278
Eljt
OH, NO, I'M NOT OLD!
Oh, no, I'm not old!—though the age-frost is cresting
With silvery line my once brown, curling hair;
And wide and deep furrows are quietly resting
On my brow, just to tell that long years have been
there.
Oh, no, I'm not old I—though my footsteps are growing
More feeble and blow, and my laugh is less gay ;
And the red on my cheek has long• since ceased its
glowing,
And my eyes grow more dim, and my strength ebbs
away.
Oh, no, I'm not old!—though the frame is decaying
The heart that's within is still buoyant and strong;
And I trust while on earth 'tis my lot to be staying,
That virtue and love wdl ta.freshness prolong.
The beauty of nature, its bud and its blossom,
The song of the bird, and the sun-set's,deep glow,
Are as sweet to my eye, and as dear to my bosom,
As they wve in fhe Spring-time of life, long ago.'
Oh, no, I'm not old!-'tis not wrinkles nor furrows,
Nor the number of years that should shioud'Us in
gloom ;
But the blighting of hepni mid 'ffife's thraldom and.
- soridw, '
May wither:the heart till it longs for the torah.' •
MRS. WILFRED'S JEWELS.
BY MRS. B. T. _PERRY
The biby tiotibliittome all - day.
The first tooth was just getting ready to
exhibit itself, through the,, gunk, and the pain.
attending Sunk an introduction to the world. •
had kept baby in state of'neriOus wakeful
ness. Its poor mothor's arms ached, for,the
unknowing little one had'seeined to suppose
that mother•was proof against weariness, and
had taxed those devoted arms .to, their 1/t-i
most strength. Soothed at last byt- it;
mother's sweet voice, singing "Nearer 'ply
God, to Thee," it had fallen asleep : So
fearful was Mrs. Wilfred that it woublwakei%
up again soon, that, she: 'had sent the chil
dren to bed, had turned down the gas,•and
seated herself
• by ',the - Alifirose Itaying
drawn the cradle up to her aide, she kept
jogging 'it with one hand, for the sleep so
long looked and wished . for:Utast ' not be
broken until batty taut had a good, 4 .Toilt lc
Mrs. Senator Wells lived next .door t'6 Mr s.
Wilfred; the stately mansion was -brilliant
ly lighted, for there was to be a grand par- ;:i
ty theie that night, and Mrs. Wilfred could
see from heflittle cottage windows the
graceful lady in her dressing-roOm unlock
'
ing a casket of jewelst-' Air she took:it:Jinn*
out their magnificent light; shone' thirongh
Mrs. Wilfred's window ' .and she saw that
diamonds.they were diaonds. The lady hung the
earrings in her ears, fastened the clus'ter 'Of
sparkling gems upon her bosom, and clasped
the necklace about her white neck. Then
she disappeared from the dressing:r - Ooni,
and went down to the parlors to receive her
guests. Ho* beautiful those, diamonds are,
thought Ars. Wilfred, and , how much thOjr,4
must,have cost Then she fell to musing,
and wondering why she had not. been 'Mrs.:`.
Senator Wells. She bad no jewels or jewel
ry, except a gold breaitpin with her mother's
, hair in it, which was given her on: her wed- •
ding-day. John, thought she;'onght to have
succeeded better with his business,and have
been able to place her in a' higher position.
Tired, weary mother ! she did not realize,
that in the sight of God her position waif'
the highest which He bestows upon
,a_innr-.
tal. That he had given - her in charge of
three immortal souls to train to liVe cerevei,
either in happiness or woe.: Oh deal
thought Mrs. Wilfred;ag the , curtains , were
drawn up to lower the window s frOni the'
top, how beautiful everything in• 'there=!
What elegant furniture., and what beautiful.
dreises She then cast her eyed upon her
own room, and, in the dim light, she-said,, ;
" How plain, how common 1" Just.theti the '
baby stirred, and she sang 'where she had A
left o ff before— - .cr - 3
" E'en though it be a cross- -
That raiseth me I
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God; to Thee,
- Nearer.to•Thes
Soothed by:the sweet voice, it became
quiet. Again Mrs. Wilfred looked -through
the window of her neighbor's house. That
is the ''World, thought she,liind I only get a
glimpse of its beauties.. Always: at homel7
with the children, no position, no. outer
what a lot is mine! The baby stirred;"
gain and'again she sang •
' - "Nearer, my God, to 'Mei
Just then uhi - heard ler husbancrs step r on
•
the walk. There comes John, she their& ;--
now I will sh:ow him the contrast !between'
. Dirs. .Senator Wells' life‘ And mine. Pool" -
t. be had, come home 'tired,' too, had
been bending ov,er the books in - thi3officeiall
diy, balancing the montl'.l3 at:daunts, and,
had,,foT the' last-two hours been looking 16E- -
ward, with happy thOughts, lip the cozy sit
ting-room''*hare he always found rest from,
his labors, for John Wilfred was one of thl3
few who turn, the ,key. pn,.,tl3"eir business
cares when they lock up the office at night, ,
He cane into, the, pitilpg-pqm door -Mid.:
milled upon his Wife, not re
turn the smile.; she , was.-leaningrher - htia l l:
uPorf her hands, gettink 'glimpse edflithiw
world;:and home and .the dear Ones weiS•bat-
Mud 13,0--thenshe El* 0.0 11 , not; tHer.hils,
band Came and took a seai.besideher.,
fla bekin fretful to day ?" he
/if tkeViesitlow tone of voice' aschis looked
in tqhe P4 1 4/0* ,T • .
"she bas cried
nearly .every,,*giUtP, ; am perfectly
worn out."
" Wherts.are thesithEir,diiilaren ?"
" I sent;them ta bed an lourago," - ehei. l i n , ..!
etwered, " the baby-would not go to slegii
Nihitathat vierezillt4), , rdinhe zaTamie has
wOrn.loles both:Tedeil'otilis.palits,piaz r
ing`itiarl)l4B'; thW#lft‘ttilf
,only ,pair e has
to wear to, sehool,. and mast be .patched " 'Uw
night, but I am so tired that I ein't*Vekt"
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1869.
oven to think of touching them. Alice cried
a half-hour because her doll has not been
dressed yet; she wants to take it to a doll's
party at her cousin Ella's to-morrow. One
pair of hands can't do everything."
"Do, John," she continued, " look through
the Senator's windows; they have a party
there ; see Mrs. Wells' diamonds, are they
not beautiful 7"
"They are beautiful," he replied.
"What a happy thing it must be to be
rich," she said. " Mrs. Wells goes' -and
comes when she pleases; she has plenty of
hands to wait on her."
"Riches do not always bring happiness,
Mary. Mrs. Wells in not as happy , as you
are, and , you know it ;'she has no little ones
to love her, as you have. What, my,. dear,
is, the:homage of the fickle world compared`
to the disinterested, pure love, of Ircliir three.
little children? I'not-hear you singing
' Nearer ' my God, to Thee?' Do you think
yon would• be drawn any nearertc,t, 09(.1,1
if you were the hostess' next door to
Mrs. Wilfred made no, reply, but. in her
heart she knew that she world - tte, drawn
farther Trona God. I ' .Y . 5 ;2 I
" You are tired to-night," he saicl. !". The
4-
constant care of the children is verY`wintik-.
ing and taxing.to thenervous system, and,,l
think:itris owing to physical weakness n in.,
stead:of yeir usual . good, noble heart being
diSeased . that' yeic are . ' so disoiiiitehact 'to
night." ypf
abhillwasa, oensiderate, loping
very tenderly•the lifted the slight form of
his wife from the chair before the, wingow;
andiaiii her on ,the sofa. " Now," he 'kid;
"rest,-try to sleep ifilon. can , and - 4
• -I
rock the baby." ,
Mi. Wilfred' toOIK his place iby the cradle.
,He Was.-thinking hisiwire, who, so weary,,,,
had already fallen asleep, and, not ,of Sirs.
'ells', grand party or Pier dianionds. - She
`,.haa'been . n - -`goodi!patitnit, faithful wife and
mother, he thought,,hut,she isloterworked
tonight, or fihnwould not talkand, feel as
she has. ,
'the baby was very restless, thelittie 'fe
vbriiili,,ariv;tras,throlvAilver the blanket**
the cradle,and its father, gently lifted it
and 'pit' it thick in' ite"place. - "Then • •he
looked at his sleePing wife, and Wished he
was able to give her more help,, I must try
to save Toney enough next mOtli to tiny'
&ilia bieastOin' aid , to nine ring, too, if
I; ..ean: '3 tile - theft tikby broke , ont,tin San
agnpizinx'ory. , 4.14. Wilfred sprang fromi
v h d •g o - t a: VW ,
.‘$ Where Is the- behyl:" She -saig, , " dear,
precious - baby !" she snatched it from the
oradreittn&pressedlititollrei
" O. John,?:',..!shn sfiltiA 01 have''NO .sach
strange dream." ,
" What wasit, my dear ?" her usband
) l, .
"I'diCalcied - ltlitit , llad all Mrs. Wells' dia
monds.-/ I_ felt so happy while pupiug f tkem
on, ,I.c9eined to be getting 'ready. to .To
somewhere, bnt as I was going I looked for
the childret to take with me, but they.were
'allgone./1. - called and called each by name,
bat; not one`di their came to me. looked
thronel:the' Senator's „window . and se* thera,all 'there. , I tried to get in the house,
but no one„would open , a door for,nirk. I
was-in despair, when all at once . .1 thought
Of the diamonds: I. said to the ,servant,
Here„ take these .back- to Mrs. Wells, and
give me my childien.':. Re carried in -the
diamonds.audjorpuglit the little ones, out.
o.they weie•so bid to see me. *lice wound
her,litthifat-arvKarp_insaTcay neck and Whis
pered, itis a more precious necklace
nrar ma Tommie kept
WhisPering, first and then.
other,' vrloire'yorl so much, iiimnima w lllove
you so much I" 'T.lion IR laughed and said,
"Those are tryouvcearrings, mamma; hang
* . tlibm in 'yon oars. You have 44cpam'illAvf
as Well as the grand lady. next door.' Theu
I
the.aby itcjittle lhead on my bosorn—L'
it wets a Olden—head with tarqao t ise eyes,
lielprettleet lirdai3tpin I ever_ saw. Then I
thought-44n augelrsaid to me, Those' are
yinir-jevitili.' .-M74. Wilfred kiksed,haby
ver,audov,et again and baby forgot - its
new tooth, anititrughed. aloud. .;s 1 itti ,
1.
"Little blue eyes," said its mother;
the
are-more lifeCious to me than all 'the' pre
cious ifenea money could
niukii• land dancing ;at the ,stately,
mansion went on, but Mrs.lWilfred t ,pnlled
down the, certain, turned on the gas, -.and
; Mrs.while ; Mrs. ; Wells received the homage o p th",
fashionable, changing world, she„kttbliesi
Tommie's'pinte and dressed Alice s doll-'
all the linierockinithe Cradle find singing
'"'Nearer, myeGodito Thee 1"" :
Beforkshe went to sleep,she yjsitedp s the - lit,-
.4abedla lantlesed the tears Jfrom
- Alide!e'ehM - candilcissed the brow of #914.14,
Tirpixtieemhose 4 patched pants had only ,
endeared him
,more,—for laboring foribose
! , , _gyie love
„MaNey.,oeif 4 431eur torus. rillittexahe
knelt' itUd`nalce'd 'for neiv strngth, that she
migglit not firrlitiVaiWtt by the way - Star:lo4lA
tbetpshe.nrightittive.glrace to, tui
train op
tle ones to be jewels in her Oroiiii"triejold-,
t
1
..•,,
3,t.p ~,:-.. ,A
li _„-, -.- -
T .SONCL, Q.E. Te 011ILDREIT.
" piiirizt.une„heard:otafSiilperwho,,„w"stltel74l7
diardNieittedatisk:tflietheid lived it '5 1 444:7
ness, , ..and st 4 astLoameertouthe shore to die.
; WhilioitpeuAis.,,dpAth-113d many approagkell
him ,with.;_khe,oj9e.p of,,doing his soul &le:
gOod. i . ,Xiia ;they failed': liVATiiiiitate,l;
assailed — thit heart they were.,- To y e d. ::
While i n In pin, with . the- -rndomr
opeu,
..he
~ ,es c r,d some children: ' sing, He,
listened. is eye !became Moist was
: He •
s6ftenedi an and emild'hg addOssed. `The ;Walls
of- his bard- heart, had ~ erumbled away be:
-fore-the” song of those children:" ic.l used to
sing that' sOn . - g;",..m;'saici; . , # ,Ark , mother
taughtfme_Wintw i li." With IthisAoßg.o4 . me
her ieed!orkred 'form back,, and. with it • her.
teiehing.,... Re cohtliskiekehiii sinireri'd Ave
;hope - iwasrasormtt.4l;cich doubtless used. this 3
'simple song to do him goodA .1 . 74 ,-10"-4'd't
NEGLEOT OF THE BIBLE.
One of the strangest books, it has been
remarked, to the general Protestant reader,
is the Bible. It is so little read, that many
things in it, if printed in a popular form,
,and generally circulated without reference
being made to the source from which they
are taken, would not only be the strangest,
but the freshest reading, which an ;enter
prising publisher could, perhaps,liesue.
more strange - than this, is the great degree
of truth in the fact here declared. It is a
sad fact, that the Bible is not generally a
well read book..- : The general taste of the
well
is not in that line. It is too true and
solidly doctrinal for'the modern type of re
ligion and popular notion.
• Thousands of Protestants, who - would 'he
the, very first to my out for their,right ^ to
-read the Bible, have never read it carefully
through. The great , privilege of an open
Bible is, not enjoyed as much as one might
'expect - ,'frOm the• - _Ontcry againet ) thoee
are opposed to., its use by the:cc:minion peo
ple: . It were safe to say, that no one is
,harmed rby too faithfully and prayerfully
the Word of God.
4e for proof of i this into the most popri..-
let 'Siiiiilay-sclio i ors. Ask the children big
and little as to their knowledge_of the_Bible.
iFew,Will be able to tell you anythini about
its main-truths.- A Perhaps here and there,-by
rote, they may know Something, about
-lated fact€ 4 in Bible hi Story.: 'Daniel "may' be
t&thtim' Dab Rice, in theanimal !
some of`them hicfe,Answered. ,Peter may, be
no, other-than twhat -the nursery rhyme tells
of, the pumpkin eater. -- • .;
Scarcely one in a hundred Chu honestly
tell you, that he or shb,,44:reed tho' Bible,
through. , Some - teachers themselves, -grown.
frctia., childhood in _the Sunday-school,,
,h! , tye not.. And very few read •as much , of
the Bible weekii; even in detached as
they read newsin ttre sponitir:paperk -",
The reading-cif -L ate Bibleought tOheeoMe
more. general.' It ought .slso to be more
;thorough. And thblleitching of the family
and the Sunday4Arocir; !inct,the reigning
spirit of - *he times ought:tb inculcate this
grace. For it Iregisce, a Christian
priVilege. oliglitto . be-more generally en
joyed. It is a family ditty to road the Bible - ,
It is private difti ! to read it - prayerfully.
And it ought to be ,read' thoroughly, and,
studied, and taught--tillit bebomes, not only
iiithbOrf,‘bilt bililactice; - a lamp unto -our
feet'and a light to lead mit thiSiyarof Jife.,
Reform is necoled . lndfor'here; that
the Christianlifeliftiy i be fed and nourished,
and grow strong in 00=:tiitirpf . t#e Lord.
—Reformed :pktrch,Afeisenger. ...}
GOING TO; 0.11111011.
lg I've a good mind lolay:PlrrieVer go to
_ _
church. again J", said "Mr 5 .1341, wife ~f an
iidikstrjous i meakanfe, that day atllle, everk 7
:i
ing meal. 20 . k
.." - What'§,up inquired hert.huidiiind .
vho
Was ri
ot like ? "
his wife, a :member of the
Ohara.
"Oh I Well, nothing Oat ahoy te,'l
s'pose,"isaid she. "I dare say 5.t1i3, - all 'my
wrong feeling,;: 0n1y,,1 worked all the week
as tight as I. could spring, every spare min
ute I had, to tarri„my old 0 1 0th sack, and
to fix over my bOrinbi, and attto _Chtifei ,
Seeling as if Llboieed: spruce and'‘,4ll6 l, llfre
folks: But you:ought to have seen the ladies
in their winter rigs l" s fcdritOuett. wish
you could 4 a' ,soen Mrs. lEL - olton come into. ,
church, every body- lookink Iter t ./IPd
was dressed 139 elbgant„.„ O . f course, Lknow
it to be wrong to covet,,aUd di - M l i - eoet,...e.s
I krfo'W of She is , vel'oblile‘ttfis'hei bilks; dile
her velvets and ler , frontww, and•rsichy fort
all of me. But Iknow — on - a8.414 contin
Mi
s..l3al l l , liarmly; it iFiidierilimPfor
m 9 to belong. to thc„samtl chkircli with her,
arid go therei'Siinelay after •Stpday , just a.,
,purpose to be made t itAfil i p of):14011 -
every Sunday of my life. usband," she
,said earnestly, " I do wisli,t4er,kLwas,..loo - 1 .
church where pc or folks was as gooTl:as rick
folks! I don't-min'il it week gays
digs I'6hp:ill - illlike to reef Itlat'Alle' 'llOra -
Joves me as much ,as He does ariybedy=if
could I"
" Better do lik pl
e e," hi - jib - and
1-1 " not go-via/all. All -, church i 2s-fare - alike
•=theya'n't meant for.',f,Oritabrsalolliii'
is: " • . I '.tf•zir , 4 -- '
Mrs:Ball did not like this concluSiort • but,
not knowing. how to otottlyow jt,,she4rop. 7
ped the- conversation'—idvanco.,.
FdUB IMPASSIBLE TINS
Firstf-to escapelfrouble •runnirsay
from duty; - Jonah opCV, , infide experi
raent ; bat eoon found hirnVelf
imitators
,wili . -the and lindlitlicuk selves.-
Tbereforn, manibily nrexkindo*kr,:,. opkati,tlie
diffibUltida la trials tp whinh 1.-the' post
a - Bleedyou by God'i_priiiiid_erw.e__exposee
UOM, " 1 - jI ai.i,T h
Second, to become a Chruitian of strung
and maturity withoitt, axidergotrAg . ..,spvere
trials ,4 nfflit
thin Vothire It burns up the dross,
and:lNtlceS`the phine..forth- with up
allnyedAnstre,-,
Third., to-forrein irid'opend43 CharaCter
FlXsr4t,.,wlien thToWnI ...0
.d
pon- their - oWn- ret
sCourceu.; 'The; oak in - the;.-middleof . the.
forest, * whiCh.iieurroiinded ou - 01',3174 - isrlik by:
.trees th -- shelter and ShUge.iC,:.rans aßtull
;lid-Eribkput it away froM'itiprOtectbii,
;Allite r l: W&liiiiill'ever4Tn' it: .
At tho,.-,satuo,.;troei rowing , ill the noim.,
field, where it istrotintially beat tepinA:. liy:,
tho 4 tempiist,,heCookets itfoown , proteetor.- -So
the insfv7llo . :ix ColikikateAJOl'ietir,AG/iii.
AVvAI lieiciorpCs follies an ipsipprOenpe „of,.
cha - ractor.6.:whichlrotioula not, ottierwige .
have attained': - - - '
Fourth, te.ho , a, , --groWing man , where yoti
lookle . yotir.;postfor influence, instead-of
kOrf&lwhifhescoirto yourintist'i itiliCie
foie, ,prefer iatfigi,climb up .hilliAvlth
difßeultSt;*thit'n to rol t down" , lititliiingloAmips
r
ease.
j~ ~ ._
—Mr. H. H. Jessup says that the most bitter
enemies of the Gospel in Syria now, are the Eu
ropean priests and nuns. A Romish padre has
just been burning Testaments, and Protestant
books, in Mukhtara.
—A new church was dedicated in Beirut, in
March. The congiegation was the largest ever
assembled to hear a Protestant sermon in Syria,
ana since that time the congregations have been
too large for the number of pews..
—Mr. Schneider, the *patriarch of the Aintab
mission, who has lately retired -to his earlier
charge at 13rooz a, thus reviews-the progress madein
the 21 years of his stay, with former' places " I
preached my first "sermon
,in A' iiitab, to a com
pany of 25 or 30 individuals,' in the year 1848.
Now;, the average audience Is '.near 1;000,/ard.
often rises to 1,200 and 1,500. Then there, was
&little church of 8 members; now there are two
churches, embracing 373 members. Then> the
entire ;community of -Attestants' numbered' only
some 40. souls, 011ilefr.aVpresent, there are 'to- .
wards 1,900, 0411 and great. The number had
become so large that a division; into- two separate
congregations became a
,necOsity ;
,and While
there was then hardlyany:nepre 'laborer, now .
two excellent and able native pastors are uetiled
_over these two awakes and ,communities. "fp''
the-beginning, too, on account 'Orthe smallnes)3
of -their number, next: to. nothing was done in
the- way-of self-support and general benevolence,
while new, both these churches and communities'
I f
are entirely `self supperting, sa aries,o en;
pastors and schoolte4hers, and all' other expen
ses, being wholly ilefrayed by themsebiei; and
in addition to an' this, during; the:pairtear
034.77 were' given , for general benevolence, and
01.Itewari - 10 the erection of a secelid'ehureh
flee. All this in gold; and in a., community
where a. day-laborer receives 13f centsper (hy,
and a mason-or carpenter 32 'eerita. ~n view
thOt poveity, und , the exactions of the ''Govern-
merit, this is pxtraordiriaiyilibeiiliey:',More theri'
one. half the male members of these churches'
, give- a tithe of their income` tb belieirtilene
.lee • "
!!,I4 the beginning we worshipped in k
room, in,a.privatihonse ;- but, for many years a
large church edifice has'been used, and a second_
ond for the benefit ottlaiecoiid church, Witbe
completed in;a few months. At first there was
no, • schOol, While, now there are seven-coinimm
rschools, with towards, 400 pupils: Then :there
, was•no Sabbath-school, at all, but, at. preslitiOhe
Sabbath-schgol contains an Average .nurnber . 0f
ooicl - 391:1,1and4 los been as high as MO,
and even z6OO, - Over twenty .pastors, and
a multitude of teachers; colporteurs, &e., have
been., trained' at Aintab, most Of whom are still
employed in the Master's vineyard; yhile a large
number ot.native laborers 'Of a lower grade, such
as tpaphera,ao colporteurs, have been tient, forth
-into the , surrounding legioriS i : often eiglit, or mere
being engaged in labor aftliesaMeAiiie: . Pina
when - the gospel Waitrit:preadhea - ,in:Aintakthe
Protestants were despised, and, perse'cifted,
„now4hey are not
. only recognized as a regular cMiamiirqty, withlol : rights And priVileg6s,
lint they have acquired for themsE;lves a name:
respect,; - and influence. Protestantistn conSid
ered. a Tovier there. Connected with 'Aintab
there are also now several out stations, in Which
are five churches with 120 members, and average
andiences, on the' Sabbath of '37s';' and seven
Ichoblkoontainingl24 pupili. These resnlts'in
tlie"Oui-stations are whblly the fiat - of the ra-'
'Vora of the Aintab church.
-4t
g oes, (" Ur of theoChaldees ") probabir
'not ar rot 200 souls from among the Armeni
atstavelieen added to the Protestants, t within
. .
4,At Bitlis; Easte'rn Turkey, : a sOrt of oppost--
:tion-reforni is going on , imotig the people - ,
( let to the more spiritual: movement-'directed by
theliiiAonariei.- The Vartabecl, instead:of: . paV
-.
seCuttoW is trying . to ttifitrol • the people in their
tendencies-to a Pute-bliristianity: 11.1 r: -Burbank
;rites to ,the ":-He•hafrallowed
r4l,44ietio; of - young'men 'toibeSormed, in
which ° , among other thrfngs, , the - Bibleis'reiidand
`die - Cussed, He has '-established 'several 'Schoois .
to'r urdWiin, and `yids;' and all who wish it-are
taught to read the' Bible; not; -as-'formerly, 'Only
'iri' r itieOlif ( laiagtiage, but in the spoken language.
'The schools are free! the expenses.beinu paid
frotn the public! treasusy:liAict 'll4BLestAli:he.,4 w
weekly meeting for: - the ,instruction 4 of, such wo-,
men as cannot attend. the schools, somewhat, ac
ebidingifteigil idea lit_ imitation,, of our weekly ,
women - It - Trayer-meeting. The charaeter of the
scliools is-,improved the r
':
,increased'.' - All - attenfled'tfith 'the.bitter
est oppoSitiiiifto 'the missionaries and tbeir
. _'
Elillia
...Vial ; li !
,R-L,Tbe church and pastor, at Bitlis, after• the ,
anal-sgarAingp,Taminati . gek i
selected eighteen of...the most promising Friung.
;men, aAd'ptrthem - into the • work. TheythuveJ
deioted their lives, e the preadt/Ag,Rl .114 q
pel ;--These_ men go two and two to the, vilfages'
on the' Sabbath, to teach the truth.• - ;Mli , ey-• work.
twelve hours in a week iowardk.tkitßithp.,oll4,44-:
voting the rest of the time to study'ae&prepar
,ation-. 4Several are studyiAg",at.` th4if'dthf
'Perk: The Afigiolz,errit
ask ourselves, whether ministers at home, if they
preached th'e 11 uii - ofbezn or' -nusiiq `les; :the:
same way, woul444.9e.iliks .
-Mr. Hartwell, lvtites
.Srom. .Foochow, June
sth, that two new out-stations, one * seventy-five•
afid;ptieplis.typiletrilfsl4fica`
He tells-of a rebirit, convert, who;while hea
thehitiiii, Via ie t garded as possessedhy the fax,"
artl'w4 Stiloject'qtr '*inlent `and desti - tiebite.fits:.
All the Absuid measures taken .4,111A - lie4hp,n;
friends to rid him of the •evil •spirit. having
failed, they advised MID I° wile - the ititesiolhtiei3:-
tie, Aeenis to, .;be 74 . „sirreere - colivert„,awl bas c .l44
none of his fits since he began'to'keep the'Sabbath
and iveehre
tisms have; 'reee_Atly taken - :plaoe ,itt 4 ta..!e. Xorth.
ChiturlVission; and one pereki.haw'been-4'eteom
niuniCated. -
'Mr : Wolfe of the, Churchlfission
chow, writes : «The chief mandirinp, her';„ll.eir
a .
thud' city, are gout to invite all the nit;sionaries
t o a grand binqpst,:m : ::tr token, I supposo2pvt
their. good wittowards,ms:''They hate'
issued cardS,in.grand-style'."-'''-'- 4.4
MISSIONARY ITEMS.
—There are 56 churches in the Eav,,,,:,4
Evangelical Association, all but seven h a \ •
pastors. 883 additions were made last year, :;1 7 , ;
were suspended, and 83 excommunicated. L e
rolls have been cleared of unknown names, r ,
during the nominal strength from 17,357 to 1.).
49.7 members. There are 45 ordained HawaiiaiL,,
in the Association, including 9 missionaries,
There is a slight increase in the total of contr
butions over last year. The average euntribu.
tion to their own Foreign Missionary B o , r d ,i:i
not far from a half a dollar a member. They
have -a converted Chinese laboring among hi s
1300 countrymen on the Islands.
—The r ll. P. Reeord (Edinburgh) makes the
following' acknowledgment of 'indebtedness t o
Foreign Missiona, as it stimulus to Christian lib.
erality in general ", We laye six Foreign 3lia.
SionS-1-those of Jarna,o,a, Trinidad, Old Calabar,
Icaffreland; 'RajpoOtann, in India, and Ningp o ,
in China. In tVese Itni§sibna we have :34 or
dained European missionaries; 7 ordained native
missionaries . native licentiate; 4 European
medical missionaries;, 5-„European male teachers;
8 Etiropean” female teachers.,; 18 native cate
chists or evangelist.; ;44 congregations; 5,405
communicants; 752' "inquirers; "133 week-da.y
schools; laving 116'nativh nntleleachers, 6 na
tive „ female. teachers; - with. 6,846 -pupils ; and
haie, thus,na,.e4ucatecl I fora4gn ,initssion agency of
199" Derstins"
—Medical missionary,:wonnenAire called for,
aiia,s. wide 004,01 4 ,§fulpe e s: a mon g their own
sex is pronsiseit
:receipts. of'ihelAtnerrean Board for
July,_ were .653,7131,7 A.,.;. The : receipts• of the
Ara. ilia 001%-- o,„U .j or the month_ ending July
6, Arere 0,00:451" _want - of, confidence iu
reiched the pocke.s of
the givers, which are more open' to its calls than
ever.
TEMPERANOB ITEMS.
Tyng Met' an emigrant - family going
West. On one of the' wagoos 'there hung a jug
7ith r i the :h ottoqi kngcked -out. What is that ?"
agked - the Dieter. "-Why, it, is, my Taylor ju< , "
said the And ,what is a Taylor jug?"
palfed the 'Deka. Raab'. hall 'a son in Gen.
,Taylor's army in Mexico, and thr General al-
Ways told him to,.:earrx-his whisky jug with a
hole in the, bottom, and that 4 it.. It is the best
Anyeation 1 ever met with for hard drinkers."
—The British ,T§taperancq I l eague ' at their
.recent session in lind9,;resolv,e'd That this
conference has heard with great. ,satisfaction of
the,enlightened 7pujishrirgueti by the Chinese
Government in forbiddjm w the growth of the
poppy plant, with a.,,,viQy to, suppress the de
structive.intexidit*in-existing-,iii-their. country;
but has heard with _grief and concern that, the
British ? i,..aeelitifd in ; ailoppig measures
to increas the' production ofopium for the
Chinese market, and hereby enters its protest
against so immoral and, nnrighteens a policy."
• ` —At a late meeting-•,.offthe N.Y. State Tem
perance Committee it,w 4 as :resolved ito demand of
the aext I:Jegislaturealaw,,,whiCh.shall enable the
th
,ajority of the legal voters,
t of any town, city,
village, or ward' to prohibit thesale of intoxicat
ing •liquors therein, and • a cburmittee was ap
pointed to prepare an address - to the voters of
the 'State .setting; forth the.object to be sought
and urging their hearty po-operation in securing
it
f.
—Dr. Day, Superintendent, of the New York
State Inebriate 'ASylnii,'reeentry:delivered an
ifidie%4 before the imstfita 'Of that institution, in
which he stated that moderater.drinking
more than Ilarloom i er groggery; are the schools
in which, the 'fundamental .pritteiples of intern
•perance are taught. Among other things he
,said : "It is my firm belief that no family no
cistorned to the daily'itseiff grant: spirits ever
failed to plaht the sned - s- of-that fearful disease
.which sooner or,• later produces a harvest of
.griefs. In every such family yoh. may find the
ci. scroll of the prophet which was written within and
without, with mOnininelittneritatiOnand woe. It is
here that the tender digestive organs of children
4repprvertie ! land•predig p oied.to habits of intem
perance.. ~Fr9rn Jonwobservation I am convinced
that one, or Aim of
„the members of every wine
drinking &tally become, sooner or - later, drunk
ards. Drunkenness, in " every instance, is a
simple failure"ofird attempt 'to drink moderate.
Y.•
. •
—The 'Cityi'Conticil 'of Hichmonti, Indiana,
ta.telzraised', ihe'feea - forlierineeto retail liquor,
in less quantity: than a qUart,.from.sso to $5OO.
Of; 'nurseifie•litpihr-ildalcis were veii'much ex
ereised, atd' I have' - the , resolu I ion
"repealed. at the . rkke Aneitilig Of ',,the ' ‘ fiCity
• Fathers."' • `lt was •ViVo4ii" . thi.tthe
.would pail:the council cliatn * that the de
erilif people - Cotihrnot 'get within fearing distance,
; unless the triniprir'alicri: Phopl4 . oi.d'so.: The solid
!men 'and- 'trixriiiel'aiiee party, in
" . ."strong force, took possessi n, dt an early hour, of
Of d.
,seats and Most" e yacant stain ing room
!near the inclosui,e',Qciiiied,by' the council, thus
z eheckmarting Oilsra4'*ht of the forces of the
whisky inen: tiooo4i . did they discover
. the filling With' tleekeiiperance arien, and a
- delegatiOn - Of. the fading and-'hid - St ", respectable
,ladieS 'ef i .ie cityi trianytheiruSlied around and
Tallied , theik.'TOltea to'take'p i essessiOn -of every
rernarnin4 .rtilktite'city fathers
the first ,time, in-the 'Presence of
the fi it y:Mothein,„ind'a`large l delegation of gray
haired vnteran teMPerance men, behind which
zlasti stood , the " ; colioits' of intemperance. The
sat:foriir l weaiy hours watching the move
mentsv•-
of thri tothicir, and till the last scene in
*StErthrongh.' The''idea of putting
'the libenie r biehigh ai . OrCEOO had 'generally been
;.befdrt the" Meeting of the council.
ss 7 o'o`istood, Republicans for,
Andlthrde. l )emocratcsagainst it,. A night or two
.ifeemnrAithi p#t„y,or whisky roughs ;went to
thezrisidae OfE: Palmer, thriAn, foiieTp t hor - Of the
3ord '
earridi off the
".633 3 '
pipes of a beautiful fountain iii`ind - fil'ont yard,
sniifthed front dna' stones
in his frOlit•Parlor: 'One of theptinpfpai saloon
keepers has closed his buoidpio" 'and= joinedthe
ttriperalice 'rank's: The totioinwA'people have
rntsed money to take his`Wolthretia'strick and de
fitroy it, - ,lfda 'set things KiiiiirO'CerYlOusiness.
His rtieshrip WirinlosedViitt lif-tver meeting,
ankt-the grocery opened in like'
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