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v'.ei s,iU:: t1 t;;i'i' ler it;' i!.;v.
er parts of the world too, are. evideu-' earth than one hundred feet, that is,
ces tending to the same poiat, testify- ; in the ulluval deposits, the time of. his
ing that there are extensive fire in creation e-umot date hack further thjn
the central pavt of the eartti, which the hi.-.ti.rie periods, say about dix
maintain the hij-h tcniperatuie of their j thousand ye.-ms. The caviller mfy
waters. And the fact that nn we pen,- : perhaps aflirni si)at man was created
trate the crust, of the earth wo iind the l"'i-r to t liat rime, and that all evidence
heat increasing at. a uniform rate i ;'a of his exiutenee was obliterated by t$o
proof that the whole interior of our I revolutions thai won constantly tak
globe is in an igneous atate, and tliat ! place, liut this fails to touch the
the crust of the earth i; bat u t lun point at issue. To seietitiiic lumOalU
covering, and probably not so thick, I evident that if man had. existed j
proportionally, as the sh.dl U to the ''"' alluvial periods some 0
i egg. The spheroid figure of the earth, ilenCt' ot i.s tvastence woniu Piou
The reinuius ot man are uo iqo?f Je-
I also. k. an evidence of the fact that the
1 nrt.h wn forme rlv in a molten coudi- i tructible than those of cfther 3:,
Xvw for time is short, and death J he chanced to use the word rvvvoe. with the accumulated honors of .i long
is near, and judgement, threatens ! ; lie. at once stopped and added: , and well-spent life resting nobly upon
Now; for in eternity it will be too late j "A agreed on I now beg leave to j his hoary and wueratM brow. A
and your very next stei may land you j give an apt. illustration of this term. - : locked upon the little circle of Lynch
there! the only .season of which you j Were I to say at this moment the whols j buiy oetog' Marians seated at the fes
can be sure is iuhv ! The only season j of my congregation are sound asleep, tive board, a feeling tinged with s:u-
in which you can work is note .' The
purpose may not hist till to-morrow;--fulfil
it mitv .' i'resh difficulties will
this certainly would be an hyperbole; : ness came over our heart, as we
but if J say that one-half are in this i thought of t h-. brit.f space if human
abject condition, this would not "bo a ; existence, at its longest time. In the
i language of the monarch bard of Ism-
flood the channel to-morrow wade it j hyperbole, but the truth.'
now! The chain of evil habit will j Talking about "fine phrases" recalls j el, lit i. of ,, and vvjtij away'
bind you more tightly to-morrow;
suai) it now
lieligion is a work for
j tion, that beinjj precisely lor.- Ii
, eartli would a.-laume in revolving upon
i its axis.
j Lastly, Ave ale certain that the U-m-!
perature of the earth is not so high as
it once was. and that ii. is continually
material, and ought eerlainiv to en
dure as well as those of inferior organ
isms. Animals and plants of the mo.st
delicate .structure have been preserved
to us through immense periods ilJ-d
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throwing off its heat into t he surround-: u i,l'lJlTl ,1UV "i l "
- ,1V anci from the action of the elements that
Xow who can tell when this process ; wc are enabled to determine with
of radiation commenced? Ts it not! :it'cracy their genus, species,
reasonable to conclude that there was habits and modes of life. Countless
at home time a sufficient degree of heat i h-ive Pcd since the trilobite
tomelt the whole mass, so that we oncej f"nd his resting place far down in
must conclude thetheorvot an eternal! the deep hard strata of the Silurian
ami neeesssarv series of changes to be ! system, on being brought out
false For aught we know God mav ! llintJ' matl'lx lh! ituralists
have so constituted some peculiar or- : with ease distinguish even his or
ganization as to be capable of existing ! of vision, and, with the assistance
and enioving life amidst the inimeval ! the microscope, compute the imm
rires, but that would suppose a differ- lflis 1'bably contained in
ii,u ,,vrt ! eacil eve, snowing inereoy iiiul i'.i inose
another story of a clergyman who had j J Jut it is glorious to see the patriarch
a fondness for ioag words, and under- and jiatriot of more than four score
every day; begin ii. to or .' Sin expo- j took to iusi rue: on.; of his church otii- j years going calmly towards the sunset
ses to present miseries; escape them j cers in the use of them. One night ; of life, with the prospect of 'resting nu-
Holiness colliers present joys; ! as thev were about to leava the vee- ,W II. ,. of Iti.i fro on tli nlli-
r Imv 8' i . . ' - - ' - - - - - - - -
'ftfrf VLiA MiMii in, if' A'oi-r I 'l-fitrii- iiiiin- ' f .T..I..I .1-I .. ', ', -f f l . . f i l. ii ..: ...1 ;.....
,aiuic !,"-- t...vvw. t.v. j j , -j w.l. i ii'iwi .ii. iumi.-u-i u nc 11 nni'.im t;iecoai inn. wijosn tiiitirr
mands; obey llim now.' A (led of J should put out the candles. "Put ; bank marks the boundaries of time,
Love entreats; be reconciled now.' j out ! say extinguish" answered the ! and whose opposite shore skirts the
The Father, from i fis throne invites; clergyman. "Ah, "said John, "does spirit land. 1 Jut the venerable Dish
return now! The Saviour from His j extinguish always stand for put out ?" ! op still lives, and long may he live, to
cross beseeches; trust Him mnc ! The j "Always," replied, the minister. - j teach us by his example, to inspire us
Holy Spirit is striving in our heart;! Next Sunday it happened that a dog j by his cheerful presence, to restrain
yield now ! "Behold now is the excep- j began to bark in the church. John . us by his life of moral excellence, and
ted time, behold tow is the. day of sal- j at once rose in his seat, and solemnly ' to scatter around him, in the autumn
:i he rVutoit
ent order of things from
j distant periods the laws of light were
' 'The second argument against the ! tllt "c to-day, and that the iuhab
tlijorv of an eternal and necessary se- 'nt of those primeval seas, as they
ries of chan-es is drawn from the I ported amid the waves, enjoyed the
fossil remains imbedded in the different
iit3se
4 a A 1
-til
tight of that same great luminary
which todav gladdens the heart of
j fi J man, the latest and noblest .of all God's
( Lti nmsts. hvnii f vti in h iat ion o 1 the '
.. , . ,1 , , , , i works. These things being so, to sup-!
fossils iound in the strata ot earth, ; . . . ,. , 1
straia
'Vhethi
iS the l'esui
sary series . !' p
Tile tlic n-y o
5iarv strict !
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i ! . i , i -ii -l t i j. il, i. i UUMU Liiiii.. till, i cnuarn .ri uiiui mcii- vn;
iin- mv.vent order o! things have ascertained beyond a doubt that , 1
. , t ' -i - i : stroved is supposing an absurdity.
01 an denial ami neees- t he present races ot plants ami animais - A 1 .
-H':ll Cil:lll;
l:i i i. rnal
h-.-vieal el
and neces-
a.'ii'i-s has
found many
eates.
AlUi ii has i
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eloijUeii! ;ido-
11 Vi"il!
fi.nd ii'!oiis to tlie revelations
x
rlogy the argam
s.-eptiv' wt-re n. -t
nls ,
.vitho
s 'siience ;
ot ('(.-
luUced I'V the
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, ,1 l 11 il. J.1II- lLirii, iiiij iiiuciii ill u ;uuniuiiii i.u
are not the first and only races that ; . 1 1
, . -ii j ii i i ' i J this atheistic theory is drawn trom the i
have existed, but that, during a long; i
,, , , ,-i ! Bible. Uehave no hesitation m re-!
-lJlllll ot timn tup iiisitinii or which i .
, , -i ii i ; ceiving the histories of the profane
cannot be measured, our earth has ; . 1
, i writers as true. hv t nen should we
been the scene ot manv changes. At;. . ..' ... .1 . ,
l a . i . i' . " t t 1
different rimes our eartJi
1 tfirtii '
adapted to different classes of beings, j ' ' ,
... ,. .ii e learn trom the iille that God
and incapable ot affording support to : .
:i certain de- those vvhese habits and customs were
..... ..'contains that the present order was
.not conformed to its condition. At i , i
... . . , , . , . i established uirectly by his ower, and
consideration one tune it was adapted only to a tew i , , , . ,
.... . , , . , , , that evervtiimgistne wonc or s nana,
ears n, with its pres- marine plants and animals ot trie low- . , 7
, 1 , . . . ' Here, then, is an argument from mdo
;uiti ;i!i,:!i u-., ii.i.- est UlUtlS, WHICH illtro iiuii icn men
sster
g'ree of plausiblh
The "theory i
supposes that tie
ent races of plant
existed eternally, and that generation excuvke or remains in such immense
after generation has been prodived in quantities as, when upheaved by i ti
the same manner as at present. ternal disturbances, to form whole
The first argiiraeii; we I wing io dis- mountains. At another time the
prove- this theory is ih one derived earth was best adapted to the vegeta
trom the fact that th- earl Si was once le kingdom. The atmosimere being
in a gaseous or molten sfaie, and con-1 charged with vast quantities of car
seqitently nun dial A i ai tie. We might, bonic acid, those primeval forests, so
wit h perfect propriety, maintain that analogous to the productions of the
the earth, and even the whole planeta- tropics, were brought forth, and after
rv system, was once in a tino. state, wards levelled to the earth and formed
consolidated; our extensive coalfields.
iU
this the- By another revolution the earth was
the case adapted to tribes of huge saurians and
demonstrate the reptiles. So that there have been six,
i
d but turn and ex- and some affirm twelve, different
and afterwards he.'-ami
but it is sulticieui i.; iv
ory to show that s.tcli
with the earth. To
t nun ot r ins we n
amine the lithoi. ;;-:ral characters of clashes of plants and animals upon
the rocks composing the earth's stir- the earth since it became the abode of
face. All the primarv rocks have such living organizations. Thus again the
a structure as fully warrants this as- theory under consideration is demon-
sertion. Th-' graitiie and several oth- strated to be ntterltj fnl.t
er kinds of rock ai
while th
w
of igneous origin, Thirdly. We derive an argument
,i .
e original
i
I. . Ail I
mi tamoi on w rucks, whn-h aoramst the eternity ot tne present or-
deposib'd by aqueous 1 der from tiie fact that .since the com
by the operation of in-' mencement of the alluvial epoch,
u their :.: : net iovs so several species of animals have become
to n ;ideJ their extinct. Certain large animals, such
many c:ises all as the fossil elephant, the megatheri-
evidenee of siraiiiie.ui m ha.; been de- uni, dinotherium, the mylodon, the
m i ; , having as- fossil horse, ox, deer, etc., and several
tie ;! iii.-: in e, and species of huge birds, the diornis and
agencies, nav
ternal fires, had i!
changed a;; sometiei
origin doubtful
i
u In
.stroved, tin
sumed a cry-. i alt:
were it not f v h.
gards other ro d:
l)G-en a.-.sie.n.- ii to ;:
p .,.tio)i ;i- re- nestor of New-Zealand, and the dodo
; -v would have of Mauritus and Bourbon. Some of
igneous origin. - them have disappeared since the cre-
If such evidence w.-i.-. r.ir. ly juet with ation of man. Now if we find that any
there would le less ground to argue species has become extinct it clearly
the point, bat :.n. h evidence being proves that in the present system of
found everywhere, :!id in every case 1 things there is a tendency to decay
having- precisely i ho same bearing, the i and ruin, and if there be a tendency to
conclusion drawn from it by the man : ruin, the system must have an end,
of science i-i unavoidable. and there being an end there must have
Again, ihe fact that at the present been a beginning; so that the present
there are vast quantities of fire in the . order of things is not eternal, and this
bowels of the earth argue.-; that the ! system of atheism is thereby shown to
vation !"
Brother! Sister! cease to say.
"111 lepmit, )ut not io-l:.y:
At ii more convenient time
Wisdom's lofty steep I'll cTmi!,"
Thousands thus conviction iw!i;
Thousands thus have sunk to hell!
(tod ronionstraics ! promptly how:
Wait no longer! seek him Now!
Sinful wanderer! cease to roam:
Hark! thy Father calls thee hoin.t !
Jesus waits thy soul to save:
Aot lie lids thee mercy crave.
Aoj' the Spirit's help is given
Thee to draw from earth to Leaven:
Wilt thou not. with solemn vow.
Yield to (od. thy Saviour Nov,' V
Though reptilsod s(i oil hefom'.
Still lie knoekeih at thy door.
Hearing gifts untold, divine:
Treasure which may ;.f lie thine:
Wi!t thou rudely trom thee send
Such a generous, patient Friend '
Still he waiteth - wilt not thoa
Welcome, worship, serve him Xuv :
lie thy guilt however great,
.Voio he saved -lis not too late,
Yet beware ! for mercy's day
Soon will all have passed away.
Time's swift tide is surging o'er
Life's contracting, sinking shore:
If thou wouklst escape, allow
Not a moment's slumber Now?
Can the farmer hope to gaiu
Precious crops of golden grain,
lit" he idly, day by day,
n uie rWu ume .ireams away :
House, thee, soul ! redeem the past !
Harvest-time is coming fast!
Through the fallow drive the plough -Wouldst
thou reap? tie sowing Now ?
Canst thou safe in port arrive
If thy ship at random drive ".'
.Spread thy sail fair blows the breeze
Xoio the favoring moment seize!
Wouldst thou hear the word "Well done?"
t'e the labor noir begun!
Wouldst thou bind around thy brow
Victory's wreath? take helmet Now!
TheParthuj WrL
gave the order: Some one will extin-! of his days, the rich fruitago of hi
guish that dog." honored lii'e.
A 4'atlieriiig of the Aed.
j -Age s"; wiiii decent grace upon his visage,
j And wor'Jiilv becomes his silver locks;
lie we.tr ihe marks of manv years welt spent,
T ..,1.1 . i .. p n o t I ' ! 'vii 1 1 ii t ii well u ied. an 1 wise expmi
J he Jjynchburg I ifima of the 2d j lM 1
inst. gives an account of a New Year's !
dinner given in that city on the 1st,
by jfr. Palrielcfaltliews, an aged citi-1
:en, who invited such of his city eon- j
temporaries as lia.d attained the. age !
of seventy-five years. There were I
eighteen persons present, as follows:!
"Bishop John Early, Jindsey Shoe- j
maker, Alboir McDaniel, Dr. William
Owens, Thos. Ferguson, Chesley liar-
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Tbon-ht
ru which may be received as valid as
we continue to place any confidence
in the writers of Greece and Rome.
When these are rejected, then, and
not till then, shall we reject the histo-
vrnf r-vpn f inn fis vpcovoWI in thfi Di- Clerical Anecdotes.
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vine "Word. Church Union.
Dr. Hugh Blair, the celebrated rhe
torican, and his colleague, Dr. Robert
Walker, were respectively the most
eloquent exponents of the theories of
1 i i i i.: i i
Now! A short word; a shorter j wols auu as ,mM!nu:u uoc"
trmes ot Christianity. Uneounuav Dr.
11V NEWAt.VN ULL.
thing. Soon uttered; Sooner gone
Now! a grain of sand on a bound- ! laiF' wanning in his presentation of
less plain. A tiny ripple on a meas
ureless ocean! Over that ocean we are
sailing; but the only part of it we pos
sess is that on which our vessel at this
moment tioats. From the stern we j
look backwards and watch the ship's i
wake in the waters; but how short a ;
distance it reaches, and how soon every j
traco disappears. We see also some
landmarks farther off, and then the
horizon closes the view; but beyond,
that ocean still rolls far, tar away.
Memory contemplates the few years
of our individual life; history sbmvs !
us a dim outline of mountiaus; science j
his favorite theme, thus apostrophized
! virtue:
i "0 Virtue, if thou wert embodied,
J all men would love thee ! "
I Dr. Walker, in the afternoon in the
! course of his sermon rejoined as fol
! lows;
"Virtue ha been embodied. Did
all men love her ? No; she was de
spised ami rejected of men, who, after
defaming, insulting and scourging her,
led her to Calvary, where they crucified
her between two thieves."
James Oliphant, minister of Dun
dy, George Rereival, Absolem Willi
ams, James McDonald, Sr., James
Fretwell, Pleasant Labby, David R.
Edley, James V. Knight, Judge Daniel
A. Wilson, Michael Council, Sr., War
ren Ganna way, Maj. James Garland,
John G. Meem."
Of these gentlemen each, the I7r
(inion gives some personal account,
and of Bishop Early, as follows :
"Bishop Early is a man of mark.
and yet he bears himself erect, and
preserves his vigor of intellect unim
paired. His memory is a vast treas
ure house from which he brings things
'new and old.' He has always kept
fully abreast with the times. In his
Church lie has always been a progres
sive man. An a citizen tie lias identi
fied himself with public improvements
and with all measures looking to the
commonweal. He is emphatically, a
public itjtiriied man; neer behind the
foremost in al prudential schemes de
signed to promote tho best interests
of the commonwealth, and the gener
al good of society. As a Lynchburyi'r,
his name stands connected with the
hUiwy of the place. Here he h.is had
his home, and reared his family. -Here
he is honored and revered. His
life of integrity and Christian consis
tency commands the admiration and
j Our humiliations work out our most
elevated joy; . The way that a drop
J of radii inn s tt) sing in the leaf that
j rustles in the top of the tree till sum
mer long, is by going down to the
roots first, and from thence ascending
i to the bolt A:.
- It is one oft he worst effects of
prosperity to make a man a vortex in
stead of a founlhui; so lhat, instead of
throwing out, ho learns only to draw
in.
--Some men are like pyramids
which are very broad where they
touch the ground, but i,'i'nv nm-wwor
as they reach the skv.
God builds for every sinner, if he
will but come back, a highway of gol-
.don prondsi .r. fom t he depths 'f de
gradation and sin up to the Father's
house.
Every loving word that God
speaks to us acts back again, and
makes music in his heart. He never
says, with a scowl,, "Hero conies that
poor, limping sinner again." The
path of the sinner back to God in
brighter and brighter all the way up to
the smile of the face and the touch of
the hand; and thai is salvation.
l:t:i4osti (railing.
ai: hundred thousand men were
employed for twenty years in building
the great pyramid at Ghizeh, and ten
years had been previously spent in
quarrying the stones ami conveying
them to the pl:i"e.
In summer, the rich Romans of the
flourishing times of the empire had
fresh clear rills brought through their
lower rooms. In these wero many
i t l, . i : , l . l -i. ..if .. .
I imriou, uuu ii eiiiioux juioil oi niaiving
: running comments, in a low tone of
voice, as he read the scriptures.
. ., , ,i iicuic .-i; liu iiviri i.uiru lumpen ui
assures us that, like space, it hath
CO L 3
tells us that still farther back, out of
sight, stretches that vast sea; reason
no boundary : but all that we possess
of it is represented by this small word
pulpit were the most highly prized.
kinds of livintr fish, which the uuesU
respect of all who know him; and hr is toot out v.jt, tjl(.jr mvu iautH to be
k nown im n rrijfiodi, as he, himself, j dressed, every m:in according to hi-
knows every one. We speak of him ! own liking.
as a citizen and a member of society, j Hi: that will not permit his wealth to
In the social circle he isagreeable, and ; do any good to others while he i
fi i l n -ii ' dive prevents it from doing an v good
often entertains Ins friends with atiec- , "l;V Vl , . ,7 .
, , . . r 1 to hnnselt alter he is dead; ami by
dotes and pieasant reminis-ei s ot j ,ojislll whirh is sniHdal, not only
other days, lie is always courteous ! t.?lts !,;,,,. If idf from the truest plena-
ill his bearing; entertains with old
Virginia hospitality, and spreads
cheerfulness around him in whatever
circle he is t Iirown.
"As a minister of the gospel lie has
always sustained a high reputation as
, t . 1 Il I . . ..I......
ure lu re, out ironi i ne nappine un
after.
To inculcate contentment with our
lot, the eminent -lolin Nevvion left u
this saving: "If two angels came down
from Heaen to executo a divine com
mand, and one was appointed to coii-
a powerful and effective preacher in duct an empire, and the other to
his dav. lie has tilled every podlioh '. sec .1 street in it, they would feel no
of responsibility and trust in his j mclmatmn to change employments."
Church with di-niiv and credit to Tur. bitterness of humility is a tonic
himself, and with honor and profit to : ' ' T" li)wto yourself
IS as IlCl e:iiii ill 1111 niini ii "",
, , , ... ,. i Here are two samples ot his "pulpit! the communion with whici, torso .. ...,, v iin-.oi.rh Vfiici
V,iw! T lon.ut h-ki' !iftinn la mil's . 1 1 1 i i HS it IS lul tiaVelliflS ll!10ll',ll -iIIH:t
i ' " . . 1..-. 1.. . 1.,... ! . . . i ii ... ..
many t;iii, ne u.-i 'r-n j.i..iiiiin-ini i jU.,.,.s to take, every now ana men, n
no longer. The future may never be
come present, and is not ours until it
: notes
Reading of the swine rushing into j connected. He was born in Bedford j draught of ipiinine. Spnr'or:.
does. The only part of time we can
use is this very moment Xoir!
the sea, he muttered, "O that the
devil had been choked too !" Read-
O, listen to the voice or warning I
' ing Peter's remark, "We have left all
. , .. , , , , a ; and followed Thee," he said, quietly,
Awake thou that sleepest! I . , t. , , ' 1 .
county, Va., January 1, lTMl, where i j xy(MV ,etter to perish by a violent
he spent the early part of his life, lie j death than to live so as to cause oiih
joined the Virginia Conference of tin- of Christ's little ones to stumble.
Methodist Episcopal Chinch in 1S;)!J I Wui:s a man is tempted to do a
He has served his Church in the ca-1 tempting thing, he can find a hundred
'tin in '
. .. i "Avfl bon.st.in'. Peter, avfi hrtuvo-mo'
Awake now . "Seek the Eord while ; I . , , . , , , , I ;,.,.;i.im i--jmoiis for matifvin" lilt
, , .. t, . . . , , what had ye to leave but an old crazy Spacitv of pastor, presiding elder, bo. k ! og 'mus it nsons ioi guiiu.wn
he may be lound! Seek him now! - jl .r i i ! liking. rioi L mt.
t T, ,1 i , , . , , boat, and may be two or three rotten a,vent and publisher. He has been a ;
"Beheve in the Lord Jesus Christ and , ! .. l, iv- widl- l,.,t not boast of it. for
llPtii' ! r.nn..ni(.mlK .'OllOi ill Tl II I.llf ! ill 1 ;II 1 ( ) 1 1 - ' J . '
W v.-w..v
thou shall be saved !" Believe now!-
mi.i-.iT . l. i"ti tri i l- i ..-.i:. ... I
uie rscoicu as a ruie, aisiiKe nne i al measures oi ins oeuominaiion, ami i ,, i,..,. ,t .,,-.,.
whole earth was once in . -:.i..iir-n be false.
I"! f C r-i Ci 4- i I- T I 1 1 1 - i ri-ii- it nlr nmi.l ill
state. In diff-rent parts of the earth . 111 addition to this we may say that " lua ljaiW"" ; WOrds.
e J x l, ! thvono-h Ilia Idrwul rlr rn hie otorifi-
t hare arc numerous volcanoes fed by ! ma 18 IUUUU 10 ue oue 01 lu " , nins" is a favorite proverb with them. ! Id, Chnrch. and. as a mark of their
' ' . - . - . . ... i- J- .-,...! i. I . . I - I ... JT I.I L.' - . - 1 1 - L 1 a.i 1 j - " -7 "
'Fine words butter no pars-1 as an expression of the confidence of
I that will lessen the commendation you
in iu lit ot
Gon hears the hearts, though
without words: but he never heaid
mpiit imidori tlif. IiaIh tf liia Wiiirit !
t I Inn rnn nlni'ivrnluli Tr h it l,v ..4- a...:... !..i.it. .11 ll.n II. . 1 . . ... .1 1 1
1 , , . . . , . , . 1 vuc ui uie v.iviK "icii "iiu i.- ill luc Ill'' Jlc.-bl- uni3iufi .ii 11 ui, mr; viriiiidi .,,...,1 . uitimn' tl'H lieilll
... 1 .11
internal fires. Occasionally thov burst ' atlvely rxnf, creations, snowing that
forth, pouring their liquid ,in;s upon ' som W)W(iV does actually interfere;
the surfti
immense
ness of ratch fore- ;J ill at the c.'.mmand imm 13 oue ot t,ie recent creations. T , - haQW WflsfAfl irfift,lv . in the pulpit, to stop and explain them. ! m-and. moral spectacle of a -reat ami hiaesti-.u, " Who died for you?'' After a
Tlio tiiowov tn tliio ia tliottlmvomm'noiT . , J ... . 1 . .. - . . i Ml.. of filcllC- Ulld a SPCll OI WlllSpeiinK
good man going clown the declivity ot j a;,,,v ..nig.. about forty years old replied,
wurmg their b.piid ,in.s upon ; P"l Ilul"u "ilt!ueie i " " , " " 7 . 1 7, : habit of using "dictionary words" was Conference of 1S51 conferred upon'
face, spreading de?,dati,m over ' with the present order. But perhaps .o-, at the ; waited on by a congregation, and ask- him the office of Bi.hop. He is now c. '" 1 T iTcamtv
, , if viTiv bo asked how wp tiinw thnt 1 strait gate now! Offer the prayer, i , , , ; ?.. . . , 1 , Sal bstli school, m tins eountiy, a tew
;e terntor,..-., : .;o-.vjr,e; the vast- lt m'J 1,0 asueu llow Me Knmv inai ; God e mei.cifuIto me a sinner'' now! ed when he used untamihar expressions , advancing in years, but presents the w,.s.i.-s the devout teacher asked tho
of nature. ina huswei lo ima 13 luax lue lemams Lcse no more. Thia may be your on
The hot springs of Iceland, and oth- of man uot being found lower in the . ly opportunity! Seize it nov:f
The dry humor of this remark met a
fitting reward. On the next Sunday
i cec TPith a. nnmA nnrnrriKshprl flnd ? - 7.,.,..
u,0w, . . .. . v xurruTfi JJlHUUin.