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Published in the Interests of Methodism in North Carolina.
S.0 Per Annum, in .Advance.
Vol. XXI.-No. 22.
Kaleigli, N. C, Wednesday, June 2, 1875.
Whole No. 1,060.
clcctct Poetry.
Enough-
BY FHANCKS RIDLEY IIATKKOAL.
I urn -o wi-iik, dear L ru! I cinnot 3"and.
One momen' without ibee.
Bat oil! tiie teiulern 'ss nt thine enfolding,
A'"l "h! 'h- r.ii'hlulii" of ttiiiu uplioliliug,
And ohl the strength ot thy tight, hand!
Tb;it strengh is enough rir me.
lam so lonely, Lord! And yet I kuow
All iullu 'ss dwells in ttier.
And hour by hour th.it never fa, ling trras
ure. Supplies ttid fl'.'is in overflowing meisure
My ltst, my greatest needj and so
Thy grace is enough lor
It is so sw.wt to trust thy word alone!
I do not ak to sre
The nuvailins; of thy purpose, or the shin
ing Oi future light ou mysteries untwining;
Thv promise-roll is all my own
Tb? word is enough for me.
The h itnan heart asks lovj but now I
k;ow
Thai ui heart Lal!i from the
Aud real and full m melons perfec
lion,
So near, sj human! Vet diviii'S affection
Tori I Is gloriously the mighty glow,
T'ly love is enoogii tor me.
There were strange sjul depths, restlefs,
vasi and broad,
rolathomed as the sea,
Aud infinite craving for some infinite Jstil
hug:
Bur now thy perlect peace is perfect filling;
1. ,r l Jfsu Christ, my Lord, my God!
Ta Hi, iiou art euouh f,.r me.
tj o m m u it i c a t c t .
For the Advocate.
Eevivals No. 3.
While the enemies of spiritual pro
,'reis are using their strength to crush
the revival spirit that is now mani
festing itself in nearly every part of
the world where the gospel has been
preached, it is well for the friends of
i vital godliness to be wide awake, and
coking every possible means of pro-
moting the work. This is not the
I time to yield, lest perchance we might
ifall under the frowns of scoffers.
I While the enemies are using their
I heaviest ordnance, the friends of the
Jwork should push their columns for
'ward with such rapidity as to silence
J the batteries ot sin, and spiice tne
guns of an impudent but impotent
loe.
'. This brings us to the question,
'what can the church do to render re
Rivals more common and more lasting.
JBy revivals we do not mean mere
cpasiuuuic ecimiueiiLa, i,um
Jneteor, soon vanish and leave no trace
iehind: but on awakening, in which
pie church seeks a deeper work of
grace, and sinners are brought ear
nestly to seek the pardon of their
1113.
I The Discipline of the Methodist
Church directs, that we should notice
jthose places where God seems pleased
to prosper the work, and there to ia-
jjr more abundantly. This is a good
ule. The Church should also at this
ime pray more especially for those
Jvho are engaged in revivals that
Jliey may have both wisdom and grace
u manage the work prudently, that
there be no room for gainsayers to
i:iJ fault, within the domain of rea
Ion . The best regulated revival in
4ie world will present scenes soine-
nies that appear awkward. "Where
:ople are excited this is to be ex
ited. Christ was solicited to stop
e shoutings of the people, but he
f 'jected, affirming that if they should
M their peace the very stones would
f y out. Nothing can be more exci
!)' to the human mind than for those
ii' are in iminent danger suddenly
'- discover the means of escape. In
tiiace the besieged fort, in which
1 teneral Havelock expected his troops
i lid their families all to be soon mas
tered, when they heard and saw the
ritish relief, the shouting and re
joicing beggared all description. A
Subject involving eternal life or death
fiiinot be void of excitement. But
it be deep and earnest, and its re
lets will be goo J.
But the object of this article is more
penally to call the attention of the
"uch to the importance of selecting
td .sending out evangelists for the
i'jik, by two and two. Christ sent
it .sixty by twos and Paul generally
id with him a ministerial companion.
metimes B arnabas sometimes Si -
and sometimes other preachers.
apostles rfr.in went, in nairs.
itli-r often had Melancthon. Le
vre Lad Fane; John Wesley had
Jiles and others oft -;u to accompany
Moody and Sanky ai-e now
lues that cannot be well separated.
my a neighborhood revival has come
f a (lose for the want of a second
l" to aid in the work. "Where two
11 in hearted, prudent men unite in
"ivivul, the work is more likely to
h in good order, than where
f rangers are frequently coming in to
'"luce despondency. "Would it not
a worthy experiment for the Con-
r'hr:e to appoint two revivalists at
' Men whose hearts are in the
' -'-ial work.
e. L. r.
For the Advocate.
Messes. Editobs: Permit me to give
through the columns of the Advocate
a few more facts to the reading por
tion of mankind if they will patiently
"hear me through." An old gentle
man who resided in this county re
cently died, having lived to a ripe old
age in single bliss. A few months
prior to his death he was stricken by
disease, which, doubtless was the
effects of a wound received from a
vicious horse three or four years ago.
While he was sick, a Catholic priest,
accompanied by a devotee of Boman
ism, visited him, and through much
persuasion induced him to don the
symbol of that mystical denomination,
assuring him by their strongest argu -ments
that it was the thing necessary
to his future happiness. They then
endeavored to persuade him to give
half of his possessions, which is esti
mated to be worth ten thousand dol
lars, to the Catholic church. To their
chagrin, he did not comply with their
request. He survived the first attack,
but a few days ago he was summoned
hence. Father somebody was imme
diately telegraphed for before his soul
made its exit, but arrived too late to
perform a 'miracle.' However, he
came equipped in his priesthood's
"fixins," and on his way irom R. K.
Depot, being accompanied by a young
man who occasionally 'indulged,' his
royal fathership drew a glass piece of
artillery and shelled him heavily with
what the young man termed the best
liquor lie ever drank. The weather
being inclement they kept up an in
cessant running fire of ' grape and
tickler" till they reached their destina
tion, when, of course, the usual anoint
ing operation was performed on the
person of the deceased,to the conster
nation of the good people, who, doubt
less, had never before heard or read of
such proceedings, which will be the
theme of amusing gossip for a month
or so. Many of your readers may not
be cognizant of the growth of Roman
Catholicism in this country which is
fearful and astonishing. The Catho
lic church in the United States prob
ably numbers eight million communi
cants. They occupy (5.920 stations,
chapels and churches, and have the
service of 4,873 priests, 6 apostolic
vicars, 49 Bishops, G archbishops and
one cardinal. They have 18 theologi
cal seminaries with nearly 1,500 stu
dents; over 2,000 schools of all grades,
and more than 3,000 asylumns and
hospitals. There are among them 7
different orders of monks and friars,
12 of nuns, 8 different institutions
such as Jesuits and Redemptorists, 12
congregations of piiests and broth
ers and 30 sisterhoods. A rumor has
been put in motion to the effect that
Pius IX will take up headquarters in
this country. The Roman Catholics
are making strong efforts to gain the
ascendency; and every spire of a cath
olic church that is reared aloft is but a
step toward monarchy and every con
vert an advocate, in principle, of a
Monarchical form of government.
Roman Catholicism instituted the
persecution of the old countries and
burned the Divines who were teaching
their fellow man by precept and ex
ample the religion of Jesus Christ.
The Romans already claim the great
valley of the Mississippi, the richest
region of this country. The student
of history may see with prophetic eye
the course they are persuing will
eventually, when they gain the power,
result as in other countries in Impe
rialism. The horrible disclosures of
convent life made by escaped nuns
should be sufficient warning to our
people to let Roman Catholicism
severely alone. It will prove at the
last day as flimsy and self condemn
ing as Atheism, and all of their Ro
man tomfoolery will vanish like mist
in a tornado. May a merciful God
save the present and rising generation
from the belief in Roman Catholicism,
and be thoroughly enlightened in the
religion of Him who died for all man
kind. Last Snnday (9th inst.,) it was
announced that a meeting called "The
Retreat," would commence at the
Catholic Church at Newton Grove; in
the course of ivhich two "high piiests,"
who, I suppose, are in Virginia, would
deliver discourses directly explaining
the faith and order of Romanism. A
little curiosity and a weak desire to
hear and see something prompted me
to attend for the first time in my life.
On my way to the "amphitheatre," I
learned that only one priest would
show his nose, which proved 'correct,'
consequently a large, respectable and
intelligent congregation were sadly
disappointed. The next appointment
is the second Sunday in June, when
we are promised a grand and fantasti
cal Retreat. Everybody and his fam
ily have a special invitation. These
Romans promise a great time just
ahead in order to gather a large
crowd.
C.
A great many ways are tried to make
the gospel sweet-oil and sugar-plums.
You are told that he who believes and
is baptized shall be saved; but there
dome preachers stop; it must be re
membered that he who does not is
damned. Rev. T. Z. Talmage,
John Wesley.
His death scene was one of the most
peaceful and triumphant in the an
nals of the church. Prayer, praise,
and thankfulness were on his lips .
Many golden sentences, worthy to be
had in everlasting remembrance, were
uttered during his last hours. "Our
friend Lazarus sleepeth." "He is all!
He is all!" "There is no need for more
than what I said in Bristol; my words
then were
"I the chief of sinners am,
But Jesus died for me.'5'
"We have boldness to enter into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus."
"How necessary it is for every one to
be on the right foundation! "The
Lord is with us, the God of Jacob is
our refuge." "Never mind the poor
carcass." "The clouds drop fatness."
"He giveth His servants rest. ' "He
causeth His servants to lie down m
peace." "I'll praise: I'll praise."
"Lord, thou givest strength to those
that can speak, and to those that can
not- Speak, Lord, to all our hearts,
and let them know that thou loosest
the tongue." "Jesus! Jesus!" His
lips are wetted, and he says his usual
grace, "We thank thee, O Lord, for
these and all thy mercies. Bless the
church and king; and grant us truth
and peace, through Jesus Christ our
Lord for ever and ever." Those who
look out of the windows are darkened,
and he sees only the shadow of his
friends around his bed. "Who are
these?' "We are come to rejoice with
you; you are going to receive your
crown." "It is the Lord's doing," he
calmly replies, "and marvellous in
our eyes." "I will write," he ex
claims, and the materials are placed
within his reach; but the "right hand
has forgot her cunning," and "the pen
of the once ready writer refuses to
move. "Let me write for you, sir,'
says an attendant, "What would you
say?' 'Nothing, but that God is with
us.' 'Now we have done all. Let us
all go.' And now, with all his re
maining strength, he cries out, "The
best of all is, God is with us!' And
again, lifting his fleshless arm in token
of victory, and raising his failing voice
to a pitch of holy triumph, he repeats
the heartreviving words, "The best of
all is, God is with us!' A few minutes
before ten o'clock on the morning of
the 2nd of March, 1791, he slowly
and feebly whispered, 'Farewell! Fare
well!" and literally, "without a lin
gering groan,' calmly 'fell asleep,
having served his generation by the
will of God." 77. Moore.
Sanitary Effects of Iron
Muspratt gave to iron the name of
"Nature's scavenger," and Professor
Medlock justifies the appellation by
means of recent observations and
analyses. By placing water in con
tact with a large surface o4 iron, he
discovered that in about two days
every trace of organic matter had dis
appeared or was rendered insoluble, in
which state it could be removed by
by filtration. It was also discovered
that water, which had been conveyed
through iron mains, instead of being
contaminated, was actually rendered
more pure, that which contained, on
entering the pipes, iron to the extent
of nearly one-half grain per gallon
was found to contain on issuing scarce
ly a trace of this metal. Water, con
taining 2.10 organic matter and 96 of
iron, after standing in contact with
iron for some time, was found by
subsequent analysis to be virtually
pure, the organic matters having eith
er been decomposed or precipitated.
These results vould seem to suggest a
simple and effective method for ob
taining pure water, and, if we mistake
not, their publication will soon be
followed by an advertisement setting
forth the claims of some new filter
and water-purifier. Appleton's Jour
nal. Veeb vl Vices. Indulgence in ver
bal vice soon encourages correspon
ding vices in conduct. Let any one
of you come to talk about any mean
or vile practice with a familiar tone,
and do you suppose, when the oppor
tunity occurs for committing the
mean or vile act, he will be as strong
against it as before? It is by no means
an unknown thing that men of cor
rect lives talk themselves into crime,
into sensuality, into perdition. Bad
language easily runs into bad deeds.
Select any iniquity you please; suffer
jourself to converse in its dialect, to
use its slang, to speak m the character
of one who relishes it, and I need no t
tell how soon your moral sense will
lower down to its level. Becoming
intimate with it, you lose your horror
of it- To be too much with bad men
and in bad places is not only un
wholesome to a man's morality, but
unfavorable to his faith and trust in
God. It is not every man who could
live as Lot did in Sodom, and then
be fit to go out of it under God's con
voy. This obvious principle of itself
furnishes a reason not only for watch
in" the tongue, but for keeping our
selves as much as possible out of the
company of bad associates. Indian
Arcana.
National Salutations-
The Japanese salutes by taking the
slipper off his foot. In Hindostan,
one salutes a man by taking him by
the beard. The kins' of Ternate
stands during his audiences, and his
subjects sit down to salute him. The
inhabitants of the Philippine Islands
take your hand to do you honor, and
then rub their faces with it. The
Laplanders push their noses vigor
ously against those of the persons
whom they accost. In New Guinea,
when they wish you good evening,
they place green leaves on your head.
The Ethiopian takes the robe of him
whom he approaches, and covers him
self over with it as far as he can. The
black kings of the African coast press
the middle finger three times as a
sign cf salutation. The Chinese have
a whole series of salutes, from merely
bending the knee to complete prostra
tion. They used formerly to repeat
the salutations for forty days to the
ambassadors, that thej might be ac
quainted with them before they were
admitted to court. The sons of
Araucania, in order to salute a ven
erated person, open their veins and
offer him their blood to drink, At
Cairo people say to you, "Do you
perspire? because a dry skin is con
sidered a symptom of a mortal malady.
The Dutchman says, "Do you eat with
an appetite?" The German says,
"How do you find yourself?" The
English aek each other, "How do you
do?" The proud Spaniards ask each
other if they hold themselves upright.
The Greeks of ancient days used to
accost each other by saying, "Work
and prosper." The Romans simply
said, "How do you go?" The Ger
man say, "May you live well." The
Poles, "I fall at your feet." The
Italians, 'T kiss your hands." The
Chinese, "Have you eaten your rice?"
The Turks, "Salutation and health."
The French, "How do you bear (or
carry) yourself?" The Hebrew
"Shalm" has been copied in the Chris
tian ritual, "May peace he with you."
III. Christian Weekly.
Maoaulay.
It was not until Macaulay stood up
that I was aware of all the vulgarity
and ungainliness of his appearance;
not a ray of intellect beams from his
countenance; a lump of more ordinary
clay never inclosed a powerful mind
and lively imagination. He had a cold
and a sore throat, the latter of which
occasioned a constant contraction of
the muscles of the thorax, making him
appear as if in momentary danger of
a fit. His manner struck me as not
pleasing, but it was not assuming;
unembarrassed, yet not easy; unpol
ished, yet not coarse; there was no
kind of usurpation of the conversa
tion, no tenacity as to opinions or
facts, no assumption of superiority,
but the variety and extent of his in -
formation were soon apparent, for
whatever subject was touched upon
he evinced the utmost familial ity with
it; quotation, illustration anecdote,
seemed ready in his hands for every
topic. Macaulay is a most
extraordinary man, and his astonish
ing knowledge is every moment ex
hibited, but (as far as I have yet seen
of him, which is not sufficient to
judge) he is not agreeable. His prop
ositions and his allusions are rather
too abrupt; he starts topics not alto
gether naturally; then he has none of
the graces of conversation, none of
that exquisite tact and refinement
which are the result of a felicitous in
tuition or a long acquaintance with
good society, or more probably a mix
ture of both. Sydney Smith
calls Macaulay "a book in breeches."
Greville's Memories.
Evangelical Arminianism,as preach
ed and written by Wesley, Fletcher,
Watson and their true successors, is
the accepted theology of the Metho
dism that affiliated with Wesley in his
lifetime and of its branches and off,
shoots in various parts of the world.
It is a theology worth preserving. It
is destined, we believe, to endure to
the end of time, and to modify very
materially, if not to assimilate to it all
other Protestant doctrinal systems.
It is sound, it is philosophical, it is
evangelical, it is Scriptural; it har
monizes free agency and grace; it is
equally adapted to the evangelism
and to the edification and perfecting
of the Church: it is the theology
which to-day is preached by evangel
ical Protestants during every revival
and earnest religious movement in
Christendom, and at c ory mission
station in heathendom. It is full of
"Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks
foolishness;" but nevertheless, "Christ
the power of God and the wisdom of
God," to save unto the uttermost all
who come unto God by him. Wes
tern Advocate.
The authorities of Jesus College,
Oxford, have offered to endow a pro
fessorship of the Celtic language and
literature, upon certain conditions
The offer will probably be accepted
by the University.
Matches in Gremmar.
We are pleased with the spelling
gontests in which all our villages and
cities hare participated. We think
good will come from them, not only
in the boisterous hilarities which have
been created, but in the improved
mental calibre of the people.
Now we propose a new form of
amusement, namely, a grammar match.
It is amazing how many of the best
Christian laymen in all our Churches
are so deficient in grammatical ac
curacy as to excite the mirthfulness of
the young people. We speak not for
ourselves. We sometimes positively
enjoy the brawny smashing of the
English language by some old Chris
tian man'who never saw a grammar in
all his life, but whose heart is so full
of holiness that he can sway a religious
meeting aid carry everything before
him. But we consider it a positive
shame, when a grammar will cost only
fifty cen's, and one hour's study a day
for one year would make an ordinary
mind capable of understanding the
structure of our English language,
that so many of our young men and
middle-aged men go blundering
through their prayers and exhorta
tions, thus depleting their influence
for good by one half. The little chil
dren of this day are having so many
opportunities of perfecting themselves
in the study of grammar, that when
in our religious assemblages they hear
men distorting and outraging the
language at every step, putting 'them'
for 'those,' and 'is' for 'are,' and 'I
seen' for 'I saw,' and 'I done it' for 'I
did it,' and 'they was,' for 'they were,'
the young people turn their heads
away and say within themselves: 'That
man cannot teach me anything, 'for
I know more than he does now.' It
would be well for ministers of the
Gospel to purchase fifty or a hundred
English grammars and distribute
them among those who take part in
religious service. If the paator has
the confidence of the people they
would gladly take his suggestion.
Laymen go on from year to year with
this little "dead fly in ,the 'ointment',
of their public services, because the
fly has never been pointed out to
them.
Suppose, then, we have a few gram
mar matches? Let us choose sides,
and see who can parse a sentence
without breaking down. What won
der if some little child should carry
off the premium for being the best
grammarian. Christian at Work.
The death of Gen. John C Breck
inridge will be deeply regretted by the
people of the South. He was a gallant
soldier, an able and honest statesman,
and a jurist of extensive attainments.
Cultivated, refined and noble, there
was no blot on his escutcheon. He
was the son of John Breckinridge,
who filled the posts of United States
senator and Attorney General. He
was born in 1821, served with distinc
tion in the Mexican war, elected to
Congress in 1851 elected Vice Presi
dent in 1856. In I860 he was the
Democratic candidate for President,
and in 1861 he was a member of the
United States Senate. He entered
the Confederate army with the rank
of brieradier general at the close of
1861, and in January, 1865, was ap
pointed Secretary of War. After
the war he resided for two or three
years in Europe. He died at his
home in Lexington, Ky., May 17. 1875
Study the Scriptdrs. A silver egg
was once prepared as a present to t
Saxon queen. Open the silver by a
secret spring and there was found i
yolk of gold, and it flew open and dis
closed a beautiful bird. Press the
wings of the bird and in its breast
was found a crown, ieweled and ra
diant. And even within the crown,
upheld by a spring, like the rest, was
a ring' of diamonds, which fitted the
finger of the princess herself.
Uh, how many a promise tnero is
within a promise in the Scripture, the
silver around the golcL the gold, around
the jewels; yet how few of God's
children ever find their way far enough
among the springs to discover the
crown of his reioioing, or the ring of
his covenant of peaee.
The first years of every man's busi
ness or professional life are years of
education. They are intended to be,
in the order of nature and Providence.
Doors 4o not open to a wan until he
is prepared to enter them. The man
without a wedding garment may get
in surreptitiously, but he immediately
goes out with a flea in his ear. We
think it is the experience of most
successful men who have watohed the
course o( their lives in retrospect that
vhenever they have arrived at a point
where they were thoroughly prepared
to go up higher, the door to a higher
place has swung back of itself, and
they have heard the call to enter.
The old die, or voluntarily retire for
rest. The best men who stand ready
to take their places will succeed to
their position, and its honors and
emoluments. Dr. Holland.
The Tire That Old Hick Built.
Intemperance This is the fire that
old Nick built.
Moderate Drinking This is the fuel
that feeds the fire that old Nick built.
Rum Selling This is the ax that
cuts the wood that feeds the fire that
old Nick built.
Love of Money This is the stone
that grinds the ax that cuts the wood
that feeds the fire that old Nick built.
Public Opinion This is the sledge
with its face of steel that batters the
stone that grinds the ax that cuts the
wood that feeds the fire that old Nick
built.
A Temprance Meeting This is one
of the blows that we quietly deal to
fashion the sledge with its edge of
steel that batters the stone thatgrinds
the ax that cuts the wood that feed's
the fire that old Nick built.
Temperance Pledge This is the
smith that works with a will to give
force to the blow that we quietly deal
to fashion the sledge with its face of
steel that batters the stone that grinds
the ax that cuts the wood that feeds
the fire that old Nick built.
Eternal Truth This is the spirit
so gentle and still that nerves the
smith to work with a will to give force
to the blow that we quietly deal to
fashion the sledge with its face of
steel that batters the stone that
grinds the ax that cuts the wood that
feeds the fire that old Nick built.
P T- Barnum-
In a temperance address at his
Hippodrome in Philadelphia, on Sun
day, the 18th inst., Mr. P. T. Barnum
made the following statement, which
of itself forms one of the most im
pressive appeals for the cause of tem
perance that could be made :
"I will undertake, and give bonds
for the fulfilment of the contract, that
if the city of Philadelphia will stop
selling liquor and give me as much
as was expended here for liquor last
j ear, I will pay all the city j expenses;
no person living within her borders
shall pay taxes; there shall be no in
surance on property; a good boy, girl,
man and woman; all the educational
expenses shall be paid; a barrel of
flour shall be given to every needy
and worthy person, aud I will clear a
half million or a million dollars my
self by the operation."
Shrewd Betorts.
A Romanist once said to a Chris
tian, "You Protestants could not prove
your Bible if it were not for the Holy
Catholic Church, and her great men."
"True," said the Christian, "for the
Bible would predict there would be
such an apostate chureh and priest
hood, and here you are just as the
Bible said."
After hearing a discourse in which
much was said by the preacher about
God, a skeptic said to him, "What is
this God about whom you have been
saying so much ?"
The preacher replied, "God is
spirit."
Xne sceptic nerceiy louowed up.
"What is a spirit ?"
lue preacner quickly turned on
him, and inquired, "what is a corn
stalk. "
"WJay why way, it is a corn
stalk."
"Yes, sir," replied the preacher,
spirit is a spirit, and if you cannot tell
what a cornstalk is, which vou have
seen thousands of times, and know has
an existence, why do you ask me to
tell you what the Infinite Spirit is, or
doubt his existence ?"
A Missouri woman, who applied for
a situation as car driver, being asked
if she could manage mules, scornfully
replied: "Of course I can . I've had
two husbands !"
Lord of Roanoke.; The history
of North Carolina is full of curious
and romantic incidents. Among the
most curious ja the circumstance of
the creation of a peerage in the per
son of an Indian Chieftain. Sir Wal
ter Raleigh, on the Island of Croatan
on the 13th of August 1587, attended
the baptism of Manteo, a faithful In
dian Chief, and afterwards made him
a feudal Baron under the name of the
Lord of Roanoke. This was the first
and last Peerage ever created by En
glish authority on American soil.
The name of Manteo is preserved
in the title of the Lodge of Odd Fel
lows in Raleigh.
Postmasters have received instruc
tions from the Postoffice Department
authorizing them to receive as mail
matter small parcels of sugar or flour,
which heretofore have been excluded.
The parcels must be done np securely
in tin boxes, and will cost one third
etter postage. This will be a con
venience to grocery merchants, who
may wish to order or send specimens.
Writing on the subject of pulpit
elocution, Mr. Spurgeon says: "JS
natural is the best note for a preach
er, but this we cannot expect from -A.
FLAT.
Earnest Thoughts.
There is a second youth for man,
better and holier than his first, if he
will look on, and not look back.
Sin is never overcome by looking at
it, but by looking away from it to Him
who bore our sins, yours and mine,
on the cross.
A Prescription in three parts for a
nervous disorder: "First, occupation;
second, occupation; third, occupation."
The prescription was written by a
celebrated physician and will serve as
a remedy for many of the ills to which
flesh is heir.
It was a remark of President Ed
wards deijved from his own observa
tion during an extraordinary revival
of religion, that "nothing seemed to
promote greater effects on the mind of
his own congregation, than recitals of
the prevalence of religion in other
places."
A minister has no ground to hope
for fruit frm his exertions until in
himself he has no hope until he has
learned to put no faith in the point
and energy of his sentences until he
feels that a man may be mighty to
compel the attention, mighty to regale
the imagination, and mighty to silence
the gainsayers, and yet not mighty to
the pulling down of the strongholds.
Chalmers.
I Forgot. What ? a business ap -pointment
? O, do. Was somebody
to pay you money, and the hour ap -pointed
slipped by ' Was it a con
cert, a wedding, an evening party ?
No ! somehow people never forget
these things. It was only a Church
service; an appointment made with
God for his worship; a promise on his
part to meet you with a blessing. The
day, the hour came, and you forgot.
Bells rang to remind you, but were
unheeded. It does not trouble you at
all. Bat think again; was it a trifle ?
What did you forget ? Whom did you
forget ?
"It is finished." We are ever taking
leave of something that will not come
back again. We let go, with a pang,
portion after portion of our existence.
However dreary we have been here,
yet when that hour comes the wind
mg up ot all things; the last grand
rush of darkness on our spirits; the
hour of that awful sudden wrench
from all we have ever known or loved:
the long farewell to sun, moon, stars,
and light humbly and fearfully.
what will then be finished ? When it
is finished, what will it be ? Will it be
the butterfly existence of pleasure,
the mere life of science, a life of unin
terrupted sin and selfish gratification
or will it be, "Father, I have finished
the work which thou gavest me to do?'
Robertson.
Literature, Art and Science.
The naval monument, upon which
Simmons, the sculptor, has been en
gaged for some time, is almost finish
ed.
An autograph letter of Queen Eli
zabeth to Henry TV. brought what is
accounted the large price of 82, at a
recent London auction.
It is said that an edition of the
Bible is to be printed in London, with
the proper names accented, to indi
cate their correct pronounciation.
A picture representing a body of
horsemen, recently painted by Meis
sonier, and covering a canvas less than
a foot square, was lately sold for $24,
000 in gold.
It is announced that the statue of
the late William H. Seward, ordered
from Randolph Rogers for the Cen
tral Park, New York, will be ready in
August.
The May number of the Art Jour
nal will contain an engraving of the
Bryant testimonial vase, and also of
the unsuccessful designs, submitted
to the committee.
The London Law limes says that
American legal literature has attained
superior excellence, and that far more
American lawyers than Biitish ones
write from love of study.
The monumental figure of Robert
E Lee has been completed in marble
by Valentine. The likeness is said to
be admirable. The figure is recum
bent, and is represented as dressed in
the Confederate uniform.
The Boston Art Club has the hap
py faculty of providing very enter
taining exhibitions, by supplementing
the works of its own members with
pictures loaned by citizens and paint -
ed by noted American and European
artists. Its Spring exhibition is now
open.
Sir Charles Lyell has left a fortune
of about $150,000. To the London
Geological Society he willed $10,000,
the annual interest of this sum to be
applied to the encouragement of geo-
ogy or allied sciences. The money,
it is provided, is to be appropriated
partly for travelling expenses or for
memoirs and papers, and without re
ference to the sex or nationality of the
authors.
It is announced that the committal
appointed to decide upon the tra
character of the statue of St John tb
Baptist, recently brought to light ik
the Rosselmini-Gualandi palace, t
Pisa, have given it as their decide
opinion that it is a genuine work ol
Michael Angelo.
A book of religious meditations bf
Mrs. H. B. Stowe, will be published
by J. B. Ford & Co., in the Autumn
The first edition of Mrs. Stowe's "We
and Our Neighbors" numbers 22,500
copies. Fifty thousand copies of he
story, "My Wife and L" of which the
former is a sequel, have been sold.
As it has been reported that Mis
Elizabeth Thompson, the famoui
painter of calvary, in England, had a
field trodden down by horses that she
might draw the bruised grass, some
one has revived an old anecdote about
Meissonier, somewhat similar, but
evidently containing more fiction than
fact The story reads thus: "0
paint Cuirassiers,' said Meissonier, 1
must needs see them.' He according
ly took a dozen of this corps to bJk
country house, where they were re
quired to charge down the park every
morning, but the evolution did not
last long, and before the artist had"
sketched an outline of the group, the
gallant fellows were out of sight
'.You must follow them by train,' said
a friend. No sooner said than done.
An engineer was summoned, rail!
were laid down, rolling stock pur
chased, and for several weeks Meis
sonier accompanied the charge of his
models by train. But it was Sum
mer, and historical accuracy required
that the Cuirassiers should dash over
snowy ground. Thousands of bushels
of flour were then laid down in the
park, and the Cuirassiers, as they
charged, became enveloped in clouds
of farina. The illusion was complete,
the studies admirable, and the finished
picture sold for millions."
Laughing Stock.
An affecting sight barrels in
tiers.
A natural revolutionist the
earth.
The sun says, with a Itep, "I
thaw it."
Something that ought to be put
down carpets.
A muff a thing that holds a
young lady's hand without squeezing
it.
"Orthogrammania," is what they
are calling the rage for spelling match
es.
The greatest feat in eating ever
recorded is told of a man who com
menced by bolting a door, after whieh
he threw up a window, and swallowed
a whole story.
A man is said to be absent
minded when he thinks he has left
his watch at home and takes it out of
his pocket to see if he has time to re
turn home and get it.
A Brown County editor bought
his ink by the jug full, because ha
could get it cheaper, but his wife went
to fill the inkstand one morning and
found it wasn't ink by a jugfolL
A certain Western editor, who
was presented with a box of collars in
pay for an advertisement, is waiting in
daily expectation that some one will
present him with a shirt.
The saddest thing in life is the
spectacle afforded by a young person
who has burnt all her hair off her
forehead with a hot slate pencil, and
cannot afford to buy a row of curls.
It was an Irish Coroner whoi
when asked how he accounted for an
extraordinary mortality in Limerick,
replied sadly: "I cannot tell. There
are people dying this year that never
died before."
Visitor: "Well, Mrs. Flanagan,
what did the doctor say about your
poor husband's deafness ?" Mrs. F.
Faith, Miss, the doctor says Tom
will never hear again; but (whispers)
please don't speak loud; it might make
him depressed loike 1"
There was a women's rights
meeting in Colorado, recently, to
which no gentlemen were admitted.
Somebody, however, put a live rat in
the room from the ceiling, and with
a hurried "Resolved, that we adjourn, "
and some shrieks and confusion, the
gathering scattered. Rochester Dem
ocrat. A man will carry five hundred dol
lars in his vest pocket, but a woman
needs a morocco portmonnaie as large
as a nst, and too neavy to carry in
mm
the pocket, to escort a fifty cent script,
a recipe for making jelly-cake, and
two samples of dress goods down
town and back, every pleasant after
noon.
A correspondent ol tbe Kingston East Ten-
neseeau reports that about one hundred Nor
tberu families have settled in Cumberland
county, and by their industry and energy,-
tn-; have materially aided la developing the
country, borne are engaged in raising floe
cattle, bogs and she?p, A Northern gentle-'
man has purchased five thousand acres of
Und.and proposes to stock it with two thou
sand sheep. Experienced sheep tanners from
Pennsylvania say that tbe business is bound
to pay ia this section.