TIIK SUNDAY SCHOOL. From lII' I How York Oborot. INTERNATIONAL LESSONS. at issv. iiurm x.iißuir, r. i>. MARCH 'J.— Paul at Athene Yet. IT : 22-34. tint iiks Tkxt. In him wo move ami live and have our being.—Art*.l7 : 2M An there had been no safety for l'aul at The-sralonica, ho there wan none at Berea. Ilia persecutoib at the former place pursued him to the latter. Powerless to protect him there the brethren hastily sent him away. Their purjxise was ut first "to go as far an to the sea." But Ocd had a purpose of his own to fulfil; and by some means those who conducted the Apostle were moved to bring him to Athens. This celebrated city was uot only the capital of Attica in Greece, but the intellectual capital of the world. It was the home of art and learning, of temples and statues, of poetry and philosophy. It was that one city in all the world where human wisdom and genius have done their best. Paul was uot brought hither by any personal ambition, or vaiu confidence in his own powers. Nor yet--fiuding ; himself here under divine guidance - was he ia ha-te to begin his work. Being alone, for Luke had been left at Philippi and Silas aud Timothy .at Berea, he despatched a commandment to the two latter to "come to him with j all speed, and set himself to wait for them. But note here the difference between a thoroughly Christian spirit, full of that which actuated the Master him self, and that of, we might say, most of ourselves, The modern traveler "waiting at Athens," would thiuk of the fine opportunity thus afforded ot gratifying his taste and completing his education by seeing the sights; would give himself to the study of the • temples and statues, so numerous and celebrated, as curious uud pleasing products of human genius aud skill, j What l'aul saw was a "city full ot idols." It was this which stirred his , apirit. Here God was neither honor ed nor known. Here none had heard of "Jesus and the resurrection," or be lieved in, or cared for, a judgment to come. So affected was Paul by what he saw that be could not wait for his Companions in labor. Straightway he began to reason, not with the Jews in the synagogue only, but with all de. vout persons, and even in the market. The gospel larnestly presented rare- j ly fails to excite commotion. So it; was at Athens. The Kpicurcans, the Atheists and Materialists of their day, ( and the Stoics, who believed in no hereafter or |H.Toual Moral Uulcr, were particularly stirred by what they heard. But while some called him at 'babbler," and others a "setter forth of strange gods," all were curious to hear him further. For there is won derful drawing power in the cross. Possibly, down in the hcarta of some of these novelty hunters, there was a half-conscious hope that his words would prove bread to their hungry souls. 80, for a better hearing, they J brought him to Areopagus, or Mar's , Hill. Aud what we have now before us ii probably au outliue only of even that part of his speech which he was permitted to utter. .-Is a wise as tre'£ at faithful teacher. 1. He begins by conciliating their favorable attention. —He takes care not to put himself into antagonism with those he would convince aud persuade It is noteworthy that this was uniform ly Paul's way, in hisepistlcs as well as speeches. He here refers approvingly to the religious bent of bis hearers. The New Version makes him ad. dress his listeners as "somewhat super stitious," instead of "too superstitious" as in the old. But it is doubtful if even this conveys the true sense of the • original. Very rtHgiow COuit t | near to it. This was true of the Athenian'. Their idols were every where. Petronius satirically said it was easier to [find a god in Athens than a man. Every man has a re ligious uature. To this we may al ways appeal; and it is both just and wise to do this in a kind and winning way. 2. lie s'.art* hie argument from a truth hi* hearer* are rcidy to concede. —He reminds them that arfkong the objects of their worship he had found au inscription to an unknown god. Thus they confessed that there might lie a divinity of whom tiny had no knowledge. "It is this God,'' Paul enys, "of whom 1 desire to speak to you." Here wa< cooi tesy, tact and oou ciliatory wisdom; and here also was n good starting point. When Paul addressed the Jews he at once appealed to their Scriptures, for every Jew was ready to assent to the truth of theo. It would have been folly to do this with the wise pa gnns of Athens. They neither knew nor cared for the Jewish Scriptures. So, we see the wisdom of always find ing some truth to which our hearers will asseut. Wo must get a standing place, and starting point, from which to proceed. Your listener believes in a God ? Yes. Then, you can ask him if God has any right"*, any claim, on us: if we have rendered w hat is his due. If we have not we are tinners. How, now, can a sinner he good ? It is thus that we may approach those modern pagans, commonly called in fidels. 3. He shout them what i-ort of be ing the true (iod is.- - He is not like an idol which can be set up in a tem ple made with hands, which can be I served with food and drink as their idols were, but the Maker aud "I, rd of heaven and earth." But if he made all, then all nations are subject to him; it is he who determines their times aud appoints their hounds. All i then depend upon him. All are alike accountable to him. 4. He affirm* the jjurjtose of Hod in ! providential dealings with men.— It is I that they may be moved to seek anil i fiud him: "if baply they might seek after him and find hiru." He is near to us: in him we live and move, and i i have our being: we are his offspring; i I he is not a dumb, dead object like gold, or silver, or stone; he desires that we should know him and lie in relt-! lion with him. So Paul tells these wise Athenians not only what is the ' noblest object of human search, but 1 that is our fault, not God's, that we 1 have not known him. Thus, without j naming it, lie brings home the idea of •in. To this great point he would load them, as the first stop towards salvn tion. 5. He announces the condition of\ divine favor, the way to rseajie in the . day of judgment.— That condition and j way is rejwutance. Hitherto God had j not dealt strictly with men, hut had i left them to nature and their own con sciences. So far as their transgres sions had been sins of ignorance, he ! had overlooked them; it wa a< if he j had not seen them. It i required of a man according- to that which he i hath; he that has leas knowledge will 'be beaten with fewer stripes. But | now light had come into the world, ; and men had no longer any cloak for ; their sin. This does uot incau that any had j before lieen wholly without light, and ; altogether excusable. The voice of j conscience had always accused men j of in, and called them to repentance. But now, to that inner Voice God was , adding his spoken word, and all the convincing light of the gospel of 1 j Christ. However it might have been ! with them before, without repeutance they were now without hope. It is to impress the need of hasc to obey this commnnd to repent, that the Apostle goes on to announce, n day actually appointed when the world shall be judged: when each shall re ceive his righteous award. His allu sion to the resurrection is perhaps to show thnt Christ, having power over the grave, has the jaiwer and right to judge ; and is, perha|<s, also to suggest that all the dead would come forth to receive their award. 6. He. gathers some fruit. —What further promise and invitation Paul ha<l to offer, these proud Athenians would not stay to hear. Nevertheless this partial gospel message was not without effect. While some mocked and others said, "we will hear thee again," a few, and among tbem one member of the Court of Are. opagus, clave unto him and believed. We do not know that Paul ever visit ed Athens again. It was a glorious opportunity which they all had and the many spurned. PRACTICAL SUttOIWTIO.WS. 1. Of ail men the Christian desir ing to lie useful should lie courteous. 2. Very religious men may be far from God, and hard to reach with the gospel. 3. It is not by human wisdom that men find God; the best skilled in liter ature, philosophy aud art may be ig- nurnnt of him. 4. Biuco ail have one father we •diouhi esteem all a* brethren. 5. Since our time* and habitations nr.! appointed of bod we should study to he coutent. 0. That God is "not fur from any one of us," is to the wicked a reason for alarm, and to the righteous a reason fur rejoicing. 7. The greatest and wisest have need to repent; there is one lowly way of salvation for all. H. The certainty of a judgment is a powerful reason ior huste to be pre pared for it. That it will he righteous cuts oil* hope for ull who fail to take refuge in Christ. 9. The pride and satisfaction of human culture makes it hard to reach with any saving power. To it the gos pel is foolishness. Nevertheless the gospel is (Soil's power urdo salvation and none can ever he saved who re ject it. 10. Then are differences in lit Ids, hut, we may hope for some fruit in the hardest. Uncarthiu.vn Treasure Box. Elluville, <■., Feb. 14. Whde <1 g ling to-day on tie ] latitat ion of I{.-. John It. Kespavs, in Schley ''junty, two negro boys unearthed a box con taining $345 in gold and silver coin, and a flank of England note for £5O. Wlieu General Wilson raided Georgia capturing Macon and r'oluinhus tow..id ; the close of the war, tnany S lUtheiners buried their treasures aad money to ■ evade confiscation. Auinng others John If. Ifvspas*. then of Schley County ; had $5OOO in gold and silver com, and | Mrs. He-pa.-* buried it in different ■ parts of the plantation, After the ex ' cilemetil *i over they h--gsu to gather t up the buried money, but failed to locate the box countaining about $5OO. Two years ago, Mr. Itespass sold the place to J. M. Gay. To-day, as his hands were going to work from dinner, one of them dit- ! ■overed at the root of an 01-1 stump in the field a $2O gold 'piece. The men ; continued their exploration* and soon found a tin box ttie button of wbub 1 having rusted spilt the contents in the ground. They picked up filiecti #2O ' gold pieces, one $lO gold I iece, four #1 gold pieeea, one #5 gold piece, 102 twentjr-five cent silver pieces, ten live cent silver pieces and four ten cent 'silver pieces, muksng a total off-fin gold and $26 40 silver. In the meantime M Joiner and Jerry llill returned home Irom Macor. where they had teen carried by a | United States officer on a charge of distilling whisky. The men gave j ' fronds for their appearance, and hear nig of the finding of the money, tic ! termind to secure it, claim.that it was their property and threatening the negroes with arrest unless it was imme diateiy surrendered. The men fright ; etied tbern sufficiently to secure poases , 1 >.ion of the treasure. Mr. Resj ass | has now ,t-ucd a warrant for the arrest iof Joins r ami II ill. —Taro elegsnt dressed ladies weresbown to their seats in the parqueita of the Nali- n ai theater at Washington the other even rig, an I when a gentleman with a etyrlists i | voting Woman raw; down the aisle, a few moments law, one of tbeeleganlly dre r<i j I ladies went out to meet bim, pounding him ' with ber fist and pulling his hair. She 1 ! sbauted in great esrilemcnttbalthe g-nlle '■ man was her husl and who had carted that ' female around long enough. She bad , successfully laid in wail for him and took him home.— H'aoA/wyfo* It fas been decided in the House Com mi tee on Commerce, by a vote of It to I. that there should be remedial legislation of soma kind for the regula tion ofinter state commerce. Mr. O'Neill of Pennsylvania, cast the negative vole The hear g of the citlon men Ire fore the Ways and Means Committee, which watt lobave taken place to tuorrow has been postponed until next Monday It i* reported that Mr. Morri'oo i* in. dined to modify hi'bill so as to p'aee iron and copper ores on the dutiable list. The Grand Jury of Greene burg ha-* found a true bill in the rase of each person charged with being participant." in the famous MurrsyavlUe riot. The charges are murder, MMtlt with intent to kill, and aggravated assult and battery, l>arlir;gton X Pro." of West Chester, have receive! from Tennessee an invoice of 100 partridge, which will be distri buted among cheater County sporting men for breeding purpose*. - -♦ • I* the American farmer Mr. I). Carter, in giving an account of the growth of a tomato *>n a pile of slak ed shell lime, states that It was four feet long and abounded with toma toes. He was surprised at ita growth and friritfulncss under the conditions, and considered it demonstrated that slaked shell lime was the fertilizer tot that plant whan heavily applied, it seeming to answer all purposes. --Subscribe for ths Cxntri Democrat 1 Tillage; vs. Manure. A wilier in the Sat tonal Lite Stock Jon run I once lituilt-d twenty-four large loads of the IH'SI manure upon two acres of clay-loam land, had it well cultivated Into the soil, which had been worked in the ordinary way, but was somewhat lumpy. This and the adjoining two acres were to be sown to corn for fodder. Upon the other two acres no manure was put, but it was ploughed and cultivated till the soil four Inches deep was as fine as a garden be-1. One and a half bushels of corn were drilled jer acre upon each piice, drills sixteen inches apart. When this corn was in blossom and ready to cut, the unmanured two acres stood eighteen inches higher than the manured piece. On select ing two sample rods in different places upon each piece, cutting the green corn ami carefully weighing it, the manured piece guve 275 pounds per 1 rod, anil the unmanured, but finely i pulverized, gave 350 pounds |>er tod I—the 1 —the manured giving twenty-two tons per acre, and the other twenty eight tons per acre. The cost of •x -trn working was $2 50 per acre The plain moral of this story la that thorough tillage pays. One great difference between garden land and ordinary ploughed land is that the soil of one is made fine so that the rootlets of the plant can work through ! it easily and find 100 I which is no locked up in im|>enctrablc lumpr. Hit there is nothing in the experiment to discourage any one from usirig fertil izers. No doubt the two acres of half tilled and lumpy land yeilded much better for the manure. Hut , neither is there any doubt that thor ough tillage with the manure would have paid better than either one alone. Hoth nr- indispensable to the highest success. 81-KI.NO PROTECTION. —There is a great deal said about winter protec tion of strawberry and other plants, while the importance of spring pro- Uctton is barely considered Puring the severest part of winter, when snow covers tin land and the soil remains frozen for some months in succession, there is little danger for the plant*. The critical |s;ri<l comes towards the end of February and in March, when the increasing warmth of the tun's rays thaws the ground in day time to freeze again during the night following. THE EYES or I'OTATOE*.—A cor • resj>ondent ol the Country (lentlem in writes : "A potato has three crops in itself—an early, a middle and a late one. The cluster of eyes at one end will ripen one to two weeks earlier than Ihe central eye*. The two or three eyes immediately surrounding 1 the root end should in all case* be l discarded in growing for borne use or I for market. They p'odncc mostly i small potatoes, and if large they are watery and soft. My usual method is to set one man to cut off the root end, st.d another to cut off the 4 cyc end', thus forming three heaps. Ths root end heap goes to the bogs. My great trouble is to get tbern cut close. All the waste flesh goes into heaps for cattle or hog feed. I'RI NINO OLU TUXES. —The best way is, first, to cut out ail the dead limbs, leaving no stubs, but smooth surfaces on the main stem or branch es, avoiding any larger cut surfaces than practicable. If this treatment does not leave the tree in good shape, or if some branches are too long, and the tops are not symmetrical, cut back the long branches to a fork, so that there may lc no projecting stubs, and to that the shorter of the two branches atthe fork shell remain. This work, If earefolly performed, will enable you to bring all the limbs into a proper length to make good topi. This work rosy be done late in winter or early spring, but never while)the trees are growing or are loaded with foliage. Then cover all the Wounds with paint, grafting-wax, or other sub stance or composition to make a wa ter-tight coating. If in addition to this treatment, the whole surface of the ground could be covered with old sttaw as a mulch, and a light top dressing of coarse manure could be applied, the treea would probably re new their vigor. It ahould always be borne in mind, in pruning any old trees, to reserve the young and vigor ous shoots, and remove the old and feeble ones, whenever a choice is to b<> made between them. : m WITH CO R \ Tti> '!•* roffl |lh ul {in of 11 hi Hi - •uiftll uim of 'i 15 Fifteen Cents 15 R ' BV T cisu riir. EUREKA Com CURE 1 j COtD OM.V AT GREEN'S PHARMACY, Ciikli If ohm* lilock, 1 | HKI.LKFONTK, I*A. Liberal Distouut Co Men himlK, />. (larmnn >(' Hon'* .\ew Store. > ! ij ZJ. Garman & Son. i. i 11: % do not think, because the cuts repre sent only gentlemen's wear, that we „ * have not been particularly careful to select an elegant line of goods especi ally suited to you. You will find it to jour advantage to call and if we are not able to supply you from our choice and varied stock, it will be a a -mall matter for us to order what you may need. We think we are belter able to meet your wauts than any store in I.yon .t Co., Merchant*. Allecjhmy-St.. Itettrfonte, J'a. SWAPS FOR YOl ! 10) 111 R \\ \Y of Selling off A LARGE WINTER STOCK , AT SHORT NGTI C' (o) $40,000 Worth, of Dry Goods I Clothing, BoolA and Shoes, Hats ad Caps A<\ *1 almost hal' ff;ce Head tbis through to the end: there is something that will strike you. Then come wifh your sheckela. Oome soon because we will offer something at les than we can replace them for after they area!! sold. We can't pick up such hs'gaius every da;. .lust some chances. 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