Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-12-26
CHI fireman.
MONTPELIER VT,
Wednesday Morning, December &c, 1865
Book Notice

Book Notice.
HOUSEHOLD READING: Selections from the
opgregationalist, from 1s49, to 1865. Bos-
ton Galen James & Co.
This is neatly printed and bound octave
v olume of 500 pages, consaing selections from
the Congregation alist newspaper. l. contains
narratives, biographical sketches, poetry, |
children'e stories. aud religious literary and
devotional articles by the bsss contributors t.
the eiigious press of the country. We no
sce among the writers tn namss of Prof Park,
Rev. j. S. G. Abb,.t, Rev. John Todd, Gail
Hamilton, Rsv P. II. White. Rev. a. H.
Quint, Rev. j. P. Thompson, Rev Leonard
bacon. Rev. E. NJ. Kirk, G. e. Coffin, e. Carrie
ton " of the Boston Jomnat) Lucy Larcom,
Rev. ]. E. Rankin, ani many others well
known in the literary AMI religious world.
More than one hundred ditieFen. writers con-
tribute to its pages, assing all sorts Of top
lce In a fresh and readable style.
We copy one of Gail Hamiitons articles,
char acieristioally racy and pointed.
TUE ONE THING NEEDFUL.
The religion that the world is dying Tor is
not a treasure, valued and cherished, indeed,
but cherished under glass case, In the best
room, carefully busted, aud visible only on
da,s of high festival. Wa want religion
that 10 an atmosphere. wrapping us about,
sbove and below, going down into the lungs
in deep-dtawn inspirations, to purity and ct
ergizs, fIterlng into the blood to tlat and
auicken, spreading out In the skin 70 protect
| and adotu, piercing nOisome cellars TO diepel
the noxious death-dealing vapors, mounting
into the parlors and bedrooms, and kitchens,
10 keen them sweet and healthful, permeatlng
and inter penetrating all things SAVIOR OF
| life unto life.
We want a.religion that sofsens the step,
and tones the voice to melody, and nils the eye
with sunshine. and checks toe impatient ex-
clam alton and the harsh rebuke,-a religion
that is polite, deterential TO superlors, cour-
teous to interiors, and conslderate TO friends,
-areligion that goes into the family, snd keeps
she husband from beng 81 tefui wnen the
dinner il late, and keeps he dinner from be-
Inp late; keeps the wife from tretting when
the husband tracks the newly washed door
with his muddy boots, and makes the husband
mindful OF the scraper and the door-mat
keeps the mother patient when the baoy Ii
cross and keeps the baby pleasant; amuses
the children as we'll as instruct. them wins a.
we'll as governs cares for the servants besides
paving them promptly projects the money
moon into the harvestmoon. and makes INK
happy hours like the Eastern hg tree, bearing
IN lts bosom al once the beauty 0f the seL
der blossom ard the glory of the ripeped fruit
Ia religion that looks after the apprente
in the shop. and the clerk In the store, anC
the student 10 the office, with f.sheriy carr
/ and mOtheriT love setting the solitary II
fam Ines introducing them 20 pleasant ant
wholesome society, that their lonely teet u 3.
nos be led into semplasIOn ioTgVlng occ ;
sional lapses while striving to prevent them
, | and to supply, 81 far as may b., the place
the natural guardians, by vigilance that at
= tracts without annoying
q We want religion that interposes en-
! tinually between the rats and guilies an
rocks OF the highway OF lite and the ssn
, slt,ye souls that are travelling over them
Al we wan, religion that hears heavily
? not only o. the - exceeding snfulness of sin,
nut on the exceeding rascailty o! lying an
stealing "A religion shat banishes short meas
ures rom the counters, small baskets IRON tn
n stalls, pebbles from the cottoE-bags, clay iron
o paper, sand from sugar, chickory tfoE
i coffee, otter from butter, beetJulce fror
= vinegar. alum from bread, strychnIne fror
a wine water from milk-clus, and buttons iroI
: the coatrlbusioa-box. The religion that Is
q save the world VII not pu: all The big straw
p berries at the top, and all the bad ones at to
4 bottom. Ii will sell ralsins on stems, lnstea
q OF stems without raIsins. IL wiil not OTIS
5 more baskets of foreign wines than the vln'
n ward ever produced bottles, and more barre
: II Ge1esec -four than all she wheat-helos {
n New York grow and al her mills grind.
> will not make one halt OF pair OF shoes {
is good leather, and the other poor leather, :
?, that the frs. shall rebound TO the maker
no n
the shoes have been promised on Ihursda
morning, will it les Thursday morning spl
out TIL Saturday night. 1t will nos "
Jouviu's ttamp on jenkins : KID gloves,
make Paris bonnets Ia the back room OF
- Boston miiiiner's shop, nor le5 piece
= veIve: that profesSes - measure twelve yar'
come 10 an untimsly end in the tenth, or
. spcoi OF sewing slik that vouchss for twen'
a yards ne nipped IN the bud at fourteen al
!, half, nor tae cotton-thread spool break
=: the yardstick fifty of the two hundred yag
= Of promise that was given to the eye, n
:; vard-w ide cloth measure less than thirty-s
inches besweea selyages nor ali-wool delaln
. and all-liuen handkerchiefs be anna gamat'
: with clapdestine cotton, nor coats made OF 0
WOODEN rags pressed together be sold Il L
= unsuspscting public for legal broade!ot
:. f. does not PIT bricks at nve dollars +
- thousand into chimnsys which 1t contracts
to build OF seven dollar materials, nor sInu
. gle white pine into floors that have ps
!, for hard pine, nor leave yawning cracks
closets where boards ought TO JOIN. nor da'
. ceilings that ought 10 be smoothly plastere
- nor make windo w-blInds with Stats that ca
rot stand the wind ard paint that cam
:, stand the sun, and fastenings that may
- looked a., bat are, on no account, to be toucht
[. does not send the little boy, who b
~ come for the daily quArs OF mix, Into t
~ bavnyard TO see the calf, and seize the c
> porsunity 10 skim eff the cream, nor does
=. surround stale butter with fresh, and {
y, the whole for good, nor pass eff the slac
baked bread upon the stable-boy, nor di
:; the pepper, nor :" deacon - the apples.
- does nos put cotton gathering-threads II
the skirt, 10 succumb on the slightest provo'
-, ton, nor content itself with fastening seams
- the beginning and the end, trusting to Pro
" dence for tbs security OF the insermedis
"a stages.
nd Inc feiisioh 'u"' 40 w oa"J o ~
In pays It's oeoss- ~ Noe' "
with little or no prospects OF repayme
=. but conceaiing or glossing over the fact.
-; does not consider that forty cents return
r. r. for one buodred cents gwen is according
Gospel, though it may be according 70 la
.. Ii looks upon a man who has failed 10 ira
D and who continues to live ln luxury, al
thief IL looks upon a man who promises
-, pay fifty dollars on demand, with Intere
80 and who negects to pay it on demand "
~ or without interest liar.
ons Debate i'm the Senate.
ing SUFFRAGE AND RECONSTRUCTION.