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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
NOTHING is LOST that is GIVEN TO GOD

l don't like to say given, either, for it
seems to me more like lending on interest,
or laying up in store for ourselves. "Honor
the Lord with thy substance and with the
first fruits of all thine increase; So shall thy
barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses
shall burst out with new wine" Our Mas
ter is not hard master except to those who
know His will and do it Dot. He only re-
quires to be hOnOred by the offer of the first
fruits, 1.-THE of what we possess, and pays
us back manifold for all we give. l heard
not long ago an incident which suggested
these thoughts, and which felt others oug int
to know; it was given me by the gentleman
himself. 1t seems that he lived for some
years after making profession of religion,
in part of the country where there was no
influence of his own denomination, and very
little of any other: consequently, the duty
of lending to the Lord had never been i'm
pressed upon him.
He told me that in all those years, though
he worked hard and economical in every
possible way, yet he made nothing Not only
saw that the little property he had
ads rapidly slipping away,
anew not whittier. He felt that some
thing must be wrong: he removed to another
place, and still matters grew no better
There came time, one of the years of the
war, when his home lay in the border be-
tween the two contending armies, and it
seemed as if every thing he made was to be
swallowed up or destroyed by one or the
other. At length his crops were reduced to
one field Of corn, and even that he feared
was doomed to destruction, as rumor had
reached him of the approach of the enemy.
As he stood looking at it gloomily, he made
a solemn VOW, that half Of what he made on
that field, be 1t much or little, should be given
to the poor. The corn grew, matured, was
gathered, uninjured by man or beast; bet
ter crop he assured me he had never gath
cred from any field in his life, though many
times with his weak faith he had thought it
impossible to save it. He kept his VOW faith
fully, and by the remainder his family were
kept from want. He dates from that time
change in his affairs, and says that he has
ever since found that he proSpers in exact
proportion as he gives to his church, and the
causes it sustains.
And 1 would like to ask, not only of
Christians, but also of those unconyerted
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Nothing is more pleasant to contemplate
than serene, ripe old age, resting on the
veteran like the Indian Summer that smiles
on the departing year. On the other hand,
nothing is sadder to contemplate than him
whose body lives after the mind is gone out;
like the beautiful tree, once the pride of the
forest or of the lawn, which has died at the
top, and stands mere wreck of what it once
was in its glory.
The venerable Adams and Jefferson re-
tanned the full clearness, if not the perennial
vigor of their intellect to the day Of their
death-tht one over eighty, the other ninety
years of age. Others of equal mental endow-
ments have lost their judgment in more than
childishness of mind, having lived for years
like lighthouses without the lamp.
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From The Missionary.
ChoctaW Churches.

The following report on the condition of
the Choctaw churches has been furnished us
for publication by the Rev. Messrs. j. A.
Dickson and j. NJ. Brown, commission ap
pointed by the Synod of Arkansas to visit
those churches. We commend it to the care,
full and serious perusal of all our readers,
but especially to ministers and the students
of our Theological Seminaries. The call to
strengthen the mission there is most urgent
and we trust that it will not be longer un
needed.
Rev. j. Leighton Wilson. d. d.,
Secretary of Foreign Missions:
The undersigned were appointed by the
Synod of Arkansas, at meeting held at
Little Rock, October 8th, 1868, commits
sion to visit the missionary field occupied by
the Indian Presbytery, for the purpose Of
viewing their destitution, ascertaining the
progress the gospel had made among the red
men of the West, and recommending the
policy which in our judgment should be
adopted to save the fruits of past labor and
toll, and carry. forward the good work al
ready far advanced there.
We arrived on missionary ground August
18th, 1869, and entered Immediately on oul
labors, as previously arranged by the breth
ren of that Presbytery. Owing to the vast
extent Of territory over which our churches
and native ministers were scattered, in addi.
tion to the short space of time at our dispo
sal for that work, we were unable to make
that thorough and extensive survey of thai
important field which would enable US to lay
before the Church all the facts desirable in
such report. Yet, my dear brother, We
saw and heard sufficient to powerfully i'm
press us with the conviction that the blessed
gospel, the "savour of life unto life" tt
them that receive it, had done -
things for this too much neg
We found spirit of inqu.
edge of the gospel surprising alie4
and an interest in the messages of life an,
salvation such as should put to the blush
many in more highly favored places whc
have all their life been blessed with gospe
privileges and religious education.
We saw few missionares-men of arden
piety-struggling against fearful odds tc
hold the vantage ground already acquired
there, trembling under burdens and respon
sibilities which ere long will prove too much
for their overtaxed powers.
In the manifest signs of degeneracy il
some places, we saw very plainly the power
of evil in vigorous activity. Satan, ther'
too, has yet seat. Ball-plays, which hat
fallen into much disrepute under the eleva
ting and benign influence of the gospel, ar
becoming frequent in some quarters, becaus
there are none to teach the people, to lift VI
an ensign against these growing evils, ant
lead them in the way of truth and holiness
THE SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF
THE CHoCTAWs.
While much has been done under the in
fuence of missionary labor and the surround
ing example of civilisation and refinement
yet they are far from that elevated Chris
tian social standard to be desired by tn
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The ART OF BEING MIsERABLE.-Kings.
ley says: "If you wish to be miserable, you
must think about yourself; about what you
want, what you like, what respect people
ought to pay you, what people ought to think
of you; and then to you nothing will be
pure. You will spoil everything you touch;
you will make sin and misery for yourself
out of everything God sends you; you will
be as wretched as you choose
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worldly men who have been accustomed from
year to year, from motives best known to
themselves, to contribute regularly to the
causes of religion, do they ever miss what
they give for the privilege of having the
Gospel preached in their midst, or the strag
Cling notes they cast into the basket that
others may enjoy the same?
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get, the same was true of the other tribes
among whom missionary stations have been
planted.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE!
In view of the aforementioned facts, we
believe the hand of Providence very plainly
indicates the policy which our Church should
pursue.
These people want the gospel. 1. has
done an invaluable work in their social and
religious advancement, and more remains to
be done.
The Indians have been so demoralised and
reduced in their material interests by the
late war, that they have not the moral recu-
perative capacity to regain their former
standing without the aid of foreign gospel
ministry.
The Church will inevitably lose its present
foothold, and the most golden opportunity
for advancing the Redeemer's kingdom, and
discharging her high duty in the s,'y.'
I. docs 2,
shis =. 2.
6od IN his pfoyl.eSe >. . a.
this land for missionary labor and zeal at the
very door of our Church, where there are
fields white for the harvest, and every cir
cumstance calls upon us imperatively, "Go
up and possess the land" There are at
least four or five stations among the Choc.
taws which should be supplied, with the
shortest possible delay; this is both expe-
dient and vitally important.
Let us search out amongst US men of ar
dent piety, men who love the Masters SER
vice, men imbued with the spirit of a Paul,
willing to undergo sacrifices, and appoint
them to this.work.
We believe any minister of good ordinary
capacity, who would assiduously devote him
self to the work, could master the language
SO as to be able to preach without an inter.
prefer in the course of two or three years.
Now, dear brother, something must be
done; and the Importance of the work, the
interests of the Church there, and the saliva
tiop of souls, loudly call for immediate ac-
ton.
"Exertions for promoting this work must
not be remitted but must be increased, or
many thousands of the present generation
among these tribes will die without instruc-
ton +; other generations will grow up in fatal
ignorance of God, and mutitudes after mul.
titudes will perish through our negligence"
Then, in the name of the few faithful la
borers left alone to break to these people the
bread of life, in the name of our struggling
Indian churches, in the name and on behalf
of the vast numbers yet living without God
and without hope, we call upon our brethren
in the ministry not to overlook this field or
undervalue its Importance. We call upon
our young men about entering the ministry,
turn not away from the cries of the poor
Indian as he begs for heavens messages of
life and salvation. We call upon the entire
Church, remember the Saviour's imperative
command, $50 disciple all nations" If you
would be imbued with the spirit of Christ,
you must have the missionary spirit; and in
your prayers and benefactions forget not the
claims of the Indian.
Through you, as Secretary of Foreign
Missions, we submit the above report to the
Committee and thence to the entire Church.
Respectfully yours in the bonds of the
gospel of Christ, j. A. DICKSON.
j. NJ. BROWN,
Commission of Synod of Arkansas to In
dian Mission.
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my God "doeth all His pleasure in the ar
mics of heaven, and among the inhabitants
of the earth.
go yes, yes" said the Dr., 81 suppose
God must have converted me from design" ="
$50 I Think" said DR.. K, "for design
distinguishes God from undesigning brutes.
But then, DR.. NJ, whem did God design to
convert your soul? inquired DIR. K. Was
it at particular camp meeting or on some
other particular occasion, when you were for
the first time powerfully wrought upon, that
this gracious design was first awakened in
the divine mind? If so, then God knew
something which He did not know before:
which would prove Him not to be God"
"Well, to tell you the truth, DR.. K,
said DR.. NJ, "my opposition to your views
arises from the fact, that you hold to eternal
election, or design. I do not like II
Of eternal design"
''WelI, well, ssi1 p.
God converted you
very good thing for you?"
go yes, yes, said DR.. M.
"Well, tell me, Dr., are the good things
of God Initiated because they have little
age upon them?" asked DR.. K.
"You are too hard for me, DR.. H." said
DIR. NJ; and he rode away.
The blacksmith, who had been listening
very attentively rose, and said, 81 thank
you, DR.. K, for all 1 have heard; [ am sat
isfed, thoroughly satisfied. You are right,
l have been in the wrong, and [ shall ever
bless God that heard you on last Sabbath,
and for this interview"
DR.. M. and the blacksmith have both
gone where lights shine as they do not here.
The last words l heard from DR.. K. were:
Thank God; "Jesus Christ, the same yester-
day, to-day, and forever" H.
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SHARERs in sin, must expect to- be sharers
in ruin.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-02-16

If THE Lord lead you in a rough way, it
is to keep your heart humble before him.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-02-16

get, the same was true of the other tribes
among whom missionary stations have been
planted.
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hund. ID fifty; again, when the people
were not so sparsely settled, the number was
variously estimated from twelve to fifteen
hundred.
We met representatives from different por.
tions of that destitute land, coming to us with
one united voice." Send US missionaries.
We were afforded the great pleasure of
seeing many come into the sacred enclosure
of the Church of Cod backsliders reclaimed,
and many earnestly and with deep conviction
of sin, inquiring the way to Zion.
Now, the entire force of the Presbyterian
ministry in the vast extent of territory, en-
bracing in the aggregate something more
than twenty thousand Choctaws and Chicka-
saws, numbers only two active ordained min.
listers and one licentate, while multitudes
are calling for the gospel. Can it not be
truly said here, "The harvest is great, but
the laborers are few?p
Such is the condition of the mission; and
the very circumstances call loudly for help.
Such are the earnest solicitations of the church.
es and people, approximately and imploringly
calling to us, as sheep without shepherd
And, from the best information we could
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-04
Let Common Sense Decide.

What is the rational mode of procedure in
cases of general debility and nervous prostra-
ton Does not reason tell us that judiclous
atimulstion is required. To resort to violent
purgaton in such case is as absurd as it would
be to bleed starving man. Yetit is done every
day. Yes this stupid and uRPhilosephical prac-
tiee is continued in the teeth of the great fact
that ply sica, weakness, with all the nervous
disturbances that accompany it, is more GER
tainly and rapidly relieved by Hostetter's Stom.
ach Bitters than by any other medicine at pres
emit known. 1t is true that general debility is
often attended with torpidity or irregularity Of
the bowels, and that this symptom must not be
overlooked. But while the discharge of the
waste matter of the of the system Is xpedited
or regulated, its rigOr must be recruited. The
BittsIs do both. They combine aperient and
aHti-bilious properties, with extraordinary tonic
power. Even viii e removing distractions
from the bowels, they tone and invigOrTte those
organs. Through the stomach, upon which the
great vegetable specific acts directly, il gives
healthy and permanent impetus to every enfee-
bled function. Digestion Is facilitated, the fall
tering circulation regulated, the blood rein
forced with a new accession of the alimentary
principle, the nerves braced and all the dor.
mant powers of the system reused into healthy
action; not spasmOdcally, az would be the case
il mere stimulaut were admins tered, but for
4 continuance. 1t is in this way that such ex.
traordinary changes are wrought in the condi-
ton of the feeble, emaciated and nervous inva-
lids by the use o. this wonderful corrective,
Alternative and tonic. Let common sense decide
between such a preparation and a prostrating
cathartic supplemented by poisonous astrln
gent ike stryChnine or quinia.
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Bran for Mich Cows.

One of our best dairymen in this sec
tion relies mainly on bran rs feed foI
HE cows, and finds it produces the mos
milk. He gives them as much as they
can eat, and wants them TO eat all they
can, rs they return him vastly in
creased value in milk. The quantity fol
o COW must be regulated by experiment
and by sound judgment, avoiding sur
feiting. He gives six or seven quarts
Of bran and two quarts Of Indian mea
for morning feed, hay at noon, and brar
and meal again in the evening.
Bran has alue for milch cows as {
milk producer, Which, is not fully ap
preciated or known, and seems for al
stock but especially neat cattle, to pro
mote health and thrift. On first turn
ing cut to fresh pasture in the spring
succul-nt grass is apt to produce scour
ing. This is often corrected by a feed
once day of bran in connection with
free access always to lump of rock salt
An analysis of brau shows it abounds il
phosphate the element of milk and
bones.-Refect0r
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Tribute OF Respect.

At . special meeting OF Wheeling Lodge No
O. Mp. F. B. A, held at their Lodge Room on
Monday, January 5th, 1870 the following pre-
amble and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the Almighty Dis
poaer of Events TO take awav by death, une1.
oected and in the prime of life, our beloved
brother w. ]. McNash, President Of our Lodge;
therefore be it
Rssolred, That While We submit with resigna
tioa to the will of Divine Providence, by which
our brother officer has been suddenly called
away, we will bow with resignation and will
cherish his memory with respect, and deeply
sympathise with his friends aud trust that they
msy be supported from on High in this their
trying calamity.
ResoIued, That in respect TO the memory OF
our departed brother officer We will wear the
usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolred, That this preamble and resolutions
be placed On the minutes of the Lodge and
printed in the daily papers Of the city, and that
a copy of the same be presented to the relatives
of the deceased by the Secretary.
We also take this method Of returning our
warm and sincere thanks TO the members OF the
s;rand Lodge N. p. +. b. A. Of West Virginia
for the kind manner in which they sssis ted us
in paving the last tribute Of respect to our de-
ceased brother officer.
JACOB SwEITZER,
VIM MORRISON,
JAS. LINCH,
PETER MCCAIN,
VIM III. TOPP.
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In the Matter Of the Probate
of The Last will Of John
meUdeI, deceased.

THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA:
To the Sheriff Of Ohio County.
You are hereby commanded a. summon Anna
Mendel (widewJ, James Campbell and Elizabeth
Campbell his wife, Elijah Challoner and Clara
4. Chellonsr his wife, Eugene Durrett and
Henry Durrett jr infant children of Sarah II.
Ourrett deceased Mary L Aendel. George q.
Mendel John and Curran Mendel, and all other
persons interested, t. appear before me at Hy
Office in the city Of Wheeling, in the County and
state aforesaid, on Thursday, The Sd day Of
February, A. d. 1870, to show cause why Paper
Writing bearing date the 18th day Of DeceIz Ter,
LESS, purporting TO be the Will OF John Meidel,
deceased, offered for probate by Ann Mendel
and Curran hendel, executors, should not be
admitted to record. And have then there this
writ, with your return thereon, stating the
time and manner Of executing the same.
Witness Robert b Woods, Recorder OF Ohle
county aforesaid this Sd day Of January, A. d..
1870. ROBERT d. WOODS,
Recorder q. G.
Il appearing from the return Of the Sheriff Of
Ohio county and from An affidavit filed with me
in nv office that George @. Mendel Elijah Chal.
loner and Clara Z. his wife, and Henry Durrstt,
ir, and Eugene Durrett, infant children OF
Sarah r. Durrett, deceased, are not Inhabitants
Of this State nor found therein, it Is ordered
that they do appear at my office according to
the terms OF the above summons end for the
purpose therein mentioned, and do what shall
Be necessary to protect their interests in the
the said matter. RIB. WOODS,
Recorder o. @.
n. RICHARDSON, Atty. janfoaw4t
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tn. End o, Lord Huber. Aiu.Iey.,

The End OF Lord Hubert Ainsley.'
Prom th6New York Post, December 2s)
Last summer there appeared in this
city young man calling himself Lord
Hubert l.. S. Ainsley. He iDgratisted
himself into fashionable society, dressed
fashionably. gave fine dinners and rode
in an Engl ish dog cart drawn by borse
"bobbedp in q style supposed to be Eng.
lisb, aud at his back was a tiger" In all
the dignity of top boots, gilt buttons
and cockade. With claim to title
and so much appearance of wealth, his
society was courted by some wealthy
persons.
He formed the acquaintance of a
wealthy young lady living on Staten
Island, and soon it became known that
they were engaged to be married. About
this time it was whispered in fashiona-
BILE circles" that the fe low was an i'm
poster, and that no such name as "LoId
Ainsley" appeared in the English Book
of the PeeTage. These rumOrs became
so wide spread and annoying that the
mother of the young lady dispatched a
messenger to England to ascertain
about the autecedents of the man. The
instructions were fully carried ont, and
it was discovered that the person claim
ing TO be lord had been an English
valet to French gentleman ia Paris,
where he had mastered two or three
languages, and learned the ways of
society; that his name was Richard Rad
ford and that his father was the keeper
of stable in London, and that, finally
he was a mere adventuIer and gambler.
Notwithstanding this report, the news.
paper exposures and the scandal which
followed, the young woman cling to the
man and married him.
The resi- is soon told. Ho made q
brief trip to Philadelphia, attracted at
tentlon by the excellence of his dinners,
and then returned to this city, where be
engaged q furnished house on Madison
avenue. For few weeks he followed
up the same style of living, and then
took lodgings in an obscure boarding
house in the same neighborhood. A
day or two ago his wife arose from bed
to find her diamonds, money, watch and
her English lord all gone. On the
sable lay a note saying that he had gone
never to return The wife returned to
her mother on Staten Island, where she
10 said to be lying dangerously i'll OF
brain fever,
1t should be added that this impostor
succeeded in making his way among a
certain kind of wealthy society. in spite
of warnings of the press; that he was
able to persuade the daughter of q
wealthy family to marry him, in spite
of the fact that his pretensious had been
exposed in public as well as in private;
and that long after il was NEST clearly
sscertained that he was an impOster, bis
Invitations to dinners and other festiv-
titles were freely accepted by many per
sons who made pretensions to social
standing.
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Good Cafflc.

The Republic, Springfield, Ohio, sayi
that J. d. Clarke lately sold for ship
ment on the 9th inst. to the Esst,twelve
head Of cattle, the aggregate weight Of
which was q, $50 pounds, making the
average 1874 pounds. Three head
weighed respectively 2095, PAS and
1895 POUNDS; three weighed together
5425, three Others $40. aud the remain
ing three, 55l5 pounds.
Twenty two head of cattle werelste.
ly purchased from Isaac Barkely o.
Jessamine county, Kentucky, averaging
2075 pounds per head, and ~ from W
Haden of the same county, averaging
2050 pounds-both lots bought by the
sane party TO be sent to New York. Five
steers averaging 5000 poands were SOLD
by w. w. Adams, Fayette county, to 60
to the New Orleans market.
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rslanketinr Har.oa I'M Winter,

It is doubtless true that blanketipe
keeps the coat of q horse smoother II
winter; hence, fine carriage and saddl.
horses will continue to be bisnketed
But whore horse are kept more for ser
vice than show, they had better dispens'
with misunderstanding them constant
" covered makes them tender and liza
able to take cold, When standing ont
doors in cold weather long, they should
have blankets.