, 1875-06-27

| t8uhA hare hot water oh th8 Lord day Tor
I thing - shaving" He insisted. bas the wss
8r petsistentiy refused. until asked it he 1ou
bring natesiAta fot tdddy, viz, whisky, suga
4 and boiling water He brought them without
tnutmnr the gentleman had the hot water, az
the waiter found Use for the whisky aud suga
f. A little 8-year-old, warned by her mother NJ
10 put her fingers into the chopping- lest tt
knife should ent them OF. said: God ca
Har mother replied: !" You viii not need thel
there" "Yes," said the child, II" shall eli
how can play nuay harp7"
st 0 9si !" spake v1shnu, taks Thy choice;
| With Ave men wise
To Iva in hell, ot with hve fooh
.Thsn gi1e mo ha1l, for heaven Il but
! Where wisdum dwellss
And folly would Of heaTen Inats
dozen bells r.
Tho Superintendent Of Bunday-4ehool /
Washington is an undertaken, and there is som
talk Of asking him to resign. hos only because b
/ makes the children sing, t. would not i've al
| WAYS" regular every Sunday. but because on th
| back Of the reward cards TINT ate given to goo
| children he has printed gilt coffin, with = Lis
Of his rates for funerals.
4 young preacher in Scotland WAS about t.
| start for parish to which he had been assigned
but be lad to be- ordained frat. He Was delayet
| by the Inability OF hs Presbytery to perform
| that ofice. He telegraphed to explain '' Pres
| bytery lacked quorum to ordain." At the othel
| ena Of the llne the dispatch Was delivered
" Presbysery tackled q worn onto Adam" The
expectant Deacons took it that the young man
| had been married. and they provided lodgings
! for two iustead OF one.
bright young lady in Rochester remarked
that the st1pidest and slowest gatherings in hei
church we're the sociabies and the joii,cst we're
the prayer-measipgs. 1t vas at one OF the latter
that = solemn brother diecoursed Of the uncer~
kkV In
brethren. stood at my window looking ont upon
new building, when I saw u mhu laying brick.
A fcw hours later looked out and he vas lay
iDg corpee!" Among the irreverent portion OF
the audience there was slight tit But how
could they help It'll
4 party OF ladies' IN Louisville street we're
recently overheard enthusiastically discussing =
fectly splendid in = magnificent mauve-colored
dress." "Mauve-coloredl ejaculated another,
''wby, Hho ever heard Of any one being baptized
in anything saye white? ?" ''Oh. we'll" said the
other. '"white Will do we'll enough for some peo-
ple but Manic never expects to be baptized but
once, ard ehe thought she would get up some
thing Stylish am sure nobody has any night
to complain at such q thing, when it probably
will happen bat once IN ones lifetime"
conscientious child waa 40 unfortunate az to
break = berry-dish Of cut glass which was one Of
her mothers Wedding gifts After asking for
giveness and shedding many tear. she resorted
to prayer, and every night, after her usual sup
piications, she added: - And o, Lord mend
the glAss dish" But her father, being Of little
faith, obtained soh1e cement, with which hs
neatly mehded the diah, filed 1t With fruit, and
placed it On the breakfast table. Little Bessie
full work her father had done, she sprang up to
her mothers room With, " Oh, mamma pspa has
boat God this time, for he has mended thu glass
dish"
At one OF Moody aud Sankey's recent meetings
in London, Ar. Moody called upon al thoee who
wished to go to heaven to rise in their places.
One after another all the persons present got up
sud remained standing, save ons pervsrse sailor,
who ohstinately kept. his seat. Firing this OBJ
durate mariner With lis eye lii. Moody ad-
dressed tin, and asked II it could be possible he
did not wish to 50 to heaven also; Yes, your
heaven" ''Thsn why don't you r1se with the
rest7" "Because," replied Jack, very SLOWLY,
and surveying the whole company with scru-
t,ntzing glance, !" because ain's going to ship
With any such looking crew ~ this
4 Superintendent Of Schools 10 one Of the cities
OF this State writes that duty had lately de-
volved upon him. as papa, to do little Bible
story every Sunday morning to his children. for
which purpose he had provided himself with 4
"pony," his Sunday-echool experience being re-
mote and limited, His last experiment in that
department Of human effort Was in presenting
reading the taxt and adding certain original and
orthodox comments, the pictures we're explained.
How noble thing is arsl and. rs Dr.. Eitga caves
Used to observe, ''HoW hard it is to paint good!
The 5-yesr~old hoy gazed with interest On tho
,ities Of the plain onVeloped in fire from Hear-
sn, and then prostrated his paternal with the
bold but practical intetrogatory, "Were they |
insured Z"
Ethan Allen was In church one Sunday with = !
number Of friends listening to u very hjch Cal