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rm\ CHRISTIAN SUN. IN ESSENTIALS, UNITY ; IN NON-ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY; IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY. ■Volume XXXI. SUFFOLK, VA., FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 1878. TSTumber 49. HP SHALL WE FIND THEM AT THE POR BY J. E. KANKIN, D. D. Will they meet us, cheer and greet us, Those we’re loved, who’re gone before? Shall we find them at the portals, Find our beautified immortals, When we reach that radiant shore? Hearts are broken, for some token That they live, and lore us jet! And we ask, “Can those who’ve left us, Of love’s took and tone bereft us, Though In heaven, con they forget?” And we often, as days soften, And comes out the evening star, Looking westward, sit and wonder, Whether, when so far asunder, They still thiuk how dear they are ! 'Past yon portals, our immortals, Those who walk with Uiui in white, Do they, mid their bliss, recall us ? Know they what events befall us? Will our coniiLg wake delight ? Th*y will meet us, cheer and greet up, Those we’ve loved, wlic’ve gone before : Wc shall find them at the portals, Find our beautiful immortals, When we reach that radiant shore. —American Mcstenger. TALS? A PASTOR’S MODEL WIFE. Among the models which we have recently drawn for the imitation of our readers, we have failed to furnish the model of a pastor’s wife. She occupies a position of no little impor tance, and must be a help or a hin drance, a comfort or a grief, to her hnsband, in his responsible and ar duous labors. We have kuowu not a few ministers of piety and excellent gifts whose usefulness was diminished or prevented by the worldliuess, in discretion and follies of their wives. We have been acquainted with oth ers whose influence and success in their work were greatly promoted by the careful arrangements, judicious counsels, and timely assistance of their wives. In selecting a pastor, every prudent church will make the qualifications of his wife an im portant consideration in the choice. It cannot, then, be nntimely to pre sent some remarks on the qualities of a pastor’s first class wife. It is hardly necessary to say that she should be a pious, intelligent, euergetic lady. It is very desirable that she should have sound health and a vigorous constitution; but these endowments do not lie within human control, and are not essential to ter usefulness. Ungodliness, ig norance and indolence utterly unfit a woman to preside in a pastor’s home ; and her continued ill-health must greatly obstruct his labors and success. She should be a first rate house wire. It is a great mistake to sup pose that a pastor’s wife should be chiefly devoted to church duties. Phebe was a servant of the church at Cenchrea; but she was not a pastor’s wife. If a church desires to have a female servant, that is, a deaconess, they should select her, and see that she is duly rewarded for her services. The chief duties of a pastor’s wife are in her household. To make her home pleasaut, should be her aim. This will be a Relief to her husband under his arduous, auxious and exhausting toils. He will go forth daily from , his domestic circle refreshed and in vigorated for his studies, his visit ings and his public ministrations. II she haschildreu, her highest employ ment will be to train them for useful ness. This will employ much of her time, and all her skill. They should be made to feel that there is uo place so pleasaut as their home, and no teacher so kiud and no companion so genial as their mother. In her pres ence there should be perpetual sun shine ; or, ii it should be sometimes obscured by clouds of disapprobation and censure, they should be quickly followed by the cheering beams of reconciliation and love. A pastor’s family should be a model family. \v This is specifically required by the Spirit of inspiration: “A bishop”— or pastor—“must be one that ruleth well his own house, having his ehil dres in subjection with all gravity” It is basy to perceive how much the instruction and ruling of a pastor’s household depend on the judgment, firmness aud attention of his wife. On her, of necessity, must fall the chief burden of domestic care and govern i ment. The entertainment of coinpauy is a pastoral duty. A bishop must be "given to hospitality.” IIis respects bility and influence may much depend on his exercise of this virtue. Only the kindness and provident arrange rnent of his wife can render its prao tice agreeable or even possible. Whal pastor could invite friends to share in his hospitality, if he knew, or even feared, that they would l>e met by the coldness and discourtesy of his wife 1 The pastor’s model wife meets hoi guests with a smiling countenance, and makes the best provsiion she can for their entertainment. She may be taken by surprise, her larder may be ill-supplied, her servants may be un disciplined, or she may have none, her rooms may be out of order, nnd her fare may be coarse and scanty ; but her guests may bo sure of a hearty- welcome and of cordial atten tions; and these, by all persons ol refinement, aye greatly preferred to the most sumptuous meals and the most richly furnished chambers. The influence of the good wife of a pastor is not limited to her family. She, according to her talents and op portumties, takes an active part iu all the efforts appropriate for her sex, in promoting the interests of her church and the cause of Christ gene rally. lit the Sunday-school, and in ail societies for the improvement ol her sex, tlie comfort of tlie poor, and aiding in the evangelization of the world, she is willing to bear her full share. She is equally ready to follow or to lead iu every good work. She does not claim preeminence because eke is the pastor’s wife, nor feel of fended because the highest honors are not accorded to her, or some of the church members seem to neglect her. Theic may he older and wiser aud more influential women in the sisterhood than herself, and she re joices to follow their lead and be guided by their counsels. If, how ever, her age, knowledge and experi ence tit her for a high position, and her sisters invite her to fill it, she does not decline its acceptance; and, having entered it, she earnestly en deavors to magnify her office. Use fulness, not eclat, is the goal at which she aims. Her indirect is greater thau her direct influence. What she cannot do herself, she persuades oth ers to do. When her own means are insufficient for the accomplish ment of her benevolent purposes, she begs the help of others, whose resources are greater than her own. She is not ostentatious of her chari ties or her labors. Often the hungry are fed, the naked are clothed and the sick are visited and comforted by her agency, without suspecting their obligation to her. She is the centre of attraction iu the sphere of her ac quaintance. She is so kind, so gene rous, so discreet, so wise in counsel, so faithful in friendship, and withal so modest and unobtrusive, that every body admires and loves her. The church might supply the place of her husband iu the pastorate, but how could they dispeuso With her genial influence and her noiseless, disinter ested labors I If she were to leave, every member of the church would feel that he or she had lost a friend, and the church itself one of its brightest ornaments. In times of affliction and trial, the model wife of the pastor most strik iugly displays her excellences. These seasons must come in the pastor’s lile, as they come in the lives of other men. Neither piety, nor fidelity, nor prudence, no allr combined, can save him from troubles. He has them iu common with other meu and peculiar to himself. He is liable to have diffi culties in his church, and to be dis missed from it, without employment, without the means of support, and without friends on whose help he can rely. Disappointed, dispirited, and perhaps enfeebled iu health, he is ready to sink into apathy and inert ness. Then it is that his angel wife comes to his relief. Woman has mote fortitude than man. Her strength rises with the increase of the burdens heaped upon her. She is ready to practice Die most rigid economy; her family expenses may be curtailed; employment may be fouud for her well disciplined chil dren ; her mind is fruitful in methods for the support of her household ; and “the heart of her liusbaud” may “safely trust iu her, so that he shalj have no need of spoil.” Such a wife is worth her weight iu diamonds. Her husband cannot be long without a pastorate. He may be deficient iu gifts or activity; but the excellent qualities of bis wife will commend him aud insure him a field of labor aud the means of support. We must close with a single re mark. If a miuister’s usefulness de pends so greatly on the qualities ol his wife, how careful should he be iu selecting her. There aro many young women in the churches well suited tc I be the wives of pastors. They arc j to be found, not among the gay, th< . worldly, the fashionable and the vola I tile; but they may be discoverei ; among the sedate, the pious, the in ; dustrious, the diligent Suuday-ccboo ; teachers, the lovers of the pra.vei meeting, the visitors at the abodes o poverty and suffering, and the digni I tied and unobtrusive fid lowers o j Christ. They may not be known by j the beauty of their features, the cost liness of their attire, the brilliance 01 their jewelry, or the elegance of theii manners; but they are distinguished by their good sense, amiable temper sound discretion, and rational and lady-like pursuits. There are, ol course, degrees of excellence anion" the pious and deserving young wo men. Few are fitted to be mode! wives of pastors; but many of them are suited to make useful, happy companions of the ministers of Chris! —to lighten their burdens, soothe their sorrows, and assist them in their toils. We must urge -that min isters should select their wives with care, with strict reference to their own usefulness, and with earnest prayer for Divine guidance.—Reli gious, Herald. _;_ THE COMING EMPLOYER. ■\Vo endeavored, a little while ago, to characterize the coming work man. At this tune we have some thing to say about the coming em ployer. What will be his character istics ? The ideal employer will, of course, be a Christian. We take that for granted, because we are convinced that there will be no complete solu tion of the confessedly difficult prob lent of the relation of capital to labor, oi employer and employed, until Christianity utters the solution, and men in general accept- the dictum. The coming employer then, will be a Christian, and the question with him will be how to apply his religion to the government of hts couduct toward those whom he employs. Here the primary question is that of wages—what wages shall the Christiau employer pay T It is self evident that no more than any other man, cau he pay wages that will al low no fair return on his capital. For then in no longtime his capital would be exhausted and he would be iu no condition to pay wages at all. Eco nomic laws like all others are inexo rable, and the Christian man, as any other, must bow to them. It is not a question of charity. The workingman asks uo doles, only a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work. But what is the fair wage f fiBuy iu the cheapest market and sell in the dearest,” says a seliish po litical economy. The Christiau man, obviously, as any other, must be able to buy cheaper than he sells, or soon he cannot sell at all. But will Chris tianity permit one to buy labor so cheap that the given wage becomes downright oppression ? Is there not iu the Christian’s law-book something to this effect, “Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth; aud the cries oi them which have reaped, are enter ed into the ears of the Lord of sa baotli V Prof. It. D. Hitchcock, in a lecture ou Communism just published, says something iu poiut here : “Labor has been oppressed by capital, crowded down towards the poiut ol' bare sub sistence. Here Christianity steps in as the champion of labor demaudiug that, iu times of ordinary prosperity, workmen shall not, like oxen, get barely enough to keep them in good working condition. It is due the manhood of the humblest workman that, with good economic and moral habits, he shall ordinarily—have a margin to live upon, lying down at night with something iu store for an other day.” The law for the Christian employ er, then, will be, not the lowest pos sible wages, but fair wages—a ren dering unto servants, as the Scripture commauds, “that which is just and equal.” But when fair wages have been paid has all been done that we have a right to expect from the ideal em ployer T By nc means. One of the very ills of the present relation ol employer and employed is the wide gulf that separates them. That is to say, it is too often the case that the employer regards his workmen as just so much machinery from which to get as much return as possible. He may pay good wages, because he must have skilled work ; but he pays good wages just us he would buy a costly machine, aud he cares for the machine aud the workman only foi what he eau get out of each—the 11 largest possible return for bis invest i mei.t. ' The coming employer will <lo more 1 than this, lie will interest himself | in the social and moral condition of > those in his employ. He w-ill do ■I much to benefit them. Hd will, in a ; word, regard them not as machines, i but as fellow-men, travellers iu com mon toward the everlasting future. And he will do whatever he does so as still to preserve the self-respect of his workmen ; he will recognize their manhood. What he does for them will be iu the line of as sisting them, by his greater capabili ties and wider vision, to help them selves. We are happy to know that here and there even now there are estab lishments, larger and smaller, where at least attempts are made in the line we have indicated. There are employers who recognize their moral as well as their legal ob ligations to those whom they employ, and they make provision in many ways for their workmen’s intellectual and social advancement. But such establishments are, unfortunately, but rare. As ordinarily conducted it is the greed of capital pitted against the greed of labor, and capital, of course, has the immense advantage. The employer selfishly considers only the question, How get the utmost re tnrn for invested capital f And the workman iu turn asks, How get the utmost wage for the minimum labor ? When the employer of the future comes ho will remember the Golden Buie, and will make his workmen, whose labor has rendered his capital productive, sharers in the results ol this combined labor and capital. He will seek too, and not least, their spiritual well-being, and the end will be a high, anil pure, and peaceful civilization; men, though of different conditions, regarding one another as brethren, and walking together to ward the better country where none of these peiplexiug problems will arise.—Christian Weekly. FITTING ILLUSTRATIONS. It is .easy to liud illustrations in abundance, but to select fitting illns irations is a most difficult work. The teacher must bo ever on the alert to avoid the temptation to use those thrilling or very interesting ones which fail to throw light on the truth ; to reject any which are so re markable as to overshadow rather than to exhibit the truth; and to put aside with equal firmness any which would be offensive to good taste. In presenting either of the lessons for December, for example, a coarse or inappropriate illustration would bo singularly out of place. It were much better to use none than to mar suck solemn and tender scenes b.\ any picture not befitting their char acter. An intelligent superintendent was once attempting to illustrate how Je sus was the Way. Among the illus trations he used was the story of a little girl, who in ehasiug a butterfly, accidentally fell into a deep stream, and would have been drowned had not her screams been heard by a faithful dog, which quickly ran to the spot and pulled the helpless child out. Who sent the dog ! Why God gave the dog instinct, so God sent the dog. And so God sent Jesus to rescue us, was the point made by the superintendent. Instantly the recoil of the minds of mauy of his hearers, was shown by the change of their countenances. The illustration,which was very interesting, seemed too far below the sacred character of the the topic to which it was applied, and even suggested a lack of rever ence for the Saviour. Our Lord made no such mistakes ; his illustration of the shepherd seeking the lost sheep is at once a striking, effective, and befitting picture of his own act of coming to save us. Again, an illustration may not be wanting ill reference, and yet may not be a proper one to use in a class of young scholars. A successful teacher was preseuting the topic of faith, and ia seeking to make it clear to his charge, he related the story of a little one who was commanded by her father to jump down through a trap door into a dark cellar below, aud he would surely catch her iu his arms. The little timid child urged that she could not see her father; but he assured her that he was stan ding just below and could see her very plaiuly, and therefore would surely keep her from falling by catch ing her in his arms. Lo the child tremblingly let herself down, and was safely caught iu her father’s stroug arms. Some time after the teacher iuquired, what is faith t and a bright little girl innocently an I swered, Jumping into a man’s arm in the datk! However correct tin | conclusion of the child, as to trust ii | man, it was not the answer the qncs i tioner expected. The story had ver; clearly covered the truth it Was in tended to illustrate. Had the teach er used the interesting fact of Jesui and the centurion of Capernaum whose servant was healed, and whose faith was shown and commended o! the Lord, the illustration would have .beeu proper, as well as interesting and effective. Once more, an illustration may be suitable in character, and it may not hide the truth, yet it may fail to be effective because the relation of it tc the topic illustrated is not obvious tc the scholar. A cultured and Chris tian gentleman was aiming to ex plain to young boys and girls the text, “a word fitly spoken is like ap pies of gold in pictures of silver.” In order to gaiu attention and to intro duce his topic, he related a story of s little kitten that once followed him into church in a strange place, very lunch to his annoyance. Once in the church, however, the kitten very quietly jumped in the seat beside biin and went to sleep. The serrnou not being of much more interest to him than it appeared to be to the harm less kitteu, bo fell to thinking about this text. The application being ended, a wide-awake little fellow wanted to know wbat became of that kitten ; he didn’t see what the kitten had to do with the text anyway, but he was very anxious to know how it got out of that church. No dgubt the person who told the story saw some useful relation between the sto ry and the text be was about to en force, but that relation was not obvi ous, and was not made clear to the young mind. The greatest care, therefore, is re quisite in 'selecting illustrations of scriptural truths,lest they obscure or beiittle those truths, and lest they confuse or divert the mind, and thus mar Hie good impression which would otherwise be made. Every anecdote and comparison should be thought fully considered by the teacher be fore using them. Let him place him self in the position of ins scholars, and imagine the effect auy of the suggested illustrations would have on him, if youug like those be is at tempting to teach. 'A careful study also of the parables of our Saviour will lead him to make bis work in this line judicious and effective.— S. World. THE LADDER ON THE CLIFF. One dark and stormy night a ves sel was wrecked on a rocky island oft' the coast ot' Scotland. The crew had watched with terror ihe white waves as they dashed on the stately cliffs, and felt that to he driven on these rocks was sure to seal their doom. The cabin was tilled with water, and the captain's wife was drowned. All the sailors climbed into the rigging, and prayed as they uever had done before, that God would have compassion upon them. That he would save them from temporal death seemed almost incredible. But the waves drove the vessel on and cn, till the very foot of the awful cliff was reached. Oh, if the could only reach its top ! There would be safety, and, no doubt, friendly hands to help them. Just as they struck the rock, they espied on the face oi the cliff a ladder. Then was their despair changed to joy. The sprang trorn the rigging and climbed the ropes as rapidly as their benumb ed fingers would permit; but they were all rescued, and in a few mo ments more the vessel went all to The ladder seemed to them at most a miracle. Yet its presence there was easily explained. It was used by the quarrymen as they climbed up and down to their work every day. Though it was usually drawn up when they left, the sudden ness of the storm that night had caused the workmen to hurry to the shelter of their humble homes without taking time to remove the ladder. It was God who had or dered this seemingly trifling mat ter for the presdVvatiou of oil theii lives. Some writer has well said, “How ever long the chain of second causes may be, the first link is always in God’s hand.” Learn to observe this loviug Father’s hand in all the events of your life, and it will save you from many dark hours. Those who trample on the help less are disposed to cringe to the powerful. Never deceive, for the heart ones misled cau never be wholly trusted agaiu. WHEN JESUS COMES!1’ BY REV. THEODORE L. CUTLER. These words we-e the constant re j train in speech and souk, dnring tlie meetings of the late “Prophetic Con ference” in New York. Into the cur rent controversy whether Jesus Christ j shall make a second personal advent ' upon our globe, and whether that : shall fake place before the Millenniain ■or after the Millennium, we shall not | enter, in t his brief paragraph. The | columns of the “Messenger” are iu ; tended for [(Tactical exhortations, anil not for theological controversies.— That Convention of devout students ; of prophecy hud one very beautiful : significance to all who love our Lord and Master; it was a cheer U' fact i that in this bustling city, and for i three Secular days, a tlnoig of peo ' pie were willing to assemble for the : purpose of talking and singing about Christ Jesus, and of praying for his I complete rcigu on our sin-cursed ! earth. Let us all he thankful for ev ery tribute paid to the sin-atoning Lamb. iiiit there is one very sweet sense in which “Jesus comes” to liis own follower* in these days. lie iloes not : come in ilesby form, ns he did eigh teen centuries ago, nor does lie come amid clouds and celesliiil splendors, ; as he will at the liuai judgement. But ;iu spirit—seen by the eye of faith — Jesus drawsdeiightfully near to those who seek for his presence. Becomes to the awakened penitent who cries iout to him “Come and take away my ! stony heart, and make it a heart of flesh.” If any one doubts this,let him fervently call upon that wonder work. ■ iug Saviour who visited the house of Juirus,aud the tomb of Bethany, lie is very close at hand, my awakened and anxious friend. Already you tnay hear hi* knock at your heart and his loving voice: “It thou wilt open the door, I will come m unto thee and sup with thee, and thou with uie.” Hasten to let him in! When Je sus comes in he will bring pardon for your sins. When Jesus comes, lie will bring light, anil joy, and such true peace as you never tasted before. He will not be satisfied with a closet or a corner of’ <mr heart, or with a paltry share of iour thoughts grudg iugly given. He wants every room — : your faculties, affections, and will , mast all be surrendered to him. The key to your purse must be his too.— Don’t p end that you are not worthy that he should coins under your roof, lie loves to stoop to the lowly in spir it. lie will biiug his own entertain ment with him when he ‘sups” with you. You will be fed with more than angels’ food when the King sitteth at the table. This is the very essence I of conversion : to turn sin out of the j door and convert your heart into a dwelling place for the sinners Friend, j -‘Admit hint, for the human breast I JJe’er entertained so kind a guest; jpAdinit him,'and you wont expel, For where he conies he comes to dwell.” The richest and most joyous hours 1 in a believer's experience are those in which lie tastes of Christ’s presence in close spiritual communion. Some times when feasting on such words as those in the 14th chapter of John, | sometimes at the Lord's table, some times in secret prayer, Jesus comes into the soul just as he did into that upper-room where the disciples were assembled. The believer feels the j warmth aud light of his countenance. His left hauil is under our heads, aud his right hauil doth embrae use. We can roil off' our cares anil wor ries and doubts upon his everlast ing arm. Sueh times of close corn ] pauionship with Jesus are our holiest i and happiest hours this side of lieav ; 611. Into sick rooms where his children j lie, Jesus often comes. No physician i visits so faithfully. .Noble old Haly j burton of Scotland, said one morning i to his family, “Jesus came to me in the third watch of last night, walking upon the waters. He said to me, ‘i am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, and I have the keys ot hell and death.’ He stilled the storm in my soul, and lo, there was a sweet calm !” When Jesus comes into the house of sorrow, he speaks the same won i drons words which lie spake to the mourners at Bethany. He allowed I death to come there first to make j ready for his own coming. Is not this one reason why death is allowed to take our loved ones f Then we are i ready to send for Jesus! ' The great pressing ueed of the time ! is for Jesus to come into our churches i with mighty power. This is a true revival; the only genuine one. For such a one, this.winter, let us he pre | paring and prayiug. Let our hearts | cry out, tu concert, “Come, Lord Je sus, come quickly !”—American Me* i tenger. COME INSIDJ. Ilecentfy, in illustrating the theme, •‘A Man in Christ,’7 Mr. Spurgeon told a story that is worth repeating. He said: Some Christians remind j Of t lie little boys who go to ha; b ; all frightened and shivering, they eli te:' the water just a little—up to their ankles they wade and shiver again, i Bat the man who is really in Christ is like the practiced swimmer who plunges into the stream head first, and finds water to swim in. He uev | or shivers. It braces him. He re joices in it. It has become his ele ment. This is tiie man who nnder i stands the happiness of religion in a manner far beyond the conception of 1 tlic half aiul-balf professor who has only religion enough to make him miserable. i sometimes illustrate this by a quaint American story. An Ameri can gentleman said to a friend, “I wish you would come down to my' garden, and taste my apples.-7 He asked him about a dozen times, but the friend did not come, and at last : the fruit-grower said, * I suppose you I think my apples are good for nothing so you won't come and try them.”_ j “Well, to teli the truth,77 said the | ti iend, “I have tasted them. As I | went along t lie road I picked one up j tlmt fell over the wall and I never j tested anything so sour iu all my life; ; and I do not particularly wish to have | any more of your fruit.77 ‘-O,” said ! the owner of the garden. ‘-1 thought : it must be so, Those apples aronud ! the outside are for the special benefit i of tiie boys. I weat fifty miles to sc , cure tiie sourest sorts to plant all | around the orchard, so the boys i might give them up as not worth ! stealing ; but if you will come inside, I you will find that we grow a very ! ditl'erent quality there, sweet as hon ey.” Now, you will find on the out skirts of religion there are a number I of ‘-Thou shalt nots,7 and “Thou j shahs,77 and convictions and alarms; j but these are only the bitter fruits | with which this wondrous Kden is j guarded from thieving hypocrites. | if you can pass by the exterior bitter, j and give j ourself right up to Christ and live for him, your peace"khall be j as the waves of the sea ; and you shall lird that the fruits of “this apple tree i among the trees of the woods-’ are the | most delicious fruit that can be en I joyed this side of our eternal home. RULES FOR SPOILING A CHILD. 1. Begin yonug by giving him i whatever he cries tor. 2. Talk freely before the child ' about his smartness as incomparable. 3. Tell hint that he is too much for yon. that you can do nothing with him. 4. Have divided counsels as be tween father and mother. 5. Let him learn to regard his fa ther as a creature of unlimited power, | capricious and tyranieal; or a mere whipping machine. C. Let him learu from his father's | example to despise his mother. 7. I)o not know or care who his companions may be. I S. Let him read whatever he likes. It. Let the child, whether girl or i boy, rove the streets in the evening —a good school for both sexes. I 10. Devote yourselves to making | money, remembering that wealth is a i better legacy for your child thau | principles in the heart and habits iu ! the life'; and let him have plenty of | money to spend. 11. lie uot with him iu hours cf ' recreation. 12. Strain at a gnat and swallow a ! camel; chastise severely for a foible, | and laugh at a vice. 13. Let him ruu about from church to church. Eclecticism in religion is the order of the day. 14. Whatever burdens of virtuous requirements you lay on his shoulders, touch not with oue of your fingers. Preach gold and practice irredeema ble greenbacks. These rules are not untried. 3Iauy parents have used them, with substan* tial uniformity of results. If a faith ful, observance of them does not spoil your child, you will at least have the comfortable retlectiou that you have done what you could.—Exchaitge. Big-Endians.—In the Empire of Liliput there were two religious par ties. Oue made it a matter of con science to break their eggs at the big end, and so were known us “Big-eud inns;” these were regaled as heretics by the orthodox who broke theirs at the little end. We think this fuuny; so it would be were there not at this time earnest people who will not preach or hold Divine service unless they are permitted to wear u cope or light caudles—in fact, to break their eggs at the big end. As we think i f the follies of maukind from the begin ning, we ueed be surprised at nothing.
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