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THE TRUTHFUL PILOT,

The passenger, who was going down the
big river for the first time in his life, secured
permission to climb up beside the pilot, 8
grim old grayback who never told lie ir
his life.
"Many alligators in this river?" inquired
the stranger, after look around.
"Not so many now, since they got to shootin
'em for their hides and taller" was the reply
used to be lots, eh?"
81 don't want to tell you about 'em, strarl'
ger" said the pilot, signing heavily.
"Whyw
."'Cause you'd think I was a.lyin' to you
and that's sumthin' l never do. kin cheat
at keerds, drink whisky or chaw poor terback'
er, but can't lie."
"Then there used to be lots of em p in.
quired the passenger.
"I' most afraid to tell ye, mister; but I've
counted 'leven hundred allygaters to the
mile from Vicksburg cl'ar down to Orleans
That was years ago, afore shot was ever
fired at 'em."
"Well, don't doubt il" replied the stranger
"And I've counted 3,459 of 'em on one
sandbarw continued the pilot. "It looks big
to tell, but government surveyor was aboard
and he checked 'em off as called out"
II haven't the least doubt of it," said the
passenger, as he heaved sigh.
"Pm glad O that, stranger. Some tellers
would think l was a liar, when I'm telling
the solemn truth. This used to be a paradise
for alligators, and they were so thick that
forty mine to the mile!"
us that so ?"
"True as Gospel, mister used to almost
feel sorry for the cussed brutes, cause they
cry out cen almost like human being. We
killed lots of 'em, as said, and we hurt a pile
more I sailed with one captain who allus
carried thousand bottles of liniment to throw
over to the wounded ones!''
"He did?
"True as you live, he did. I don't 'specI
I'll ever see another such a kind, Christian
man. And the sllygaters got to know the
Nancy Jane, and to know Captain Tom, and
they'd swim out and rub their tails agin the
boat an purr like cats an look up and try
to smile"
"They would?''
"Solemn truth, stranger. And once when
we grounded on bar, with an opposition
boat right behind, the allygaters gathered
around, got under her stern, and bumped hel
clean over the bar by grand push! Il
looks like big story, but l never told lie
vet, and never shall. Wouldn't lie for all
the money you could put aboard this boat.
There was painful pause, and after awhile
the pilot continued
"Our injines gin out once, and a crowd Of
allygaters took tow-lne and hauled us forty
five miles up stream to Vicksburg"
"They did ?"
"And when the news got along the river
that Captain Tom was dead, every allygate1
in the river daubled his left ear with black
mud as badge of mournin', and lots Of EN-
pined away and died."
The passenger left the pilot house with the
remark that he didn't doubt the statement
but the old man gave the wheel turn and
replied:
"Thar's one thing won't do for love mol
money, and that's make liar of myself.
was brung up by good mother, and I'm
going to stick to the truth if this boat doesn'
make cent"
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&eadinq fur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
lOriginal.]
WAR.


WAR.
To the man of the world-to the man am.
bilious of fame-there may be something fas'
cinating in war; but to the Christian, the
name is horrible. 1t suggests to the mind
fields covered with human bodies all mangled
and torn; property destroyed. widows and
orphans dependent upon the charities of a
demoralized nation. "War's least evil is the
ensanguined field" "Piety and faith are rare
to men who follow camps" is the declara-
ton of Latin poet. The moral and social
results of war are more to be dreaded than
the carnage of the battlefield. The herald
which announced the birth of the Saviour, did
it by proclaimiIg peace on earth. The reign
of king Emanuel is reign of peace. He is
called the king of peace. A few years are
sometimes sufficient to efface the physical re-
suits of war; but century will scarce suf.
flee people to recover from the moral effects
of long war.
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BE IN EARNEST.

This is emphatically an earnest age. The
world is in earnest. Worldly men are in ear
nest. The man who would gain wealth sets
to work in earnest. All his energies are d.
rected to that one object Every thing he
does is done with his anticipated wealth in
view. The politician is in earnest. When he
would secure position of honor and distlnc-
ton among his fellow men, every energy is
turned in that direction He is in earnest to
secure the votes of his fellow citizens, that
through those votes he may reach the desired
position of honor and distinction. The devo-
tee of pleasure is in earnest. Whatever he
supposes will minister to his earthly enjoy
ment, he aims with all his might to secure.
Now, if in everything else men are in ear
nest, why will the Christian remain indifter'
ent ? Is Christianity the only thing about
which men have little concern? Can the
Christian secure the great end of the Chris
tian life by listless performance of the du-
ties of that life?
If the church would accomplish the end for
which the Master organized it, it must look
carefully to its internal, religious state. 1t
must not only possess yea, but it must possess
piety as we'll. This pety should be of much
hig her type than is usual among professed
Christians. The church cannot be truly an
earnest one, without, at the same time, being
holy one Missionary zeal is good. We
need more oft But we must not forget that
unless it is accompanied with piety, it will
not accomplish much for the glory of God or
the good of souls Hence, the first want Of
the church is to concern herself to secure a
higher tone of piety.
Another thing must be remembered. The
church can neither be earnest, jealous or pious
except as this earnestness, zeal and piety are
found in the individuals that compose the
church. The earnest,sess of the church is just
the aggregate of the earnestness of the indi.
viduals who compose it. The zeal ola church
is Just the aggregate ofthe zeal of its individ-
ual members. The piety of the church is just
the aggregate of that of its individual mem
bers We talk about the religion of the church
and the duty Of the church., forgetting the
great truth that this means our duty and our
personal religion. Whatever is required in
the way of greater consecfation to God and
more religion, bear in mind, fellow Christian,
is required of each of you. 1t is one of Sa-
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individuals fixed upon the mass. Christians
may lament the GOODNESS of the church just as
much as they please; they may form just
what resolutions they please concerning the
whole, as long as they keep away themselves
as parts of the whole 1t is individuahsm
that the devil fears. How common it is to
hear individuals lament the coldness and
deadness Of the congregation of which they
are members, forgetting, all the while, that it
is their own GOODNESS and deadness which is
thus lamented !-Christiun Instructor.
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AN ACCOMMODATING STRANGER.-A man
walked into dry-goods store, not long ago,
and salesman with an imperious head ap-
preached him, and said:
"Will you look at some goods, sir?"
20, yes," said the man "any thing to make
you iuuppy. .n------------
well, it's about dinner-time," said the
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Delmonico's and take dinner with me-will
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20, yes, I suppose so" said the stranger,
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After dinner the stranger was shown through
every department. He admired the goods,
but selected none The salesman was getting
nervous, for the dinner had cost him some
thing, and after while he inquired:
care you going to buy any thing, sir ?"
"Why, of course I'm moi" said the stranger.
"What do you mean by using my time for
nothing?" shrieked the ragman.
"You asked me to look at your goods, !"
murmured the stranger, "and I did; for like
to be accommodating.
"And then you're no merchant, eh p
"Not much just come in here to"
"To what?" cried the ragman,
"'To look for situation" whispered the
stranger, who continued, "Blow me, mister,
if that dinner wasn't a regular old corker."
And he departed.