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VOL. VI. NO. 5.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY! JANUARY 31, 1872.
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WHOLE NO. 2f)!J.
SHAVES.
sin-i.v s:.;-.-n,e will be the ilny
VV n ! to r.!,.rt' kneel utnl priiy
i' .r .l.iiiy b."e 1 1 i but, wondering. y :
We ll'll'Se- '"'' lio im IV '."
j, .,! K s'.!ll bear i'ue co,.li.i; rill,
viit i.-c! t'u- fojiitoiti's .'im-Ii ri.-t-s Htl
T ie vital, biib'iy "ir. aud at ill
l i.ii' ""t forevormore I
Wnitti e shall liy on erratuU v 1st.
Vvl pure o'er eoer. t tvoiulers it,
;, IU n .' r jv ilvin s g' l ist.
Vet e no older grow !
n . :l s!,a't i'la" for ulless yeas,
..,: i.e.- in j I, ami know our (oat
.. ii, -job- t ir.ib that appears -,'!:.
le-.'l' ill .:l o'.ir wo.- !
i .. . 'i-.ekenui to soiiu' wliiat'-j: throne,
,. . ,-r liii. l-ir'.tn.-s. rnwuml "t:r o n.
- i.ii i ii' i' -l bli.-s unknown;
;. ".oi-m. iri- 1 aud Hue!
; i ;l. ,.:.. i..e; l.ju-'s I'li'.llinai d,
.i tense ran-mi'ie'l ones shall stand
s-'tii -.lijliftedliy olirhlllil,
i'. :.!' i.rr-i.p .oH be due !
: "h ! "'' "O io-Ii' sniil1-'.
. ;. -i:ijr eer sin ail the uliilo
i . - i t:i.ti ii; i nu.r S"t;ls delile,
A -I cade us i TT -l ueb an."
I- j,i 1 0.H, as ft--.:a the sky,
,V' i-ii t'ie ure.it s'ln e;t:s Uiuii!i; by,
A:e i dirk cbxi-ls lh:t thiviteniiijS lie.
As it t lev Lad !,ei bull '
;L.V, ile ivVe.' e viur s-i'.il s.leuv
fa i '...ok us !i:i-.ei-h. and v'ar and or.
r " 'd oi;c .-tain tor-evermore;
A-:.! we -a!i look "ii Him.
N ir shrink, nor strive to hide, U'-r sliiL;
B r. :h d it beaveirs j y to lie
fall in tin- light oi liis pur eye.
Juilvi'urt iii.e Hi u, by llim!
i n; ii:o CUi ist'uiu Ailvinaii-.
llTiV.BAKV .OiS AXD tJS.fi.V.V
i
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g.jl. 1 tv.'joU-.i.t
, ti itrkiv, :s!i i
; i.-.iu biiry
ihiit j:iso :tvn
L .,- :'.;g..titu. Aiuiost
tuiiuiiii'---' "mot' or opigi tiiii
i:tU
., -.ni-i.-.l.!.;jg tt!i.-ii tiis the ;r I
: h. s i c- vintr, tiuti iu s away ron
J... ... hi rv We -roatiy nctil an
a . ; ?. r Lf ::i.: Ml :o Xaukco
Uim ii.su-uiufuv by wLicb all ilit, 'oOOd
ifcni" w b'j iv i or ro:vi fo5:' l
Uln, fvu-l tlruwn npou t wili, we
Joub; i:o.. iLoiisaad. like the wriitr,
w-xKl si'iu'l up "umber sixes ami
: cli hiw-ckvef. I" these papers,
?fro:o ,i.u toi: .ft. 1 prop-se to gather
litr- ;iiul!!ieni m!uv ff iLc choice s ty-
. ia pn l tvittiei&ius of tut a of mark.
I-
L-.r.l Brougham was ia laauy its-gpet-H
a very remarkable arau. Ho
W:t -l..pu.at, s-trcasM.s bol!,arrogaat,
am 01 of vavk-'. culture, who filkd
mu.y i i-'i pl-ic-.-.-, mil Uv.-a to a very
v..d:i; raalaia.-; lo i'ao last
m;.'i:-e.Mal powers ;u full vior.
Hi. 'A-'obi-gnii-hy' has just bee?;
p4b.i.-ite 1, autl :t wi'l rea.l ly lia
c4 ti-. '--I m-iu of the English speak
ink -vvrl l. He was a pro-Jigions fc-lk-
er, t.u-1 wrote the following cpPapb
ii hiui: elf:
!).:.- i.- ill -'', tun: y '' tlvi'll!S
M . :t ii '.-In! nr.i'.iii l::ic!n:--:
!?t-i, .'. in w!:ti-ii in;.' surly lfM
I W-.'ii'l fi' oatain one ball" uiy sk-.'c!h-.s.'
II.
Cal. b dishing, of MjwsadiuseUs,
Altorn -y (aral un-Jt-r Preskicat
E -i'.-.-. w is a man of many accom-
ij;.;mpnt. atal crreat inlustry.
J :Jis II. F. GoaW, a New England
1 ....
, poet of some reputanou, injipeuaw"
ti'e following at Mr. CushiDg's ex
p.ii-c:
Lie a-i.lo ait y iIimJ.
Fur ia thu next bed
Li. liutiel the hoily orCunhiiig;
Since be, when alive,,
Would incjssantly strivo.
A:i 1 now he is d.ta.l, uny h pab'ais."
Mr. Cushing retorted "thusly;''
I lore iics one whose wit
Without wounding hit;
And green grow the grass that's above her !
l!;iving sent every bean
To the regiolH below,
.-.lie's jr,,, down herself lor a lovei-.
III.
The nme I staJy lite utterances
f Daniel We'jater, whether in nieas
li'ei! Ht;eedv or in the Abandon of s -i
-1 Hf-, th more I a-u impressed
ith hU gr. atnes-'. Inferior in m :t-.'l-y-icd
aentnea or aeao logic tc
Ifli-. Calhoan, Le, in grandeur of in-
l ct, ii taste, in .stjle, iu imagina-
? on, rises like a laitrhtv Colossus
ve ail nf iipr A rneiiMns. and is the
:iy one of our orators and statesmen
f ho deserves to take rank with I he
'I'eiii si men of eloquence in Great
'ii'ititin. I met la'e'y with one of his
'ie fire nid6 taik-, and reoro luce
I pa.su igo or two that; are! n 'ess im
JSBivo than true. He wis speaking
' the saactiiy of the marriage tie,
li'.-n, among other remark'--, he gave
Jpression lo the folio .ving, after bav
J'S ohntrved that the Iiomins never
f'''ltuemsolvta !or the first five
f Hired yeai-ij .f their law of divorce:
jf.'; "tWWs who iiade a Tu'dicjla, a
"'il n, and a Coriolaniu. Women, j
tfcrlhy the inviolability of the
nuptial bond., were invested with a
dignity that gave authority to instruc
tion, and made the domestic hearth
the nursery of heroes.' And, ye who
are corrupted by the Northern ideas
of divorce, attend to what the wisest
of all Northern men hath said:
'Public virtue fell with private mo
rality. Under Imperial Home divorce
were sought for and obtained iqioii the
moat frivolous pretexts, and aU domestic
confidence, teas destroyed. The iiiroila
ble eonseijuence wan the lost of all pub
lie morality.'
-Again, the great American aid,
aud every law-maker should give mix
ious heed to his words:
'The Fauci ity of the nuptial bond
is, in my opinion, one of the principal
causes, if not the chef cause, of tile
superior reii'iemeui, freedom and
prosperity enjoyed at the present
time by Christian nations.' And yet,
with the direct, positive teachings of
the New Testament, North Carolina
legislators are not as true to humani
ty, to wisdom and virtu e, as were the
Romans. Head the debit - during
the last session of our Legislature
upon the subject of divorce.
IV.
Among other true sayings of 8ir
William Teiupio was the following:
'The first ingredient in conversation is
truth; the next, good ?ene.; the third,
humor; and the fourth, wit.'
V.
" A Sea Horse is a Vo Horse
Vi'hen you set bim in the .(";
I5ut when ymt see him in the buy
A liny Horse then is he."
-It is a s ililening si'ut to see
A no'o'.e iie-!rec j ."
All gl.tziets extra . .-liould lul.e
To put in extrn jian'x."
' How do you do ?' snij Sull to John,
Nn-io." replied he.
How H you d. ' -iiid John to Suli,
' .Sometimes v,v. ,s sniil .-lie.'"
A kiie-hen-iiit'. is often ).i :f
To burn her face or broil i!:
A l.nly will iId little e!.-e
Than toH-il M her t'ti'vl."
N one but poor To.m Uiki, the iu
to up irnbli punster and man of 'in
finite jest, couid have written the
above. The time is ttontiii"-. when his
poems, amorg the liv.es1 aud sweetest
in one language, will be read and
studied by every person blessed with
pure taste ttn lp tic sympathy. The
above bagatelle is from his unpublish
ed pcems poems he wrote with a
troubled heart to cbt :iu 1 read for
himself and family.
VI.
Peter Pindar, perhaps equalled any
writer in epigramatie wri ing Here
is a tpccimen.
La-.h
E hat
recently beeu bereaved of a pet pi'j.
Pindar wrote:
(h. dry that tear, so round and big.
N r w.iste in sighs your precious wind.
Death otily takes a single pi
To'.n lord and son an; lelt behind."
VI.
DM auy soldier ou a battle -field
ever utter a more heroic reply than
that of General John A. Q iitman, at
Monterey, when l'emonstrated with for
going into battle ia fall uniform: 'The
more balls aimed at me, the less will
be directed at my men,' wras his
prompt remark.
VII.
Gruff old Sam Johnson, as every
reader of Boswell knows, said hun
dreds of choice thiugs. He wag aked
how he liked a very difficult but rather
unmusical piece of music. The not
very particular old gentleman replied:
'Diffictill ! what a blessing it would be
if it were impos.-nble.' I am reminded
of this rather discourteous reply,
when I sit in church and am com
pelled to listen to some choir singing.
'Difficult,' did you say ? Why really,
'what a blessing it would be' to all
Churches in our land, if the perform
ance of stich pieces, and the scream
ing of such airs were forever herafter
'impossible.'
T. H. KlNGSliUKY.
Oxford, N. C, Dec, 1871.
For the Christian Advocate.
MAS IX A WELL.
On the morning of the Gth of Dec :
1871, the citizens of Olin, a small vil
lage in Iredell conn y, N. C. were star
tled by the repore that a man was in
Mr. Gill's well. The circumstances
of this curious accident (if it can be
so termed are as follows :
A man by the name of Hinson, en
gaged to clean out the well belonging
to the lot occupied by Mr. H. L. Gill.
He cho?e to go down by holding to
the rope, and at the same time using
hie feet ou the sides of the curve.
When within six feet of the water, he
perceived thai the rocks of the wall
weiv loose, and some of them fell be
low him. He endeavored 10 return
up the rope, but his sudden move
ment, jerked the windlass fiom the
grasp of the one turning it. The fall
ing of the rocks continued, ana me
doomed man was completely jammeu
and nressed on all sides, until ho was
litterally burid beneath this heavy
mass, nor did the caving cease while
a rock was left to fall. It is e.stmia'ed
that twenty-two horse wagon loads of
rocks were above and urouud this
man, who yet breaihed tiii l prated
and cried .forjie'p. A genera! rush
was made for the well, ami toon many
were gathered there, but what could
be done? How could (lie wvplched
sufferer be oxtriea ed? To go dowu,
seemed almost certain deadi. If. w,is
soon decided that some one mr.s g
down and load the bucket with rocks,
if perchance, Hiusou should livy until
thio eforuiiijj cnrjlcaa Ian!; cuUtOl 1C
ptrformed. At this, Messrs. Juo. H.
Osborne ard Walter Graham (;o their
honor bo it said) vol at dee red to under
take this dangerous work. WiH'mgly
and arduously did th;-y exert their
atreugth, lifting L envy Mguw aud
loading she bucket, till the stiU'iriug
man was reached, relieved and rui.st-d
almost 6t .useless Lum Iho well. Yt.-S
he was aiive, :iud hoi 'gh rill praseni
had worked hard from early m the day
till 8 o'clock at night, I hey Lad she
reward of their labors,them tn h:.db-.:eu
saved. When found, his ieiad wa
pressed over to one wde by tle heavy
rocks above, and to o'ojtly were tjtt-y
packed around, that lie c.uad m.-r
move a joint of his body, except pet
haps the fingers of the lett har d.
Nothing paved him, but the ar.-ethig
of two large rocks immediately over
f his head, forming a kind of arch, which
in a measure relieved him of the im
m -use pressure from above. One side
of Lis body was coiailetcly parolyzed
(though not a bone was broken) and
for several da s he could uot walk a
step. He was taken to Mr. Gills'
house and cared for un'Ii he had suf
ficieuily recuperated to be r.. i.-iovetl t-
Lis home. He believes that a myste
rious Providence was about hita and
directed the win le m-itter. In tin
moridng of the day on wt the ac
cident occurred, he told his wifo be
fe-rt. leaving hota, that he f.-lt. badly,
that something druulfnl wcidd lapp u
to him that day. He loi-.eied tibouS
home until a la'o hour, would t!arl
and tarn back, said lie did'n". ft el .-s
th. ugu he could undertake iho job
&c. Finally he started, 4 oiari.k
ing at. ine v.eu, ne.pitaica some iiu e
before he consented to go down. lie
was a wicked mau before, but he be
lieves that his prayers were awsvse-red
in the well, and has resolved to lead
a new life. He thinks that the acci
dent has been a grcr-t blessing to him
and seems willing to trust always iu
the kind Providence which snatch, d
him from the jaws of a miserable aud
painful death. S.
For the CLrittiiiu Advoi-ite
TISK LOCAL Rfl.IST!ty.
(Questions concerniug the relative
va'ue of the two classon of mini-'ers
iu the Methodist Church, are ol'!eu
raised iu connection with remarks
disparaging to one side or the other,
but this is not the true method of ex
amining the subject.
The itinerant who indulges iu dis
paraging remarks concerning the loo
ministry has missed hi caliiug, and
the local minister who indu the
same spirit has missed his calling, aud
the layman who does e i.hor has mis -ed
his calling.
The church not only has roum, but
actually has need of both classes of
ministers referred to, aud there are
yet many waste places whore the la
borers are scarce and the work plenti
ful. Methodism was cradled ia tli3 sad
dle, it advanced to maturity iu the
saddle, it grew to prosperity in the
saddle, and whenever it leaves the
saddle, it will leave much of its glory
behind.
It has boen well said that, 'Metho
dism is Christianity iu earnest, and
may be added that itinerant Meth
odism is earnest Christianity on horse
back. But it is uot to bo inferred
that because the itinerant is earnest,
the local minister is not equally so.
Both classes are earnest to do good,
but one is so situated that he can en
large the sphere of his earnest labor?,
while the other is often so situated
that he must either lessen the sph ;re
of his action or abandon it alto
gether. In many neighborhoods two thirds
of the ministerial labor is performed
by local ministers, and many of the
brightest and most useful members of
the church have been brought in un
der the direct labors of the local min
istry. Bishop Andrew professed and
joined the church under a local minis
ter. This fact was receive 1 by the
writer from the Bishop himself.
But there are many neighborhoods
where there are no local ministers,
and many where there are but few,
and often times those few are too fseblo
to serve the work wiih much profit.
In such cases if it weie not for the
itinerancy, a spiritual clirth Tvonld be
the result.
In many instances a good exhorter
has been spoiled by trying to make a
preacher of him, and while he suc-
ceeded'well as an exhorter, he sue-
coaded poorly as a preacher . and
fell into disrepute, and ceased to la
bor or chauged church relations, en
tering some other denomination.
To cure this evil, it is important
that She doors to the local ministry
should be more guarded, and a . rigid
exaiuiuaiioii concerning qualifications
should always precede the admission
of i:ii applicant for license as a local
minister. Tha church lus' hitherto
boon sadly negligent on thispoinfc.and
this neykct has been the cause, of no
mi-:!I
wiuiis ot rep"oaeiST6" nitrf
cauf-.e.
The lnca! ministry embodies some
of she fiu.'st specimens of preaching
talent in the world, and if a proper
gum-.! wns set at the eloor of enter
auce, the workmen might not bo as
numerous, but would be far more f;f
fieoiit. Lot both classes of ministers look
to tlir.ir Master's work, and they wili
find enough to d . without throwing
s-umbliiigblocks iu the way tf each
other. Souls are perishing for the
v-aiii. of a hand to point them to the
ark of safety.
E. L. Fkuk-ins.
For the Christian Advocate.
I.ni'05tT.lSIT LETTCK.
Micssns. EoiTons: Having received
inquires from several quarters concern
ing the intention of the Conference in
regard io the collections ordered for
the benefit of Trinity College and Da
venport Female College, I know of
no better way of replying than through
the Advocate..
Allow me I here f re, to -fate briefly
wha-" I understand to be the plan con
templated both by the educational
c smmittee and the Coi fcrence.
These collections were ordered as
CVufeicnco collections. The subs'ituoe
of iho rasi-lu'ion was tLat we will
raise $10,000, for Trinity Oolleg, aud
$2 000 for Davenport Female College,
and it was ordered that these two
nmo it's for these two separa'e pur
pose?, be Ht-ses-sed to ihe several Pie
skiiug Ehh r's Districts on the basis
of the eoiiULijyent fend. This assess-
venport as follows:
Haleigh Oistricl, $2:M
Hillsl.oro " '-i'
Greensboro 220
Salisbury " ISO
Shelby ' 190
Charlotte - 22(1
Fuyelvville 1st!
Wilimnjiloii ' LS;
Xewbe::! " iSti
Vi a hiiigton " ISO
These claims are therefore to be
brought before the people by the
t reaeleis and Presiding Elders pre
cisely as every other Conference
chum. The lima aud manner of lift
ing this collection, as the time i ad
manner of lifting every other collec
tion, are left to tho discretion of ti e
preacher.
The duty of the preacher is elone
when he has fairly and honestly pre
sented ihepe claims. The duty of the
peojilo i-i elono when they have re
sponded to this call according to their
abiiby. The success or failure of
these collections, will depend very
much ou the disposition of the preach
er. If ho is a friend to the cause of
education, and to these Institutions ia
particular, ho will urge their claims
honestly and earnestly, and many of
the people will respond generously.
If he is uot, he will be able to find ex
cuses for not doing so, as in other
cases, and the result will be different.
Now brethren, to the field. Do Dot
parley about the plan. Do your duty
to the Conference, and these two In
stitutions. You may feel greatly in
teresteo for one, and not much for the
other. You are not to be censured
for this honest preference. Only re
member they are both the children of
your Church, and elo your duty to
both. Present the claims of each fair
ly, aud so meet tho obligation which
the action of tho Conference has laid
upon you. A little effort on your pt:rt
will make them an honor to yoar Con
ference, and your Church.
Yon wili pardon a special word for
Davenport. She needs the small
amount she asks at your hands. It is
small to the fifty thousand Methodists
of this great Conference. It will be
great to her. it will lift up her head
which has drooped so long. It will
shed sun light over her sad face. It
will heal her war scars, o nd take from
her fair brow the foul prints of dese
crating hands. She comes to many of
you as a stranger, and you may feel
that she has no claims upon you.
Then she appeals to your magnanimi
ty, which will only make your effort
for her, or your contribution , the more
piecions. We are glad to learn that
many of our brethren are already at
work for us. Some of our Presiding
E'ders have assessed the claim on
their Districts to the several pastoral
charges, and their preachers under
stand precisely what they are expect
ed to do. We thank them for their
promptness, and in all such cases, we
exueot the best results. Wc look with
hope and confilcnce to many more,
from whom We trust we shall hear soou.
Orir friends who receive contributions
for qb will pie aRo remit as soon as
poEeibfejby check, postal money order,
or-registered letter, to Dr. A. A.
Seroggs, Sretary of the Board of
Xrusteea,-; ijenoir, N. C, or to the
Preeiden! of Davenport F. College,
always, stating distinctly the pastoral
charge and district.
W. M. Robey
WE ARE OS OUK WAV TO THE
RAVE.
BY lilt. UX'TUIUK.
Who sp.eads out before him it map
of the world, fiuds it marked with
other lines besides thosa of latitude
and longitude, and such as traca the
bi uudaries of its eon inents and dif
ferent staled- The:-:: liues, though
rising in ail par's, aud winding ttnd
twi&titig, set pent like, iu all directions,
have a common termination. Bora
of tho clouds, and cradled in the
mountain0., and imparting fertility to
the lands through which they flow,
they are tho livers; and, with peculiar
exceptions; n t to I.- accounted of,
they verify (he words of Solomon, 'All
the rivers run into tho sea.' Types of
such ai die in iufarey, s::me describe
but a short course ere they find a
gravo iu tte. deep. The length of
others, like the life of the few who
rach p.n extraordinary age, exteuds
to hundreds, and, iu some k ances,
even to thousands cf miles. Bursting
from the glacier's i--y cavern, or bub
bling up a Ui-3y spiiug. they deepen
and widen as they go, til!, fed by
many a tributary, ikeked by the lkh
crutau's sail, ud bearing on their
bosoms the ikels of nations, they re
semble seas. Yet ihe.y also are lost
in the oe.cau, he common gritve of
the great fcL rivt-ra aud tho tiniest
h! ream. Some, like mauy a ge.utle,
retiring cr.-atuie, pursue a q-jiet
courw, revealing their presence less
by the jiuis'.! they m ike thaa tho ver
dure i hey .produce the green line
IhaTlHCtliron or4
the trees that feather their banks.
Ode rs, on ;he contrary, like men who
spend Jhc.r life contending with dif
ficulties, who live
-For :!ie wrongs th tt need resistance,
An t tiie cause that needs assistance,"
Go straggling, cU-tfiug, fo .ming on
tin if way here shooting tho rapiJs
where tbey have cut a passage through
the rock, a ad there, where they leap
it revealing their j.rer.ence to the
traveller by the roar of everlasting
thunders Some streams adorn and
impart fertility to the tce-nes through
which they flo v; white tho courso of
others i cukfly marked by the rava
ges they commit the tdouos that
block up their chuauol, ami tho wreck
they cast upon their batiks.
Such variety is there in human lfe.
Multitudes of our race seem born only
to tlie, vhiie a few a' rive at a patriar
chid age. Sjme move quietly through
the world their Jiltle sphere tho
home or hamlet that gave them birth;
others, largely endowe i with eaorgy
or animated by ambition, fill the pub
lic eye and ear, nor know quietness
till they fiad it in the silent grave.
Some, kiud parents, dutiful children,
good friends, useful citizens, spread
blessings along their path; others, on
the conhary, a curse io their families
and affiicting society, have no benefit
to bestow on the world but die,
and relieve it of their baleful pres
ence. Yet amid this endless variety, as all
the livers run into ihe sea, there ;s, as
th9 wise man cays, and universal expe
rience proves, one event to all. We all
meet in the grave. Dust we are, and
unto dust we shall return sooner or
later. Whether its course be long or
short, whether it be cradled amoug
the mountains or spring first to light
on the plains, so soon as a river starts
upon its journey, the course it runs is
always downward. Winding round
rock or mountain, turning the ll.mk
of such obstacles as oppose its progress,
it may sometimes appear to be leav
ing, and actnallv pursuing a direction
opposite to, the sea; yet, yonder,
where ships are sailing and breakers
beat the shore, is its destinai ioa. And
how is it with man? He no sooner
begins to live than he begins to die;
each new year, each fleeting day, each
passing hour brings him near to his
end; and, when rail) iug from a death
bod as much as when stricken down,
as much when the roses bloom anew
as when they fade from his cheek, as
much when he seems to get a new
lease of life i.s when its last sands are
running, man holds on his way to the
grave that is the end of all men, and
the living shorld lay it to heart. Alas,
there is often nothing less laid to
heart; and the more need, therefore,
that gathering, as it were, round the
bod of tha diug your, we should listen
lo its warning?, f.nd turn from the
solemn see a to 'work while it is call
ed to day, seeing that the night
cometh when no man can work.'
CIIKISTIAN USEFULNESS.
God prolongs the Christian's life
that ho may do good to others, as well
as increase in meelness for heaven.
The grace of God in his experience
is to b ? exhibited. His light i3 to
shine for the benefit ot men. His life
is to be spent in doing the will of God.
His usefulness will be graduated by
His holiness; the highest usefulness is
inseparable from a full and entiro i
dedication of soul and body to the
service of God. - - , - ..
rnyci. in its fullest exorcise, and
most intimate approach to God, is
the pouring out of the desires of a
wholly consecrated heart. Such pray
in the Holy Ghost. They have power
with God, and over men in prayer.
Through this iustrumentality many
are brought to Christ; and the inti
mate connection between the prayers
of devoted Christians and revivals cf
religion, if not known here in every
case, will be clearly shown in the light
of eternity.
A holy life will produce a powerful
influence for go al in the world. In
every relation in lite, in every posi
tiou we occupy, we may manifest the
gra-e of God. The spirit of humility,
meekness, aad love, filling the heart
wid be clearly seen, aud will render
our life a hymn of praise to God. wdiile
it will reprove sin, and encourage
piety ainougmea.
What would Saul of Tarsus have
been wiih his mental vigor, with all
his tap.ibilities and opportunities,
without the grace of God ? What was
Paul the Apostle with that graye V
If he labored more abundantly thou
the other apostles, he says 'Not I, but
the grace of God iu me' by grace 1
am what I urn' 'Christ live:h in me.'
Grace sauciified his talent, and gave
it a right direction. He consecrated
all his powt rs to Christ ; ho counted
not his life dear to himsedf to hiui to
live was Christ, and so he became a
powerful illustration that we may
glorify God ia our b. ely and in our
spiri, may do his will en earth as au
gels do it iu h avco.
Iu such an earnest, holy life, we
labor shall not be in vain in the Lord.
PURITV.
M'iu lost his purity, and God haa
since been steadily engaged in cleans
ing htm. He sent His Spirit to strive
with him bef re the flood. He sent
priests to make atonement for their
sins, typical, and forerunning the true,
by 'hose el lily sacrifices of blood. He
Feat, prophets to urge them to holi
ness, and at lust sent His Sou, whom,
He hath appointed Heir of all thing-?,
by Whom also He hath made the
worlds, that, Ho might consnmate the
priestly offering, fulfill the prophetic
declaration, aud offer Himself for the
cleansing of the people. If this Li
the centre aad circumference, the bo
all and cud all of the economy of
graee, how should Christians accept
its truth ? They should seo and say
that spiritual cleanliness is not only
next to godliness; it is itself godliness.
It can bo nothing else. The poul
must be got back into its normal state,
the switch that swung man off the
track of God, and his own nature,
must be reversed, and he restored to
his primal and holy eslale. Every
law of Lis being must be observed.
Every pulse of his soul must beat
true- Every breathing of his iuuer-
raost spirit must be divine. This is
the Father's law, Christ's work, the
Sanctifier's purpose. "Cleansed!
' Every whit whole." Made clean; wash-
eel, and made white; white, even as
the righteousness of the saints.
SYMPATHY.
Till we have reflected on it, we are
scarcely aware how much the Eum of
human happiness in this world is in
debted to this one feeling sympathy.
We get cheerfulness and vigor, we
scarcely know how or when, from
mere association with our fellow men,
and from the lovks reflected on us of
gladness and enjoyment. We catch
inspiration and power to go on, from
human presence and from cheerful
looks. The workman works with ad
ded energy having others by. The
full family circle has a strength and
life peculiarly its own. The substan
tial good and the effectual relief which
men extend to us i3 trifling. It is not
by those, but by something far less
costly, that the work is done. God
has insured it by a much more sim
ple machinery. He has given to the
weakest and the poorest power to con
tribute largely to the common stock
of gladness. The child's smile and
laugh are mighty powers in this world.
When bereavement has left yon deso
late, what substantial benefit is there
that makes condolence acceptable ! It
cannot replace the loved ones you
have lost. It can bestow upon you
nothing permanent. But a warm
hand has torched yours, and i's thrill
told yon thaf there was a living re- 1
8ponse there to your emotion.. One
look, one human sigh, has done more
for you than the costliest present
could convey.
EUROPE 4 S NATIONALITIES.
The chaac-t produced iu tho uinp
cf Europe by r cent wars illustrate
the tendency of the :ge lo the mass
ing of power in groat nationalities.
According to a Berlin paper, Europe
had before the Italian war fifty six
States: it now ha3 eighteen, with a
population of 300,000,COO. The prin
cipal States in Europe with a populu
tiou of more than twenty-five millions
are: Russia (71), Germany (40),
France (36J), Anstro-Hnugary (36),
Sreat Britaiu (32); and Italy (26);
their total population is then -fore
four fifdis ;f that ef the whole of Eu
rope. A century ago, before the
partition of Poland, the Great Power
only possessed uie half cf the then
population f Kuropo thus: Russia,
18 millions; Austria, 17; Prussia, 5;
England, 1-'; and Franco, 20 -total,
SO. The number of Roman Catholics
in Europe generally is now 148 mil
lions iu France, 28 in Austria,
26 in Italy, 1(5 in S.-ain, and 14J in
Germany; of Greek Catholics," 70
Millions 54 in Russia, 5 iu Tuikey
4 in Rouuiar.ia, and .'1 in Austria; of
Protestants, b'l millions -i. in Ger
many, 24 iu Eugknd, 5J in Sweden
and Norway, 4 in Russia, aud Si in
Austria; of Jews, 4.00,0001,700.000
in Russia, 822,000 in Austria, 1,300,
000 iu Hungary, aud 500,000 in Ger
many. Dividing Kurope into nation
alities, there are 82,200,000 of the
Slavonic race, Of. .".00 000 of tho Latin
races, and 03.500,000 of f'.o Germanic
ra3?.
Evehy Man iiiulus ius own Inneu
Home. Yes, every man builds his
own house bui'ds it many chamber
ed, fresh ventila'.e.l, picture hung,
vino wreathed, gees'-full; or low-pent,
bare walled, fl-.iwerless. inhospitid.k
just in acc vrdanc.- with his inner
nature. Precisely as the inferra1
fcrce of affinity in the mollusk lays
hold of and aggregates round itself
the fine lime-par-kh sin thesea-water,
so docs the internal force in tho hu
man soul lay hold of aud aggregate
round itself what it. wants. The stir
roundincr oceivi hohls in tohrion
knowledge, pleasure, meat, drink, wit,
wisdom, frknds, flowers, God; and
out of tnis wealth we secrete our
shells chiia shelis or nautilus shells,
as we are clams or nautili. We Cud
what wo crave fun, if e have a zest
for the funny; friend, if wo long for
friends; beauty, if wo love beati'y;
thought, if we tend to though . Slow
ly we build up our house. Smiill or
large, if we are refined, it is refined;
if we are roomy, it is roomy.
PROVLUUS.
Here is a vahtahk bunch of p ov
erls : Borrowed garments seldom
fit well. Haste of:en trips up i' 3 own
uvula. Men of:tn blush to hear what
ihey are not atdi tmed to do. What
is not needed is V. r at auy price.
He who buys too many superfluities
may be obliged to sell his necessaries.
A fool generally 'oses his estate be
fore he finds his folly. A man that
hoards his riches aud enjoys them not
is like an ass that carries gohl and
eats thistles. Towers are measured
by their shadows, and great men by
their calumniator. That man who
knows the world will neve-r be bash
ful, and that mau who knows himself
will never b inrvidaut. Siccus 8
rides on, every hour grapple it, and
you may win; but without a grapple
it will never go with you. Work is
the weapon of Louor, and he who
lacks the weapon will never triumph
It was a saying t f Socrates that every
man had need ef a faithful friend and
a bitter enemy 'lie oao to advice,
the other to show hirn his faults.
A Bkautifi l Thought. When the
Summer cf youth is slowly wasting
away on the nightfall of ago, aud the
shadow of the past becomes deeper
auel deeper, and life wears to its close,
it is pleasaut to look through the vis
ta of time upon tho sorrows aud fe
licities of our early years. If wc have
a home to fchel'er, and hearts to re
joice with us, and friends have been
gatuered together Hround our fire
sides, then the rough places of way
faring will have been worn aud
smoothed away in tho twilight of life,
whilo the many dark spots we have
parsed through wili grow brighter
and more beautiful. Happy, indeed,
are those who' e intercourse with the
wor d has not changed the tone of
their holier feeling, or broken those
musical chorda of the heart, whose
vibrations are so melodious, so tender
and fo touching iuthe evening of Iheir
life.
Wuiteb than Sxow. What could
possibly be whiter than snow ? We
are almost ready to say there is noth
ing. Yet there is something that is
whiter than snow. It is tho heart that
is waphd in the blood of Jesus. Turn
to the fifty first Pdalm and seventh
verse: 'Purge me w'kh hyssop, and I
shall be ckau: wash me, and I shall
be whiter than F.now.'
SAJIi:S OF TIIE STATES.
A correspondent imp-ires why Iho
States are trailed by their pustat
name, mid what their derivaiou aud
meaning: -
Maine So called from tho provinco
of Maine, in France, in compliment to
Queen Henrietta of England, who, it
has b::eu euid, owned that province..
This is th commonly received opin
ion. New Hampshire Numed by John
M iron, in 1G:J) I w ho with another cb-
tained the grant" from tlie ciowu),
from Hampshire county in Englaud.
The lormer namo of the domain was
Luconia.
Ver n.out From Hie French verd
moul, or gree n mountain, indicative of
the mountainous nature of t ho State.
The name was first officially recogniz
ed Jauuaiy 10, 1777.
Massachusetts Iudian name, hi'"
nify ing 'the country about tho ureat
hills.'
Rhtidc Island This inurm was
adopted in 1074 from tho Island of
Rhodes, in tho Mediterranean, b.icitiisc
f its fancied ret-emblanco to that
island.
Count-didi - This is tho Foolish
ortbt grtipLy of fie Indian word td
Q ion eh-ta tut, which tuVuifics tho
loii'r river.'
New York Named by the Duke of
York under color of tho title given by
the EngH'h ciowu iu 10GJ.
New Jersey So called in honor of
Sir Getirge (Carteret, who was gover
nor of Iho I.d.m t td Jersey, in tho
British Channel.
l'enusy Ivuuia From William Pen it,
the founder of the now colony, mean
ing 'Pewit's Woods.
Delaware- lu Louor of Thoini'B
West, Lord De-la Ware, who visited
he bay aud died there in 1010.
Maryland Afcr Henrietta MariH,
Queen of Charh h Firtt, of Jkighmel.
Virginia So c.dled in honor of
Queen Elizabeth, the 'virgin queen,'
iu whose reign Sir Walter Ruleigh
rraulft the fi- st attempt to colonize that
North fnd South Carolina were
originally in one tract, cnlkri Caro
lana, after Charles Ninth of Franco
in 1504. Subsequently, iu 1G05, Iho
name was altered lo Carolina.
Georgia So called iu honor of
George Second, of Enghmd, who es
tablished a cokuy in that region in
1732.
Florida Foucto do Iieon, who dii
covi reel this portion ef North Ameri
ca in 1510, named it Florida iu com
mciiioraliou f the diiy lie landed
there, which ran ihe I'tixipui:; de Vorof
of tl-ti Spaniard, or 'Feast of F!ew
ers,' otherwise l.uowu as E.tster Sun
day. Alabama Formerly a portion cf
Mh-Msrippi Territory, admitted into
theUnknasa State in 1810. Tho
name is of Indian origin, signifying
'hero we rest.'
Mississippi Formerly a portion of
the Province of Louisiana. So nam
ed ia 1800 from the groat river on
the western lino. Tho name is of In
dian origin, meaLing 'long river.'
Louisiana From Louis Fouriccnlb,
of France, who for some ihno prior to
17C3 owned tho territory.
Arkansas Fr m Kansas, Iho In
diau word for 'smoky water,' with tho
French prefix are, 'bow.'
Tennesbo Iudiau for 'the river of
the big bend.'c, the Mississippi,
which is its western boundary.
Kentucky Indian for at the head
of Ihe river.'
Ohio From tho Indian, iii.'r.uing
'beautiful.' Previously applied to Iho
river which traverses a great part cf
its borders.
Michigan Previously applied to tho
lake, iho Iuelian namoel for a fish weir.
So culled freitu the fancied n seuiblauco
of tho lako to a fish trap.
Indiana S i cube 1 iu 1802 from
American Indians.
Illinois From tho Indian illini,
men, an 1 tlie French suffix oiu, to
gether signifying 'tribe of men.'
Wisconsin Inelian term for a 'wild
rushiug channel.'
Missouri named iu 1821 from the
great branch of the Mississippi which
flows through it. Iu b in term mean.
iDg n u.ldy.'
Iowa -From the Indian, signifying
the drowsy ores.'
Minnesota Indian name for 'cloudy
water.'
California The nauio given by
Cortes, tLe discoverer of that region.
He probably obtained it from an old
Spanish romance, iu which an imagina
ry island of that name is described an
abounding in gold.
OregoD According to anno, from
the Indian oreyon, 'river of the West.'
Others cuT'kr it derived from the
Spanish, oreyaiohi, 'ild marjoram.'
which grows abuueiaudy on ih Pacific
Coast. Ej-chaivje.