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mmningat ln A# evening at
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o'clock, A. M. Payor Heeting every JVedneidaj evening
in tamo room. _ _ . _. , .
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o’clock in the morning, and at 3j4.1n the afternoon.
jitptM, B. H. Pish, ’ Fait or—Preaching, every Sabbath
morning at 10U o’clock, and alto in the .evening. Sabbath
School at 9 o'clock, A. JI. ’ PrayerJUteting every Wednee-.
d *i/rtiaH%lhodut, Bov. Ssi»*a <?**, Paitor.—Preaching
every Sabbath morning at ll o’clock and in the evening, in
the old Onion. School House,
ALTOONA MAIL SCHEDULE.
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MAILS jUIRITJ
Baatern .Through Hail, * 81 A. M.
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on Sunday.
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Way Train East and Went, Eifcre** Trslni We*t and Mail
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MEETINGS lI'aSSOCIATIONS.
J/ointloin Lodrj*, A.V.*MSNo.‘2BI, meetson secondTn*s
day «f nicli laoDtlp in the third story of the Masonic Tem
pi*, at 7 U o'clock, P.;M: ■> -.-
Ho'imnm iSw.mitmeni, A; Yi WoTO; meet* on.tW
fourth Tu«s.hy of each monJftinthethira»tory of the M»-
•oak Tpinjila, at 714 o'clock, P. M. . ~ . •
•ittooiw I/ulgt, 1.0.0 f 0.P., No. 473. meets * very Friday
*M VP* tlle " ew< **ory ot theMasonic'Temple,at7>s
r.rcmh UAgt, I. o. of 0.F., No. 632, meets every Friday i
toigof Patton’* Building, on Virginia |
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•IU erefj Tawlay cToulne in the'l. 0.0. f. Hall, In the
ale Cotmc^Fire.kindled'atTthrniiSOth
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H'iUhinjton (bmp, JV* 64, /. A «/ Ai,. meet* every
evening, in the M jfoty of. Pattok’a.llML .
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*y« T «mn K . in tbe.adatonr tif Fatten’* Hap. B.VRom;
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ftftoona jjKhrmict' IMjraryandßtading Boom Attoda '
itatcdly oh tbalHt! Saturday Evening in Janua >
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*■ lo 0 c l°dc «veiy evening, (Sunday excepted:} '‘ V
' COUNTY OFFICERS.
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, ?* Pcn^ Jone!, »P a, MCaldiren. ' ,
Jyothonalars —Joseph Baldridge.
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«*n wam^l b whplwale or retail. The
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PRUNES, CITRONS
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Softly Into Heaven She Fa«iedU
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; into boeven site faded, •
r :Whilofwoatoo4 jn>|U«M»^uodJ»«r f
•All tfc^ r Talo-wnB fall of light,
: . 4n4 eUoJeft ne, •
- «■' , BWli(a «» « last good night!
; . ißeyiog, «a the Itiiucd os fondly, ;
~ “Do not drop for me one. teet—
. . Je»n*,Jeen«, etands betide rao,- i
■ - X be is new!”
' ' She fa gone (mdlmt lingering
Ipitow^tyTOflZofours,
' ' my_ heart Iho Miiea
' OraffecUoa’a broken flower*;
' , ; ETerlouglng to bo with her,
In that bettor home store,
redoes ever,
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SERMON;
-.Delivered in the Pr«*byterlan Church, atAltoona, Sunday
Morning, December 12,1858.
.T ' ,
BT BEV, A. B. CLABK.
Both,-I —16; And Rath said, entreat ine not
to leave then, or to return from following after
thee; for whither thou goeet I will go, and where
thou lodgett i , will .lodge ; thy people ahallbe my
people, and thy God my God. .
The Book of Ruth is an exhaustless
treasure from which may be drawn impor
tant lessons of practical--and imperishable
truth. It is a beautiful picture of rural
life, and a practical illustration and forci
ble comment on the genuine effects of the
Mosaic , institutions, on human welfare;
when properly observed ;' and as a rich
oriental gem, sparkling with clear and
beautiful lustre, has edme far down to us
from the distant, mutilated dark and
bloody records of the early history of our
race. The unaffected simplicity, with
which it js written, has gained the com
mendation of even the infidel Voltaire.
It is clothed with all the interest and at
tractiveness of a fiction, and yet carries
with it all|the force and mighty power of
truth. 1
Por puritj p£, .thought, chastity pf ex
pression, unaffected sublimity and geutiine
{»athoa, we.know of nothing superior, un
ess it hej some passages in \the life and
personal jhistory of the God-man, Jesus of
Nazareth.; We know of nothing in Homer
or Heroiiqtus—in Socrates or Plato—in
Horace or Virgil —in Milton or Poliook—
in shakspeare or Burns; or Cowpcr, that
to the heart like the .language of
Huth to ifaomi, “Entreat me not to
leave time, or to return from following
after ’ thee : for whither thou goest, I
will go; and where thou lodgest, 1 will
lodge ; thy people sbidl be iny people, and
thy-God my God.”
There is genuine sublimity in this un
affected simplicity; and the touching jpa
thds of the language consists in its being,
true. to nature, and the evident sincerity
with which the deolaration is made.
This book contains a succinct history of
the ddmratio affairs of a particular family.
And in thm we have another
,mnong ijhe many 'Other proofe of a special
providence. A deliverer had been pro
mised to Israel.' In order to the fulfil
ment of that predilotion in the coming
Shiloh, a link*m the qhain of antecedents
and consequents vrga .now to he added.
That link was .to he found beyond Ihe
border oS - Judea. The Saviour of Geii
tUes v as Jews must come not only
in tile/regular line of*the house of Judah,'
hut he alro of Gentile extraction. In Order
tothisyjSlimeleohgocs to sojonruinthe land
of The ! (ostensible reason is the'
fiumne’ in Bethlehem-ffudah!. . Hut
was the means with God for the accom
plishment of an infinitely important
event than the salvation of a i family from
famine. It was to make up one of the
of Uiat grhat consequent to
Which every thing was tending "in thqcom
ingof a KinoiVy . and die redemption of
a world. 1 • ■ '
Both, the Moabitish- widow, and dangh
m-law of Naomi, did not leave her father
end motherand the land of her nativity, and
coine to $ people which she had not before
known, merely from her love to Naomi,
her people and her God—or that when in
Bethlemem*Judah, she might glean in the
fields of Boaz, for the support and comfort
of the bereaved and impoverished mother
in-law—or that she might become the
wife of Boaz—or that in the birth of Obed,
the heart-stricken wife of Elimelcch and
mother of Mahlon and Chilion, whose af
fections had been riven and torn, might
have an object' around which the tendrils
of her heart might again gather and cling,
as she pressed her infant son to her
breast. No. These were immediate and
heart-cheering results to those personally"
concerned. But the leading object in the :
.designs of God was that she might be th£'
jtOot&K ol Ohed, the father of Jesse, who
was the father of David j in a direct line
. DECEMBER 23, XB§B.
■
V K l»iw,;bom howhose .name -was to be
;Oalled: Jesns,for be would save hie people
.from theirsins. 'Thus God works but his
: >own plans by ordinary means and through
■ humaninstrumpntality, but. with a efr-
Jtainty as- unerring as omnioience and om
i )nipotenoo ;can inake it.
The question, however, which specially
®ljdms‘ ;bur Attention to-day, as connected
vrith tbu betmtifol and instructive history,
is the difference between the decision and
conduct of \these two daughters-in-law,
Orpah and Ruth.. To the- eye of sense,
mind, influenced slope by
, motives of a worldly kind, the choice of
Orpah was . evidently the wise one. It was
a .choice in favor of childhood’s early
dreatns and associations, the attachments
of home, with all its endearments and
friends; and a life in her father-land, as
• opposed to ope of poverty and dependence,
a Stranger ini a strange laud* Though she
loved Naomi, and at first seemed inclined
not Jto go badk, and Wept at the thought
pf .thp separation, yet her determination
finally to return to her father and mother
and frifcnds/ and native land, humanly
speaking,, is not strange..
Hpw then ace we to account for the
choice of the other sister, and the deter
mination with which she refused to return ?
Waslt a mere whim pn her part ? Such
a supposition is; utterly inconsistent with
the c touching pathos and resistless deter
mination of . her reply, when entreated to
return. No one can honestly hear or read
her language without feeling that, instead
of caprice, some over-ruling, powerful con
sideration was influencing her conduct.
Now, then, what was that consideration ?
It coaid not have been the hope of worldly
gain, for her mother-in-law, who had gone
but full, was uow returning to her home
empty. Jt was not the hope of any other
matrimonial alliance; for Naomi had al
ready blasted alb such hopes, if she had
any. How, i then, shall we account for
this most remarkable choice, this unyieldr
ing determination, expressed in language
sublime in ita simplicity, and touchingly
pathetic ? ‘ \Vb imagine the true cause is
to be found .deeply underlying the sur
face. That in these two women of Moab
we are to behold the difference between
nature and grace. That Ruth’s choice
was the result of;the implantation of grace
in,the heart-r-that Naomi had been-made
the instrument, in the hands of God, of
leading her to a knowledge of the truth.
Evidently . she had imbibed from her
mother-in-laiV the principles;, which had
awakened Her Conscience and mellowed her
heart—i-had learned to -revere her God,
rejoice in hey hopes, and hence desired to
share in her trials, that she might he par
taker in her, blessings. Naomi bad not
pnly been her mother-in-law, but her spir
iitual mother. She had taught her the way
of salvation marked out, typically, by the
sacrificial lamb. She had learned, through
the types, tb look forward to the'great
Anti-type, the deliverer of Israel, and hope
of. the world. pence she could not go
hack to the service of idols and the com
panionship of the idolatrous. She conld
notand would .not forsake one who had
pointed her -tola way so bright, and
dead her tb cheering. No,
says she, “for wflHer thou geest, I will
go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge;-
thy people' shall be my people/ and thy
God my God.” v \
These two- sisters-in-law seem' to have
been, so far as we Pan judge from their
history, alike kindly and affectionate in
their dispositions, They both loved Naomi
r-rthey both have her testimony as to their
kindness ,to the departed loved ones, and
to heraelf—they both twice lifted up their
voice and wept at the thought of a separa
tion. Orpah, however, though sorrowful
and weeping at the separation from her
husband’s mother, yet from a love for her
idols and her! friends, turned back to her
idolatry and her sins. But Ruth, with no
more natural amiability, or kindness of
or of affection, resolves
*wi|th the courage, of a heroine and the self
sacrifice of a Christian, not to leave Naomi;
but make her pathway, however rugged—
her lodging . place, However lowly—her
people, though strangers—her God, though
inyiaible—her death-bed and burial place,
whatever it might be, her own. Nhw,
there Is but one way of accounting for this
most remarkable |,cpurse/expressed .id this
remarkable mahnei, and' that is, by re
garding Orpah (andarioble specimen pie
was) as Nature’s ’e^ild —and Ruth, though
n* better naturally, as influenced dh her
choice and determination* by an enlight
ened and ennobling Christian principle.
With this key to unlock thp ‘ historical
event, its mysteries are aU explained. The
facts in the case square perfectly with this
interpretation.
I. This view of tfie passage accounts at
once for the self-sacrificing and .ennobling
conduct of -Ruth towards her mother-in
law. Her fixed determination was to
stand by her, and share with her, her lot,
whatever that might be. And the pros
pects before her in so doing were by no
means flattering. , Shcwas returning, poor
and friendless, to what to Ruth would bo
a stranger land, Friends, and Home, and
.plenty, were given up. Tins was. all in
opposition to the natural selfishness of the
human heart; which,, though capable of
\
1 .
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f i ♦ - f.
being influenced to. a certain extent by
the finer &elings,yet never m. opposition
to the over-powering coumderatibns of
self-love, which under proper restrictions
is a legitimate ground of action/ yet is, in
the unsanctified heart, the controlling
principle. s-Now,' the course of Ruth is
utterly inconsistent with the power of
self-love. It would have dictated a differ
ent course, as it did in the case of Orpah.
Rut it may he said that a sense of duty,
to the bereaved and lonely Naomi, might
in this case have overcome the controlling
power of this cause. She had released
her, however, from all such obligations, if
she had felt any, and urged her to return
to her father and mother, and her native
land. '
, There is a principle, however, that is
stronger than die,power of selfishness in
the human mind, whose tendency is to
root it out-r-to mellow the heart, and
mould the life in conformity to that rule
which says “ thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself.” This is love to God, beget
"ting as its legitimate offspring, love to bur
fellows. It was the controlling power of
this feeling, impelling 1 the natural- im
pulses of her kindly feelings.and generous
noble heart, that determined Ruth to
share in the griefs and sorrows of the
afflicted Bethlehemite. . To the same
cause is to he traced all the Christian self
denial that has ever blessed the world.
Beneath Africa’s sands are entombed the
. remains of many, a faithful servant of God,
lead to that white man’s burying place, by
the power of that same principle which
impelled this Moabitish widow. Many a
devoted Missionary wilted and died,
under India’s scorching sun’s, who had
f one to that uncongenial clime, prompted
y the power of that love for God, which
begets an unconquerable desire for the
salvation of our fellow men, and leads to
the discharge of our duty to them, in op
position to all miner considerations. Old
Ocean rolls his deep waters over the bodies
of some of the loved ones, who had left,
like Ruth, father and mother and all the
associations of home and native land, con
troiled by a stronger sense of duty than
that which bound them to these. It was
the same feeling in kind, though infinitely
more exalted in degree, which brought the
father’s beloved, and Heaven's bright one,
to this sin-ruined world of ours,, on mer
cy’s errand and infinite Jove’s grand mis-,
sion. With such a principle, then, to'
control her life, we can account for the
conduct of Ruth. But, apart from this,
no earthly ingenuity can possibly do it.
She had learned to love Naomi’s God,
which formed the bond of union between
their kindred spirits; so that where the
one went the other would go, and where
the one stayed the other would abide.
11. There were other considerations,
however, influencing the determinations
of Ruth besides a sense of duty to her
mother-in-law. There were national as
well as individual considerations—“ Thy
people shall be my people.” Was this an
intelligent choice? Were there any rea
sons why,; in determining to go with
Naomi, she should be influenced by the
consideration of kindred and her country ?
There were doubtless many tender reflec
tions connected, and endearing associa
tions bound her to her home and her kin
dred. But then there were other higher
and more important reasons why she
should leave Moab and make. Canaan [her
home, :■* for she. had learned ■ of Naomi
that there, dwelt the peculiar people of
God. Peculiar in being outwardly the
nation of His choice—in being the recipi
ents of His special favors—as those to
whom His communications-of mercy were
first made known—over whom His"special
care had been received, and t 3 whom His
Prophets were sent to tell of the .coming
Shiloh and the redemption of His people
Israel. She had it in*view to share with
her mother-in-law and her people these
privileges and blessings in her choice.
And it was made against the ties,' alli
ances, friendships and associations of her
father-land, with its idols and idolatry, in
favor of Naomi’s fellowship, notwithstand
ing her. poverty, that she might be of her
people ahd rejoice in their blessings and
.their hopes—that she might .be one among
that peculiar people.. The same conside
rationinfiuenced her, which Moses pressed
upop. the attention of Hobab, “ Gome
: thouwith us and we will do thee good, for
God hath spoken good concerning Israel.”
And Moses himself was influenced by a
similar motive with that of Ruth; in re
fusiag to be called Che son of Pharoah’s
daughter, and chose rather to suffer aflic-
Jtiphs with the peqjde of God than to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season. The
power and 'controlling influence of the
same principle that decided the choice of
Ruth; is seen in the case of that person
who, contrary to all the inclinations pf the
carnal mind—at the risk of forfeiting the
world’s favor—facing the scoffs and sneers
of wicked companions—contrary to all
early training and example, and in oppo
sition to'former prejudices and opinions,
casts in his lot with the people of God.
Sense and sight would dictate a very dif
ferent course. But the power of that
grace which made of Ruth an Israelite,
has transformed him into a child of God,
•h.e has .chosen -His people as bis. friends,
in the face of censidefationis. 1
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This he dohe a 1 conviction of the
benefits tosuch sis tito'ohosehpftbs.Lo/d.
They are a peculiar a royalpriest-
kre' *ed«bmed people, re
deemedfrom death andhell; in whom the
feigmUg .of; sin 1 is subdued, guilt
removed, condemnation gone. . Insteadof
that fearful looking for of jndgpent and
fiery indignation which shall, devour the
adversary; is peace with God ’ hero and
bright hopes for the fdture-*the assurance
that,in tlua life everything shall < he .made
to work together forhisgood. And. how
marked the peculiarity ? Even the sorrows,
troubles, afflictions, temptations J and be
reavements of life are overruled for thaw
good. They are ready to. cry at times*
“ All these things are against us.” But
when they get home, they shall 1 findthat
every wind, however adverse it may have
seemed at the time, waa wafting them to
glory. : "
And in their death, pis is a peculiar
people. Their end is peace. Death is
robbed of its sting and the graver of its
victory. Even the wicked Balaam’s vain
wish waa, “ Let me die the death of the
righteous, and my last end Be like his.”
“ Mark the perfect and behold the upright)
for the end of that man is peace.” Ste
phen’s dying hour was one of' glorious i
triumph, though a martyr to his 'Master’s
cause: “ Behold I see the heavens opened,
and the son. of man standing, at the right
hand of God. Lord Jesus receive my
I spirit/’ Almost always is their end peace)
And even should their sun go'down under
a cloud, what a joyful surprise it will be
to awake on Jordan’s opposite bank, at
the gates of the celestial city, and in thev
presence of Jesus, to be greeted by angels
as a welcome guest to the New Jerusalem;
“ There remaiueth a rest to the people of
God.” Hence the language of Ruth—
“ Thy people shall be my people ”
111. Another reason why she would go
with'Naomi, was her God —- (< Thy God
shall be my God.” Her’s was a choice
between the idols of Moab and Israel’s
God. She had learned the Mosaic ac
count of the creation —heard of the signal
deliverance of the children of Israel from
Egyptian . bondage, and contracted the
mighty power and strong arm tp; deliver
of Naomi’s God with the idols of her peo
ple. She had found by experience that
the burden of a guilty conscience, could not
be taken away by an appeal to a: stock or
stone 5 and that, on the other hand, Isra
el’s God alone had power on earth to for :
give sin; and that in the coming and
rifice of the deliverer, typified in the sacrif
ficial lamb, there was hope for ell that
would believe. Ruth had lekrnfed there
fore to believe in Naomi’s God| as kind;
merciful and sin-pardoning—as a faithful
Prince in - whom she might' confidently
trust, as manifested in the fulfilment of
all His promises to His ancient^■-people;
She 'felt therefore that, having'Him for
her friend, she could never be Undone—
that, as He had brought His people to .the
promised laud, she would be brought to
the heavenly Canaan. /
Her choice was influenced, therefore, by
the same powerful and irrisistible motive
of the poor benighted heathen of our day,
who will break' loose from the hell-forged
chains of caste—suffer haniahmentfrom Ids
father’s house, andbe. disgraced ihtheeyeS
of ali bis countrymen, expose himself to
death at the hands of his own kinsmen, and
choose the ’ missionary’s God, $ ;bV h&
Lord. Who then can estimate tfye power
or calculate the influences of a principle
working such wonders as these? This
was the stand-point from which Ruth
.viewed Naomi’s country and NaomPs God.
Who can wonder, then, at hot pathetic
entreaty not to be asked to leave; her, or
at the determination with which she re
sisted the suggestion ? It was with her a
question, not of ease, or pleasure, or of
worldly interest, but a question of duty to
Naomi, herself and her Qiod—it was a
question ot happiness dr misery- here, in
volving the interests of her undying spirit.
—a question between the service of sin
and of God —a choice between life and
death, between heaven apd hell/, It was
the outward expression of that determina
tion which the soul makes,' when 1 ; it for
sakes its idols and its sins, to follow Christ
and serve the Lord—a determination ex
pressed in the toothing language ,of the
pcnitqnt thus: . ) . “ I
“ Til go to Jesus, though my tin "
High as a mountain rose ;
I know hiscourts, FU enteirin, <■ l I ,
Whatever may oppose.” - 1
.“I can. but Fetish if I go,
■ lam resolved to fry ; ; V' -
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"'*l inustfr 'ver die.” '-f. ..?*!
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Ist; A practical and importantlesoon to
lie leaded from this subject Is, the; strength
and importance of Christian, religions as
sociations. The strength of that Jfcio that
jbihds the Christian to his fellow, is mani
fest in the power with which ijt! bound
Ruth to Naomi. The lore of father, mo
ther, kindred, country and all could not
overcome it. ' And there arc those : here
who know its strength, by the struggle it
takes to break it. Are there, not hearts
here that have bled at the sundering of
ties that bound them in Christian bands
to friends of other c&rai ? ph 1 sow band
that separation I B&- hoiv nsaoh more
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trying th&taeparstion, had it'nOthSefilbr
the hope of another meeting, when oyr
communion shall he higher, holier and
sweeter, never more to be interrupted or
broken. We must feel it, to know the
tenderness, the sweetness, the purity of
X/hristian love.
The’iniportaace of religious fellowship
is above all calculation. The communion
of kindred spirits is like the bellows to the
fire. The living embers are fanned into a
fresh flame —hope that had been clouded,
shines .out again in wonted brightness.
Faith is strengthened, zeal inflamed, the
heart cheered/ and, like' the disciples on
their way to Christians can ask,
did not pur- hearts burn within us while
Ite hdWd with us by the way. Ruth had
learned 'the'value and comfort
.communion with. Naomi—hence her do-,
termination not to he separated. t.• t
;In %e days of Maliohi, “ they that
'feared the Lord.spake.often one to,anoth
er; and the' Lord,” &c. And in harmony
with this iriew is the exhortation, “neglect
not the assembling-of yourselves together,
as the'manner of some j
. 2d. Again, WO;may learn ikpoi this sub
ject that Jleavenly alliances are oom|nenoed
here on earih. To ho the companions of
CM’sueople; hereafter, and inherit with
thenor toe protaises.wemusldbilew them
|n : Ufe end make choice of Iheir .God' as
purliord^,: r v >. ; ' v^,
Such", a choice may soem h) j»me .here
to requite too great a sacrifice, .But be
the sacrifice what it may it must be made.
It is a question of life and death*’ Make
the- asicri|iea end live, refuser and perish.
And according to the manper dq : which
we determine this question, shall we be
either a prince in star In the di
adem of Jesus, or a devil in perdition—b
. firebrand in hell. Some ef yon: here to
day may have been admiringbhq selfsao
rifiorng spirit of the noble-minded suth?r
-and yet imitating the example of the gen
tle and lovely Orpah. She wentlHck to
perish with idols andVinhersina j Kuth
folio wed-N acini, and made choice s of her
people and her God.
■There. uiay. ha soipe here 3 whp,
though ahiiable, miW, lovely, affeoyonate,
are in their sins. ? Permit" spej tnehi x to
present for your imitationthe example of
.jiuthix Be not satisfied with admiration
of her course,but
Canypur admiration add anything to, tlia
brightness of her erorwh, ofavauyou any
thing if you turii from her peop&'and her
GbdfrL Goifs people desire yonr-COmpan*
jppah®* ;• They sny,; thorn With .ns
jp^dosyen;gg<wl ” .<Qhippqh
.smido up for you heppreyprs, jiild pleads
'for mercy for you, bf h&f Gc&t'lbf kpipe
■ef you a pious mother JaHy pleads your
caused Bat what of allth|a r :if you will
turn away and die| ; Think of an eternal
separation between you and your’ghrietian
friends. Can you oeir rtf Then say of
them as Ruth Whither
estlwill go j and where than' lodges?' I
will lodge: thy people shall be my people,
and thy God, my God.” ' „; .
• Fa’mily Failing s—-The, ; habit " of
viewing everything in a ridioulbufl'light
often lead& toan unamiable desiretode-
ap:tO -ridioule .thu,fi»u|te of
others; and it al|nQ9| always destroys the
finer feelings of odmiraiion for* what u
beahtifulj and' the tonderand more love
able vitalities of putting the best construc
tion upon the action of others. A criti
cal, censorious,, fault-finding persons; ia a
most upaniiabla being.
In many famifies, where both love and
good temper prevail, therer is what may'be
calledvan irksome, rather than a sinful
inode of carping and eontradioting one an
other. No harm is meant, and no offence
is taken; but what can be more irksome ?
Nafrateau incident, every small item ia
corrected; hazardan opinion; it is won
dered at. or contradicted; assert a fact, it
is doubted and questioned; till you at
lengthvkeep silence in despair.
I®- A blacksmith in the State of New
York was summoned as a witness in court,
betweon-two Of his workmen. The Judge
after hearing the testimony, asked him
why, he did not want to settle, as the cost
had already amounted to three times the
disputed sum, viz: seventy-five cents.
He replied, “I l-o-ld the fo-o-ools to
se-c-ttle; Tor I said, the co-o-n-stable wo'd
take their coats, the lawyers their sh-ir
irto, aqd if they got into your ho-o-nor's
court you'd sk-sk-skih 'em.
An Irishman who had lain aick for
Vlpng tune, was one day met by the par*
ish pries t, when the following, con versa*
tion took place: “ Well, Patrick, lam
glad you have recovered—but were you
h6t'afraid of your God,?” “ Och, no,
your riverence, it was the meetin’ of that
other chap, that I was afsared uv.” re
plied Pat. - ; * '
Blowing out a Candle.—There is
one small-fact in domestic economy which
is not generally known, ’ but which is use
ful in saying time, trouble and temper.
If the candle ho blown opt holding it
above you, the wick 1 will' not smoulder
do.Wn, ahd may therefore be easily lighted
again; ibut if dbwfcward,the
contrary is thP’wc.— Artiszm*
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
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