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VOL. 2. NO. II.
\s YO would t li.il men sh<ul<| <lo milo you do yt; uvcii so to them.*'
CHAH i J 10 H TON. S. C., SATU H DA V, O OTOH KU 1 0, i,S<iS.
wuor,K NO:m
v^'H* CHU mimili "suvovivu.
A KKI.tniorsi A vu i i t i- \ . r> \i y. , |.(
prnusinip wiiii^ \\\
A. WEi.oTEE.
Oilier.? I.V(I*"\| : liv,: j, , ,, .. ,. ,
(Otu?, tl,mi North ( '.iljiniia
. iT* All t.icctlSU?) Pre; . t er- \_| ,.. , j.
Whether (raveling ol loath ,11e ?lu- ?Mit? uo.?
VgOlltS.
??~ l'or irru?s of stilm?rliMion ni .1 inion of ii,I?, r
Hump, sec itifriile.
Progress.
STKAIMI.T. sion,Illy, it rp Oj st.p,
Vp tlie ventilions hr.i: ?, :.
Carefully pinchin stone on stone,
i llus thu loftiest temple- fi..\v.
Piittenlly, pntleiilh. Civ ly .
Thr url 1st tolls Ht lili tush iiliiuy :
Touching ll here ?mi 111 i t i i n t:.. re,
Hiving ll ever with intliilt, ?
A line mon* soft or a I e linn-, hu
Till, Utile hy lime, th,- pi- tine ttrou -,
An,] at Inst tl.,1.| ,lul| cit ii vii? gijiit
M lili life nu,) Leanly ?o. i fnrnis ol urn ?ti?
Tluit evermore hi thc \, iii, I Itu vi b?iicC.
Thu? ?Itu Dir poet-hour aft, r hour
Vic UM?-IIH to cinch in,- fairy chimes
Tiwi ring lu lu- --oie then, ? .th nen:,.' p. ? ,M
He weuves tin-ir in cloth hilo liN rhymes,
Slowly, carefully, tv >r,l hy wnr,l,
line hy line, uni llioimht hy tho chi
Ile fashions the Ifol, lc ll tls-lic ol sohl! -
Ami (hus ure Immortal nut hems \vioie?|ih
>.\ orv \\ oe oh*cr\ li nov - .
I A c ry watchful gazer sccs
Not li in L; ?rum I or h, a ut 11 u I u -nus,
Stix,- 1,_\ KUI,heil, ... ? ,;, o-.-.--,
t i' who toll ? Uh H t in > . is, hliili.
Amt fen.Ils- the pron-! r, -ul! liwiltt,
Munnin Hot 1- the hollis ta, liy.
That the season ls ihhg--Hic he.rvi t-t lat,-. I
Itoineinhcr that lu. tlicrh?oi, sire e. nh.I ti nc
Hull,leis um! urllst- um: 1 snhlhi .
Wl'to ll yeti in Hie pa.-t no,I w- VUV?\ Uti, yen,
Worked ililli wa Ile, I a \, , i . :;,
ItyrW ami (iieorii's- ann joint Un i: uf-.rht 11
1 et they Illicit I ly lolled at the lusts I...cnn !
i 'll, he il,,-,,- ,i"; ?lomli lno!,c ||iltt .Hillie
Ih-'hl ' .
Which shines on Hie soul ? hen sn.-?>-.. .. '
How to Get an Education,
CMvw i-f our readers d.i not know hot* j il
youiiL' mci ai (lie .Noctli 'la r eipnai- A
lion. The following skeleii \v.iM . le . I
i: is done lin re. and may he 1er - aal > I ..? r
w herc.if there is iJiiji a rt iii in acebl pii-h it l<
lin- nionth of D.-.-eei'i a jit Iii _\ - .rlM'7. "
Was nntistlitlly cold and hin si erinn;, lu -om . :
instances, callie and -winni ;.riv de lleifd. :'
were fouiid badly frozen: winier Inn) cobie 1
nu so suddenly that many were unprcpar al
for it ; w hile the olivet i l snell <v\vritt ].?:).. "
weather so early hi tia- -a ?ison wa - ill.* hen rt- 1
cuing to most, both young and old. i .'
There was one exception, however, ami ,
this was a youth of fifteen -anim, r- tall and ; '
gaunt, who sat one slnrmy evening in tlie '
old-fashinned chimney cOrni ? of his father'- ' (
huinhle. ilwelling. relleetlng upon his own:*
situation, and planning whai he would do (o '
improve it. There wa- oin ll ice!) puta o.-o. in
his mind, ami this was. lo ..;>.! an eduea'ioU.
How to accomplish it ho eoiihl not imagine, j1
for though his will wa- as inflexible as iron 1
his power of conception wa- liol vii th vol ;. 1
ed. He had been lo a school Iii the neigh- '
horhorni (he previous w ?mer, hm Ibis avenue 1
to learning was itow closed io 'ulm. .\ - he
snt on his old-fashioned stool amid the noise ;
and confusion of thc family ll ron nd him. and
the hoarse sighing r. - tempest without;
his thoughts were something of this nature : !
" Winter lins commenced, 1 long io bc at my
studic". The host parr of pie year, and the ,
only time I can call my own. is passing.'
away. What shall I do?"
As ifni answer to this question, there w as
a knock at thc door, ami pr?seiitly a neigh
bor walked in covered with snow. Ile had :
been to a village beyond, and w as returning ;
to bis home, when the bright light of the
pine knots attracted his attention.
Our youth In the corner nodded good '
evening lo tho guest; bul his mind was loo
deeply absorbed to listen to the chit-chai j
which follow ed. Thcgri at question. .. what
next?" was still Undecided, and hi- brow i
knh. more and more, tv* lie relied cd ob t lie
dlftloultlcs in his path which, however, not
for one moment deterred him from pursuing j
lt.
Presently ho was roused hy ri voice.
'.Jo, did you hear, Jo? There's a school
in IMftiiitleld. Neighbor ii. say.-it's a good
one, taught by Master Maynard."
Jo rose slowly from his scat, a look of|
cool resolve stamped on every feature.
k> 1 ?hall go to Plainfield in the morning,
bc said quietly,
14 Hut how can you got there? Hil he aw- j
fully drifted, the snow is a foot deep now.
and thc wind blows a gale."
" PU get there somehow, I reckon."
"Hut,1' remonstrated his lather, .. I don't
see the way for you to go lo Plainfield, I
can't pay for your board nor schooling,
much as I'd like to tlo lt."
??I know that, father, but I am determined
to havo an education."
Pidding the family gooibnh'bt. he mount
ed to Ititi huinhle chamber ut lim lon, nay mg
to himself, " Xos, that's thc next .step- I ll
-" '.' Halnticld. ami I'll ;.,-,",n-.-u
W .' l?rlrVi ..r <,,ow In mr. when l i,
l'-" -"lin.-.l I,. :ri.; wlicn- | e t,, t.e at ni;
;! "U .' I'' l l.ap. Ile- Sj Mill Miin| |
. 'lp ni.' t.. contrive a way pi yet at; t ! tea
I Ii Ul."
Hu next ULM a,in- tlie thermometer vin
1 " 1,1 " ' "a Lank-, in from ..f (lie liimsi
?.'-ver. ,| ii,,. ,.,..". wall?! lui! lu.I ,,,". vvlill
?'?iuupii, inp ni.'.! start ?al ..(Va? -omi tts li
?;is hehl. :. -null pickaeo ,>f .-milie- an.
le.eks -|i,a- ..vu- |,?s .1,,,, 1 I,.,. x, ., v.;,.a
?I ?eaieli ( .. j-iriijji.-' ;l> j,,. i-",|,i,, ,.;,!!, ,j
Ou Cn: tliiij Hie -. h.M i r....tn in season p,
- a ihal iii.- nr.- wi j0 .muli..?,..,, ,\,r .(". V(.
V.'*'',! J '"' Hp' <la\. Ma-!,.|- .Nia.\ nani ..h-.-r\
. ?'. Silliii? on a beach, an.I wanning hbu-eli
lit il e lij.y.liiy I..-,. ?, youth whom he hail
never seen Ihi'or?. n,.-re ivas au expr?s
sion -ut hi- i,,-,.-\ a lace w hieh lixori tlie at
? uti.MI ol Ih. ?ea.-her. ami the follo? in- chu
ver-ali.o |o0!< placic.
" "ave y..u .pc to join (he school ':"
" 1 es. -ir. I have walked .-even miles ;hi.s
llioi'iillin ;o ll<) it."
..Are you a.-,?ii.lititen willi mtv on? in
iMuiiiiicitir
No, ?ir. hm I wan; lo gel an education.
i h.-ar i hist lifglil ilia! you w.t.- I ca eh I ll'J a
-eliool lieje; and I caine to get y ou I . help
.on: riv e a |?hih."
..Cannot Viiitr parents assisi i'On?'1
'. No. slr." (
". Have von no friends jp mari y0j, :l
ina h.'UiP.'"
.' How- ito e..u expect, (lien, lo gH iiloiii- ;." :
.. I ilon'l kn.e.. ; I thought l il e..:,.,. aa! sec
i eu a'...ut it -I'm dei. rnilm-d to .r,.j ), ariling :
icfph.' I'm mu.ii o! h r."
I h. re i\;is -om..thill ! ?ll 'lie cool. resolllle
,!;!",>' .' i!l ? hleh lin- youth uiulerton?- t..
miupter ihlti.-.hie-, that interested I iu> I? a. h
'' ? "" h'ld the stiantrc'i io remain ilmnlg?i
day. ami h wa.u ri sec what .....nhl he
Ih'lVue niiilit Isc hail marie arrange-1
neut- hi the faiui'y where ?ie was Ima rd Ititi, i
hal l!l? you,ij? niau should icUuiln, pv- 'i e.':
ii- expciises hy lah..r om .,( school lean's. 1
"!:>' Hh'f'd now ottvi; I ? i i ii >Y>t ** ? If 11 i iroii 11 y |o|
inri-. , aa,! -...in convinced his teacher thai
"Wi'.'-iVil'i'i'-'? ki.pwh'ri .'<. v?as Indomitable; j
'hroti-jh ||ic vvdiip'r he lil trie ^oiitl. hui ito!
lipid prOgr- and -o linell i nt > .!>.-: >.?! h :-.
.a. h. r h.\ hi . p a -evran. e that, al tie' eh.-.- ?
f (Iii' !, rei. thal -j ? ?i i-aila ll mari.- at-'
nngcuicul.? with a clergyuntil, who r.'-'d.d
.ur miles fruin hi- father's house, ?o hear
i- leeilalion-.
Kui' Soup. !iui" Ihc yOiiiti llOiti il'd a! h<.m a
holly wah.hr.' Ihc dist tillite lo rodie, and'
iCgitllhig tlie tllili' will; repeiitiou-oft?reek
ml Palin nouns ami verbs.
At la-l he was prepared for rolleg?alid
lil' ihcillpglCiil ?ehn-ri. being one of (he etti?
iesi members of thc Seminary in Andover,
roth which place he went to li reece a-a
ni - ?ioi ia ry of 'lu.1 American I toa rd nf Com
nl?slo|iei ; fm I'ordgh Mission?.
I seana |y mci -ay that I hiivC givch th? j
"triy history of Dr. .hmas K big. whose lu-1
lotnilable perseverance amiri-l iiiseonrnge'
lieiits aol pc.inion1-, luis ilona sp inlicit
ic ile l.vrioniplioii it ml ('liristbihiz.ilion ofj
e.-,-. ami ha- excited th? admiration <>(
ne wilde i 'Inls! ian W a '.ri.
Tho_Wire.
OSI.V let a woman he sure that she is pre-1
"iou? to Imr husband--no! useful, not valua
ble, not convenient -imply, hu: lovely and
beloved ; hi her bc the recipient ot hi - polite
and hearty attention; let her feel that her
??urti ami love ?ire noticed, a pp rei lated, and
returned; lei her opini?n he asked, her ap
proval sought, ami her judgment respected
in matters of which she is cognizant ; in short,
let her only bc loved, honored, cherished, hi
fulfillment of lite ninrrtrigc vow-and she will
bc lo her husband, her children anri society,
a wellspring hf pleasure. She w ill hear pain,
ni.ri toil, ami anxiety-for her husband's love
i? lo her a tow er and fort res.?. Shielded and
sheltered therein, adversity will have lost ils
sting. She may sutler. Imf. sympathy will
dull thc edge of sorrow. A h msc w ith love
lu lt.-li lld by love I mean love, expressed in
words and looks and deeds (for I have not
one spark of faith in hoc that never crops
nut)--is to a house without love as a person
to n machine ; one is life, thc other ls a me
chanism. Tile unloved woman may have
bread just as light, a house just as tidy ns the
other, hut the latter has a spring of beauty
about her, ? joyousness, an aggressive, pen
etrating and pervading brightness, to which
the former is a stranger. The deep happi
ness in ber heart .shines out in hu* face, li
i gleams over it. It i? fair and grace":', ami
I wann and welcoming with her presence;
she U I Ul I ol' devices and plots and sweet, snr.
prises for her husband and family. She Iud
never done with romance and poetry ol' life
She herself is a lyric poem, setting herself ti
all puro and gracious melodies. Un in hil
household ways and duties have for ber :
i golden significance. The. pri/c makes lie
'culling high, and thc end sanctifies tin
inen..i. "?.??e. ls Heaven, anti Heaven i
I Love.'*-Thc Mother's Journal.
A Visit to a Plantation.
Xi'vr lo ttii- desire t',.i clucatinn, Iii?
iMlOlj ol ,|,.. . I \;yv]y ?, |<> St'CUrC for
ii nisei! I a i it ] :i home. I l:iio\x ol* several
.I':.M.1;, i,.. :,((.;) ,." . , j,,. x j,uv0 bui ga "HOM I
f,,y- Thc nuinhiti xviii increase. This t?x
. .II. - (lio jealousy iniii lin! in ufa ceri ni jj class
j pr ? hilc,<; ol rii-tcnipetori.hiiil vulgar nihill.
To i ink ihill Hi- ev-hiv .-h.nr..i galil phip.
!griy; anil griiiliuiliy risc iiji Iii- unremitting
1 '. ' i'll'' lie. (lu- i \ .master, is. sinking
loxvi r '"I Imi-iir in |>..\. : i v. tiirhUgti lils l?/l
in-. ; l.'tvhi'f no unpa'ri :<;... h limy lo i>\
culi- iii.- i..;i\ orders ilii- r.i.-p- M- rebellious
spirit, liiiil h.- cui-sos tin- government iliul
our-. - (h,. .. iiigghr.'*'
I vi-iic.l th.. latin- ol'two stielt frecriuh n a
-hort time ago. I.vilig two mil.'.- Iroiu litre, j
I walked through Iii- ia.not, m d,,- luVii.sc of
lin- ?ll rsi. a I jig cabin ol lin- lie; hr -or I. I
"l'a,'Iii Leg?!, '.our '"lion Ls looking pref
ly we',." I
? cs, -ir. ,t ,1 i. I havi: done a power ol ;
work on h."
"How malty acres have MU? in (? ti hi vii
tn a':
"Killy acre- in eo| I on aii'l forty in ?nrii." j
' Iniiecil, have von -,. milch? Mow is ii '
j on aro a hie to lake care ..! -o much,"
" <?. I'-e to,| a h|y 1,-iee. I',,, s,.vcli or j
eiirhi ehlli'ii Uro-- big euou.li io work iii
lilli iiclii. Tile reh- helped ihti rai-e inv ?
ehllt?n." ' j
thiele Lige Inriulg' .! in a hearty htiigli
over ll.e fae! ,.f I,avie- Iii< children rc?fii?
w ula.rn expense t., i,;m.
" Win n ?lie .-m r.-a 1er caine on iliey wore
lill!'eiio?icr|i tower!, ..in ",. foy wifes nhl i
nilssls--slii! lived one pla." ami I ai another
was poweiTnl ina.l when -lie found she had j
?O giV? 'em all u?>. --he -ai,I -he had jll-t gol !
'em tilter?! they ivcre youri i'm- something,
thu it sniteil un mighty well. I had nothing h
tod" hal ?e-i ftn aid pink 'cm all up anti!1
walk ..If. I trot .,.", "|? together tmd cooped '
'ein up like, in a hale ,,laee. a.- H hen rio UvifV
chi"he?;-. ?md wont <iff ami iimrie a eontr?ici !
for a \ - lt f, r tl at year. At the end cf the j ,
??'".'" ! 11 id or : inouuh !.. do mc. ! |( ll you 1
? ich mighty pr.md. My wife was minc, r
my eliil'en w a- mine, caril was min.m J I 1
. lim l ic 'e I ijre. if the u hue mau'- part \
had ihi'pint cr they woijhl p'il voil it'd hack j
into slave; v it giddi I hay; Ili'.M'll leading
" . - ,, ( x
ni "i anion/ ?helli -ax a- much. i ^
..I -Illili uevi-r he a -I i V" a : a ia. I tdvi'ji.
freedom IO'? Wei. I'.l die |;r-l
Wliitt iii! tiiu expect xxotilil leihe re
. I 1
. ell of thc xx ar tn voa T ?
" I know ltd W?M lie li ce. I alhi/. h'lloved
that. I hear.) thc her gipis 'link '?ian."
l?ui?bum.' and they ahn/, -ai l lil nie. [free
dom, fretdom. li .-annuled goori; I tell you." j.
pliow many acre- have you in ?di?''
"Three hunrireil and twenty acres. I have j
land ciuiiinh to -dtle my children mi w hen j
they get mari e"!. Thal".- what I xx am."
.' How liliteli doe- tl COSI > on
'. I am tn ul ve lihec'i hundred dollars for.
I
the place.'"
'. Ii will take you a good while to pay fori
it."
.ii un. -ir. I can pax for il all in I WO or I
thr.'e years if (he laud help- me."
I Ich. "iU le liige" a happy mau. working
oarly and late, and loxing lo rio it when the
avail - of it wen- coming tn hi-, own hands, j
A walk of half mile or so through tim
winnis brought inc to the clearing of Derry
Smith, also au intelligent, capable, honest
I and trusty freedman. 1 hail been previously j
j invited several tunes hy Undo Derry to come j
j over and sec his corn. Derry boasted of his j
j corn. I nnlfit Ihoreforc gb with him over the
place.
..Thin in beautiful ebril, .surely. I have
! seen no snell any where. Such monstrous
j ears! I am afraid you aro too proud of this
' corn."
i ..Pries* thc Lord, iib! Ifs bard, though,
j sdin?thiics, io u'lievo it's m bi c. lt's so ditter
I cut. Anil I say to myself, Derry Smith, this
j is your corn, thank th? Lord. Derry Smith,
! that is your colton over lhere; anil thal hs
I '/oar wife mil there, anil you can sec ber now
I without asking for a pass, and then perhaps
? being tlrnv oil."
I'nclo Derry emled his soliloquy with a
clear anri joyous laugh that seemed to come
from thc very marrow of his bones. Happy
mau ; bc oxvus himself.
" Your cotton looks very clean ; Why, there
! isn't a xvceri lobe seen. When you xvere a
slave I suppose you did not keep thc cotton
looking like this?"
Derry stoj ped, and w ith an earnest face
exclaimed, emphatically, " Yes, sir, 1 didj
I was alluz a faithful servant."
..I cnn readily believe, it. Uncle Perry."
Perry showed inn his g mien, his sweet
potatoes, his pea-nuts, the place where he
was going to build his nexv house shortly. I
took dinner with bini, ?inri left, feeling that ll
the Stale was marin up of as good men as he,
anri a? Intelligent, lhere would be no riefen!
in the work of reconstruction.-- Watohnt?n
and Jii'flector.
LOT'S wife, lookeri hack and (Jori never
..ave her leave lo look forw ard again. Hack
. brier. U?nk out '.
Thc Compas? ?n a Fog.
hin cnn ?'Wi* hrar thc wide l'binparod lo
? Hie marun r's compass? tin have heard ?1
i Calhfd ii.'/>/?./.', : . diifi'i l?mse vvliO lire jbiir
iieylii^r through iii,, ivprldi'i ?moi? llor, io
j "'ve advice to those who Ino", wisdnin; 11
; /<o?/>. li- ??ive I lg hi o. (hose, u lm an' in dark
j '"'-S and yotl have re?dily understood .y?iy
i sn- h nain.'- h.tv.- boon given lo timi blessed
book. Min how .'.rn it h.- -.Od lo In- liken
j ni'irinrr'a >'tnH/K??i.i'?
j You probably Know I Ind a compass lulls
.iii' shl|iitl:istor how to diape Hf coiir-'o bf
i Ids vessel an- .-- tin- pathless sea. in order lo
;.'.iin -om- desired point in number par? of
? tho li'tirl I. Hi consults it many Ilutes m-n ?
' day, ami would IMHO. I.T ita -?loni nil - lor-|
?tine to he deprived ol Hitit Instrument nt
s.a.
<>ne li aittifu! diuinmr eveidng I M a-- on
hoard ol .1 denoter, livery i liiiiy; weal m.
-monthly iiiirhig lim lir-t p u t of the night :
tin- dars w ore out ami shifting ; [lu- se;i wiis
.j.ihil, th.' vessel -pod ti wi ll ly on lu-r way.
lind ail was pleasant when tho pas-cngcr^
retired to re-1, lint inward- morning n rb??
begaplogather ninon n-; and tho nearer thc
hour nppi'otu hod lor the sim to rpo. thc dens- ?
Of il to-, ann-. I was ip. betimes, ?ptti Illili -il
timi, as toe fog thickened. Un- implies
iv ere eh.-.-I.ed, and ?hu speed of the -mainel i
les-eiied. lill ai in si she seemed sea icely ( oj
move through i lie waler. \Y . eoul.l ?iofs?e
more than lier |em_'?/, hi Atty direction. |Je
f"iv. the headland- of the Shore were in
stgltl ; npiv our only guide wns ihe eoiiipnSsi
I found that Hie ollie.-rs did lint Consider
iou- position without peril. Wo were Int! in
i'i- /?/, ami they felt that wo were Un near
ilf rockbound coast tobe groping along in
ililli dark, misty shroud.
'fin eiiptnlu, pil-.i. and another ntliccr held 1
ll cou-nliation. When they sopar Ked. the 1
Signal wa- immediately iff Voil lo -t:ir, the t
mgillCs : lind at the siiiiie lum', a nu n or (wo 1
.f thc w'nerl brough! mir St nattier IO o-.:-.' i
lo-iw.Wd. as; th?; compass midi: (
ye wont, i .r .-..m.' time, direelly olf short*. 1
i i.. .. den e w a- another consultation, and the i
?Ie.11 uer s course was again chanced, (hi- t
imo toward-, tlc shore. 1
, In al.nut au hour w e .-inlilei.l-,- heard a'?Vi'?? H
. he h iv:i? a lijlu'tiousin idol the Iltur vt men l\
VUriied IIS "f our danger, We pas.-ed nOj;!i
i - it- the Oijtor li d.re of roOks that you might ; f
i!il . tin CN . Iii| . v ; . j tl,- upon it from the;:
.'oiuiicrV deck ! Hu' when ive r< ached lld-! I
keigcrotl- pohd our pilot knew wie r . wo
veto. Tnklog his eour-e aeeoriihtgly he t
amii hi'Oilghl the vessel t? eur "de-ired 1
niven.''
What the Compass is to the mariner -a 1
juhle, hut for w hich the ocean would he a y
raekle-s and perilous wade--i * the Bible to I
i- all ; il reveal - a future life, and guide.-: us JI
Hep hy step lid we eitler heaven.
Prayer. I
Ol in daily bread calls for our daily prayer; ,
because one want is created willie another is
snppli'd. Ar?: we called by th" name ot,
Christ, .ind shall we not call upon the name
nf i liri.-t '.' Take away spiro nal for?at it, and
you lake away spiritual life. Then: was
never one new Ito .'ii .vim was -till horn.
.Spiritual prayer resembles Noah'* dove,
which returned with tm olive branch.
Tile prttyeriess soul is a fruitless soul. The
wailers of life aro sweet -, and it is bloused to
hrin^ the vessels of prayer to these wells.
Throw a sponge into a river and it will soon
lill itself with water.
Many will cast olf this duty because they
lire ashamed to go to it w ith crutches ; but
these w ants of accomplishment should not be
ti discouragement; for immy dinah beggars
have been relieved al Chi bi's gate hy making
si^tis.
header, ls not that mercy worth your
breath which was worth a .Saviour's blood?
believing prayer is a trafile for those 30111
tnodiiie- whieh arc only locked up In heav
en's storehouse Why should wc be dumb,
seeing G?d is not deaf '<
> Splrltitat supplication is a channel to con
solation. Death shortens our wuy to heaven,
j but that sweetens our way to heaven.
I When prayer mounts upon the wing of fer
vor to l'.od, then answers come like lightning
from (?od.
The. gift of prayer may have praise with
men, bul il is tho grace of prayer which baa
power with CJod.
Christians never want .1 praying time, if
they possess a praying frame,
j Prayer brought an angel ont ol' heaven to
I bring Peter out of prison. Their prayer
I went up like lire and brought down blessings
I like water, lt is not always Hint bound
I whioh opens the loudest thal catches the hare,
hut Hui ono whieh follows closest in tho
ehiiso.
Homler, when the vessel of your soul luis
?given over sailing, we may conclude thu di
vine winds have given over blessing.
Are yon made a spiritual priest, and will
you refuse to offer up spiritual sac ri lieos?
Your affections should soar like an en ?fie
'.when your Hps cannot move faster latin ft
s?mil.
An Acrostic.
IM l l Mill fr f(T |;| , ,, j, .,,
Win ll Ml.' \ III.ll ." |,l I . ?. I. Miff ll" !.'
lu III- ?itu;?- JIU,I I. . lionel,
Like those lutiVKx (hal L U ainl |ii?ri.iii?!i|.
ffClWt IlioivOil wi; Meit th,,,, woiililil K ?.
in (hy yondi, alu-. : h. sud
A I? rot h e., frl.-ml, v> ?(une . <> lino,
>M lu hut thv "lu -mk tr ibbie mi''-,
Heilt tiy Ut?' wintry Must :
Kvi'i \ un, ,1,111 weaker Still,
Ne'er i?i .?i i rn :i|i|.|i. i,ti, I?xi
?in Un ilwits, nh, lonolohs I .op I .
Aii'l ?"i'.'il; v\ i- .Mina,,cs HUI;
Mnkr UH tn hen- iii], iifcavy hjovv
In nu.-, i'm sorrowing dour.
Nor Will wt: weep fur lin c, ile?i on,-.
M'H'i1 thnu url 'roar n, rcsl
Till dills! -tiall call I lie.' itpvriirU,
MOl'l With ttl" ll.'.'U i'i.ly Rlll'vls,
An.I llioro to si'i- ii.ten.,- i?|i0.s.
ltC<bU?l ill ?pol hits tl hill. ...
Know ti,nt wo kis* tijo r.i.l ami vu-,
Su\ timi, : hy o . .ts a.c i i^nt,
Charleston, r. !
Bcncvolonco and Prayer. j
llf.rvin tA, i: protnofos tlio ipirtl of piav-!
or. Hov. .Iptliftin Si'ivull. kilOW ?1 ;t- t!u- pa-'
tl'lnfcli of Maine, ti iii] always rn T u lit > hi i
prayer, wa- olioo cal Iud upon, at a tiicctliiii I.
Ol' tho Aiuciiean lloartl, to'cad th? confio,
gall?n in pra\ or. II" rose, hi-fi Iiis M :,l. ivnil ',
to the Tren si i rut's desk.took nut his wallet !
anti laid down a hank Iud, saying in an un-' i
itertolie, u NoW I eau pray!?? M" look his j i
position, ami wrest It'd with (iori as few oil j
earth have Over dom.'! Tin tm h is, ho 11
couldn't pray till h.- had given I No mun ,
..an. if there ave obum* on lils Justice or his !,
charity that an- imcnnt oded. Pe ye tod. he
i o clothed, In- v t -avial, is not a prayer. Hut ! ,
ft'otlln-r tho Imiigry, clothing the naked, anti : ?
iuvhig the lost. If ont a prayer, are essential j
o prayer -the condition, the accompani-j
noni, (ho expression ol'prayer. '1 here is the >
v-.r-hip rendered by works, as well ns hy
v" Words lillis! be crowned by deeds. !,!
ive must juiswer our own prayers, or (,oii|r
viii not. This we ilo hy ucl lng tiiiswerahly
o our prayers, (iood deuda keep Open thc
ihannel of prayer, anti tend to keep the
troam tull. To chango tho phrase, saorhh
liv.'.l n.'.>"?.' ..M..,. ... v. . . .- I'OS
;ess. and all things shall hu cluan unto you ;
ho faith clean, the heart clean, l!.iulruch r ; 1
uni principios pur", and the Immortality
dight and Idessi'tl !
True conversion roaches die possessions as
veil as thu ailed ions. Witch we experienced
elidion, tho tact extended to our property, j
)iir goods and list ate eathe Into the church r'
,vhli its, else wc c.liinbcd up some other way. j?
IV hero our treasures are lhere weare, or our
mart-?, anti our hearts aro ourselves morally.
If these aro outside Hie church, so aro we.
To unchurch our properly, therefore, excom
municates ourselves. Our hearts and pos
sessions go together. If wo serve lied with
lither, iv i) serve him with bol h. Our prop
?jrt N and our piety cannot bc separa! ed. So
Hie judgment will show. .??AV e. ll', Warren.
ll
si
Passion is Lawless.
To shy thai ii l> hard for a locomotive en
gine to leave i's track, and rim across, or in
Latin, to I fa ii "gross,--whore no truck lins
been n?tido for il. seems clear enough. To
say that il is hard for a eattirc of Clod to
leave the way of that (iou, and try to adapt
himself lo the way? of hyena*, or of foxes,
or of swine, seems clear. Do not let us f?.lt
isfy ourselves with looking at some futuro re
sult, of such transgression,-noell abandon
ment of Ibu divine way. No! We rack thu
engine it soil.--we twist it ililli begin its ruin,
-the mollien! thu transgression begins. "A
short life anti a murry one'' is lim motto ol'
thu fool, who is too proud lo koop his car
riage upon thu highway which wiser moil IT
luve travelled, but the life, is not morry, j '
Merriment requires balance, casu, comfort, !
tind a measure of success. Passion Indulged ?
in leaves no balance, no elise, no eotnlort, j
I and insures failure. Passion of its nature is j
! lawless, lt dudes God's law. li defies till law !
Von might a? well expect therefore, that a j
I pebble from thc beach, should lit in with du; !
carved edges of thu mosaic of a breastpin, tts
that a lifo pf passion should ut any edge Ht
in w ith any other life. Two passionate na
tures, uncontrolled, sometimes touch for an
instant. Hui then they Hy apart, liku thu
sides of ti bursting shelli Thu way of each
is bani, and ll i- a way .which must hu trav-j
ulled alono, ll is hard because it is the way
of passion. This is not simply because (?od j
is displeased, ll is not simply Localise tuon
ahd angels are sorry. It. is that thc fool w ho
Shoots (iff the road, who transgresses, or 1
goes cross ways, ls dissatisllud with himself.
(IO ls dissatisfied with tim taste of his ow n
liquor, dlssati-lled willi the kis? of his pur
chased paramour, dissatisfied with thu gold j
which bu rakes trout thu gambling tahle, Im I
is disgusted with thu Steady ebbing and fall
lag ol bis own powers. As for futuro pim
! ishinetit of transgression, hu knows as lill lo
! .."".?it as ever, bm the way of the trans
' ; ..? r is bani no v ; nial he kim A - that. n
i tic titles upon ii. . ..' /.' Hife.
rt t ty/j j l'j ty\ 7* ij? i#
What it Cost Him.
v^ Ititi :- I fij? valu, ol (Iii?; v<[ itu'r" <
..".i.il. lu?n IO at .ul,,.r. ??id whom he wa*
.i'linu'. a- ll,., passed a linc inmisi?n "'.r
PniltHli .1 l,\ lair ail?! feriib' f.,'1.1'-.
I ilpili know wita, ii i- valued ai ; I kimw
IVll??l i' ei|?.| J';: !;,?,. |M>.H9|.^i ,T ?.
.' ?IUW lllil.il V"
.. in* sovtri
\ solemn i>itn.*t? fullivw^l i||i?i i?rii?f ari w?-,
fur Ha iaifiiircr I.ai liol so'iight fll .-t (lt.- kjlig
dom <>l Hod ?tnt) li'n n/lif?niHiM'.??.
Il.r-""' ref mi m iva?- rTi.? ?on of H
ni.m- > bm hu. ,,,.,", y]:.Y)y ;,j ?if,. |(? ,,r(,f< ...
"?I r-r fr li Iii rprl<(. niid .mon o F.f.-tin al i -ul -
"nita iti> priait {oh inn iiioro?iiiilt' e-oab'i-h
mehi in'li. city. IP- rmif ?mu ?] fr? inafiitai'i a
repniuble religious pr .IV v?,", till he became
pa rt nerf ii i T?o linn, r.ahor t ii cn larrea . tl.
He L'av, fess attention lo religion, andmore
im! inure to In- hushie-s, anil tia-, au.- ur
Ihe wor'il . hoked -he VVor.l. Kn ImbU-Nim?!
"M. he wa- exceedingly rVl> in money, birt
sp poor anil miserly in -on! that none w ho
knew him wmiltl havo* suspected thal lu: hail
iver bbl ui> ?he sacred name ot Him wimsaid,
* lt is more blcssctl lo give titan tn receive. ''
A' len?t|| he pu reba v wi thc !?!..>? ?andep
.;a: referred t.? |,,,?it ?, |v nia ni? fut? i,
?ekeiii i! ami tlieil. .hist hefore Ito dita I he
emarkeii My prosperity has been atv
Min,''
0. what aplin Tor which to hailer aviv
ibniorlal joy ami everlasting lit'-; yul lune
nany t?o it. " When I have lluishcd 00'
louse," sahl on,, mai.. "Mitin I will sack Hie
.or,|." .. Your- tlUorward?." 4,tit| the mirra -
or. .. J passed tii.it ?tay; the house was upi
hushed, hut thu man tedt dwi I"
" VVhal shall it prollt a utan if he shall
:aln the whole w orld and lose hi? o wn soul ?"
. Mark S ; .17.
A Wiso Answer.
A Mille black -jirl. eight year* nhl. \?. as pei
ng the table, woco a boy who wa? in fm:
'om said to her :
" Mollie, io yon j?rat V"
The StuliIcihitMS ol'flic question eoufu.M il
er a tilth:, hut shy answered
" Yes, I iyttbW Vie fJotvV'1 US i I VI! Ililli Mt! s
.. Hut 'I" yu think." aid he, ir'?il.;j
11/./.le lu i , " thal lb' hears your prayer* ai.
e docs tim"!! of white children V*'
For full three minute* th? child kept on
Uh her work without speaking , thou she
owly said :
.. Master George, 1 pray into God'.H ears,
ntl not his eyes 5 my volco if Jual Uko any
thor little, girlV, and if 1 say what I ought
) say. God doesn't ?top to think anything
bout my skin."
(Jiiorge did aol question her any further,
'bc answer ho fell lo bc a wiser one than lld
mild have given. -KiujUsh /Viper.
Th3 Kind of Men Wanted.
Till- gnat! Want ol' thc age i, men. men
rho are aol fdv .-ide, m n wild are holiest,
build from center to 1 ii euiuforcnce, true to
lie hearts cuni; mon who wilt condemn
vroiig in friend or foe. in tliclil-i Ivs as w< ll
is Others' men whose c.m-.ch'uoc.- are as
toady as. tiie needle to thc poll; men who
viii stand fur the. right if thc heaven? tot.?-?
md thc earth reel- ; men who can tell the
ruth and look (he ivor! I and thc. devil ri,*bt
u Ihe eye; men timi never flag nar flinch ,
mm who can have courage without whistling
brit, and joy without shouting for if, mon
n whim i the em rent of uvei hinting Ibu rune
ii,! and deep and strung; men too largo for
mri alu limbs, and too strong for o r a'n
iamb; men win? will nut -eek to wake their
oiiees heard in lin streets, hut who wilt not
ail ur be discouraged UH judgment bc ext in
he carib ; men ?vito know their tne-sage and
ell il ; utan who Itnuw thur duty it uti do lt;
nen wini kiioW their places and lill them;
nen whu knmv their business; men who
,\ill nut he; nnii who ar. nut too lt ny to
?turk and Ibo pla?id to hi poor; mun who
ire w?lilllg tu eat pilly w hat tiny have paid
mr._
Eating Clouds,
D\i, Livjsosi'ONfc. relating hb adventures
on l.aku N'j'itbSii, thu.- tell?? uf one curiosity
which bo full in ?villi ;
During a ?.rortion uf thc yeal, thc Northern
liwellura on ibu IM!;? have a harvest which
turni-bus a singular .sort ul" food. As wu :?p
proaohed our lilith in that dVeelion, cloudo,
as ol' .smoko riaing Iront tiill?a of burning
grasd, were observed be.nJ?ug fu n southuast
eily di ruction, mid wu thought that, thc un
seen hind on thc. opposite side was elo.-ing
in. am) that ?vc wore near the end of thu Ink?:.
Put next morning wu sa I d ll r uii/h one
uf thc, clouds on our o.vu side, and disc aver
ed timi ii was neither smoke nor laue, but
countless iiiUlioiin of tuhiuiVu midges called
.k inigo' (ti cloud or fog), 'liny fill d thc air
10 an Imhlunsc hight, and s?v.?r.ni'd upon thu
water, too light lo sink in it.
'Pim people gather these inimit? '.use.is by
ni'/hl and iii il I Hem int" thick oakes, lo !..
11 , I a ., relish aliUO'll- ol millee- la IV
