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RELIGIOUS.
THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE.

Morality never can thrive unless groun.
ded wholly upon grace. The heathen, for
want of this foundation, could do nothing;
thew spoke some noble truths, but spoke
to men with withered limbs and lothing
appctites they were like way posts,
which show road, but can not help a
cripple forwards. In their way they were
skiIul fishermen, but they fsbed without
the gospel halt and could catch not fry !:
and after they has toiled long in vain, we
take up their angle rods and with much
more success, though not possessed of halt
their skill. God has shown us in this word
how little human wit and strength 10 do
compass reformation. Reasons has ex-
plorcd the moral path, planted itwith roses,
and fenced it round, with motives, but all
in vain. Nature still recols no motives
drawn from Plato's works, nor yet from
the gospel of Christ, will of themselves
suffice no cords will bind the heart to
God and duty, butthe cord ofgrace. Man
is conceived and born in sin what can he
do Nature is sunk and fallen and ma.
,ure's creed is this. 81 see and approve
the better path, but take the worse Ma
ture nay be overruled for time by violent
reslrains. but nature must be changed, or
nothing is done. The tree must first be
made good before the fruit is good. a
filthy curren: may be stopped : but the
brook is filthy still, though it ceases to
flow. The course of nature may be
checked by some human dam yet oPposl-
ton makes the current rise, and 1t will el-
ther bu st the dam or break out other ways.
Restrained sensuality often takes a miscr's
cap, or struts in pbariasic pride. Nothing
but the salt of grace can heal the swampy
ground of nature as Elisha's salt type
of grace, healed the corrupt waters and
the barren ground Of Jericho. 2 Kings ii.
20, 2l.-Berridge.
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, brought this vegetable Oh ;'icir tables, ana
the hreiudicc against them vanished. lhus'
bv degrees. taste for this food was torn
ed, never to be cxtinguiShed. The cultl-
vation Of the potato is now well understood !;
a crop ameliorateS, instead OF lmpoverIsh-
mo the sol, and the culture can be ncreas-
ed to any extent. Thus, by the curiosity
Of one lover of nature, and his cNpcr-
mems, has an humble weed been brought
from the mountains OF South America. and
spread over Europe and Norm Am"rica,
u til it is emphaticalIy called 1.-The bread OF
nations" Still the country from which 1t
WIS taken, has been too ignorant or super
stitious TO attempt its cultivation, until within
a few years. Now, the lights of science
are chasing away the long, deep shadows
of the Andes.
"Rice was brought from India in 1922.
and cultivated by way of experiment IN
South Carolina. Ii succeeded well. and
was, for many years, the staple artce OF
the State. 1t seems strange, but 1t is not
more strange than true, that vegetable
should should have q moral and religious
influence over the mind of men. Brahma
could never have enforced his code Of re-
ligious rites, with an hundred incornations,
if India had not abounded in The rice plant.
His followers would have been carniver-
Gus, notwithstanding all the rays of his glo-
rv and the awful exhibition Of his might,
if he had not driven the animals away, and
secured the vegetable kingdom for his wor-
shippers. Man is, in spite of his PhlIoso-
phv. a creature of the carth-and i'll COM
mon measure, Ike the chameleon, takes
the hues of his character from his position
and his food.
"Thc cotton plant was at first cultivated
as flower in our gardens, and beautiful
flower it is. This plant alone has made a
revolution in the finances of the world.
Look at the growth and consumption OF 1t
in the United States, and the immense man.
ufacture of it in England, where it cannot
be grown, and you will find my assertion
true in its most extended sense.
until Our purchase of Louisiana, this
ccun rv was indebted to the East and West
Indies for sugar. In the comtry-the
thirteen United States-sugar and molas-
scs were made in small quantities, from
corn.stalks, sweet apples, pumpkins, and
maple sugar trees; but all put together,
furnished buf a small part OF the sugar de-
rnandcd by the great mass Of the people.
Our people are fond ofsaccharnc, Or sweet
ening. to use our peculiar term oft.
"Thc corn stalk, TIL pumpkin, and the
sweet apple are given up lor sugar and mo-
lasses-and the maple tree is falling before
the axe. and we must rely Oh the sugar
cane alone, unless VIC can substitute, as IN
France, the sugar beet. The culture OF
the sugar beet has been commenced with
us, and probably wi re successful.
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expired, with its eye directly fixed on NINE:
| then resolved that would never Kill
another bird for sport; and have never
shot bird of any kind since. Ii could
have sent the gun to its right owner IN
England, would have done it. But
could not do that, for did not know who
he was, and there was no probability of
my finding out, if l had tried. So did
the next best thing could. | sold the
guu and sent the money to the London
peace society, that is laboring to prevent
war and the plundering of the English
captains on the high seas by their brethren,
the American captains.
AsI was always fond of angling, about
the same time that, | bought the gun, |
bought fine English fishing rod, with five
joints, and bought beautiful lines, both OF
silk and whales sinews, and hooks, and
bebs plenty. But, after the affair OF the
murdered robin, whenever | came to run
my book into the head of a poor grasshop-
per, and empale him alive for bait to an
unsuspecting little trout; or when l saw
the poor little fishes floundering in the dry
g aid which formed the margin ofthe brook,
GMvering in death and wrltling in agony,
| thought on the poor murdered robin, and
| took no more pleasure in angling for
sport, and gave it tup.
| do not think it wrong to kill birds and
fishes for food, or l would not have sold
the gun but rather destroyed it. But to
kill Gods creatures for sport, and to take
the life we cannot give for pleasure-to
make game of the suffering OF Gods crea-
lures, hardens the heart, and makes it IN
sensible to the sullerings of our fellow
creatures of the human species, and pre-
pares the mind for repine, murder, and
war.
NAUT1cUs AGR1:CLA.
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ANCIENT REFoRMERs.-It is sometimes
profitable to look back TO the days of old,
and TO enquire whether our fathers were not,
at least in some things, wiser than ourselves.
The preaching Of olden times was certainly
in many instances more energetic than that
to which we are generally accustomed.
Our reformers manifested aboldness IN
addressing the conscience, and in teaching
the good old principles Of the Gospel, which
produced general reformation.
Knox came down like thunder storm
Calvin rese.nbled whole days set rain ;
Beza was a shower ofthe softest dew. Old
Latimer, in a coarse fricze gown trudged
afoot, his testament hanging at one end ol
his leather girdle, and his spectacles at the
other, and without ceremoney ins;ruc ed the
people in rustic style from hollow tree
while the courtly Ridley, in s1'in and fir,
taught the same principles in the cathedral
cf the METROPOLIS. Cranmer, though a
timorous man, ventured 10 give king Henry
the Eighth New Testament, with label
Whoremongers and aduIterers God will
Judge while Knox who said there was
nothing in the pleasant face of lady to
affray him, assured the queen OF Scots, that
:. if there were any spark Of the Spirit o.
God, yea, she would moi be offended with
his affirming in his sermon that the diver
slors of her court were diabolical crimes
evidences ofimpiety or insaniy.'-These
men were all 10: accomplished scholars
but they all give proof enough that tie.
were homes! hearted and dsintercsted IN the
cause of religion.
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What is the matter 2" AMI the threw hel
arms around my neck and embraced me
with all ;he enthusiasm of her young heart.
-" Conc, don't be sad any more-pul
this lovely rose in my hair and see how
swcelly twill look"
kissed her check, and as bade her
good night, whispered, "Can you ask Gods
blessing ON the dance, Elizabeth p She
gave me quick, earnest look, and hurried
down the Steps.
At an earlier hour than usual, | beard
Elizabeth's voice at the door. | was IN my
chamber and when went down to meet her,
found that she had retired to her room. |
followed her thither, wishing to see her a
few moments before slept. She supposed
that all The family had retired ; and her door
was unlocked. Ientered, and found her on
her knees before God-her hands upIltted,
and her streaming eyes raised to heavcn.-
" Hes my prayer, o Lord | bescech thee,
and let ily cry come before thee"
returned 10 her room in about half an
hour. and welcomed her home.
"Yes,'' said, she, 8" hare got home
in that bewldered ballroom, danced with
the merriest, and laughed with the loudest,
but there was anarrov here )" and she laid
her Land on her heart.
God's blessing on the dance why,
those words rang in my ear at every turn !;
| rejoice that they still ring their. o, if
God will forgive the past, if he will yet re-
ceive me, will turn my back upon all this
giIded folly, and lay upon his altar, what !
once promised lay interchangeable heart" ="
We knelt together, and asked God to
strengthen the resolu ion now made in HIS
name. Our prayers have, we humbly trust,
been heard, for among tine group Of lovely
disciples who keep near their Lord, walking
in his footsteps, and bearing his cross, few
are more humble, consistent, and devoted,
than the once gay and thoughtess Elizabeth
G.-Epis. Rec.
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From the Sabbath School Visiter.

The Murdered Robin.-Mr. Bullard
In the last Vsiter, | told yourjuvenlle readers
how bought gun at public sale OF prlVa'
teer plunder, aud carried it into the country
--how | afterwards learned, that prlvateer-
ing IS no better than licensed highway rob-
btry, and that the receiver is no better Than
the lhiel-how my conscience became
troubled by the Spirit OFT the Cum and
prom ,ed to tell them Of an event, when
made me dislike the gun still more anu
now Intend to perform my promise.
One day, | took my gun and went mo
Tie woods. intending TO shoot some pigeons I;
bu. aticr hunting all round and ge'lIns l'reo,
without finding any pigeons. detern'na'eu
Oh returning home. Butas It is "fops ~ ~
have a gun IN the house. loaded, by "'ilI''
many c"rIcss boy has shot his own Dro'h, !,
CT or sister, dead, determined to flre OIL
the charge at the first bird | should happen
10 see. We'll, the first bird | chancea 10
S: e, was poor robin, setting Oh the e'op oI u
a very high tree singing Swcetly. fcS'eu
my gun OIL d hue uCe i'dlu w. 'N ~
good aim, and fired and down came t"'
bird. ran and caught it up, and as 1t lay
in my hand. quiverns in death, with Ns
poor little eyes blood. .shoucn, it looked riSn'
up in my tace and seemed to say TO me-
What did YOU murder me for ! what
did murder for p said | somewhat con-
fused why, for sport For sport !
said Conscience. What right had you
to kill Gods creatures for sport l
was dumb and could notreply word. 1t
seemed as though | would have given my
best COW TO restore the poor little robin TO
life bu, twas too late. After qulveTing
it's wings and eiviu- one rr two grsnS, i
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-07-26

PREVENTING MILK FROM BECOMING SOUR.
We mention the following fact more torihe
purpose ofcalling the attention otour readers
to the subject and inducing them to try the
experiment, than with belieflhat the single
EXPERIMENT. related will be of any great
importance. DIR. Hare, Of Philadelphia, i'll
giving an account in Slman's Journal OF
his experiments upon the essential oils,
seems to think that the more acrld ones will
resist putrctccation better than the mIld
ones. Among other experiments he states
that he found "the essential oil OF cloves
and cinnamon possessed an antiseptck pow
cr quite equal to that Of KreosotCe."
"On the ID of July he added two drops
foil of cinnamon to an ounce measure OF
fresh milk, ii remained liquid on the 1lth,
and though it finally coaguIated, it continued,
free from bad taste or smell till September,
although o;her portions of the same milk
had became purid." Now ii may be possl-
bic two drops TO the ounce oil milk may
render it little too spicy for common pur-
poses; but this fact may lead to the dis
covery of some substance that may be add
ed, and while it does not injure the taste
or qualities of milk, preserve 1t long time
from becoming sour or purifying. Such
thing would be a great convenience to
many families, especially those who ale IN
the habit of purchasing their milk and DO
not uicb Il IN haconoe Sour immediulelV.-
Malne Farmer.
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RAwsoN HARMON. Jr.
Wheatzand, May II, 1897.
,0vEoENr IN THE WEAVING OF SILK.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE WEAVING OF SILK.
The New York Post states, that an ar
tst who has Just arrived from Spitalfelds,
in England, Mr.. John Skoll, has shown the
editors two beautiful specimens, executed
by hmselfwith machinary Of which he is
the inventor. One of them is a copy, IN
small. Of Vests celebrated picture Of the
Landing of Penn the other of painting
representing the Judgment Of Brutus, by Il
Young artist who received the premium OF
the Socic,v in England for the encourage
ment of,hc Fine ArtS.-Thc rxccuion of
these copies, it is added, has al! l!,c precs-
ion ofthc most beautiful embroidery. 1t
seems almost inn 0 ;sible that any apparatus
for weaving should be capable OF tracing
such flexible and varied outlines, and shad-
ing them with such nicely.
Mr.. Sholl, who is a member otthc dcnom-
ination of Friends, has come over with the
view of seeing whether his skill can be turn
ed to any account III this country. Our
silk manufactures, yet in their infancy, but
which have sprung up in the midst of causes
that are likely to insure their prosperity, sand
in need Of the assistance Of experienced ar
tisans. Mr.. Sholl. we learn, is not only an
ingenious mechanician, but skilled in all
the processes of the silk manufacture, and
we have no doubt that he will find sufi-
cicnt encouragement to induce him remain
among US.
.imcrican.
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RICE FLoUR.--Many families, are getting
to use rice flour for making bread. 1t is
rscd in connexion with wheat flour, and
makes finer bread than the latter alone.
In some portions ofthc country, y,'bakers use
it with grea: success. For various kinds of
cakes it is very fuc. AS to the healthness
of rice, let the health Of the natives who
have lived upon i; almost exclusively testify.
1t is the mostnuritious ofall the tarinaccous
productions. There is L vast difference
in the price of wheat flour and rice, taking
into estimation Ii" additional quantity of
bread which 4 no'rnai o. .""c W.! make, and
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From lions Watchman.

FINAL CONDITION OF THE COVEToUs.
Mediate on the final condition to which
that lover of money is Fastening. The co.,
etous, the man who is under the denomlna.
ton OF fthe love of money, shalt not inherit
the kingdom Of God. In the present life
he has toretas.e Of the fruits of his sln.-
He is restless, anAious and dissatisfied at
one time, harrassed by uncertainty as to
the probable result of his projects; at anoth'
er, sourcd by the failure Of them; another,
disappointment in the midst of success, by
discerning too late, that the same exerilons'
employed in some other line OF advantage
would have been more productive. Bu',
suppose him to have been through life, as
free from the effects of these sources oi
vcxation as the most favorable picture
could represent him. He shall not inherit
the kingdom Of God. lie might not nave
been m.ser; but he was lover OF money
He may not have been an cxtortIonor, buI
he WAS a lover OF money; he may not have
been fraudulent, but he was lover OF mo.
new. He shuH not inherit The kingdom OF
GOD. He has his day and his Object
He Das sought and he may have accumuIa'
ted earthly possessions. By their instru-
mentality he mag have gratiticd many other
appe!ltcs and desires. But he did moi
seek first the kingdom Of God, therefore,
he shall not obtain it. He loreth the por!d,
therefore he shall perish scith the '0orld.-
He has wiIfully barlered his soul for money
In vain he is now aghast at his former MAD;
ness. In vain does he now detest the ldoi
which he worshhipped. The gate OF Sill
vation is shut against him. he nherltS the
bitterness of unavaillng rcmorse, the horrors
Of eternal death.-Rer. /. Gts6orne II. H.
1914
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on this poInt,l take tne noerty 10 Mo"
some together and transmi: them. | think
they will not be flaily denied by the opposi'
ton as they can be proved.
1sf. In many Of the churches Of that
synod, there are persons called perfection.
lists, compared with whom the Methodist
perfec:ionsts are very orthodoxy. They
hold, that do what they may. they cannot
sin; yea, that it is as impossible for them as
for God himself. They break the sabbath
&C., on the ground that they have got a6oue
hese things. They consider ministers nu''
tsauc,s, and churches useless, and that they
ought to be torn down. In the church CT
Adams, Watertown Presbytery, they pro-
ceeded TO acts Of the grossest sensuality,
on the principle, that they can Go no wrong.
Indeed some of their notions are blasphe.
nous. They are the results ofthe doctrine
of mans ability and new measures. The
filth deposited, &c.
%. When urged TO condemn error, as
in the case of Goodrich, who was at last
found guilty but not punished, for asserting
that children at birth have no moral char
acter, the ministers said how can We 60
forward! In condemning him we condemn
ourselves. The Presbytery of Oneida is
the most corrupt in that synod, the strong
hold Of abolitionism and | think cannot De
reformed. Green has great influence, and
in his institute, the blacks and whites are
sitting side by side at the dining table,
However, this would excite combustion,
and slavery had better be let alone. 1t is
a fact, however, that immediate abolltlonIsm
and new schoolism ore nearly allied
Where one is you will find the other also.
heard minister say in Presbytery, that
since he became an abolitonist, ne did not
know where he was in theology. He was
at sea-no compass to guide him.
Sd. In the synod Of Utica in 1884, ven-
cradle elder who was trembling over tie
grave, rose in open synod aud rebuked Il e
ministers for their management and corruP-
ton. Formerly said he Il suppose he re.
ferred to the ministry of Dr.. Carnahan,)
clergymen were distinguished for whatever
things are lovely, honest and true, but now
they have degenerated into mere pe;tItog-
gers and double dealers. can have no
confidence in them.
4th. have no hesitation in saying that
the synod, but especially the Presbytsry OF
Oneida, are in open rebellion as to the doc.
trnes of our confession in their literal &C.
ccptation. Indeed, the old school doctrines
are viewed very much as we would view the
doctrine rtransubstantiation. They abhcr
and despise them. Brother Barber an
agent of the assembly's board was openly
insulted in the synod Of Utica in 1885: so
much so as TO excite indignation III the
minds ofsome moderate men. He was
not permitted to advocate his cause, or state
to the Synod the principles on which the
board acted. There is such fanatical
spirit that many imagine, that mere nov.
ice, for instance a would revival man, an
exhorter or private member, or even an old
woman or a new convert knows more Of
what piety is aud true theology than fifty OF
the most experienced ministers in the church.
With them the opinion Of all the professors
of all our seminaries would not weigh a
feather.
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\ practice is becoming general in SI!e.
sia, of feeding horses with bread, made by
taking equal qua tiles of oat and rye meal
mixing it with leaven or yeast, and adding
ouc.hird Of the quantity ofboled potatoes
To each horse is given II lbs per day. IN
rations of Abs. each The bread IS cut
into small pieces, and mixed with little
moistened cut straw. 1t is stated by this
mans there is saving, in feeding seven
horses, of 49 bushels of oats in "A days,
while the horses perform their common Ia.
Dor, and are much better in look, health and
disposilion.-London Paper:
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from the Gene sec Farmer.

SURE AND CHEAP WAY TO DESTROY RATS.
Mr.. Tucker,-I was present short time
since, when one neighbor was complaining
to another that the rats were very trouble.
some. The other said lie had got rid OF
his ra without much trouble. Says he'
81 buy hundred small fish hooks for a
.il!ng, and take a snail pine sick and
sigh l. Gas.cn six Or eight hooks 10 1.-THE
points all one way-and put the stick IN the
rats ho!e,so thai when they run mo ihe hole
they will rub against the hooks--thc hooks
will catch into the skin, and with little ex-
eltion they clear the hooks from the
stick. and 60 of, squealing, with the hooks
fast in The skin, and few rats so hooked
vii give warning to others, and they will
soon all disappear. Try it, and you will
not be disappointed.
RAwsoN HARMON. Jr.
Wheatland, May II, 1887.
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its always being perfectly dry, while flour
is often very damp, and Of course =, loses
much Of It's weight in evaporatlon. Inns Is
an object worthy the consideration OF hous'
keepers, and we are glad to see SO many
have already introduced lis economy IN tneir
domestic concern. Those who have tired
it in this way give 1t their entire aPproba-
ti0n
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A RLESSING ON TILE DANCE.

Again was Elizabeth arrayed in the sarb
of fasor and ready for the amusement OF
the ball. room. As she stood at the glass,
placing the last rose amidst her clustering
looks, she hastily turned round and said to
no, .Whv. wHa. makes voY 'ook 50 sad !