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The Christian Sun. Devoted to tho intorost of BCLiotoN and Mo dality, Gbneual mhM/hjai News, And to l'UUL.WUJ-'.l) KVEUV t»lT)AV.w - f Ko> on* year ...yUMMI M Tt^ S3 00 l Sixur t'or .eix months. 1 00 'Vfi' M'KI,T,0\S 4 CO,..... l'tJUM94K*.->. .Kuiron. ItlSV. W. II. WELUfSlS/. Orrrrtt: on KiLnv Htre«t. Monpy scut in uurut'lstereil letters, mint l* Hi th* Halt of tlin wmler. The safest mray DOiRki money la by a 1’oat Oitlco imuity nntef. rtrii«ia •orwt latter, opr draft on some hnsiness hoitso In HulToUt or ^orloll;. SELECTIONS. Salvation for the Children The evangelical Church is ssdly hegli' jrcni of her duty t« ihe childten. It is tiuo tbo Oateehism and live Pabbnth School have accomplished mucli good., Wit they liavo, however, been considered inrher ss mcotis for mental and moral interaction pre^arafnry ! '•o the hoped for conversion in after year,-1 then ns ntcuua for the leading to Christ in ! childhood. ft is bat a few years tdnee the common sentiment of the Church was practically •against early conversion'. Voiith was look ed upon ns a time in life when wo mera un sMe to Understand the tlie'clnotoul d'-Coi 'ions of tho depravity of our nature turd the , hew bitlh, and eonseibiotrtjy, eouW not 'comprtthsnS the othdSin of God upon dm 'heart. Hew many can call to mind hours In thc'tr eaVly life when they longed to turn nntp God—craved the assurance of pardon through Chtist—hut were only encouragfi^ hy cold indifference, or th ■ long pray, r of .soin.e saint who prayed the Lo'rth to show ihem their grefit sinfulness, ami bring the.u, unto himself when they came to years o.l manhood or womanhood! While this is in great measure nas.-ing roway^ the mass of Christian men and wo-■ ■ moo still fail to sec and feel the . I r.rtancn I •of the immediate egoyorsion of the chil-1 dren. This is. in fa*t, the Gold of promisei open before the Church, It may ho rvoll i i that doctrinal Jiffofenoes be considered ; i the talbed-of ponfliet between Srienoc and ij llevelation may bo reconciled; missions I i may increase ; schools for religious training 1t may multiply ; but after all, the Eiealrjues-11 tiou before the Church is, How can oar j .Voys and girls be won to Christ ? ' J hey arc uow passipg'Chr-'Ugb timt hour! in life when 1 hoy can be most easily reaeli j ■oil hy religious influence*. Nut so much ' on account,vf'lfcsi*' Jpsptal weakness »s on j .account of their morujpurity Thu heart un- I .corrupted by sinful Imbita yields more road-1 ily to the call of the Spirit, ilut those j children are going into the world ol toil, j of temptation, of unbelief. They will soon j pass the threshold and, enter upon the active . duties of lite, surrounded by evil. .Satan j1 is already lying in wait for.them. J$vil . glory of the world will he spread out before [' them. TTido will get upon the throne ot 1 their heart, and they will fall— spmojpt j ! tliem never to .rise—uni s» they arc now}' .led us lambs to the fold. Saved in ehild- j hood, or lost to hcurco, that thought should j ' .lie upon the heart of every Christian. They can be saved, ijvery pastor should , labor for the immediate conversion of the i children. fie should carry them to the !' Lord, Sennnns sboald be pnHtohed. toj ■ them, not only upon the necessity of early j ^ culture, which is the great hobby in prea citing to them; hut urging the submission ' " of their heurt to Christ. Let them know K that their paster helievea. they can become ^ * Christians, that he prove for and expects ?♦, and many will come. The Sabbath School superintendent and teacher must rcabzo the Importance of so ring the children. Good morals may be , ^ ,-tuught in the sehoifts.bia that is not enough.! f ’The school is a failure if ;t does not lead ; j, the children to Chvis'. Our young men | „ and women that arc drifting Into unbelief j ~ nnd infidelity to-dav wotc, 'many of tffne,* n in the Sabbb'h School five years ago.— Their *ood Christian teaelfePs :dr8 not real ize th'ir rcapon'Mhilfty. Wfihy taught them 'much, but left untaught more. They failed in theft pi«qr.»l TeligiaualWstr'ucth.iit. Oh i whf^t y failure ! Shall our boys and girls jlp tjjip.istfjli^ to-day ‘gOoifturtsaiHed t Bro fH)Cr Ae.d Sister ’teacher#, undid- fjod, yon .fttcltoanswer. Kaisc the iflnfftftf at '(fWr& Ri» op Bad HAijjTs.a—I once fbeard a minister say ; ^SmAflodidhNIM a morning you should go into attcighbor% ^ house and find him'Tusf at wo*; on bis j( windows—scratching ayvtty, and should ask 1 w what tie was up to, artf ho should reply:1 (j “Why, I un trying tp reujftvo the frostf j j. , blit as fast as I get it off one sijuare, it cornea on another;” would you not say.*' ‘Why, mao, let your windows alone and kindle your fire, and the frost,, will soon come off.’ And have you not eeau people (j who tj-y to break off their had habits ode after another without avail jj, Well, they »ro liko the man who tried to scratch the yj frost from his windows, Lot the ffre of love to Gbd and man, kindled at the altar of prayer, burn in their hearts, ard tbs bad rabfts will soau o k i n habits will soon melt away .” . Wn arc often infinitely mistaken, sad ; Mt4tffafee#«dSiilfctf,'wlbin w^ wavyths happiness of rich nml great mbu. We kiW# ngt tb« inward canker that cat# out •U thpir^joy and dolaght^and makes thorn much more miserable than our selves. » P®r«« art thtta duipatah wUliout buafcU) ; par can °l° t*1# vwuca ms tioio, <$uUmte a valuable ooo for hiuiaclf. Tlic Only True Church. It l]us been found at laM ! Tt baa been recovered by I he editor of the Ifrestcrn 'freonhr, a Baptist paper, published at aouisville, Kentucky The learned ami ^ harp-sighted editor has found out. that hit | hureft is the only ,true ehur-di on earth, nd that te let any ouc Christiarr commune ritla him who is not a member «f his body, ' inether of Christ’s body or not, is not to icuthouglit of for a nioineut. The poor nghtouod soulf bus cries out, •'Shall m like them all iu| It would be dreadful/* ,ud the awful eoiiMiiu.'U- IS he thus por- , rave; -'S.B.ppose for instance,; .-that «« admit , u uoeaaiiMtid deviation from the rule of tiiet eommuuiou in our churches, where »iH the cv 1 end? Cau we admit one, Tusb)t,‘iian and liscludc another itjually ;ood V And if we admit this denomina te of professed Christians, most we r.ot limit nil? Aud it' we commune with all, ( there, in the light of such practice, can i v hope to locate the boundary lines of ' he chorah of Christ ? Shall we take them | til in? I. wo do, wo destroy the Baptist htirtilion of u church of Christ, and leaye , lursclves, without chart or compass, oa he dashing billows of eeolpsiastioaj uo- j tcitarnry. It is far belter to sail on ,wcll tnowii and safe waters. So long as we ; ndieve-the Baptist Church tu ba the only rue church of. Christ on earth. Baptists ire bound to maintain . ‘dose communion ; | alien they change their views on this sub set, and admit the claims of other deuom- j nations, there will then be, (as niytTiTapnqw' land.) no barrier in 'be way of ’free ’ Let us'Stink to what we know to j |)«J t) lOti , JJl* l> us MIU1V tu >V I lit l Wtf KIR'It IU | le regular, orderly, and heuce.safe, aud all fill go well,” It is a precious thought that only here ’ ind the iu there Crotestaut wi-fld there js a ■ hurchmnn iu a shell «o bard aud so dark hat bh.thinks there is uo other Church true o ’ Christ. Ruch ideas as thojc we have •opii d were not originally in the heads of lily Baptists. They have ucve.r been large* y adoiifttd, add aow i^vo are fewer who (old them thru .there were twenty-live •cars ago. \V,e .read them with a feeling if coiiipasetop fi.ot -any man still is afflicted fifh -such Anefltal bjindnoss, and with, a mpa that he may yet ooaie to the ligld hat fns present uucharitablenifs may he epri.ved- There is joy iu Christian fel- , owsh,i|P ito ivhii-Jj io iu a strangor, aud we rant him to taste it before he sits down j i*th us at the marriage supper of the j iamb.—Sew Curb Observer. The Read Owed—The li tie ciiiid is had. Move softly round the house.; tread | ever*ntiy. r,hen you near the room where :ic beautiful forj» fie* -in .its 'little coffiu j 'ou fever knew how lovely ho was until j ow ; you never knew half his gentle vir ies. Over your heart the memory of hi* . uiles hovers like an angel j. his eye was lighter than au angel, iriseye was brighter , iau any you will ever see again ; his voice loro musical than the sweetest lute, 0, , hv will the stranger pass oa uuhi eding ? j docs tilO so’hoC! bey langli and shout t ?eh beneath the window where belies?; low can travelers rattle by so heedlessly ? f aw cuq the world—at In? heartless tvorlu-ar | i on with its shows its farces, its pleasure ; idling, its tumults of pence and war, joy ; id hatred, when loving, happy hearted ,'iltio fiaops unknowing *11 ? Alas 1 the (tie child i* dead, and fain would the . ticken clnUo all the world in mouru A Ltv^jip Oe.Vtu.—In some few sad; ves there .comes a moment when the shaa l ,of 'death passe* oyer the souf and does I it touxmthe body. After that we walk ong our appointed path through the world ~ id laugh and talk, and buy and sell, and hrry, and are given in marriage, may be, 1 id hone of our friends, who hold our, mils and bid os God speed on our Way. ' jagine, when they look"into our eyes, shat ( e are dead ; that there is no mare light in lb evening sky nor freshness iu the mnrn g y that in our hearts is neither hope j irfear, regret, remembrance, nor delights; , it^ so much of tho red heart-throb as icps up the* show cf our life for ofb.er | leds than our own, only a wold, dull po unce in a plaoo of a living soul. ,_. __ __ I Do No't’ forgot to project a plao for etor iiy. , You aekooiyiei^jo yourself inimor- ! ’ T; where then .will you he a hundred ; 1 ?ars from now 2 You say that perhaps by | me great except ion you might ho aUre a mefi.V‘l years "frois uyw. Then where 1 ill yo%^p at ths gpd of a thousand years ? : i'wave W'r. -*» n ; 1 at a huuuccd years are nothing, a mil? j i in of years *,r.o ^othiog—uowpareij with j. eruitg, n j' Rev. Dr. Mthiogton, of NeiyWy, oqce *, ive a charge tft y church ie about the fpt- • | mo| worms ? '*1 c'bargo ydu to treat your j , inistcr as bo deserved J and If you treat.; m 1m'lie 'deserves! Tio will Reserve to be j r.atcd as you went him.” doss Bearing. What is it ■? Who does it ? It is not the having a piece of the trtse «.o«d of the Cross, ou which Christ hung. Not the wearing of a Jet, Of Coral, or Gold C^oss, us an ornament, as a badge. Slut a. some thing of my own making, and then calling it a cross—not the giving up of sin, as sin, uud calling it a cross IS do So. But ii is sennet hing, to he done, or borne, that is contrary to our natural'tastes, and feelings, and ipi'l-Ui:rtkin&—jtouiailiiug—not sinful, in itself, which Jesus retjuites us to give up, or do, or suffer.fu?. Him, and for His cause. It contorts, iu part, iu denying one’s own ease, or pleasure, or comfort even for Je sus—in giving up the iuonoent, or doubt ful amut-eme-ats, pleasures, sod practices of the world, for Jesus, and His cause; when they hinder our power to do good to others, or our desire to get go-id for ourselves: It consists in giving up or denying ourselves, of whatever, and whoever, is likely to lead us away from Jesus. It don.-isls in bearing the neglect, the pity, the scorn, .the hatred, and the persecution of the world,for Christ’s sake—and because.nre belong to Him, Jt consists in .counting all things else but loss, so we may but win Christ, etc. A.las, how few kfioy anything of such cross bearing. Hoes the money loving prtji lessor know of it ?e—.or the pleasure losing? —or the dram drinking : or liquor selling opr | i)oes the J-heat re going, the caid playing, the Uauciug J?rofissor know of it, . or bear it J Hoes that Professor know any thing about it who is. content, to receive al ways, and never to impart. . flow ofoeu, or when, do any of s* bear the cross,^by doing, or giving, (time or money.) or suffering, or giving up some thing, for Jesus, that we would nog other wise have? Jesus bore a terrible cross for us. Are we bearing any for Him? lie member 1 no cross, no crown. There must be conscious, willing, self denial, and bear ing the cross for Jesus, if you, would be a 'JiivUu-.vu indeed, Ifyo# will not give up the self indulgcn.ci.es, —tie yW e -, and the amusements, that belong to the wovV.tv how can yon be a Christian at all ? Loving the world, you are ay enemy of God. Choose you this day the CroSs, with crown ; or the wofki, •with its sins, and its wages. — South- HVsfcrn Prethytcriun, Sovinr Customs Without touching upon the importance of personal abstinence, it is my iutcntior: to dwell upon tno necessity of abandoning a social custom which is increasing in it's ru inous consequences in every rank of life, and tiro longer it .is maintained the more difficult it becomes .to cheek and diminish drunkenness. If it is to ire a national bond of friend ship and good fellowship, we must urge that friendship, thus united aud maintained, can only be as empty as the drained decan ter which cemen'ed its union. The sooner w.a understand the true mea ning of friendship, VUe better for our hearts ind homes. Friendship is too sacred a fel lowship to be created or secured by the in luencesof drink ; too true to be brokrn by :be ehangiug circumstances of life ; too sure to be .defiled by degrading drinking \ustgms. ■ It can neither ho originated nor sustain- . id by any drinking custom, however an ncntj.or na'ional that custom may.be. Such Vioudsbip is no more real than the tinsel.uf i child’s toy. Formed under intoxicating ufluqnces, it will speedily pass away—as mob as the intoxicating good ehaer has gratified tho selfish purposes of tho giver,to iecurc a friendship which too often exists or purposes of personal iuterest or gain. Society is full of such u#ed up friend-: ihips t dishonored htlLs of no value, but to . ihaJmhkrs of ,tho tyorthiless staui.cf, Headship .that was sustained by the social , •usiour of iutoxicatiug drinks—-d. G. | f,eyiot.. iJnvEtt whine over what you may suppose , be loss of opportunities. Every man ] >0 wishes may educate himself. Marty , servant has listened with attention while j s ipastef’s children were -saying thaif Jet- ■ rs, aud hy putting together what he thus trued, acquired tho elements of spelling. ^ a uYitn has a strong thirst for knowledge, uidUes's not where Vw lot may be east,-, i wiU become an educated n:au. 1 ho ^ at step toward seif-improvement is, to vvo off “crying over spilt milk ” Lot e past go, aud bend every energy to t^e j pruvemeut of tho present. $ A straw will make an iatpreasiou -Su ilfc 'irgin snow; let it remaiu thars but a abort iiue, aud a bopse's hoof cay scarcely pen itrata it. So it is with the ypitljful inlii'J. k trilling word may make an impressiou m it; but after a few years the most pow rful appeals cease to infl deuce. Think of, hit), ye who kayo the training of the infant] uind, aud foayo stych impressions thereon ; ,s will bo safe for it do #»rry amid fife fob- ; ies and temptations qf tho world. , I)J xs you wouVl be done by. Come and Rest. “Come unto me, ami I will give you rest.” “I." who made "the universe and fix ed her laws—")” in whose hands rests the j centre of all power, "will give you rest.” | lies'-—what is ill' It is something that Clod gives ; it is peaea and .quietness with- J in—a sweet tranquil frame of miud<—a sat- , isfaetion that breathes in life and smiles at j every breath, aud looks calmly on the , storui. ^ cj Why do men try so much? The way to happiness is simple and plain. Wouldn’t j it be better if they stopped in their race j after riches and honor, to listen to Christ, i and go to him with tbe.ir wearisntneload?—.1 Your evil heart, with its evil desires, goes j out is a thousand directions after a some- j thing that goads us Yoij don’t find j it because you don’t take the right course : the desire shapes out the path, and leads you on among the thorns that you made yourself i he sea is not troubled when the soft hrci Z‘S are playing in their ianoeenoe; it) is when there is made a void somewhere i iUgt the winds fvuii vtvt ti#«l made the tu- j uitwjt- The clouds that darken the sky are j made from what cornea from below. Bot j from above. God gires test, but man makes unrert. aesus says; ''Conte unto me, and I will give yon rest” He don't say, “wait till the way becomes clearer, or the burden liglrtere" but 'come,” though the load gets the heavier. “Come” that’s very simple; but you must leave Something in the act,— If you keep looking back all the time, it may seetn hard, but when yon have left ali to follow Christ, it is easy and you get what you want—rest ; the storm has goDe ; j(fa,r heart throb seems in unison with ali nature, and God's vuiee is everywhere. Oh ! that peace, how sweet ! You have a sort of rest when the cause of this or that trouble is gone, but this.jp cot’'the rest that God gives. , He gives not as the world How different ! As the sweet murmur of worlds revolving in space to the uneasy Pad cities. If you have on’t leave him. If you ir rest. V you arc not Iwnys, its your own fault, 11) of JOSUS,— The Moth i TO 11 Mil* ilteutu. t Birdrge, ill a characteristic letter to Lai^y lluljigton, say<; “Tho Sk^do comfort will not last always. nor long Xu the -present state of things, a «iute$ is as muck wputed to con tinue the earth fruitful, as a rummer. If the grass was always growing, it would soon grow to nothing, flowers tiwot hi- om much and loug generally bh om themselves to death ■ And as ins thus wit h the ground so it is with the -laborers too. Afflictions,; desertions, and temptations arc as needfuj as consolations. Jonah’s whale will teach a good lesson, a< well as Pisgah’s top : and a map ,puy sometimes iearu as much from being a gigbl and a day iu the deep, as from for-ty days -on the uuiuut. I see Jonah eouve out of the whale, tud cured of rebel lion. I see Jloses go up to the mount with meekness, hut coma down iu a buff, and break the tables Purther, { sea three picked disciples aiteuding the Master to the mount, and faU asleep there. Jesus lias j given your band and hoars to execute great j tilings for his gl wy, and therefore he will deal you opt a suitable measure of afflictions to keep your balance steady, ‘ Him That Cometh to Me. Cornell). If you would be blessed, you ' must eome j If careless am} indifferent, or i oven thoughtful and apprehensive, you re main where you are, perish you must. If your heart moves not, if youjiut forth no efforts, offer uo prayer, perish you must.— If you cast uo look upou Jesus, for you there is no Impe ls it enough to know that ymuynuy some! enough U) thiuk about coming ? to wish to obmc ? to reaplve to come at some future ; time? No. no. To sea the glass of spark- j ling waierwill mat allay the thirst of a man i ready to die. Ho must pr^ss the goblet to j his }ips. To knflw that ther.o is a remedy j will uot restore health io tjje sick man.—-1 He must make use of that remedy. With i your who}0 soul cpll upon tho Lord. Come, i yes, eome to Jesp*. pome as the bliod ; bcirgar, as the leper eeiuc and you shall rejoioa as they vt^oi^ed. .Only eome. No tougge gag tell whgt Jesus will then do for . #Jt - ; | Shako life Question.—An old legend I representing oft tho one hand the arrival before the throne of God, of the penitent 1 souls whatn his pity admits into hoaveu ;— I ou tho ither, Satan, who suys, “These1 soujs have offended against Thee a thousand 1 tiuros—t'jonly once.” 1 “Hast thou ever asked forJiveness?” replies tho Eternal. • dotiLU io see thiugs as Cod secs them, 1 sUouldlnot have a solitary wish for a j glo alt#ui„n -»ur sirumuataucsswe 1 »»ii»» Vrcll.” A Mother'* Word. A youth i’f eighteen or nineteen years at un open window,.* look of painful perplexity in his face, caused apparently by a hook which ho held in his hand. After sittting thus for some minutes, he muttered to him self, “Yes, I must go; if i don't Brown and Smith will he laughing at me, and calling nte righteous nrerroubh. And after all there's no great barm in it> for I'll go to church in the morning, and it’s only to be a sail down the river and spend the day iu the country," Still he pre.-ied his hands on bis forehead for an instant, then rising hastily, he said, “Thera* no use in bother ing about it—rl muit go.*’ As he rose, hjs eye lighted eo tko sun, and bts whole expressioo.changed. A half sad look played on his face ; hi* thoughts were tjsc»;jjppe—-|gotbgr scope was before his eyes. The dprk street had disappeared, in Its stead a neat cottage Lad risen. In thought he was there Once more Iro saw the hills that rose near that cottage home ; once more blue water of the (Jistao.t jakn giisteued before him y once wore he sat in the cottage garden with hi* widowed mother and watched the setting sun. Once more that mother's words sounded iu his ears; “John, don’t forget your, God aud He'll net forget you. Item ember the SaLbaib day to keep it Luly. Though sin ners entice thee 'to break it, consent thou not. <Jt, when post are tempted to do wrong, dou’t forget to pray! Never let the sun go dowu bn a prayerless day. Jfay the God of the fatherless guide y^u. May the Lord Jesus be your Saviour 1" Yes, six months had passed*’ since, he heard these words, and yet they seemed to sound in his oars. Tears filled his eyes, and, rising, ho folded hi* .bands jn prayer: 'hen taking up his peu, he wrote thus ‘•Thanij, 3fr. Ijrowu. for your kind in vitation, but I cannot aoeept it. Mv duty is to obey Ilis commands, ami Uo has said, ‘litemember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' Spending the day in idle pleasurei* not doing this: and I wish you would thiuk over the subject and not go yourself.” How great is the influence of a pious mother *-word* V wondwrful the an swers to her earnest prayers 1 “What js it ? I asked a crowd of men upon the sidewalk, from whom, as I ap proached them, l l^p ui’i. repeated shouts of merriment “What is there so amusing here ?“ ‘•Why, don’t yon see f’ was the reply. “The fellow’s drunk; that’s all." Yes, I did see. it was a young'mao; who, an diffbut Wireumstancis, might have teen called good-looking. He had evidently | been well dressed a few hours before, though now his hat %as obnttered and bis clothes soiled ; and.it made hint a siill more pitiable sight to see the evidence that he had come from a good home. lie sat on the .li. i • _ ' t.. i _,i. . brick wall, liia head wagging,- his eyes winking, and iukld'tor smile on his face.— As he occasionally made some senseless remark, the laugh went op from the crowd A police officer s ion came, whlrapp-aret to .understand the case, and lifting the pool disgraced youth to his feet, , lie led him of to his home, or seme place where he coulc gat sober. “He was drunk ! that’s all!” “And ie not that enough I’’ thought I ■If that boy—for he was scarcely mart than a boy-had* a mother worthy pf tfc< uauie , if be had a father wl#> knows what it is to he dishonored by a child ; if be has brothers or sisters, will they not think >1 enough for the son and brother, to oomt home in charge of au ofijocr, who will ex plain as he leaves him at the door, “l found him urunk. in the street if’ Little Things. v * It is truly said that ‘“*l;itHc words, not eloquent speeches or sermons ; little deeds, not miracles nor battles, nor great oi mighty martyrdom, make up the true. Chris tian life.'* • ’Hh' ' ■, llow softly falls upon t!\e heart veigluf down with sorrow and trouble, a kiud aud gentle word. Row Swce} to those', who in this great world are yet alorib with none to comfort or oheef,; •fe.'lh? voice that greets them as brother oy 4is£er, AY hen l’athea'-Tlylor shoe!: hands', with the poor sailor at tfti^seaanSn'k chtpcl ln*t>os tori, ho diiHt fu such V manner that Jack said : '‘That means me, and no .” The Christian should wot forgofchovt potent for good are the littl»nttontiod*df JsyeryJay life, pmwormnd iu sochw higuigitrthat thet’e is no mist a* mg their meaning. A^yiiM we see-men who—are . tirm, wo sometimes say, “They, look like disbranched trees ;’’ but it Coo were to touch our eyes, and reveal to US tbp com panies of augcls that surround such vene rable waiting saints, we should never think that th«y were solitary or impoverished, or to be pitied. —iicsoher. Hon looked down upou a city asleep rw ]3ut destruction JunA^orth, FARM AND GARDEN. Manures. The question whether manure «hoii!<l»he ploughed in or applied to 'surface of the ground, h is not been definitely^ettTcd. Tho best, mode of application doubtless depends oa eircutiilanees. Hut that there is any i loss from evaporation by being spread broad east, we are not prepared to btlieTe> Tb#j excrement of animkls must undergo a kind of C.Tiiienfart'T?. fre putrefactive change, j before being assimilated by plants ; and it ; is better for this change to be carried for ward in (he Held, and in contact with the soil, whieh is greedy to absord all the pro ducts of tfjjeo'mphsifion. The abiwirplfve capabilities b?the soil arc very great-i-dii most unlimited. If a inn/p^f fresh mandrels' lafgo'as a peek measure is placed jon plowed ground uncovered, and life.wear to ferment t «r decay irv the open aw.-the-carth will at ' tract toward* it all the volatile gases that il may give upl ItJs .believed that not a part;.do \rlll escape into the atmosphere:, o-u the contrary tho earth, iu a port) us state. * is always drawing from the atmosphere a : portion of its fertilizing elements. There is an addii|oual reason why mariurb should be near the surface. The ra!r,a fall upon it auu dissolve tie soluble salts, and pe.-cola ' tioO carry them iIowd in the state to be taken * up by the roots of plants’. Coarse manure ' may not bo lost when buried by the plow, j but tho farmer does hot secure its full value Under this mode of treatment in any ease ; Und on some soils—sm-h as hold wa*er in winter—the loss may be very appreciable. This may he illustrated on the principle of 1 tho leach hand, which is familiar to every farmer. The natural process of exhausting the ashes Gf their potash is by passing the water through from top to bottom, ac-. cording to tho laws of gravity.. The solu ble alkalies and salts are driven downwards; and as in tbe case of the leach a vessel is placed at the bottom to receive them, so the roots of plants shall be in a position, to ab sorb the liquid mature as it sinks into the i earth before it passes beyond their reach. When manure is applied to laud which is being prepared to bo planted in a crop, its t»V\ Uom^Bean perhaps best be secured by j mixing itXith the surface soil by means of a harrow. tf arty escape of the volatiiri : ingredients is feared, then the JoastaiixturS ‘ of earth, for the reason above given, will prevent it. The land will then be iuaeon dttion foe -planting hr corn, cotton or lobster, j—and above all in wheat. For tobacco, 1 plaElers gather the manure into hiijs, and this may be done lust as well after a broad cast application ns if deposited by a shovel ; and with this farther brnegt, that it is more i, idtimately incorporated with the soil. Whenever practicable, manure should be j 1 applied in itsfresh or raw state. Lying in 1 bulk, unless frequently turned, or exposed I to the weather, it loses day by day aporlion ; of its vaUjafrie (dements, A load of manure ■just fcik-n from the stable is Ln hie best :j)ossibte condition for putting ou the land b worth twice as much as when it has lain in the opea air for a few months Every far mer has noticed the pungent oder of am monia whet breaking up the manure, whieh has accumulated in the stable; and been compacted by tbc horses' houfs for a few weeks. Though not always, nor perhapi often convenient to remove H straightwa-. ; to the land; yet it is liable to eijtitihual los . until it is removed, except under the mosi careful treatiueut. It would pay tfel! tc ’spread it in a heap, with alternate layers ol 1 earth, Shore |cieutifie writers recommend ’ a liberal sprinkling 9t plaster fyr t>e pur t pose of arresting tbe estSfif af’jihimotiia. We are very doubfol a£,:the wisdom df hLis , advice, our opinion being founded 05 Hie resullx of a Series of vot y- chiefol jnd ac 1 edrately coiidiqi:cdi:xpc4gfb1Sts ou wheat, Several yWrnrgo.-’krith d[H$l*er isj^Tguaub 1 combined in different prctjwrtiofis. \Yc have bo space now to gfee them fn tftrei); *h?t suffice it to say that With cupal qnan tities , of guano^ in Tjagh eipperfmeitl the ■ product was gtCateef'with smaffest projfci 1 tiem If plaster , a^ ddsS Sfcd IcSvaVtV' pro portion wapiti creased. ; It is reaJbhabto 1'. suppose it would bo thesame case with its mire.—/Veftfmro hide?;. * __ • To Cook: • a n. Old Fowl ,—DrcsS an . stuff ss. Fur roasting ; then bpH ihrco hour, ni.a'cOTerSa pot, with one Vt-frt tjfntu ti whitfh 3d(f two tahJes.DoOufuFs of vinegar then take it from the water, fuV ov^r with a little butter, sprifife’e over some itflur, ( anti-put the ft)®! into a bake pan and bake ’it is’a hot oven one hour. Use' the liquor fcifl the' pot for gravy, and to baste with.— The vinegar makes it very tender, but does not taste at all. . SpiCkd Amps?—Might pounds of ap ples, part'd, four pounds of sugif, one quart viuegaf, coo ounce' stick cinamou, half muice of cloves. Boil the sugar, vinegar and/pices tugvthi r : put in the apples when boiling and l*t- thffta renraftK^tftttt tender t about'\weuty iniuntesh. Take1 tbvui jg>i ,.ua put them in a jar. Boil do rm tUq syjmr until it is tliiek, and jjotir it uvc^._ ' Vtik following rates (*i»aqw*jniofteti lines first i rwertion. tn*4»t:i€>n ...... *<?rr swaftn- fftipe nrorrtias.. ..".... sonar" s>* tnryntfm (twelv« mouths AwHsktisttk** <1 ft) . 5ft ft tw .12 ft) JH ft) week I .-. rnn«t mnk j* Mix-clalaareetM^ut. Y*mi:U' a«Jv«! iis**rs will j.a nftftntfflyv or oiarr^rtv in mfvftnr*. Tmitieuiat**- • veftlfl'iments 10In* imid for <*n Insertion. ,, • jirt. ttulIK. JfdaWf-aixl JFftu ri;ij)»TiNO-of every kind dt*H« alour JftlfOnJi-e in the best. jttyle and on modi r ftte terms. t 3k, Qluelf Veed C'im in the tun-rfy state is the cause of dry murrain iu cattle. it was discovered in Iowa, by turning cattle i»to the enru fields where the stalks and corn had been ■ spoiieJ, inustei, 0%d j^coua mouldy by serins end early fronts, that t^euy.dcatlu • 'occurred, and relief was -paly found by a . change of feed mixed with pleetty^pf sair, copperas and Sulphur Pigs will eat sttiotty corn; but by CMicg it Tticir teeth become loose, their . bristles drop out their bind legs become awkward and UBrnaiiagia ble, and they lose flesh. Mules aud horses fed eu musty eyre, lose their hair, suffer from engorgement of limbs, sad change of diet at once, oddy will save them. liens fed onnausty yearn, will lay eggs without shell. The smut of corn cootaUs no starch or nutrlti in, but poison ouly The rule U'dds good for euiutty, mouldy stalks Dairy products, both butter and cheese,, are often very much injured_pu account [of the cows feeding in weedy pastures.— The daisy has been known to give a de cided!" bitter taste to cheese, and nothing is more essential Tor the farmer to uuder stand, who desires to put span tic morketr a fanev' high priced butter, than the fact that the utmost attention must be given ■ to the feed of his cows. M e have seen, the cheese of a whole factory tainted' by: leeks, and on account of this taint, great losses were sustained, bionic pastures, especially those recently reclaimed froau the forests, are greatly troubled with this. had weed. The only way of obviating the difficulty is to eradicate the weed,‘but. if any one can discover a remedy or pjroocss of taking out the taste of leeks Irom but ter, or of lessening tlie, evil in any way, it would be extremely valuable to a greats many persons.— Western lluml. Roast Duck. Select those that are fat and tpnder, Uemove every pin feather, and singe fine, season with pepper ; or, ii.agrc«*ble, add two onions .chopped Sne, seasoned with little sage, pepper and salt, but unless cured that all who are to cat can use onions without injury, it is better not to risk them. Uemove the two oil sacks from the back; or the oil will impart a strong disagreeable jjavor. lloast carefully till a nice brown, lasting thoroughly. Due hour is quit* 'long enough, as, if too much cooked, a I duck becomes very dry and tasteless, lie wave alb the fat from the gravy, aud put in all the g'ftiWs, which should have 3— 1 chopped fius and eooied’"hr!t«w« t? ■ duck is done. V/kcn cooking them, Soar, sops to make a paste: then stir it; into the gravy, and stir til! all lumps havo . been broken and smothered : let it cook at few minutes, then pour in part of the wa ter in which the giblets were boiled ; cool til! it is thick and entirely free from lumps; -, then serve. k ] X» Keep Sausage Fiesli. When the meat is fir^t prepared aud sea soned, it will cot be necessary to staff it i atjytluug, bu* just make it out BS^Btaer* j eonveniout sisc...-then fry it^ut not ve j bard or brown) iu para, lard, and pack n ™ I closely iu jars or liu caus, aud till tbc iuter-} t dees' yirith the hut gravy. ..and it will remain'! as fresh and as sweet as when -first cooke^, ^ l for any, length of ramt, desired.. \lSea , uceded lor use it can be wanned or rc-fiicd, j iu dm same lard or gravy, at pleasure, j Idy.adaptiug this simple and certain plan,, j ail families that put up their o wn pork or Ip href) may he independent of the market I lor a supply .of fresh sausage during th whole* of. the sausage season ; and sue jd> adopt it will not bo likely to forget j iftilglect it afterwardSj fop foe piiuoiphfsU j tho, result wilhbolh commend themsoivesi j the judgment ttud’ounlijoucc of all that givo 1 it a fair trial._\__ ilyrutv farmer should fully understand! the value aud'jmpartaueo'-OfTIfcpi^m j i Uirfilifer of thp soil, and the gu^l tffeo [the wheat crops,, of weuurgs. 1% »hi | abounds,.. \V« may tyjdcrstStjpi#j^4(^ ^ tires of a certain mauuru, aud yot I ajjle te appiy^;^ properly. .If mut ( of au abundance ,af ununytUdCa ; the stem aud the leaves of the* wheat ; | will become so large and.succulent, I th e roots will not be. able to furujah ( Ido siiieia iu juSheieiit quantities, t>> |tre*ugth ( et> tljem aud.they will tall, down and fad I produce a tail- crop ofigiium, j counteract this wo must.uiaku us urc that will give , strength. to tfi^ pluinguoss to the gtjrip. Ix preparing luruT for Sinter of primary importanco that. it sh rky^andSUp that tt.should post g'rehitMYt.i'^yJueh arc rtccess, the plants and form rffe* marshy soil gftDOrally aiount of straw aud *? ^ Vi"* ' 4-^V' * ,T3Tif. TIedvy clay tan natwd ^ lave ,bemi,uW.ainci. | ILi^r Cl\J • 4 __ ,4 _ aooausO il lacy th< are uecessMy c for for
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 22, 1871, edition 1
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