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supposed we are warranted in using the language
of the service in the charitable hope that regener
alton does actually take place, without pretending
to affirm it absolutely of all or any.
But the answer given in the CatechiSm is fatal
to this view, for there the person speaks of bap-
tism, wherein I ,oas made member of Christ the
child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom Of
heaven" Dr. Andrews we'll remarks" What
can charity have to do with the chds posittoe Gt-
irmatjon in the Catechism, made in the past tense
of what ,oaS actually done for him in baptism 2
This once popular view seems little accounted of
at present. y
The three views on this subject that yet remain
will next be noticed which will prepare the way
for such special remarks as may be called for
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Richmond, Va, Wednesday. Feb. %, 1870.

Rap ADvERTIsING.-TheC Central Pres
6yterian is now the only Presbyterian paper
published within the bounds of the Synod of
Virginia. Having far larger circulation
throughout its churches than any other, it
offers a valuable medium for advertising
While carefully excluding all of an Objec
tionable character, it viii insert others suited
to the nature of the paper, upon reasonable
terms. See published rates on 4th page.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW for January, 1870,
through the Leonard Scott Publishing Company,
l4O Fulton street, New York. Contents:
l. Mr. Froude's History of Queen Elizabeth.
3 Geological Theory in Britain. g. Memoirs OF
General Won Brandt. f. Sir Charles Adderley on
Colonial Policy. s. John Calvin in Church and
State. 6. London Topography and Streetnomen
clature. l. Veitch's Memoir of Sir William Ham
ilton s. The Prechristian Cross. 9. The Irish
Land Question.
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Illness of Rev. Dr. Smyth-The South. Western
Presbyterian, New Orleans) of the 18th, contains
the following intelligence which will be read with
much concern throughout our Church
I'VE learn, through private letter, that the
Rev. Dr. Smytb, of Charleston, S. c., is again
stricken with paralysis. The attack, though Sc,
we're, has not deprived him OF the use OF his intel
"all is peace within. The Church is unable to
contemplate the removal of so tried and faithful a
laborer, without grief May the sweetest consola
tons of the Gospel be his who has so often and
tenderly ministered them to Others"
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
To the Pastors, Stated Supplies and Churches
of Holston PreSbytery.

Brethren, you will see from the statement OF
Dr. Baird, the Secretary Of the Assembly, Edu-
cational Committee, that the collections have tai
len short $4,000 of meeting the demands that are
upon the Committee. The fact that the time APP
pointed by the General Assembly for taking up
these collections has past, renders it probable that
it will not be attended to, out of time, by those
who are delinquent, unless their special attention
be called to the subject Comparatively few of our
churches have as yet sent collections through their
committee for this object. Permit me in behalf of
your committee to urge these churches that have
not yet contributed, to do so at an early day
When the reports come up to the Presbytery in
April, let there be no blanks in the columns head
ed Education. When this shall be so of all the
columns in our reports, bright day will have
dawned upon US. If we are poor and cannot give
much, we can give little. and God can work with
small capital as well as with large one, when we
have done our duty. The harvest is great, the
laborers are few and the solemn command, go
into all the world and preach the Gospel to every
creature" rests with divine authority upon every
blood-redeemed soul living upon earth.
In view of these responsibilities we urge that an
opportunity be afforded in every one of our congre-
cations, of giving to this object. If all cannot
give $40, none are too poor to give 10 cents. See
to it, brethren, that we do not shame ourselves by
sending up blank blank, BLANK in our report to
the General Assembly, and worse still, incur the
displeasure of the Master.
In behalf of the Committee on Education.
j. d. TADLoCK.
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
To The Churches of Roanoke Presbytery.

Allow me to remind you that the season tor con-
tributons to the cause of Publication commences
with the LIST of March,
A special effort will be made to increase the
capital of the Committee to $50 600. This, in
connection with the necessary current expenses
will require an average contribution of thirtytwo
cents per member throughout the Church To re-
alize this much larger Gberaty will be needed on
the part of those who do contribute, for many do
not contribute at all j. B. SHEARER,
Cor Member of Committee of Publication.
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Prayer for our Youth.-We would remind
our readers that Thursday is the day appoint
ed by our last General Assembly las a day
of prayer for the outpouriUg of the Holy Spirit
upon the youth of our churches and Of our insttu-
lions of learning, and for Gods blessing upon the
the cause Of Education. "
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The GALAXY for March. New York: Sheldon
& Co., Nos. 49S and 500, Broadway Contents
l. Put Yourself in His Place. q At Cam
bridge University 8. An Editors Tales. 4. The
Lost Bird s. Letters from Havana. 6. The
Prince of Wales 7. Ten Years in Rome. s.
Medusa. g. Hand to Hand. 10. The Clowns
Real Pigling. IL. GlimpSes into Portrait Gal
lery. u. The Galaxy Miscellany. Is. Drift
Wood a. Literature and Art. l5 Nebul@.
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Our Missionaries in Brazil.-W,

Our Missionaries in Brazil-We have letters
from Campinas, of as late date as January l4th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton and Mr. Lane we're very
well, and busy in their Missionary work The
services at the American settlements were con.
tinued with encouraging attendance. Most of the
Southern settlers are doing well, and have good
crops OF cotton and corn, and the coffee trees were
bearing beautifully.
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L1ppNCorr's MAGAZINE for March. Content

LIPPINCoTrs MAGAZINE for March. Contents
l. The Vicar of Bullhampton. 2. Give me
Pin and I'll Show you Show" 3. Jim Lane
4. The Coming Revolution in England 5. The
Stranger OF Nahant. 6. Dreams. 7. Villainous
Saltpetre. s. Marble Faun-ing. 9. The Vau-
doux in St. Domingo. 10. Concerning Shelly.
H. To-Day. u. Errors of the Press. 10. The
Forger's Bridge. II. Government and the Gold
Premium Is. Our Monthly Gossip. 16. Liter
ature of the Day.
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Judge Lewis COllins.-An appropriate notice
of this good man, whose death recently occurred
at Maysvile, KY, has been received, but too late
for Insertion this week
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OUR MONTHLY. A Religious Literary Maya
zine for the Family. The second number of this
Monthly is received. 1t is published at Cincin-
natl, and is under Presbyterian auspices. Price
So The list of contributors is ample and able,
and taking the present number as a specimen it
promises to be a useful periodical. Among the
articles is one on Presbyterian Principles by DIR.
John Hall, of New York, and one on German
Historical Criticism by Dr. Robert Patterson, Of
Chicago.
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PRIEST AND NUN.-The publishers state that
in five months they have sold ten thousand copies
of this work, written by Mrs. j. McNair Wright,
of Pomeroy Ohio.
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be ,oOrked if the church officers will devote to it
1.-THE of the skill, energy and systematic effort, they
give to their secular BUSINESS. ZACCHEUs.
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The SOUTHERN PLANTER AND FARMER Feb
ruary, 1870 Charles B. Williams Editor and
Proprietor, Richmond, Va.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10
Grave 1Otte.

The Richmond (va.) Dispatch thus
comments upon the battle of Gravelotte
as reported to the New York Tribune !:
No man can read this account without
having his estimate of the courage and
intrepedity of both French and Prussians
greatly elevated. The French, as being
the belligerent at greatest disadvan-
tage, will excite especial admiration
for the bravery, consistency, and militia
~ skill with which they maintained their
ground and conducted the battle against
the odds of two to one, which was still
further increased by the arrival of a
great army under Steinmetz towards
the latter part Of the days struggle.
How the Fronch and those who sympa-
thize with them must deplore from the
bottom of their hearts the mismanage-
ment which reduced such heroism, such
unfaltering courage, aud undying bra
very, amidst the dreadful scene Of car
mage for SO many hours, to the vain eff
fort to retrieve fortunes that were lost as
it were by default. The grand achieve
ment of the day on the French side
seems to have been the successful and
orderly retreat to second line, and
the renewal of the fight therefrom with
unabated ardor and effect.
The French army of Bazaine at Grave
lette has vindicated the French honor
and fame. 1t fought as the French did
under Napoleon the First. True, the
desperate charges which distinguished
the great mans battles seem not to have
been made at Gravelotte. We suppose it
was not practicable. But such cannonad-
ing. with such fearful havoc, we sup
pose, has rarely been known in the his
tory Of war. ~
ID The fate Of the day evidently was
doubtful until night closed in, and it
was settled at last by reinforcements un-
der Steinmetz, who. without the knoAl-
edge Of the King, Won Moltke, or Bis
marck, came in, like Bluchsr at Water
loo, to turn the tide of war.
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How FrsamcesNas Been Swindled
From the journal of Commerce..

from the Journal OF Commerce..
1t is related of the Czar Nichola:
that, shortly after the Crimean war broke
out, he was strolling through an ord
nance yard at Sebastopol, surveying with
pride the pyramids of cannon balls piled
up there, when lie idly chanced to strike
one of them with his walking. stick. 1t
gave back strange. dull sound An
| examination revealed that it was made
of wood, and the same exaggerated
wooden nutmeg imposture had been
practiced by the contractor in supply
| ing all the balls there slowed away
Following up this clew the Gear as
certained that jobbing and fraud per
vaded all departments OF the army SER
| vice, and that, except on paper his em.
pire was in no condition to contend with
the allied powers.
Napoleon's army and military equip
ments and provisions are not as deficient
and delusiye as those OF Nicholas but
they fall far short Of what he and the
world expected them to be. We ones.
ton, in the first place, whether the active
army was anything like 100000 strong.
We have never been able to figure up
more than $50, 200 or 275,00O regular
french troops in the advance on Prus.
sa and We believe that the actual emu
mera,ion OF the men at his command
was the principle reason that induced
Napoleon to stand On the defensive in.
stead of attempting the invasion Of
Prussia. somebody-or some military
ring-has been deceivipg the Emperor
and getting rich out OF the rations and
supplies Of paper army. Then. too, the
reserve of 100000 men, which were sup
posed to be capable Of taking the field
at short notice, why have they not been
available to reinforce the regular army
more promptly Because, we venture
to say, the War Department was unable
to furnish muskets of any description,
to say nothing Of Chassepots, equip
ments and uniforms. More than year
ago we read the statement France had
over a million of Chassepots in her ar
senals and the Government fabrics
were said to be still turning them out.
But Immediately after McMahon's de-
teat, complaints began to be rife that
France was short not only of Chasse-
pos but of arms of every kind. The
French commissariat is worse. if posi-
BILE, than any other branch of the SER
vice, if we may believe tithe Of state
ments made by correspondents. Nc
Mahon's army was represented to be o.
most starving for some days, ard that,
too, in region in easy communication
with the capital. All those deficiencies
and weaknesses in the French army dis
closed by the light of events, astonish
those who believe that, since 1866
France has been making unremitting
efforts for war with Prussia. Either
she had no serious intention of fighting
Prussia in all that time. or the Emperor
Jas been grossly duped by his favorites,
who have deluded him into the belief
that France was prepared " to confront
every eventuality' to quote from his
speech to the bodies OF State, January Is,
1869, and have profted by his credulity
to amaSS fortuneS
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Prussia READY Two YEARS AGO
Two years ago a distinguished Ameri-
can soldier Gen. McClelland I? called
upon Gen. Won Moltke at the War
Office in Berlin, wherehe found the great
Prussian strategist poring over his maps
of the Rhine frontier. "H you will
permit me, Gen. Won Moltke,' said our
friend, /" ] should like to ask you an i'm
pertinent question, which you must an.
swer or not as You think best" Lay.
ing his hand upon the open map with
significant gesture, he inquired Are
you ready Z" Yes,' was the answer
.'only we cannot in case Of war with
France hope for such good fortune as
attended US in the campaign against
Austria. The great difficulty is that
our King cannot be persuaded to declare
war, and thus give us the benefit Of the
initiative. vs."-lArmy and Navy Journal
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

A party of young men were telling
what they would do if they were ship
wrecked, Ear out upon the sea, and left
buffeting with the waves, without a
plank to sustain them Each one gave
his opinion excepting Paddy Murphy,
who. after being asked for his, replied
"Bad cess to ye for a cowardly Set of
spalpeens; you'd all be after sasin'
yourselves and not trying to save anoth-
er. Why. it's Paddy Murphy that
would swim ashore and save himself,
and thin cum back and thry to save
anuther."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

The congregation of a we'll known
church in the South Of Scotland has re-
Gently had under discussion the quss-
ton Of the proper attitude in prayer.
James NJ, rather character in
the town, being asked by a lady of the
congregation if he wanted to conform to
the recommendation of the minister that
all should knesl, replied very emphati-
cally, Never bit will / kheel. The
Bible says, watch and pray and hoo
can everybody watch on their knees,
Wi their even steek it? Ma, ma; I'll
just stand an glover about me, as I
hae aye Dune"
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Redemption of the Muttlafed d
Bank PapeFss l 4ss

Says a Washington special Of the
oath:
81 Under the rules of the United
States Treasury all riutilated bank
notes are redeemed according to the
degree of mut.lation.. A note with a
certain portion Of its superficial service
tornoff is never redeemed at it's foil
value, but in proportion to the quantity
of superficial service presented for re-
demption. Since greenbacks were in
troduced the redemption division Of the
Treasury has been constantly engaged
in redeeming this mutiiated currency,
and an account of the discount has beeu
kept, which shows an aggregate up 10
the present date of$ls6,O93, which tl,e
government has thus saved, all of which
has, Of course. come outo the pockets IL
the holders
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

Punchinello has sketch of Whit
tiers barefoot Boy New York
gamin, who is watching pertly gentle
man on the edge of the lake in Central
Park, and soliloquiziug as follows:
30 Golly! What shame for that
old cuss to chuck the stump Of his cigar
into the lake, stead Of droppin' it where
a fellow could pick it upm
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

An editor of one of the New York
magazines lately sent back his tailor's
bill accompanied by a neatly printed
slip informing the tailor that his MS.
was :" respectfully declined" Force of
habit. The mistake was not discover
ed until the next day. The tailor dis.
covered it. t.s--aar a.s...aaas.
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An old couple in Cambridge, Mass,
quarrelled, and the man took a watch
he gave his wife at their marriage and
sold it in Boston. She then stole his
false teeth while he slept and kept them
till he brought the watch back. Draw
game --- ----- 49,
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Johnny was watching his mother
wreathing her head with the lovely
orange bloom of our Louisiana gardens.
''Oh, ma p he said, "how sweet that
is! You just look as if pa was dead.
and you were going to be married over
again
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

A prudent man advised his drunken
servant to put by his money for rainy
day. In a few weeks the master IN
quired how much of his wages he had
saved Faith, none at all,' said he
ait rained yesterday and it all went"
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A Scotchman who had put up at an
inn was asked in the morning how he
slept. ''Ah, mon,'' replied Donald,
" nae vera we'll either, but was muckle
better off than the bugs, for del one
O them CLOSED an e'e the hale night"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

A juryman was asked whether lIe had
been charged By the jndge: Well
said he, "the little fellow that sits up in
the pulpit and stares at the crowd,
gave us a lecture, but | don't know
whether be charges anything OF not
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A New England old maid, who re-
Gently went to Nevada, writes home
that she already has "a husband and a
pair Of twins, and hasn't really got &C.
quainted there yet;''
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THE HUMORISTS' COLUMN
A little nonsense now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men.

In the life of every woman there sre
two grand epochs at which she is willing
to tell her age-when she is sixteen and
when she is one hundred louisville
Courier Journal.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

Teacher, in loud tones; .Whaa in
your name T. Boy, in q weak voice :.
''Jchnny Wells, SIR" How old are
you, John Wellsf" Twelve years
old, sir" "Naw, John tell me who
made this grand and glorious universe ?''
7" Don't know, sir.p What. twelve
years old and don't know who made
this noble sphere James Smith, 90
and cut me whip." The binch is
brought and hald ever the trembliag
boy. In thaadering tones the nigid
disciplinarian demanded, Now, tell
me who made this great world we live
in ~ In fearful voice Johnny an
swered: 81 did, sir, bat won't do
ID again."
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spurgeon. the well-known London
preacher. occasionally gets off good
thing A report OF q late sermon de-
livered by him contains a sentence
which will be as much appreciated here
as In England. "Brethren," said
Spurgson, eff God had referred The
ark to Committee ON Naval Affairs,
in my opinion it would pot have been
huiIt vet, -
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A California paper finds it necessary
to explain that the peculiar taste of the
water in an Alameda well was caused
by the presence Of six dead cats. Its
medicinal virtues had previously been
highly praised. -@ ~:.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

A lady wished seat in crowded
hall. A handsome gentleman gave her
chair. You are jewel" she said.
"Oh no I'm jeweler; have just Set
the iawel'
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

Bridget, in reply to remark of her
mistress, who said that she had put too
much garlic in the omelets, replied that
she did SO that it would not taste 80
strongly of the eggs, which were bad.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

Disease and pills, when they enter
mans body, are. like two lawyers
when they undertake to settle his
affairs they compromise the matter by
laying out the patient. ~~ -ta ~-.-
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

"How pretty the girls look, " whisper
ed young gentleman in church San
day "they look like flock of tropical
birds" " Yes" answered Old Bees
wax, "they are birds-birds OF pYay.'
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

The Chinese only pay their physi-
clans when they are in perfect hsaith /;
as soon as they get sick the pay Of the
.doctur ceases. and ii is. therefore. for his
interest 10 cure them as quickly a. pos.
sibIe.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

Ona child being told that he must
be broken of a bad habit, he naively re-
piled :-'' Papa, hadn't better be mem
ded p
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

Two. certificates of death Id the San
Francisco coroner's Office read: Dsd
from rapture of ths4hsad," and 6uHro CO
ted from eating poison"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-09-10

A Young gentleman of Buffalo went
to serenade his lady-love the other
night, and while in the act of singing
the first verse of the beautiful ballad.
"I'm dreaming, love, of thee" was sud.
denly awakened by the contents of
a tub of cold water from a third story
window. He didn't continue the song,