NEWS OF THE WEEK he 4 —Near Kinsman, Ohio, on the 7th, ‘three masked burglars broke into the house of James Dathers, a wealthy far- mer, bound Dathers, assaulted his wife and two Gaughters, and robbed the house of several hundred dollars In money and jewelry. The rutfians es- caped in a wagon towards the Pennsyl- vania line, ~The members of the House Com- mittee on Naval Affairs had a confer. ence with gorvice. Legislature on the 11th complimented Allen G. Thurman with the nomina- tion for U. S. Senator. ~—Comptroller Cannon has returned to Washington and resumed his official duties. ~The temperature is slowly moder- ating in the extreme Northwest, the marking at Helena. Montana, on the 11th having been 10 above zero. —Governor Foraker, of Ohio, was installed on the 11th at Columbus, There was a brilliant parade of civic and military organizations, Governor Hoadley. in delivering the comission to his successor, gave expression ot his personal good will towards the TOVernor. in the railroad collision at Wilmington, on the 9th, died on the 11th. It is hoped the others injured will recover. —The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Philadelphia and Read- ing Railroad Company was held in As. sociation Hall en the 11th. Mr. Gowen J. An- Wat- liamson, John Wanamaker, A telo, Peter C, Hollis, Mark W, son, David Hostetter, Managers. — The Senpata on the 12th, confirmed about one hundred nominations, in- sluding Assistant Chiefs of Depart. ments and Bureaus in Washington, and he following postmasters for New Jersey: Harriet ¥. Cadmus, South Amboy: W. K. Vansciver, Deverly; Rittenhouse, Hackettstown; John Fot- wergiil, Perth Amboy; Augustus W, George W. Evans, Grove; Fred. B. Bardon, Madison; Willhlam H. Bennett, Long Branch. Conrad F. Jordan, of New Jersey, was confirmed as Treasurer of the United Newton; sylvania, as Secretary of Legation at Rome. —The Supreme Court of New Mexico 1 the 11th decided to recognize Col, William Breeden as Altorney General that Territory. Two months ago Governor Ross Breeden, whose time had not expired, and appoint 11. B. McLaughlin. Ol —The Ohio House of Represenlatives on the 12th, adopted a report unseating the nine Democratic members from Hamilton county and their nine publican competitors were sworn Subsequently each branch of the Legis. lature voted for United States Senator, In the Senate A. G. Thurman received 90 votes and John Sherman 17. Inthe Fiouse, Sherman received 67 votes and Tharman 41. {ee in —The Legislature of Utah met in # excep in the House, Mor mons, ~The Legislature of New Jersey met on the 13th, Griggs, of Passaic, was elected I'resi- dent, and Richard H. Redding, of 1runterdon, Secretary. In the House, FE. A. Armstrong, of Camden, was are of Essex, Clerk. ginia Grand Lodge of the Ancient order of United Workmen met on the 12th in Pittsburg. The report of the Grand Master Workman shows that the order is in good financial condition, and that The most important question to be con- vania shall be a corporate or unincor- porate stitution. —The cabinet meeting on the 13th lasted for mors than four hours, and the topic under discussion was the proper policy to be persued in regard to the inquiries that bave been received from the Senate committees. While no was a unanimous sentiment among the members of the cabinet, in which the on the Rio Grande, *‘An old Mexican who can remember 70 to 80 years back, gays the present snow is un precedent ed,” Itis feared there has been a great destruction of cattle on the plains in the interior of the state. Similar ap- prehensions are felt in the Indian Ter- ritory. — Joseph Doesch, formerly a saioon- keeper of Lancaster, Penna. , attempted to assassinate Judge Livingston in that city on the 13th. Doesch was arrested and committed in default of bai, His license was cancelled by Judge Laving- | ston last spring because his saloon was | a disorderly place. — At the annual meeting of the Re- | gents of the Smithsonian Institution held on the 13th in Washington, Dr. J. C. Welling, of Columbian University, | was elected Chairman of the Execntive Committee, and Dr. Coppee and General Meigs were elected members of that committee. Prof. Baird also presented a financial statement showing that the receipts of the Institution for 1885 amounted to $67,500, and the expendi- tures $45.107, leaving a balance of $22,453. Prol. Baird presented a state- ment showing the necessity for a stor- age building for alcoholic specimens, also for new building for the museum, as there are enough valuable specimens to fill a second building the size of the present one, resets mes HI IA FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, SENATE, 1a the Senate on the 11th Mr, Pugh | called up Mr. Beck's silver resolution, and spoke in support of it. Before he { had finished he yielded to a motion to | gO into executive session. ed, In the Senate on the 12th a bi'l was passed appropriating $450,000 for the purchase and alteration of the old Pro- duce Exchange Building, in city, for army purposes. Mr. | mitted a substitute for Mr, ver resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Pugh concluded his speech begun on Monday | in support of silver, and Mr, Vance fol- | lowed at length in a similar vein. | | In the Senate on the 13th bill for the admission of Dakota reached. when Mr. Harrison said it would be impossible to consider that b | under the five-minute rule, and, at his suggestion, it went over, was $ W next week, Mr, Morrill offered a res- | olution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury *‘to inform the Senate whether or not any Collectors of Internal Rev- enue not confirmed by the Senate have | taining to the office contrary to the law of March 1st, 1/8, which that no collector wuld be entitled to any portion of the salary pertaining fo ¥ such should Se i Fidd i the officer by the of commissions ng during the re [he resolution went over Mr, Coke addressed ipport of the After an exec the Senate adjourned office, uniess have been except : vacancies occur the Senate,’ i confirmed tat o y a $ i I cases to i for one day. the Senate iver on i Beck si itive iid Led $ reaoiution., a -In the Senate the following firmations were made the 13th: Gen eral Franz Sigel to be Pension Agent at New York edb The Mabon,. Used | States Marshal for Southern New York; Wharton, of Con | Francis | partment ; George V. N. Lothrop, of { Michigan, Minister to Russia ; B. Stallo, of Ohio, Minister to Charles Dentz, of Indiana, China; F. H. Winston, of lilinois, | Minister to Persia ; Moses A. Hopkins, | of North Carolina, Minister to Liberia; Join E. W, Thompson, of New York, Minister to Hayti ; William A. Scay, | of Lomsiana, Minister to Bolivia: C, Walker Fern, of Louisiana, Minister to | Roumania, Servia and Greece ; E. V, Chepowith, of Texas, First Auditor of | the Treasury ; Charles I. Scott, of | Alabama, Minister to Venezuela ; i Captain John G, Walker, Chief of the Jureau of Navigation, with the rela- ative rank of Commodore ; Captain Montgomery Sicard to be Chief of the Bureau of Ordinance of the Navy, with | the relative rank of Commodore ; Com- | modore Stephen B. Luce to be a Rear | Admiral; Commodore John Lee Davis to be a Hear Admiral ; Captain George F. Belknap to be a Commodore ; Cap- tain David B. Harmony to be a Com. modore ; Captain Andrew E. K. Ben- ham to be a Commodore. HOUSE In the House on the 11th under the italy ; i i : § i Stumber-Land. O baby mine, the night is here, The night that drifts us slowly near The realms of Slumber-land. Gently the waters ebb and flow, Creeping through nodding lids of snow, That border Slumber-land. Mother's arms are the sails and boat And mother’s volce the winds that float Your bark to Slumberland. Beautiful dreams, instead of sands, Fleeting visions people the strands Of far-off Slumberland, Sleepy sands that creep into eyes Ever 80 open, ever so wise, Wafted from Slumber-land. Hush! I'm sure you are almost there jreathing the drowsy mystic air That floats through Slumber-land. Now a kiss on the rosy face, Just to show we have won the race— The race to Slumber-land, ERR THE NURSE-MAID'S PLACE. {| “What shall I do?” said Linda Car- | rol, folding her white hands together. | “Grandma’s fortune has gone up like a | sky-rocket. Grandma does nothing but | ery, and I haven't a friend in the world, { or any means of earning a shilling. | They wouldn't take me anywhere as governess, or as assistant in any shop, | with out experiences and references. I've painted a flower-piece, and it hangs i for six months. | “1 offered to sew for the dressmaker, and as soon as she saw my needlework she said : would never do My superficial edu- | eation was very well for a young heir- ess. but it is of no use to a poor girl who needs to earn her living; and I begin to afraid that what grandma | about our going into the streets to beg may come true, absurd as it sounds!” And she took up the newspaper a IT" i be ¥ i ' ooked over the advertisements, ‘Wanted, a young, genteel person charge of a little boy,’” she to take 1. “Perhaps that might if 1 sad, do, | can swallow my pride,” she sighed, And noting the number she put on her plainest hat and mantle and huiri- ed out into the street. she found the house after a n hour—a handw having been ushe Was walk An a ine residence — A th a 14 Li £ into é recepiion root, | woman, “The arrangements are all left in my {| hands,” said i er apron. ke care of a Sd 4 1% wig # N | Fel NEAL, EK thi thine WiRED ME person, smoolhi “You would be wanted to id. | Mrs Bellamy died last week, and a com. | Mr. Bellam i i i | § motheriess chi Poor won servant will not 3 do. y 1 v discretion. the f i relies on my m | housekeeper—have been He is 3 3 OOKRS it Len years, a up or broken hearted man; speaks Lo any one, Bellamy had a most dis. i believe she irying position, generaily scold. 1 him night; and she got pneu- monia throwing up the wine he shut it. But that was and be adored ber. He'll n a Arcoyg her 2 i, He has a batbafhd all | over his hat, afd WML DA re and ina n his waleh chain. i st hii iow because ves, hair locket on i afflicted house-nold, but you'll Thomas then—and an evening once a week. What references?” Linda smiled, “Would grandma do?" she asked. And then she told her little story. Mra. Possett 'stened and considered, Finally she agreed to waive reference, and offered a pound a week, That sum Linda knew would secure a nice room in ber present place of residence for her grandmother, and she accepted the position thankfully. AL howe she ness: and the old lady wept afresh, as well she might when Linda's modest trunk was carried away, Master Tommy was An unmanagea- bie little boy, who seemingly inberited his mother's temper. A regular battle was necessary before he could be wash. mischiief’s sake, and was as fond of biting as a mad dog; but Linda was come here! Iieally, sir, you ought not to allow that!” Tommy obeyed, and ran to her. The martyr lifted up his head. “Don’t disturb him,” he sald, mourns fully, *I would deny nothing to her child, least,” “That is not the way to do it, sir,”’ said Linda, “Absurd indulgence is | injurious to any child,” She led Tommy away. The next morning, as she was in- structing him in the alphabet, a tangl- ed head of black hair appeared at the door; a thin, tall fgure followed, and Mr. Bellamy, with a dejected air and tone, inquired, “May I come in?’ went on with her lesson. look. “I try to, sir,” said Linda, said Mr. Bellamy. saint-like, but Linda, as in duty bound, bowed gravely. “It comforts me to see him,” said Mr. Bellamy. “May I come often?”’ “This is your own house, sir,” sald Linda. From that day Mr. Bellamy sat in the nursery a great deal. In the even- ings he took Tommy to walk. At the end of that month he raised Linda's wages, As the summer on and the year of his mourning glided by he be- stowed many confidences on his nursery governess, He remembered each cause his late had had against him, and desired Linda's fou. found him wore of complaint wife opine Generally she not to i blame, By slow degrees he grew more cheer and av last brought homs a top Ix ny and set 18 spinning. the auniversary death bie took Linda and grave and wept i On wife's ¢ of his Tommy to her | there, “A broken-hearted man is Mr. Bel- said M Possett., “But IL esms singular to me that he didn’t ask vy ra ih my,” me to take the child Instead of you. Th Mrs one of Tommy's aunts § v week alter Penfeather and came o make a [ whisp- § There was a good deal o in the i or g housekeeper's room; and Fa Mrs. Paani nursery with a haughty alr, and, herself in a rock dressed herself to Li ne evening eather entered he y = ¥ ne-chair, ad. 3 i ia. “I am the late Mrs, Bellamy’s moth- er, as I suppose you know; and I have come over to see how Tommy is get- I can’t I think he i at all, and I Believe 1 can-find nurse<toald for Ro your monih Monday. y ting on. is do- BAY iver ng we {a belter uot, as I 1! 18 up pes pay you now vou ¢7#% pack up at once.” Anda looked a paused a moment, said “Very well, { walked ont of the room. Her little trunk stood in i room: she opened it and began take | down her few plain gowns, Suddenly Tommy's voice ber, crying, “Where's my Linda?” 4 the old lady quietly, +3 All he lumber | Then she realized that she had come | to love Tommy, and tears fell fast upon | the garments she was packing. | “Crying?” said a voice behind her, “Why, Linda, what has happened ?" 3 Bellamy. It is only leaving Tommy," | she answered, without looking around. “Leaving Tomy ? What do you | mean?’ cried Mr. Bellamy. He came into the lumber-room and | stood pear her, looking down at her, she said. i ile bent towards her; he looked at | her as a master seldom looks at a ser. | vant. Suddeniy Linda understood all. s+ft is right that I should go,” she thought; and yet her tears fell faster, president concurred, ip favor of respond- | cot of States 650 bills were introduced, ing to the calls for documents, which | swelling to nearly 4000 the number now in each case will be accompanied by 84 qwaiting action by the committees, letter stating that the president does | The committees were then called for cool, quiet and good humored. In a | she certainly liked Mr, Bellamy very week or so she got the mastery over | much. him, and even began to teach him **It will break the child's heart if rot consider it proper to communicate » reason. for his acts. The Ohio Legislature, in joint con- vention, on the 13th, re-electeG John Sherman to be UJ. 8, Senator. He re. ceived 84 votes to 62 for Allen G Thur man. It required 74 voles to elect. in the House a special committees of five was appointed to investigate charges that foar of the present mem- bers of that bady had accepted bribes to vote for Henry B. I'ayne for U. 5, Senator while members of the last As. sembly. ~The total value of the exports of breadsti ffs from the United States dur ing 1885 was $129,767 260, against $147» £13,400 In 1834, —At Fort Wayne, Indiana, on the 13th, the boiler in Lhe of St. Mary's Catholie Chureh exploded, wrecking the building and setting it on fire. Anthomy Evans, Janitor of the church, was killed in the building, and Alberta Wilard, a girl on her way to school, was killed by one of the church doors falling upon her. The roof of the priest's residence was demolished, and the parochial school was badly damaged, It was full of children at the time, but none were dangerously jured. The loss on property is esti- mated at $65,000. ~The snow fall in the interior of Texas averaged from 2 to 3 inches in depth. The snow belt extends as far south as the 27th parallel below Laredo Lo | reports, The Judiciary Committee re | ported two or three private bills and the | House adjourned. ! In the House on the 12th Mr, | Randall from the Appropriations Com- ! mittee, reported a resolution authoriz { ing thal coramittee to have printed | such documents bearing on the subject | of appropriations as it may deem | proper. The resolution was referred | to the Committee of the Whole. Mr. | Caldwell, of Tennessee, from the Com- | mittee on the Laws Regulating the | Election of President and Vice Presi- i dent, reported back, without amend- | ment, the Hoar Presidential Succession { bill, and it was placed on the calendar. | Mr, Cooper, of Ohio, gave notice that { he would file a minority report. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the President's message, and Mr. Reagan, of Texas, deliversd a sch on the silver question. When he had finished the House adjourned. In the House on the 13th Mr, Curtin, of Penna, , was, at his own request, ex- cused from serving as Chairman of the Committees on Banking and Currency. Mr, Randall called up and had possed the resolution te) by him on Tues day, authorizing the Committee on Ap: propriations to have certain documents ted. Mr. Caldwell called up the oar P tial Succession bill; but Mr. Cooper, of Ohio, sald the minority report had not been printed, and the resolution went over. The House then adjourned. something. Of the father she saw nothing, but at night she heard him pacing the room overhead with long and solemn strides, “It's his conscience, my dear,” said Mrs, Possett, “He says he is sure he wasn’t all ha should be to his poor Amanda, and that he broke her heart. He never answered her back; and I've heard him get up in the night and go everywhere to buy strawberries when they were not in season, because she was set on ‘having ‘em. She was a Miss Penfeather, and the family de- spises Mr. Bellamy; but I never saw such adoration, even when she gave him a black eye. with the clothes’ brush.” Linda grew curious to see this par- agon. One day she was gratified. She had left Master Tommy in the nursery, and gone down stairs to get a tub of not water for his bath; when she re. turned be was gone. She hurried about the house, and soon heard low groans from the study on the second floor, I'he door stood open; peeping in, she saw a tall man lying ona sofa, and Master Tommy standing near by, pull ing out is bair by handfuls, With every tug the sufferer groaved, but you go,” sald Mr. Bellamy. *‘Mrs, Penfather oversteps her privileges, Linda, my dear child, you can’t go. 1 nave thought for some time that you never must. It is my duty to give lit- tle Tommy & mother, and I—I'm so very fond of you. Won't you marry me?” He put his arm about her waist. He had such a soft, kind way, though he was wesk and womanish, “Say yes, Linda,’ he said. But she answered. “Not now; not here, » and hurried her clothes into her trunk. He stood by dejectedly. “[hink it over, Linda," he pleaded. And she promised, She talked it over with ber graond- mother that night. Linda bad had dreams of gallant knights and young princes, like other girls; and Bellamy was neither. But she felt as though he needed to be taken care of; and there was Tommy. And it was a good match, as her grand. that there was a wedding one day, and that afterwards Linda and ber grand. mother went home to the old house, where Tommy waited for their com. ing. could nol keep house for nurse-mald, she declared, But no housekeeper was needed, and what Grandma Penfeather sald mattered lit. tle to young Mrs. Bellamy, She is very happy, and so is the old grandmother, whom | while Mr, a former fection, and has the advantage of a | sweet temper and no nerves, “1 had po idea my nurse-maid’s often thinks to herself: “but 1 love i old one—<eariy.”’ | The Den of which Everybody has Heard Though Few Know the Truth, ¢ When the English were gradually ex- tending their influence | middle of at named Surajah Dowlah became nabob of Bengal. tyrannical, and, besides cherishing an | Seeking occasions for a quarrel, he at length complained that one of his sub- | jects had been detained at Calcutta by | the English traders and set out with an army to punish the intruders. | panicstricken fand fled l to the ships, | less condition. The Bengalese had no ¥ the English oc custody. upants of the town into His success so elated Surajah Dowlah that he became drunk, but, promising to spare the lives of the captives, he or- dered them out of his presence and con- The guards then 140 in number, 1 wid the English, 6 for a pnson. Jt was twenty feet square and had no venti was afforded by a The garrison tion save that which 1. that of ti he cellir first few port-holes near prisoners, thinking at guards were joking, made lig! the hole, but they were All were into the narrow place, and the doors were bolted and barred. It was during the summer solstice, and the heal was intolerable, even outof doors and in the shade, The prisoners soon stified by the oppressive 5. 4 iv ie order to enter at length undeceived, fore 3 ( 4 unhappy were albinos shere, and then began a struggle for breath &2 cumbedg ¥ } t iid at alk which the to the strong. of the E norliaky one Iglishitnen 1 + thin : i JUL Wi nabo yo. +1 Yui 3 + the guard a bribe to be let out mocking answer was that the bh could not be s=en until mon To ad fl i ners ing. i to the su the portl yond the reach unfortunates, who, by climbing on the piles of dead [ bodies within, could reach the embra- Soon thereafter the groans and from the captives died away, morning dawaed and the 23 half-crazed, th of the sures, shrieks and when doors were thrown op#n over the festering bodies of their 123 | comrades who had gone down in that | awful struggle, That is what the Black | Hole of Calcutta was. The imprison- | ment of 140 human beings in any kind | A few months later Lord Clive avenged | deposing him from the throne and sub- adding Dengal to the British empire. | ——— Dignity in Great Britain. Ty 13 | Talk of | paigns | | larly in Scotland, Parliamentary can didates sre expected to slate | position on current Issues publicly at the hustings, and also there Lo answer dignity in political cam- | be constituents see fit to order. Natu i Well, here are some ‘‘sample bricks,” hurled recently at the head of a candi- date in-—of ali places Edinburg: “Are of soldiers’ kilts?” Gy cessful Tory candidates you erect a monument to Lord Beacons field 2 “Would you”-this by the advocate a bill forbidding sergeants to swear in drilling raw recruits ¥’ It is not to be wondered at that after an hour of such “heckling” the candidate declared that, he would emphatically favor a bill for gagging every one that asked fool questions, What is a prayer-meeting without more or less enthusaism? What a mis- sionary or temperance meeting? What the influence of any Sabbath-school teacher over his pupils? What the influence of a Christina man in any of life? Religion is, in- deed, a creed, in part; but it is more a sentiment—more in the heart than in the head; 1% should be in both; it Is a life and power. Guizol was night. then, when he said: Be not afraid of enthusasm-—you can do nothing effect. ively without it.” is someth all oi apinets When todubs the stranger to your neighbor, a — FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Nothing reveals to us the secrets o. our own souls like religion, i i | The secret pleasure of a generous act is the great mind’s great bribe, Applause 1s the spur of noble minds, the end and alm of weak ones, Innate rudeness, in spite of restraint, will betray itsslf by awkwardness, He who has no respect for religion, | can have no true respect for himself. No matter bow much sense a man may posscas, he can stand a flattery. aw isle Hille The true receipt for a miserable ex- istence is to quarrel with Providence. Never confide secrets, Lock them up | In the storehouse of your own memory. Afllictions, like | move away when | errand. Jealousy and envy are the hidden | rocks on which many stanch vessels are wrecked, The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. The fates are sometimes very cruel jut for every cloud there are two Wario rays of sunshine. What we wish to do we think we car | do, but when we do not wish a thing it becomes impossible, He who thinks too much of himself | will be in danger of being forgotten bj the rest of the world, {here are many men whose tongues God's angels, will they bave done thelr govern their tongues, The true empire of genins—ils sover the hearts of kindred wen. A flections are the feet of the | and therefore set a watch over f ; mind them To be wisa is to feel that all that is 1 nearly alwavs of P mi, and a pleasant dis Homely people are pleasant dispositis The kaledoiscope of time shows man} changes but none more wonderful thar a just man conquers his enemies, Money spent on myself may be 2 millstone about my neck; money spent ers may give me wings like the eagles, Punctuality is a g« body's characier, an an i inGell Ie Imory od trait in any- i frequently leaves ‘a upon one's he opinion that Lhe This an t make the world give I living. is error. Yo you a liv 11 404 blessing truly | we are Aware as blessed some one else with ¥ ba « hint wa 0 . ‘ i¥ Do gt ours til thal God ! it thrpugh us, = who doubts hus Cs @ 28] rel » % het us indulgence OWE molive: Experiend dgement i regard 10 the 1 OW Den. 13 the most exquisite serve us jid, what a glow » within us, which one jit and argument! no Han ever repented n on his death bed. of the age says one standing topic ne likes the i { i 0 a 1 QOe8 DO i {| §8 with compiainl, moral 1 can | prevent him. No trait of Oo Ix ' Ww 0 in age character is rarer, non { more adn . than thoughtful inde pendence of the opinions of others com bined with a sensitive regard to the feeling of olhers. True love eternal, infinite, and | always like itself. It is equal and pure { without violent demonstiations; it | seen with white hairs, and is alway: | young in the heart. Sin first is pleasing, them it grow: easy, then delightful, then frequent, | then habitual, then confirmed; then the man is imperitent, then He is obstinate { then he is resolved never to repent, aod then he is ruined, About one-half of all the trouble iv | this world is manufactured to order out of nothing, a large share hie i other half is fade 18 it . 1 ne * alia OL 4 the result of not knowing { the true value of things. God loves and he | have his peop He does not i 20 hay 3 5 «11 us. l © does n to see them | when we earn te i we become like to give, loves e give, like Covel ob Tike ard; so, give, @ y {h tey iz thir with beautifu al everybody, 1x Ww poor, need * i iT ROIng ah life way th they cau get from o { in the world. As wise men let themselves appem natural before fools, it is well to appear { as a foo! at times to learn, where men | who think themselves wise are weak | and then bind them, or know in the fu | ture where to thrust the javelin. To keen back part of the truth may not always be wrong, since it is not hody’s business to Know everything. But to keep back part of the truth | with an intention to deceive, is false hood, quite as much as an outspoken lie Manners are the shadows of virtues, the momentary display of those qualities | which our fellow creatures love and re speot. 1f we strive to become then, | what we strive (0 appear, IBARDErs may often be rendered useful guides to the performance of our duties. There is nothing so silly, or in its own way 80 ut der-bred, as that fluid confi dence which tells all its affairs on the slightest provocation—-unless it be that want of delicacy which asks for what is not voluntarily given and what is not warranted by the term of friendship, Paul writes to the Corinthians of the early Christian church: “Let every one of you lay by him in store as God bath ui im. How is it now? What ohiureh is there among the most flonrish. ing all of whose members give *‘as God uath prospered’’ them?
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