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MERCL T R BLOCK D , ",• `....3 75 Tie .1.,-J,.... p i r .:: ep .l.... , , e ,..: i i t T o T_i r ..l a itN eik F . .. c .l- .1 . 1rr - a L tke .:V branches o[ of his 1 1,r.,.,....i0n. - , P wnt--.• !tlEtteCrt BLOcli, (entrance on 'south sid-).Tiiv.'..t,.:n:t. PA. , [jan6-74. GEOI.IC3E NV. Justice of I'eam•e and Conv6yancer. .b.lso Insurance T..!Haysville. Pa. • M.....reb 1647. • n - : S. M. WOODBIIIIN, Physt '__ clan and surgeon. o.llce over 0. A. Black's kery store. Towanda. May I. 1187:-'1y*. .- F D-.- •h` 11'.' JOHNSON 'Sz NEWTON. Physicians and Surrons. Orace over Dr. -P”ricr '..k. Son's Drug store, Viwanda, Pa. • 1 T. R. JOHNSON, M. D. - D. N. NEWTON, M. D r - j.1,11 -751f. D DOI)SON , _A- •On and after Sept. 21. may be found to the e:..;;Ant ne;F' rooms' on 2nd floor of Dr. Pratt's new o nwe on S.z'llte Street. Business solicited. S.• W. o l !er ti P eirs, T T l o B W r a . n — da, O P iri a. ce T ,th inserted on Gold, Silver, Rubber, and Al nlnin base. Teptli extracted without pain. 4),,:..34-72. D . R. C. M. STANLY..DENTIST; !laving removed his Dental office Into Tracy e: M. , or's new block', over Kent & Watrous' store, .: , 4,v pre•pafed to do all kinds of dental work.. i i iss, ai-.o put In a new gas aparatus. , - _ HALE & PATTON, Agents for t'T)NNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE •i CoMPAN'i". (Iffl'ef. No. 3 Griffith L• Pattor.'s'llltxk, Bridge Ste. Slarch 36-74. C S. RUSSELL'S GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY Mac2q.-70tf. TOWANDA, PA. M lin i e TlEL ITORSE-SIIOF.ING A SPECIALTY Itts•ased feet' treated Manufactures the cele (,fetid • CALIFORNIA PICK ...hop on the Plank Road, near L. R. Rodgers Mill. , ilan6-764f. T S."I.:IIANCIP: AGENCY. The following ItELIAI3.LE AND FIRE TRIED Comparkles repres e nted LANC.4IIIRE. . rIICENIX. lIO3IE, - _ MERCHANTS. , 0. A. AL ARK Iu CARDING, 'AT THE WOOLEN MILLS, CAMPTOWN PENNA. manulacturaig aia4 rloth dressing atteodPd 1,, 4,11 nolt , e. We are already rnaklngkolls r••to I new clip, and are prepared to do work as fa-t 1/der...) rltpirinsrunebi. Jri - . 11174 WHERE NO . 'X ? 1876 ME TO MICHIGAN. one of the Toremoit, flonrishig nd healthy States WHAT FOR? To buy a YAM! out of the t • ONE MILLION ACRES, it Fa rmih I.an4s for sale by the Grand Rap id- do Indiana It. It. strong sults:* ready markets; en,r.: good iLehoolsq railroad ran through ibe the gnu t: eAtletnents all along; all kinds ,r i•rodkirts raised; plenty of stater. timber and bn,111,1 materials. Price from 14 to 410 per acre; • 0,....f0urth down. balance an time. Send fir Was trated painpldet_fnll of facts and figures. and be Address, Ni% A. ITOWARt), ramtrr: P. Pr.IECE. Grand Itapidi, I St:Cy Laud Dep't. rjaull-7641ai LOO I aOOl 10.00 =1 45.00 00 73.00 VOLITME:XXXVI. CALL .! MI TOWANDA, PA Towanda, Pa. J 1 y 17,73 Nov. '75 I)ec. 9, 75 J. N. CALIFF Jan. 1-, 1375 T A Y C IIWANPA, PA H. B. INGHAM 8. W. AI4VORD, - Publisher. Elias Lira. ON EVANS & HILDRETH, FE HEIR NEW STORE, ON MAIN STREET, AND S:E C R E SOMI OF TILE GREAT BARGAINS, THE-Y OFFER IN PRINTS, SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, CASSIMERES, DRESS GOObS, WIIITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, L AC E NOTIONS, 4 &C.,&C0,. &C., &C.. &C. EVANS & HILDUTH Towanda, Marcp.'2. 76 Taylor & Co. BtAIITIFUL AS§.,',ORT3IE . b?T OF HOLIDAI GOODS, FE TAYLOR & CO'S TRIS WEEK. Towanda, De* I, '75. ~~ g f leit t yl Nos ............,......,-...0......•_ .......,....**,•,...e..,,...." Upward do I Journey slowly, • • As the shadows lengthen feat. To a land of sunlight holy. • Where no evening shades are east; - Noontide glory In that land shall always last. Sae the sun In splendor shining, On the hilltops Of. the West! Grandly thus the day declining. Brings a night of peaceful rest; While earth's weary, Long to And Its slumber blest Lite's high western hllla are shading, Solemnly the path I go; Sunset.giory, too, la fading, Soon l'il mfsa thagolden glow; Stanek shallows. Soon will lesitle my pathilr:low, And with joy npmarredby sorrow Do I hall Ilfel'ereatlite; Herald of a bright ta-morrost, Ever on the other side; Tbrough the darkness Gladly will my spirit glide. l Some I love are over yonder, . Basking In a fadeleeiray, And my feet would gladly wander With them In their new-found day; Since they left me, Loire to me has been life's way. Night comes on; and not regretting That the day Is almost don; • Calinty I aicalt tho setting Of the distant sinking SUN Oliti In spirit " That the rare Is nearl run. Peferred rotaL WHAT HATA GOD WROUGHT ?.:=Colltill- i ued: This church on Sugar Creek was now one-of the strong points, on the Tio ga circuit. The presumption is .that Rd was the largest on the circuit—holding, I When carefully seated, COO. • From 18231 to 1832 we tind Hie Well known names cifl Fitch Reed, Geo.:Peck, !Horace Agard, , Asa Abell,. Asa ()mutt; John" Copeland, and Robert Burch as Presiding Elderft. Among the preachers during these : years were George Evans, John Wilson 'Jr, son-in-laW of Father Cole; Joshua Rog ers, Joseph - Towner, Mark Preston and Joseph .Pearsall. the such leaders, its no wxmiler.that the cauSe of God prosper ed. In 1832 there WaS a division made of the Tioga circuit, and Sugar Creelo be came the head of. a new charge, called Sugar Creek.eirctilt, and .A. N. Filmore was preacher in charge. He was a tall slender man with a feminine voice, and put in his first appearence 'at, John Ross', who then lived in Burlington boro, . or ' what is now known - as such : was poorly clad, hail no overcoat, and his under-coat was short—the sleeves were so short that there was quite a space between his mit tens and his coat sleeves, with one heel of !iis shoe put; his prospects: did not seem very flattering. yet he was happy, and preached his tirst, sermon in the church Aug. 10, 1832. In speaking of his first sermon at Monroetorr, :he said : "there were fourteen out to hear. me, and what I. do you think when I came around in ix weeks, the same foUrteen were out to hear-me again7':--astonished to think t at they would want to hear him the second time. ---, At this time Sugar Creek circuit. em lir:lad the following appointments: Bur lingt,m,.Smitlitielif,' Clark's school house. Smithfield Cent , e, Granville; :Canton, Canton 2d, 'oper's ou Lycoming creek, Franklin, Mornroe, Susqueliannali, Tow anda Court House, 'Old Sheshequin, m's, Springfield, Troy, Columbia Flats, l'7.tillivan's, Robbins', Jesse Smith's and Hodges'. W. P. Davis was sent by the Confer ence as the collcm..-uO of Mr. Filmore; his health c.d . !, i.. iti Oerin F. c'omfort a lo yal pre.:ch, r f 0711 port; supplied his place the it 1: the; year. Its this-yt-itr liss : ;:tier was sent to i'anantlaigita Lot Wits not reeeived ;by the bxerhorett. and was will:Hue-ap point ment. I)::ring the near a titnall cir cuit was formed for hint, !from the follow ; ing , preaching places on. sugar Creek nit euti Oar Hill, lltxtges' and Robbins', anti some from Wellsburo cir cuit, where he Littered tiliconferenee. W. P. Davis married a Miss. Pratt; of geyrlr Creek, and Mr. Hostner; Miss'. Martha Granter of the same place. lu i":;1 Wm. P. Davis and Samul bury were sent on the Sugar Creek mra suit. In 1835 John .W; Vaughn, in 1831 .Tared M. Gort - m. In - 1837 there seems to have been another division, 'when we read " Towanda and Canton, Philo Brown and E. G. Townsend as preachers, Sugar Creek left to be supplied.' In 1838 i Towanda, Philo E. Brown; Cantaon, Wm Hosmer; Sugar Creek, Joseph Pearsall and Ira Smith. In 1839 we find Towanda; C. A. Smith; Canton, Ira Smith; and now appears Burlington circuit fur the first time, with S. W. Alden and two sup plies, . viz: Athos Mansfield and E. H. Cranmer. Burlington now embraces Mainsburgh, State Road, Armenia (North and South), Cblumbia Flats, Troy, Leonri, Pisgah, Pleasant Valley, Bur lington, Smithfield Centre, Turnpike, Moore's Hill, Ridgebury, North Woods, Sutliff's, Milan, Lister,! Cob City and Ben tly Creek. G. S. MANSUE. 1 P. S. - A word te*"Justice :" 1. There is no intentional reflection for my part on Bid. Jayne. lam obliged to "Justice for this information. 2. What I h'at'e published is what was prepared and read, at our Memorial services, held in the Old Church last Augnsty , Time and op portunity only permitted me to pursue this one branch of The Church. 3. In AuguSt next ire expect to hold a similar service, at which time I wish to present what religious history I can obtain of ,oth er denominations, and .of the families 'of these early settlers. If "Justice" will please give me his name and residefice,!l would be glad to call upon him, and, re ceive from him all the informatio.ho is in possession of. in regard to. the Regular Baptist Church,,on Sugar Creek and im mediate vicinity. Akio I would be gLid to find some one who could give me cor rect information of the Free Will Bab tist Church which once existed on Sugar ('reek. lam sorry that there does net exist now, another evangelical denomina , tiou on Sugar Creek, within the Burling tons. - , : _ G. S. T. This is what the correspondent of the Elmira .Adrerfifter has to say on the sub ject of small feet : • • •! "There is still another advantage to be derived from muddy trossingsc'partieu larly. It gives the belles of Towanda an opportunity to show that 31re. BELKNAi.'B foot, even `if the smallest in•Washington,' was by no means any daintier or prettier than those of some of our own fair wo men. llaving nothing in particular to do (don't go and quote that miserable old adage about 'Satan and idle hands') We took .observations this morning in fient of the Ward louse, where the most gen:, teel loafers always congregate. Fit, that saucy, petite Miss K— knows . that boots are the latest styles sor street wear, and slippers:or gaiters for the house or carriage. We came near missing the Op portunity to measure the exact dimen sions of Miss P-71; foot—with our iri cellectual eye, we mean, of course, i for the bewitching dimples in her rosy cheeks Were so brimming over with some girlish mischief, and her sparkling eyes werO i so full of laughing light, that we caught our selves wondering how we should have felt, when a young man, as we met these roguish glances.. The briefest observation convinced us, however, that not even errt- DERELLA'S glass slipper ever covered a more delicate arched instep, or 'moved through the magic dance with a more springing grace of motion. Tall and stately Mrs. W--held the skirt of her plain, dark walking suit out of the mud with the same air of unconscious digiiity with which we have seen her sweep wide her silken train •at a grand reception. (Mem: Not to let our wife see this Milt.- bet of the .21drertiser)."- SUNSET. 4' , pi: • tiN , r.II , • • • • -\,• TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY,-7PA.,' THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1876. ffllaqqoug. i'. . ^ ..`~~w'.. • Y'V . .i'4^J..h.~ • 4^./ti.^M'N^M'4^.l'4^.iYl :i :4 t : :0: t . - i "Jennie June" writes to !the Bal timore American: - Thousands of Americans have spent the few thous and dollars which stood betWeeP than, and poverty in a European trip, because wife and daughters had not sufficient occupation to make them feel the' necessity of staying at. home. We frequently hear it said: "Why, it, is necessary.to, go abroad ; we can live cheaper there ,than we can at home." Yes,_ if liv ing on the results of some other ,pgr ion's-laboi is all' that we have to do, but women who have homes and hus bands should chi something more than this—they should work at their homes, and add to the raw material which the earnings of the man pur chase. One New York woman, not quite spoiled, has worked this out of her self very SatislactoriallY, and her example may stimulate - others. Some -time ago she lived With her husband and two daughters—one grOwn, the other still, at school—in a nice house, on 'A' good side; street, and kept _two • servants'; not an extensive establish nicht, but enough with her 'small (wilily to obviate the necessity for much exertion on her part. When the eldest daughter left • school (like all other daughters who leave school,) she wanted to go to Europe;;and the mother, worked upon by sympathiz ing friends, soon became convinced that it was necessary for the, two daiihters' health and her own (though *moils .more capable of do ing justice to 'excellent roast beef never' lived) that they shotild all go to. Europe, and to Europe they ad cbnlingly went; the husband giving up the house and establishing him self in bachelor quarters. But the realization of the dream was hot so pleasant as. anticipated;. or perhaps. the wife found that the husband became -reconciled to their absence too early. At any rate, af ter six months of absence, • she re turned without being sent for, to,. find her husband depressed by • busi-' ness. difficulties, his tenants gone without having paid the rent, and much of the nice furniture ruined. Fortunately, she belonged to Food old stock, who; - When'they see ;their duty. do it. •She rescued- what she could Of the furniture, and transfer red it to a pretty, but very unnsten tatious 'flat' up town, above the fif ties, and.with ;the furniture out of the way and a reduced ientali man agea to secure a• good regularly; pay ing tenant. , When the daughters . proposed go ing to the intelligence [ office! after 'help,' she said!: NO, my daitghtera ;, we will help each other, and in that way help pa pa out of his diffleultie4." So they organized their modern household on a simple lint very prac tical looting, Which has proved de lightful. They might very well hire all the help thq chose now, but the would not do it on. any account. They laTihingty declare that their firm ,has resumed specie Payinents, for their expenseS are so light corn pared with what they were formerly, that money is'plentiful, and the papa insists, r as the housework is!' sa well done,tipon giving“ is an alloWatice for theiglrls, double the amount he formerly paid in wages. I am, sorry to t say that this pattern woman is not a fat blooded New Yorker. She was born in New England. , FACTS FROM SCRIPTURE. • I. • The 4 were, ten g e nerations from Main to Noah; embracing a period of 1,05 E years, Lainech was of the ninth generation. :lie was Noah's father, and fifty-six years old when Adam died. Therefore Lamech, could communicate to his son Noah' all' that Adam had communicated to him about the creation and, the fall. It was transmitted by Adam to Lal ifiech and by Lamech to Noah. . , There were ten generations froth' Noah to • Abraham, embracing a period of 95,0 years. Shem was Noah's ion, and Shem lived long enough to talk with Abraham sixty years, and could, therefore, communi cate to hird all that Lamech had told Noah. There werefive generations from Abraham to Moses, embracing a period! of 600 years. Jacob was Abraham's grandson, and lived long enough to tell] Amram, the father of Moses, all that he had learned from his grandfather Abraham. Thus Moses became well informed upon the history of the creation and the fall bil \a transmission of all. the details through a chain of only four persons, and these four were remark able for • their truth and great wie dom. These generations all descended from Seth, the son of Adam. There was another line oil eight genertions who descended -froxn Cain, but whO were all cut off by the flood. , In that line' were some remarkable men,. t 4 whom we owe much of our knowl t edge of music: and artifice in metals, viz.: Jubarand Jubal Cain. No doubt the results of their skill and invent tions were banded down to Noah and his sons by succeeding general •, _ Abraham had eight children—one by Sarah, one by Hagar and sir by , Keturah. Of these six, one was named Midian ; and it was his deS: cendants and the descendants of Isbi mal (another son) who sold Joseph to rotiphar. llt seems that the Midi anites land lsmalites were journeying together with' a — Caravan. The longevity of mankind kept up well near to the flood. After this it decreased w,ith every generation down to Joieph, who lived to be only one hundred :and ten years. From that period the age of man has varied but little , thour,h, but few men attain to a greater. age than three-score years q,fid ten. The bobk J]lf Genesis embraces period of 2,500 years of the world's history, which brings it down to the birth of Mosel. All the other books of the. Old Testament embrace a perV od of Only 1,500 years,., .Rome tionV• mercilat REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER. • THE 'MOND OF THE . BODY. A writer in a book called-the 't Se crets of the Sanctum," says : "IThe brain' may fairly beaikened twine *am engine of a large mill. It is the engine of the body, and the nerves through which it directs all the move- Ments of the body are its belts and shafts. When the steam' engine of the mill is doing its legitimate: ; work, disseminating .....power, Ihr,ongbi the great building, sending the belts fly int, on their c,utlleas rounds, and ipgti r T izeayy shafts and wheels, its action •is normal and healthy, and, if I may be allowed to compare' it a living, thing, it ,feels rather better when night comes . in conse gimlet! of its exercise. But sever its connection with the pondeYous , wPr!cs that ' ramify throu gh" the building ; relieve it of the exertion necessary to move tho.bundred pieces of 'machin ery ; leave it alone.with only its fires. its boilers, its cylinders, its piston rods, And fly wheel, and let it rush ion. It ).3 then working all within it self, while the great body of the es tablishment stands still; its fires roar ;Its usual ; the vanishing streams of ; waters rapidly change' into pent up Isteam,„ chafing like a caged•lion to burst the iron bands within . which it is confined ; the piston rods dart back and forth like bolts of light ning •, the 'heavy fly, wheel hums Iround, making the walls, and the earth itself tremble an 4 shake ' • then 'that engine is . wearing itself away much faster than if it were running the vast machinery of the mill, and is in danger of• sudden wreck.. - It is so with the working brain. It is accustomed to running the machin ery of the whole body, and`not divid ing and _doling out : its steam like ,powers in steady streams. It directs every movement ; says to the right hand "Do this," and to the left "Do that," and out through the nerves it sends that strange life-power that enables the linibs to obey, Now, when,;the editor sits down to his work, the whole body, with the ex ception of the right hand,. is at rest, ,and the brain.works alone, like the crusbing engine that finds itself freed from the heavy machinery that kept .its, Motion moderate and steady. Through the long, : day or weary night. ,the brain rushes onr, like the detached en,,oinethat whirls its dizzy fly wheel; and it is not strange that the tene ment of the brain trembles, like the , walls of the building; that the brain itself collapses, as when the engine flies , to pieces; and that the whole fabric crumbles and falls before 'its time. The power of the mill is the steam engine, yet nothing about'The mill requires such ,careful and deli cate attention; the power of the man is the brain, arid onOittle overstrain anon it may do more harm than the mangling of all the 'limbs. A :man. may live, be pWsieally healthy and . mentally brilliant Mier all his limbs have been.eut otf; but the final bur den-iwalPr which the b.ain breaks down brings apoplexy, then speedy death. Of that disease, - which fortu nately is no lingering one, probably all hard working, certainly all:over worked journalists have Mt those warning symptoms—vertigo, .ininat ural ilrowsine•is•, imaginary black specks floating I)efore the & 'es, .ai sense of pressure and etnifusion in' the Bead, and a temporary nionhness 'apparently of the brain—sometimes of a limb. ECCENTRIC PREACHERS. The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, who has both Wit and humor, recently gave a lectare. in London on '' Eccentric Preachers," from which we extract the subjoined pungent utterances : . In the present day the common charge against ini,nisters who had been succesful was that' they were ec centric. If they said anything that struck and stuck, the men l who tried to escape being struck and stuck said the preacher was eccentric. And the great crime of eccentricity was often 'spread by falsehoods. Things that happened one hundred years ago were said. of men who were now alive, and they were charged With doing and saying things that were contrary to, their nature. What was it to • be eccentric? • - If they look at the dic tionary, they would see that it was not to have a same centre as the thingl to which they compared it. He sup-' posed he was eccentric .to some peo ple. Granted; but they Were eccentric to him. )A man called him a dii3gent; er the other day, put he did not own to it at all. The ;mailbelonged to the Established ch t urch, and was a dissenter—he dissented from him. He has as much riOlit to be the stand ard as that man h 1.1, The man said to him, "you are nonconformist;"- but he said, ." No, it la you who do not conform to me " i And was it not so? Because, xi.fr was to put down what it was they ere to conform to ? "Oh," some Woulti say, "it is to be found in the vestrr . - If they would open the door the would see = what was it ? A iaundy ? Black gowns, and white. gowns, and green gowns, and albs, and bi ttas, and—but be was not well up i the terminology ecclesiastical milli ery. Don't touch r i ' that ragged'rubb sh, not even the white rag around their necks, which Seemed' - to bete last - relic of 'an i i abomidable :popey. But if they could lay down, centre, it would soon have to be 'a tered. What was eccentric: at, one t me ,' was not eccen tric at another. Some hundred years ago, or -more, when . John Wesley , sthed.to preabh on his fathers grave, in Epwbrth church yard, people said it was eccentric to preach in the open. air. But Jesus Christ and his apos tles preached in the open air.: Nowa days a dissenter must' not stand on a gravestone or lie under it. They were forbidden. Those holy worms that fed on churchmen, would-become ill if they fed - on dissenters bodies. The fact was, that as time rolled on, what was eccentric in one age was not eccentric in the next. One of the charges of eccentricity brought against Whitfield') and Wesley was that they, actually wore their min hair instead of wearing wigs. Could anything be more monstrous ? A l holy person, from Holland, wrote to him and said he• had read • his sermons with pleasure, but could do so no loner, as ho had been told, that ,be 'was,a carnal and 'worldly inn; 'Who 4, "n4l + , ' • '5 i./ It t, ''_ :1.. wore a mustache. The rule was re laxed With regard to some people, and cinite right. John Owen once said be would give all. his learning to, be able to preach . like the tinker John Bunyan. but he Said anunwise thing sJ c' because his sermons suited some people better than John Bun: yan's parabolic preaching of the gos pel. It was , better . for Owen to by Owen, and certainly better for Bun yan to be Btinfran. There were some men who tried to attract attention by OdditiesOritd oddities not their owd. Re had riti word to Ray for such men, hut giive them over as dead horses;to the dogs of criticism. lie bad heard of a man who tried to get a congregation by saying that if they would come he would show them the easiest way of making a pair of shoes, and when they came, he fulfilled his prom* by taking a pair or boots and cutting the tops off. That was a species of eccentricity, which he wouldinot advise any one to imitate. It was like that of a bishop who had written a commentary. They remem bered ;there was a man who came into a : . Wedding feast who had not a wedding garment on, and the master of the -feast said to him, Friend, how came thou, in, not haiing on a wedding garment ?" What was the explanation of this passage by the bishop;.? ThC wedding gar ment lignifies the out ward ordinances, and the , only people who have not. any ordinances of religion are the Quakers, and so it is written, "Friend, how cdmest thou in here ?" That was an eccentric bishop, k and he gave them leave to do w at they liked with him. There were some men who adopted a curious dress, lie would _not, defend them. Why could not a inan dress like a gentleman, and not like a woman ? lie t,elieved the time would come when sal these things; would be put in a museum;, and :when our grand-children were told that preachers 'wore that kind of a dress, .they would snot believe it was so.; Old Latimer-was eccentric,but there " 7 vas something very genuine about him, and one could not help loving.'him. Did he not talk about the woman who could not get tiny. steep :until they took her to the parish i phurcb, and when she heard the parson. she went o ff to sleep at once ? ;and did he not tell them about watering the milk, and when they sold their barley, placing the best at the top, and then declare I that he must stop, least he should be show ing them how to do these things.?. That was an eccentric preacher of the time Of the reformation. Coming down to Wesley's time, there was' John Berridge. He could not - live without being funny. He was quaint by nature: He had no doubt that his 'future was quiet—certainly his. pictures were. A person once asked him what the three pictures: were that were in his room. " Oh," he said, "-one la Luther, and another is Cal vin, and the other is the devil." The man Went up to the latter picture. and itiWas a looking glass, and he saw himself. - NVhen he preached the seats if the church had a double row peri..ple in every one of them. Peo ple sat on the topi•of i the beams, and laddef : i were placed tO the windows, and there was a person on every rung.. Berridge Was certainly eccen tric.- liO.ause ii" was Berridge'. .To any one who obj:.ctod to wit in prach infr. he would say what South said to Sherlock. They were disputing about something. and Sherlock upbraided Southfor bringing wit into the debate, and SP:uth said, " Suppose God had given4ott any wit, would you have used it.?'? There were some men who were .eccentric becatise they were reallyin earnest. THAIABOES FOR YOUNG OnOf the most marked character istics Of our country is the wonder ful opportunity for young men, to make 'for themselves position and in fluene4 It surely is not so of any other 'nation, nor hai it ever been so promipent at any other period of our history. Young men have generally been _}it'a disadvantage because of their youth. But among othei•chang es that have been severing the pres ent &Om the past, it has become pop ular • to advance young men to sta tions Of great influence and responsi bility, ; The largest churches seek ministers under thirty, and' the old line physicians and lawyers are push ed aside for young and brilliant tal ent, of the modern schools. • Young men ire managing many of the ablest jeOrnills in the land; young men take the highest, position as merchants, bankers and mandactuters, and there is really no position at the present day tO which a young man may not aspire and obtain. The change is indeed wonderful, and one which young men do not seem fully to ap preciate. As matters are at-the pres ent time, if they cannot achieve. Something worthy of themselves, it, is qufte likely that they never will. For there never has been, in any age or sty land, such truly magnificent chan c es for the triumph of young men s our ,country reveals to-day. If !young men would. know how and la what way the opportunity is presepted for th'etil advancement, we will :tell them. In the . first place, theri t is a field for orators—a field atm* deserted. The great 'Speakers have•passed away,_and a new supply is called for. Young or old, of what ever Origin, education or position, a. trulAeloquent speaker could. win for bimself a golden ccown. In the see-. and place. the still undeveloped pro fession of journalism calls 'for young men 'Of character and power. A hue dred;Men of ability could take lead: in , * positions at, once in this too-neg lectted field of influence. An the pro fessiiMs, too, are dividing. up into specm'lties,allbrding unparalleled op portdnities for talented men to make their lives useful and honorable. The vast Mining.regions of the West call for engineers, but there are very few to io to the demand. A great many public institutions are spring ing tfp over the land, requiring the best of executive talent to adminii ter their affairs. The , literature of the country is . waning, because of the lack of bright' nd fresh writers. Tu fact f i there is no end to the chances opes to young men of - character and determination. The great want of the day is fOr men to 811 important M== positions. It _ls sometimes said that there are more applidants for position than can possibly be employed. We do not bellevelthis to , be correct; but if it is, a brnVi man will'make a po sition for himsalf. There are so many new fields, to be opened in every-de partment of thought and enterpriae, that some whefe a young man can, and if persistent, will make for him self :a worthy place. The greatest obstacle in the way of the advancemeht -of young men is cowardice: - They are afraid lest they may be called '?Bashing," sof lest they may walk in the light 451*- some old prejudice or Word wisdom. Some men, too,, are:so extremely cautions that they' are discouraged by the warnings of those who have. been un fortunate, and never' dare to at tempt anything,. is not the spiiit for to-day. All the interests of the times call for boldness and cour age. There are enough great and good things. to, be 'accomplished, to carve the name"= of every young man in the land high up among , the -lists. These things appear to b;'forgotten. An idea seems, o prevail that every great opportutdty has been seized, and that those Who come after have only to follow tamelyc . m in old ruts and paths. This is a great mistake, and one which works very -disas trously to tho;se who indulge in it. There are new' deas innumerable to _ be developed; and it is the. duty of young men to iio all in their power to discover them.- There are -great and' grand fieldS,, greater and grander than the world has ever seen, and here are the phices'for yoUng men to test their strength. Not that 'every man must be ' , ;4t hero in the eyes of the world, .but: it is incumbent upon all to seek to advance the progressive spirit of the age and Of . the country. But bobbles% is r ot the 'only' requi site of the times. Honesty arid char; aeter are . certainly in greater de mand_ than . mere brilliancy. The . tendencies ori .the age', seem to he to Make Men less regardful 'of the means used to achieye success. A truly good man—one Who has lofty aspirations, anal who loves the right for the right's Sake—is the man who' is surest to Make - a real success. There are too Many men . who cannot be trusted. There are• too few men of whom all the. world knows they are planted upon rlght•4 - s<Upon ada ment. If a ma):1 is bold, sincere, lib eral, and persistent, .our ',country is indeed a magnificent arena, for. a struggle. Only let the • ideas reach farther and higher than those which have preceded,. and the . victory is certain. of yOung men knew one- half their power, they would accom plish far greater and grander things. Young menu do not stop'too long to 'count the true and cost; you can not affordlo be idle, and while you hesitate and falter, the great bustling world is hurrytng onward, : carrying yon rapidly forward to future pros perity or failute. Now is. the tithe to aet,and he.who wavers and timidly waits -for "some, thing to turn ni)," ; mill find him~el lost in the b* Whirl ofOinmercial qetivity and progress.. - Under a 114nible roof; far in tbs. y9,iing girl in pain. 11:13 : liter day had y - i , assed, till, now they added' up to .-years. since . stren,!til and - ene ; had ,•_left her, their places tnken its I; weakness . and -disease. Poor child"! Thank God, few know the bitterness•'_o such a lot, the sleep less nights'. the' restless days, hope deferred till liiipeiseemed vain, pray ers whose answeres never came!. It was Augiist, and through the long, dry, glaiing days, she lay ,suf fering iu heriittle room under • the sloping roof, 01 every breath seem ed scorching, o:ner every 'ray a flame, and eyery hoot, a day. And in her heart grew' a 4'eat hoping fOr the great cool sea;i For its great waters and shadowy depths, for: the musical roll of the whies as. .they • splashed upon the shorii; - . Dear child seemed. -to her that one cool, moist' breath of the sea air, would soothe the fever - in her veins, one glimpse o the brOad expanse of cooling water ii; would take her out of the world of stifled' breath and pain, and make her Well again. But not a glimpse, not • a breath couldishe get.:7:,' The four walls clos ed in like Prison - walls, and her weakness was. T tlie chain: • One sultry afternoon she was ly ing exhaustedupon her bed, longing for rest, wheji her mother brought her a paclinge;;from a distant friend. She had not energy enough to open it,, till her mother said, ", Open it my dear' it is something from the sea side." She did so :rind gently looked_ over card after card •of most exquisite. sea mosses, wonderful alike in varie ty and beau* When she came to the last she. Looked at it long—long after the mother with loving eyes saw that she wit not: Then the: eyes closed and the great tears roll ed doWn_thethin pale face of the " Are theyinot beautiful,my:Child?" said the mother. "So • beautiful , ! beautiful !" She replied, turning them over, one,by one, with her'poor, thin, fingers. `So beautiful that they take: me to where they came frOin. ..1. breathe the fresh air, hear thOmunnur the waves, and see the ; : bright pathway of the moon upon the great waters. • This is .my 'pass `. to the sea,'" • holding close to her breast the little pack of cards. " Only this morning I Was prayingfortrength to take me to the coast, nnj now can I not go and return as ofto as I choose?"• . • " Bless yoir, my child," said the mother withlears in tier eyes, "that's a new way tOhe sea-shore." • - "'Yes, lig* new route, but a wife one, and a bCiurtiful one." 4 ' Well, well, help cornea in many 3 way," said. the mother. ,"Thank God, ?tis many : a Aay •sirice, you look ed so bright? inteeior ' „“. C ENTIONLA*KISSES-0110. hundred with out taking a breath.: • :; , . . •AN, : actor ()right to be a happy man. His work is all play. • liirnsT is right kind, Of Wilber for castleS in the sunbeam. "CENTENNiAL relics of: lost opportuni ties" is tbo lsfest name for old 'zooids. • . ~.,. ..;:_,z4,;..;.. -- : •-i ,..; :' ". :1: ..:- - :_. - - , t 7, ` - .,.( : \ \ ,..) . .. s \-• . ,p. 1(,,.... (,,.... It A FRWIOIIB PRESETh =MI pcii Annum In Advance. • ;_ NUMPER 4.. VENETIAN POINT LAOE. It was made to list forever, and for centuries some of. theta lasted ; nor does there seem any reaiion.NOiy a pie C e. of well wrought geometrical bice, or of that wonderful pointy dl Venise en relief, of which a gondola Might be Made, so strong is it, with its tiers upon tiers 'of .stitches and its ribs of „mashie outline like the beams of a shiP, should. not last for ever. .The lighter kindS' of point) de ,ve ! ii.4,,; however, might have 7101e4 wrought by Venus herself, that rodite.who came out of the sea, and perhapiibinughtp. them - . with her `for aught we . can tell, with their tangles} recollections of sea-weed and shell's', and the feathery growths that j'lle deep down under the waves. Afte'r the somewhat - icy regularity of the geometrical patterns ; there is a whole sea-story in thC Venetian designa._ Mrs. Bury Palliser tells, a pretty' legend 'of how a 'young fisherman ion the laganes brought to his betrothed,' as she sat working her punti on the marble of some landing-place.. a bit of the delicate white sea-weed called Mennade7s lace, and hot! She . wondered and puzzled over it, and at fast-oliaped it into her work, and made. its tangles the foUndation of new development. The story servesto - be true, as the. examines given hi Mrs. Palliser's instructive' and popular book will show there'adi, ,er, supposing hini.(or her) to have no more preciOuS specimen , at haild: M. Segnin's illustrations are mach larger,'and, of course; for that very reasons More satisfactory; . but Seguin's book is perhaps too lima-. riot's und'costly to be. very aecesi ble, and the smaller pictUres rep _resent with perfeet clearness the love .ly tangle itif curved and Clinging lines,.laden - with -indescribable lings=lialt - flower, half- leaflet, half water-bubble with small . starry specks , thrown in between, and . g- Oar lines of connection, all fretted with little - spines and pricks, like those which the children offer you on the . blazing edge of the Lido, hale from the - Adratic. i; There could not be abetter illustration. of: the pOsSi bilities of realistic decorative. work. Sea-Yeed . and shells • dabbled dawn with blank flatness d abbled ithitatlon!. wouhtennStituteornament§of a Verj= primitive and unrefined class ,; ryt look into the delicate tracery of finest point do rinisedreani 14ed i - : too exquisite, One, would think, to be, worked by. any but fairy finge?"-- and you will .find it all -there, ithe,i blobs of the seaweed, the star-fish at the bottom, the spines and curve§ of the shells. 'Even that little horror of a sea-horse (what is its name :we picked up that scorching iirmy j day, when the blue roll of the ,nave lapped" Over the thirsty sands, I ap parently on a higher level than they even - even • that tiny grotesque thonster ,irlearas at us out of the delicate Con fusion, • . - It seems alinost matter of fact to say that. the stiff patterns of !tin: earlier' art have. " suffered a pea change into; „something rich and strange."~ . The heavier poi / in Verril.w—that which is in relief; which, With crOchet-sti kites aUtl tlluek cotton, young ladies Itc , !t lung ages , took to copying, is aliniiSt. inot7e water than we like. NOthing . boldly decorate, more splendit tri lin e odd be. Bat, it not so much the lovely rarities or the sea- bottom that it suggests to its:: but odd Toasters with (lull hig ev land • mightV - litribsi Visions of •the oCtopus come before our startled vision, For- . . • give us, gallant M. Seguin, • 1 gentle • Mrs. Valliser, and all ye knights and ladies, ; who ate :matures and connois seurs ! but it is true. • :Elien the de- light of possessing it woubl scarcely make Alp for 'the nightmare horr(!er o4' being'devoured by ones own coilar We admire, but shudder ,at the ,`Stig• geStive monSters.—Blaa•ivoud's azie. !I "STOP DAT MUSIC!" .1 (loin(' up the! street about; ten o'clock one hight, a.citizen of LOnis vile heard the sciund of a fiddle r" . " banjo and aAambourine. • 'As - he neared the pointifroth they proceeded, he heard the foot steps keeping time to the rpusicand a voice, calling_. out the figure's of a cotillion. • He. soon learned it was n negro weddingfrolic.. ~ JuSt asle . arrived in front of the honae'a loud angry voice called k)Ut : "Stop dal music immedyntely!P It stopped, and the dancing !sud denly ceased.- . • , " What's.de mattah, Sam ?" another voice ;' "'what do yoti I'l:lean by'stbppin' de dance," "1 : means. 'zactly what: I Say!". answered ' " I 'gaged dat 'band Myself to play for dis party boss of dis 'easion ,de band sha'n't play any mo' ! Dis'partY shau"t on ;. de. ball's broke up: Oienimen and ladies, You can all go hornet: " What - in de name of sense is, de mattah wid dat niggah ?" - WaS ithe Speech that came from all nart.i . the•rOoni. • • "What's de . mattah, Sam? yon, crazy.niggati!" ' •" I'o, I's not crazy 1"' 'said the 'one addressed, i "l's gwine to have a iii vo'ee! I's gwine to haVe a divb'ec !. Pats What l's gwine to have !" "Pivo'ce ! Divo'eel" sPoke, several voices together. What's dat niggab thinkin 'bout? lie ,'ain't been iiiar ried;more'n two . hoiirsoind noti lie's talkin"bont gittin' a iliVo'pe. crazy, she''... You's pt.*, Sana:!" . ' "I tell •'oii•l's not crazy," said the latter. "Here I's hin 'courtin'i Lu cinda for tiro years, with -honorable 'inteushuns, and slie"s bin Makin'. me believe - she bad money ;Idat she Was rich,- and ncirt,slie tells me she ;ain't got 'but a dolla'—a Step music, I say!'. Dis party's broke up. Whom dis ehile thari•ies a gal for her money she's got to' have more'ni . a orlwont live With her I's gwine to quit in time. What's a dolla' to al mau wid a PMily ?" j ' "Pat's imoren -you got, 'anYhOW, yoifgood-for-nnillir lazy, no itecotir4 yOu!" .here chimed ini Lu cinda.' • , „ • "I . ex':time I. marry for money;it'S got -, -to counted theft' de preacher ties . de knot' said Sam,' gwine to get a divo!ee iMmedyateiy NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL • ' ' LESSONS. Allift. 23, 1871 Alta 11:31-i7.GOLEMX TEXT: ROE11.1X:13: Lt Szol:EscD QUAETZU. LESSOX We have two principle points in this lessoi. - I. The effect - of St, Peter's Bev: mot; vs. 041. 1I ; The condition of the infant church, vs. 4Z.47. I. ; The effect. of St. Peter'S sermon. , The immediate effect is described by a very. Arena . figure; 'lr. 37. 'They were' . pricked (or 'pierced) in their heart." "The word translated "'were .Pricked 4 is not - used elsewhere in tlie New Testaipent; it properly denotes to pierce or penetrate , with a. needle, lancet or sharp instinment, ' and then to pierce' . ,with grief or:acute . pain of any kind. It answers pre-lis' ely to • our word. 'compunction'; it, implies also the idea'of sudden as well as acute grief. In this case:it mean's' that they.were sad' magi denly'and deeply, affected with anguish' , and alarmat what;Peter had said."— Barnes ; Their distress and perplexity showed themselves to the qtiestion : "Whit shall we do-?" "We have crucified the 3le!s. Mali; we ha's° beeli guilty of blaliphemy and treason toward opr,l:ightful sovereign. Note what ought woit i to' do as a . matter of duty, and what must we do as a means of safety? " -This queStion, addressed to the' wholo body of tlin apostieS, was aissweied by Peter as their spoke4man, in words both , of exhortation arid Jpromise,t- v. 38. 1. Repent. . T,he word denotes ani entire change of mind—including thought, feel. ing and volition- 2, 0h respect to the par-. ticular object; an inward revolution in reference to moral good and evil had hated and cru4ded - Christ: -Of fliis they must i•epeut; e., they muSt.shoia sorrow for their g,reat sin and turn to the love, and ObedienCe Of Christ. It is 'a ireat mistake to confine repentance to mere _sor w ro and grief. It,s l ;chief idea is that. of turning froi sin nidO holiness; from self and Satan unto God' • 2. Be Baptized. i' This change of mind niust be eijdeneedihy l an outward act— baptism. There is no express niention .!. here of the 'formula; of' Christian baptism (St. Matt. 25.:19), Because I:'eter . :had in view only the erseuilal idea of the ordi- mince, which is public profession of faith in Christ. (They riaii4,notonly haNe faith in him as their Saiipur (which is implied iu .repentance)' mid .1 obey him'as•-thei Lord, but they Must publicly confess,him. , as their Saviour ana Lord. this istho first mention of Christian baptism' "In the name of Jesus Christ." Thisis . not new formula of baptism, supplanting the one given by ChriSt, but a description of the baptism require : 4 as a speeiallY ehris tiart r;te.. ,. It may alSolave been desig,nccl to.emphasize the.faet that they nnist be baptized inj the nanie of* hitii Whom they had crucified. "In-the name of," means by the authority of Christ, ticknOwledging tibscribliag, to his! , engaging service and relying upOp his inerits.tAlextocler. "Tor the minis= sion of sins;" i. e.i . . ; unto or towards for- . , rrivness of sins. , The question. ofthe multitude had reference to the forgive ness of their sins, eSpeciallylof their liein . ()us sin toward, d;rist; St.' Peter points out to them in a feW words the Way of forgiVenes42 And; ;then he adds - a prom ise—" and 'le shall receive. the gift of the . liolOho4." Thb;,- gift was sniuething to folloiv faith 'and.repentance. which are ; theinselves_gifts of the 'Holy Ghost. does not i there fore Anean that should•rceeive And saving glace. Some limit] it to ,participation raeulous emlowments just iMpa rtedl to ] the ilisciples, ] •but is not probable that all 01%3,000 believers.' !reeeVed tile . gift of tou;;Lies aril miiaales. It is manifestly OM gift of inwar(l, ] ,'F;piritual poker that ; , is pr,;,:oisetl; 0,3 ma i 4 and perm'ip,', , nt part Of gift even re thr.linselves. iL ilt.:lll.dvci:,:titimi(laiite ,4* 551 , 1,ip tt.d .i.tivaq.)ll; : !‘,l ti ! ;ti.. it NVAI s t j,' 11 , trz,1 4 ii , %.0.205P-::17); This ::.e .;.;tnl elrt.ineteLeitie.o: I n as.,otp.).-vd t r Olie compat:ative dark less boncl:p4edist:l4:ea. ifle could be :sethtred by• theni !. 1, 10 ,1;1 it is 'proreir,ed to all: nation.: anq ages, , dur ing the g06,e1 digpans.ttion: 17,1 :33, (Coin- • , parel ! Joel ,;:2S witlOAcis 2:17)t there fore included thertr4-their „ E • nters---the Ge I whom they regarded 4 afar ofii from God, and alt whoni.-.11 )1' should .call among :the natierls tsf earth and during ,the generations, the last days. Solit is plain that in!ttli:; day_ can have i this gift., It is pot •, exhausted; it was,not confined to the days. ofthe. apostle 3. It is adaked to all and may be realized• by all.l We should all semz thi , sealing Oace. in .•.y be. saved with out it; but we Can not 'have arid - exert power unto usefulness, joy and, victory •without it. It is 'the great heed of the church to:j.clay. ' Pilay for it ' - ,The 40th verse T 1.4 a pirenthetical clause dJsigned to show-that Enke hit; given rts ceilY a sketch or ininmary 'of Peter's feels'. and appeals. Ile Saitl, a great deal more; testifyingi at great; length to what they oughtto believe, and exhorting them' to: what they ought:te do. _ Of his lexhorta-' tions a single•spe'cimen is. given : "Be saved (by repentance and baptism) froni., (the character - and destiny of) this per- 1 verse generation.'? Then 'in the 41st' 7 'Yerse we have a Statement of the numeri-. cal result—about 000 souls were added ; that day to the little church. , ! - The condition of the infant church, : , I. '"They Icoritintied steadfastly in ' the a,postles' ,doctririe ; (i i e., they attended steadily itpoit the Instructions.. of the twelve), in fellOWship (i. e„, they were constantly engaged in dharitable distribu4 title); and in breaking of - bread (i. f' they received the__ Lord's Supper,'.. it, is probable, with every mealy, and in pray ers." These acts :(vs. 40-47) were both public and and accoMparded with great joicand poptllar favor.; Such is the brief description ef their itiefird life, while, their outward state was .one - of safety thrOugh the general awe produced by the miracles of the apostles; verse 43. 2'. They lived in a state ttf eliristkin --)iiituunistri; vs. 44-17,„ Tbey - Were as I a single lionsehold. lmy were olio in heart and purpose, and jin one regarded his pos sesions'a belongihg absolutely to himself, •but as a trust. for the benetit of his broth-• also I They ; Flowed their love and ontMess l,y sellingilhen there was occasion se Much l ef their!property as way net:es-v. - cy for rue cum fort and relief of the ptk)r and need;. "These is I.lofiling[said of a comptilsery renutitiiat ion of. all individual property,. either - as a divine institution or ,t Voluntary self-dimial. Suehreimuciii; tion is ; indeed - aOntriance witfiT facts re coided in3lie later: history."-,- Aie.rfindi;r. IL is not ,said that they losseUedall things m ' i connuen, but that they helelall things as commdti , propettY ; Such a: cotuniimism shttuld exist' alWays iu the . christiag. clitirch. The result' of their inward;and oupward . life—of their, preaching and miracleS and. good works, wens. 4 that the Lord added saved souls dailYt o their nunthr, , r ; verse 47: So It will be always: ' Wher* the' elitirch ii in' the ;right state converts .to brist will by (":01tiunalky pi cu in iarge ntunbers. .spiritual always unikevernient, sinners. 111 EMI
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