The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-12-18
RANDOM READINGS.

0nun Iuc man WnOSo presence uaAsS ~
seem easier to.do wrong.
To tell falsehood Is like the cut OF sa-
brs, for, though the wound may heal. the
scar will remain .--Saadi. .oaeaq av.
knowledge 10 comfortable and necessary
retreat and shelter for Us in an advanced
age; and If we do not plant 1t while young,
| It will give US no shade when we grow old
Chesterfield. rs
However strong a mans resolution MAJ
be. 1t costs him somethang to carry 1t out,
now and then. We may determine not to
gather any cherries, and keep our hands
sturdily in our pockets. but we cans pre-
vent our mouths from watering. - George
Eliot.
1t Is a full vindication of providence, that
every man may choose God for his frlen d and
portion, ifhc pleAses !; aud that 90 few dc 10
full proof OF the blindness. corruption. and
degensracy of mankind. Adam.
There are many persons who think they
are Christians because they have had expo
riencs; but they do not feel 1t to be their
Christian duty to use their tongues accord
Ing to tho laws of kindness. Ner do they
think. In the confession OF their sins, TO con-
Tess that. day in and day out. they are max
idg somebody unhappy by the manner In
which they.use that member.-Beecher.
The history of the world tells us, that i'm.
moral means will ever intercept good ends.
-Colsridge. a.
The knowledge of evil may help to do
good, and assist us to measure its value
every new idea should be TO US new feather
in wings that bear US upward.
Small means often accomplish great thlngs.
Each of US mAy do something for others, and
true sympathy and loving ministry are never
lost.
laxative persons seldom read. This ID
among the few truths which appear the more
strange the more we reject upoa them. For
what is reading but silent conversation -
Landor.
muddy stream, lowing into one clear
and sparkling, for time rolls along by It
self. \ little further down they unite, and
the whole is impure SO youth. Untoushed
by ain, may, for . time. keep It's purity In
foul company but little later, and they
mingle. ~
There is no such thing as q mental Office,
when you put = true man into 1t. mental
office Is Office with mean man in IL and
1t makes no differences whether 1t is kings
Office or scavengOr's ofice.-Anon.
It was saying OF Aristotle. that virtue 10
necessary to the young, comfortable to the
aged, servIcaols to the poor, ornamental to
the rich, honorable to the fortunate, sue
coruS to the unfortunate, ennobliDg to the
slave. and elevating TO the noble.
Grim care, anxiety, morosensss, all this
rust oflife, ought to be secured fl by the !
oil Of mirth. 1t better than emery. Every
man ough: to rub himself with 1t. A man
without mirth Is like q wagon without
springs. In which ever1 one is caused disa-
greeably to jolt by every pebble over which
1t runs.
The Indiana Churchman urges upon coz
gregationS thas they stand during offertory,
by doing which "the act OF giving money is
made part of public religion" Another
reason, and we think the best one, says The
Christian at Work, seems to have escaped our
contem porary in this position the hand can
much moro easily find it's way into the
pocket.
There is to be great international camp
meeting at the Round Lake grounds, near
Saratoga, next July, to which the ministers
and laity of all branches Of Methodism in the
United States and Canada are to be invited.
Already Bishops James Simpson, Scott, Bow
man, Wiley, Merrill, Andrews, Haven and
Peek havc expressed their approval of the
the plan.
The union of tho Wesleyan Methodist OF
Canada and Eastern British America, and ale
so that between the WesleyanE and the New
Connection Mcthodists of Canada, are likely
to be consummated. The question was re-
ferred to the quarterly Conferences OF each
body Tor decision, ana the votes 90 gwen arc
overwhelmingly in favor Of union. The new
erg anizatlon will have 1900 ministers and
/ 10, GOO members.
| The American pilgrimage to Rome and the
Holy Land Is still &C lively discussed. We report
the following progress Archbishop Manning has
been consulted, AID promises to preach TO The
pilgrims when they reach London. lady pro-
poses that the pilgrims all dress in blue. "not
only because tits durable and modest, butts to let