fam4 THE KING THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD -Testis, hastening for the world to suffer, Enters in, -Jerusalem, to thee: With His twelve He goeth forth to offer That free Sacrifice He came to be. They that follow Him with true affection Stand prepared to suffer for His name : Be ye ready, then, for man's rejection, For the mockery, the reproach, the shame Now, in sorrow, sorrow finds its healing : In the form wherein our lather fell, Christ appears, those quickening Wounds revealing, Which shall save from sin and death and hell. Now, Judea, call thy Priesthood nigh thee I Now for Deicide prepare thy hands! Lo! thy Monarch, meek and gentle, by thee I Lo the Lamb and Shepherd in thee stands ! To thy Monarch, Salem, give glad greeting I Willingly He hastens to be slain, For the multitude His entrance meeting With their false Hosanna's ceaseless strain. Blest is He that comes, they cry, On the Cross for man to die I Bt. 4ndrew of Crete LOVING IN WORDS " Holy twit I love you, dear mamma I" said little Many Lee as she kissed her mother again and again. " If my little daughter loves me so much, I hope she will show it• by being very goodand obedient to day," said Mrs. Lee as she went out of the room to attend to some domestic duties, leaving Mary to amuse herself with her play things. In the first place, she rocked her o 11. , singing to it, " Hush, my dear ! lie still and slumber," until she chose to consider dolly fast asleep ; then she walked on tiptoe to the place where her blocks where stored, and amused herself for a long time in building churches with such tall steeples, that it was quite a wonder that she could balance the blocks so nicely. •At length she was tired of this employment, and seated herself in her little chair to rest. On looking around the room, she saw for the first time, her mother's watch lying on the table. Mary had been told that she was never, on any account, to touch this watch.; and, when she first saw it, she had no intention . of doing so : but she went up to. the , table, and thought she would like to take it in her hand, and put it to her ear to hear it tick. Conscience, that little voice within, told her she would be disobeying her kind mother: but she hushed it by saying to herself, " Mother doesn't want me to touch her watch becauge she is afraid I won't be careful of it; but I will. I know I can play with it, and not hurt it at all." And, thus persuading herself that she was not doing very wrong, she took the watch in .her handheld it to her ear, and then laid it down again very carefully. Then she thought she would put the chain around her neck, and wear the- watch as her mother did. She did so, and had just viewed herself in the glass, quite pleased that she looked so much like a grown-up lady, when she heard some one coming. In her haste to snatch off the watch, it slipped through her fingers, and fell with a crash to the floor, breaking the crys tal, and otherwise injuring it. Just then the door opened, and her mother entered the room; and oh, how grieved and sorry she was when she saw what was done " Can it be." she said, " that this is tbe little girl who said she loved her mother so much an hour ago? Ah I it was only love in words : if she had felt it in the heart, she would not have disobeyed her." Little Mary cried very much, and asked her mother's forgiveness, and seemed so truly sorry for her fault, that her mother promised to try and forget her bad conduct if She would do better in future. I have been thinking that perhaps some of the readers of this paper not only love their parents in the same way that Mary did, but that they grieve their kind heavenly Father with giving Him only this kind of worthless affection. If any little boy thinks he loves Jesus, and then very often tells what is not true, or isobeys his parents, or plays on the Sabbath, he is certainly deceiving himself; ; for God expressly forbids these things, and he says,"He that keepeth . My commandments, he it is tat loveth Me." Neither God nor your parents have any value for the love which is shown only in words.—Child at Rome. JOHN PLOWMAN'S TALK ABOUT WIVES. When a couple fall out, there are always faults on both sides; and generally there is a a pound on one, and sixteen ounces on the other. When a home is miserable, it is as often the husband's fault as the wife's. Darby is as much to blame as Joan, and sometimes more. If the husband won't keep sugar in the cupboard, no wonder his wife gets sour: Want of bread makes want of love: lean dogs fight. Poverty generally rides home on the husband's back; for it is not often the woman's place to go out work ing for wages. A man down our parts gave his wife a ring with this on it: " If thee don't work, thee sha'n't eat." He was a brute. It was no business of hers to bring in the grist: she is to see it is well used, and not wasted. Therefore 1 say, short commons are not her fault. She is not the bread-winner, but the bread-maker. She earns more at home than any wages she can get abroad. It is not the wife who smokes and drinks away the wages at " The Brown Bear" or , f The jolly Tows." One sees a drunken woman now and then,,and it's an awful sight; but in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, it is the man who comes home tipsy and abuses tke*,children ; the woman seldom does that. The poor drudge of a wife is ti teetotaler ' whether she likes it or not, and gets plenty of hot water as well as cold. Women are found fault with for often looking into the glass; ,'but that is not so bad' a glass as men drown their senses in. The wives do not s't boozing over the tap-room fire; they, poor souls I are shivering at home with the baby, watching the clock (if there is .one) wondering when their lords and masters will come home, and — crying While they wait. I wonder they THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1869. don't strike. Some of them are about as wretched as a cockchafer on a pin, or a mouse in a cat's mouth. They have to nurse the sick gill, and wash the dirty boy, and bear with the crying and noise of the children ; while his lordship puts on his hat, lights his pipe, and goes off about his own pleasure, or comes in at his own time to find fault with his poor dame for not getting him a fine supper. How could he expect to be fed like a fighting-cock when he brought home so little money on Saturday night, acid spent so much in worshipping Sir John Barleycorn? I say it, and I know it, there's many a house where there Would be no scolding wife if there was not a skulking, guzzling hus band. Fellows not worth their salt money drink and drink till all is blue, and then turn on their hacks for not having more to give them. Don't tell me: I say it, and will maintain it, a woman can't help being vexed, when, with all her mend ing and striving, she can't keep house, because hrr husband won t let her It would provoke any of us if we had to make bricks without straw, keep the pot boiling without fire, and pay the piper out of an empty purse. What can she get out of the-oven when she has - neither meal , . nor dOugh ? Bad husbands are great sinners, and ought to be hung up by their heels till they learn to behave better. They say a man of straw is worth a woman of gold ; but I cannot swallow it : a man of straw is worth, no more than a Woman of st . rair, old sayings lie as they like. Jack is no better than . Jill, as a iule. When there is wisdom in the husband, there'sTentleuess-in the wife; and, be tweeh theni the' - old - Wedding wish is =worked out: " One year of joy, another of comfort, and all the rest Of content." Where hearts agree, there joy will be. .United hearts death only parts. They say marriuge is not often merry age, but very commonly mar-age: well, if so, the coat and waistcoat have as much to do with it as the gown and petticoat. The honeymoon, need not come to an end ; and when it does, it is. often the man's fault fOr eating all the honey, and leaving nothing but moonshine: when they both agree, that, whatever becomes of the moon, they will each keep up their share of , honey, there's merry living. When a man lives under the , sign of the cat's foot, where faces get scratched, either his wife . did not marry a man, or he did not marry a woman. I don't pity 'most 'of the men-martyrs': I save my pity for the women. When the Dunmow flitch is lost, neither of the pair will eat the bacon, but the wife is the-most likely to fast for the want of it. 'Every herring must hang by its own gill, and every person must account for his own share in home-quar rels; but John Plowman can't bear to see all the blame laid on the women. Whenever a dish is broke, the cat did it; and whenever there is mischief, there's.a woman at the bottom of it : here are two as pretty lies as you will meet with in a month's march. There's a why for every wherefore; but the why for family jars does not always lie with the housekeeper. I know some women have long tongues ; then the more's the pity that their husbands should set them go= ing. But, for the matter of talk, just look into a bar-parlor when the men's tongues are well oiled with liquor, and if any women 'living can talk faster, or be more stupid, than the men, my name is not John Plowman. My experience of my first wife, who will, I hope, live to be my last, is much as follows : Matrimony'came from paradirie, and leads to it. I never was half so happy before I was a married man as I am now. When you are married, your bliss begins. I. have no doubt, that, where there is much love, there will be much to love; and, where love is scant, faults will be plentiful. If there is only one good wife in England, I am the man who put the ring on her finger; and long may she wear it ! God bless the dar soul ! If she can put up with me, she shall never be put down by pie.- 7 Sprgeon's Sword and Trowel. BEING HIS OWN PILOT. A bright boy who loved the sea entered on a sailor's life when very young. He rose to quick promotion, and while quite a young man was made the master of a ship. One day a passenger spoke to him upon the voyage, and asked if he should anchor off a certain headland, supposing 'he would anchor there and telegraph for a pilot to take the vessel into port. ' Another! no, not I. I mean to be 'in dock with the morning tide. LI thought, perhaps, you would signal for a pilot.' . •, I am my own pilot;' was the curt reply. Intent upon reaching port by morning, he took a narrow channel to save distance. Old,: bronzed, and gray-headed seamen turned their swarthy - faces to the 'sky, which boded squally weather, and shook their heads. Cautious passengers went to the young Captain and 13esoiight him to take the wider course, but he only laughed at their fears and repeated his promise to be in dock at day-break. We need not pause to dramatize a storm at sea; the alarm of breitkers shouted hoarsely through the wind and the wild orders to get the life boats manned. Enough to 'say that the' captain was arihore earlier than he promised —tossed sportively upon some weedy beech, a dead thing that the waves were weary of —a toy that the tempest waa tired of plays ing with, and his queenly ship and costly freight were scattered over the surfy acres of an angry sea. How was this ? The glory of that young man was his strength ; but he was his own pilot. His own pilot! There was his blunder—fatal, suicidal blun der. 0, young men, beware of being your own pilot. Take on board the true and able Pilot, who can stride upon those waves, who can speak, Peace, be still,' to that rough Boreas, so that with Christ in the vessel you may smile at the storm.' To be emptied of self, that is your need. Send a message to heaven for help. Telegraph for a pilot. You won't ask in vain. And en couraged by the help that is 'vouchsafed once, you will ask again and Again, and seek grace to help in every time of, need.— Christian Instructor. To do good and to suffer evil are the pecu liar tokeus of a true Servant of Christ. A PLEA FOIL TEE LITTLE FOLKS Don't expect too much of them. It has taken forty years, it may be, to make you what you are, with all their lessons of ex perience; and I dare say you are a faulty being at best Above all, don't expect judgment in a child or patience under trials. Sympathize in their mistakes and troubles; don't ridicule them. Remember not to measure your child's trials by your standard. " As one whom a mother comforteth," says an inspired writer, and beautifully (Ices he convey to us the deep, faithful love that ought to be found in every woman's heart, the unfailing sympathy with all her chil dren's griefs. When I see children go ing to their father for comfort, I am sure there is something wrong with their mo ther. Let the memories of their childhood be as bright as you can make them. Grant them every innocent pleasure in your power We have often felt our temper rise to see how carelessly their little plans have been thwarted by older persons, when a little trouble on their part would have given the child pleasure, the memory of which would last a life-time. Lastly, don't think a child a helpless case because it betrays some very bad habits. We have known children that seemed to have been born thieves and liars, so early did they display these undeniable traits; yet we have lived to see the same children become useful men and women, and ornaments -to society. We must con fess they had *ise, affectionate parents. And whatever else you may be compelled to deny your child by your oircurnstan- COS in life, give it what it most values. plenty of love.—.Epis. Methodist. STABAT MATER DOLOROSA. Lt the Cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful mother weeping, Where He hung, the, dying Lord . ; For her soul, of. joy bereaved, Bowed with anguish, deeply grieved, Felt the sharp' and piercing sword. Oh, how sad and sore distressed Now was she, that mother blessed Of the Sole begotten One; Deep the woe of her affliction; When sbe•sacv the Crucifixion Of her ever-glorious'Sort. Who on Christ's dear mother gazing, Pierced, by anguish so amazing, Born of woman, would not weep? Who on Christ's dear mother thinking, Such a cup of sorrow drinking, Would not shire her sorrows deep? For His people's sins chastised, She beheld her Son despised, Scourged, andcrOwned with thorns entwined, Saw Him then from judgment taken, And'in death by all forsaken, Till His Spirit Hn.resigned, Jesti, may.such deep devotion Stir in me the same emotion, Fount of love; Redeemer kind, That my heart, fresh ardor gaining, And a - purer love attaining, May with Thee acceptance find. Anonymous MOTHOLOGY. 44 They shall all wax old as a garment ; the moth shall eat therii.4." Isaiah. "Yet they say, all the yarn she spun in Ulysses' ab sence, did but fill Ithaca with moths." Shakespeare. "If Patapsco will write an article from his Garret on the moth, and its habits, and particularly how early we housewives should pack our, goods, away to escape the attacks of this mischievous marauder, I think it will interest many and greatly please Mrs. A—. This good lady evidently feels a moth erly interest in this subject, for, no doubt, her children's garments have suffered some. Her range of ideas is somewhat more ex panded than that of some others who might ask questions upon the subject, for they would only wish to know how to destroy the animal, which ,might be toldlin :a fe* words, but my fair correspondent desires to know its " habits," which means, " Give us a short lecture on entomology, but no hum bug I" Not in the leapt, Madam, for, the moth is no more of a bug, than , a caterpillar is a reptile. Well, Madam, I. will begin by.' saying, Firstly, (as your husband says in his ser mons) The word moth, when properly used, embraces a large number of the smaller night butterflies, and it is only , by a misuse of language, that it is made to mean the little insect of which you housewives com plain. Secondly, (as Dr. S says) this little ani, mal belongs to the order Lepidoptera (your husband will tell you the Greek derivation of this word) that is, it is a butterfly, prop erly speaking, and not a bug, nor a fly, nor a beetle, nor a cricket, nor an ant, much less a reptile. It is distinguished from all the other orders of insects by its scaly wings, which are covered with minute beautifully shaped and colored specks, arranged like tiles upon a roof. Ode thing you 'must observe, that it is not the moth itself in its perfect, butterfly state that doe.g. the mischief. That is an innocent animal; without teeth, and incapable of do ing harm ) and taking no nourishmekit what ever daring its brief existence. - Thirdly, I must observe that the moth, or caterpillar, which eat holes into your wollens, is a very different animal from that vihiCh damages your carpets, as well as from that which injures yOur furs. They are all moths, so called, but - different' in species, and, also, in coloration. HoweVer, a careless observer would not discern the distinction, and it matters neither to the housewife The - clothes moth rejoices in the name . of, Tinea vestianella ; :the carpet moth is T. tapetzella .and the fur moth is T. pellionella, rather long and hard names for such tiny little creatures, but the language of scieneebas no trieisure.„ ,Fourth/y, (sloes i the,l)r.eyer - go fourthly ; in f his sermons Y if ,uo,, hridge,him, : ---thfrd/y is long enough, but ini , moth lecture it is ne t cessary,) The Teneans in their winged state have short and slender feelers, and a tuft on their foreheads arid very narrow wings, which are deeply fringed. They lay their eggs moistly in the Spring, in May and June, and die soon afterward. The eggs hatch out in about fifteen days, and the little whitish caterpillars, or moth-worms proceed ing from the eggs, immediately begin to gnaw the substance within their reach and cover themselves with the fragments, shaping them into little hollow rolls, some species carrying them about on their backs as they move along, and others fastening them to the substance they are eating, and then enlarge them from time to time, by addinff e' portions to the two open extremities and by gores set into the sides (you ladies know what that means) which they split open for that purpose. Concealed within their movellfle cases, they carry on the work of destruction through the summer, but in the autumn they leave off eating, make fast their habitations and remain at rest and seemingly torpid through the winter. _Early in the Spring, they change to chrysalids within their cases and in about twenty days afterwards are transformed into winged moths and come forth, flying about until they are ready to lay their eggs. They then contrive to slip into cracks, into dark clos ets and drawers, under the edges of carpets, in the folds of curtains and of garments hanging up, and into various other places, where they immediately lay the foundation for a new colony of destructive moth-worms. Well, the Finally. Early in June, the' prudent housekeeper will take care to beat up the moth quarters (not their limbs) and put them to flight or to disturb them so as to defeat their designs and destroy their eggs and young. ' ' With this view, wardrobes, closets, draw ers and chests should be laid open and emp tied of their contents, and all woollen gar ments, bedding, furs, feathers, carpets, cur tains and the like, should be exposed to the air and to the heat of the sun for several hours, and should not be put back in their places without a thorough brushi.ig, beating or shaking. By these means, the moths and the eggs will be dislodged and destroyed. Powdered black pepper strewed under the edges of the carpets, is said, to repel moths. Sheets of paper sprinkled with spirits of turpentine, camphor powdered coarsely, leaves, of tobacco, shavings of red cedar or of Russia leather, should be placed among the clothes, when they are laid aside for the, summer. Furs, plumes and other arti cles, not in constant use, are best preserved by being put with a few tobacco leaves, and bits of camphor into bags of thick brown paper, closely seT,cd up at the end. The cloth linings of carriages and chairs can be secured from the attacks of moths, by being washed or swinged with a solution of the corilAive sublimate 'of mercury in alcohol, made just strong, enough not to leave a white stain on a black feather. Moths can also' be killed by fumigating the article con taining them, with tobacco smoke or with sulphur.—Patapsco. in Lutheran Observer. HOW 00-OPERATIVE HOUSEKEEPING WILL PROMOTE THE HEALTH OP WOMEN. After what I have already said about the re sponsibilities of women in regard to the study, and practice of medicine, it follows that I should hope to see a great stimulus given it by co-operative housekeeping : for then, if any women possessed a peculiar gift for it, the association could take care of the bulk of her domestic concerns for her until she had received a regular medical training, and was qualified to be put in charge of the health department. Should she, out of respect to the resident physic ians, decline to practice medicine, still she will have a noble function in the prevention of, disease and physical deterioration, and in the assisting of physical. development. She will keep a strict eye on everything that goes out of the kitchen and clothing house, to see that nothing injurious to health, either in food or clothing, be igno- I randy adopted by the community, and that whatever is necessary to bodily well being_s,nd beauty be in constant use in every family. ,Defective teeth, thin hair, pale cheeks, flat and narrow chests, spindling legs and arms, boniness and: wrinkles in stead of roundness and dimples,—all this melancholy physical deficiency that haunts society and Makes home unhappy, exists because we do not know how to live physi cally; because we are ignorant what ele ments should preponderate in food and drink, in order to counteract i pe effects of I our dry and stimulating 'climate; because we do not make our own and oar children's muscular development in gymnasium and , _in the open air a solemn duty, or care what hours we keep, and what injurious customs we follow. The judicious head of the,laAalth department, will, however, gradually Change all this; and when the new generation grows up she will point with pride to the blooming Hebes and Janos all about as the just results of her enlightened physical teaching. Even before the children are born, abe will watch over the expectant mothers, that the formation of the new human being may go on with every favor able concurrence; and I suppose that in this 'connection a mass of phenomena is waiting to be studied by acute and expe rienced doctresses, of which the medical world little dreams. Another function of th-J co-operative doctress would be the training of her staff of nurses. It is in sickness, indeed, that perhaps co-operative housekeeping would shine the brightest. Some of these nurses will, no doubt, be ladies who love the work for its own sake and it would be well if each congregation represented in the association could have 'one or two of such. Nursing Slaters, as they .might be called, trained and ;ready to their pastor's need. The pillow of many a poor sufferer is stuffed with thOrns, as she re flects on the dirt and waste that may be running riot down•stairs in her absence, or on the discomfort that may be added to the anxieties of the husband whom she lov(-. In co-operation, however, neither sickm.., nor health would make any difference in the clock-like workings of the great domes tic machine, The Sisters would be trained not only in nursing, but in family manage ment and the care of children, so that in caw) no relative of a sick mother could be called upon, her little ones would still be attended to. And I really think one angelic office of the co-operative kitchen would bethe preparation of mod for the sick. What ex quisite delicacies would be sent in to tempt the fainting appetite! What wines and cordials would there be within the reach of all I and when the patient grew better, how easy to give her the needed daily ride in the carriage that would be kept by the as sociation especially for its invalids I—At lantic Monthly for March. LESSONS ON PAUL—XI. Acts 13: 42-50. When Paul had concluded his address did he remain in the synagogue ? Did the Jews leave the synagogue before the regular close of the service ? What request was made of Paul? By whom? Meaning of "these words"? Meaning of "next Sabbath " ? Who followed Paul and Barnabas as they went home ? What did the Apostles earnestly exhort them to do? Meaning of " the grace of God" ? Row ;were they to continue in the grace of God? What did Paul and Barnabas probably do dur inc,'- the week ? What proves that they were not idle? The next Sabbath who came to hear, theword of God ? Where were they assembled ? Of what different classes of people was the audience composed? What motives would brinc , them together ? Is it right to induce people to, come to church from other motives than to obey God's word ? What roused the envy of the Jews ? What is the souree of all opposition to the word of truth ? What would make the Jews particularly desir ous`that the Gentiles should not embrace the new doctrines ? How did they oppose Paul and Barnabas ? Meaning of " contradicting and blasphem ing" ? What extraordinary thing now took place in the synagogue ? llad it ever been done before 7 Where foretold that it should happen? flow did it differ from former offers to the Gentiles? Did our Saviour ever preach to Gentiles ? Did it differ from Peter's preaching to Corne lius ? Or Paul's to Sergius Paulus ? Were the Gentiles addressed, proselytes ? Did it require any special boldness to take such a position ? Does the courage now needed to be a Christian differ from it? Why necessary that the word should be spoken to the Jews first? Meaning of "judge yourselves unworthy" ? How does Paul show that he is right in turn ing to the Gentiles ? Who is meant by " thee " ? What does "ends of the earth" mean ? I,'roni what prophet is this quotation made ? Does Paul ever act in like manner afterwards? What two effects were produced by- his con duct ? .I.Vleaeinc , of "glorified the word of the Lord " Meaning of "ordained to eternal life"? How far was the Gospel preached ? By whom was the word thus published ? What did the Jews probably do first to Paul and Barnabas ? What more detepsnined to do? Through what two classes of people did they act? Why did they desire to "stir-tip" the wo men ? Where do we read of the influetnee of women contributing to the spread of Christianity ? Meaning of "devout and honorable " ? What was the result of the persecution ? What is meant by " coasts " ? Did the magistrate pass a formal sentence of banishment A GooD ONE.—During the first' years of the war, when change was , scarce and some large firms were issuing currency of their own, a farmer went to a store p a neighbor ing town and bought some goods, and gave the merchant a five dollar bill, of which 'he wanted seventy-five cents back. The mer chant counted out the amount and handed it over to the farmer. He looked at it a moment, and then inquired " What's this'." " my currency," said the mer chant. "Wal, 'taint good for nothin' whar I live," said the farmer. " Very well," re plied the merchant, "keep it till you get a dollar's worth and bring it to my store, and I will give you a dollar bill for it." The farmer pocketed the change and de parted. A few days after he went into the same store, and bought goods to the amount of one dollar, and after paying over the identical seventy-five cents, he , took out a handful of pumpkin-seeds and counted out twenty-five of them, and passed them over to the merchant " Why, what's this ?" said the merchant. " Wel," says the farmer, " this is my currency, and when you get a dollar's worth bring it oat to' my place and I will give you a dollar bill for it." The faithful performance of duty in the midst of shame, and detraetion, and perse cution, is a _spectacle, which angels cannot but admire, and men regard with honor.
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