd That. orbhan children
ill jthe saiidj Asum; isMi;;he fed
and clotheqjKaqdti shati receive
8ueht nrenardtibn traimnc: , and
edtipation a4?yij.i TOP'T'
useful, odcunations ' and for the
URiial , . business T tranacipris . of
life. r j- .t. tiV'. tt i 1 .: : .-,
Jicstfctd, That tbfe Superinten
dent .of .tVid . Orph Asyltira
shall Report o Web nnuOotn-
ijumcation
jcial acU,frepeipt8, disbursements,
with . such BuggesMons as he may
, .These jpsoutmpa arenveryH.x-
Lcents a mile. LUther.-road3 vill
tirobably do. a8 .mucbi' and" ,p6ss,U
ihlv more.. If the friends ot itne
cuiidreu canseud ftje'n to ltaleigt
the Supenntenaent will funnsji
transpo rtation to Oxford. t- r '
Are tne Denentsoitne msara-
tmcOTinnetliehM of
dea8aa?Mfainly noi
SendbrigHtibby Mlnd rgirlsTiot
m tbaUbght 'in or4 ffi0re. j ttjan
jhir teen years .J-wha give
berplels 9fetnersttttire
Wned'WtKe':Ba
paQdyaddy;! a ! 1ivinV;
but Wis hfWay1 drntiK 1 Ail i tie
does forjn bfeat1 mItri
worse off ibsif cnltdfBU that have
no daddiv JXIavT go7 tc th Asy-
lum?" r His was a hard case ; but
he .couid not go. His Iaddy '
ought' to. driiik less or more, lie
ought to quit: drinking and be
have, or die and get out of the
war... ' -a . !
' How, is the the: iustittution to
be supported ? Here is the reso
lution ot the Grand Lodge :
liesotcea, That tbia Urand linage
elect a Superintendent who shall
control the Institution, and solicit
contributions from ail, classes of
our people. .
But will the people contribute ?
Some will, and- others will not.
Some have already done so:
others are thiiikinig about it.
One Lodge has taken the lead, I
others will follow. As the man
agement is neither political nor
sectarian, and the persons em
ployed are members of different
religious denominations, tliere is
no reason for withholding help,
in a cause which carries its bwn
appeal to every human heart.--
Biblical Recorda f fc "'
Has Our Climate Changed.
Thi general conclusion which
ah examination seems to warrant,
both as regards rain:fall and win
ter climate, 1 sthis, 'thai'tliere has
been no change in the; lapso of
many years." .None can. be sub,
stantiated ' as having occurred
within a ce htury. This -. proves
that changes through agriculture,
drainage, ect, give rise to no ap
preciable meteorological effect,
and that the public opinion which
asserts such aii influence is alto
gether erroneous.
Only recently have precise and
correct views been entertained of
changes. It is now known that
cloudy weather, or rains, or fluc
tuations of the barometer and of
the themometer, are not of re
stricted or local origin, , but that
they have a progress in a deter
minate direction,;, often of thou
sands of miles. ' This fact is ; at
the basis of the duties in which
the Storm-Signal Corps is sblably
engaged. In ; many parts of the
United States, there ai'p prairie or
treeless regions several hundreds
of square miles in extent, yet
these are not rainless because they
are treeless , clouds drop water
upon them to the same amount.
that they jdo.on . the neighborurg
wooden regionsJ Considerations
suchas these -may. satisfy us that
tlie surface modificatipiia which
"the Atlantic States has undergone
since their first settlement have
produced -no meteorological lefV
ieci ; and that the. rain-fall and
.winter probably remain the aame
that they were many centuries
ago.-Crwci IMcauh, : , ,
ii
Kissing the. Wrong Woman.
1 A,n amusing mistake occurred
"ob fhe Miiwaukie4 and La Crosse
Railroad recently. In , the .fourth
iest1' Back bftlie stoveV in I one' ' of
tne paseiier cars, ,.ot ; geuue-
"man alidJ lady, 'sweet .and gusljijtg
as the ffairy bhe3 of olden tiroes.
His anri' encif cled her waists and
hiis'wereiied;
his fair . companion , with all t the
earnestne a Iomeo'. In short,
'ineysferc' ihe: observed of all ob
8erjer8. . . f ;v t .
f' An -ne'rttW.Vf;. the
couple alluded to, sat ja demure
looking lady,; interested' in the
display of aftectipn jh frontof her,
so natural and . pucjhihgy ; ( ,' "
v ?,iA!tie train approached 1 a tun
hel,' the ardenLiover left his 'seat
for some purpose, and whehlpart
of thtf Say1 thrdfih VWIealPwas
dark as n igh t, h e gfb pe5 d h is way
baek-and jiist : as thfe tralnbe-
gan to emerge into the I east glim-
nier of Iht, roere asa Jell
whlcK startled the 'entire load of
passengers. The poor? fellow had
gorie one ?eat too far back, and
had seated, himself, in the wrong
onknd niKsnto
kbaVleprare !adywhocouln t
OCU IU . JUv . lib UUb 4IM UUU , (lUli
with the moat sheeplaTi'lboK eyer
seWjtto his1 1 ''placed beside th
'H,;W!eTj;be Brjectrsyere
convulsed with laughter. '
"Too Hard."
It is no uncommon thing to hear
schdql boys and girls say, con
cerning this or that particular
study, It is too hard. Tney come
to the conclusion -that it is both
hard and useless. The time spent
in studying it will be lost, they
say. I Parents often indulge their f
children in these foolish notions,
and in after years it tells on the
history of the child. The object !
ofsending children to school is not
simply that they" may, like eo
many parrots, learn to. repeat by
rote a long string of facs. Chil
dren are sent to school to prepare
them usefully and honorably to
discharge the duties of men and ,
women. The principal part of a
literaiy education consists in
Iearnihg to think. Education,
properly speaking, is the' act or
process of developing Hhc mind.
Easy studies never will do this.
The 8linging ot the sledge causes
the muscles of the arm and fingers
of thje blacksmith to grow large
and strong. This never would
take place if the same arm used
small wires as a tool. The solv
ing of difiiculties strengthens the
mind and at the same times give
to the mind tact in grapling with
hard thiugs. Many of the mather
matical problems that are .put
down in the books, are in "one
sense1, of very little practical
worth. Perhaps the greater part
of. the human family have no
practical need for the cube root.
In practical life, problems in the
cube root seldom occur. Still it
is necessary for every school boy
to master the yrinciplc8 involved
in extracting the cube root.
charge the ordinary problems
which occur in practical life more
comfortably to himself and more
usefully to society. ,One of the
misfortunes of the present system
of education is that it aims at
making every thing so easy that
ho study is required on the part
of the pupil. The pupil is taken
blindfolded over all the -hard
places. ''He ne ver sees them , and
the (result is that in after life,
when he comes to . grapple with
difiiculties in earnest, he fails, to
his mortification, and often his
loss. Yorkcille, S C. Enquirer.
A ITIcchaiiical Teat.
At its approaching session,
Congress will be asked to provide
the means for one of the greatest
mechanical feats of the age. The
General Post-Oflice building be
ing found insufficient in , size for
the accomodation of the numer
ous clerks required to supervise
the work of thirty thousand post
offices, Mr. - Mullett, the chief
architect, proposes to elevate it
into the iur, and to .put another
story j beqeath it Headers fami
liar with Washington, will re
member that this building covers
the entire square, between E and F
street and Sixth aiid Seventh, and
cbntatn8some of the largest rooms
in the city. The dead-letter room
13 about ' Beventy teet long by
forty-fi vo- wide and two stories
high ; the book-keeper's roomns
abou t sixty feet square. Li 1836,
the wboden structure then used
by the department' was destroyed
by fire, with many of its archives.
To. provide against such a casu
alty a second time, the external
walls of the new building were'
blade of marble, and three; feet
thick; the inner w;alli anp of
bcick; and the floor of slatoed
ded upon; gnined arches of brick.
This eubrmou.- inasH of ni:istiirv
it is now proposed to raise some
twenty feet in height. Buildings'
larger in extent, have been lifted
-at. Chicago, hut none ofjuch
weight, and .where the slightest
mistake would , be so fatal. 1 All
this is to be done while the btissi
ness of the department is to 1 c
carried on as usual, with full fa-
cilitv of enterance and departtux
for. iti hundreds f of clerks and
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