"Aid Yourself, and God Will Aid You." " Aid yourself, and God will aid you," Is a saying that I hold f Should be written not in letters Wrought of silver or of gold, but upon our hearts be graven, A command from God in Heaven. 'Tis the law of him who made you— Aid yourself, and God will aid you. Aid yourself—who will not labor All his wants in life to gain, Hut relies upon his neighbor, Finds that he relies in vain. Till you've done your utmost, never Ask a helping hand, nor ever Let the toilful man upbraid you— Aid yourself, and God will aid you. Aid yourself—you know the fable Of the wheel sunk in the road; How the carter was not able Bv his prayers to move the load Till, urged by some more wise beholder, He moved the wheel with lusty shoulder. Do your own work —your Maker bade you Aid yourself, and God will aid you. It is well to help a brother Or a sister when in need. Hut believe me. there's another Not-to-be-forgotten creed. Better lore did never science Teach to man than self-reliance. Tis the law of Him who made you— Aid yourself, and God will aid you. Aid yourself—be not like ivy Clinging still to wall or tree, That can only rise by striving For support unceasingly. Rather be the oak, maintaining, Heart and branches self-sustaining; For this "the Great Task-Master" made you— Aid yourself, and God will aid you. J. F. Waller, in Cassell's Magazine. God may cast down, but He will never cast off true believers. The tree of the cross being cast into the waters of affliction, has rendered them wholesome and medicinal. There is a hell, believe ft, so that you may avoid it. There is a heaven, believe it, so that you may obtain it. Make the best use of what you have, aid they you may look to the Lord with confidence for more. In the path of duty, God promises his special protection; he will keep us safe and bless tis. If the disposition is good, the acts will be so too, though one may not be abje to do all desired. Sin is a tyrant, and its servants are slaves. There is 110 escape from the do minion of sin but the participation in the grace of the gospel. A man cannot be a prosperous Christian without settled seasons of prayer. Op portunity to pray will lie found when the heart is Intent on the exercise. This wish falls often warm upon my heart —that I may learn nothing here that 1 cannot continue in the other world; that I may do nothing here but deeds that will bear fruits in heaven. When we speak of disobedience we should always speak of faith first. Faith is the first and fundamental act of obedi ence. Faith is the mainspring of obedi ence. What wretched things are wealth and pomp, state and power, which will not permit brothers to dwell together in love, as they ought, and as, but for one or the other of these disturbers of human quiet, they would. Many a Christian trusts Christ to carry him through the valley of the sliaddow of death, who does not rely upon Him to take him through the dread to-morrow. If you are Christ's yon have 110 right to worry. He is a safe pilot. You can trust Him in the shallow, quiet river, as well as in the sea beyond. Afflictions are sent to stir up prayer. If they have that effect, and we pray more and pray better than before, we may hope that God will hear our prayers and give ear to our cry; for the prayer which by his providence he gives occasion for, and which by His Spirit of grace He indicates, shall not return void, through Christ's satisfaction for sin. E. ROSENFIELD'S IS HEAD-QUARTERS FOR CHE A P WINTER CLOTHING HATS, CAPS, NECKWEAR, GLOVES, HOSIERY, and a lull line of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, which art* offered EXCEEDINGLY LOW. Call and nee nio, examine goods, learn prices, &c M. E. ROSENFIELD. 1831. TIIE CULTIVATOR 1880. AND Country (xentlema. The Best of the AGRICULTUUAL WEEKLI Rv>. It is UNSURPASSED, if not UNEQUALED, for lie Amount and Variety of the PRACTICAL INFORMA TION it contains, and for the Ability and Extent of its CORRESPONDENCE —in the Three Chief Directions of Farm Crops and Processes, Horticulture and Fruit-Frovving, Live Stock and Dairying— while it also includes all minor depatments of rural interest, such as the Poultry Yard, Entomology, Bee-Keepjng, Greenhouse and Grapery, Veterinary Replies, Farm Questions and Answers, Fireside Reading, Domestic Economy, and a summary of the News of the Week. Its MARKET REPORTS are unusually complete, and more information can be gathered from its columns than from any other source with regard to the Prospects of the Crops, as throwing light upon one of the most important of all questions— When to Buy and When to Sell. It is liberally illustrated, and constitutes to a greater degree than any of its contemporaries A LIVE AGRICULTURAL NEWBP APEK Of never-failing interest both to Producers and Con sumers of every class. The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN is published Weekly on the following terms, when paid strictly in ad vance: One Cepy, one year, $2.50; Four Copies, $lO, and an additional copy for the year free to the sender of the Club' Ten Copies, S2O, and an additional copy for t/> year free to the sender of, the Club. For the year 1880, these prices include a copy of the ANNUAI- REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS, to each übscriber—a book of 144 pages and about 120 ne gravings—a gift by the Publishers. All NEW Subecribere for 1880, paying in ad vance now, will receive the paper WEEKLY, from receipt of remittance to January let, 1880, with out charge. fl®-rtpecimon copies of the paper free. Adddress, LUTHKR TUCKER & SON, Publishers, Albany, N Y. NATHAN TIUD, DKALF.K IN i PITTSTON, WILKES -BARRE, AND LOYAL SOCK COAL. j t Invites the patronage of his old friends and the pub lie generally. 1 shall keep a full assortment of all sizes, ANI) HIIAI.L SELL AT LOWEST PRICKS FOR CASH. Yard and office, foot of Dine street, just south of i Court House. i Aug. 30 N. TIDD. V ertical i i ■ Feed. •Vsusual, the Vertical Feed i Sewing Machine took First Pre mium, at the late county Fair. j J FIGHT MIT SIGEL and all HONORABLY DISCHARGED SOLDIERS * will consult their own interests oy calling at JACOBS' long established and well known ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, PATTON'S BLOCK, and buy their coats, pants, vests, overcoats, shirts, overalls, Gloves, Hose, Hats and Caps, and every thing in the line of fine and stylish GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Don't be deceived by persons falsely representing themselves to be JACOBS, but come directly to my store in Patton Block, Main street, near Bridge stf aug2C H. JACOBS. Text Book Uniformity. RESULT WHERE BOOKS HAVE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN MERIT. At a Convention of School Directors, of Centre County, held a Bellefonte, Decem ber 2(5, 1878, pursuant to the call of 11. Meyer, Esq., Couuty Superintendent, for the purpose of considering the propriety of taking measures to secure a uniformity of the text-books used in tlie schools of said county, the tollowing action was , . taken, over fifty directors being present and nearly all the district in the county being represented: COPY OF MINUTES. Upon motion of £. I*. Stonerod, of Snow Shoe township, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: WIIKRKAS : Great expense and waste are frequently incurred by the present and con nstatly changing variety of text-books used in the common schools of Centre county, there fore, be it Resolved , By the representative directors here in session, that a system of text-books, suitable, complete and uniform, be adopted in accordance with the laws of the State, throughout the bounty. Upon motion of J. 'C. P. Jones, the follow ing plan was adopted with but one dissenting vote, to carry into effect the following pre amble and resolutions: First. The various publishing houses to send samples of their books to each schol board in tne county lor examination and to submit therewith the lowest exchange, intr' - ductorv and wholesale prices, and the length of time they will guarantee to furnish them at said price. Second. No agent of any publtshing house to be permitted to do any work in the county, to be either general or local agent, beyond sending his books and terms as above stated. Any house or agent violating this under standing, their books to be counted ou of the contest. Third. The several school boards of the county, after examination of the various books which may have been submitted, to hold a meeting at which each director shall make out a list of the books which he prefers to huve adopted in the county, and send it to Henry Meyer, Esq., County* Superindent, at Rebersburg, Pa., prior to the first day of June, 1879, who shall ma rc _ . e several statements so sent, and the books up on the various branches having the ighest number of votes or preference shall be the series recommended for eountv uniformity. The County Superintendent, afier having made the above eanvaos as above, to send the result of the same to each of the papers in the county for publication. W. C. HEINLE, Chairman. J. C. P. JONES, Secretary. The following is the result of the votes of the Directors of Centre county, Pa., on the uniformity of Text-books in said county, with the number of votes cast fro each book, under the foregoing plan and resolutions: READERS. No. vote. for eacsh New Graded 74 Independent 20 Appleton's 17 New American 12 SPELLERS. Swinton's 83 New American 6 Independent.. 23 Appleton's 1 Patterson's Sander's Union Raub's..- l GEOGRAPHIES. Swinton's 100 Colton's 14 Mitchell's 10 Independent 1 Monteith's 5 HISTORIES. Swinton's 68 Redpath's 5 Barnes' Brief 7 Butler's Ouackenbos' 1 Watson's 6 V RITTEN ARITHMETIC. Robinson's Shorter Course 57 Green leaf's IA Brook's Gilne's 22 Boff's 12 N rook's Union 8 Mew American 4 MENTAL ARITHMETIC. Milne's 7 Greenleaf's 4 ALGEBRA. Robinson's 5g GreenleaPs 1 COPY BOOKS. Spencerian 68 Appleton's 30 Ellsworth's 10 GRAMMARS. Kerl's 72 Swinton's 17 Clark's Brief . 15 Bullion's ] Harvey's 20 Ouackenbos'. w 3 lewsmith's 1 LANGUAGE LESSONS. Kerl's 5 Clark's 1 Harvey's...., 5 Morton's 5 BOOK-KEEPING. Bryant & Stratum's 44 Folsom's... 6 Smith's CIVIL GOVERNMENT. Townsend's..* ••
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