art familg eirtlf.
A REFLECTION.
0! not by bread alone is manhood nourished -
To its supreme estate !
very word of God have lived and flourished
The good men and the great. .
Ay; not by bread alone!
" 01 not by bread , aroteT,' the elteet rose, brelfbing
In throbs of peilniee,'spialis ;
" But uty„rikd d in.4arkb an O...niep prtt yorenthing
/WM M • 'rniY:ReeckSll Li LF
Ay, not .y bread atone
. le 11.4:na i 1.1.741r.,5: A
" 01 not by bread alone r proolaban . in thunder
The oltroak . fri id
from s crest „ ,
" suns anifitlirmil`tifdifme , and 4441 under,
The rockixin. wliichltetit.
6y, not by bread;aloner • •
4 ' 0n ot loenCgßae 'Ate. trp e ttt eft, einging i
'ln vetoes cif the - birdei ;
And from lltithAllactg‘tu_V4,47l ,
TlfeltErirEllf - fhe
• s _ tiot,by bread-aloneVA • • •
0 ! 11 4, 1 :1,••bread• 0 0 3 1 e I , for 11e :and being • ..•
-AbefLietY comPlix ,• ~ .•
AndftioreMent, with element agreeing,
kfiseteed
nts By tirenitalcine'
0! not- 11,31. lovo alone, -though.-atrongeetppareat,
Thpipyor, + ewtgati,tho , itettt,k
For ei.Con g es ! . passion evermore the surest
'lsefralida Oaelittanly pari: •
Ay, not by love alone! - '
Foynv
0! not by love' atone le pOwer efigen Bred.
Until within the soul ''
The gift tereviiry utotiveihtte3bifbWrtindeked,'
, • • • -At, la mot" strong and = 101; .111 .
. ,144/ ;ROA -I),y ,15irvA. mlozo I , • ,• -
0 r not fix iorcalone is manhood _ a urzphed
Toy its
-By ererfni , VitTher goditi've lived aii - d
The good men and the greati ' '• '' •
~ AyAf=notAbyrloge alone! ; • ;,= .;,;,
—Dr. J. G. Holland
,in”.lrothrina.".
0 _ -
~.1 Y.
Vi a xi t.:7
31..fikot , THE trall,E
...,TRAITSLATBI) -FRO*riglE.43llßaitteN.,
Chr the 'evening of:a sultry= Summer's day,
Mary, a poor widow, was seated by the win
dow of her) jilt/oil:Apo, Attaimig Ic:oohing out
an thcorchard that surrounded her cottage.
The . grass, which had heen mown that trorn
ing, was made up into cocks, and the delight-,.
fed and refreshing perfume was wafted in at.
window. The sky was clear and cloud
less, and the 'moon 'shone into the 'MOM,
casting the shadow oethe windows and the
vineSiwhichsurrorind4d them on the ficror:
Her little Felix, a child of six years old,
was standing near her, and his blooming
face and golden hair Were lighted by , the
moon.
' The poor young:widow sat there to rest;
herself, but great its the labor of, this hot
day had been to her body, a still: greater'
pain oppressed her mind, and made her for
getful of her weariness. There stood by her
a basin of milk and bread, of which she had.
scarcely tasted sultioonful. Felix, quite
distarbed, and .did. not play.nr make any
noise, because he saw his, mother so unhap
py. He also,. on ebsetving that she wept
bitterly,instead o eating his supper, had
laid his spoon aside, and his little earthen
basin stood nearly full on the table.
Mary had becoine a widow in -thtliegiri
ning of the Spring. Her husband, one of
the best young men in the village, hadiald
by so much money by his industry and fru
gality that he had hought this little cottage
and orchard, but had 'not qiaite en i angh to
pay for them. The ppor man had planted
the green with young. fruit ; trees, which al
ready bore fine fruit. He had chosen for
his wife, Mary, an orphan, a pibus and in
dustrious young woman, who, t had .been„wall
brought up. They.) were living happily to-.
gether when the typhus .fever came, and the
husband died. Mary ton, who had ? nursed
him through his illness with the - g,reatest
care, took the fever,: and was very near t igift ,
'3 Meath.
On reafering frotnlier illness she found
her circumstafices'wefe'verY bad. Still she
hoped root ; to be obliged to quit her. cottage.
Her husband hadlungbeen in the service of a
rich farmet:,t,'Who . ,ll4 valUed and respected
hint for his industry, -- 64 4 `egty, andgood char
acter, and who whet:Mg' boaught this house
and garden, had lent him 300 -florins, on
condition of being repaid twenty-five florins
yearly. Thip had been punctuapy 4 Raid
&cry year until the time` of his illness, and
the debt now only amounted to' fifty florins,
as Mary knew very; well. The farmer also
died of the taxer. His heir,-th,e daughter's
husband, fdrnd the bond' , fief =3OO florins
among his father-in-law's papers. He knew
nothing of the circumstances, and demanded
the whole sum of the widow.
The poor woman assured him that her
husband had paid 250 florins, Mit this avail
ed her nothing. The young farmer did not
believe her, and took her before a magistraite.
As she could give no proof that any part_ of
the sum had been, pail], : she was declared lia
ble for the whole 'debt; the young farmer
was impatient °for his . money, and as poor
Mary had nothing but her cottage and gar
den, these must be sold to meet the dernapd.
She had' implored the farmer to havepity on
her ; her little Felix joined his entreaties to
hers, but all in vain, and she had now, - just
an hour befere her day's work was ended,
learned from a neighbor that the sale was
appointed for the° foli, , wing morning.
It was on this account that she was sitting
so mournfully at the window, looking some
times pp, to heaven, and, then again at her
little boy; at one moment weeping bitterly,
ethl the nex /*UMW* tke-deepesknielan
-6017.
_ , ,
~ Ara-A-Jukikt sim...withialteiself,,Jl:l lave
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1867.
made hay to-day fox the last time in my lit
tle garden; the first -yellow plums which I
plucked to-day for my Felix are the last that
my child, will ever enjoy from the tree which
his faiher-ilaiitt47forilnini ; perhaps this is
the last night we shall
,spenclAnder this roof.
To, : moirr,,,,Qw the house will be,
.the p roperty of
anoiliei.; 1 aria' 416 1 'fittocis , ki4fekh r ef. wco may
not be turned out immediately ? Where
shell ; e.-find shelter 7 t i e-morroTZ , ; Rerhaps
we may have no roof to ' co:iei us ' ' And
she,tegivii>foSib vi„ ,. ,"'•
Felix;:whe till ft ,
~, not' stirred; came
nearer, and'Said; , '
o ~ er, do nOt'lreeti-:iiii
bittert:y Ea fileiyottrffitkaiveirskoloyAßher
8 11. A. whc-NhAlkl7.o l filliv.Pn , OA 4.,0,2n ~-.` Po
not weep,' said he; ' tiod , .4EPtheollather,ettl,
thoo 4 / 4 11 6 , aWillittlfahan .. , &• , ii k_AIMdIYPE .
in - the iime,ortfoTble itml : : iviTpi, - e_oare 1
cif: ,Pll. =.;Be , sla . 80,, ,IR . n ,ll tt - ii i. • 1
" Yes,-'Aear child,"!;saidiblaiiyviKit:is' 'in
tre4 i it g e.: i..z.
..:: , i , : ,,
; 1 4,
i,r, ,, ,, , ,r ., ,r ... ,
..!,,,,,,;..
~ .n ., 7 ,- .7 . ..i7 , -. 1 I. 1 ,.,,,
-,.." Welli.-itett,'-:;s: . 0 , - -•lllo,4%.sehyado;.,you
eft, ll : 6' :?lP; ( 3r,'Vtrao, l ll . :
a-Adman- L I irasowitli,rny ather-in. theiforests
Theille*yiAcutiting-wee 2.4ftiiisiwaat,2o
orit-tihvi. ttlifiStit*, • lififf..,_ kl!orgtfY
a good 34eati.71felii thinifarhit 4 twittwas
then alliekandi:4ll4alreTeellie took
:out the thbiitio*liiiitifirittiiillelher, and
will lle-gOligl ) NAllPtlAitttfelVeA
" Yei""i 3 adt.keo 6 r* l , 6 theri'lqi#,Tng•
"14: Ifittoli - '... said i ' "piifickte woo
wo . c . g05ii ,.,, tic6 „ : „ 1 „„,,,.. 5t4 ,,, rcimc6iiiiiii? ,
h i s t
Come, mother, leeilliThrtb God: He will
cer 111 . tie,T,u.s. A', , • Rd/ wl.
i N.: • ;'I
••,i i * dean,ehill;-,..._. -• a in -the t ngi t,'
said 'Mary , and h V - - "Ifere tiodieWittit
'moderited,,ait corn or tegara to -,take, 1 0,
pi - ace of- grief. She knelt dovir and raised
:her eyes and hands to heiVeri;tilid iftellitie
chifillird' at to d! 4. " 1911.1.Pleeatt l etql.W3r', 1 - 114
Felix repeated each ward after her.
, I'3 Hillyrantil abuts, Alamo-Asa II
-I ;'
"look upon,obholivalo* , andAter'ichi/dt , ik ,
poor midow.ondl rai poor orphan look up to
Thee; we are in,great want, and , have nore
fuge onearth: - We'piay , WTheo thift 4 ,l:hq#
wilt na'iiiifter us to sink:onder!ouisorio4e;,
but if, in Thy , wisdom, Thou,seost . =fit to - 0-1
fliop us, lielp us atase to . ' find incitlier
go t
hearts, and
; and give usi ogi tin our hear and
true 'confidence in Th , hyough 'our' Lord:
Jesus Christ." . r 3 - 1 :y . .. 1. _t
Nary's sobs ° preve n ted 'i,ter trom,proceed-,
idg'; 'Slip - ICioledd 't§yitip,S''lteaxeii;:idosiliS' - 'Ol- -
lent ; -when Felix `iVli!o' ins - still E by, l4 . er' side
in t he titrittide ,Of piuyer;,,;ininited lip, and
stretching out; his 'hinds exclaimed :
i f,‘,o
mother, what is that? There is a little light
hovering there; it is water flying. See It is
hovering about the window ! 0 .sere; it IS
coming in ! How °beautiful it shines ! It is
like a 'green light. It is alinest' as beautiful,
as the evening,. sts.r.
~..„- o ck„„now, it is hover
ing. ilionz the ceiling. It is, very wonder-.
ful.','
~ •
a fire-fly; said MAy, ~,.
a liy day it, is At mean little :insect-) -at d
night it is very beautiful."
" May I catch- it? oattthwehild. "Will
it not hurt me, and shall I not be hurt by
the light ? "
"It will not bnr ygu," said Mary, and•
she smiled through hei•ltars; " catch, it and
examine it carefully without hurting it: it is ,
One of the wonderful works, of God."
Felix 340 now fOrgct.t9 all his sorrow,
and tried . ' -t . " , iglitietWtt which
was at one moment under` the t Me, and 'at
another: under the chair, and sometimes near
the floor. - '
"But, 0-dear " said the child, for the
fly had concealed itself behind the great
chest thatßto,od against the wall a,4 tte mo
ment whet' - hell'elti o catch
it.
-Re - looked
,under the chest. "-I -sts
very Plainly, ',_ said he,, "there it oits, close
4
to the wall ; and the .14 wall, and-the floor,
and the dust, shine IpOwitright 'artitixid it,
11
just as-if . the moon were shining on them.
I cannot_ xeach it, toy,arm ia, not long
enough."
"Have patience," said Mary; "it will
soon come out amain."
The child waited. a little while, and then
went to his mother,' and in a gentle entreat
ing tone of"
m ,. vcicp
) 247111,
~ " 0 mother ?: ,do
reach it Tor e, or move out the chest &lit
tle from the itill;:and then I can easily catch
it."
:Mary stood up, and meyed the chest, and
Felix took the fire-flya4 looked at it as he
held it in the holloW7 RI% hand, and it gave
him as much pleasure as another would have
derived from the &rest diamond.
But Mary's attention was directed to an
other object. In' Moving the' chest, some
thing which was between it And the wall had
fallen to tue ground., ,She. pJekedit up, and
uttered a - loud cry, and ,said, ''''Godhas
brought us through our troubles,!, ' This is
the last year's almanac which I had sought
for so long in vamp.` I thought it had keen
destroyed by some of. those who were lere
during my' loneliness, and who, during the
time that I lay almost without recollection
1
did not take,,thel)fst care of m ouse. We
shall now find that My husba,nd - aid the np
ney that is dernaEdf:of me. Who woul d ever have thought that:Aihe almanac lay be
hind the chest that he bought Witkthe house,
and which has probably never been.moved
since it was fret, placed where it standsV,
She instantly lighted a candle, and toiled
over the almanac with tears of thankfulness
running down her cheeks. All was regularly
entered; what her husband still owed at the
beginning of the'year, and what he had paid
offi by his work. and in cash. At .the end of
the sec Tint were a few words written by the
Old 'fatiner—"" At Martinmas I settled ace ,
counts with John Blun, and he now only
owes me fifty florins." Mary clasped her
hands with joy, embraced her child, and ex
claimed with rapture,"o Felix, thank God
with me, for we shal not be turned out ; we
shall not have to quit our home."
"'Did I not say so?" said the child; "now
this is owing .to me. If I had not begged
you to move the chest you would never have
found the almanac."
But Mairsaid, "My Child, it is God's
doings, net yours. Peel overpowered with
awe anAl . thankfulness when I think of it.
Even whilst we were praying . Ha, soilkirtliat=
a`nd'.by, - lit# right perk*'iiiiit to
14, vary place *hgr4Mookaawkilair,
cooled. Xes, . Ged.infietodA i iipelos, all things.,
Withont'llis knowledge net , a, hair falls•from
heads. Etgmeinher:: this as Song as you
live)'.44;t4at LTA
times of, dAtress..—Ae (toes .not require Ito
angel :Hisn4rhat= ottik vie -a little 4ly
asf i fili6Seicglr t . of H is "A4d! how
soon;, E4,.4e.4 l oT; 6(l :9 l AtPlVei 1 ,
,clA.Jat us riS , tonforgat to pray "
to isarnTd,
Early the neat-morning: lliary - -wtet to. the
mitgiatfate .l _ who ''vot Used. 'the fartift' to Ifei,
broutiht tefore 'liim. When h 'say tile pa r
per, heveiould not , help feeling Ashamed, of
hid (unkind behavior; and when -the ;poor wol
inA*-'l4t4oeded to relapltlit l iv)icilfatol . !cif:
hki'X . #o; and ..h'i; entrance ,of the Ifti.4 l i7- -
he , b43o4Me Much NfrePtfig, allitaxeliiimeliwithi
tear& in-his eyes, " Yescitii Er indeed true that
God 3 lAithe. Fattier theliiddii - 14+114'01_
lei6':' ,Lk -91 i is . 1 4 1 . P tlifiF-li4 f 4f4VA. `gorZiire
I
the erue tY ]have Used iowards you. -And'
now td-recompenSeathe iiijary f shave. done
you, keep the , Vethadr i atik 1- Efty r ::iloipa, and' if
etPki9kOicO r a - J ). 9:AiNtic,o,o l tcariet4 4. o
r,wiLlail 1.;r4y8,1ie1p5509.-t -,.. AN, desTlY that
isvhoseavor 'lrusta.in .God -Will. neveF be -for
iiitifekm•T ',, .., ~, 7,, , 1 'l , • ..ki at : :, . , " 1
1 c ;.., .:).. ' ill -:0 ~ 1 , ..1 1 , . .: T.! ' e . t , '
. .. 0 Only leveret:id rear,thalord,,l' ; %, 1
.; • ;_-. 1 SeryeolLiebetill, in:raitli , oud Prayer, - -- •
Do His wilt . , anddleip,rlifitt Wvrsk., 'i ~1- :
r GoA:still; • for si6l , 4iiiirPPTclare.9! ,
ti 7 f , 14 . -le ,
- ' t.l. ~ Gh
, , —Nava motta tircA,thibtetete''
.1‘)
NE* iMOTHEM AND - 13E ! Vipli l GHILDEEN.
. _
One Maher can take cafe er e'ven child-''
ren better khan seien - Childicin can tale - care of
one mother," old Casimer was accustomed to
say: , lie -wag a 84ircowd old 'peasant,' and had
gone alSinit the world, dna:110 seen a great
deal But his, 0.4 4ltp4
wrong in that expreasion, •,,
4 8 - e'e;'"l said Jacob,f ," I am , only one per
son ~
"; 04111 1 1foilld do roeYchf etOlthing that
I could. , l would` wdtk`untittlie very ",blood
came. out. of my finger-ends, ; sooner than, you
shoild not got everything that you needed.
Now, how touch better it would he for you,
if you hid se'ir. ti l boYs_ instead of one; and
how mach better, they could take-care, of you
than you could take care of them."
Casimer kiuglitcl, and- 'Rho* Alio old fur
cap f h tothe
'-rom map e,o = is ea other,
and answersa:
" Now, let melgive you an example of the
truth of what 1. sky: You -know' old Made
len, who goes tifound and washes clothek for
rich people. She was once a very nice-look
ing woman, -though - she always worked hard
from morning till night, to take care of her
seven children; and she took care of them
well, for they: did not wait either:food or
clothing without:getting=it. So long as she
was yotingeierything. , ivent on well ; but
when her ;'seven 'grew up'to be mer,
her strength'had left her, and now it was
their turn to take , care. of her. But not one
of them seemed'distiosed,to pay her st ecial
attention, or to Offer her 'a efintifOrtilale home.
They were all in gond eirOnmetances, and,
each had a thriving business: Their mother
was old and very homely, and the truth was
that they 7tere — vOryTnuch ashamed of her.
They little thought how she had been
to them, and how she had spared no pains to
improve them: If her day's wages did not
go far enough to suPply'hei seven, children
with food, she wOnla sit up in 'the night,
while .other , people slept, and would make
waistcoats 'ind.'shirie for Idealers' in clothing.
It was astonishing how this woman could
make money, ,out of almost.-nothing. R.rolten
needles, bits , of thread ; or blocks -of wood,
were carefully saved byrher; for she looked
upon eVelthing.:oivoith something. But,
having, raffled her:children, and seen them,
comfortable in,business, she said to - herself,
Now T. am getting old in years, and am al
most worn out with.liard work, and it is, high
time that my children' ahould take care of
me.'
" One Saturday evening, she invited them
to her little'house, where she gave them a
supper of hard crackers, tea, and prunes, and
then she representet her"case to them.
" My dear :children,l cannot live a great
while, and,. I have, quite, lost ,my strength.
The food tI place :before you is very nice
compared with that which' I usually' eat. I
know my;appeitince ie objectionable to you;
bit it seems to . me - quite right that ,you
• should4tawcare
With the greete.st pleasure,' ,they cried
altogether: :
" The eldest, who- z ; vas i'golaSniith, said :
My dear mother. I will do anything in the
ivorld,:for you. Conte: to'.my house, and you
shall live in' the parlor all the time
"The old lady appointed:a Secretary just
then to take &Sim the''promises, and the
eldest - son, who had just made that promise.
"thUneit one who spoke_ was-the taller.
Ile raid td ~ his mother: 'My dear mother,
wool 4 *iplc tip the Rhine; f. , mould go
through a jaiipr, fire; I would leap down
frawN'AlitiWfreleiltAif you'=for you,
my P34410---' "
'And that promise was taken down. And
so each one made a promise of doing just as
great things for his' mother as those two had
dque,_end having finished them, and the
promises having all written down, they
all sang together, and departed to their seve
ral homes. '
" The next day, Madden, their„ mother,
went to the goldsmith's with.her budget of
clothes., She thought what a happy -dine she
would now have. But one week was suffi
cient; for, by the cpd of that l i4ne' *
;fc`ivia
that She was not welcome in. the house, though
she had no doubt her son loved her , yer".
mYteh: cbildreethltnot Spkilo be '"fond
pr and' lad'e:ed the who'l'e Vaiukly seenos,
;to,eonsiger,lter, a, laßtlen,,xatker than, a .plea
surej--.She tiextment ta the tailorre,:i - whoihad
tfie nd
a cit4rob,tower, A,husitol;_h'is
prtunibe>l.-7 , She Itadonotilicem.th-effoardais
lielfbi'd'idieleirerid4 that WasquO:iveledtilel,,
iktAO;k
: il t Ot,g
fi;3m one house fo, the, citlier,„
made a visik4kall.limomkgsnoppho l uil there
,wks,,P,°tlPMet9f, 4 1 A,Nurkill'IW 11 9—#PeR 10 44)
eajep;,herlipresencei all _loved.
herrlidiave. o =dimbtil but tit thefilaxne,thne, .1
she, did not seem r to _be welcome,
that , s he 'wiefiiis $04'613-a, --,z
-•• fa,: 141 ,
this :veer true ,..father, l l said
'Jam fsameg.tiih!xm,is stfri ghte I
for suns to, treat their mother ?"
.66 9 i rfpigeittjape,
",7tz ;M
not saidihatitiaright ; WaaiierfpWerellg-Aliti
ittfehOWStUS 7kinventick , setterfetir pi rem ha
taken
g cap of,
Nre ; s4 i . Y4 `
iliia9uil'#7stewie 41 , 41;kati4, ,
bkaikino
nuktiaew.A.o ,taii,e W..ofi;Thel auNIP,
What would have become of - you if you .had:
p - otrfi es lik, a r gOVAlllottiel-tio ~ ,iiokggr,.:YLuf'lfi-44.
44 .-
„',But, 004',
you: hare chotiennratbettitil -uritsnal
te4biiqhellita
.1i V AZ 4!
Z l4 .4ll4lli'lltil 3 1 1 havai seen;bsaidinid . (3aari•
Ort . e l / 2 40t•
- C'oide
4 1 *; t
0 1 . :AO'
smaller beings thitP j11,8•1L1 , - 15(i you.= t:, knows.
that , in 'our bird cage. there are just-Efeveivlit-u
tie 'birclS„lilslt just•lll bitch:Ott - 6'lly sip
little? old WOO::
every day, aud me. - leive.tunianor, you!,
kno*,.foro her 4ot go•in4 ont, , and..hriug
them' *okras. andirwhateiree they
The cage; )ir,iiie;,
our baclL-sitior, Let , 110 iicOT
bird .'and her seven_ young ones -manage.;
There she goes right in, at the: tirteq .
"dedit,'
taking them sdniething to eat.',See
cluster, round her,, and how, they love her !
What in the world would they do without
her ? Every one of them would - die: --Now;
let us seeN•W she `would gdt Ithinglrive
them;take ,cate.,of.heri" „ .
Then- old.Oasimer took alinfoe little birds.
- out of;thecage on his lap, and fastened the
old bird up.
b
" Let us see how soon - they will, ring her.
a worm, and. do , some act- of kindness for
her." •
One little bird jumpea off his lap upon a
pile of lumber that was lyini near. the door,
am:4ller: one jumped down .in the ,door ;, i a
'third flew on the window-sill;a fourth flew on
the bean-vine; and they al went in differ
ent directions, and ; " did not pay the slightest
attention to their mother. .
" Ohl the birds will get away—they-will
get away!" said Jacob.
"Yea, I think they will " replied old' Cas
imer, "if we do not. catch them ; for, they
will never come back to take care of their
old mother."
‘.`.r I believe :you are right," said Japob.
Old Casimer smiled and said ";It is the
same with men and birds, and-ak the crea
tures God has made. One will take
care of seven children better than seven
children an take care of .one.: mother. Let
us thank our Hea,venly , Yather for good mo
!thera:"—N. "Y. -Methodist.
soLlicißtow.
"Annalir- of a Quiet Neighborhood,"
Old Rogers„a pithy, pious old sailor, finding
hid " parson " one day borrowing trouble
about a certain matter, cOMfOrts him thns :
"No deubt King Solomon Was qu'te
ii ht as , he`always waS, I suppdse, in what
he` said; for his wisdoin man ha' lain Mostly
in his tongueright, I say, when he• said,
' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou
knowest not what.la I d_ay may bring forth ;'
but I cannot help thinking there's another
side•to it. I think it would. •be as good ad
vice to a man on the other tack, where boast
ing lay far to windward, and he close on a
lee-shore of breakers—it wouldn't be amiss
'say to ;Mtn" Don't' strike your colors to
the , moriow, for thou knowest not what a
day.may bring forth.' There's just-as many
good days, as bad ones; as much fair, weather
as foul in the days to come And if a man
keeps , up:heart, he's alb , the better for :that;
and none the worse when the; evil day does
come." .
Old Rogers,,n3 right in this...,
.Distrustful
ness. is.just as had as boasting.. Agar pra,y
ed that he mightneither be overmuch : poor,
nor overmuch rich • lest in the one case he
should "be full and deny " God, or in the
other, "steal?' because - he <was " poor." Yet
the heart of man, like a pendulum, swings
between these extremes—now boastful, now
desponding ; now prompting him to say, as
ithe; held the future in his own hand, " To,
morrow shall be as this day, and much
more -abundant;" now to cry out,." There is
a lion inqhe -Way.". Truly, "it is a good
think , that the heat'C'Ve, 'eetablished with
gr4pe," • Truly, then ) la on can .have` per
feet whose mind is atayed on " God. Rappv
the man who can say with the pious king6l
old, "0, God, my heart is fixed." Such can,
like him, in all such circumstances, "sing
and give praise.'` Whether, to adopt Ohl
Rogers' phraseology, to-morrow seems to us,
as we sail on., like a friendly harbor, inviting
us to enter, or like a threatening lee-shore
roaring with breakerson either case, Faith
shOuld stand at the helm. . And if it do so,
we shell thep,'in the one Case, know whom
to ha . rbpr, and in the other,
WIMMAg - trast amid the .storm.
_,P,P#Vitrg ' .l/4Litic) i INFIDEL,
,• American triiveller being unexpected
/..r ‘ d4tdiped the Mille of quarantine in
L otered "half of his
apart ents and. ato to onl " j bY a Young
Engb4gitnan,owttnactefl as : translator to the
mole: fterithey -had, forthed an, intimate
acqu,aintannepoidAnd ,, one evening retired
to reutr - itatrei t tef rifiked' big 'friend how
ytaiAiii - ,elhy which was
so otini4jini9i:',ltfit4..":the "icing English
man 48, agentleman, these
things twure:sliaagreeable- , to him; but, as to
their - . being intrihsicalfy- wrong, it was a
inattrer:orinn tonoorti to him, as he denied
the'ttlith , ottill'reielatTon,'and believed Je
isiiktlikietb'Be
7be . .,:traioiAll'O'r,.*l49,9l.§Upposing that the
r_exuar_ll,W,ouid,,,,be.:,ktegided. except by cour
tesyyreplied,-"-EitharQhrist was an impostor
,orils. aott.;- - -If he - Was an-impostor, we
httite .- ithh-AtihbnceiVitblll phetomenon of a
man lYrdt"eidgv'~it self-`denial, char
.
I!,,,A , , ,,,cirgiv j ed-helts of injtfr,is thrgugb his whole
ftAltelEPX:BP°4figl* Contumely, and
.evolumrueifixitcui--74s it,philosophieal to sup
'poser-thati,a-Aad Amur would take so much
nudievinetivgoodf -Rat if he was
•nni Ith'inipostitir"thelntlie".lidis' told tbe truth,
*,1 4, ,il , 4lo .i ctito sa w that be;
only.reply oCtli e , young Eng
-1 mbn r but,the, argument sunk deep into
his heart;and whenAho‘tirsteller had arriv
edtlit,Alexantittii; torreeettred a letter from
ii,ti t epti&'loknoriiiiedging him as
tire .4 'Pbesrfrießct 'o4il'fial t i :"elicouragin o tr
A 1 I n Atr. _
fliptp 499411- , ihril.,tp others, and
Taraoriqg ot, tq.fone& ‘1, 1 )14 Odessa con
vent."—Anterican Messenger-.. ..-.
• .
- Amainessi" " it contract is a
etlirti•AbO"th'ese.' • • cbmmereial
ax ima, Bu t the '
m fo4lowing,. incident illus-
Ira te thl). - 15 rift) " the Ihtiai n ese b ris t
"LOok Ikotynvery man ,on /ownhi things,
thikthi • Tign of others:"
.=/
Amerohaet`of Mewl-York during the late
war; - mads' af , Contiaet•tnifth' kv - mechanic to
supply` him =with kiithribernf tin cans: Not
long after ;thie'thaliii,iCiOir tin 'rose so much
that fli,eentradOrOutlit ,J.,Ot*Jfieney by com
pleting, the work pri6e agreed
upon. However; die said -,nothing,Aut went
on delivering the. cans. 'When ‘the first bill
for 'the. pay of the cans was received, the
employer' called upon him and-Said,—
I'understand money on
this job."
".Yes," replied the contracW, " but I can
stand it ; a contract is, a contract, you know."
" How much will you- lose?" asked the
gentleman: •
"o,' no tr4iitter,"' was the reply ;• " I don't
complain i ;and you osi . !sht
"I insist
cc Well, since you desire it; I shall lose go
much , a hundred," naming the amount.
" Well, • sir," said the noble-hearted man,
" - you mutt not - Rise . this—it would not bo
right. I shall add the amount, to your bill,
and; thei,price of material' May still rise,
I will advance you the money for the whole
contract, which, no doubt, you can no
to advantage."
• The difference thus paid, to which the con
tractor laid no Claim, amounted to five hun
dred dollars. Thatwas something more
than business honesty it was dhristian prin
ciple, carried out in. business. The world
needs jnst such.lexamples to. convince it of
the truth of religion.
MR. GOUGH'S RECOVERY.
' The following incident is worthy of bein g
often repeated, as an encouragement to la
bor for moral or religious reform. A warm
heart and wise - tongue may overcome the
most formidible obstacles. Rev. T. L. Gay
ler tells th'e =story :
"On a .certain Sabbath evening. some
twenty years -ago a •reckless; well-dressed
young man , was idly lounging under the elm
trees in the public square of Worcester. Be
had become a wretched waif on the current
of sin. His days were spent in the waking
remorse of the drunkard; his nights were
passed in the .beffooneries of: the ale-house ,
"As he sauntered along, out of humor
wits' hiniself and with all mankind, a kind
voice saluted him. A stranger laid his hand
on his shoulder, and said, in cordial tones:
111-I%;p:—, go dawn.' to our meeting at the
town-hall to-night.' A 'brief conversation
followed, AO winning in its character that
the reckless youth consented to go. 1 1 °
went; he heard the appeals there made.
With tremuloui hand he signed the pledge
Of total abstinence. By God's`help, ho kept
it, and keeps it yet. The, Ppor boot-crimper
who, tapped, him on the ; sboulder—good Joel
Stratton—has lately, gone to heaven. But
the youth he saved is to-day the foremost of
reformers on the face of the globe. MC'
thinks ' when 1 - liisten to thettunders of ap
plausethatzreet JOhn B. Gough on the plat'
form of Exeter Hall or the, Academy of Ain"
am hearingthe echoes of-:that tap on
tlwehotriden, and ~ .of thatkinsiinsitation
der the ancient elms of Worcester! :fle
that*44lh k e - th. 3 '6 11 14 % ;••i,.44!;!,
'