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A BIBLICAL RECORDER. Biblical Eecordeki . rUDLISHED EVEliY WEDNESDAY - EDWARDS, BROUGHTON & CO., , ' EALEIUn," N. i Office on Fayetteville Street,'? Standard building. ADVERTISm& tiJLTES: f Space. 12m, 2 1 Inch. . . . 2 do - $20 CO S'do 30 CO 40 00 50' (0 60 00 4 . do - . TJWMS OF SUBSCh'frTfOXi column,. Vi do . One copy, one year.. . ;. , . . . V . .One copy, nix 'months, '. , ,vi ... . . ... Clnbs of live, . . . .. . -.... Clubs of tea, ,s....,.i i . i - .. fa so 100 200- . 1 50 t 'rjin "of tje SortJ CaroUmilbtsts, -0tfotrt to pie "Sflijiiit,. 64xuktioif ; itcratuw; .srititaire antr (6mrarufdli(jm 1 - do . a-. .11 00 .20 00 ObLtoariee sixty words lonir. are inserted few nf Remittances of 2 50 or under tnay be made by the ordinary mail at our risk, but all suras above this amount must be sent by Tost Office Order r Registered Letter. 1 . - , charge When they exceed this length, one cent tor each word must be paid in advance. - Volume XXXVIIL RALEIGH, K -0., ; AUGUST 13, 1873. Dumber 4. Special IToUces charged 20 cent per line. " ' s "' 1 time. lm. 8m. " 6m. I t I 00$ S 00 1 1 OO'tlO OO'; 00 8 00 12 00 20 00 ' 8 00 , 1 00 IS 00 27 00 5 60 00 20 00 85 00 6 00 13 00 25 00 45 00 7 00 20 00 30 00 50 00 12 00 35 00 60 00 100 00 THE HARDENED SINNER TREMBLING. A Sermon, preached lathe First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, N. C, Sunday night, July 2 Jth, 1873, aai reports for the "Recorder." . , . -ACTS XXIV, 23. And as he reasoned of right- I eonaness, temperance, and lodgment to come. Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; vhen I have a convenient sfucra I will call for thee. - INTRODUCTION. J Many persons seem . to suppose, that very corrupt men have lost all power of feeling.- -- It is often ' a " mistake. They are frequently struck with fear when spc cially wrought upon. Few men have ut terly lost the power of trembling in view o( tho consequences of their own wrong doing. Voltaire W3S ka. wicked as to say, and try; to prove, that it was tight lo lie. He said that it was the duty of great poli ticians t&.decei vo : the- people ; He , hated Christ so intensely, that, when ho uttered the name M Jesus, lie would add the blas ' phemous words, "corse the wretch. Yet we arc told, that when Voltaire was on his dying bed, he sent for a Priest, and was i i the most harrowing agony of fear. The most foul-mouthed infidel and blasphemer that I ever knew, would tremble, and make the fairest promises when he was seriously sick, and afraid that his end was near. Felix was a hardened sinner, and yet he trembled. Let us consider (1) the nature, v (2) the grounds, and (3 the results of his trembling. Notice then, 1. nOW nK TREMBLED. - . ' - It was not in view of the enormity of his sins as such. Not because these sins were - offensive in the sight of a holy God. This is proven by the fac that he continued to practice his villanies. If his trembling had been on account of the sin itself 'if he had seen the sin to be a fearful thing, and had shrunk with horror at it, then'hc would have beeu rcallr penitent. A manr who hates , will turn ..away from sin, He may fctU into it, just, as a man who hates snakes may tread on one, and bo bitten; but he will not stay with, it, nor run after it. Felix's trembling was in view ' of the punishment due to his crimes. If r- he had really repented, he would have shown some fruits of it; but ho still kept Paul bound, knowing him to be innocent. There is much of such trembling in this world, especially on dying bedsj and it is often mistaken for repentance. The gen uineness of a death-bed - repentance can never bo established in - this world. I do not say that it is never real; but it can never be proved to be so. X appeal to the s unconverted here. -. Ilave.you not promised " in sickness, or in some great danger, to "do better" if the Lord would spare you ? Are you making yourself a liar ? Are you asham ed of it t. That man is in a dangerous condi tion who can lie to God Almighty, and i not even be ashamed of it. i Notice, . 1v.,,jt-i,-.' . c IL--WHT HE TBEMBLEW. . . , (1.) Paul preached righteousness,, . e. justice He was adapting himself to his audience, making himself "all things to all men." i -Felix ? was an" extortioner, -cruel, unjust,' "licentious " and base -(Tacitus.) An understrapper of the subjugating power formerly a slave just such a creature as he might have beeirexpected to be under the circumstaaces.: f'Drest m a little, brief authority,' "ignorant ' of his'"glassy essence," -ho plays such u fantastic tricks before high hearen, asvmake vthc tangels weec"- j J , - r . , . . - .., . . . Two years after Paul's speech, Felix was recalled to Rome: tried for his villanies, found guilty, and escaped the well-deserved penalty of death: by " the influence of his brother at the corrupt Roman "court." He must have '"been a most outrageous crimi nal, if even "the Roman Government could not tolerate him. He trembled in view of the vengeance due to his injustice.:' . (2.) Paul preached temperance, i. 9. self restraint, chastity; : -The word has come to be greatly perverted uow-a-days. '....We use it to mean abstinence from intoxicating drinks. ..We have out temperance men, - our "Good Templars," - our; "Friends of . Temperance," &o. Bat " temperance ?. in the Scripture sense-which is ) the true Benso means a proper regulation of all our passions and appetites. - The truth is that there are a great many very intemperate teetotallers'. ' In the ; matter, of personal chastity Felix, was outrageously criminaL He had enticed Drusilla away from her husband, and her (Jewish) religion; had married her; and then'adulterer and aduU teress eat together, to heat Paul preach by r ; special mvitation.. What superlative scoun drels will often patronize the Gospel!. J H (3.) Paul reasoned of judgment to come. This sho wed Felix something of the naturo of the end to which he was : hastening, '.!..: Many infamous men now trcmble in view of their coming doom; but they do not change their course of life. . Men are dis- . honest with their souls. t . ill. -TUB BESULTK OK 1I1S TKKMBLINO. ' (1.) Did not givo up his injustice. Ex treme meanness of his subsequent conddct in keeping Paul, in hopes of being bribed; (2.) Did not give up his impure life with the infamous Drusilla.' - . - (3.) Did not refuse tho truth. Few men do refuse it. They say it is a good thing; they censure Christians - for not living up to it. - ' ' , :; (.)', He postponed. Cheated conscience Sold out the ; little . remnant of his moral lifei His infamous paramour afterwards perished in an eruption of Vesuvius, - ; : Let us learn the lesson that ' Ho that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that with out remedy." . t-l - IL . '-f;:"- :-z -'. :-J;-: For the Eecorder. .,' rj WHAT.EDCCAT10N DOES. ; The Church at Sandy Run were, twenty- five years ago, worshipping in. a large, comfortless 'building l at a point two miles removed from any leading road, and almost inaccessible at times on . account of the roughness of the route and the difficulty of getting persons in the neighborhood to unite their forces to keep it in order;: ; They had been favored for fifteen years with the services ot ivather aneaci, a gooa, vioa- fearing man, but not at all competent to train tho flock committed to his care. His views of Scripture were correct, so far as they went, " but they , were very limited. He repeated his sermons; so that many of the congregation knew portions of them as well as ho did. , Ilia chief aim seemed . to be to have a successful protracted meeting. once a year. - The church had increased, under his ministry, to 300 from about 1 00 members. Their worldly condition was somewhat above the" average. They were generally prosperous,: and there were not more than two or tluree. really poor persons a,mong them. - Bro. Charles Mann was per haps the most liberal and active member. About four times a year he endeavored to stir up the brethreu'to contribute to the pastor's support, and he always-headed the list with $5. By dint of hard work and not a little scolding he managed generally to get the amount raised, in the course of the year to $35 or $40. For this ; amount Father Snead always thanked them and contrasted their liberality with that of other churches which he served. Their contri butions to Missions (for it was a thoroughly missionary body) amounted yearly to $12 or $13. ; Of this, Bro. Mann usually gave $5. Two or three unsuccessful attempts had been made to establish a Sunday School. Operations in this lino, after great efforts, usually commenced in July and ended with the first cool spell in October;' by which time too," strange to say, the spelling books and question books for the classes generally made their appearance About the year 1850, Dr. Samuel Wait, passing through that neighborhood, pre- vailed on Bro. Mann to send his son, then a lad of sixteen, to v aue oresnjonege. James was not a bright boy, but possessed good ' hard sense and an observant eye. During' his connection with, the College he professed religion. . Attending all the church! meetings, he learned r how. church business should , be transacted ; and being an attentive listener in the Sunday School, he soon learned much of the Bible., His course was . cut short : in the - Sophomore year by the death of-his father, whose place, at the age of twenty,-he .was called upon to' fill at home.' ,.' , ' ' I visited the Church at bandy Kun in I860.; 'James Mann had never rested alter his return 'to the old neighborhood, until he introduced such reforms as he thought needed. ' Being elected Clerk and Treasu rer! of the Church, he used his office well .System and order characterized his records, his collections and bis disbursements. He prevailed upon his mother to quadruple the lamiiy COultiuuhuub iur vuuruu auu ueuev- 1 ' " e it..: '.v. -,t i olent purposes and this example, with very few words ' added, produced ,?in two years such an impression upon all that pastor s salary went up to $300, and Father Snead moving to the West just at this time,' the church called a preacher, V whose ; labors among them for good still continue. In 1858, a building for worship was erected in a more eligible site, and made so com fortable that the Sunday services in winter are as pleasant as in Summer; and the Sun day School has not suspended operations since that cold Saturday in December, 1855, when James Mann announced that on the next day he would "organize one. ; I found the church, in 1860, meeting every Sabbath for worship. ;, They had nrparhW twice a month. . But Bro. Mann jr o had prevailed upon Dr. Thompson, an in telligent man, and an humble Christian, to take the lead in a prayer-meeting held every alternate Sabbath, immediately after tho exercises of the Sunday School were ended, ne was aided by Bro. Mann him self and two or three young brethren who, it was thought, would eventually enter the n&ustry. - Hy visit wis intended to reach. t the pocket of tho church on behalf of Bro. Yates; and I succeeded in collecting with out any difficulty $68, the brethren asking me to return later in the eeason, when they expected to be able to increase tho amount. And now, in 1873, Bro Mann writesyne to come over in September and assist him in raising tho subscription of the church, to the: Endowment fund from 1600, the point hehas reached, to -1 1,000.- 'I will either go myaelf or send a better collector.. Per haps Dr. Wingate. may be induced to go The brethren have heard much of him there through Bro. Mann, and are anxious to see him. s By way of encouraging him' to to do . so, I will add that tho church at Briar Creek, and also at Pino Level in that same neighborhood have been visited by Bro. Mann, who has operated in his quiet way among them, and they are reported as ready to do tho extent ot their ability. They say that if Wake Forest has sent out twenty such men as Bro. Mann, it isa priv- lege to them to help it on. I am just wntmjr them a letter, in which I take oc- casion to say that I know of at least fifty such men, not in the ministry, scattered over this and other States who were sent Out from Wake Forest. mpn iihr urn doinsr iust such work. Tint T na ,m. imperfect sketch, promising to furnish an- other shortly, if yon please. W. F. C. ' . & ' : ? , For the Recorder . OLD WINES FROM OLD BOTTLES, f I purpose to send yon occasionally a draught from one or another of several old bottles, which have been standing for years, upon the shelves of my book case, And it will not be lone. I tni&fL c7 J till each of jour readers is constrained to say, no man having drunk old wine straightway desireth new ; for he saith the old is better. The cup I send here with, is offered first to Ministers. This " " 5 iutosw. i wo nuntireu years ago by a skillful hand, and evidently out of choice fruit. Here it is : . Let npt the difficulty of our province make ns like some, who, when they see they have more work pon their hands than they can well despatch, grow sick of it, and sit down out of a lazy despondency, and A z a. n : -wr . - u juHfcjiojjung. xie tnat liatn a great house running to ruin, and but a small purse, it is better for him to repair now a little and then a little, than let all fall down, because he cannot do it all at once, Many Ministers may complain of their predecessors, that they Jeffc them their people more out of repair than their houses, and thiai makes the work great indeed. As tho Pews, who were to re vive the stones out of the heaps of rub bish before they could build the wall, yet it went up, because "the people had a mind to work.'' O, if once our hearts were but filled with 'zeal for God, and compassion to our people's souls, we I would up, and be doing, though we could I lay but a brick a day, and God would be with us. T. R. O. For the Recorder. -' Greensboro' - Let the brothren, pay for Greensboro' church as soon as they possibly can. Ju lius Cajsar never ; considered anything done while . ought of it remained to 1)6 done. ! I know not when I was better pleased with a church .house than with that in Greensboro'. - - ! J-.'. -J, SALISBURY - v ? is over 100 years old, and is a very impbr tant town. Tho Baptists should have a church house and regular , preaching at this place. Mrs. Poctor Whitehead, sis-. ter of Judge Coleman of Va.,' and aunt of Minor Coleman, Professor of . Latin in the University of Va., lives in Salisbury and is ' a : Baptist. Other Baptists are there. : This town ought to be cultivated. Wliat prevents bur -luissionaries from preaching there I Let ' them use the Court House or. rent the Masonic HalL I saw a Catholic who r was sent by his Bishop 200 miles to preach to a few Cath olics. ;t Why can't we act in like manner and take care of our ship V j , -l ; ' " - STATESVTLLE - ' ' - ' : - " has 17 Baptists and should be industri ously cultivated. Our ministers and missionaries travelling j to and fro can frequently preach in these towns. - ; -' . I--' ': '-'- "E. DODSON." You ' may pray without saying any words; and you may say many .words with out prayer. The earnest desire of the soul, going out to God, believing that Ho hears in prayer. ; ""."" IL Hast thou now a sweet temper, whereas thou once ; wast passionate 1 1 Boast not of it; thou wilt be angry again yet if he leaves thee. Art thou now pure, whereas thou wast once .unclean I Boast not of thv purity; it is a plant, the seed of which was brought from heaven ; it never was within thy heart Jy nature; it is of God's gift, and God's aloae, burgeon. MEN BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA, r WHO HATE ATTAINED : DISTINCTION IN OTHER STATES. Statesmen, Jurists, Divines, &c -In searching for facts an the iersonal history of Baptist , Ministers, who were bom in North Carolina, "and have attained eminence in other States, my mind nat urally reverted to the many distinguished men, in the variouswalks of life, who were natives of this , State but have achievetl i-eputation beyond her borders. I was surprised to find them so numerous, and will begin this series of articles by adverting very briefly to some of these illustrious names.1: It is now settled beyond controvcrsjv believe, not.only that Andrew Jackson read law and practiced law in Salisbury and Guilford. County, but that he was bora in this State." When a EtUo boy, j the writer, iu going to Cook's Mill, Meck lenburg County, used to pass by the house in Which James K. Polk was born ; and Andrew Johnston, it is well known, was a native of Wake County, N. C. - Hon. Hugh Lansen White, of Tennes see, who was a candidate for President in 183G, was a native of Iredell County. Hon. Williaia Rufus King, of Ala. Vice President during Mr. Pierce's administra tion, was born in Sampson, 7 John H. Steele, who became Governor of New Hampshire, was a native of Rowan, and a carriage maker by trade. Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, who has been Governor of Connecticut, and is now a member of Congress, and the chairman of the National Centennial Committee, was born in Robeson County and is by profession a printer. Gov. Mosely, of Florida, was a native of Lenoir. Gov. Polk, of Tenn., of Mecklenburg ; Bay ley Peyton, of the same State, and a man of national reputation, was from North Car Una; so was Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer, who fell early in the late war. Chancel lor J. L. Sneed, of the Supreme Court of Tenn., M as born in Raleigh. - Judge Bragg of Mobile, and Gen. Braxton Bragg were the sons of John Bragj g, a carpenter in Warren County, who had the wisdom to educate his boys, and in some respects, an abler man than all of these was Thomas Hart Benton, of Mis souri, who was born in Orange County. There are a few names that have risen up before the eye of memory, of the many sons of North Carolina, who have become distinguished in affairs of State beyond Jier "borders. Nor is the list smaller or less brilliant, when we come estimate the number and character of the eminent preachers our State has sent forth to labor , in other fields. The Episcopal Church is small in North. Carolina, but she has given an unusually large number of Bishops to other dioceses. Bishop Polk, of Tennessee, was born in Raleigh, and in . the main building of the Baptist Female Seminary. '- The pres ent Bishop of Grgia, John Beckwith, was also born in this city. Bishop Davis, ofJSouth Carolina a man of sainted piety was a North Carolinian, so was Bishop Hawks, of Missouri, Bishop Green, of Miss., Bishop Freeman, of Arkansas, and a greater man by odds than either of them, Dr. Francis Ii. Hawks, who died "only a few years since in New York, was born in North Carolina, practiced law for some years and entered the ministry in this State. Bishop Paine of Alabama, an honored. name among Methodists, was born in Person County, Dr. Wadsworth, a very oama, was oorn in ijraven, ana ut. j. jb. - Edwards, a gentleman of fine reputation in the Virginia Conference, was bom in T Am tnt fin' familim trifh , tlio v-- b. iuuues ui xivouj iniwu vnUTCu, DUl as that Church has always had an unusu ally larce number of learned and uhla men in its ministry at homei -! have no doubt that ' it has eonrribritwl it fhiT quota of eminent laborers in other parts vitiAvarrf whioh fh ftfinfit and Went hnxr nffhnlftd " v . n.0 man m ua v. r tuuicutu uuiex- outuja uve Deen pecuuar - ly great, and it shall be the special obiect of this series of articles, to sketch their i; nr hves, and illustrate their virtues. ; We have had some great men in North Caro- lina, Biddle, Meredith. - Wait. - Finch. MftDnnipr Cmdnn. Trot .t t. pm,: "r " "rr0 ,"v" ""V "" uacim . ,1 Al. . . . . ukuj auu 5U1UO uiciu were, great men, but our greatest men have shed the lustre of their splendid talents on other fields. r. . :'w . , - , . - During -the past -hundred years no State in this Union has produced, in our liaptist Zion, more illustrious names than those of Mercer, Kerr, Brantly, -Manly, Mims, HoweU and Poindexter. T1IE REAL TEACHERS. ;r , I-We know and feel that tho lneii and women of this land do not represent their teachers in science nor morals, nor do they represent their teachers who gave them birth, or that fashioned them by daily in tercourse for life and its duties. They take the child before- all other influences begin j they keep with the child after other influences are stayed. There are adult classes in our homes as well as in fant classes. .. It is feared that we neglect the adult more than the young. "Where does your boy spend his evenings ! With wnom does your daughter associate T Do you seek to guard them ! Do you ro- ! member, that a vile jest, a hurtful look. or ian obscene play may leave its imprint upon the character of a youth,- which nothing can efface! I . Une night a girl iresli from a beautiful country home was going out on one. of the theatre trains from Boston. She was heard to cry out in agony. "Take me to a baggage caranywhere I Jet me be rid of ; this ;yjle talk." They '. quieted her. They induced her to go again and again. To-day she ; is lost. That ; mother who permitted her shild to visit a friend who was oblivious to home duties is guilty of the destruction of the ' life of her child. In the home the child is taught, 5 Is the parent polite or impolite, cross or courte-i ous, Irauk or falser look at the children and they will tell tne story. :. A uttle boy was seen imitating the walk of a drunk ard. The " What are you doing, my son 1 " Trying to walk as lather walked last night.'' : On the other hand, Washington Irving tells us that all the children follow the mother in her manner of life and faith. The home soul is the soujt that goes with, the man or woman all over the world. . Let us soon complete our work. Two purposes should hold every teacher in thrall. 1. The conversion of the chil dren. 2 Their highest, development. In accomplishing these results, something seems to be of piimary importance. 1. We must ' -;v -- ::- KNOW THE CHILD. iiiverr cmitt is oinerent, as every man and woman has characteristics that dis tinguish them from others. To know a child it is essential that the home be -visited, and that the character of the home be ascertained : the associations, the habits, 'the acquirements of the child are all embraced in the words, " know the child." vv e must, second, BELIEVE IN THE CHILD. In other words, believe that in every in dividual there is something worthy of being brought out. JLet a child know that you believe this, and there is no limit to your lnnuence. - w iio is tnere tnat can not remember that golden moment when some onej it may have "been a father, or a mother, or a pastor, or a teacher, gave expression to this faith 1 Confidence placed something in you," which you would not have lost for worlds. Every child naturally feels friendless. He is in a great world, all unknown to him. Pos sibilities are all about him. Perils beset him behind and before. The child wants to put his hand in the hand of some lov ing friend, in whom he can confide, and to whom lie can trust nis interests. That fhend is absolute in power : and control over him so long as he returns his conii dence and faith. Here, lies the danger. Homes are closed to these stranger youth, character, a fact difticult of acquirement, must oe secure Deiore tne entry is oik tamed to circles of soaety worth the hav ing; while rum-shops, theatres, brothels, all stand wide open, and through their representatives invite the unwary to en ter. a. a. limes. , . Thistles in the Heart. Bad habits are the thistles of the heart, and every indulgence of them is a seed from which will spring a-new, crop of weeds' A few years ago a Uttle boy told his first falsehood. ; ;It was a little solitary thistle seed, and not eye but TJod's saw him as he planted it in the mellow soil of the heart. , lint it sprung up, oh, how quickly f and in a Uttle time 'another and another seed dropped from it to the ground, each in its turn bearing more seed and more thistles.; And now his I heart is overgrown with this bad habit. I m m aijpcuitjor mm to speaic the trum i gained a footing inthesoiL' Lying lips I are an abomination to the Lord, but they I deal, truly, are his delight" The I v 1 41.-. T4 I had received the Word of God- in her I heart, 'arid pecome ; persuaded of the I truth of.it Seated with her modest j ,staU at head of a; bridge 'she made I use ot every moment m which she was I unoccupied with her small traffic,"' in of- to 8tuay tne sacrea volume." . vvnat 1 said a gentleman; one aav, as ne came I up to the stall to purchase some fruit 2?.? , vvViV' r,6 fruit-vender. "The Word of God I .Who tol4 you that t He told me sohimself.'' "Have you ever spoken with him, thenF I The poor woman lelt a little embarras- I sed. more especially as the gentleman i me truth of what she believed. Unused I . . . ..... i to discussion, ana ieenng greauy at a I loss for arguments, . she at length ex- 4uaun' looiang upw arus, -an ;you i iutjvc iv jut. ail, iiittt i licit; a a euu uu the skvf "Prove it 1" renlietl he. J "Why, the best proof is that it warms 1 me, a111 tnat l can see us ugnt." 4 ho it is wiui mey" sue rcpneu, joyousiy; "tne proof of this book's being the Word ' of God is, that it Ughta and warms, my 60Uha - - -.'-- . : Fntting Pitch in their. Boots. A company oi hunters caught a num ber of menkeys in the forests of Brazil in the following amusing way: " -They had a lot of little boots made. just large enough to be drawn easily over a monkeys - loot," aud hlleu the bottom with pitch." With these - they set out for tho woods, and soon . found themselves under the trees, where they lively little follows ;wcxe leaping - about among the branches, hanerinsr bv .their tails, swiny- ing themselves easily from one tree to as if making . observations ujku : tlie strange visitors that had come into their quarters. - The hunters were too wise to attempt to catch thein by climbing the trees: they might as well ; havd exieeted to snatch . a flying bird as to lay hands upon one of these nimble, little fellows. They had an easier way than this, and one much " more effectual. Thay ; simvily sat down under the trees, while the little chatterboxes were rattling on over heads, but never for a moment removing their eyes lroin tnen. . 'Alien they placed the Uttle boots where they, could be seen, and ;ftnmmeiu'id takniL' off tlioir own I arid -Commenced taking off their own boots. : Having done . this, they let them stand awhile near the little Irtiots. All this the monkeys; very carefully noticed. The hunters, now taking up i their own boots, h2vieg carefully looked over them, UiVH .aXVA-U uvnijj - uv IAatAA WAV VlUVi a upon theirleet v Not a motion resca)ed theobservervatiou or the monkeys. - Hav ing replaced their aoots, they hunied away to the thicket ot undergi-owth ' not far off where they were hidden from the sight of the monkeys, but where they could see everytlung that happened un der the trees. They left the small boots au stanoine in a row. xney -were no sooner out of sight than down from the branches dropped the moneys. . They looked at the boots, took them tip, smelt of them, and finahy. ? seating themselves as the huntlrs had done, drew them on over their feet. As soon as they were fairly in the boots out spraue he hunters Jrom their hiding placeaand rushed among ,-. them. The monkeys, aniigxited. at once started for the trees, but only to find that they had destroyed their powar of elimbing by putting on the boots. So they fell an easy prep to their cunning enemies. This is the way thee monkeys - were ' caught. And how many young persons are caught in the same way. In their desire to do what they see other persons doing, they fall into serious trouble,, and often bring upon themselves ruinous habits that follow-them to the grave. Zion Herald, r A Little Every Day. ' A few of us students had obtained per mission to take our meals every day with a private family in the town. We waited for every meal from five to ten minutes : a fragment of time which we usually ex pended in chatting,-joking, and skylark ing., A large scientific work, in royal oc tavo, lay on the table probably the only book treasure of the house. Several of us expressed a desire to read it but re gretted the lack of time and opportunity. One of number, however, a silent stu dious sort of chap quietly took up the volume, nibbled at the title-page, glanced over the table ot contents, and attacked the preface. v In a moment more he was called to the, table, and after eatiug, was out with the rest of us. f At the next meal he resumed his readin g where he had lets off ; and so on from time to time, tn- til the continuency and steady purpose of his occupation attracted attention and ex posed him to many a volley of chaffing from nis companions." Me only smiled, and went on with his reading, whUe we went on . with our usual chit-chat until at last we . forgot to notice him at alt. The winter passed away; the spring ap proached ; and the last dinner-bell of the term had just left its final clatter in the air, when the young tortoise plodder in the big octavo closed its covers together with an emphatic slap, and an announce ment of "the end." , All the rest of us had wished to master the book, but hadn't had the time ; he, by reading a ; Uttle three times a day, had transferred its en tire contents to his head. Christ. Union. Hid by A Thread. '; '. Sir John Herschel, the great astrono mer, was skillfull in measuring , the size of the planets and detemining the posi tion of the stars.- '.But he found - that such was i the distance of the stars, a silk thread stretched across the glass of 1 5 A - J. ...i! ... nis telescope wouia entirely cover a star; and more-over, that a silk fiber, however small, placed upon the same glass would not only cover, the star, but , would con ceal so much of the heavens that "the star, if a small one and near the pole; would remain obscured behind that, silk fiber several seconds. ' Thus arsilk fiber appeared to be larger in diameter than a star. - . - , u - .s . And yet "every star is a: heavenly world, a world of light son shiningup on other worlds, as our sun shines upon this world.' Our sun is eight , hundred and eighty-six thousand miles in v diame ter, and yet seen from a distant star, our sun could be covered obscured, hid den behind a single thread, when that thread is near the eye, although, in ,a telescope..,. " . , ;t - .Just so we have seen some who never could behold the heavenly world. They always complained of dimness of vision and dullness of comprehension when they looked." toward the heavenly home. Ton might strive to comfort them in afflic tion, or poverty, or distress ; but no, they could not see Jesus as the sun of Right eousness. You might direct their eyes tc- the Star of Bethlehem through the telescope of faith and holy confidence: but alas! there is a secret thread,, a fila ment a silken fiber, which, holding them in subserviency to the World, in some way obscures the Ught, and Jesus, the star of Hope, is echpsed. and their pros- i pect is darkened, - i : U AN ANCIENT FARMER. :;7 . t" The Lord be with you" his address to the reapers ort entering the harvest-: fieldhas the ring of sterling . nietal. ' What a contrast Boaz offers to farmers J wo have known, by whose hps God's name was frequently profaned, but never : honored -their servants, like their dogs and horses, being cursed, but never bless- ed. And in accordance with the apothegm ' " Like master like man," what shocking . " oaths have we heard, volleying as it were oui oi tne mouth of hell, from the hps of coarse, animal sensual farm-servants J , . ' - ioaz never opens his mouth but pearls drop out ! His speech breathes forth " pwus utterance. . All his conyersation is seasoned with grace; and, though the ,' result of a divine chancra of hourt: natural lua ' relisrion" Ke(m ! VntliVn -n.' gala-dress assumed for, the occasion, not like gum-flowers for ornament, but such j as 'spring living from the sward : not like ' " an artificial perfume that imparts a pass- ing odor tea thing that is dead butihb rnm .vi,nTi i v' . , . odors exhaled by roses or lilies bathed in-,- tne aews oi heaven.. .; Une who could 1 . say," I have set the Lord always before J me.-- God. is in . all . the good .man's thoughts," and his holy name as often in - nis moutn to De honored, as it is in others , " -to be, profaned. V- ' - ' - -I. iThough it may have been a common custom to bless the harvest and its rea-. . pers, he did it from his heart ; nor were uicjf wuxis oi course or custom he spoke when, bending on Ruth an eve of ming- " " led. pity and admiration, he said : : It,, , hath.been fully showed nie all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband, and how thouN. hast left thy father, and thy mother, and , the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which ' thou knewest not heretofore. The - Lord" remember - thv work, and a full reward will be given -thee of the Lord God of Israel, under . . whose wings thou art come to trust" a or was it only in the laninmere ef nietv ' ; that his pity expressed itself.. It did not evaporate in words. , We have heard him , speak; see how he- acts. One night,' sleeping by a heap of corn, alone as he supposed, he wakes to find1 a woman ly ing at his feet. It is Ruth. Instructed " by Naomi, she takes this strange Jewish " ' fashion to seek her rights,-and commits her lortunes mto nis hands. There is . not in all history a passage more honor- A able to true reUgion thBt the story of that "midnight meeting. .Silver seven tunes purified never shone brighter as it flowed from the glowing furnace than Boaz's high principles then and there ' nor : purer . nor brighter - the stars that ' looked down on the : scene of . such a triumph. The house of God. the holv' table where, by the- symbols of CJhrist's " bloody death, saints luvveheld high in- tercoui-se.with heaven, never begot purer thoughts than this tureshing-floor that ..; nighu " A noble contrast to such as, dis--' gracing their professions,- have received women beneath their roof to undermine their virtue and work their ruin. Boaz, in his fear of God and sacred regard ; to a poor gleaner's good name,' is a pattern r to all men. Rnhng his ,ownr spirit, jhe stands there "better than he that Jtaketh v a city." He is enrolled among th .pro genitors of the Messiah; nor, take - him - tbr all in all, was there one in the list pf whom Christ had less cause to beasham- . : eel, one more worthy to be 'the ancestor of an incarnate God of him who was holy, harmless and undefiled, - separate i: from sinners." Studies of Character, by : Dr. Gvthrie. - - - 1 - . . - ' ' Eels Able, ' - ' ih:-: v-t-. -t- '------j i J God is able of these stones to raise up ', seed to Abraham. - , V , r , . , . , f Able also to save them to the' utter- y ; ' most that come unto God by him.' ;J ..: j . ? What he has promised he is -able to r perform. . . . ; 5 V ; -, .. - ; Able to- make all graces abound, to- ' ward you, that you, having all sufficient1 - cy in all things, , may abound; to every good work. -Jk ;. I commend you to God, and to the . word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give you Tan inheritance among all them that are sanctified.' ' v Able to keep that which X have com mitted unto him, v ri , ' -- Able to keep ydu from falUng, and', present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. 1 " f Able, to succor them that are, tempted. ? ; Able to keep all ; whomv;-the Father. j hath given him, so that he will' lose not", one u i-;..'N..f!.-a.f .Able to do : exceeding . abundantly s above all that we ask or think. ; , -; iBeUeve ye that he is able ' tov do this? ! r " EoB Call In Hearew -; ' ' - j r - - ' - ' y' u An incident is related, by a i chaplain who was in the army during one of s our ; v hard-fought battles. . The hospital .tents , had been filling up fast as the wounded . men had been brought, to the. rear. Among the number was a young ; man mortally wounded, and not able to speak. It was near midnight and many a lovedv one from our homes lay sleeping on ; the" battle field, that sleep that knows, no. waking until Jesus shall call them. V ' The surgeons had been their rounds ? of duty, and for a moment all was quiet -Suddenly this young man, before speech-, less, calls in a clear, distinct- voice,; " HereP The ; surgeon hastened to his side, and asked whathe wished. ."Noth ing," said he ; "they are calling .the roll in heaven, and I was answenng . to my name." .' '.--', . , , " He turned his head and was gone, ?'" gone to join the great army,' w hose uni form is washed white in the blood of the, Lamb. , Reader, in the great roll-call of ' eternity, your name will be heard. Can1" you answer "Here r Are you one of the soldiers of Christ, the great Captain t cf Salvation ii.:-. A