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'-A..1T TKl . ...... . J J J.1 .. . . .. i jw-gw fpfifl ffWipiHlfip,,, 2.nO - - J Jrl- B- EBBITT, D. D., Eorxo axo Pcbush.h.1 rTT7--- - - .l. aitu uiiW uBuvereg to me amts. REV. n. t. Hudson, Gohrkh.n,x i:,.,,,,,. TKRJIS. X!,, CimisriAX Alvocate in furnished to subucri M- a per annum in advance. If p.yment bo je'eyed month. 52 W; one .copy. aix month. CLUB KATES. . Tfii ciT,'"s. OIle ?eaT. roet paid f-r:tjr o pii'. one Tear, post paid. OLtt AG EX rs. a:: the traveling and local preachers In the. bound 1 1!:- North Carolina Conference re our authorised ...at. Any person ending us ten aubscrSbera. for , ii- yc.tr. will recelr the paper tree. tf o m m u it i c a t e ft. For the Advocate !!!: MORAL CONDITION OF i M1LDREN THE BAJiLs OF l- A M 1L 1 TRAINING-SUNDAY I'OOL ORK, 4-C. 1 know of no subject that i exciting ' ana tl.j t is of moment than the reliio us eul- It ft! . 1.. ... - o i 1 1 1 1 1 1 it 1 1 ir 1..- shaping the plans, an,! direct ,,,1,ltM,fa11 las..s of .men of cry avocation an I professi.vi. And. whi!e.epita! i. oft.n vested, :,':t- misthvcrd, ami tUWyy luse! expanded on visionary schemes" that -..v.- ai.ortive because absurd in t.Lom Ses. her,- is a field of ..juration uiu-ro -t interest lustre .ami valued ti-,,i,l.:. ... i - - j ou t-, .11111 'ii-eiviui.-n of ,..,-, 1 richly riuanl- tl- :-;:a; r. velvet its lar - n-jday their brightest air in. .st I'.v the :dl .-fort is tin- it 1 1 " k that w ..l ..... j. f ' .villi OI magnitude is rapidly burning 'I'Tti.w... it is veil t.. sk our-f.-w practical ..I,, .st ..... 1 1"" x-.jis r-jii- Itl-'- the UnrL I .1 " ' " "" iie results t- achieve. We i,'.t,st have a hypothesis. ;ni t-nat 1Mnst w ..I ... - u'l i MM-mv nrtl.t..l v It. I I : .y resmts. Oi.eot tin - asked :Id 1., Office Cor. Dawsox fc Hako'ktt Sts RATES OF AUVKKTISINu: "VoL XXIII. MMishtd tit iht guttttifo tt &t&oM$m in JTartli tfawtina." 1 S'limre. 2S.ii4i-e!i. 3 Sttiiare;. 4 'lilar...N. t '.4 tub .! ' ol'r t 1 'VMun; I Week. j 1 MuH ;i Moms., 6 Monk.. I a S 1 (HI 2 (in : IX i id! . Oo. !l (ki 1" i- $3 00 6 00 7 00 ; 1) M i 1J HI ao oi! . 7 00 13 00 lfi 0 2! OU 3l 00 M IK ! 7S 00 I $ 13 IK) g.1 JO oo a:, ou Ml 45 0.1 .IS 0 .Ml 00 60 00" 7S 00 7OOj 1I0 1KI 140 00 , -iUl Oil Ealeigh, JNT. 0., Wednesday, June 26,1878. grotto and in of jn,tScitioll- -oiu reasonable and Scriptural; and that it is, therefore, the tmm. ..t the instruction of children; and that the ooject of. their training is the lurth..,-uev-1 -ent of ..!,.;.: i.t. , , ,.ullau lue g,,, t,R, ormation of christian character. J- T. Baweli.. Goldsboro, X. C, June 14th, 1878. For the Advocate. FEKIN CIRCUIT. Mr. EMtoh: As this is .-, llcw cnit and each n;-' i tl. V ..,. tence lias a possible future charge here without referring to the pleasant home of the preacher in the family of Cncle Martin Rush. Though sociable and hospitable towards all, yet he is partic ularly generous towards preachers and enjoys their company very much. He says little of what he can do, but does much, and that not grudgingly or of necessity, but cheerfully. His good wife anticipates the preacher's even want, and acts the part of a mother. May (Jod bless them both and make their last davs their best daws. n the whole, the circuit is a good tield for operation, even for a raw re cruit. There is oniKirtiitiitv fin- .1. it mav be , of sufficient interest to ,v, :tc J t-ul . . t ...., 1 ......... 1 1-. 1 1- - mi vmuiL, i in- M-njut iiiaiiiiesi: a willing- Nnniber 25. TELL THE GOOD NEWS. The Tekin circuit was formed bv di viding the Pee Dee into the Mt. (iilead and Pekin circuits. It is hounde.l on ine east hv li im nni,. B ness to near the word, and to get into the spirit of our church systems and en- ti'ipnses. 1 he outlook is encourainu:. iravers of all the brethren for Divine aid in prosecu ting my labors. W.M. V,. Dol H. llanisville, N. ., June 12, 187S. s I " 1 :: in and hrst iues- reli-.i.jw iiist i M.t...o pui wh; v 'asis of H't.M- i tl... chill .k. -o propose ::tv ? A not l,..r k - vi,,, ,-. ami mural to What is the ultimate that vt inunediat. ! i..pAs,. t.. a.vomt.iish? t" in-, that to work inteili- mc siiouhl hae convictions un n .1 it It seems . ! - , on a in i slra.ii i v- iuite and s,.ltlel - ..r-t ou,.tl..,n pameuiarlv. Is the ' ! in i-. .... .!.. .. i , " "tugea, aepraveil state. ic in a reuen- ''u, t:!U' :,,"t ' Uite of justifica- Aie we to bog in our instruction of chil .n. n upon the asuniij ion that thev are ji'iulty. of matu extiicise of lie-e, are m i.nJy .iepraved and in a sense i i I must so remain till vai :ty. when, by the conscious iudr own will, tlirtv r 'iit. b .'- Lumber i I Ms!.- .-m ;..ii.t ;.. .1... 1. . .... ......v-l 111 lilt luver, and on the west bv Little River in Montgomery county, ami embraces the south-eastern section of .Mont.-otn- ry and the adjoining north eastern of Richmond county. It is diversified ii. sou ami climate. ... ... . i , . ti.i . o moii, wnose waters Mow into ; Little Rive-and the I'ee Dee. is very j - When I was a boy I used to think broken in appearance, somewhat niouii- of heaven as a glorious golden citv, xamous, nut witti broad bottoms on the I with jeweled walls, and HEAVEN. It so chanced that, at the close of the last war with Great Britain, I was tem porarily a resident of Xer York. The prospects of the nation were shrouded in gloom. We Lad been for two or three years at war with the mightiest nation on earth, and, as she had now concluded a peace with the continent of Europe, we were obliged to cope with her single handed. Our harbors were blockaded. Communication coastwise, between our posts was cut off. Our ships were rot ting in every creek and cove where they could find a place of security. Our im mense annual products were moulding in our warehouses. The sources of frori table labor were dried up. Our currency was reduced to irredeemable paper. The extreme portions of our country were becoming hostile to each other, and differences of political opin ion were imbittering the peace of everv hoiisehold. The credit of the govern ment was exhausted. No one could predict when the contest would termi nate, or discover the means by which it could much longer be protracted. It happened that, on a Saturday af- KEEP YOUR HONOR BRIGHT. on a hillings for tenioou in February, a sliin wns K. K.u'-s oi iiean, , ,..,,,., ,. .i, ;... ,..,i..,. ........... tl. i .. -.i ii.., . . .1 ".""" ""'i-u ;ts v., v...,, se.s. no uotiom.s are " iin iioi.ouy in u but the angels, and mostly heavy red soil, an I grow corn they were all strangers tome. I'.ut af lu.Miriantly, where they have been 'veil j ter awhile my little brother died; then 1 kept." "The Hills," as they are called, j thought of heaven as that great city, are very rocky, but not stiff, and much I full of angels, with just one little fellow more fertile than would be supposed. - i in it that I was acquainted with. He W heat, and other small grain, corn and j was the only one I knew there at that A Boston lawyer was called short time ago by a boy, who inquired if he had any waste paper to sell. The lawyer had a crisp, keen way of asking questions, and is, moreover, a methodi cal man. So pulling out a large draw er, ho exhibited his stock f waste paper. "Will you give me two that ?" The boy looked at the paper doubt ingly a moment, and offered fifteeti pence.: "i.'e,'aid the lawyer, and the pa per was quickly transferred to the bag of the boy, whose eyes sparkled as he lifted the miglitv mass. Not till it was safely stowed away did he announce that, he had no mon ey. "No money ! How do you expect to buy paper without money?" Not prepared to state exactly his plan ot operations, the boy mad ply. Condensed from National eanlay-school Teacher. INTERNATIONAL LESSONS. 1S78 Ti Di". hi:k of cotton, grow well on them. In places time not over 5 to lU miles apart, there is as ' then much as two weeks difference in season, ; Then my ttie inghest places beir?s; the most for- 1 and the nmrihe ward. Then another brother died, and. were two in heaven that I knew. acquaintances began to die, f m v friends in heaven justified. reg.Mior.tted. and fitted for Di vine service ? , which is shameful ly absurd tLat they must dio to be han-ed ? This substantially the t-.-ichin-f the b.H.h. Simply foi-mu-! it"'l it stands thus: All children are "ruin a t :te of depravity and are in a M-iise guilty: hit all children dyintr in infancy arc saved. Li R-lstons El.-ments of Divinity, ''agv sly. din'.'reiif theories are giv- '! coin-ei tiiiig the condition of children. I in- s;xth which he accepts and en- l -.iv..i s to prove is as follows: "'Thev i ' In i' i."'ii j are h u u m a state of pollu . i -i.i , , 1 1-tii. aim ijhui, out, tliromli M,e atoiie- m-.-:ir '.. fiiist, ali who die m mfaiicv ' ' :..i'..n:i i.. i . ... i . t i , "isaiii.-iy ue -avea. i helieve i; tt bi.t!i the doctrine and the formula wal have to be changed before we have ...... I ... . :.. i . ... c : i .. .i - grew larger all the time Hut it '1 hat jiortion whose waters flow into not till one of my own little ones was Drowning Creek is called the '-Sand ; taken that 1 began to feel that I had a Hills." To trav 1 the road through j personal interest in heaven. Then a this region, one would suppose "Hills" j second went, and a third, and a fourth; are a misnomer, and that the country is j and so many of my friends and loved almost uninhabited. The long leaf : ones have gone there that it seems as if due seems to fill the interminable dis- I know more in heaven than I know on tance ut leave the road, and you 'earth. Ami iwir, when my thoughts! will mui the country rolling and hilly; ; turn to heaven, it is not the gold, and small streams abound, soon forming ! the jewels, and the pearl that I .think of creeks, and on these swamps, bottom! but the loved ones there. It is not lands, mills and people. The streams ' the jlivz so much as the compioiy that are never failing, and nearly every man, ! makes heaven seem beautiful." in some parts, has his own m'll. In ! Have any of us lost dear little baby the bottoms, and wherever clay subsoil . brothers ami sister: can be found, the land yields corn, cot- . 'i. peas, potatoes ami fruits well: is . iVisy - 'hivate and to improve. ; The pinoy woods afford good pastur- , ml sheep. On the whole, i sup posed to be a cartel, bringing home our j money; I commissioners at Ghent, from their un- j it." successful mission. The sun had set j The boy affirmed that fie considered gloomily, before any intelligence from j it good: whereupon the lawyer wrote a the vessel hail reached the city. Ex- "oto for fifteen-pence, which the boy pectation became painfully intense as ! signed legibly, and lifting the bag (f the hours of darkness drew on. xt j papers, trudged off. length a boat reached the wharf, an- j Soon after dinner the little fellow re nouncing the fact that a treaty of peace j turned, and producing the money, an had been signed, and was waiting for I uounced that he had come to pay his nothing but the action of our govern- j note. ment to become a law. The men on j "Well," said the lawyer, "this is the Jcsk 22, L'VKfS. Scfiii'ti iik. 2 Chron. xxxvi : 22 2o. Golden Text. "Speak ye comfor tably to Jerusalem, and cry unto htr. that Iter vxtrfarc is accomplished that her iniquity is pardoned." Is. xl. : i. Tone. "Jle is faithful thut promis ed," lleb. x. : 23. Home Reakinos. Monday, Jer xxv. : 1-14 Serve Seventy Years; Tuesilav, Dan. ix. : l-i5 Seventy Years Ac complished; Wednesday" Is. xl. : 1-31 Iniquity Pardoned; Thursday, Is, lxiv. : 1-28 Cyrus "My Shepherd;"' Friday, Is. xlv. : l-2." Cyrus "His Anointed;" Saturday, Ezra. i. : 1-11 The Promise Redeemed, Sunday, Ezra, iii. : 1-1:5 Rebuilding of the Temple. Time. B. 0. 5 :('.' Place. Baby lon. Ri-i.Eiis. Cyrus, king of Medo Persian Empire; Zerubbabel, governm of the .lews at Jerusalem. notes ami comments. The PnoMisi: (22). If the people of j Judah believed the words of the Lord ! which had been spoken to them bv the j prophets, at no time could their exile j have been a hopeless one. It had a de i finite limit fixed to it. "The word of " ery well: it you consider your note i 'lc Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeiv is good, I'd just as soon have it as tu, j vvas that they should serve the -t..r..f It..-..-!.... i MM - lilt if It ivn'l III'. : IMl'WUH UU M'll'IIIV C:li.S. 1111 ..... . ........ .(..j! t (Hll le no ic- "Do you consider your asked the lawyer. "Yes, sir." ; lore good lecture. Most likely, however, his com passion for them was first awakened oy the influence of Daniel upon him. l"ii der him we know that Daniel held a high office j. i obably the same which he had occupied under his predecessor. Dan. vi. : ::n. If So, he was the prime minister of Cyrus, and that fact would be sutheient to account for the interest which he manifested for the JowMi people. Whatever was the means, however, it was the Spirit ..( the Lord which gave him the inclination and which, iiuallv, led him to resolve :., I ... .i . . . - i lesiore them to their native lam. "The l l;iiii.'s In. ot i oi tl... I l .! i i " ii. niti oi i ue i.o.- as the rivers of water; he ttuiieth it whithersoever he will." IV. xxi. : 1. The Perkormaxi e (2.-5). When Cyrus took the matter up he v. .is quite earnest and energetic about it. Inas much as it was customary to put only the most important proclamation in writing, the fact that he gave that per manency to this shows the estimitc which he placed upon it. The fact that he did so afterwards proved to be ,, g.eat importance to the people whom he v. as einieavormg to belrieiid. See I iv. C. -s coming from beginning of tin -V!verC".u.ii.. lie i-lianged once every throe uietc ha wiluoi-.t ad.iltloi.al charge. For every oth er rhangr there will be an tra charge of twenty centi an Inch. Twenty.flve per cent, la addrd to the a'.iove rates for ifectal noticea In the Local col umn. Terms, rash In sdvance, unless otherwise ..-reed upon. The abov rates are cheaper than those of any other paper in tue South ot the same character and circulation. ,.ia ; bow oi promise was arched oxer the ; years of their captivity. In verse 21 the reason is revealed why I the captivity was appointed for just j seventy years. It was "until the land ! had enjoyed her sabbaths." The Le ! vitieal law in relation to the land re- j quired that every seventh year it should j a" 'scnption to ( ;,,.. It l heathen ki:ig, the lu'oc aiii.it ion i -Ii. he recognizes the supiemacv of the .Most High sounds nil her strange. Bm it x,:,s not so very strange alter all. I',,,- the Persians were ui. mot heists. I nder the name of A hiiramazda. thev worshipped one supreme deitv. Probably th-ir c n- cejilion of hi., aliributcs was'not so well delined nor so just as that which t.'ie Jews had of the one true (Jod, but in many essential respects it did materially differ. The two deities were really one (Jod. All the Persian proclamations and their monumental inscriptions ap pear to have begun with this sort whose ears these words first fell rushed ic breathless haste into the city, to re peat them to their friends, shouting, as they ran through the street, peace! pea ce! peace Every one who heard the be i ....... i i. .1 i ... i nave a "saouainoi rest in that year the people were neither to sow their fields nor to prune- their vineyards, and that which grew of itself they were not. to reap. Lev. xxv : S-n. ( f course, in the disregard of the other commands of God.it was quite natural that this, which, every seventh year, denied their reed lor gam, shoulrt also be ilisoheveil. As ' '"I"".' " ' oeou thought that m ! Ions' as it lieth desolate it shall rest, lie- : t'"' Chaldee the word Ahura-iiiazd.i w is iving him both, sent. ; cause it did not rest in your sabbaths ! ".Sl''l and was changed in the I ransla- v..,.. ., ..,. s leuuereii into llelircw. dwelt upon it." Lev. xxvi. : too voung to learn about Jesus here ? We shall find them in heaven. Did you ever think of this : that there are more children in heaven than there are grown people ? It is so. Do you a.sk me how I know it ? I will age for cattle the circuit embraces a good farming j tell you. section, especially for small farmers.and ; It is very well known that more than they have settled it up pretty thickly. : half of the people born into this world M .st of them raise about all they need die while thev are children IhitJesui at home, at:d seem to have little need i takes all little ones to heaven. He f r cash money. : taught us this himself when he took first time I ever knew a note to ken up the day it was given. A boy that will do that is entitled to note and money too; am him on Ins way with a smiling face and I when v sound repeated it. From house to house, haiuiy heart. i o4-S5. from street to street, the news spread I The boy's note represented his honor i, , c ;t':"' cr,t,10.v " il1 ii-itl. t.;. i: ti i i . i i i" . . ,. . ' j looking forward to the time of their re with e:ect..c ,ap,d,ty. 1 he whole city , A boy who thus keeps his honor bright , ,, T!, first ,,,.,..,;., t(1(,,; ,. however poor he may be in worldly in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim, things, is an heir to an inheritance I C- "G It was in that year that which no riches can buy the ch..ice ! ,,ie l':,I,livitv of 1);1"'1'1 l''gan. The j iasi uate at t men captives COlTl'SllO.l.l. . .. .1 . . i i ne conimeiicemcnt ol the one put i trth by Darius when he king That read : "The Ahuia-mazda, who is chief of the i .ii'ii... ? neesiaonsiie.l nanus as king; by the grace of A hura-mazda is Harius king." This, however is written in the wry terms which a devout Hebrew wo ihl emiilov. It was m.. Ie ;icat god. ds, was in commotion. Men bringing light ed torches were flying to and fro, shout ing like madmen, peace! peace! When the rapture had partially subsided, one idea occupied every mind. But few men siept that night. In groups they ! were gathered in the streets and by (lie fireside, beguiling the hours of mid night by reminding each other that the agony of the war was over, and that a promises Journal. (;.!." A Y. I .lit as it stands it singularly acco !s with the prophecy in Isaiah " which de clares of ( yrus : "I have raised one up from the north, and he shall come; from t!ie rising of the sun shall he call upon my hame.'' Is. xli. : 2o. See, also is. xlv. : :. There is hardly any neeu to assume that it was written one way in Chaldee and another in I I-dircw. To us it sounds very much as if o never more known among them. The promise of a return at the expiration of the seventy years had been coupled with this condition : "And ye shall find me, when ye shall search f.r me with all vour hearts." FUN AND FACT. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. Thank goodness there is one place where prosperity is still io be found in the dictionary. One was a Baptist and the other a Congregationalist. The waiter asked them what they would order. "A little lipped toast," said the Baptist. "You may give me toast, also," said the Con gregationalist, cheerfully. "But don't dip it. Only sprinkle a little butter." It should cheer the steps ot the servant of Jesus Christ as he journeys to know that even in darkness his guide is still with him, and that guide is the King of the country through which he is traveling. John Foster. Wilson, the celeh.ated vocalist, was upset one day in Lis carriage near Edinburg. A Scotch paper, after re cording the accident, said: "We are happy to state he was able to appear the following evening in three pieces." WHAT SHALI OUR DAUGHTERS. School i r ' ,. j .. .. c j iiinii Miiu.ui udfl ui Lin; cii" cit in ! year of Zedekiah. Inasmuch as the j liberation occurred in 'the ve.tr. B. ('. j "men by the hand of Daniel, the in i WE DO WITH I ?3Gj it is evident that the seventy ve.v.s "-"lister. v.yrus aiurms in the 1 request a place in your valuable worn-out and distracted country was ; paper for the following "What shall ' (Jive them a good, .substantial, common education. ibout to enter again upon its wonted i we ('0 with our daughti The people a re 1 . .liable and gencr-at-cept them in his arms, put his hands on them, and blessed them, savin": "Suf- them. j er the little children to come unto me, ol the i and forbid them not- t'or ,t'a,.f. ; , , w((t- 1.0 (.to Tier. Richard ous, and generally inclined to tiie tight when it is presented to Sulphur Springs is in the bound.- circuit, and is a place ot some resort : kinydom of heaven.' during the summer. As the accoinnio- JVeicton, D. I). dations are being enlarged, more visitors i -... are expected. ' -MUSCULAR THEOLOfJ Y. Our greatest needs are Education and ' .... . . , j ne danger in these days is, that we better mail facilities. One great trou ble, in getting subscribers to the Anvo- c'ate, is the slowness of the mails and their uncertainty. We are by no mean! certain of getting your , shall take the bone and muscle out of j our theology, and leave only a wind puffed skin; that we shall have a name , d' evangelical religion, which shall be i i . - -it- l i i nivt-.i i.toei on an e pry ooitie ; une regularly or on time. e have had; 1 - s5 J .. 1. 1 i 1 ... . , : can inn. out nave a respect lor our the- ological fathers, in that they knew what the several schools in the circuit durin ST.i'inrr but tfiev- fii-A iirieertnin for tli r.,..X -t- . " t ii. , and why they believed, even if wc think luture. e need somebody to make a ' , . . . i- ,- , i - , - I that their opinions were in some 'respects 'jusmess ot teaching and get up an m- ! ' , 1 1 ; ... .....7 dl. . t.. : ... -i i iiu-.it .urn uuii, ineir sonic was loo dogmatic and intolerant. Thev fought I good hard battles for their doctrines, using ! i" .. .. . 1-..1 .i . - i or weapons no tune learning in fireelc terest on the subject. What I said in I a former communication, 1 repeat: There is; one very good Aliening for a voirig man who is willing." to make it I a business, and not get discouraged the first session. But this communication is intended ; mainly to concern circuit matters. We have jtist held our second Quarteily Meeting. Brother Barrett baptized seven infants and two adults. Three were received into the church. We like our Presiding Elder, because he at- t?ntls well to the detail ; of the work, and preaches acceptably ti the people. The membership of the circuit is 874. Six Sunday schools are in operation, throe of them flourishing; $21.-57 have been collected this year for foreign mis sions a little over halt of our assess ment. All the proportion of this cir cuit has been subscribed to the college funds, and nearly half of it paid. It is proper to state that this happened of a visit made by Bro. CunniTggim two vein's ago. We had several extensive revivals- last ve?o' and a vast majority are hold- and Hebrew, and no small amount of t proper oasis for family teaching and naming. Sunday school instruction and pulpit ministration. i tic Kni'l oi instruction ami direction t:;;!t we give to children must depend m iteiiaiiy upon our conception of their mora! character and their relation to the atonement and the whole of the Divine government. it thev are uniegenerate and cannot attain renovation without the mature, intelligent consent of their own minds, then we should tell them so and at the same time tell them that 'is they are, they are unfit for heaven ::!:.! cannot go there: for nothing impure or "polluted" can enter within the gates. It thev are m a state of guilt, and therefore of condemnation, and can only i.e justified by faith, and must have both knowledge and volition before faith, and thai it is impossible to please (Jo l without it, and therefore to be saved, then we should teach it tell them plainly the wrath of (Jod is abiding upon them and that their only chance to lie regenerated is either to die or wait till years of maturity. If, on the other hand, they are re generate and are morally fitted lor Christ's kingdom here ami for associa- lion with the saints in glory everlasting ie-M-aft'-i", we should so teach them, and ue every means and applia ice in onr power to develop their growth in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. If they are in a state of justifi cation and acceptance with God, and harmony with his government, then we should teach them to love (rod ich" first loves them, and to continue in obc- 4 l. . .. I.. ... 4 1... 4 ..... ....... ..An. I. , .- oieu. e to jus ian in .... .... .j i-w.. mg out laitu;.,.. One incident is wor st antly enjoy the light oi Ins counteu- thy of notice. The last service of one nice. If they are both regenerate and 0f the meetings had been closed, leaving in a state of justification, then they are tnrce or four penitents still unsatisfied. members of Christ's kingdom and are They teemed loth to give it up; nearly qualified for baptism and church mem- j every one had left.including the preach- 'eisnip. If they are not regenerate, vr after a while a shout of praise is t iiey are neither qualified for the one nor I heai i't, r.nd another soul is born of God. j the other. Beginning upon this basis, That young man is now dead. Al tin- object to be accomplished is the I though he was ttbo-. speechless several growth and maturity of a christian hoius before death, and up to that tim elo actei' from infancy, so that they may had no idea he was going to die, yet In not go astray and form habits of sin. (gave evident signs that all was well Or as it is extiressed m the command, iwii.it. .ui oncourairement ami a warn- " Train up a child in the way he should I ;ng! Vn encouragement not to dispair g ,, and when he is old he will not de- aI1(i a -warning not to fail to do our full i the less wc give part from it." duty, even though it be for a few, yea. j little than with With vour permission, Mr. Editor, I for one; for who can estimate the value ; thousands squanders, and his indulgen propose in another article to dhow that of one immortal soul? 1 ha doctrine that children ar both r-1 T oannot close this career of prosperity. Thus, every one becoming a herald, the news soon reached every man, woman, and child in the citv-, and in this sense the city w"as evangel- ! of victual ized. All this you sec was reasonable and proper. I'.ut when Jehovah has offered to our world a treaty of peace, when men doomed to hell may be raised to seats at the right hand of God, why is not a similar zeal displayed in proclaim ing the good news? Why are men perish ing all around us and no one has ever personally offered to them salvation through a crucified Redeemer? r. Francis Waylond. refers back to the year of the first de portation as to the time of its begin-C.:.,.- s;. . t :..i. : i:. ..i i i uiusi. oo (eteiuia'i iiupiieu, wneii ne stated this specific time for it was un- ! 1.-;n"' he to the eantives of this first ovtr.-ulitii.i. ! Significance nroc auiai mn t ! it the i.oni ha. I "charged" him to build a 1 ,.iis.. ('... i.;,.. ... i i . . "v"- .iiiii . ii ..ci iisaieui. 1 erliai s. poke as interpreting i!,( t the. circumstances of hi that it was written. Jer. xxix. : 1-10. y ",lL more proi.ai.ie supposition "After seventy years be accomplished that here, tuice more, he but utte.i d at Babylon, I will visit you, and per- tho instructions ,,f Daniel. Joseph us i lorm mv "omi word toward von in cans- says thai lue .lews laiii before linn i 'r.,.,,.1, .1 1 ..!.i i i . . . : ' " ' ! -i:.. . .is. i. ... . V. o.ioi iiioii uini o cook a goon mea I 1 in" von to return to t us n ae.. " I ,.. -in . . Xllv. : II t n to d darn stockings communication i metapysieal acumen and logical skill. I here is much fault found with their conclusions by men whose principal re sources are rhetorical and sentimental. But sympathy with "the spirit of the ake" and a knowledge of English litera ture and of modern magazines, with a relish for the plaudits of the secular press, are a poor substitute for deep thinking and close reasoning. It is easy to ridicule, to express doubts, to caricature the views of "orthodox" be lievers, to announce confident expecta tions, and to turn prophet as to what "the church of the future" is to be. Let us riot be deterred by such exhibitions of opposition. They are but quaker guns! The truth is to be determined by solid argument. Careful exegesis of the Scriptures and sound logic must be our guide. The churches, finding that except as they hold to something posi tive, upon grounds of Biblical proof and firm reason, they can have no bond of anion or source of inspiration, must de mand of their minister (what of late they have discouraged) a proper mea sure of doctrinal preaching. This does not mean dry metaphysics, but a force ful discussion of truths and principles which are living issues, in that the views taken of them siiape the thinking and the lives of men. Let us put away all flabby talk and have a vigorous muscu lar t heoh igy . s id ranee. Men do not give as God has prospered them, because they do not give system atically. It is a fact, the more we have System is easier with much. The man of ees, grown into necessities, leave him little to spare. F. TT . Jinhertson. Victokv. Christianity is not mid night and shroud, hut midday and cor onal; not dreary December, but songful Tune. It does not call us into a dismal desert, but into a Tempean vale radiant with high noon and musical with plash of living fountains. It is not the clank of fetters an.1. ;I,e sigh of serfs, but rather the clang of snapjn'ng chains and the shout of jubilant freemen. It sends the believer on a march of victory vic tory over self and sin.and all the wolves of worry; victory over the highwayman of hell, and over the old ferryman of the death river. Down on the river bank the believer shouts "Victory !" Echo gathers up the paan, and sends it over the wave "Victory.-tory-ry !" The white-robed victors on the beach of gold catch tho refrain and join the ju bilation, until the river is spanned with a bridge of jubilees shore answering to shore, pa-an to pa-an. ' "Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" C 1 J'itplado, in Zion's Herald. Teach them how and sew on buttons. I Teach them how to make shirts. Teach them how to make bread. Teach them nil the mysteries of the kitchen, the dining room and the 2)ai"-lor. promise was very spcciiic. It thev had 1 "" 11 "'' 1 "ierrea to nun tiy name. II memorano'um books and calendars they al,.V "u,; did that, we may be sure it was might have put down the very year iif , t'1; l'1'"' 'minister. their return. Date and man were both I -I he proclamation closes with a per named. Jeremiah named the one, and j "nssion to all the pooj !,: ,(f (hat vn Isaiah tli3 other. In Is xli. : 2, the j ' "'honi ho had fully recognized as latter speaks of the coming liberator as j tlu 0,,,! whom he had received all "the righteous man from the east." In j ,lls l'cr, to go up to Jerusalem Is xliv. : 28 he designates him by name 311,1 ,,,llla kirn a temple. Ezra. i. : . - . .. . . Tl... .1... .- - . as "Cvnis, he is my shepherd. In Is. 1 piocianiainm was permissive not prophecies 1 (:l(. . rtu.lii I w. ni-1 ...i- .,)... ....... I-... i ii i i s.... .... ......... ou-jxiv. : ne rotors to mm again in tins yond their income the nearer he gets to personal way : "Thus saith the Lord to the poor house. ! Cvrus, his anointed." And in Is. 4(3 : Teach them to wear calico dresses and do it like a queen. compulsory But, unlike many men w ho have pow er and money, he did not stop wi ll j 11 he speaks of him as "the man that ! merely pronouncing a benediction upon oxecuteth my counsel." Jeremiah ut- them. His benediction meant some ! to red his Prediction s me fifty three . thi..r. 1. J! directed t be ,..... .).. ,.f .... .1, Teach them that a rosy romp is worth years before it came to pass, and Isaiah j locality, w here Jews resided who desir fifty delicate consumptives. j spoke his over one bundled and lil'ty j ed to return, to help them with money. Teach them to wear thick warm ' yars hefore it was fulfilled. At t he with goods, with beasts, and, besides, time that Isaiah thus specifically do- with a lreew ill ottering lor the rebuild- signated (. yrus as the one who should mg ol the temple. And this command siioes 'p. 'each them to foot up store bills. Teach them that God made them in his own image, and that no amount of tight lacing w ill improve the model. Teach them everyday, hard. practical, common sense. Teach them self-reliance. Teach them that a good, steady the name of Cyrus was written long fore his birth. Before he came into this ,,ie- ' w",,rM' he wa "anointed" to do this par- 1 i l en I l- lunrl- C.iibl ; n i't li 1 1 n i- linti-im-.. worth a doxen ' , ' - r " 1 conclusive tor our tait h lnore imaii- oily pated loafers m broadcloth. chanic, without a cent, A recent celebrated forger in New York was oue of the most faithful at- Teach them not to have anything to do with intemperate and dissolute voting men. Teach them acconqilislmients, paint ing, drawing, music if you have the time and money to do it with. Teach them to say no, and stick to it; yes, and stick to it. Teach them not. to paint and pow der. Kansas Farmer. PRESUMPTION. The most celebrated orator of Julian's day once asked, with a scornful smile, of a humble Christian, "What is the or doing now?" The tCIldailtS Upon the worship of a Cl..-ic- ! ( Jalile.ni cai-noiit - r I - i 1 ' - nr.c-,. i.nc "Tl... f:i;i :.. , Or 1(1 s manner oi e ""'" in, v.umiviiii a , in;fiir;i id : . t , .1 r l i iiimcciidi riiir iti Hm lint it n.ne n -. 11 1 'V 1 ' 'lat 1X 1.1a'.. ItiVLi I. lilt L II 1 tl 1 1 tian sanctuary. For years, while he was setting his hand to the deeds for which he now lies in the penitentiary, he was repeating every Sabbath the prayer of an ancient Church; singing the songs which the voices of martyrs had hal lowed; giving freely of his stolen goods to the benevolences of God's people; and, as he seems to have believed, loving rather to do deeds of charity than to hoard gold. It would be just like man, if that poor man really persuaded him self that his religious devotions would somehow offset his crims. Yes; that is man as he is by nature. Such are we all, but by the grace of God. Our very consciences become tortuous and ser pentine under the wiles of .in, till we verily think wo can mock God with im punity. ( h, how idiotic we become, when we make Satan our ally ! Scx- iiay School Times. ! swerable to skepticism than this ? I here was one, at least, who knew that the time for release was ripening. And that one was Daniel. He know it by studying the word of God. "I, Daniel, understood by books the num ber of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." Dan. ix. : 2. Like those in later times, who were looking for the coming of the Mes siah, he was "waiting for the consola tion of Israel." It was because Daniel had such a promise that he made such a p raver. : And that prayer is well worth a long study. Dan. v. Aotc its genuine con fession, its praise, its simplicity, its fervor, its honest v and its entire infor mality. But the interest centers not whol ly in its faith nor in its manner of 1.?.. ri' , , r i. i maMug a comn. in a lew months it wcre!, ; a ffay M lmldl Urr ti;m was done, and in it lay the pulseless even he expected, lie had l.raved for f irm of the Apostate Julian. So, w hen the scoffer Voltaire impiously remarked: Some people cannot drive to happiness with four horses, and others can reach it afoot. .!.., 1. -.!. .-11 ''. toil, un .1111111:1111 11 ill isct: 11..1- 1.. tr is lnciuueu in something Dot tor. ue fine sport in France," he but prophesied j m,j prayed for the deliverance of his his ownhurial. The Galilean carpeu- I people ho was shown that there was a ter was still at work. Just before his fatal repulse by the Russians, a person remarked to Bonaparte, "Man proposes and God disposes." The presumptu ous commander, intoxicated as he was with vanity, answered, "I propose and I dispose!" The reader f history re members how soon his sun sunk in mid- act the part of a shepherd in In inging j was most generously obeyed for the home the people of Israel, Persia was a reason, perhaps, that they had in t ie small and insignificant power in the ; king a most generous example to follow, east, and Babylon had not yet risen to 2. He ordered his treasurer, Mithredath, the zenith of her glor3'. ( Jod knew the .0 bring forth the vessel which bad been end from the beginning. In his hooks j taken from the temple by Nebuchadnez zar, and give them to Sheshbazzar the name by which Zerubabel was known at that court. Under this or der, ;"),4(MI vessels were returned to the Jews for use in tho temple. He ga ve them a grant bv which thev were enabled to get. cedar trees from Lebanon the cit ies of Sidon and Tvre. Ezra iii. : 7. 4. Ho gave minute "in structions as to the laying of the founda tions of the housevif God. and as to its height and breadth, and commanded that the expenses should be paid out of his treasury ! Truly, ( Jod knew ol' what he was speaking when so long be forehand, he said of Cvrus : "He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and to the tomp'e, ihy foundation shall be laid. Of the generation thai had been taken captive, few were left to turn their faces once more toward Jerusalem. Like the erring generation in the wilderness, those who had trespassed the Lord left their 1 . . 1 i 1 ... 1 - ... nones 111 me land 01 their exile, imlv those "whose spirit (Jod raised," return ed to the holy citv. These were head ed by the chief of this fathers of Judah and of Benjamin and by the priests and the Levites. In all there were 42,o(iO, together with 7,oo7 slaves. Among these were some from the kingdom (if Israel. The number was not large, and yet it well compared with the numbers spoken of as being carried away. They brought homo with them 7oi horses, 24.r) mules, 43.") camels, and (3,720 asses. After their arrival at Jerusalem, first they put uii an altar on which, morning and evening, they failed not to offer secrifices to the Jod who had brought them back. Every one freely contribut- .,-u what he coma eveiv year toward tne funds necessary for the rebuilding of the At the centre of a whirlwind there exists a calm. A thip may be in that tranquil centre and be safe, when every thing that lies in the rotating circum leience of the storm is swept away mid utterly destroyed. S0 God may keep His people in safety, and grant them a sudden deliverance, when men can sec no possibility of escape . He stands at the centre of all storms and trials, and if He hides us in the secret of His pa vilion, no harm shall be done to us. Monday C'r-'i Sernunis. A little live-year-old Rhode Island boy, who had seen .1 peacock for the lirst time, ran into the house exclaiming to his sister, "O Li.zie ! I've seen a great, great, big, moiistiferoiis tail walking louud with a hen tied to it !" Visitor to Sunday-school addreeN-ii-g the children What is the ostensi ble object of Sunday-school instruction? No answer. Visitor What is the os tensible object of Sunday-school instruc tion ? No answer. V isitor-Wli.it is the ostensible obicct of Sunday school instruction? Small boy ( in a ieei.Io voice) Yes, sir. The darkest night must break in day, Twilight precedes the dawn; A heavenly ;;uide sti!! !. ads the way; Toil on, in Iiojie, toil on. As the bread of many grains is brought into one loaf, and the juice of many grapes is made wine in one cup, so the multitude of a Christian congre gation receiving together the Lord'b Supper are made members of one body, knit together in like faith and charity, and having like hope of salvation. Coirper. Ir a man bo visited with a providen tial reverse of circumstances; if he be under oppression; if he be arrested by disease; if tho delight of Lis eyes be taken away; m..(hinks I hear God say ing; "Take this niedicii.c; it is exact ly suited to your case, weighed out by my own hand; and take this medicine from me." Cecil. Beauty may be the sky overhead, hut duty is the water underneath. W hen 1 see a man with serene coun tenance, it looks like a great leisure that he enjoys, but in reality ho sails 011 no summer's sea. This steady sailiii" comes of a heavy hand 011 the tiller. Thoreau. Prayer is the pitcher that fetcheth water from the brook wherewith to wa ter the herbs; break the pitcher, and it will fetch no water, and for want of wa ter the garden will wither. John- Bi n-van. the restoration of the Jews and of the temple. The answer scarcely refers to the subject of his petition, except as it greater deliverance coming than any of which he had ever dreamed. He peti tioned for the temple ho was shown that the Lord of the temple would soon come. The restoration and rebuilding of the former was merely referred to as an assurance and a date from which to determine the time at which tin 1T... ...i.h would come ! Had he not prayed for i the fulfillment of ttie one promise would ! temple. r?o soon as crops could De grown, thev exchanged their produce night darkness. They that tempt God , he have had that glimpse into the glories shall suddenly bo destroyed, but the 1 of flu -other ? meek w ill He guide in His wav. When the time came for tho word of 'the Lord to be accomplished, the ful- , " fill.nent was not brought about, as in he phonograph may bottle up the j the case of tho deliverance from Egypt, voice and pass it down to future ages; ' bv signs and wonders and plagues. The but the smile that twists the face of man as he seeks solitude and gazes upon his name in print for the first time will always have to he guessed at l f -t ."it miracle ior miracle it still was was brought about in a quieter way. "The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus," to carry out his promise. How this was done is, of course, mere matter qf oon- lor the cedars ot Lebanon, tor timo. -s to be used in the erection of the house of God. At last tho foundations were laid with ecstatic and solemn joy. The ancient men who had seen the first house in all its glory "when the founda tion of this was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice, and many shouted aloud for joy." The lesson of the captivity effectually cured the people of idolatry. It was WORDS OF Yn.SDOM. Do not delight in the misfortunes of others, for you know not at what mo ment you may fall. Have one settled purpose in life, and if it be honorable it will bring you re ward. Following many vocations has ruined the life of many a man. Practice economy and industry and success is yoiu s. Believe not ill of a brother till it is proved beyond doubt. The history of tho world teaches no lesson with more imtiross!vi soldi-note than this : that the only safeguard of a great intellect is a pure heart : that evil no -o nor takes possession of the heart than folly commences the conquest of the mind. To live with our enemies as if thev might one day be our friends, and to live with our friends as if they might be come our enemies, is neither according t tho nature of hatred nor in accord ance with tho rules ol friendship. It is not a moral, but really a political maxim. Reii"V. your subset iptiou.