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INSURANCE.
STATEMENT g
M Of the condition of the.
Home Insurance Company,

OF NEW YORK,
On the first day of December D. 1856. made I'd the &c
NAME AND LOCATION.
The name of this Company IL The Home insurance
Company, incorporated in 1858. aud ioca'eu In IN
City of New f>lk
o. CAPITAL.
The Capital of said Company actually paid up in
The SUI plus on the ls day of Dec 1884, i54s sss %
Total amount of Capital and Surplus, So SAG 93s 20
ASSETS:
Amount of Cash in Continental Bank N Y S75 sal 20
Amount OF Cash in hands of agents. and
course of transmission, (estimatedl 2O0.34I go
Amount OF unincumbered real esta.e No -
4 Wall street, -r-4-- sl-+as1aA e 'f7 az I9n M
Au'tof ). Registered ard
Coupon stock 1881, mkt val 2O4 $1,000
Amt Of ~: s. Bonds, $40 Eaihruo
marketable 1900, 450Ol
Amt of u s. Certificates --'''''''
Of Indebtedness ' $3.50 90
Amount o Missouri Bonds
per cent, market value IL 10000 EailEra
Amount OF N Carolina Bonds 4saol
6per cent, market value 5000 90
Amount of tennessee Bonds
per cent, mark ct value IL 200 90 q Ec-s5c
Amount of Ohio per cent, uFlh y % 4at
market value ls.Ak -A 10. 90 ItIl4 tt III
Amount of Lii uois per cent,
market value ss- y arrs 10000 90 -ar ---7
Amount OF Rhode Island 6 $50
per cent ma ket value $4,000
Amount ofCalifornap Bonds ssss-i-sslsa-7q
7 per cent, market va ne 100000
Amount of uoanecIic ctate- 8f9NUak
Bonds, market valus 102 500 90
fEs5ass, market value 90. 5000 al
Amo-nt of Que5ns County
oonds, market value - 100000
Amount of RichmondCounty
bond, markel va ue r. 23,760 90
q opntOf Brook ynCityWa- 41E4 III,
ter bonds market value, ll,s5OO0 All, 1852 On
Amount of bank otocks, liz $50 90
amount ofioaueon bo dsand mortgages Ia TIA
being first lien of rel ordea unn UNI
OOO rate of interest and Ter cent, 1.ooe.s42 so
Amount of leans on stocks and bonds,
payable on demand, the market v iue .g-s.a
ofsecufi les pledged at least $2I6 0t0 229, 1872 so
ing apparatus Ssl5s 80
sued at Off Q y - II sos %
on inland Navigation isk, &c, n,es7 50
(estimated) As 900 o.
s3.6sO,5Oa "a
LIABILITIES.
Amount Of losses adjusted and due and ~
unpaid is4 lt.Fe 1i f91 20 Nome
Amount oflosses incurred andin process '- ,s
Ofadjasiment ~ ~. va,.o,sF, see.2l4 s5
Amount OF losses reported on which no s4D
action his been taken, 1850 90
Company 21,l4O 90
unpaid N' ~ : = i - 'ss. 100 90
Amount ofdividends either cash or scrip,
declared mt yet due None.
amount Of money borrowed tsnnee None.
Amount of all other existing claims g.
gainstt the company sgN M&as None.
rataI ME- iossae c1airs II; b;i;tae soe seA or
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Cure Of Catarrk of Ten Years Standing.
81, Mr.. WILLIAN DosHBLLY corner of Dexter
and streets, South Bo ton. do certify that my
daughter has been suffering fr, m Catarrh for the
past ten years. She lost the sens of snel and had
NO passage through her nostrils during that time
Every remedy was resorted to, without receiving
aay relief. Seeing Mrs. III. g Browns Me Apply 81
cal Discovery advertised concluded TO try It. AZ
ter doing SO. must acknowledge my gratitude to
God for inclining me to tais eat remedy for that
dreadful disease-CatarIh. believe my daughter
never would have been cured had not found this
medicine. 1t must have been sent of God o the
people to rid them ofthe horrible diseases that take
holu of them. My daughters CatarFh Is eAIirely
broken no. her sense OF smell has returned the pas
the Metaphysical Discovery to all who suffer from
Catarrh. u - .nnstea D5E tff Ia
2 si9ai ~ iaa7 Neuralgia. a. 7f hraa
Certificate of Mrs. J. p. LrToH, of Charlestown.-
s..ai yeas oaN March l6, 1854.
Thsis TO earthly that nine months ago 1 was at.
tackled with Neuralgia in I'll most violent FORM
Several physicians were applied to. who did alltney
could to relieve me but to no purpose. Every pa
tent me dcine and remedy that conla be found we're
applied without effect My face was poul,i and
bandaged in order to find relief Since the Neural.
In this state friend Of mine recommended me TO
try Mrs. IA. G Browns Metaphysical discovery. as
1t had cured friend of his of very bad es which
had bafied the skill of the most eminent ply scians
Consequently went to Mrs. q. Browns Office
and obtained her Aetaphyeical Discovery, on sat.
urday the 10th inst applied at four O'Clock In
the afternoon. The result was that; Neuralgia sub
without any poultices before aud at the time OF
giving this certificate, he 2lst inst. consider my.
self delivered of my diseose, and recommend the
Metaphy steal Discovery to all who are suffering
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FOR SALE.
A TWO story Store, n aar Falmouth Depot. form.
N erly occupied by T. Merrill Co Enonire Of
the subscriber. REUBEN MERRITT
deci6d3m*
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THE unders gned ishing to ch,nge his place
l. of residence, will sell his Shop Furnf nre
st ek SC lbet took is new anu Q, mplete in all it,
desartmenfs Ths stand is ne OF the best in PORT
land beink suited to Family and Country rade' -
Apply at l45 Congress street. ~ -. ODD
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CHILDREAls COLUMN.


Do YOU know what Redee ner is 1t is
one who helps another out OF any trouble, or
difficulty, or punishment, By paying the penalty
10 his stead.
Some little children once had pet lamb.
They, had taken care of it since il WIS very
small; il ran after them, and playeiwith them,
aud ate from their hands ButOne nloruing,
when their lessons were done, a0d they ran as
usual u play with "Snowy," as they called it
it was So white--they s,w before the door a
large ouIh-looking boy dragging the little
white lamb by rope around its neck.
"What are you going to do with Snowy p
exclaime the children, running up to HIM;
''that's our lamb
at wont d, You mach good, now you have
found her, reckon, sid, the ely. There S
my master; lie bought her this morning, and
am going to take her u the.slaugAter house
now"
TO the saughter-housc KJ our Snowy
you sh ~; d. it e. cried Rim With crimson
sheal aal spsrkling Eyes, 5L' S4fhs Hthsr
children broke out into loud exclam atoms, put
ting their arms around Snowy, and one Of the
bows trying to snatch the rope out of the lads
hlnl Just then gentleman CAME by, and
asle what all that noise was about.
at Is our Lamb, sir" snd Ralph, half
choke with trying not to cry. cit was stolen
from Us last eight: an Pm sure he's going to
kill it,"
The butcher explained that it had been sold
to him.
"Oh, nonsense p said the gentleman; ''thero,
there, children, stop crying; the lamb sha Mt
be killed this time Give then the rope, Bill.
I'll pay. your master what he gave for the
lamb
The butcher did not like giving up the lamb
at all at first, but the gentlemtn Insisted upon
his doing 50; and, paying him out OF his own
purse, told the children TO take charge OF the
lamb
How glad those children were then how
they hug5ed poor Snowy, who hal been in 50
much danger, and thanked the gentleman for
his kindness Now this was redemption
poor Snowy could not save herself, and the
children, dearly as they Lowell her, could not
save her. for they had not money enough to pay
the price. But the gentleman paid the money,
and redeemed the little lamb from death, and
the children from the sorrow of losing her.
Ny child, you, too, are lost, and in danger of
perishing e.emaIly if you do not love jesus, as
much as this little lamb was in danger OF being
killed; aud if Jesus hal not pitied us and re-
deemed US, We must all have persisted. The
apostle says we were Fsold under sio,' as this
little lamb had been sold to the butcher by the
wicked man who stole it; but Christ had COM
passion on Us, and plid the price Of orr r.
demption, not with silver or gold, but with His
own precious blood
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DR.. TAomGs Fuller.

OCCUPYING CONFEDERATE CrIgs.-At one
period, during the war Of the revolution the
british occupied all the cities Of the struggling
colonies. What did Washington think Of that?
81 am convinced, he wrote, ''thatth enemy,
long ere this, are perfectly satisfied tha. the
possession of our towns, while we have al army
in the field will avail them little. It involves
uq in difficulties, but does not, by any means,
insure conquest to them. They well know that
it IS our arms, not dsfenceoss towns, which
they have TO subdue before they can arrive at
the hagea Of their wishes, and that, till this is
accomplished, the sUperstructuro they have been
endeavoring to raise, like the baseless fabric
Of vision falls to nothing"
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or even bcterl
Luke HIPS. Matt u: 40.
9 How did she receive this addressl
w., 90

Luke HIPS. Matt u: 40.
9 How did she receive this addressl
Verse %.
10 How did the Angel quiet her fears and re-
lieyo her perplexiy?
Verses 80, "a
H. To what prophecies of the Old Testament
does the language OF the Angel conform
Isa 7: II 8: CT 2 Sam. Z: l6. Psalm SO:
81, %, 35, 81 Dan. 7: II, 81. Amos Q: IL.
- Why was the name Jesus given?
Matt. |: 81.
10. Has the promise that Jesus should be
King, been ful6led2
Acts 2: SO, So Eph. /: 20, %. Phil. 3: 8,
Ii Rev. IL: Is. 10: lG ] Cor. Is: 25.
ii How could Jesns be the son Of David and
Son of the Highest?
Rom. l: 3.
Is. In what does the Kingdom of Jesus Christ
differ from that Of D.yid2
Jdhu is: IS, 81. Gal. 8: IS Luke II; 81.
Rom IA: H.
lG How is this Kingdom to be promotedl
Matt %; 10, 20. John Is: 81, last clause
MatO6 It.,
II Rles MaGg's replv,in verse 4 evince IN
belietl
THE question relates to the mod. by which the prom
se should be accomplished, not to the fael promised
IS. Is there any other similar representation of
the action Of Divine powerl
Gen. l. ,.
10. Is Jesus rightly called the "Son of GOD"
only in respect Of his miraculous birth?
Pisa. ?: T. Heb. 2; 6, 8, Q, &c.
90 How did the Angel strengthen Mary's faith?
Verse SO.
81. On what other occasion is the assurance of
Gods power giyenl
Luke Is: 81. Gen Is: Il
% How did Mary express her acquiescencel
Verse So
80. Il a full submission to Gods will our duty
at all timea
? Sam I: %. Psa. 1l9: 80. Matt. G. 10.
81: 80, with l Cor. II: /.
% With what motives did Mary probably visit
Eizabethl
With view of mutual congratuation and
for confirming her own faith:
rs. To what tribes were cities in the Chill
country of JUDAH assgned7
Josh. 2l 9-ll
SO. Is the language of Elizabeth to be received
as inspiredl
Verse Al, latter clause.
81 What state of mind is indicated by her
speaking in loud voice?
Luke 10: 81. II; l5 2Chron. 30: 49, Ezra
10: -.
% Was the blessing pronounced by Elizabeth
a cause of benefit to Maryl
James g. Is. Psa Jas: 10
%. Was her language calculated to confirm
Mary's faithl
Verse IS.
80. To what other songs of praise is Marys
similar?
l Sam ?: Ito, and Psa. "a: I-6.
81. Does Mary's language justify belief in her
natural holiness?
Verse IS.
%. Does she asctibe her happy condition to
her own.worth
Verses 46, II.
80 Where do we find confirmation of the
sentiment in verse so?
Deut. 7: g.
81 What great principle of Gods government
is stated in verses 81 and 52l
35 What memorable Illustration is furnished!
: Chrea. 80: !, 20
SO What prophecies are referred to in verses
81, So!
Psa 50: 10. Mich. 7: 20. P6a. 9S: 8.
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SELECTIONS.
chow Much Did You Take.o

Hearers of sermons often manifest extraorr
binary liberality; giving away without reserve
all the parts of the sermon that apply specially
to themselves. They are keen'sighted to see
the adaptation. to others, but have no percep-
ton Of their own needs.
"Haven we had fine sermon p said lady
to another in our hearing, while passing out
with the congregation at the close of a recent
Sabbath service.
yes replied the other, 81 think we have;
how much of it did you take?"
The sermon was really good one, upon the
duty aud blessedness of sel-sacrifce in behalf
Of others. The argument was we'll put, the
diction was almost unexceptionable, and there
were passages in the discourse Of genuine olOs
qucnce. Bat the lady who so warmly praised
il was fashionably dressed, accustomed to live
quite at her ease, and, so far as we could learn,
not particularly given to sacrificing her sub
stance or her convenience for the benefit Of
anybody else. Yet she was captivated with the
sermon; it was a slime" one, she thought Che
had been interested; she had been entertained +;
perhaps she would have said she had been edi.
fed; but, while we remained within hearing,
she had not framed a reply to the question
''HOw much did you take OF IT." We do not
know that she replied at all.
Yet after all, thia is the test question as to
true appreciation OF sermon. What ayails
it that we praise the discourse, while meyer
'taking' it. to the heart and the home for prac,
tice The rhetoric, the illustrations, the elo-
cution, all so Sine may be as raIueless and
win to such a nearer as the spreading Of 30
MANY ueacOcks' feathers "Jael brought forth
butter in a lordly dish" but if the dish were
all the attraction, it might as well have been
empty. But how often The sermon Is eulogized
and the preacher mplmented perhaps to his
own hurt. and with no manner Of profit to the
hearer? So it was in Ezekiels day, and so,
very probably, it will continue to be: "Lo,
thou art unto them as very lovely song of one
that hath pleasant voice and can play well on
an instrument; for they hear t words, but
they DO them not" GLOW much did you take
of it ?" is the question that remains after all
the pleasant compliments.
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The ARABS PRooF.-A Frenchman who
had won high rank among men of science,
yet who denied the God VII is the Author Of
ell science, wls crossing tho great Sahara IN
company with an Arab guide, Re noticed
with a sheer that, at certain times, his guide,
whatever obstacles might arise, put them all
aside, and, kneeing on the burning sands, call
ed on his God.
Day after day passed, and still the Arab
never failed, till at last one evening the phil
osopher, when he rose from his knees, asked
him, with a contenpuous smile, Chow do you
know there is Godl" The guide fixed his
burning eye on the scofer for moment in
wonder, aud then said, solennly, Glow do 1
knov there is God How did know that
man, and not camel, passed my hut last night
in the darkness? Was it not by the print of
his foot in the sand Even 81" aud he point
ed to the sun, whose last rays were flashing
over tn lonely desert, that footprint Is not
that Of a man"
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For TIE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
The victory Of Christ and His Saints
over the world.

''Be of good cheer! have overcome the world
JouS xvi 80.
4 precious word Of encouragement to us
weary soldiers in this warfare with the world
4 word from One who was Himselsa soldier
aud couqueror, the captain of our salvation +!
A word from Him who conquers for US and in
US As Christ was, so are we in this world.
AS lie fought, we fight; as He conquered, We
conquer. We are one with Him, and In Him.
His conflict is our conflict His victory is our
victory. This is the victory that oyercometh
the world, even our faith, which unites us to
HIM, aud gives us q common lot and destiny
with him. aye are Of God, little children, and
have overcome them; because greater is He
that is in You, than he that is in the world. -
Il John iv: l..
How then did Christ overcome the world :
Not by force, not by using the arms and re-
sources of the world. His kingdom was 'not Of
this world" as He testified at the bar Of Pom
thus PLATE, the representative Of the proudest
and mghiiest empire Of the world, else would
His servants have fought for Him with sword
and spear. Nor did he summon to his aid
those twelve legions of angels who waited upon
his command, any one OF whom could in an in
slant have slain all the invincible legions Of
Rome But He oyercame:
BY His to timoEy to the truth. This was his
good confession before PLATE. "Thou ssycst
that am a king To this end was born, aud
for this cause came I into the world, that l
should bear witness unto the truth The cou-
fict il between the truth Of God and the lie Of
the world, or the world which is lie; between
God in Christ who is the Truth, and the Devil
who is liar and murderer from the begin
mug, the prince Of this world. With what
might did this truth overcome the world, in
Jerusalem, in Ephesus, in Rome So also, do
we overcome, if We are "ot the truth" if we
are born again BY it, if we live in it, aud it live
in US, if we are moulded by 1t, if the spirit
Of the truth speak IN us, aud through US 10
the world. Thereby is the world convinced Of
ain, Of righteouBneB5 and judgment. It's unbe-
lief of the truth ID shown 10 be- and acknowl
edged by itself to be- the root and essence of it's
wickedness; the glorious righteousness Of Him
who is the faith, is yindicaed; the prince of
this world, the iar-murderer Is judged and con-
demued and cast out. We ourselves, who are,
by nature, "of the world are first conquered
aud led captive by the truth, and then share in
the triumphs we contribute to adOrr. The
truth conquers us, in order to make US .tree.-
il ohm viii: 81
2. Chriot overcame the world by 0sakneSS,
syEs4irg ard SNGst 1t might have been asked,
how could he overcome by his testimony to the
truth, when that very te0tim0ny brought Hin
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to an ignominious deaihl But this very death
was his victory. 90 the depth of the riches,
both Of the wisdom and knowledge of GodsP
Gods might is ''the invinciblc might of weak
ness He conquers by being conquered, ard
Stays by being slain The contest was between
the truth in Christ, and the lie in the jewish
council and the Jewish people. Christ was
slain But whose was the victory Let the
present couditiop of Christianity and judaism
answer that question. If Cmist had Welded 10
the malice of the Jews, and denied the truth,
and thereby saved himself from the cruel and
shameful death of the cross the victory would
have been theirs. His spirit would have been
broken aud conquered. But he did not yield,
and his spirit was the conauerOE, though his
body was broken. The Jews themselves ae,
kuowed.ea this, when they sealed his tomb
with such care, and when they talked Of the
necessity of something being done TO prevent
''this mans blood from being brought upon
them. Their guilty cousciences filed then
with slaylsh terror, when they remembered the
freedom of the erect, bold aud manly spirit,
which their malice, by the power of the
mightiest government ever known amongst me
could not subdue
50 beloved, wnt 1t be with US, if we should
be called t. testify, even unto blood, against the
world. The noble army Of martyrs is an irwin
chile army. The spirit is the man, and till
that is broken. tyranny has done nothing Its
mortal tabernacle of clay may be destroyed,
but itself is not touched, unles it can be in
Inundated or seduced by denial Of its own
sacred convictions Of truth and right, to abdi-
cate its dignity as witness for God. The soul
can not be murdered, but it may commit suicide.
The mightiest tyranny on earth cannot cross It's
threshold with its own consent. II may with
slavish cowardioe, throw open its gates to its
enemies; hut if it refuses thus to be traitor
t. itself it remains impregnable as the throne
Of God For greater ia he that is in it, than he
(be he who he may, man or devil) that is in the
world. Therefore, ''Be Of good cheer" weary
wrestlers for truth and right againss lies and
might! Victory is sure; for Christ has died,
yea, rather, is risen again, and is seated at the
right hand Of God, whence he will come, in due
time, to cast into the abyss "wbatsoeyer loveth
and maketh a lie -
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KEY TO RIBLE QUESTIONS.

MIRACLES OF OUR SAVIOUR CONTINUED
Q l.-Ans.-Capernaum, Matt IL: 1924.
Q. 2-Ans. Eleven. NobIemau's son, John
4: 46. Demoniac, Mark /; 81 Luke 4;
81 s. PETERS wife's mother, Matt. 8: II.
Matt l: %. Luke L. So. 4. Paralytic,
Mathew 0: 2 Mark 2: 8. Luke 5: II.
5. Withercd hand, Matt. ~ 10. Mark 8: l.
Luke 6: g. Genmrion's servant, Matt 8:
5. Luke 7. l. T. Jairus' daughter, Matt.
8: Is. Mark 5: % Luke g. 4. 8. Diseased
woman Matt. 8: 20, sc. 9 Two blind men,
Matt 8. 27. 10. Dumb demoDiac, Matt. 9:
1888. | / Matt II: 24-27. Tribute money.
q. 3-Aus john 4; As.
Q. 4-Aus-John s. l.
o. 5-Ans.-John 8: Id:
z. 6-Aus.-Matt 81: Is. Mark II: -.
0 7-Aus.-Matt 20: % Mark 10: 4G Luke
Is: 50.
Q-8 -Ans.-Luke 10: 10.
Q. 9-Aus-Luke ii: l-6.
Q. l0-Ans-Mark s: %.
Q. Il-Ans.-Mark 7:-3l.
D. l2-Aus-John Is: 6, and Luke .: 81
Q. 9-Aus-Mott. 81: Is. 81: 81 and 50
John 20 81.
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To KEEP YOUNG No surer DESTROYER Of
youth, Of youths privileges and powe ana
delights, than yielding the spirit TO The empire
Of III tnu1per pqd selfshnes4 We should all
be cautious, az we igance in life, Of allowing
occasional sorrowfu experience to oversaadow
our perception Of the .epOnderancc Of good
Faith in good is at once its own rectiule aud
reward. To believe good, truly aud trustluly,
is the healthiest of humanity's condition. To
take events cheerfully, and promote the happi-
ness of others, is tn way to insure the enduring
spring of existence. Content AMI kndliness
are the sof! vernal showers and fostering sunny
warmth that keep mans nature and being
fresh and green. "Lo-d, keep my existence
fresh. and green, would be no less wise
payer than tue one 50 beautifully recorded re-
specting mans memory Ii we would leave
a gracious memo-y b :hni us there il no way
better to secure it than By living graciously.
4 cheerful AMI benign temper, that buds forth
pleasant blossoms and bears sweet fruit for
those who live within its influence, is sure to
produce an uudying growth Of green rcmem-
brances that shall fou-ish Immortality after the
present stock il decayed and gone.
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PoRrRAITs IN a SINGLE SrRoKE.-CccPs
saying of Cir Walter Raleigh, 81 know that be
can toll terribly ia an electric touch. So are
Clarendon'y portraits-of Hampton; "who was
of an industry and vigilance not to be tired
out or wearied by the most laborioua, and of
parts not to be imposed on by the most subtle
and sharp, and of personal courage equal to
his best parts,''-of Falkland; "who was SO
severe an adorer of truth, that he could as
easily have given himself leave to steal, as to
dissemble"
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LAzINEss IN BIBLE READING.-Lord dis
cover an arrant lazuess in my soul For when
l am to read a chapter in the Bible, before
begin it [ Look where it cudeth; aud if it end
eth not on the same side, cannot keep my
hands from turning over the leaf, to measure
the length thereof on the other side; if It swells
to many verses, l begin to grudge. Surely,
my heart is not rightly affected. Were I truly
hungry after heavenly food, would not COM
plain of meat. Scourge, Lord, this laziness out
of my soul Make the reading of thy Word
not penance but pleasure unto ne. Teach
me that as among many heaps of gold, all being
equally pure that is the best which lie the big
gest, so may esteem that chapter in thy Word
the best which is the longest.
DR.. TomGs Fuller.