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r m Ilex. II. T. HUDSON, Directing Editor. OKGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE, OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH. ttev. W. II. CUNIIY(J(JIM, Publisher. ArOL. I. RALEIGH, C, WEDNESDAY, DEO. 4, 18G7. NO. 47. r u IB ST s tor My. Tilings tliat Never Die. The pire. th bright', the bemti'iil, Tli it stire.l up hearts in youth: Tlif iiiiulst' ' :i worl.lliMs jinner. Tii. ilr.viiii ut"l.ve and truth. The lunging: .ifter something lost. TIk' spirit's yearning cry. The striving ailer better hopes; These thing h:ill never die. The tinie.l hand stretched forth to aid A brother in his need. That kindly word in griefs dark hour That proves the friend indee"!. The ple.i of mercy softly breathed When justie threatens nigh. The sorrow of a -onirite heart; . These thin its shall never die. The iu -in:iry of a clasping hand. The pressure of a kiss. A i 1 ail the iritles. sweet and frail. That makeup loves first bliss. If with a firm, unchanging faith. And holy trust and high. Those hands have clasped, those lips have met. TiieL? things shall never die. Th cruel and the bitter word Th it wounded as it fell. Th.- chili want of synipr.thy We feel but never tell. The hard repulse that chills the heart Whose hopes were bounding high: In an uuf i.Ied record k"pt. These things shall never die. Let nothing pass, for every hand UU-t hud S vjiework to ilo; Loose not a chance to w.ikeu love. le firm, and just a id: So shall a light that cannot fade r.eam on thee from on high. And angel voices say to thee: These things shall never die. For the Episcopal Methodist. An Answer to an Important Question. Number 1. Rev. H. T. Hcpsox : I purpose in this sheet, to present through you, to the public, an answer to a question which has agitated the minds of thou sands, for several centimes: a question it is true, that is not of such vital im portance, as interested persons seem to conceive. The question is very short; it is this : "WHAT IS BAP TISM ?'' The answer I propose is : Baptism: is the ceremonial use of wa ter, BY A rUOPEULT AUTHORIZED MlXISTEE, axd applied to a proper suiwzct; ix the " Name of the Father, axd of the Sox, AND OF THE HoiA" GlIOST." Matt. XV- iii. 10. This is sill, no more nor less, so far as the thing Baptism is concern ed. My purpose now, is to sustain this answer, by plain Scripture facts and circumstances. In doing this, I sua 11 confine myself so far as facts are con cerned to the Scriptures exclusively; the circumstances will chiefly be drawn from the Scriptures, and other authen tic sources. And 1. The first instance of Baptism as given in the Bible, was by water, ad ministered by a well qualifie do fficer ; to an extire household, or family. And. 1. The fact is recorded by Moses, Gen. vii. and refered to by St. Peter, 1. Pet. iii. 20, 21. This fact, then, has all the authority for it that the Bible can give. 2. It was household baptism, this fact also is indisputable. "Witnesses, Moses and Peter. These testify to this fact. 3. The Administrator was God. Moses so testifies in Gen. vi. 17. vii. 4. Thus far there is no difficulty ; all is plain and open. 4. The Mode was Sprinkling. Of this there can be no doubt. This evi dently was clearly indicated by God himself, when he informed Noah that ho would " cause it to rain upon the earth, &c." Gen. vi. 4. vii 10, 12. Now this fart is alluded to by Peter, 1. Pet. iii. 20, 21., under the denomina tion of Baptism. So there can be no doubt, but that this was a genuine in stance of valid baptism. And 5. This was a " figure," tyjx; or rep resentation of Baptism under the Gos pel. So Peter testifies. " Which sometimes were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the Ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by wafer. The like fig ure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of " Jesus Christ." 1. Pet. iii. 20, 21. Here, you may understand either, that the Noaic bap tism was a "figure" of Christian bap tism, or that the Christian baptism, is in "figure" or form (i. e. Mode,) the very same as was the Noaic mode. Now it is beyond all reasonable doubt, that the "figure" or form or Mode of Noah's was sprinkling; and as Peter assures us that the Christian is to be "like" that; so it follows conclusively, that the Baptism of the Gospel in modo, should be by sprinkling; as J be no "likeness" between i them. i II. The next instance of Baptism on record, is the baptism by water, of the children of Israel, as they passed the Bed Sea. In this instance we have ev ery essential particular in my answer. As 1. The fact is recorded by Moses, Ex od. xiv. 19 22. xii. 37, 38. Psal. lxxvii. 1. Cor. xi. 4. This fact, then, is sufficiently authenticated. 2. Tfie Administrator was God. No difficulty here. Water van the dement used., Th "Cloud and the Sea," 4. The subjects were such as God recognized as lit for that ordinance. These were of three distinct classes. As (1.) "Ahnrf six hundred thousand men." (2.) "About 105,000 Children." These were all under 20 years of age ; embracing all from the nc )'-! rn infant, upwards to near twenty years of age. (3.) "A mired multitude." These were the Parents, and the Triln' of Leei; if this was not so, the Parents and f Tribe of Led are not included in this caravan. o. The Jfode i f flu's J 72fim. This was Pa uring. This is fully established. ( 1. ) By the fa t that the clouds pass ed over them, before they entered the "Sea:" and we know that the only ac tion of a cloud is either a mist, small drnps of rain ; or Pouring. That in this instance it was Po u ring, we have the unexceptionable testimony of Divine Inspiration ; thus : " Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and .Joseph. Selah. The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid : the depths also were troubled. The do uds po u red out water i the skies sent out a sound ; thine arrow's also went abroad, &c." Psal. lxxvii. 1520. This mode is also fully established. (2.) By the fact, that they allyw.W through "the Sea on dry ground." Had there been enough water to have im im.T.rd tlicxi 3,01)0,000 of people, thev could not have found "dry ground'' enough, (indeed none) to have been able conveniently to have crossed. G. This was the Type of Baptism under the Gospel. This we are assur ed of by St. Paul, in 1. Cor. xi. G. See also 11 verse. This was not a Type only of Baptism, but of all things involved in Baptism. It was as much a Type of the Subject as it was of the Mode. Adults and Infants are as clear ly included here, as the fact of baptism is. The Gospel 1 aptism, therefore, as the antetype, must include these, or else the Tyje and the thing Tyjted do not correspond. III. The Baptism of Christ, by John the Baptist, as Baptizer. This case sustains my answer fully. 1. Iho.faet is furnished us, by Matt. iii. 1G. Mark, 1. 9, 10. Luke, iii 21. Here we have. 2. 27m? suljeet, ichieh teas Christ. There need be no difficulty here. 3. The Administraior, which was John the P,a)list. Well authenticated. 4. The proper element, this was water. No discrepency here 5. The Mule, this was either Sprink ling or Pouring. This is proved (1.) By the fact that he was now inaugurated into his Priestly Office. If te was not now, ho never was, and some of the most noble Types respect ing him have utterly failed. The High Priesthood, was Typical of Christ the ipostle and High-Priest of our pro fession." Now, before the High-Priest could perform the functions of his of fice, he was to be brought " unto the door of the tabernacle of the congrega tion, and thou shall wash them with wa ter." Exod. xxix. 4-7. xl. 12, 13. I remaked above, that, if Christ was not now inaugurated into his Priestly office, he never was; and consequently, a very important Type of him was nev er fullfilled. St. Paul assures us, that the entire of the Mosaic economy in cluding its sacrifices and sacrificing Priests was a " shadow of good things to come," and that when Christ " offer ed himself through the Eternal Spir it;" that that system was fullfilled in its Typical character and that it was now through his sacrifice, as through a " new and living way " we had access to God. He calls the economy of Mo ses in this regard " Hie law" and this law required the Priest, especially, the High-Priest to bo washed with water, and also to be farther conse crated by having "the. anointing oil poured upon his head." Hob. v. vi. vii. to x. This "washing icilh valer," and this "anointing with oil," evidently had a Typical allusion to, or was a "shadow" there can of his baptism, and his anointing with the Holy Ghost at his baptism. And this is more than intimated by John the Baptist himself; when ho informed the Jews for what especial purpose he came to baptize. "And this is record of John, when the JewTs sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who art thou ? And he confess ed and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then ? &c. He said, I am the voice of one crying in tho wilder ness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as saith the prophet Esaias. The next day Johu seel h Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world: This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man Avhich is preferred be fore me; for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing ivitt water. And John bear record, saying, " I saw the spirit ascending from heacen like a dove, and it abode upon hini."fcc. John, 1. 19 34. This is a remarkable passage, and gives us the reasons of the Baptist's conduct as recorded in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The whole subject thus brought to view by the four evangelists, is clearly a demonstration that Christ was now inaugurated into his official position in the Church; as was Aaron and his sons, when they were inducted into the High-Priesthood. To this it is objected, that he was typed by Mel chizadec, and therefore, could not have been typed by Aaron &c. I reply: he was evidently typed by tho Aaronic Priesthood, which shadowed his Priest hood according to Ileb. v-x. And al so by Melchizadec. Aaron &c, was High Priest of the jews, and as such was a Type, (as was that whole law of sac rifices,) of Christ. Melchizadec was the "Priest of the most high God," and Typed Christ as the priest for all mankind. This is clearly indicated by St. Paid in Hebrews. (2.) A second proof of pouring be ing the Mode, of John's baptism in this matitiico 10, tiit.t tlx' 'tiiwp'ir.f'. declares that thus should the spirit be given him, and John affirms that it was so when he had baptized him; and so do also Matt. Mark, and Luke. Hear the Prophet; The spirit of tho Lord God is vpoa nv &c. Isa. lxi. 1 3. Luke. iv. 18. its fulfillment. Soo also Isa. xlii. 14. Isa. xi. 2. Psal. xlv. 7. Other passages might be produced ; but those show that the "Spirit de scended upon him." Here wo have plainly shown in his "anointing," that pouring was the Mode as in Aaron's case. Now, as Christ was "anointed with the Holy Hliosf" as symbolized by water baptism, by tho "spirits descent upon him;" it is but reasonable to sup pose; indeod to believe; that the sacra ment symbolizing this was tho same in mode. But, (3) The facts in the case show, that his Baptism by water took placo after he had gone "into" tho wator; and be fore ho "came up out of the water." Now, as the Baptist saw the "spirit descending upon him" as the mode of its baptism; it is presumable, that he would baptize in a different mule. Indeed, it is clearly indicated by John that the "spirit descended upon him," both before, as well as after he baptiz ed him. "And I know him not: but he that sent mo to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt seo the Spirit descending and remaining on him, the samo is he which babtizeth with the Holy Ghos t," John i. 33. Yours affectionately, Peter Doub. Trinity College, N. C. Nov. 11, 18G7. Beautiful Axswers. A pupil of the Abbe Sic or d gave tho following ext in ordinary answers: What is gratitude? Gratitude is tho memory of the heart. What is hope ? Hope is tho blossom of happiness. What is the difference between hope and desire ? Desire is a tree in loaf, hope is a tree in flowers, and enjoy ment is a tree in fruit. What is eternity? A day without yesterday or to-morrow: a day without end. What is time ? A line that has two ends a path that begins in the cradle and ends in the grave. What is God? A necessary being, the sun of eternity the machinist of nature the eye of justice the match less power of the Universe the soul of the world. Docs God reason? Man reasons be cause he doubts; he deliberates, he de sires; God is omnipotent; He never doubts; therefore never reasons. 'More Than Conquerors." "Every battle of the warrior," says the prophet, "is with confused noise' and garments rolled in blood." The most triumphant victory ever achiev ed on the field of strife, cost tho vic tors more or less of loss in blood and treasure. The wail of distress over fallen and disabled comrades mingled with the shouts of victory. But in the great battles between sin and righteousness there are nt "lists of casualties," properly " so caned. Ev ery contest is a victory without loss and with infinite gain. If tho chris tian hero survives the struggle, he knows that "to live is Christ;" if ho falls, he realizes that "to die is gain;" so that, whether living or dying, ho can still sing the conqueror's song "Now thanks bo to God who always causoth us to triumph." If he saves his goods in the strife, he can use them for the glory of God; if ho loses them, ho "knows in himself that he he has in heaven a bettor and an en during substance." Each contest with his passions and lusts weakens their power, and st lengthens the habits of resistance for the next conflict. Ev ery rencounter with external vice de veloxis his christian manhood, Every earnest prayer offered, sends the pul sations of spiritual life and power into tho whole "sisterhood of graces" in his soul. And then he is to remember that he is not loft to struggle alone ei ther with his personal infirmities or with the corruptions that are in tho world. "The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities." This resource never fails in the day of trial when earnestly and faithfuliy sought. In the darkest hour, when "tho enemy comes in like a flood," then "the Spirit of the Lord lifts up a standard." Yes, when his enemies, like a vast invading army, spread out their formidable forces be fore him, threatening to overwhelm him in disaster and defeat, then the counter-blast of another war trumpet Salutes iiia eiuvi, iu.J, 1j! Ittu tjiw f Immanucl are at his side, before whose well dealt blows the enemy flies in hopeless discomfiture. And thus, using his armor wisely and zealously, his life is a succession of triumphs, un til he comes to tho last stern conflict, where ho achieves the most glorious victory that ever rewarded his efforts, as thosong from his quivering lips at tests "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory ?" Thus is he, through lifo and in death, and especially in his mansion-house in heaven, "more than conqueror through Him that hath loved him." Header. does this holy triumph await you after the lifo battle ? Have you the faith that overcomes the world? II not, and if doomed to final overthrow, bet ter that you had never been born. "The time of greatest need God's chosen time lias been.'" Such has ever been the history both of Providence and Grace. Hainan could not bo satisfied with all the hon or the king had done him, so long as "Mordecai, tho Jew, sat at the king's gate." His implacable spirit, still bur ning with revenge toward the down trodden Israelites, could not bear to sec one occupying tue Humblest seat in the kingdom. His malignant spir therefore, contrived an expedient, to w hich ho adroitly procured the king's signature, dooming the whole race to a merciless slaughter. This brought Mordecai to exercise his wits to avert tho threatened calamity. He sought an interview with tho queen, who was herself a Jewess, and reveal ed to her the plot of wholesale murder. With a sagacity and prudence which has never been surpassed, she acted her part in the trying crisis. A coun ter proclamation, with tho royal sig nature, went forth from the palace; the result of which was, the Jews were saved from destruction, and Haman was hanged on tho very gallows which he had erected for Mordecai. A sin gle turn in tho wheel of Providence completely reversed tho machinations of enmity. Let us learn from this as well as from innumerable other instances of the kind interventions of Providence, that the very darkness and mystery that conceal His designs are the pre lude to a most glorious deliverance. While our enemies are plotting our ruin, God may design in some glorious manner so to make "the wrath of men to praise him," as will cause every heart to exclaim, "Tho Lord hath done this 1" "Behind a frowning providence lie hides a smiling face." Christian Index. Sfiall w c Eitiow Ecach OtUcr lie yoiul tue Grave 1 This question has doubtless present ed itself to all genial, loving minds. That we shall recognize each other in the future state, is a craving of our nature which gushes forth from the purest fountain, of the soul. Noth ing short of this, can satisfy the deep throbbings of bereaved love. The desire to meet with our friends in the spirit world, and recognize them, is as universal as the desire, to live again beyond the silent tomb. This being admitted and Ave think no one will dispute it (unless, indeed, it bo the forlorn and orphanized Atheist) it nec essarily follows, that tho doctrine of future recognition is established by tho same arguments which establish the immortality of tho soul. To re ject the one, therefore, is to reject tho other. Admit the one, and the other follows as a necessary sequence. All theologians, however they may differ on other points of doctrine, when de fending tho immortality of tho soul occupy substantially the same ground. They reason thus: For all natural de sires of man, there is something in the vast empire of nature answering to the clamorous damands of those de sires. Humanity does not he. The wants which it expresses are true wants. To bo short on this point, tho idea is, that the desire for a thing, presupposes the existence of that thing. We do not say that the mere belief of a thing, evidences the existence of that thing; but we say the desire tho inmost yearnings of man's' better na ture for things not yet attained, es tablishes the reality of them. Thus Man desires food to sustain his natu ral organism, and our beneficent Fa ther has surrounded him with just such food as his nature craves. We desire water to slake our thirst, and we find a bountiful supply of this de lightful beverage. So also of the air wo breathe. Exclude man from it, and life departs. Why is this ? We answer, because the great law of adap tation pervades the universe physi cal, moral, spiritual. The great law of aninity 'jcrmeatets lUo uiiircnc all things therein. Now, we say that man desires the pure air, because such is tho law of adaptation by which ho is governed, that ho must have it, or discordant feelings are at once felt in the system, which end in death. But tho structure of the lungs, and the entire anatomy of man, all go to show that the natural, unperverted wants and demands of our nature, spring from an organism every way, adapted to tho sphere in which it is placed. We know this every day's experience confirms it. We conclude, therefore, that tho great and good Creator, who has been so vigilantly mindful of the natural wants of his children, cannot be indifferent to tho great and ever-enduring wants of tho soul. Tho innate desires of our spir its, is a pledge that the thing desired exists. It is indeed a check upon tho great bank of nature, which Avill one day bo honored. Now, so we say of tho spirit of man. It has desires and aspirations which things in time cannot satisfy. It soars beyond "tho dark valley," and rever ently asks to live in immortal beauty in perennial climes. Death, there fore, cams t;t be the end of man. The liibliuCtS Ol the soul shudder, and start back appalled at the thought of anni hilation. The idea finds no affinity in his nature. There is a "void" in the soul which the idea of annihilation can never "fill," only with the gloom of despair. The soul not only asks to live beyond the tomb, but to progress in holiness and knowledge, until all its latent powers become vitalized by the spirit of God's love. Hence, we say, and that truly, that this universal desire for immortality, is good pre sumptive evidence that there is im mortality. The desire, is the proto type of the thing. As above remark ed, the doctrine of future recognition is predicated on tho same argument as the immortality of the soul. All loving hearts desire to meet and know their friends after death. We feel that we must meet them, or heaven will be shorn of its attractions. We ask, n ot only from tho sacred precincts of the soul, that we be permitted to live again, but that we may live with our friends in whoso society wo took so much pleasure while on earth. Im mortality, without recognition, satis fies not the demands of man's nature. He asks not that ho may continue to livo on, but that he may live with tho loved of earth, never more to be separ ated. Always bo kind. Ideas About Women. A French book, recently published at Brussels contains, among other in teresting matter, a collection of aphor isms about women, taken from tho writings of various authors. Wo copy a few about thorn. If we speak ill of the sex generally, they will rise against us; but if we do the samo of any individual woman, they will agree with us. llompieart. Most of their faults women owe us, whilst we arc indebted to them for most of our better qualities. Charles Lemsle. Most ol women aro endowed with ! such natural endearing charms that oven their very presence is generally beneficial. Laurence Sterne. ; There exist among women a secret tie, like that among priests of tho samo faith. They hato each other, yet they protect each other's interest. Diderot. No woman, even the most intellec ual, believes herself decidedly homely. The self-deception is natural, for there are some most charming woman w ith out a particle of beauty. St u ill. Octavo Feuillet. Providence has so ordered it that only two women hav a true interest in the happiness of man his own mother and the mother of his children. Besides these two legiti mate kinds of love there is uothin between the two creatures except pain ful and idle delusion. Stiy of a woman that she is wicked obstinate, frivolous, but add that she is beautiful, and be assured that she will ever think kindly of you. Say that she is kind, virtuous, sensible. but very nomcly, and suo will never forgive yon in her lifo. A'plionse Kirr Madame cie Jlaintenon. In every thing that woman writes there will be thousands of faults against grammar, but also a certainty always a charm not to bo found in tho letters of man Duclos. Great and rare offering! are found almost exclusively among women ; nearly all the happiness and most of the blessed moments in love are of their creating, and also friend ship, especially when it follows. J. 3, liuuo.icnn TVIati can better nhi losophizo on tho human heart, but wo men can read it better. Tue Girls. Can wo not since. while the power of the world is , with men, the influence lies with women can we not bring up our girls more usefully and less showily less depend cut on luxury and wealth? Can we not teach them from babyhood that to la bor is a higlier thing than merely to to enjoy; that even enjoyment itself is never so sweet as when it has been earned? Can wo not put it into their minds, whatever may bo ' their station, principles of truth, simplicity, of taste, helpfulness, hatred of waste, and these being firmly rooted, trust to their blossoming up in whatever des tiny the young maiden may bo called. -Miss Mulock. Tho rising of tho sun is known by the shining beams; tho fire is known by its burning; the life of the body is known by its moving; even so certain ly is the presence of God's spirit known by tho shining light of a holy conver sation; even so the purging fire of grace is known by the burning zeal ;ainst sin and a fervent desire to keep God'3 commandments; even so certainly the lifo and liveliness of faith is known by the good motives of the heart, by the bestiring of all the pow ers both of the soul and body, to do whatsoever God wills us to be doin as soon as wo once Know no would havo us do it. Ho, tha t hath this evi dence, hath a bulwark against despair, and may daro the devil to his face; he, that hath this, hath tho broad seal of of eternal lifo and such a man shall live forever. Beautiful Thoughts. luo same God who moulded the sun and kindled the stars, watches the flight of tho in sect. He who balances the clouds and hung the earth upon nothing, notices the fall of the sparrow. He who gave Saturn his rings, and placed the moon like a ball of silver in tho broad arch of heaven, gives the rose-leaf its deli cate tint, and made tho distant sun to nourish the violet. And tho same Being notices tho praises of the cherubim and the pray ers of tho little child. Religious Sects in Exglaxd. It ap pears from a return recently made by the Registrar-General for England that no less than ninety-two different religious denominations exist in that country. Waxtf.d the Max Thrown Is. A Canadian clergyman, not long since, was called upon by an Irish girl who inquired how much ho asked for mar rying any body. He replied, "A dollar and a half," and Biddy departed. A few evenings later, on being sum mond to the door, ho was accosted by the same person, with tho remark sho had come to bo married. " Very well, " said the minister; but perceiving with astonishment that she was alone ho cotinucd, "Whero is tho man ?" An expression of disappointment and chagrin, too ludicrous to be described, passed over Biddy's features as sho ejaculated. " And don't you find tho man for a dollar and a half?" "What's in a Name?" Many of our readers have have had the pleascurc of seeing and hearing the celebrated Dr. Levi Bull, of whom the following in cident is related, whether founded on fact or not we cannot say. A child was brought foward f r bap tism, at one time whose parents bore the euphonious name of Mr. and Mrs. frog. "Name this child" said tho minister. " We name it after you," said tho amiable Mrs Frog. ' But," said Mr. Bull, "you have ono child call Levi, after me." "Yes was tho reply, "but wo call this ono after your 'tothcr name." So after the babtism the fond pa rents found to their dismay that they had called their child Bull Frog. Unpleasant, if True In Pliiadel phia on pleasant Sunday evening, an old lady whose failing eyes demanded an unusually large prayer-book, star ted for church a little early. Stopping on the way to call on a friend sho laid her prayer-book on the center table. When the bells began to chime bho snatched what supposed to bo her p rayer-book and started for church. Her scat was at tho chancel end of the gallery. Tho organ ceased playing. Tlio miiiioto- aa.x.1 "Tim T.ord ig in His temple, let all tho earth keep si lence before Him," In this effort to open her supposed praj-cr-book, sho started tho spring of tho music lxx which she had taken instead, It began to play; in her consternation sho put it on tho floor it would not stop ; she put it on tho seat it soun ded louder than ever. Finally sho earned it out, while it playod tho "Washing Day" an Irish jig tunc. Laugiiaele The following amus ing incident is related in tho Cortland (N. Y.) Gazelle. A very amusing affair occured last Sab bath morning hi a church not far from this village. Tho clcrgymau was dsscoursing as eloquently as tho tho stato of the weather would permit, yet ono of his auditors a young lady was so overcome with tho heat as to fall asleep in tho midst of tho dis course. J. nose uemnuncr were some what amused, observing her efforts to keep her head in a perpendicular po sition. Tho superintendent of tho Sabbath-school happening to look around just as the lady's head was go ing over backward, supposed sho had fainted, and springing to his feet called out to the doctor to stop and send down from tho desk a tumbler of wa ter, which request was immediately complied with and a'copious supply of water, was administered to tho som nolent young lady before sho had timo to fairly recover herself. A number of sympathizing ones gathered about her, but she soon retired from the audienco room with face too crimsom to com- jort with a fainting fit. When she sleeps in church again it will probbaly be with one eye open. Coleridge was descanting, in tho presence of Charles Lamb, upon tho repulsive appearance of an oyster. "It isn't handsome, Coleridge," said jamb, "but it has the advantage of ou in one thing." "What is that ?" qucrried Coleridge, who as every one knew, was an ex- haustless talker. It knows when to shut its mouth," was the reply. A Bible class waa asked to name the precious stones named in the biblo. Af ter several scholars Jiad inven answers, one little fellow called out "Well Tho mas, what precious stones have you found? " Brimstone," was the reply. A tender conscience is an inestima ble blessing; that is, a conscicnco not only quick to discern what is evil, but instantly to shun it, as tho eyelid clos ses itself against a mote. TT
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