Volume XXXIII. SUFFOLK, VA.t FRIDAY JUNE 25, 1880. Number 26* THE SAINTS’ REST, BY KEY. HENRY B. HAYES. There is a rest for thorn That now are heavy laden, A calm and sweet repose, A blessed rest in heaven, No sickness there no grief or pain, Shall e’er ire known or felt again. While on Beulah’s ground we itand, Hard by the rolling river, We view the promised land, Vi here dwell we would forever, And 0 front r.heoce away would fly, To gain that home—that rest on high. Sometimes on billows tost, W e view the happy cauaan, Esteeming all tilings lost, Could we bat gain its haven, And with the saints iorever blest, We then would salely be at rest. Timorous souls to heaven bound. Trust ye still the Saviour, Through the enchanted ground, He'W guide you salely. ever, And when the storm of life is o’er, In heaven you’ll rest forevermore. —Cun Alii thing be mire absurd til>iit the puli;leal economy ibat pat one dollar iulo tbe pulillt! treasury b;> licensing the making of criminal*, anti then spends ten lor tlieir prose cutiun and punishment I This is ex aetly what moat of these American Stales are doing with regard to the liquor traffic. —The Apostolic Times, commenting upon the delusion ol thinking we can give God tin excuse for a non perform ance of a duty, and that God will ac cept it, says : A greater falsehood never existed When it is not within our power to pt norm an act, God does not require it; hence it does not become a duly. But when if is within our power ii becomes a duty, and God will except no excuse for a nonperformance ol that duty. To this position we ieai no successful contradict ion. How lit tle an insignificant appear the many and trivial exeusesgiveu when viewed from this standpoint! Many upon this plea are found absent from the bouse of God on the Lord’s day, ab sent from the prayer meetiug, and ,'fERE AND THERE. HUSeUL a ruui tut' ouuuuj -auiyui. —To bear Colonel lugersol blas pheme bis M.sker through two hours auil a quarter, iu a New York thea tre the other evening, two dollars apiece w ere giveu b.y crowds of tueu. They would have railed themselves hoarse over the exorbitance of a church that should charge that sum per mouth for reut of a pew in God’s house, for themselves aud their la mi lies; aud over the minister who should presume to preach more thau thirty minutes. Aud with what refreshing iuuocence does this apostle of a.lhe istn uuroll the wealth of Mie Una bridged iu vituperation of the “priest craft that robs the poor”—for the support of pastors toiling through a year to help tueu upward, on less mouey thau he absorbs iu a single evening by diaggiug meu downward. —llr. T. L. Cuyler, iu the Chris tian Intelligencer, say s : ••There was never a time w heu character went loi more or w as iu greater demaud thau now. The question,‘Is he smart I’l. begiuning to give place to the mon pertinent question, ‘Is be honest! Even the ministry do not escape this crucible ; for it is felt to he ot lucre as iug moment that tile man who pre seats Christ ou the Saboatb should ai'so represent Christ duriug the week by ia pure walk and godly couversa tiou. There was a great deal of pm. in the young lady’s remark about thi uewly-electrd pastor, ‘1 dou’t cart whether be is “loqueut or uot—is ht pious I’ The cry iug ueed of ihe houi is uot more braius, but more cou science; the richest revival would hi that which should give society mon genuinely good meu and wonieu.” —A mini of temperate habiis wiu once dining at the house of a lie* drinker. No sooner was the cloth re moved from the diuuer-table than wine aud spirits were produced, am he was asked to take a glass of spit its and water. “No, thauk you/’ said he, “I. aui uot ill.” “Take a glass in ale.” “No, thauk you,” said he, "J am not thirsty.” The answers pro duced a loud burst of laughter. Boou after this, the temperate man took a piece of brearTTroiu the side board, aud hauded iSio his host, win refused it, saying he) was not hungry At this the temperate man laughec iu his turn. “Surely,” said he, “J have as much reasou to laugh at yot for uot eatiug when you are uot hun gry, as you have to laugh at me fo; declining mediciue when uot ill, auc drink wheu net thirsty.”—Exchange ' MINISTERIAL PIETY. B? DR. JOHN HALL. IIow shall ministerial piety be maintained f I answer, by bard work There is no success in any thing without hard work. The law yer is an example, for lie, as others, “must work like a horse.” We sp<*ak of it as a work of faith, but are too apt to forget the meaning of that phrase. God makes the sun to shine, blithe does not till the field# that grow the grain. The instruments are ot us and with us. Whence onr’high est motives, if not from the faith and example of Christ II Men say reli giou is a speculation, and occupies it self with remote things. We are to convince them of their error. We may well ask these hard-headed, worldly men what are y ou working for if not for your children, for insti tutions yet future 1 The most posi tive of the positiveists work none the less than we for the future, at least in worldly affairs. 'Would we maiu taiu ministerial piety, these things, we should attend: 1. Devotional study of the Scrip tures. We read the Scriptures lor rnauy reasons; in addition we should study them as a mere English book, so that we may lead it helore our people in a devotional spirit. I urge you here, above all other considera turns, study for purely devotional purposes, lor this turning to your Sl ide a ill strengthen your piety. When 1 entered college in England, 1 received a very complimentary and’ eucouiagiug letter from an old in siruefor to Gieek and Latin. 1 kept .hat letter lor many years ; it did me : niueli good, hut thev «eie ouh llie | . . words of a man. Il'such is the pow er of mail’s words, what must be, m should Oe. the power, of God’s word I We read l he morning paper, aim tliiow it away, baviug gotten ail c u of it, but wo never get ail ou of a chapter in the Bible for the peo pie. \i. Fitting books of'an uninspired chatucter should be read. - These ill vide Themselves into two classes («) the ‘good,” kind, or seucimenta tiooks, containing such seuteuces a? these, “Be.good, lie good ; O I do he seech you be good.” These are good enough iu their place. Tin re is a better class, (b) such as “Thus, a’ Kempis,” “A 11 a d i u’s Private Thoughts.” -Matthew Henry’s and Thomas Scott’s Commentaries. Dry light is uot sufficient for growth. There must be also heat aud mois ture, so with us iu our work there must be lituess aud adaptation ol things. 3. Taking ot time lor purely devo tional occupations. Don’t imitate some one else in this, as the lives ol some godly meu whose biographies may be in your hands. Be yoursel ves. You need not write ostentati ously over the doors of your study rooms, “Engaged now in secret pray er.” Take your own time, and way and method. II you have some pet thing in,tour sermon something to daz zle, or something a little dogmatical, pray over it, and see what effect it will have upon it, whether you will expunge it ftom tire text. A good judge may not be able to tell epuri ous silver coiu in the middle of a room, but can when he takes it to the window, where the light will shine fully upon it; so of a thousand things in our liofes as ministers, if taken t" the light of prayer. Make it youi habit to be devotional in things you do as ministers. Let devotion per ineate and saturate all your efforts. Keep that tone of soul wh.ch God lould have you possess. The ties things have often been made the worst things. The “retreat,” or tiun for purely devotional work, should not be compressed into six weeks ol the year. Be ever in fellowship with God, and if you lack courage, this i> i he way to get it. Having met some strong, courageous man, how it em ooldens you to speak to some oue in refereuce to whom jou hesitated! — How much mere will we be. euibold eued to speak if we commuue with God 1 4. Deal honestly with the souls ol your people, forcibly presenting to them tiie truth of God. This is not always easy, but it is duty. As in lellectual meu we may do much, but as meu couseerated to God, we must do more than mere intellectual work ers. Multitudes go to church aud as eeud the steps, as did Zaecheus the tree, aud take places just to see whai we will do and say, but we must say to them, Come dowu, for I will sup with thee to-day. We must come close to meu, if we would lift them op. 5. Close, intimate, confidential as sociatiou wittfa few other ministers, for they will better understand you— chose ooufidauta whom you will not | fear to have know how weak or bo* stupid you are. The little associa ■ tion of Wesley and his friends at Ox ford in 1729, was productive of grea flood. Likewise has that of Dr. Pu sey and his associates been produc ■five of some good, if not of a grea deal of evil. The private and inti mate conl'erenees of the Collars ant McCbeynes were felt in their effect! all over Suutlaud. “As iron sharpen eth iron, so doth the countenance oi a man his friend.” The talks, the prayers and the implicit eoulidenceoi our college and seminary days will be of untold advantage to ns iu future days. When I came to accept my call to this country, one of the hard est things I experienced was the giv ing up of my circle of ministerial as soeiates. 6. Marriage, a subject rarely men tinned in these lectures, must or should secure to the minister his most intimate associate and friend. Ac complishment, a good education, and good connections are important, hut most important of all is that the heart he right toward God. If this he not so, lie must be surprised if he make too great spiritual demauds, and he met with, “You knew what I was before marriage.” Many minis ters are able to keep their places only by the help ol (heir wives. 7. Separation of the minister from many things It is not for him, asan individual, to say want is proper and whatnot. Avery exact analysisor digest of rales camlet lie givei upon tiiis subject, lor tins must be smiled argt-ly t»y the Christian consciences oi the people. Neiiher shoal ! the minister go about in society spying, i Iron shalt ami thoi*shall not. Pos sessed of true wisdom, we v. ■ H in s. mctively avoid tilings id quer-Co:,;'. hie propriety. Weave, in sh u , to >e so engaged that we will have in taste for many things. Ministers must live upon a high plane, and tie uy themselves what others enjoy.— Yon must have u profound sympathy -nth y our w orlt. The central idea iu this sesttou is. while the presciiptiou produces its effect, or the lawyer’s counsel effects its end independent of the man, that ,1ns iu the nature of things cannot he rue ut the minister, it is not an ex ipere operation. Paul had for his as sociate Barnabas, who was a good man, and lull of the Holy U-host.— You, too, must he tilled with faith.— ,'eek to have a heart of iron toward self and sin, a heart of flesh toward men, and a heart of tire toward God. uHKIS I o r Al I HrULNtoo Ao ffiftAUHtK The most notable example of the preachiug of our Lord was that in the synagogue at Nazareth. He was accustomed to attend on the worship at the synagogues, and he now not ouly assumed the office of a reader, hut that of an expounder also. The passage he selected for his sermon was that in Isaiah : “The spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upoume; be cause the Lord hath anointed -me to preaeh good tidings unto the meek.1’ In the reading of these and following words, God’s Spirit was so gloriously upon him that the eyes of all the syn agogue were fastened upon him. He then began to show that himself was that Anointed One of whom the pro phet spake. In him the acceptable tear of the Lord hail come to men, and in him the day ot veugauce ol our God shall come. As every preacher is a steward and has the gospel entrusted to him, it is required in preachers above all other requirements that they be found aiihl'u!. And as Moses was faitblul ii all his lnmse as a servant,so Christ was faithful as a Son over his own house. Being the Lord of all preach ers in his authority, he is the exam pie of all preachers it: Ills fidelity vud thus we see the meaning of a passage iu the fortieth Psalm : “j uave preached righteousness iu tilt iieac congregation ; lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou know ot. I have not hid thy righteous ness within my heart. I have declar ed thy faithfulness and thy salvation 1 have not coucealed thy loviug-kiud ness aud thy truth irnin the greai congregation.” Here Jesus claim: for himself that he had not kept back trorn tbe people auytbiug that wa: profitable to them. He bad uotsbun ued to declare unto them all tin counsel of God. Of course, we love to think of Jesni as ponriug out the gentle eutreatiei and wiuuing words of the gospel And he was faithful iu doiug this But his faithfulness was more conspi euous iu his sounding the trump o judgeqieut. All tbe rest of the Scrip tures do not contain such fearfu thuuderings of Divine wrath as burs from the guileless lips of Jesus. Whei he turned upon the Parisees aui ■ scribes and lawyers, it was as ir the batteries of beaven had opened fire upon tlie gates of hell. When be proclaims against them the day of vengeance of our God, their sin rises in awful resurrection before their eyes, and hell hath no coveriug when Jeans testifies against, them. “The pillars of heaven tremble and are as tonished at his reproof.” God never had another spokesman like this. He was like the great ocean, which can roll its ripples on the shore so gently that a little child will not fear to lay his hand npon its waters, bat which cau also lilt up such tremendous bil lows that the mightiest works of man gre dashed to atoms. Jesus could invite so sweetly that they who dared not speak to any one else would venture to come and weep at his feet. Also, he could hurl the thunderbolts of the Almighty and si lence his opponents. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them ; and he shot out lightuings, and dis comfited them. And, in both these ways of preaching he was a lepreseu , tative of his Father, whose faithful ness is established in the very heav ers. Righteousness was the girdle of his loins; that is to say, all his ac tions were in perfect accoid with the will ol God, which is the only and uu changeable rule of right. And, also, I ai l h Till ness was the girdle of hi.' reins; thai is, all his thoughts were i perfect.;, truthful, sincere, frank. , t. usrworMiy. 8", when he undertook t c mlsr: -i of a preacher, he sang ! both vt mercy and of judgment' Hr js i before the people both lde ami h.ceth, born blessing and cursing, lit . p oll .. a oi ;h to Ebal and to Gerizim | He vr.ii,;,; mingle the sweet notes ol | pardon w.h the horrible groauing j of 8'iri' s tlmmleis. and he woulo | make rite alarm bell of wrath ami judgment to toll amid the last breath nigs of Golgotha’s dy ing love. Uo» „eulle toward the penitent, how ter rule toward the proud, was he ! Whai. an example for preachers : Lord, let us diiuU of llie cup of thy faithfulness. Then, they that uu« deride the gospel pulpit would eitliei tremble under its deniinciatious 01 melt at its iuvitatious.—Religion > Herald. WATCHING WITH CHRIST. Why did our Lord want His disci pies to watch with Him that night in the garden t It was not to witness His agony, for He went on beyond them. It was not to share His con diet, for this they could not do. We talk about sharing each others sor rows and struggles, but as amatter of fact, there is no such thing as com panionsibp iu living. We may re eeive counsel Irorn friends; we may be cbeeied and nerved by them ; but we really pass alone through our experi euees. Others may hold the lamp ol comfort to shine upon the gloom ol our sorrows, but the sorrows them selves no one can share. When we are struggling iu temptation, human or angelic friends may minister to us, but we must light the battle alone. Lives are like drops of water; thej touch at a few points, but remaiu for ever separate. The picture we see in the garden is a picture of all lile. Tin disciples could not share the Master’s agony. Yet while we must meet life’s ex periences absolutely alone, we warn our friends near to ns when we pass through sorrow or conflict. And this is what we see in Gethseinane. Tin disciples could not shield the Waste form His woe. They could not ligh ten the awful burdeu by so much as; feather’s weight; nor drink one droj of the bitter cup which was beint: pressed to His lips ; jet He wamei them near. He took them with him that while he endured his iuteiis< grief he might kuow that his deare> mends were not lar away.—Tilts war why he arose three times from hi struggle and went back to them. H. wanted to gather a little streugtl from their sympathy and love. Ther, are huiuau experiences that will bel| us to understand this longing o Christ lor the nearness of his 1'nendr iu i hat hour. A child does not go t< bed alone iu a dark room ; but when some one sits near all dread passes away.—Or it awakes in tbe uigb. i while the storm tages, aud cries out in alarm.—The father comes and lie i down beside it. The storm does not cease, but tbe little one falls asleep i iu sweet peace.—WUen we who art i older are passing through some sore trial, we waut our tried friends to keep close to us. They cauuot make the sorrow less bitter, nor take upon I themselves auy part ol the burdeu ; . jet their very presence makes us fee. I stronger, aud we waut them to court t close beside ua aud not leave us till i tbe trial is past. 1 That was what our Lord wanted that night. He desired bis disciples to keep near him, and wake and watch while he suffered, that be migbl not be altogether alone. How dis appointed he was then, when he eatpe back to g t ruewai of strength from their waking,love, to find them asleep! It is one of the sadest ele uients in his suffering that night, that he did not even have the little help which human sympathy could have given. The practical question which arises here is, What are the ways in which we may now watch or fail to watch with Christ? He wants us to watch yet with him in the attitude of friend ship. We have such thoughts of the infinite fullness and self-suffieiug of Christ, in his glory, that it seems to us inconceivable that he should need or miss the little love that our hearts can give to him.—Yet even in his in effable majesty he hungers for the affection of his friends.—iS. f use to the parishioner; it is of great inpot lance to the pastor for the toue ind spirit of his ministry,” “Some say that pastoral visiting eaves uo time for reading and com position of sermons. The answer is hat pastoral visitation gets material ogether lor the most telling and ap ■ropriate sermons that can be preach ed.” It is said that Macedonia and the regions thereabouts are given over to robbery, murder and brigaudage ; re forms are uutboiiglit of, ami there is rarely any punishment lor crime. Gol Synge, a connection of the English Embassy to the Turkish government who lately went iuto Maceuouia to distribute fuuds for the relief of Tur sisli refugees, was captured by Greek origauds w bo iufest that part of the country, and, alter some ehafferiug with the English embassy, and a little pretense of a military expedition agaiust the brigands, which came to uothiug, was ruusoiied for fifty thou sand dollars. This tuetbod otreform ing European Turkefr will, ir. is hoped be abandoued by till Gladstone gov ernment, as it is scarcely a success, flie ouly hopeful indication iu tht country lies iu thi fact that the Christians are gradually purchasing real estate of the Tarks which hat hitherto not been allowed. 1 ' | Noxious insects. Perhaps nf employment of man i. more subjectito depredation and loss than that of (agriculture. From the planting of tlje grain in the ground, till the time fts increase appears upon the table of the farmer, at every manipulation and at every handling, it is liable tq loss of some sorter kind. So diversified are the agents of destruction, anti so siloutly do most of them j operate, that no skill, care, or foresight of the farmer is adequate to counteract them all. He is not the motet successful farmer who toils the hiidest or produces the most upon his firm, but it is he who knows best how\ to save. He who guards well the little leaks, who has the skill to reducellosses to the lowest minimum attainable, will be the man to put the largest figures on the cred it side of the ledger. Of all the agents that levy their toll upon the unwilling farmer, none, pei haps, exact a heavier tithe thau de tractive insects. Their depreda tions are as ceaseless as they are si lent, and as various as the agents performing them. They work at. a! hours, and under all conditions *\ soil and climate ; creatures the most minute tu size, their ravages are n be measured only by their ceaselcs. toil and their countless numbers. S< small are many of the insects tha’ prey upon the crops, that most far tuers pass them by unnoticed. They see the los.-es that every year attend their crops, but take no trouble tt trace the despoliation to the propel authois. Within the past few years, howev er. more attention has been given ti the study of destructive insects oy the farmer. This is a cbeeriug sign It indicates that the public mind is awake to the necessity of employing knowledge as tile vehicle to success. The successful farmer of the future must necessarily have a good practi cal knowledge of the wide domain of natural history, and here uo depart meut will claim more of his attention than that of entomology—the de script ion of iusects. The season has now arrived when noxious insects are most numerous, aud may be studied to the best ad' vantage. For the study of the small est kinds a good magnifying glass is iiidtspeusible. But much may be learned of their uabits by the naked eye, aud farmers should embrace ev ery opportunity that may occur to them of ascertaining whether the iu sects they meet with are friends or foes.—Hobbs, in Rural Messenger. VALUE OF APPLES. It is stated that by a careful analy sis, it has been found that apples con tain a larger amount of phosphorus, or brain food, than any other fruit or vegetable, aud on this account they are very important to sedentary men show u rk av it ii their brain rather tlian muscles. They also contaiu the acids which are needed every day, es pecially for seudeutary uieu, the ac tion of whose liver is sluggish, to eliminate effete matters, which, if re taiued iu the system, produce inac tion of the brain, and, indeed, of the whole system, causing jaundice, sleep mess, scurvy, and troutdesome dis eases of the skin.—Harper’s Weekly. To Boil Bice Savannah Fash ion.—Take oue pound of rice aud pick it thoroughly to get out black seeds or red lice. But on the tire, iu a poicelaiu or tin lined pot, three quarts ol water, with two even table spooutuls ol salt. Let thewalercome u> a boil. .Now wash tbe rice iu three waters. Tbe reason for ibis is to get rid of the pulverized rice llour which adheres to the grain. This is a ne i cesaity ; otherwise the lice never .till j tie dry. Throw tbe liee iu water ! when it is at full boil. Let the rice boil rapidly for tweuty minutes. Put tbe cover ou and dratu the water en tirely off. Cover the pot, shake well, aud put on the back ot the stove, w here it is uot too hot, for fifteen miuutes. Shake the rice iuto the dish you wish to serve it iu. Never use a spoon. Bice should never he glutiuous. * ' Alum-Water for pickles.—Mrs. M L. C., asks how to prepare alum-wat er lor crisping pickles. Aits.—Allow a teaspoonful of pow dered alum to each quart of water briug to a boil, draw to the back o the stove aud put in the pickles pre viously soaked to a brine. Let remaii half a day, when the pickles shouli be takeu out aud thrown into coh water, there to remain until cold Then wipe and pour over hot, spioet vinegar. SELECTED RECIPES. Remedy foe Deafness.—Digest "wo ounces braised garlic in on* '•omul oil of almonds for a week, and (train. A drop ponred into the ear ■ s effective in temporary deafness Cure foe Earache —Take equal parts of chloroform hnd laudanum, lip a piece of cotton into the mix ture and introduce into the ear; cot er np and get to sleep as soon as pos sible. Cancer Cere.—Drink a tea made from the tops of red clover; about one quart a day should be taken in ternally, and the tea should be used as a wash twice a day ; very strongly recommended. A coat of gum copal varnish ap plied to the soles of boots and shoes, and repeated as it dries, until the pores are filled and the surface shines like polished mahogany, will make the soles water-proof, and it lasts three times as long. Stewed Potato.—Take potatoes boiled the day before; chop coarse aud put on stove, covered with milk ; put a plate over them and cook slow ly ; don’t stir them ; add a piece of nitter and a little salt. Take off he plate and cook until they thick en. Liniment for OLD Sores.—Alco hol, one quart; aqua ammonia, four unices; oil origanum, two ounces; ...kiuphor gum, two ounces; opium, wo ounces; gum myrrh, two onnces; common salt two tablespoons. Mix (ml shake occasionally for a week. Tomato Soup.—One can tomatoes, me quart bailing water, put through i sieve; then pat on the stove with a leaspoonful of soda, one pint of milk, .1 lump of butter; pepper and salt to taste. Let it simmer (not boil), and roll three or four crackers to thicken verj jiice. Apple Dumplings.—Three pints tiour, butter size of an egg; heaping .easpoou salt, three heaping tea -poous baking powder, water suffi cient for a soft dough, roll three eights inch thick. Fare aud core in halves any number of good apples, cut dough in small pieces, wrap the apples in it, and boil in water thirty minutes. Serve with sweetened cream or good miik. Coen Soup.—To each quart of young corn cat from the cob, allow three pints ef water. Boil until the grains are tender. Take two ounces of sweet batter, mixed smooth with one tablespoonful of flour; stir the batter into the soup, and let it boil ten or fifteen minutes longer. Just before taking ont of the pot, boat up an egg and stir into it, with salt and pepper to your taste. Eggs are useful for many purposes besides food and for hatching. If yea get a fish bone in your throat, and sticking fast there, swallow an egg raw aud it will be almost snre to car ry down a bone easily and certainly. There is another fact touching eggs which will be well to remember.— When as sometimes by accident, cor rosive sublimate is swallowed, the white of one or two eggs will neutral ize the poison and change the effect to that of a dose of calomel. Setting Hens.—Set year hens at night, and see that they have set steadily day aud night for a few days before you put the eggs under them. Some hens, young ones particularly, will keep the nest all day and quit It at night. It is a good rule to put ar tificial eggs uuder them for a while until you are certain they are deter > mined to brood steadily. Simple Remedies.—Beef brine ia excellent for a sprain. A piece of j duuuel wet iu briue and bound-on, ' will give almost immediate relief.-— Borax aud alcohol are very good for extracting the poieou from stiugs and msect bites. A bit of flannel wrung from alcohol in which Is dissolved a tut of borax, and laid across the chest will give relief in severe cases of pueuuiouia. A cloth wrong front warm water, bound arouud the nook aud covered with flannel, is excellent for iuflamatory sore throat. It should remain all uigbt. This will apply to inflammation of mauy kinds. A sin gle diop of camphor ou a lamp of sa gar, repeated every fifteen minutes,!* better than stronger doses for sever* attacks of diarrhea. Taken once as hour is sufficient for milder cose*. A chicken fancier says that h* i stuck courtplaster ever »n egg found 1 broken in the nut alter the hen had 1 been setting a week, and in dee Use* [ it gave a ohicken an sprightly u aajr ok' the breed. •