St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-02-07
THE CALIFORNIAN.
Sunday Beading.
4 Readable Letter.

make extracts:
An anecdote exhibiting in strong
right the UNSUITABLE complacense of the
natives OF this beautiful city, has just
reached me by way of the Bosphorus,
and it must he confessed that it has an
air of vcli>imilitude rare to a story So
travel-worn. Ii is ON this wise: A
certain old lady, whose Whole life was
founded by East Rock and West Rock,
and the College Green, lay dying. y
friend came in to administer consolation.
You are drawing near your end, and
Mil soon enter upon the bliss OF heaven.
Alter expatialing infinitely upon the joy
which were 50 soon TO be revealed to hei
lie turned cxpectantly toward the good
woman for a response. 1t came at last,
CONSIDERABLY and emphalically "ies
that is all very true-but l can't help
feeling as il I should miss New Haven
priv ilcges :"
Speaking of q Sunday School teachers
institute at New Haven, the writer con-
rlnues
One Of the topics before the recent
session in this city perlained to som,
gu, siions Ct conscience in regard to til,
choice, and the duties of Il Supcrintend-
eut. Mr.. Paldee maintaiued-and who
dare deny that no considerations Oh
mere courtesy, or even personal regard,
should be allowed to prejudice those up
on whom the solemn responsibility rests
OF choosing Superintendent for any
school. As is the Su ,Jerintendcnt SO l.
the school inc, iiablv, and no enthusiasm
Of individual ;ea' hers and scholars can
make Roadway AGAINST an inefficient or
lcthnrgic Superintendent.
Yet well remember that an old dca-
con OF amazing Ignorance, whose STUN
blihg grammar aud rhetoric were the de-
light OF my youthful Sundays Wccccul ,
WAS e!vctcd year after year TO the Office
lie 50 ''maguiird," because, torsuoth.
the old gentleman would feel sighted il
sci aside :"
His qualifications for this or any other
post Of rch .iouS influence may be esti
mated with the help ofths true incident.
He CHANGED. one dav, 10 meet in his pas
tors study a young woman who had
come to say that she hoped she lad en-
tered the way CT life The minister had
not Vet come in. but his good wife and
nangty daughter were present, and bore
witness to the following conversation.
Deacon, LOO. so YOU hope you're Il
Christian, Mis-" Young woman
-"Ycs, sir D. "When did YOU
meet 4 changeY' Y. W.-''Some time
last week, hope" D. "Ies-but
what day ?" Y. W.-"Why, | don't
know as | can fix the exact time" ID.
-(se,ercID What, meet with Il change
like that and not know the very minute
il happened :" TIE young woman hest
Ia!iugly remarked that as near us She
could calculate, it was on Thursday."
Dwell, well, that's better But
how Go YOU feel ," y. WI don't
think | can describe it exactly. There
wasn't any thing to speak of, only | was
glad" D. with horror) '-Such Il
change rs that and nothing to speak of !,
Why. didn't you have any strange feel
ing- about you - Pardon the poor.
ladgere'l, ignorant girl for finally sob
bing ont, 'If remember light did feel
a. if something gave way in my stomach. >
"THu'Sd ! That's Il ~ cried this time
honored deacon and Superintendent de
lightedly, as if the one test of Chris ian
experience had been applied and triumph
anlly met.
Not many years since was privileg-
ed 10 hear an address Del erred to fin {
hundred children by judge of no meal
name and atiainments. lie announced
with suspicious confidence at the begin,
hing that he was about to make himself
inrcllglb!r to the youngest child amt
lowest capacity of his audience, and thi,
Is how he kept his promise "Now my
Young friends what docs each one of YOU
all want I'll tell YOU what each little boy
and girl who hears me wants. You all
want an organic law on a fundamental
basis At this point lost conscious
les, and can report no further, but >o
much is verbatim.
Anolhcr suggestion in regard to sing
mo in our sunday Schools interested me
deeply, viz 4 hymn should never be
snrg by children until its meaning i,
thoroughly understood by them, it being
thou@hitully read, and, if needful, ex.
Planned 10 them hy the Superintendent
y vast amount ofnonSense would be ban.
i-h,d from our singing books were thi,
test to be applied. | venture to take thi,
opportunity 10 call Mr.. Beecher's atten,
ton to typographical absurdi'y in III:
well beloved Plymouth collection.
have heard clergyman read withou
mi,givings, and Il congregation sing will
great junction. a hymn therein cited, be
ginning Let there be light" and contain
tic e,on,o