fastitg
TEA0111;11% CARE.
Teacher, watch the little feet
Climbing o'er the garden Wtraeet,
d
Bounding through the b an us d ball.
s
Banging cellar, sbe
Never count the motnents lost,
Never mind thell time Cpl]
astraywill cost,
Little feet Wi --
Guide them, teacher, while you may
Teacher, watch the little band
Picking berries by the way,
Making houses in the sand,
os sing up the fragrant hay.
Never dare the question ask,
" Why to tne this weary ttg,lo,,
These same little bands rosy prove
ISiessengers of light and love.
Teacher, watch the little time .-
Prattling, eloquent and 1.- 0
what is said, andyrhatlim
. By hy happy: rynid - ,77
Catcht the Word vrl. •
Stop the vole.herositrt::..
This same tdin"..Y for
Blessings in •-" -
*" li g NlVVEri'
Teach mert Beedr. _ rue.
NJOignanyk '7 - r
1-1
" 74441.4"-1 4`,‘
bt):tai OP PIER.
4r ct~ Taßid Ate p
_dpetuoug manner. The moth r cooked
fit There wits; a, ..0111".411
spot in each cheek, and an ominous glitter in
his eyes. She knew the signs. That na'turall'y
fierce tem bi tir hist hiftE - Vola Alia% in some
waltl'a a heat that had kindled his whole
h ad `
• Al i thre,NyAo,wn w hiihcap,, threw
himfttrotr k't dttOmltr atiier Met - iirid then
said, with a lkttle . ol4te 4eatr . of:: his temper
in his tone, Never say, after this„ .that I
don't 44+13 6n&Alter.' ' j
" 'think , l.-nover did say' so," she an
swered,:iently, a's.'she passed her hand over
the tawny'locks, and brished' them away.
tient the flushed-brow. "13tit What special.
thitig liaireyou done to proie 'your love for:
mejust now?" - •
Titketrit, hilliVrWitheut returning
She b u nt over and kiesed, him where le
sat F f
, icl+itiftetin!Years plct, it,„great, t 1.14
fe1164, With mitscle's like Steel; Untie bad
not grown above liking, his mother's kisses.
Then she "Tell' hie' id about it,
" 0, it , was. Dick Osgood. Yon know what
a mean, bullying fellpw, hp is anyhow:' He .,
had been tormenting some of the younger
boys.,--nagging them' till I couldn't tlitsnd'.
it. They are every one afraid for their
lives *heft.. hiVoight to
be ashamed of himself, and tried to make
him leave off, till, after a while, I s'imse he,
stirred•ceplfp,r . he .tunned from. , thenty land
ooljiiiig'fOlide he striedkl in& inch) litece:;)
believe the, mark of his claws is therenow",i
and be turned:toward 'her the other cheek,.
Which he had kept carefully away froupher
up to this time. She saw the marks clearly,
and she trerkkiletclilligrielf withliympathy
and secret indignation.
"Well," she said, "and you-what did
yon do!" :
"I remembered what I had promised 'yqou
for this year, and I took it ;77 -thir * of it,
ntoth'er,—taik• never touched • him I
just looked - Into 'his eyes, and said, 'lf I
should strike you back, I should lower my
self-to,yqur -gr i ettt
scoffill i liortfellatigh'; lindidid .7 b4 , tod . gea 4 r,
boys, Morgan's turned preacher. You'd had
better,waitr, sir, before you lecture me on
my,belkavior to the, little ones, till yoruhava•
pluck enough, to defend them. I've heard
about thelakt impudence I shall' fake from
a coward like you! , The boys laughed„ • and
501118 of them said, 'Good for you Osgood !'
and I came home. I had done it for the
sake! ofrmTprotnispto . r9H strmagr
tflaig fled& ainitatt:y )•• 1 and !you in'otteW
whether thergealt,drop .of eqw;prA l blood in
my veins. atbikggli&yoliw4itAe one to
comfort me. though it isn't comfort I want
so muoWeither: • Iniiist:wittit You46.'l l E4as°
me from that promise, and let me go back
and thrash him.."
Mrs. Morgan's heart thrilled with silent
gar boys temper had been
hr greite4 grief: - Hie father was dead,
and"Alio . had brought him up alone, and
sometimes she was afraid her too great ten
(lemma had spaired, hi 'm: S had tried t pir
viattitttfirti - hre littelfibtate rattutre. - '
a po'we'r *hi& no liana c'o'fild bind: '''She
had concluded, at last, that the only hopa
was in initiating his own powtrAil will, and
making him resolve to conquer himself.:
Now, she thought, he had shown himself
capable of self-control. In the midst of his
rage he liqdfrerpembered his, pledge toVr,
and - kept' it. - "He' Weuld yet be his 'o *n
master,—this brave boy of hers,—and the
kingddhi , of his' mind would be a sover
eignty.;
" Better , heap coals of fire on his head,"
she sabi quietly.
"Yes he deserves a - good scorching,."-- i
pretending" perversely to misunderstand
her,—" but I should not have thought you
would have , been so vindictive."
"You know well enough what kind 'of,
coals I meant, and who it was that said; 'lf
thine enemy hunger, feed him.; if he thirst,,
give k hitrk drink.' I cannot release you from
your promise until the year for which you"
made it is over. I think the Master who told
us to render good for evil understood all
the *flitter pa passions, eA hninanityd beteer
thaft al , other teacher has ever understood
then. sin sure that whatbe said must be
wise' o. And right, and best. I want yon., : to
try his way first. If that fails, there will -
be time' enough after - thiS year to , Make a
different 'experiment."
"Well, I promised you," he said, "and
I'll shoyv, you that, ; , at least I'm strong,
INEEREI
160211111
ci o= r , RT ,BYTERIAN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1863.
THEAloiti _
nature to
............_.,
.......____ --_ -- ~ ase
also, that
---- ----- ~cord until yordon't
en ou g,ll to lieepi n t l i3 i i
Ti l ,
though L
me 11°tri it " NW soughthit is." Au"' just
quite limosv
, d ,it ta:rie cu ld
about pi rs
.1, !s o f f Iti°onutghho:u, g i w, 13 ,, b j c4
~„d a , coward; but
b e CAI- L
she said,
‘ a o r d e " forschool
1 ., ''U the bravery
as.i.e
y94,u p find good watch,
the truest ()revery 9.&.,
of
,e,tedototik.anoeuT.f.o,
the next aver.. , 1..
s milingly,
and I'm 4 3 born" A t •
the sti - grOink• - ` il:f 11 'them before
iglq, ;
p-• getriV'llhere`l4l.'9 dei:tres
it - his Tres
v _ rivalry between ,him. Always been a
Os
, and new the b '
and Dick
4e,.over to .the, strongerVS Seemed to 'Nave
eat keeling of . side, and he had
hidlinita-bittiiiit humiliation and disgrace
of defeat everis- 0..a-14y.fie-the.)Sitlie
to a man. =sensee
The weeks went on i ,''and the feeling wore
away a little: 3 ,olf unavenged
and. , unatorl64, _ rankled , Guy's mind, aid
made him uniooial and ill at ease. 'llls
mother w.akelad Jaim i , with sp,nQke, anxie f ty,,
bailliliaktitA iiartertA gite , liad4hV-ti-Uf
wisdom
, to
.leave hiirto learn,potup r of the
lessonsoat LL 7) 1 " °
At length' 'came the 'lag daY of school,
Subc'eliact nest; day kya,pie4o4,',in , Which
allAhusckolars were to join, superintended
by their teachers. :I Guy ! 3)/ - organ hesitated
il.Y444.l)titten Ponnlndnd to cgc*A The places
Selee.t(l4.)vitera. lovely, spot; hinnwn in all' the
neighborhood as:" the old mill." It was on
the, banks of the QiaSsit - River, where the
stram•ranlast ; and the grass ,on its brink
was green, and great trees,,With drooping
'boughs shut,away the,gari.sh Silly sunlight:A doietlie'rgst were Dick:Osgood , anclitl4
little , sister ifillyhtile one humanbeing=
whom•• he seemed ,reallyr, , and:'Onderly.toi
love The' 't4dliere-' eyes were 'on,'liim. to
this one day,, and he neither velitnied''Vo
'inwit,theolder scholars nor, biilLykthe little!
ones. He and Guy,kepti,,apai,t,as much as,
they conveniently ,tOuld and Guy entered
into the spirit of the:day,'aareafly enleyed,
it more than he had enjoyed anything: fOr i
the Past tWo inontha.
Dinner was spread
,on the grass, - and
nothing tagefi n at'fia,titiV i oiii ) Wilitir blaelx
walidli r tialid lidia:?. rilitilaticAi %isle's ; , 'Wile
ever tasted withihalfthe 'zest which went
to: ihe "enjoyment . ortheSe vianda, paten
wO i puwter:spOorili Ciiit'of crockery of every'
hue •and kind., -:They , had enjoyed
lilieUys , and:. girls,. and like nothing
else;' fpi.,..'that fdll,l:Learty'capaic.ity for en
jOyment is one of the things' which' youth
takes away when it goes " with flying feet,"
:and " th.t.ll42l*v& o.rneitttlik3 F , .-.: IA
Tby FRI. e flinger, r EA as l i op.g.,ne ;they
couldotilattqa!en . 0;4 ecUter.ed here 'firiiftlier e,
:- . -some swinging in hamtadeWitome loung
pg one .ht grata, ands gron'rstanditig on
the bridge a few rods above the falls,: and
plying at it, ,shing., . Among these,i4tpr ow [Nig
WiftOEDICIC 41 0444dd a nd'(' late iiigtef. " 'Guy
Morgan was at a little distance with one of
the teachers, pulling to
,pieces a curious
flower, and talking botany. Suddenly a
wild,tVird - 2eof koAtt.Latiove thei iiirf*.kittill
pass of the summer afternoon and the hum
;of quiet voi fee l wun4, T -lii4.-peglod's cry:
"Shes in, boys! feetty'S in the river, and I
eautty'swinoto,. SiticeiffieWsilvaer 4' 7- ViliTtib
one tryr!.. - f-' ... Ca a ":::1" 0121 .fill , ) 1
Before the words were out of his lips, they
all saw Guy Morgdirdoming'in with flying
feet,—a racirfkr lift ' -, ; .119 wilAtemed coat
!and vest as he ran, and cast them off as he
n e ar e d -1i iila Vilakii .I , IIOE i I'M% ft ' , :fi 113 1 % a m -
, mer,.shoesom ci threw himself over. . They
heartl ii ,lidnpaikii the c ral.er. lie went ~w 2.-
I der,`rdseltgapii 'anil - striick" out V54.4r - 1r
o). l 4Crik- , 40ad., w ' hic4,4ose,. justTAT h
dtt
'second time.h:l3lvftry.,,OXle Way a 641 ere
ilived,moments -which Seemed keliouli I,
14 ) 1 / 4,,
Theiboys and Mr. Sharp, t 4 ;\ %icherAutl;
whom Guy lied been 'talki I:. li.ifii -- strnat
rope, `and,rimining down, the - Otriliktilis*
it out on 6E; water just.) abo • the fallek
where 4 Guy i e, gild rettch, it if. h 9 e,guld . get so
'near 'the t shore--4f. The water , was. very,
deep ,wliere ,ilettY,had Allen in, and the
ri.ger; rap fast, NIL ~,.It 'wee'sweeping the
poor chill on, and Dick Osgood threw him
self, t ur t n, the kvtidgil „ani bpd-.p-and
d. p .aod
scree4l ill o n i g One.t inad)l/ n IV Eke
,st ' . _lir •.!/. .. r
rose - the thit - time, she was near t e falls.
1
A moment more and she would "go c - iver,-
down onithel.jfiErges4:Pring xp l artelbeneath.
'But that, third time Guy Morgan caught
her,—caught h,en by, her-long, glistening,
golden .hair..
~r. ,Sharp .shouted ..,to him.,
ille saw the rope and swam 'towards it, , his
Stro ig right,, , , arm "the/Ail:3g! • the, [water back
with hammer-strokes; his left. motionless ;
holding his white burden. ''' ",'"
"O 66d i - lisfr. , Sha'rp prayed, fepAntiy,
,:‘, keep him up, spare his atrength a.7little
longer,—a little longer!" ,
' A - Moment more and he 'Toadied the„rope,
clung to.it.desporately, and boys and teach- ,
er drew the two in ever the slippery edge,'
but of-the hoirible,sesthipg,wliters, and took
them 'in,i,hcir, ay,Rb ,both, both mo
tiOnleSS. kr. Sharp spoke Guy's name, but
Ihe did not answer. • "tiVould , seither. of them
,
ever answer: again ?
Teachers and sdholars went'to Work alike
`for their restorotion. It was well there was
intelligent guidance, or .th4ir best ,eadeav
'ors might have failed. Guy, being the
'stronger, yiaa_tkie 4st,to,r9v,i t ye: t ,
" Itetty 4
sale ?' was hi s apxioie, ves
i°ll.:' `;;' 1
"Only God knows," itr..Sharp appwergd
solenanlY. " We. are, doing;our best."
it was almost half an hour more befoie
pietty Hetty opened hei blue °Yes. Meantime
Dick had been utterly frantic and helpless.
He had sobbed, and,g:roaned, and cried, and
prayed even, in a wild, incomprehensible
fashion of his own, 'WWI perhaps the pay.
ing :Father, who forgets nosparrovu even,
understood and 'answered. When he heard
!hig , sister ' s Voice, , was like' one beside
liiimself with joy, utitiL.Mr. Sharp quieted
,him by a few i loiw„ Sinn words,, which wore
audible to no one else.
Some of the larger girls arranged one of
the wagons, and getting into it, received
Hetty in their arms.
Mr. Sharp drove Guy Morgan home. When
they reached his mother's gate, Guy insist
ed on going in alone. He thought it might
alarm her to see some one helping him:
besides, he wanted her .a few moments quite
to himself. So Mr Sharp drove away, and
Guy went in. His mother saw him coming,
and opened the door.
"Where bave you been?" she cried, see
ing his wet, disordered plight
"In Quassit RiVer, mother, fishing out
Iletty- Osgood."'
Then, - while -she was busying herself in
preparations for' his, comfort, he told
his story. His mother'a 'eyes were dim,
and her heart throbbed cliokinoy . ,
",0,, if you, had been Alio - Arned bby
my darlingr she. cried, hugging him close,
wet at he was, as if
~she would hold c him
back, ironall dangers forever. "111 tad
been there, Quy,l could' nt have let,, , yon; do
t 404- t. 4 f VE , I I I rlO3O.
went' lin after the , coals, of fire, igne
her."
Mrs. Morgan,k-new how- to-:laugh, with
her boy, as, well as how ,to cry overihim.
"I've heard of people smart enough>s set
the rivet. on fire," she& ora, t. but 'lll are
the first 'one I - everknow' who .went4,after
the wale? '
The next* crime kidele t gatAn of
the boys, i 4
withDiti'OSg6it their' head.
Every ,one , was, thew rar seerr. - the
blo* * J a;kr i•hda,"ilde
taunts afterwards. , They came, into the
sitting-room, and ",said`; their Say fly
before his'mether. , Dick wauspokesman.
"'lhave ,come," lie Aid, "to aak you tO for
give me. I struck yon a mean,
unjustifia:
ble blow. You received it with noble COlL
tempt. To yrovdie` yoix into fighting, I
called' you a .co *lid; Idea rt(l3 bring yOu
down by some;means to, my own 1ev,e1,..,y0u
here that, too, with,• a greatness I , ,was, not ,
great enough to-understand. I do under
•standi now., ,I ,ihavejscsn , you j -41
boys have seen you—face to face with
Death, and seen 'that you wer n't afraid •ef
him. You fought" with him and f`e,ame off
ahead; and NO i alliiie,ceMe,to do honOr to:
the bravest boy in i,0,wn,. / and I to thank you ;
for a • life a: great, deal' .dearer:, and better:
worth saving than my own."
Dick broke down just there, for the tears
choked hire ,rfifiCT'
Guy was as grain in his forgiveness as
he bad been in his forbearance.
Betty and her father , , and mother came
afterwards, and Guy found himself made a
f t ,
herp ofAeforNhe ji knw iti i 24 TW; it'
alllmOved liiiii'llstild, iditis IA " IRO enxiciya
,
~, ;: i, ~ --A
wilidsi az:044,00.41e i heilegyfuli mai itim
had kept with honor and with patience,
ihis pledge to ker r aq. ke.liak his reward.
'The Mastells wityi.-011tpeactf. liiid Not misled
;him.—Louise Chandler Moulton, in Our Young
lialks.. , , '9,,. ~ I) it S.t,, , ~
THE MOUNTAIN STREAM.
! , BY REV. HENRY M. SCUDDER,
! Watch thO;Stream., J - ust hear how noie
less it flows! Ifew contemplative its silent
lapse ! 1t1.444 wears aglossy, varying hue, like
tW.406. 111 4. - sligJaDd
the lis n facility of pil. Tiere is not
even aunctuo nisfeti,"'lng4 filf3n9diriliii,J hitt just a
thWt49.l. 2 r,,ear strains to? PaOh
surface is a , mirror, and .14,.,thei „flawless
bosom of this.softly , flowing,
emerald;.the sky 'buildwituother hemisphere
below to'Corr?;plete H iki'gl,obe of ethereal
Take an6A§1.;1441 and see h0N4019 strum
releases itself; from, this. seeming inertness..
It. glides swiftly over the back/ of a' broad;-
fiat rock, andi.flashes out 'frouvits 'edge . in'a
gfiget, as ti l l6lZgh it; r iiaiC4 directly
from'thatledge as fitim a fOuniain ;:aiy:d i ow
it has found its voice, and had a different
melody for : ovlwobject that tonal - es it. It
murmurs as iI breliks into npplei around a
elumprof grass-; it chatters to the dipping ,
,bough of 'an` overhanging bush; itbrushes,
as 'with the dpw, the floiver-petaki,
that stoop to it; it darts up into little ex
clamation poin - As,
its ruggedness with, the lace-work of,a rain,
bow mist; it utters a remonstrance as if
wheels with dignity aro,und,o, stcmy promon
tory; and it runs gleefully (Town a staircase
of rocks,, with .a ::sprightly step ands the song
of a child. • . ./
'Now it wateSMerrier, and rolls, and gum
bolo, and disports itSelf,'ttrinblinguVe over
wave, and ,curl, over Curl,; tosses;Up
a wreathrof water, to be.touched by the sun
light and glorified into diamonds; and there,l
cbtiposing its features, it steals with Trion
eqeable flow . under a tree whoselearshe-,
dows, swayed bythe,wind,tredd the wafroary
floor in a beautiful-dance—the leaf shadows
danchag band-in-hand with the spangles
made by 'the intervening'sunbcamS.
On ward it goes, at inercased'iriee, with"
the rush and tumult of quickened motion,
and, as- far as you. Call see, are ridges : and ,
fissures of foam, and crested waves, march
ing like battalions until they come to a ba=
sin, into which they bravely fling them
selves, changing the water's delicate •green
volume into a bulk of
,creamy foam, from
the edge of which fleets of bubbles, arise and
'sail off down the stream to surrender their
existence tolthe first shock they meet.
Once again the stream subsides to gentle
ness. There are rippleß.., but thcy are
legs—tremulous dimples, without andilile
laughter—sthiles breakingtir
oupon its face,as if it were tired of singing, and talking,
and roaring, and wished now to think, and
only to smile, out its own thoughts.
Whatever aspect it assumes, it never as-'
slimes uncouthness;
it, never sacrifices its
lovelineSs; it neverforgets'io be graceful:
Whiip ,qxliatistleags beauty i tnere is in tlaia
one stream.!J could not find, it. all oat ifqt
were tustuily , it• fore years. If this stream s .
then, is 'one thought, , one musical thought of-
Goeli.orte single ray front= :that infinite intel
lect, how beautiful must he be! I gaze upon
the stream as an expression of the beauty of
his character, and I exclaim,
"Thou hidden love of God, whose height,
Whose depths unfathomed no man knows!
I see from far thy bounteous light,
And only sigh for thy repose ;
My heart is pained nor can it be
At rest till it finds rest in thee."
THE JORDAN.
There is no evidence of any serious change
within historic periods, in the general fea
tures of the country: Doubtless, earth
quakes sufficient to destroy cities (arid they .
need not be very severe to do that) have
occurred, here ; but that any, throwing up
of mountain chains, or sudden, sinking. of
levels- has occurred here since~ the days of
Adam, would-:-not Iprobablyi occur 'to any
scientific observei. ''There it', • and 'mast
ways have beeifi.',,a'treMeriOotis Lida wholly
ei6ePlißnal 4 . 13,0 1 48i 6 h this valley., The
JOidan,.riaing i ,a,,huidred, miles north, be,
tween ,the ranges, of Lebanon and Ante-
Lebanon, empties first into Lake , Meromk
and.then by.a rapid descent ':of NO feet"in,
a few miles, into' the Sea of Galilee; be ,
twden thit'Sea and thellfead' i dkit - deshends
i i
1 0 1 . 0`01betbYgS . ,,O.C . :40).,P4A
and turns, created. by the' burrOWing of its
'violent current 7 —doiibling its length..
tia.srtiibrked Ht'oef so Pd'e*,iiiiii&-the-= saface
that'itS' W„athiS
,fiubtifY OUl,Ythe 16Weit bed
NI
of the. river, leajAngli. deli:We , banks the'
loweit bed '
.being ,converted into a jungle of
'bushes l and . thickets, and.,the . original bed,
perhaps, is •-batiren;. sandy waste. A -more
W
rept] ye) or a ;• more 'useless 'river,' exCept for ,
the 'xi:wee - 131141y of the/thirst 6tinan
'yeast; cannotbe' l fpit,nd WfheWoilcl. 'There,
are now Tl O `villiagesA4E,),l3,,E4ll9Vei were,
any, along its banks .__ Irrigation 'from it
'was. never possible,
th6;iery":retPerSeof„ the Nile 4.ll,KS„retations.
to the country it flows through.,
It .is now-very _and' , .:almost unap
proachable; 'quite Unfordable.:t- AL disagree-.
able swamp lies - TonnOs that WC'
found 'it impossibl° to govili6 'benefit' Of any
shade frthn'th6 irpea, close' to, its main bed.
managed, ho,Wever, tp: get on the hank
by ,the .Greek ford, and . ',to sec ,the place•
which, ; just .before.Easter,iis thronged with
thousands of pilgrims 'who' wash'' in the
sacred Tiver,'Whibhi the baptiCin. of:Jesus
'hadMade cleanse 'from S r
in
It is d'origitiered . :"k6lSC,hie that the Lord,'s
'baptism, occurred near here., „gere • at this
fpro, just opposite Jcricho, in' the shadow
! of theiJodean someiseVen miles east=
ward;: must, have , :been 'the place where
ITOshea led the :elto'sent Pebpl6, With ' their,
ii 4 fro 4,", across' the stream, very
6 f,,
t ) 4l' Year- irmn
the mountains, ju.st in fro t it,Moses
looked,from the stip. unfixed peak of Riagah
'do wrt,upon the lan dihewas never, toenter, and
!his ever venerable :ashes Slumber Somewhere
on Nebo's:lll3lsettred'Still'.'' . ','We' crosi3ed l the
;plain to . T0409; -- 01:ialp l elItit t
-to be Gilgal in 'tii; 7 moii64l liiith:Ein'd 'as
cended thc _green hnt....neglerted foothills
watered by the Prook 4 Qlterith and by the.
Antillttp:
ea . tents juhtlinder'the j hillo'cks of ruins
,
which are supposed to be the remains-of the
city that fell' lliddie,..X.OilitialsEtains'-horns.
Lieutenant Warren,.- OP PrAdiratOPPO jrn
his Taluald9 e 2 ;091 1 L149n,P, ctPt.Tier,ulatem,,
now ! liufroviing in fdar or five different
places in "'tbeielieapiii 'Of' iiiiifibfal earth,' to
discover semi -m'ore-pesiti4e 7 traeee - of 'the}
~ ‘I :;, r',,
ik .,Thirc„haye IAeR, ,a,Roman and,aMpslem
Jericho here sipce trua's'j,er,icho, and It
seernieli ) irdli rlet i efli ,T,pri nin ad which is 'w hl ch."
Lieutenant W'arrin' yet "nothing
very dectsive,raftlimigli herthas'struckodown
tor-M04.0P paveroen t, bah encOuragedi
higi, i tc: think some t importapf revelation , may
be Corning. .llls,picploratiorls' at Jerusalem,
hive' 'opened 'Very - inifookant series - of
`subterranean 'elkarnbelis 'he'iteifh the site 'of;
the Pliosque' 'Onifir,',and a l 'trerft - parls'age,
supposed to"'lie- dd. fend'elgithiild" way. try'
which 'troops Wefe''passeal ISillornOir'S'
timel kom M : oriah,' conk
necti * ng the palace land' citadel with 'the
t et typi e ,,r
"
crestieduthe-'BrOok ' ehe'rith,''and read' th
:whale 'heck efdTdialaga'rirt `'the iireaende"cif
the Beetles thititinaw thaevel'its•it ebtarnenicil"
rates'. "--.Nt• Gen:RA-taut to''
:regard-Joshua' as it,' gferit,' soldier: Those";
who',i'havii been' 'Ovef 'these fOrl'
not think 'biri
vecorrib n' kind' Of milititry .
r'rni moVetdentit
nor anrcif his'strategicarpOstObnri
Biit WetshaThechniPirpon trivek again; I'
hope; iginong thfe' very'. 13ceiteil tif bis rapid
bloArs, land 4 tiee' df the ltlifty- ,
one kings , l ire!sleivlierd-flipir Strife:- . .Mean,
w le,. we lake Wity'baek 'to TerVialem.
How ekpresrille' the '," dOwn
Jericho,' :via Ser6alefba;"lbeeeme
after going over "this eiecrable'relad, with
its endless descent to' the' valley 'andlits endL
less climb up Alinlloly City !--Ifiberal
Chri.stirtte. '
9w MEN ,lIAEE troos,O.
Life is short and art is long. -I,ln the secu
lar sphere it is conceded that the, powerful
minds are, those • who, rigorously, ,confine,
themselves to, sine, department, or thought. ,
Newton , cultivated sci ence, and, neglected lit-,
erature. Kant. wrought in•the_quiCksilver,
mines of-, metaphysics for .fifty years, and
was happy and mighty in, his' tOtle work.
These men, made epochs,, because. they did
not career over the whole encycloptedia.
Aad_the.samecis true in..the , sphere-of xeli
gion. The giants in theology have dared
to let malir 3 beekw go tinread i that they
might be profoundly versed' in teirelation.
And the mighty.men practical
the-reformers, the nigultiOnfrilbec,the'vroadv
sis,..bave foundin tliedistitTgv?Virvaval
ical elements of Christianity, and their ap
&cation .to the ipdividuallapttl,k.eoV4.'anti
more than enon . gh,ito employ all , ';heir pow:
ers'and enthisnism.!---Dr. Sluid(re.ll4.
There was in one of our English villages,
a poor fellow who was called Jack, and who
earned his living by selling a few pins and
needles, and such like. Ile was a man who
bad not all his wits. He had wit enough to
be always drunk,,which takes no wit at all,
but he had not wit enough to do much
else. In going along the street he heard
some poor women singing this very simple
ditty—
—The Occident
Jack thought that was a pleasant little
rhyme, and so he began to say it to himself,
and it pleased , God to impress it not only
on his memory, but on his, conscience. The
=ln became a changed man. He gave up
his swearing, and his drunkenness, and every
one could • Fi who knew him, that there was
Sofilething going on in his heart more than
had been before. At last,'Jbhp felt he was
called bf God, .and,he came to 'the minister
an d Usliedliim if he would admit him into
John," said the minis
ter "what' is your experience? He says,
ckehavnnot got 'any, sir." " Not got, any
exPerien`cifftri l nd John?" "Then I cannot
receive iOte." aid' he; 4pii, I know that
• : a : paw* sinner, anB .nothing at all,
AncluiThsaV Christ is tiny 'all in all.
"Can you no 11 me_any r thing,more?" "No,
sir tha£;isaqll i bitlai r ell:Fot:' ,/4 q 'have no
objection; to.inceitre y0i4:411n," said the
minister, ." - but you ,must,eome before the
ohureh,land they will ask you-u groat many
qubstions, , and I don't know-what you will
- "I knowitAatPl4ill.do either,"
said John, Tdhir *as brought inter tke room
i+i'herf; !ale ilieifiberA oftblii church were sit
ting;,,and tie minister said, liother John,
yolLan expeeted‘now to state, your experi
enee:'.l. :John rose ; mild very modestly said,
a pOor shiner; and nothing at all,
And Jesus Christ is my all in all;
and sat down. So. an , old. deacon got up and
said, ".I' say, friend John, this won't 'do. This
in; rWeriongh. qothe, do y t., you ever
have any, doubts and' fears'?" `"No," said
John cannotdoubt that
Fin spoor "sinner, and.tnothing at all,
for ,I..know that I Ain, ari, fl,flare not doubt
that .;
because. he hassaid it, andit would be wrong
to doubt what he says.',i , That deacon sat
down, and another get up and said, "Friend
Sohn, there are times *hep my evidences
are very bright, and I feel
. confident, and,
at other 'times, VloSiS .thy'evideneee, and I
fe6l that'l 'hive .gone back in the Divine life.
IS it 80 with you? ",.T;cannot,go back, sir,"
said,Jolln, "for
I'm'a'poor'einner, =and itOthing at all,
I‘san't be 'mach, lap, than: :Chat, sir, and I
mat:go:forward, air, for..:
and I don't - want more than that. It is
everything to '"Nay," 'said - the other,
"lint: sometimes I feel : t h getting rich
ingr gee, i6kat other times I lose my evi
dences." "I don't lose anything," said John,
I'm a pair, sinner; ,and 'nothing 'at all, .
from 0 1 :4 11 rn1 3 Cfg 1 I) PLYAgig me; and
JesuslOtiristiiist mpaltiTY
BO' 1 W
41, 1 never rieher:,a44 . never poorer."
TJ pued,,them. 'They • could not make
it out., ,The 'ininiatet, said a few. words in
Johii?s. favor, and it: was carried by a large
majority thattlre brothel sh'o'uld be admitted,
though he bad isaid'ibilt very little. After-
Wards pciOt rnaii,, t Was, pnte,d for being
one of the 4ppiest ,q.biistians, - iOihe church;
for no one could make And as
long an he f lived,his dittylwas— ,
Pt& a Toor sinner; and - nothing at all,
And- ekie Christ le ray all in all,
. NOT-A , MINUTE -TO SPARE.
WC 'are, many of us, too busy'; our time
is tooabsorbingly,occupted.
_,.Many a good
icle i d,'for 4g LAtd;gBCs u j udoire because we
have, no limo, to do it, A dear child who
lad, : been deeply, afflicted, very. sick, when
she tocik,herifirst , walk .ou.t• saw , her teacher
coming. , •She .expected to'recsive a kindly
gitaing, but tlie'teaclrei *SO' - too busy.
She Tearell - slie Should 'he detained, and so,
with bu 11 1 1 346 glance, and *simple good
nu °ruing, „ she, 1 , hastily„ pakttied on, and the
child •malked!; disoonsolate.,,, , That teacher
hadrforgotten. , whattholAirdlhad said about
offending one'otth . osClititteroiles; she should
not have all Owed 'worle.to'so crowd her
that she'Could not have minute to spare”
'WhCr the, Lord ailredffilt
„
A PitAyin FOS, ALL W I:VBE;.—=s` Lord bless
and preserve„ mylinsband,, his life be
long and, blessed, rc.oillfortable and holy ;
and. let mealso,beeome a , great blessing and
comfort -into him; a. sharer in all his joys, 3
refreshment sorrows;
a meet helper
for him in all the accidents and changes of
the; world-; inake - mioaardinirable forever in
his eyes, 'and •;veryl dear! to him. Unite his
heart to' m 6,1111116 deareat Union of lore
and holiness and. Mine to 'hiin in all the
sweatnees of charity, and, cOmpliance.
keep :me from all ungentleness and unrea
sonableness-, and unseasonableness of passion
and humor,iand make me bumble and obe'
client, 'charitable and lvving, patient and
contented: . tidal
4 and''ebserVant, that Re
n ay,delight in A otber according to Thy
blessed word, andordinance, and both of 11 '
Marrejoiee in . thee,, having., our portion i 3
the love and service of God forever.”
He lovectna when we were enemies, witb
a-
love expensive andinteteeting beyond ex
lov?Vitt 0 . 74)98ed to ign ° ( i
miny and ,thet , Him His bl° °
and His, life:; , ' th at makes over to,
those who believe; ; ii:l 4 ',F4l` 4 ,„:, e li the r i c h e s of
. grace WA
JACK'S EXPERIENCE.
I'm a poor sinner, and nothing at all,
But Jesus Christ is, my all in all.
Jesus Christ is my all in all,
.3eani'diliisi is * ni ay
./a all
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