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-f1rhe ~abbath lIJeto~der. the soul must be clearly distinguished from I and the exodus' Of. WeBt~ I~dia Ore~Msinto ~j ___ =',-== personality, consciousness' and identity. New Orleans durmg the wars of Napoleon, ~ed as second.class mail matter at the post- These :ue all presupposec: as conditions fQr NUMBER IX. gave another element to t~e co.mbination~ office at Alfred Centre. N. Y. me~tal and moral agency. . and since the cessio.n to t!le United States in

We must never suppos~ that the mind .THE CRESOENT OITY. 1803, their descendants haye largely m~in-CONTENTS. acts in a divided manJi"er. The whole mind, t.,ained II separat.e existence,: language, and . , . , The next morning, we fo.und ourselves in

Cbrl,tian Theology.-No. L ............ ,........... 1 as a unit, acts with an undivided energy,' SOC1!U standing. The better class 0" them Flitting Sunward.-::\fo. 0 ......................... 1 weather wherein the shady sides o.f the .L Thomas P. Lanphere........... ...... ...... .......... 11 man acts as a person, an agent, no.t at one . have a refined look and' much beauty I "ourh Eastern .Association.... ..... ..... ............ 1 t'lme a n l'nt II t t· tI t' streets were 130ughtfo.r Ij()mfort. We co.uld ' .. '., REsolutions of Respect.... ...... ............ ....., sa· e ec, a ano· Jar lme as 't t N th t was in a street-car o.n41 evening when a moth-

)rISSIO~S. emotl'on b t h' h I l' t t' - compare I 0. no o.r ern mo.n h. The d """clit<lrial Paragraphs................................ 2 T' h ,U • IS ~ 0 e pe son a~ s a once. roses and sunshine wer~ like June but the er an seven daughters cam~ : in" al~ dressed morning, he Wbnt to his sho.p ~nd entered up- , <e,entb.day Baptist Missionary Sodety.-::'io 13.... 2 e term faculty IS . used to deSIgnate some k" '. lik A' ., ' for the opera •. There was dlgmty and on work. He staid one hQur and returned From Dr. Swmner ................................... 2 spec'fic f t'd f th t· d' t' t s les were weepmg e prII. March seem- b " TheW.B.F.:M.SW ................................ :l I unCI n 0 eagen, a Ismc dto h' l;..tel ddt f grace.a,outth.em,as.wellas bean.ty of face .. tohiBhouse repentant and. co.nfess.ing,and, Jewish )IJssiims.-No. 5..... ......................... 2 d f t' Th 'd . b 'd' e ave CQmp" y ro.ppe .o.u 0 our d Ten Dollar, of :llissionary Money ................... 2 'mo eo opera Ion~ . e mIn may e sa~ 1.3.t.' Th d '1 h :... 1:.' an dre,ss ql,ute n, otlceable~ partlcuhuly. to has .walked with God, in 'the observance of Cor>espondence. Frank M. Mayes.... ...... ........ 2 t t d th d'ff t d t ca enuur.· e al y paper, o"ever, uemg ~~~~n~fi~e~b~~~:co~nM~1~r:d~r1~~~~~~::::: ::: ~ h:v:C th~: ~~sti::: fu~c:~::a, m°rtes:n:: b. ~ dated. March 7th, c,onvinoed us that we had one accustomed to the street· cars of N orth- his holy day since, . till the Father too.k him . lli~~lOnaryWorkm.A..frica ........................... ~ J not had a Rip Van Winkle' sleep o.f two ern. CIties!. and i.t wl:'s a pleasure to l~sten ~o, to.the land where the' Sabbath never enqa.

SABB.l.TTI REFOR:.!. said to know or to reason, awl thuB .attain month'B duratio.nj' but were simply out of theIr musICI~1 VOIces. as the, c~atted In theIr One mell\ber'.of his firm said to lIte, u that; Out]ookcorrespondence ............................. a to facts and truths. This function of the the realms where old Boreas reigns. We Ore ole French... ; .. ~o matte; what the occaSIOn, no' man could

llD1;C.J.TIO)1. 3 mind may be termed intellect or reasen. were in New Orleans, the city of Banville, ?~e ?f t.he ~e~f;, slg?ts ~f the CIty, IS t~e Induce hIm to pal o.ut. or receive. money,:or: ~d~~~li~Jf:~h~g~iddie·Ages::::·.:::::·.:::::::::::: 3 Again, the mind has the. function of vQlition and the scene o.f the victories of O'Reilly, of MISBlSBlPPI R~ver" w~lch wmdsaround, ~Slf transact any secular business during the ~l1~~~~~:~~~~.~.J.~.~~~~~.~~:::::::::::::::::::: ~ and choice, determining itself with refer- Galvez, of Jackso.n, and of Farragut and loath .f;o.l~veolt" formmgn,e,arly aha.lf"cU'cl~, S.abbath. He was . emphatically a' mor.it!

, • ence to some obJ' ect known. This function d th f 0 t t th I ht h T1:~EP..J."CE. P.orter ; the city o.f the Oreole, with strange a~ g1Vln~ ename 0 . reseen 0. e Ig - o~se and tower of inflnence ~ ha iig~~a~gg~;·aj.e·siipt(;r·[ed::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~ of the mind is termed the faculty o.f will. foreign names to. its streets and foreign ac- .cI~y, It IS here fro.m 1,500 to. a,oo? .feet ,co.mmumty. He ~as a co.ntributo.r to. t~&. ~!fis'ri:~.~~~~~~~~.~.t .. :.~:~:~:::::::: .::::::::::::: ~ Again, the mind has the function of pleas- cents o.n its tongues; the city o.f diverse wI~e, and deep'eno.ugh to floatany ShIP ever chur~h an~ e~ery go?d work, .and ~he h~m:. caution to Boys........................ .... .. ....... a ure and sorrow; all tho.se states expressed architecture, ranging from the' Oongo., b~ilt, and the recent work on the bar below, ~le pOQr WIll rIse, up m the. g90d tlm"J ~o.m-

E1!ITORLl.LS. under the general term of sensibilities. This thro.ugh the Spanish, French, and nonde- und~r = the .charge Qf ~ames C. Eads. ha~, mg and bear testImony to hIS unostentatIOUS la=E~Maiier::::::::::::. ::::: :::':. ::::::::::::'! ~eneral function is termed the faculty of script American, to the ancient and modern proVld~d a . channel suffic!ent, to enable s~ch help. o.fthe n~edy. . . .

COll!n:XIC..l.TIONS. sensibility. The three functions, po.wers o.r "classic;" indeed it \nay be doubted if any a ve~el.to reach ~he wharfs o.f the C!ty. HIS good. wife, MISS ~anc! A. ~erkins, to HOllE ~::~.Eastern Association.... ..................... 4 facuItieB embrace all the activities of the city on the glot>e can show a greater variety. !t ~as ~ great SIght to : see. ~he rIver whom .he . was marr:ed III Mlddl.town~.

mind. Thus' it may be said that the whole The April showers Rhow'ed us another m Its .p.resent swo.llen condItIon, roll- In 184:2, and WIth whom he lived.se) . Alfred CentN ............................ ~ ... _........ 5 mind thinks, feels and wills. . .. . tl h 'I d d h' . ..' Independen~e,~. ).... ...... ........... ...... ....... 5 . . strange ieatuta of the city. It is below the mg reslS ess!y on, bearing on its bosom appl y, prece e 1m in death so.me tWe)

UO:IDESSED KEWS ........................... ~........ ...... 5 The conscience i~ a term use .. to express the unoecks f tr d f tl f years 5 level of the river, "nd h~ no sewers, except ,."~ . ,a. . ees an. requen . y .0'. . •

TRACT SOCrETl"-RECEIPTS .................... : ......... '" certain natural operations of the ,mind, in some open drains on a lew streets. The buildmgs whIch It had pIcked up In Its : ThIS good man breathed hIS last at 5.30 P. SERlIO"S A~D Ess.!.1's. view of what has moral quality, in view of • ~, 1 .' .- h Th' , M M 26 1887' th h \ h b' .

Sermon- The Right t"se of the World. By Rev. D. ,rain water has to find its way back into the ong JO\l:ney ~ t e sea. .IS was seen to ., ay, ,1D e ome e uilt moz:e'- . E. Maxson, D. D .. :..... ............. .... ...... 6 right and wro.ng, Conscience is equally swamps, and from there to Lake Pontchar- the .beat advantage a:t .Oarro.lto.n, a suburb than 40 yearsago, and in the town in which .

:urm:LL.L"\"Y. active with the intellect, the sensibilities and train. A smart shower floods all the lower eight miles' above, where .we went in hQrse- he had: lived mo.,e than 60 years) inl .the' . ' ~ge~~1gt~lweIi:::::::::::::::::: ::: :::::::: :::: ~ the will; it is no.t peculiar nor limited to portions of 'the city. One morning after a can and. dummy1team-cars, o.ne bright day. p~e~el}ceof his devo.ted daughter and other'

POl't'llP. SCImE.... ......... .......... ........ ........... 7 either one of the faculties, but'· seems to smart shower. I undertook to. walk to. one The way was lined with beautiful residences, fnends, aged 81 years, 4 months and 12' .. CATALOGUE OF PGRLICATIONS, ETC .................. : .... ·7 preside over the activi~ies of the mind in all, of the prIncipal railr9ad stations. Beyond surrounde~ by ~mpl? groun~s, a~d orna- a~ys. A large c~mpany of ki~tlred an~ .. · THE S.!.BRATH-SCHOOL .................................. : ... 8 three of its functions, as they are directed Poydras Market the streets were submerged ~ented WIth ~ pro.fusI~n of '.beautif~ ro.ses fnend~ attend~d hIS funeral at h~slate reBl-]OOES.J.l!D MAGAZINES.... ............ .... . ••••• ........ 8 to what has mo.ral quality. Since the con- from house to ho.use, and the ~on1y way one l,n full bloom.. It remm~ed us o.f.Plamfie. Id de, nce m P, henu:, R. I., the 30th mst~ Ser-lli.PJlllGES..!.,,-D DEATHS ................................... 8 science always acts with reference to the J At 0 Ito Ii b h ted f dd b D T 1 SPECIAL ::i"OTlCES ....... : .......................... : ....... 8 al rt h t h could get along was on bricks and planks, In. uue. .' ano.. n; we. c m ed t e VICeS,Co.ns,IS 0. a r~es y ~. a bot, o.f Bum"};" DIRECTORy ....................................... 8 mor qua I y or c arac er of t e personal laid do.wn by some tholfghtful perso.n fo.r levee, and..fo.und the rIver nearly on a level ~ro.Vldence, and the wrIter, ScrIptUM read·

determinations, it naturally presupposes. a that p' urpose. In o.ne place it was ne.ces- WIth t.he lo.w roofs of the po.uses, a migh,ty mg a,nd pI/,ayer ,by Be.v. Mr. Allen, of rh~n, ix •. CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY.-X·o. 6. fixed moral law that should control all ac- fl d .3 d I I Th will b d d sary: to. enter a building.. and traverse its 00. Inuee. t~ co or was that o~ the Bo.II, e remaInS . e mterre to- ay at RIVer:

• • tivities alld states of the httman htmrt. The ro.o.ms. The water was fro.m 12 to 18 inches a deep ecru, loo.kmg even more soM ,and re- Bend <kmetery, Westerly. conscience; therefore, is a revealer in the .. 'stl th if ·t· l' H BY REV. T. R. WILLIAMS, D. D.

BIBLE DOC:rR1NE CONCERNING· MAN.

Having spoken brie~y of God, as to his nature, works, and relation to his works, we now come to speak of man and hiB relation

deep In tlia streets sll.nounding· the dep.o.t, SI ess. an 1 were c ear~,:, ere we sat human heart, of law, and o.f obligation to d d tch d th fi tin d ad d that law .. It seems to have a two.-fold o.ffice, but in' an heur o.r t'foji >h~ .diaappBtmld •. us own an ,wa. e . e,. D~, J. e .W09.

We were told that after. a long Iso.utheast IW~ the p~g BWamers, .ana ~nsed .on.'· one of discriminatio.n· o.r judgment, under wind the waters o.f the Gulf back T1'n into. the ever ~lling stream.,' of ·destiny· whi~h i! SOUTn-UsTERN ASSOCIATION. .., .. : ~~j which it approves or disapproves. Inasmu'ch -.I;' st Is f, . t ; .... . . . -. '. ';'~i! • Lake Pontchartrain so. as. to flood large sec- s0n;te ron~ sou see,m to stem or a s.eason., ...., --,-- " . .' --.,. .,.' .... . :,i'~~ as discrimination and J'udgment may be cul- hi! t fl tin d d h The session 'of this Ass 't' . t held ". ',,,-~,:

to God. . Man is a moral being, finite and depend­

ent. Though created in the image of God, he is utterly dependent upon God for every gift of life; yet~ in his nature and position, he standB at the head of all created beings in this world. Each individual man is a distinct person, yet he has all the essential attributes of humanity, and is equal to every other person in humanity, As being created in the image and after the likeness of God, he ill v. mQf!U being, capable of communion

tio.na, arid render communications almo.st w e mo.s are oa g ownwar WIt out . OCia IOn, JuS .. ' ';\'} tivated, and'thus made more exact and impos.sible. As these parts are 'mostly in-' an effort to sta, y their course. And while It Berea,·W.~Va.,was fullyatte:nded, imd . ',' .;\~~ truthful, it is very ev"ident that conscience.is d ft d I was excellent 'I'n SPll" I't and f 'tt I" " .. , "', hapited by the poo.r, much sufiering and dis- we muse , vOJ.CeS so. an ow, came to. us· . . . rul n In Im-· '. ':',f

with Deity. , Each individual man in the human race,

in this lIfe, has two. distinct natures-physi­cal and spirituaJ. They are so clQsely ullited as to constantly act upon each other, tho.ugh the spirit is the supreme naturil of the two, while the physical nature sustains thIS. rela­t~on of union to the spirit for a very ·brief tIme, when a separation takes place, the one going to God who. gave it, the o.thedo. the

. dust of which it is. The body is the organ for the manifestatio.n of the soul, and the medium for its communication with the :naterial world~ and. with, o.ther earthly be­Ings.

As to the origin of souls, several theories have been advanced, but it seems to be clearly taught in Scripture that the entire personal individual is begotten, the spiritual nature as' well as the body •. ' The central fact in·respect to. man ail a moral agent, is, t~at he haa a distinct personality. Person­alIty is that in us w'hich we xefer to. when we say, I, tho.u, he, and she. It is the real self-hood o.f every personal being; the self as distinguished from the not-self. It is characterIstic of pers~nal beings to have knowledge of self and of all the activities Ill1d states of self. . This self,kno.wl~dge is called consciousneas. . The continued exist­ence of the same self or person. in a variety ?f activities or s'tates, is called perso.nal l~entity. ThIS knowledge of personal iden­tl~y is the kno.wledge which o.nehas of hImself as being the same PElrso.n in·' differ­ent and successive states. Thus o.ne affirms of himself, that· he existed conti~uously through many days and years, and through :nany changing. experiences. This personal l~entity is the basiS 'for the natural expecta­tIon of futUre eDstence. The facalties' nf I ' ...

subject to educatio.n, and thus may become tress o.ften occurs, and sometimes loss o.f life. from lInd. er the bloBBOIll· ,burdened Ohm.a pressions for good. The oP'1ning. sermon, . ::'! very active.and fo.rceful, or,' by neglect, I't t f 1 tell th 1 by Eld. S D D"m' was h to' ,. ", We were too. late fo.r the Mardi-graa, the rees, vo:ces 0 overs In.g e same 0. d . . '" " . suc as glve'a '. may become very inoperative, or Il!:ialeading sto hi h h b told th tr spiritual .imp' etus to the business, which , annl.l!U sensation of New Orleans. This. ry w c as een s~oo e s eam in its approvals. . relict of Paganism is celebrated here, as no of life began to roll. : was dispatche~ with efficiency and no lacK

Since conscience implies a lnorallaw, it is where else in America nd in so.me respects' G •. ' H. B. of harmony. ". of first impo.rtance, to have SQme clear con- ' a. . The vario.us deno.minationalinterests were • ception of what law is. The law of Go.d as no.where else in the world. . It is the 'conside~ed wIth mo.re than usual earnestDesa~ may be defined as rectitude embodied in-the Ro.man carnival, organized and fitted into and the wants oOhe field of West Virginia form Qf command. It • comm~nds what is an American harness; tha Pagan Oarnalia . ' were no.t lo.st, sight of in the plalis ~do'pted.· right and holy, and prohibits what is wrong divested of mnch of its c~a1tiy and li,Ce~~; Hon.· Thomas Potter Lanphere was born Steps .are behig taken to have some o.f the ~ and unholy. Such a law is absolute and serving the truly American purposeo.f adver~ in Hopkinto.n, R. I;, Jan. 17, 18lJ6. He pastorlesB chulcheB supplied, and a,resolution.' eternal. The idea of s1.1c11' a law is planted tising ,the city ~d its industries. While it was the :fifth 'child and second son'lD a fam- was passell, providing for the 'canVasB' of' "" in the very nature o.f moral being and of lasts; every place in the city is filled, and ily of nine children given ,to Elishi! and the-matter of II school a~ Salem, ,whicli shalt'· moral action. It is not arbitrary and tem- strangers are happy if they can find even Betsey Fotter Lanphere. His fathe~ died. afford facilities for a course of study prepar- "

b t . bl indifferent lodgings. The great Royal Ro- in 1820, and his older brother being drQwn- atory' to co.llege. Several hundred dollars porary, u I!lSepara y CQnnected with the tel, so big it wo.n't pay to. open it at other' . . nature Qf moral beings. ' . ed, the care of the family necessarily devQlved were voluntarily pledged by those who. advo-

What does such a law require? We can- times, is then fnll to overflowing. T~e sho.w upon him, although but 14 years 01 age. cated the mov6D?-ent, and a oomIillt~e was : not conceive a moral law which has no end, costs the New Orleans merchants no small He did his duty heroically,. clll'ing. forhis chosen to see what can be done for its ac- • requires nothing. This law reqllires what sum, but it paya as a business venture, and mother mo.~t faithfully, until her death, compIishment.· is right, what ought to be, what is absolutely that is why it is American. which occurred in 1854. ·~t ·the are o.f 16 There 'are mauy signs .o.f progress .aiIrong:·;-. just, true and- holy. It can never be satie- .' It is not' strauge that the carnival has . he went to . learn the trade of' a machinist~ the peoplE! there. snd it is to J>e hO:PeQ th;at." " ; fied wi~hout holiness. The law~ as to its never go.tten much hold in Pr~testant' co.nn- at Potter Hill, R.,. I.. Subsequently he went in the n,esr future thet will secnr.e· to them- .. ; .:- .. requirements, iB well expressed in-'the in~ tries. It is only strange that the othe~ relicts to Norwich, Oonn~, aud iIi 1826 he entered selves advantages, the want o.f which hu_~" .. ; '. junction, " Be ye holy for -I am holy." It 'of Paganism,-Lent, Sunday, Christmas, the machine works of Daniel ,Gorham, of been felt so long., mhe. co.~ntry Js ri~h in. :. has the highest moral 'endB of the universe' &c. ,-have been so universally adopted. The Phenix, & I. In 1837 he, with others, pur- refso'!lroothst, .nbeo.t least ?f whIch Isbtli~e. mnthJtIt~de,--.. . " '.. '.' h' to ' th ' b ' d· tho fi' 'f, () you 0 seen In every pu c ga enn~_'" In VI~W; and WIth thIS an~ for this, It ~eeks ;~ry ~a~e 1f!a'l·d~·gra8 teHs Its I~ ry- .chased e. usmess, an uuner ,. e !,m ~here js much pr.omis~ for our cause theJ'e· th? hIghest mo~al perfectIOn o,f eve",y moral gross.or sensu~l ~1.1eliday. ,The La~m name ~ame of Levalley, ~nphere ~ 00.:, carrIed If. the field~n be -pro]lerly cared fo.r· and~ bemg. This hIghest personal good for man, carnaha had a SImilar ~eanmg, ,but It cover- It on. A~ut the tIme o~ the ,openmg of the faIthfully cultn;ated. We ~ave nevedelt. so." . what is it? This question involves the ed more time. The "churclf," when she' late war, t:Q.e,interest was merged into a stock hope~ul as now ~n regard to ItS pro.spec~.'Jld\ '''. .

. " Id.:l.'I.' h cal _.:1_ . ti . d M La Iili be . we bId our brethren there a most hev#;;:" .' na~ure of~lrtu.e .... ~at IS that in m.oral W?U a .... opt; tllefeas~ Into. er .. e~:,. :pOl'P.?ra, on, an 'r. p ere came t'Jlod speed" in their eifo.rts to ho~~ u 'tle:: ... bemgs WlilCh IS, 'In Its nature, essentIally ~ned to veij. Its meanIng by r~.chnstenmg P!esldent,. ~rea8Urer ~n~ ,Age:nt, a~d under st~dard of truth, and to SBve thell' f~lIow .• virtuous? What' is that state o.f mind or It carnevale-t ' fllreweIl ~o flesh!' So sh~ 'bis prudent and energetIC ma~agemont wen." . J •• 0.. . ... '

heart ~hich is common to, and expressed made it a day o.f license, to precede 'th~ au.' bnst,nei!s prospered .. Some tive lears ago, in .. . in, all vir"tUo.us· affections and aots P There terity of Lent. ",. . ' .. conMiluenoe of declining hea1t4, Mr. Lan­are many pass~ges of 'Scripture which incul. The Oreole~' of New' O~~~n8 .. a,; the de- pJiere-waa compelled,to retire from the bUlli­cate the do.ctrine that, love is' the fundamen~ scendants of the old F~~Qji and..Spanish n~. Br~~her .~phere possessed rare tal principle; love to ~od and IQve to. men. settlers.. "The word onlJ,:..~eani,· unItive.''. qualifi~tio.~s as'a business m~J a clear head, " True virtue IS lo.ve of all intelligent and It is not ali unco.mmon ho~ that it 'neces!' ,gqOd judgm,ent, honellty an~ tac~. He sentient beings, according to their respective sarily infers an in'fusion i;!AfriciBn blood"' wal.a: genial and conscientio.uslY principled capacities for' goo.d, with chief and ultimate but this is :not correct.' .. T:h",t,there may ~ m.a.*,· al,.ys ~arving. to do with men in ·~s respect to the highest goo.d, o.r holiness." such an infusio.n.w qriii;Q:.poBsible.: Th~ first employ ~n~ ~n .... bll.slness, and ~ways haVlng It includes lo.ve to the impenitent .. seeking settler;B took ,to thamselvell: BI!-ch' wl'ves as .their protou~deat respect. ,i ',. their highett good. It. includes justice, in were ~vailable and. these were at firSt moatly . Brothe.r. _La~p~ere ~e a' ptQfession of view o.f the highest end o.f all: being. It found amo.ng~thei:i· Indianarues, or African, religion ~~~t~~ age .0~·16, in: 1822f,~in 'Ohr~ includes faith; which ii. ri~thing witho.ut· slave tlargoes, until:the King 'of France se~ttian' baptism! admInIstered b~, the)~~ Eld~ love. The" first and great commandment," /over ship loads of French girls each' sup- Matt:hew Stillman,. and q~~~. ~th the as enunciated by our Lord, iswo.!ld~rfQl for p1i~d 'with .~ chest o.f ~lothing by royal boun-; First Bev~nth.day. Baptist ,O?~~~. ~f .Hop~ its completeness and gepth o.f meaning; 'and ~ .. Th~iIe ",ere. gladly welcomed and are,kintonl of which / he contm~e4if'worthy the secon.d also covers' eve~y .P9ssiblehtimari. 'proudly referred to bytlieir descen'd~ts .as: ,~mbe~: tjJl. dea.th. And JUt~oagh relation. To f~fillBfich ,,' law, -is ,to be vir- H'lps jU188 'a ~ cas8ette""-'th~ . 'girl., .. with 'IIO~~~O 'mil!ls a'V!ay from biB ~other ch1arc·h,; ... ;n.~._ tuous. .... .. :,:'.,... .. ~ .. : .. :' .: .: -'Jriinks~.! .~e sub~q~~~Hl~i8h ~~mi~o~I::. ~~{l.d~?~ :& :~~~~ n~f.'9bservingl thEI'&Wbj.th~ 'Hq1J~Mi

. JJJJissions. "

ounces. Fo~rth. class matter, one CeJit for each outice o'r fraCtion of an ounce. Regis~ tration fee ten cents .. No additional charge for return receipt."

'" ~·The Corresponding Secretary' having tem-

porarily' changed his place of residence, 'all com 'munications not designed for the Treasurer sho~ld be addressed, until further n~tice, A: E. Mam, Sisco. P~tnam Co., Fla. Regular quarterly meet

SEVENTH·DAY BAPTIST MISSIONARY

'NUMBER XIII.

'. mgs of the Board are held on the second Wednes- OFFICERS, 184:3-1852. da.y in December, March. June and September; and aniple time should be allowed for business matters to reach the Board through the Secretary. .

THE Presbyterian Ohurch of England . reports a missionary force of 16 ~inisters,

8 physicians and teachers, "I female teachers, and. 73 native e.angelists.

'Below are given the n.ames of those who served the Sooiety as officers, during the first ten years. The figure after each name shows the number of years of such ,service during that period:

, President. Thoa. 13. Brown, 4. David S. Dunn, 6. ~.

ViCe-P.r'esident .. . TH'E AmerI'can Board has 4:34: American ·Azor Estee, 2. 2

Clark Greenman, . -mj:ln and women' working in the foreign Thos. B. Stillman, 9

,field,' -and 1,964: n~tive laborers. 3. ro Randolph Dunham, 1. h h Wm. B. Maxson, 8.

chtirch~8 report 26,065 members; 56 Ig David Dunn, 2. 'schools, 2,352 pupils; and 856 common Wm. A. Fahnestock, M. D., 1.

Geo. B.· Utter, 1.' , schools. 32,577 scholars., Isaac D. Titsw(.rth, 2.

. THE United Presbyterian Church of Eng­'land expended in foreign mission work laBt

.\ year $215,450. It has 89 missionaries-men . and women; 494 n.':I.tive preacherB and tea!}h­

ers; 12,777 communicants; and, 13,197 scholars in 213 schools .. , ' " THE foreigiJ. mission revenue of the Free Ohurch of Scotland, last year, was $486,14:5. There are 40 missiol1aries; 4 medical mISSIOn­aries. 45 teach~rs; 24 native 'pastors and teachers; 4:82 other native ,helpers; 5,206 communicants; and about 16,875 pupils.

Geo. Greenman, 2. Samuel Davison, 2. Eli S. Bailey, 6. Maxson Green, 1. . Nathan V. Hull, 5. Walter B. Gillette, 1-'Leman Andrus, 2. Jas. Bailey, o. Joseph Potter, 1. Geq. H. Perry, 2. Isaac Moore, 1. Lester-T. RogerS, 2. J. W. Langworthy, 1. Jas. H. Oochl'an, 4_ Wm. F. Randolph, 2. S. S_ Griswold, 8. -A. A. F. Randolph, 8. Alfred B. BurdIck, 3. Zuriel Campbell, 2. Truman S;Lunders, 1. O. P. Hull, 1-H. n. Baker, 1

. . Recording Secretary. AT least mne-tenths of the men of Slam can Walter B. Gillette, 4. . read and write. The temples have .been the ·Geo. B. Uttn, 6.

'1 rea8Urtr, schools, and the prif:!sts the scwol-masters. Daniel Babcock, Jr., 1, Bn,t scarcely one women in ten can read.' Abram D. Titsworth, 9.

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. h' 007'T68piJnding §ecretary. " Here, as everywhere, however, were mlS· Lucius Crandall, 1. sion work goes, intelligence is promoted by Samuel Davison, 3. the gospel workers. Thos. B. Brown, 6. DirecWr8.

Wllliam Po'tter, 1. - t f W. Stillman, 4. THE income of the missionary SOOle y 0 Randolph Dunham, 9.

the English Episcopalians has risen to 8:!.,· John Whitford, 4. .. - dd d t -. David.Dunn. 2. 161,095. 27 mISSIOnarres were a e 0 ltS Nathim V. Hull, 1.

for,ce last year. . Laborers are found at 271 Soloman Carpenter, 1. , Clark Greenman, 3. stations. European miSSIOnaries number WIlliam Dunn, 1.

"230; lay miss~onaries, 38; female teacher~, Asa Dunn. 1. - -' t h 25 C. H. Stillman, 1. 20; Eurasian mIssionarIes, 11;, eac ers, ; Walter B. Gillette, 5.

native clergymen, 250; un ordained native Lucius CrandaH, 6. John D. Titsworth, 6. Christian. teachers of all classes, 3,289; na· Edwin G. Champlin, 3,

tive adherents, 185,878; native communi. Geo_ Greenman, 3. . Benedict W. Rogers, 2. cants, 42,71'7; schools, 1,868; scholars, .. Isaac D. Titsworth, 1.

69,256. . _.

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care of p'ers~ns, not under .the auspices 'of this society. The total receipts of the year were $32,114 31, of which $27,876 55' were from contributors.' .Expenditures,: foretgn ~issions, $23,723 41; home expenses, $3,-632 59; balance on hand, $4,438 ~3" - Miss LouIse C.- Flemming, of J' ackson ville, Fla., sailed from Boston, March 17th,' for the Congo. She is the first, and 80 far, the only colored single woman sent from. this coun­try to her own people in Africa.' .

A missionary teacher. among the Karans. mentions the fo1l9wing as one of several improvements: " The use of betel:nut and tobacco has been almost wholly bani8hed from'the school, wheress it was once uni. versal among both boys and girls. This makes a vast difference in the cleanliness, health, and morals of the pupils." . --

JEWISH nnSSIONS.-NO. &. ...

BY CH. TH. LUCKY.

In another' place we hear the same report. er say:

H Never since aposto~ic times have the Jews fbeen so acceB8ible to the gospel or so willing to·receive the New Testament Script. ures. Does not this cause tremendous reo sponsibility to rest upon the churuh of OhriBt to send tha.t gOBpel to them?" .

In a monthly report we are told that they are ear.estly pleadi!lg for their works. Rev. I. Wilkinson,. the <lirector and missionary tells us:

"We have had ou!'monthlymeeting, and after tea we poured out our- heart's thanks. giving to God .for past mercies, and entreated the Lord to send sho~ers of blessings on all the w<>rkers and on all the w"rk. We had over twenty present. Brethren .and sisters followed in quick succession, on.e pleading for the little ones of our mght school'with 139 on our books, anotherimploring blessing on the 80 Jewesses of our sewing class, an.

THE London Missionary Society of the English Congregationalil:!ts, although in debt, 'decided not .to retreat, but to clearly state the case to friends of missions. AB a grand result a debt of $50,000 has been paid; leg­acies rose from an average of $50,000 to

FROM DR. SWINNEY.

other praying fQr increase of power and wis­dom at the medical mission, another pleading for all who enter the convalescent home, an­other .asked for blessings on the children's home, that each child may be converted as a child, and that the Lord's care may preserve them from harm.' during ·their fortnight at Clackton-on-Sea; another put in an earnest plea for all conv~ts and inquirers, specially those in our printing house and homeranoth. re sought blessing on all Scriptures and tracts distributed, and on'all about to be distributed in London and in all our itinerant work, and for blessings on all other miBBions' to the Jews. W ~ special~ commen~ed to the Lord our two beloved bil.;thren, Messrs. Baron !lIld Barnett; about to depart for the continent to cOmmence the work of distributing the Hebrew New Testament amongst the Jews, anc;l of preachmg Ohrist to as many as possi­ble. Oh that our God mayguide and wosper

. this work to the salvation of many souls."

r $8Q,000 ; and ordinary contributions increas­. ed by $20,500. The Bociety reports 146 ordain­ed English missignaries ; 23 female mismon­aries; 1,0'2. ordained native ministers; 6,. 096 native preachers; 90,561 chumh mem­bers; 2.1~4 schools; 14:0,000 scholars. , .

the

Another time we hear him say: I am always glad in making out my esti- "The signs oBhe times-' earthquakes in

mates, to think that so far I have taken in divers places,' and the present state of Bul. more than enough to cover the running ex- ,gari, and Russia's designs, are pregnant with penses; though, of course, I fear it might interest to the student of 1?rophecy: The not always be the caS-l.-,' general preak up of . Turkey m ~urope, the

- . .. restoratIOn of the Jews to Palestme, and the You WIll se~ that SInce the wmter IS over return of our blessed Lord, Seem to be events

and the numbers have increased, I have been o. the near f~ture.' Oh that God ,!ould obliged to engage an office boy, though I arous~ the C.hristIan Church to .see that Judg­can dismiss him any. time when not .needed. ment 18 .commgQn ~orrupt C~rIBtendom, and

- . . - .' that prIceless blessmgs are m store for the Please gIve me some crItIcISInS or Bug- , overcomers I' . ,

gestions about writing to the RECORDER. It ".It is a comfort and encouragem~nt to us is a very hard thing for me to do, and every that. Jews are ~a~ife~ting greater interest in one says "Write write "but I have nothirig Chnst and Chrls~Ia.nItythan.everwaskno.wn

, - ' , - before; and we reJOIce to testify that, dUl'mg to say or wnte of ,but the SIck-over and ove~ recent years, there has been a decided increase

THE W. B, 'F. 1lI. s. W.

.• The:.., Woman's Baptist For~igIi ·Mission Society of the West t:ecently held .. its six­teenth anniversary iJ? Chicago, .and we ar(l

of interest in the Balvation of the Jews amongst earnest -Christians. But it msy be asked-Have those most interested in Israel yet reached that~point of. interest demanded by their Lord? And are there not even now tens of thousands of Ohristians in our own land who feel little or no intetest in Israel, who neither:give, labor; nor pray for Israel's salvation? Surely,. in ~uch cases, thElie must be either culpable ignoranoe of the re­vealed will of God, or willful disobedience to Christ. ...:

"There is an intimate connection b~tween obedience and bleaBin~; and we a.re fully persuaded that a' reVIval of, interest in t1!e 8alvati6n at Israel would bring blessing to the individua.l Christian, ta the. church, and

;Jews as thedhufch has never witnessed the wrong day, ' I hope tha.t I can go soon since Pentecost, and' that aU missionarIes to I cannot go at present for my. means ar' the J~WB ma:r receh:e fresh power ~n witneBB' about ex.hausted, and when they are then me, lDg to a,cruClfied, rlSE)n, and speedIly return- work 'wIll be confined a~ home, with th~ ing ,Lord." ,_ " ~ Rose Hill Ch~i'ch. WIthou~ help Boon, I can

Thanks be to the Lord people responded do but ~.ery httle. May the Lord LIess his ' . _. people IS the prayer of your brotheri

more than could be expecte,d, and a W9rlf IS, Christ and fellow-laborer. n going.on.

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I-hope, pone of the beloved'read- FRANK M. 'MAYES ers will wonder, why I rejoice BO much in _. • . _ _ .. it. The conv'ersionof ISrael has become the WOMAN'S MEDIfAL WORK IN FOREIGN DIISSION8

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subject of my thoughts all t,he time. I hope and pray for it. Can I help rejoimng? But at the same time my heart' is filled with sor­row and grief, that, the people, 'of which household I am"a member, IB led.to forsake, after all, the Bible truth and accept church truths. . They ar~ IEld to reject God's Sabbath . , and to worship Sunday.

• TEN DOLLARS OF MISSIONARY DIONEY.

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HOUSLllY, Dallas Co., TeiBfl, 1tJay 6, 1887. Dear Brother,-I. take pleasure in writ.

ing to you this morning that you may know that the Sabbath cause is still progreBsing. I have raised the five dollars I promised to the Board, and I take ple~Bure In saying

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that the Lord has greatly : ~lessed his cause in connection with my work, for which I render thanks to his holy llIltnEi. ·N ot only has the Lord enabled me to *ise the promis­ed money, but has added ianother, to our . ,

Nearly thirty years age my mother called upon her former pastor, and he declined to receive her:, for a reason which, I am sure he would no longer consider valid. Prom love for the science of medicine, -and from sympathy for the suffering of her own sex she had.tBken a degree at a medical collog~ ·and become the president of 'another. ·"t Ican receive no call from a woman who has so un sexed herself," was written on her reo turned card at the ,door of this prominent clergyman. : . A generation has passed, and women have won' for themselves a respectable place in. the medical profession; and in no depart. ment more assuredly than in the teeming world of foreign missions. .

There are st.ill; indeed, a few relics of former prejudices, who cannot endure 80. cially the thoroughly educated and modeBt woman's going from home to home, feeling of pulse-bilats, ·and prescribi)1g for mothers and children, yet who suffer no qualms of conscienl!e ,in associating with the women who sing publicly in questionable attire or give to the drawing·room. a more or Ies: ail' of sensuality. But almost everybodv is converted to the idea of sending women phy. sicians to the heathen. . . The idea, howe,ver, is not enough. Chris. tian peop.le need to be enthused with a de. termination to carry out the idea. They should realize far morl3 the enormous de. mand axqong hundreds of millions for.fe. male medic~l missio~arie~ .. A ~uch larger measure of'InforinatIOn IS requu·ed.-.ilhs. Bairibridqe. -. -_.

THE ENGLISH RHETORIC OF OHINIESE GIRLS,

Instruction in English has recently been commenced in the 'Foochow school. Miss Jewell Bends some quaint Bpecimens of the

. girls' expressions of their thought after a fell' mOllths' study of the new tongue. Thereisa delightful flavor of .

~HSSION!RY WORK IN AFRICA.

T4ie strongest competitors against the missiona!y in the affectations of the blac~ are the traders, alid the traders have gill with, them. And, if the mIssionary does anything in the way of trade, he arouses the spIrit 'of jealousy in the breast of the trail­er., Hence you have all kjnds o~ rep~l'tS from these traders about the miSSIOnaries, ~nd mimy bad reports have only beeD: !n· spired by trade jealousies. .My own OpIllJOll

, is that the misslOnaries, as a class, are a self· sacrificing lot, of men.' Some of them may follow in the stepB of the traders, and grulll; ble that the traders do not sacrifice wha they have gained to the s.entiments by which they t.hemeelves are governed. As to, P!8C' .' tical missionary wGrk, the more a I!llSslOn' ary knows when he comes to Africa, the more capable he will be of II)eeting t~e hos· tile agencies by which he will feel hID1~elf sur~ounded. . But no ... missionary sOCiety could: ask for a better field than Africa; but !trequires peculiar. method~ Enid .mea~8 ta mfluence the natIves. WIBdom 1S game by experience. You c~nnot eXp'ect an.or· dained minister to enter a,' new country for

To the Editor of tbe Outlook:

Dear Brother,-I Outlook-for iii long ~lDlelJ.II permit me I will say a you ·present. I think ing your time, Pecause for an 'utterJy baseless, lief is,' nay, I contend corwmanded anyone to (lay of the 1lJeek. In never elln :find one CUl:lU"

the Beventh day' oj th:e' maiided to work six holy the next day; but week. Now I think.I reasons why God' did to keep the Beventh day are these: :!,

1. God created the one day is with the and no sensible man days we~e literal days . were perIOds. Now, as seventh period, and for to work six days and rest not, and did not CO[llma.n~ any day of a week. At was no such thing as a natural division, like a year, but purely a'] rti1llcial.l world in six eons, and wherefore, he 'commands days, and rest and keep is, the seventlt. .

2. If God had meant holy a particular day of have told us how to do it. our holy day with the Jews did and do, or knows? How can anyone what part of the earth is gin? If it begins with Asia will have Sab afterwards; but if holy rise in the Atlantic, then bath :first and A8ia l'l.ff,l>l'lIr.

wliole·day's difference to between Satardav and ' Now who knows where Sab can tell usP Do: you say t was in Asia, and Asia sho first? But remember Ed Asia, and you have the as to Ohina. '

3;' Rememoer that }Vh around the world, one, go other west, the one giUn other loses a day in the re two, ships meet in the Pa

:flalendars were two days a keeping Sabbath as holy the ot1:ler on Monday. In world every nation that.k keeping a different time :WhIle one part is at worsh IS sound asleep. '

To my mind it is very oJ did not conimand anyone' seventh day oj tl~e week, or 1 of a week.' It would have ties from which ~ecould nl selves. If there has been ai the Christian Ohurch has' al~ it is on observing or keepin day of the week, becauBe arose. .All the Fathers, frOl ~e8tify to this. I.feel sure, ) ~n et~rnity you will find YOt mg tIme and gifts. . •

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wrong day. I hope that 1_ c~n gQ ca.nnot go at preHent for my means are

,bout exhausted, and when they are then Illy'

~' rk 'will be confined a~ home, with the 'pae Hill Ohurch. Withont help sooft', .1 can o but v~ry little. May the Lord. lIless his ople is the prayer of your brother in

}nrist and fellow-laborer.

f:: FRANK M. ·MAYES.

.~IAN'8 MEDItU ~ii I~ FOREIG~·IIIISSioNS. INearly thirty yoars ago my mother Qalled

.J?On her former pastor, and he declined to

~ive heI:, for a reason which,] am sure

e would no longer consider valid. Fro~ ve for the science of medicine, aud from

pathy for the suffering of her own sex he had taken a degree at a medical collag:

~become the president of 'another •• Hi

an receive no call from a woman who has un sexed herself," was writte.n on her re­

ed card at the ,dl)or of thIS prominent lergyman. '

A generation has passed, and women have OD for themselves a respectable place in­e medical profession. and in no depart. ent more assuredly than in the teeming orld of foreign missions. There are still; indeed, a few relics of

Irmer prejudices, who cannot endure 80. ially the thoroughly educated and modest oman's going from home to home, feeling f pulse-b~ats, and prescribiJ1g for mothers nd children, yet who suffer no qualms of

~nscienee .in associating with the women ho sing publicly in questionable attire r give to the drawing-room a more or les~ fr of sensuality. But almost everybody is 'onverted to the idea of sending women phy-icians to the heathen. ' . The idea, howe:ver, is not enough. Ohris. ian people need to be enthused with a de. ,ermination to carry out the idea. They hould realize far morl3 the enOrm{lUB de.

nd atqong hundreds of millions for fe­ale medical missionaries. A much larger easure of· information is required.-Mrs. ainbridqe. . . _.

THE ENGLISH RHETORIC OF CHINIESE GIRLS.

Instruction in English has recently been in the Foochow school. lIiss

sends some quaint specimens of the expressions of their thought ai.ter a few

study of the new tongue. There is a flavor of simplicity and Oriental·

thel~em.

U GiPd sits upon the sky, and ~an see if we good or bad." ,

H My sin is very much, but Jesus can wash Bin white 88 Bnow is." .

"My ear enjoys hearing God's Word; my wants' to say, 'Jesus loves me;' my

want to' Bee Jesus' cross; my hands want God's Bible; my feet want to walk the

road; my heart wants to praise God .. I God's child, and I only want to be witli altogether. "

U I my body can be made God's in~

.e I hope God's Word will be more quickly tnctwn in Ohina." .

" I have seen all birds eat water or food. . bird can know how to thank God, for it

,lifted up its head." "Jesus' name as compared with flowers is

aromatic; his grace compared with ey is more sweet." ,

,i I ought to praise Goq, for he has-- given peace."

" I think I have the devil to guide me. r ask God t-o make me not do bad, so that .

caD. have peace. " _ "The ceJ,estial Saviour I want to praise, for '1n'III.ce is greater than the earth. His sin­

more than the sky." the splendors and honors of the world

janlnot be compared with Jesus' blesaing."­tle~~tI/'Ein Woman's ·Frlend.

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God did not command men to keep holy tHe It is stated that the'Trust'ees of the Ohio course greatly weakens, its action, a:I seventh, or any particular day oHlie week, be- State University hav,e made a proposition to readily discovered in the habitUal cause it\vouid have involved absurdities from ex-President Hayes to take the preSidency of whose pulse is week, feeble, i;t:r~~ti:ril~·· .·~·':~';:i;WJ

-"Remember the Sabbath·day, t? _keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, aud do all thy work; but \he seventh davis the Sabbath of the Lord thv G.od."

otT£OOK,CORRESPONDENCE.

CINCINNATI, April 28, 1887. To the Editor of tbe Outlook: _

De(lt" Brotllel",-I.have been rec~ivi~g t~e Outlook' for a I.ong tIme past, and If you, WIll permit me I W111 say a word about the Issue von presel~t. I think you are utterly w~st­lug vour tIme, because you are contendmg for an utterly baseless assumpt!on. My be­lief is, nay, I contend the fact ~s: Goa never cOim,landed anyone to keep holy the. Seventh clay ot" tile week. In the whole BIble you Dever C1\n find one command to keep holy the se,enth day of the week. We are com­manded to work six days, and rest and keep holv the next day; but nothing said about a week. Now I think I can show very good reasons why God did not command anyone to keep the seventh day oj the week. They are these:

1. God created the world in six day; but one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and no sensible man now supposes that these days were literal days of 24 hours. They were periods. Now, as God rested on the 5e,enth period, and for that rea.son told 'us to work six days and rest the :qen, he could not, and did not command us -to keep holy any day of'a week. At the 'creation -there was no such thing as a week. It is not a natural division, like a day, or a month, or a year, but purely artificial. God made the world in six eons, and rested the seventh, wherefore, he commands all men to work six days, and rest and keep holy the" next, that is, the seven tlr.

2. If God had meant that we should keep holy a particular day of a week, he would have told us how to do it. Are we to begin our holy day with the evening before, as the Jews did and do, or with midnight? Who knows? How can anyone know? - Again, at what part of the earth is the holy day to be­gin: If it begins with sunr:se in the Pacific, Asia will have Sabbath first, and America afterwards; but if holy day begins with sun­riBe in the Atlantic, then America has Sab­bath first and Asia afterwalds? It makes a whole aay's difference to Asia; the difference between Saturday and ,Sunday anyhow. Now who knows where Sabbath begins? Who can tell us? Do you say the Garclen of Eden was in Asia, and Asia should have Sabbath first? But remember Eden was in Western Asia, and you have the same conundrum as to Ohina.

3. Remember that when two ships sail around the world, one going east and th e ()tber west, the one gains a day, and the other loses a day in the reckonilJ.g. If the two ships meet in the Pacific Ocean, their 'palendars were two days apart, .and the one 'keeping Sabbath as holy day on Saturday, the other on Monday. In fact all around the world every nation that keeps holy day, is keeping a different time from the rest. :WhIle one part is at worship, the other part 13 sound asleep.

To my mind it is very obvious why God did not command anyone to keep holy the seventh day of the week, or any particular day of a week. It would have involved absurdi­ties from,which ~e could not extricate our­selves. If there has been anything ill which tue Christian Ohurch has always been agreed, " is on observing or keeping holy the first­day of the week, because on it our Lord arose, All the Fathers, from the beginning, testify to this. I feel sure, my bretherri, that ill et~rnity you will find you bave been wast­mg tIme and gifts. . •

TRos. J. MELISR.

which we could not extricate ourselves. The the university, and' a strong effort is being aud whose heart is unable to do the made to get him to accept it. ' It is proposed required. All physicians know that alOOhOll­

co-nclusion based upon this premise, is that know, bllt )Vhat the genA to relieve him of all.details, by placmg them ism is a common cause of heart dill88l!e •. the Ohristian Ohurch, w,hich of course ought eral pu.blic still ignor~sf the .fact how admir- in the hands of It' vice, president elected for The muscular tissue is turned into 'fat, and -to be obedient to God, to MOld the ~bsurdi •. ably ,!,lse these de.spIse~ mlddl~ ag~s were; that purpose. such a ,person,if much excited orirightened ties which we poor Seventh-day Baptists how, I;nsteai of tryll~g, like tpen s?cces~ors, Massachusetts,'the birth-place'of the com~ or caused to run a distance, will suddenl;

. to spoil the good thmgs they had mherlted, chooUn this countr d h f die and be precipitated into, a drunkard'-s have fallen Into, has always agreed to keep they trI·ed to hand on the thI·ngs' they had monos y, an were, rom the beginnmg ed.ucatlOn took deep root grave, because the heart is enfeebled, and . holy the fir8t day oj the week, because on it in better state to their heirs; how full they among the people is coming to a bad pass in cannot.1ift its 500 tons per day. . -, ou~ Lord arose. It is refreshingly consist· w~re of the practical spirit,; what great these lat·ter days. It is a sad I thing to see a Steel's Hygenic Physiology says tliat two ent for a man to argue tllrough four pages thmgs they C?ul!l do Wlt~ small means ;. qow community retrograding towards ignorance; ounces of alcohol (which are equal to about th t thO .. ;bl b' d . they loved SCience before the name SOlence but, as in this case, the influences which two ordinary'drinks of whisky or bran13y)

a a mg IS Impos.sI e, a sur ',unwIse" had been specialized into. a beggarly out. have produced these results,: and are sti-n increases the heart's action 6,000 belloW In' and out of h~r~ony WIth all Of. G.od s plans; house of her v:ast and g~O~lOUS :palace; how producing them, are extraneous, and do not twenty-four hours; which is an increase of and then to'mslst that the OhrIStlan Church powerless theIr alleged Ilhberahs~ ~n~ nar- come from any original and internal dete- work for the heart equal to the lifting ot a has agreed from its earliest existence to, do row':less wer~ to prevent,the expatIatlOn ~f rioration 'among the people., In 1880 the of seven tons one foot high.- After. the very thing which has been proven (P) to the I,ntellect III the largest sense-an expatI- number of illiterates in Massachusetts was the of stimulation at the outset of a be thus absurd, erroneous, inconsistent, and ation encouraged and' fostered, not cramp-, 93,000; in 18S6" 121,000. This increase is "U'"UIl pas~ed away, th_e drinker feels

ed, o~ confined, by the effo~ts of the~hurllh. owing almost wholly to the incoming of a te;rl'ible ~eaction, a physicial languor,. a essenti!tlly disobedient. Surely, if God could N? lIe of the half-t:uth klDd was ~ver more Irish and French Oanadian Oatholics, who letting dO\\1l1 ; the heart flags, the, brllin and not command men -to keep the seventh day IYIllg than the stupId chatter of lIberals ~f~ have Hooded the cities ant}. villages of' the mus.cles are. exhausted,- and rest and sleep of ~he week, he could not justify them for ~he Brougham .type; .about th~ monastIC state-lowering the standard of morals and are Imperatively _demanded. ,The machin­eighteen centuries in keeping the first clay of charact~r of u~llVerSl~les., ~gaiDst almo~t education everywhere, and advancing that of ery is nearly! run down-the patient must the week. "Our correspondent, like many ~very~hmg ~,ad iD the monastIc system, um- i~orance, vice a.nd crime. Such a condi- have sleep or he dies .. ·After a long contin··'

others, l'n his anxiety to destroy the Sabbath, ver~Itles everywhere, and !rom the first, set tlOn of thip.gs it deplorable, and it is sad to ued use of !1lcohol, or. where a quantity has .. ~helrface; al~ost everythl~g t~~t was best behold New England gradnally sinking away been used III a short tIme, we find fatty de· , ' "

cuts off the limb, on which he stands, and m the monastIC syspe~ uDlversltles at once from its former position. of educational and generation of the muscular fiber of the heart, :' , hi~ fatric of Sunday, with himself, falls in absorded and kept, III Its goodness, to them· moral pre-eminence. But" such things al. so that it loses its power to drive the blood the dust. Persisting in error because obe- selves.,-Btanclarcl. ways tread in the footsteps ,of Rome... to the extt~mities, and very soon" fails to -' dience to truth is unpopular,-or inconven. • • • ~~~~d to the spur that has urged it on to

POPULAR ASTRONOMY IN NEW YORK. ient, IS an endless source of ruinous inconsist- This fatty degeneration from alcohol is also to be found in the muscles, liver, nerves, ency.

.; Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understand· ing."

,; HARTFORD THEOLOGY.

At the alumni meeting, during the anni­versary exercises of Hartford Theological Seminary (Oongregational) the following resolutions were adopted with only thres dis-senting votes. .

"W HEREA-S, the condition of theological belief and religious thought in New England at this time is such as to present to the Hartford Theological. Seminary an enlarged opportunity for service in de­fense of the Word of God. the wor~:ofrChriat and true progress in theological science, and

"WHEREAS, the aggressive and persistent public presentation of doctrines and hypotheses common· ly knoWn as 'progressive theology,' 'future proba· tion, new departure,' and the like, threaten great harm to the ministry, the churches and Christi,\U work. anCW ." WHEREAS, we believe that to a large degree

the membership of our New England churchesis still loyal 'to ·the Bible as complete in its revela­tion of the way of salvation and in ita final author­tity, and

"WHEREAS, there is a demand for a common rallving center asound whicu this force can gather and find expression to its loyalty to evangelical truth and Biblical statement, therefore,

., Resowed, 1. That in view of these facts we, the alumni, for Christ's sake, are compelled to take a more decided and pronounced, stand against this modern revival of antie~t rationalistic and semi rationalistic theology.

" Re80lMd 2. That most heartily appreciating the able and faithful labors of the professors of this

A singular proof of popula~ ignorance of the starry heavens, as: well as of popular curiosity concemmg any uncommon celes­tial phenomena, is furtftilhed by the curious notions prevailing about, the planet Venus. When Venus began to attract general atten­tion in the western sky in the early evening some two months ago, speculation quickly became rife about it, particularly on the great Brooklyn Bridge •. As the planet hung dazzingly bright over the New Jersey hl)ri­zon, some people appeared to think it was the light of Liberty's torch, mistaking the bronze goddess' real flambeau for part of the electric light system of the metropo¥s. Finally, to judge from the letters written to the newspaper, and the questions asked of individuals supposed to know something about the secrets of the sky, the conviction seems to have been pretty widely distributed that the strange light in the west was no less than an electrically illuminated balloon, nightly sent skyward ·by Mr. Edison, for no other conceivable reason than a wizardly desire to mystify his fellow-men. I. have positive information that th4s ridiculous notion has been actually entertained by more than one person of intelligence. And it is not improbable that as' Venus glows with increasmg splendor in the serene even­DIngs of June, she will continue to be mis­taken for some petty artUlcial light i\lstead of the magnificent world that she is, spark. ling out there in the sunshine like a globe of burnished Sllver.-Popular Science Mo~t7/'. ly.

seminary we earnestly inquire if It be not feasible. The hiatoricallibrarY,of Prof. Von Ranke, and at-this juncture very Impor~ant, for the faculty

" Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the CUP. when it DlovetJ;o. itself aright. " , -

It At IllSt it biteth like.. a serpent, .and stIDgetb like an adder. n -

A late confession of a Pennsylvania peni­tentiary convict has created consternation among sundry liquor men in that state, and suffices to illustrate -their lawlessness and desperation. A Meadville telegram:of the 20th ult. says: "During the year 1882 and 1883 seven barns, all owned by temperance people, near Oochranton, this county, wera burned. Clayton Moyer, noWi serving out a

V_"'OO? sentence in the Western Penitenti­ary, has confeE!se~ to the burning of the barns, and he says he was hired to do the work by liquor men of Oochranton. The consideration was fifty dollars for·each job." The telegram adds: "A. B. Richardson, of this city, appeared' before: the Pardon Board last week in tbe interest of Moyer~ hoping to use, him as evidence against the liquor men. It is reported to-nIght that James Martin and his son, Oochranton ho. tel men impliCated by Moyer's, confession; have fled." ' , '

The bumness ofliquol;-selling is thorough­ly demor~izing to 'those who engage in it, 8S well as inimical to the general welfare. It is not' surprising that ,the Pennsylvania liquor-sellers should resort to arson, or those of Iowa to murder, as in the case of Had­dock, to. intimidate; their opponents.-Tll1n­perance .Advocate.

--~--.~"~4. __ ----HOW SALOONS ARE SUPPORTED. '

to adopt some radical- and comprehensive plan by of Berlin, containing 35,000, volumes and which the character and work of this institution, 75,000 pamphlets, has been purchased for Kingston City has 160 saloons. ' At the and especially the relatIOn its teaching holds to the Syracuse University, and will next summer recent election 3,672 ~Qtes were cast iii the presentdiscussionofBibicalmterpre,ationand cscha· be brought across the Atlantic. _ city. So we have one saloon for every

and kidneys, i~ the form of Jat celIs, JIn­healthy.fat, whIch show an insufficlencyof oxygen'm the blood. When you see a flush­ed face or a bloodshot eye in 'a person who' indulges in alcholic liquors, ven in a moi-' .: , erate way, you may put it crown as' a fact.1 .' that these superficial appearances indicate' pomtively .the ~onditio~. of the internal ~~ gans. The .delicate hrungs of the braIn, ' heart, stomach, liver and lungs, ate cO~gest. , ed, and are tuo color of, the blushing cheek; When the alcoholic habit has becbme,chron­iCJ- the color becomes permanent, and the discolored blotched skin reveals the condit tion of the internal organs. Owing to the affinity of alcoho~ for water,. 'all the m~ni- , branes become somewhat rlry, thick ~nd " hard; they shrink upon the sensitive nervest , -'

causing pain, their thickness and hardness", stiffen the joints and make the muscles weak" . and flabby, and 1D t)1is way every orgal~;ili.~' ",' '; the body feels the change.-Dr. James G.ray· .:< '~, .,:; Jewell. • .. ;,", , ' . --

WASTE.

tology, may be brought and kept before the public t t th tAt "h in a definite and unmistakable manner. The largest class ever graduated from the wen y- ree vo ers. Ii ,no more",_ an one- My dear boys, I want to tell yon a short --: "Resolved, 3. That we' most profoundly hope Union Theological Seminary was Bent forth third of thesQ voters patronize saloo~s;, it story~ which will be 'strictly true. It is a

that the trustees will take such immediate and act- on Tuesday, May 10th. It was the fifty-first follows that they deHve their support from Bad on! and hainful to relate; but I 'tell it ivemeasures as will make this seminary a rallying· f th . t't t' d fift an average of eight cUitomers each. As a ·th h t t't b 'f t f Point at which this great bo"y of loyal dl·Scl·p'.es in ann~versary 0 e iDS I U lOn, an y,one. f 1 I' . d WI a ope a 1 may e 0 use 0 some 0

~ . d th' d' I matter of act, there are sa oons lOvmg an b h' h' t t·t· t ' our churches may concentrate and make itself felt young men recelve ell' Ip omas. you, y s owmg you ow Impor an 1 IS 0 as upholding the.unquestlOnable authority of the The Governor of South Oarolina, and otlter thriving in this city on the trade of two or avoid the path of temptation. . ,\' Word of G d th B b'· I d t' f th k f three. regular customers, with the sale of a I k b h hi d" t /' 0, e I .Ica oc nne 0 e, wor 0 state officials, recently visited Claflin U niver- new a oy on w om sage p .. ren B Ohrist, and the necessity in all men of Immediate ffity, a Methodist Freedmen's institution at stray drink now and then. But they take doted. His sisters were also very proud'of '. repentance." , . f II all the earnings of these" regulars," 'and him. Of course he. was greatly petted, .and

O . . d Orangebury, S. 0., and exammed care u y the families at home live upon the labor of d ommlttees were at once appomte to all its departments, and was most favorably very little self- enial was. ever required of present these resolutions to the 'trustees impressed. "This," he said" is 'a great wife and children. Selling rum, is a manly him. He grew to manhood and married ~n

We give the writer of the foregoing credit and to the Pastoral Union-thll body which revelation." He addressed the students In trade, isn't it P , . affectiona~e girl, who felt as if she could 1 t th t U t Th U · d t d Similar facts 'exist in many other towns t d ' h f hi d h t for honesty. If hc were I'nformed concern. e ec s e l' 8 ees. e mon a op e the cilApel and said that he was surprised and ,no 0 enoug or m, an ,so e grew 0

th b . tId d t where sa,loons flourish. It requires only a thO k th t II h t d t b h' t , em y a unalllmou~ vo e.- n epen en • delighted'with what he had seen, and that lD a a e wan emus e IS a mg the facts in the case, we could not. do .. '. • hencefoi"th Olaflin University would find in few old" regulars~' to support a saloon. An whatever cost to others. • this. The substance of his article is, tliat him a friend and an earnest advocate. efficient high license law would shut up a Once when I was visiting at his home he-God could not command men to keep any EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES. good -many, of the, saloons, but the" regu- went to the closet just before sittiIlg down,. \

'fi A very amusing mistake recently occurred lars" would still get their liquor at the re- to dinner and prepared something for him- . , " speCl c day of the week, and did not. That It is, certain (and Professor Laurie has in one of the_ public ~chools. T}le rea~ng maining ones. A g9spel temperance revival self in a glass and drank it. I saw his wife- ~ men could not keep any specific day of the made the facts quite clear)thateducation as a cl!lss w~ up, an~ a br~ght fellow wasreadmg in a town is more efficient, as it converts the glance at him, with a sad, shy look .. He week, if God had commanded it. :If the au- whole was ~ll1ch more carefully looked after' a.way :WIth !l' deClde~ v~m. The teacher was liq1for drinkers'and deprives the saloon men saw it too, whereupon, in 'a somewhat pom- - ': thor would consult any standard encyclope- and organized in the middle age, after tlie lIstenmg WIth admlratlOn~,but,presentl:r was of their custpmers, and thus prepares the pou.s way, he remarked far the benefit of ' .. < \: dia, or treatise concerning,the calendar of very" darkest" than it - pleased the 'seli- startled when she heard: And he garmshed way for prohl~ition.-Lutheran Observer. both wife and visitors, "My father always" ':, ") the week) cr the appendi;: to Biblical Teach- s}lfficiency of the eighteenth and early nine- h~s t~eth ~ith r,~gs." "YV:hat's that? what took a little good brandy bef{lre eating. His "

teenth centuries to acknowledge. It is also dId you say ~ ,sh.e <t~llckly. a~k~d. .the E'FFECT OF ALCOHOL ON THE HEART. son does the same. My- father never be-ings, issued. by the pubHshers of ,thia ,paper, certain (and here again Professor Laurie has answ.er ca~e m chIl.d-llke sl,~phOlty: H~ came a drunkard, and his son will nevel" and the works therein quoted, or the Chart done good service in bringing Qut the facts) garUlshed hIS te~tl? WIth rags. . The tea?her The heart, 'when in a healthy condition, become one either." \ . j

Of the Week, by Dr. Jones of London, al}d that a tradition-of the great pagan schools ~ould not refram fro~ laughl~g outl}ght as is generally known, is abouJ; the size of This relDark, with tho:.bold,. assured tone / has the ability to recognize the force of uni- of the empire in which so many of the fath- wh~n she ~~w lIer pupIl ha~. ~hst.orted ~he an ordinary fist,. and weighs about eigP.t: or ofthe speaker, coupled WIth h]s noble pres·'

~rs themselves, had learned, persevered 'to seme,~ce: He gnashed hIS ~eeth WIth nine <.ounces. It is a hollow muscle, whIch ence and a con'Biousneslf of his intellectual .'eral facts, he would', ,never write again as some extent even in the " dark" times: _rage. by contraction, propels the blood to the re- power, also the well·known fact of his' fath­he has written above. But when a And it is evident th'at, 'as Europe settled The Seminary at Princeton has just com. motest parts ,of the / extremities. The er's good cha~ac,ter, allayed my fears,' while 19nores facts, and builds on erroneous state- Mwn and,red~veloped jtself in kingdoms, pleted the third quarter of its first century amount of work performed by this little or- I wondered at the pained expression on' ~he Illents,-little or nothing can be said in refn- '. . strivings, com~nghy degrees to be not or life and. usefulness. On May 10th the gan is enormous;_ it be~t~ about 100,000 wife'sfaca'; growing deeper rather than other­tation of his vagaries. An effort to' refute so bllDd, were made to put ·on the structure exercises' of the seventy· fifth annual Oom- times per day, and exhIbIts a strength at wise. Alas!, I was wholly unsophisticatk_d; them is like overthrowing castles in the air,. of ordinary education a coping of university mencement were held under bright and fav- each 'pulsat~on equal to 10 P?unds. Now, I did not knoW,. that-.a,uch self-confidence wail "! th finish." We think ourselves that, with all oring skies. The work of the Y038r end~d as a healthy man's heart beats about s~enty. no safe-guard, and that great intellect, even

ere is not foundation enough to pry' up- their shortcOQling,s,' Oxford or Oambridge on th~ Saturday preceding with the final oral two times a minute, 4,320 per hour, or 103,· genius, is often accompanied by much mor- ,\ I ,on, The surpassing inconsistency of the never been equalled or approached as examinations .. ' And this work has not been 680 times per day of 24 ho~rs, its -lifting al weakness. Years later- in a foreign' land, ~r ~riter appears in his last paragraph, which engines for the accom:l'lishment of this pur- one of study exclu~vely. ' Many of the stu- power is equivalent to .,the enQrmous sum 1 heard occasionally thr,ough lapse of years: ! , 18 as follows: "To my mind it is very obvious pose. Professor Laune! as in duty bound, dents have been faithfully employed in active of 1,036,800 pounds, Qr m01"~ tlian. 500 tons that his health waS failing. Overwork, late-'

h G though he comt:nents WIth great frankness labor in and about Princeton. Fifteen sta- per day, one foot high. I Several hOlfr!/, general debility. By these terms the , II' Y od did not command anyone to keep on the drawbacks of the S,cotch universities, tions have been regularly supplied, in each of such as rapid walking, running lif1jll~~,·l'·poli)r sorrowful wife, sought to keep from" ,; ,. ~.oly the seventh day Of the _week, or !Jony par- and their prostitution :to mere which a weekly servic~ has been held, and in ?D-ental la1>.o:,· ex~item'~nt 'of any Kind, n;tay . the true st.ptement of the -case, -.' I' .1eular day of a week. ,It would have in· yet fon4ly Impresses many of them Sunday-schoola have been lDQrease tJie ~eart s ac~lOn, and thereby bnng for in a lower rank of .life he would; have / volved absurdities from which we could not oJ? us the/undou. fact,that St.,.Andrews superintended and sermons preached on, an extra stram uEon ,I~, and p~d~ce more been called a drunkard-the word he so ~f extricat6 ourselves. If there lias been any- an~ Aberdeen, Edmburgh and Glasgow, r~- Sunday evening. Fifty of the students have ·or less temporary ,!r pe!manent lDJUry. It much despised but so little feared, that he thing on which the Ohristian Ohurch has produce more nearly the ~utonomous consti- been thus employed) and twenty more en- can~ therefore, be. r~ad!ly understoood. that en~red boldly into the path .w~ich led hi~ ) . 1 tution of the medial val university.; Perh~ps gaged to 'assist in the S~nday-schools and it is (}f the'1;ttmos~ Imporumce tq preserve thIther. Now, a hopeless VIctIm of manta

a ways ~een agreed, it is on observing or they do. We owu that, rankmg Q.urselves weekly prayer-meeting in the A the 'mtegnty., and thus mBUre the 'f potu, he languish~ in the asylum fo~ the, >, :

keeping holy the first day of tile week,' be- among the stanchest lnedirevalists _ living, special feature of the winter was rest {If tile body. lDBane. ..' cause on it our Lord arose. All the Fathers; we !ike Oxford an.d; Oa~bridge bett~r. ~ut of -evJmgelestic services in six the heal_t~':'?D-an !lnd ex- So yon see, 'my dear boys, it is not pride from the beginning testify' tb this. I feel taftehat, no doubt, IS a matter of taste; and, churches by Messrs. Greigg, a' chromc mebnate, we of birth or strength of manhood_,that Bnre, my brethern, that in eternity you ,and r as I the differentia of· Oxford and Mallmann, of the his .nerves-and mus- sllve'you m .the path . "v ......

the ' system, and in fonr hundred' and it the God find you have been wasting tim'e -and gifts.'" in certainly lle'standilltll ,tiik~' ht.ecl.lea~'lui:

We have here, fust,~ the statement that

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. first Jay o! the week, if we so choose; it is still the second day for all that. A little boy was talking to4is fatheir in the garden. when he said,·" Father, I wish you would give me this tre,e for my verJ own." "You may call it yours," the father said somewhat absent mindedly.· "But does ,calling it mine make it mineP" the child; persisted. "Well not exactly." "Then I wont caU it mine, uUless it is mine," said the -hoy with decision. There is a good lesson for our easy going philosopher who proposes to make the law of God approve of his disobedience, by taking one, thing and calling it something else, and then insisting that since he has called it something else, it is something 'else. . _ .

A PERSONAL nUTTER.

One of the most marked characteristics of the gospel of Ohrist is the fact that all of its addresses to men whether of a~peaI, privilege, or duty, are to individuals. Primarily noth~ ing is lumped off by communities, chufches, or states. There is, indeed, a certaIn gener· al benefit coming to communities from the prevalence of Ohristian sentiment and Ohristian life in them. The most ungodly and worldly man conceivable finds it more • • agreeable and safer living in a O~ristlan community, than in a heathen community, and so, though he be not a Ohristian himself, he shares in the general benefits:of the prevo alence of the Christiau life'B.nd doctrine.' But such blessing is secondal'Y. The great and prim~ry gifts of the gospe~ ai'e bestowed only upon individuals, as they individually comply with its :conditions and accept its

AGAIN the desperate character of the benefits. No man becomes a Ohristian ex· liquor fiend has shown itself,-this time in cept on his own act of personal repentance the murderous assault' of three ruffians upon and personal faith in Jesus as his Saviour.

The fact tha.t he lives in a Christian com­Frank C. Smith, of Bridgeton, N. J., a p~ominent temperance worker. Their work munity, or tha.t he is th~ child of Ohristian Q~ murder was prevented by the timely ar- parents,' will avail him nothing until he per· tiVlll of assistance by which the villians were' sonally opens the door of his own' heart and

.. 'frightened ~way, and ~h. 'Smith was carrjed welcomes there, in personal love and loyalty, .. ' ~o Ms home. H By their fruits ye shall know a personal Saviour. The Ohristia~ influences

.. ' ~1:tem. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or jn the midst of which he was.born, and un· " .",,' ,figs of thjs,tles?" Oould we expeGt anything, aer which he has been reared, may be a,c­

.. III a time of conflict,' but cowardly murq.er counted as among Heaven's best gifts to '" of ,8 business whose chieffruit has been wid- him to bring him to Jesus, but they. can

never avail anything for his saivation until ',OWi and orphans, despoiled homes, drunkards' gra.ves, and ruined lives? Shall we keep' by his o~n act, he ~ccepts it in. Jesus.

· right on licen:sing the evil thing? That which is true in this fun,damental act of beComing a Ohristian, is true of all

.'. Tn genuine, strong Ohristian call go out ,our Ohristian. duties and activities._ ~ one 'into the world, and make hJmself ielt as a of the last recorded interviews of Jesus with . power for good among wicked men. But, his disciples, he had been, instructing Peter

ithe:be weak and uncertain in his Ohristian r~spectinK' some features of his future ser­, ', .. "':character,' the chances are that he will be vice; and Peter, anxious about his intimate .. ',' /:.;:i~"a11owed up by the world and become lost friend and" fellQw-disciple, John, asked

'. " in its worldliness. Jesus told his disciples about him.' J eeus' answer ds worthy to be that they were the salt of the earth, but he written in letters of gold upon every heart, immediately reininded them that the salt H If I will that he tarry till I come, what

. ,I: >- was in danger of losing its savor, when it is that to thee? Follow thou me." The . would be good for nothing but to ge. cast most-natural thought and concern of Peter

out and trodden under foot of men. The for his friend and brother could not be suf· only safety is ~n keeping close to him who is feredeven a moment's place in his mind, if

'the life of those who believe in him. Away by so doing hl3 should in anywise be made from 'him, there is no safety to the Chris- to forget that he, Simon Peter;:IJ.ad a person·

· tian, and no savor for the man of the world. al clI.11 to follow his Lord and Master. It is The danger to the carel€!ss Dh,ristian in the right that we should have regard to the worldisillustrate'd by a little story which Mr. happiness and welfare of others; it is one of

, Moody 'sometimes 'relates. He says, "When the very first desires of the / Ohristian heart mitinga gentleman in England, I observed to bring others to Jesus,-but that is a very :a ,fine .{Janary. Adniiring his beauty, the different thing from the ~ispositionto mark

. ,:gentleman replied: 'Yes, he is beautiful, out a course of duty for some one else, to

to them from year to year P Whe~e do they locat,e the reBppnsibility for doing more Ohristian work P "We as a people" are scattered pretty thinly over a wide extent of territory, reaclling from Rhode Island to Nebraska and the territories beyond, and from' N o~them, Wisconsin and Minnesota to .. the Gulf of Mexico ; and when we say, or hear others say, ,that we, "as a denomination," ought to do this, or that, or the other .thing, we' allow the responsibility 'to be scattered about as widely and a hundred' times more thin I The fault 'is not in the phrases we use, but in the way:we allow these phrases to absorb onrpersonruity and our responsi­bility in the . indefinite, impersonal, irrs. 'spqnsibte "We, Us & Co." What makes a, church in its effective worki~g force; but the individulLl members which oompose it? How can a church ever do its duty, in any given direction, 'unless every' individual member in that church does 'ms personal duty in thllt matter? What makes a de­nomination bilt the churches of like'faith and practice aggregated nnder some simple form of organization, each of which is made up of mdividuals P How can a ,denomina­tion ever reach its full strength and effective­ness for any s~rvice in the name of the Lord, except as each church composingit shall bring to that 'work the full" meaSUTe of strength representect ~y her united individ· ual membership P

We are not pleading for individual, inde­'De7l~ae1Ui counsel and action. This, however well meant and energetically pushed; could only result in interminable confusion' and certain defeat. But what we do want to see iasuch a sense of personal privilege, and of personal responsibility on the part of every in4,ividual member among us in respect to the work of the Lord, that each one will stand pledged for all he 'is worth to every advance movement which those who lead us in) plans. and methods of work may decide upon. Only as we get everyone back upon this individual, personal basis will we ever do our whole ~uty in sny great work •

fkotnmunitaJion~.

SOUTH·EASfERM ASSOCIATION. ,

The South-Eastern Seventh· day Baptist Association convened with the Ritchie Ohurch,at Bei'6'a, W. Va., at 10 o'clock A. M., May 26, 1887, and- was Called to order by the Moderator, S; D. Davis.

Atter prayer by H~ B.Lewis, and singing by the congregation, "Nearer my God to thee," the Introductory Sermollwas deliver­ed by S. D. Davisi, from Gen. 28: 21, 22, fol­lowed by prayet by Levi Bond, Jr., and singing" All hail the ppwer of Jesus! name," by the congregation. .. , . The report of the Exe.cutive Ootnmittee was presented and adopted after reDlarks by H; B. Lewis and J.L. Huffman, as ,follows:

Your Executive Committee would respectfully sub .. mit the following report: . 1. J. L. Huffman was appointed to fill the

vacancy caused by 'the removal o~ ~. R. . from the AssociatiQn. '"

2. The Oommittee on Resolutions was ap­pointed as follows: "Preston F. Randolph and the exchange delegates and representa· tives of denominational interests in attend-

11 o'clock, sermon byi.he delegate from the West· -Thisresoiution .wasdi~cussed byJ. G. B"r. ' em Association, followed by a joint collection "

for the. Tract and Missionary Socie'ties. dick. 'A McLe~rn, . J. L. Huffman. J. B .. A/te'rnoon. Clarke, H. B. Lewis, S. H. Davis, Asa F'

Unfinished business. ~an~ol¥h" F. M. Kildo~!P. F. Randolph;.' 2.30 o'clock, s~rJl?on by the delegat~ from the Cen· O. DaYls and G. R. DaYls, after which it "'ao . tral AssocIstlon. . . 'f Q

tI. B D D l voted to divide the resolution. o • • AVIS" .

J. L. HUFFMA1> The first paragraph was then adopted, after F. ,F. ROOOLPH, - ooin. which the Bec d h' ABA'F. RANDOLl'H, I' on paragrap wasl'emarked J. J. LOWTHER. J ' to by P. F. Randolph, and adopted.

Letters 'were read from the Ritchie, Mid· 'Resotved, That .in view of the multitudes of OUr

dIe Island,. Salem, Greenbrier, Roanoke, and fellow .. men who are unsaved, and the vast hosts . without even the knowledge of God and' the 'IVa

Lost Oreek Ohurches. of salvation, and also that many of our church!-O .. f d' b d are needing help. we deem it our blessed duty and

ommUDlcatlOns rom correspon mg 0 - privilege to be consecrated to the work of sendin ies being called for, J. G. Burdick, from the t~e gospel to the perishing, and !!-lsoto aid the finan~ E te' J 'U' T dd f th 0 tral J cially weak churches; and we beheve there is no bet, as I'n; • .IlL. 0 ,rom e' en ; • ter way of doing this work than by giving our pray. B. Olarke (substitute for the delegate), ers, influence and material aid to the Seventh,day from the Western, and A. McLearn from the Baptist Missionary Society. North-Western Associations, responded as After the reading of the third reaolu • deleg,ates from th,ose bodies, reading circular tion, it was voted that the further cOllSidel'a. letters, and making very interesting and .. p. tiott of the-report of the Committee on Reso. propriate remarks concerning the various lutions be postponed until 10 o'clock First.. religious, missionary and educ8.tional inter. day. . ests in their respective ABBociational fields. ' On motion, it was agreed that the sessions

V h d .. h of this Association adjourn at 4.30 O'clock . oted t at delegates an < viSIting bret ern and sisters from sister Associations, an~ rep. in the afternoon. reBent.atives of our Missionary ~nd Tract So. Voted to adjourn until 9.30 o'clock to· cieties be cordially invited to take part in morrow mo~ning; which was done after pray. the deliberations, and assist in the exer. er, by,J. G.'Burdick. ' . cises of this session of the Association. SI:s:.TH·D.A.Y MORNING.

On motion, it was ordered ·that the Moder- Devotional efercises, led by J. G. Burdick. The liit of delegates was called and revised,

ator appoint the standing committees which and the minutes of yesterd.ay were read and was done as follows: approved. , On Nomination oj OjJi.Mra-Wm. B: Van Horn, G. The report of the Committee on Nomina.

H. Davis, Jesse Clark, P. F. Randolph, M. Hev... f Offi. d t d f 11 ener, E. J. Maxson, G. B. Kagarise. and Wm. Flesh· tlOn 0 ...u,.cers a op e as 0 ows: ~ .

On PetitionB-J. J. Lowther, Olin\on DaVis, F. ~ The Cdmmittee on Nomination of Officers for the R 01 k ensuing year, would present the follOwing, viz,:

. ar. ' Moaerator-H. B. Lewis. _ On Education-J. L. Hufiman" S. H. Davis, D .. ~ 0._ 0 N "U

Judson F. Randolph, Emza F. Randolph, ~ther ~wovrdi7lU Cf'Oreta1'1J-. . .Iuaxson. Negl~y. " . A88ista7lt Rewrding Secretary-S. A. Davis.

On Sabb tll.ulwoll-J B D . C N Maxs Chrresponding Se('retary-J. L. Huffman. E J D ~ "A -- F Ra' d '1 h aVlB, .. on, Trea8urer-G. W. F. Randolph. : . . aVlB,.lUIU. n 0 p . . W B V H I

'On8tateo.f Religion. H. B. Lewis. F. M. SwIgger, ' G' H . DAN ORN, I W. H. H. Davis, 1tIrs. J. L. Huffman. F. L. Bond, p' F' n ~:rs, (rf .. _, Nannie Friend., L . . .<\Allo1)OLPH, , VflIfj.

On F\'nanc6-Jesse F. Randolrh, F. J. Ehret, E. J. ]'IAxSON, J .F. M. Kildow, J. A. Polan. : . The following report from the Oommittee

It was Qrdered that fifteen minutes be spent on Education was adopted, after remarks by in devotional exercises at the opening of each J. L. Huffman •. J. G. Burdick, A. lIcLearn, session,', J. B. Clarke, an~ Jesse F. Randolph:

The pastor of the Ritchie Church extended Your C.ommittee on Education would report. that a hearty welcome to all t~e brethern and while we hue no denominational school within the .. te d f' d tte d' thO t' bounds of 'this Association, we are glad to know

SlS rs an rlen san lUg IS mee lUg, that there is an increasing desire on the part of our aiter.,which the meeting adjourned until·.2 young people to obtain a Hberal educatioll, and o'clock, after benediction by J. D. Clarke. thus prepa.re themselves for usefulness in the J,Ias·

ter's cause. AFTERNOON. Also, that as an Association we are in full sym·

pathy with the educational interests oi the denomi .. 'Devotional exercises, conducted by:J. L. nation, as represented by Alfred University, :Milton

, , " • 'College, and Albictn Academy. -Huffman. .... .. Also uld h til d k , that 1Ve wo ear y encourage an see Voted that members of other denomina· to have a school within the bounds of our I Associa·

tions who may attend this' meeting be in. tion, in which our young people may be thoroughly prepared to enter college.

vited to an honorary Bea\, and to take part in . Respectfully submitted, our deliberations. . I J.L. HUFFMAN, } S. H. DAVIS, (]om, .

The Treasurer's report was adopted as fol- EMZA. F. RANDOLFH, fows: C. N. MAxsoN, ", ,

. In account with the SoUTH·EASTERN Assoc. DR,.

To cillh from former Trellsuer ..... , ......... $4 95 Salem Church .............................. 2 74 Lost Creek ............. : ..... _ . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 57 Geeen.brier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 34 Bear Fork ... _ ............... ' ..... ; . . . . . . . . 10 Ritchie ..... , .... '," .......... :. . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Middle Island .................... , . . . . . . . .. 2 97 . --,-

Total ... , ........ ~ ............... ,. .. ,16 59

CR. By cash to E. p, Saunders, of RECORDER

Office ................................. ,12 11 --Balance in Treasury ... : .....•......•• $4: 48

~ - . ,. .

. AMOUNTS ACCREDITED FOR SPECIAL ~URl'OSES.

Roanoke, for expenses of delegate to sister As .. sociations, for the year 1885 ...... $2 10

Less apportionment for 1887. . . . . . . . . 39'-,$ 1 '71 Greenbrier Church ........................ ," 2 00 Salem ..... '. .. " .. _. . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . 25

To carry out the suggestion of this repor_t, J. L. Huffman, J. F. Randolph, and H. B. Lewis were appointed a committee to can­vass the matter and take such steps a<J they may find practicable, looking to the estab· lishment of a school in the bounds of the Association, in whIch our young people may be thoroughly prepared to enter college.

The time having arrived for the reading of the essay of Florence M. Randolph, the conSideration of the above item "was wah"ed to hear the essay, .which was read by S. H. Davis.

On motion, the sentiment of the essay was adopt,ed, and a copy was requested for publi· cation in the SABBATH RECORDER.

. f .. ·bu t he has lost his voice.' He used to be a fine the neglect of oM's own' duty ,al;ld persona.l 'singer; but I was in the habit of hanging his responsibility. What we' need to-day. is a

,"" :cage out of the window; the sparrows ca,me type of Ohristianity in which each one reC­:around with their.incessant chirping; ~adu- ognizes, and strives to perfor~ his own in­

\.::: ,·;.811y he ceased to ,sing and learned their twit· .dividual duty' as a personal, :follower of the

ance. , ·Bear Fork ...... : .......... _ ... ; .. ......... 02

The consideration of the item follow' ing the report of the Committee on Eduea: tion was taken up and remarked toby J. L. Huffman, A.,McLearn, Jesse F. Randolph, P. F. Randolph, H. B. Lewis, and adopted.

. ~r, and,now all he can do is to twitter, tWit- Lord,' Jesus Ohrist. The s~dard of my " 'te~.' Oh, how tr~ly does thIS represent the duty, then, wiil not b'e whafsomeb.ody else

" . case of m!lny Ohristians I They used to de- is doi~g or is not doing:' but .what my Lord '< I light in the songs' of Zion, but they came in- requires of me. On this basis, every Ohris· . . to close aSBociation with th.ose whose notes tian man should settle the question of the

n~ve! ris~ so htgh; .. until, at'last,· like the wor~he shall do, both as t~ its kind and -canary, they do nothing but twitter; twitter." amount, how much he shall 'give and in

3. H. Br'Lewis, Emza F. Randolph and EUsworth F. Randolph were appointed to arrangE! for a Bible service instItute.

FROGRAMM!l!: . , Fiflli, dag morning. ' "

10 o'clock, Introductory Sermon, S. D Davis. Report of Executive Commit~ee. Letters from the churches. Communications from corresponding bodies. Misc£llaneous ~mmunications.· . . Appointm ent of standing committees.

Ajtmwon. . ":What direct~ons in order that the kingdom " f Oh' . .. b b 'It th th Report of annual snd special committeea. ' JIK tbe l'opular discussion of the.: Sabbath 0 , rlstmay e· Ul up, o~ e ear • Rewrt of committee on reselutIons.

-qtiestiOIl.,: no other position is, mor~ g~nerally ",Lord what, wilt thou,. have ,me (not my 8lxth-d,q,1I. 1Mrni1l{l.

taken tllan that the command requIres the brother) to.,do?" <' , Report of standing committees; observance of one of the seven days in each This person!ll characteristic of the claims 10.~ o'clock, esasy~ Florence M. Randplph. Sub·

I 1" "ki 4... t" 'th '.' lect. "Amusements." , week,' but'that it is a matter of smal,l conse- of thegospe ISInstrl nit con,,~as, 'WI a rcl ok Mi' S . T 11 0 0, SBlOnary ociety's hour. ... quence which:day is observed. The facility practical heresy which, is . wide spread Aft6'l'1l001/,. . ..

,_with which men sa~£r them.aelves oftha thr,oughout_~~ste~d~m!~he .!J.er~sy ~~a~ Misceilaneous business. _ , . " :, soundness of this position' is little short of the" church, or' ",mlsslonary, SOCIety, , or, 2 o'clock, essay, L. B. Davis, Jr. Subject, "How

:>,~he Dlarvelous;, F~r ex~mple, it ill prowsed", ,~ther orga~i~ations ,~e the::.re~pon~ible ,~~e ~~~~:Is~pd with the means, he hili! •• ,:,"', I Iii ~pparent serlOu~eBs and candor,. to ag~nts for .varlOUS for~1!I of OhrlstlaIf" wo~k. 2.800:clock, Bible Be~ce ~nstitute. . .' ". '. &dDU~ tha~ the . commandmenh reqUIres n 18 easy to,say our church 01l:g~:·t~ ~~trIb- 8.30 0 clock, Tract SOCIety ~ hour.

· ,the observance of the'" seventh day of the ute more money 'to' missionary w~rk, our Eunl1l{l.

, ,'week." . What theri?why,it is 'simple Tract Society ought t~ e~laige its, ' .:eIlough. Say theSe philosophers, "Ju.st be~ ing and ty.act dist!-,ibuti,oii/ work" etc., 'tmd " 'gin numbering the days on Monday; . calling therl:i'~e many other things"iv~ich'" we as a :,~>\:itthe~t,Tuesday the second, 'and so on, people" ought to'do.-::These are ~amiliar

. , until'Jou Come to Sunday, when, 10, it is phrases, we hear them at all ciur,publl~ meet-• tb,e'Belenth, day 'of the weekI", B;ow e~y! ings, and ace~tain t!Uthr a

. TotaL ... ' ............................. ,8 98

MAY 26, 1887; C. N. MAxsoN, Tr6a8. . The report of the Oommittee on Sabbath- ,

Schools was presented and after a motion to, The 'Oorresponding Secretary reported: '\ adopt, and. some .remarks, it was recom· I would respectfully report'that there has been no mitted for correction and Qompletion.

call fo~ correspondence during the year.' , J F R n C1' The report of, tIle Finance Committee. was • • ANDOLFH, ",(fl'. o(J(J g.

The congr:egation joined t; singing, "He p\,esented, and after a ,partial consideratlOD" leadeth me.'" the missionary, hour having arrived, it was

waived for the present. The order of business wI¥!, ,by unanimous

agreement, suspended'while we listened to a The exercises of the missionary hour were sermon by Eld. J.,M. Todd. Heb. 1: ;L=-2 conducted :oy J. G. Burdick,' as followi: was used as a text: ' " Singin~,by ~hechoir, "'There's a work fO~

each of ust prayer by J. M. Todd; J. G The Oommitteeon Resolutions made 8 par-'Bur4ick spoke of the necessity of re-enforc·

tial report, which was,CODsidered byitems, '.' H ff of ing the Ohina mission,' J. L. u, man, . as follows'. . _' ,,' d

, ! the evangelization of unssved mankin; Re8olf!ed; That in view of the increasing, agitation H; B. L~wis. on what can, we do for t~e

on the SabbaUlquestion, we are called upon. as' &. ill people to renew our eiforts to spread .sbroad the feeble churches? J.';S. Clark, on what w truth, and that this great work demands our earnest make ns a missionary. people, and where prayers, 0\11' generous Jtifts, and our consistent and on consecrated service in au the relations in Which our should the work begin?' A. McLearn, Lor<\has placed us. ' open doors and spreading fields; the COngrcd

.The resolution w~s remarked td bV P., F. gation sang, ," I love to t~ll .. the Story,~! 8~e Randolph, J •. M.Todd, H. B. Lewis, J., G; J. 'M. Todd sRoke on mISSIon work 10 t Burdic~, ,~. 'McLeam and J. B. Clarke, and church. " ! . .

adopted.! " , .'. ' . Afi;e~ praye~ by J. L. Huffman, the !BsO' Resolt«l, That w~'urge upon our ~ple 'the ne- ciation,adjc;lUrned until 2 o'clock •

cessity of the concentration0tsf Sabba keeJ,>ingfami.' . . ,,1.1. jFTEB""'OO ... T. lieS' in localltiea waere there a nucleus, mstead of .........., ... , ,', There IS but ontf fall~y in ,tM pl~p,'~d grea~and' ;' wehave·t~ re-

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In~olph,. F. ~f. Kildow, P. F. Randolph' : . Davis and G. II. Davis, afterwhichit wa~ ted to divide the resolution. The first paragraph was then a~opted, l\fter ich the second paragraph was remarked by P. F. Randolph, and adopted.

BsIolfled, That in v.iew of the multitudes'of Our ow·men who are JInsaved, ~d the v4llt hosts thout even the knowledge or Godand' &he way ea1vation, and also that many of our churches needing help. we deem it our blessed duty and

vilegeto be consecrated to the work of sending e'gospel to the perishing, and also to aid &he ftnan illy weak churches; and we believe there is no bet: . ~ way of doing this work than by giving Our pray. ;, influence and material aid to the 8eventli.day ptist Missionary Society.

After the reading of the third resolu. n, it was voted that the further considers. l ()f the.report of the Oommittee on Reso. tions be postponed until 10 o'clock First­y. On motion, it was agreed that the sessions this Association adjourn at 4.30 o'clock the afternoon. Voted to adjourn until 9.30. o'clock to. rrow morning, which was dona after pray.

, byJ. G. Burdick.' . SI:s.TH-DA Y MORNING.

Devotional exercises, led by J. G. Burdick. • The liit of delegates was called and revised, d the minutes of yesterday were read and proved. The report of the Oommittee on Nomina. n of Offipers adopted as follows:

. -e Committee on Nomination of Officers for the

uing year, would present the following, viz.: oaerator-H. B. Lewis.

!lNm-ding &eretary-C. N. Maxson. ~B8iBta1lt B.wirding &cl'eta7']/-S. A. Dilvis. (J(moesponding Secretary-J. L. Huffman. T7-&J8urer-G. W. F. Randolph.

. W. B. VANHoRN,) G. H. DADs, ~ 0Mn P. F. RA1.-nOLPH, I •

E. J. lL.u;:SON, J The following report from the Committee 'Education was adopted, after remarks bv L. Huffman, J. G. Burdick, A. McLearn, B. Clarke, and Jesse F. Randolph:

our Committee on Ecj.ucation wduld report. ·that e we ~e no de~ominational school within the

unds of this Al;sociation, -.ve are glad to know t there is an increasing desire on the part of our ung people to obtain a liberal education, and UI prepare themselves for usefulness in the Mas·

came. .~

that as an Association we are in full sym· the educational i terests oi the denoini·

as represented by ed University, JIllton and AlbiQ.n Aca.de . .

that 1Ve would hearti y encourage and seek a. school within the unds of our Associa·

in which our young peo Ie may be thoroughly ~t=~ito~uUen~ter college. " . , IE submitted. i

J.L. HUFFMAN, } S. H. DA VIl!, Com. ElIZA F. RAlmOLPH,

carry out the suggestion of this report, L. Huffman, J. F. Randolph, and H. B.

wereapP(linted a committee to can· the matter and take such steps as t~ey find practicable, looking to the estab·.

II1m.ent of a school in the bounds of the '1I04[lla~IUlU, in whIch our young people-may Itb4J]:OlJ.ghlJ prepared to enter cOllege. l'h.>,'h1'na having arrived for. the reading

of Florence M. Randolph, the Jl8llnelra~:lOD of the above item _was waived

the essay, .which was read by S. H.

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• THE SABBATH R~CO~DER, 1887 .

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. d J L Huffman, it was adopted as 'This was followed with preaching by A. D·VlS an • . J h f 11 d b " McLearn; text,. 0 n 3 : 14, 15, 0 owe y

from the presence. of the Lord. We have been greatly encouraged and helped· by the efficient labors of your delegti.tes. J. G. Burdick fr9m the Eastern, J. M. Todd from the Central,. J. B: Clarke from the Western; and A.' McLearn from the North·Western Associations. We have appointed. as our delegate, to represent us in your bodIes, Bro. C. N. Maxson.

story of. the little Jewish· maiden, in "the honse of N aaman the Syrian, and a collection was taken for the benefit of the lfiSsionary Society. Taken altogether, it was a most

followS: tf II t singing, "Over the line," by J. G. Burdick, The Committee on Finance respec u Y rep or : , Amount in the treasury .................. '0" $4 48 as a solo. . Due C L poll\n .......... · .... ··· .. · $ 51 A. season of speaking for Jesus was con· delightful eervice. E. R. . Roano~e' Ohurch ............ ~ ....... ~ Zo b Greenbier ................ · .. ·· .. · .. · 25 ducted by J. L. Huffman, and concluded y We feel much encouraged by the cOllllng into our

midst of Elds. J. L. Huffman and H. B. Lewis, who have settled as the pastors of the Lost Creek and Ritchie Churches, and we are hoping and praying that the number of settled pastors may be soon in· creased in West Virginia. Though our membership has not been increased the past year as it lias in other vears, we have been greatly blessed and helped by the earnest and arduous labors of our missiona· ry, Eld. S. D. Davis, who has conducted revival meetings in four of" our churches, receiving over thirty memMrs, and is-pushing the work into the

Salem ... ···························· 02-.448 singing" Praise God from whom all bless~ Fork .. , . . .. . . .. .. . . . ., .-INDEPENDENCE.

We have been favored with an illustrated lecture, subject H From the Desert to Heav­en," by Eld. R. C. Grames, pastor of the Andover, -M. E. Ohurch. The large paint. ings. six feet squate, illustrating scenes in the life of Elijah, made a deep and lasting impression upon our minds. No one can failto see and appreciate the grandeur of that wonderful character when brought out by word and brush, as it was by the convert· ed artist. If any pastor wishes to awaken in his congregatio~ a fresh interest in Bible characters, let him send for Bro. Grames.

Bear r" 'i~~~ ~e exPenses of the delegate to ings flow," and benediction bV the conduct~ . WeA8PaPocfations at $75, and apportion the same as or. SIster 8

AFTERNOON. follOtWerS 00: k ....................... $19 97 L08 .. ....... 1891 ':a1em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 83 }liddl~·i~land .............................. 1073 Greenbier .......... ~ .. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . 6 Ritchie .................................. 88

A sermon by J. G. Burdick, from Gal. 5 : 25, was followed by the communion service, led by H. B. Lewis and S. D. Davis.

SalemvlUe. . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 3 i2 Roanoke ............ , .................... '. 3 9 Bear Fork ................................. ~

Totsl. .................. :.: ......... $75 00 J. F. RA.NnOLPH, ~ . F.J. EIIBET, Oem. F. ?It KILDOW. JOHN A. POLAN, J

The report of the Oommittee on Petitions ;was adop~ed as follows:

Your Committe on Petition.s. would re~pectf~~ report that there is but one petitIOn for theIr 90nsl . eration; that is of the Lost Cx:ee~ Church. asking ~or the next seBsion of the AssOCIatIon to be held WIth that church. - '

We reconunend that their request be granted. J. J. LOWTHER, } C. H. DAVIS, Com.

, F. R. CLARKE,

The Committee on the State of Religion reported as follows: .

The ()onunittee on the State of Religion wollld respectfun~ :epor.t, that ~here is a favorable condi­tion of reh£1Ous mterest m these churches; that ~ve out of the eight churches ~av:e been blessed WIth revival ilitercsts, and the adJudication of some mat­ters of trial with 80~e of the churches .. and the con· ,ersion of sinners. VIZ., Lost Creek. Mlddl~ Island, Greenbrier, Bear Fork, W. Va., and Salemville, P~.; that in Bome of these, which. have not ~gaged.m special revival interest, there 18 an increasmg desue to enjoy such. and a commendable zeal in t?~ dis· charge of OhristiaIl. duty. Although two ~1~Isters have within the past few months, come WIthin the boun'ds of the Association, 11.1 pastors of the Lost Creek and Ritchie Chunilies, with corresponding and increased interest, yet there is a need of at"least three more faithful pastors within the bounds of the Association to hold up the standard of the cross, to strengthen the things that remain, and to win souls t<l Christ. These, together with personal conse~ra· tion to God and earnest prayer for the outpourmg of the Holy Spirit, will result in an increased relig­ious interest among us.

H. B. LEWIS. } Oam MRs. J. L. HUlI'FKAN, •

The report was adopted after remarks by J. L. Huffman, H. B. Lewis and S. D. Da­'IS.

The essay of L. B. Davis, Jr., was called for but not presented.

Tho Bible-service Institute was conducted by W. B. Vanhorn, in the following man· ner:

The importance of Sabbath·school work. ex· plained by J. G. Burdick.

The best method of holding the attention of the primary class in the Sabbath·school work. P. F. Randolph. . '

The impodance of the attendance of adults, and how secured. J. M. Todd.

Singing ... All hail the power of Jesus' name," led by J. G. Burdick.

What helps should be used in the preparation of the Sabbath school lesson, and in teachIng it' J. B. Clarke. "

Methods of teaching; which the best? 'J. L. Huffman.

Beneflts to be obtained by teaching the children in the Sabbath·school the. necessity of giving to the cauae of Christ. Mrs. J. L. Huffman.

Memorizing the Scripture. H: B. Lewis. The results to be secured by Sabbath·school

work. A.. McLearn. The Tract Society's hour was conducted

by J. B. Clarke, after singing by J. G. Bur· dick, "Happy day that fixed my choice." A few remarks were made on the origin -and progress of the Sabbath in America, by·J. B. Clarke; on our duty to propagate the Sabbath doctrine, by J. M. Todd; on our encouragements in the ~work, by A •. Mc­Learn.

The congregation sang, lea. by J. G. Bur­dick, " Jesus, keep me near the cross."

Remarks were made on our duty to our publications, and· the Jewish mission, by J. G. :Burdick; on Sabbath reform in the West, by H. B. Lewis; on denominational loyalty, by J. L. Huffman.. Closing remarks were m~de by J. B. Clarke.

FIRST' DAY MORNING. Devotion'al exercises were conducted by J.

B. Da'i'is. . The regular

reading of the Ohurch.

order was waived for the letter from the Salemville

" The list of delegates was read, and tpe

minutes of Sixth-day and Sabbath were read, corrected and approved.

The further consideration of the report of the Oommittee on Resolutions was re· sumed. After a motion to adopt, remarks were made by J. M. Todd and A. McLearn, OD! " the embarrassments of small churches." The motion was carried.

On motion, the Moderator elect was re­q~ested to nominate, an executive commit· tee, which was done, as follows: H. B. Lewis, ex officio; J. L. Huffman, Jesse F. Randolph, F. F. Randolph, John Hevener, Wm. Flesher, Judson F. Randolph and Geo. D. Kagal'ise. The appointment was approved.

C. N. Maxson, delegate to sister Associa­tions, was voted an order on the treasuay for $75 for expenses.

A copy of Mrs. ~uffman's essay on ,. Teaching the children in the Sabbath­school the necessity of giving to the cause of Christ," was requested for pUblication in the SABBATH RECORDEB.

The report of the committee to nominate a preacher of the introductory sermon,etct, was read and adopted as follows: .

Preacher of Introdl/uUYry &rmon-Geo. B. Kaga­rise; alternate. H. B. Lewis.

lJelegIJW to Siswr A8sociations-H. B. Lewfs; alter­nate, S. D. Davia ..

E88alli8tB-L. B. Davis, subject, "How can we best glorify God with the means in our hands?" Emza F. Randolph, .. How can we best educate our people to the support of ~he gospel?"

LEVI BOND, 1 (]om LLoYD F. R.umoLPH, ) .

The recommitted report of the committee on:-Bible~schools was presented, and adopted as follows:

regions beyond. . . Hoping that thIs your youngest and weakest sis·

ter, notwithstanding our many failures to recipro· cate your kindness by sending to you a delegate, will still have your sympathy ~nd help,

We are yours fraternally. By order and in behalf of the Association,

. JDSE F. RANDOLPH, 001'. Sec.

A sermon was preached by J. B. Clarke, from John 8: 31, 32, after which a collec· tion was taken for the Missionary and Tract Societies, jointly, amounting to $17 26.

Adjourned~ after benediction by :A.. ~~c­Learn.

l-femorial services preceding decoration day, were held at the church, Sabbath, May 28th. A brief review of the late war some results of the same, with present and future duties, made up the sermon. On Monday,

AFTERNOON. the graves of our dead heroes were decorated Introductory religious exercises, conducted and then the H Army boys" and others

b IT B Le . went to Whitesville, the "Town Seat, " where y • • WIS. The Committe~ on Obituaries presented appropriate exercises were held on the fair

the following, which was adopted after re- ground, Mr. L. C. Van Fleet, Esq., of An­marks by S. D. Davis, H. B. Lewis and dover, being the speaker of the day. James B. Davis: Ohildren's day was observed June 4th.

Your Committee on Obituahes is happy to report The exercises were simple and but little dis­no grea.ter number of d~ of official members play was made, yet we hope good will result. than one-that of Dea. Ziba Davia, which occurred The sermon to the children was from John Jan. 4.1887. He waS born,in the pioneer days of our people, in Salem; Under the pastoral care of 6: 9. his father, Eld. Peter Davis. the Sabbath·keeping A pleasant affair, May 31st, was the union communities of North·western Virginia flourished. and Ziba early attached himself to the cause of the session of the Andover and Independence Redeemer. To that cause he has been faithful all W. C. T. U niona, the latter entertaining his life, and, on the organization of the Ritchie Church. he was called to Berve it as a deacon. To the former at the residence of Bro. Elmer it he was loyal to the end, attending its services in elL' . . d . 'th declining beaI&h, when prndence might have sug. ottrel • lterary exerCIses an musIC, WI gested otherwise. His end was peaceful and trio reportl:l from the workers, made the occa· umphant. . P'. F. RAND0r.:B Com. sion very profi~able.

The'ExecutIve CommIttee was lllstructed The Ladies' Aid Society is doing much. to revise the By.Laws, 80. as' to include all· work this year. It has recently made some instruction now "in force, and such other improvments about the stove in the church, points as they may deem n~ceBsary. . placed a stair carpet in the parsonage, fur·

The Executiv;e Committee was further nished baptismal robes, voted $10 to aid in. instructed, lat. To furnish the Recor~ing eecuring a helper for Mrs. Davis, our mis. Secretary a blank form for church and BIble- sionary in China, and is laying' plans for service statistics. 2d. T~ instruct the Re- other work for the Lord. cording Secretary to get 200 copies of that form printed, and to annually furnish each church clerk a copy of the form at a proper time to report to the Association. .

H. D. OLARKE. ." ,

The Secretaries were iLatructed. to furnish =-============== a copy of. the minutes of this Association to Foreign, the SABBATH REOOBDEldor pUblication. The public debt of Mexico is $151,020,000.

n was ordered that when we adjourn, it The Mexican Senate has ratified the treaty STATISTICS OF SCHOOLS. be to meet with the Lost Creek Church on of friendship, commerce and navigation

Ritchie-107 enroHed; held the whole year with with France. increasing interest. .. Fifth·day before the last Sabbath in May, -h h R k d

8al6m-Reports 2 schools-one at Salem, held the· The Rev. Mr. Kllig t, aut or of" oc e year round, with enrollment of 56; and one on 1888, at 10 o'clock A. M. in the Cradle of the Deep," and ot.her popular Buckeye, enrollment not stated; 4 classes; operated The following resolution was passed by a songs, died in London June 3d. ~~~!s.:~e whole year, a short recess caused by rising vote: The British steamer Annie from New

(h~nlJ.rier-52 enrolled; reports progress; school Re8olMl, That we, as an Association, return our Orleans was burned at her wharf in Ham-all the year; uses the Helping Hand. heart·felt thanks to the people· of this church and burg, June 1st, with her cargo of cotton.

Middle I81and-60 enrolled; in session six months; community for their kindness and hospita.lity, in 0 d h S b te f has raised $8 89 for the Holland mission; school is accommodating the delegates and friends in attend- At Ottawa, anI!. a, t e en ate, ya vo 0 in good working order, with increasing interest; ance at this .Association., . thirty to ~hirteen, ~as decided ~hat a di~or~e uses the Helping Hand. obtained In the Umted States IS not valid In

Roanok8-30 enrolled; held all the year. J. M. Todd preached. Theme, Kingdom Canada. SalemvUle-School all the year; quidte intehilr~drting; of God; text, Ma.tt. 16 : 28. The ltalI'an Chamber of DeputIeS, by a vote consisting of· First·day and Seventh ay c en; d

organized last September; 54 scholars, 7 teachers. The following resolution was adopte: of 170 to 49, has adopted a naval credit for 'Lo8t Oreek-64 enrolled; in session six months; Resolved: That as an Association we are grateful 85,000,000 lire. The money will be expend.

increasing interest; Our Sabbath Visitor is taken by to our sister Associations for sending among us ed in iron clads, torpedoes and forts. part o'f the scholors, and $2 has been raised to lessen their delegates, who have encouraged and helpcii us hd' hAth the indebtedness incurred in publishing the V-zsitor; by so cheerfully and earnestly engaging in the work A dispatch from Bin m, nam says e uses Helping Hand. of the Al;sociation, and that we ask them to con· mandarins and 40,000 natives have SUlJ-

Total number reported, 369. tinue to favor us by interchange of delegates. mitted to the French residents, pledging It will be seen that the regular attendance is as their allell'iance by kissing. the earth accord. high, if not above that usually reported, and we In order to carry out the resolution pre- o·

are glad to note that the interest in some instances S bb h h 1 ing to the native custom. . sented by the committee on a at -sc 00 s, . t is reported increasing. All our cb~ches that ~ave , Father Tosti, who holds a prommen reported have Sabbath·schools. FIVe of the eIght it was voted that J. L~ Huffman, P. F. position in the Vatican, has published reporting are operated the whole year; the others Ran.dolph. and E. F. Randolph be a com- a pamphlet advocating a reconciliation be­are disc<>ntinued during the winter. In the absence h b . th t of, and in connection with. pastoral work, our Sab· mittee to arrange and conduct a Sabbath- tween Italy and the papacy on t e asIS a bath·schools are doin~ a great work in training the School Institute in the bounds of the Asso- the pope renounce all claims to temporal youth. and leading Its older members into God's power.' li ht . ciation this summer. gBya careful inquiry, your committee has learned . Remarks were made by the pastor of the A special committee of the Austrian War

that in nearly all of the communities·in which our Department has I;ejected the proposal to schools are Ideated, there are numbers of our people Ritchie Church and others, expressing grato form a balloon corps on. t~e ground t~at t.he who are notin regu1arattendance. The membership itude for the good sessions enjoyed. enormous Cost of establIshIng and maIntaIn-of our churches, in some ()aBes, is so scattered, that . . b B H ff I'ng such a corps would.' counterbalance its it may Dot always be practicable for them to attend After an invltatIOny roo u man, cor-

Agreed that J. G. Burdick take charge of the religious services this evening at 7.30 O'clock.

a school at the' regular place of worship. In view dially extended to all, to come to Lost Creek slight advantages. of the importance of this branch of church work, . M d we recommend that an effort be made to bring in all next year, and, after prayer by the 0 er· Domesti~. who can reasonably attend the regular place of wor- ator, the Association adjourned to meet at The decrease of the national debt during ship. Where this is impracticable, let those who Lost Creek, W. Va., at 10 0''''16ck A. M., on May was $8,888,997. can, form themselves into branch schools. We sug- .-gest that teachers' meetings be sustained, as they Fifth.day before the last Sabbath in May, The bodies of six hundred Ohinese will be have been found to add much to the interest and 1888. S. D. DAVIS, Moderator. disinterred at San Francis~ next week and efficiency of the school. Ohi f fi 1 t nt

Realizing the benefit of Sabbath School Institutes, n .. _~ shipped to na or na In erme • F. F . .<loA.L't.uvLPB, } &o-n'nri8s. '. d your committee would recommend that at least one ALVA F. RANDOLPH. - The gross earnings of the ChIcago ~n

should be held this seaBOn at some central point in ' North.Western railroad for the year ending our Al;sociation. Your committee would further "'20

All the hotel keepers in Oouncil . Blu.fl~· . Iowa, have been summoned to show why in. . junctions should not be granted' against them. All the owners of property 'where saloons are running are being arrested and placed under bonds to appear in court for contempt. The saloon keepers are closing up. The petitions for injunctions include . all the saloons, wholesale houses and brew­eries in the city. The general feeling is that they must all go. . , •

The pupils in the public schools of Pater­son, 'N. J., recently went into a state of re­bellion. When preparations for the observ­ance of Decoration day were begun in Pater:. son the pupils of all the public schools were counted upon to take part in the parade •. They were n9t consulted and j1atly refused· to march. :Arguments, entreaties and threats have beeh exhausted upon What the' officials term the H children's stubbornneBB and lack of patriotism," but, at latest ac­counts, to no purpose.

TRACT SOCIETY.

ReceiptB in May, 1887.

Mrs. Bets)' Pardee. West Edmeston, N. Y .. " Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Felton, "" ..

.. ?lrorell Coon, " . " W. D. Crandall, " " W. H. Burdick.· "

Church, on L. Mo, " R. HI White, " lIr. and Mrs. A. C. Potter, "

" J. S. Coon, ~, " T. H. Maison, .. " H. H. Williams, " .. R. H. BroWIi, "

Emma Pardee, " A Friend, " Luella Felton, .. E. A. Felton, 'f_ ~Irs S. Clarke, .. :L\Ir. and Mrs. H. W. Gates, " R. T. Stillman, ., David Burch, ., T. T. Burdick, .. V."·R. Crandall, " N. R. Spra.gue, cc

Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Crandall, " D. S. !-Iaxson, " J. H. Burch. It' Mrs. F. E. Dresser, ,e ••

H. D. Babcock. Leonardsville, N. Y., mak· ing Agnes E. Babcock, L. M .......... ; ..

1st Brookfield Church, Leonardsville ... " ... - •• . .. .. OutkJok.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Maxson," ....... . Mis. F. D. Champlin, - " ...... .. E. S. Brand, " ....... . J. E. Coon. " ...... .. G. C. Rogers, Jo .. • •••••••

Edwin Whitford. " ....... . Frank D. Babcock. " ....... . Cyrus B. Whitford. " ....... . Mrs. Clark Whitford, " ....... . l'rl. E. Burdick, " ......•. R:D. Ayers, " ....... . :Mrs. Betsy Bass. " ....... . Ladies' Benevolent Society, "L. M. toname Joseph WOOds. 2d. .. ....... _ Mr. and Mrs. C. Whitford," ,10 00 W. C. Whitford, .. 500

100 500 • 5 ot} 500 350 5 65 1 50 250 2 00 2 00 200 2 00

25 100

25 200

25 150

M, 1 00) 'J

150 ; 100 100 150 100 t 00 1 00

25 00 6 91

50 500 100 100 100 100 500 100 100 100 ~ 50 500 100.

2500 -100

E. D. Whitford, New London, N. Y., m&king W. O. Whitford, L. M., 5 00-20 00

Mr. and Mrs. Goo. C. Lewis. Brookfield,N. Y., 2 01) M. H. Brown. .. 1 00 C. B. Burdick, " 2 00 Mrs. Harriet Saunaers. " 1 00 Mrs. Emily O. Ma.ih., U l 00 J. G . .Lewis, "1 00 Mrs. Sarah Cook. ., ro Mrs. L. W. Babcock, " 1 00 Mrs. S. Jordan. U 50 lIr. and Mrs. C. 1lt Whitford, n 2 00 Joel Witter, "1 00 Leslie Curtis. . " 25 Mary C. White, .. 25 Marla H. CrandaIJ. " 1 00 George: Stillman, " 1 00 l'rIrs. Itt A. Burdick, Alfred, N. Y......... 1 00 }:[rs. NancyM. Frank," making self

L. M ..................... • ' ••.•••.• , •• , 20 00 EdWlD1S. ?lfaxson, Syracuse, N. Y..... .... 550 1st Hopkinton Church, Ashaway, R.I. $46 00 Ladies' Sewing Society," 80 00 Y. P. S. C. Endeavor. U • 16 51-92 51 The above with ~50 received from Sabbath·

school, 1st Hopkinton. to make the follow­ing Life Members: H. L. Crandall. John Crandall Frank Hill, Edwin Crandall, Mrs. P. M. B~rber 2d,. Marion Field, Mrs. Oscar I. Wells.

Asher M. Babcock, Westerly, R. I. ... ; . . .. 50 00 Y. P. S. C. E., Pawcatuck Church, R. I.. . . . 10 00 ~rrs. T. H. Spencer, Suffield, Conn......... 1 00 Church, Dodge Centre, Minn. • . •. • . . . . . . • . 2 90 Church, Nortonville, Kan................. 6 29 Ladies' Aux. Society, Alfred, N. Y ........ , 15 60 J. A. Baldwin, Beach Pond,Pa ..... ~ . ... . . 5 00 Mrs. MOBes Forbes, Newton. Ia. . . .. . . .. . . . 1 00 ,A; Friend, Alfred Centre, N. Y... •.•..•.. 1 25 l'rUB. J. B. Cottrell. .. . .. ... . .. .. . 8 00 Mrs, J. P. Hunting. Villa Ridge, ~ to

complete L. M. ohelf ........ ~ : '1" .. \'.. 9 00 R. J. Bonham, Shiloh, N. J ...... :;../ .... ~. . 1 75 Sarsh A. Maxson, Macedonia. 0 ...••.• '1' 1 65 George W. l'rIonroe, Davis Junction, Ill.... 1 M John Congdon. Newport. R. 1., (Outlook

L.ofH.) ............................ I.. 100 Andrew Carlson, Rush Point, Minn., (E.

Harold.) • .• '. . • • • ... • .. . . • • • . • • . . • • • • • .. • 98 Hannah Wheeler, Salem, N; J., (L. of H.).. 1 00 J. P. Lunpquist. Heber. Kan..... . .•• .. . . . 1 00

Book sales by J. B. Clarke: 12 Sabbath and Sunday, Hist ........ $14 75 2 ..'-' .. vo!.l, paper. 1 40 S Quarterlies.. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . . . . . 1 ro 28 65 11 Cartwright's Nilt. Hist ............ 11 00- .

$48688 E. & .. 0. E. . J. F. HUBBABD, ~1W;

PLAINFIELD, N. J., June I, 1887. ,I

On motion, a committee was appointed by the Cha.ir, consisting of Deaoons Asa F. Randolph, Levi Bond and Lloyd F. Ran­dolph, to nominate a preacher of the intro­ductory se.rmon, a delegate and alternate to sister Associations; also two essayists for 1888.' .

Adjourned, after prayer by J. J. Lowther.

recommend that a plan of reporting for the Sabbath· ,om" . Iff "W.~. May 31st were $26,362,39; expenses, l' -

schools be adopted so tha.t there may be a unif6rmi· c:; ~c:; C' 218,138; surplus, $2,639,397 .. ~!~::e~i:::' outline, as they are sent in to our O'Donovan Rossa has asked the superin- BEQ.UESTS TO TRACT SOCIETY.

Respectfully submitted, New York. tendent of the New York police for polire The generous purpose of some persons to aid ill. • • . EVENING.

Prayer and praise service, conducted by J. G. Burdick. .

J. Bo' DAVIS, Ohairmen. protectio.n. He says a plot has been ma~e the work of this Society, by ¥ifts of money or other . ALFRED OENTBE t f th property, af'~ their death, 18 sometimes defea~ S. D. Davis was appointed a CommIttee 0 t f th . t' ts d to put hIm ou 0 e way. i· by some t.echhlca.l defect in the instrument by which

on Obituaries for next year: n acconn 0 0 er<appoIn men an en· Ex.Vice President Wheeler is v~i:y iiI the gift is intended to be mad~. It is DeoeII&l'Y for The Oorresponding Letter was read and gagements for May 21at and again May 28th, He is In an unconscious state, and. hIS phy. thiS purpose that both the Society and the PIOpel.tJ.

SABBATH MORNING. the Ohildren's day W86 not 'observed in this sl'cI'an save death may o.ccur at any m.om.ent., if othertban cash. shall be accurate1yd.escribed.. A. approved as follows: . h 1 will made in the state of New York lEllS thaD sixty After a season of singing, the' exercisea of ch~ch until Sabbath, Jnne 4th. The room yet he may live several days, but IS ife IS days before the death of the testator is void as to

the Bible serVl'ce were introduced with the BEREA, Ritchie Co., W. VM was tastef~llv decorated with flowers, grow- closing surely. . . . . societies formed under New Y~k lawaI For tb;e The South·Eastern Seventh-dar Baptist Assooiation to Sis· w. • convenience of any who may deSIre & form for &his

Use of the hymn, "I shall be whiter than ter Associations. Bendeth Christian greetings: ing plantS and singing birds, all of which A fatal epidemic o~some kind is ragl;llg purpose, the followin't is suggested: . " . k . Dear Br8th.ren,-Through the mercies of' the harmonized wonderfully well with the lovely in the Good Hope sectlOn of South Oarohn.a. . FO~" o • ...1..~:uBBT. snow, and prayer by J. B. Olar e .• ' Great Head of the Church. we have been permitted . " . t' in Edg" efield county. Both the local phYS1-- ~

The Bible lesson, Gen. 14.-: 19-31, was- to meet with the Ritchie Church, and hold the Six· June day outsIde.. A large congrega Ion . tr tea and medical aid is sadly . I give. devise and bequeath to the Amerie&ii &b-read by the Superintendent, H. B.Lewis. ieenth Sel!sion of our Association, which is now thronged the large, au. dience. room, r. eminding, ::'leeandsedar. e pros a., . . . ' bath Tract Soeiety. a body corporate tnd poUtic un. . about closing. All the meetings of the session have r ~ y k, Verses 19-22w'ere expounded by A. Mc- beenpleasail~ and harmonious. We have discussed. one of GeneralOomerence, ,or some ot.her A valuable horse belonging to Van Veber der thegeneraI bfIflI oBhe ttate of lie .... ' . or . Learn; 23-25 by J. M. T¢d; 26-28 by J. ~ththmoor~:~)ya.ri~:r:~~s 4hew~~-~:v:c:a great meetingl Several pjeces, appropna~ ,of Oneida, N •. _Y., '!as killea. at thatpl~simi of ...... -...... doUars, (or. the . ~. BurdiCk; 29,31 by J.,L. Huftman; olo~ to . tract work, und~ the Ieaderahip to the time and occaaion,were' spoken and I recently by the saggIng of a. WU'6 ICribeil~x:::tr to wit .... -";' .. l~g remarks 'by the Superintendent,. an4,of . and·theBd!'!.:U~'::aI ha::~sung by thechildie~~~li_e pastor preaChed 8 pnto thestr8et as t,h", horse 8Ulging, "Thelight:of the',wGl:l~)8 .. ' ~~~~~~=~~:;b~U:~', ,J8I8()DSl>f.l81iesh.1pl_tica1 ser~on'to ilie frt>m; the l~ " ",' w.aa:t,roH:en.'

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THE SA'BEATH :RECORDER,,, JUNE e I

SERMON.

Thll Right 1181l of th6 World.

thUS ~hold~im t. But the t McCoruuck, no more

no . d is on, thrOugh, lfan : ate t find God, the ~ -ena n personal D~iiy, who_ '- __ ._ ...... was, and bemg the IIUIIUj.'I&VOIj

out of whi~h. the worldl identical Wlth.them.

2. The'other clau of. I promised a part of my though not· less constItuting a larger is, nevertheless, to be . sideration. For, :~~i1e fault in the lise of his to be mentioneq can BCalCfi ressOn in condition of . that by far too large clas~ but scantly developed. ohrl they do God service .by dec: learning, and who, In coni own narrow ~nge of thi kind of teaching which 8

Ohristian characters on tll generous culture, which i: honey from e~en the .thist: aud good eV!3rywhere,unp gospel. It is ~uch easIer I this class of ~llnd· deem ~I pel. They havesn indefini ever combination of exhol tion, and passionate appeal stir the 'sensibility to i actic that only. While the might have its counterpar of a mouse to the playing 0

thing, it knew not what, pI nreand excited its sensibilii ed, but when' t~e :!lddle asleeJ> in its .nest again. IJ or woman has never had .0Pl ure beyond the common. mon faculties; it is certain1 setars of our bleBBed religic life and comfort for them; of its characteristics; that np heretofOre unused enerl mant faculties with life, all

being iii motipp}oward gfE

truth, more G"Od, more ObJ means.of acquisition, and stant ~ryof'80regenerate ~p: then, imagine. tbemsel ves II the grace of God can makE deem themselves so rich ~~ them richer. Abov~ all,·; however poor may have 'hI nity for culture by scientilll it God-servioo_ to decry the', learning of the schools, or they furnish because it co them. Let us alI look uP,. fulness, . aCcept wpatever of to us trom' whatever sourCE letuB be careful how we del thing God has made,Jor eVE hand is a 'glowing testimoni goodne'ss, and power. Let· wonderful being, and the the ~onderful beings arOUI early what is the right lJ,se an of the things God has gi'v throw -away that dwarfing.iC: which connects' it with pOI deeds, and written engagell the lowest kiM of possessio only the thingd of the flea may fiU your granery with, p~cket/ with/money, but t qUl,'lities, which; ask not, 1 for gratificatIon. Your dee from feeding my higher. nat ties . of your fields an:dfor and your buildings, as I rid, smell of your clover is mine. your la~e is min~; the ~ bear~ng of yOQr. we~ kept 11( Bit by I!lY window and see h best ps.rt of what is oura is humalllawB gu~rantee u~

• heavens, the blue arohed OCean. the rivers, the'foreafia these and more are oura in t of possession. Oh how oft. gem too. clutch a clod. hOl godlike facnlty~ at the biddi appetite I .-' i

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How·lItf!l,nge a 'place-will how unsatiBf;ving the pos8e&i enly IDansi01l8J to th9a6 who earthly poaessions for a pn for which the bee uses his hi1 o~ thegopber hiS hole •. thefnture_-world be to the'· p_~t I world a. 8. 1Il_" of p~pan-ation; . heaven can furnish IIQ. lU.l-l~UQII

. tidiou.-·thAt . When . ;-~ lQrtltJ, ..

of nature sings: . It 0 nature, how in every charm supreme'

, Whose votaries feast on raptures ever ~ew' o for the voice and fire of seraphim '

To sing thy glories of devotion dU~.1 ~,

No "Wonder. the Psalmist continnally ex. IilAILWll: " PraIse ye the Lord; praise him

the firmament of his power: praise him to his excellent greatness; let

. that hath breath praise the Lord. WIll praIse the Lord with my whole heart. • will show all thy marvelous works." ,. By thus searching after God in the things has made, as those things are more and

revealed to us by the untiring and. Uessed labors of soience, and in the search

va~ing the best faculties of our being, and . beIng changed more and more into the

~kE'neI8s of God whose presence we approach, ~earel' by every new truth and beauty dig.

in nature; by all thIS, seeing through nature to nature's God," we are

pakllllg the highest use of the world. This after God in the footprints he has left

.tI".IUlL him, so reveals him to our gaze that feel a burning desire to see him from be.

In nature, true, he is great, and good, beautiful, but he is always just one step and we oherish the trembling wish, that

might meet him on the plain of our own liu-. life, and no longer have to look through.

11&lnilJna1~e nature, to nature's animate G:od. lift up our trembling hand, and wonder

the Father will take it in his owti. Then the great human want, for some

nearer God, some life medium t~!ough he may flow more abundantly into us,

approach calvary and find our Christ. len.01a God in the person of his Son; God

the plane of. human nature, all radient light, alI glowing with love, alI over­

with life; and olasping all in his sends out the joyous invitation: "(lome me, all ye that labor and are heavy and I will give you. rest." Thus God

1o"',",G his children should follow after him find him revealed, partiallY in everythIng see, and hear, and feel, and by the im­thus awakened, they should go up

and find him in his most oomplete t:ll6~lU.U, in the person of his sutl'ering Son;

" God manifest in the flesh. " . There are two classes of persons who meet

to contest the doctrine I deduoe from the concerning thiS last specified method of the ,!orld, and these shall have my

~a;~". paragraph to.day. '. . The pantheist, who studies 'nature to

God, and in so muoh as he studies hon­and faithfully, does honor to the in·

with which God has endowed him. by a strange 80mersaul t of .reason, with nature and declares that to be God,

findmg himself at the head of nature, up with 'his conceited divinity, and,

the language of Emerson, says, "H: yo:a to see God, look at, me." Now that of the Boston philosopher is am,bign­

containing both a tru th and a falsehood, the danger of all this guilded pantheism

in the faot, that a falsehood coated. over a truth is so eaSIly and unauspectingly

God is to be seen through pat· and that is the Bible truth I '!lrge. God is nature, is th.e pa~theiatic false­so easily coated over by the Bible truth,

more than one Ohristian has swiillmved never suspected its pOlson, t!lrit be­

to work death in all his members.. I seldom seen the Ohristian l~fe killed

than by this narootizing dose of pan' which fq,rms the main Ingredient in

conglomerate of heiisies, called. spiro p&.IIIJI,U. If one of these traveling reapers ~em to half walk and half fly, . as . they

their wonderful. task, should have , ~ - . Inn,p.p. the power of speech added to Its

powers, and swenm~ up with conceit, cry out, "If .you wish to see Me'Oor­look at me," the. chall~nges : wonld

the same ambiguity. It ,,!,o'nld . be true and false according to_the in·

ire1tati4)n you give the language.:. If ,ypu to mean that in the reaPer . -"'.1'"."

ideals of McOormick obil8Ctizecl, ...... cOlnpllete finish, admirable

results, indipated "UlIB-'II.IUJI

and be~eficence of. ibl,'D!IaIE:e,· is true. Ifyoo' .. riih:jlO:::.I~·

work. :Q ..... ' •• :.. ;it;

...

~ behold him' But the reaper after lall is th!IS • • d It not McOormick, no more IS nature Go • . through and' above nature we shall IS on,' 1 find God, the self· existent and all-preva ent,

nal DeiLy who existed before the world perso I •

and being the absolute oausatIVe power, - tb t of which the worlds came, canno. e on • identical with them.

2. The other olass of indi~duals to whom I promised a part of my oloslDg parag:aph, though not less influential for harm, beoause

·THE

them from, and what will the mim do, who neither owns a farm nor eats beef, nor knows how to do anything else, nor feed an.ything but the body of flesh and blood? . Oh, it i~ ours to begin our heaven on earth, as by the faithful use of this world we begin the cult­ure of that noblest part of us which will survive all dissolutioD:s of body and of the world, and live over beyond the wreck of matter and the orash of worlds. I am .no worshiper qf nature, and yet with my whole soul ~ join with the poet in exolaiming: .. Oh! blest of heaven, whom not the languid songs

Of luxury, the syren, not the bribes Of sordid wealth, nor all the gaudy spoils Of pageant honor, can seJuce to leave .. Those ever.blooming Elweets, whi:lh froPl theetore Of nature, the cultured spirit calls To charm the awakened soul." .

a shout of joy that seemed to rend the skIes. BHe is saved I "was eo hoed from every street and alley. "He is saved!" cried the young wife, as with streaming eyes she clasped her infant to her breast, and thought of his re­lieved wife and little ones. "He is saved­blesBed be God!" murmured the aged mother, and the image of her -own son flitted before her. "He is saved!" burst forth as from one voice from the whole village.

And yet, this was but one man, a day la­borer. Had he d!ed his wife would have shed tears of sorrow, but not of shame. His .chil. dren wOJilld have been fatherless, but no dark stain would have sullied their lives.

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onstItuting a larger olass than the former, ~ nevertheless, to be treated with more con· ~deration. For, while the ~antheiBt is at fault in the use of his reason, the class now to be mentioneq oan soaroely be sa~d to have reason in oondition of aotion. I.refer to that by far too large 01as8 of well meaning, but scantly developed Christians who think they do God servioe by deorying science ahd learning, and who, in consequence of their own narrow r~nge of thought, deem .that kind of teaching whioh seeks to build up Ohristian characters on the broad basis of a aenerous culture, whioh is able to express honey from even the thistles and find God and good everywhere, unprofitable and un­gospel. It is muoh eaSIer to asoertain what tbis class of mind deem uot gospel, than gos­pel. They have an indefinite idea that what· ever combination of exhortation,' impreoa. tion, and passionate appeal is calculated to stir the sonsibility to action is gospel, .and that only. While the whole exhibition might have its oounterpart in the dancing of a mouse to the playing of a fiddle. Some­thing, it knew not what, played upon its nat­ure and excited its sensibility, and 80 It jump­ed, but when the fiddle was gone it 'was asleep in its nest again. If a Ohristian man or woman has never had opportunity for oult. ure beyond the common u8t) of the com­mon faculties, it is certainly one of the char­acters of our blessed religion .that it still has life and comfort for them; and it is another of its characttlristics, that it at once wakes up he.retofore unused energies, clotlies dor­mant faculties with life, and sets the whole being in motion toward greater light, more truth, more God, more Ohrist, by whatever means of acquisition, and this 'is the OOD­

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Omen, 0 women! how. strangely inoon­sistent we are. There are hundreds dying this very day in our Christian land; tens of thousands are being crushed beneath a weight more terrible than the' earth in the well. Frantic wives are pleading, frantic. mothers are imploring, "Save· them I save them!" . , , . i • SUNDAY: Is IT GOD'SSABBATHOBMAN'sr 'Aletteraadressed mBE SECOND COMING O:!"CHRIST AT HAND.-We.

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A furnished tenement to let, Right here in Robin Row j

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it God·service to deory the sohools,and the learning of the sohools, or refuse the light the}' furnish because it comes from above. them. Let us aU look up, and with thank­fulness, acoept whatever of truth may come to us from whatever Bouroe, and ~bove all let us be oareful how we despise the smallest thing God has made, for every work of his hand is a glowing testimonial of his wisd~m, goodness, and power. Let us study our own wonderful being, and the conneotion. with the wonderful beings around it, and learn early what is the right use and what the abuse of the things God has given us. Let us throwaway that dwarfing,idea qf ownership which conneots it with possession of title. deeds, and written engagements. ' That is the lowest kind of possession, which secures only the things of the flesh. Your farm: may fill your granery with wheat and your pocket with money, but there are l1igher qualities, which. 8sk not leave of landlord for gratifioatIOn. Your deed cannot stop me f:om fe.eding my higher nature on .the Qeau.

. tieS of your fields and forests,' your oattle and your buildings, as I ride by them. The smell of your clover is mine; the' sparkle of your lake is mine; the. beauty and pro.ud bear~ng of your well kept horse is mine, 8S I sit by my windo.w a~d see him go by. The best part of what is ours is not. that which human laws guarantee us. The who~e starry heavens, the. blue arched sky, the great ocean, the rivers, the forests, the mountains, these and more are ours in the highest sense of possession. Oh how often we let go I a gem to clutch a olod, how often:'dwarf a godlike faculty, at the bidding of aD. amQlal appetite! ' '

A most convenient, pleasant home, Built just a yeatlago,

I d II h t f b t The True Sabbath Embraced and Observed. 16 pp. . G asgow, suspen s a sma s 0 0 a ou . The Bible Doctrine of the Weekly Sabbath. 20 pp. 1-16 of an inoh in diameter, by a single silk TheJasttwo Tracts In this list are alBo pubHshed.1n the

. Swedish languB.ge. 'Tis in a spreadi.ng apple tree

On Thomas.Baxter's farm' He keeps no cat, his boy's at sea, . So all is safe from harm.

The water J?rivilege is free, A sparkling brook runs near,

The drainage,. too, is excellent, The air is pure and clear.

The house and furnishings, you'll find. Are al1 in good repair;

• There's not a leak, the beds are soft, The mattresses are hair.

The cost of living would be sma.ll, Fine cherries hang close by,

.Fat worms are plellty on the farm, The grain grows full and high.

The neighborhood is quite select, No sparrows on the tree;

In short, a more attractive place You will not often see.

If anyone would like to know What rent he'd have to pay,

. Inquire of Mr. Robin Red, Who lives across the way,

-OongregationaliBt. .. _. THE MAN IN THE WELL.

.. fiber (half a o()ooon fiber) two feet long, In

a glpss tube three·quarters of au inoh in in­ternal diameter and exhausts the latter to about one-tenth of a millIonth of an atmos­phere.· Starting with a vibratIOnal range of one-fourth inch on eaoh side of· its middle portion, the vibrations can be 'easily oounted after the laps6 of fourteen hours.-PMl. Mag.

'I'HE' IRON INTERESTs .• The production of the pig iron furnaces throughout the United States continues to show an unabated inorease according to late returns. The weekly capaoity of the anthracite furnaoes on March 1st was over 45 per oent greater than on March 1, 1886, and that of the bitumin. ous or coke, as well as of the charooal furn­aces, over 46 per cent greater. According to the most reliable estimates, it appears that the production for the first two months of the present year was at least 1,000,000 tons, which shows an output unusually olose to the full capacity of those furnaces in blast.

It 'was one of those dark, dismal, murky LEFT·HANDEDNEss.-Dr. Daniel Wilson, days of February which followed the break- President of the Royal Society of Oanada, ing up of a cold spell of weather. has lately contributed a. paper to, the pro­

It did not freeze, but it was oold; as wet, oeedings of that society on the subject of left­chilly, and disagreeable as one can possibly oonceive a day to be. Everybody who oould, h~ndedness. He reviews the various causes shut the door and sat down by the fire, shiv· to which the general preference of the right ering, "Oh, how disagreeable it is! " hand has been ascribed" and also those to

There was a man building a foundry in which the o~oasional causes of left.handed. our Viillage, and to eupply his engine with n eBsare to be attributed,and finds them mos,t­water he was having a well dug beside his furnace, which was a heavy pile of stone- ly unsa.tisfactory. A careful review of ' the work. The man engaged in digging it, held evidence gives strong reason for believing a consultation whether they should continue that what is now the cause of the prefer­their work. The elder of the two said, "No, enoe fo\- the . right hand was originally an the earth .is too fnll of water; the pressure etl'eot. Neither the apes nor any other of of the stone too great; it will cave in," and . the lower animals show a similar inclina­he refused to enter •. But the other laughed tio;n for the special use o~ the right limbs. at his fears, desoended and began his work. It IS a. purely human attrIbute, and prob­But the burdened earth gave way, and he ably: ar()se gradually fro~ the. use, by t~e was buried many feet beneath an avalanche earlIest raoes of ulen, of ~he rIght arm In of gand and gravel. fighting, while the. left arm was reserved ;0

Wild went the ory over the village. cover the left SIde of. the body, whe ,e "Fisher's well has caved in and buried Ous- wounds, as theIr experlenoe showed, we~e

tar beneath!" most dangerous. Those who neglecte~ thIS The Btor~ was forgotten. The merohant precaution.w~lUld be most likel:y. to he kIlled;

dropped his yard stick' the farmer left his and heno~In the lapse of tIme, the nat· wagon in the street; the lawyer threw down ~ral survi~' .would make"the. human .race his book, the mechanio his tools, the minis- In gen~ral,' rIght-handed, Wlt~ oocasIOnal ter his pen All rushed with throbbing reverSIOns, of course, by ataVIsm, to .b.e hearts to the rescue. Women caught up left-handed, or, .more properly, the ambl' their infants and ran amid the storm to sym- dextrous C~ndItIon. .The . mor~ freql,lent pathize with the frantio wife' and all looked and energetIC use of the rIgh~ lImbs wo,uld into e~ch other's faces and a;ked In gasping of course reaot .upon the bram, and brInK whisper!!; "What can we do?" Ropes, lad- about the exce~slve develop~ent ~f the le

h ders, spades and shovels were wanted. No lobe, sn,oh as now .generally obtaInS: T e one stopped to ask, "Whose is this?" No. conol,usIOns from thIS course of reasonmg :~: one said, "That is mine; " but the- ory was, very Important. Through. the etl'eot of . '" Take it! take it! make haste I-he will die!" irregular and abnormal develop~ent whlCh

Down they leaped into ·the dark abyss. hMdesoended to us from ~ur bellICose ~noes· None said "·'Tis not my business" but all tors, one lobe of our· brams and one BIde of were so e;ger that the polioe had' to form a our bodies ~~e left in'a ne.glected an~ weak!­circle to keep otl'the orowd.· '\ en~d condItIOn •. The .e~ldence w~lOh Dr.

Then there was the stone·work; it was W~lson pr~duoes of ~h~ mJuryresultll~.g ~rom pressing heavily. "fear it away,'! cried. thIS oaUBe IBVery BtrikIn~. In the maJorlty~f Fisher' "save him!" and with giant strength cases the defeot, though It oannot be who y aiqed by the other meh, he hurled the hug~ oye.ropme, m~y be .in great part cured.by early rocks from their places "It will cost him a. traInIng, WhICh WIll strengthen at onoe both great deal" said one m~re prudent than the the body and the mind. "Whenev~r, ".he. rest. .U Don't teJk of oost; we'll all give hini writes" the early and persistent jCultivatIOn something and help him rebuild. Save himl of the.full use of both. hands has be~n ac· save himl don't let him die fOr a few dollars c~mplis~ed, the result ~s gredoter effiCIency, expense." They worked like giants, till the wlthou~ any ~orrespondmg awkwardness or big sweat drops rolled from manly browl3, defect~ -8cMnc~. and strong nands trenibled with fatigue; ================ thett. others took their places, and thus the CAT A LOG U E, 0 F work want on. A tin tube was forced down, BOO It SAN D T R ACT S

TOPIOAL SEBIEs.-By Rev. James BaUey.":"No. 1, My Holy Day, 28 pp. ; No.2, The Moral Law, 28 pp. ; No.3, The Sab. batli under Christ, 16 pp.; No.4 The Sabbath under the Apostles, 12 pp.; No. Ii, 'l'\me of CommeOOlng the Sabbatil., 4 pp.j No.6, 'rhe Sancttilcation of the Sabbath, 20 pp,; No. 7, The Day of the Sabbath, 24 pp.

FOUB'PAGl", SERIE9.-By Rev. N. Wardner, D. D.-The Sab. bath: .4 Seventh Day or The Seventh Day; WhIch 1 The Lord's·day, or Christian Sabbath. Did Christ or his Apostles Chanlre the Sabbath from the Seventh Day to the First Day of the Week r Constantine and the Sunday. . The New Testament Sabbath. Did Christ Abolish the Sabbath of the Dlcalogue! Are tbe Ten Commandments binding alike upon Jew and

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',"''' V. 17. TluJu shalt not IJOUt thy 71eiglWor's Muse.

Fifth·My j[o'1'mTI{J. 10 o'clock, Introductory !?ermon, d' k

Geo. W. Bur lC •

IJ'11UUTI01UL LE880JlS, ,1887. SECOND Q.UARTEB. ,

, April la. Joseph sold Into E!rypt. Gen. 37: 23-36. April!!. Joseph Eialted. Gen. 41: 38-48.

To ·covet is to desire. and to cherish a desire for that wllich is not ourownj it is selfishness which, carried out to its legitimate results, is equal to a spirit of theft, and manifests itself in fraud.

'Report of E~ecutive C?mmittee." Appointment of St4nding Committees. Notices.

2 to 2.15, 'Devotional exercises .• April 16. Joseph Makes 1l1mself ~own. Gen. 45: 1-15. A,prll23. Joseph and his Fathe,r. Giln. 47: 1-12.

, ~prll80. Israel In Egypt. Exod. 1: 6-14. :May 7. The ChlldMoses. Exod. 2: 1-10. :May 14. The Call of Moses. Exod.8. 1-12. :May 21. The Passover. Exod. 12: 1-14. May 28. The Red Sea. Exod. 14: 1!).31. June 4. The Mauna. Exod. 16: 4-12-June 11. The Commandments. Exod. 20: 1-11. • .7 JIIDe 18. Tbe Commandments. Exod.20. 12-21.,

June 25. Review.

LESSON XII.-THE COMMANDMENTS. •

BY BEV. T. R. WlLLIAMS, D. D.

'For Sabbath'MY, JU'M 18th.

sORll"l'URli: LESSON.-ExODUS 20: 12-21.

12 Honor thy father and thy mother; that tby days may be long upon the land whicb the LORD tby God g'IVeth thee,

18. Thou shalt not kill. 14. Thou sbalt not commit adultery. 15. Thou shalt not steal. ., '. 16 Thou tIialt not bear false WItness against tby neIghbor. 17: Thon sbalt not covet thy nelgh1!or's house, thou shatt

'not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man·servant, nor h!s maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that i8 thy neighbor'S.'

18 And all the people saw the thunderlngs, and the lIgbt­rungs, and the noise of the trunwet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

19. And they said unto Moses, Speak tbau with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. .

20. And Moses sllid unto the people, Fear not: for God 118 come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

2L And the people stood afar off, and lIoses drew n~ unto the thick darknetlS where God W!UI.

GOLDEN TEXT.-Tbou sbalt love tb)' neigh-bor as .hyselt. ,Matt. 22: 39., ,

BmLE READINGS. Sunday. Duty toward man taught. Exod. 20: 12,

21. Mondq,y. Duty to man retaught. Deut. 5 : 16-83. '1'uuday. Jesus on duty tQ man. John 15 : 1-1'7. WednesMy. JohnClndutytoman. 1 John 3: 11-24:. Thur8day. Paul on duty to man. Rom. 12: 1-21. FlriMlI. Duty to man illustrated. Luke 10: 25-37. 'SoJibath day. Duty to man performed. Acts 20:

17-38.

Tnm.-B. C. ·1491. PERSONa-Lord, Jehovah,

being. PLACEB.-Horeb, Sinai.

God. The', supreme

OUTLINE. I. The sacredness cff parentage. v. 12.

II. The sacredness of life. v. 13. III. The sacrednesS of the family. v. 14-IV. The sacredness of the rights of property. v. 15. V. The sacredn~ of character and reputation. ~v. 16.

VI. Purity of heart. ,v. 17. VU. The effect.upon the people. v.18-21.

INTRODlTCTION. As .introductory rem&rk we refer to what was

said as a preface to the last lesson. That lesson closed W1-th the discussion of the fourth commandment, itA signiftcance and its spiritual observance. Cessll' tion from all worldly employVl6n~ is strictly required,

, both for the proper spiritual' obslirvimce of the Sab­bath and also for the unmistakable expression of , ,

, loyalty to the command and to God, its author. Any neglect of the physical observance of the Sab· bath is pOSitive evidence of its spiritual neglect. But on the other hand, men may cease from all labor and require Jill their servants, and all the,strangers within their gates to rest, an~ y~t not keep the Sab­bath in the eminent sense required. The proper ob­serVance of the Sabbath is intensely a reHgious ob­servance, a religious act. We pass now to the sec· ond table of the Decalogue, which refers to man's duty to hisfellow·man.

EXPLANATORY NOTES. V. 12. EM thy/ather qnd thy 'TJU)thNr. These

words formed the clim'ax of the second table, as the fourth precept formed the climax of the first table. The highest human relationship is that of children to parents. Children are more dependent upon par­ents than upon any or all other huma.n beings. When this relation is as it should be, children receive benefits and,cultw~ which go very far to fashion and'dererni.ine their whole life in its higher and bet­

'ter attainments. Hence every power of the hves of , children should be in ready service for the honor, respect and love for parents. Filial duty' is one of the most sacred of observations; nothing is more un· natlhal'and universally reprobated than aD ungrate­ful, disiespectful. disobedient child. The correIa· tive duty of parents is that of loving, supporting and protecting ,theiJ:' children, and seeking in all ways ~ promote their highest welfare. Trus family relation is the very fOUlldatiQn of society and of civil gOvernment. That ,thy day8 may be Wng upon tlie

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THE JUNE CENTURY' opens with "Petersborough Cathedral," by Mrs, Van Rensselaer. Boat,ra.cing finds a place in its coiumnsj the feature of the Lin eoln History is the Dred Scott Case j Elizabeth Stu· "'. art Phelps has a short storyj there are some pleasmg poemsj the" Open Letters" are full of interest, etc.

DIED. ALMIRA. ~IAXSON, widow of Dea, Elias Frink. was

born in Brookfield, N: Y., March 19,1807, and died at her home near Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., May 25, 1887., She Will a daughter of Dell.. HoUy ~Iaxson. who died in Scott many years ago. Her youth and early married life were spent in Scott. Nearly fifty years ago, Dea. Frink moved his hO?Ie to the town of Hounsfield, where, since, her lIfe was passed. Her husband, died over twenty years a.go. She leaves a brother and two sisters, a son and two daughters on this side. 'She was a woman of superior mtem gence and of great strength of character. She also possessed in a remarkable degree the gentle and sweet spirit of Christ. Religion was the topic which interested her most, and concerning which she talked most. She was looked up to as an example and treated as a counsellor in spil'itual things by her children and grandchildren, and indeed, by a large circle of acquaintances. She had been a member of the Scott Church, the Adams Church and the Hounsfield Church. She was, at the time of her death, one of the few surviving members of the last­named church. In a good old age she has exchanged the earthly tabernacle for the heavenly mansion, and we are sure is now singing the new song among the white· robed throng. A. B. P.

At his home in Peoria, Ill .. May 27, 1887, HENRY STRANG, in ,the 76th year of his age. He leaves a wife, one son and six daughters to mourn his death. !tir. Strang never made a public profession of relig' ion, yet he always seemed to be interested in the work. He and his wife embraced the Sabbath while Eld. Wardner was pastor of Southampton Church. His wife was baptized ancJ.united with the church. He 'remained a Sabbath keeper until death, and left to his friends the comforting assurance that he was fully trusting in the Lord.

Near Orleans, Neb" May 19. 1887, SAMUEL C. BEEMAN, son of Wm. L. and Rebecca Beeman, aged 19 years, 11 months and 4 jays. Sammy was a young man of good promise and a favorite with. his associates. His desires were to go where he nnght have the privileges of Sabbath society, but death came in an hour unlooked for and claimed his own. Sermon, in the absence of the writer, by E. Rorick. from 1 Cor. 13: 12. H .. E. B.

In Emporia. Kansas, ~Iay 19. 1887, after a linger­ing and painful Illness. lus. Em.'ICE T AlUIELL, in the 63d year of her age. She was the eldest daugh-, ter of the late Isaac and Orrilla Clarke, whose hos pitable home was so well known for many years in Brookfield, N. Y. In her youth, she united with the First Seventh,day Baptist Church a.t Leonards· ville, where she retained her membership through life. Through many years of widowhood she was sustained by the Christia~'s faith and trust, bearing her burdens and afflictions with unwonted cheerful­ness. She leaves a daughter, in poor health, two sons, a mother. brollier and listers. Funeral ser­vices were held at her'iesidence. conducted by Rev. Mr. Ingalls. An elaborate supply, of the most beau· tiful fioral tributes were the offerings of sympathiz-ing friends. * **

In Eureka, Kansas, May 21', 1887, of apoplexy. Judge F. HAWLEY CLAllKE, aged 59 years. He was born in Brookfield, NY., and resided:there, with the exception of a short time in Wisconsin and Penn­sylvania, until about seventeen years ago, when he settled in Eureka. where he gained a large circle of mends, by whom he was held in the highest esteem.. This was manifested by the seTeral positions of pub lic trust given him. At the time he was stricken down he was holding the office of United States Court ComII).issIoner. During the ten days he lin, gered, and until laid to rest under beautiful fiow,J)rs, every attention was lavished upon him and his 'fam· ily that kindly hearts could devise~ He leaves a widow and two sons, and other near relatives. Judge Clarke was a brother of }lrs, Tarbell. who died two days before him; thus a double afilictlon has fallen upon these sorrowine; friends. * * *

Euning.

Devotionals. ' ' Essay, "Suitable Preparation for the Gospel ~inis-

try," E. A. WItter. Essay, "Inspiration of the Scriptures,"

W. C. Titsworth. Sialth-day MO'l'niTI{J.

9 to 9.30, Prayer meeting; 9.30 to 10.30, Reports of Committees, and miscella-

neous business. . 10.30, Eesay, "The New Theology,"

T. R. Williams. 4!u1'1Uion. ;;

2 to 2.15, Devotionaioexercises. 2,15 to 3, Reports of Committees, and unfinished

, business. ' , S, Missionary conference, conducted by 1. L. Cot­

trell, Evening. '.

Prayer and conference meeting, conducted by , H. D. Clarke.

Sabbath M01'niTI{J. 10.110, Sermon by F. O. Burdick, delegate from the

Central Association. followed by joint col· lection.for the Missionary and Tract Societies.

Aj'terrwon. 2.80, Sabbath·school. conducted l,ly L. A. Platts.

lkening. 7.45. Sermon by 1. L. Cottrell, delegate from the

Eastern AssOciation, 'followed by conference meeting.

Firat'day M01'niTI{J. 9 to 9,15, Devotional exercises. 9.15 to 10, Unfinished business. ' 10 to 10,30, Paper on Woman's Work. by

Mrs, O. M. Lewis, 10.30 to 12. American Sabbath Tract Society con·'

ference, led by J, B. Clarke, followed' by a joint collection for the Tract and lIfissionary Societies.

Afterno<m. 2 to 2.30, MIscellaneous business. 2.30 to 4, Educational conference, conducted by

D. E. ?tfaxson. liJIJemng.

7.45, Sermon by A. McLearn, delegate from the North-Western Association, followed by clos­ing conference.

I1r ALL delegates and frietlds who expect to at­tend the Association at Richburg, are requested to 'inform the Clerk by postal card or other ways, that early preparations may be mMe for them during the Association. Many members of this church are praying that God in his great mercy will greatly're­vive his work in the churches. For this may we pray without ceasing.'

'In behalf of, the church, J. P. DYE, Oh1.lTch OINk. '

~ CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.-Persons coming to the Central As~ociation. to be held at Scoit, N. Y., June 9-12.1887, and wishing conv!lyance¢rom the trains, will find teams in waiting at Homer, N., Y .,' on Fourth·day, June 8th, and Fifth day, June 9th. Those comipg'via. :E. C. & N. R. R. to Cortla~d, will take street car to Homer, gettin.r off at the Hotel Windsor, where they will find teamr;' in w~t ing. Those coming via. the D. L. & W. R. R.. will find teams in waiting at the depot of said road. Should anyone desire to be- met on any other day than those above mentioned, or should any fail to find conveyances on hand, please c'ommumcate ~th' the undersigned by telephone to Scott.,

F. O. BURDIO~, Oam.

or Tm: COmmittee appointed by the General Conference to correspOnd ,with interested persons in reference to the Sabbath ,question, and with refer· ence to our work as Sabbath reformers, is as fol-lows: .

O. U. Whitford, Westerly, R. 1. Perie Ii', Randolph, Lincklae.n Centre, N, Y.

, L. A. Platts, Alfred Centre, N .. Y. ! E. M. Duim, Milton, Wis.

Preston F. Randolph, Salem, W. Va. It will be seen that this co~ttEe is made up of

one member for each of:,the be AsIoclations. " Now, if our people who know of any1vho are interested, ;will send the names ana. address of such person or

IRVING SAUNDERS expects to "be at hie Friend , persons, either to the chairman of the committee, or ship studio'from June 8th to 14th, inclusive. ' to the member of the committee in whOSe Associa­

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The names of all persons who would wish to Cor­respond'in the Swedish language, should be senl; to L. A. Platts, Alfred Centre, N. Y. "

O. U. WHITFORD, Ohairman.

land 'uihieh 1M lhrd, thy God giMh t'll.u. ,In these ,

r PERSONS in Milton; Wis., and vicinity, who may wish to procure copies of the new book, Sab· bath and Sunday, by Dr. LewiS; or numbers of the Sev~nth day Baptist Quarterly, and' other Tract So­

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tre, N. Y. The goods are In good demand, with fair profits. , Gifts for all Denominational Interests Shl;cited, TRADE WELL ESTABUlSHED_ Ii ' ...,..

Reason for Belling: I have business In Rlohburg that re- Prompt payment of all/ob gations requested. quires all my time and attention. Thtl Is a grand ohance pOTTER' P""'SS' WORKS. ' for alive man. For further pa.rticulal:'s, address.' ..."

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H ISTORY OF CONFERENCE.-RIV. J~8 ~haa left a few ooples of the HIstory of the Seventh-day Baptist General Conference at the n.oOBDD 01llc.

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lfhe labbllln· 'ttOrdtr, parity as a reward of obedience to paren~. appointments tor the coming .sessions of the Associ.

V. 13. Thou ilusZt 1101 kill. This prohibits all in· tIons, as to 'time. place, and preacher of Introductory jury io n~ghbors. ,This precept seems to be under Sermon, so faras,shown by the Miriutes, of last y,ear:

cietY publications, will find them on sale at the store THE SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST QUARTER-of Robert Williams, in the,care of F. C. Dunn. LY. A Repository of Biography, HiStOry, Liter-

PUBLISmm WREKLY , lIY 'l'JIII

-AllmUCAN SABBATH TRACT soOIBTY.

'coIDDient in 1 John S: 15, Whosoever hateth his ' SOUTJiLEASTERN ASSOOIATION. brother is a ~urderer. See also Matt.S: 21, 22. :Meets with the Ritchie Church, at Berea, W. Va.,

- This command is made on the fact that man is made May 26-29, 1887. Preacher,of the Introductory Ber-in God's image, so that it is not oilly a sin against mon, f? D. DaVis. , ' man but also againIt God, to needlessly injure a fel EASTERN ASBOOIA.TION. low.man; 'This injunction also prohibits self mur- With the First Hopkinton Church,' at Ashaway, der. No man has any more right to destroy his own ,R. I., JUne~. '

, CENTRAL ASSOOlATION, ' -life than he has to destroy the life of another.' With the Scott Church, at Scott, N. Y., June 9-

, ature, and DOctrine. ,$2 pm year. Alfred Centre,N; Y. I1F"'Tm!: Hornellsville Seventh day Bap~t Church

holds regular services at the, Hall of the McDoUgal SEVENTH-DAY ~mrl.T ~trCATION SO­Protective AssOCiation, on Broad St., everySab- E. P. LABXIN, President, Alfred Centre, N. Y., ' bath, at 2 o'olock~. M. The Sabbath,school fol· D. E. MAxSON, ,Corresponding Secretary. Alfred lows the preaching serville. Sabbath-k!lepersspend· Centre, N. Y. .".' ing the Sabbath in HorneUsville lL\:6/especially In-. L. E.LrvE:axOBB, Reoording SecretaI:Y. Alfred Den-

. d t tte d All tr" willbe -t rdiaU' tre, N. Y. - ' Vlte 0 an. s angers mUll co y 'w, Q: BURDIOX, . r rea.surer. AlfrE.~ Centre, N. Y. welcomed. i' I

V. 14,.- Thou IluJZt f'IOt commit ad1ilt81'y. This Is a ' P '. violation of, the rightS and o'bli~tions of marriage. 12. Prell.c!ler of the Introductory Sermon, ,erie F. , .... PLEDGB OARDS and printed envelopes for&ll

Whatever impugns or ,violates ihat sacred institution ~ndolph. , who will use 'them: in niaking systt'maiic riontribu-, WESTERN ABSOCIA.TION. • 'th th rr'-_ ('f_' ty .... ,_-'

is prohibited in this command. . With the Church at Richburg, N. Y., J:\lD.e 16-19. ~ons to el e.r e .l.uwt ~cle or JWJ5iUonary /::j().

, V. 11. Thou 87uaZt. f'IOt atMl.' ,God has invested Preacher of Intloducto Selmon George W. But- C1e~. o~ both, will be furnished, free,of charge, on man with rights to properly and to alllegitima.te~, eli k " ry, application to the SAmJATH RBOORDBR, Alfred Cen·

'of property. Whatever, therefore, infringes upon ,c. NORTH-WlIiSTJllBN ABSOCIA.TION.~"N. Y.; '. ' '"hwright,isclearlyprohibited by this precept, "thou With tlle'Church at Dodge Centre; ,Minn., June' =:;::::===:;::::=============

ibalhIot, ateal." '23-26. -Preacher of Introductory Sermon.' G. J . . V. 18. Thou eMU Mt lJeatrC1'I!Jldall. " , '.-

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No paper dlaoontinUed Until arrearageI are paid, el at the optto~ of the publflher.

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VOL. XLIII,-NO. 2~

na~ar'8 Joumey.-Poetry .. " ()briStlan Theology.-No. 7 ... Cartwright ..... - .. ' .. , ....... . Co~pondence. ,C it.S.Te WasblDgton Letter ..... , ..... .

l!1BBION~. ',' , Editorial Paragraphs .... : ... :

t~:~~1>~~~~~·~ ~~~~~~. Jewish lIfiBsiOns.-:No. 6 ..... .. itubumdale. F1onda ......... .. Missionary SOClety-RecClpts,

SABBATH REFOR!L now tlier. Mislead., .......... , sunday, • Tbe Mark of the Bf The Sabbath,day .... , .. "." ..

EDUCATION. _

The rse of the Bible In Teac) Clippings ............. " .... , ...

'TEJ!HllARCE. The Saloon and Society ......• The Cost of the Saloon ..... ' .. Tobacoo and Alcobol ........ .

EDITOBUL8.

paragraphs, ...... , .... ' ...... . A llay at Alfred .... , ........ ..

Ooll!lWiIOATIONS.

Fllttlng Sunward.-No. 10 .:. St. Just, Va ... ;." ........... .

HOD NlIW8.

Alfred Centre, N_ Y .......... . - Westerly, R. I. ............... ,

Ashaway R. I ............... , Chicago, hi ... : ... " ......... . Welton, Iowa ....... , ........ . Milton. Wls ........ -,;' ...... , Walworth, Wit .............. .. Dodge t entre, MInn ........ ..

OONDEl'ISBD NEWS .............. "". BooKS AND MAGAZINES.... " •• , •• '

MABBIAGES AND DEATHS ......... ; ..

MIscELLA1'!Y -Bartlmeus.-Poetn' .. " ... , ..•

, nldlng in the ROCK ......... '.' A Boy's Resolve .... , .... , .... , Who Loves Christ tbe Most f •• The Dark.- Poetry ........... . Wha1. Can You Do WelU .... . The :Merry Whistler.-Poetry. To Save lila Mother ........ · .. The Present Tense Forever .. . A Remarka.ble Family ... ' .... . Obeyl .................... "'" "Pray and Stay" .. , ........ ..

. Duty and IncllnaUon.-Poett; A'V1t!It to the Hot Spriugs of Reverend ... ;, ............... .. The Failure of 'Christ ....... ' Mr, Spurgeon .m the Ministry

POl'~ EklIENeJ: ................. ..

CATAJ,OQUE OP :Punr.IIlATIONS, ETC:

THE SAlIBATH-8OBOOL •••••••••••••••

SnOlAL NOTICES .................. ..

For theStBBATH HI

. , HAGAR'S JOUI

BY ARAL AU] '.

It is morning. Hear the Twittering in the tama

While the cooling air bl) Whispering- songs of I

How the'ltttle streamlet. As it swiftly glidcil alt

Heeding not the reeds all Cheering travelers witl

But there is trouble in th It's been brewing man;

,Maid and 'mistress now a Ulle is going far away.

See! old Hagar now is st Where the rippling WI

She must leave her hom,E She has heard the m&ll

And she castA one look (I . At each old fll1DJliar p

Then she WIpes away a 1 'l'hat steals slowly do~

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o Ah I her heart would bn Were it not for her bri

Who bounds swiftly dOl , And she feels a·JiI,othe

As she looks upon her de Laughing loudly in M

" MotJier, I will build a' When we crOBS Ws de

, And she smiles at his qUi As they slowly pass all

Till the air grows hot an • And the liirds all ~eIIICi

, It is noon i no shade, no , They can hardly lift 1.1 "Trudge, trudge cler the e

In,the BuJfocating h~1

Ir~b boy compJailla,and, , 8iDkS in the heat. of 1.1: But his mother cheen hi

Saying. " 800~ this iii