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TERMINUS.
BY RRv. X. ". EMERSON.


II il time TO lie old,
To take in SAIL
The God Of bounds.
Who sets TO seas = shore.
Came To me In his fatal rounds
And said mo morel
No further spread
Thy broad ambitious branches. aud thy
root,
Fancy departs no more invent.
Contract thy ornament
To compass Of tent,
There's not enough for this snd that,
Make thy option which OF two;
Economixe the falling river.
Not the less adore the Giver,
Leave the many and hold the few.
Timely wise accept the terms.
Soften the fall with wary foot.
A little while
Still plan and smile.
And fault OF novel germs.
Mature the fallen fruit.
Curse. II thou wilt. thy sires,
Bad husband> of their first.
Who when they gave thee breath.
Failed TO beQuesih
The uc~.lfui -inew stark as once.
The Bsre,ark mario Y TO III, bones.
but len legacy OF ebbing veins
iDcon-iHut heat, nervele~- reia>-
Amid the Muses., left thee deaf and dumb,
Aniii the gls,iiaiors. halt and numb"
A, The bird trims her TO the gale.
] trim myself to til. storm Of time,
m.n the i,I,lder. rect the sail.
cbcA the Voice at eve. obeyed At prime.
"Lnwiy. faithful, bxuish fear.
Kight Onward derive unharmed:
The port well worth the cruise. - near,
And ever, wSye il charmed"
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Penobscot Valley Stsanship Co.
srrAMsHIP ALLIANCE.

The Sseamahip ALLIANCE, Can't
= kTHOs. 4. SHUTE, will run weekly
befWeeu Dangoe soA B4sasa, lesv.
ing Bangor every Monday at O'Clock 4. n.
tonchinE At Winterport. Bucksport, sandy Point.
and ueilass.
Returpine- win leave Battery wharf, Des-
sea, every fhursaay, q 10 \ :, touching as above
Freight taken AZ reasonable rates.
First claes accommodations fer passenger
Fare from Bangor. winterport Backsport. esyeo
.. BelfAst, 5Jo0
Meals extra.
Freight taken in store Il all dmes.
For furthse particular ieQuire of
s..l.pe.. Am. m, 2; 1ss y. Q. Sossoa; ~ ~.
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Miseell ellaneous.
Mr.. DAwBARN.

Br ! . ". ROBERTSON. AUTHOR OF SCHOOL.
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thought l was done holler! He
changed his name, and what his last
occupation was | could not discover.
However, ! travelled and travelled on !;
and how dye think, and whar dye
think. colonel, I found him out at
last!'
Il don't know
1T was quite by accident--it was.
| thought I'd heard Of him in Detroit,
but couldn't find him in Detroit and
| was going away by the cars on the
following sunup Not knowing what
TO do with myself till roosting time,
strolled into the museum-that is
that was theatre then. The first man
l see upon the stage was G. Munro,
dressed like a citizen, in coat, vest,
and pants, or perhaps | should not
have known him. ! hailed him, and
we started off that very night. We
travelled quicker than post, or | should
have written. | should have diagnosed
him before. but the track was cold,
because he had changed his name and
gone upon the stage-a fact which |
have not mentioned to anyone but
you, nor do intend to do-the stage
not being considered by the General
As business-like'
Lucy was soon seen out again in the
invalid chair but her father no longer
walked BY her side He was replaced
by Mr.. Munro. who usually propelled
it himself. Within eighteen months
the young couple were married, and
some time after George was made
partner in the bank. Mr.. Robert Stud
den, by the assistance of his patron,
emgrated TO Australia, where he
drives thriving business in horses.
Before he sailed he spent the Christmas
day with the bride and bridegroom.
And though Uir tale ends happily with
marriage and dowry, as novels and
plays should end, it is not for that
reason fiction but true sto ~ of
true love.
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CHAPTER ".
Lucy, my dear" said Mrs. Dawbarn
the next morning as she entered the in
valid's chamber; Il and papa have
been talking about you"
Yes mamma" said Lucy, with an
evident want of interest in the subject.
And what do you think he says =
Don't know. mamma"
Hes going TO make some altera-
tions IN the bank"
''Oh indeed :" Miss Lucy had not the
smallest solicitude about the bank
And what else do you think"
''Oh, mamma, l am SO tired said
Lucy peevishly.
What else do you think he means
to do - continued Mrs. Dawbarn, bend
ing her matronly head over her daugh
ter's face, and pouring into her ear
words that made the girls face flush
scarlet and her eyes fash.
''Oh, mamma, it can't be true !"
my love, could deceive your"
mo, dear mamma, no but oh, is it
true. Kiss me, mamma dear. am SO
happy and so thankful, and-and in a
little time, when I've thought over how
happy am, papa may come in, and
Ill kiss him and thank him, and tell
him now grateful ! am too, and"
but poor Lucy could get no farther, and
sobbed and wept with delight.
my darling, kiss me now," said
her father advancing from the door
behind which he had watched the ef-
feet Of the news. I'm do anything to
make you happy-anything."
''Oh papa my own papa"
my darling, you'll love me now
again as you used to do, won't you?
and-~nd-there's Mr.. Bob Studden's 3
knock. I'll send that fellow OFT to New
York; mean to Liverpool, this very
night"
Mr.. Bob Sudden was waiting in the
dlning-room. He was SO changed in
face, dress, appearance, and manner,
that when Mr.. Dawbarn saw him he
started. and said
'.Are you Mr.. Robert Sudden: 2"
'Yes, Mr.. Dawbarn, it's me-" said
the familiar voice. IL dare say you
find me changed. do myself.
He was indeed altered. In place Of
the sphinx, span, new, natty, dressy
shiny, oily, vanished Bob, the delight
of bar-maids, and the envy Of grooms,
stood a shabby, corduroy-trousered,
waistcoatless vagabond, smelling OF
straw and porter. Mr.. Dawbarn hesi-
tated before he asked him TO sit down.
~ got your letter, sir" said Bob,
whose manner was as deferential as
his clothes were shabby, land came on
Immediately. Sorry ! couldn't present
myself more decently-but such is fate.
"What are you doing now, Mr..
Sudden" asked the banker.
''At present, sir" replied Bob ~
am stableman at the Cock and Bottle
"Good gracious
It's not what could wish, sir, but
it's better than nothing. I'm sorry "a
say I'm only employed there two days
. week-Mondays and market-days
but still what with odd jobs, l manage
to grub on"
Mr.. Dawbarn looked at the ex-bet'
ting mans wan face and wistfnl eyes
and asked him II he would take glass
of wine7
Bob shot . quick glance, and said
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An Indiana young lady AcotnfuHy -
fused q young man's escort, Nhereupon
he humbly asked permission ITO sit on
the fence and see her 60 by!"
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The World for Jesus.

Christianity is essentially aggressive, and
the business Of Christ's followers is not so
much to save it, as to scatter abroad the
leaves of its tree of life, so as to be instru-
mental in saving the world by it. Juda-
ism was a testimony, but the gospel is
leayen. We may see this in its very geo.
graphical distribution. So we find it at
Jerusalem, just before the dispersion of Is
rael; then among the restless Greeks, with
their colonies everywhere, and commercial
transactions everywhere, and philosoph-
ical influence over all realms of thought;
and then in Rome, the heart Of the Old
World. Then Britain and America, the
centres of Commemorative become the
chief repositories of this saving light, just
because it was not to be preserved merely,
but always to be diffused. Are we then
rising to the level Of our opportunity? Let
us remember the so-called clark ages
the Abbott COLUMBIA, the monk Augustine,
and the thousands who rushed from the
Irish cells and wattled huts on lonely isles
or the Romish priests, and knights, and
scholars of the fifteenth century who fol-
lowed Xavier to the East, or Nobregs
to Paraguay; and as we think of their
zeal, and courage, and sacrifice, and faith
and love of souls, and love of our Lord, il
these were children of darkness, are we
walking like children of the light? 1t il
worth little serious consideration wheth
er our "clear views" and committees, anC
collections present, after all, so grand ;
spectacle or to do so great work as tn
brave and solemn enthusiasm of thos
great hearted men.
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No Future Probation.

The lncOrrglble sinner, on whom all the
provisions Of the gospel and the gracious
opportunities of probation have been ex-
pended in vain, must look forward to a
state equal in its duration to that of the
blessed and its counterpart in penal retri-
button. No future probation is even hint
ed at in the bible. The knowledge Of a
second probation would almost invariably
cause a neglect of the first. Then the sec
ond would be still more likely to be neg
lected, because the heart would be harder,
the habits stronger, and the hopes Of still
another probation would have a frmer
foundation.
The failure Of a second probation would
be worse than the first, because the guilt
would be greater. The multiplication Of
probations would defeat the very purpose
Of probation, and betray weakness in the
government of God which would under
mine the confidence of all beholders in the
universe. The reason of man, the good
ness of God and the teachings of the bibl,
condemn and forbid this letting down o
the penalty of sin at the behest of the de
PRAYED who wish to continue its practice
Sin is no trife! So long as the words etern
al, everlasting and forever and ever stant
connected with and describe the duration
of the bliss and woe of beings whose exist
ence can never terminate, so long will tn
good experience long desire that the on
may be gained and the other Stunned.
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The Pith of a Sermon.

Conversion wakens us to solicitude and
discomfort. For whilst it does impart
restful sense of reconciliation with God
and heirship of infinite well being, it also
brings us into sympathy with the travail of
the Redeemer's soul. The earthly life of
Christ is henceforth repeated in ours, so
far as we have grace to partake of it !;
temptation is fought; suffering is pitied );
wrong is meekly endured there is waiting
for heaven. Such is the price of chris
tian condition. We can escape many sor-
rows, can save ourselves great anxities,
can walk free of heavy burden by re-
naming dead in trespasses and sins. 1t
need not become a trouble to us that most
of our race are helplessly dying in dark
ness, or wilfully refusing the light that
would max e light unto salvation. We may
learn, if we have not, carelessly to smile,
instead of being panied, at the boldness
with which divine law is everywhere
trampled on. Our enjoyment may be sub
ject only to such limited and unimportant
things as the fluctuations of markets, or at
most mere temporal matters. But if we
would be christians we must pray for the
privilege by tenderness to all that is in
volved in the counter working of good and
evil in our fellow beings and in ourselves.
So we must make room in our souls for a
fountain of tears. We must oft give up
ourselves to deepest sadness when others
are the merriest. We shall have to con-
template things that fill us with terrible
fear. For it behooves us to face awful as
well as blessed truths. Christ did. He
knew before he entered Gethsemane what
would meet him there. Look not into
your heart, if you do not want to see thai
you are vile beyond all understanding Dc
not compare your life with Gods require
ments if you are unwilling to be crushed
under a consciousness of guilt; to he sat
isfed with your character, you must no
aspire for divine excellence. But then yol
will not be quickened together with Christ
BE deaf to the blasphemy of the swearin!
you hear; see not that eternal woe is be
fore the wicked; care not whether God !
honored-and your heart will know littl
of vexation; you shall dwell at ease. Rec
onciled to sin! All, better, with Christ
hate it, and rise from conflict forever glo
rious and blessed above it,
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political, social. Romanism is one ofthem.
1t stands now the complete development
of the herarchical idea.
We rejoice in the fact. Like the OPEN
ing of the cannonade on Sumter, after years
of theorizing about secession, it is the be-
ginning of the end. 1t broadens and yet
simplifies the issue between Pomanism and
Professionalism. 1t shows that there is no
middle ground. 1t teaches clearly with
er the stream of hierarchical pretension
conducts those who embark upon it. Those
who plant themselves ON the primitive,
democratic, New Testament platform of an
equal brotherhood and no priesthood, of
equal churches and no hierarchy, will be
confirmed in their faith. 1t is to be hoped
that some of those who have been involved
in Romish error will now in the light OF
this reductio ad dbsurdunl, see their mistake
and discard the principle in which the
whole system has its origin. The minority
of the Council are in a sorry predicament.
They have denied, ridiculed, denounced
and disproved the dogma of the infallibil-
ity of the Pope, while holding to the infal-
libility of a general Council. Now that
the Council has endorsed the dogma, where
are they? Have their objections become
invalid? Has history changed? Ha;
scripture new meaning? Have the Faith
ers and former Councils recanted their SEN
timents? Has error become truth, anc
absurdity been transformed into reason by
a vote of men whose arguments they have
answered, and whose spirit they have con
demned ?-Advance.
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Variety and Power in Prayer.

There are different kinds of prayer
There is the calm communion of the soul |
with God. There is the afectionate con-
verse of the believer with him, in which |
faith feeds on the promises, and recounts |
its mercies, and finds its meditations to be
sweet. Then, too, there is the sharp, pierre
ing cry of anguish, or the earnest appeal
of importantly, which will not let God 60
without an immediate response. Christ
described the beseeching eagerness of this
style ofprayer, when he told his disciples
about certain housekeeper who went to
friends house at midnight, and clamored
for the loan of three loaves of bread to feed
unexpected guests, until, because of his
importantly" he got all the bread he need
ed. There are many varieties of night
calls for relief, from the sudden calls of
our little ones in their cribs, to the shout
for "helpp in the street, or the eager call
under the physicians window. These are
all types of the prayer which you are to
pour out into the ear of God in seasons of
difficulty, or distress, or danger.
''If pains aflct, or wrongs depress,
If cares distract, or fears dismay,
Ifguilt defect, if sin distress,
Thy remedy's before thee-pray"
"This is all very pretty theory" some
of you may say, "and it has very pious
sound. But please tell me what actual
and positive good it can do me. Does it
really move God? Does it really bring re-
lief? Such cavils are as common as breath
ing. The devil can suggest them in a
hundred forms; and it is astonishing how
much reader some people are to believe
the father of lies, than to believe their
Father in heaven.
Does the prayer of faith really move
God? To this we can only reply that God
himself tells us that it does actually pro-
duce that state of things in which it i:
right and in accordance with his will t.
bestow the asked for blessing. God tells
us that he loves to be asked, and is the re
warder of them who diligently seek him
He tells us that the fervent efectual praye
of the righteous availeth much. He bid
US ask, and we shall receive. His Wore
abounds in narratives of the actual be
stowal of things which his children hav
besought him to give them. When hi
needy or suffering ones have pulled tn
night bell of prayer with strong faith, h
has relieved them of their distress, or re
| moved the evils they suffered from. or els
given to them supernatural grace to bea
, their burthens. On his bed of anguish
Hezekiah rang cut this night bell, and Go
heard it, and spared his life. In his dun
geon at Jerusalem, Peter cried unto tn
, Lord, and whole prayer meeting cried q
the same time for his deliverance, and Go
} sent his angel and brought the apostle OF
{ Of the prison. Answered prayers cove
! field of providential history, as flowers co,
t er Western prairies. Answered prayer
!. hover around the communion tables of on
: churches, in seasons of revival, as we hay
!, seen great focks of birds descend into
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The Crooked Stick.

" VIA doth the Lord require Of thee
Micah, 6:S.
'Christ has service for all his men,
bers," said James Therral, an old carpen-
ter in a village on Salisbury Plain, to a
young christian who complained that she
was unworthy to work for the Lord "Let
not one of the members say, The Head
hath no need of me- used to think as
you do long ago, but He Taught me other
wise by crooked stick.
zone day my son went to a sale of tim
Der, ard in the lot was stick so twisted
and bent, that l spoke sharply to him, say
ing, you have made bad bargain there,
lad that crooked stick will be of no use
to any one.'
cts all timber, replied my son, not
the least vexed by my reproof. Ipaid the
same price for it as the rest. Depend up
on it, no tree grows for nothing. Wait
bit; don't fret, father; let's keep look
out; there's place some where for it.
"a little time after this l had a cottage
to build queer kind of a house it was
and pretty enough when finished; there
was a corner to turn in it, and not a stick
in the yard would fit. l thought of the
crooked one, and fetched it. Many a
hard days work would have failed to pre-
pare joist like it. 1t seemed as if the
tree had grown aside for this very purpose.
"Then,' said |, there's place for the
crooked stick after all. Then there's a
place for poor James Therrall. Dear Lord
show him into the place into which he may
fit in building thy heavenly temple. That
very day l learned that what God gives
me he gives me for his glory; and poor
and unlettered as l was there was work
for me. There is a work for you; God has
something for you to do ard nobody else
can do itp'
This village carpenter had neither the
knowledge of the schooSnan nor had he
taken a degree at college; yet was he q
teacher of Divine Truths, and he was wise
in the wisdom of the children of light. He
would often recur to the time when, look.
ing solely on his own weakness and infrm-
tiles, he overlooked his only source OF
strength, and thought he was too poor and
ignorant to do anything for the Lord hi
loved He lived to good old age, bless
ing to the souls in mis- neighborhood ant
where, as he liked best to say, he watched
for his Master. When some who loved
) their ease too well, or child, or servant, o
. sick one complained, 81 can do nothing,
D he would point to the best built cottag
on the plain, with its pretty bay windoN
! and slanting root, and tell them he ha
a once thought so himself, but his error ha,
!, been corrected by dumb instructor
e beam in that roof-a crooked stick whic
: seemed fit for nothing but it found ii
proper place in the building at last, an
+ gave it grace and strength which no othC
# timber, however superior in other respect
l. could have impaired. Thus the warpe
e tree had preached to him sermon on tru
l. humanity, and made him from that day
d humber steward of the things of the king
o dom.
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PRAYER Answered.

I no more believe that God leaves a
right prayer, offered in the right spirit, to
pass unnoticed, than believe that he will
let this whole summer pass over without a
drop of rain Or dew. In securing answers
to our requests, we must cooperate with
the Lord. Some people ask him to do
their work. Father" said a little boy,
after he had heard him pray fervently for
the poor at family worship, "father, l wish
had your corn crib" "Why, nv SOM
Because then / would answer your pray
err" | have heard protesting christians
pray for the conversion of their children
while they were taking them night after
night into scenes of frolic and dissipation
We make fools of ourselves, but the Al.
mighty will never let us make fool Of
him. God is not Knocked; whatsoever We
SOW, we shall also reap Neither does God
ever mock us.--Rev. r I. Cuyler.