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Golden Text.

How constantly our Master used the title
the "Son Of Mani If he had chosen, he
might always spoken of himself as the Son
Of God, the Everlasting Father, the Won
derful, the Counselor, the Prince of Peace,
but behold the lowliness of Jesus! He pre-
fers to call himself the Son of man. Let us
learn lesson Of humanity from our Sa-
viour let us never court great titles nor
proud degrees. There is here, however, a
far sweeter thought Jesus loved manhood
so much that he delighted to honor it (; and
it is high honor, and indeed the greatest
dignity of manhood, that Jesus is the Son
of man, he is wont to display this name,
that he may, as it WERE hang royal stars
upon the breast of manhood, and show
forth the love of God to Abraham's seed.
Son of Man! Whenever he said that word
he shed halo round the head of Adams
children. Yet there is, perhaps, more
precious thought still. Jesus Christ called
himself the Son of man to express his one
ness and sympathy with his people. He
thus reminds US that he is one whom we
may approach without fear. As mar, we
may take to him all our griefs and troubles,
for he knows them by experience; in that
he himself hath suffered as the "Son of
man." he is able to succor and comfort us.
All hail, thou blessed Jesus Inasmuch as
thou art evermore using the sweet name
which acknowledges that thou art brother
and near kinsman, it is to us dear tok-
EN- of thy grace, thy humility, thy love.
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Glorious Scenes.

Glorious was the scene when Enoch was
translated or when Elijah's chariot of fire
and horses of fire appeared in the whirl-
wind and took him to his glory yet more
glorious was the scene, when, surrounded
by His disciples, the risen Saviour slowly
and majestically assembled, by His own
power and glory, before them, while bles-
sing them, and cloud received Him oui
Of their sight. How unspeakably glorious
then, will be that full result of His resur-
rection and ascension, when crowding from
every country, in glorious resurrection
bodies shining as the sun, at one and the
same moment, the myriads and myriads o
His saints, of every age, are all gathered
into his presence, where is fullness ofjoy
and are ever with the Lord.-Bickersteth
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What Liquor-Se ling Does.

1t destroys home comforts, blights hap
piness and hope, wastes millions of Produc-
tive capital; begets poverty, produces pau
Pers necessitates poorhouses, jails, prisons,
fills them to repletion, multiplies taxes,
gluts the courts with criminal cases, sends
multtudes to untimely graves, and to crown
all its mischief, digs down the very pillars
of order and morality on which the struc-
ture Of society rests If such business i,
not an offence against public welfare, what
in the name of reason, is? 1t is the foster
ing parent Of all other crimes. Murder il
its own child; brawls, arson and robbery
are its offspring. Justice requires that i
be branded the Father Of Crimes. The Ii
| quor traffic is more criminal than murder
for it adds to the guilt of murder every 9th
| er crime known to human law. The de
gree of It's criminality is measured by muir
der, multiplied by all other offences agains
| public welfare. lit is not a crime, wha
is it? As prohibitionists, we call it by it
/ true name, a CRIME.
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The Ministry Honorable.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in his letter
read at the recent laying of the corner
stone Of the New Divinity Hall at New
Haven, sets forth in fitting terms thenobil-
ity and attractiveness of the christian min
istry. His admirable and timely words
will be read with interest:
That young men are to such an extent
averting their faces from the christian
ministry, gives an unfavorable impression
Of their manliness. Ammunition of wealth,
of political power, of literary eminence,
may not be disreputable, but to 90 past the
noblest profession of all, fearing its trials,
to take up with secular pursuits, at a time
like this, when the continent from ocean to
ocean asks religious instruction, indicates
a state Of mind much to be deplorcd. Even
fpreaching, today, was accompanied by as
many privations as it was of old, it would
still be the noblest profession of all. No
man never entered heart and soul upon the
work of the christian ministry who was
not thankful all his life long for the choice.
After the vicissitudes of thirty years, the
earliest ten in straits of health and OF
means, and all of them laborious; with a
clear understanding of the honors, emolu-
ments and pleasures of other liberal pro
fessions, would, today, if | were to begin
life again, choose eagerly, irresistibly, the
4 christian ministry. 1t has its burdens, al
/ professions have. 1t has its restraints anc
/ limitations, but not more than other pur
| suits 1t is the freest, the most engaging
the most soul satisfying of all callings, t
those who are of the rightspirit for it. Tht
commerce of the mind is with the mobiles
themes, the business of its life is the mos
benevolent. 1t keeps mans heart related
to his fellows in its most generous moods
Better than all, the crystal vault abov'
ones head is not darkened by such pas
sions as so often send their fuliginous in
fuence into other avocations, and enc ha
a fruition of the coming joys, even while
stranger and pilgrim.
"At the present day the work of tn
ministry demands the services Of ever.
grade of mental endowment. In teaching
in pastoral work, in ten thousand humble
fields, men of good sense and deep heart
edness will find abundant occupation, al
though they are not children of genius
But in dealing with the phases of philo
sophie thought, in bringing religion in it
authority and beauty, above the level Q
jurisprudence, of literature, and of civi
affairs, that to it every knee may bow an,
every tongue confess" -is a work on whicl
men of the noblest parts, fired with trues
genius, may find the noblest opportunitie
for the benefcent exertions of their Who'll
nature ...-.
That which approaches nearest to Go
is the most natural. The ministry of Jesu
Christ is the most intensely natural of al
pursuits. And fervently hope that man
a young man who shall be gathered in tn
goodly company to see the laying of tn
corner stone of the Theological buildin
will be found, when it shall be completed
ready and waiting to occupy its rooms an
to compose its classes"
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Prayer.

Tennyson says: ...r e-fa
'More things are wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let
thy voice
Rise, like fountain for me night and day ;
For what are men better than sheep or goats
That nOurish blind life within the brain,
If, knowing God, they lift not hands of
prayer,
Both for themselves and those that call
them friend?
For so the whole round earth is every way
Bound, by gold chains, about the feet of
God"
The prayers of Moses, and Elijah, and
David, and solomon, and Jonah, and Paul
and thousands of other prophets, and apos-
ties, and saints of God, have been heard !;
and because they prayed, what wonders
were wrought upon the earth! Who knows
but what if you and l pray, as we might
pray, God will work wonders here. If ev-
cry man of GOD prayed with that faith and
passionate earnestness with which he might
pray, the gates of hell would be shaken
and thousands of sinners would beconvert-
ed to God in day. Three thousand men
were converted to God in one day, in an
Gent times, in answer to prayer; God is
ever the same, and the Holy Spirit is the
same; aye, and prayer is the same. Lift
up then your voice. and say unto him who
liveth forever and ever, 80 Lord, revive
Thy work." and surely the work of the
Lord shall be revived amongst US. Awake,
o Lord, and hear Thy peoples prayer :
Arise, 0 God of salvation, and turn sin
ners from their sins Let Thy Holy Spirit
descend and melt their hearts into tender
ness, and inspire their souls with faith in
Christ! Save sinners, 0 Lord Let them
not perish in their sins Clothe Thy min
listers with wOndrous power, and all Thy
churches with righteousness!
Revive Thy work, 0 Lord;
Give Pentecostal showers;
The glory shall be all Thy own,
The blessing, Lord De ours.
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Likeness of the Believer to Christ.

A thoughtful pastor presents this mirror
to his fellow christians:
Every true believer in the Lord Jesus
Christ is more or less like the object OF his
faith.
/. In his own inner being, Or moral char
acter. He is love, as Christ IS The love
Of Christ, that Is, the same love which con-
strains Christ, constrains him. He has the
same meek and lowIy mind which separat-
ed Christ, heayen-wide, from the world
lie has the same unselhshness and deyo-
ton to the good Of others. He has, in his
measure, the same purity and elevation of
| character. From this inward likeness of
the believer to Christ proceeds
,. His outward likeness to him. His life
is not self seeking and worldly. It's ofand
to God. 1t is a consecrated life. 1t Is re-
deemed from selfshness, whether high or
low, mean or large, and is remuneration
Of the world, and conservation to God,
and to the good of others. There is an in
ward, self-consuming passion for doing
good, which prompts ever to life of good
works But not only in doing and being,
but also,
3. In suffering, the believer Is like his
Lord and Master Our Saviour suffered in
saving, we suffer in being saved Jesus
without sin, died for our sins; we, sinful
die to our sins. There is pain IN the cru
cifying Of self, but a pain which brings
holiness, together with its peace and joy
But the christian also suffers as a christian
because he is Christs and not of the world
He suffers reproach for Christ's sake. He
incurs the hatred of wicked men
4. Like Christ the believer is a conquer
or. "Nay, in all these things" says Paul
I'VE are more than conquerors through hin
that loved us" Again, five suffer, W,
shall also reign with him"
Now the likeness to Christ which the be
lever has in these and other respects, h,
has by his personal union with him thro
faith. Because he is one with him he i
like him. Because Christ dwells in hi
heart by faith, he is like him. Hence tn
closer the union, the nearer the likeness
But if the union be by faith, the stronge
and more constant the faith, the closer tn
! union. H. N.
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Comparative Value Of Hay, Corn and
Roots.

An acre of ground retained expressly for
hay, yields on an average not more than
one and one-half tons of vegetable food ;
an equal space planted with carrots or rut-
abagas, will yield from ten to twenty tons,
say fifteen tons, which is by no means a
high average, and has often been attained
without any extraordinary cultivation. 1t
has been ascertained by careful experiment,
that three working horses, fifteen and one
half hands high, consume hay at the rate
Of two hundred pounds per week, or five
tons and one thousand and forty-eight los
per annum. By a repetition of the same
experiment, it was found that an unworked
horse consumed hay at the rate of four and
one-quarter tons per annum.
The produce therefore, of nearly SIX
acres of land is necessary to support a
working horse for one year; but half an
acre of carrots at six hundred bushels pei
acre, with the addition of chopped straw
while the season for feeding them lasts
will do as well, if not better. These things
do not admit of doubt for they have beer
the subject of exact trials, as some of your
agricultural friends can testify.
1t has also been proved that the value O.
one bushel of corn, together with the fod
der upon which it grew, viii keep horse
in good working order for week. Al
acre planted with corn and yielding sixty
bushels, viii be ample to keep good sizec
horse in working order for one year.
Let the farmer, then, consider whethe
1t IS better to maintain horse on the pro
duce Of half an acre ofrutabagas or carrots
or upon the produce of an acre of corn; or
on the other hand, upon the hay and grain
from six acres of land-for it will requir
six acres of good land to produce the nee
essary hay and grain as above. The sam
reasoning might bemade use of in the feed
/ ING of cattle and sheen.
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There are those who are much troubled
with difficulties in the bible. They can
neither comprehend nor get over these
but supposing friend should write them a
letter containing valuable information, il
in this there CHANGED to be few words il
legibte, would they look first to these, and
spend hour after hour in trying to read
these, while they remained ignorant of the
general contents of the whole? Would they
not rather first seek the leading ideas o.
the writer, and by the meaning of thai
which was plainly written, easily interpre
the obscure? So those who read the scrip
lures with desire to know the mind O
God will not be greatly troubled with diff
| ficulties.
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Gardening Profits.

A writer in the Hearth and Home tells
of land in New Jersey that pays the inter
est of SIS 900, and even more. A cultivator
near Monmouth, in this state, realized the
interest of $1,000 on an acre given to as
paragus, and the interest on 81, 900 on one
with grape vines. Another cultivator re-
ceived the interest of 81 900 net on an acre
of blackberries; in one case two and hall
acres of blackberries paid the interest OF
S30. 900.
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At Issue with God.
There was a horrid woe

lnere was nOrrid woe.
l dare not speak its name it was so black.
/ thought saw it hov'ring round my track,
And cried to God with such a frightened cry
AS wild birds raise that see the tempest nigh.
felt it drawing near,
And to escape it strove with desperate strength,
Shrieking for help from God-until at length,
"By this prove Thy TRUTH" madly said l,
"Avert this woe, or faith in Thee shall die.
al claim the promise made
To those that fear and call upon Thy name"
Down, down, with dreadful, stunning weight it
came
As on far vineyards showers volcanic come.
PROSTATE fell, hopeless, and blind, and dumb.
Thus prone for nights and days
could not count them-sleepless did lie,
Bearing alone my voiceless agony;
human face l would not look upon,
And God--there was no God-that cheat had gone.
The ankle out of joint
Trust in loving, faithful God had been.
With sick heart thought that only men
And devils. perhaps-lived in the universe;
Life was farce, or an appalling curse.
"Well," said l, when l spoke,
aft there is naught to hope, there's naught to fear
Since God is not why lie mourning here;
Sin is no sin-away with grief for one
For whose souls sake, fool had given mine
own.
"Up out from here
Go seek for pleasure up and down the earth:
Burdens and crosses ever since my birth
Thou" said hoarsely TO myself, ''hast borne;
Spirit and flesh shall now such burdens scorn."
Thenceforth my orphaned soul
In desolate freedom, seeking still to know
What charm the goddess find to Danish woe,
Went wandering through the world but every
joy
| Seemed made to mock me-every sweet to cloy
Earth was bowling waste
The heavens above me always lowered in gloom
Sick unto death, turned to seek the tomb.
"Why." cried l, "do the nations toll and groan,
| When death can soothe and silence every moan :
Then spake STILL small voice,
| That made me quake the while it held me fast
ais not thy sin and folly almost past;
| Like them Of NASSAU, by the Rock, so thou
Hast tempted God, who pleadeth with thee now
Remember how He pray ed
By whom, with a great price, thy life was won.
| Thy Saviour prayed, Father, Thy will be done
Thou, sinful. blind, beneath the Christening rod
Didst dare rebel -didst dare TO threaten God.
"There was only one way
To save thee from a doom more dark than death
List, thankess child, TO what thy Father saith
in love and fdithessness dealt the blow,
And thou the outcast's fate wilt never know
Return unto thy Rest.
Thou, hungry wanderer. canst not feed on winC
My purchased ones in sin no sweetness find;
Only in Me is peace for whom l choose;
All that are mine l scourge-not one lose"
Swift to its mothers arms,
When she, all day from home, returps at night
Rushes the child, with tears, but with delight
And to the arms Divine even so do l,
With shame and sorrow, love and rapture fly
augusta Moore
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Voices Of Grace

1t is marvellous and beautiful to observe
how various are the voices of free grace
Il am thirsty" says one. Come to the
waters" she cries.
81 am hungry" says another. "Then
eat We that which is good" she says, "and
let your soul delight in fatness."
But 1 am poor and have nothing to buy
with" Come buy wine and milk without
money and without price"
eve are weary" sigh the Iaborers in the
sun beaten fields. Come unto Me, y
breathes her answer like breeze from the
waves, "and l will give you rest"
Cast thy burdens on the Lord, and He
will sustain thee" she whispers to the pill.
grim ready to faint on the highway.
Behold the fountain" she cries to the
guilty; "the fountain opened FOR sin anc
uncleanness."
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Living on a Farm.

How brightly through the mist Of years,
Ny quiet country home appears!
Ny father, busy all the day
In blowing corn or raking hay;
My mother moving with delight
Among her milk pans, silver bright;
We children. just from school set free,
Filling the garden with our glee.
The blood of life was flowing warm
When l was living on farm.
l hear the sweet church-going bell,
As DER the fields its music fell;
1 see the country neighbors round,
Gathering'neatht the pleasant sound
They stop awhile beside the door,
To talk their homely matters Ger
The springing corn, the ripening grain,
And show we need little rain" CO
"a little sun would do no harm,
We want good weather for the farm"
When autumn came, what joy to see
The gathering of the husking-bee,
To hear the voices keeping tune,
Of girls and boys beneath the moon,
To mark the golden corn ears Light,
More golden in the yellow bright
Since have learned the ways of men,
often turn to these again,
And feel life worth its highest charm
When | was living on farm.
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StorinG Potatoes,

( If potatoes are to be stored in cellar.
it must be either naturally dry or made so
by proper drainage. The potatoes ought
also to be dry when put into it--that is
they should lay for an hour or two at least,
after digging, before they are carted to the
cellar 1t makes them cleaner, of course
to knock all the dirt off from them while
picking them up, and keep that which set
ties to the wagon floor from going in with
them but they viii keep better in the biz
if these precautions are not taken, and 1
considerable portion of dry earth is allow
ed to go in with them.
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Rum and Scripture .

Quite a number of liquor dealers in New
York have business cards which have the
following printed on their back;
OLD TEsTAMENT-"Give strong drink
to him that is ready to perish, and wine to
those that be Of heavy heart. Let him
drink and forget his poverty, and remem
Der his misery no more
New TESTAMENT. Drink no Longer
water, but use a little wine for thy stom
ach's sake and thine often infrmities."
Yet a proper construction and applica
ton even of these passages would go ia
toward spelling them for the liquor deal
er's use And then if they would only
add Prov. 20; l, Isaiah ) 4: IL, Heb. ,: Is
&c. But somehow such texts as these fine
no place on their business cards.
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Poultry should be furnished with mate
rial for making egg she'll sand and gravel
alone will not answer. They are useful 10
grind up the coarse grain and other feed
as it passes into the gizzard, but not for
making egg shells. They must have some
thing that affords phosphate of lime, and
nothing is better than pulverized bone.
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Drinkers of champagne who would like
to know all about ''the nectar" will be
pleased to learn that in a recent seizure OF
a champagne mandatory in New jersey
"a State from which we derive large
portion of this precious beverage-the ar
ticles found on hand were four barrels OF
common white wine, one barrel of molas-
ses and one barrel of-vitriol.
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How TO Fatten Chickens.

We make the following extracts from an
article on this subject in the London Cot
tage Gardener.
at is hopeless to attempt to fatten them
while they are at liberty. They must be
put in a proper coop; and this, like most
other poultry appurtenances, need not be
expensive To tatten twelve fowls, coop
may be three feet long, eighteen inches
high, eighteen inches deep, made entirely
of bars. No part solid-neither top, sides,
or bottom. Discretion must be used ac-
cording to the sizes of the chickens put up.
They do not want room; indeed the closer
they are the better-provided they can all
stand up at the same time. Care must
be taken to put up such as have been &C
custOmed to be together, or they will fight.
If one is quarrelsome, it is better to remove
it at once; as like other bad examples, it
soon finds imitators A diseased chicken
should not be put up.
The food should be ground oats; and
may either be put up in trough, or on a
fiat board running along in front of the
coop. 1t may be mixed with water or
milk; the latter is the better 1t should be
well soaked, forming pulp as loose as can
be, provided it does not run off the board,
They must be well fed three or four times
per day--the first time as soon after day
break as may be possible or convenient,
and then at intervals of four hours Each
meal should be as much and no more than
they can eat up clean When they have
done feeding, the board should be wiped
and some gravel may be spread. 1t causes
them to feed and thrive. r7
After fortnight of this treatment, you
will have good fat fowls. If, however,
there are but five or six to fatten, they
must not have so much room as though
! there were twelve. Nothing is easier thar
to allot them the proper space; as it only
necessary to have two or three pieces O
wood to pass between the bars and form {
partition. This may also serve when fowls
are put up at different degrees of fairness
This requires attention, or fowls will no
keep fat and healthy. -
As soon as the fowl is sufficiently fatten
ed, it must be killed; otherwise it will still
get fat, but will lose flesh. If fowls are in
tended for the market, of course they ar,
or may be, fattened at once; but if TO
home consumption, it is better to put then
up at such intervals as will suit the tim
when they will be required for the table.
When the time arrives for killing, wheth
er they are meant for market or otherwise
they should be tasted without food or wa
ter for twelve or fifteen hours. This ena
bles them to be kept for some time, ate
being killed, even in hot weather.
: Many farmers have come to the conclu
i sion that close manure cellars under barn
are not well for the animals, carriages, o
i the hay and grain above. A manure she
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The Mother.

The loss of mother is ALWAYS severely
felt Even though her health may inca
pacitate her from taking any active part
in the care other family, still she is asweet
rallying point, around which affection and
obedience and thousand tender endeav
ors to please concentrate and dreary is the
blank when such point is withdrawn. II
is like that lonely star before us-neithel
its heat or its light are anything to us il
themselves, yet the shepherd would fee
his heart sad if he missed it when he lifts
his eye to the brow of the mountain Owe
which it rises when the sun descends.-
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