g|f family ®ittk THE OOENEE-STONE. There is a Jewish tradition, that at the building of the Temple one stone sorely puzzled the build ers, and could not be fitted into the wall, till at last it was discovered to be intended for the corner stone. The Jews suppose, Pa. cxviii, 22, to refer to this, and the incident to be typical of the Messiah. When on the chosen Mount arose Jehovah’s Temple, fair, No sound of axe, or hammer broke The awful stillness there. The cedars felled on Lebanon, Were there with patience wrought; Each stone was hewn and polished, ere It to the Mount we brought. But when the builders came to view The stones, thus cut and dressed, One block among the others lay, Differing from all the rest. The workmen vainly strove to find It’s place within the wall, Yet when they left it out, their work No progress made, at all; Till, when all 6th et plans were tried, One way remained alone—• The once rejected block they sought To be the Cbrner-Stone. They bronght it to its With silent, anxious And then a joyful shout From every builder th.fle! Upon Moriah’s Mount no more Jehovah’s Temple stands, Its golden roof no longer shines The glory of all lands. Yet still the Lord hath not withdra' His presence from our race: A nobler temple rises now To celebrate His grace. Each stone is hewn with patient care, Ere to its place’tis'brought, No sound of axe, Or hammer tells The world, what there is wrought. The stone the builders once refused Is our Chief Corner-Stone; From age to age the work proceeds, And now ’tjs almost done. Time shall not on its beauty prey, It fears no earthquake shock ; Its living stones are firmly placed On Christ the Living Bock. Other foundation none'can lay Save Jesus Christ alone. ‘Woe to the builders who refuse God’s precious Corner-Stone 1 LUTE MEEBIL. Lute Merril’s father was rich. Yes, he was very rich ; for he was a banker in one of our largest and most prosperous cities’; and so Lute had almost everything she desired.' I know it would >do some Of you poor children; food, just, to get a peep into her play-room. 'or it looked something like a toy-shop at Christmas time, only a-great deal nicer. For it had a soft, beautiful carpet off'‘the floor ; then there was an easy little rocking chair and foot-stool, just the right size for Lute, besides lots of good comfortable things that you never do see in a toy-shop. Then the walls were hung with costly pic tures, such as only a rich man’s daughter could have. Now I have been telling you all this about Lute, just because I wished to tell you of one of the beautiful pictures that hu,rig in her play-room. Although there was one, representing a scene in Switzer land, that glorious land where the Alpine mountains are, And one of a pleasant valley where tfie.farmer dwelt in ease and plenty, and the portraits of her father and mother, besides that of her dear brother Clarence, who was such a merry handsome fellow, yet over the mantle hung the one that I loved. Now I wonder if any of you little folks know the true meaning of the word lady? .Do you know that a great many who are called ladies in these days, are not worthy of so great and good aname; for some of them are so selfish and unkind, All you little bright-eyed girls, gathered in the homes of America, if you wgaßtobe ladies, you must each one be ‘lragfflk of bread,” for that is the meaning And this is why we should all thinjpojMfffula Cotta ag a true lady ; for sheffeami for Martin Luther so tenderly. When h® was a poor little-fellow singing through the streets of that German town of Erfurt, she gave him bread to eat. 4P So over the mantle in Lute Merril’s play room is a picture of a lady in the olden time, standing at the gateway of her oastle-hdme, distributing bread to the poor who gather there. Three ragged little children are scampering home as fast as they can, with their burden, of bread, which will soon be turned into a blessing for them all, when their mother gives tp each one his share. One poor'.old woman is actually kissing the hand of the lady, who is such a kind friend to her, and upon the lady’s face there , rests a sweet look of quiet-peace and joy ; I trust such a happy look as the consciousness of doing good will spread over the most homely countenance, thereby transfiguring its roughness into lines of beauty. The name of this interesting picture is “The Lady.” Lute often sits rocking herself before the bright fire, and while she warms her feet her eves are nften fixed upon the lady in the picture. And she dreams little day-dreams of ; alishe will do, when she comes into full possession of that strange future which is widening before her every day Indeed she : is thinking of what she will do when she is a young lady. Her cousin Laura is called a young lady, at]d she is so tall and, hand some, and dresses so gaily, that Lute almost —The Churchman. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1868. always wants to he like her. Then there is Florence Graves, what good times she does have, since she has put on long dresses, and can go to parties, and do as she pleases. For Florence told Lute just the other day, when she wished to go down street with her, and mamma thought it almost too cold, she told her “ never to mind, in a few more years she would be a young lady and then she could do as she pleased,” and Lute had hid that saying away in her heart, with a naughty thought toward mamma for requiring her obedience now. But Lute was soon to learn a more beau tiful lesson of life, than that of “ doing as she plsased,” and this is how she learned it. One day Lute’s mamma sent for her to come into the pdrlor, and there she found, her dear aunt Lute, waiting for, a welcome from her little namesake. Lute had never seen her aunt she had been living in the South of years,; Aunt Lute Merril was wipnd {fill good, ‘that her niece soon loved her dearly; And so, dur ing her visit which extended over several months of the bright summer-time, they had many a good talk in the play-room to gether, of as they walked side by side in the suburbs of the city. Aunt Lute was, a true Christian lady, arid what wonder then, that day by day she taught her little qamesake the secret of true ladyhood. Now as Lute sits before her picture she sees it in, a truer, dearer light, and her sole aim is to be, a true lady, even such as God would have her be. Oh! how I* wish every little girl was striving to obtain, the strong, true title of “ A Christian Lady.” —lleformed Church Mes senger. “IT TOES ME SO BOOT." ‘fit does me no good to Attend church.: rl never feel any better for the so'rvico. I would not go, if it were not to pleaSC my mother,” said Harry Jones. • • “Do you never heap any thing which af fords yOu encouragement, or strengthens ydur good resolutions ?” “ No, never. I have been to church ever since I waS a child, and I am no better for it.” ; "7' : •" ’ -"’V 1 , “ I can scarcely imagine how any one can bear the sermons you listen to,\afld not feel better for so doing.” The fact is, I never hear! thie sermons. I am always thinking of something else; 1 have some plau for MoAdgyi sdine past plea sure to live Over again; or something which I am resolved to execute inthe future.” Miss Brpwn looked grave. I haye shocked you, I, knew I; should, but going, to, church is 'the.,most irksome business in my life.” , “Perhaps if you would‘listen Attentively to the sermon, you would not find it so. Promise me that the next Sabbath you- will attend and listen attentively, and wiligive me ah account of the sCrmon afterwards.” Harry hesitated, .but, finally promised to ■do as fils friend wished. The noxt Sabbath the text was,“ Strive to enterin at the strait gate." In the sermon the minister endea vored to show that therh was need of per sonal exertion in order to be A faithful' fol lower of Christ, He coiildn.ot sit down idle with 'folded hands, and dream, of being good, expecting to ,“ bo carried to the skies on' flowery beds Of «ase/’ i Wo must rouse our selves, nnd work with all'our might; We must “ strive to entdr in at the strait gate.” leaving our’ burden at Jesus’ feet as we pass .the narrow entrance, trusting in liis grace alone to help ins/ , ,7, .This sermon,. Harry acknowledged to his friend, “ was really worth hearing.” “ Yet;”' said’Miss Brown,”“it was no better than ! usual, only you went to listen. You find it was not the fault of the preaching, butthat of the hearing which failed to do you .good. If we would be benefited, we, must listen attentively,.and prayerfully meditate upon what we have heard. II we do this; we Shall seldom find cause for cenßure. '. 1 , A TOUCHING INCIDENT. The pastor of ayoung mother who‘had recently joined his church was.;talking with rber about her maternal responsibilities, and. urged the duty of constant and believing prayer for the early conversion of her child ren. She assured him-that it was herdaily practice to carry her little ones in supplica tion to the throne of grace, and 'yet com plained of a want of faith and of definite ness in as ( king for them the special influences of the Holy Spirit. “ Do you pray for each child separately, and by name?” inquired the pastor. “Ho, that has never been my habit,” was the reply. “I think it of much importance, Mrs. Huston, especially as a help to our faith, and to the clearness and intensity of oiir desires on their behalf You pray with, them, I trust, as well as for them ?” ‘ v “Sometimes 1 do, but not often. They seem a little restless, and inclined' to -whig-, per my eyes are closed; and so I have felSßes embarrassment and more freedom in supplication to fee alone at such seasons.” . ; . “ Let me'persuade you, dear Mrs! Huston, to try a different plan. Take your little son and daughter each separately tofthe place of prayer, and kneeling with tliem before the Lord, tell him the name, the daily history; the, special want of each, and see ,ifi your heart is not opened to plead for them as you have never done before.” ! ~t t .Tears were in the eyes of the young mo ther’as she said -With ’ trembling lips, “ I’ll tr L” ■;■ r ~., ’ v■- , As .evening came phe had not forgotten, her promise, but as she saw that SarafeJ her daughter, was unusually peevish,: she thought best to take her little son first to her cham ber. Willie was a bright and pleasant'boy of five years; ’ ‘andf vrfeeh his mdther' whis pered her wish tdqfray with him, he gladly put his hand in hers and knelt by her side. As he heard his name mentionedbefore the Lord, a tender hush fell upon his young spirit, and he clasped his mother’s fingers more tightly as each petition for his special need was breathed into the ear of his Fa ther in heaven. And did not the clinging of that little hand warm her heart to new and more fervent desire as she poured forth her supplication to the hearer and answerer of prayer? When the mother and child rose from their knees, Willie’s face was like a rainbow, smiling through tears. “ Mamma, mamma,” said he, Pl’m glad you told Jesus my name; now he’ll know me when I get to heaven. And when the kind angels that carry little children to the Saviour, take me and lay me in his arms, Jesus will look at me so plea sant, and say, ‘Why, this is Willie Huston ; his mother told me about him: how happy I am to see you, Willie/ Won’t that be nice, mamma?” Mrs. Huston never forgot that scene. And when she was permitted to see not only her dear Willie and Sarah, but the children af terwards added to her family circle, each successively consecrating the dew of their youth to God, she did indeed feel that her pastor’s plan was “the more excellent way.” So sho rOSolved to recommend it to praying mothers by telling them this, touching inci dent.. When we moot our children at the last great day, may Jesus own as .his :those whom we have “ told him about” on earth. LITTLE LILLIE WAS EIGHT. One day a lady, was teaching a class of little girls in Sunday School. • My dear children, she said, 1 “how soon may we give our hearts to God, andbecome truo‘ ChidstiahS ?” 1 ’ / They didn’t answer at first. Then she spoke to them one by one. Turning to the oldest scholar in the class, she asked: 7 “ Wliat do you say, Mary ?” “ When we are thirteen.” “What do you say, Jane?” “ When we are ten.” “ What do you say, Susan ?” , “ When .we are six.” , At last she came to little Lillie, the young est scholar in the class. “ Well;; Lillie,” she said, “and how soon do -ybu- think we may give our hearts to God?” , “ Just as sOOh as We feel that we are sin ners, and knOW who God is,” said 'Lillie.' How beautiful an answer that, was! and how true,! ; ,Yes, “as soon as you, feel that you Are a sinner, and know who God ia,” ydu may give him your heart, and become a Christian. ’ 1 DEATH—ITS MYSTEEY AND ITS, COMPEN SATION. < ; ! : BY REV. AUSTIN PHEIPS, D.D. ■. ' .The whole conception of death is evident ly superhuman, If wo approach it, as we would a device of . human strategy, we find. ltto'be : &■ frightfully impracticable subject. to 1 our reason. What is it? 1 Why 1 is it? is it?, :i Our human insight here is blank hllndhess. Our Upß axe dumb! Philosophy has tried very hard to look: eooiy upon the grim fact. Poetry has done its best to: garnish graves for us. Taste in vents new- naihesdor' our coffins,, mnd atfec-, tiofi decks them with flowers. Arthaspaint ed ’us all as heroes‘in dying. ' Probably aU men have chivalrous, moods over the pros pect. ,| . , /■’ , . , , Yet,.of the, hundred and forty generations which; this, earth has taken back to its dust," notone man, woman or child would lever’ have chosen*'the, process ‘of: 'dissolution as the fticthod of a change'df worlds, even' ad mitting a change to.he .desirafele or necessa ry. Madame Swetchine says that “if life were, perfectly beautiful,, death would still ! be perfectly desirable;” ■ Ho, not death ; a transfer to other worlds might be, but’not. death’ ; this no human’ ingenuity can adorn or soften. ~ It is to every human instinct! what Milfon’ painis it’ a “ grizzly terror.” Ho philosopher would ever, have originated it-as a wise expedient. Ho; philanthropist would ever hav’e’ forecast it as a benevolent, one. Even asaprimitive infliction, it would neyer have been devised by a humane jurist as an indiscriminate necessity. As a sym bol of certain ethical ideas, why should it, ■be the law of all sentient, being ?;, Christian faith aside, it is shockingly suggestive of a , malignant', of i a possibly taariiacal origin".' Even the instincts of brutes are’ bewildered by it, as they areby’earthquakes. . It should, seem as if the v.ery constitution of of which those in,stincts ,arp a part, yvere shattered by the. phenomenon. Benevolence would appear-to have succumbed to. frenzy! Eeyelation presents to our faith no dogma more inscrutable than this fact in the sys-': tern of nafure.‘ When infidelity will explain,; it to us, we may safely promise to explain; : everything else with,which our religion has tO dO. ■ But a device like this, of physical-and moral ■ government, cannot’ have been or dained by a benevolent God without being in some way interwoven' with beneficent results proportioned to the gigantic myster ry. God’s system of the universe is largely a system of balanced opposites; The seem r irig evil isialways at least kept in poise by a good of equal weight, growing out of it. In an eternal reckoning, the right scale preponderates immensely. As the richest; soil gathers in the bed of inundations, and; the choicest vines : grbw' in the ' pulverized debris of volcanoes; so in the ; moral world, character .lies over, against temptation; atonement-against sin. ; ; . On the same principle, death must be an element in ; the government of the universe of unspeakable value somewhere. Its untold horrors mufet be’ at. least fully equated by blessings springing from it somehow. The dark side of the circle of equivalents is turn r ed this way, so that we seem to live undef a dread eclipse'; but bow jit, appears all around the universe, dxcept the; bnef sbgthent which we look at ? ■ y -no, We may ond day seo ! —what'we now hol'd' by faith only—the love of God as Bignally displayed in death-struggles, in the varie ties of torture by which the phenomenon is made shocking to us, and in the unuttera ble repulsions of the grave, as we now see it in a violet. We cannot conceive at pres ent how amiable the primitive element in death will by-and-by appear to us, nor how tranquilly wo shall sympathize with it. Bye hath not seen how beautiful it will be to us as an ethical symbol. We cannot now make real to ourselves how sacred suffering is a necessity to character, nor how grate fully, we shall remember it. Even the ex perience of resurrection, though limited to the twinkling of an eye, may bei more than the compensatory opposite Of dying. To a good man, there may be an ecstacy in the one process which is not possible, except as the sequence of humiliation in the other. That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. The Christian idea of victory over death may, in its fullness, be incon ceivable, except through the experience of dying. We are more than conquerors, only through the suffering of seeming defeat. It is very unphilosophical to reason cheer lessly about the stern methods of God. Still less are we sensible men if we reason sullen ly. We have only to spring to the Divine side of everything which we know but in part and rest there.— Watchman and Reflec tor. 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