providence of god
ISf THE PREPARATIOS AXI) CAREER
or PAvii,
BT THE DSAV OF CANTERBURY
I have evrr felt that, among all the visi
ble interpositions of God’s providence in
history, ,aone is so clear, or so worthy of
our admiration, as the preparation and
a&reer of the young man Saul That we
may tie better, see this, let us brieflly re
view the situation of the Church and the
worfl in the time at which we have arrived.
Th< Church, built upon the foundation of
th* old covenant, and destined to carry
Cbd's building to its completion, has ex
ited the bitter hatred of Judaism proper.
This latter must either wane before it, or
crush it. This is one great enigma to be
solved : to fuse into one the strictness of
Judaism and the belief in Jesus Christ.
But look again. The Gospel is for all man
kind ; is to be received by the persuaded
reason, to become wisdom to the enlighten
ed intellect, to feed the yearnings of the
loftiest spirit; and the intelligent nations
of heathendom are facing the new religion
in. all the pride of highly cultivated intel
leot, and flushed with the triumphs of
transcendent genius. A second problem
then is, to fuse into one the simplicity
which is in Christ and the subtleties of
human philosophy ; to show that He is
made to man the highest wisdom, and that
the discourse concerning Him can take up
into itself all the materials, of which ages
of the training of the human understand
ing have taught the use. There yet re
mains a third difficulty—less in dimensions
and character, but not less needful to be
overcome. We are treating of a time in
the world’s history when human life was of
small’ account, and personal safety can
hardly be said to have existed. Any human
instrument undertaking the practical solur
tion of either of these great problems,
must soon have been borne down by hostile
influences, and crushed in the attempt.
Now let us again review our ground. In
the fusing of Christianity and Judaism,
what and who is needed ? No shallow ob
server of the customs and prejudices of
Judaism will serve our purpose; nor, on
the other hand, any who shall have fallen
short in his estimate of the entire freedom
of Christianity, and the full extent of its
encroachments on Judaism. The man
whom we seek must be a pure Jew by birth,
and by education imbued with the fullest
and deepest knowledge both of the law
itself, and of that fabric of human tradi
tional interpretation which the Rabbis had
built up around it.
Then as to our second requisite. It will
obviously be bard to combine in one man
the endowments which we have just men
tioned, with this other, no less necessary,
that he should have been versed in the
Greek tongue, which was then the univer
sal vehiole of thought and argument;
should have been trained in Gentile habits
of joining thought to thought; and should
J|ave acquired that degree of acquaintance
with heathen literature, which might enable
him to dispute with effect in Grecian
schools and among Grecian audienoes.
Our third difficulty could only be over
come by one who should possess the privi
lege, at this time not so common as it after- _
wards became, of Roman citizenship,—
which might, by the peculiar immunities
attached to it, except him from arbitrary
punishment at the caprice of petty provin
cial officers, and give him the right of ap
peal to the great central power at Rome.
I need hardly say that all these qualifi
cations were united in Saul of Tarsus.
First, he was of unexceptional Jewish de
scent: an Hebrew of Hebrews. Then he was
brought up at Jerusalem, under Gamaliel,
the most distinguished Pharisee of his time.
Even more : he had been himself a keen
and unsparing foe of Jesns and his Gospel.
He had, for himself and others, exaggerated
to the utmost the antagonism between
Christianity and Judaism. He had looked
down, iu his anxiety to prove their irrecon
cileableness, into the gulf which parted
them, and was not likely to attempt lightly
or flimsily to bridge it over. He was the
man,' if ever there was one, to set forth the
full freedom of the Gospel of Christ, and
its independence of Mosaic customs and
ordinances. For these qualities, he had
himself hated and persecuted it.
Again, he was born, and spent, at all
events, many important years of his youth
ful life, at Tarsus, one of the principal seats
of Grecian learning. There he had ac
quired mastery of the Greek language, as
then spoken and written in the East: and
had read those authors whose sayings he
afterwards quoted in dispute with Gentiles,
and in his epistles to Grecian churches.
Educated half at Jerusalem, half in Cilicia,
his mind had beoorne accustomed to that
form of logical argument in words, and of
joining thought to thought, from which the
pure Jewish mind was alien.
And add' to all this, that as a native of
Tarsus he was born with the rights of
Roman citizenship, which others, even in
high stations, had to acquire at much cost.
I have said nothing as yet of personal
qualifications. Yet these were to the full
as marvellous. Hardly ever was man born
with more qualities tending to enforce per
suasion, to acquire influence over his
fellows. Ardent, sympathetic, universal
in Mb regards, and able to' cast himself into
every other man’s position; within certain
limits becoming all things to all men, but
absolutely immoveable as to compromise
beyond these limits; carrying all in his
heart, and making every man’s griefs and
joys his own; with tears for every sorrow,
and glowing terms of endearment and con
gratulation ever on his tongue; master, at
the same time, of the most melting exhor
tation, and the keenest and most delicate
irony; pouring out his words, whioh
orowded one another to keep pace with the
rapidity of his phases of thought, flying
from proof to proof, and from one indignant
refutation to another; sometimes seemingly
f oree tful of bis main subject, while he
pursues word after word which have sprung
in along the path of his disputation, then
returning to it again, in manner again
to desert it: till at last ail these off-lying
ideas and images, and allusions, are bound
up together in the majestic and
iL conclusion. Such was the mind, and
such was the heart, of which God made
duets, and trios, and to each there was a
If wo ask wha h t were the outward Sac- to™*’ a "S els T^ elconlin g the
tenstics of one who was to do so miohf ° ? ftb m ? ht - This P leee was
, work, we find them summed up by hlufjelf SS operatic but it was perhaps the
■ 10 representing the aspect of' him bv ht ? ri h° F 6 r At 1
enemies- hi« Krviilv m °y nts conclusion of the chanting Father Ignatius
his speech was contemptible IITSs *° the fr° nt °f the P iatform a “d re
afflicted, at all events from the time of his ° d a COU P Ie of iU-mannered youths to
conversion, with a nervous maladv ™move their hate which, after a few grins,
. panied probably with feebleness of sitbt f 7 H ® * heD announced his test
which he speaks as his thorn! the &° f fr ° m 5 the Nat ™%>
messenger of Satan sent to buffet him - hi P a sermon which was partly narra
of which when he “17 “r™ ’ and tlve and P a rtly laudation of the Virgin
i ? t m!htU remold £ *“1 Mary ’ For thc first three-quarters oAn
spoke 8 as weaknesl lb! the Lord hour the discourse was listened to with
was to be perfected N Hl f S ® tren S th marked attention, but some of the audience
derfiul. endurance anH W ° n ’ ? tand l n £ at thc end of the room got
omitted which have 86 j S of be i m P atient > and commenced walking out.
r Gd St ' ! U i° ne The P rea °her earnestly, ana at°times
record Tf- n ? table am ° n g men - What a eloquently, urged the claims of Mary re-
s "S%hashe marking ftat ff we accepted L sSioZ,
S * .1, o summary in the Second we must accept her too: and that God
Ime f Cormthians ! How he ever without her was an avenging judge, but
came to be “ Paul the Aged,” might be with her, our merciful friend In the
matter of marvel, did we not remember course of this argument, he made use of a
end f m ’ a “ d *° r . what l°ng Latin quotation, and this being unin
of mWn™ ll • f datlger ; d6talls teiligible, it was hissed by three or four
sun! lTZi V 6S and t01 |! seem 7 OUO S men who had strolled in after the
and TJL I f cT perS f"' Eu r r °l )e service commenced. The preacher stopped
Snf f , ful ; 0f bl ™i From .Jeru- an d said he was astonished. They were
salem round about unto Illyneum, is but met to worship God, and he should not
his note of journey made half way The proceed if there were any more interrup
-3! have s f® n hlm Bt T n gglmg with their tions. There were then more hisses, with
sand-storms; the rivers have been breasted loud cries of “shame” and “order.” The
after 1 h!? : d eep rf held . him ' bour Poacher stamped his foot, and asked them
after hour, drifting solitary on ite surface, how they dared so behave themselves, and
Again and again ocean- has cast him ship- the reply was laughter and an imitation of
wrecked to land, and land has yielded him, a dog bark, the whole of the interruption
full of fresh hoiy enterprise, to ocean. Dis- being confined to not more than a dnzen
* , n , tte synagogue, working at the persons. Seeing this, Father Ignatius then
hair-cloth loom, smgmg at midnight m the proceeded, but, in the midst of the sen-
P ™ on > k „ neehn g’ and mingling his tears tence there was a sudden disturbance,
with his farewell prayers on the Syrian or caused by a large portion of the audience
Milesmn shore preaching amidst the mar- jumping upon their seats to ascertain the
ble temples on Mars Hill at Athens, thank- meaning of a scuffling at the door. With
ing God and taking courage on the broad the final, “And now to God the Father.”
s ones of the Appian Way; clanking his the preacher, without another word, con
cham as he writes m his hired house at eluded the sermon. The Hundredth Psalm
Rome; where, and in what employ, do we not was then sung, one or two chanta were
find this strange fervent man, this vessel of gone through, and sine-in - “Nunc Dim-
Godseieetion for the second founding of ittis,” the choristers ?eft° the platform.
I i, , T Father Ignatius, who was kneeling before
Such, then was he whom the Lord the altar while his assistants filed off, went
grasped with his own hand, and rescued, last, and his disappearance was signalled by
trom the ranks of foes and persecutors, for a few hisses. e> J
his own service. „„
THE EAST GRINSTEAD SISTERHOOD.
The Guardian reports the proceedings
on the laying of the foundation-stone of
some new buildings for Dr. Neale’s “well
known Sisterhood,” at Bast Grinstead. It
appears that there are now “16 confirmed
sisters, or sisters of the black veil, and 18
probationers, or sisters of the white veil.”
On this occasion there was a procession,
headed by a “Processional Cross, borne by
a member of the confraternity, in cassock
and surplice.” Among the banners were
those of “St. Margaret,” “St. Mary," “St.
Miohael,” and of the “Holy Ghost,” the
last named “borne by a deacon and two
choristers.” The list of persons in the
procession included “E. Popoff, and the
Archimandrite Stratuli, D.D. (of the Holy
Eastern Church.”) “The clergy were of
course habited in their surplices and hoods;
and nearly all of them wore red or white
stoles. About one-half had birefctas, and
the rest the ordinary trencher caps. The
Archimandrite Stratuli, whose rank, it is
said, corresponds very nearly with that of a
mitred Abbott in the Western Church, was
ROMANISM IN THE CHURCH OF
ENGLAND.
The following are the two extracts from
the London Record, referred to in the com
munication of our London correspondent,
as illustrating the progress of the Boman
izing tendency in the Church of England.
father iesATivs nr Manchester.
Father Ignatius held two services on
Sabbath in the Manchester Corn Exchange.
The congregations, especially in the even
ing, were numerous and respectable. Into
both services a considerable ceremonial dis
play was introduced. The afternoon service
passed off quietly, but the evening service
came to an abrupt termination. At seven
o clock (says the Manchester Mxa/rniner) a
distant sound of chanting was heard through
the door leading from the ante-room, which,
becoming louder and louder, announced
that the singers were approaching the hall.
Several 1 persons jumped from their seats,
and there was a general straining of necks
and eves towards the side door fi
w53"~iJtntBKHlUU' CUli pfiliMlon woulT
emerge. Tables had been plaoed round
the room so as to form a free passage to the
processionists. First came a tall young
man dressed in a black robe, over which
was a short- white muslin frock. He held
aloft a large gilt crucifix. Two and two,
several others followed, similarly dressed,
but having nothing in their hands. Two
small boys came next, in scarlet skull caps
and robes, and Bhort white surplices. One
of them swung a burning censer, and the
other carried a second vessel, ready to take
his turn when his companion’s incense was
consumed. Following them came Father
Ignatius and two tall brethren, habited in
white and gold, and blue and scarlet vest
ments with crosses on their backs. One of
them carried a mahogany crook, something
like a bishop’s crosier. The procession
slowly walked round the room, chanting
all the while. With the exception of Mr.
Lyne’s immediate attendants, who belonged
to the Norwich monastery, the procession
ists belong to Manchester, and are mem
bers of a local branch of the “Third
Order,” and they appeared to be persons of
good social position. The greater portion
of the audience rose to their feet as- soon
as the leader appeared at the side door, and
they remained for some time in that
position. Upon the wall at the back of the
platform was draped a piece of crimson
cloth to form an effective background.
Against it was a table, upon which was a
figure (apparently wax) of the Saviour on
the cross. On either side were tall burn
ing tapers, and before it were vases of rich
fiowers and some smaller tapers. Entering
upon the platform the processionists bowed
low before the altar, and, dividing into two
companies, took up their position to the ex
treme right and left. Ignatius was in the
centre, and his two gorgeously dressed
brethren on either side, the incense bearers
waiting upon their chief, and apparently
making themselves generally useful. Their
backs to the audience and their heads bent
low, the occupants of the platform com-'
menced by chanting a hymn of 28 verses,
the refrain of which was, “ May Jesus
Christ be praised.” A considerable num
ber oi the audience (chiefly ladies) took
part in the monotonous song, and joined in
the salutations incessantly made to the
image. Ignatius, during the latter portion
of the hymn, took a turn or two round the
platform, swinging a censer. The two
boys held up his train, displaying a crim
son lining with wide blue border, which
when turned back upon the white surplices
made a showy effect. He then offered up
a prayer in Latin, and some responses
iollowed, many among the audience joining
in and using wbat appeared to be the Com
mon Prayer. These preliminary exercises
lasted over half an hour, and were all
sung. On the front benches were several
young women to whom the service was
familiar, and who were prominent in the
responses and genuflexions. The singing,
on the whole, was not well done. There
was an exception in a beautilully-written
hymn, entitled the “Pilgrims of the Night.”
The verses were sung alternately as solos,
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1865
—-.a5.;:..! -i . ■
black robe tied round the waist, with a
purple scarf by way of girdle. His hat,
also black, was of a somewhat peculiar
form. It was brimless, and in outline ex
actly resembling a well-shaped architectural
capital.” In the course of further details
we read:—The banner of St. Margaret is
charged with an exquisitely embroidered
effigy of the saint; and it was a gift from
a member of the confraternity in honor of
the occasion. It should also be stated that
two of the probationers, having at an early
morning service been admitted to the "black
veil, wore throughout the day beautiful
wreaths of stephanotis blossoms.” Com
menting on this event, and its attendant
scenes, the Church Times says: —
“The incident which will possess the
keenest interest for our readers, and which
rightfully claims the largest share of our
space, is the laying on St. Margaret’s Day
of the foundation stone of the new build
ings for the occupation of the St. Marga
ret’s Sisterhood, Bast Grinstead, and the
affiliated orders, and numerous good works
which radiate from that centre of beneficent
activity. One cannot avoid looking at this
event from the ‘now and then’ point of
view. Time was when Dr. Neale and the
Sisters were exposed to obloquy and insult
wherever they went, and especially in the
town which was the centre of their self
denying labors. On St. Margaret’s Day, at
the entreaty of the people themselves, the
procession to the site went through the
streets ‘as an army with banners,’ with
veiled sisters, mothers of religious houses,
troops of choristers, and a cloud of priests
in cassock, stole and biretta, with the sym
bol of our redemption raised aloft at the
head and closing in the rear, and the swel
ling chorus of hundreds of voices shouting
the noble strain—‘Let God arise, let his
enemies be scattered : let them also that
hate Him flee before Him.’ Time was,
when such a demonstration as this would
have driven East Grinstead into a frenzy,
and have elicited the accustomed protest in
the form of bricks and stones; but the
patient work of the Sisterhood has con
quered bigotry and prejudice, and they
passed on their way through the crowded
town and between files of reverend specta
tors, whose bowed heads and whispered
blessings told how mighty had been the
change effected by a truly Catholic work
done in a Catholic way.”
And so, says the Record, proceeds apace
the movement for a Homeward revolution
of our Church and people.
The President on Depravity. —ln a re
cent conversation with a minister, President
Johnson said: “When I used to hear you
ministers preach on total depravity, I always
thought that you were exaggerating a theo
logical doctrine without warrant in fact. But
I tell you, sir, I believe it; you are in the
right of it. I have seen so many men in
whom I had trusted all my life, and whom I
regarded as true and' good men, give them
selves over to the worst crimes—lying, per
jury, fraud, treason —in this hellish rebellion,
that lam satisfied that every man has the
devil in him, and that nothing but the insti
tutions of law and religion keep itfrombreakr
ingout”
"THOSE DEAR OLD PRAYER-MEET-
rNGs.”
It was a beautiful and stately dwelling
upon which we looked On three sides of
it inviting verandahs opened upon garden
or lawn, where cooling fountain, or creep
ing roses, or tempting fruits, each in their
turn, enchanted the sight, or gratified the
tast6.
As we wandered amidst this wealth of.
beauty, we approached our aged friend
who was seated near a side door, and ex
claimed, “ How beautiful! Everything
that wealth could do, it has done to beau
tify your home/’
Bending toward us, with quivering lip
and moistening eye, he replied with tones
we can never forget: “I would give
%t all for one of those dear old rirayer
meetings.”
Quick as thought our minds were carried
back to a little village far toward the set
ting sun, where, in the pride of early man
hood, he had made for himself a home, and
where, with a heart consecrated to his
Master s service, he had sought out those
who in other days and more eastern, homes
had entered, as laborers, into the vineyard
of his Lord.
We remember how he had gathered
these praying ones about him, and a little
church was organized, of which he was the
leading officer and an unwavering suppor
ter. We seemed to hear once more his
earnest pleadings for his pastor, and the
flock over which he watched.
We seemed to see him again in the
Sabbath-school, a living active Christian
teacher, never finding the hour long
enough to weary his class, or satisfy his
love for the study of God’s word.
How many years of rich enjoyment and
"sweet refreshings from the presence of God
had thus been granted to him and his be
loved partner, as they were training an only
daughter to follow in their footsteps. But
that only child was at length wedded to
one whose enterprise and skill could not be
restrained to the village of D .
* Scarcely had the pledge been given, that
the daughter should never be separated
from loving parents, when they were at
length persuaded to break away from the
church and people they so much loved, and
take up their abode in the splendid home
of which we have spoken.
How was their faith tried, and how were
their hearts grieved, to find no place of
worship within their reach, such as they
loved—but a religion of forms and ceremo
nies, inviting their children to its embrace.
Day after day and week after week our
friend pined for “ those dear old prayer
meetings.”
Every attention that filial love could
suggest, was cheerfully rendered, but
wealth or beauty or luxury could not fill the
longing soul, or bring back those sweet
communions with kindred spirits, in “ the
dear old prayer-meetings.”
We have seen those in old age, who, de
prived of earthly friends and support, have
found themselves Vithout earthly homes,
save such as municipal laws or charity had
provided for them; but not for any such,
even, have our sympathies been called forth
with such power.
How can wealth, or pomp, or gowns and
bands, or silvery tones, and finished sent
ences, fill the hungering, thirsting soul;
which has for years commingled with others
longings^"iiit ifTW” ffa,fefiljta own spiritual
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PHILADELPHIA.
WILLCOX & ftIBBS
Sewing H 1 Machine.
It is entirely noiseless.
A patented device prevents its being turned back-
The needle cannot be set wrong.
The Hammer, Feller, and Braider are acknowledged
to be superior to all others. . _
It received the Gold Medal of the American Insti
tute in 1863. . _
It also received the first premium for Thb BEST
Sewing Machine,” at the great “ Hew England Fair/
the‘’Vermont State Fair,” the “ Pennsylvania State
Fair,” and the “Indiana State Fair,” 1864.
Send for a circular containing full information, no
tices from the press, testimonials from those using the
machine, &c. JAMES WXLLCO3T,
Manufacturer. 508 Broadway, Hew York.
WALL PAPER
decorative and plain.
Hi IM MS k fflTffi
Beautiful colors. An immense stock at greatly re
duced prices, at
JOHNSTON’S GREAT DEPOT,
1033 SPRING GARDEN ST. bblow 11TH.
Country trade invited.
JOHN C. CLARK & SON,
PRINTERS, STATIONERS.
BLANK BOOK
MANUFACTURERS,
> fIOOO-am
330 DOCH. STBBEX.
Swntcaro
instjrance
AGAINST
ACCIDENTS
EVERY DESCRIPTION,
BY THE
TRAVELERS’ INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN.
CAPITAL
W 1 w, ALLEN, AGENT.
404 WALNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
GENERAL ACCIDENT POLICIES
a F a°tio F n iT ™^ d w r Dol if s ' with & per week eompen
betweenM P f r annum .- or »ny other sum
oetween $5OO and $lO,OOO at proportionate rates.
TEN DOLLARS PREMIUM
thirty dollars premium
Secures a full Policy for. $5OOO, or $25 per week com
pensation. as above, at tiSlSpecial Bale
FOREIGN RISKS.
Policies issued; for Foreign. West Tndin and Colt
toThJo^r 1 ' Rate 3 beieTnldXS^n
SHORT TIME TICKETS
travel fcfXTlff
travel insuring $3OOO, or $l5 weekly compensate?
ti^J^Lr yb ° for3 ' 6 '- 12 “°“u
PoUci6B
inducesCekts.
r. rates of P rcm . ium are less than those of anv
other Company covering the same risk. y
JS o medical examination is required, and thousands
of those who have been rejected by Life Companies,
in consequence of hereditary ™ other dtaESTJS
rffwt insurance tn the TRAVELLERS’ at thSfowS
.Life Insurance Companies pay no part of the nrin-
VETTFR'k^n t «f f' 04 * of the assured. The 'fitA-
V JfiLLERS pay the loss or damage sustained by dot
sonal injury whenever -it occurs. Dyper
.J"L e / e *l IDg °/ security which such an insurance
gives to those dependent upon their own labor for
RODNEYLENNIS^®tu™ RS ° N,:Preeideilt -
G. F. DAVIS, Vice President.
HENRY A. DYER, General Asent.
Applications received and Policies issued by
WIJJ.IAM W. AILK.V,
No. 404 Walnut Street.
AMERICAN
iiiiuMncin
Walnut Street, S. E. cor. of Fourth,
INCOME FOE THE YEAR 1864,
$357,800.
LOSSES PAID DURING THE YEAR
AMOUNTING TO
$85,000.
S* 46 Total Abstinence Rates,
the lowest m the world. Also upon JOINT
b M™^?^ a U ,ero6nt - lower than Mutual
DEND hs!s bleu mtdo of*™® UP ° n wWcll a Dm *
FIFTY RER CENT.,
on Policies in foree January Ist. 1865
in ten years, and does not forfeit, and can at any time
» o ~. y^KtAMi L«
$lOO,OOO XT. S. 5.20 bonds, * 1
40,000 City of Philadelphia 6s. new,
30,000 U. S. Certificate of indebteness,
25,000 Allegheny County bonds,
15,000 U. S, Loan of 1881,
10,000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds,
10,000 State of Tennessee bonds,
10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne A Chi
cago bonds.
9,000 Beading Bailroad Ist mortgage
bonds,
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other ■
bonds,
1,000 shares Pennsylvania Railroad
stocks,
450 shares Corn Exchange National
Bank,
22 shares Consolidation National
Bank.
107 shares Farmers* National Bank
of Reading,
142 shares Williamsport Water Com
pany,
192 shares American Life Insurance
and Trust Company,
Mortgages, Real Estate, Ground Rents,
T *0- 207,278 86
Loans on collateral am ply secured 112,755 73
Premium notes secured by Policies 114,899 62
Cash m hands of agents secured by bonds. 26,604 70
Cash on deposit with U. S. Treasurer, at 6
per cent..... 50,000 00
Cash on hand and in banks.. 50 331 <57
Accrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1. . 10!454 71
THE AMERICAN IS A HOME COMPANY
Iks TRUSTEES are well known citizens in our
midst, entitling it to more consideration than those
whose managers reside in distant cities.
AlexanderWhilldin, William J, Howard.
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine.
-George Nugent. John Aikman.
Hon. James Pollock, Henry K. Bennett,
Albert C. Roberts, Hon. Joseph Allison,
P. B. Mingle, Isaac Haslehurst,
Samuel Work.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
SAMTTEIi WORK, Vice-President.
JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
THE GREAT
SPMI MO SDUHGR H.
TARRANT’S
Sufferers from Sick Headache.
Sufferers from Dyspepsia,
Sufferers from N ervous Headache,
EFFERVESCENT
Sufferers from Sour Stomach,
Sufferers from Bilious Headache,
Sufferers from Costiveness,
SELTZER
Sufferers from Heartburn,
Sufferers from Piles» t
Sufferers from Sea Sickness,
APERIENT.
Sufferers from Liver Complaint,
Sufferers from Indigestion,
WILL FIND IN.I
Tarrant’s Effervescent Seltzer Aperient,
A SERE, PLEASANT and PERMANENT CURE.
for the above and similar diseases.
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
TARRANT & CO.,
27S GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
PLUMBER,
STEAM AND GAS FITTER,
T. W. RICHARDSON,
No. 27 South Sixth Street,
ABOVE CHESTNUT, PHILADELPHIA.
Hydrants made and repaired. Baths and all other
Plumbing Work done at shortest notice. Halls,
Churches, Stores. Dwellings, <kc, fitted up for Gas, and
waranted to give satisfaction. Country Work attend
ed to.
..0900,000
$394,136 50
*956,461 79