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NEAR HENDERSONV JLLE, ; N. ' C. JULY 30, 1869.
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It is ' not strange ) that the pastor should
feel as if God had blessed him in' the utter-
ancelof truth, which some people consider
quite unfit to be introauced a ;a public dis
course ?
Surely
there is a way of directing attention
h shall ' be free - from
th? flame . which . it
seeks to extinguish. To sit bv" with sealed
The Murder of the Innocents.
. A few weeks ago ar pastor in one of our
cities entered the dwelling of -a - family, in
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'moderate circumstances, -and was ; cordially!
f rxiotfnmnA lir llm loilc iA tho limiiP vhn fll-
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ways-treated her minister witlv kindness, and
Tccivcd his visits joyfully. It was several
iiionths since lie had called upon the family
4it their home, though he had seen the difi
,lcrent ' members of it at ' church,1 and had
pokcn with thcin' elsewhere, froni time to
time.'. . : . ' 1 ..
. As he entired, the form- of a i . beautiful
jlaby lyini; asleep in its osier cradle " arrested
piis attention, and he gazed upon it with in-
lerest, for, like all good pastors he liad tender
yearning of soul towards the , children of his
jllotk. After the salutation was over lie allu
.led to the gift of -God fo .her as a mother,
Md congratulated Jjer upou . this -precious ac
cession to ; her houseliold. She ahead v had
,twt interest in; children, a son and a daughter,
land this little boy, a child unuriuaily fair and
jbeautiful had come to" coniplcte a domestic
Jtrio, and sweeten the cup of their happiness.
IThe ood woman looked a little confused and
;the color came to her cheek at thb ''mention
k.)F her precious bovr aul struggling t6 com
uLind her feelings she exclaimed, My dear
pastor, this is indeed a beautiful child,; ad 1
to this great crime whic
the charge of farming
8 to extinguish. To sit by", wn
lips ythMv Zion is being defrauded of her.natu
ral increase, and Christian. parents -arernfpp
ing the. buds of infant life, apparently uncon
scious of jdoing any wrong, cannot , surely be
the way to show God' people' their transgres
sions, an the house of-Jacob their sins. It
is a bui ning shame that the prophetic descrip
tion of the I rude barbarians i who were com
missioneoj to execute the vengeance of the
Lordi upon his incorrigible foes, .should be, ap
plicable word for word, to so many mothers,
fathers too, in the Christian church: ".And
they; shall have no pity ou i'the , fruit of the
womt) ; tlreir eyes' shall not spare children.?'
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the Water. AYfien I came close in my canoe.
I could not see the inner- bore at all, and
therefore if a herd of aniirnals were to tnrn
towards this, they would came very suddenly
to the top of the gravel bank, and, being urg
ed on by others from behind, they could not
stop.btit must certainly run into the deep
and be drowned.- I competed all the various
f eatures of the hills and slcpcs here from dif
ferent points of view, whick could only be
Udone by patient scrutiny frf m a boat, for you
cannot compare t wo hills" uu less "you" are at
proper distance from'both of them,,though, of
course, yon can see. each of them by walking
under it upon the shore. I came ayay much
gratified by this afternoon's work, in having
fully patisfied niyself as to the complete suit
ability of the slope near Vady Fik k for the
scene of trre puty miracle of our Lord where
punishment was iuflicted and death." Lon
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Waters of Gennesareth.
Uiave all-a mother's pride in his fair face and sa ten thousan
jlovcly form, but I feel bound to siiy to yoi) backs above' water,
that I, owe this child to your Christian faith
fullness." Greatly surprised at herj express
'ion, and wholly liiiable to iulerpret i't, he ask
jed of her au explanation of her state
ment. ; ' ., " ' - ; ' :
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jtell you so," she continued. . But it was somc
jlhing you said which prevented the! destruc
tion oi this chi.ly before it was " born ; and 1
want to thankM'ou frdni my i,nmost heart that
nou saveu me, uy your laitlitul warnings,
from becoming the murderer of ' my baby."
Never having spoken to her in particular up
on this subject, the astonished pastor, pursu
ed his inquiries a little further and elicited
it he folowing facts. This lady and herlius
band,' both members of his fchnrch, being tiow
in-early ' middle life, and" in pretty good
uicalth had been unfortunate in business, and
were poor. They moved into a smaller tena
ment than they previQusly occupied, had giv
jen up thei pew in church, and, though natu
rally of a cheerful temperament, felt gloomy,
'dispirited, and nut of sarts with, the vorld.
. jUnder thete circumstances, -.with the prospect
of iucrcasle in her-family, she determined .. to
' .do, for the prevention of it, what so many wo
Jmen in good society have done of ' late years,
".Sand respecting which there seems to be as
: Jittle conscience' as if the act were the drown
jiug of a puppy or a kitten.. She had . procur
ed tbe medicine to be used, had fixed ou the
Mr. Macgregor has printed some interest
ing incidents and reflections appertaining to
the cruiscj'of the Rob Roy in the sacredwat
ters .of Gennesareth. This jlake, which is a
bont twelve miles longiby. seven broad,' is sur
rounded uy niountaius,j save Ion the north,
where the Jordan enters and where there is a
plain!. On the western shore, "the towers
and walls of Tiberias are jrcflected in the
water," and beyond these ''is the smooth beach
of the land of Gennesareth, a little crescent
shaped strip ofplaiiv, teeming with verdure
dowri to tiie shore, which is of j clean, pretty
gravel,! and shells aridjfeand,' with a. row of
oleander bushes growing in," the ' water. At
the other end of the charming: beach, along
which so often walked the Savior of the world,
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the inightv God,--t!:c Prince of Peace,
we see the hill on which stood his 'own citv,'
art exalted to
house is there.
Next: combs the white, strand, where once
Dethsaida stood.'' On steerino- .towards it.
Mr. Macgregor says : -"Soon round my boat
a nsh, their heads ant!
and as close together as
they could lie. : Outside of these was a circle
of cormorants, and d"ucks waiting for 'prey.
No wonder tbat this was named Beth Saida,
' House ojf Fishes Lately two fishers' " huts
werejbuilj, here Twelve men came out and
welcomed; the'Rob Roy' with admiration and
'thou Capernaum, which
heaven :? but now not one
A Cloud - Dispelled
applause,
coat'i and
One of them cast off 'his fisher's
waded out to Ijrreet! iiie."'
These men pay 100 a year to fish in the
took mc to your berth and. kept me there till
I bad slept eff the intoxication ; you then
asked if I had a mother. I said I had never
known a word from her lips, Ytm told me of
yours at the garden-gate ; and to-day I am
master of one of the packeU in New lork,
and I came to ask you to come and see me"
How far that little candle throws its beams !
That mother's words in the green hills of
v ermont I Oh ; God be thanked for the migh
ty power of a single word. .
A. Sunday-School Address.
lake.! The voyager suggests incidentally that
a payment of this kind might be the "tribute
money," to furnish which the miracle was
wrought.
He speut three days in Bethsaida
"One of them it is stormy, the waves rose
rapidly, and a heavy 'ctoss sea' very soon
thundered on the gloomv beach. I have been
(he remarks)"in many lakes jwjiere the wind
is sudderi and severe, in Scotland, in Swed
en, apd in America, but I- never saw- any
sheet of Water so subject toj squalls as this,
and io quickly moved from perfect calm into
rough and distracting, waves, ! tossing about
with -a fretfulne83 altogether! unusual. On
the northern shore is the 'desert place' to
which Christ withdrew for; prayer. Near
As 1 went to
wading Jordan,
this the thousand were fed.
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for their is a ford near the place; and by this
the multitudes could have followed Christ as
A faithful minister of Christ one day over
took an aged saiiit, who, -in reply to a ques
tion regarding hia welfare, said : "I know not
how it isj but li have-been much disquieted of
late: j It is now nearly sixty years since the
Lord ' Jesus found 'me in my sins and spoke
peace to "my soul : and I had then snch
nnrjuestiouing . repose", in his love, such
assurance of hope, and such joy in believ
ing, that it seemed" heaven begun on earth.
But now, such darkness has come over me,
that I am sometimes tempted to doubt wheth
er I ever knew- him'! i truth,' aud . to think
that it was all a pleasing dream in which. I
deceived myself.
u And the .reason of that is," replied the
minister, "that sixty years ago, when the
Lord found you, you knew that you were
nothing but a hell-deserving 'sinner ; you
never thought of finding any good in yourself;
but you looked away from sinful self to. Christ,
and you found all that you needed in him.
You i were satisfied with his finished work
His blood spoke peace to you. You saw him
as made unto you God's wisdom, even right
eousness and sanctification and redemption.
You desired nothing more; thers was nothing
moie you could desire.- But now you are, be
ginning to say with yourself, 'If 1'ra a child
of God. and there is darkness in that if.. ' 'If
I have been a subject of divine grace for sixty
year. then surely there ought to be abundant
fruit to his praise, aud great spiritual " attain
ments.' "And you have! turned away from
Christ to seek satisfaction in your life or in
your . own heart, and all is darkness, for the
earth docs not- bcconiu a luminous body, how
ever long and clearly the sun may shine npori
it.. The Lord is dealing mercifully with you,
and will not permit ou tj find rest in self.
He will have you turn again ta Christ as fully
as ever and will have you end where you
began ; rejoicing in Christ Jesus, and haying
no confidence in the flesh at tho .end as at
the beginning, a siuner saved by grace."
. A cloud was lifted from that venerable
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countenance as 'the old man stood for a few
moments wrapt in thought, and then exclaim-
ed.: "Thank God I you have hit the mark.
Christ is all Christ is all to me."
May the same grace which caused the light
to break through that cloud, bless this record
of the1 incident to some other saint traveling
ju darkness, because turning away ' from the.
light.
.lay to takeit, and that day was the holy sab
bath. . But an" impression, for which she
-Icould not account, (it might "have been the
suggestion of a Wod angel?) led her to the
postponement of the murder of ; the innocent
for that day, and go to church instead. The
sermon on that occasion, strange. to say, con-
jtained a passage, introduced by way of illus
' jtration, on this very sin; biiefly but pungent-
ty cUargiug the guilt of murder, upon all who
were base enough to practice, it; It was to
iher a nail fastened in' a sure place. She went
home qonvicted by her conscience, threw ' a
way the medicine, and waited her appointed
time. The blessed fruit both of that timely
sorrow, and of her, repentance, was now be
' fore, her, -linconscious of the peril it had pass-
ed, Yith tearful eyes they thanked God
together, that in the day of her temptation
he had cleansed his hand-maiden from secret
fanits, and that he alsoTept her back from
presumptious sins, that they might not have
dominion over her ; she shuddered to think of
tire crime' she had barely escaped committ-
The northern beach is of fine black
discovered a channel. 500 feet long,
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he went.!
gravpl.,'l
and five feet deep, and a pier under water ex
ndinjr 100 feet more. Theichannel led me
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to a ruin, and plainly this was a . little port
inland. -Anothernot so large was further
Going down Washington street, in . New
Yrk the other day, I saw a strange sight.
The street was full of carts, and wagons, and
trucks, and cars, and -carriages, and men, and
women, and boxes, and bundles, loads of pro
duce, aud of all the other things which go to
make up a dirty mass at & about Washington
market And' in the midst of this jam,, was
a flock of sheep, a doien or more. I was so
much surprised to see theui there that I stood
still and matched. It was wonderful to see
with what skill they threaded their way among
the horses and wagon3 and men, now on this
side and now on that, now on . the side-walk
and again in the middle of the street, and
never faltered, but went steadily forward, as if
they knew their destination, and bow to reach
it. I could not see that anv man. was leading
them, and Tam sure none was driving. At
the head of the drove was aa" old buck with
big horns, who clearly knew what to do ; and
him they all followed unhesitatingly, and .so
threaded their way with, remarkable facility.
Ou inquiry, I learned that this is the custom
ary way to get sheep from the wharf or pen
to the shop where they are. to be butchered.
The butcher keeps an old buck, well trained
to make the best of his way home frefm every
part of the city where he is likely to be of
any use. No sooner is a flock of sheep bought
for the shambles than the old buck is put. in
among them ; and, as soon as he has had time
to make their acquantancc, the whole flck is
turned out in the street. He makes his way
at once to his well-known manger ; and as it
is the nature of sheep to follow, they all fol
low where he leads, to destruction.
And then I thought .of. my Sunday-school
flock. And I remembered what a cunning
and malignant old butcher Satan is. I reflect
ed how it is the nature of these lambs, too,. to
follow whomsoever of their kind may take the
lead. I' mourned to think how often the Old
Butcher findsone of their own number to lead
them astray. I grieved to think how he trains
one anJ another thus to decoy the unsuspect
ing to their death, the death of the soul even.
And I prayed the blessed Savior that not one
of the lambs of my flock might ever fall into
this snare. I resolved to warn them in time.
Dear children, beware of the Butcher! But
especially, beware of his decoy ! Beware of
tho man, or the woman, or the boy, or ,he
girl, who would lead you in the wrong way !
Remember, the Butcher docs not show him
self ! But be sure that whoever lead you to
ward his shambles is his decoy 1 Whenever
one suggests sin to yon, then hear me shout
ing to your heart, "Little boy 1 little girl !
lamb of ahe flock ! beware of the Butch-
Petrified Forests
There exists in the Ticmitjr xof Caiftf'
a 'petrified forest,- which presents featnrcs of
great attraction. The term "petrified forest'-
may, perhaps, seem a missnafniog when it is
stated that there are neither trees nor leaves.'
The. fragments, to all appearance, are stones'
only outwardly resembling wood, audi in
myriads of places are scattered, half buried1
in the sand. One of the most re'teif table '
cirnmstanccs Is," that the most accurate search,
the most rigid scrutiny, fails to detect the"
least vestige of tillablclandi the smallest oasis,
which could have afforded an origin totheisr'
mutilated relics of timber. Occasonally (
trunk is found riven in two, as if split by th .
heat. The largest of tnese specimens xneas-'
ures ten Tcet in length, and has a diameter of-
twelve iuches. The oak, the bcaeb, the'
chestnut, and others arc distinctly recognitet!,
bnt scarely a single specimen' can be dis
covered of the palm,' the sycamore, or fig trec.:
The original color is well preserved. All
the tints are plainly perceptible, from the
light Naples yellow to the deep red, brown,'
or even black. The perforations produced by
the passage of insects through the bark are'
clearly visible. It would be idle to. attempt
at present to offer an explanation of this1
curions phenomenon. ;
Be Gentle to tho Little Onesi
A mother who was preparing some flonr to
mix into broad, left it for a few moments,
when, little Mary with childish curiosity to'
see what it was took hbld'of the "dish, which
fell to the floor spilling the contents. The
mother struck the child a severe blow, saying
whith anger, that she was always in the way.
Two-Greeks after, little Mary sickened and
died. On the death bed, while delirionsj she .
asked her mother if there wooH be room for
her among the angels. I was always in your
way, mother'; you had not room for little Ma
ry 1 And will I he in the angeU1 way 1
Will there be no room for me ?" The bro-
ken-hcartcd mother then felt that no sacrifice
o)uld have been too great, could shehave sav
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Luck and Labor.
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Many people complain of their bad luck
when they ought to blame their own want of
wisdom and action. Mr. Cobden, a disting- '
uished writer, in England,thus wrote about
Irrck and labor :
Luck is everything waiting for something
o turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, will-
urn up something.
Luck lies in bed 'and wishes the post-'
man woull bring him the news of a legacy.
Labor turns out at G o'clock, and with busir-
pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of
competence. . .
Luck whines.
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on chances. . .
Labor on character.
Luck slips down to indigence .
Labor strides upwards to independence.'-
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east. From one of thefe. the apostles may
have1 embarked when thev left Christ behind."
Mn Macgregor finds "at. least "four localities
on the eastern shore in every; way remarkab
ly adapted to the incidents of the lesrion of
ihe devils and the herd of swine. There
w.ere ihe rocks and caves, where tombs would
be. There was the wild feedtno "round, cov
ered! with bulbous roots, where swine might,'
feed Even at that moment,' a irreat flock cf
horses, camels, goats, and bullocks, was actual
ly grazing and browsing on the rank herbage
of the mountain. . Near them the hill" sloped
steep to the strand, in one spot only a few
feet from the water, in another leading straight
to the high gravel beach. jXow,- this beach;
for a mile in extent, is very peculiar in its
conformation, apd quite different from any
othe part of the shore of; this - sea. The
.gravel shelves down at an angle of forty-five
degrees, from about tcn'feet deep in water,
-The power of a Word.
A' mother on the green jhills ' of Vermont
was holding b the right hand a son, sixteen
years old; mad. with love of; the sea. And as
he stood by the "garden-gate one morning, she
said ; "Edward, they tell me for I never saw
the! ocean that the great, temptation of a
seaman's life is drink. Promise me, before
you quit your; mother's, hand, that you will'
ueverdrink." "And," said he (for he told
me the story,) "I gave' the promise, and 1
went the globe over, Calcutta and the Med
iterrancan, San Francisco, and Cape Good
Hope, the North Pole and the South. I saw
them all in forty years; and I! never saw a
glusa filled with "sparkling liquor that my moth-
.Andohlmay the Butcher's King, -and
ours, save us all from his shambles, henceforth
evermore, world without end. Amen. Stf If
Seokinq: Sympathy
Some 6uesays: ' Wc ever err when our
endurance fails us but for a moment." En
durance is but another word or phrase of self-
government. " When our sorrow becomes too
heavy for us to carry in silence, we confide it
to some friend, that we may receive . the tern
porary support of that friend's sympathy
Our endurance fails and we err err jn ask
ing sympathy ; for there are ten chances to
one that we receive with the sympathy. an el
ement of contempt, rrakingMt rather a curse
than a blessing. Our weakness may excite
our friend's compassion, yet it can never eli
cit his respect ; or if he fail to regard our sor
row with contempt, he wil', in all probabil
ity, confide it tosome one else, who will have
the taste- oi
and to day I am innocent of
liquor."
Was not" that sweet cvidence of the power
of a single word ? Yet that1 Is not half.
"For," said he, "yesterday there cauie into
mv counting-room a man of forty vear.
, 'Do you know me V
"No !"
" 4Yell,' said he, "I jWas once brought
drunk into your presence on shipDoara ; you
f-.r na tree ntiiTctiriri end cn nr cfn. it-I'
, . . -i , 'be told and retold until it becomes rather a
matter of derision than resrect. In seeking
temporary relief from the weight of our bur
den, we bring upon ourselves that" which is
harder to endure ridicule and contempt
Wettcrn Monthly;
" 0!i !. where do you get the reil for v'onr
cheeks?'' said a pale, wan young lady to a
bright, laughing minx. "Where the roses
A " sccutv fringe gf oleander aitialW conccalsVcrc a.passcngcr : they kicked me aside ;youSct theirs in the air and sunlight."
Startling Figures.--
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It "is estimated that 100,000,000 gallon if-"
rum ire manufactured in the United States
yearly. This is equal to 3,125,000 barrels,
of 32 gallons each. Set the barrels on end in
a row, single file, allowing each to occupy 24 -inches,
and it would make a row of whiskey
barrels 1,183 miles long, which is equal to'
the distance fiom Philadelphia, across the
States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, to
the western border of Illinois.
Again,' it is estimated, npon good anthori. .
that the sale. of of ram costs the American
people $1,400,000,000 yeaily. This amount;.
in Spanish dollars, would make 87,500,000 '
pounds. Load this into wagons, a. ton to
each, place them on a road; allowing 40 feet:
to each wagon, drawn by two horses, and yon4
would have a traiu 331 miles long, " composed1
of 43,750 wagons, drawn by 87,500 hotseM
Truly we have need of reform;
John Wesley Iw&ki Nagal, the young'
Japanese ttcdent wh'o was converted and1'
biptiicd in St.-Janes Methodist Chinch aV
New Burnswick, a few weeks ago, intends to
study for the ministry, and preach the gospep
to his countrymen. He is now twenty-four
years of age, has spent two years in England,
and is now entering on his second year at
Rutgers College.
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