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IN ESSENTIALS, UNIT!; VOL. XLIII. IN NON-ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY; IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY. RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1890" cJ. NUMBER 19. The Christian Sun. TERM Of SUBSCRIPTIOR i (CASH I* ADTAKOE.) One yew, 81x mouths. Included. •9» \ 00 mas of advertims i One square, mid •mas, hrst Insertion .91 For each Subsequent Insertion... One square three months.. ■ • • 5 Ooe square six months. 8 One square twelre months. •!* Advertisers ousnglng weekly mwt make a speelal agreement. Yearly advertisers will pay monthly or qnarterljetn advanee. Transient advert'sementtto be paid for on S 88? The Christian Sun. PUBU8HKD IVRY THURSDAY BT Riv. J. PRESSLEY BARRETT OUR PRINCIPLES: l. The Lord Jesus Christ is the of the Church. only He^i 2. The name Christian, to the exclusion of all party or sectarian names. 3. The Holy Bible, or the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, a sufficient ule of faith and practice. 4 Christian character, or vital piety, the only test of fellowship or membership. 5. The right of private judgment and the libf rty of conscience, the privilege and duty o' alL • the general contention. Revision in the Form of Govern ment. The Convention made no changes In the “Declaration of Principle*,'’ but it did agree to certain changes in the Form of Government. Beginning at Chapter III and Section HI, the fol lowing is the fall text including the items which were i ot changed. Para graphs below In small type remain un changed and ootwe in their natural position without revision. All new matter is in larger type—Ed. Son. SECTION 111. BUSINBSS OFOONrSBBNCB. 1. Conference tor tlie transaction s shall meet c tlon ofStch iteresprUM once in each year „„i business as may the church and the advance the lm cause of God. r *. Buisness shall be transacted in the order of time In which It may be brought forward; w UUtO tu WUKUU WJ -P-„ ■ i but reports of sUndin* committees first and r A --11 hjLVi UUI njUUI LB US Biwuuiua « tbeo reports of special commutes, shall nave the precedence, except a matter that is made th# special order of the day. 3. Conference shall appoint at the close of each snnnal session, through its President, subject to the approval oi Conference, the following Commit tees for the ensuing year's work: On Education, Home Missions, Foreign Mission, Chnrcb Extension and Religious Literature and Colport age. Each Committee shall report on its work at the regular annual meeting next succeeding its appointment The Conference in ltd discretion may appoint special Committees on the Standing of the Ministry, on the Standing of the Churches, on Sunday Schools, Temperance, and such other subjects as the body may deem neces sary. Duties of Committees. I. The Committee on. Education shall be composed of Elders. To it shall be referred all Questions pertain ing to Education, Ministerial Students, Ar plications for admission to Confer ence, Examination of Candidates for licensure or ordination. No ministerial student shall be admitted to college as, a beneficiary without the recommenda tion of this Committee. To it shall be1 entrusted the work of raising all lands fbr educational purposes. II. Ike Committee on Home Missions. To it shall be referred all questions pertaining to Missionary effort in the lionnds of Conference. Its duties shall be: 1. To supervise carefully and eco nomically .the Missionary operations within the Conference. 2 It shall collect all possible inlor mation touching the work in hand, unoccupied fields demanding attention, the success or failure of the efforts for the year then closing, together with i be financial condition and the needs rof the work for the incomiug.year, and submit tbe facts to CoDterence. 3. This Committee shall have charge of the collection of whatever mission funds the Conference may order to be raised during their term 6f office. . III. Ike Committee on Foreign Mis sion shall have charge of the raising of funds for tbe foreign field. It shall gather all possible information touch trig the work abroad and submit it to Conference » . IV. The Cwimiltee on (Thurch Exten sion shall huve charge of the collec .ion of fends which shall be used strictly to assist in building houses ot worship m destitute places. V. The ( ommittec on iieagious L,uer ature and Valportaqe shall have charge of all matters pertaining, lathe publi cation, sale and distribution of Rellg ions Literature under the direction of of the Christian Missionary Conven tion. (See Missionary Convention.) 1. All funds raised for Ministerial Education, Foreign Missions, Church Extension, Publication and Colport age with half of the Home Mission fbnds—the other half being rreserved for work within the bounds of the Con tereiice—shall be sent to the Christian Missionary Convention to be used hy that body, under the auspices of ike ‘ Christian Churchy for t he ex tension of the Redeemer's kingdom in the world, wherever, in the judg ment of that body, the best oppor tunity is offered for the accomplish ment of, the desired end. provided, however, &at this Conference shall be allowed a delegate in the said Con vention for every twenty-five pillars thus contributed. a Conference should require everylnints tertqiij-f.kea full report in writnlg of his ministerial labors during the year, stating hts success or failure in every matter claim ing his attention; and If he neglect to make this report, he should be censured therefor. 8. An excutive committee,, of three or more Elders, should be appointed, whose duty it shall be to attend to any and all business which is necessary to be transacted between the annual sessions of Conference, i. e., such as ought not to be deferred to the annual meeting, or > such as cannot; then be con veijiently transacted. 4. All committees appointed by Conference are amenable to that bodfy and should re Dort thereunto when required 5. Conference ought to appoint fraternal messengers to attend the sessions of sister conferences, to recefve and offer such sug gestions as may conduce to the peace and prosperity of the Redeemer’s kingdom, and to keep up a free and social intercourse be. tween the different part* of the church. 8. Suitable efforts should be male to eatab. llsh primary and high schools in every Con ference; and the standard of education among the ministry should be raised as high ui possible. 7. Conference should provide fer the sup. port of agtd and Infirm Ministers and then famine*, who bare not sufficient means to keep them from want. 8. Every available means should be used to promote true religion and spiritual minded ness. The Missionary Convention; Tbe Missionary Convention shall be composed of delegates from Christian Conferences,Churches,Sunday Schools, Missionary Societies, or individual members, within tbe Christian church, op a basis of one delegate for every twenty five dollars actually paid into 3ie treasury of the convention for tbe ear preceding tbe annual session in which said delegates shall be enrolled, fbr' tfie support of the church enter - Irises fostered by the Missionary Con ention. 2. The convention shall meet an nually at such time and place as agreed to on adjournment. 3. Tbe purpose of the Missionary Convention shall be to develop the ♦trength and activity of the confer ences in the enterprises of the denom (nation and to combine their me ins and energies for the spread of the gospel among men through tbe agencies of Education, Missions, Home and Foreign, Church Extension, Religious Literature and Colportage ane Sunday Schools. 4. Tbe Missionary Convention shall have a President, and from each con ference, represented in the convention ia Vice President, a Secretary, Treasur er and an auditing Committee of three, (one minister and two laymen.) The duties of these officers shall be fully defined by the body itself. 5. At the close of each Annual ses sion, the President shall appoint, sub ject to the approval of the Missionary Convention the, following Committees, which shall hold office for one year, or till their successors are appointed: On Education,Home Missions, Foreign Missions, Church Extension, Religious Literature and Colportage and Sunday Schools. Duties or Committees. The Conmittee on Education shall have charge of whatever concerns our educational interests at large, such as the financial department of ministerial education, the building and endow ment of colleges and Theological Seminaries. The Home Minion Committee shall cultivate territory looking to theestab lisbment of new Conferences, labor to build up weak Conferences and have general supervision of Mission work in the South. They shall furnish tbe convention with all available informa tion bearing upon the work, both as to success or failure during the past year and as to the fields to be worked and the necessary preparation to do it during the ensuing year. 'Ihe Foreign Mission Committee shall have charge ot all Missionary opera tioosofthe church South in Foreign lands, doing all in their power to awaken interest in the salvation ol the heatheu aou to support our Mis stonaries who preach to them. 'lhe Committee on Church Extension Applications tor help in building houses of worship shall be made to this Committee at least one month he fore the Auun^-meeting ot the conven lion. The committee shall ex amine all applications for such help carefully enquiring fully into the merits ot each case, ns to its character and the wisdom of undertaking tin work, submitting all the facts to the body. • The Committee on tieliqious Litem tyre and Colportage shall have the supervision of our literature and man age its publication, sale and distribu tion for the church at large Whenever practicable the Committee shall put one or more, :fccot cTing to the demand" of the work, colporters into the field Thev shall m such cases supply him, or them, with such literature as they may wish sold, and on such terms as they deem wise and for the good of the work.' The colporters shall make weekly reports of the work done and weekly returns of money collected to the Committee or to their authorized SuDerinteudent of Colportage. He may, when so directed, assist the Com mittee in collecting funds for the prosecution of Colportage work. The profits of this department shall belong to the Missionary Convention to be used in its judgment for the advance ment of Christ's kingdom in the world. 7he Committee on Sunday Schools shall have the supervision of Sunday School work in the bounds of the Missionary Convention. They shall labor to provide for the maintainanee ol a Sunday School Convention in each Conference, and the appointment and support of a Sunday School Mission ary in each Convention. They shall carefully guard the Literature the Sunday Schools use, and as far as pos sible see that no damage comes to the church through this channel. Funds accruing from profits on busi ness managed under the auspices of the Missionary Convention shall lie entitled to representation in that body iu the regular ratio of one delegate for every twenty five dollars actually paid in for the year, l he Committee in. whose department the uiocey is made shall make be appointments. The Missionary Convention shall, under no circuinstauces, appropriate monev to he used for any purpose other than that for which it was originady contributed. The Missionary Convention shall be auxiliary to the General Convention and its work shall be subject to the supervision of the Convention quad rennially. The General Convention. Begining at Chapter IV and Section III the following changes were agreed to: The Business of the Convention. The Convention shall have jurisdiction in all questions pertaining to Doctrin al Standards, Church Laws, the Estab lishment ot new Conferences, Confer ence bounderies, Appeals from church es or Conferences. It shall slab review the work ot the Missionary Convention once in four years, Ukaking such suggestions to that body relative to the needs of the denomination in its work ol spreading the gospel as in its judgment it may consider needful. Committees. Committees of three each shall be appointed on Doctrinal Standards, Church Law, Conference Relations, Appeals and the Supervision of Mis sionary Convention’s work. Each com mittee shall work under the following regulations: J. The committee on “Doctrinal Standards’’ shall consider all questions pertaining to doctrinal and distinctive denominational teaching. 2 To the committee on Church Law shall be referred all questions pertaining to church government. 3. To the committee on Conlerence Relations shall be referred all ques lions concerning the establishment of new conferences, conferences bound aries, conference changes &c. 4. The committee on appeals shall have lor consideration all appeals com ing Irom any source whatsoever with in the jurisdiction of the body. 5. The committee on the supervision of the Missionary Convention’s work shall be charged with the careful ex amination ot the work of that body m all its departments once in four years, reporting the facts as they find them to the Convention, showing what has been accomplished in the preceding four yeras and what the needs and pos sibilities of the work are at that time. 6 Each standing committee shall report to the Convention quadrennial ly at the regular session ot that body which next succeeds the committee’s appointment 7. Special comitlees for special work may he appointed in the discre tion of the Convention, but their work should be defined and the time for their reports should be stated when the appointment is made. 8. All difficulties arising in tlie local Con ferences may be carried by appeal to the Con vention, whose decision shall be final 9. The Convention shall determine the boundaries of the local Conferences. 10. For the division of existing Confer ences, or the formation of new ones, applies, shall he made to the Convention; and when it shall appear that the good of the cause demands the division of an old Conference, owing to its great size or large extent of territory, a division may be ordered; or a new Conference may be formed when a num her of Ministers and Churches, sufficient to give influence and perpetuity to the cause, arc widely separated fromany other Christian Conference. THE EDITORIAL CIRCLE. Mr. Spurgeon on Pei lection. If 1 had been m\ own savior I should have given up the task long ago. We do meet some pertect friends sometimes; but none, of ua can talk much about perfection. My nature seems to have coats like an onion: if I take off one coat there is another and another. If you think leas and less ol vourselye1*, it is probably true that you are growing in grace; it you think fpnrp and more of your selves, it is highly:probable that you will become more proud than you used to be. Here is my comfort: “He will not fail nor be discouraged ;w if he has begun with me, he will never say he is beaten. He has undertaken to make you and me perfectly pure, without spot or wriuk'e, and he will do it, brother; he will do it, sister; he has notgr«*n weary or discouraged with us.—Chris tian. All Things For Hood. Tt is part of the wise providence ol God that even the selfishness of indi vidual men and women iu often made an instrument for the conternng oi unmeasured good upon the race. It may have been nothing but greed of gain or lust of conquest that impelled many a mediieval ship to the discov ery of unknown shores; but how great is the good which these discoveries have brought to the whole of humani ty ! Granted that it is only the haste to be rich that impels a syndicate to build a railway across an agricultural country, yet. however selfish the aim of the projectors, the railway will prove a blessing alike to rich and poof, alike to city and country. We cannot understand how all evil can lx so overruled for the good of those whc are on the Lord’s Bide; but we can lie lieve it, knowing that God bas said that all things work together tor good to those that love him.—Snndoj School limtt. The Most Alarming Sin, If I were called to point out the moat alarming etna of to day—those which are most deceitfal in their in fluence, and most soul destroying in their ultimate effects—I would not mention drunkenness with all its fear tul havoc,nor gambling with its crazed viotiins, nor harlotry with its hellish orgies; but the love of money on the part of men,and the love of display on the part of women. Wbjjk:* open vice sends its thousands, tbej<j fashionable and favored indulgences send their tens of thousands to perdition. They sear the conscience, incrust the soul with an impenetrable shell of world li ness, debauch the affections from every high and heavenly object, and make man or woman the worshipper of self. While doing all this the poor victim is allowed by public opinion to think himself or herself a Christian; while the drunkard, the gambler or the prostitute is not deceived by such a.thougbt tor a moment.—Dr. Cro$by Ch spiers to Bead. Many, very many, people wonder where in t'ie Bible to turn that they may get the most help. 1 would like to name three special chapters, which at tbia tune will do as much good, if not more, than any others. The winter is over and gone; in its months thou sands ot young folks have given their hearts to Christ and united with the Church. All such read the second chapter of first Peter. There vou will find “milk for the babes.’’ Precious aud sweet are the twenty-five verses. It’s just the chapter tor a young Chris tian. There are thousands ot church members who, by the season of Lent, the revival meetings, the evangelistic services, or some other means of grace have been.quickened in their religious life. They now face the coming sea son of summer pleasure, and fear the influences thereof will drive them back to their former coldness and indiffer ence. Let all such read the third chapter of Colossians. To those who have let another winter pass and taken no stand for Christ—to all such let me say, read the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes.—Rev. C. H. Tatuum, in N. Y. Cbsever. Too Particular. There are many people in whom critical taste has run to seed They criticise preachers, editors, and every body else. When you are in their presence you leel like vou bad to walk a rope a. hundred feet above ground. Now, you think 1 am in the presence of a very nice, particular one, aDd 1 mu81 oaiance mysen wuueou iui» iupe so very exactly. How tiresome it is to lie in the presence of such persons. We have beard of a race-boat made so narrow and so easy overset, that the oarsmen had to part their hair >n the middle before they took their seats in it. lest one hair too many on one side would turn it over. Even so there are some people and Churches, m which the pastors have to walk so circum spectly as to be always on thorns, lest thev might do snmy'htnnr that would overturn the gravity of the whole con cern. We pity the man who has to serve such hair-splitting people. Their critical taste is not healthy; it is in. flamed with an unendurable morbid ness. Don't be so , particular about minor points.—Raleigh Christian Ad vocate. The Childless Wealthy. The New York World has been tak ing a census of Fifth avenue and Cherry Hill, the one a district of palaces, the other ot tenement-houses. The result it thus reports: 800 Fifth Avhnub Families. Total number of children under 10 years of ape.*.91 Total number of children born within 1? months.® sr.O Cherry Hvia. Familirs. Total number of children under 10 years.. 680 Total number of children born within 12 months...tit To auard against the possibility of baing charged with falee pporting, it gives the names of the families; to guard against 1 charged with order to point * street numbers, which, al exceptions, are continuous In both cases. The tacts that the palaces are comparatively childless and that the tenement-houses sw^irt -have long been knowa. Xbi*| eentiip simply emphasizes and Ulnsjunttsiithese facts. There are grea$ political changes, and possibly an m<ivwttU. hfcj social rev. |ty of being families m gives the Occasion olutioo, hinted at in these statistics. The Troy Presn says on the same sub ject: The French Government, admon ished by the comparative dearth of births, has decided to give certain advantages to lathers of more than seven children. A census has accor dingly been taken, and the results are of an interesting character. It appears there are 2,000,000 households where there has been so child; 2,500,000 in which there was one; 2,300,000, two children; 1,500,000, three; about 1, 000,000, four, 550,000, five; 330,000, six; and 200,000, seven or more. It is a curious fact that increase in wealth is almost mathematically marked by a diminution in progeny. OUR LIGHT HOUSE. “Let the lower light» he burning.’’ The Discipline of Suffering. This, my brethren, is the height to which God will bring ns if we will let Him. He will lift us where we can look out on the great world of fallen humamtj’ and feel towards it as He felt when He sent forth His Son to seek and to save the lost We may be bumbled till our pride is gone, bruised till the will is subdued, chastened till we are obedient; we may be disciplined into reverence, and virtuous conduct' but God will not be content untill we open our heart to the wide world of humanity and pity and love it with a a pity and love like his own. This, tnv brethren in Christ, is the meaning of suffering so far as we are concerned It is God’s call to come np higher to empty onr natures of self, to look oqt on a world that needs our ministry, and to love our brother man as we love ourselves. When we are filled with yearning thoughts tor our fellows, when the children in the streets be come as dear to us as our own, when the helpless beggar goes not from our door unpitied and unblessed,when the enemies who defraud us and traduce us’ are tenderly commended to God’s compassion and mercy, when we feel for the heathen beyond the sea as we do tor the heathen at our own door, when our sympathies belt the world, and our beneficence is as impartial as God’s sun which shineth upon the evil and the good; then and not till them may God’s discipline of suffering cease.” J. B. Hawthorne. A Great Worker. A wonderful work has been accom plished bv Theodore Cuvier, pastor of Lafayette Avenue Church, New York City, durine the past thirty vears. the period of his pastorate. The sum of his labors and the glory of them can not be told thrpugh the lips ot statis tics, though figures in this case tell a grand story. His sermons have reached a total of 2,750; his lectures, varied subjects, have mounted into Hundreds; his marriages have been 682; his pastoral calls,25,000; and his membership receptions by letter, 2,303, and by conversion, 1,920, a total of 4, 223. He has meantime written 3,200 articles for the p^ess, many of which have been published in various lan guages, and most of which have been extensively copied by the general religious press. He leaves a member ship at his resignation ot 2,350, show ing a loss by letter, discipline, and death of 1,873 in addition to the original membership. Few living men have been mors successful in la bor or more abundantly' blessed in their doings, and he has greater honor with God than any statesman or king can have. There is no calling o noble as that of the conscerated min istry of Jesus. The average annual offerings of his church for all purposes has been $44,666, or a total ot $1 340, 000. He was presented with a testi monial of affection and appreciation April 23rd, ot $30,000.It was deserved. J. F. Watson. J — Another Picture. Nbthing will take the place ot this unselfish ministry. A traveler in Eu rope passing bv an old cemetery, heard the voices of children over ihe dilapi ' dated wall. As he listened, he per ceived that they were engaged in a friendly quarrel. A little boy insisted that bis sister should take something. He passed through the gate, and tonnd them sitting side by side upon a fresn grave. The brother, about twelve years of age, held in bis hand a crust of bread, and insisted that his sister, two. years younger, should take it. “What is the matter,” inquired the stranger. “Oh, sister is naughty," said the little fellow, “for she wont take something to eat, and she is hun gry.” “Mo, I am not naughty,” re plied the little girl, “for I had some thing to eat this morning, and brother has not. had anything during the whole day.’’ “What are you doing here ?” asked the stranger. “Ob, mother died a few days ago, and this is her grave, and she said that we must take care of one another, and trust God to take care of us.” “Well,” said the stranger, “God has sent me to take care of you,” and he took them to his home. He found that they had been taught by their mother, now in heaven, to care for each other’s pleasure, to sacrifice their own pref erences, and to seek joy in the joy of each other. Would our children, if thus allowed to bear witness to our training, reflect such honor upon our homes ? If we would have them do so, let us teach them that it is more blessed to give than to receive; that in helping others we must truly help our selves, and a self-denial for the good of others is better than self-indulgence, however pleasing. A. C. Dixon. Asleep. “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.’’ —1 Thess. 4:13. Here is a most af fecting simile—‘them which are asleep.’ [Scripture continually uses the term sleep to express death. Our Savior did so; he said, “Our friend Lazarus sleepeth;” and so well did he describe death as being a sleep, with such an evident and appropriate truthfulness, that his disciples mistook the sense, and said, “Lord, if he sleep be shall do well.'’ But Jesus spake not of the transient sleep of the weary, but of the deep slumber of death; and very frequently even in the old testament, you find it said that certain persons “slept with their fathers, and were buried in a sepulchre.” Nor did they count that sleep a hopeless end of life; but as one said, “I shall be satis fied when 1 awake with'hy likeness” —awaae irom mat siumuer into wmcn they believed death did cast their bodies. In the New Testament the same emblem is continually used, and it, is very pleasant to remember that in the old catacombs of Rome, where the bodies of many saints were buried, it is continually found inscribed on their graves, “She sleeps,’’ “He sleeps in Jesus,’’ “He shall awake up one day,” “Requiescat in. peace’’ (he sleeps in peace). ‘A sweet soul in refreshment,’ and similar epitaphs, which mark the firm belief of Christians that sleep was a very fine and beautiful picture of death. Now, allow me to guard against an evil supposition that may springup here. When death is called a sleep it is not because the soul sleeps) that, we are told by Holy Scripture, rises at once to heaven. The soul of the saint is found at once before the throne of God. It is the body which is said to sleep. The soul sleepeth not; absent from the body, it is present with the Lord; it stretches its wmgs, and flies away to yonder realm of joy, and there, revelling in delight, bathing itself in bliss, it finds a rest from the turmoil of earth infinitely better than any rest in sleep. It is the bod)-, then, that sleeps, and the body only. C. H. Spurgeon. Fop the Campaign. In many ways the coming campaign will be the most interesting one that the voters of North Carolina have seen in many years. It will be an educa tional campaign, and economic ques tions will be largely discussed. The Stale Chronicle, published at Raleigh, will be in the thickest ot the fight to maintain Democratic principles, and uphold those measures that will secure relief for our agricultural population. It will be sent to any address one year for the low price 6f$1.25. Send mon ey by registered letter, money order or postal,note. Address, The State Chron icle, Raleigh, N. C. ' , Renew your subscription. r’ . • NUGGETS OF GOLD. If thou wouldst bs borne with, bear with others.—Fuller. If the young man knew, if the old man could, there is nothing but would be done.—Italian Proverb. The young man who has learned to Work has solved the greatest of the problems that tend to success.— Lowell. Let us be of good cheer, remember lpg that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.— Lowell. That state of life is the most happy where superfluities are not required, and where necessaries are not want ing,—Plutarch. Prayer and praise are like the double motion of the lungs; the air that is drawn by prayer is breathed forth again by thanksgiving. Positiveness is a most absurd foible. If you are in the right, it les sens your triumph; if in the wrong it adds shame to your defeat. Much of the glory and sublimity of truth is connected with its mystery. To understand everything we mast be as God.—lyron Edwards. Make others to see Christ in you, moving, doing, speaking and thinking, four actions will speak of him, if he be in you.—Samuel Rutherford. Do not expect commercial payment for the real benefits you may render mankind. Doing good is the great way of enriching character.^—Dr. S. J. McPherson. If we could only live as well as we wish, what happy and prosperous lives we would have. But doing is very much more difficult than desir ing and resolving. Never suffer the social interests of the church to interfeie with the spirit* ual. The church is not a club; it is an avenue of Divine grace, an agent for service.—Advance. Never be afraid of criticism or ridi cule; always remember that opposition 1 and calumny are often the brightest tribute that vice and folly can pay to virtue and wisdom. I asked Mr. Spurgeon once how he prayed, and he said to me, “1 always find a promise appropiate to the need, and then, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and for his sake, I simply plead that promise.— Way land Hoyt. Repentance hath a purifying power, and every tear is of a cleansing virtue; but these penitential clouds, must be still kept dropping. One shower will not suffice, tor repentance is not one single action, but a course.—South' God is limited to no place. He is also excluded from none. He is in all places, and in the least of his crea tures, in the petal of the flowers, in a y blade of grass;and yet he is in no place; Nowhere, comprehensively and exclu sively; everwhere, because everywhere he is creating and upholding every thing.—Luther. You may be a oeucr minister t,uau your fellow minister, but he may pos sess the better heart. Which should be preferred, ability with little grace, or graciousness with moderate ability? The Scriptures declare: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God;" but nowhere do they appoint a crown for intellectual superiority.— Baptist Banner. The better way for everybody is to let. God’s secrets alone, and give at tention to the things that are reveal ed. The latter!'concern our duties, and it will be quite enough to under stand what they are and to do the things required. God will take care ot the former in his own way, and does 0 not need our help in disposing of them.—Independent: Man must have occupation or be miserable. Toil is the price of sleep and enjoyment. The very necessity which overcomes our naturat sloth Is a blessing. The whole world does not contain even a brier or thorn which could be spared. We are hap pier with the sterility which we can overcome by industry than we could have been with spontaneous plenty and unbounded profusion. The body and mind are improved bv the toil which is a thousand times rewarded by the pleasure which it bestows. Its enjoyments are peculiar. No wealth can purchase them, no indolence can taste them. They How only from exertions which repay the laborer. The Church must grope her way in to the alleys and courts ol the city and up the broken staircases and into the bare rooms, beside the hearth-stone sufferer. She must go down into the pit with the miner, into the forecastle with the sailor, into thp tent with the soldier, into the shop with the me chanic, into the factory, with the op erative, into the held with the farmer, into the counting room with the mer chant. Like the air,-f theuChurch must preps equally, all surfaces of so ciety; like the sea, flow into every nook of the shore line ol humanity, and like the sun, shine on all things, foul and low as well as fair and high, for she was organized, commissioned and equipped for the moral reforma tion ot the world.—Bishop Simpson. ’ ' - ’ } ' ■
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