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There are very few Of the many who
carry q watch who ever think Of the
complexity of its decIate mechanism,
or Of the extraordinary ~ 4 unceasing
labor it performs, and no astonishing
ly well it bears up and does its duty un
der what would be considered very
shabby treatment in almost any other
machinery. There arc many who think
a watch ought to run and keep good
time for years, without even crop of
OIL who would not think of running a
common piece Of machienery q day
without oiing, the wheels of which do
but fraction of the service. 4
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EfI.ttlsa "A tAa .Raxolution

correspondent of the Norfolk Herald
has taken the pains to compile the following
table, showing the comparative bsaes ef life
sustained in the battles Of the revolution.
He says he may have made some ti8ing en-
rOrs, but the statistics are ?sinly correct
The table shouid be- preserved for fatpre re-
fnronc0.
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THREE cooper shops have been established
under tbe auspices of the Cleveland Cooper
Union. They are worked on the COOPER
..ive plan. and give employment to nearly
three hundred men
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THE OLDEST AND BEST.

The very greatest want 10 the Of
day. Is able fearless, Outspofen paper unsramueed
Independent. anG truly devoted 70 the Of re'Orm
Such paper is the WoaxnsnAss AbvooArn Many
efforts have been made within ys<s past, start
sach . paper Every Of tAese s0orss. up % within
short time failed. ia necessary speak Of
the Of such iiurss; It Ii enough know that
at this time there s but paper, Of those started
thst has any claims National organ. The WoRKIxe
HAss ADvocAss has been pubnshsd for ave years.
hAvAR surmouRted Ill the obssaeles that led The fail
Of the many EFFORTS made BY various parties In
nrm b~As pevsseeiy secure the possibility Of
failure that people s~ssesss for and feel
Inst they will lose their money, tAey havesO many
times In the past The ADvocArEis not only the OLDEST
Cd the intsresls Of Labor Reform; . NOT only
upon Arm financial bahs. bat IL ID publishsd By men,
whcse record. friends Labor Reform movemeat
iurnish guarantee that the paper win
main the chanpon Of the reform movement under any
and al circumstances.
The ADvooArE viii ever be . sentinel upon the
SAtchso~er guard the interests Of the people,
while ashiing species Of wrong. shall be aim
soak ~ .as CAUSES nom which dew the many disor
ders Of society md make vigor Ou war upon them,
great aim will b: TO strike at the root Of tie tree. We
yin advocate entire change In the monetary syssu
q the euasry, upon the principles and through the
means embraced the Platform Of the National Labor
Union. We sna Aovoease she adopsion BY the National
GOvernmss& o new lasd policy, taking the ground
that NOT another acre Of sbe public domain should be
disposed Of 70 any company corporation person.
any terms whatevsr except in small parcels to actual
setssrs. We shan favor taxing all sneultivAtsd ands,
and sns all companies. esrporAIoas and psr.sns.
h0ldins lands BY g,vernmsns grant, to put the Ans In
The market at government prices tl per scre) within
given time; and IN ease Of fAsre 70 do, As land 70
revert esck 70 the govsrpnsos We shah the
Abolition present National Bank syssem-the call
ins in OF the whoe National Bank circulation Issu
Ins In s p &c treasury csrtn Gates, convertible into
bOnds, bearing Low rate interest," and versa, at
the will Of holder, We shall advocate Labor De-
vsrtmeus u WAsAlAg<n, such ID contsmpase1
resolutions adopted the .se session Of the National
Labor Union We shall advocate Cooperation In any
and every farm 10 which IT can be applied to prcudc
ian ana dstr,bution We shall advocate the shorten.
us Of the hours Of ass In svsy department. Of Indus
try. We shall advocate stringent apprentice Law i'm
every s..se sud ratrs revolution in the systsn Of
Prs N Labor In every state.
wsaAAl sasOcase equal lights and privileges 20 the
70. Eingvomen Of our eOaasry. Our motto shall be,
.ouai and enact iusee Va On" people. We shall aAvO
cat. tn. CPS 40A ..rr
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THE LADIES' COLUMN.
Lines to Adelaide.

Nay the Ratss decree it for me and for you
That soon Ne may greet the day,
That you ride With me In my light canoe,
Once more ssr we're old and grey.
Tho heart will be warm, tho the clay BE- eold,
30 love springs for you evermore
Zen R'da delayed, until time makes cd
The arms. that shall pull the oar.
A EaerAOs mSte. that We both may be bleSs,
Do our duty, whAte'er II may cost
so-shoald It be nsver-perhaps II we're best,
Such pleasure and Joy should be lost.
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MOLDERs.

IRON MOLDERS' OO-OPERAMVsAH AID
- PROTECTIVE UNION, NO. g. 81 olnctw y ~ y,
m~een every GAsywate Saturday might, at 0sans'
Hail. Noe. ~ and ~ West 5Gh q
yAnns A. PAoB, President
y y. NHKKLRR, Recording Secretary. a,
We vii noe Be responMSle for money Sems&P =
Post OmeSOrd der, DRAFT, Or ExpreA.
Address all comm0nIentions 70 -.
O. L. SHANNON. A0se or
THICAGO IRON MUULDERS UNIV,
- No. ~, meets at the Trades Assembly 49, 49,.
handolPh street, be ween Franklin and harse'~
every FRIDAY eVenin hTK O'Clock. -.
J. RIxEGsRALDs Kre
IMAH9rN ScULLH. Rec. Secretary.
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PuDOLERs.

IT'S. V.-BOtLELS AND PUDDLRRS
" : UNION and Beneficial orgsnisation. eigel Form
No. ], Whseline West Virginia. meets every Saturday
evening. at seven o'clock. v. CLIER. p eadent
JoRS D HABSRVrsID Cor. Dec. Pnetoihee boz ",
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ENGINEERS g. FIREM6G

Two THE BROTHERHOOD or LOCUsV'
IL TIVE RNGINEERR-An EBgneelS -
starting DlviAons az the Brotherhood w 49,.
70 address \. ". Raynor, p o. BOZ lOz ~ "a Z
New York, ny whom all necessary lniorns"
furnished 4. r. MuDeE, - n
BROTHERHOOD OF L0COhViI..,, ~,
- EnGINRERs, Chicago Diviseu; W. IN NJ
every Saturday, At 1:3O P. n. 1t their Hsll S,s
10 1855 South Clark street. demoers o. -
"'''e1 = q PnKn c.E,
NJ. sFOsT, IA'N
3 8 sRoWH. Cur sec'ry, ChIcAeo. In.nSs u
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Formation a Great Peoples Party,

via view 10 running the Gsvesnment Nesoss, STATE
and Muaicpal In the Interests o. and f,r The wAee
ple. Every other question, Old or nsw, viii be dealt
Nth according fron cor ssanapetsN always
having IN view the intsresss q I'll, We shall
tack wrong wherever and IL, whether In high low
places while we are willing Do our part, and take
MI the risks and responsibilities incident TO the pebc4
Ioa f-sh m sssas. " can apoo every tesa q tn.
movement to aid By Efforts TO increase our crcula-
A. g CAMERON
.s-F e.4
PROPRIETOR.
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OPERATIVE BRICKLAYERS' IN

- f0E, No. = % PhilAdelphls meesg Im inl nHa
Ah fHukbDAH evenings In every meath. a tAaF Es
W Oeus. street, third door sb1ve Rehth azsaA J.
san~y Jonea presldent; W. L. J5hnson vice Vrsdaat
Theodore KAfuisy, BecretA.y; samuel burns nuntRaH
Scrs'Aryi Elisha Jones, treasurer James D. Nst
ssree.st a. afns; A. Linyi, G. u 0AssW, fASnu
Blrkitt. trustees.
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CARPENTERS 4 JotNERe

(ARPENTERS AND JOINERS'.. 49," .'.1
" NO. I Il Albany, N. Y, meets = = ~ ~
every Tuesday eveasng 0vVIcBRe-f 49, MFnL
Edent; rhos. Stevens, Vice Preslesna -. Fbons
Hoxun. Rec Sec; Thomas LanAhan, - -. 10
Brolsy, AasistaDt; John *. Finch, LeeaLDsSv'
offiee box, %, Albany. N. "
0IARPENTRRS' AND JOINkkS ~Sssi.l
~ No. BF, OG cincAnnati, 0hiel wesae n. MA Nm wpa
svsninG a hAlf-past seVm O'Clock, q ~s~%yw
nm esrsst. P. o. Boz - prskbs@
RcauAH MOnAHAH, Cor. Dee'y.
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QRICKLAYERS' UNION, NO.
MACHiNIsTs. d.

M ACHINISTS' AND BLACKSMITH
AVA UNION, No. z. Fort Wayne, Indiana. asssm Y,
saturday night, nt half past seven O'clock % shs s "
Fellows Hall, Oalhonn street.
RI. HARRIsOH PrssSsH'
D. MURcHT, Cor. Secretary.
MACHINISTS' AND BLACKSMITH
IN1 UNION, Ne. 1. a Wlsoonsin, spsY eALs ;
DAY, at halEpast seven O'CLOCK n. A., I'd heR snIs
Inc o. H. corner OF Third and Prairie 1tFssiA 1910
zee. r McMARus PfsMAsa'
VIII BAEHIsTBn. Rsooraang sesrstmT.
N1ACHINISTS' AND BLACk6MlIh
III UNION, NO. !, Of Ohio, meets Hn -
McEDAT NIoHR o. every month ID A1fHeM ~ ~
O'clock, y. NJ, ~ Iron MouldsrS HalA % Ws~ W
street., cineinnAtI.
n. y. BnADponD. PEsaS~
D. 3. DIxoH, Corresponding gecry.
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RAILWAY TIMETABLE.


DAU.ROAD TIME TABLE.-ARRrvA1
IN AED DKPARRuRR OF TRAIHs.-TrAna will leave and
arrive at Chlcaeo M follows;
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD,
couuCIE BLUsFs AEp OMAHA LINE
Depot corner wells and North Water Streets
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TRADES DIRECTORY.

! nAOGo VINE ~ SNWS
TRADES ASSEMBLY OF CHICAGO
Il meets every second and feurth Saturday evening
In the month, Of Ss1 Randolph street.
P.J. 0OoNKELL. Presids NJ.
= HArEs. Recording Secretary.
CHICAGO TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
" No. 10, meets he LAST SATURDAY evening ofeAse
change eonding. Entrance ON Exchange Place
JAsAs NJ. OULvRR, Presidon'
'. X THACEY, Recording Secretary.
EN- KHRRofT Corresponding Secretary
man communicatons mnst be directed to the CORES
pondlng Secretary, PestOfbee boz 6S7
TIE BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS PRO
IL FECTTvE UNION meets the LIST and 8rd So
turdays u every month 81 Asfpast seven O'Clock. r.
A.. In the Printer UniOn Hall, No. IS, Nixon 81
change baTding.
TOURNEYMEN STONEC CUTTERS ASSO
e CITATION on CHICAGO, meets on the lst and "a
WEDN ssDAY q sssh month, IS corner q TaylSs 40.
Treassrsr
OPERATIVE PLASTERERS PROTElI-
" TIVE md BENEvoLsET SOCIETY Of CHICAGO,
their Hall, Room No. LAnds BLOCK.
JANIS cARBEsaE, President
A. 0. CAsmOH, Corresponding Bee, pos 4la street.
Wa PIGe0ST. Rec. eec'ry. l6l Sebor g.
THE CHICAGO JOURNEYAdEN PLUMB
Il RRs UNION meets every YIRsr and THIRD
II. NJ Randolph Arsss. q quarter 70 eight O'Clock
JANIS MoDoHALD, Presidsut.
$50. LYons, Secretary.
E,REMENS' UNION No. Is, MEETS EV.
IL cry FRIDAY Evening. n 500 state. COrneT o.
Twelfth Street. Correspondence with hster unIcn.
-equested, p. o. DRAwRR e05O
LOcEHY, Master.
q. W. BRowE. Cor. aud Fin ses,
HARPENTERS AND JOINERS' PRO
" rECrIVE UNION, or CHICAGO, meets ever
THURSDAY evening, Et Trades Assembly Hal. -
Randolph Street. at hAlEpAse seven 0iclOek.
j. q. Mc0RAW, Pteaid-nt
G. W. WALKER Ger Sec 500 Burnside street.
WnLIA~ J. MoHAEAE, Rec. See, rs Hubbard street.
r. }. o. HRIRS, Pin. Sec, % West Poih street.
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6RISkLAYERS.

QRIOKLAYERS' PROTECTIVE UEIO,
- Of Chicago, meets every TUESDAY svenHa
hAlgPaBe ssvrR O'Clock, NJ Trsd@s' Assembly HnR I
RandoiDh BkSss -
Nv. JoHvsR PtssIspr
Y JOYS AEGLn. Cor. sec'Y.
Y. yCax. Hec0rAfmR NecPeaaPv
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.. MAry.. OutariO, Canada, Feb. "A, 1870.
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PLAsTERERs.

TOCRNEYMEN PLASTERERS' ASSO
81 CITATION, Of Ctnc natl, meets every otheI Thurs
day evening e Iron MOulders Union all % West PiAh
Street. An eomwunicatons should be Addressed v N,
Corresponding Secretary, lS9 West FRONT rtrs-t.
D.sA. LrLA. see. Joss 0AskT Pies.
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SYRACUSE OPERATIVE BRICK
~ Iagsp. Phstsrsra. ma @Oas usanS Ppsuuu,
ond Benev'lsnf Uni N, No. %, meets evsry WROyG;
DAYlsvenlng. 10 HAiEsPAg sEfmM o'dlocR IN thg On
son block on Yer es-s Street oRGOuts che oSar Hns
L4fHsn 0. MaRncK, Prs.taeai; ohIrles q ~.
Wee President Jane Carr R-cocdlaR sscrstsry JOs
q. kad~r. gInanc-Ai secrctsry: TleaAd O HrFsv
Cyrrespon t4g sstFesprys J iAa Baker, rrsasnmr
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CHAPTER IV.-SEcrpS "

The Management Of The Banks and Me
Effects of their Opsratio"s ~pon tie
Prosperity Of Trade aad Productive
lld'rsITy- q T9Ha TN1TAG
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Roek Island Junction and Union Stock Yards accom-.
mpaaas0n train will Sundays follow: Leave
Union Stock Yards at 9, rs IN, II, 90 . M, ls5 m
600 m Leave Madison street depot at 10 90 m
10 20 m- AS I'M, 800 I'm,
COLUMBUS, CHICAGO AND INDIANA CENTRAL
Lasa Chicago and Great Eastern Cincinnati TAR Line
Depot cornsr Canal and Kinxie streefs Icket once
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RRICKLAYERS' UNION, no.

- eG Ohio. meet "a sbrIr Hat W Wem Rlmh mne
Cl0ci2nAfi, every MONDAY evening, It eighi oel~t
Pre.iasut. q. CavanaSh vSre Presdens, wa O. O.
All RscordinE S-cregsrE, Eharlrs "a Lapeon Wnu
81 secretary, n o nas VKesfe rreaaurrr, II. r..
Ia-r reussses, - :. Robbins, Wm X ing B.a w.
~ard: COrrsspoRlng Secretary, JohI Byna ~
nor fO9l
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fTfNTQN w

- ofknntneky, mestss every rGDsD AZ svenlas .
No. 81 acnkl eueet. estw-ea FAA- m iFoursE, i=F
nKtoa- A. y. ABhctt, Presi Ielt: 4. Aarr ~ VI,
PrsssdeaL u 0'e ~tnr. fr-sI--r; V. DreE.
FiuanciAl Secretary Va M.r "a K.c @dAx
er-tasy Attr--s Wal 4tha r gB.x5R, o..
l,ILlm. K@nGnckV.
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CIGAR MAKERS PROTECTIVE
CIGAR MAKERS UNION No.

- VI Msntrea. Uansaa, meets NJ Uulon Mi. o. !,
street. Anthony Dnnsch, presidsnt; Peer rnpuAaV
uee-preSdsat; ". J: AIstrO@, recording ed Gans,
secretary; Joan oOAdy, FresDondina s-cru,.ry a,
lee3, Montreal, r. q
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cIGAR MAKaRs.
CIGAR MAKERS PROTRCTTy

CIGAR MAKERS UNION, No !
- ofAAEyIsad, meets % the arss IRlDnT -
% every month at Central Hall, o. NORTH a., -
baltimore. LARRTmn 49,, IT @@
ID. OULLMOTaH. Cor. Sec Nv
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Anxiety Unwise.

1. Because all the future is in Gods
hands. An infinitely wise and good Being
is sovereign over all its events. Not one Of
them can escape his notice or elude his con.
troll.
2. Because you have no right to put into
one day what belongs to another. The fu-
ture will have its own cares and anxieties-
plenty of them, likely-and they will be
along in due time. But they have no busi-
ness among the cares and anxieties of the
present time. You must not put them there.
3. Because it is i'll treatment of the best
advice. Just read the following advice, and
think who was the adviser: "Wherefore
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FOR THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
THE CATACOMBs OF ROME.

The undersoil of Rome and its campagna
is honey ,combed 1t affords an exhaustleSs
bed of Pozzuolane from which for centuries
the Roman cement was obtained. These
quarres form an underground city 65 miles
in circumference, and extending 22 miles
from west to east, and 20 from north to
south. These are the Roman Catacombs,
and are 81 in number Eight of which con-
verge under the Appian way, and many of
their openings are found near that road
They are reached by stair-cases varying
from so to 100 feet in depth. The Pozzuo-
lane is easily pulverized, and added to sand
and lime composes the most adhesive of &C.
ments. 1t hardens like marble under water,
and is universally used in constructions in
water. 1t is we'll known that Rome's foun-
dation rests upon two extinct volcanoes
The Velabrum, once Lake Curtius, is the
crater of volcano in activity, at a period
anterior to any historical record The seven
hills are the offsprings of volcanic fires, and
these are fast dropping in the ghastly Cata-
combs as their tomb. The entire soil of
Italy, it is also known, is from the fires of
Etna to the glaciers of Mt Blanc an un-
broken bed of volcanic earth, called pozzuo-
lane. 1t is in the vicinity of the Sofatara,
Vesuvius and Btna, that its fields are the
most abundant and chiefly at Pozzuoli, (Pu-
teoli,) from which this earth takes its name.
Many quarries were abandoned by the
miners, those under the city first, and the
Saints took possession of them in the name
of Christ, and they became the cemeteries of
the Church, on the very day that the first
man at Rome died in Christ. The term
Death is not found in all those placid cham
bers of repose. For it the word Sleep was
substituted; hence Cemeteries, or place of
sleep. Sixteen generations sleep there until
the morning of the resurrection; all that
died in Christ at Rome, from Pentecost day
till the year ATS, when Rome was sacked and
its walls filled with gore. From 6 to 7,OO0,-
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The Church's Capability.

A living and consecrated Church is vast
power in society. 1t may be composed of
persons to whom the higher and intellectual
circles are not open, and whose social inAu
ence is of little moment. But, if they are
vital Christians, consis,er nd cheerful,
and cor. ut in thei. lere is not a
circle aside from the. owever distinct
from their own, into when their influence
will not as surely extend itself as the per-
fume of hedge-row violets steals unconscious.
ly into the neighboring conservatory, where
nothing so humble, nor yet half so sweet, as
the little way-side flower is found.
The Church of Christ has, however, laid
under tribute to her Lord no mean measures
and degrees of intellect, and rank, and social
powers, and con .nding influence, which
qualify her to er 4, unchallenged, the high
est and proudes realms of society. The
whole world is subject to her influence, if
not her will. Her legitimate power is in
calculably great. She can over awe national
sins, and make popular voices tremble She
can preserve the sanctity of the Sabbath
day almost inviolate; or, at least compel it's
desecrators to cover their impieties with the
wells of secrecy. She can command such gen.
eral external reverence for the house of God
that all existing sanctuaries would be utterly
inadequate to hold throngng worshipers.
These are but some of the more striking
capabilities of her legitimate power. If they
have never been fully realized, it is because
she has never used all her celestial energies
to the best advantage. The melancholy
truth is this: Zion is too much like the world
around her to do more than utter feebly,
from her pulpits, her homes, and her various
centres of power, the letter of her Divine
Lords protest against worldiness, selfish
ness, pleasure, and sin. That faint utterance
of it the reckless world laughs to scorn and,
as it beholds the ineffectualness of the latter
to keep the Church out of its excuses, not
altogether unreasonable questions of Divine
authority of the Spirit so glaringly dishonor-
ed in the practice of the Christian communi-
ty.- Wdtchmdn and Reflector.
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900 are asserted to have been buried
There, by the tombs of her martyrs, the
Church preached the doctrine of the Resur-
rection, and when the sword of persecution,
like that of Damocles, hanged over the head
of the Saints, she gathered them in the gloom
of the Catacombs, as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings during the storm.
Truly the mysterious stiffness of the tombs
proclaims this abode the sanctuary of repose.
The tombs are around, before. and beneath
you. Thus we traverse the earth, our road
bordered with cofins. Here is hidden
world, of the highest value to the Church of
Christ, sixteen generations, the most heroic
of the earth, have carved on the rock forever
the testimony of their faith. How often l
peered through the thickening gloom in
search of the Light of Truth. 1t is there
that it flashed int y inner soul. The slabs
give eviden.. and comparative
purity of the early arch; they were locked
up in those great solitudes, until the favor
able time.
Many of the slabs have disappeared, some
to adorn the Vaticans lapidarian gallery !;
some have been used for the tagging of
churches. These testimonies cast sad re
Election on the Church above, and the stones
of the Catacombs shall continue to cry till
the hour when the sCatacombs, like the sea,
shall unwrap themselves of their holy dead.
JULES DELAUNAY.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
WITHOUT ME, YE CAN DO NOTHING.

When on the stated Sabbath in our
Church, the parents who had infants for
baptism, presented themselves in front of the
pulpit, among them were young husband
and wife, with their frst-born. What is.
something unusual, the father only was
professed Christian. The mother stood be-
side him during the administration of the
ordinance, but did not unite in assuming the
customary parental VOWS.
The next week our session held its regular
meeting, and the mother presented herself
as candidate for admission into the church.
She had had the subject Of personal religion
before her mind for some time previous, but
young and cheerful, she had postponed the
determination of it. She came to say that
now her purpose was fixed, no longer to de-
lay.
During the baptismal service one thought
had filled her mind. Her husband alone
had assumed the VOWS which ought to be
common to both. But he could not assume
her share of the responsibility of training
the immortal spirit God had intrusted to
them together. Her mothers heart would
not allow the thought of declining any part
of mothers duty to her dear child. And
how could she train her child in the religion
which she had not herself professed? But
the though hit went much beyond a mere pro-
fesson of faith. She knew that without the
help of Christ and his Holy Spirit, she would
be utterly incapable of fulfilling this duty.
And could she ask this aid before she &C.
knowedged him as her Saviour by open
profession She hestated no longer, and
now with united faith and prayer, the hus
band and wife may invoke Gods covenanted
blessings upon their baptized child.
This incident, so pleasant in it's particular
result, carries instruction with it. God 8
grace is multiform in its operation. Ger.
tainly infant baptism is primarily for the
benefit of the child, but it has its reflex
blessing in store for the parent too. By the
mouth of the parent the child is dedicated to
God, and sometimes out of the mouth of the
babe and sucking voice of blessing may
come to the parent.
Who does not acknowledge the force of
the simple reasoning of the mother in this
instance? 81 have duty to perform which
I cannot transfer to another, and for which
l can be strengthened only by the grace Of
Christ" This is true, not only of mothers.
Personal, peculiar, untransferable duties are
upon us all: alas, for the soul that is una
ware of this. These duties we can discharge
only by the help of Christ. This help it is
presumptuous to expect, as long as we refuse
or neglect to connect ourselves with his COW
enant, by open profession of our faith in
him. s. l.. q.
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order. In his home and moments of relax
alton, he was a8ectionate and sympathetic,
preserving greenness of heart even down to
old age.
Now that he has passed away, his memo
ry is still treasure and blessing, and not
only in this Presbytery, but also in the Syn
cd of Virginia, there are many who will say,
"Verily! prophet has been among us. ;"
Of him it may truly be said, as of Hezekiah
of old-"In every work he began in the
service of the house of God, and in the law
and the commandments to seek or serve his
God, he did it with all his heart" We may
all wish, that double portion of his spirit
may fall upon us, and that many youthful
Elisha may follow in the footsteps of this
honored and lamented father in the Church.