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Sin and the Saviour.

l feel, when | have sinned, an immediate
reluctance to 20 to Christ I am ashamed
to 20. I feel as if it would do no good to
go-as if it were making Christ a minister
of sin to go straight from swine-trough to
the best robe-and a thousand other excuses;
but 1 am persuaded they are all lies from
hell. John argues the opposite way: eff
any man sin, we have an Advocate with the
Father" Jer ii. l. And thousand other
scriptures are against it. am sure. there
is neither peace nor safety from deeper sin
but in going directly to the Lord Jesus
Christ. This is Gods way of peace and
holiness. 1t is folly to the world and the
beclouded heart, but it Is the way. l must
never think sin too small to need i'm
mediate application of the blood of Christ.
If put away good conscience, concerning
faith, l make shipwreck. / must never
think my sin too aggravated, too presump-
tuous-as when down on my knees, or in
preaching, or by dying bed, or during
dangerous ilness-to hinder me from fleeing
to Christ. The weight of my sins should
act like the weight of clock-the heavier
it is, it makes it go the faster.-McC Cheyns.
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
A BURIED TALENT.
CORRESPONDENT.

Among the many that lie buried and
awaiting the day Of accOunts,I will here re-
fer to one only. How many of our ministers
of the Gospel-how many of our laymen
are there, who mever try to do good through
the public press!
1 know of few men, not by any means
more gifted than thousands of their fellows
men not offce-b bearers in the church, who
have been doing incalculable good by watch
ing opportunities to give "a word in season"
to some one or more of the political press.
A judicious remark, briefly set down concern
ing some passing event, or on some senti-
ment which had previously appeared in the
paper-in these and other ways they watch
for opportunities to exert good influence
upon society. A vast deal might be done to
improve the moral tone of the secular jour
mails of the country, if good people were
more disposed to use the talent now ''laid up
in napkin
Again, how many there are who never
seek the columns of religious newspaper as
means of doing good. We have reason to
be thankful that our religious journals are so
ably conducted. Our editors are hard work
ing men, and deserve all commentator.
The instruction and qualification derived
from those who are faithfully trying to edify
the Church by writing for them, should be
fully acknowledged. But the number is too
small; we should have greater variety. Why
cannot this be supplied? In the Synod of
Virginia alone Il take that merely for the
sake of an example, there are three-score
and ten ministers, at least, every one of
whom might write for the Central Presbyte-
riam ten articles year, each from ten inches
to column in length. But if they would
give only five, of condensed, pointed thoug ght,
it would be plenty.
Why cannot this be effected? | see
nothing in the way, except the unwilling
ness to take the trouble. But can the
Church afford to lose this great means Of
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Small MArcies.

We went the other day to see very old
lady. She was eighty-eight years old. She
lived in small room, all by herself, and she
had small fire and small kettles, and
small pantry, and little round table, and
little teapot. Everything was on small
scale, to suit her small strength and her
small means. She was very glad to see us.
care you not lonely sometimes" p. we asked.
"Oh no, she answered in cheerful tone;
"the Lord Jesus is always with me; and he
is the best society, you know"
"We inquired about her nights; did she
sleep well?"
"'Yes,' she said; but she arose early, at
five o'clock, or thereabouts. We expressed
our surprise. well, my Saviour, you know,
arose great while before day to pray, and
1 find it so sweet to follow his example; and
when the moon shines, and l don't have to
| light light, have such beautiful times;'
and her aged face shone, / thought, some
thing as Moses did when he came down
from talking to God on the mount.
She bustled about and showed US her old
Bible, and the quilts she made seventy years
ago, and related in lively style the way
things used to be in her day.
81 suppose you think great deal of
+booa old fiynao - ua said ~
eyes, she answered. eyes; but l think
great deal more of those good times to
come"
"You have many mercies; goodness and
mercy seem to crown.your days."
"Yes, yes," she exclaimed, "and count
it one of my great mercies that | can turs
ovsr IN my bed"
Oh, 1 thought, how easy it is for the
thankful heart to find occasion for thankful
ness.
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Trust in Jesus.

A Doctor who was once visiting Chris
tian patient, had himself been anxious TO feel
that he was at peace with God-the Spirit
of God had convinced him of sin and need
and he longed to possess "that peace which
the world cannot give" On this occasion,
addressing himself to the sick one, he said:
81 want you just to tell me what it is, this
believing and getting happiness faith in
Jesus and all that sort of thing that brings
peace" His patient replied: "Doctor, [
have felt that l could do nothing, and l have
put my case in your hand-I am trusting in
you. This is exactly what every poor sinner
must do in the Lord Jesus" This reply
greatly awakened the doctors surprise, and
new light broke in on his soul. els that
ALL he exclaimed, ''simply trusting in the
Lord Jesus? | see it as | never did before.
He has done the work" Yes, Jesus said on
the cross, sit is finished" and "whosoever
believeth in Him shall not perish, but have
everlasting life" From that sick bed the
doctor went happy man-rejoicing that
his sins were washed away in the blood Of
the Lamb.
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Interesting Facts about our Colleges.

The Young Mems Christian Association
of Washington College recently appointed
a committee to communicate with the Col
leges and Theological Seminaries in the
United States with the object of gathering
statistics in regard to the religious element
found therein. They addressed circulars
to 300 such institutions, and the result was
submitted at the meeting held in the College
chapel the 24th ult., the last Thursday in the
month. A condensed synopsis of the report
as then made, forward you as being worthy
a place in the columns of the Central Pres
byterian. One hundred and four responded
to the circulars sent, giving the following ex-
hibit:
Instructors in these 1O4, S76; 739, or
over "a per cent, being professors of reli-
gion. In these institutions are II, ,498 stu
dents, 1864, nearly A per cent. are pro-
Tossing Christians. Of this number, 1904 are
preparing for Theological Seminaries, and
927 have already entered upon theological
course, making total of 2431; of whom
1O1 expect to occupy foreign field. From
46 colleges in the eleven Southern States
the following facts were elected, presented
here in tabular form:
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A WORD FITLY SPoKEN.-Job Throgmor-
ton, Puritan minister, who was described
by his contemporaries "as being as holy and
as choice preacher as any in England" is
said to have lived thirty-seven years without
any comfortable assurance as to his spiritual
condition. When dying, he addressed the
venerable John Dodd, "What will you say
of him who is going out of the world, and
can find no comfort?'
"What will you say of him. replied Mr..
Dodd, "who, when he was going out of the
world, found no comfort, but cried, "My
God my God why hast thou forsaken me?'
This prompt reply administered consola-
ton to the troubled spirit of his dying
friend, who departed within an hour after,
rejoicing in the Lord.
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this world." But we see the world through
mist, the effect of which is always to mag
Nifty the objects looked at; while eternal
things appear to be at SO great distance,
that we hardly see them at all; and therefore
they make but little impression on our minds,
and produce little or no influence on our
conduct.
Why an all-wise and benevolent Creator
should have thought proper thus to present
all objects to our view, "throagh glass
darky," is one Of the many divine dispense
lions for which we are unable to account.
But this we know, that men who are thus
viewing objects, whether of this world or the
next, do neglect the latter and pursue the
former as if their salvation depended on its
attainments. L.
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A Few Words to Those Who Have tho Caro-
of Souls.

A venerable father in the distant West,
who has been preaching the gospel for more
than fifty years sends us the following ex-
tract from Bonar, accompanying it with the
remark: st has administered keen reproof
to myself for my barrenness and stupidity.
1t may be profitable to others"
"We haze been untaithful. The fear of
man and the love of his applause have often
made us afraid. We have been unfaithful
to our own souls, to our Aocks, and to our
brethren; unfaithful in the pulpit, in visit
ing, in discipline, and in the church. In the
discharge Of every one of the duties of our
stewardship there has been grievous unfaith-
fulness. Instead of the special particulari-
zation of the sin reproved, there has been
the vague allusion. Instead of the bold re-
proof, there has been the feeble disapproval.
Instead of the answering consistency of
holy life whose uniform tenor should be
protest against the world, and rebuke of
sin, there has been such an amount of un.
faithfulness in our walk and conversation,
in our daily department and intercourse with
others; that any degree of unfaithfulness
we have been enabled to manifest on the
Lords day, is almost neutralized by the
want of circumspection which our weekday.
life exhibits.
"Few men ever lived life so busy and
devoted to God, as Usher, Archbishop of
Armagh. His learning, habits of business,
station, friends, all contributed to keep his
hands every moment full; and then his was
soul that seemed continually to hear
voice saying: Redeem the time, for the
days are evil. Early, too, did he begin;
for at the age of ten years he was hopefully
converted by sermon preached on Rom.
xii: l; Il beseech you, therefore, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies
living sacrifice" He was painstaking,
laborious preacher of the word for fifty-6ve
years.
"Yet hear him on his death bed! How
he clings to Christs Righteousness alone,
and sees in himself, even after such life,
only sin and want. The last words he was
heard to utter were about one o'clock in the
afternoon, and these were uttered in loud
voice: But, Lord, IN special forgive me
ma SINS of omission. 1t was omissions, says
his biographer, he begged forgiveness Of with
his most fervent last breath he who was
never known to omit an hour, but who EN-.
ployed the shred ends of his life for his Lord
and Master! The very day he took his last
sickness, he rose up from writing one of his
great works; and went out to visit sick
woman, to whom he spoke SO ftly and fully,
that you would have taken him to have
spoken of heaven before he came there
Yet this man was oppressed with sense Of
his omissions
Reader, what think you of yourself;
your undone duties; your unimproved hours;
times or prayer omitted; your shrinking
from unpleasant work, and putting it on
others; your being content to sit under your
vine and fig tree without using all efforts
for the souls of others? Oh sins of omiS-
sion Lord, in special forgive me my sins
of omission. ;"
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In the Institute there is Young Mems
Christian Association, and they have a daily
prayer meeting
The religious services in Washington Col
lege consist, in addition to daily prayers,
of chapel service, Sabbath, A. NJ, attended
by President Lee and some four professors,
and about so students; and Sunday P. M.
prayer meeting. Most of the students in
the College and the Military Institute attend
public worship in the various churches in the
village. F..
Lexington, Va., March, 1869.
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In THE BEGINNING of the 18th century, a
revival of spiritual religion began in the
University of Halle, and such was its power
and result, that Prof. Tholuck says more
ministers were given to the church in Ger
many in forty years than she had in all her
previous history.
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A ScorcH PREACHER being sent to oficiate

A ScoToH PREACHER being sent to oficiate
one Sunday at country parish, was accom-
modated at night in the nanse, in very
diminutive closet, instead of the usual best
bedroom. He said, starting back in amaze
ment: "Deed, ay, sir, this is the prophets
chamber" cit maun be for the minor pro-
phets, then," was the reply.
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Would We do our Heavenly Father JUS
tice, we must look on Calvary as well as on
Eden.
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If THE doctrne.of salvation by grace alone
lays me down, it is but to lift me up. 1t
throws me on the ground, that, like Antaus,
the giant of fable, l may rise stronger than
| fell.
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We HAVE no faith in terror dissOciated
from tenderness. We trust more to the pro-
cess of drawing than driving men to Jesus.
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*Of the institutions reporting above, four are
Theological Seminaries two in Virginia, and two in
South Carolina.
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WASHINGTON, Lex. 3 GEORGETOWE 3. 3


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CHANGE OF TIME-TO TAKE EFFECT
MONDAY, December q, 1868
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, December
~ Il, 1868, and until further notice, passen-
ger trains will run between Washington ana
Alexandria as follows
THKOUGa MAIL TRAINS.
LEAVE WASuINGTON--B u ODepOt GO
a. M; B. & 0. Depot for Manassas and Harris
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA, Duke and
Henry streets. from Manassas r. r., 2:37 p m;
Corner Duke and Henry streets, from Lynch
burg, Geo p. m. ......,..,., ,-,,..-
LEAVE WASHINGTON-Maryland avcn-
ue Depot-7:G0, 9l5 and ll:l5 q, m, and l:31,
Leave ALEXhEDRIA-C ornerD1keand
Henry streets, ut 400 p. m, and from the cor
ST. Asaph and King sts. AZ $50, 500 and 1913
g. m, and 1890, 2:3j and $40 p. m.
~ Trains leaving Baltimore and ONO De-
pot at S:j5 3. IN. connect with Orange, a exam
dra and Manassas passenger train az II Asaph
Junction for all points on the line Of that road
between Manassas junction and Harrlsonburg.
Trains leaving St. Asaph and King streets NJ
235 p. IN. connect at ~. As&pb 3UctIoh YIN ~
train from Manassas and Harrisonburg at &l3
p. M, arriving at Baltimore i Ohio Depot at
3.20 n IN aud in time for .. m. trSin Tor Bal
timore. o. A. STEVENS, Gen. Sup't.
w j. PHI ELPS, Gen. Manager
SUNDAY TRAINS-Local passenger trains
will be run between Washington and AleXan-
dria on Sundays during the close Of the riverto
navigation, as follows: Leave Alexandria at
and 1915 a. H., and 2:3) p. m, returning leave
Washington Mt 9:l5 and HIS q. m, and 430
and 7:30 D. IN. dee rs
THE RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND Pc
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Sunday p. m excepted, from the wharf foot of
Seventh street, at 700 q. m, and I p. m, stop
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at Aqua Creek with the Richmond, Freder-
icksburg and Potomac Railroad with elegant
cars, supplied with elegant sleeping chairs on
all its trains. Through tickets and baggage
checks to all points South.
Both boats stop ut Alexandria going and re-
turning. SAMUEL RUTH,
Supt of transportation.
j. B. GENTRY, General Ticket agent,
my 13-tf Richmond, Va.
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Gs- Roofing Guttering and Spouting done
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THE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY s.

AFFAIRS IN THE ''MoRMoN EMPIRE. "A
letter in the Chicago Times from Salt Lake
City says;
eve have a new feature here in sign boards
by Divine command, so it Is said ha 1u
saint who keeps store must have sisu W
which the faithful will know where 20 'iaee
and they are forbidden, under penalty " pei ti
cut off from the Church tand conseq9enty
never seeing Paradise) iron. deanns win any
Others The signs are: Holiness 70 tile Lore,
in arch, with the ALI seeing Eye 10 the eentfe,
Zion 8 Mercantile Institution. am sorry 10
say that some of the outsiders, or 'Gentles,
very irreyently call them bull s-eye shops
and am still more sorry to state that even
some Mormons, not having the fear OF Brigham
before their eyes, will quietly slip into Gen
tile shop to make some purchases particularly
if they know they can save at least thirty per
cent. when they are in duty bound to pay that
extra for the sake of building UP Zion. There
are mines of gold, silver. copper, and lead
within forty miles Of this place, that, were they
located five hundred miles away, In some al
most inaccessible wilderness, would have rush
for them from all parts OF the world: L have
spent several days in some OF the mining dls-
tricts, and am surprised that there is not more
done in them, with the facilities they have
northwest of the city, will see camp OF i've
hundred menin the spring There are rich
placer diggings of very fine gold, from the
finest dust UP to nuggets one ounce each, be-.
sides lodges of gold and silver quartz, very rich,
and copper aud lead ores which will yield over
fifty per cent in weight of either | under
stand that company which means business
has been organizing lately in Chicago, and has
secured several lodges, and viii proceed to de,
velop and work them. [ will only say that
there cannot help being large fortune IN store
for them for, if mines can be worked success,
fully anywhere, it must be there. The splendid
deposits of galena and silver ore, also, OF Cot,
tonwood canon" are bound to be mlnts OF
wealth to those who are not afraid to risk
dollar. Wood is in abundance; there is water
power of the best kind every mile OF the length
of the canon; labor is plenty, and every facility
exists for work on any kind of a scale. 1t may
be asked, why have these silver mines been so
long neglected? The laws'-that is the Nor
mon Chureh-prohibit mining among its mem
bers, and they are bound to discourage 1t In
every possible way, and outsiders have not
dared to take hold of it; but, thanks to clvlll-
cation and railroads and the press, that time is
gone by entirely"
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