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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
MAN AND MIND.
BY S. D. sIBBET.


TUpon the wall of the classroom of Logic and
Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh, the
ate Sir William Hamilton has left the following
words There is nothing great on earth bul
man; there is nothing great in man but mind."l
"Theres nothing great on earth but man;
There's nothing great in man but MIND"
Brave words, Sir William. Let scan
Them we'll, their hidden wealth to ind.
Creations work was not complete
Till man appeared to crown its plan.
To him was given regal seat
To him the royal title-man.
To him was given reason, will,
And power to grasp the mighty tnougnI
Which worked so potent, yet so still;
By which the universe was wrought
How great, how wonderful is nina!
How absolute its source must &c.
Space limits have no power to Pima
The all-peryading Deity.
In Him alone all power resides;
From Him alone all forces now
The mote that on a sunbeam rides.
Alike with worlds those forces show.
An aIl-embracing space to fill,
with rounded worlds for mind to scan,
Hath pleased the great Creative WILL
But greater far than these is man.
Tirae must endure, and space extend
Their limits can be nowhere found;
Hours, days and years must ever blend,
And space reach on without bound.
Can man, with finite powers, embrace
The infinite involved in time;
Or measure endless, reaching space
With what at most is finite line?
In language low, but deep and clear,
voice within replies, Not SO
Great is the mind within its sphere,
Beyond it has no power to CO."
Within its sphere its sweep is wide,
Far-reaching and subhmely grand
The universe few secrets hide As
But what comes forth at its command.
What mind has done shows large and grand;
What mind can do we yet shall know;
It's limits must through time expand,
And ever must it's knowledge grow.
would not limit or confne
The reach and grasp of thought. All, no!
BIT God has fixed bounding line
What lies beyond we cannot know.
What lies this side is ours to scan;
And reasons power doth most appear,
When laws of nature, mind and man
Employ their highest efforts here.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09

The Boston Traveller says that the
Rev. DR.. Caswell, ex-President of Brown
University, was among the guests who
dined with President Grant on his late
visit to Gen. Burnside. DIR. Caswell
said he had dined with Jefferson at Mon
ticello and with Madison at Montpelier.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
The John Family---ssMiIlions In it >,

Somebody has told us that the inge-
nultY of the human mind is boundless.
but in the way of Christian names it
would seem rather circTmscribed. Look
around you and what do You see !? An
endless array of Bills and Jins. Toms.
Dicks and Harrys, Joes and Charles,
Marys, Armies, Katies and James. The
majority Of us answer to one of these
names.
We have been at some considerable
pains to prepare few figures relative to
the frequency of some of these names. The
st. Louis directory was the basis of our
operations. By actual count we dis
covered that In thousand names of
males 200 OF them are John. That is to
say twenty per cent. of us men answer to
the beautiful name of John. Every fifth
man John What scarce fellows we
Johns are2 Only 10000 OF us in ST.
Louis; only 1000, 900 of us in the Uni
ted States. Verify John, thy name is
legion. In thousand names there are
100 Williams and 100 James, or ten per
cent. of each, or 100000 each, grand
total in the United States. Our table
stands as follows:
John in every thousand. Observation-Disclosures 200
William, in every thousand Observation-Disclosures. 100
James, in every thousand. Observation-Disclosures 100
Thomas, in every thousand. Observation-Disclosures 80
Patrick, in every thousand. go
Michael, in every thousand. Observation-Disclosures so
Charles in every thousand ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Edward, in every thousend. ...................40
George, in every thousand ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Joseph in every thousand Observation-Disclosures. 80
Henry, in every thousand. ...................3 80
Total ....... .76o
Seven hundred and sixty of us males
out of every thousand go by one of the
above eleven names. If the table had
been extended to twenty names
the per centage would have
probably reached ninety-fve. Does
this evince .boundless ingenuity {?
Isn't there little too much of sameness
about it? Isn't the form of sfJim and
Ed. . getting altogether too numerous
for comfort? To-day are many infants
born; tomorrow they will be christened
John, Bill or Jim. Millions on millions
of innocent Toms, Charles and Joes
launched on the world every year. Did
anyone ever want to be named John
Probably not; for it caused him annoy
ance through life. s'Come here, John, y
thunders the teacher, and Immediately
every one of the twenty-five Johns pres
ent trembles in his boots, until it be-
comes evident which particular John is
meant. Hold on, John,'' sings out
some noisy chap on the street, and one
man out Of every five within hearing dis
lance stops and looks around to see who
calls him, discovers his mistake, says
something naughty, and goes on again.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-09-15

no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints, and of the household
of God; and are built upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
Himself being the chief cornerstone. In
whom all the building, ftly framed together,
grOweth "unto an holy temple in the Lord,
in whom ye also are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit" A
palmer statement of the doctrine could not
be given. And from this point the Apostle
goes on to exhort these Gentiles to love
their brethren in Christ, "to keep the unity
of the Spirit in the bond of peace" because
both Jews and Gentiles form but zone body, "
are called by Zone Spirit" have but Zone
hope" "One Lord, one faith, one baptism !;
One God and Father of all, who is above all,
aud through all, and in you all" This Is
his exhOrtatiOn as any may see. He ends
Eph. H., by teaching that there is but one
building;" that apostles and prophet"
Jews and Gentiles are all ''builded together
in it; that it has and rests upon Only one
foundation, "Jesus Christ Himself being the
chief cornerstone" Then chapter iii. opens
with the exhOrtation based upon that truth.
But at verse 2, comes an explanatory paren-
thesis, in which the Gentiles are declared to
be ''fellOw.heirs of the same body" and
which extends to chapter iv, where the ex-
hortatiOn is resumed, and the doctrine of
unity re-afirmed as shown above. The
church being one, therefore, what follows
but that the promise and the covenant are
continued, and belong to Gentiles as to
Jews? This point we will next consider.
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Daily Work.
Presbyterian

The world is full of broad, shallow, popu-
lar religious life. There are multitudes OF
religious books, enterprises, societies, assem-
blies, and associations. There is no doubt
much piety, zeal, and enthusiasm in all this,
as much speech making, self-praise, and
trumpet-blowing.
But mems sins are not pardoned, nor are
their souls saved, by the glittering generali-
ties that 60 to occupy the attention of the
religious world. Men will be ignorant, even
in colleges, if they will not learn hungry in
cook shops, if they will not eat; and lost in
the religious tumult if they will not have
personal dealings with the Lord.
We must have our daily soul work between
ourselves and God, our secret communion
with Him, or we shall starve, even though
surrounded by plenty. We must read our
Bibles, do our praying and believing and
weeping before the Lord, conquer our own
enemies in the strength that Jesus gives, and
grow in grace and in knowledge of God
singly and in his sight. We cannot be par.
doned in masses, or saved in crowds. Straight
is the gate, and each must find it and enter
it for himself alone. Let us beware, lest, in
seeking outward excitement, We forget and
lose the blessedness of inward Christian life.
Let US walk with God
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instruction" Some of Gods children are
slow to learn, and will tax our patience and
perseverance, and some are rash and tickle
like Peter, and will require fOrbearance and
pity. Some who appear to be sincere say
we ought to supply our own destitutions, and
then look abroad. Their idea might seem
plausible if their works went together, but
those who ignore foreign missions commonly
do little at home And some one doubted
because the difficulties seemed at first to be
insuperable; but to our joy we learn that
the labors of our brethren abroad are as
much blessed as the labors of our ministers
at home in proportion to numbers. AS DR..
Robinson says, "If the prospect of success
were the only inducement to pray, even
then the difference would be very little,
for the heather are about as likely to be
saved as the impenitent pleasure-seekers and
world-seekers around US, who have again and
again rejected the offers of mercy"
SENEX.
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Seeking the Lost.

1t was touching word of our Lord, "The
Son of Man is come to seek and to save that
which was lost" Not only to saue but to
seek! Not only in the awful majesty OF his
sufferings to make atonement for the guilty,
but to search them out and save them by
His love- Precious proof of tenderness that
makes Him twice Saviour AS the faith
full Shepherd, he sought, with small success,
the lost sheep of the House of Israel. In
the dreafql hour of his anguish on the cross,
His eye ranged over all the generations that
had stood, or should yet stand, upon the
earth, and saw His own that were given Him
in the covenant of grace-and thus ne sought
them in His representative powers to redeem.
In His comprehensive prayer of intercesslon,
he sought those whom the Father had "given
him out of the world" In the constitution
of His Church, He provided the ministrations
which, in all the lapse of time, should gather
the lost into His Kingdom. From His
throne of glory, His royal eye looks down
upon them as they are born into the world,
and bestows the grace through which they
shall be brought into His fold. BY His
providence and through His discipline, by
His Church and through His Spirit, lie
seeks still as when upon the earth He sought
Sweet comfort d us all, this individual care
of Jesus seeking still the lost until the con-
summation of all things, when His Kingdom
shall be full All gratitude is faint, which
attempts the praise of such condescension;
all service is scant, which hopes to requite
such boon.
And is not Christ our pattern here 3
Shall not we too seek the lost? ls not the
Church His representative on earth, until
He shall come again in the clouds of Heav-
en-? Must we not exemplify His patience,
His tenderness and zeal? Many searching
questions are covered under the admission OF
this responsibility. Do Christians send out
prayers from the closet, that run like swift
messengers of mercy to seek the lost! The
amazing peril in which they live, does it lie
with such pressure upon our hearts that we
must needs 20 up to the throne of redeeming
power to bring them back to God? DO we
break forth enough from conventional rou-
tine to come In contact with the lost! DO
we see them in the thickets of sin where
they are caught, or at the foot of the preci-
pice where they have fallen? Are there
none who are deemed too abandoned to be
sought-wretched slaves of sin, who are
shut out by the assumed authority of virtue
in society around them from the possibility
of reform? Is there enough Of human sym
pathy for such as are struggling, in degra-
dation and shame, to recover shattered
will and drag themselves up the sides OF q
shiny pit? Oh, that man was merciful to
man, just when he needs all human mercy in
the depths of vice and guilt! May "the
mind of Christ" be in us, in this thing for
she that converts the sinner from the error
of his way, shall have soul from death,
and shall hide multitude of sins. rs. W.
Presbyterian.
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Among shepherds it is customary, when foe
will not cross river, to carry one of the lambs
the opposite side, when, attracted by its bleatlng
the mother will at once cross, followed by the Who'll
flock.
The flock stood waiting by the rapid river,
And would not cross,
Although the shepherd kindly called them thither,
And banks Of moss,
And fields Of green, and verdsnt hills, surrounded
The further shore:
The danger all their narrow vision bounded
Of crossing Ger.
He stretched his kindly arms, and gently called them
They would not heed:
The Deep broad rivers rapid stream appalled, them
Though pleasant mead
And mouI tain fair, beyond the darkling river,
Rose to their view,
And in the distance, bright, unfading ever,
Were pastures new.
The shepherd took lamb, and safely bore it
Within his arms
To where the pastures brightly cleaned before it,
And all alarms
Were hushed. The mother heardits yoiceO pleading
And, crossing o,er,
The flock behind her followed in her leading,
Unto the shore.
stricken hearts, all torn with grief, and bleeding
A Sayiour's voice
Ye would not hear, nor follow in His leading
Of your own choice
And so he takes your lambs unto His keeping,
That eyes al dim
And dark with sorrows clouds, and sad with wee. ing
May look to Him,
And see, beyond the darkly rolling river,
Those gone before,
And to the 6slds with verdure green for ever
Cross safely FER.
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unexpressed reasons which led the Westmin-
ster divines to make this discrimination be-
tween the funds for the poor and those for
other purposes, yet no obstacles is interposed
by the law to placing all temporal concerns
in the hands of the deacons. 1t does not re-
quire revision of our present Constitution
to render such a step legitimate; for the
law already provides for it, and in fact dd-
uses it, as a measure of expedency, if not
of absolute right.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-09-15

FRANCIS WAYLAND, when but eighteen
years of age, had excellent ideas of the use
to be made of books. In letter to his Sis
ter, he thus writes: "Do not care so much
to read good deal as to read well and
thougbtfuly." We should usually take
notes, and make comments as we read. A
good deal of thought should be expended as
we go over the pages. Wayland recommend.
ed the habit of copying beautiful passages,
and memorizing the choicest of them.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-09-15

COPS Work in US, is sure evidence of his
good will towards US, and his preparation for
us.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1875-09-15

GRACE though beautiful child, is but a
child that must be upheld by the Fathers
arms.
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Prof W. expressly exempts from these stric-
lures such boards of trustees as may act under
church courts in the management of the funds of
theological seminaries, etc. He does not say For,
eign and Domestic missions may be managed
also. But even in these cases, would not the anal
ogy of Scripture suggest what DR.. Thornwell advo'
Gated, bench of deacons, coordinate with the AS
sembly, to transact its financial business?
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-06-08
The Wrong .sshe."

They were trying horse case, moi
long since, in one Of our Massachusetts
courts, and the lawyer was questioning
the witness in reference to the animals
habits and disposition:
"Have you ever driven her ?" was ask
ed.
81 have," was the reply.
"Was there any one with you at the
time ?" was the next question.
"There was lady with me-" the wit
ness answered.
"Was she a good driver ?" was the
next question, the lawyer referring to the
animal; but the witness understood that
he meant the lady.
"She wss," he replied.
"Was she gentle and kind ?" asked the
legal limb, and the reply was in the af
fimative, though the witness, stiIl think
ing of the lady, looked little surprised
"She did not kick ?" was the next in
terrogation, and a decisive "No," wa:
the answer.
ssShe did not rear up or kick over the
traces, or put her hind feet through the
dashboard, or try to run away, or ac'
ugly, or"
The witness was boiling over with in
dignation by this time, and interrupted
the lawyer with, DO you mean the horse
or the lady p
81 mean the mare we're talking about,
tthundered the counsel.
"O!' was the response, 81 thought
you meant the GAL" And with this ex
PLANTATION the pursuit of justice was re
sumed.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-06-08

EE Ariosto tells a story Of fairy
who by some mysterious law of her ma
ture, was condemned to appear at GER
tain seasons in the form of foul
and poisonous snake. Those who in
jured her during the period of her dis.
guise were ever excluded from partici-
patton in the blessings she bestowed
but to those who, in spite of her loath.
some aspect. pitied and protected her
she afterward revealed herself in the
beautiful and celestial form which was
natural to her, accompanied their steps
granted all their wishes, filled theil
houses with wealth, made them happy
in love, and victorious in war. A use
full moral might be drawn from this lit
tie fable, in favor Of showing kindnes.
and civility to the most degraded ane
unhappy.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-06-08

How much damage one little, careless
act will often cause!
Just the placing of a wax candle only
a couple of inches too near the lace cur
tain-and then the nurse-girl went out,
unconscious of the mischief that would
ensue from her act.
Then the flame, shooting up, seized
hold of the delicate lace, and, famed by
the night breeze as 1t brsathed in at the
open window, the fiery element divided
into two branches, one climbing up the
curtain and along the ceiling, and the
other creeping along the white velvet,
rose-strewn carpet until it caught hold of
the dainty 6ressing.table adorned with
foamy pillows of lace. Leaving charred
remains Of these, it swept along to the
he'd, where it met the other fame-the
two having formed fiery circuit around
the chamber. ef
Did it pause there2 Did it have no
mercy? All, no! Not even though in
that bed lay the sweetest, dearest child
that ever was-little Birdie, sleeping
peacefully. Her red lips were parted,
disclosing the tiny pearIy teeth, the rosy
cheek was pressed on the round, white
arm and dimpled shoulder, and her gold
en- hair, all unbound, lay like halo oi
light about her. A sweet picture Of
childish beauty, she slept on, all uncon.
scious of the terrible demon lowering
over her.
The fire snapped and cracked about
the bedposts, and with fiery, scarlet
tongue it Tapped at the white curtains
and dainty counterpanes.
A plying angel must have whispered
in little BRIDES ear just then, for she
awoke and sprang hurriedIy out of bed
but bewildered and blinded by smoke
she couldn't find her way either to the
window or door and with a Mortified. cry
Of Papa! mamma" she sank to the
floor.
Suddenly Sire, fre!' loud voice
cried out below, and then other tone.
took it up, and the night air rang with
the fearful word.
Mr.. Leigh and his wife were away a
a wedding, aud no one at home but th'
servants, and they, wild and excited, die
nothing but run hither and thither
wringing their hands and uttering fright
ened exclamations.
"Ocb, me poor darlint! me poor LITTLE
Miss Birdie! It's all burnt she'll be in
!irelv cried Nora, the nurse-gill
/ "Where is she ?" hastily inquired "th
tramp" who had left his bed in the barr
a. the first alarm, and was the only per
son who seemed to have any presence o
mind. "Whe-e is she? Speak, wo
Imam!
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-06-08

wWhen you wish to know what the
weather is to be, 60 out and select the
smallest cloud you can see. Keep your
eyes upon it, and if it decreases and dis
appears it shows the state of the air,
which will be sure to be followed by
fine weather; but if it increases in size
take your great coat with you if You are
going from home, for falling water is
not far off. The reason is this: When
the air is becoming charged with elec.
tricity you will see every clond attract
ing all lesser cnes toward it until it
gathers into shower; and, on the con-
trary, when fluid is passing of, or diffu-
sing itself, then large cloud will be
seen breaking in pieces and dissolving.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-06-08
Jones gave q lawyer bin to be col.

Jones gave lawyer bill to be col
lected to the amount of $50. Calling
for it, after while, he inquired il it
had been collected "Oh, yes" said the
lawyer, 81 have it all for you" "What
charge for collecting?" "Oh," said the
lawyer laughing, I'm not going to
charge you-why have known you
ever since you were baby, and your
father before you; $40 will be about
right" handing him over 80 swell"
said Jones, as he meditated upon The
transaction, 'its darned lucky he didn't
know my grandfather, or ! shouldn'i
have got anything.
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coming out of the window" said Maria,
the chamberlnaid.
"Bring ladder, quick!" shouted the
tramp; sand all get pals of water"
/ Ascending the Iadder,he soon reached
the window of Brides chamber, and,
with one bound, was lost to sight. With
labated breath the others watched for his
ireappearance. 1t seemed so very long
Ian age-ere he was seen again, al
though it was only minute or two.
But in the meantime carriage dashed
|up the esayenue. The master and mistress
had returned. You may imagine their
feelings when they heard that their dar-
ling little child was in the midst of those
flames! How they prayed that he who
ihad goneto deliver her might succeed
IN his 6ravc rndcayor
Presently the tramp appeared at the
window, the flames spreading about him
| in brilliant frame of fire.
In his arms, carefully wrapped up in
| the coat he had taken off to protect her,
was little Birdie. Ere he had gone half
way down the ladder he held out his
burden for other hands to take. This
done, his strength gave way and he fell
to the ground.
Kind friends gathered around him, land
wept as they beheld him. His back was
only covered by the charred shreds OF
the old ragged cotton shirt, his beard
and hair were singed, and his face was
black, burnt, and bleeding. His fall,too,
had injured him internally, and the fire
and smoke had totally blinded him, SO
that he could not see the pitying faces
bent over him. Suffering terribly, be
needed not the inquiries relative. TO his
condition. but only murmared faintly,-
"The little girl-!ittle Birdie-is she
all right2"
"Yes, yes, all safe and sound. But
my brave fellow, what can we do for
you p asked Mr. Leigh
"Don't do anythin' for me, sir. Jest
git the upper hand O. the fire."
"We have. 1t is rapidly being sub.
dued. But tell US, can't we ease you p
"No, nothin', sir. I guess I'm abou,
dun fur Glad that I was able to do 8
little suthin' fur We, sir, you've been sc
kind. I'm glad the Lord let me do one
thing fore l die that / needn't be sham
led Of"
"But, oh! dear, kind man, I can't lei
you diew cried Birdie, kneeling beside
the tramp and sobbing bitterly. "Oh,to
think that you lose your life for mine
1t seems so hard that you must die fol
mel"
"Waal, that's so much better than i
I'd go up to my God jest out of a drunk
en- spree. II I'd live I might break al
the good resolutions I've made. P'r'aps
God seed / was so weak, an thought
He'd better take me. Don't cry, little
one: I'm glad could save you
His voice grew fainter and fainter as
/ lie said:
"Christ pardoned the dyin' thief,didn',
He. Wish I'd been better; but Jesus is
kind, an good-an' mereiful-p'r'aps
He'll pardon me. I-ruther think-He
will"
The voice ceased speaking, and ovel
the mans SCARED face came a look ol
perfect peace.
A soul had just been launched out up
on the great unknown seattle poor
weak, sinful soul of-"only tramp"