The American Presbyterian. (Philadelphia) 1856-1869, October 25, 1866, Image 2

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•,. 'INTERUSOR,"`
'FalEel i ; l `brili-Ofkklith' res:s, child to. Thee,
• To oafarrir partlian once. yet once again ;
Receive him' at hay hands; for he is mine..
-Heis a wortlired child, he owns his guilt
Look.not'an.hiii—he will not bear Thy glande ;
Look but on me—l'll hide his filthy garments;
He *WAR:4 for himself-le' dare,riot.plead
His!'eaute.ll3 mine—l am his Intecessori ,
By that unchang,ed, unchanging oath of mine,
efech• pure drop - of blondoktreirfor him,
By all the sorrows graven on my soul,
By every wonndllbearLk elhim it due—
;Father Divine; net:have hire lost!,
He is a Wortlaless - child4-but he is mine !
• • Bin bath destrAyed hits-Aiia bath died in me
Satan, bath bound. ! :hirriSatan is my slave'; ;
,Peath hathlk4.4lle'd him—l have conquered
• • • ti.,D.e4h 4 41 ,1' t • * •
u :t. - • •
I . cOuld not bear to see him cast away, , ,
PS weakest of iny
thatgrieves me most, that loves•me
•
.
Yea, thoue his sins shoultt.‘dim.each spar - of
I
me&sure not My lover bYthis retiirris.
Arid' !though the stripes I serid'to - brin him'
„P" home
Should serve to drive him farther froin my arms,
Still ; lured 'hiln.ficint the. AvOrld ;
He has no.home; ,, no right but irCray love;
Thondli, Harb arid Hell combined against him
rise, r ,
' I'm bound to rescue him,—for we are one.
'
iirog, To 13,E , A IMO.
;
4 "..o,idear I". yawned Charlie. Spencer,
- , --kookiktg:lip'ErOnica'boOk 'he:had been
nuiltdolently reading; ," how 'sorry I , am
;;the war - is really over." ; it ;
Oharlie, , yu naughty,
ed boyrt rixclaimed"• his little sister
'with'blure eyes wide and
t, !red'ilipslp'atted.' 'in"- indignant horror;
"`iviirit'dO st4s , hraean?"t
"Mean ? mean just what I say; of
''course":` i yon IKriow, you little
-' , o"Osie/thritdati ! boys . viant to be herdes,
tignd ( nd*Vt !Aids there'S" no,
x:191%-ileVt l gone. *anted
e " 1 -tto, db);:t,' reg..`dl 1 . I.duilaed so,' and said,
ydii" br IsiabY grank better
, go
, "thht T ki:Yt` 4 ol36.,theill"'-to say anythin,g
That'el What I Call mean, ,to
talk - to"' felloir' that way, if he isn't,
-yriPold' lathiiselah;", and 11laster
*Clfailid 'Wag liosi"ti t vely 'getting red 14
' the face with: indignation. ,
" But, Charlie,", peisisted his Tittle sis
• ter, who had a Very persevering waY,of
getting at iiie,bottpm. of `things,," you
'lna* concll . 4 go. Besides,h she
adde'cl'iiiiii4hat4Y, her face brighten
ing at the tho,Ualit, "I'd like to see
What: sort of. soldier „you'd make!
,
' that Won't to, breakfast
' the winter until the fire is made,
because his: fingers ire sci cold,;or ;that
can't:Walk doWn town, after sohool,,,be
caiise uy anakes, his leas ache,,lyoulcl be
a pretty sold*,; „ ; her ,therry,„ha;
ha 'tinkled on ate,air like si l lver, bells.
There was too much truth in this
for r t ot r ,to,be a tender -subject, to
~.Cha4ip,,; : forstraigthertincf° , - ,hiniself arid
looking‘ yen{ scornful, he said with
• , asreat,:deal of, dignity:—
" That's all you know about it! I
nevex,sawr a gi.rl 'yet that knew - , arny=
t 3 A l 4g: ,!, very : , different thing,
, I tell . , you ;, a very different thing."
~Butinding,Callie was too smart tokie
fP9; l i t XlY e q d ;Iby such, a.lame argumenN
he thought.,he would try the :effect of
.a,little eloquence. ," Now, Callie, you:
see this being at hero is a very grand
„affairi A man thaes got it in' him":4!--,
here ,he straightened himself and 100k
,..ed very: fience—" will be one when
Itfle time comes." 'Vanity got , -the '-up
'pet hand -as her proceeded, fori'as-he
.grew -warm with the subject, he es
,elaimed; " I tell you -what it is, Cal,,
got-it in me. knovi I'd
fltev'ek Erin: It's . splendid to trie' the
-Mark, And never flinch when fellows
-are., getting 'killed. all' 'round. And
ithen from 'captain to colo
n:lel, or may be general; arid wear stars
rorf yourt , shoulders, and/ have your
nathe'in the Vapers, and 'al.fos made
, over. you- generally; pity,'r tell
'-youir-I wasn't , old enough to. Go When
tUricherFiedi There - W(3171d - have
/been cMore Win'. biz,e. colonel gin the
ifatnity!t' '''Tflie *Was said very signifi
,astriti,
-Yr , • ' „
igd 'altlitthecp 'neither Charlie nor
`kneW Their' Uncle Fred had
Pdreh reading,' and
window was, open,.beard every
"iVoidAtiathadi'been said. He thought
ter hirriself 'he'd 'reiliernber, how much
Clkib t ;WElnted to be a hero, and:try!
'*l3.eth6l.lie would proVe one, though
PihapS lnca. different way, from what
OfiaYlie
,e;ipeotea,
'He knew Cliailie's faults as well as
- ahYbody ; for' the truth was, no one
could livein the house very long with
Charlie and. not know them. He
`loew Charlie's good traits too—for he
lad 'A great many—and often said if he
was ;only cured of some of these faults,
- what a fide man he' would make. He
had thought of it very often since he
came home - from the war, but never as
seriously 'as', he' did now. His book
- dropped doWn, and he, leaned his head
pn his hand, busily thinking; so busi
ly:if:tit ihe eyebrows nearly met over
his nose, and his dog Carlo barked and
frisked away at a great rate before he
noticed him at all.
" ' lijm,mother. to him
at,the tea-table that
Stone is, aepdally Offeclng, for
.some
things I ink:;o3,ied'' : send her. 'The
handages for Jessie'ileg 'She inust have
tO`night., Jim iSn% here to.tale them,
for your father lei him go home for a
day or two. So f , after tea you. will
have' plenty of time to walk over
before dirk, if you hurry."
" How big a bundle is there to
carry ?" and Charlie groaned at the
prospect.
"Not very large. Why do you
ask?".
"Because it makes my arm ache.
like fury to lug a great heavy basket
'round. Besides, I promised Frank
'Steele I'd come 'round and play a
.game of ball after tea. A whole lot of
the fellows are going to be there, and
they 'll have a real jolly time. Indeed,
mother, I know they could wait. Until!
morning, and then eTin,A, ,could take
it over."
"Jim won't be back then, Charlie,
for yqu,r. father, told.hjm .he might stay'
until.heeame home, and you„knew I.
don't ei,pect him until to-morrow even-i
ing. the next place, when nell,
you what 'T want you t 6 ao; ont
<
wish you to answer back. You ma,y,
be sure you will never be asked to'do,
anything that is , unreasonable." ;
T.l ats .the.way it' always <is,", mut
tered Otarlie. "Just, as , ,,sure as ..I
want to, do anything,, ; somebody's; .got"
to be waited on. I don't believe there's
another boy in town„ that d9,esn't,
have his Own way more tan 'I do." )
" I' am*: sdrpiised* at your,
behavior. If you - cannot talk more,
reasonably, you may - leave' the table,"
:and 'his mother looked Steadilfutiiim.
Uncle Fred hadn't spoken before.
Indeed, Charlie ;was, so , busy' with his
complaints he had forgotten he `was
there for the truth, was he stood a
good - deal in awe of, him,. ge.oploited
up, and looked sheepish ,enough as
Coldnel Spencer , said, pleasantly :
"Chartes, did` you ever think hOwl
your F arm would ache to kg; a hei:Vy,
musket, as you: call it; or yonir l'egs
ache to =walk barefobt mile 'after
in sleet and snow and<mud ?"
Charlie looked.L'abashd; but osaicl,
nothing; for he , had... nothing =to 'say,;
his uncle'continnecl' Lc..
You.we,re•the„little boy, IF believe,'
that. heard c;,nly th:is, afternoon „ I re: .
gretting the war was over ; because .you
had ,no chance
.to
ever. : occur;to you, Charlie, that the,
first step to take toward' being:a'hero,
wag' the • ConineseOVer 'self, in' le'arning
• .
Charlie acknowledge' d'' he hadn't
thought ,of that-before: -- ';
" Yes ; and it's one of. theularcle,st*
lessons manyttave had to learn during
this very war—the giving, up of their'
owntcrtlidt, Ibrt theft! ''shgetiois,
The best ofeiVerlitO. Command, is the
best to. obey 'when, commanded, Vot
only that, but youlli ,find; my,-. boy,.
that being a hero, isn't simply.wearing
shoukler-straps,lor being, called loo).0-
nel., or even, general, for that matter,
and haying a fuss made over you.."
• .A.s, .Charlie, „recognized. his I,own
words,,he blushed: , scarlet,. for .in his
heart he ha,d..,;a •great deal, rather not
,have 'had Colonel -Spencer' hear his
silly speeches;; a,' look , at his ,kind
face somewhat reassured him, and.-he
said more boldly :
But ; Uncle. Fred, you know , it's a
very different thing to:obey. owlets • - to
go into battle, with the drumsobeating,
and. the cannon firing, 'from 'what it' is
to do just what you tare , told to °do« at
home.' That'S the kind-of a, hero I'd.
like to'make," and Chailie'spOke in a,
very, determined 'Manner,•for ''he saw
.Callie's :eyes Sparkling, and he knew,
by 'the way' she looked 'at' 'Colonel
Spencer,.she.w,asn't on his side. of the
question. •
There's only one kin.d :o£a hero
that I know unything abo n t,",said: his
uncle, thoughtfully: .
"'One kind of a, hero Why, Uncle
Fred, what do you 'mean ?" exclaimed
Charlie. ' s
"Simply what say. A. true, hero
is he sill% forgetting self, overcomes
any obstacle for the sake of gaihihg
some good at the "risk Of fortune, rep
utation, worldly sticoess or even life
itself."
At this . novel definition, Charlie's
eyes dropped, for 'conscience whisper
ed. that, judged, by that standard ; , he
fell 'short of the mark. -- However, fond
as , ever of carrying his
, popat, he . per
sisted :-- '
'But, Uncle 'Fred, I mean a hero
that goes ,right into danger, and the
more there is, the better he seems to
like it ; that , don't knout what it is '..to
be afraid when .his blood is up. A
hero that everybody, knows of. 'and
talks, about—one of the war Iker.oes;"
"Well, Charlie, if yob. will 'explain
what you mean about getting one's
blood up, perhaps I can answer you
better." , •
" Why, Uncle Fred, you know,"
said Charlie, hesitatingly,' "I mean
that-that"-- . when one goes right
ahead, and carries eyerything before
him." .
" It you mean a man's „getting so ex
cited as not, to know' what he's' about,
I don't agree with ,you," answered
Uncle. Fred, cornposedly. "No, Char
lie; a hero isn't made in a day, and a
man that isn't a hero 'in' little things,
never will be in great ones. I know
there's a kind of reckless bravery,
caused by great excitement, when'men
do brave things, simply 'because they
don't,realize what they are doing. It
often looks so. mach , like heroism, = that
a great many mistake the,false for'the
true. Shall tell you a`Story to show
yOu what I mean?':'
p, yes, yes !" ,exclaimed both/Char
lie and fororie,df S'pen
cer's stofies was a°riche treat to them.
"Before the war closed, in the midst
of one of the battles, there was a point
to be gained, the seething of which
was of great importance. How it was
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERI 2
AN THURSDAY, OCTBER 25, 1866.
to be done, was the, -qu'estionl, for
reach it seemed 64nRst 'ce`.tain
There was no time to 10--minuAs
were precious—therebels-Siere - steadiD
ly,preging ifs, and if not` - repelled the
'day was lost. Each man held
breath, as riding--up down - the
line, our brave general pointed out
the guns that 'were pouring death into
our ranks, and shouted, 'Boys! who
spealf.p theStr i sp
p ? go.? 0 ,..1•1":ow or neveFl,'
For a second; ho• one Spoke, a'ncithn``
,came up the cry, ffd r and -I, and- I,'—
till the number was nearly, fdle,d.
Hearing 'ilny - Arne, 'looked - a - rour#l,
ail(' -there 'stcidd'a'boy; hot iwerity4Orie.'
It.i-Ine*- him 'Well:; He'Was ha-noble
;hearted. fellow ; and - 'best •of 7 0i a
Christian _ -t; - 1 . • ,
~.,!` ' Well, ,George,'. what's,
• ,
colonel,', was, the ran
sWer, ;and if ram killed, send this to
'mother,
'mother, and hel. I:diqr'dping:hiP
; dust y . , ". rt. p
fßefore rcotild replY, fie II d Sliftielde
a Testarnent withqi lock, - 6f h s'hair* in:
-mr hand; and wittilaer‘ good-byre, and:
God-bless- you,' was• off: 'The , point
gained o the posti was Aaken,- +and )
the:,. enemy beaten.
_back ; ,b;ut lying,
dead befors. , the -very. = guns, he_ had ,
helped to , ca l pf,h m
capture, ti;at br,ave,bpY.,
Be had done diity,,,ndthough ,
ita:the is op no bf, b.onOr, ou will'
'e - vb l egeb, Bettdi'thin'th4,'Clarlie, it is
written above, to Shiite TOreVer and , .
:forever.
" Charlie:do yOu think' that 'debilge;
'stopped to think.of shoiflder-straPs*
? 'No; indeed; .. simply that.. it,
; was, his duty, andthen he did it." ,
see it. now Uncle Fred,," said
Char t lie, thoughtfully, pfter, a, long li si;
lence ; '' . ‘lpei - tig; a hero
,lpecaur_other
people know it, isn't being, a hero
: at , hip; Jri
:` '" You'afe hkrof
!a4oneii:brave.ns
!that sometime 'isl - but'in being what
is truly goOdr, and.doingt•whatiiilright.
won't Aire-you, .or could t pfeacla
a_sermon on ,those two -little wordS
Beina . and ,Doing .But -shan't-itO
nioht • all,' shall f say- is-7.7:beincr what
your conscience tel y f oi.t,..and doina
What God rAquires T —ro ir mlter where
you're'
„placed, ho* 'trifling the
action inay seem ' "to '-•=qs true lie
doism. A.- boy 'that haSlllearned fliat
lbsson; when the tiniecoMes, 'needn't
afraid 'of- proving' a' , e6ward:
this is lecture enough. for one 'night.
Get yoUr cap, Charlie,' and- I'll walk
over )Y# l l Y o 4..iArWidoW Stone's, and
Maybe we'll get ; back in time .-fpr ,a
game of. ball.befOre bed time, it doesn't
'get daik till 'late and it's quite f early
'o.ethey started, and Ch'arlie=who
.insisted upon' carrying' the haSk-et all
.the foogot his arm 'ached d
little, in .the the:. conseiousneSs, that
in this, his first struggle with selfish
ness, he had gained the victory.—Stn=
'
dent and tAgehho'imate, e .ol'
A. wpp '.To, yOlia-MEN,..
There is: ,a_.!eadolack , of earnestness
„among young_ men., ~Totdress,smoke,
tads w, elang, and ,frequent
places, Of,amuSement, see,m,with many
to be the - ClAef end of life
And Oren 'among those who proess
religion; 'the tiine'frittere'd, away' and
misspent`is something painfill to esti
mate: The '-hOufs - that might be de
,voted.ito - usefuri study‘or activelab'or
for Christ,.are'speritaridesultory.read
ina- aimless „sauntering through the
streets,, or shallow,profitless conversa
tit'''. &Mae, excuse their idleness by
quotihg the 'wOrn-out illustration of
the beet' be*, *add say "they must
have recreation." .'Recreation is ne
cessarY, -but. let 'it be of the right:sort.
We have. a 'profound belief in' the old
adage, ." all,Avork and no play '.makes
Jack a dull,,boy." ,But:when .Jack
plays,_, let, / him ~play =sensibly. and in
,good earnest. We „understand recrea
tion to be 'creating _afresh of mental
and phYsiCal power, and We, have, yet
to learn that thiS is attained by read
ing sensationarliteraturo4enga,ging
;'empty" talk, becorniiig deeply inter
ested in .queStioniable'ct anausementa.
Young.men, life Was given to: -you for
other things than these,' That won
drous nature, with its ,soaring hopes
and depressing, fears,: its.godlike intel
lect and deep instincts of. immortality,
is toovaluable to be ,passed t us. t And
if ariy shohld read this who are lovers
of pleasUre more than'of Godand than,
we would say 'to their, is there no
soul to save, no hedven to win, no
mind to adorn. with - beauty; no success,
to be t achievedT are: there: no wastes
to be reclaimed, natears to wipe away,.
no hearts to cheer no feeble hands to,
be lifted up and strengthened ; is therel
nothing tokbe.dorfe) the - you sh(*:4ld ,
cast your' , manhoodi:away. on trifteS, ;
and spend, your; ime on shadows that
ever elude,your,grasp T A.ssurue your
true position in the world. Be earnest.
Lead the van among the good and
tract Gra,sp the weapon all-prayer,
,
'and battleMan t fully 'against the evils
that hold'the w,orld,in ;thraldom. Lay
hold upon .the
,strength. of God ; .and
labor to bring in' the.time in which.
in all Men's' . giS9l,
An'a all men'w¢rk in noble tiroClierho4."
7:4! 2 */308149ry,
MONEY-MAKING.--k nation .cannot
last as a moner'inakingliibb"; °COL
not with. impunity =it icannot ; with
existence—go on 4espising literature,
despising science, despising art, despis,
ing compassion, and concentrating its
soul on pence.—Ruskin.
„As „,sek do*
I AM WA ifNtlalE- Dar
4
BY Y : 11f E y ”
kt,
1 I have waited in the " gar t t Wi It'''
4 41
For the little Annie Lee,
Till the blossoms fell like snow-flakes _
___
--- 7 'Fixiiii the - bge - iliiineriiiie I .
. , ,
For she left me tretht.aututicire7l tI I
When the day grew dark and chill;_._
When the leaves had left - the branches
lAndlthe warblerlsmote kfa‘atill.
4 J.ll t
But she,,n9Ae. ,
voice as sweet and low
As the voices are in hcsav o lh.
Where we all Ab' tong t 6 gb. • '
F:,,. ft 1 J: I.;
And she prornise,d4yewpnld meq,p4e ; :
When a feW'rhiire 'days had flown; ; ,
When .the elouds had,,left i the,hittops :
;••
And the wers had gr;:riy4
Now, the's,prbig ba6brouglit the
And 'the q,pplo bough g are 14,ir r
nioti I
thbi moining' s fingerzlare - p '
f
) I th'e '1)1 1. 6 1 4zg "Acatiei . k(l,'ld.dh'st
i ' flrcim4 thelaing-eteit
Eying j?lopra.,,clatili...nith, oney A ,
"' AIM Veei'druit.- t thei l r fill.
trl - Pit 10:10 : itYl ,
p4lecl,hro!,,all,„th - q . ,wqp4lapd,
jJee !"
!"But - , foret`i!§oftl:y Mbti`nif' 7
thelACh9.. l 4ack.o4-11q.;'; L
. f
Yet I linoialliittlslie ;'' '
,
Were the Agightelat blo,ssoms,gr6w-
Where i the.illy!s,leaves
-"chair
;V.:4 .•,« •
: .When my hands shall fold fr . ofp. labpr,
' 11 " oWll tild 616 1 aVggls eiirke forme,
, W,henathe gatedm fi heaver(
I s,h a ll i: know
Ladies'-I?epository,
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NIiHT
f,.,,,.;;~ ,
"Night`is idedqn thOiight 'dnd'speech l i
ast an emblem'glopdf; 'An'dif 'itter
son conia-be'lkonght 'hete *frOth sgme
orb oPpdrpetual dayllihel'qathe f riiig
tof(dairkilesslminla enough.
the [p aint dr poet' 'saes - te,y)re-'
gent a vie*. of Pao e - ; .thvgedne is I`aid in`
j the - night„; ff.th'e
the Lniserie,s of ,a,trtuiriede raee, , ,to show.
fgroP-ps ,
"liorrOF. of darkness". with d"land
.141 •
sliadeS,," 'or a `,` nwht, affaction:'
night 'pf 'Aeath,7,aiact holds them
fOith h aS sign cant pibtiireSviliat is
fearful and haa. .All,"tgii L L4 very '
This portiorPof our' tithe has
fits> disidVantages; its; shades';- its fiery
darkness is ...wht makeS night to us.
N;o*, the e,onarnon, businegs offlifeban
not ibe done as well-as. in-the , lightt'of
, ; day.: People ITlPre t apprehensive
of harm,, more liable to imposition,
more . aeve,rely and more die, in the
night than diiring,the day T
And yet, constituted as we are, We
'need .one:a& as.We' - do 'the other,
'ands with , the' - 4eaione'ssesi.
and neceSsities.ofVur nature, me should
,he equally thankful' for iboth,' rejoicing
at, the da i wnpfdight, and' rateful when
the in,visible Hand ,draws the evening
curtains around, half ; the world.
" - This is ~a fit time forquiet, profit
,able contemplation '
and necessary re
The Vas closed. The
Clatter of biiSineSsis huShed, the wheels
of iinduStry Mend' still; but thought is
'busy and .bringa Up the past for a Cain
review.. Whether wisdom or folly,
goodness or
,crime has ,filled, up the,
departed hours, 'the, map which our
actions have drawn can now be studied,
- their results compiited, the errors
fflatke;d: :050a iegolutions formed, and
'plans °tit 'for t A - better life in time
:to •
:In , /our -.present condition' of life,
under continned-exertion, muscle and
l3raini,will,weary,and demand rest, and
sleep becopies as necessary as, rest or
food, and, woe
~tothose deny
londenythe natural demand. Night is, the
wisely allotted time for both rest and
Sleep, and a proper amount secured
p'ays` well for'the,tirne thus spent, by a
renewal iigor,.‘physial Strength
jand4mental activity.
The darkness of' the , raihris as ne
cessary also to the. proper 'growth of
'vegetation. .as is ,the light; and while
it ,shrouds. the earth„ •an. important
9bePaie4,prgc.ess is parried on, through
all the vegetable world, which , herps .
to purify the air and 'maie it lit ;to be
breathed: -
,
times 'the lA - aid presents"scenes
of. beauty wltiahar . e b'eyoil descriii
tion. So it is,.when
' • " The evening shades prevail, '
The moon, takes np the wondrons.tale." •
as- planet,- star and ..cogstellation
'forth froin a.croudless sky, and a few'
stray meteors 'dash along, to .go, , you
know not i where-0, ~then, one will
think of something beyond and above
this one world. We,once.knew a boy.
of four years old, who, on such an
evening, was missed from the family,
And on searCialng for him they found
him in the , 'yak by himself, leaping
`and clapping =his hands in ecstasy at
the sight above him, and exclaibaing,
"0,. mother ; . seehow beautiful! how
beautiful!" and we thought from, the
lips of that young child God was "per.
.fecting praise)! -
But I.Cone would see beauty ap
proOhinir 4 - abliriiity, and loveliness
ogeltibg: ind rising into gl6ry, he 'Must
rise at , fromf three' to' fouro'clock" on a
-clear winter morning, when the moon
is in:her. last ;.quarter' and j nit Jriiten,
When;,Pvery' star::.personates purity,
,then= looks turivwcl• and eastward land
*Rich ,t4e.rising.,qf one §tar, con ;
stglitiori 'afterarwtber, l and then the
Ve6"'grpAiliil`clitOing of' daYli A cihi,
till
he firnianaelit 114,11 agloV, and ifl3 - is
not dead to , beauty 'and devotion he
will praise the Oreatorfor the beauties
and solemn grandeur of the night.
The night is highly instructive.
fa...
.kncar.pu very
little b gf gthiS wrl aidl not half as
mithofthil,
..F - 467aliaayS8day.
Axis' whel - t ht eas the.tsuit are
withdrawn that the navigatcr_makes
his most necessary observations, as
- bright, - instructive worlds - from - afar
thei,r,i l ino_iof4gll,t,"rxid. tell
hill'. where I: r o steer. 4 Then, with
advantages of laight, - a:l2 - with faitE. in
science, he safely ventures wherever; a
,ship can sail, and as, safQ.L.a.t h arnt
'lfiTErth - e" imbditctibits7;t7ther
of,the!differ'efit
nations o .fit,lnto4 . 4li.i .7 •;•, • •
S . tan4i oniA 38qunt of observa--
tiOrt,:, with tiff„:ll% nl instrnments one
'd.6la " among those, 'spaLling
deck ghtly, sky,
ana`ifindethein `be great shinipg.
:wbrlds riming 'witti'aJnadjetic . sweep,
thiongh Spadel* l ithlitalP 'the iregillarity,
hojOdk-Worki!_' 'lEfe'r r ineislfra 'their
diameter and circurriferenceFeirnallki ;
the time of theiF,revokut,ions Andtakegi
note .of their s i iirr t oN i n.4). i ngs,;,,then fulq.
Itheff'diTt ' atifl; t , eyonil l our plapct s ai:
vrieightiotiiirodrihaa aiite; NZiolrds . , " Suiao
aild - dydtemi beyo'ridilandab&Ve sY,si4lns.
toontemote - tbb&neit'siired: by .any
struments i now 'known!) seen."byltip i
eye= of, man! as ,`.`"night , untb right 'shoW
eftl4l, At oh kiifi whofimade
them
..•.. * I "tl' o'f`'‘l l !) l ', ' • '4 t
was
; th digit both: ar e,,,41. kg . po i 0.0 „
sub!, moon,` or stars,,Were
" darknr,sa, was upon face 'Of the'
deer.: and When the Ost?,)2tigii created=
light,l and "itrliord the
negs, he welt 'knew the WisdOrn
necessity ;of the =arrangement. to 'meet,
I th,e,viarits l ofi men,,.and, any V1118'641.,
" 1- 1 - 4P7 - in ”part';,-the, beneficence
of thi r s cr_rea pre.yision,- but when,.we'
aP ass 2iFY°o' , titffi s 94 state ,
_gtgiA, we _
,arid wet, e tAem
night; bfit endless ay— ,
~
Xi/A -12.011 , '2AGHaril r Y.BEFORtEHAND,,,
h'a've 'f'orin
serviceable .iriliti6t l. Yeaig, to liar)
idewittileVerr nrghtli the elyakenciell.
,andllutiesloff.the fkeik, - arrangin .
welli,, , ,lThe,oadvantages
tlai,,are,f3everal,i,..Y.bp,-. get more done
than a, great partt,of each - day tis
. v.
Spent 41 - 4.. 1 c,ontriTing i and .considering
‘c WliSk is A. healtt:"ful eelin
`perililest'fit6''Wheie Of life, There,,,is'
a , feelirig Of' satiSfae,t,i'dn,''ai the closeoF
the day, on -*finding 'that/ generally; the
ikieater part=, of ?'what is planned.'
been. aceoinplidliedi..' This the secret
.of ,giving, lignity to tellies. As Units
they, are ;insignificant.; they rise in
.impoxiaricewhen they become: arts of
'1 )1 1 1 2 . Pesides—a44,l think the
Mcist imPortant thing.of all—t,here is
lathed, a consciousness of_tof/,; the y opt
posife - Iticli
tericy.
The thought'df tiiife,"to at leasti
very 'overpowering",'" and Jofteri:
.very, annihilating- one for energy=
,tima .rushinwon, unbroken, irresistible;
hurrying the -worlds: and. ages -into,
being and out of it, and making .our
u'ricasY
. vears seem, moments in, the,
being Of the Eternal Silence!' The
sense of poweilesShess which this
ve , ry ha3refelt
that this >is•neutralized by such a little
plan . as!that. r You feel 'as though you
do control your , own •douese; 'you are
borne on; but not resistlessly..a Down
the. rapids you go' ;certainly, but you
are steering and ..trimming. ,your awn
raft, and :making the., flood. of time
yo'ur vassal, and not, your conquerov
rthink first began :this plan after
reading a imluable little book, and 'a
sunny, cheerful one, Abbott's " Way,
to do Good."—Robertson's Life and
Letters.
HOW , TO LEND 'TO THE LORD.
= • • '
A POor man lived negr Deacon
occnsionally called at his
house Rh' supply of milk. Ortp
nlOrning• he cam's wheri the family
were at'. - breakfast. '3tlrs: Murray rose
wait uponlimf; but the deacon'said
to her,
" Wait till afterbreakfast."
She, did so, and meantime the deacon
'made some inquiries of the man about
his family and- circumstances. After
worship, the deacon, invited him
to gd t h to' e" gaili With him.
When they Tot 'heti) the -yard, the
deacon, poinking to, one of the cows,
"paere, take that cow and drive her
home."
The man thanked him. h,eartily for
the cow, and started for home; but
the deac,on was observed to stand in
the attitude -of deep thOUght till the
man had gone some rods.- He then
looked: up and calle,thout,
Hey'l bring that cow back." •-•
~The; man, looked back, and the,
deacpn added, s..
.",liet that. cow , com.e, back, and you
come back too.','
He did to; and, when he came back
into the. yard again, the deacon said,
" There:now take 'your pick of the,
coWs htet agoin tb lend to the' ord"
tihe pooresVCOw-PVetotl"
THE SAYTOUIIS SYgPATIIY.
While the star?. was-fit/eAritlowing,
While the sea was,wildly. flow
A'ugi'y win and a gryrtiilloev 3 '
Only rocked the Syhicnir'S•pilleyr,
7esu...M:l
slept„
But when sudden grief was rending
Human hearts, in sorrow bending ;
When he saw the sisters weeping
Where the brother's form was sleeping,
" Jesus wept."
• iffq.f71.: . ,',17 1 `
4 til 11..iN
V. ,
Valkingarong the streets with the
point l> of , an 'umbrella 'sticking out
behind,,,under the am.,, or over the
shoulder. By being:suddenly stopped
.116745a1f.434 friend, 1 6P/AVer' Cadge, a
perniaalking in the rear l had , his brain
yenetrated through the eye, i 4, one of
Vied - in a' - few days.
.A,Stepping • into' a; church- dike ; after
.4-jula t .. VP". and _standing:: to :.converse
''.4ll.o.thems,-onto-eccupants , of
the same pfw to Jess out, and before,
ifer ithecniglelyiK p(544 . /sdence;; 4t, the
VpdhsArtoT gfeater boorishness to
-- tifojelielf#l , ld. ,
A rO t drrra`king pencil in the west or
gat ; p,ocket. ~b,Tot long since a
clerk ift'''AW - TViefell t , 'and the long
cddvripenoil'lSo' pierced an important
-artCrptlaati itirsAito btocutdown upon
from., thelntly <=of the 'Shoulder to pre-
N;ept. his, tileecting,te2death; with a three
fm°At. l- 0 1 .,4 11 :1 6 P.5.v0 ". 1
e v og walkfor the
hearth, when eyer,,y,stnria .a i driag„and
tcrie,pOse-, •
" frrB , ii`l,2le,'d'aiin.gl r is§'after glass of
OordWd#eit'b)i . getting the i morn
lineWitikutany feeling oflhirit, "(nide?
,theimpresgion of the health-giving na
ture of its washing-out qualities.'"''
, :,14gr.sit54 1 9win to a table, and-',.ftidrce"
l y s eAself,fto, eat when tbere is ribt
I,tonppOite„but a, positive aversion to
hisa. " . -
To fake k - glass of soda, or toddy, or
'shrigaieb, j er mint drops, on. a summer
'day; iinder the belief that it is:safcr and
ibettexothfa a glass, of cold water.
.-Toieetyriomiz'e time by'rObbing your
.self :iuecessarY sleep? onathe ground
that an hour saved from- sleep is an
Jho j urlgainedifor life, hen in. reality it
ov i clALop,rs Actually lost;- and half a
oloze§ qtller„h„qur§ actually spoiled.;
1 1 1 41 ReisjiAde. plurself that you are
clear l opng km - Linpl.ea.,Aallt odor by in.
i tTedl i udiastiOnger one ; that is, at
it6fififfiltrtVaretten YOYi - own unwash
fed PersortVy •'enveloping
yo'ursel'f zielitia-the: , fumes of musk, eau de b
JeoloknepOr rbselwater &tile best per•
hinebeing aieleanskin add well-wash
; „.
• CHARLIE'S •FICIGHT.
artil Gedd'''night, Childien);" and away
'wentl eh'artes and ila - fri - up the stairs
intly their awn little‘Chninber.
31.: It-whs .- so very:moonlight that there
was go„necessity cta have a, candle so,
after„each had. ~said his own little
'prayer, they,were quickly undressed
anil. an, bed. , They occupied separate
crrbs, one at each side of the window,
thit'ofigh Which the moon Shone with a
brightlight:
,Charles, the elder of the
two,uWas wrapped up ;as round as a
lball,•'withhis head Under the counter
but Henry had his head high
up on the- pillow; and was watching
the rays; of the moon-as• they streamed
in through the window.
Now, neither of, the brothers had
observed that, as they came up stairs,
' ''ably; tlie cat,was followingthem
I .
softly; arid had entered the room when
'they did.
For sOrne time Tabby was content
to• lie still in a corner of the room; but
-at length, wishing for a comfortable
cushion ; she approached Charlie's bed,
and leaping upon it at a bound, made
herself
. a.,cosy seat.
"
I Now, though Charles, was a boy ten
years old, he was very cowardly. If
he - had not been so, he would have
`got` up and seen what the weight on
'the rbed Was. Such was his fright,
indeed, that he covered himself up all
;the, more the bed-clothes, without
making the least attempt' to find out
what was the matter. He kicked
about so much in his foolish fear. that
Tabby.found her seat anything but an
easy,
,one ; so, leaping to the floor, and
walking, across to .the other crib, she
priepare.d to make herself a more com
fortable bed near Henry.
Henry Was asleep; but pussy's move
ments soon awoke him; and stretching
out-his hand to• feel what this strange
1 -weight/on his bed could be, he caught
of ; Tabby, who began to "purr"
~gently., . Henry was ,not in the least
kafra.id,, as his brother Charles had
I beery,,,an.q. directly he saw that it was
the eat, he of up, and taking pussy in
his 'arms, stroked her, and said, °Poor
Tab"!'' Tab!"
/Henryliked to stroke Tabby's warm
.fnr, , and to hear her purring with
.pleasure; but he knew that it was not
-right for the cat to be left in the room
all night; so he opened the window
and put, her on the roof of an out
house j i u.st below.
All this time Charles had been
lying 'huddled up in bed, covered with
the elOhes, too. much frightened to
look out. At last; after taking many
'cautious peeps, he put his head up,
and 'seeing Henry at the window, he,
asked,' ":What is the matter, Harry'
"0, it ;was only Tabby," answered
.11-*brother.; " she came to sleep on rq,
bed-midi have been tting her out.
Pu
" Then ".thought Charlie to hiroself ,
"it was only the cat that was upon
bed, NybAcii, so frightened me that
laared'UOt i look out."
80 -wished that he had been
as cOilAcreaus'as his little brother, v 76,;
11 ?
wasnOt.afraid of "poor pussy," thonc e
it, wasinight and he zooid! not see la, _
!They only ..are..:truly brave vid
trust in God's. presence to protel_u,
them, from all danger.— Quiver.
HARSH words are like hailstones,
which, if melted, would fertilize the
tender plants they batter down•