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The Christian Sun. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1877. Editor-In-Chief, Key. J. T. WHITLEY. Corresponding Editors, Ret. C. A. APPLE, Holt Neck, Va., Rev. W. S. LONG, Graham, N. C. OCR PRINCIPLES. ' rextract from the declaration of principles of THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.] “We mar veil afford to dispense with all those doctrines and tenets which set the brethren nt variance, and to take the following primary constitution as the ground-work of our organiza tion, viz.: “1. The Lord Jesus Christ is the only Head of the Church. The Pope of Rome, or auy other pretending to be bend thereof, should be regarded as that man of sin and son of ]»crdition, who ex alteth hiufself above all that is called God. “2. The name Christian is the only-appella llaij netded or received by the Church. All p^rtr sectarian names are excluded as being unneces sary, if not hurtful. “3. The Holy Bible, or the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is a sufficient rule of faith and practice. “4. Christian Character, or vital piety, is a just, and should be~The only, test of fellowship, or of Church membership. •‘5. The right of Private Judgment and the liberty of conscience is a right and a privilege that should be accorded to, and exercised by; all.’’ Notice to Correspondents. Articles intended for publication should be addressed to the “Editor of the Christian Sun, Suffolk, Va,” and should be mailed so as to reach us before the Friday preceding the date of their publication. Write in a legible hand, with ink, only on cue side of the paper. All anonymous communications will be thrown into the waste basket. No article will be inserted for any one, unless deemed suitable for publication. THE SUFFOLK COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Institution was held on Friday last, the 4th of May, for the purpose of deciding upon plans for its management after the expira tion of the current session. By the death of Rev. W. B. Wellons, D. D., the school has been for mouths with out a head aud the Professors have had their own work to do as well as that which was formerly attended to by the President. Notwithstanding these and other disadvantageous cir cumstances, the present session ha3 been one of peculiar success in several respects. The average attendance has been much bettejWr proportion to the number of mfives Mi the roll than in any previous year. The de portment of the students has been un exceptionable, not a single casa of disorder having occurred since the beginning of the session. Professor Wright says the students are the best set of boys aud girls be ever met. Of the nineteen trustees of the school thirteen were present in per son and one was represented by proxy. Thomas J. Kilby, Esq., was called to the chair aud presided over the meeting. The decease of the President of the Institute, the Rev. Dr. Wellons, was formally announced to the Board, aud resolutions of sor row were unanimously adopted. The object of the meeting was then stated to be, to make arrangements for the future conduct of the school in view of the death of the former President and the consequent disarrangement of former plans. A resolution was then unanimously adopted to go at once iuto the election of a President, aud to leave to him and the Execu tive Board the selection of other mem bers of the faculty. These preliminaries beiug settled, Rev. C. A. Apple was put in nomi nation for the office of President, aud on the first ballot was unanimously elected. The Chairman of the meet ing formally announced to the Presi dent-elect the action of the Board, and the office was accepted by him in a short aud appropriate speech. He paid a most handsome tribute to the earnest and untiring labors of the late President, and invoked for him self the hearty co-operation of the Trustees aud of all the friends of the school. The Board of Trustees then adjourned. \\ ith tlie arrangements that will soon be perfected the Suffolk Collegi ate Institute must become a more prosperous and useful Institution than ever before. There is every prospect that the energetic efforts of its friends outside of the school, combined with the careful and constant labors of its teachers in the class-rooms, will greatly increase the number of stu dents and make this,Iustitution even wore popular and influential in the future than it has ever been able to be in the past. The catalogue for the present ses sion will be issued in a lew weeks, and in it the names of members of the faculty will be announced. It Is already definitely settled that Itev. C. A. Apple and Prof. John H. Wright ■will be among the instructors. Be yond this nothing has yet been agreed upon. Let all the friends of the school work for it now with more energy than ever. Canvass your community tHid secure students for the next. peseion. THE (TffRlKTTAW CHUECH.—Ho. 10. “CHRISTIAN” OtIR ONLY NAME. So far as by diligent investigation we are able to learn, the denomina tion represented by this paper was the first organization since the days of the Apostles to adept the name ‘‘Christian” as the only appellation by j which it desired to be known. We | are informed in the 11th chapter of j Acts that “the disciples were called Christians first at Antioch and it is almost certain that the Churches generally in the time of the Apostles were known simply as Christian Churches or Churches of Jesns Christ: yet after the Ilomish hierarchy arose and dominated the world there was no ecclesiastical organization, so far as we know, down to the year 1791, which formally., adopted the name j Christian to t!lie exclusion of all other names. The Roman Catholic Church, the Greek Church, the Lutherans. I Episcopalians, Baptists, Presbyteri | ans, Methodists, Congregationalists and scores of other sects arose and spread themselves over the world; j but no one of them rejected the ap- j pellations given by the world and said, “We will have no other name than that which is derived from Christ our Head.” On the 4th of August, 1794, at old Lebanon Meeting House, in Surry comity, Va., James O’Kelly and his colleagues met in Conference, to de cide upon plans for future labor. Not quite two years previous they had withdrawn from the Methodist Epis copal Church, and for the greater part of the time since their withdrawal had been known as “Republican Meth odists.” At this meeting, however, convinced that their name was un suitable, they formally discarded it, and on declaring that henceforth Christ should be recognized as the only Hoad of the Church, affirmed also that Christian should herceforth bo the only name they, would wear. From that time until the present the denomination has steadfastly clung to this name, averring that no other is needed or will he received. The second article in the constitution of onr Church is: “The name Chris tian is the only appellation needed or received by the Church. ' All par ty or sectarian names are excluded as being unnecessary, if not hurtful.” There are at present two other re ligious bodies iu the United States that are designated, or desire to be designated, by the name “Christian.” Oue is the Christian Church, or “Christian Connection” of the North ern, Western, and New England States, represented by the Herald of Bospel Liberty. The other is the or ganization founded by Alexander Campbell, variously known as Camp bellites, Disciples and Christians. Both of these bodies, however, adopt ed the name years after it was chosen by O’Kelly and his fellow-workers. The first-named body had its origin in New England, under the labors ol the Rev. Abuer Jones, in the year 1800—six years later than the date of the conference iu Surry county, Va., at which the name Christian was for mally adopted by James O’Kelly and his colleagues. As for the latter body, Alexander Campbell, its foun der, was a boy of six years living iu Ireland when the conference of 1794 took place; and, of course, the sect which he founded was not so much as thought of, much less named, when our Church adopted its present name. So far, then, as the question of pri ority is concerned, the ecclesiastical body whose interests are represented in these columns, was unquestionably the first organization of modern times to repudiate all other names and cling simply to “Christian” as its only title. Tho question of priority, however, is comparatively unimportant. We have given the matter some promi nence in this article, more to vindi cate the truth of history than because we deemed the facts themselves of any vital importance. We are far from claiming that we have any pe culiar right to the name Christian. Though the first in post-apostolic times to wear it, we claim no patent right in it. On the contrary, its adoption by all the people of God to the exclusion of every sectarian name would be hailed by us with genuine delight. We are glad that the “Chris tians” of the Iforth and the followers of Alexander Campbell have adopted it. May the Lord hasten the time when all party names shall be dis carded, and whin “Christian” shall be tbe only name received by the Church of Christ. The question will probably be ask ed, Why are you so particular about a name? The answer is at hand. Names are not matters of little moment. They wield an important influence in the affairs of actual life. The influence may be silent and al most imperceptible, but it is none the less real and potential because the processes are hidden. The name of a sect is usually based upon its most prominent peculiarity, and thus serves to keep this peculiarity promi nent aud consequently to widen the gap between it and otbej’ 'denowjoa * tions. In tliin manner party names bare a direct influence in promoting disunion and strife among the people of God. The whole tendency of de nominational names is to estrange Christians from one another and pre vent that union of God’s people in Christian work wliich is the most powerful instrumentality God uses in the conversion of the world. There is only one name which builds no barrier and widens no breach, and that is the name Christian. We believe that the name of the Church should not spring from its pe culiarities, but from the great funda mental priuciples which nuderlie its existence. It is unfortunate that the different divisions of the Church should be labelled with titles which ouly serve to magnify the points on which they differ from others- Our own Church has chosen the name Christian as being based upon no minor matter of doctrine or Church polity, but as simply expressing its attachment to Jesns Christ and its ardeut desire to fraternize with all His people. That this name may be objected to, is no valid argument against it. There are not wanting persons who object to everything good. Some people sneer at us for taking this name, be cause, they say, we thereby attempt to monopolize it. Such assertions are based upon sheer ignorance, and in some cases ignorance that will not be enlightened. We make no such ab surd attempt as that of monopolizing the name of Christ. His name is the common heritage of ail His people, and we are ouly exercising onr birth right in ivearing it. If others refuse to wear it and choose another, Jet them not sneer at us for declining to follow their unwise example. There is one real difficulty that meets us,-^and that is the difficulty ol distinguishing different ecclesiastical bodies of the same name from each other. Many people even now are confounding our Church with thac founded by Alexander Campbell. But the existence of a difficulty like this does not set aside tho name of Christ as unfit for His people to wear. There are reasons as broad and far reach ing as Christianity itself, why “Chris tian” should be the only name of the Church, while all difficulties in the way are comparatively insignificant and can be removed. THE ESSENTIALS'OF CHRISTIANITY. Much has been said and written concerning the essentials of Chris tianity without as yet any very exact definition of them. Eeligious science, like other sciences, especially those of ethics and politics, is still in a pro gressive state, and probably very far from the degree ot perfection which may he looked for in the future. The most eminent writers upon political philosophy are now beginning to de clare that the science and art of gov ernment greatly need simplification, and that the world has been far too much governed; that the principles essential to a properly constituted human society are comparatively lew and simple; that the state has inter meddled with a great many things with which it has no just concern ; and that the ideal government ot the future will be distinguished from those of the present by confining its func tions within its legitimate sphere, and leaving to the individual citizens of the community many of those things which are at present regarded as appertaining to the province of the state. Perhaps no statesman has as yet been able to defiuo with clear ness and precision what are the proper functions of the general government. Time and experience, together with the developments ol human society, must decide the ques tion, and decide it better than any political philosopher can do before hand. Christianity is of a like nature. The progress of the world has shown former interpretations of Scripture to be incorrect, and that doctrines once held to be essential, are but of secon dary importance. The tendency of the times is towards a simplified sys tem. It is clearly seen that the Church has intermeddled with mat ters which belong to individuals, and not to the collective body. The only legitimate purpose of any properly constituted human government must be the protection of every individual citizen in his natural rights “of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi ness.” The only just restraint which such a government can impose upon the citizen, is that he shall not inter fere with his fellow-citizen in the en joyment of equal privileges. No church constitution can be a legitimate one, which is not founded upon tlie same broad principles. The church cannot justly assume one iota of authority except such as is essen tial to the execution of the purposes for which Christians unite themselves into organized bodies. Let it be understood here, that we must distinguish between what is es sential to Christianity, as a system, and what is essential to salvation. Certain doctrinal principles are essen tial characteristics of the scheme which we call the Christian system. No doctrine can be an essential of salvation. Salvation is a fact, not a system. Wo, as Christians, regard the atonement of Christ as an essen tial of salvation. But it is the fact of the atonement, not the doctrine of the atonement which is thus essential. The doctrine of (he atonement is es sential to the Christian system, or philosophic scheme of Christianity, but is not necessarily essential to sal vation. Young children are saved by the fact of the atonement; of the doc trine they know nothing. So it may he in very many other anomalous in stances. -Men may possibly be saved, so far as we know, who do not accept a single doctrine which we regard es sential to tiie Christian system. The factof their salvation depends upon how they shall be judged before God’s tribunal; and with the principles which go to 1 niluenee that judgment we are but imperfectly acquainted. No human creed can limit God's mercy. This does not prove, however, that the constitution of the Church must be made so broad as to include all who may possibly be saved. God has not chosen to reveal to ns with clear ness what are all tlpj facts which must necessarily precede salvation. What he has revealed to us clearly must be the foundation of our system. I The constitution of the Church must | be founded upon what lias been re | vealed, not upon what we regard as possible or probable in the secret economy of God. The Christian sys tem is that which is founded upon our interpretation of God’s word. In the Bible' are matters which pertain to the constitution of the church and to the conduct of (ho individual be liever. Not every doctrine of the Scriptures was designed to enter into the system of Church organization. The law of the Bible is like the law of nature, intended to apply both to individuals and to collective bodies. Our reason and experience have been given us for a guide to tlie interpre tation of both. We are left to judge what principles belong to the church as a body, and what to the individual as an accountable being. In the formation of our constitution we are to seek such principles as go to formulate Christianity, and uo others. Thus we might suppose a number of thiukirg men uniting themselves together with a design to benefit their fellow-beings. The first inquiry which would suggest itself to their minds would be, Among all the systems that claim to have such a purpose, which is the best calculated to effect such a result'? After inves tigating the teachings of all ancient and modern philosophers, it is con cluded that Christianity is to all in tents and purposes the best. These men then proceed to form an organ ized body upon the Christian basis, having for its ends the bettering of mankind in a spiritual sense. This organization is the Church. Now would not every principle of reason teach these men that their system should be large enough to include just as great a proportion of the hu man race as possible? The opinions ot men vary just as much as choir faces and figures. Yet, as all men are sufficiently alike to enable the natuialistto class them in the genus homo, so every individual Christian, while having peculiarities of his own, will be sufficiently like all other Christians to enable us to determine with tolerable certainty to what Reli gious or philosophic type he belongs. As certain distinguishing characteris tics show an individual of the human species to be a man and not a beast, so there are certain peculiarities about a Christian which mark him out as that, and nothing else. In this state every man is eligible to citizen ship. So in the Church, every Chris tian should be eligible to member ship. The church has no right to go behind that fact. Christianity is what the church sets out to teach and to propagate. If any man shall give credible evideuce that he is a Chris tian, then he lias a right to be admit ted into any Christian society. If he has not those things which are essen tial to Christianity, theu he must be excluded ; otherwise he cannot be ex cluded without doing harm to the :eause ol truth. iNow, it is admitted by almost all the principal religious denominations that there are Christians—not merely men who may be eaved—but Chris tians, whom their tests exclude. This we hold to he wrong ; aud claim that any fundamental doctrine of a reli gious organization which is not es sentially a characteristic of Chris tianity in its broadest sense, is an er ror hurtful to the church of God aud prejudicial to the progress of true religion among mankind. A. Kev. Potnam Owens, who was taken suddenly ill at Milliield in Southampton county, while attending the Union Meeting of the Middle Dis trict,Portsmouth Baptist Association, died at th&-resideuee of Dr. Kello on Wednesday night. Ho was one of the oldest Baptist ministers in East ern Virginia, and had been for many years pastor of Western Branch and other Baptist Churches in this section. NEWS AND OPINIONS. [XoTK.—'Ve solicit, for publication in this col umn, items of news from the Churches, and briel expressions of opinion from our brethren on mat ters of common interest. Write briefly and to the point If you have news of interest, or s anoA idea, and cannot write with cOVrsctniss. send along the n ns or the idea, and we will put it in proper shape.] Washington has a Mrs. Rotherfortl R. Haves Temperance Society. Rev. Davitl 1\ Hodges, el the Vir ginia Methodist Kpisorpal Confer ence, is dead. Rev. W. X. Cote, M. !>., the first missionary sent out to Italy by the Southern Raptist Convention, is dead. Rev. 0. H. Spurgeon’s wife has raised live thousand dollars for a ••Rook Fund," to help poor ministers respleuish their libraries. In fiitiiie. no student is to have the benefit of a scholarship in Dartmouth College who will not pledge himself to spend no money for liquors, tobac co, billiards, and dancing. Mr. Moody’s meetings in Roston closed April 29. We learn that the committee having them in charge pro pose. to-continue meetings in the Xab eruacle till next fall. A new phase of the license question is proposed in the Oregon Legisla ture, by which those who intend to drink intoxicating liquors will have to pay *5 for a license. The last intelligible words spoken by the late Dr. Muhlenberg were, “Lower not the flag at half-mast, but place it at the top as an emblem of my victory over sin and death.” Rev. C. F. Deems, D. D., Pastor of the Church of the Strangers, New York, will deliver the annual address before the Literary Societies of Ran dolph Macon College, Virginia,Thurs day, Juno 2lst, 1877, at 11 A. M. Maj. D. W. Whittle, the evangelist, has been appointed guardian of the children of the late P. P. Rliss. The treasurer of the fund raised for them has received $11,130, which has been invested in Government bonds tor their benefit. Is there a Sunday School at youi Church? Do you belong to it! II not, why not! Is yonr excuse a good one! Will you present it willingly to God at his bar when called to judgment? If your excuse is not good, throw it aside and go earnestly to work at once in the school. A brief but most significant des patch comes in the last news from China, that a decree in favor of relig ious toleration has been signed by the Emperor and published in Poking.— There are signs that the world moves even in the conservative and stereo typed East, and this is by no means the least. Prof. Niemeyer, of tho University of Leipsie, in liis prize essay on the “Sunday Best from a Sanitary Point of View,” mentions the fact that the average life of the Jews, who strictly keep their Sabbaths, is ten years lon ger than that of the Christian popula tions of Europe, nearly all of whom are deprived of their weekly rest. Here is an order from Bryan, Texas, for a copy of “The Holy Spirit’s Re plies to the Sinner's Excuses.” We send it with a prayer that it may do good for tho Master in the Lone Star State. Here is another order from Middle burg, Loudoun county, Va.— The tract is designed to meet the ob jections aud excuses of the sinner. Ten cents a copy. We learn from the Petersburg In dex and Appeal that the twelfth semi annual session of the State Council, Friends of Temperance, met at Mount Crawford, Eockiugham county, week before last, and after several days’ proceedings, adjourned to hold its next meeting in Scottsrille, on the fourth Tuesday in October next at 7J p. m. The attendance of delegates and visiting members of various couucilsat Mount Crawford waslarge, and the reports received from the Councils of the State show the Order to be in a flourishing condition. Kev. \v. tseaie writes this week: At a quarterly Conference of the Church at Bethlehem, Nansemond county, on Saturday the 5th inst., steps were taken, looking to the erec tion of a new house of worship at that place. A committee of seven breth ren, consisting of Bieliard Copeland, B. J. Bartlett, Wiley Kedd, Charles C. Duke, Thomas Parker, Col. Wm. Eley, and Harrison King, was appoin ted to take the matter into consider ation; which committee will meet on next Friday at 4 o’clock r. M., in Col. Eley’s Otiice in Suffolk, to take such further steps as may be necessary. Success to this blessed work. Oh 1 brethren, let us resolve to give the Lord a neat, comfortable house, in which we aud our children may wor ship Him. Don’t begin to plead “hard times.” Never mention it.— But say, “Ml do what I can,” and do that, aud God will be houered, and you will be Wewedi CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION INTO THE CHURCH. The Christian Union, in the course of an eilitorinl article concerning creeds iii their relation to Churches, has the following paragraph s' The Presbyterian Church, for ex ample, requires that its ministers anil elders accept substantially the West minster Confession of Faith. That •fact, is a fair subject for criticism.— That Confession is antiquated, anil is not in harmony with the best modern Christian thought in many particu lars. But the Piesbyterian denomi nation does not and never did re quire of its member» any acceptance of that Confession ; and the Confess ion is not in any sense tho creed of the laity. Nothing whatever is re quired by the church as a denomina tion as a condition of admission to full communion ; and so orthodox a di vine as l)r. Hodge insists, and a con siderable portion of Presbyterian churches act on that principle, that no other condition should bo aflixed to membership in the church than is affixed by God’s word to admission into heaven : viz : penitence for sin and faith in a Divine Saviour. • The writer of the above sentences, if we mistake not, is the Kev. Lyman Abbott, a member of the l’resbytcri nn Church and one of the moatmL vauced thinkers among the thcologi ansof this country. His statements corroborate what we said a few weeks ago In these columns about erceds and Churches. Creeds are not in any sense doors into tho various denomi nations. Only the public teachers, the ministers and deacons and other officers, are required to believe in the creed, while tho mass of the people are not asked whether they receive the creed or not. In other words,tho creeds of Christendom, almost with out exception, are not conditions of admission into tho Church, but mere ly outlines of wliat the Church propo ses to teach-. We are surprised and gratified at the statement above concerning the sentiments of Dr. Uodge and the practice of a considerable portion of the Church he so ably represents. It is precisely this thing insisted on by Dr. Hodge which forms one of the grand characteristics of our own Church. Tho Christian Church be lieves, and puts tho belief into prac tice, that “no other condition should be affixed to membership in the Church than is affixed by God’s word to admission into heaven; viz.: peni tence for sin and faith in a Divine Sa viour.” Here is another evidence ot the fact which wo have often stated, that the most advanced thinkers, the pio neers of Christian thought, in all the denominations are approaching the position occupied by the Christians represented by this paper. Such men as Dr. Hodge and Lyman Abbott, are representatives of a great multitude who are tired of being fettered by the shackles of ecclesiastical tradition, and are almost ready to sign a decla ration of independence. The Chris tian world is gradually but surely coining to that position which the Christian denomination has longoc enpied, and which may be expressed in the almost inspired epigram : “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials,lib erty; in all things, charity.” And, we may add, the list of “essentials” is grow’ug less in Christian opinion, ns the years roll by. God speed the day when the Churches of Jesus Christ shall impose no test of admission iuto their ranks except the- simple onpes tablished by their Lord. Bro. J. M. Gay of Windsor, Va., writes us as follows, under date of May 7th : It fell to my lot to he at Mt. Car mel yesterday. At an early hour, although the weather was qnite cool and a little threatening, a large con gregation assembled. The exercises of the Sabbath School were gone through with, and the school shown by the report of the Secretary to be in a flourishing comlitiou. At 11 o’clock the Itev. J. P. Bar rett preached to an attentive andi ence from the text, “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.” After the sermon he presented the claims of the Homo Mission Work of the Conference, in his usual earnest and cogent style. He will canvass this church the pres eut week in the interest of our Mission work. I hope that the appeals made by Brother Barrett in behalf dfthis enterprise of the church may meet with a ready and hearty response from the members of the church and the public generally, who may desire to aid in extending the gospel of the Sou of God. I feel moro hopeful of our cause than I have ever felt before. There is a new era about to dawn upon us as a church, au era of prosperity that scarcely any of us dreamed of- a few months ago. Brethren and friends, let us heed the admonition of the la mented Dr. Wellous, when he was about to breathe his lust, to stand to gether and co-operate with each other in the enterprises of theebnreh. I feel encouraged to know that there has been in some loo&T^ies a general awakening among oarpeeple, aud a lively enthusiasm kiudled in their hearts, and they have at'last been aroused from the torpid state in which they have beeu lying for »o many years, , STOP DRINKING. I do wish members of the .Cliurelt would stop drit'king—yon kuow what I mean. It does look so bad, to see a member of the church in n bar room. When he is there he surely is iu the wrong pew. Now, don’t go there,dear friend I For your own sake, don’t go; for your wife’s sake, don’t go; for your mother's sake, don’t go; for your sister’s sake, don’t go ; for tho sake of your church, don’t go ; for the sake of your pastor, don’t go ; and lastly, for the sake Him who died to redeem you and save you from hell, don’t go. Don’t go to these places where intoxicating liquors are sold. Stay away from them. For if you do go, you may yield to tsmptation, and having yielded, you will bo that far on your road to ruin. It is not safe for yon to go. It is exceedingly dan gerous for you even to look upon the wine when it is red, when' it giveth itsVolour iu the cup ; for seeing brings (in tasting, and tasting brings an death ; yea, at last itbitetli like a ser pent and stingetlilike an adder. New, dear friend, you can, you must lay aside this besetting sin.— This may be hard to do. lint resolve To do it. lie a man. You may not drieuk to excess. You may never hare been drunk in your life. But public sentiment is against mem bers of the church drinking at all and especially in public bar-rooms. And you will lose caste if you do it. You lower yourself in tho estimation of the world, and your family, and the church. Now, please don’t do it. 15. W. If. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. The Metropolitan Pulpit for May contains reports of the following leading sermons delivered in New York and Brooklyn : The Resurrection, by J. A. M. Chapman, D. D.; What is Essential to Church Membership, by William M. Taylor, D. D.; Confirmation Ad dress, by Bishop Horatio Potter, D. 1)., LL.l).; The Release of Barabbas , by Reuben Jettery, D. D.; The Con tinued Life ot Christ the Ground of Our Hope, by Ray Palmer, D. D.; Coustant Churcl: Begging, Why Ne cessary, by Charles W. Homer; Our Hope in tho Resurrection of Christ, by David Iugiis, D. D.; The Ideal Church, by Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., D. D.; The Holy Spirit, by S. D. Biu - chanl, D. D.; Christ's 15utry Into Je rusalem, by Geo. H. Smith ; A Bible Lesson, by J^Hatt Smith ; Christ’s Knowledge of mau, by Theodore L. Cuyler, D. 1).; Prayer, by George H. Hepworth, D. D.; Illustrations and Similes, and 25 Themes aud Texts of other Leading Sermons. Published at 21 Barclay street, .New York. The American Farmer for May presents a ricli bill of fare for its readers. Space would fail us even to allude to the various articles and sub jects—suffice it to say, that every branch of agriculture, including sea sonable suggestions on fertilizers, the spring crops, horticulture and flori culture, are thoroughly treated of by able pons. The Live Stock and Dairy departments are exceedingly inter esting this month, and commend themselves in an especial manner to all persons interested in stock-raising. The subject of Agricultural Education and Experimental Stations is very fully discussed, and will attract the attention of who are interested iu the progress of agricultural science. The Farmer is published by S. Sands & Son, Baltimore, Md., at §1.50 per an num, or 5 copies for §5. The June number of Frank Leslie’s Sunday Magazine is here, and this number completes the first volume. It is illustrated lavishly from cover to cover, and some of the articles are of unusual interest. We mention the titles of some of the articles: A Vis ion iu the Jerusalem Chamber, Ite vfSing the Bible, The English Bible before Wycklifi'e, Some of the Mys teries of Vision, A Christian Sea Captain, The Tower of Babel, Mi chael Faraday, The Late W. A. Muh lenberg, D. D. Address Frauk Les lie, Publisher, 027 Pearl St., New York. A little girl saw hanging in her Sunday School room this text on an illuminated card : “Let ns not be wea ry in well-doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” She caught the idea of its teaching, and in attempting to repeat it at herliome she gave a somewhat free rendering in this form : “Don’t you get tired in doing good: for if you don’t iaint away, hy and by you’ll get your pay.” The truth as she put it is worth bear ing in mind. Iu a recent conversation, a gentle mau who is a disciple of Darwin aud^ an enthusiastic geologist, made this remark : “Geology and Genesis agree so perfectly in the groat outliues of creation that I am at a loss to know ?phere Monet got that information ANY Christian preacher or layman who desires to sell the Memorial pam phlet for us can obtain as many copies as he wants by applying to this of fice. Who will aet as our agents iu tliis matter J Seud in your orders,
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